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joe biden says the drawing strike in the afghan capital killed the reclusive terrorist command that also coming up tensions over a possible stop. over in taiwan, i want government sources say u. s. house speaker, nancy pelosi will visit the island during her asia trip. china has threatened a military response. the white house says by ging is over reacting and to benet humanities. just one misunderstanding when use calculation away from nuclear, the need lation. a stock warning from the head of the united nations that talks on preventing the spread of nuclear weapons. ah, i'm empty house, walk into the program. the united states says it has killed the leader of al qaeda . i am an al. so watty in a drone strike in afghanistan, he was one of the founders of terrorist group and had been in hiding for more than

a decade. also, while he allegedly carried out a key role in planning the $911.00 attacks alongside osama, bin laden is death comes a year after the u. s. forces pulled out of afghanistan. he says the taliban had been sheltering also y. nina m, as in joe biden, announced els why he's death saying he was killed in a drone strike on a house in the afghan capital cobble on saturday. or jose community located is our hearing earlier this year. he had moved to downtown couple to reunite with members of his immediate family. after carefully considered a clear and convincing evidence of his location. i authorized the precision strike that would remove him from the battlefield once and for all. this mission was carefully plan, rigorously minimize the risk of harm rather civilians. and one week ago, to read advise,

the conditions were optimal. i gave the final approval to go get him, and the mission was a success. none of his family members were hurt and there were no civilian casualties. now the taliban has responded by condemning the attack sang. it violated an agreement with the u. s. a. its withdrawal from the country. earlier i spoke to middle east security expert roger shanahan, who served with the australian military in afghanistan. i asked if he was surprised that al z a y healy was tracked to such a conspicuous place. certainly i think this thing that exercising most people's minds, most people would have assumed that when he was killed, it would have been somewhere along the afghan pakistan border in a remote part of either of those 2 countries. but the fact that it was found in the center of kabul, ah, is puzzling site laced and obviously, right, the series questions about the light ship, train taliban and al qaeda. the next question being given that as

a why he was located under their noses. is it possible the taliban did not know he was living in cobble? well there's probably more information to come out about that, but does. but the publicly available information is that it appears there is some relationship between the owner of the house or who was fostering at zwang greece. ah, present, stare and ah, the interior ministry in the taliban. so the more of these links to put together, the hot or it's got to bay for the taliban, decide i knew nothing about is what does it tell us, roger about the role of el al qaeda operating in afghanistan today? well i suppose is 2 elements to it is the islamic state element, which am i have been targeted by, by the taliban oversee by the united states. but there is the relationship between

al qaeda ah, and the taliban neff canister, which is obviously targeted by the west, but out caught a oh sorry taliban. a bit more circumspect. i regarding their relationship with them in better external partners, all parties abilities to target them. so that's going to be one of the fascinating things we're probably gonna find out. hopefully the next weeks and months. yet, when did he in a cobble, under what agreement was he in there? what was he doing there besides being with his family? who else was seeing him who is sponsoring him while he was there a whole range of questions that rise? yeah. that we want some answers to before we can start to join the dots in the taliban. al qaeda relationship in afghanistan, just in twins in terms of operationally speaking. how is this operation different from side, the bin laden operation? well, this was a remote kinetic attack. it just used to help i'm missiles from what we,

i understand and does a particular types of missiles or non explosive. again, as far as we've been told that have blights that shoot out of them. and so minimizes collateral damage and is really just there to, to kill the individual. and that's what appears to have happened in this instance in the summer, been loudon assault. there were trips on the ground. there were separate helicopters that went in to pakistani i to re pakistan it is by 2 about a bed. so i'm quite different. the 2 of them are the same. you know, in a particularly precise information about one of the if not the highest priority terrorist target to execute those operations are just shanahan at the low institute in city. many thanks. my pleasure. taiwan government sources say that you

as how speak and nancy pelosi will visit the self governing island as part of her asia. 2 plus he is not commented on the possible trip herself, but their speculation she could stop over on tuesday night. the chinese government says it would view a visit by policy as a provocation, and warned its military could take strong counter measures in response to an abuse taiwan as its own territory. white house official said there was no need for china to turn this situation into a crisis. i think the correspondent zachary lee is in tie. he told us more details about policies possible visit to taiwan were according to civil associate from taiwan, the town, his government as worth local media, nancy pelosi may arrive in taiwan in few hours. the arrival time is likely to be $1020.00 p. m. local time is this expected to meet taiwan president. how you weren't? well this morning, a report shows that server chinese war planes flew close to the median lie dividing

