alex here brian al jazeera, a former close ally of pope francis is on trial for alleged financial crimes. and you a little bit, you and 9 others are accused of extortion. embezzlement and money laundering is the largest draw ever to take place at the vatican, warring drug cartels in northern mexico have reached a truce beliefs in the states of tunnel. the puss confirmed the seas far. it was an install professionally printed banners which appeared and several cities. banners were signed by 3 main factions. in the decades old term for a congressional committee has heard emotional testimony from police officers at the january 6 attack on the u. s. capital, i've been speaking about the verbal and physical abuse. they say they suffered during the insurrection. one officer said the assault was a clear plant to disrupt democracy. and that's your state to stay with us. witness is next. ah, me. ah, me. ah jima, initial schedule, a look at it it works shuttle only, she probably will do shit. so she said that i could set it up for i don't know what she was going to cover i so the middle mean, well,

vice president of the em horror region is told al jazeera that additional forces have been deployed to his borders with tech ry. this is to counter to brian fighters who launched a new offensive this thank the if you're appealing, army has been fighting to grind regional forces since november al jazeera, obtained ragged government access to a disputed region in western. take ry from way catherine sawyer reports. i'm a special forces and the few p and federal police. at a checkpoint in my car, they're passing through require identification papers who owned a rare regional government guided trip, but event filming the forces and the militia called funnel was difficult. the town claimed by both the em. hara anti grand ethnic communities was under t guys administration before the war started in november. it's one of the was the atrocities happened. hundreds of people were killed. the communities accused each other's fighters of committing it gabbert m. s. gas magus to a farmer says a dispute about regional buddha territories goes back decade. all the glen leaders want to come on for shadowy. the already created a system that film and then whe

break records, the widespread, oppressive and long lasting heat remains the threat alex there brian al jazeera moran scans are taking the palms and joining the fight against the taliban. the group continues his rapid advance north citizens. enough can security forces battle, telephone fighters on the outskirts of conduce on saturday. the groups made huge gains in recent weeks and claim to be now in control of at least 85 percent of the country. what do i do for us on african forces are ready to defend their homeland during the past few days, the enemy has carried out a massive offensive in the city of condos, but they say strong resistance from our forces and suffered heavy losses as a result. bulgarians are voting in the 2nd parliamentary election in 3 months. the pole was called on to april election, resulted in a hung parliament, but found for mac relation government. the following month, former prime minister boy colbert stepped down and 100 pounds to take a government. since then, there would be 9 nations of corruption linked to the governing church party. dozens of schools in the jury ha

alex here brian al jazeera, peruse president, he liked pedro castillo has suffered a set back a day before being sworn in opponents in parliament of block 2 parties. candidates from forming the new leadership in congress, members of custio's free peru party were ruled out on a technicality. fears left wing party wants to rewrite the constitution of prospect that is concerned opposition. politicians, like millions of peruvians castillo, grew up in poverty, is promising change. but it's not an a sanchez report from lima delivering on that pledge will be a challenge. the 200 years for republic. wednesday pedro commemorates a landmark anniversary, the independence from the spanish colonial. now, for the 1st time, a former and rural primary school teacher takes over the presidency. castillo comes from one of the poorest districts of they do. and he, peruvian, see, they feel represented by jessica, who says her community on the outskirts of the capital, lima has little to celebrate mothers in the summer. the republic is 200 years old. but these inequality everywhere were rolling in the same mud,

to break records, the widespread oppressive and long lasting heat remains the threat elixir brian al jazeera canada has imposed restrictions on rail transport and areas that are at high risk of wildfire. there have been days of record breaking hate, with temperatures just on the 50 degrees celsius. while phones have been threatening towns in the west of the country and investigations are looking into whether freight trains are partly to blame. and you order it will force trains to slow down and take other precautions. protests against the imprisonment of south africa's former president, jacob's whom i have spread to johannesburg. police reported loosing on saturday night and shots being fired at passing vehicles. violence 1st broke calcium close to the town record dismissal who has been to suspend his prison sentence. on friday, the 79 year old former president has become serving a 15 month term failing to appear before a corruption inquiry. dozens of schools in nigeria have been forced to close after a series of mass kidnappings of students. but some youngsters refused to be scared off and

alex here brian al jazeera bangladesh is not just battling the pandemic, but storing inflation rates to and prices are putting basic foods out of the reach of many tend to challenge, re has more from the capital. darker curren buzzer is one of the busiest open air kitchen markets in dhaka. but there are hardly any shoppers on this day because of a nationwide lockdown to prevent covey. 1900 beg him is among the few who came out for groceries, but finds food items are more expensive than usual. so yes, kicking the initial, i came out to buy some green vegetables. the prices of everything has gone up and the market. maybe it's due to the lockdown or because they're not enough buyers, but logistics and supplies are open. not sure why. market export se soaring inflation along with rising foot prices in bangladesh and recent month, i put an additional button on low and middle income households. many here have lost their jobs. the sources of income during the current virus pandemic was that the all the essential items price given height. but in comparison, people's income has risen. so it's

