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sweden says its found a 4th leak in the north stream. pipelines and says underwater blast were detected before the lakes occurred. ah, hello i am emily. ang, when this is al jazeera alive from doe howls, are coming up to 1000000 people with our power is one of the strongest harkens to hit. the united states slams southwest florida. british prime minister lease trust defends the new tax cuts. vince triggered chaos in the markets, but the pound slides again and unsung sooty is sentenced to 3 more years this time charged with violating men must official secrets act. ah.

the swedish coast guard is reporting a 4th league in the nod stream pipelines in the baltic sea. the pipeline usually ships gas from russia to germany. russia says it's launched a terrorism investigation over the damage and called for a meeting of the un security council. the you and nater say the lakes were caused by sabotaged knots tray. one is a key line that transports gas to europe, but russia suspended deliveries earlier this month because of a stand off over sanctions. denmark and sweden 1st reported the leagues near the island of bourne home. ships near the lines have been restricted, and norway is to point it's military to protect its oil and gas installations. we have at to correspondence covering the story. mohammed val is standing by for us in moscow, but 1st let's talk to step rassen. she's in south nits in germany, the port where nord stream deliveries reach land step. what can you tell us about

these reports of a 4th leak and explosions in the lead up? well, what is happening is that the swedish coast guard is now clarifying that there was this 4th leak already found on tuesday 2 days ago. it was reported done on their website, but somehow never got communicated to the leaders of the country. the prime minister had a press conference the same day, didn't mention it. the next day, the head of the coast guard had a press conference also didn't mention it. so it's not a new leak, but it was a leak that they detected on tuesday already. it's a smaller leak than the 1st one. they detected that one was a bit north of north 31. that's a very big leak which has a radiation of one square kilometer coming to the surface. this is gas bubbling up . the 2nd one that they are not reporting, it's all north stream to it's a smaller one. and then we have a not a to leak on the danish side,

on the danish economic zone, which is also both one in north frame one and the other one in north stream to what we don't know at this stage is because both pipes from north 3 month and notes for him to have consists of 2 pipes. so in together we are talking about 4 pipes. if all 4 of them are now leaking, that's what we don't know for before we knew that 3 of them were now damaged, heavily damaged, and there was still talk that one might still be intact. and that's what we don't know. we're still waiting for confirmation to hear if the 4th one is also a bad, the damage we are hearing now reports also, the german intelligence has says, says suggested that maybe these leaks can't be repaired at all. because what is happening now is the gas is leaking from the pipes into the sea and there's nothing anyone can do to stop it and then see what will go into the pipes. there will be corrosion and experts say this will be very,

very difficult to repair. certainly plenty of moving parts to this story. thank you for the updates that vests in the line for us there in sustenance. germany, mohammed val ease live for us in moscow. and now mohammed, how was the kremlin being reacting to this news? well maria reactions have been streaming since yesterday and they show the high level of anger here in moscow, particularly in the highest spheres of the government. those are the accusations we heard yesterday that the americans are the only one who has the interest, the highest interest in what happened. the talk about president joe biden, and that's in the press here in official press. it made statements very interesting statements before the war and ukraine saying that if russia's tax and to ukraine,

there will be no north stream air gas pipelines any more. and who was asked how that could happen. he said that there will be a way to do it. this is being propagated here in russia and also the spokeswoman of the minister of foreign affairs sheree eatery to that. where those incidents took place is right. of the heart of the americans fear and the control of american intelligence in the baltic sea. and anything that happens there is, are the responsibility of the united states in a way. she also talked to her in another, another news line. she talked about the helicopters, images of helicopters, that well, spotted us helicopters hovering right over the area where the students took place. so in russia here, there is more and more or focus on the american responsibility, the potential american sponsibility responsibility in these, in these are acts of sabotage, as described here,

