for a mineral central to the quest for clean energy. a key ingredient for the production of electric car batteries, cobalt extracting it is dangerous, but profitable with global demands that the skyrocket. people in power investigates, claims that industrial mines extracting the precious material, needed for cleaner energy, or in fact, poisoning the environment with dire health consequences for those living in their shadow. the cost of cobalt people in power on a just beneath the surface lies a darker side in british politics and exclusive al jazeera investigation. coming see, ah, an exclusive interview with al jazeera, iran's president says western sanctions must be lifted in order for the nuclear

deal to progress. ah, lauren taylor is out there, alive from london, also coming up ukraine's president says a mass grave has been discovered in is you a town recently liberated from russian forces a world food program facilities looted and set on fire and haiti as violent protests, sweep the country migrants dumped and stranded while the white house as accusing to republican governors of using them as political forms. ah ha, ron's president has spoken exclusively to al jazeera about talks to renew the 2015 nuclear deal. abraham racy says any removal of sanctions should have guarantees. and a mechanism to achieve

a lasting agreement. he says it's now up to the us to make a final decision to reach a nuclear deal. and that the west should also look at israel's alleged stock of weapons of mass destruction. he also says he doesn't see a benefit in direct negotiations with the u. s. and that the american government needs to build trust with iran and stop sanctioning individuals while negotiations are still ongoing. when racy spent 2 years from his back in town where he was attending that regional security summit along with the leaders of russia and china re so center, interviewed him his dad, there live 1st in santa can say, tell us about the significance of, of the main thrust of the interview while i had, i sit on interval with abraham gracie, the president of iran, and i have asked several questions on a wide range off the topic. so on the top, on the nuclear tours regarding that negotiations that are going in in vienna has

said that they did a mechanism should be established and did that the issue of the guarantees shall be accompanied with the resolution as well. and so he said that in order to finalize a deal, this mechanism is essential in the, in the, in the tolls. and he says now did the good, the ball is in the us, his court. and his after the usa to make a final decision regarding the regarding to reach a nuclear deal. and he says that i asked him if potentially a meeting with a face to face meeting with americans would have to pave the way in a quicker way for a, for a have reaching a deal. he said that you're on doesn't see any benefit of having directors face to face. talk with americans. it said that you're on has tried that before and it didn't work. and he says that now he has a questions to america. he said that why do you impose new sanctions on iran, in the middle of the negotiations, if you really want to finalize

a deal. and of course he has talk about several other issues as well. these rumors are, are quite significant because it's just happening right ahead of the younger me. they did yoga in, in new york, and he's also going to attend to the that, that the summer that the assembly there with a who's delegation of the iranians. he's going to all the bilateral relations with several other leaders as well. also this is just happened in his is making these remarks that did the proposal. now as he read the resi and he says that now they are within unexpected. do you see to give a response? so regarding this 2 issues, the young i me thing and that the poor. so proposal is the americans. this remarks are quite significant or so said ok. thank you very much. china's president is also at her the shanghai corporation organization summit, which was created as a counterweight to us influence. she's paying about to work with russia, to quote, instill stability and positive energy into

a world in turmoil. he's held his 1st face to face meeting with russian president vladimir putin since the invasion of ukraine. she said he was happy to meet putin and a tense by the us to create a unit poet world would fail. putin counts, she is his most powerful ally, but for the 1st time, a pit to acknowledge a china had concerns about russia's invasion of its neighbour. we highly value the balance position of our chinese friends when it comes to the ukraine crisis. we understand your questions and concern about this. during today's meeting, we will of course, explain our position, children. she belong. china and russia have maintained effective strategic communication. hello cecile. when will culver? she won't be in the face of changes in the world times in history. china is willing to work with russia to demonstrate the responsibility of a major country playing a leading role and injects debility into