a tower trade. besides thailand, defense ministry has reinforced combat alertness level from tuesday to thursday, los, or indicate the high possibility of hello this trip to taiwan. but again, this is now you come from publicly by any officials here in k one or in the us. now everyone is watching closely, it pelosi will make a stop over here. they're watching close the up. people in taiwan worried. zachary about beijing's reaction. how closely are they listening to watch on these officials? a saying on that were you could talk to people on the street. no one is actually concerned about a threat or reaction from b gin. this is because taiwan is people are very used to china's threats for many years. hence, they don't take the warning from china really seriously. however, how we learnt this morning is lead. china has placed

a band and hundreds of products imported from taiwan. and this will cause heavy losses for some towing companies. local media has connected le band to pillows this trip to tie one. zachary, stay with me. i want to get some context here. as china issues a clear warning of a policy not to travel to taiwan tension between the us and china. of the island have been building for some time with each side, blaming the other over the escalation. let's have a look at how this unfolded. he didn't jeans have yeah. don't play with fire. well i that was chinese president. she jan ping's message to his u. s. counterpart joe biden. in the most recent talks, china claims the u. s. is dangerously close to crossing a line on taiwan with its messages of support for the islands. independence in may . biden broke with years of u. s. policy by promising military support. if china tried to invade are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan? if it comes to that?

yes, you are. that's the commitment we made. the u. s. as china is the one disrupting the status quo. over the past year, she jan ping has provoked taiwan with incursions into its air space and calls for an end to taiwanese self rule. fool, one, the historical mission of the reunification of the motherland must be and will surely be realised. negotiate a jing, seize the island as the chinese territory temporarily occupied by the political airs of those who lost the chinese civil war. 1949. since then, taiwan has governed itself, running regular military and civilian drills to prepare for a possible chinese invasion. to pass that china has laid out off is neither a free and democratic way of life. the taiwan no sovereignty for 23000000 people. many in the west see it as a fight between democracy and authoritarianism. but that's not the only reason why

the u. s. is involved. taiwan is integral to u. s. strategy to check china's power in the pacific. the taiwan strait is one of the most important shipping lanes and global trade. and the majority of the world's advanced semiconductors, used in everything from smartphones to cars. joke are made on the island, tries to relocate product in line. if china successfully imposes its rule on taiwan, that would be a big blow to the u. s. in a victory for she jam packed utah. he did, but he was, and biden, untie both have a lot to lose your teeth. they know a full blown war could be the worst case scenario for both their country swan could eat on. hope that i got back with the w correspondence act really in taipei. so what's at stake here for tie one, zachary, could they benefit really from this kind of visit, keeping in mind that leading members of the body administration have made it clear . this is just a private trip exactly. well,

but you have to note that pelosi is actually taken in lie to the u. s. presidency. if she really be this tie one, she will be the highest ranking us politician to visit highway in 25 years. this will be a very significant for tie 150, always thick support from other countries. as we know, taiwan is isolated from the global society and the constellations between the us in taiwan would of course be very significant for taiwan. and this is how thick nearby can the trip eith. zachary li, in taipei, thanks so much pressure. now let's get you up to speed on some of the other stories making headlines around the world to sell. authorities in california say to bodies were found after a blaze that broke out on friday, a so called mckinney wildfire has forced at least 2000 people to evacuate. 5 weeks in bolivia have clashed with coco farmers protesting over the establishment of the market in the capital. the past,

the country's leading growers association claims the new market is illegal. it's run by and rival group doctors in brazil have successfully separated twins, co joined at the head. surgery took more than 20 hours to complete and has been called the most complex of its kind. the 3 year old twins were born with a fused brain and will spend 6 months in hospital rehabilitating. now, grant shipments from decline have restarted under un broke a deal to end russia's blockade. exports of wheat, corn, and other key commodities had been halted since the start of the war in february, contributing to a global food supply shortage. first cargo ship to potted from odessa on monday. you granted. 16 more vessels are waiting to follow up to 60000000 tons of grain and fertilizer could be exported over the next 5 months. and that the deal.

