andrew simmons reports from london on the links that the case has to the u. k. what has the vatican, the heart of the roman catholic church and chelsea, one of the most exclusive and desirable parts of london got in common. it isn't religion, it's money. lots of it then add to that murky deals. extortion and fraud, revolving around a central figure. not a godfather, a catholic cardinal angelo. bet you. he was a close adviser to pope francis, who fired him last year, accusing him of nepotism. but this scandal is far bigger than favors for friends and family. bet you and 9 others face charges including embezzlement, extortion, money laundering, and abuse of office. it was here in london that market chelsea that but you became involved. it's alleged with a major investment of $412000000.00 in this real estate. but the church money was wasted because of a scam and over valuations. prosecutors say to london based italian finances received vast sums of money from the vatican for reckless speculative investments. the form of vatican financial regulators with loyal ran

andrew simmons report, daphne kajuana kelly c. a shook the state of malta to its foundations with her revelations of corruption and government business. the banks and the police. while she was silenced by a car bomb in 2017, murdered for what she knew. and now, after a tireless campaign led by her family, a public inquiry has concluded that the state has to bear responsibility because it created a culture of impunity. it also said there had been a breakdown of law order. the inquiry actually found this to be the case, they identified a network, a web, both control not prevented state will dorothy from protecting my mother and from acting on the findings of corruption in the government. yeah. under the pressure of protests prime minister, joseph moscow resigned but denied any wrong doing before her murder carolina glitzy had effectively caused an early election. she indicated powerful figures in government and big business in the panama paper scandal exposing use of tax havens by the rich. she also published allegations of links be

andrew simmons, which is their peru, is celebrating 200 years of independence with a change of power and a new president who like millions of peruvians, grew up in poverty. federal castillo has promised change as marianna sanchez reports from lima. that could be a challenge. the 200 years of republic. wednesday pedro commemorates a landmark anniversary, the independence from the spanish colonialist. now for the 1st time, a former and rural primary school teacher takes over the presidency. they look a feel comes from one of the poorest districts they do. and you prove, you'll see the feel represented by jessica laguna says her community outskirts of the capital. lima has little to celebrate money in the summer. the republic is 200 years old. but these inequality everywhere were rolling in the same mud, and we can gape, we wish our children could have it better. we always have needs, and there's no work. we wish for changing, but we can't do better. they claim the state has forgotten the poor members of this community build the roads themselves. they rece animal to eat together in a co

andrew simmons al jazeera fill ahead on al jazeera, we'll have the latest corona, virus numbers of asia, which countries are reporting, record infections and peruse peasant former turned precedence federal cust. you prepared to take office struggling citizens, share their hopes and fears for the future. ah, ah, is the time the year when you get thunderstorms in the desert? south west. if you look at the big circulation, they tend to move up then and they're going across the great lakes. so the big circulation around the us, this is the result of those stores in the full corner states. these for here, it happens every year. if you're lucky and you tend to get flooding as a result, but it's probably welcome rain, rain elsewhere rather limited. it's displaying slowly as the southern states into florida, but as a mass here on a cross into the midwest, eventually the rest of the great lakes. if you saw a direction of that cloud with these is also above the smoke from the fires in british columbia in oregon, california now hopefully some of the storms will tend to damp them down, but quite of

andrew simmons al jazeera ah japan stone tennis player, no meal silica says she didn't know how to cope with the level of pressure she was under to when the limb takes a socket, was knocked sites in the 3rd round of the tournament smelling check player, my phone just silva on tuesday, it ends her dream of winning and limpid gold on home soil. the number 2 seats struggled in a match that lasted just 68 minutes and raining us olympic gymnastics champion simone biles was pulled out of the teen finals events. due to mental health pressures. the 24 year old considered to be the greatest female as a gymnast of all time, less the floor with a team doctor after managing her 1st balls, she just said she needed to focus on her mental health. and richardson isn't talk you. he says, athletes, mental health has been a priority at these olympics. we've just heard the from the i see spokesman mark adams who inevitably was asked questions about what had happened to some on balls last night. and he said, we are very aware that this is an ongoing issue that most limbic associations now have their own psy

andrew simmons, which is 0 now to peruse and you hard left prime minister as try to calm invest his worries. after the president petro castillo, gave key cabinet post to members of his marxist party. g. do. a beta told report says that everything's going to be fine, but that fail to reassure the markets as castillo celebrates of the countries independent and military parade. currency weekend to an old time closing low against the dollar. a steel pledge to distribute wealth more evenly during his election campaign. marianna sanchez joins is live now from lena and obviously present castillo is only been in office for a few days already. many people, they're not happy, especially off to do baby does appointment. now why is he so controversial? that's right, marianne, just 48 hours since presidents of the year was over the government and there is a lot of problems coming up. if you look in the you appointed, get over. you asked the prime minister, a man who is very controversial because he's a massage honest and homophobic. and he has given an apology for terrorism, which is a crime in proved i

andrew simmons, which is their 5 in greece, are burning out of control, sweating, suburban neighborhoods near athens, the raging of forest at the base of mount antelli, north of the great capital firefighters, local authorities, se surrounding suburbs there under threat daytime temperatures. they have reached 36 degrees and they could rise to 39 degrees in the coming days. monsoon reigns in bangladesh have triggered a landslide at the world's largest refugee camp, killing at least 6 people that happened at the critical long campaign. cox's bizarre, it's home to more than a 1000000 your refugees from neighboring me and mark. most of the victims were children, more rainfall, the full cost in the coming weeks. flash floods in sudan have displaced more than 2000 people and destroyed hundreds of homes in the eastern galleria region. people . they are angry about the government's response, so testers of blocked the main road under threatening violence governments warning of more heavy rain in the coming weeks. the decal, rivals and ivory coast have met for the 1st time in a decade. president a

andrew simmons, which is era ah, this is al jazeera, these are the top stories, the 1st group of afghans who helped american forces as arrived in the united states . president joe biden called it unimportant milestone. around $20000.00, more awaiting to be re settled. we were fighting for the country that we have never seen it.

