space school episode 5 on al jazeera the levy breech on the powder river is widening that's ominous from the town of pio down stream. as more storms bear down on the farming community this week. barrels 1700 residents were told to evacuate. the county of monterey has performed more than 170 high water rescues. as a result of this flood, the storms are the result of atmospheric rivers, long currents of waste. you are in the air that caused rain and snow fall. california has experienced no less than 10 such once rare phenomenon since january an impact of climate change and the probable trend into the future. ah, japan's prime minister heads to keys in a show of solidarity that coincides with the chinese leaders trip to moscow.

ah. hello there, i'm this darcy, attain this is al jazeera life window. ha, also coming up sri lanka, economic crisis from protests to a bailout, where in colombo, with reaction 20 a $3000000000.00 loan from the i, m. f. outrage and criticism after israel finance minister states. there is no such thing as a palestinian, racist sexist and homophobic a report on the u. k. is the largest police force calls for urgent reform. ah, no japanese prime minister for me. okay. should as making a surprise trip to give to me at president water me landscape, it coincides with chinese leadership in brings high level discussions in moscow with president vladimir prison. this will be a he should as a fast trip to ukraine since russia invaded a year ago. and now he's expected to assure president lensky of tokyo's continued

support. the japanese government says it wants to focus on reconstruction, humanitarian aid for ukraine, while pushing a harsh, harsh sanctions on russia. ra mcbride is following this forest from sol and has more on q should have a show of solidarity here with ukraine. japanese prime minister for me. ok, shita was just wrapping up on 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 jim 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 western camp. now meeting. and it's a counter balance to that with blood manage lensky in keep. japan has been a big supporter of the ukrainian cause, pledging more than $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 2nd world war pacifist a constitution. although in recent years that has been changing 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. rob mcbride,

elgin's era. so or meanwhile, chinese presidents, she's in being, has meant russia's prime minister, mikhail missed in on day 2 of his visit there to moscow. she has invited michigan an present to attend to visit china later this year on monday. and she and boot and disgust beijing's ideas on resolving the conflict in ukraine. the 2 leaders held their close ties as hush marlborough 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 is widely seen as a kia lion support of russian president vladimir put in all game. she's 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 determines that we have a very close relationship with last month. china presented a peace plan to end the war in ukraine. but while it calls 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 russia is open to a political and diplomatic solution community, especially privileging 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 your initiative. we'd use the principles following his trip to moscow. president g jumping is likely to speak with your crania leader for the 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 world should bug behold 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. now moving on,

an sri lanka will receive an almost $3000000000.00 bail out from the international monetary fund. part of its efforts to rescue the balance of economy. colombo will receive the funds over the next 4 years, but the 1st installment of $330000000.00 is expected within the next 2 days till anchor is facing its west economic crisis and decades. mass protests against skyrocketing inflation and shortage as a basic goods. even force the president from office last year. we are my lab lawyer, girl, her father got. we were with the law drawer. i am happy that we got the loan because the people in the country are living very difficult times. we hope there will be a real wakening or environment beyond going out. they are good, we got it. it must be spent to solve the country's problems. if they steal that to you, then we will lose again. if they reduce the price of fuel and food items and give people some relief, it's good. how do we latin? oh, let's now speak to michelle fernandez. our correspondent is following this for us from colombo, the sri lankan capital m, and also we were hearings and celebrations. there were also still plenty of anxiety

. it seems just how much of a difference. well, the snake where people have been waiting and waiting for months upon months to look for some form of respite. and they're hoping that this money that the loan approved by the i m f, will make some kind of a difference to their lives. obviously, 330000000 to be of sort of transferred in the next 2 days. they hoped that as the government says, a will kind of ease the pressure. now this means that the government is going to have this additional funding to secure essential tear supplies like the president on a vicar missing her, a right after the approval speaking to the nation today and said that sherlock is no longer bankrupt nation. that this 1st tranche of money will be used to secure medicines to help the tourism sector and things like that. so what people are hoping is that things like inflation that the sort of galloping exchange rate to