a turbulent world. i am also very willing to use this meeting to exchange views on bilateral relations and international and regional issues of common concern. ah, grains president low to mid zalinski says authorities have found a mass grave in the recaptured city of izzy m. as in the northeast, in hockey region, where ukrainian forces have launched a lightening offensive over the past week, sparking a collapse in russian front lines and forcing them to retreat. a local police chief says up to 400 bodies have been found in the mass grave. and ukrainian official says, russian forces are now digging in new hands. the eastern province, that is now almost totally under the criminals control. volume. mother mars grave has been found. it is young in car key region, necessary procedure will actually down the way we will have more verified

information on fridays to morrow. grey nan answered rational journalism. lord bean is yogi. crazy. this comes as the european union's top official visits, the capital pledging, more support a president lensky. gabriel is under, has more from keith a day after giving her state of the union address to brussels, where she said, flat him, you're put, was waiting an energy war. europe, the president of the european commission, good amended unannounced trip to keep. ursula van de lion came with a clear message that you had your european friends by your side as long as it takes and that we are friends for ever fun to lion and ukrainian president bolton mere zalinski, appear to have respect for one another. so lensky unveiled a plaque outside parliament honoring the leader after they held closed door meetings. fonder lion committed to 5000000000 and loans to ukraine,

and 250000000 for schools and temporary housing for people displaced by the roar. but she stopped short of committing to any new russian sanctions. something keep has been asking for bunder lion announced that she will be hosting a ukraine reconstruction congress at the end of october in berlin. or she will be bringing together people to discuss how much money ukraine will need to rebuild and where to get that money from. and that amount could keep going up, because ukraine continues to be destroyed as this country's war continues. late wednesday night rush in cruise missiles hid a dam in southern ukraine, forcing water to overflow, a local river, and partially flooding. creevy, a city of 600000. that is, sir lensky is home town. unless you give us, should we understand that the destroy, damn,

there were no ukrainian military units doesn't surprise me that russians hitting civilian infrastructure because i've done it before with this and separated them. it was a 2nd strike on civilian infrastructure in recent days by the russians, after they also bombed a thermal power plant in the northeast, temporarily cutting power to ukraine, 2nd largest city, how to keep it up on while underlying wanted to talk about rebuilding the ukrainians continue to call for what they consider more immediate needs. weapons that they see are the only way to in the war. gabriel resigned. how key a wild food program facility has been looted and set on fire in the haitian city are going to have as violent purchase sweep across the country. the demonstrations were triggered by a fuel price hike announced by the government on wednesday. the price of gas were more than double warehouse contained $1400.00 metric tons of food intended for

school meal programs and the most vulnerable families and children in haiti. and 2020 to the well food program scaled up its opperation. i mean to reach 1700000 of the most hungry and hating harold. isaac is an independent journalist based in haiti, capital portal prince. he says the file will make a delivery more difficult, especially right now in the hurricane season. that is, that we're right in the middle of because these people are, you know, recognize to be having food in case have massive emergencies, such as hurricane. and we've heard that there is one on the way. and as such, a whole area of what i use is going to be very difficult in that sense. the wi fi deeper wasn't the only one. it is also reported by county depot was also affected by the loading right now for the most part, most of this we have been disrupted the capital disrupted. for the most

part. everybody is hunkering down there. say home, the street actually goes down as there are protest and violent barricade against the decision from the government to raise the price of oral product and haiti still to come on out a 0, forced out of their homes and cut off from the outside world. the struggle to get aid to flood victims in pakistan and in london, thousands continue their personal pilgrimage for hours to pay their respect to queen elizabeth the 2nd. ah hello. there has been rather chilly in new zealand thanks to a cold front that swept through. but we are going to see the return of some spring

sunshine this we can before we get there. however, let's look to australia and a cold front is pulling away from the south east. that's kept things rather cool and brought some wind and some rain as well behind that you can see we've got an area of low pressure bringing some more wet and windy weather to the southeast at the end of the week with some heavy rain falling in victoria as well as tasmania and parts of new south wales temperature sitting in the mid teens for adelaide and melbourne by saturday. sidney as well. temperature here has been above the average, but we are going to see it come down. if we have a look at the 3 day, there will however, still be some sunshine. now it's looking a lot more sunny up in the north, very settled whether to be found here and it's looking more settled for the south island of new zealand. some of that spring sunshine coming through bits and pieces of rain here and there, but it isn't very far away. as the temperature recovers in christ church, we will see that rain roland, by the time we get some monday now was moved to southeast asia. we are seeing some

