john henderson, al jazeera. ah, i'm on the inside. with the headlines on al jazeera investigations from b, u and nuclear watchdog on their way to the russian occupied zap mauricio power plants and ukraine, ukraine and russia of accused each other of shelling around the nuclear facility, raising fears of a possible disaster. the i. e. he's with us, you know, we have a very, very important task there to perform, to assess racially there, to help study nice integration as much as we can. and i am really very conscious the relevance of these moment. but we are ready the use rate. so we will be reporting, but after after the mission, we're going to be spending a few days there. suppose is a former ball castanan, a prime minister. wrong. com have gathered outside his house and a show of schools ahead of his whom to parents is been charged with contempt of court. all his last week's charges on the anti terrorism act rosky to say, threatened police officers and a judge ruskie operations for the millions affected by flooding in pakistan or exp

john henderson, al jazeera. ah, so without 0, these are all top stories. mikhail gorbachev, the last leader of the soviet union has died at the age of 91 because the child presided over the end of the cold war on the lifting of eastern europe's i am carson, but failed to prevent the collapse of the u. s. s. i was there is rob reynolds as interviewed mikhail gorbachev. here came mikhail gorbachev. a member of a new generation, a not of the old communists who had lived and worked under stalin, but of a different generation. were of a technocrat more of a, a man with ideas and he did have ideas about how to change the soviet union, how to allow it to, to develop and survive. glass nosed openness in english, perestroika. that means restructuring, glass nosed, gave russian, and other peoples living in at that time the soviet union, the opportunity to speak out are to, to, to talk about their society, to talk about their leaders to examine. and this is, i think it's very important the history of the soviet union, the

and buried john henderson, al jazeera, boucher ukraine. ah, i've a question of the headlines here on al jazeera funerals are being held for some of the 41 people killed in a church, fire egyptian city of visa. thousands of people were in the building at the time with many children among the victims and electrical thought else is suspected as being the cause. explosions have been reported in the syrian port, city of tattoos, state media says ready warplanes attacked targets in the area. and these were intercepted by syria and defense. serious military says 3 soldiers were killed. celebrations are being held across india to mark 75 years of independence be prime minister under and ramadi has been addressing the nation from the historic red fought in new delhi. he said he would work to make india a developed nation in 25 years out as he was, partly natal is in new delhi with more on the celebrations for some weeks now. they've been many government initiatives to celebrate this milestone. for example, a museums have not been charging an entry

john henderson, al jazeera keith. why more than 1000 fire fighters battling a huge wildfire sweeping through the jerome region of southwestern france. around 6000 hic days of pine forest have been destroyed. the fire is now moving towards a major mote away that links the city of bordeaux with neighboring spine. thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes. emergency crews trying to put out wildfires in the us state of california have recorded a rear phenomenon. flames in a region north of los angeles swirled into what's known as a fire diff, a little far nato firefighters say that making good progress in containing the flames. ah.

john henderson, al jazeera will still had here on al jazeera a nation divided. we'll have more on the corruption trial of christina fernandez, the cache nor the full president and current vice president of origin tina and the south african president is in the heartbeat or other post faces tough questions in parliament over a corruption scandal involving his thumb. they stories the bright ah, the journey has begun. the b for world copies on its way to castle book, your travel package today. here's your weather update for asia. thank you so much for joining in. we'll begin in pakistan and afghanistan. a much more quiet picture here, just the odd showers popping up, but of course we're in a law, and it is forecast law for the monsoon rains in its forecast to extend into mid september heavy falls of rain for the western gadson india, particularly around marashi, around to move by and just outside and then we've got some torrential rain also long that border with west spin goal and 2nd on wednesday, off to japan. you know, this southern island here cheat you jima. so

john henderson, al jazeera keith, still ahead on al jazeera inflation. sause in sierra leone, forcing families out of their homes and into poverty. plus, i'm john holly in edinburgh, where from comedy to contemporary dance climate change has become so prominent on festival programs. it's practically a genre all of its own. ah, the journey has begun. the, the full world cup is on its way to cat whoop. your travel package today. hey, there. good to see. let's go with your weather report beginning in pakistan. we've got a tropical cyclone spinning around the north sarabia and see that stumped a lot of rain in karachi. so over the past 48 hours a months worth of brain has fallen in that shield of rain is now pushing into pakistan, baluchistan province. where we have dealt with flooding as of late after india we go and we've got this disturbance spinning around the bay been gall. so that's whipping rainer brown's entrepreneurship dish or west bengal into central portions . and you know, it's trouble when you see some of the yellows pop up on our map. certainly the risk of seen some floodin

