mike, hannah is joining us from washington d. c. mike, talk us through the full statement that's now been a put out by the usa department. what, what the state department is saying is that it has examined the bullet as part of an investigation forensic team. it says that the bullet was too badly damaged to get a clear picture of from whose weapon or what weapon it was fired from. however, it does say as well that it is certain or it would appear that the bullet was fired from the israeli positions on that particular day. so it is to an extent of inconclusive report. it makes very clear that the bullet is apparently came from the israeli possessions. but it cannot categorically say, from what weapon or who possessed the weapon from which the bullet was fired. so it's difficult to see at what point we are on this. the state department says as well in that statement that it had full access to all the investigatory material that has been conducted by both the israelis and by the palestinians that is examined all of that material. it's fo

was kind of mike hannah, who joins us live from washington. d. c, mike, you were listening in to that a full briefing by joe biden. and how does the white house hope that this executive order will go about safeguarding reproductive rights in light of the moose recently by the supreme court? while it's an attempt to ameliorate the impact of the supreme court decision in the dogs case, which remove roe vs wade and the protections for women that that to long standing piece of legislation provided president biden making very clear that he's a structed, the justice department to protect women who are going for medical access, who are going to abortions? these instructed the health secretary to protect women who are seeking urgent medical help. even in states as that, i forbid the abortion issue. so these are his attempts to try and make it better. the impact that the at a robot, the jobs decision has had on the country as a whole. but the president admitting very clearly and that this is the limit of his power. this in response to pressure from fellow

mike, hannah has bought from washington dc. what the state department is saying is that it has examined the bullet as part of an investigation forensic team. it says that the bullet was too badly damaged.

mike hannah al jazeera washington were a gunman has opened fire at a shopping mall in the us state of indiana, killing 3 people. police in the city of greenwood say the gunman was shot dead by civilian. the attacker was armed with a rifle and several magazines of ammunition. 2 people were injured is when a strong earthquake in afghanistan, the 2nd tremor in less than a month. officials say one person was injured in 16 houses damaged by the quake in the eastern pac take a province. late last month, a massive earthquake in the same region killed more than 1100 people. the foreign ministers of south korea and japan of held talks in tokyo in an effort to improve diplomatic ties. south korean officials hope the high level meeting between the park jin and japan's yoshi, myself, i ashy. will restore diplomatic talks stalled for over 4 years. dozens of german fishermen and women have put down their nets since taken up long wooden poles. is part of a jousting competition that takes place every 5 years on lake storm bird. it dates back 5 centuries. men and women battle it out by knocking oppone

but let's go 1st to mike hannah in washington d. c. and mike, are, we've heard or details there about what the state department had to say about this? do you get the sense that given how much attention and pressure was placed upon this case? this is an attempt by the us to drawn on line under all of this well, that would appear to be the intention it is an exceedingly inconclusive report. and significant within that as well, is that comment there as that it's not possible to establish that the shooting was intentional. now to reach that conclusion requires going into the mind of whoever did the shooting. so just that statement would appear to and away the opinions of those who believe that the u. s. wants to finish this up, their move on. and it does, sir, by issuing what is clearly an inconclusive report. now, there has been some reaction already from some human rights organizations. one of the least critical is saying that this is a travesty of justice. we've also heard comments such as you are now in a situation where the perpetrator

will it go alive now to our reporter mike hannah, who is in washington d. c. mike with multiple wild fonts reaching out. can you just bring us up to date with the latest on the evacuations that have been put in place so far? well, in the mckinney fi in northern california, which is the largest of all these ongoing fires. there was some 2000 people effectuated in the course of saturday. another 500 we understand had been evacuated in the course of the day. there is a mandate treat evacuation order in force in those particular areas. now that fire has now spread to well over 200 square kilometers, and the fire fighters have stopped fighting the perimeters of the fire to continue to get residents out of that particular area. so this is a major crisis that if further in the county where there are another 2 fires blazing, the problem there is that these 2 fires have joined up, creating yet another friend for fire fighters to deal with. so a very critical situation, but tickler yes, given incoming days or high temperatures are going to continue. and this increases th

mike hannah reports from washington dc. it since his days in the senator joe biden has been an ardent supporter of israel. were there not in israel, the united states of america would have to invent and israel to protect her interest in the region as vice president near bomb administration. he took point on what we're still considered a viable negotiations in the palestine. israel conflict. ah, these began to alter in 2010, where new israeli settlements were announced on the eve of abide and visit to the region. something the u. s. viewed as a slap in the face by then israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. we've got a big agenda today. but as president joe biden was eager to host the new prime minister, naphtali bennett in the white house, and reiterate his unwavering support. you are a school always be there for israel. is an unshakable partnership between our 2 nations on arrival. president biden will be to buy a le paid yet another prime minister, though he's in an acting capacity until i get another round of israeli