heavy rain for the philippines on friday, but by the time we get into saturday, it does start to clear up manila at $29.00 degrees celsius. ah, it's a world full of glitz and glamour. but with the paparazzi chasing india celebrities . if the high stakes game one or one east goes behind the land with those hunting for the perfect picture on al jazeera, ah, i agree, i'll josie, with blue

ah, top stories here and i was 0. ron's president has spoken exclusively to our 0 about talks to renewed 2015 nuclear deal. a brain racy says any removal of sanctions should have guarantees and a mechanism to achieve a lasting agreement. ukraine's president vladimir zalinski has authorities have found a mass grave in the recaptured city of is you local police chief says up to 400 bodies have been found. ukraine retook is human and not being offensive in the past week in the northern hockey region. and a world food program facility has been looted and set on fire in the haitian city of grenades. as violent protests sweep across the country, demonstrations were triggered by a fuel price hike. just as a calling for the ousting of prime minister. i had only the un has welcomed to

cease fire, announced between armenia and as a by john, after 2 days of violence, or 170 soldiers. most of the mob minion, killed in the fighting as threatened to drag turkey in russia into a wider conflict. a russian and security organization is sending a team to armenia after its government requested help. and your speaker nancy pelosi has announced she will travel to armenia at the re hand trans traffic reports for me as a by johnny capital backer. as a by johns ministry of defense. as this video shows, strikes against armenian saboteurs, operating inside as a, by john's territory. 3 days of fighting around the border region close to in the corner, car back has killed, more than a 100 armenian and 70 as erie soldiers. both sides accuse each other starting the fighting as a by john says it was responding to the armenian armies. shelling of a 0 military positions. the armenian defense ministry released this video. it says

shows as ery soldiers moving into armenian territory, al jazeera, cannot independently verify footage released by either side. oh wow, hanger fled in the armenian capital year of an overnight with protest is demanding prime minister, nicole passion yan resign. the demonstration started up the pushing the unemployed piece deal had been signed with as a by jean. he denied the claim on top is which we got. i officially states that no paper has been signed tomorrow. if no paper is going to be signed and there is no talk about any paper. this information is a conspiracy to do more or less. a soldiers standing at the board of russia has tried to maintain relations with both countries and on tuesday tried to brokers c spot. but the fighting continued aah! as a by jean does not see russia as an honest broker, and there are fears,

another full blown war would risk dragging in as a, by john's most powerful allies, turkey, the collective security treaty organization. our meeting at the request of armenia were on the speaking escalation situation, print 2 countries. this is of course, both institutionally problematic and also many would say biased since as a john is not a member of the russian lead. collect the security treaty organization. armenia announced a new c spot, took effect on wednesday night, but there has been no official comment for me as of i gene on an agreed truce at the time of great uncertainty over the war and ukraine. this latest up surgeon fighting between 2 more post soviet states is of great concern to neighboring countries and those struggling amidst the energy crisis. the latest fighting along the borders and post and gordon a car back show that despite the 2020 piece initiative, finding

a lasting political solution to this crisis, one that has huge g o strategic implications is nowhere in sight to strap it out to 0. by qu, house officials in pakistan, the sind province say they're seeing a rise in waterborne diseases among flood victims. okay, sounds navy continues to assist in the supply of vital age and medical equipment to residents cut off by the flooding. the front left hundreds of thousands of people homeless and killed. more than 1500 local doctors say initially they were seeing mostly patients for trauma, but now they're treating people suffering from diarrhea, skin infections, and other waterborne ailments. identical got a, i. e, i left my house along with kids with empty hands. flood water entered my house. i didn't take anything with me, i just saved my children. now here most of my kids are sick. i've been here for 6 days, but so far not enough. aid has reached us,