brian al jazeera, thousands of anti government protest as of gathered and became fast as capital. why do go that demonstrating against a worsening security situation? the opposition says the government is to blame and accuses it of faith. prevent attacks. yes, president joe biden is spending part of the july 4th holiday weekend encouraging people to get vaccinated, even in michigan to highlight the country's progress against cobit 19. so part of a nationwide america's back together to more than half the u. s. population has been vaccinated, but the government will not meet its goal of inoculating 70 percent by july. 4th, search and rescue crews in japan are looking for 20 people missing after a mudslide struck the coastal city of a tommy southwest of tokyo. at least 2 people are known to have died and its fear that could be more heavy rainfall to come under ship out reports. after days of torrential rain, loosened soil about the town around 10 30 am local time. on saturday. it all came sliding down the mountain. the black mud cascaded through the streets in waves, crashing into ho

graves or uncovered communities in morning and a country forced to recon with it's alex no, brian al jazeera talk for continuing in doha, between the african government and the taliban. but i say discuss the piece process backing up again is don, violence has intensified just months out from the deadline for us to withdraw its troops. hundreds of our can. civilians have been killed and injured into thought of a year as a secure security situation deteriorates. our correspondent osama bin jarvis in speaking to not in a dairy from the africa negotiating committee, he says the government will not collapse as a result of the tiny bonds. recent territorial gains. it is 100 plus districts. are all those districts from 400100 plus? are the districts that somehow the taliban could claim that they are they are controlling it's not that all of them fall apart just in the past 3 weeks. it's time of transition and transition. the ambiguous these are lars and all the information comes out and until everybody settled down, some of these are an impact of what we've pulled out and created different psycholo

break records, the widespread, oppressive, and long lasting heat remains the threat alex there brian al jazeera fighting between venezuelan security forces and gangs in the capital, caracas has killed at least $26.00 people, including 4 police officers. almost a 1000 armed officers entered for poor neighborhoods on friday, several bystanders believe to be among the dead. the government claims the violence on an alleged plot by the opposition to destabilize president nicholas medulla. a dozens of schools and jerry, i have been forced to close. you to a series of mass kidnappings of students. the incident had ended the education of many peoples. some victims refused to be scared off, and they taking risks to chase the dreams. one of the students kidnapped from a boy secondary school in the northwest, spoke to al jazeera about how he's determined to get an education, despite the dangers. my name is alicia, do my school is romance. i'm going just going to come here to go to us and going to school and find a no glass. i don't like my new go woman. i was going to school i own when one and 2 dimension

break records, the widespread, oppressive, and long lasting heat remains the threat alex here brian al jazeera at he's 12 people have been killed after the mini bus crashed in east and turkey, the vehicle caught fire after tumbling into a ditch and van promise, sir. the rainy and border is carrying migraines from. i've got a stand pakistan and bangladesh. the owner of the bus has been arrested. i was an election that was seen as a test for if you'll be a foreign minister and results show his set to serve another term. i b, m, it's ruling party, won a majority of seats in parliament of old ti calls historic landslide victory. the june election for the prosperity party and sure i'll be, i'm in a 2nd turning office, but it was overshadowed by a boy caught by the opposition ethnic violence and conflict in northern to great catherine. so he has won the results from ethiopia. capital, i just have a this announcement really comes as no surprise prime minister obvious, be amid, as far as the party has been leading from the very start. and it's also an election really that has been voice quoted, was bo

here brian al jazeera french president mannion. my call is hosting leaders from hale nations in a virtual summit to make planned for security in the region after france withdraws . most of its troops, the g 5 countries. molly char, booking at foster care, and martina struggling to control armed fighting, has forced nearly 2000000 people from their homes. speak to nicholas. hark, correspondent, in synagogues, capital the ca, nick, france, of course, amount, a major draw, donovan operations in the last month. what is the objective of this virtual meeting today? well for you, the main objective of this virtual meeting is try to reassure both the countries involved in the fight against arm groups in the region, the g 5 to help you know that the soldiers for chad and jerry, molly burkina, faso and mauritania are involved in joint operations with the french, but also to reassure international partners, while it's main menu about co is holding currently a press conference to explain this draw down, it was clear that the french troops are

alex here brian al jazeera the white house is reportedly seeking 1000000000 dollars to help resettle afghan personnel who works with the u. s. military recent advances. one of the taliban have triggered growing concern for their safety, especially with the last foreign forces on their way out of the country. president joe biden has already approved 100000000 dollars in emergency funding to that curious as can translators, other personnel, their families, but more money is needed to help speed out the process. the state department says an initial group of 2500 people will be brought into, brought to military base in virginia while their visa applications are processed. the 1st are expected to rise before the end of this month. roughly $20000.00 afghans have signed up for special immigrant visas. symbol wait for approval at u. s. military base is overseas or 3rd, countries. lodge and vine seen as her former us marine who went to afghanistan in 2012. he says the african personnel were crucial to the mission and the u. s. must ensure the safety they acted both as linguistic interpreters,