or even acts of international terrorism against russia's interests. remember that these pipelines are perhaps the most strategic russian economic card in its economy, in its a political games with the european partners, particularly in the context of the war and ukraine. the sanctions couldn't to work a 100 percent against russia because the europeans are in desperate need for russian gas. so it's sir. russia's trump card has now been destroyed and they are talking about the amount of damage already sustained. more than $11000000000.00. it only one of the pipelines and the problem is now, when can this damage be fixed? probably never. and that means russia is now deprived from its strongest card in the, in this conflict with the west. ok, thank you very much. all right, he no damn for us, ma'am. dow lie press in moscow. moving on now into the u. s. her hurricane ian has

left a trail of destruction in southwest florida, knocking at power to to 1000000 people entrapping many in flight at homes. it's one of the strongest harkins to ever hit the united states, though it's weak into a category system. the u. s. national hurricane center warns of catastrophic flooding in land. no decks have been reported, but about 20 people in missing. after boat carrying cuban migrant sank ne florida. how did your castro has moved with wind speeds, topping 250 kilometers per hour. hurricane e and ripped across florida's gulf coast. wednesday afternoon, waves turn streets into rivers. florida's governor warning the worst may still be to come. it is gonna have major, major impacts in terms of wind, in terms of rain in terms of flooding. just so this is gonna be a nasty, nasty, a day to days. oh wow. homes are without power as utility workers from 27

states prepared to descend. as soon as the storm clears. about 2 and a half 1000000 people were ordered to evacuate, but some stay behind risking everything is my home. for me and my mom, you know, i me that goes the what, what, what do you do? it's been decades since a hurricane of this magnitude hit florida's western coast curiosity through some people out on to an exposed sea bed earlier wednesday. the water temporarily sucked away by the storms. low pressure is so dangerous to be authors, even if you see the water receding. it's not the time to go out there and, and look at it or collect shells or whatever it is. the national hurricane center is warning of catastrophic storm surge winds and flooding across florida, as people sheltered in place. president joe biden said the federal government would

help with search and rescue and recovery. gimme he is also warning the oil and gas industry not to raise gas prices. do not let me repeat, do not. do not use this excuse to raise gasoline prices or gardener. eons of slow movement across florida means the state will likely be pummeled for days to come. hydro castro al jazeera, british prime minister liz trash since is her government's tax. cutting measures are the right plan, that despite a pound and dropping to an all time low against the u. estrella. on monday she has defended the so called many punch it as the urgent action needed for the british economy named baca reports britain's housing, mortgage markets, and meltdown. and estate agent just while sign. he fears for his business. the government plan for sweeping tax cuts in huge amounts of borrowing spooked

investors, forcing dozens of lenders to pull hundreds of mortgage deals, buys, understandably, are quite anxious about what's going to happen next. hm. i think the key thing we got our memories boys were also sellers, was in the lower level of buy is coming to the market when a 40 percent reduction in boys actually registering what was approved in principle . and this is even, i think this trends going to continue just with, with osi suspension, certain mortgage products. while buyers and sellers re evaluate their options, the international monetary fund, the lender of last resort, urged the british government to reconsider cutting taxes at a time of soaring inflation. the i m f fears it will spark a global slowdown of risks, widening inequality. the kind of warning the i m f gives to emerging economies, not the u. k. last friday, the chancellor of the exchequer announced a bonanza of tax cuts and debt funded spending in the hopes of stimulating economic

growth. but the move has spectacularly back fired, the value of the pound plummeting to its lowest level since 1985. the whole market is in turmoil at the moment, and people are waiting for some act conciliatory tones from elegant the chancellor or the bank of england to actually settle the markets down at the moment that hasn't been coming. the figures forced the bank of england on wednesday to take evasive action and by government bonds on a temporary basis to help calm the market. but within minutes the pound fell again down 1.6 percent against the dollar. as the pound falls, the cost of government barring on the international bond, markets has gone up for an interest rate around $1.00 and a half to 2 and a half percent to 5 percent seemingly overnight. expressing our real lack of confidence from investors about the government's ability to pay for its own plans. you, kate, at is now seen by investors as being similar to greece or italy, countries with long histories of economic mismanagement. even before all this

