and the staff shortages of push things to breaking point. natasha butler reports in paris. there were fewer rail workers than usual at paris is galilee or train station pickers many were on strike to demand higher wages. staff say that they've not had a pay rise in nearly a decade and with the rising cost of living, they're struggling financially. only the salary, commer, buddhist, that we are on sal. reason like many employees, we see the cost of living going up long, but our salaries won't go up. so it doesn't add up any more than a sir to francis train services were canceled causing disruption for some travelers . at the start of the summer break. can be done, it is annoying for us as passengers, but the right to strike is a fundamental one and i sympathize with their demands. i did my lack of video with the holidays strikes a bit complicated, also just after covert, but every one has to defend their rights. the french government says that they cannot raise people's wages, father, he's planning a number of measures to help people with inflation as part of a new cost of l

natasha butler reports from paris.ter: rather unsurprisingly, not many people are braving the heat at the foot of the eiffel tower. record-breaking temperatures expected in many parts of france, including in the brittany, an area that is known usually for its very cool climate. now the french government have put several regions on red alert. they have advised people to be extremely vigilant. they have rolled out their heatwave emergency plan advising people to stay at home, stay in the shade, and keep very hydrated. it is not that heat waves are uncommon in france, but usually they are several years apart. climate change experts say that because of the changing temperatures, what we are seeing is heat waves that are more intense and more frequent. this heatwave, in fact, is the second one in just a few weeks. the dry, hot weather has certainly exacerbated the situation for firefighters that have been battling blazes in the southwest of france. the girond region, thousands of people have been evacuated from campsites an

our correspondence reporting from different hot spots on the content as your simmons in london. natasha butler isn't powers 1st. this report from famous robbie in spain just outside one of the worst effected areas, some of the battling to control the inferno across spain. it's a race against time to contain wildfires that have been raging out of control from the south of the country to the north. where blazes have scorched 4600 hector's of land over the past few days. the train journeys also supported by the worst wildfires for a decade in a visit to one of the worst effected areas. spain's prime minister pedro sanchez made clear what he thought was to blame. i want to say that evidently climate change kills it, kills people, kills ecosystems, the bio diversity, and also destroy the most precious goods of our society, which is affected by these wildfires, homes, businesses and livestock were here in a farming area in an agricultural area near the town of zamora, one of the worst effective parts of spain where the wildfires have been raging for days and we see truly apocalyptic scenes. the flam

in the coming days. natasha butler for inside story. and that he way of punishing europe is coming from north africa. in morocco, firefighters have been sent to remote mountain forests in the north. 5 have more force, more than a 1000 people to be evacuated. almost 5000 hector has a forest, have been burnt abdomen in rami as more from near the 5 in morocco's low rush province. this forest here is called missouri and it is located in the province of flowers in the north west of morocco. it is part of a national form that stretches from the atlantic ocean, which is 5 kilometers away to the west, up to the reef. mountains located to that direction, about a 100, a 150 kilometers. as you can see, the fire fighters are still working in this forest in order to avoid that the, the fire that destroyed it be re ignited again because of the windy weather because of the hot weather. this part of morocco have rear just to some heat wave temperatures as high as 40 degrees in the last days, which is not normal in this region, which has basically immed

it's hot as day on records. natasha butler has more from paris on the situation in francis jerome region. the very difficult situation in the south west of frogs and the huron region where a fire fighters have been tackling those huge wildfires. now a for a week they started exactly a week ago. they have destroyed an area. we understand that is twice the size of central power. so that gives you a just a sense of how vase those wildfires are. there is though, perhaps some hope that the situation could improve for the firefighters. the emergency services there because what we've seen, our temperatures dropped quite considerably overnight by more than 10 degrees from about 40 to about 2728 degrees in that region. that's certainly going to help sri lanka, parliament has announced the 3 candidates nominated to becomes to relinquish next president. they include interim leader and former prime minister renelle wickham, a singer, a final vote is expected on wednesday. at least 50 people have died after a boat capsized and central pakistan. local government says the vessel was overloaded. most of

