[000:00:00;00] ah ah ah, this is g w. news live from berlin. you as president joe biden arrives in israel kicking off a high stakes trip to the middle east today by and paid tribute to holocaust victims at israels john beacham memorial. a moment of reflection ahead of what

promises to be. days of difficult diplomacy. also coming up denied a nationwide curfew is now in effect across sri lanka. earlier today, protesters storm the office of the prime minister, who now claims to be acting president, plus a hopes for millions threatened by hunger and starvation. ukrainian negotiators say they are cautiously optimistic. after talks with russia on resuming grained exports and a jamming report on the chaos at soccer's champions league final, 2 months ago, a french ascending committee says the police, not liverpool fans responsible for the ugly scenes in paris in may. ah, i bring gov, it's good to have you with this. joe biden is in israel at the start of his 1st

trip to the middle east. as u. s. president, on his 1st day he declared his country's bone deep bond with israel. he also met with defense visuals and paid respect to holocaust victims. but the diplomacy will grow more difficult by the date. biden is due to address a host of tough issues. among them, israel sectarian strife, iran's nuclear program, and saudi arabia's human rights abuses. it's not the 1st time joe biden is visiting his rail, but it is the 1st since he became the president of the united states. he is meeting with israeli leaders to strengthen ties that he face already foam because the connection between the israeli people and american people is blown. deep is bone, deep among the leaders was israel's defense minister who briefed biden on the iron dome. the iron dome is israel state of the art defense system to intercept missiles,

biden's dress. the 2 nations close cooperation on defense projects where reform the unshakable, remember the i states as your security, including partnering with israel on the most cutting edge defense systems in the world. bite and then visited godfrey m. a memorial for wait times of the holocaust . he lit an eternal flame of remembrance and met survivors. the visit by a prison tonight that is always important because it helps to amplified the voices of the survivors. it helps to amplify. the blight of the victims biden's visit comes at a time of political turmoil in israel. and we'll take him next to the occupied west bank and then to a controversial stop in saudi arabia. ah,

or let's go now to jerusalem. i'm joined by our correspondent rebecca readers. good evening to you, rebecca sir, do we know what does joe biden hope to achieve with this trip to israel? well, i don't think there's going to be any major strategic deals that come out of this trip, burglary. no surprises. it is believed from here. brent, but it is of course, very significant. it's always important when the u. s. president comes to israel, he's hoping to strengthen that already born deep ties, as he said himself that something that the, you know, the special relationship between the u. s. in israel is something that the u. s. are always very cain to, you know, show their support for, but he's also trying to sort of shore up stability a little bit in the region, you know, try and find some more peace and security in the region than perhaps in previous years. and try, maybe smooth the way it seems for original pay salons that would counter threats

now from iran. so in, in that sent, he's here to kind of negotiate between 2 sides who've been foes for many years and try and arrange for some yeah, regional alliance, as i say, a defense alliance between those 2 states. and we know that his next stop is the pedals to the interior towards talk to me about how unusual it is for a u. s. president to go the but not unusual at all. been infected probably would have a more unusual had he chosen not to visit, not to meet with moffatt abbas pretty much every year as prime minister since bill clinton in 1994 1st met with the palestinian authority has done so when they come to israel with a few exceptions, largely for diary issues or something else. so really it, it is pretty standard operating procedure at the visit on friday is only half an hour. so the palestinians quite disappointed that, you know, the president is spending 2 days in is round is half an hour with the palestinians

. but of course, you know, they, they're happy to greet the president of course. and a withered with that visit is coming a promise of more funding and opening up of more funding towards the policies that were that were caught under the tromp administration. so, but definitely sort of an un waited visit and something that is not, not going unnoticed by the palestinians. and it was, we could say probably be one of the, the more easier parts of his trip. his final stop we understand is going to be saudi arabia, and that is going to be the most controversial part of the president's trip. why is there? absolutely it's, it's a course very controversial, not least of all because of saudi arabia is human rights record, questionable human rights record one could say, ah, you know, a president joe biden himself, hold saudi arabia parias day and also referencing the crown prince. muhammad been

selman dare say to do with their dealings with their alleged a role in the killing of journalist jamal kashodi key. so this is a $180.00 turn around by the president, but it comes at a time when russia has invaded ukraine, amusing rate, or, you know, oil prices rise across the globe that something that he's trying to take home domestically to lower the price at the bows for people in the us to try and make this trip more popular domestically and of course ahead of you are the midterm to come november c w's, rebecca written for the latest in jerusalem. rebecca, thank you very much. want to take the story now to washington in there, i'm joined by my colleague, michaela cooking imaquele. it's good to see you to talk to me a little bit about how the u. s. is railey relationship has changed since joe biden became us present?

