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hi there, i miss darcy. attain this is al jazeera live from durham, also coming tree lancaster, economic crisis from protests to a bailout. where in colombo, with reaction to the i m f. $3000000000.00 line. for me you as president, donald trump, faces legal trouble. as the new york district attorney investigates, alleged hush, money payments, and cholera spreading and camps for displaced people in democratic republic of combat. ah, no japanese prime minister from yoke is she does making a surprise visit to cuba to meet president vladimir zalinski. it coincides with chinese leadership beings, high level discussions with the russian president vladimir pierson, which are currently underway in moscow. now this would be used as fast trip to ukraine since the rough, an invasion

a year ago. he's expected to assure the president valenze key of took care has continued support. the japanese government says it wants to focus on reconstruction and humanitarian aid for ukraine while pushing the harshest sanctions against russia. ro mcbride is following the story from sol and has more on cation is show. solar diary there with ukraine, japanese prime minister for me. ok, shita was just wrapping up on the official visit to india when he decided to make this surprised detour. india is hosting this year's g 20 series of meetings. japan is chairing the g 7 series of meetings, which once again as last year are likely to be dominated by the war in ukraine. and casita had expressed an interest to a visit to ukraine. a before they take place is obviously using this now as an opportunity to do just that. but it does create this very interesting split screen that while you have in moscow,

she's paying the leader of the world's 2nd biggest economy. talking with the russians and developing that relationship. there you have the leader of the world's 3rd biggest economy, japan and a country that is very much in the west and camp. now meeting and as a counterbalance to that. with the managed lensky in key, japan has been a big supporter of the ukranian corps, pledging mold and $5000000000.00 in financial assistance and other non lethal equipment and defensive gear. japan traditionally takes a not assertive role on the world stage because of its post. second world war pacifist a constitutional low in recent years that has been changing on when it comes to ukraine, than japan has very much been in favor of sanctions against russia and rallying support for ukraine. and this visit is very much

a part of that robert bride al jazeera, so will. meanwhile, the russian president has told his chinese counterpart that he is open to discussing beijing's proposal to resolve the conflict in ukraine. she's in being an lima person held their close tires when they last in moscow as national bar reports . ah, this is a trip china hopes would end war in ukraine. but it's a delicate mission for chinese president g jumping. she has repeatedly said his country is neutral in the conflict, but he's widely seen as a kia lion support of russian president vladimir, put in all games trying to values the friendship between china and russia. this has historical logic because we are neighbors, and 2 large countries were also strategic partners such a position determined that we have a very close relationship with last month. china presented

a peace plan to end the war in ukraine thingy. but why it's cause fun and to unilateral sanctions against russia and a cease fire, it makes no mention of russian troops withdrawing from ukrainian territory. president vladimir, put in said rushes open to a political and diplomatic solution, which is not good news is much more people are doing. you mean we have considered your proposals for settlement of the current crisis. of course we will have an opportunity to discuss this. we know that you are basing this on principle of furnace and upholding the principle of the international law and divisible security for all countries. you also know that we're always open to negotiations. we'll discuss all these issues, including group initiative. we'd use the following his trip to moscow. president g jumping is likely to speak with ukrainian leader for la demur zalinski for the 1st time since the start of the war. but ukraine has rejected calls for a ceasefire, while its territory is occupied by russian forces. badging also faces another

challenge, convincing west to leaders who remain largely skeptical of its peace plan for the united states said it was designed to deflect attention from china. support were put in the war should not be hauled by any tactical move by russia are supported by china or any other country to freeze the war on its own terms. such a move would violate you on charter and delay. ah, the fire, excuse me, the will of a 141 countries. washington has recently disclosed intelligence that china was considering sending secret shipments of weapons to russia. and if that happens, the u. s. was it may impose economic sanctions on badging hash about about a l to 0, or wasn't. jordan now has the view from washington d. c. the biden administration is viewing with a lot of skepticism and some disdain,

the visit of the chinese presidency asian team to moscow for 3 days of meetings with the russian president vladimir putin. the u. s. does not believe that china has the ability to act as an honest broker in trying to bring an end to the war between russia and ukraine. one, the u. s. argues that beijing does not have the moral authority given its own human rights record. and the recent indictment of vladimir putin for alleged war crimes, namely the removal of children from ukrainian territory to russian territory. the u . s. also believes that china is still just trying to decide whether to give heavy weaponry to the russians who have essentially blown through much of their stock during the year long war. and then there's this. the u. s. also believes that china is trying to supplant the united states as the global superpower. and it believes that it is doing so by forming an alliance with moscow,

