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gramlin will hold as signing ceremony on friday to annex a full ukrainian regions after a read a referendum, widely criticized as a legal ah hello. i'm emily anglin. this is al jazeera alive from dough house. coming up, sweden says its found a full lake in the north string. pipelines and says underwater blasts were detected before the lakes occurred. 2000000 people without power is one of the strongest harkens to hit. the united states slammed southwest florida and british prime minister these trust defends and new tax cuts that triggered the chaos in the markets of the pound. it's sliding again ah,

welcome to the program. russia says it plans to formally annexed the 4 ukranian regions where it held referendums on friday. you cry the european union and the us have called them sham referendums. the west is planning to impose more sanctions on russia. the political chief told the security council on tuesday that the referendums and not a genuine expression of popular will and are illegal under international law. the balance were held in russia, occupied pots in easton and something ukraine. the kremlin back to florida, they say the results show that people overwhelmingly voted to join the russian federation. separatists reported huge margins of victory saying that in the region of lou hands, 98 percent of roses favored annexation under 0 mohammed valley's life for us in moscow. mohammed one morning hearing about these plans to annex those full regions

right, emily, the, the leaders of the for breakaway regions of eastern and falling ukraine have already learned to do moscow. and preparations are going on for the finding ceremony, which is going to take place some time tomorrow friday that there is also some preparation for a big a public celebration. on probably, on the same day that had square saw the signs are indicating that the russia is determined to take that decision and to make it to make it a fact. the president, loud to put in, is also expected to give a speech after the signing tomorrow. to officially announce the annexation of those 4 ridges, questions talking about this as a correction of history to the those regions have been wronged by and russia

wronged to by annexing them to other countries. and the thrush will take every measures necessary to defend them off to the next session. even talking during the last few weeks about the possibility of nuclear weapons being used by russia to defend. what did one call from tomorrow? perhaps it's national territory. it's going to make also thinks more difficult for young russians to refuse to go to the war to fight because by law, by constitution, every russian when needed, has to ask the call to defend the nation. all right, mohammed val live for us there in moscow. thank you for the council. the people have fled russia. meanwhile, since president vladimir putin issued immobilization order, last week, practice of flights from moscow sword. after the announcement, those places like to hear the you a and former soviet republics like georgia and menia sold out. long traffic jams

have formed at land crossings including neighboring countries into neighboring countries rather seem to georgia catholic stun and mongolia have seen an influx of russians looking to crossover. and finland has amount will close its border to russians with a huge series invaded vases from friday. all right, we have seen him cuz he lo, standing by for seen and talia to key to key. but this is going to him run khan, who is at the last the border crossing between russia and georgia in run, give us a sense of where you are and what you're saying. well here the last, the border crossing, this is where and i'll just get out of the way so you can get a better look is where the russians are coming across just around the corner from the mountain. unfortunately, this is getting place the authorities allowing us to go. we don't have a call with russian number place, which allows you to get to the border. but there are thousands of cars just around

the corner, waiting to come in a 2 day wait for most people coming across that border. that's actually likely to get even longer with this announcement by helsinki that they going to close the border to russian tourist. that was one of the key ways in to europe. it was a very popular and very busy border crossing out of us being close to all fail the latin people for work visas to visit family, but tourism bases not allowed from midnight to a local time. tonight, $21.00, gmc, so that's going to have an impact on this border, but already the numbers of people coming across is closing. control this, you know, the government say about 5000 cars are being crossing every single day. since the partial globalization went up to about 11000 cars, the physician politicians think that's nowhere near the right amount of people coming in. they say the figures are for high not, and the government just want to admit it. and now i'll just,