we don't have clean drinking water and food for our kids. thought so we were saving approximately 700 patients a day in which most of the patients are suffering from eye and skin infections. malaria is also increasing. the main reason is the lack of clean drinking water and living in congested conditions is also one of the reasons people are getting infections from each other. so far, fumigation has not started as much as it's needed. engineers have cleared a major highway and focused on the southern sin problems, enabling aid to be delivered to areas devastated by floods in the north of the country. many communities is still cut off from the outside world. glad a reports from coast on read and go on. it's been over 3 weeks since the doctor drug heavy rains and i in the mountain that you gave me brought in raging gordon zone. the narrow riley has blocked away related,

which i now got drawn from the outside world. tens of thousands of people are not risking their lives to be able to get those 2 are sick and to be able to get supplies in on their back. we have not seen any heavy machinery which are trying to go down the road. and if that is not done soon, many more people may die. we have all that color outbreak have been reported. and surgeon area cut off. they do not have what they were drinking water off and getting any emergency aid at the moment is next to impossible. although the country it runs in great day on the devastating floods that have the growth buckets on an effect, then the balloon gets on robin. the budget audio targeted, we'll have to do much more in order to, to ga road length. and i'd rather not take much time. but i imagine days running out for dog or cell got golf and in need of help. the world bank

has called it one of the worst economic crises in the last 150 is lebanon's, financial meltdown is making people ditch their cars, use wood stoves instead of gas and even become vague. and because many basic goods and are simply on affordable, his, i want your basic shopping is cost in 2019 for around $10000.00 lebanese, nearer, you could get a liter of milk and a kilo each tomatoes oranges apples to compass rice and chicken. that same amount today will buy you less than 300 grams of tomatoes for the currencies value is also collapse. lebanese nearer has lost more than 90 percent of its value since 2019. exchange rate is currently $38000.00 against dollar compared to $1500.00. just 3 years ago. so that's why basic goods like groceries and few become so expensive. a ride in a shad taxi used to cost 2000 lire before the crisis. now it's $50000.00 in order reports in the town of 15 on how the crisis is changing. the way people eat,

travel, and live. ah, it's a new mode of transport to lebanon's impoverished north a new reality in a country where nearly 80 percent of people are poor. stock talks are becoming more popular as the high cost of living changes the way of life. i just saw that higher sagamore again, life has become very difficult. so we are always looking for ways to save money and it's hard. the price to use duct oaks, that, of course, but it's, it's been 3 years since the economy collapse already vulnerable the global rise and food of fuel prices has worse and lebanon situation. politicians blame for decades of corruption and mismanagement are failing to agree on a recovery plan. 2 most of lebanon's people life has changed. basic necessities are an affordable,

especially since the cash strapped the state and the subsidies on basic goods. in a country that imports nearly everything, food price inflation is among the highest in the world. people's diets have changed . i used to sell between 200 to 300 chickens a day. now some about 50 sales have been affected across the board with a vegetable scale even close bread. a main staple is 6 times more expensive as production costs, spiral, power cuts last most of the day. not everyone can afford the diesel for private generators. others switched to wood stoves since a gas cylinder cost half of the minimum monthly wage as if they'd been seen when me as people are returning to all traditions. but we have to use would because we are affected by the fuel electricity crisis. millions like rami awake can't rely on their savings because of banks have locked depositors from their dollar accounts or

funds they can access are worthless. that's while the local currency, the lira valued against the dollar by more than 90 percent of our seniors. i used to get paid 13 and a half dollars an hour. we had a good life. we used to food to eat at restaurants. now my pays were less than $2.00 an hour. we can't even attend primrose because we can't afford transportation . the crisis has pushed the middle class into poverty, and as long as politicians steps to make the economy viable again, it's likely to think even deeper than i could, there was a zita mean north slipping on a group of migrants, boston from texas, had been stranded near the washington d. c. home, a vice president common harris. as another group of about 50 people were sent from the southern state of florida to martha's vineyard. in massachusetts, the republican governor of florida rhonda santas is claimed responsibility. while greg abbot of texas says he sent the migrant to the capital. they accuse democrats