well, you certainly is trying to build on the trump plan for the middle east, although he didn't agree with it. bringing a saudi arabia back into the pick to now a surprise to many after he'd vowed during the election that it would make you that he would make in saudi arabia a state. and he said in a tv interview, that was ed in israel that was pre recorded here beforehand that he sees israel's integration in the region as also important to build on and potentially allowing in the future to find an accommodation with the palestinians as well. but clearly there is a bigger picture, desire behind that which is a joint interest between saudi arabia and the united states to isolate iran. israel, of course, also very much concerned that iran wants to become a regional power, an atomic power,

potentially. and that is something that could help stabilize the region and all that against the backdrop of president vine. having argued here, he's heading there, he's, he wants stability there so that no more us troops will have to engage in that region. and also to secure a cheap oil because what he did leave behind are the highest inflation figures for, for decades. so whatever he does in the middle east has to pay off tangibly for people here who are suffering from inflation. and let's talk a little bit about iran's nuclear program, be what kid, washington promise its allies, israel, and saudi arabia. well, he can is certainly of promise that if saudi arabia refrains from any further immediate threat of israel, that that could lead to more stable relations with the u. s. and all the parks that come with that,

that means weapons exports. that also means it oil exports by saudi arabia, which again, could help and would help to abide and hear easing the pressure to consumers. so that is something in it for everyone. what we're not expecting is what would be a huge breakthrough, which would be a recognition of israel, that doesn't appear to be on the cards when he had to saudi arabia. but expectations are that he needs to bring home something. also having put human rights so high on the agenda, a widow, i actually got this chance to speak to here. and it says that that is something that would also be part of the legacy of demo kasai, what he would have wished for. as a marker soggy, of course, having been a critic of saudi arabia's government and having been brutally murdered in 2018 w. miguel goodner with analysis from washington dc,

denied mckayla. thank you. what's not a curfew for all of sri lanka is in effect prime minister, an acting president, renelle vick. grim singleton has asked the parliament poetry speaker to nominate a new prime minister. and this comes after protesters stormed his office, demanding that he stepped down, demonstrate his also want president go to buy roger puck shot to step aside. he fled the country before he was due to hand in his resignation or gestures, blame him and his long ruling family for israel anchor's worst economic crisis in decades. ah, she lanka is on the brink of change. a people's uprising as and in a family dynasties long group on bar after the president, sudden departure. and we protest does have not done that focus on the prime

minister, who's now the acting president on look, i'm a savvy, he's at the, i have been informed by the president and id, but the goal that since the president is out of the country, he has a point, a prime minister, i did that, ronald mckinney must become a sink, a grandma under the constitution, but call up to carry out his duties. and montague rightfully strike to dispose of the protesters with yogas. but the people are not going anywhere just yet. many a camp at the presidential palace it amelia, while the president's house and the prime minister's residence are maintained by tax money. who knew this is a great opportunity for people to see these buildings, because the people did not understand when they were told a thought maybe weatherman at them. and it's only now they realized the luxurious lives of children that they had paid for with tax money,

or whether the demonstrations have been digging is across the capital city of colombo for months. now the 1st following that is the most permanency right. it has come to speak. now, what he should realize the follow up to beaver. and he said that a b, b bus commands the island nation is facing its worst economic crisis since its independence. 1948, but with public trust and the political loss running critically low. it's not people who will ultimately dig the country out of financial ruin. oh, so far, there's no end in sight to this political standoff. where will this lead tro lincoln? to discuss this? i'm joined now by alan keenan. he's with the international crisis group in london. ellen, it's good to have you with us to night. as far as we understand,

there has been no written resignation submitted by the president or by the prime minister for that matter or is the country's leadership? are they playing for time? well that would appear to be the case. i think in gustave his case a bit more clear. and he is liable to criminal prosecution, for of alleged war crimes and other crimes within 3 lanka. and as long as he is a head of the state, he has head of state immunity. so i think he wants to get somewhere where he is, has asylum or where he's feels very secure, some other country ah, before he gives up his head of state position and becomes more liable to prosecution. so it's, it's probably he's looking for a place and the rumor as he's traveling from all the to the same to singapore, to night. whether that's where he'll stay or pop somewhere else. who knows? so that may explain his delay, and the hope is that he will actually sometime soon resign, which will clarify