there has been speaking to people within tbilisi russians who have come across they are, they don't doing anything wrong when you get a visa to come into georgia and that's actually state for years. but what they're saying is they come across now because they don't want to fight and putins war in ukraine. they don't want to die for him. but that's actually also having an impact on georgians as well. jordans and a lot of neighborhoods, seemingly overwhelmed by this influx of russian people coming in. now you can argue that this amount of people does have a positive effect on the economy, hotels, and cafes and things like that. prices are rising and that's a real issue. so georgians as well, also rental markets are going up as well. and that's something that they're georgians are increasingly talking about is going to become problematic. now if the impacts of the finished border crossing closing means that allowable people coming across from here, it may well we put more political pressure on the government to try and do so. the

government actually has a fairly decent relationship with moscow. but it also has a very good relationship with the european union as well. so it needs to balance both of those 3 things in data. and thanks for the update iran con, live for us on the crossing between georgia and russia. it's crossed assuming costio lu. now enjoys his live from and talia in tech. he seen him here at the airport there where there are hundreds of russian planes. the planes landing every day. what are you witnessing well, this anti allow the southern resorts to do. here is one of the top destination for the russian. russ, taurus, for decades, even the a hotel concept is the accommodation concept. this photo designed for the russians during the pen that make it was the russian tourist who saved the day for her to kiss susan in thus v and as the attend that mc conditions are easier at the number

of the tories are going higher and high every day and it to this, they poured it back and forth arrival and departure. more than 700 russian planes take over land and i met the international well that to international terminals off on saturday a board, then you see russian groups are coming to check in. i behind me tonight to percent of the russian planes arrive in this terminal according to the local authorities, the id numbers of the passengers. the tories has been high already as a part of a friend, but there is one information which is very interesting since september 1, until today. number of fresh and toys who are not leaving cherokee is going higher and higher. this figure was 53 russians on september 1, on september 27. it was 1800 my shoes, who didn't leave on tanya, a port. and yesterday i figured that i checked this morning. is it 200?

850022500 russians who prefer to stay extend. they've stayed a when i look at the passengers, the russian visitors, the profile of them is mainly a families with children. i am a with women. ah, we can not say that there are young men who are coming in groups after the announcements they'll say a partial mobilization. but there is a friend for russians to extend their state natalia, which is very interesting. and in the morning i spoke to local authorities and they told me that it is too early to see the impact of a rush as partial mobilization decision. as these people come as a result within a couple of weeks and we will be able to see, am more details about the russians who prefer to stay because most of them have summer houses here. they come every year, and at least $50000.00 russians have at residencies, united,

taya. but this is an important figure for us to follow that more russia, zachary phone fixed. then they say whether to skip this m a partial mobilization process or to spend more summer days here in on saga. yes, any time will tell. thank you for the update. seen him cuz he, hulu, live for us in antalya, turkey. thank you. the swedish coast guard is reporting a 4th lake at the north stream pipelines in the baltic. same 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 nato say the legs are caused by sabotaged north street. 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 swayed him 1st, reported the links near the island of foreign home shipping. near the lines has

been restricted and no way to point its military to protect its oil and gas installations that vast and fall this update from a vessel in the baltic, sea swedish coast guard has now clarified that they actually found the 4th league on tuesday already and it was already put on their website, but apparently not communicated to their prime minister, gave a press conference that they only mentioning 3 leaks. and also the day later the coast guard chief also didn't mention it. so the r for leaks now to under sweetie side to under danish side, to northridge, one pipeline and 2 daughters to pipeline what's happening now is that these leaks, i basically just emptying out the gas. hundreds of millions of cubic meters of gas is now leaking into the baltic sea and nobody has any means to stop it. there's no technology to stop this leaking. so they basically have to wait until all the gases

out of the pipes and nobody knows exactly how much was it it. we know that it was 177000000 cubic meters of gas in north room 2 because not to him to has never been used. but the north 31 pipeline. it's unclear, but it will take days and some people say maybe until the end of this week before everything is empty and then only then the investigation can start. and there's also this concern is very huge concern that the condition of the pipes after the gas is out of the pipes water will go when will go and see water. corrosion will start and then there's a lot of concern that the pipes are useless can be used ever again. still ahead on al jazeera carmella harris's trip to south korea, more on what the u. s. vice president had to say while visiting the demilitarized zone, a blah,