inflation, the gradual increase in the price of goods over year was around 10 percent. its highest him 40 years, and the highest amongst g 7 advanced economies. a perfect storm of factors including the war and ukraine, have disrupted supplies of goods such as oil, wheat and fertilizer, pushing up the price of food, fuel, and other items. and in order to dampen those rise is the bank of england that acts independently of the government has raised interest rates, the cost of borrowing to slow down spending and keep prices under control. but the table in pound means only one thing. the bank of england responding with even higher rates of interest to help steady prices. the heads of some of the wells leading banks were summoned to the treasury to try to restore confidence in the government's plans, but politically thinks that anything but stable that disquiet amongst m. p. 's from the governing conservative party. some reportedly calling for liz trust his premier ship to end before it's really begun. nave, balk al jazeera london, still

a hint on al jazeera carmella harris's visit to south korea and more on what the u . s. vice president had to say, well, visiting the demilitarized design ah with hello there, good to see you. welcome to your world's weather update. there had been some severe thunderstorms for that south coast of new south wales. most of that is pushed shore . the coral cba will come back to that in one second. the rain is starting to fill in across w a, especially in the kimberly region. this is going to dance toward the east over the next few days in every state in australia, somehow some way will be impacted by this frame. okay, but let's talk about the now on friday. still getting a feed of rain, fort sidney, you know, it's the 3rd, what is your on record for sydney,

but i suspect by the end of the year will very likely go down as the wetted steer on record. you see, the interpreters have come crashing down in christ church the other day about 21. you're now down to 10 degrees on friday, but of rain for the northland, and the escape on friday. off to indo china right now and remnants leftovers of what was typhoon nor route, still chugging across thailand. moving into myanmar. so downpours here. and we've got some, some solid bands of rain, northern vietnam, around hanoi and southern vietnam around hope schumann city and still this dome of heat over glory lin, 37 degrees. this storm here looks to steer towards the east of japan's main island of haunt. you over the next few days, but let's go to the here and now. plenty of sun, including for tokyo with a high of $27.00 degrees. i'll catch up with you next hour. ah, ah, with guns in their hands and faith in god. there's so many american republicans the

2020 presidential election was stolen and donald trump, white christian nationalists refund to mentally authoritarian and it is anti democratic people in power. vista gates help the spread of wild conspiracy theories undermine us. democracy america's for, for terry's park to on a j 0 lou . lou, you watching out here. i'm am language, he's a reminder of our top stories this hour. the swedish coast guard is reporting a 4th the lake at the node stream pipelines in the baltic. saint russia says it's launched a terrorism investigation or the damage the you and nato say the lakes were caused

by sabotage harrigan and hit florida. more than 2000000 people without power and many more are under mandatory evacuation audits. it's now weakened to a tropical storm. and british prime minister lives trust insists her government's tax cutting measures on the right plan. that's despite the pan dropping to an all time low against the us dollar. on monday, lebanese lawmakers have failed to elect a new president during the 1st round of voting. president michelle owns term is coming to an end in about a month, but there's no political consensus on her. my bait, the next head of state. santa hot up joins us live now from bay, wrote hello dana, what happened in parliament, and why wasn't a president elected? well, this is the 1st attempt by lebanon's parliament to elected his successor to president

michelle. around. like you mentioned his mandate ends on october. the 31st, but this is not going to be easy. this is a hung parliament. this is a deeply divided parliament, not one major political alliance holds the absolute majority. and in the 1st round of voting, the candidates needs 2 thirds of the vote that 86 vote, so not one candidate is able to secure enough votes. the opposition is also fragmented. you don't have an opposition block that speaks in one voice even within the ruling alliance block. there are divisions on who should be president of the speaker of parliament. the b birdie says that he will not be calling for a 2nd session until he feels that there is some sort of a consensus because if he calls for a 2nd session, you will need a quorum of 86 m p 's. and any candidate who will be chosen will just need an absolute majority. so 11, i'm could possibly be heading towards