alex here brian al jazeera still a head's on al jazeera, the telephone advances in afghanistan. the u. s. speeds don't plans to evacuate interpreters helps their forces. indifference shown to my colleagues is discretion. emotional testimony from police officers who were attacked during january 6 campus o'briant. ah, ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored my cattle airways by the edge of the monsoon range, i think is settled down, knows more or less this line here is rain in some parts of pakistan without many of us has come from man that coming out of europe across the black sea, this more active weather is going through georgia and down towards the north of iraq. now that's probably welcome relation heater. it probably will also be fairly windy on the north side of the mountains on which to ron, sit. if that is all quiet is still quite hot with us, it was in turkmenistan. and that's the extent of the shabby rain in pakistan for really iran in the middle east and levant. we're talking about hot, dry weather, which is fairly normal. temperatures have been as high as 51

break records, the widespread oppressive and long lasting heat remains the threat alex here brian al jazeera, omi ra, canada has imposed restrictions on rail transport in areas that are at high risk of wildfire. they have been days now of record breaking. he said to with temperatures just under 50 degrees celsius. wildfires have been threatening towns and the west of the country and investigators. and now looking into whether freight trains me to blame billionaire richard branson has flown to the edge of space fulfilling a lifelong dream and making a great leap towards making space tourism reality. the flight reached ac kilometers above the surface of the earth, where they then experienced a few minutes in weightlessness. robbins is at the spaceport in new mexico with more millionaire richard branson has earned his astronaut when the lights ah, the light went off without a hitch space plain unity was lifted skyward, attached to a double fuselage. mothership called eve after branson's mother released release relief at high altitude unity, separated from eve, then fired with powerful rockets b

alex here brian al jazeera. oh, we'll still head here over the weekend. we'll start with the kill intake. we live in token of ours. continue to disrupt preparations to stay with a cruise . the cruise me ah ah, ah ah o r g on his peter. so thank you very much. is now just one weeks ago until the tokyo limping. finally get on the way off to use delay because pandemic. but corona virus cases continue to rise in the city or friday. a 60 year old member of nigeria delegation was hospitalized of the testing positive on arrival. the international olympic committee president thomas is adamant they is 0 risk to the public. and vice president john coats paid separate visits to hiroshima and nagasaki. on friday, the 2 said he's hit by atomic bombs in 1945. the olympic and paralympic games that tokyo 2020 will be a beacon of hope for a better and more peaceful future. we need more solidarity. it's also emerged on friday. the police are searching for your candid weightlifter, julia se quito local who has gone missing in western japan, where the team of stain report sa

alex here brian al jazeera thursday marks the 69 birthday of thailand's king. he's one of the most protected monarchs in the world. the protests have been building, calling on the crown to be more transparent and accountable. tony chain reports the monarch walking freely amongst his loyal subjects, thailand, king harvard, you're a long corn. greeting the people at a walk about last year for a man who spent much of the rain outside thailand. it was part of a new engagement to bring him closer to his people. the ordinary ties. it's part of it's a 1000000 routine. oh my god, how long i've been taught to love the king. since i was young, i grew up with phrases like long live the king or i love the king. i grew up watching news about the monarchies household. i learned about the institution in school, people around me, love the king, but then i wondered, why do we love the king? then ger now rejects many of the official histories she was taught as a child, as do other young ties who are calling for reforms? protests have taken to the streets, demanding the roll, hou

alex here brian al jazeera america's top diplomat has arrived in india, secretary of state anthony blanc and his that means his counterpart as well as the prime minister. talking points include the response to current of iris, regional security issues and climate change thinking has been due to fly on to kuwait. lisbeth from them joins us now from new delhi. so is this being seen as part of the effort to strengthen the alliance against china? very much as it is being seen as the latest attempt, the ongoing attempts rather by the us administration to line off the allies in asia with china's growing influence in the region as the blanket, as the 3rd us official to visit and the other year after the us secretary of defense and also the u. s. climate on boy earlier in the us secretary of defense lloyd austin's in fact on a tour of asia right now, visiting cinnapool, philippines and vietnam too. but just as importantly, this visit as being seen by both countries as the us seeking to reassure india, a key partner in asia as they would draw the military out of, of gone, the sound of guns is set

the widespread, oppressive, and long lasting heat remains the threat elixir brian al jazeera. the range will be from a station in brazil's amazon rain forest rose for a 4th consecutive month in june. and their affairs will only get worse with more ralph, and far as far as expected. sar higher. has this report new, dangerous, showing the world's largest tropical rain forest is shrinking fast scientists of for years been warning that the amazon is disappearing. it's an alarming rates, especially in brazil. it's last refuge for many endangered wildlife and home to millions of species. some of them still on identified. and now that shows that the deforestation of the brazilian amazon rose for the 4th consecutive month in june, hitting a record high. in the 1st 6 months of this year alone. it went up by 17 percent. more than 3500 square kilometers of amazon. have been cleared already, that's almost 3 times the size of the city of rio de janeiro. many blame the government and the commission to smiles. this continues to happen because of the government's environmental policy. encoura