so abbe, let's go live to mike hannah, who's be listening in to all of that in washington d. c. firstly, on shin. so abbe mike, obviously the former japanese prime minister was hugely influential around the world. what was that relationship like with united states? well, joe biden had previously said in a statement that he had a close relationship with jan. so ebay, when he was vice president and the obama administration worked very closely with him, had the greatest respect for him. we've just heard from president biden, that he will be signing the condolence book at the japanese embassy here in washington on his way to a scheduled visit to the cia. so president biden making clear his respect for the now dead ex prime minister. he was joined in the course of the morning by several other living presidents among them. donald trump, george w bush, barack obama, all expressing their condolences and their horror and their outrage at the attack on the former japanese by minister. and mike, or, of course, we heard joe biden speak a motive li to about abortion rights, which of course

let's bring in mike hannah, who's in washington, d. c. mike. so he did mentioned those g d p numbers and the r word recession. so are we in a recession? well, the biden administration is absolutely adamant that we are not and so 2 is the chairman of the federal reserve board. now the fact that the g d p has dropped for 2 quarters in a row has preceded previous recessions. but what is also preceded previous recessions is a drop in the unemployment rate. and now this is why the data is exceedingly confused. because in the 1st few months of this year, they have been some 2 and a half 1000000 jobs added to the economy. there is an absolutely escalating employment which is not what happened before previous recession. so the data is confusing, but the president and his administration, and if i said the chairman of the federal reserve board, absolutely adamant that there is no recession, what they are, what we are seeing at the moment. according to these g, d, p figures as the administration, and the fed is a flattening out of growth. now that was acc

in may, will as go now to mike hannah is outside to the white house of mike, what a show bite and hoping to achieve in this new law. well, to put it bluntly, president biden hopes that the new law will save lives, and that's what he said in his speech at the celebration that occurred here in the morning. attending the celebration, we're friends and survivors and relatives of those who've been killed in the spate of mash shootings that have happened in the united states. the last just a week ago in highland park near chicago. president biden making very clear that he welcome this bipartisan legislation, not least because of its bipartisan nature, but also insisting that the legislation doesn't go far enough. in particular, he referred to the nonexistent ban on assault weapons. this is something that he had been asking for. this is something that congress could not agree on. so, as the ownership of assault weapons remains, president biden insisting that a ban at total ban on assault weapons would help save lives. 9 just as the at wide gun legislation package should do, but he also in vote

mike, hannah has moved from washington. the u. s. house of representatives has passed legislation aimed at basically reinstating roe v wade. this is the law that enshrines a woman's right to an abortion, which was struck down in a controversial decision by the u. s. supreme court. the legislation pos today states that it would be illegal for any woman to be prosecuted for crossing state lines to get an abortion. and also says that in terms of federal law, any woman has the right to any abortion in any state. now this has been passed in the house, but it's unlikely to become law. the reason the senate is split 5050 and that will not be possible to get the majority needed to make this legislation law to go to the president for signature. but those in favor of this legislation hope that this will reawaken or energized the debate about abortion, which would further play out in the mid term elections late this year, that democrats making very clear that people who want the right to abortion should go out and vote for those who are pro abo

this bill ends this or helping us crunch these numbers is mike hannah, who joins us live from washington, d. c. mike, some say looks like a recession. sounds like a recession. but joe biden says, is absolutely not a recession. why is he saying that? well, it's not just hammered so, so the chairman of the federal reserve board, the treasury secretary, they will come out and made very clear. there is no recession on the way at the present moment. a president biden is meeting with a group of c o's who also agree. there is no recession in place. they point to what economists regard is the most significant indicator of a looming downturn. and that is a half percentage point rise in unemployment over a month, long period. but this is not in place clearly, in fact the very much the opposite. some 2 and a half 1000000 jobs added to the u. s. economy since the beginning of the year. this is a very significant figure, and in fact, a rate that is too high according to the fed. that's why it raised interest rates to try and drive down this rapid rate of unemployment, which is causing the economy to

mike hannah has moved from washington d. c. all major indices were sharply down and early trading on wall street as the market digested. the monthly report hope. supper reduction in the inflation rate dashed at. the prices continue to rise groceries up by 12.2 percent over the year. rent by 5.8 percent. car prices have increased by 11.4 percent. and the largest increase the cost of air travel has risen by 34 percent. all these the foot beated to americans spending more as they emerge from the pandemic shut down. i'm filling it full. i never seen this back. i've been noticing the household products have really shut up to the cell. and i mean, honestly like things that was like 199. you go and now they're like 6 bucks, you know and things. but you need it. good morning at a meeting of house republicans, it's made clear that these speakers will be the cudgel to be to democrats, and the november election. new polling found that nearly 60 percent of americans say the federal government under democrat one party rule is to blame for t

