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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 hope for millions threatened by famine and starvation. ukrainian negotiators say that they are cautiously optimistic after talks with russia on resuming rain exports, and a damage report on the chaos at soccer's champions league final 2 months ago. a french senate committee says the police not liverpool fans are responsible for the ugly scenes in paris in may. ah, i break off dow reviewers watching on p b. s in the united states into all of you around the world. welcome to night joe. by he 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 officials and paid respects to holocaust victims. but the diplomacy will grow more difficult by the day. by day it's due to address a host of tough issues among them. israel's sectarian and saudi. you're already phone because the connection between the israeli people and american people is blown. deep is blown. 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 miss isles. biden's dress. the 2 nations close cooperation on defense projects where reform diego can never damaged ace to israel . security including partnering with israel on the most cutting edge defense

systems in the world bite and then visited yet vash. m a memorial. for wicked times of the holocaust. he lit an eternal flame of remembrance and met survivors. the visit by a president of the right, 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 his reign, and they'll take him next to the west bank and then to a controversial stop in saudi arabia. ah, my 1st guess design is dr. melanie garcia. she's an expert on conflict resolution at university college london. she joins we did night from tel aviv. it's good to have you with us. the situation in the middle east have dramatically shifted since

jo by visited the area last, which was 6 years ago. how has that changed us policy? i think it's time for the us to revisit, to an understanding of how much the middle east se shifted. so a recent survey that's been q that the post, which is going to be released to mine by the time blair institute, actually shows electrical change across 5 countries. key countries in middle east we had sort of 72 percent support with argue, atheist white range with homes and reducing the power of political authorities in liberating society and economic diversification. and i think this is going to lead her. i shift once president bite begins to feel the ground truth in the middle east and how that will then be align us policy a little bit with this should be music to the years of the bite administration,

the right. i mean, these sound like positive changes in public opinion, but you're describing absolutely. but interestingly enough, of a put a detailed says, a, the power law polling in across western nations actually shows a great misunderstanding with the assumption that actually the way as only 46 percent of the west believe that the middle east is a friendly, the 72 percent of the very least see the west as continent. so yes, it should be music to it. but i think that's a lot that has been going on, particularly in a very po, noise to us that has distorted the reality on the ground and how false the mid lease is moving into a place that is potentially move a more positive i life for at the united states, and would you say that the nuclear threat posed by iran? is that the main reason we are seeing a shift in security cooperation?

i'm the iranian threat to a has definitely been a galvanizing force, particularly between israel and countries within the gulf. i think that's also why to cooperation. i think the why it's not just the nuclear thought of iran. i think it's the white and nature of how threats can operate in highly connected up systems. so particularly thinking of how many of the countries across the gulf, a connected to the internet, to things that are a, ronnie's not only a nuclear threat but an increasing cyber threat. and that threatens supply chain of food security of health tech. and in that very wide conception of what security is today in the middle east, then we're going to see a real guy, nice thing of the partners, particularly in the relationship with israel, with it's tech advantages of, you know, you talk about these,

these changes. and yet here we are with the israelis and the palestinians of the president visiting and yet we know that the 2 state solution is not a reality in the near future for either side. right. then the general consensus is that the right missing timing, that would be required for both parties to sit down and really have a productive set of tools that can be by delivered at home to their whole constituency. to that people is not quite that yet. having said that, i think this is a particularly important step forward, full president of bite and to be here to be able to the protests have been put on hold for a long time. that says, series of trust and confidence building measures by traditionally they israeli government to happen to help much stuck in that. the tilt of the democratic

narrative that's been coming out about that piece process. the palestinians have felt equally put to the side in the wake of a lot to be advanced intimately. so i think as an initial step, this is an important building block to perhaps moving forward. and i believe it's that puts them by to will release news about an increased costs of a package of aid that he will be visiting palestine hutsel. and the 1st meeting we had that a bus is also a big step forward and, and doing a lot of what the trump administration did in it's 4 years. dr. melanie garson joining us tonight from tel aviv struck garson. we appreciate your time and your insights. thank you. thank you very much. where tonight a curfew for all of a sri lanka is in effect prime minister and acting a president. renelle bickering senior has asked the parliamentary speaker to nominate a new prime minister, and this comes after protests strong to his office,

demanding that he stepped down. demonstrators also want president, go to buy roger poxel to step aside. he fled the country before that he was due to hand in his resignation for gestures, blame him, and his long ruling family for shall, length is worst, economic crisis indicates ah, she lanka is on the brink of change. a people's uprising has ended a family dynasty's long grip on bar after the president's sudden departure, i li protestors have now done their focus on the prime minister, who is now the acting president on look on my leg ave. his at that they have been informed by the president kennedy, but the good that since the president is out of the country, he has a pointer, a prime minister. i wanna make it, he 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 may argue they were the president's house and the prime minister's residents are maintained by tax money renew. this is a great opportunity for people to see these buildings because the people did not understand when they were talking. i thought maybe more than at them and it's only now they realized the luxurious lives of children that they had paid for with tax money. although the demonstrations have been taking place across the capital city of colombo for months now. now they're both foreign. that is the most prominent right. it has come to speak. now the partition to realize the follow up to people. and he said that a b b beau's,