now shipments must reverse a narrow corridor, which has been cleaned of seamans planted by ye, crime to support a russian attack. russia for its part, has agreed not to attack the vessels. now the 1st ship is now traveling from odessa across the black sea, some 5000 nautical miles to is a to istanbul, turkey where cargo will be inspected under the terms of the u. n. deal. it will then continued through the boss for straight and brought across the mediterranean sea to tripoli in lebanon, way it will unload its cargo of corn. now, despite the ship's successful departure ukrainian president, bloody mister lensky has borne that it is still too early to celebrate. database corresponded berkey, the sugar is in cave. earlier i asked her if the shipment is going to plan. yes, the vessel is on its way to istanbul, the load it was $26000.00 tons of mays and up to now everything is gone as planned

. yesterday morning, the ship left the port of odessa, which is heavily mines through a sort of safe corridor corridor. ukraine had established by the mining parts of the port and who it was guided by pilot ships. and now it's on its way to istanbul, there it will be inspected again by a group of inspectors from turkey, russia, and the end to make sure that it's only really those m a $26000.00 tons of mails on board and nothing else. and then if, if that has happened, the ship can continue its journey to lebanon, and then from there, the grain can be distributed to the world markets. so if this, this works, how optimistic are authorities in ukraine that they can return to something like a normal schedule of deliveries.

we could sense here in, in keith a huge relief and that this 1st shipment went that well, but you quoted president zalinski in his 90 address. he said, don't be overly optimistic because obviously ukraine doesn't trust the russian security guarantees, especially as he russia had attacked the address a port on the hours after the great deal was signed. and it's important to say that the even more challenging part of the deal is still to come because the big question is, will the ship owners be really ready to send their ships into a heavily mind harbor in a war zone? and will they get affordable insurance? because we have heard a lot of comments by the insurance industry. they said, yeah, this the, the deal still have to worked out. we need more procedures to really assure that the ships can go there safely and pick up the grades for the work markets. briefly

we've heard a lot over the past 2 weeks about the counter offensive back on land fujita. are there any signs of ukrainian troops gaining territory or momentum? yes, absolutely. we, we have seen ukraine as scaling up at these attacks. we have seen a lot of attacks on as supply lines of russia by hitting far behind the front lines, ammunition depots, and critical infrastructure. now it seems as if the ukranian army is sort of closing in to southern how son and governor told us that they, they have a retake in $46.00 settlements. we cannot confirm nor deny this, but this is what they say. but at the same time, russia is deploying a lot of forces from the east and ukraine from, than done it's reason to the, to the south. so they're very much willing to defend the territory they,

they took there. so i think we will see a lot of fierce fighting over the next days in that region w. forget a sugar in cute many thanks. european union countries are attempting to reduce their use of brush and gas in response to the invasion of ukraine. germany has restarted an old cold 5 power station to save its gas reserves and in the netherlands. this debate on whether to reverse a decision to shut down a major gas extraction site. the groningen gas field is the biggest of its kind in europe. they doubly reporter sonya veronica travelled to grown again with decades of extraction have caused the ground to sink triggering thousands of earthquakes. she found locals. they're unhappy about suggestions, guess should be kept pumping. young bonacre's damaged house has been strengthened to withstand future earthquakes. it's a complex operation on dish and hail. this part of the building is already repaired

. mute. another section had to be completely torn down and has been reaping. the house was damaged in the aftermath of a strong earthquake. 80012 urine groningen where gas extraction has triggered tremors for decades on that does rush correctly. it was horrible. everything was moving in or there was a huge, nice job. oh oh. and there was one loud bang when i mile on. don't you go yard as you sang, kansas. you tell us. it was a beautiful house. we were happy in it. we run down mitchell for in the earthquakes of lead to more than a $160000.00 damages claims to date, which prompted the dutch government to scale by gas production and take a decision to close down the gas field by next year. but the russian invasion of ukraine and slashing of gas close to europe has torn those plans into question. the

dutch government is now considering tapping the fields, still ample reserves in case of a gas emergency in winter. marquee on mulder is an energy expert at the university of crone. again, he believes it's possible to temporally res, output the groaning and field to meet a part of europe's gas meets. and get the residents on board as well. that the only user small part of got this revenues to composite all habitants of original groningen at the expense a bit higher risk or else griggs because they still exist. so this will be the best decision for, for every one have more cash on the market. more revenues really a quicken appropriate compensation for all the inhabitants and more cash applied to the european gas markets? well, we've got correction hall, but there's also a correction ceiling. but residents and groaning and don't trust those promises. marianna tori has been petitioning authorities for 6 years to recognize and be for