mike hannah al jazeera washington in the u. k. conservative politicians have been voting for a replacement for prime minister paras johnson. former chancellor ritchie soon act leads the 1st ballot. but the final winner won't be announced until september would involve a report from london. 8 ah, a sing along opposite parliament with some cabinet members competing to replace the prime minister following must resignations within conservative ranks summer wandering, who's really running the country? yes, but inside the comments forest johnson insisted he believing with no regrets. i'm mister speaker, i'm also proud of the leadership that i have given and i will be leaving. i will be meeting with my head held hon, but mutual lo except to the job for the prime minister on wednesday afternoon and then told him to quit on thursday morning. ah, and the new education secretary, his judy and ministers, have literally been giving the middle finger to the public. it is truly the country's loss that they will only be in post for a few weeks.

even among married couples, mike, hannah al jazeera washington. russia has vetoed a resolution of the un security council that sought to extend a deliveries to syrians and the last rebel controlled northwestern region. the u. n . is warning the closing the corridor through the babel howard crossing could be catastrophic or diplomatic as a james base report now from the un. i paid for tv severe acute my humor, as things stand. this may end up being the la shipment of humanitarian aid, food and medicine from turkey into northwest syria. i think he can call probably didn't, nodded 4100000 people rely on this lifeline, but it must be authorized by the un security council. and in the council chamber, there's deadlock a resolution to allow the crossing to operate for another 12 months was supported by all members. apart from china, which abstained, and russia, which used its, vito russia then presented its own rival resolution allowing the crossing to operate for 6 months. but it didn't pass. it was only supported by russia and china . this is not a moment to mince words. i have long said t

mike, hannah is in washington with more on the investigation. what it does was create an accountability not just for the school police chief on the scene who failed in his duty. it was a ledge, but also in the layers of command in both federal and state level, who did not do what they were supposed to do. so this is moving the focus of blame away from one school out police chief to higher levels in federal and state law administration. now this is a very important move in terms of seeking full accountability. the policy of pakistan's, former prime minister, him on con, has dominated regional by elections in the most populous province. preliminary results showed cons, p t i party winning. most of the 20 seats on the ground from on top of the wind could have national implications. reminisced to ship al sharif muslim league holds and narrowed the geography in the program to the assembly. those are the headlines . i'll have another update for you in 30 minutes, but next is inside story. see say uh by ah. travel chaos across europe. thousands of flig

even among married couples, mike, hannah al jazeera washington. serious president, bashar allison, has visited the heavily damaged northern province of aleppo from the 1st time since war broke out in the country 11 years ago. he supervised a partial re launch of a major power plant in the eastern countryside, as well as a water pumping station electricity networks and other infrastructure were ravaged by the conflict which is estimated to have killed up to half a 1000000 people and left millions of us displaced, russia has vetoed a resolution of the un security council that sought to extend aid deliveries to syrians in the last rebel held at the rebel control northwestern region. the u. n. is warning the closing the corridor through the bub, our border crossing could be catastrophic. on to promote to get to james bass has more from the un for tpc via acute my humor. as things stand, this may end up being the la shipment of humanitarian aid, food and medicine from turkey into northwest syria. i think you can call probably ben nodded 4100000 people rely on this lifeline, but it must be a

even among married couples, mike, hannah al jazeera washington. the family of murdered al jazeera journalist, sharina barclay has called on the us president to meet them on his visit to jerusalem next week. they want joe biden to order an f. b. i investigation into her death. she was shot in the head by his really forces, while on assignment in janina the occupied west bank on may 11th. still to come here all out a 0. no, someone has to grip this moment and make the right decision. the race begins to replace u. k. parameters to force johnson as his governing conservative party looks to elect a new leader. i will tell you why one of the key to fossils. former presidents has returned home 8 years after being pushed out. ah hello, we have absolutely perfect weather for finals. we can do the tennis at wimbledon glorious blue skies across much of western europe. and it's going to be absolutely fabulous. lots of warm sunshine bursting through the azores high, starting to not just way in across north western passive year in is forcing any weather systems

mike, hannah has bought from washington dc. what the state department is saying is that it has examined the bullet as part of an investigation forensic team. it says that the bullet was too badly damaged to get a clear picture of from whose weapon or what weapon it was fired from. however, it does say as well that it is certain or it would appear that the bullet was fired from the israeli positions on that particular day. so it is to an extent of inconclusive report. it makes very clear that the bullet is apparently came from the israeli possessions. but it cannot categorically say, from what weapon or who possessed the weapon from which the bullet was fired. ukrainian officials want turkey to confiscate what they say is tons of stolen grain on board of russian flight cargo ship. it's ambassador turkey has told al jazeera that it's presented documents proving the cargo belongs to them. russia's president vladimir putin has congratulated his troops for their victory in ukraine's. lou hand squeeze and ukraine was forced to withdr