these workers say they wish they could afford to do the same. natasha butler, al jazeera, paris web post offer, also striking in the german city of hamburg. they're also demanding higher salaries . the strike combined with a staffing crunch is cause major delays of passengers at the start of summer holidays. though the chinese president has defended beijing's vision of one party to systems for hong kong since britain returned the territory to china 25 years ago . she g ping was at the swearing in ceremony for hong kong. new leader john lee. it was his 1st trip outside mainland china, says the coven, 19 pandemic began adrian brown reports from hong kong. it was a day for flying the flag and marching to a new order. despite an approaching typhoon, the authorities were determined to march the 25th anniversary of hong kong returned from britain to china. with an early morning flag raising ceremony. president, cheating ping didn't attend burrell the seattle, but he was present for the inauguration of hong kong, new chief executive, john lee, a former security secretary and policeman. but it w

thank you so much. natasha butler reporting from paris and the u. k. is bracing for what's predicted to be it's hardest day on records. weather forecasters say some areas can see temperatures as high as 40 degrees haul rece reports from london. the u. k. has overnight had its hottest night on record with the and the temperature going not been like 25 degrees centigrade in some places. and forecasts expected to be the hottest on record during the day as well. expected to reach up to 41 degrees c m. so far the record to die is been around $35.00 in some places. now, how's this affecting place is light london while transport is by its been the most obviously effective with trains running at lower speed. many, many cancelled as well. some tracks indeed, buckling with the tracks themselves being recorded at 8 till around 62 degrees centigrade hospitals. as while in london, many of them built during the 1960 s or before the 19th sixty's, turning the hospitals into hot boxes and many surgeries reportedly being canceled. abacus conditions inside the hospitals

more than 30000 people have been evacuated since the fall started a week ago. natasha butler, as just at a shelter for the homeless in paris as providing rest bite from the intense heat, tightly squeezed into one rock sack, are all of olivier's possessions. he's been homeless in paris for several years. he usually sleeps on the street, but with temperatures soaring in the city. he's now spending his nights in a metro station where it's cooler. during the day he comes to this shelter for some respite. most visually. what i do during this hit wave is i always keep a bottle of water with me and some furnitures, make sure that i eat, i find food, no matter where. and then i spend time here, thousands of homeless people use the shelter to escape the sweltering heat outside . it's also a place to rest or socialize, a center like this is a lifeline at any time of year, but particularly during the heat way people can have a shower, they can charge their telephones and they can wash their clothes. the charity that runs the shelter says there are more than 2500 people sleeping on the streets in

thank you for that. natasha butler in paris still ahead on al jazeera. ah, not the way that anger is done against it's military rule is 9 people are killed in the late and managing monkey pox is the us doing enough. we'll hear what health experts have. ah, the journey has begun. the fee for world cup is on its way to catherine group. your travel package today. hello, over the last few days we have seen some begun summary downpours coming in across central parts of europe. see this line of cloud showing up on the satellite pitch a fresh air coming in behind, a cold front, bumping into some very, very hot air. head of that, this is eastern hungary, 39.6 celsius. that's the 3rd warmest june day on record for hungry and even over the high ground about about a 1000 meters above sea level, the temperature got up to $28.00 celsius. here. you can see that plume a very warm air up towards the baltic states right down across central and eastern parts of europe. in particular. if the still seeing some very high temperatures over the next couple days. rome could tou

the city of bordeaux, have already burned through 20000 hector as of land fan by strong winds. natasha butler has more from paris. so the very whole say in from so you can funny feel it here in paris and say, temperatures klein obviously people behind me, their own kathy terrace is very trying to enjoy the summer despite the intense heat . it's going to be hotter today in the north of the country. i denise in the west as a country, temperatures have dropped by nearly 10 degrees in some areas. and that of course, is great news for the firefighters in the southwest. and the sharon, a region where they've been battling huge wildfires now for a week. they had to mrs. largest opposition party has appeared in court accused of financing terrorism, but also a new she was speaking was speaker of parliament until it was dissolved last year by the president. who's been accused of mounting a power grab. it comes just days before a controversial referendum on the constitution, which is prompted weeks of protest. sure lancaster parliament has announced the 3 candidates nominated to become the next presiden