of ignoring border security. the white house accused the government uses the governors of using the migrants of political corns and cause the acts shameful data . but i got to, you know, once i got on the trip here, i was given a bag with food to eat on the 40 hour trip and it was a very long trip. quite tough. we didn't expect we left the drift here without knowing where to head to the objective is to reach new york time and meet us young and fix us. i was held in migration detention in texas from the migration center. we were taken to a place called chat. we were given information, so you're able to contact your relative if you have anybody. with my case that i chose to take a bus which was leaving free of charge and the destination was washington d. c. a. i came looking for the possibility to find work and get ahead. like everybody i did, your castro has more from washington d. c. a white house spokes person called this

a pure political stun. to say that it was shameless for these republican border governors to be sending children and women and men and families to the side of a busy washington street. that is where these a 101 people were essentially dumped this morning outside of the residents of vice president comalla harris. and this was not the only destination for migrants from the border yesterday in what appears to be of coordinated campaign. though, governor of florida paid for 2 flights of migrants from texas to go to marcus vineyard, massachusetts, which is a small resort town where washington's elite go to vacation. the message from both of these governors was clear. it was again, shared with reporters and on twitter today saying that this is a deliberate way of getting the attention of president biden. and his administration in addressing the complaints of these border governors that they

say the border is not secured. however, if you do look at the numbers, they tell a slightly different story, while crossings are still certainly an issue. there were about $200000.00 encounters between us agents and migrants in the month of july, which is a decrease from the peak in may, and also lower than the same time. last year, president biden is hailing a tentative deal to halt a rail strike, which would have disrupted community services across the us. unions and railway companies reached the agreement off to 20 hours of intense talks with the white house. a plan shot done would have dealt a blow to the already struggling u. s. economy. a deal now goes to the union to be voted on spanish police say they've arrested the hand of one of europe's biggest money laundering rings. john francis morrissey was taken into custody in the country south. on monday. it's alleged his criminal network wounded up to $350000.00 a day,

using the sale of high and vodka to restaurants as a cover. the ring was dismantled during a joint international neuro poll operation, known as white white wall lease started tracking the group off to seizing cocaine and cash hidden in cars. in malika last year. thousands of warners streaming into a central london hoping to see the coffin of queen elizabeth the 2nd. right now. the q long river thames is around 8 kilometers long and getting longer. when 300000 people are expected to make it to westminster hall before the state funeral on monday. and fisher reports from under the lane, no stretches, kilometers the wait more than 6 hours. but people continue to come, refusing to be the tad waiting for the moment they can pass the queen's coffin, waiting to pay the respects. jessica howell's traveled with her granddaughter. she saw the coordination in 1953. she wanted to see her own personal

farewell. i was around when the coronation with them out. i saw that when i was sick on the list, italy, montgomery room and i have seen are beginning of a right. i need to be many who traveled in the early hours of the morning, joined the lane walk past and no heading home. she has lena, go ahead for a long time. and when you talk about britain, it's the queen. the line no stretch is a long way from westminster hall, over bridges past famous london landmarks the line itself. and you'll landmark of it soon. the line stretches for kilometers, but the pace is actually reasonable now. but with the authorities warning, thousands more are expected in london over the we can, the lines are going to get bigger. the weight is going to get longer.

over night the military held rehearsals for monday's funeral. the gun candidates which will be the queen's casket, rolling through the empty streets from buckingham palace. an empty black coffin carried into westminster abbey. most of the royals have kept a low profile of the last 24 hours. but the new year to the throne was out at santa him at what was the queen's country estate in the east of england. prince william and princess catherine gathering flowers, talking to well wishers. back in london, it's now estimated by the authorities. more than 300000 people will in time file past. as the late queen lies in state, meeting the expectations for the nation. seeing farewell, alan fisher al jazeera london ah and language up stories are.