mike hannah al jazeera washington italian prime minister, murray, the rug he's got one looks like it might collapse thought he won a conference vote in the senate on wednesday. but senators, from 3 of his major coalition partners have refused to vote. adam rainy has more gas, firey, dozens of senators and italian prime minister. matthew the aggies ruling coalition, refused to cast ballots in a confidence vote on wednesday, almost surely insuring the collapse of his government. the boycott came after draggy, as for the full support of his unity government and a speech on the senate floor. several wall about 30 feet. okay. i see a new pact of trust is needed, but sincere and concrete like the one the up to now allowed us to change the country for the better political parties. you members of parliament, are you ready to rebuild this pact? are you ready? are you ready to confirm the effort you made in the 1st months but faded away later? but he said he'd st dot no than that when the answer was clearly no. and it casts italy, europe's 3rd largest and most indebted country into political t

mike, hannah is in washington with more on the us government's response to the south brain. what it means is that, for example, in new york state, the public emergency has been declared. this allows the state to permit paramedics nurses, for example, to administer doses of the vaccine. it also opens up the door to greater federal assistance. now it is interesting in terms of the fact that you have had observed to say that it's very difficult to coordinate on the basis of the 7 entities. now that is the u. s. as 50 states plus the 7 regions and major cities that are involved in san francisco, for example, which is the 1st city to declare public health emergency. once again, that opens up the avenues of assistance from the state as well as from federal level. so it is a bit of a hodgepodge response in terms of the health department way of dealing with it. and what i must note as well. very importantly, on wednesday, the cdc said that there was some 5054500 cases reported late last night. those figures were updated to some 5 to 4000. and now that's an increase of 10 percent ove

mike, hannah is in washington with more on the investigation. what it does was create an accountability not just for the school police chief on the scene who failed in his duty. it was a ledge, but also in the layers of command in both federal and state level who did not do what they were supposed to do. so this is moving the focus of blame away from one school police chief to higher levels in federal and state law administration. now this is a very important move in terms of seeking full accountability. the policy of pakistan's, former prime minister amman con, has dominated regional by elections in the countries most populous province, is support as have been celebrating after preliminary results showed cons, p t i party winning most of the 20 seats up for grabs in punjab problems. the wind could have national implications. i minister shibel cerise muslim league holds and now a majority in the provincial assembly. and those are the headlines one you see here on al jazeera by after the stream for life. how and why did it become so obsessed? wit

mike, hannah has moved from washington, d. c. 54. so far as women during his presidential campaign, joe biden was harshly critical of saudi arabia's human rights record. in particular, what he insists was its involvement in the murder of journalists, jamal, cuz shoji we were going to in fact to make them pay the price and make them in fact, the pariah that they are. so help me. god, congratulations, mr. brandon. but now up to 18 months in office, president biden will meet the saudi leaders on his trip to jetta. he will have a bilateral meeting with king salmon and king someone's leadership team, and the crown prince is on that leadership team. so you can expect that he'll see the crown prince while he's there. ah, it's a long way from treating the saudis as paris, as he's desperate to get more oil on the market. oil prices are high, inflation is raging. people don't like, but they're paying it the gas pump. there's an election in 4 months. you'd like to have some progress made there in a bit to counter criticism. president biden took

mike, hannah, i'll just hearer washington. ukraine says, rushing forces of loans to miss ayla attack near key for the 1st time in weeks. the original governor says a settlement being targeted about 20 kilometers from the center of the capital. russian troops withdrew from the area. months ago, after failing to capture it, the northern region of cherokee was also targeted on thursday and ukrainian forces say they're stepping up a counter offensive in castle. the southern region fell to the russia in the early days of the war, but ukraine was to recapture it. says it targeted 5 russian strongholds around the city on thursday. the strategic bridges now out of action after ukrainian forces fitted with long range rockets and other 3 bridges across the new river. i've also been damaged in recent weeks, and that's making it harder for russia to supply its forces. the mayor of the occupied ukrainian city of militia poll, says russian military convoys have been moving through the region towards council. right now we're supposed to have more every day we observe 2 or 3 convoys of military equi

even among married couples, mike, hannah al jazeera washington. the 1st candidate seeking to replace boris johnson as prime minister have announced this standing while johnston has angered many in his own party by insisting he'll stay for now rather than hondo at his deputy. and in baba has latest. a day off devoris, johnson said he'd stepped down attentions turned to what and who comes next around the newly cleaned up palace of westminster. the talk is of a clean break of restoring trust in governments. someone has to grip this moment and make the right decision. and friday, the 1st, the political, big $36.00 announced their standing of the previous chancellor receives tonight. and i have spent my career when people together. so next, one of 2 cabinet members whose resignation led to a torrent of junior ministers quitting. and johnson eventually giving in that should be a new leader. but on thursday, johnson insisted he'd stay in post until the new leader was chosen a process that could take many weeks within the party. initial opposition to him

