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russia prepared for the formal annexation of 4 regions of ukraine defined condemnation from around the world. it is a dangerous escalation. it has no place in the more than wolves. it must not be accepted. ah, lord databases out there, alive from london, also coming up. a full sleek is found in the north stream gas pipelines, their affairs, they could be irreparably damaged. are canadians trail of destruction across florida. there warnings of a substantial loss of life. a nationwide strike brings france to a halt as workers demand government action on the rising cost of living. ah

feller, ukraine is called an emergency meeting of top security, political and defense officials. after russia's announcement, it will annex for ukrainian regions. russian president vladimir putin will on friday, san documents proclaiming the annexation of her son as a parisha donetta and lou hands on thursday. he issued decrees declaring how saunas parisha independent, an intermediate step before formerly annexing them. the regions will be folded into russia during a ceremony, attended by putin. it follows what ukraine and its western allies have denounced as sham referendums. staged at gunpoint. united states are want to be very clear. bucker's. united states will never, never, never recognize russia's claims on ukraine, sovereign territory. the so call referenda was a sham and absolute sham. the results were manufactured in moscow. and

are you a true will of ukrainian people as ever, every day as i sacrifice their lives to save their people one, maintain the independence of their country. ukraine's president to ms. lewinsky has called a balance illegal and want of a robust ukrainian response. but i don't need to give you a key on the eve of those steps. russia shows with its aggression not only on the battlefield, but with its aggressive policy. it continues to provide artificial referendums, and here it is essential for our school. but all our partners, all the civilized world, leaders and certainly france support you christ. while the un says the annexation would be a breach of international law or diplomatic at a james base has more these are the strongest comments from the un secretary general since the start of the war in ukraine. he talks about so called referenda, which don't reflect the genuine will of the people living in those areas. and on

the plans annexation, he says they go against international law and against the un charter, the founding document of the united nations. it since against every scene, the international community is meant to stand for it flawed for the purposes and principles of the united nations. it is as dangerous escalation. it has no place in the more than wolves. it must not be accepted. the un security council is expected to meet as early as friday, the u. s. and i'll be near been working on a resolution condemning russia. it's likely that russia will be to such a resolution because it's a permanent member of the security council, but already the u. s basset linda thomas greenfield has said, if that happens, she'll take things to the un general assembly. mama val is in moscow with a russian reaction to the un. moscow is not listening to what mister god gutierrez is saying. the law moscow is in another world. russia is bracing for celebrations

and the historic speech by vladimir putin president vladimir putin. tomorrow. so, i mean, the logic here is very different. we are in the, i'm, i mean, i'm talking from a place where, i mean, thinks are seen from a completely different perspective. russians are bracing for what they called the correction of history. i think that those territories belong to russia, and that it was wrong in the 1st place to, to let them go. and now it is time. it is the coronation of this, of the sacrifice is given by the but by the russians during this war and before. and it's, it's just less than 24 hours before the before it starts. and that is when the president vladimir putin will sign this agreement with the leaders of the for break away regents who have already landed here. moscow, i don't think that russia is really listening to what the secretary general of the

united nations is saying. and they think that the you and is taking one side in this conflict. altitudes were a challenge, has more on ukraine's response from keith. what is zalinski jones do? well, on friday, he is calling for a meeting of the national security and defense council, where we're being told that fundamental decisions for ukraine will be made. clearly, though nerves are jangling in the defense ministry here in kia, particularly about the danger of the use of tactical nuclear weapons. the ha, ukrainian military intelligence is now saying that the, the risk is very high, that they all got to be used by russia, against ukrainian troops against ukrainian materials against ukrainian command centers near the front line. and he crane is once again calling for the provision of air defense systems, missile defense systems, from the west,

from nato. but ready, this doesn't actually change the ukrainian calculus that much, they are going to carry on doing what they have been doing, which is fighting off the russians as best they can. they say that they are going to take these territories back and they won't stop until they do so. and i think we have to stress here that ukraine militarily is strengthening and it has been for some time, these very referenda that russia has conducted the mobilization that russia is engaged in the moment is really a sign of kremlin desperation. it's because of the ukrainian council offensive in khaki, if earlier in the month. ah, that was very successful. that beat the russians back from a particular area of cock if. and these 4 people have been killed, including 2 children of the russian rocket hit a residential area of disney probe, according to the regions governor and other 5 people wounded when missiles damaged

at least 60 homes. the criminal has repeatedly denied targeting civilian areas during it's offensive in ukraine. out there is hold up to me in to meet pro, where she spoke to people who lived through the attacks this shock of surviving and this belief at the devastation. we're not happy with the pain of losing a lifetime of hard work in a matter of seconds. it was shortly after midnight when the missiles hit white's feet in ripping apart holes and lives a family of 4 were all killed. instantly dana picked up a picture from the rubble and memory of neighbors gone too early. for the machine they 1st found ala the grandmother than the mother and her daughter. and they had to search the rubble for the sun. we had fragments of a couch on our roof and there were human remains burnt on it so i wasn't injured, but i am scared now each asked iron will remind me of this lee. i'll be scared each