the ongoing strikes and planned protests suggest it could be a turbulent summer for travelers. natasha butler al jazeera paris. at least 10 people are presumed dead and dozens are missing. after a heavy downpour caused flash floods an indian administered kashmir, it happened in the jammy districts during the annual month long arm rast yashira hindu pilgrimage. police are the scene carrying out rescue operations are many of the injured have been airlifted to hospital. shanicea is on sir bir, has become the 1st african woman to reach a title decide at a grand slam in the open air up turbos beat. germany's touchy maria in 3 sets to make it through to saturdays wimbledon final. a korean has already seen her become the 1st hour player to win a tournament at the elite w t a tool. well, number 2 will now take on ellena river keena and the final woke up the fans back. and she nicea hobbies showing their support. was it the sad the alice m? yeah, al me, she is the minister of happiness in all fields and i have the honor to give her this title as a resident abroad. she cannot imagine the joy when you m

should your flights out of paris as to main airports were cancelled al jazeera natasha butler reports from the french capital. i'm these paras, airport workers, said that that overworked to and overwhelmed. they're on strike, to demand better pay and working conditions. a on this, it's a vicious circle. the boss is cut off during the pandemic, but salaries are so low that they're unable to recruit people. so staff now have to cope with more work as people travel. again, it's causing a lot of stress. many workers say they've not had to pay rise for years and with inflation. they're struggling financially. sonya has worked to all the airport for more than 2 decades. she says she's been forced to resort to using food stamps to feed her children. used to be loveless with inflation being so high in front petrol is expensive. it's just not possible. i can't afford to feed my kids. i can't fill my car. i can't take my kids on a break. it's not normal because of a shy co, harris at port authorities. in fact the count, one, the in think flight for some travelers, the reduced flights mean disru

it is clear that some people's travel plans may not stay on track. natasha butler al jazeera paris. you asked, prosecute to say the man accused of killing 7 people. it's an independent stay parade near chicago is admitted to carrying out the tag. 21 year old robert creamer was denied bail during a court appearance. on wednesday, he spoke briefly via video link to confirm he didn't have a lawyer, but did not end to replay. he's charged with 7 counts of 1st degree murder and faces life in prison. primo is accused of using a semi automatic rifle to find more than 70 rounds into the crowd in highland park on the 4th of july. but he say cream had been planning a 2nd attack. patty colleen has more on that now. the suspect in the highland park shooting at the 4th of july parade is facing charges are murdering 7 people. he repaired in court today was denied bell, but prosecutors and police gave many more details. they say that crypto actually confessed to the crime, they say he then gotten the car drove not far away to madison. wisconsin in that area found a 4th of july parade had another s

all right, thank you very much, natasha for that update. natasha butler live for us in paris to the us now, when the man accused of opening fire on a 4th of july parade in a suburb near chicago has been charged with 7 counts of murder. the state prosecutor says 21 year old robert cramer will face many more charges for monday's attack. john henderson reports from highland park. as the gunman fired more than 70 shots from a high powered rifle, the crowd in, in the chaos of a highland park massacre. police a robert cream of blended into the crowd, dressed as a woman and fled. grima was dressed in woman's clothing and investigators do believe he did this to conceal his spatial tad to is in his high density and help them during the escape with the other people who were fling those who survive the independence day shooting are traumatized. mentally exhausted in excess scared people fearful and rage be running through r for robert, leaving one a or 15 style assault rifle and the rooftop perch. police say he tossed another one in his mother's car and drove to madison wisconsin. then back to il

you're always a huge risk for those most vulnerable in society. natasha butler in paris. thank you very much. well, that's view across europe. that's bringing her out as her meteorologist rob mccurry . he joins us now here in the studio and, and rob we've been seeing, of course, an awful lot of read across europe in recent days. where are those key temperatures being broken, where the records being smaller? one we're just looking, for course, is england where if it hits 40 there have been recorded before over quite a long period. he is, i have say we broken rickles recently in france and spain, but to be honest, that is more normal. i saw that last year if i remember correctly, maybe the before is the fact is creeping further north and i'm already talking about temper course. you've seen just know the consequences of the drought for long drought. so we've got dryness and fires. the river po is low as well, but temperature wise. yes, we're obviously looking probably somewhere in england day. right. and in terms of whoa, where we were 12 months ago, we were talking about hu

