k. former prime minister and president, manuel mcconnell have done to sort of ease that type of supply is asking saudi arabia to pump more oil in order to balance that supply and demand question. and the saudis, the so far have refused to, and since february they have refused all calls in these ends. so what the president biden hopes to achieve is that on the 3rd of august, when saudi arabia meets with the other old producers, including russia, they will go. and then they will push themselves and other producers to pump more oil at the end of august, thereby easing the situation from the 1st of september, cynthia bianco, a visiting fellow at the european council on foreign relations. thank you. thank you very much. here's a quick look at some more stories making news around the world. these ready army has released a video of an air strike on what it says was a hamas weapons producing site in the gaza strip. the military said a responded to rockets fired from the territory toward southern israel. that happened on the day you as president joe biden met palestinian leader mahmoud abbas be