a presidential vacuum. and this has happened in the past for 2 years. this country didn't power the president, but unlike then lebanon doesn't have a government. so it is really a dangerous time. this political paralysis couldn't come at a worse time when the economy has all but collapsed. yes, insane. and that was my next question. how important is it that a new president is eventually elected, given the myriad of crises, the countries fancy the well yes, come the end of october. there is no new president then the government, the council of ministers needs to rule by proxy. but like i mentioned, there is no government at the moment, it is a caretaker administration which has limited powers, a caretaker administration, but cannot pass. 1 laws and reforms that need to be carried out in order for lebanon to be eligible for an i must be allowed package,

but it's not just that there need to also be political will among the officials to actually fight corruption and carry out to all the reforms that are needed, so no president, no government with, with, with powers. so a political stability already that we've seen a rise and security incidents protests in the street. people are complaining that they can't make and meet. we've seen this happen in the past without consensus, this country cannot, this country cannot move forward. so we're just going to have to wait to see how the next week's a pan out. but it doesn't look like the political forces can reach some sorts of in the agreements anytime soon. indeed, we appreciate the update and santa live for us him by word. thank you. to me a man now where deposed later, uncensored she has been sentenced at 3 years in jail. along with her former economic advisor, australian shown to now the pair pleaded not guilty to violating the official secrets act sentencing took place in a closed court. it's the latest in

a series of convictions soon she has faced since being asked it in a military coup in february 2021. tony chang has more from bangkok in neighbouring thailand. we have seen charge upon charge, laid against her sentence upon sentence, piling up 23 years her. she's now supposed to serve in jail. some of those sentences carry with them hard labor sentences as well, which will be incredibly difficult for a 77 year old woman. at this stage with the sentences she's looking at shoes and she still has several still to come. she won't get out of jail until she's over a 100 years old. now, i think the, the issue here is, what is the military trying to do here? we've seen them piling up these charges against a clearly they want her out of the picture politically. they know very well that they hold elections as they have done in the past. she will, will win overwhelmingly again. and they want to take her away from that. if

elections go ahead next year, as they promised they will, and there is a for the military, a satisfactory result. they may allow her, some degree of freedom, perhaps house arrest of some sort. but clearly she will never be allowed to return to the political stage while the military in charge. and at this stage these sentence are sentences are effectively a death sentence. hill robinson is the deputy director of human rights watch his asia division. he says the sentencing is in tactical move by the military gentle members, military hunters trying to run up the score against long sang sushi and the other end of the leaders, including the 3 ministers who were also on trial with her here. they're trying to make sure that she and others never pose a threat to the one to again, that they will be bound down by so much time in prison. that you know will never really see them. ah, it for the foreseeable future. ah, you know, they're, they're,

they're trying to ensure that they will be able to hold these people for as long as they want. and that the know any sort of terms of release will have to be negotiate with us. vice president, commonly harris has visited, the demilitarized zone is separating south and north korea and mid height and tensions. harris earlier held talks with south korea president june, so keowee, where they condemned no freeze nuclear rhetoric. young yang are fired to short range ballistic missile tests. just a day before harris landed in the region, the commitment of the united states to the defense of the republic of korea, i will report is iron clad. in the north, we see a brutal dictatorship ramp in human rights violations and an unlawful weapons program that threatens peace and stability. the united

states and the world seek a stable and peaceful gran peninsula, where the dpr k is no longer a threat. and rob mcbride has the latest from pod you in south korean. north korea seems to continue with its plans for nuclear development. we are all expecting and intelligence officials here in south korea confidently predicting that the north has finished preparations for a nother nuclear test. now that would be its 1st nuclear test since 2017. so there are very much echoes of previous tensions wednesday evening. we had 2 more short range, ballistic missiles being launched by the north. there was another one on sunday. there have been a series of regular tests of all different types of missiles since the start of this year. and north korean leader, of course, kim jogan. ria affirmed recently that he's now enshrined in law that his country