out there, natasha butler is in paris with more on the heat wave that splashing in a fountain helped some people cope his temperature soared in paris at the peak of a heat wave that began nearly a week ago. as people looked for ways to cool down this ice cream shop in the center of the city, proved a popular choice, a refreshing break on a sweltering day. due to me that i tried to stay hydrated him because i have a sweet tooth i eat, i screwing up his own family. if now we close the windows and chances at home, while it's hot on the banks of a canal, some soul shaded a temporary beach and a chance to get in on the water. some people of that paris to avoid being in the city during recount way. others are unable to and some people simply can't afford to, particularly because of inflation. se facilities like this really offer a welcome respite. children manion, for those of us who don't have much money to go on holiday, it's great. it's hard and expensive to entertain. children all summer in paris, but here they can enjoy the water. it was a much bleaker picture in the south west of the

it is natasha butler is joining us live now from paris. how much disruption are people facing as a result of this natasha? what? because a rail company let passengers know in the fall, train have been cancelled. well, no. it's not it. they're all chaotic scenes. as railway station, many people chose to say way or choose alternative transport and turning up to the station and then seeing that train is cancelled if they all here is because they have to train about 2 and 5 of them are running. international services are also not effective. what trade unions wanted to do though is hold a one day strike really to send the message the bad work because they say simply need better wages. some of them say that they haven't had to pay rise in nearly a decade. with rising cost of living, food, food, and fuel, things like that going up, they are struggling financially. we've seen that as well. we thought about north week and we'll see it again in a few days at the airport. april work is of also been on strike and from the very much the same reasons tha

the ongoing strikes and plant protests suggest it could be a turbulent summer for travelers. natasha butler, al jazeera paris. at least 10 people are presumed dead and dozens are missing. after heavy downpours cause flash floods and indian administered kashmir that happened in the jama district during the annual month long. i'm an after the after a hindu pilgrimage, many of the injured have been air lifted to hospital. there's been another day of flooding in the australian state of new south wales. many areas around maitland region have been inundated, nearly 50000 people have been affected. evacuation orders are still in effect in many areas. our recording of a famous bob dylan song has sold for nearly twice the estimated price at an auction in london. the musician recorded a new version of blowing in the wind 50 years after its original release in 1962. the disc is the only copy and was signed by dylan, the tracks producer and its mastering engineer. the starting price was predicted to be around $720000.00, but it end up selling for $1700000.00. scientists saw calling it the largest carni

fraud fridays schedule flights. annals of paris is 2 main efforts have been cancelled. sketchy. natasha butler's life in paris. natasha talk us through the reasons that these work as a striking or we've been speaking to apple workers who are on strike hair. paris is aaliyah horse and they say not many of them haven't had a pay rise for many years. they are demanding a high a salary because they say they simply have too much work. they are overwhelmed. i spoke to a one woman who's worked here at the apple for 23 years. she said that she now has to use food stamps in order to feed her children because with the rise and cost of living, of course, if you're not getting a raise, o'neill salary, it just makes life very hard indeed. so that is why they've been here. and they've been a protesting i, they are hoping to pops me with the minister of the economy in the coming days. if their demands are not met, they say they will continue to protest what kind of impacts is likely to have on people's travel plans over the weekend? well, port authorities here in paris the saying the one in 6 flights has been

these workers say they wish they could afford to do the same. natasha butler, al jazeera, paris, clap, or staff are also striking in the german city of hamburg. they also demanding higher salaries. the strike combined with a staffing crunch, has caused major delays of passengers at the start of summer holidays there. the german government wants to bring in workers from turkey to bridge. the gap for major chinese airlines of ordered a total of $292.00 air bus, a $320.00 neo jets making it the european manufacturers biggest ever single day sale. the orders are worth more than $37000000000.00. and the 1st buy chinese carriers in nearly 3 years. some of the planes will replace boeing's troubled 737 max china is a key market for air bus, and it's u. s. rival, boeing, australia's new prime minister, antony albany, as french and french president emanuel micron have met in paris where they've been trying to reset ties, relation soured, after the previous australian government ditched a multi $1000000000.00 submarine deal with paris in favor of nuclear powered subs built by the us and britain,