john henderson, al jazeera yvonne of good northern ukraine. the u. s. senate has passed a sweeping package worth $430000000000.00 covering climate tax and health care. most of it will go towards climate projects, making it the largest investment to fight global warming and u. s. history. democrats. it's a big victory for president joe biden. russell and jordan reports after round the clock to beat on saturday and sunday. the u. s. senate passed the last major economic bill of jo biden's agenda, the inflation reduction act. on this vote. the age of 50, the nase of 50, the senate being equally divided. the vice president votes in the affirmative and the bill as amended is passed. the bill will raise $430000000000.00 for a wide range of priority, improving health care coverage, tackling climate change by investing in electric cars and renewable energy, imposing a mandatory 15 percent income tax on corporations, and cutting the deficit. this bill will kick start the iraq of affordable clean energy in america. it's a game changer. it's a turning point, an

john henderson, al jazeera, the last known member of an isolated tribe, and brazil. the amazon rain forest has died from what's believe to be natural causes. a man had lifted a isolation for more than 20 years after the rest of his community was killed by a legal logos miners and farmers was found dead and a hammock inside his heart. by officials had been tracking his movements for years ah, this is al jazeera, these are our top story.

john henderson, al jazeera keith, the agent for a kind offer some on wished he says his injuries are severe, but that his condition is improving and that he's on the road to recovery. on sunday, the author was taken off a ventilator nearly 2 days after being stamped while on stage at an event in york state, a man charged over the attack pleaded not guilty to attempted. murder has been remanded in custody. hardy matar is accused of stabbing, wished he several times in the neck and the stomach. now pakistan is mocking. 75 years of independence. a ceremony was held in karachi a memorial for the country sound. and mohammed ali, gena, british colonial rule, ended in 1947 with the petition of india, and the formation of pakistan, comma hider is in a whore, and has more on the independent celebrations that people are gross. buggers gone out in a festive mood. they're wonderful. get their problems. they said one day read the whole nature and come together. despite the political differences, they can all make difficulties and various crises that are built by their country. it was at the strok

john henderson, al jazeera keith, why, or marianna butcher, and as a senior research associate with the project on managing the asam, the harvard kennedy schools both center. she says, the lack of information is making it difficult to assess the dangers posed by activity at this apparition, nuclear plant. one of the things that we must keep in mind is that really the information that we have that's coming out of this parisha nuclear power plant. it's very difficult to corroborate. there are no independent observers, no 3rd party observed as a journalist, that that could ester tain some of these claims. we have heard from the through court in who is the president of ukraine, nuclear operator and that whole item of the legit plan that they personnel of does a put a power plant was presented with by representatives from all sorts of russia, nuclear operator on this a legit, switching of the power plan from the ukrainian power grid to the russian power grid via credit mia and as he pointed out, it is a, it's a, it's a very dangerous, it's not a reckless undertaking because it involves takin

john henderson al jazeera keith would. as of wednesday, european union member states can no longer import coal from russia. it's part of a 5th sanctions package on moscow to cope with the hall turn away from russian energy. you countries all setting power consumption camps. now, before the war, russia supplied 40 percent of europe's gas. replacing that, just before the northern winter, is nearly impossible. in july ear energy ministers agreed on a voluntary plan to cut their gas consumption by 15 percent beginning in august. the ease as if it's fully cut off from russian gases winter. it could cost members states economies as much as 1.5 percent of gdp. dominic cane reports from ballin. this coal being unloaded in the germantown of linebarger is from russia party. one of the last confinements to germany before the embargo took hold until recently, much of the energy used in germany came from russian fossil fuels. but now it's cold, his band, it's oil is soon to follow. and far less of its gas is being piped here than was p

john henderson, al jazeera keith, thousands of supporters of pakistan's, former prime minister in montana have been rallying in the city of la whole con, address supporters as his party commemorates 75. he's of pakistan's independence. the former prime minister has been campaigning for a political come back after losing and no competence fighting parliament in april. the country is struggling with a plummeting economy marked by record inflation. yamaha to has more from the rally in level. there's been a large turn out that the bug is don derek and soft rally and the city of the whole . the renew of going to hockey stadium. tens of thousands of people gathering day, m, ron hon. of god, delivering a gay message. he wants a general electron as soon as possible, but also beyond dad m, ron collins party. it said that did his budget on 75th anniversary of independence . the diamond anniversary and dodge b butcher dollars are celebrated dad and said they're taking a outside director of the wars that budget san remains united. he of course, had been struggling against a coalition government, a ho