break records, the widespread oppressive and long lasting heat remains the threat alex here brian al jazeera. still to come this off our the purchase and looting over the trailing of former president, jacob's human spread to johannesburg. and deforestation. of brazil's amazon rain forest rises for a record full month, with environmentalist warning the worst is yet to come. i the hello there. the scorching heat is still the story in europe, not just in the south, but in the northeast. and this was seen in moscow as temperatures continue to climb, people having to cool off in the rivers. and it's not just in this area, it's also more centrally, poland, austria, seen those temperatures continuing to climb. and for the north, the heat persist. we've got an excessive heat wave across finan, and that brings with it the wild fi. a warnings. latvia is also declared heat wave and estonia and when you're continuing to see those hot and dry conditions. but to the west, we have got that wet and windy weather brought in by those weather systems. the storms and showers continue for the british isles as we

break records, the widespread oppressive and long lasting heat remains the threat alex here brian al jazeera vulgarians are voting in their 2nd parliamentary election. in 3 months, the pole was called after april election resulted in a hung parliament that failed before may coalition government the following month, former prime minister boys set down and had the power to take a government. since then, there's been accusations of corruption linked to the governing party as an election that was seen as a test for e. c o. p s. foreign minister and results now show his set to serve. busy another term i b, m as willing $21.00, a majority of seats in parliament of old t calls historic, but it was overshadowed by a boy caught by the opposition ethnic violence and conflict in the northern dry region is one of 3 regions where voting didn't take place david shin is a professor of international relations at george washington university, and also a former us ambassador to ethiopia. he says it's still unclear if the conflict integrates, will have long term effects on, i'll be ahmed political future. i th

to break records, the widespread oppressive and long lasting heat remains the thread elixir brian al jazeera canada has impose restrictions on rail transport in areas that are on risk of wildfire therapy. days of record breaking hate with temperatures just under 50 degrees celsius. wildfires have been threatening towns in the west of the country and investigators are looking into where the freight trains are partly to blame. the new order will force trains to slow down and take other precautions. dozens of schools in nigeria having forced a close after a series of mass kidnappings of students. some youngsters refused to be scared off and taking risks to ensure that their education continues. one of the students adopted from a secondary school in the northwest of the country folk to al jazeera. my name is alicia to my school isn't going to going to come here. but to go to us and going to school and find a no glass. i don't like my new go woman, i was going to school over live in. ready that i own when the one and the maxima, and because in the area energy, i'm not mean that is what i i want t

the 2 sides remain deeply divided and exert brian al jazeera, at least $43.00 migraines, have drowned off the coast of tenicia, $84.00 others were rescued after a boat. thank soon after leaving the libyan port of the wire, it stopped the engine broke down and then the vessel capsized. migraines from sudan, a retreat, and bangladesh were among those on board evacuations. a continuing in the philippines as a toxic volcanic gas was through the skies near the capital manila, an erection at the top. okay. now on thursday as already 4000 from their homes. and officials are desperate to prevent evacuation centers from turning into corona virus hotspots. jamila, linda gun report some tao, the filipino fishermen year see these are their most trying time. daniel segan is worried about the future yet, so it's really sad if that will explode again. where do we go? there are no jobs and there were any more. last years, volcanic eruption coupled by the corona virus pandemic have almost decimated the fishing industry here in a consumer minus the polity. south of the capital manila, you have been sho

break records, the widespread oppressive and long lasting heat remains the threat alex there brian al jazeera still to come was how far? one of haiti's most powerful gang leaders threatens protests of the killing of president luis. the u. s says it's sending a team to assess security and deforestation of brazil and rain forest rises for record for the month. environmentalist warning the west is yet to ah hello there. let's start in australia and there's more width and windy weather on the way for the west. we've got weather systems moving in, bringing the storms and showers to pass, and some shock winds as well. and the weather is expected to last well into the weekend for southern possible trailer. those things are feeling a little chilly. we've got a cold front bringing some foggy and frosty starts to the mornings here and to victoria and parts of tasmania. as we go into tuesday, it will be wet weather on the cards with some sharp storms and showers. we have got a coastal wind warning for this area, but for new south wales we've got a hazardous sus warning. as those seas are rather choppy b

alex here brian al jazeera in thailand has counted a record number of new current virus infections. for the 3rd day running molding $16000.00 cases were reported over 24 hours. it's the biggest outbreak since the pandemic began being blamed on the delta variance. it 1st appeared in india and is more contagious. tony chang has more from bangkok we're getting record numbers every day. we pretty much seen them everyday for 2 weeks now. and the government despite clamping down with tighter and tighter restrictions doesn't seem able to stem the flow. certainly they are doing more tests now. but they are uncovering more clusters at the same time. we've seen the government come out the in fact, the prime minister himself in the last couple of days with a fairly fiery response, saying that the, the reason the infections are climbing so quickly is because people weren't following the directions properly. but we've also seen a lot of people who, who are going out in the daytime, which is still permitted under the current regulation thing. we have to go out for our businesses. we had to keep u