let's go straight to natasha butler, who joins his life from the parents and the touch. how concerned is the commission about when the gas applies? small, very concerned. indeed, they each commission is effect effectively issuing a warning to member states that unless the blog does more to sure operates gas supplies is going to be facing a very difficult winter. now the e u. a receives just over a 3rd of its gas needs from russia, but what the head of the commission should have on the land has been saying is that russia is weapon ising, its gas supply. the russia is trying to blackmail the european union and that he could cut off his gas supplies or to the block either partially or even completely in. of course that would have a very devastating impact on parts of the countries like the czech republic and hungry rely very heavily on russian gas. now this would be listed on the line as saying that if russia was to move in this way, would of course been retaliation for you sanctions on moscow over moscow's war in ukraine as we edge toward sir winter. what measures are bein

i'm natasha butler in paris, where rail workers are on strike, demanding, better pay to help them cope with the rising cost of living, simona helps resurgence continues to form a wimbledon champion, reaches the last fall that's coming up at a school. ah sir, dams, military leader, general abdel futrell elbow has removed the 5 remaining civilians from the governing sovereign council. on monday he announced he no longer negotiate with civilian groups. on a transitional government, the main civilian alliance was called for more demonstrations of a morgan house, more for us from saddam's capital call to the tripartite mechanism that's made up of the african union. the un mission here in sudan and the region of i got body announced on wednesday afternoon that they are canceling the talks because it was meant to be held between the civilians and the military components of sedans, political parties, but with the military withdrawing from those talks there is no one to negotiate with, to form a transitional government, even if it is supposed to be civilian that transitional government. so they

i'm natasha butler in paris where rail workers won't strike demanding. that's a pay to help them cope with the rising cost of living as anger and frustration in sudan is the country's military leader removes all civilians from governing sovereign council. the women's euros kickoff with host england taking on austria in front of a packed crowd. jo will have the best of the action a bit later. ah . hello there. the heats managed to cling on across central and eastern areas of europe this week, but we are going to see a lot of that warmth knocked out by wet weather and instead it's going to be the west that starts to see those temperatures climb again with warmer conditions, so on thursday you can see that trailing weather system brings re stormy and wet weather stretching all way down from scandinavia through to italy. we are going to see those thunderstorms roll down towards the south. by the time we get into friday and push into the balkans, we are expecting temperatures to dip down for the light, the places light. so if we have a look at the 3 day for b

vain in vain, but several pounds in western france had reported their highest ever temperatures. natasha butler is in paris. with more on the heat wave there. splashing in a fountain helped some people cope his temperature soared in paris at the peak of a heat wave that began nearly a week ago. as people looked for ways to cool down this ice cream shop in the center of the city, proved a popular choice. a refreshing break on a sweltering day to me to have i tried to stay hydrated and because i have a sweet tooth, i eat ice cream, go families, ma'am. we close the windows and shots as at home, while it's hot on the banks of a canal some. so she did a temporary beach and a chance to get in or on the water. some people of that paris to avoid being in the city during the cold way. others are unable to and some people simply can't afford to, particularly because of inflation for facilities like this really offer a welcome respite children one, you know, for those of us who don't have much money to go and holiday, it's great. it's hard and expensive to entertain. children all summer in paris, but he,

then people will have to endure the intense heat will trying to escape it the best they can. natasha butler al jazeera paris in the u. k. temperatures could break records over the next 24 hours . people are being urged to be extra careful is under simmons reporting from london going slow or getting cancelled. britain's rail services on the brink of failure as much of the countries infrastructure can't cope with searing. temperatures. make shift foil used on steel bridges, an attempt to deflect the heat, road surfaces, beginning to melt more alarming voluntary ambulance doff, trying to back up an already fully stretched national health service dealing with heat related emergencies. and in london, if you get out of the sun and go on the ground, it's even worse for why is it that britain can't cope with heat waves? so much bits to do with it's outdated in another good infrastructure. this call comes with extreme temperatures, payroll london with his local some past just can't see what the fuss is about. 3536 degrees. people pay money to go to places with that. and those places don't ever condi