mike, hannah al jazeera washington sel, head and shoulders in a continent ablaze. the race to control fires as the deadly heat wave makes his way across europe plus hostility sta, baby cloud going british prime minister balls. johnson bids farewell to parliament as his party names, the final 2 contenders to succeed him. ah, the journey has begun. the fee for wold copies on its way to the castle book, your travel package today. most countries in the radium peninsula. this time the year and beyond, absent iran would not c rating the forecasts at all. the sum exceptionally no man by this edge of the monsoon. flo give salon of the over caston. drizzly weather quite often. and we get showers in the mountains of our man. nothing in this for cows for thursday, certainly in. yep. and it's more likely in the southwest to saudi, but usually it's hot and dry. and that dry dusty wind is to be expected and that gives the high temperature some bear ability when there is no preventing breeze or it comes off the warm waters. and you get the full cost of $43.00 to $45.00, ask humid

mike hannah al jazeera, washington and european heat waves fueling wildfires and stretching emergency services springs, prime minister says more than 500 people have died because of the soaring temperatures. zebra savvy has this report from tabatha in northern spain. when the inferno came, farmers in samara, became firefighters, with oh, my god, he says, i'm all alone. in remote areas like this, there is no time to wait for a rescue proof. you have to save yourself. the wind whips up the flames in every direction. it is easy to find yourself serrano. i came out of nowhere. oh my god oh go. here you go get around this guy days later, manuel hills toward soil putting out any remaining embers immersed in you though i knew that we had help, but from other farmers in the area who thought is the local government didn't help us. i told them that it isn't, it's very nice to come after the fire and say we will pay for all of this. but the time to help us is when the fire is here. the blaze burned crops, destroyed infrastructure and left behind. economic uncertainty, fires in this part of the c

even among married couples, mike, hannah al jazeera washington, the family of murdered al jazeera journalist, sharina barclay has called on the us president to meet them on his visit to jerusalem next week. they want joe biden to order an f. b. i investigation into death. sharina was shot in the head by his ready forces while she was on assignment and janine and the occupied west bank on may. the 11th al jazeera media continues to demand a rapid, independent, and transparent investigation into kenny. now the 1st candidate seeking to replace bar, as johnson, as british prime minister, have announced their standing. johnson has angered many in his own party by insisting he'll state for now rather than hand over to his deputy. let him bob has the latest a day off. devoris johnson said he'd stepped down attentions turned to walk and who comes next around the newly cleaned up palace of westminster. the talk is of a clean break of restoring trust in governments. someone has to grip this moment and make the right decision. and friday, the 1st the political, big to be announced, the standing of the

mike hannah, i'll just sierra washington. stephanie and i have explained some of the challenges biden will be facing the last time president joe biden was here in the region was in 2010 in his capacity as vice president trying to revive talks, which in these ratings and the palestinians. but just hours after landing here, these really government announced the construction of a $1600.00 new settler units here that are much slomo. according to reports had left joe biden furious and publicly stated, this was very much against what was needed to rebuild trust between the 2 sides. well now he returns as president, no much loma has turned into a massive illegal settlement. no settlements have continued to expand both here in the occupied west bank and an occupied east jerusalem at sight. it is one of the main obstacles to peace by the palestinians. and under the previous tromp administration, this was never criticized. but under biden, washington is taking a stronger stock. president biden, however, comes here at a time. this reall

mike. hannah, thanks my mind. clearance teams have been deployed to northern greece after playing, carrying military equipment crashed on saturday, getting all the a crew members on board. it was a ukrainian operated cargo plane traveling from serbia to bangladesh via jordan. but nearly a 3rd of the way into the flight, the cross made a sharp you turn before then crashing near the greek city of karbala. witnesses say the aircraft came down and of all of flames before exploding on impact in a cornfield. residents been banned from moving around in the area and advised to keep their windows and doors shots. same basra, the asthma one. now. i witnesses describe a plane on fire lighting up the night sky. the crash of an ant enough cargo plane, tearing through an open field to cross put their neighbor. se panels just beat them up. i wonder how it didn't fall in our houses because it came from over there. it was full of smoke. it had a noise. i can describe it, went over the mountain, it passed the mountain and turned and crashed into the fields. there were flames. we were scared, a lot of calls c