the dollar a will be brought down and that we bring things to a slightly more affordable basis. but it's going to be a long road ahead. and now i see there are also plenty of conditions attached to this money and, and some of those conditions already in place. well, the conditions there are 15 conditions that the government had to sort of tick off before they were even considered for the bailout and outdoors have also been biting in terms of the population. there's a massive hike in income tax. the net to the base of income tax bears has been broadened a huge amount or in terms of things like utilities, electricity, a has a really spike. we had a 75 percent increase in electricity costs last year. and now we have another 60 percent on top of that, for some of the smaller sta, unit users,

the smallest household. so people are really trying to figure out how to make ends meet fuel. basically, a has gone up $34.00 times, which means every single thing has gone up in price. so people are facing, you know, issues putting foot on the table, sending their kids to school and all of that. and they're hoping that this money that comes to sort of ease, that pressure will ultimately see them having some respite from this crisis that will make their day to day kind of balancing act less precarious. and i'll flanders that with the latest for us from the sri lankan capital colombo that thank you so much mila on israel's finance minister has sparked backlash after saying there's no such thing as the palestinian people at a conference in paris on sunday. basil else much rec, described palestinians as an invention of the past century. oh yeah, there's no such thing as

a palestinian. there's no such thing as the palestinian people, you know whose palestinian i am palestinian. my late grandfather, whose 13th generation at jerusalem night is the true palestinian, the palestinian people are in invention that is less than a 100 years old. i'll that use final policy chief, which i separate, urged israel to reject the statement. and the palestinian prime minister says the comments are an incitement of violence in not possibly had the look, the idler behind was utilized to lady the statements made by the israeli minister. smart rick saying that there is no palestinian people. and that it was invented in the last 100 years is conclusive evidence of the extremist racist zionist ideology that governs the parties of the current israeli government. no, no, levine, i'll play merrily. phillips theme is sma. we are the ones who gave palestine his name and the land, its value and status of this land is ours. and israel is a colonial state established by the colonialists and settlers, and it expanded like any settler colonialism. mrs. la correspondent iran con,

joins us now from west harrison and ron. it really doesn't look like smart trick is really keen to diffuse tensions right now. that's absolutely right. and the reason he probably said the comments in the way that he did and where he did is because he is looking at a p. steel was on a p steel, but an agreement that was made between these rallies and the palestinians, and sha moshef ah, which he is against. this is simply to try and diffuse tensions of the deal. and shall my shake suggest that israel and palestine go back to any previous agreements, include settlements in the occupied westbank settlements, which are illegal and the israeli laws. so the timing you have to really question, but his comments are also designed to really reiterate and to really back up his base at the far right in israel, a voice said, this type of thing. it goes back to go to my air or the as really prime minister in

1969. she said she used to say that there was no such thing as the palestinians. this, despite the fact that the 1st recorded use of the term palestine was at 3200 years ago during the bronze age on the land between the jordan river. and the mediterranean sea has always been referred to as a palestine all the way up until the establishment of the state of israel, in 1948. if that hadn't happened, it still be called palestine. but the far, i have always said that there has been no state of palestine, and that's partly true because of the occupations that the land has actually been under, much recently by the british in 1948. so these comments are inflammatory. they're designed to really air ratchet up the tensions, but they're also designed to play to smart riches base, which completely agrees with the kinds of things he saying. o m, ron, how does this then play out 1st lesson ya here is he now becoming increasingly isolated because of his coalition government partners where

he's still making foreign trips. he's still going abroad and he's just been in berlin. he was in rome before that. and now he's going to the u. k. on thursday, so he's still making official trips abroad. but there are 2 places that he's absolutely desperate to visit. that is the united states of america in the united arab emirates. but the united arab emirates because it, he thinks that the abraham accords the piece deal, he stroked the resumption of diplomatic relations with the are with some countries in the our world is his legacy. that's what people are going to remember him for. however, because of the makeup of his power at government because of the inflammatory statements that this far right and sometimes openly, racist government is making as may meant that they're not going allow him to go to the year. and now the u. s. are actually what the state department people are briefing journalists and others like myself, is that we're just simply not going to invite progress the benjamin netanyahu, and now benjamin netanyahu through tweet her set. now is not the time to go to the