alex here brian al jazeera homes have been evacuated in southern turkey. the wild fi rips through forest towards residential areas firefighters of battling to control the blaze found by strong winds near the mediterranean coastal town of man. i've got residence from 4 neighborhoods have moved out of its path while far as a common in turkey. during the dry summer months tarzan is president, has received her code 19 vaccine in public officially, not during the countries immunization campaign. it's a significant shift from the policies of her late predecessor, who repeatedly dismissed the threat of the pandemic. katherine story report many times and he watched this moment with mixed feelings, that presidents amused who has been getting how covet 19 johnson and johnson injection a clear departure from the policy is implemented by how predecessor john mcgill fool who died in march from heart problems was one of the handful of wild leaders who downplayed the threat of the panoramic and shined world health organization called for masks and social distancing. he a

this latest fire started. grieving, family members are demanding answers, and justice alexia brian al jazeera in cove. 19 cases across the united states are increasing rapidly sparking fears of a new outbreak. 11 percent rise and a week is being blamed on the delta vary and which is now the dominant strain across the us. the latest data shows more people are being sent to hospitals in areas where there are low rates. the vaccination. gabriel alexander has more from new york. the good news in the united states is about 47 percent of the population is fully vaccinated in more than 332000000 vaccinations have been administered. certainly the u. s. does not have a vaccination problem. what it does have, though, is a problem with not enough people that want to get vaccinated and potential death problem there and of 24 of the u. s. u. s. has 50 states about half. the infection rate for corona virus is going up by a rate of more than 10 percent. most of the states that are seeing the biggest increase, primarily being driven by the delta delta variant. states like arkansas, missouri, alabama, parts o

alex or brian al jazeera. oh, just want to bring you a story from battery. now security services. there are right. a 25 homes and offices of activists and independent journalists. this is the 3rd success of day of such as in what john listen writes group to saying is the latest crackdown on descent by the president, alexander lucas shanker. at least 20 people have reported he been detained because shank is government hasn't, has been facing domestic and international pressure since is heavily disputed when in last august election. after the main wave of protest was effectively stifled a controlled destruction of civil society and nonprofit organizations is now underway. our organization has been working without registration since 2003 when it was revoked by the supreme court. it has effectively been illegal and batteries. however, according to any international standards, our activities absolutely legal, ah, top stories now and emergency workers in belgium and west and germany is searching for more than a 1000 people who were still missing off the heavy flooding. 125 people are co

this latest fire started. grieving family members at demanding answers, and justice, alexia brian al jazeera. the un security council has approved a deliveries from turkey into syria for another year to mandate for the operation was due to expire on saturday. russia had threatened to block an extension. it wanted a to be controlled by the syrian government, but a compromise has not been reached. our diplomatic editor james bases the un, he says, syrians had been caught in the middle of the diplomatic game playing. this boat was absolutely crucial. the point was to reauthorize the only border crossing from turkey into syria, bringing humanitarian aid into the country now for a time and had looked like russia would veto that authorization, meaning all the humanitarian aid, all the medicines, all the food, all the other supplies would not be able to cross the border. the initial resolution came from ireland and norway suggesting should be to border crossings authorized by the security council. russia then came back in the last 24 hours saying no, only one border crossing one border crossing onl

the widespread, oppressive, and long lasting heat remains a threat elixir brian al jazeera. i think i'll hang jones as live from washington dc party. what's the full cost looking like? well, it looks like they're in for a couple more days of this intense heat. they are breaking records all up and down the western united states. las vegas, the city well known it reached a high, a recorded high that is only seen 4 times in its history, 47 degrees celsius. and that's really we're seeing the story all over, all of these records being broken. and it doesn't look like there's going to be any relief until wednesday. keep in mind, this is the 3rd. he waved like this to hit the country and just the last couple of weeks the, there was one in the south west and then there was one in washington state and oregon. these are places that never get heat waves where we saw dozens of people die. hundreds of people die, and now they're seeing the cost from that he wave in oregon and washington state. marine biologist are saying that hundreds of millions of brain animals died because it was simp

this latest fire started. grieving family members are demanding answers, and justice alexia brian al jazeera police in haiti say to haitian americans in more than 20 colombian behind the assassination of president of anomalies columbia. as government says, early investigation suggest that some of the men involved were retired members of its military, where he was shot dead during a rate at his home on wednesday, patty cal haine has the a very public display. in puerto prince police load 2 men into the bed of a pickup truck, same day may be a part of the arm gang that allegedly assassinated president juvenile mo, either later paraded in front of the press. the outside of the police station were several suspects are being held in. angry crowd gathered, demanding the suspects be turned over to them. those guys killed the president. we are going to make them suffer now that the police have found them and taken them to jail. we want them to burn today. the haitian police, you said the 28 attackers have been identified. 26 colombians and 2 americans of haitian descent. he said 8 were some of the r