john henderson, al jazeera keith. ah, this is al jazeera. these are the top stories, at least 24 people have been killed, and more than 200 have been wounded after a 2nd day of israeli attacks and garza, israel's military. he says they've killed the southern leader of palestinian islamic jihad, the p i. j, as it's known, has fired hundreds of rockets across the border into israel. most have been intercepted and no casualties have been reported. egypt caught out and the united nations are trying to initiate talks to deescalate the violence. the palestinian health ministry says the targeting of civilian areas has increased, the number of casualties cannot pull. nothing elected ellis lightly or york is, is riley aggression. and attacks are focused on residential areas. this leads to more injuries among civilians. some of them are extremely critical injuries. as a result of the continued siege of garza by israeli courses, which now runs to 15 years. we have a 40 percent shortage in basic medical supplies. the former u. s. president donald trump

john henderson, al jazeera keith protestors and me and marcy, the military joint a must be held accountable for executing political activists. 3 weeks ago, the democratically elected former leader hangs on to g, remains and detention on corruption charges. she said to appear in court this week, tony ching reports another flash man protesting against the recent executions and streets of young gun and mars. biggest city. if caught a risk being jailed was the demonstrate to say the executions had made their opposition to military rule even stronger. and one day the general's will face justice. blow your mind. ang is gone, we should hold these boot or turn to leaders, and a military accountable for what they have done, no exception for anything. that's what people strongly believed now, for the families of the executed men, the anguish continues. these pro military protest as came to denounce german, you, known as co, jimmy outside his house. after his execution, his wife, seen with him in his family video, has fled the home. but she told l deserve from a hidden location, for the international

john henderson, al jazeera, last known member of an isolated tribe, and brazil's amazon rain forests has died from what's believe to be natural causes . a man had lifted a isolation for more than 20 years off. the rest of his community was killed by a legal logos miners, and farmers was found dead and a hammock inside his heart by officials had been tracking his movements for years. ah, this is al jazeera, these are top stories mikhail gorbachev. the loss leader of the soviet union has dies at the age of 90. 1 over 12 presided over the end of the cold war on the lifting of eastern europe. i'm carson, but he failed to prevent the collapse of the ussr out there as rob reynolds has interviewed mikhail gorbachev. here came mikhail gorbachev. a member of a new generation, a not of the old communists who had lived and worked under stalin, but of a different generation. warburg technocrat, more of a man with ideas and he did have ideas about how to change the soviet union, how to allow it was to develop and survive, glass nosed openness in english, perestroika that means restructuring, glas

john henderson, al jazeera keith, still ahead on al jazeera. we'll have more on a jean occupied east jerusalem. the breaking news is coming up. ah, the journey has begun. the faithful world camp is on its way to cattle. your travel package to day? hey there, good to see. let's go with your weather report beginning in pakistan. we've got a tropical cyclone spinning around the north sarabia and see that stumped a lot of rain in karachi. so over the past 48 hours a months worth of brain has fallen in that shield of rain is now pushing into baka stands baluchistan province, where we have dealt with flooding. as of late after india, we go and we've got this disturbance spinning around a bit, been gall. so that's whipping rain around entrepreneurs show dish or west bengal into central portions. and you know it's trouble when you see some of the yellows pop up on our map. certainly the risk of seen some flooding when you consider about a 100 to 200 millimeters of rain falling within a short period of time. the heat is still locked in across the yang s

john henderson al jazeera keith will ukrainian officials say a lebanese buyer is refusing to accept grain from the 1st ship to leave the walls on this month. the rezone is now looking for another port to dock at. the ukrainian embassy and lebanon says the buyer argued, the 5 months delivery delay was too long. the ship lift odessa last month, carrying more than $26.00 and a half 1000 tons of corn. 7 vessels have sailed out of the black sea ports under the deal between ukraine and russia, broke it by the un and turkey. an immigration stand off has intensified in the us as texas continues to bass, migrants to all the states with little coordination. the american civil liberties union has criticized the move and called on the federal government to investigate gabrielle elizondo reports from new york. they arrived by bus, tired and hungry, several dozen migrants in asylum seekers from mostly central and south american countries. arrived over the weekend to a bus terminal in new york city. they all had one way tickets and nowhere to go. they all crossed into the us to the state of tex's days e

john henderson, al jazeera yvonne, if god northern ukraine and john will join us not from cave to give us an update on these upper richer nuclear plan. john that's right. the entire western world are many of the leaders of the western world are calling out for international inspectors from the international atomic energy agency to go inside and to take over that plan. as a matter of fact, the head of ukraine's nuclear energy company, the company that owns that plant, once a nuclear freeze zone there, that is not what's happening now, because after russia took over that plant in march, they can, they ordered the ukranian workers who were inside to operate that plan and continue to do so essentially under gunpoint if not literally and that's getting in intensified because it's been struck twice in the past few days. the russians and the ukrainians are blaming each other for who struck that with the rest of the world. doesn't really care who strikes they want to make sure that it's safe, guarded from these strikes, you have the head of the a raphael grossi saying there's a very real risk