mike, hannah has worn out from washington dc. the chairman of the federal reserve, jerome powell discussed that very issue, he wouldn't be drawn on whether they were going to be further hike increases this year. he hinted that there may be, but would not state specifically he said, come september when the fed meets again, just then a decision will be taken on the available data. but the fed has made very clear that the whole point of this is to drive down the inflation rate, which is now over 9 percent. the fed insists it's got to get inflation down to at least 2 percent. and this is the aim. this is the intention of this interest hike. now, this is the 4th in this year, 2.5 percent is the highest that the interest rate has been since 2018 or some have welcome this. the markets have actually sought in the wake of jerome pals. announcement there has been the sentiment on wall street for example, that the 3rd is to be welcomed in term of his aggressive action. however, some economists are arguing that pushing the interest rate to t

mike hannah al jazeera washington. not more so to come here now does air including pakistan's, aston, prime minister in one car makes a stunning in it to come back and road tripping through afghanistan. the tourist cabinets booming as travel becomes easier morning. ah, how i was seen some very heavy rain recently just sliding off the rockies, pushing across colorado, courtesy of this massive clary, active area of low pressure, this one. and it will continue to drive its way up towards the lakes towards a northeast corner over the next few days south of that plenty. i hate still in place here. 42 celsius there for dallas on monday afternoon. and that he's still very much evident as we go on into we're tuesday pushing up was kansas city getting up to 30 celsius at 100 in fahrenheit. so those that where so whether that will make its way across the central place, through the appalachians, easing up towards new england eastern parts of canada and then slide a little further southwards in east, which is we go through tuesday

mike, hannah reports the president's, been taking the heat from fellow democrats who insisted not doing an up to combat climate change. and they were disappointed with no announcement of a climate emergency or executive action. only a repetition of the threat that he'll take action if congress doesn't. this is an emergency, an emergency, and i will, i will look at it that way. i said last week, i said again loud and clear as president, i'll use my executive power to combat climate, the climate crisis in the absence or congressional action. the problem in congress essentially lies in the senate, in particular, one of the president's own party, jo mansion who's pulled out of negotiations over climate legislation. given the senate's 5050 split, this means unless some republicans break party ranks. any legislation will simply not pass because of, you know, one senator in particular, joe mentioned who gets more money from the oil and gas industry than virtually any other sen. by didn't. he is blocking biden's legislation in the senate so that by and cannot enact his climate agenda there. the

even among married couples, mike, hannah al jazeera washington. the family of murdered al jazeera journalist, sharing a barclay as called on the u. s. president to meet them on his visit to jerusalem next week. they want joe biden to order an f. b. i investigation into her death. sharina was shot in the head by his really forces was an assignment in janine and the occupied westbank on may. the level of the 1st candidate seeking to replace bars. johnson as british prime minister have announced their standing. johnston has angered many in his own party by insisting he'll stay for now rather than hand over to his deputy. let him barbara has the latest. a day off, devoris johnson said he'd stepped down attention turn to what and who comes next around the newly cleaned up palace of westminster. the talk is of a clean break of restoring, trusting governments. someone has to grip this moment and make the right decision. and friday, the 1st, the political, big to be 6 announced their standing of the previous chancellor receives tonight. and i have sent my

even among married couples, mike, hannah al jazeera washington, became a facet, former president, blaze camp hoary as made his 1st public appearance alongside the leader of the ruling military. ginger temporary has spent the past 8 years in exile in neighboring ivory coast after he was deposed in a popular uprising in 2014, but his return has led to protests of nicholas hark report. this is the 1st public appearance by blessed composure back inside the presidential palace, from which he ruled, burkina faso, with an iron fist for 27 years. boy is here at the invitation of colonel bol. are he said, i will go that me bow, who after taking power in a qu in january is calling for national reconciliation. v initiative to meet with former heads of state has only one aim to bring social cohesion in face of the challenging situation that our dear country working up also is facing. but compar is returned from 8 years in exile, has parked protest in the capital was due to he fled the country in 2014, after being deposed in a popular uprising in april. he was sentenced to life in prison for the kil

mike hannah has more now from washington, dc. the chairman of the federal reserve, jerome paul discussed that very issue, he wouldn't be drawn on whether they were going to be further hike increases this year. he hinted that there may be, but would not state specifically he said, come september when the fed meets again, just then a decision will be taken on the available data. but the fed has made very clear that the whole point of this is to drive down the inflation rate, which is now over 9 percent. the fed insists it's got to get inflation down to at least 2 percent. and this is the aim. this is the intention of this interest type. now this is the 4th. in this year, 2.5 percent is the highest that the interest rate has been since 2018. some have welcome this. the markets have actually sold in the wake up to rome. house announcement, there has been the sentiment on wall street, for example, that the fed is to be welcomed in terms of his aggressive action. however, some economists are arguing that pushing the interest rate to th