time it goes off. is not here yet. what kind of miss i hit, but it left the crater 10 meters deep. just a day ago, a family home stood here for houses have been flattened among others, 60 damage. this is a residential neighborhood. we don't see any military presence in the area, nor is there any kind of infrastructure that could have been targeted. people who are worried because of recent, the number of air strikes has increased. another s drive targeted the bus station a few meters away from the central train station. there were also stripes in the hunt cave in the north east and several southern cities including creevy, the hometown of president vladimir zalinski, andries easy old mother was alone. piersal can't believe she survived, is a surgeon fitting the wounded of this war. my exempt them was with them. we live at

a time when anything can happen, but after this, nothing can scare us. what could be worse than your mother in such danger? in the middle of the night, we have all to lose. if there's a nuclear attack. we're just average people. we have no choice. residents, zalinski held an emergency that has security and defense cabinet. the country is holding is read. as russia goes ahead, it's black. and next parts of euclid, without them, how many others you and mini? ah, yes, president joe biden is declared a major disaster in florida after harken in, swept across the southern state. his warned, a storm could be the deadliest in florida's history. it made land full as one of the strongest hurricanes in decades. christian st. louis report scenes of devastation abound in florida. the morning after hurricane an struck land. the full

extent of the damage was only beginning to come to light homes, flooded and on fire boats piled up like children's toys. people in cars navigating their escape. already the governor is calling it an historic weather event. is going to be a lot more assessing that goes on in the days ahead. but i think we've never seen a flood of that like this. we've never seen storm surge of this magnitude and it hit an area where there's a lot of people in a lot of those low lying areas. and it's gonna end up doing extensive damage to a lot of people's homes. and so there's going to be a lot of work to do and slammed into florida, gulf coast with winds of up to 240 kilometers per hour, inundating communities in its path. the coastal city of fort myers was overwhelmed with water. but the facts are being felt inland as wow. more than 2000000 people lost power. during the height of the storm rescue crews were unable to respond to

cries for help. from those who didn't heed, evacuation orders that didn't stop a local news reporter from helping a woman trapped in her car. she was on her way to work in a hospital when she got stuck. it's believed others may not have been so lucky, but with roads and bridges under water. it will take a while to fully assess the damages to lives and property. president joe biden declared florida, a disaster area, promising federal assistance. it made land for yesterday and it is still still moving across the state to day. this could be the deadliest hurricane in florida's history. the rain and flooding is expected to continue as ian moves north. kristin salumi al jazeera in weakened to a tropical storm after passing over florida. but it since strengthened again to hurricane status and is on track to make landfall in south carolina on friday. and there is at nasa who seine has latest from tampa. the story file is not done. we

have now a double e and it's a double her again. we're just past couple of hours of damage of huge damage here in florida with ian now throughout this day with the air u. s. eastern time. it went through the areas of orlando, the central florida major damage mate, namely flemings, and now it's over the atlantic macon, almost. so you turn within the next couple of hours. wait for the next 24 hours and the united states, the eastern board, north carolina, south carolina, would be facing this hurricane. the 2nd version of it, if you want. we still don't know the number of deaths here in florida. some sheriff's local sheriff's of some small counties, they talk about hundreds, we're not sure about this numbers yet, but the only report the only witnesses are already bring in some groove gruesome of images of those people who decided to stay right now the united states is not done yet, we still have another 24 hours,

major effort in washington now to provide the money and the help still to come to suffer standing firm in the face of criticism, u. k. prime minister refuses to change her economic plan and the young bosnian is looking for a better life abroad. why somebody's election isn't providing any reason to stay. ah that the last few days it seemed rain on the east side of australia. this curling systems on his way out there. we've now got some brain interest lean kimberly west australia. typically that's rather more than we've seen for many weeks. if not many months. i think there's enough there to cause some flooding, some temporary funding. at least i'm hoping the rains welcome. i'm not sure it is. there's still some right. the east form light is shadow onshore breeze from sydney

