this comes as calls are mounting for egyptian president el-sisi's government to release alaa abdel fattah other political prisoners. we are joined by environmentalist and climate activist bill mckibben was written a new piece for "the new yorker" headlined "if egypt won't free alaa abd el-fattah, it had better brace for an angry climate conference." author, educator, founder of third act, which organizes people over 60 years old for progressive change. one of the founders of 350.org. his new book out "the flagthe , cross, andhe station wagon: a graying american lks back at his suburban boyhood and wonders what the hell happened." welcome back to democracy now! let's start with alaa abdel fattah and egypt and why you as environmentalist have taken on coming champion his case as he wastes away in an egyptian prison on a hunger strike for more than 100 days. >> the spread of authoritarian governments around the world as one of the things making it difficult to do with the existential challenge of climate change and the climate meant may not be strong enough -- certainly is not strong enough

sergei lavrov, he has already met with president abdel fattah. assisi.of moscow's key trade and economic partners in the middle east and north africa region. the squally wind of a thunderstorm and a downpour wall eliminate the consequences of a powerful bad weather strike in several russian regions at once in the irkutsk region the storm led to massive power outages without electricity. 12,000 people left, vladikavkaz its surroundings. among other things covered, even with hail. as a result of fallen trees, the roofs of houses were torn off. it is known that there are at least one dead in sochi, where almost a month's norm collapsed that night. precipitation city survived a real stream stormy streams demolished the cars of one of the streets of the onslaught, sat down, they withstood the wall, and collapsed right on the parked cars footage of the rampage of the elements in alena's report horror, just horror, everyone swam everything, than last night the rain lasted only an hour , but managed to do it, troubles like a raging river, but no, the city highwa

countries of the middle east and north africa, in cairo, sergey lavrov, met with egyptian presidents abdel fattahforeign affairs of the arab republic, khan-brother-in-law themselves discussed cooperation between the two countries and current international issues, in particular the situation in the energy and food markets. russia remains a reliable supplier of grain, despite all western sanctions. we reaffirmed the commitment of russian exporters of grain products to the fulfillment of all their obligations. uh, president putin also confirmed this line when he recently spoke on the phone with the president of egypt, we guaranteed that there would be no provocations during the deliveries food. we impermissibly offered to cooperate with turkish colleagues for this purpose. well, in the end, as you know, in istanbul a few days ago, a relevant document was signed, and when it came to the completion of the work. uh, some of our western colleagues began to try to do everything to solve only the problem of ukrainian grain, and issues related to the supply of grain to world markets from the russian federa

the minister arrived in cairo the night before and today held talks with president abdel fattah.sisi. a meeting was also held between the delegations of the foreign ministries of the two countries; this visit takes place literally a day after the agreement in istanbul, which is very important for cairo, on lifting restrictions on the export of russian products, and russia's assistance in the export of ukrainian grain, egypt is one of the main importers and russian and ukrainian grain, and after the introduction of sanctions by the west from the arab republic, there were fears of a possible shortage. now after the signing of the agreements in istanbul e, at the initiative of the general secret. he volunteered to seek the removal of these illegal restrictions. uh, let's hope he succeeds, but whatever. we have an understanding. how to work on the full implementation of contracts between the russian federation and our egyptian colleagues construction of the first nuclear power plant in egypt - this is the largest joint project since the construction of the ottoman dam. in addition, a

general abdel fattah al— burhan, who's been facing regular anti—coup protests, said the army was committedvious promises. dutch farmers organised a day of nationwide protests, against government plans to reduce emissions. they blocked highways and warehouses with their tractors, causing major delays. the farmers argue the new rules would hurt their livelihoods. the bbc�*s azadeh moshiri has more. they've said they want the whole country paralysed, and these dutch farmers are now using tractors to do it. across the netherlands, farmers have been protesting against new environmental rules. in their latest move, theyjammed a highway, and blocked supermarket warehouses across the country. they risked finds, caused delays, and forced many to travel by train instead. translation: we to travel by train instead. translation: ~ ., . ., translation: we anticipate of the firm is public _ translation: we anticipate of the firm is public protest. - the firm is public protest. translation: i the firm is public protest. translation:— the firm is public protest. translation: ~ , translation: i think it is