us meet with president biden. so he's actually on the back foot now he's trying to defend his decision not to visit. but the simple fact of the matter is, according to the state department officials, is that the simply isn't the invite there. very interesting dynamics. her him on con, there with the latest force from history some. thank you him. now the warning signs and yemen are due to release nearly 900 detainees and imprison, swapped them the internationally recognized government and who the rebels agreed on this exchange. as part of a you and media a deal that was agreed upon back in 2018. it's unclear how many prisoners are still being held, but the number is don't me in thousands, the conflict in yemen is widely viewed as a proxy war between saudi arabia and iran, who restored diplomatic relations as month. we have a level of trust with all the parties are involved in these release. we have this unique partnership with the un in yemen. and i have no reason to believe that it

won't be a success in a success which needs to happen as soon as possible. because we all know, ramadan is coming and i think we can't lose a single day to have those detainees united with their families who still had here on al jazeera for me, you as president donald trump, faces legal travel. as the new york district attorney investigates, alleged hush money payments, and why mexico is pushed to go green is fueling a risk with us oil and gas producers. ah hello, that was starting south east asia from the satellite image. you can see this belly a cloud in the sky across the philippines and much of indo china,

that's as hot and dry conditions persist. we have had some warnings for those heat wave conditions in vietnam with temperatures are sitting around the mid thirty's for the south of this much wessa for places like sumatra, as well as java and indonesia and western areas of borneo. we'll continue to see some of the heaviest downpours that was in. move down on the to australia. we've still got some fear thunderstorms popping off across the top and some humid wind blowing into queens. then we got plenty of showers up here and we will see the wet weather start to work its way toward sydney in that southeast corner temperatures here have come down there also come down across pots, western australia for perth, sitting about 30 degrees celsius on thursday. some rain coming into the very north on parts of the south, but a launch is fine and dry situation across more sensual areas. we could see some thunderstorms. however, moving into sidney, but the temperature here continuing to rise and temperatures will be on the out. once again,

across the south island of new zealand that brought to some pretty wild weather. but much of the rain has moved away with sunshine through the cloud. awe inspiring story from around the world. ready i'm with what is going on in years with on a just oh

the me. hello that i'm the annual watching algebra. let's remind you of our top story. japanese prime minister from your case you. that is making a surprise trip to ukraine to me as president. news landscape. this will be occasion as fast as you can send. russia invaded the year. ok. so comes as chinese needed being is in moscow meeting. russia, president of pearson and prime minister, and make sure she has invited them for a return visit to china. nature. the trill august president says 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 within the next 2 days now. damning report by an independent member of parliament in the u. k has found a london metropolitan police force is racist, sexist and homophobic. the res casey says offices on properly vetted and has caught

a comprehensive reform hiring forfeit reports. this report was born of the crime that shocked him, sickened an equal measure. in march 2021, sir everard was abducted, tortured, raped, and killed by asserting officer in the metropolitan police. when cousins was jailed for life, that case prompted another woman to come forward accusing. another officer, david carrick was convicted of more than 20 rapes of 12 victims spanning 17 years. and that's failure in his duty to bet offices and protect women and children. central louise cases findings. rather than see one person or bad apple or a roman, what you should do in a situation like this is look at whether your entire system is copper bottomed, to reach out the predators and not allow them in, in the 1st place. in her report, she also finds that police protection for children and women is failing, saying an overworked inexperience workforce polices child protection rate and serious sexual offenses. officers have to contend with overstuffed, dilapidated,

or broken bridges and freezes containing evidence, including the rape kits of victims. she points to bullying racism and sexism within the specialist, firearms unit, and calls the parliamentary and diplomatic protection unit where cousins and carried both worked a dark corner of the force. but the whole force, she said, was institutionally homophobic, massaging stick and races taken as a whole. this report is entirely condemning of this organization. it says the metropolitan police has lost public support, and consent needs to wake up and engage in comprehensive wholesale reform. i accept diagnosis about the racism, so if i were in the organization and also that we have these systemic failings, nicer findings, cultural failings, i understand her use of the institutional is not term i use myself. i'm a practical place officer. i have to use language, that's an ambiguous and it's a political campaign, as though we're already worried that reforms won't go far enough. the subs trace of