john henderson, al jazeera yvonne of good northern ukraine, marine conservation groups and frances scrambling to help a beluga whale which has stuck in the river, sang and feared it could starve if its left too long. in the fresh water efforts to feed the beluga of so fall failed on this is al jazeera, these, your top stories, the former us president, donald trump says his home husband rated by the f b. i has not clear why agents would have entered his house in florida. trump said the raid was not necessary or appropriate, and that he had been cooperating with relevant government agencies. my candidate has more news is coming to us from a statement issued by form of charter than trumpet. we've got no confirmation from the f b i o. indeed, any comment from the justice department on this alleged grade? president trump has released a statement on his social media platform saying my beautiful home morrow logo in palm beach. florida is currently under siege rated and occupied by a large group of if the agency says after working and cooperating the relevant government agencies this announce rate at

john henderson, al jazeera. ah, this is al jazeera. these are all top stories mikhail gorbachev. the last, lita of the soviet union has died of the age of 91. gorbachev presided over the end of the cold war and the lifting of eastern europe on carson, but fail to prevent the collapse of the u. s. i saw i was there as rob reynolds as interviewed mikhail gorbachev. here came mikhail gorbachev. a member of a new generation, a not of the old communists who had lived and worked under stalin, but of a different generation warbler technocrat, more of a man with ideas and he did have ideas about how to change the soviet union, how to allow it was to develop and survive, glass nosed openness in english, perestroika that means restructuring, glass nosed, gave russian, and other peoples living in. at that time, the soviet union, the opportunity to speak out are to to, to talk about their society to talk about their leaders to examine. and this is, i think it's very important the history of the soviet union, the horrors that the people endured under stalin under lenin. pakistan says it's not

john henderson al jazeera keith school still had hill l. desert ah, protest. as you turn to the streets, this relinquish capital to buying a government crackdown plus authorities in nicaragua, trying to silence government critics within the catholic church. ah, he has begun the faithful world cup is on its way to cattle hoop your travel package to day or can to your world's weather update. hi, everyone, hope your weekend's going while we're going to kick this one off in southeast asia where it's very likely we're going to see something tropical cook up here. it's drawing all that energy away from smarter javert in borneo. so not as white as it has been, but around its activity. so for example, in the philippines, we're getting driving rain here, dowse with rain for breath. so princess a rate through into manila where we do have some severe fight advisors and playing from manila around manila will have to keep a close eye on the mar akina river. hong kong still some showers seem likely in the forecast and temperatures are on the rise across the yang see and the

john henderson, al jazeera keith, a u. s. congressional delegation as arrived in taiwan for a 2 day visit as military tensions between the island and china remain high. delegation will discuss issues including us, taiwan relations, and global supply chains. china has say several minutes ago, expressive anger at this my vivid fire tape. i view as healthy from nancy pelosi us as china overreacted to the visit and called the military drills destabilizing focused on is mocking. 75 years of independence. a ceremony was held in karachi at the memorial for the country sound, and mohammed ali gena. but his colonial will ended in $947.00 with the petition of india, and the formation of pakistan out there is come all heiner is in the city of the horn, has more on the independent celebrations that people are gross buggers gone out in a festive mood, they want to forget their problems. they said one day read the whole nature comes together. despite the political differences, they can all make difficulties and various prizes that are b

john henderson, al jazeera, keyed still to come on out as an opponent, roman catholic bishop is investigated in nicaragua. why critics say it's part of a wind, a crackdown on descent. ah hello there. it's still a story of heat across europe, particularly across the south, but we're also seeing a lot of that warmth, push east to places like russia, for example, the temperature in moscow sitting a well above the average. now we are going to see somewhat of a cool down here, but we've got another injection of warmth that's going to push in from the west this week. but down in the south, it's still exceptionally hot and dry, and that's triggering extreme drought in parts of portugal. which had it's what is july in 30 years for us to sing it's most severe drought in history, and it's really got drunk conditions up in the north with red alerts out from sunday in to monday. but a lot of that heat is triggering funder storms across the northern areas of a city, as well as switzerland, austria, pushing into slovenia, and we will see some drenching downpours effect romania by monday. now further north

john henderson, al jazeera keith. why mean all european union member states are having to tighten their belts when it comes to electricity. you countries impose new sanctions on wednesday, meaning they can no longer import russian coal. some governments announce that in caps on power consumption. dominic cane reports billet. this coal being unloaded in the german town of linebarger is from russia party, one of the last consignments to germany before the embargo took hold. until recently, much of the energy used in germany came from russian fossil fuels. but now its coal is banned, its oil is soon to follow, and far less of its gas is being piped here than was planned. meaning across the country, much of industry is having to contemplate buying fossil fuels from elsewhere. i think there will be only a temporal return of the coal fired power plant to the market. so this is a non, not long term solution. this is the solution for the next 3, maybe 4 years, which is a significant contribution to solving the gas problem or