one that they don't think here at the state department is actually going to work out. the u. s. has been trying for more than a year to convince china that aligning itself with moscow is a bad idea. and it has held the a threat of sanctions over the government in order to keep it from building a closer relationship with moscow. certainly anything in the u. s. his view that could give russia time to rebuild both it. so troop force as well as rebuild is heaven. weaponry would be a very bad, especially for the people of ukraine. so depending on how the chinese want to play this, the u. s said essentially the bar is very high for success. rosalyn jordan elders, era, the state department. and now you grain says and explosion and russian, alex crimea, has destroy the cache of russian cruise missiles. and happened to mention coin in the north of the peninsula. the ukrainian defense ministry says the weapons were

being transported by rail. the russian and stored head of the region confirms that the defense systems had been activated. he says, at least one person was injured and a house was also damaged. nevertheless, now moving on and sri lanka will receive an almost a $3000000000.00 balance from the international monetary fund. parts of the efforts to rescue the batch of economy colombo will receive the funds over the next 4 years . the 1st installment of $330000000.00 is expected within the next 2 days tree lanka is facing it's west economic crisis. in decades. mass protests against skyrocketing inflation and shortages of basic goods for the president from office last year. well, it's crossed him off and under, she's following this for us from the sri lankan capital. a minette this, i'm a learn article was agreed in principle last september, but it's taking more than half a year to actually happen just how much of a difference will it make. so

basically her, it's taken this long because there was a lot of negotiations that had to be done about creditors, how they would look at restructuring. she'll anchors debts and obviously there were different countries with different terms and trying to bring everybody one on a common platform with something that took a lot of time and until these assurances were provided and provided in a manner that was acceptable to the international money to fund there was no approval by the board of the institution. now it just hearing that that approval came through obviously on monday night. and this opens the way for that 1st tranche of money are to be released to shall anchor. and in a difference or 2 previous such disbursements and help or bailout packages which are usually used to sort of strengthen the economy and policy and things like that . the government has actually got the go ahead to use these funds for budgetary

support of fiscal support. basically what that means is the government will be able to use these monies for its expenditure. now president runner, vicar, missing her, who has addressed the nation just a short while ago, has already said that this i am. if bill out would allow sri lanka to embark on debt restructuring, something that it could not go very far with because creditors, the international community did not have much confidence. because lenders had basically shut the door and shrill anchor because its debts were on sustainable. there was no new funding coming through. so that was something that the president has talked about. he says that this bailout will also help unlock as much as $7000000000.00 in broader financing from its international institutions. given the sort of confidence that he chose, the i am if placing injury lanka and accepting that it can restructure and begin to

rebuild. but obviously, these don't come um, sort of um, without strings attached. there are a host of conditions which some people have taken issue with. they said the price is way too high to pay for this bill out. and now you mentioned there, some of the structural reforms that can attached can you talk us through some of those that's right. now the government has already gone ahead with those key reforms. we have seen our taxes here in this country been increased a huge amount of basically the i m f has gone on record as saying that shall anchor has one of the lowest tax levels in the world. that this means that the revenue collected does not bring enough to help the government with its expenses. so taxes were hiked up. at the beginning of this year, we have seen prices of utilities like electricity,

water being increased huge amounts like last august we saw a 75 increase percent increase in the electricity bills. and now again, we've seen a massive uh sort of a group of users having another 60 percent added on to that. so it's not easy. fuel is another thing where the government has had to remove subsidies, and these are a number of the reforms that the i m f had laid down the law with and said, you need to do this in order to be considered for that bailout. now the, the roads are not, we're not at the end of the road yet. we're not out of the woods because obviously there's ongoing things. each tranche of money that will be dispersed comes with a number of conditions. and this will be reviewed every 6 months. so if she lanka falls short of any of those targets, they are going to obviously run into problems about securing the next disbursement . that is also a government, a governance diagnostic mission,

which the i m f says is being undertaken. it will look at the severity of corruption in sri lanka. it will look at corruption vulnerability and what kind of change of policies are needed in order to address those issues. so shall anthony to step up to the mark. obviously, a corruption has been plaguing issue in this country, even if you look at, in terms of pre yes below packages and the system. so are the, i miss her keen to sort of put in some safeguards to ensure that money, especially because this is being allowed to be used for budgetary support is used and used probably. inflation is another condition that the i m f has said they have said they would want to see it brought between 12 to 18 percent or by the end of 2023. quite a tall. asked bart, if you look at the reactions from the governor of the central bank, who talks about inflation, the r breed beginning to sort of bring it down. now people on the streets would say