the widespread, oppressive and long lasting heat remains the threat elixir brian al jazeera the remains of 19 victims of the 1995 sir. beneath the massacre are being laid to rest on the anniversary of the genocide. the burial in bosnia and herzegovina marks 26 years in the city in forces kills more than 8000 muslims, men and boys. it was the worst mass matter in europe since the 2nd world war. $20000.00 civilians were also expounds from the area around beneath that speak to tied to a massive h who's covering the barrier for cindy is joining us now. live from the memorial center in 70. terry talk us through how the event is unfolding today. so many families that will finally have kosher well, more than 10000 people are gathered here. that is to say that the 1st of all of them in logical situation and both under control in the last couple of months. basically, the pandemic says that mobile dignitaries couldn't be here in person. they send their video messages that way, that the collaboration, the cooperation is nearing towards it. and you can see, you can hear the put on recital points on

alex here brian al jazeera bruce president, select federal casteel has suffered a setback, a day before being sworn in office. opponents and parliaments of blocks has plenty of candidates and form and new leadership in congress. members of kasteel is free for a party will date on a technicality, because he was less than a party to rewrite the constitution. prospects that has concerns opposition. politicians. like millions, all peruvians castillo grew up in poverty, his promise and change. but as marianna sanchez reports from lima delivering on that pledge will 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 at your comes from one of the poorest districts they do. and he, peruvian, see, they feel represented jessica la, who says her community, i mean outskirts of the capital. lima has little to celebrate mothers in the summer . the republic is 200 years old. but these inequality everywhere were

to break records, the widespread oppressive and long lasting heat remains the thread elixir brian al jazeera. i spoke to simon dawn and he is a professor climatology at the university of british columbia. and he says, you only need to step outside to see the rapid changes happening with the climate. well this, this event, these he waved are clearly due to climate change. we've already had kind of forensic analysis sort of like the c s i team coming in after the crime scene looking for fingerprints. and then that analysis shows that the heat waves that we experienced in canada last week, we're more than 99 percent attributable to climate change. or another way to think about that, is there a $150.00 times or more, more likely to happen because of the human impact on the climate system. these are rare events that are becoming and incredibly more common because of climate change . and so there's really, there's really no doubt in the scientific community about that. you know, we're really getting to the key question. i mean we, what we're learning is that we cannot live with easily with climate

more graves or uncovered communities in morning and a country forced to recon it's alex here brian al jazeera brazil supreme court has postponed a decision in a case that could determine future claims by indigenous peoples to their ancestral lands. they dis from 40 indigenous groups we encountered for days near the courthouse and the capital priscilla saw flying. people are trying to retain territory in the southern states of santa katerina, donald rumsfeld, the us defense secretary, who orchestrated the invasions of gaston and iraq, has died at the age of 88 state department correspondent roslyn. jordan takes a look back at his life and his courier donald rumsfeld was brass and abrasive, infamously. so his critic say the combination was the former u. s. defense secretary's undoing during the worst days of the us war in iraq. rumsfeld, jake, he was right, his critics were wrong and they couldn't stand it. rumsfeld was a survivor of washington politics. he made history as both the youngest and the oldest secretary of defense. and he did the bidding of 4 republican presidents in 1983 president

alex here brian al jazeera hammer. jim, jim has reported many times from tennessee. he joins me now live here in the studio . huh. let's start by the basic question. what exactly happened? is this a qu or not? so this is the question of the hour, and you will get different answers depending on, on who you ask, the head of another party speaker, parliament, russia dylan. lucy, he calls us a qu, many of his compatriots call this a qu. they said to call against the revolution of cool against democracy. the president says that he has power to do this by article 80 of the constitution which was enshrined into law in 2014. and that he can suspend parliament that he can suspend parliament for up to 30 days. that it is his legal right to do so. and that within that timeframe he is going to appoint a new prime minister and that also he may go ahead and prosecute members of parliament who have been accused of corruption over the past few years. so it's a very murky question. and right now, at this hour on this day, depending on who you asking to and as you would get a very dif

alex here brian al jazeera. still ahead on algebra thailand, king is hoping to reconnect with the people on his birthday, but many want to move beyond the monarchy and special menus. the south korea's olympic athletes leaving a taste for the japanese host. ah, ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored by kettle airways. hello, good tissue. we're going to start this weather story in india, where westbank all now getting hammered by the southwest monsoon. calcutta picked up 68 millimeters of rain over the past 24 hours, a bit of a breather for the west coast. it's still going to be rainy and just not the same intensity as we have seen over the last little while. take you to bungler dash rate now where we have seen deadly land slides as we head toward the south of the country. all of this triggered by the southwest monsoon. so we look at the forecast on thursday, and this is not good news. the darker the colors, the more intense, the rain, falling toward areas of southern bungler dash to the west coast of m