people before he was killed, my colleagues, mike hannah is in washington with more on the investigation. what it does was create an accountability not just for the school police chief on the scene who failed in his duty. it was a ledge, but also in the layers of command in both federal and state level, who did not do what they were supposed to do. so this is moving the focus of blame away from one school police chief to higher levels in federal and state law administration. now this is a very important move in terms of seeking full accountability. the party of pakistan's, former prime minister, enron con, has dominated regional by elections and the most populous province. preliminary results showed cons, pitai parsi winning, 15 of the 20 seats up grabs, and point outputs. mine clarence teams have been deployed to northern greece after a plane carrying military equipment crashed on saturday, killing all 8 crew members on board. what is to say the aircraft came down at a ball of flames before exploding on impact in a cornfield. as the headlines the news will continue and al jazeera after

mike hannah al jazeera washington in the u. k. a conservative politicians have been voting for a replacement. the prime minister parish johnson, former chancellor as she soon act leads the 1st ballot. but the final when i went been asked until september 19 bubba reports from london. 8 ah, a sing along opposite parliament with some cabinet members competing to replace the prime minister following must resignations within conservative ranks. some are wondering who's really running the country? yes, but inside the comments maurice johnson insisted he believing with no regrets. i'm it's a speaker. i'm also proud of the leadership that i have given and i will be leaving here. i will be meeting with my head how hon. we have a new child's low extent to the job for the primary. so wednesday afternoon and then told him to quit on thursday morning. ah, and the new education secretary, his junior ministers have literally been giving the middle finger to the public. yeah, it is truly the country's loss that they will only be in post for a few

mike, hannah reports if there's only one thing that i can tell you is there were multiple systemic failures. the 3 members of the bipartisan texas house committee held a news conference to discuss the report. it comes just a few days after this new security camera footage was released the sound to the children screaming on editor doubt. but it shows local police arriving 3 minutes after the shooting started. if you approach the classroom door, but then retreat back down the corridor, all of the shots are fired. the report is adamant that during this time offices that the federal or state level should have taken over control from the school police chief and peter redondo who was supposedly in charge at the school. once we today to redondo has taken much of the blame, but sundays reports this responsibility for the lack of action should be shared by some of the 376 law enforcement officers who had arrived, as well as their superiors at a command level. at a minimum there was multiple opportunities depending on the relative training and experience of law enforcement officers to at least ask mo

even among married couples, mike, hannah al jazeera washington and taken you live to a demonstration underway in washington d. c. by reproductive rights activists. you'll see a lot of them wearing green, which has become the, the makeshift symbol of the movement there in the united states. i promised her a day, a protest across the country and response to a decision by the supreme court overturned lunmark road versus when he weighed a case that legalized abortion in 1973 to other news. now the g 20 foreign ministers meeting has wrapped up in indonesia, china's foreign minister wang ye are the u. s. secretary of state, how talks after that event. jessica washington has more from barley. the u. s. secretary of state antony blinking, described his talks with his chinese counterpart, one will as constructive and useful. the 2 met following the g. 20 be foreign ministers meeting in barley, marking their 1st bilateral in person meeting since october. last year. secretary blinking described the relationship between the us and china as highly consequential, not just for the 2 countries, but

so abbe and mike hannah joined the slide from washington d. c. to talk more about that sir. what would you ask japanese relations like during abbeys? time in office and, and what's the president been saying? what we've heard from president biden, who said that he, stunned of raged and deeply shocked. he continues that even when our bay was attacked, he was engaged in the use of democracy. he also added am this speaking from experience, and that gun violence leaves the scar on the community so heartfelt words from president biden. we've also heard from former president trump, who had a close relationship with abbe at vain gulf with them on a number of occasions. he declared the former japanese prime minister as a unifier, one who will be deeply missed by his country. words of condolence to from former presidents obama and george w bush. so every living president has expressed their condolences, their shock and their outrage at this killing. my cana in washington, d. c. thank you. now the former minneapolis police officer convicted of the murder of george floyd, has been sente

mike hannah al jazeera washington, a prolonged heat wave has caused drugs in parts of italy and spain. natasha. her name reports from the northwest to the south. spaniards are sweltering in the inner lucy, our region, the mercury sword to 45.6 degrees celsius on wednesday. the government is warning people to be cautious and avoid going outdoors unless absolutely necessary. maybe like a content color was with so much heat. people don't leave their home still early. so there are no customers until later in the day. this is a 2nd heat wave in western europe. in a matter of weeks. forest fires are burning near the border with portugal and north west of madrid where hundreds of residents have had to leave their homes, france and portugal, or also battling wildfires. and at least one person has died. there is a drought in spain. water reserves have shrunk more than 20 percent this year. causality beside ourselves, but how we going to wind up either we see a lack of water or a desert one. it's not so much for us, but for our children and grandchildren when the conditions have made it impossi