a little bit of, of the picture. what renello vicar missing a is, is aiming for is a little less clear. he's always wanted to be president. he's run for president multiple times. he clearly has long desired the position. so it may just be that he wants to be and in that role when he has a chance, ab but it a but unfortunately, his immediate turn to a state of emergency, his calling the protest movement, fascist. and announcing his desire to, to bring order. that is extremely dangerous and very worrisome and his, his, of his assumption of the position of acting president, which is very, i believe, unprecedented in stronger but certainly very unusual own is, has inflamed tensions because he's as much a target of protesters wrath, and of the general populations ah anger at, at the established political elite as go tapia. so it's um what, what 3 long kinds want is a clean, it's a clean start and run. oh,

the commissioner is far from a clean start. it's or if they're not going to get this clean start to become sued . where do you see the situation heading? well, the ideal which is far from ideal but is the best. the best option is for ronald, the crew missing it to resign for good topic to resign. then the speaker of becomes the acting president, or i believe it will be called an interim president in till parliament sometimes. sometime next week, folks on a replacement of president who will act ah, for as long up to the full remaining part of go to be a roger boxes term, but possibly in a shorter, shorter period. that president selected by parliament would then have to come up with a prime minister who would also win the competence of parliament. so it really should go as the constitution has prescribed to parliament. it shouldn't be. it shouldn't be through the back room deals between the roger boxes and the,

and the vicar missing as i'm. but whether, whether renelle will once a go, tommy resigns. whether he will then leave the stage and, and follow the rules as laid out in can, the constitution remains to be seen. yes, whether they're in the process is codified and as you say, it remains to be seen. whether or not these leaders will follow the constitution allocated. we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. thank you. you're welcome. where's a quick look now, some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. pope francis has appointed 3 women to the vatican department that chooses new bishops. the 2 nuns and a lay woman will become the 1st women to serve on the body. the move comes, as francis seeks to give women more influence within the catholic church government . a tokyo court has ordered 4 former managers of tapco, the company that operated the fukushima nuclear power plant to pay the equivalent of $94000000000.00 us dollars in damages. shareholders had sued them for not

implementing safety measures. they say could have prevented the 2011 disaster, which was triggered by a sooner turkey's defense minister says, russia and ukraine have made progress in their efforts to get urgently needed grain exports out of ukraine. he says, talks will continue next week in the hopes of a final deal on releasing 20000000 tons. wednesdays discussions in istanbul ended with a tentative agreement about how to transport the grain across the black seat. start piles stuck in ukraine. have caused global prices to rise sharply, making food less affordable. alexander to books warehouse should be empty and ready for the new harvest. instead, it's full to the rafters with wheat from last year stuck here because it flashes war dusk was a very highly ukrainian grain cannot enter the international market now because at

hort's are not working. the c route was the most important because of this is the demand for grain decrease report was measure so that's the harvest won't wait. and the grain keeps piling up, even as the farmers run out of space for it. an estimated 22000000 tons of grain is stuck in ukraine. some of it is stored in silos like these in the port of a desa waiting for export. the full, the war, 90 percent of ukraine's grain was exported via ports on the black sea. but helped by territorial gains, russia is now blockading those ports. and keith has laid minds across the black sea to defend its coast. the u. n. is proposing safe corridors through the sea to get the grain out and avert a global food crisis to result open and poor. i don't sees it,

the ukrainian farmers will sort and it feels to, if ukrainian farmers will not survive, will and be able to feed the african conscious known as the bread basket of the world. ukraine is a top global exporter of crops like wheat, barley, and corn, with the harvest stock inside ukraine, key supplies, and missing, and prices worldwide have shut up. the un says the solution must be found urgently to avoid starvation on an unprecedented scale. what did abused exposure? he is standing by in keyboard, the latest. good evening to you, nick. so i understand that the foreign minister of ukraine said that the country is now 2 steps away from a deal with moscow. 2 steps away. so does that mean anything really came out of these talks? i think brent, 1st and foremost, we have to keep in mind that neither side wants to be seen is causing