blah blah. and grammy winning rampart coolio has died while on tune. ah, anticipation is rising. and so with spots of cattle a ways. hi there. good to be with you. it's a dry pitcher across japan, tokyo looking good at $27.00 degrees. we've got an incoming storm here, but as of now, it is looking to stay to the east of japan's main island of hunt. you store in the midst of weather for the far northeast of china. so harbin showers in storm seem likely for you. on fridays, we dip toward the south. it's all about the heat in china's hu boyland $37.00 degrees. some cloud cover, some showers, me sneak in there as well on friday. so if that does happen, it's going to put a bit of a cap on your temperatures. se asia missed, the rain is really falling over indo china. that's where we have remnants leftovers

of. what was typhoon nora, shug and long thailand, moving into the m r as fall. but our usual problem spots around sumatra, and we're seeing that rain fill in for east java central java over the next few days. now i want to take you to india and monsoon range are clearing away north to south, but the biggest downpours on friday, stretching from westbank all entrepreneur dash buffer roster karnataka right into tamela due on friday pockets dawn. same thing, those monsoon rains have cleared away, but we're still seeing some rain sneak into the capital territory. brown is one. will buy the high 32 degrees and land in the middle east. it's quite comfortable. the humidity has gone down in doha with a high of 36 the west sponsored by catch all the way. little is more distressing for a woman than a month 20 pregnancy going horribly wrong. aside from then being punished, boy el salvador strict divorce and laws have seen women incarcerated for years.

some say their only crime was the devastating still by an empowering story of one woman's struggle that ignited a movement. miscarriage of justice. a witness documentary on al jazeera lou. oh, he watching out his ear. i'm m liang when he is a reminder about top stories this hour. russia says it will annex for regions which held referendums earlier this week. it says it will take control of those areas tomorrow the european union and the u. s. a. planning to impose in more sanctions on russia for holding what i have described as sham referendums in ukraine.

finland has announced it will close its border to russians with a tourism vases from friday. thousands of the countries since president vladimir putin issued a mobilization order last week. and the swedish coast guard is reporting a full fully could the non stream pipelines and the baltic sea. russia says it's launched a terrorism investigation of the damage. the un nato say the lakes were caused by sabotage to the us now where harry can ian has left a trial of destruction in southwest florida, knocking out power to to 1000000 people and trapping many in flooded homes. it is one of the strongest harkens to ever hit the united states. it's wake him to a tropical storm about the u. s. national hire consent to ease warning of catastrophic flooding inland. no dicks have been reported, but about 20 people are missing. after a boat carrying cuban migrants sank near florida. hydro castro has more on the

impact of the hurricane. with wind speed topping 250 kilometers per hour, hurricane e and ripped across florida's gulf coast. wednesday afternoon, waves turn streets into rivers, florida governor warning the worst may still be to come. it is going to have major, major impacts in terms of wind, in terms of rain, in terms of flooding jobs. so this is going to be nasty, nasty, a day, 2 days. wow. holmes 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 stayed behind risking everything is my home for me and my mom, you know, i me that goes then 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 out there. so 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 dina. dina uses excuse to raise gasoline prices regarding her eons of slow movement across florida means the state will likely be pummeled for days to come. i to jo castro al jazeera

british prime minister, lose trance, insists her government's tax cutting meshes on the right plan. that despite the pound dropping to an all time low against the u. s. dollar on monday, she's defended the so called mini budget as the urgent action that was needed for the british economy. made baccha reports, britain's housing mortgage markets, and meltdown, and estate agent just bol sony fears for his business. the government plans of sweeping tax cuts huge amounts of borrowing spooked investors, forcing dozens of lenders to pull hundreds of mortgage deals, buys, understandably, i'm quite anxious about what's going to happen next. and i think the key thing we got her memories boys were also sellers. we seen the lower level of buys coming to the market when a 40 percent reduction in boys actually registering who got mortgage is approved in principle. and this is even, i think there's trends going to continue just with, with osi suspension of certain mortgage products. while buyers and sellers re