let's get more in this from mike hannah who is live for us in washington dc. mike, so the raise the rates again what, what does it mean? well, it's not that it wasn't expected, but 3 quarters said percent increase in the rates is significant. high the that is absolutely insisting that this is necessary. it's a one tool. it's gotten its box to counter inflation, inflation that is in the region of 9 percent. the fed intends to get this rate down to 2 percent. now, what everybody is watching here as well, is whether the price increase, the high increase is going to stop here. we've just heard in the last minute from jeremy power ahead of the reserve that this may not be the case that they will continue to review economic data. and if necessary will push the interest rate up again. so this is a very dire situation and away the fit insist that it is walking a tightrope between country inflation. but some economic economists insist that it's also running the risk of creating a new recession. so it's a very fine line that the fed is walking here. it is doing what it t

mike, hannah reports the presidents, been taking the heat from fellow democrats, who insisted not doing an up to combat climate change. and they were disappointed with no announcement of a climate emergency or executive action. only a repetition of the threat that he'll take action if congress doesn't. this is an emergency, an emergency, and i will, i will look at it that way. i said last week, i said again loud and clear as president, i'll use my executive power to combat climate climate crisis in the absence or congressional action. the problem in congress essentially lies in the senate, in particular, one of the president's own party, jo mansion who's pulled out of negotiations over climate legislation. given the senate's 5050 split, this means unless some republicans break party ranks. any legislation will simply not pass because of ah, if one senator in particular, jo mansion who get more money from not oil and gas industry than virtually any other sen. i didn't. he is blocking biden's legislation in the senate said that vital cannot enact his climate agenda there. the site of the

even among married couples, mike, hannah, auto 0, washington. the family of murdered al jazeera journalist, rena barkley, his called on the u. s. president to meet them on his visit to jerusalem next week . they want joe biden to order an f. b. i investigation and her death sharing was shot in the head, buys rady forces while on assignment and janine in the occupied west bank. on may 11th al jazeera media network continues to demand a rapid, independent and transparent investigation into sharina killing you at the news, our life in london laws still bring you on the program. we look at how lebanon's economic crisis is led to taps, running dry and the capital. they were for almost a month for the ram estate from those handles injuring, qualifying a formula. ones, austrian bomb pre ah hello, we have absolutely perfect weather for finals. we can do the tennis at wimbledon glorious blue skies across much of western europe. and it's got to be absolutely fabulous. lots of warm sunshine bursting through the azores high, starting to not just way in acro

mike, hannah is in washington with more of the us government's response to the outbreak. what it means is that, for example, in new york state, the public emergency has been declared. this allows the state to permit paramedics nurses, for example, to administer doses of the vaccine. it also opens up the door to greater federal assistance. now it is interesting in terms of the fact that you have had observed to say that it's very difficult to coordinate on the basis of the 7 entities. now that is the u. s. s. 50 states plus the 7 regions and major cities that are involved in san francisco, for example, which is the 1st city to declare public health emergency. once again, that opens up the avenues of assistance from the state as well as from federal level. so it is a bit of a hodgepodge response in terms of the health departments way of dealing with this and what i must note as well. very importantly, on wednesday, the cdc said that there was some 5054500 cases reported late last night. those figures were updated to some 5 to 4000. and now that's an increase of 10 percent o

mike, hannah joins us now from outside the white house. so mike, what is the present and but what is the president trying to do here? and what kind of impact is it likely to have? well, the president, on this particular occasion, is highlighting this success in getting bipartisan gun legislation through congress the 1st time in decades. this was an occasion in which those who being impacted by mass shootings gathered here at the white house. we also heard from a pediatric surgeon who had to examine and treat children following that shooting in you've all the texas. so this was an occasion in which the president chose to celebrate the bypassing as a passing of the bipartisan gun legislation, but also at the same time, insisting that this legislation does not go far enough. calling once again for a ban on automatic weapons, something which he shepherded through when he was in the senate from 1994 to 2004. when there was a ban on automatic weapons in force at period in which the president says at the shoot, 8 incidents of shooting dropped radi

okay, well let speak to mike hannah, he joins this lie from washington, d. c. i, mike, what does this say about the state of the us economy? well, these latest figures indicate that inflation continues to saw. it is asked by some 1.5 percent on last month's figures, which were in themselves a record high. so this blow to the bite and administration, which has been intent on reducing inflation, but also it scared the stock market because now very clearly the reserve bank is going to increase interest rates in coming months may be weeks in order to try and counter this ongoing inflation, president biden has issued a statement in which he says, these figures are not entirely accurate as saying that they do not take into account the drop in gas prices that have occurred over the last 30 days. now prices have dropped by some $0.40 a gallon over the last 30 days, which is the one bright sign. if one could see it in these particular figures. president biden saying that even this drop would have a major impact on family is struggling to cope in this rising inflation. bu