john henderson, al jazeera keith, a russian rocket has blasted off from kazakhstan, taking in iranian satellite into space. intelligence officials quoted by the washington post say moscow plans to use the satellite to help in the warren ukraine before handing it back to iran. that the iranian space agency says it will control the satellite from day one. iran says it will be used to monitor its boulders and water resources. olivia newton john, best know, and for her role in the blockbuster film, greece has died, edge 73. 0, it's jillian star achieved world wide success as a singer in the seventy's and eighty's, who, korea and entertainment was recognized by the u. k. queen elizabeth, who appointed the british born singer a dime in 2020. her family says she died at her california ranch on monday.

john henderson, al jazeera. ah, i'm on the inside. with the headlines on al, jazeera of, to weeks of negotiations, investigators from the un nuclear watchdog finally on their way to the russian occupied zachary's, your power plant in ukraine. the i a, a team left keep early wednesday morning. credit in russia had the keys, each other of shelling around the nuclear facility, raising fees of a major disaster. a, you know, we have a very, very important there to perform, to with their health standardized education. as much as we can. i am really conscious the read of us this moment, but we are ready to use really. so we will be a lot of admission. we're going to be spending a few days via support is a former pakistani prime minister. wrong. com have down that downside is house and shove, support ahead of his quarter parents. cons been charged with contempt of court follows last week's charges on the the anti terrorism act. prosecutors say he threatened police officers and a judge a wrong kind of taken. prime minister says he will resign

john henderson al jazeera keith, so kenyans will head to the poles in less than an hour to choose a new president, parliament county governors and assembly's president who cannot. i will step down after 10 years. when he vote us frustrated by corruption and skyrocketing prices are hoping for change or matessa reports on who's running and what's at stake. this is golly, made from king a staple ogre or maze male like most basics here it's price has gone up. and because of shortages, it's not easy to find the delivery evenings continue these we more businesses recalls. we are facing a lot of challenges of corruption, foreign debt, rising inflation and unemployment, a big election issues and all candidacy promise to cushion households against the increasing cost of living for politicians are running for the presidency. david while with a, a lawyer and pasta george was acoya, a law professor, william rito king as deputy president and rayleigh dinger, a former prime minister. but opinion poll suggests they are 2 front runners. oh, router, the current deputy president who describes himself as

john henderson al jazeera keith. the muslim community in the u. s. city of albuquerque. new mexico is on high alert after 4 men were killed in the past 9 months. 3 of them in the past 2 weeks. police are now asking the public for help to track down a car that might be the key to solving the murders, petty cal hine has the lightest name. hussein had attended the funerals of 2 muslim and murdered in the last 2 weeks in albuquerque, new mexico. on friday that night, police say he was ambushed. his family says his friends found him shot to death in his car. the present saw the body. this was a head shot, so i don't know if it was a single shot or for multiple shots. now police are investigating if the 3 murders are linked to the murder of another muslim man mohammed amadi last november and are asking the public to help find the driver of this car, which might be connected to the killings. we're also increasing our hair support. now that we have the information about a vehicle of interest, that kind of support is going to be crucial. but in albuquerque, the muslim community h

john henderson al jazeera yvonne of good northern ukraine museum in london, has a great to return a collection of artifacts known as the benign bronze. as to the nigerian catholic, the items are collection of sculptures and plaques loosened by british soldiers from what was then the kingdom of janine. in 1897, the horn amend museum and garden says it will give ax 72 ought to fax because it's the moral and appropriate thing to do. marine conservation groups and france have been scrambling to help a beluga whale which has stuck in the river sane. it's feared that it could starve if it's left too long in the fresh water. if it's to feed, the whale have so far failed. the protected species is usually found in cold arctic waters rescues and now considering last ditch effort to save his life. olivia newton john, best known for her role in the blockbuster film greece. hans died at the age of $73.00. 0, the british born australian star achieved world wide success as the thing in the seventy's and eighty's. a career in entertainment was recognized by the u. k. queen elizabeth, who named a a dame in the