a global famine. some 300000000 people around the world, phase hunger. not eating enough to be healthy because of this blockade of ukrainian grain. so they're participating in these talks not to be a cynic, i think in part to show the world that they take this family problem seriously. the steps we're talking about are what you were mentioning the negotiations about how to actually get the grain out. it can go through europe, it can go through the boss 1st. that's why turkey is a player and is hosting these talks. and tony, a good terrorist, un secretary general, i think who can be trusted as a, as an independent observer said that a big step was taken forward. and another big step should be taken next week. and the turkish defense minister said that the parties would be gathering again next week. but look, brent, i think we can only really feel comfortable that a deal has been struck when we see those big ships of grain sailing out of the ukrainian ports. and we know that more than 20000000 tons of green are stuck in

ukraine. what about alternative ways of getting the grain now? yeah, well, you know, necessity is another invention. and ukraine and as partners are finding ways to get maybe 20 percent of what they manage to get out in a typical year out of the country. and that includes rail and road into poland and now increasingly smaller vessels into romania. if you look at how the danube has all kinds of estuaries are little as 2 areas, little, you know, rivers of smaller boats can go up. but you need, of course, the port facilities. we're not talking about big ports that can handle those huge ships carrying all kinds of grain. so those are the, some of the solutions that ukraine is looking at, and the people who buy ukraine grain in desperation, essentially as we heard in the report earlier because they need to empty those silos. otherwise the harvest that is in the fields now will essentially rod. and so

this is a, this is a situation that won't last one year, but possibly 2 and we understand attacks have intensified in the south where much of the green is stored. is there no let up in the fighting inside? well, no, i mean i think we've talked about an operational pause on the russian side. they manage to take the, you know, hands province more or less completely having set that as an objective. and so they're regrouping, they've been basically waging artillery, campaign scorched earth, blowing up cities, leaving just rebel behind, and the ukrainians, evacuating strategically to set up defensive positions elsewhere. what they are doing is sort of punching down south in the bottom of the country around nikolai, using these american high mars, very precision rocket systems to take out and munition depos to stop those artillery barrage. and that's the priority. they basically have

a range of 70 kilometers to the russians, have to move the depos back a 100 kilometers away from the front line for them to be safe, which means it takes a long time to get them up to the places where they need to be to be fired, so it changes the game, but we just have this in from the pentagon. russia is to be procuring well from around drones which will allow us to see where those high mm. our systems are located. so the balance could shift again in the future. brent? yeah, that's right. that's news just coming in the spicer, but the latest in keep nick is always thank you. i want to bring you up to date now with some other developments related to the war in ukraine. the russian energy company, gas crohn, has apparently cast down on moore's free one. returning to full capacity anytime soon. gas promise. blaming the difficulty of getting replacement parts due to economic sanctions against russia. the pipeline which delivers natural gas to germany was shut off on monday for 10 days of routine maintenance. the european

union and russia have reached an agreement to exempt the transit of goods to colleen and rod from economic sanctions. goods traveling by rail not by road, will now be allowed. vilnius had imposed restrictions on transit through lithuania to the russian ex club, citing e u sanctions linked to the war. in ukraine. a french report into the chaos which marred the champions league final in paris back in may, has blamed police and organizational failings. liverpool fans were initially blamed, but of senate committee said that was unfair. and that lessons need to be learned now before the upcoming 2024 parish olympics. it should have been a celebration of european football. but mays champions league final turned into a nightmare for liverpool fans. french police fire tag acid english supporters of

the tensions fled when huge cues built up at the stat to fonts in paris. the most watched annual sporting event on the planet had to be delayed by over 30 minutes. officials, including the french interior minister, initially said liverpool fans were at fault, but now were report by the french senate blames police and organizers, including the french football federation and european body wafer. for what happened, sit on notion more. it was a succession of mistakes which took place at the administrative and decision making level. they did, it was all quite vague. and no one really felt responsible for overall organization . he, his forcibly some liverpool fans without tickets and trouble from local youths exacerbated the problem. but police were accused of having a quote outdated 19, at his view that british fans were hooligans said without the use of tear gas concern. people, even if they were not directly targeted, it appeared to be particularly aggressive toward supporters who came from countries where tear gas is rarely used. this surely contributed to supporters feeling they

had been exposed to an excessive use of force for liverpool loft. the match to re on the grid, but to moms on their fans now have victory in their fight for the truth about what happened outside you watch any w news, conflict zone is up. next i will be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day. i hope to see you there. ah ah ah ah,

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