the damage she says was caused by gas extraction and pull down the house if needed . she still waiting for a decision. the damage, meanwhile, is growing them. this is the type of damage that, that we see a lot. and it's the one that it's the, some of them that really scares because people are afraid with an next earthquake. that the roof will come down and well, the beams may land on you. the dutch state and the gas heat operator had paid out over a 1000000000 euros so far to affected residence for rebuilding and strengthening homes. none of the residents are looking forward to continuing damage to the homes, but the dutch government may be out of other options if the gas crisis takes a turn for the worse in the winter. earlier i spoke to d. w correspondent, barbara vessel in brussels and considering the risk of earthquakes, i asked her if ongoing extraction of gas would be a desperate measure for desperate times. fairly because of course, there has been

a long running controversy about this dutch field and its exploitation. and this is going back decades really. so it's not an easy option for the government bought as desperate times. but it also contains a warning of course for other, you repeat countries. there is one since in germany debate, whether it should start fracking, germany has, as opposed to the netherlands know, sort of easily to be exploited gas fields. they, they're like fairly deep and they're contained in rock. so it would need to have to have to be fucking and the, the dutch example shows that there is no energy in europe. that doesn't come at a cost, not only financially, but also human costs a political cost. and that is something that governments, at the moment in europe are have to be weighing up. is it worth it? can we contain the fall out the political fall out?

the protests, for instance, of inhabitants in certain regions. so this is the situation and it is, of course, in the example of what really european countries have to deal with at the, at the moment. it is one solution and extreme solution, some would say to the energy crisis. but does europe have any other options? you have has the option and that at the moment is really the biggest slogan a within the european union is say, you have to save gauss. i mean, they just agreed to save 15 percent and countries are doing all sorts of things. in italy, for instance, the government has decreed that air conditioning has to sort of be set up to 28 degrees. so just cool offices and, and apartments it bit but met don't make it really cool. like 21. and you feel like you're in spring in spain, the french fry at the, the spanish prime minister pedro such as he and said on t v, everybody take off their tie in order not to get so hot, you know,

adjust your clothing to the higher temperatures and save energy, we can't waste all this energy for air conditioning. as similar in france, there was a decree that the shops would have to sort of close their doors and not waste energy anymore. so there are a lot of small measures and every one hopes that these 15 percent can be reached would be a big step. our proposal in brussels, thank you. at the head of the united nations has warned that the world is now closer to nuclear annihilation and any other time since the cold war, secretary general, antonia who told us, made the stock comments at a you and conference aimed at reducing the spread of nuclear weapons the non proliferation meeting was postponed for 2 years because of the pandemic. the stakes are high as the month long conference gets under way at the united nations headquarters in new york. russia put its nuclear forces on alert after it invaded ukraine. the u n's chief said the threat posed by nuclear weapons today hasn't been

seen since the cold war and he issued this morning. we have been extraordinary lucky so far, but luck is not the strategy, nor is it the shields from geopolitical tensions. barling over into nuclear, conflicts to with a humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear, at any lation. we need the treaty of non proliferation of nuclear weapons as much as ever. germany's foreign minister accused russia of reckless rhetoric and reminded signatories of their obligations to the non proliferation treaty or n p t. we are here to defend the rules based international order. the entity is not just the piece of paper. it embodies some of the most fundamental commitments of human kind to prevent the

spread of nuclear weapons to ensure nuclear weapons. i never used again and to work towards our common goal of a word free of nuclear weapons. in a letter to delegates, moscow said nuclear war should never be unleashed, and there could be no winners. the treaty is the cornerstone of global efforts to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. over the following weeks, participants will discuss a consensus on future steps. japan is spearheading talks as the world's 1st and only country to be hit with atomic bombs. the push for agreement comes days ahead of the 77th anniversary of those nuclear attacks. a quick reminder of the top

story we're following for you, this l. u. s. president joe biden says the leader of al qaeda has been killed in an ace. dr. i meant also why he, who was the middle aged mastermind of the 911 attacks was targeted by us driving in the afghan capital cobble, been hiding more than the dick. and that's all the news for now. our environmental show because africa is up next trucking, the world's largest sea turtles that's coming up after a short break. i'm anthony, how to build and stay with ah, with

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