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john henderson, al jazeera, odessa ukraine. where you as actor jen on, turning the terrace broke, had that deal with turkey to left the russian naval blockade in the back seat. he's as it will help bring stability to global food markets. what we have with us today, you know, this is an important starting points. it must be the 1st of many commercial ships bringing relief thence, the ability to global markets, the black sea great initiative, the last 4 significant volumes of exports from city you could importance. odessa, charter on mosque, and usually together with the aggrieved facilitation of the unimpeded, excessive russian wood products and fertilizers willed markets. it will bring relief and stability to global food markets and help tackle the global with crisis . so let's get more this now with this in him because he ugly. she is. and as tam, bull wack a ship is headed, we are expecting. thus, the journey is going to be around 22230 see miles. so the 1st ship left or the support, and we are expecting some more ships leavi

john henderson al jazeera, the true noble exclusion zone. ukraine nearly released satellite images appear to show destroyed russian warplanes as an airbase in crimea. something russia had strongly denied. ukraine says 9 russian wool plays were destroyed by a string of explosions. earlier this week, the satellite images, shirley 7 fighter jets were blown up. russian officials of said the blas might have been caused. i callous mocha rushes military appears to have hit a block of flats in ukraine with vacuum bombs, a weapon band on the un convention russian media. ed. these pictures showing the buildings in the done yet screech and being destroyed that came over them. a barrick bombs is so powerful they can disintegrate a large part of the surrounding area. it's not clear these buildings in the village of pesky where occupied head on al jazeera, the worst is yet to come moraine expected in sudan, masses of homes are destroyed by flash, flash flash. i'm joe hall in edinburgh, where the world famous fringes back from pandemic hibernation, only to confront a brand new crisis. the spiraling cost

john henderson, al jazeera keith, why? former us president donald trump has refused to answer questions on the arthur new york. he appeared at the attorney general's office as part of a long running investigation into his real estate business dealings. the case involves claims the trump organization misled bank some tax authorities. oh consumer prices in the u. s. trumps. by about half a percentage point from june to july, but inflation is still making it difficult for many families to feed themselves. rosalind jordan has the story of how one organization is tackling the problem. every family is going to get a bag just like this every day here, this baltimore food pantry fills hundreds of bags with fresh groceries left over from supermarket that otherwise might have been dumped in the trash. restaurant delivery drivers then volunteer their time to take the bags to grateful residence x ray lee, i'm sorry, and i've started to thin as the refer and as plan really helpful to have access to the fresh for me on a daily, for heal

john henderson al jazeera former soviet leader mikhail gorbachev has died at the age of 91. he played a crucial role in ending the cold war, initiated economic reforms, and made it easier for people to criticize their leaders. but he was deposed in a k, which eventually spot the collapse of the ussr victoria gates and be expect on his life. for me. as i recall, gorbachev change the to the 20th century history. his legacy though is valued more by some than by others. in the west, he is revered as a great statesman, a nobel peace prize winner, who played a decisive role in ending the cold war. to many russians. he's the man who allowed the soviet empire to collapse, exposing millions to hardship and humiliation. his legacy is dead. he allowed, or the peaceful collapse of the soviet union. it did not use massive force for keep eastern europe ah, in the empire. and will that he deserves credit. but it is not that this was sung came in, trying to undermine the system. he tried to re, formerly, as a young man. gorbachev studied law at moscow state university. he went on to forge a

john henderson, al jazeera keith. now some of the best athletes from muslim majority countries that currently competes egan, the islamic solidarity games in turkey. for many, it's charles to prove they've got what it takes to represent their countries at global events like the olympics. so sada reports from the central turkish province of con, you ah, why we're slid up the cornea sky as turkish president, jeff they paired one, integrated the islamic solidarity gains, 4000 at least from 56 muslim majority countries. taking part in the tournament for 25 year old sold weightlifter, arnold, sherry. his games are very important. unity, unity and getting to know each other a more and make a community worse than others voice. it's a news 1st international competition. but there are more experienced ethnic as well . i'm a bellows, grandparents were forced to leave their home in haifa, israel during the 60 war of 1967. they settled in the ask a refugee camp in nablus in the occupied westbank. his parents were born and raised t

john henderson, al jazeera, odessa ukraine. well, he has actually general antennae. good terrorists who broke the deal with turkey to lift the russian naval blockade in the black sea as it, it's gonna help bring stability to global foot markets. what we have witnessed there, you know, this is an important starting points. it must be the 1st of many commercial ships bringing relief and stability to global food markets. the black sea great initiative allows for significant volumes of exports from city you could importance odessa, charter on mosque, and usually together with the agreed facilitation of the onion billy, the excessive russian food products and fertilizers, world markets. it will bring relief and stability to global food markets, and they'll tackle the global with crisis. okay, tara's also warned that and misunderstanding could lead to nuclear destruction. it was being a 10th review of the treaty on the non proliferation of nuclear weapons. the u. s. britain and france of urge russia to store what they say is dangerous nuclear rhetoric and behavior. but in