the history of her shared by generations to promise to honor those who never came home elixir brian al jazeera. oh, limbic organizes continue to be widely criticized with the japanese public for holding the games. despite rising corona virus cases, the head of the international olympic committee has been in, had ocean of visiting a peace memorial. more than $70000.00 people signed a petition opposing his visit during the pandemic. the eiffel tower has reopened to visitors, outdoors, longest closures in world war 2. the french landmarks have been shot since installing the pandemic. it's not going to accept 13000 people a day. ok . this is all. these are the top stories, more than 1300 people are missing in western europe off to severe flooding. at least 104 people have died in germany, which is experiencing its worst weather disaster in decades. survosity has more from bond in germany. people are basically locked up.

alex here brian al jazeera tons and years president has received, took over 19 vaccine in public officially launching the countries immunization campaign, her late pretty assessor repeatedly dismiss the threat of the pandemic catherine sawyer report many times. and he and watched this moment with mixed feelings, that presidents amused who had been getting her coffee. 19 johnson and johnson injection a clear departure from the policies implemented by how predecessor john mugger 40, who died in march from heart problems. was one of the handful of wild leaders who downplayed the threat of the pandemic and shined world health organization coals for masks and social distancing. he also rejected vaccines insisting the disease could be dealt with by prayer and local remedies. when president hassan was wanting, she said things would change. mean the man, i am a mother of 4 children, a grandmother, a wife and president and commander in chief of townsend. you know, i would not take the vaccine and sacrifice my life if it was harmful. when i have all these responsibilities and people who depend on me,

alex here brian al jazeera me thailand festival, which has counted a record number of new corona, virus infections for the 3rd day running more than 16000 cases were reported in 24 hours. the biggest outbreak since the pandemic began, and it is being blamed on the delta variance the one 1st seen in india, and which is much more contagious. japan newly reported infections, they have ever been to another record high of more than 800-3200 of them in tokyo alone. the growing case load is putting pressure on hospitals in the olympics host city. on tuesday, prime minister, you'll see the saga again urged people to watch the events from home. meanwhile, the head of the us olympic team has praised simone bio decision to prioritize your mental wellness overall else. the champion, jim, this is withdrawn from another event and says she'll decide day by day about her participation in the rest of the games. and he richardson reports from tokyo as well as the gym gnostics, all time great simone biles has repeatedly demonstrated her to termination and supporting excellence at different aspects of that

alex here brian al jazeera. meanwhile, there's been a stand off outside that unity in parliament. the gates have been locked and speaker received a new. she has been told he's not allowed in canoe. she has called on m. p. 's to consider themselves still working for the people. now mohammed jumped june, his report has been reported many times rather for me as soon as he joins me now. there's been some developments in this stand or fun. yeah, that's right. and run since we last spoke about an hour ago. we've been told that there are various groups that have gathered outside of teachers parliament in tunis . you have those who are supportive, a president, i studied decision to essentially suspend parliament. and you have those that are against that most of those would be supporters of not up. there have been some small scuffles, but security forces have gotten all those under control right now. it seems to be calm. but there is some concern that if more people show up throughout the day, and because you've had these calls by speaker parliament, russia knew she who is the head of and

this latest fire started. grieving family members are demanding answers, and justice alexia brian al jazeera cove at 19 cases across the us are rising rapidly, and this is sparking fears of a new outbreak. the 11 percent rise in a week is being blamed on the delta variant, which is now the dominant strain across the u. s. latest data shows more people are being sent to hospitals in areas where there are low rates of vaccination. meanwhile, that the drug company, pfizer is expected to seek approval in the u. s. for a booster shot of its vaccine. its research are showing the a 3rd dose generates antibody levels of $5.00 to $10.00 times higher than those produced after the 2nd dose. us regulators currently believe that fully vaccinated people are protected and don't need an extra job, but fire rockies, it's vaccine, drops an efficacy by 30 percent over 6 months. it was president joe biden has called on his russian counterpart, tim of putin to crack down on cyber criminals. as we can, more than a 1000 businesses were affected by a ransomware attack, originating from russia. believe to be the big

alex here brian al jazeera. oh, he was president. tripp biden says he's looking into ways to force open internet access to cuba. social media and messaging apps have been largely cut off since protests last weekend. the demonstrations were about shortages of basic goods and curves on civil liberties. he was government of accused the us of being behind the rallies. olympic organizes continue to be widely criticized by the japanese public for holding the games. despite rising crow virus cases, the head of the international olympic committee has been in her rushman visiting a peace memorial. more than 70000 people signed a petition opposing his visit during the pandemic fan is currently under a state of emergency is reported almost 3500 cases on thursday. deisel tower has reopened to visitors after its longest closure since world war 2. the french landmark has been shut since started the cave in 1900 pandemic. it will not accept 13000 people a day. the french government has announced new restrictions, so visitors t