evaluate their options, the international monetary funds, the lender of last resort, urged the british government to reconsider cutting taxes at a time of soaring inflation. the i m f b as it will spark a global slowdown of risks, widening inequality. the kind of warning the i m f gives to emerging economies, not the you. 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 backfired. 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 full 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 found falls, the cost of government barring on the international bond, markets has gone up for an interest rate of a ram wall and a half to $2.00 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, as 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. it's highest him 40 years and the highest amongst g 7 advanced economies. a perfect storm of factors including the war and ukraine of disrupted supplies of goods, such as oil, wheat and fertilizer, pushing up the price of food, fuel and other items, and in order to dump and 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 impound 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. neeve, pa couches era, london, us vice president. com la harris has visited the demilitarized zone separating south and north korea and mid height intentions. harris earlier held talks with south korea's president june, so kill when they condemned north korea's nuclear rhetoric. rub mcbride reports from packaging in south korea. that goes into these. we're following in the footsteps of many us leaders before her vice president carmella harris on the

heavily fortified dmc border separating the 2 careers touring the famous blue huts at the penman, john truce village where an armistice signed in 1953 ended the korean war looking into north career itself, with relation soured once more. in a region of growing tensions. 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 korean peninsula where the dpr, okay, is no longer a threat. paris to asia to italy, state funeral in oklahoma. prime minister sions, obey indicating importance of relations with its ally, japan as

a counter to the growing strength of china in sol, she met with president units o p. o, hoping for the same level of continued cooperation for 7 decades. the alliance between the united states and the republic of korea has been a lynch pen as security and prosperity on the korean peninsula and in the endo pacific and throughout the globe. i am here to reinforce the strength of our alliance and strengthen our work together. the last significant us visit to the dmc within 2019, when president donald from back with north korean leader kim jong on at the height of their summit diplomacy aimed at the nuclear rising. the korean peninsula. hopes of north korea giving up its nuclear weapons, have all but evaporated with leader kim jong and recently enshrining in law. it's status as a nuclear armed power and south korean intelligence officials believe the north has

now completed preparations for another nuclear test. it would be the 1st such test in 5 years and comes as a u. s. naval strike group led by the aircraft carrier. ronald reagan conducts joint drills and korean waters. again, another 1st in 5 years, she leaves the peninsula with the deepening tensions increasingly reminiscent of previous times. robert bride al jazeera pudgy, south korea. he him as to pies later and son soon. she has been sentenced to 3 years in jail, along with her former economic adviser, australian, shown to now if he had pleaded not guilty to violating the official secrets, act sentencing took place in a closed course. it's the latest in a series of convictions soon she has faced since being asked in a military cou, i can february 2021. 20 chang has more from bangkok in neighboring thailand. we have seen charge upon charged late against her sentence upon sentence piling up

23 years her. she's now supposed to serve and joe, 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 is 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. schools, trains, and businesses in france are being affected by a nationwide general strike. many workers are calling for pay rise, and there's also anger over a pension reform bill, a president menu on the crony set to introduce in the coming weeks. natasha battle 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 stripe 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 of, unquote, we are in a turn, a social situation. workers are angry about the cost going on. 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 or 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 se 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 eroding their social rights address with you so long sir? 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 hobby horse through so quickly. so this could be the start of a process movement like won't saw in crohn's 1st term with the universal for the vector quicker. so, to pandemic and more in ukraine knocked my calls for, for mister gender, off track. he wants to revive it and fulfill his campaign promise. but forging ahead with his ambitions is unlikely to be easy at a time when people are struggling financially. and the economic outlook is so bleak . natasha butler, al jazeera, paris, gangsters, paradise wrapper, coolie, erm has died at the age of 59. i did live with one hill bama, w.