gammas. the island nation is facing its worst economic crisis since its independence. 1948. but with public trust and the political class running critically, bo, it's not gil, who's ultimately did the country out of financial ruin. well, these related president has still not handed in his written resignation. earlier i spoke to alan keenan from the international crisis group in london. and i asked him if this ruling can, leadership is trying to buy more tar? 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 sri 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 hop 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 renelle 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 in, 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 sri lanka. but certainly very unusual on is, has inflamed tensions because he's as much a target of protestors wrath. and of the general populations, ah anger at, at the established political elite as go toby. and so it's um, what, what slackens 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, if you time soon. 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 around your 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. here's a quick look now and some of the other stories that are making headlines around the

world. hope 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 government of the catholic church change. a tokyo court has ordered for former managers of tapco, the company that operated the poker shima nuclear power plant to pay the equivalent of $94000000000.00 us dollars in damages. shareholders had sued them for not implementing safety measures that they say could have prevented the 2011 disaster which was triggered by a soon army. britain's former finance minister richie suna, has won the biggest backing from conservative law makers in the 1st round of voting to choose boris johnson. t a successor with $88.00 versus 6 candidates are still in the running, including foreign minister lives truss and junior trade minister, penny morton. on a huge ambition. turkeys defense minister says russia and ukraine have made

progress in their efforts to get urgently needed grain exports out of ukraine. he said the talks will continue next week in the hope of a final deal on releasing 20000000 tons. wednesdays discussions in east ample ended with a tentative agreement about how to transport the grain across the black seat stockpiles 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 it, they're holla, ukrainian grain cannot enter the international market now because that horse are not working. the c route was the most important because of this is the demand for crane decrease report was measure sir. 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 desa waiting for export. before 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 keep his 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 in puerto, i don't sees it, the ukrainian farmers will sort and it feels to if ukraine and farmers will not survive rule 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 stuck inside ukraine. key supplies are missing, and prices worldwide have shut up. the u. n says a solution must be found urgently to avoid starvation on an unprecedented scale. when the exposure is r corresponded in cave and i asked him how much progress was made of the talks in turkey to break the grain deadlock and whether a deal really is in sight. but think bread. first 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, it necessity is the mother of 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 estuaries that you know, rivers that, that, that 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 ukrainian 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 rot. and so this is a, this is a situation that won't last one year, but possibly to and we understand attacks have intensified in the south where much of the grain is stored up. 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 campaigns scorched earth, blowing up cities, leaving just rubble 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 ammunition depots to stop. those artillery barrage is best the priority. they basically have a range of 70 kilometers to the russians. have to move the d post 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 iraq drones, which will allow us to see where those high mar systems are located. so the balance could shift again in the future. brent?

yeah, that's right. that's news just coming in and expired with the latest in keep, nick is always thank you. i want to bring you up to date now with some of the other developments related to the war in ukraine. the russian energy company, gas, braun, has apparently cast doubt on nord stream one returning to full capacity any time soon guess from his blaming. the difficulty of getting replacement parts due to sanctions, 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 in russia have reached an agreement to exempt the transit of goods to collision grad from economic sanctions. goods traveling by rail, but not by car or truck, will now be allowed. vilnius had imposed restrictions on transit through lithuania to the russian ex cloth, citing e u sanctions linked to the war in ukraine. a french reporting

to the chaos which marred the champions league final in paris in may, has blamed police and organizational failings. liverpool fans were initially blamed which the report concluded was unfair. these are vital lessons. the report says that should be learned ahead of the 2024 paris 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 tear gas it english supporters. after tensions fled when huge cues built up at the start to fonts in paris. the most watched annual sporting events 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 a report by the french senate blames police and organizers, including the french football federation and european body wafer. for what happened, sit and notion more. it was

a success 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 possibly some liverpool fans without tickets and trouble from local youths exacerbated the problem. but police were accused of having a quote outdated 19 nineties view that british fans were hooligans. submitted 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 tea gas is rarely used. that surely contributed to supporters filling they had been exposed to an excessive use of force for liverpool loft. the match to re on the grid. but 2 moms on their fans now have victory in their fight for the truth. about what happened outside goths oldest and turn them. it gets underway on thursday. the open championship at the famed st . andrews golf course in scotland. there is controversy this time due to

a recently establish series, backed by saudi arabia. it has caused division among offers with some choosing money over tradition. it's gulf. but not as we know it. the live series bankrolled by saudi arabia held its 2nd ever event earlier. this month, staggering prize money of $4000000.00 went to winner. brandon grace, he is not at the open, but other big name rebels who have defected to the new tour are still eligible to compete this week. australian greg norman twice when the open. but he is now the face of live am was banned from the champions dinner ahead of the start at st. andrews. one golfing great has been moved. the split reg norman's an icon on the came, are gone. it's great player. ah, we've been friends for

a long time and regardless of what happens, she's going to remain a friend. and he and i just, but unfortunately he and i just don't see i'd i, and what's going on. and simply saudi arabia has been accused of trying to sports wash its image by investing in gulf only families of victims of the september 11th, 2001 attacks on the u. s. carried out mainly by saudi nationals have even protested against live tiger woods things. the rebels may be banned from future opens. some of these players may may not ever get a chance to play major championships, and that is a possibility. we don't know that for sure yet is up to the all the major temperature bodies to make that determination. but that is a possibility that some, some players will never get a chance to play major damage of never get a chance to experience this right here. the sport is at the cross roads. it will be another uncomfortable few days for gulf. all right,

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