alex here brian al jazeera america's top diplomat has arrived in india, secretary of state anthony blinking is there to meet his counterpart, the minister of external affairs, as well as prime minister. and the modi talking points include the response to current of virus regional security issues. and climate change, lincoln is then due to fly on to quite alright. lizbeth front and now joins us from knew that a elizabeth is this visit also being seen as part of the push to strengthen the alliance? the counter china? yes. hello sam. absolutely. anthony lincoln visit is very much being seen as the latest overture, if you like, by the biden administration to india, but also to other agent countries to implemented strategy of lining off allies if you like, against the increasing the growing influence of china and the region as the blinking then the 3rd us official to visit and the, the, the secretary of defense board austin, also the u. s. special presidential envoy for climate john kerry. and just as importantly though, it's also being seen by both countries as the us trying to reassure a key a

the widespread oppressive and long lasting heat remains a threat elixir brian al jazeera while. meanwhile, canada has imposed restrictions on rail transports in areas that are at high risk of wildfires. there have also been days of record breaking here. bear with temperatures just under 50 degrees celsius. wildfires have been threatening towns in the west of the country and investigate is now looking into where the freight trains partly to blame. well, that's now bringing simon donna. he is a professor of criminology at the university of british columbia. he joins us now from vancouver. professor, the climate change conversation has become so politicized in north america. i want to stop by trying to put some speculation to rest. how connected is the heat that we're seeing here to climate change and how much more of this should we expect? well this, this event, these he waves are clearly due to climate change. we've already had kind of forensic analysis, sort of like the csr team coming in after the crime scene looking for fingerprints . and then, and that analysis shows that the heat wave

how this latest fire started. grieving family members demanding answers, and justice alex here brian al jazeera covered 19 cases across the united states, increasing rapidly sparking fears of a new outbreak. the 11 percent rise in a week is being blamed on the delta variant, which is now a dominant strain. all the virus across the us, the latest states was showing that more people are being sent to hospitals in areas where there are low rates of vaccination. meanwhile, the drug make a pfizer is expected to seek us and european approval for a 3rd dose of its corona virus vaccine. this is based on evidence that shows there is a great risk of infection 6 months after inoculation and takes into account concerns of the spread of the highly contagious delta variant. pfizer research shows a boost, a job generates antibody levels $5.00 to $10.00 times higher than those after the 2nd dose. u. s. regulate to say the booster shots are not needed just yet because fully vaccinated people are protected from current variance, adding that they will be guided by the science sizes. chief scientific officer said

brian al jazeera, thousands of anti government protested, have gathered and became offensive capital. why do the demonstrating against a western security situation? the opposition says the government is to blame and the keys that saving to prevent attacks by armed groups. so in temperatures and a lack of rainfall, leading to an increasingly desperate situation for farmers in iraq and in response to governments restricted what farmers can grow because it con reports that hasn't stopped severe water shortages. this should be lush, agricultural land growing amongst other things. watermelons and tomatoes instead. it's dead. it's been this way since april and it's just getting worse. all over iraq feels attending to desert because of drought. 45 percent of iraq's arable land is under threat. according to the iraqi committee on agriculture and figures from the ministry of agriculture, this farm is an example of that grim statistic. the water that fed the land has dried up irrigation canals, empty animals, have died. this farmer is in despair and says, climate change could have been managed

the widespread oppressive and long lasting heat remains a threat. elixir brian al jazeera mean or canada has imposed restrictions on rail transport. an errors are at high risk of wildfire. they've been days of record breaking heat with temperatures just under 50 degrees celsius, while farms have been threatening, towns in the west of the country and investigators are looking into with a freight trains a partly to blame. well, simon data is a professor of climatology at the university of british columbia. he says, world leaders must accept the climate change is no longer a future threat. it's already here. well this, this event, these he waved are clearly due to climate change. we've already had kind of forensic analysis sort of like the c s i team coming in after the crime scene looking for fingerprints. and then that analysis shows that the heat waves that we experienced in canada last week, we're more than 99 percent attributable to climate change. or another way to think about that, is there a $150.00 times or more, more likely to happen because of the human impact on the climate syst

alex here brian al jazeera nemo, there's been a stand off outside the tin is in poland. the gates are locked and speak at russia . no, she has been told he's not allowed in the nurse. she has said he still considered as chinese is institutions to be standing and can called on m p. 's to consider themselves still working for the people haven't jump. james reported many times from june as yet he joins we now. mohammed, we were, we did see the tensions within the government for a while now, but no one was expecting this kind of escalation. you're right, this was a huge escalation and i've been speaking to contact in june as and they said that this did come as a surprise. although it was a welcome surprise to many because there have been repeated protests over the past several months. people in geneva have been so fed up with the political stasis in the country. the fact that parliament has not been able to get anything done, especially at a time of crisis like this. when covered 19 is ravaging the country. when the economy just seems to get worse and worse unemployment, esp