that it certainly doesn't feel like it's being brought down. they said they are being squeezed by the higher costs and the austerity measures that have been brought in sun near the beginning of a long road there for sri lankan l. fernandez for us in colombo. thanks so much. michelle. now police in new york are tightening security as the city braces for possible criminal charges to be filed against donald trump. the, for me, you as president, posted on social media that he expects to be arrested this week. it's in connection with alleged hush money paired to the adult fun star stormy daniels, my trump's former lawyer, michael cohen. a trump has called on his supporters to protest. debra alexander has moved from new york. this is the center of the political world right now, at least here in the united states, where in this court house behind me here in new york city, there is a grand jury that we believe is in the final stages of making a decision if they will bring a criminal indictment against donald trump. if they do,

it would mean trump is the 1st president ever in us history to face criminal prosecution. the manhattan district attorney has been investigating trump for several years. the case revolves around stormy daniels, a former adult film star, who claims she had an affair with trump and threatened to take her story public right before the 2016 election. knowing that the embarrassing claim could derail his presidential campaign. trump allegedly had his then fixer michael cohen kaye daniels, $130000.00 to keep quiet. but as part of that payment, the grand jury is investigating if whether trump also falsified business records, which would be a felony. police and new york have stepped up security. trump denies all wrong doing, but his called for his supporters to take to the streets in protest should he be

indicted as a potential indictment looms, media attention has increased its indicted. trump would need to turn himself in, and the spectre of a former president walking into a court house to surrender to authorities is something that would have never been seen before in us history. it's important to point out that even if trump is indicted, it does not necessarily mean that he is guilty if he's indicted. it would go to a jury trial, and it would be those jurors that would ultimately decide if he's guilty or not guilty of the crimes. he is accused of. now if he is found guilty during a later trial, the prison term could be up to 4 years in jail, but there is no mandatory prison required. and most independent analysts say it's highly unlikely that trump would ever serve any time in jail. for this

case, gabriel's hondo al jazeera new york, while stella had here on out, is there an invasion without plan? we look at the u. s. decision to disband iraq's army and the impact that it's had 2 decades on the push for peace and yemen gathers pace as war insides reach an agreement to swap hundreds of prisoners. ah, from the al jazeera london, bro consented to people in thoughtful conversation. art cannot be erased by, by the superpower with no host. and no limitation. what mattered in all to was to be radical. how can the thing that's radical for say, part one of highway and anesha pool is not a bog wanting to sell. it don't bother the message in the studio. b unscripted on

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oh, are they watching al jazeera? i'm this policy okay here, and that's remind you about top stories, japanese prime minister for me. ok. she does. making a surprise trip to ukraine to meet president. lot of me, lensky comes a day off. the chinese leader. she isn't being met. the russian president vladimir putin and moscow, ukraine's as an explosion, and russian annexed crimea, has destroy it a cache of russian cruise missiles that happened in june coin in the north of the peninsula. ukrainian defense ministry says the weapons were being transported by rail. she'll anchors present as the country is no longer bankrupt after the international monetary fund agreed. and the a $3000000000.00 bailout, colombo is set to receive the 1st installment in the next 2 days. and 2 decades on iraqis are still criticizing how the united states invaded their country

without a plan. among the failures, it was the decision to disband the iraqi army since and a lot changed, including the rise and fall of the security forces and the emergence of new threats . i warning a some of the debates report from baghdad does contain some disturbing images in the battle of iraq. the united states and our allies have prevailed. the iraqi army essentially was dissolved either they were killed or they've gone back a back to their homes. one of the 1st decisions, the youth, mid forces made after invading iraq, was to defend the country military, which used to be one of the largest in the middle east. 20 years later, the country is still dealing with the repercussions. one former commander of the re constituted forces, viola, it was a calculated move. as for carol, a leader, it was the worst decision. it led to the destruction of a rock. we are paying its price until now. i think the decision was deliberate. a lack of forces enabled months of robbery. the rashid military camp was the biggest

in the middle east, as it was an estimated fift of 810000000 weapons, such as the ones that buy more products either were formed. in parts of this us led coalition forces and demanded their withdrawal, sectarian fighting between cheers and so needs was one of the results. it killed tens of thousands of people, the chaos that to the rise of armed groups, such as either an eisen and the newly formed army, fled with ice fighters to most of iraq, 2nd city, only to later unify. but she, a militias at the forefront to liberate almost 40 percent of the country now to pave and was told one of the biggest problems which the relation between security forces and citizens. now iraqi security forces sol, loyalty is for iraq and the military enterprise, regardless of their sec, tarion, ethnic, or tribal. with fully ation, an international coalition comprising more than $800.00 nations, has helped it off to rebuild its forces. encountered threats from on groups. the