john henderson, al jazeera, the true noble exclusion zone, ukraine. ah, an influential taliban cleric, nor for his fiery speeches against isis, has been killed in a suicide attack and a son witnesses, a disabled man approach, brought him with her connie in a seminary combo. he then detonated explosives, hidden in his prophetic leg. i still says it was behind the attack. some have been debated, has more from koppel. sure, so he will lock on. he was considered to be somebody very influential and loved by both leaders and followers of the taliban. somebody who was able to gather them together on various religious issues. he'd been issuing decrees against eisen and was attacked by the group at least twice before he was killed. in cobbles, when a suicide bomber waiting, a prosthetic leg approached him and explosives were hidden inside that pathetic leg . his brother was also injured in the attack. he was somebody who was able to bring together biggest fractions of the taliban and make sure that they were following a single line. and that's why his death wo

to avert a global food crisis, or the end depends in part on the voyage of the rezone, john henderson, al jazeera, odessa ukraine. let's get more from the name casino glue in his sample. now where the ship is headed. we are expecting thus, the journey is going to be around 22230 c miles. so the 1st ship left or the support. and we are expecting some more ships leaving their ports and joining with the zone a vessel somewhere in the black sea. and like us like a cool noise muscles, they are expected to reach the shores of its stumble up on the north. the black sea shores of assembled before they enter the bath for straight. there is an end garage, avery out old ships, all vessels always anchored there before they get the paperwork's done. before entering the truck is freight, and for this special vessels carrying ukrainian grains, they will be inspected by a un un let the legation when they anchor off, they're normally in an ideal world, in a stat, in an established system. these kinds of inspections take around 3 to 4 hours, but as this is the 1st crossing of the ukrainian grain vessels, this may

john henderson, al jazeera keith, why? former us president donald trump has refused to answer questions under oath and new york, he appeared at the attorney general's office as part of a long running investigation into his real estate business dealings. the case involves claims the trump organization misled banks and taxes doris's gabrielle alexander. has more from new york. after nearly 6 hours of questioning, trump is now leaving the attorney general's office here in new york city. we might never know exactly what was said, i'm sorry. but if you're inclined to believe the former president, it could have been a very frustrating experience for investigators. and that's because earlier on wednesday, trump posted a message to social media saying that he planned to plead the 5th and would not answer any questions that could potentially implicate him. now this case by the new york attorney general, the tisha james, has been going on since 2019 she is investigating the trump organization business practices. it potentially could

john henderson, al jazeera, odessa ukraine. well, that's the latest from ukraine. let's get blown out from istanbul when that ship is initially headed out as harrison and casino as that we are expecting. thus, the journey is going to be around 22230 c miles. so the 1st ship left or the support. and we are expecting some more ships leaving their ports and joining with the zone a vessel somewhere in the black sea. and like a small, like a corner of vessels, they are expected to reach the shores of its stumble up on the north, the black sea shores of assembled before they enter the bath. for straight, there is an end garage, a re out all ships. all vessels always anchored there before they get their paperworks done. before entering the truck is trace, and for this special vessels carrying ukrainian grains, they will be inspected by a un un let the legation when they anchor off there, the vessel is expected to anchor off. on the shores of stumble around 12 gmc, which is around 3 pm local, normally in and i deal world in a, in a, a start in an established system. these

john henderson, al jazeera, odessa ukraine, influential. she, a leader, mac tada, al sabah has reportedly told his supporters to withdraw from rocks, parliament, and continued. they protest outside. thousands of them stormed the complex and baghdad on saturday said i had called on all rockies to join what he considered a revolution. but his opponents of cold, the parliament takeover qu the unrest follows months of political deadlock which has prevented the formation of a new government. tulsa jibari has more now from inside parliament, confusion and chaos. as these demonstrators have been told, they have another 72 hours evacuate this building, but many of whom we spoke to say they're not going anywhere. the statement was issued by the aides. i'm a federal southern who said, although the demonstrations to continue, they should leave this building. that's most of the people we've spoken to here. say they're not going anywhere. i tell me the chief they're both doctors are welcome. as i walk in fontes walker, i heard about the evacuation order

john henderson, al jazeera keith. ah, hello, this is al desert. these are the top stories and at least 41 people have been killed in a far inside a church in the junction city of jesus, south of cairo. the place broke out is around $5000.00 worshippers gathered inside the i've you say, fiend, church causing stampede. dozens of people were injured. taken to hospital at explosion. as a market in armine as comp would live, your yvonne has killed at least one person more than 20 others have been injured. last occurred in the building in the somali market where fireworks were sold. but it's 15th is the journalist placed in yorba and has the latest on the explosion. a 3 story building has partially collapsed and it's still burning. according to the ministry, the emergency situation, there was a building, a depot, where fire works or parts the fireworks were stored and they believe that that has a that was the cause of the explosion. but again, at this point, i cannot confirm that it is a, a busy market is a sunday afternoon where people, when people do

