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the us will not walk away from the middle east at a regional summit. he also tackles the saudi crown prince over the motor off journalist jamal cash shockey. and ukraine accuses russia using a captured nuclear power plant to store weapons and shell targets. neat pro and other cities come under fire. ah, i'm going to get jones good to have you with us. you as president joe biden has wrapped up a visit to saudi arabia for a regional security and energy summit by been told arab leaders, america would maintain its commitment to the middle east, is that washington will not walk away and leave a vacuum to be filled by china, russia, or ron, and talks with the saudi crown. prince biden also raised the murder of the dissident journalist jamal cas, shoghi john lee, i spoke to

w. washington correspondent, carolina shamore and asked her why biden changed his mind to engage with the crown prince or president biden himself said that this trip to the middle east is mainly about promoting us interests, especially in economic terms, but also security. so what we're seeing here is a huge you turn in biden's foreign policy and it's a real re calibration of his relationship to saudi arabia. so as we saw this morning during the g, c c same, it would bite. and it's trying to do here is to reset the relationship to saudi arabia until the middle east. he wants to see if the u, as in saudi arabia, can work together in a different issues like for example, energy, but also climate infrastructure. and for security, of course, the question remains, how do date start over, especially after bite? and one said that's are you ready as a pariah state. and where did he go from here?

now of course are working together is always a good thing, but it is quite a change of hearts. what exactly does the u. s. president want from this visit? well, if we follow his announcement before he is started this trip of wanting to promote you as interest in the release, we can rapidly see and conclude that protection of oil is of course in the focus. and one of the main concern step item is taking to the middle east gasoline prices worldwide. and also here in the u. s. has been increasing during the last month. and this, combined with the highest inflation in the u as is just the worse makes for bite and, and for the democrats in an election year. so, president biden is hoping for saudi arabia to produce more oil. sarabia has at that the see to ensure market stability and that they will not produce more all without consulting fir thiel picked plus group. president biden said yesterday, after his meeting with the crown prince of saudi arabia, let's look and see what happens in a couple of weeks. and we do know that the open plus countries have set up

a meeting for the 3rd of august, or the old charges, of course, will be a main issue on the agenda. so we'll probably no more after that meeting. i what does the white middle east region expect from the west, from jo by briefly, if you would while they know that the you, as is very interested in their own protection, but also in their position in international politics. but it has made clear that he is also there to strengthen relationships with them. and in his words, he doesn't want to leave a gap in international relations for russia and china to feel so he wants to avoid a stronger ties between a sally rack via the middle east and russia or china. but the truth is that they already have a relation with them. china, russia, they're already there. so they are the ones who can choose now who they want to cooperate with. adobe correspondent can relate to more the in washington for us. thank you so much. ukraine says russia is using

a capture to nuclear power plant to store weapons and attack targets. the national nuclear agency says hundreds of russian troops have taken control of the separation site in south east and ukraine. it accuses moscow using the plant as the base to shell, the surrounding region. one of the alleged targets is the city of ne pro. the government says this video shows a ration strike. the regional governor says 3 people were killed. attacks on urban areas of killed dozens in recent days. did other use? nick spicer is in kia faint. he told me earlier, what is happening at the separation nuclear plant, which is under russian occupation. there are concerts in over of chernobyl level scale. if you think about it, this is europe's biggest nuclear reactor, 6 reactors at work generating electricity. there are some 500 russian soldiers who are there. and the head of ukrainian atomic energy agency says they are shelling

cities nearby and using rocket launchers. they're essentially making any kind of repost impossible unless you want to set off a giant meltdown. now listen, when the russians actually moved in to the base, they shot one of the reactors with the tank shell. nothing happened this from the employees to work at the plan that we can trust them. at another shell fell on a transformer, had that shell blown up as it was opposed to. all of the cooling systems in the nuclear power plant would have stopped that it would have gotten to meltdown to the stakes. are really, really high. the russians are there is because they've been coming under all kinds of very, very targeted, targeted attack elsewhere in the country. with new western weapons, it was due to the is nick, as spicer and key if southern europe is a sweltering under a record breaking heat way firefighters in spain, france portugal in greece, a battle and destructive forest blazes. the heat has killed hundreds of people in spain. thousands more have had to leave their homes. scientists are blaming manmade

climate change and they worn they will be more extreme weather events in the future . the summer skies are blotted out by smoke, as wild fires burn across southwest europe. in france, portugal and spain, high winds and dry conditions make tough work for the fire fighters. several of whom have died. battling the blazes. thousands of residents have been evacuated in all 3 countries. hello, mikayla. we haven't slept all night enough to have a social worker came to see me and pick up my elderly uncle emmy daily. i'm able to make it up. we spent the night in a nearby town, but we didn't sleep at all american among them. you know, i didn't either that even away from the fires. there's no relief from the heat. a wave of record breaking temperatures has killed hundreds in spain. where thermometers have hit 45 degrees to compound, the misery soaring energy prices mean many or forced to choose between keeping cool