north korea is he says, a nuclear armed power, so they seem very much committed to holding onto their nuclear austell. it's interesting that the last very senior us leadership visit to the dmc was back in 29 team. that was president donald trump at the time when he famously shook hands with kim jong on between the blue hot stepped across into the north and stepped back again. the fact that this is very much more of the old fashioned kind of us visit to the dmc, where basically the president of vice president looked into the north and that said, i think it shows you the way that relations have slipped back to how they were maybe 5 years ago, the trial of guineas, fulman, military laid, and k officials from his government has begun. mussa dad is camara, and 10 others are accused of killing more than 150 protest is during a massacre at stadium in 2009. they pleaded not guilty to charges including murder

and rape. an invoice reports from conner creek, 13 years of waiting is finally over. foreign military leader most had that just come out. finally faces trial. he and 10 others of the elegant must to mines of a massacre. that will come face to face with survivors in the families of hundreds of civilians who are murdered, tortured or raped by security forces sousa, mon, nor gather it's too early to say if the outcome will be what we expect. but for now, we're giving of course, the benefit of the doubt. yet if the government has promised to save god, the integrity of the process and guarantee protection for witnesses, the proceedings are being watched closely by international institutions like the united nations today, reversing the culture of impunity into a culture of justice. active is say the trial is an important stuff,

but will also be a difficult one. frankly, there are a lot of concerns this charles unfolding in a complicated moment. forgive me. there is a 100 government in power and there have been rights abuses, escalating a man on the opposition. i ban on public protest during this time. dennis hunter is under intense pressure and making a political capital out of this trial. but the next few weeks and months will determine whether the process is politically motivated or a genuine attempt to find justice for victims and members of their families. the international criminal court says it's watching the trial closely. as we bow not to the judge. we brought to justice. it's something above us. we have to bow to justice and respect justice. otherwise, it's the, the law of the gun and the bullet. and the bully. the victims come to court is such a torture. but it's not such an if all he come, we'll find the answers they've been looking for and whether the trials outcome will

help this nation he'll ah, greece al jazeera corner. tens of thousands of people in the czech republic have been protesting. the government's handling of the energy crisis. the demonstrators in prague were also against the countries membership of the european union and nato . the rally was organized by far right groups, organizers demanded an end to what they called the governments planned delusion of the nation. schools, trains and businesses in france, bang affected by a nationwide in general strike many a calling for a pay rise, and is also anger over a pension reform bill that president to manual micron will introduce in the coming wakes. as i shall, butler reports from paris, hospital workers demonstrating in paris last week to demand better pay and conditions. the latest in a series of protests by public sector workers in france. now,

trade unions want to increase pressure on the french government. they've called for nationwide strike to demand highest salaries and an end to the government's pension reform plans. this railway union representative says people are fed up and inflations making things worse, reported over when we are in a turner social situation. workers are angry about the cost going on when they see big companies making reco profits refusing to re salaries. so going into the streets feels like the only way to try and force them to increase our pay. the french government says it's doing all that he can to shield people from inflation. it's kept energy bills for consumers, offered financial help to poor a households, and is considering a pay rise for teachers. but it is standing firm on his controversial pension reform plan. so, but we're starting to get out of the system in which the same job doesn't guarantee the same pension, or i say yes, we will all have to work

a bit longer. french president, him, i know mcgraw has been promising to overhaul frances complex pension system ever since his 1st term in office. he says it needs to be streamlined to be made. farrah your say wants to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64, or 65. micros past attempts to change the retirement age and pension scheme. who met with not protest from people who said he was a routing, this social rights of aggressive sudle ring longer, it's a real worry for him today in this climate of anxiety, inflation and high energy prices, opinion polls show that french people are against the pension reform will be forced through so quickly. so this could be the start of a protest movement, but when we saw him, crohn's 1st term with the elevator offered it in like the contest to pandemic, and more in ukraine knocked my calls for, for mr. gender, off track. he wants to revive it and fulfill his campaign promise. but forging ahead with.