john henderson al jazeera yvonne, if good, northern ukraine. china has extended its military drills around taiwan in defiance of coals to end them. beijing, his anal and so will conduct more anti submarine on naval operations. on monday, the military exercises began when taiwan hosted us how speaker nancy pelosi last week and were due to and on sunday journalist patrick folk is in beijing with the latest which are never officially concerned than the end to the military drills. but it does seem to have wound down its exercises encircling taiwan. although state media did report that the military would now be conducting regular trills on the taiwan side of the median line. and also said that the historic task or re unification could now be realised. and the demonstration of military muscle seems to have been expanded to other parts within the region. china has begun lie firing drills in the yellow sea, which will last the 10 days and waters between china and south korea. it's also set to begin live drills in the bo high sea, which will last for an entire month at near u. s. military bases in

john henderson al jazeera, the true noble exclusion zone. ukraine newly released satellite image as appeared to show destroyed russian war plains of an air base and crimea. something that moscow had strongly denied. ukraine says, 9 planes were destroyed and a series of explosions this week. the images suggest at least 75 jets why blow not russian official say the blasts may have been caused by a careless smoker. and meanwhile, russian forces appeared to have hit a block of flats in ukraine, was vacuum bombs, a weapon band under a u. n. convention. russian media broadcast pictures that appeared to show the destruction of those buildings. and that the net region. about 2 more thumb, a barrack bombs are far more devastating than explosives of a similar size. it's not clear if the buildings in the village of pesky were occupied while moving on and kenyans are still waiting to find out who their next president will be. 2 days after they took to the po for the 1st time results from each polling station have been made available online as they're being counted in a bid to avoid claims of rigging. th

john henderson, al jazeera keith, taiwanese defense ministry, says 13 chinese air force plans have crossed the taiwan stripe, median line. china has been carrying out large scale military activities close to the island after the us house began. nancy pelosi visited last week. the u. s. is china has overreacted to the visit and called the military drills destabilizing. a heavy rains have sparked flash floods and southwest china, killing 4 people and the shrine province. that all so tramped people in their cars and homes and changi province. rescuers have been carrying people to safety scientists, so a warning that normal summer floods are becoming more frequent due to climate change. who protesters and me and mass a, the military joint must be held accountable for executing political activists. 3 weeks ago, the democratically elected former leader on santucci remains and detention on corruption charges. she said to appear in court this week, tony chang reports. oh wow. another flash mob protesting against the recent executions and streets of young gun and mars. biggest city. if caught a ris

john henderson, al jazeera keith. now monday marks the years since the taliban to control of afghanistan becomes as concerns over security. a growing early this week, a nice will suicide bomber assassinated a major taliban figure, and a u. s. strain strike and couple last month killed al qaeda leda. i'm in elsewhere . he and an exclusive interview is only been job aide, spoke to senior taliban leader. i left a con about the since the signing of the agreement, we have been honoring all obligations. we dare anybody to give a single example or a single occasion where our territories were used to undermine other countries. security. with the statement made by the islamic emerett explaining its position was very clear. we are committed to the doe hot everybody. it clearly sets out the obligations will at least on us, as well as the u. s. if any violation was committed, it was the u. s. who entered our territories without permission, even without notifying us. this was a clear violation on the part of the us. there's is a m

john henderson al jazeera, the true noble exclusion zone. ukraine newly released satellite images appear to show destroyed russian war planes of an air basin. crimea, something russia has strongly the night. ukraine says 9 planes were destroyed by a string of explosions early this week. the images suggestively 75 jets were blown up. russian officials have said the blasts might have been caused by a careless smoke of mineral rushes military appears to have had a block of flats in ukraine with vacuum bobbins, a weapon band under a un convention. russian media ad pictures showing the destruction of buildings and they've done yet screeching, vacuum or thermal. barrick bombs are so powerful they can disintegrate. a large part of the surrounding area is not care if these buildings in the village of pesky occupies bazillions have demonstrated across the country in defense of democracy. that concerned the president james balsam arrow may not accept october's election result. recent poll show him training behind former president luna da silva, monica market reports for me, additional who, the ral

residence will have to make do with boiled water. bottled water and plenty of patients, john henderson, al jazeera, lifestyle, white house correspondent, kimberly. how could, kimberly, the biden administration has put fixing infrastructure as one of his key priorities . but what does this situation tell us about how hard that's going to be? well, it is difficult and just to give you an idea of the american rescue plan that you might remember that was big legislative goal of the bible administration. it was passed in march of 2021, and this allocated hundreds of millions and billions to fix americas crumbling infrastructure, particularly in areas where there are these racial and economic disparities such as we see in jackson, mississippi, where there is a 25 percent poverty rate and it's largely african american, there really isn't the tax base to fix the infrastructure that we see when it comes to water treatment. and we've now seen it overwhelmed by this flooding. so that's the long term fixed. but even though the money's been allocated, the repairs are far from being complete, and this is going