and their bank account. other us on me that voice i all families have to be frugal when using air conditioners and electric fans because electricity bills have surged . what g seymour? whether agencies say it won't cool off for days, authorities urging people to drink plenty of water, stay out of the sun and to check on those at risk. time for a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. the head of germany's biggest art show has resigned to often exhibit with antiseptic elements prompted protests. the organizers of document essay is having a showman is stepping down by mutual agreement show takes place every 5 years in the city of castle. lawmakers in north macedonia have passed a deal aimed at to settling a dispute with bulgaria to clear the way for you membership talks. the proposal includes amending the constitution to recognise a bulgarian minority in exchange. bulgaria will allow scorpio to stop talks with

brussels. south korea's capital sol, her celebrated. it's thus pride festival. since the start of the pandemic, thousands of supporters turned out with police on high alert to prevent clashes with conservative protesters, the mayor has hinted that a central plaza would be closed next year. if participants in his work over expose their bodies, 3 lancaster parliament has begun choosing a successor to the deposed president. gotta buy a raja axa. lawmakers will select a new leader to serve the rest of russia. boxes term he fled into exile as mass protest erupted over the national economic crisis. it's a brand new day in colombo, the family dentistry. that's ruled sri lanka for decades is gone, and lawmakers, a meeting to choose a new president. after months of protests go to buy a raja parks or fled to singapore and formerly stepped down from the presidency on

friday. his resignation letter read out in parliament showed little remorse made up law one. moby my margaret. i want to stress it. i have always done my best for my motherland. we did hear that i thought submitted my utmost to the country and in the future to i would contribute to the country. already loaded up done was it, do me lawmakers will vote for a new president next week. the chosen candidate will then see out raja boxes term in till elections in 2024 of the 3 candidates expected to stand. one is ronald vick grimacing head, the current interim president and former prime minister, a long time ally of the ousted president protestors want him gone to for a fresh start for the country. the knockout of the year in middle of the 3 candidates, if we support the most suitable person thinks will be all right,

fall given the only one the position, then things will get worse logon or you don't belong to ever be able to move forward with not only as i did it under, but beyond them by the other. what we have to tell the newly elected president is please rescue the economy. our think of what i wonder that might be under the roger parkside has left sri lanka in the midst of its worst economic crisis since independence in 1948 in particular, fuel is in desperately short supply. security has been tightened around the parliament amid fears that the law makers choice for president may not be enough to com. protesters dw madeira audrey is in colombo and she told me how the election process works. well, yes, monica, the parliament was convened today. the process has started, the parliamentarians were there to decide the future course of action to form a new government again from what we know so far. the voting for the next president

will be held on july 20th, and the nomination for the same will be filed a day before july. the 19 so far there are 3 nomination and the 3. 1 of them is randomly from a singer who is the current prime minister and the inter him president at the moment. and the 2nd one that we know a which is also a popular choice is sergeant fema garza. he is the leader of the principal opposition party in the country. and the 3rd one is the dallas, alabama who belongs to the political party of the raja bucks or so this will be a secret ballot voting that will be undertaken by the parliamentarians. but we have 2 more days right now, so we may actually see more nominations coming up. did others manufacture without a football, used by munich, has agreed to allow strike o robert 11 dorski to join barcelona by and accepted. the spanish club latest proposal, a multi year deal with up to 50000000 euros i previously insisted, live and dusky had to remain in munich until his contract expires next summer. and

for more on that day, quite exciting. i transfer saga he with me the studio, chris harrington from tito. he is full as chris fizzle. i mean, i heard that live in dusky, actually attended to by a training earlier this week. how does that fit together? yeah, was flabbergasted. a bit shocked to see him show up. he was late, you know, he didn't really interact with many players. he didn't say one word. i got you in that was mine. so clearly he didn't want to be there. but physically he looked great. you know, there's back and forth saga, you know, had been going on a while. he all already confirmed or social media and even doubled down. subsequent to this post say in his era it byron was over, you know, was basically says that his spirit wouldn't be there. so i'm glad to see about barcelona. come with an offer that a buyer accepted because before i think it was their 3rd attempt by and made it really clear, they wanted 50000000 euros just to come to the table. and that's what the verbal agreement was made. according to the oliver kind of the new, a sporting director bar munich. so it is good to see, you know,

finally that is done because, you know, there was some disturbing news. he, his family was receiving death threats from the buyer and fan base. you know, he played 8 season scored over 230 the early be won everything under the sun. so i think it's a win win situation. okay, is it a win win situation where, where does this leave by munich? or bar munich, pulled off a cou many would argue in getting sadie, my ne, from the premier league. you know, typically players want to end up in the premier league. that's her destination. you rarely see a player in their prime jump ship, come to the bonus lager. and that should be really interesting where he lives up. very versatile player. it's the next chapter for bar milling plus there's gonna brakes it in his contract. and i, for all intensive purposes, we could see you know, what happens, but he's been in his 1st training, saudi my maze, happy to be there. and i think the players are pleased to have him. and i am looking forward to see if he can feel those big boots left by levin doughty, and if he can shoot all those sent score all those goals,

of course that live and ask it at dia database. chris harrington, thank you so much. thank you. and before we go, australia's most famous building has put the finishing touches on its 10 year renovation. the sydney opera house has unveiled its upgraded concert hall. it's the final stage that without a basement of the world. heritage listed site is what its like. now we have corrected that imbalance. oh oh, oh oh oh. 6 new dw, thanks for joining us. ah, ah, ah, his good is establishing.