. that was east victoria a c t. but the says to really wind away towards northern new zealand, nor found in particular, which took disappointing after se, attempted to come down elsewhere. they were really quite high, not that long ago. but rain could be a problem for no, far enough persistent and sometimes heavy. same story persisted heavy rainbow, vietnam, me and mar thailand. in fact, the whole of se h to be a little bit less maybe in boy, you're an thankfully elder. it's sharon, lose on. that's all. it is no worse than that. malls who rains going south stairs. you can safe martisha down towards i suppose kanaka, which means most of northern india is dry, but there is a little string of showers here in the far north. they don't look much for they have combined to give simply pet heavy dime. pause in northern pakistan. ah,

in south korea military service is compulsory but some refused to take part one at one eigth. those dodging the draw on al jazeera ah al jazeera i with ah ah, are the top stories here, dr. sarah? ukraine has called an emergency meeting of top security, political and defense officials off to russia's announcement that it will annex for

ukrainian regions. russian president vladimir putin was on documents proclaiming the annexation of hassan separation. jeanette's andrew hands on friday. yes, president joe biden is warned. hearken, ian could be the deadliest in florida's history and is declared a major disaster, a hurricane knocked out electricity to more than $2500000.00 homes and businesses. one person has been killed and many more. missing. vladimir putin is described. the leaks in the north stream gas pipelines as an act of international terrorism, sweden on thursday, confirmed or falsely can the under see pipelines which carry russian natural gas to the e u. they toast as the incidents were an act of deliberate sabotage. the criminal denies responsibility. steadfast reports from the den shot and of bornhold bornhold, a laid back tourist island in the baltic sea has suddenly found itself with a mysterious disaster on its doorstep. just kilometers away,

gas is bubbling up from the north. 3 pipelines. denmark never wanted in the 1st place. try not to think about this, or you were rid of it. yes, of course. nobody knows what it will mean in the future. and the near future for leaks has been detected since explosions in the area earlier this week. so smaller, just say only ex, closest, larger than 100 kilograms, can cause these kind of traumas. europe claims russia for sabotaging its own pipelines. moscow has rejected the accusations and is blaming the americans, the greasy bit bitch. they look back at what you said, and you will understand who wins from the situation explosions in nordstrom wanting to run. the nord 31 and 2 pipelines connecting russia with germany were controversial from the start. but since the russian invasion of ukraine, germany in particular has been heavily criticized for making itself too dependent

on russian gas. while hundreds of millions cubic meters of gas continue to leak into the baltic sea. everyone is still waiting for answers. what exactly has caused to possibly err repairable damage to the pipelines? i'm who could be behind it? people here on born home island, the island closest to the leaks hope that these questions will be answered soon. some say they know the answer already. i grew up here and we used to the russians flying and submarines in swedish area and so on. i think they are trying to tell us that they can do anything if they want, but others aren't so sure why moscow would damage its own. 35000000000 dollar project problem here is this, no matter how confidently one can identify how this happened and

possibly who caused it in the wider world. people believe who they want to believe and there is enough, vaguely here the potentially for people to doubt would as a narrative that comes out. and so the energy was continue with people here on born home concerned that is more to come. steadfast and elgin's era. and born home island in the baltic sea, thousands of protests as rallied across france as union as push for higher pay. teachers transport and power industry workers have all taken part in a 24 hour nationwide strike workers angry about high living costs and president in when you're in michael's pension reforms. and i shall bought the reports from paris . thousands of public sector workers protested in paris. they say they're overworked and underpaid,

and they're angry at the french government's plans to reform the pension system and raised the retirement age. something they say would have wrote, they have rights. you probably are collier cripple. i started working very young and i'm fed up and we're retired and all around us are young people in their twenties who can find a job. so i should be able to retire rep so they can work. i can enjoy a few years of my life while still in good health, and i said, if not, we can barely survive. we can pay our electricity bills. at some point, our salaries have to increase. the french government says that it's doing all that it can to shield people from inflation, but it won't back down on his pension reform plan that it says would make the system farrah mit who again, more on herbal. we will also implement a pension reform. we can do it in a fair way at a reasonable pace. we can guarantee this reform will be effective if we allow it to finance our social protection systems. if they've been a number a smaller protests and strikes, they've the rising cost of living in france over the past few months. but this one

is by far the largest with workers from across the public sector and more trade union phase, unless their demands are met. it will not be the last. that is report over the striker per day. it's not in it so i hope it is going to be the sort of an absurdity in the coming winter, all strikes and resistance all across the different. we're been friday. french president, emanuel mackerel has wanted to reform the pension system since his 1st term, but pushing it through now is clearly a risk at a time when so many people feel that their lives a hard enough. natasha butler, al jazeera paris. the british pound finish today up by one percent despite ongoing concerns about the british government's economic strategy promised. and his trust says big tax cuts were the right approach for the u. k. economy. she's refused to consider reversing. last week's mini budget,

which saw the pound crash to record low against the dollar of and the 1st day the pound had rallied, but it was still as still lost nearly 18 percent of its value over the past year. it's a difficult time. it were facing a global economic crisis brought about by putin's war and ukraine. and what was right is that britain took decisive action to help people get free. what is going to be a difficult winter? the u. s. government will narrowly avoid a partial shut down after the senate approved a short term spending bill. the bill provides money for federal services until mid december. the current government funding was due to expire at midnight on friday. the bill will not be sent to the house of representatives, but the democrats hold a majority and the legislation is expected to pass easily. it also provides $12000000000.00 in military and economic aid for ukraine. the president has reaffirmed his push for closer ties with the pacific islands. as china extends its