the matter is that report off to report to the police space intensive individuals. and that may conduct, as well as the institutions to tom shells and collect dust. luis casey says recommendations from specialist sexual assault units to new systems for dealing with misconduct. the bringing in external expertise ought to be picked from but to be implemented as a whole. otherwise, she says the force may need to be broken up. harris will sit al jazeera london. now cross the channel, the french government has narrowly survived to know confidence votes and tolerant rents, controversial pension reforms. the fast fell 9 votes, short of the number needed to bring it down, and that means a bill, raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, has now been adopted by the lower house. the result sparked protests, as you see in several cities. widespread demonstrations have been held since the government bypassed parliament to push through the reform us aid worker and

a french journalist who were kidnapped by arms. groups in west africa have both been released. aid was jeffrey wood. key was abducted in new jan more than 60 years ago. now, journalist olivia dubois was taken hostage in neighbouring molly in 2021 official say the circumstances surrounding their relief on not clear. nicholas huck has worn out from dot com in senegal. one is an american aid worker, the other is a freelance french journalist. they were both seen for the 1st time at the tear mack of new year's main airport in the may. the both looked haggard, tired, but overjoyed to looking forward to be reunited with their family. jeffrey would key was abducted in 2016 in the region of abeline. this christian missionary was held captive for 7 years. and when you did you who with captured almost 2 years ago in the region of go in, molly, well both according to new shares,

ministers say that they were both abducted by no kite village among the thought when the slum, while mostly mean. and they share organized their, their release with the help of french and american forces. music does your duty to bid the hostages will recover safety by name gere now it is before handed over to france in an american outdoor. it is after several years of captivity, oliver war and jeffrey was a very happy to be reunited with their family. communicate coming out of the white house and lili's in paris, both relieved that their nationals have been released. but there are hundreds of millions people from bertina, faso teacher or soldiers that we've met, their relative that we've met, that say that their family members are being held hostage by arm groups linked to al qaeda and i so and so this liberation comes just

days after anthony blink kid visited nice air, announced $150000000.00 additional dollars in age military. a to these countries are fighting off armed groups, but millions of people are being displaced and killed and many are still be held captives. nicholas hawk al jazeera the car not please in new york are tightening secure as he, as the city, braces for possible criminal charges to be filed against donald trump. the form you as president posted on social media that he expects to be arrested this week. it's in connection with alleged hush money paid to an adult film star stormy daniels by trump's former lawyer. michael cohen trump meanwhile, has called on his support as to protest. cable. alexander has moved from new this is the center of the political world right now, at least here in the united states. we're 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. well, us climate envoy, john kerry, is visiting mexico to look at ways that the country can speed up its transition to clean energy. but mexico is goal of energy independence is flowing and move them towards renewables. and it's also fueling a rift with us oil and gas produces. now you're wrapping that has the details from mexico city, mexico's president and it is manuel. nobody's over the lord wants his country to be energy independent. and i no prob cima. in the coming year, we will, which is gasoline, or over the road to fulfill his promise of energy self sufficiency. president lopez over the world has doubled down on investments in domestic oil and gas production, favoring the country's estate own producers over foreign, private enterprise. when it comes to mexico's energy sector,

this protectionist energy policy expert say, has come at the expense of the trade dispute between mexico and its north, their neighbors area, where the problem is rooted in deals made and the free trade agreement between the u. s. canada and mexico agreement specific to generating energy. critics, to see mexico's energy policies have also flowed progress on renewable energy, undermining north american energy integration and competitiveness for his part mexican president and manuel office over that order has pledged that 35 percent of all energy consumed in mexico will come from clean and renewable sources by the year 2024. earlier this year, president lopez over at or announced the launch of a $1600000000.00 solar form in the sonora desert, the largest of its kind in latin america. the president has also announced plans for 10 new industrial parks that will harness wind energy along mexico's trends is mac corridor. while critic say president lopez over the seemingly contradictory

attitude, some have even called it double speak when it comes to fossil fuels and renewable energy, has put the country at an energy crossroads policy. experts instead argue that pressure from the united states into the us, mexico, canada free trade agreement, or u. s. m. ca has forced mexico to slowly open in stores to private investment unit. all of this pressure is under private companies and the potential sanctions that could derive from all of these have led mexico to change course. though, current policies in mexico have prioritized energy independence nationally. experts warn that it's critical for mexico to look beyond its political disagreements with the u. s. in canada for the sake of a more integrated north american energy market. one that can also meet the regions long term goals for sustainability. monroe up a little al jazeera mexico city ah .