international coalition which came together to fight against eisen has taken a much smaller advisory role now, as they're asking for the confidence that they can defend their own homeland. but questions remain about the powerful militias and security and forces. 20 years on the threats have evolved. don't check, and without any doubt, the biggest challenge in iraq, his drugs were trying to eradicate the rising drug trade. then this challenge of electronic and organized crime, terrorism now comes 3rd or 4th after the development of our security forces on the retreat of the terrorist groups. what threats have changed and the forces protecting iraq have been rebuilt. but many people here say they still don't feel completely safe from a job without the 0 back that the warning signs in yemen are due to release nearly 900 detainees in a prison swap deal. the internationally recognized government. and ricky rebels

agreed on the exchange as part of the un mediation deal that was agreed upon back in 2018. it's unclear how many prisoners are still being held, but the number of thought to be in the thousands. the conflict in yemen is widely seen as a proxy war between saudi arabia and iran, who restored diplomatic relations this month. we have a level of trust with all the parties involved in this release. we have this unique partnership with the un in yemen, and i have no reason to believe that it will be a success and a success which needs to happen as soon as possible because we all know that my dad is coming and i think we can't lose a single day to have those detainees, united comedies, us aid worker, and a french journalist who were kidnapped by armed groups in west africa had both been released a dr. geoffrey would key was abducted in new jersey more than 60 years ago. now,

journalist olivia dubois was taken hostage and neighboring molly in 2021. officials say the circumstances surrounding their releases on not clear or more than 800000 paper had been forced from their homes and eastern democratic republic of congo. has the em $23.00 armed group sees as territory and continues to break agreements to withdraw. many on our living and unsanitary camps, around the city of gamma, where an outbreak of cholera is now affecting hundreds of people. now come lab reports from the blender. can irina mosacco a is the 100 and 35th person to walk into this cholera treatment center. today. it's run by the charity doctors without borders in a camp for displaced people near the city of goma. every now can barely walk or talk section start with clinic diarrhea, and if on treated can end with that. it's already killed. 8 people in the camp,

children of the most vulnerable to ship at the machine. manners 3 children are infected young noon on the door. i saw that my children started vomiting and became very weak when we brought them here. we found that they were suffering from cholera . they're still very weak and the treatment is simple and effective. if it's provided in time. most patients may need re hydration and can recover within days. all of these tens of full of patients and doctors without borders said it, putting up more as the number of cases rapidly rises to maturity. we've seen a growing number of cases in the past. they were not average over 15050 each and the numbers between now here in this camp lego and also across the road initially when anger camping home to about 100000 people who fled the n $23.00 armed group as it seized territory from congos government forces in recent month and 20 threes

widely understood to be backed by neighboring bewanda, one to deny that many of the people here say they run away when and 23 fighters executed men and rapes women in their villages, intimacy territory. m 23 denied committing atrocities. in spite of the mounting evidence, entire communities fled than now struggling to get by in unsanitary conditions. it's raining almost every day here at the moment the ground is wet and sodden, becomes crumbs, the shelters is squeezed. close together. this is one of few toilet facilities here . there's only one toilet for around every 500 people sprang disinfectant can help to prevent infections for the medic say, the cholera outbreak won't be stopped until the sanitation is improved. is not nearly enough clean water for drinking, cooking and washing humanitarian agencies have installed some taps,

but it's only about a 5th of what's needed to be rapidly growing population here. back at the treatment center, doctors say they expect everyone here to survive. others who fled to new camps that don't have medical facilities, may not. it's a health crisis that can easily be ended, if only there's enough help. that one that would never have happened if people here hadn't been forced from their homes. malcolm web al jazeera, who lingo, democratic republic of congo. all that set for me in associate. hey, i'll be back with more news for you here on out is era. after inside story, just in awe . hell i. they found the storms rumbling away across central parts of europe. nasty

little area of low pressure swirling across italy and slide across the atria. attic moving across sir. southern parts of the balkans eventually pushy, some very wet weather integration had about a little ridge of high pressure. but that's not gonna keep things at bay. further west, where we have more wet and windy, where the stream again from the atlantic to say the weather fronts just gagging up tightly past tightly packed ice bars rolling through. so we are looking at some pretty strong wind spring showers, running into the republic of ireland. eventually pushing across northern ireland and eventually getting into those western parts of wales and scotland and far north west of england tuesday. not too bad, a smart at least 114 celsius there for london. getting up to around 16 degrees there in paris. and we came that mouth theme as you go on 3 way to stay that way. while a rush is across, not deep out. it's a central part less 20 celsius and vienna. that's pretty good at this time of the year, we're looking at some live showers, pushing across greece, though, rosie a chance, say moving on into kia northern parts of africa saying some wet weather over the

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