influence in the region in an historic summit at the white house drove by and told pacific leaders that both us and global security depended on the security of the pacific. it also pledged $810000000.00 in new age for the region. early this year the solomon islands, find security packed with beijing, and recently blocked us navy ships from docking at its ports. to days out from brazil's election president julia both scenario is fighting to hold on to power. they just pose having 14 points behind his rival, former president lula da silva. in a few hours, the final television debate between the men will be broadcast on your up arrow has more from janera. this debate will mark the last time that the presidential candidates will meet face to face before brazilians. head to the polls on sunday, august 2nd. now, without getting mired down by the details and rules of the debate itself, that will be 7 candidates on that debate stage this evening. but ultimately,

it will come down to a choice between incumbent candidate current brazillian, presidents able so nato and former brazilian president, lucy nash, luna, that both men are looking to pick up more votes by way of this debate, president bush. so nato is expected to be speaking directly to female voters here in brazil, knowing full well that former president lula is pulling better among women. voters here in brazil, a president bush. fernando is certainly looking to use this debate as an opportunity to close that gap between himself and former president lula who has been leading in the polls. by as much as 48 percent bosnia herzegovina has seen a significant exodus of young people in recent years. the immigrating in search of better opportunities, and a free rising ethnic tension. and actions took place the sunday. but as i beg reports from the capital, sorry ever, by providing little hope for younger generations, such a project never needs to go limited. she missed these tens of thousands of people

leave every year resulting in a decline in population important. i lay the student, a poet, and an artist overlooking her beloved city of sarajevo. the 17 year old is contemplating leaving the political situation in the country is a source of continued frustration. i'm young and i may not know a lot, but from what i hear and what i see is that everything is corrupted and pop politicians are not fair. we have the same politicians for years for 30 years and like come on, dont we need something new, something way better. at this local school, young people are learning a new language. they say it so they can leave and go to germany, austria in the run up to the elections. there's been increased tension and talk of a renewed conflict. is always there is a talk of war for the last 30 years,

even after we had the war. so it's always something that comes up in the elections and the speeches of our politician. so everything is about hatred, religion and wars. others don't want to leave for them, staying as an act of loyalty. my mother lost her leg for the state. my half of my family lost their lives, but were body parts and so on for me to have the privilege to stay in this country . and how can i be a cupboard to leave it when they have the courage to stay? but many young people are leaving politics. the economy and a lack of opportunities are driving people out of here has a complicated political system that came about after the war in the ninety's is divided on ethnic lines, bosnian serbs and croats. but many young people say the system doesn't work and they don't see any chance of change. the financial impact of emigration or the

economy is concerning. some our country laws this up till 800000000 euros annually of money invested in education of young people who studied here, but went out to work elsewhere. so this has a real impact then the long term negative consequences on our future. because you tend, gratian reduces the facts based back on the hilltops. nailer is still undecided, i know that everywhere else i will be so much happier than here. but this is something mine and i just can't get up there still hope. but if politicians don't deliver young people like neither will continue to leave that i said, bake. i'll jazeera sarajevo, one of the alleged organizes and finances of the 994 rwandan genocide is going to trial at a you and tribunal in the hague. for the cable guy is a businessman,

who prosecutor se played a substantial role in war. crimes against ethnic minorities is accused of financing, the purchase of weapons and promoting hate speech to his radio station. rwanda's genocides, or hundreds of thousands of ethnic tutsis. also moderate ethnic hutus killed by members of the hutu majority. 37 year old was among the world's most wanted fugitive, but has refused to attend the opening of his trial. india top court has widened abortion rights for unmarried women, a termination regardless of marital status, can now be had up to 24 weeks into a pregnancy. previously, women had to be married or fit certain circumstances have an abortion. at the stage, the ruling followed a petition by a 25 year old on what married women needing a tepid termination. south korea says north korea, his font, a ballistic missile into the sea of japan. in what was pure young furred miss

r launch in less than a week. it happened just hours after us vice president coming to harris into the demilitarized zone separating north and south korea. iris only held talks with south korea as president units to kill berkeley this condemn north korea's nuclear rhetoric. during the talks, i discussed strengthening the nation's alliance, as well as improving ties between japan and so the mazda posed leader unsung c. she has been sentenced to 3 years in jail by the country's military controlled court. so she is economic advisor. australian sean tanelle, also received a 3 year prison term. the pass, he did not guilty to violating the official secret site in the trial, criticized by right script sentencing took place in a closed court. she had already been sentenced to 20 years in prison since being asked in a military coup last year. and it's still facing additional trials because monday you can always catch up anytime on our website. the address for that is our.