andrew simmons, which is 0 the this is al jazeera, these are the top stories. the 1st group of afghans who helped american forces has arrived in the united states. president joe biden called it unimportant milestone around $20000.00 more awaiting to be resettled. we were fighting for the country that we have never seen it, even in our dream and all of us we have a jewish flag on our shoulder. and we were fighting for 2 years for the flood. and we thought we were american. we considered our self as an american because we were, we were serving this country. demonstrations have taken place in syria against the governments offensive in iraq. hundreds rallied in several new western towns controlled by the opposition forces. the government intensified its bombardment of dra on thursday. dozens have been killed, and thousands displaced is the worst violence since the government recapture the area. 3 years ago. peruse, currency has plummeted after left, his cabinet members were sworn in. they were appointed by president petro castillo, whose pledge to redistribute the

andrew simmons, i was 0. now one of the story to bring you from southern argentina where a lagoon has time, deep pangs causing alarm amongst environmentalists. they say it's all down to pollution from a nearby industrial park. one expert says the color is down to is from so sodium sulfite, which is used by fish farms and that no fish wildlife can now survive in this water . not a 1st time this particular reservoir of the southern city of charlotte has changed color. but this time, the shade is more intense, and people living there by reporting a foul stench. the main stories now and the united states has condemned an attack on the un compound in west and africanist on. at least one person was killed in the attack in iraq. the us ambassadors, the un describe the act as deplorable and said the perpetrators must be found. there's been intense fighting between government forces and the taliban in that part of the country and diplomatic added to james bass has more on the.

andrew simmons, i was 0 now kenya is fighting. it's extending it's night time curfew and banning all public gatherings as it struggles to control a search and coven 19 cases, health ministers, warning the hospitals are overwhelmed. and people who get sick or not get a bed in hospital can years come under some form of coffee since march last year. it's now record more than 200000 cases and nearly 4000 deaths. meanwhile, and you've gone to the president, there's extending restrictions to contain the virus after the countries death will increase 6 fold. may a nighttime car fuel be enforced and schools will stay closed until the country competes at the vaccination program? only about a 1000000 of uganda population of 45000000 have been vaccinated so far. well malcolm web has worn out from nairobi. and so malcolm really just uganda, like many other countries in africa, in desperate need of those vaccine supplies, hundreds of millions of shots. but what did the president say about efforts to, to acquire them? we gave the characteristica

andrew simmons al jazeera, the us cultural agency, unesco is decide in which sites will be the latest to receive its prize world heritage status. charlie angela reports on one area of unspoilt and natural beauty in bosnia and herzegovina, which has just received the honor down a long, bumpy track. like one of you nest goes newest sites, the young, primeval forest, and indigenous forest of beach, fur and spruce trees, some stretching 50 meters high, protected locally since 1954. this ecosystem is part of a sprawling ancient woodland. almost 12000 years old, covering almost 300 hector's ecologist kirsten stuck has been guarding the forest for years, preserving the landscape and preventing man may damage. he considers unesco decision recognition of his team's work, but a lot near those roles this in odyssey all are, even in these turbulent times, park administrators did not allow the structure of the reserve to be disturbed. so that it as such, survived and became interesting for further studies. this is the newest part of a growing world heritage site without borders last extended in 20

andrew simmons al jazeera well, i spoke to the murdered journalist, saw him a little earlier. andrew cut on the quality says, were it not for his mother's death, multiple would have turned into a mafia state. in the lead up to my, to my mother's assassination. what we saw when the patterns of organized crime, capturing staple authorities. so it appeared that organized crime had taken office through the den, prime minister, joseph scotts. and the inquiry actually found this to be the case. they identified a network, a web, both control that prevented state for use from protecting my mother and from acting on the findings of corruption in the government they found. and this is one of the most tragic aspects of the inquiry they found they found out where is not for my mother's the fascination more that i would have been transform completely into a mafia state. and that it was my mother's death. and the reaction in society about to provoke prevent the most up to date from being a mouth. yes, she was aware of the dangerous she pays because it was cleared out with evidence that she

relocation have been rejected despite promises made to the public as cross live now to enter simmons who's in london and andrew, this letter is signed by those who were at the top of the military. that's right. heavy hitters indeed and they have have a hitching words as well for the u. k. prime minister barak johnson, they talk about interpreters in particular as being people who stood shoulder to shoulder with soldiers in the battlefield and saved many lives now being treated in a really bad way. talking also of this, this implied threat. but there has to be a review on the numbers being brought to the u. k. to seek sanctuary. this is part of the latter, any former afghan interpreters who were murdered by the taliban because they've been left behind the behind because of the withdrawal would be a dishonor which would fall squarely in the feet to the feet of the u. k. in other words, the government's fault. now among the signatures with the letter for former members, chief of staff to form a heads of the british army, a former national security adviser, and also a former defense minister who served in helmand.