so mora spend let's not get an update on the situation in france with natasha. butler was joining us from paris. so records beaten in many places in france yesterday. natasha. how's it looking to day and well, i think a lot of people going to be waking up across paris feeling very wary indeed after another very hot night. and what we are expecting is another extremely hot day, particularly in the north of the country here in the capital, paris, but also in the east where the temperatures continue to be in the lights, in the high thirties and 40. and over on monday, there were many records broken in more than a dozen regions in france. we saw records, for example, in northern areas including brittany white, usually at this time of year where the could be a little bit more unpredictable, basine a little cooler and even rainy. and that we saw temperatures of nearly 40 degrees, unprecedented a se, people in that region. they can't quite believe that it could be as halls in the north of france as it usually is in the south. the frogs. now, all that said, the french governme

they're also concerned supplies of russian gas might be cut because of the war in ukraine. natasha butler has more from paris for the year has been falling since the beginning of the year. but the 1st time in 2 decades, the exchange rate between the euro and the dollar is pretty much the same. and there are a number of reasons for that high inflation, which is being fueled by the war in ukraine, added to that of course, ongoing concerns in europe over energy supplies, as you're tries to win itself for fresh and gas. but he's also concerned about russia cutting its existing gas supplies. on top of that, the u. s. federal reserve title interest rates much faster than the european central bank and all glasses meant that the dollar is much stronger. it's a much safer bet of for investors, particularly as some analysts say that the euro could continue to fool in the coming weeks. craig heirloom, as a senior market analyst at foreign exchange broker alondo, he expects the dollar to strengthen on the euro to weaken further in the coming. and the u. s. economy shown incredible resilience already

president, many one micro actively lobbied for uber when he was economy minister between 20142016, natasha butler has more on that from paris. in terms of damage to a minute, micro who is one of many politicians named in these are leaks by this in international investigative journalism consortium. well, it's hard to say because the reality is that for many people they weren't really be surprised by some of the suggestions in this article that a manual micro as somebody who is very pro business. he's always been very open about that he's pro business. he has always been a champion of tech entrepreneurs, he as long said that he wants to make for the startup nation. in fact, that was one of the reasons he was elected in 2017 because he was seen as somebody who was very dynamic and wanted to really break the old ways of working and bring in new ones, a new economy which would help a younger people. poor people unemployed, a get jobs micro saw. this is a way to really move the french economy forward that he often saw as stagnating. but the fact that he is being accused in these, these leaked documents

these workers say they wish they could afford to do the same. natasha butler, al jazeera paris. the july 4th holiday weekend in the us is off to a busy start and not putting airlines to the test. on thursday, an estimated 2400000, travis took flights that some companies are struggling to cope the demand, which is soaring to prepare levels, hundreds of flights. i've already been cancelled in thousands delayed airlines claim stuff and shortages bad weather and air traffic delays. so curtis is ation analyst and found over s safe dot com. he sends a combination of factors like stuff, shortage isn't bad. weather could lead to total chaos. it's almost as simple as the pandemic. that is, when the pandemic happen, massive changes happen in the industry. part of those changes were people had to be laid off and some of them retired. and when demand goes up, which it did in the last few months, it takes a much longer time to get the staffing back to what it should in many countries, there is a minimum staffing in the cabin part of the aircraft. they're also requirements for maintenance, ai

fan by strong winds or than 30000 people have been evacuated since the fire started a week ago. natasha butler has more paris. still a very hot day in france concerning feeling. i hear in paris as those temperatures climb probably see people behind me there on kathy terrace as though trying to enjoy the summer. despite the intense heat, it's going to be hot as to day in the north of the country. i denise in the west of the country, temperatures have dropped by nearly 10 degrees in some areas. and that of course is a great news for the 5 fighters in the southwest and that around a region where they've been battling huge wildfires. now a for a week, those lower temperatures, the sun, you gotta make the situation easier, hopefully, even though there are still a strong winds in those areas. but we are expecting perhaps even a little bit of a rain in that area. so some responses i said for the emergency services here. nevertheless, the big picture is that the french government is actually downgraded its heat. were he's waive alerts from red to orange. that is because we're really moving through the

these workers say they wish they could afford to do the same. natasha butler, al jazeera paris airport star for also striking the germans city of hamburg, calling for higher wages. the strikes combined to the stuffing crunch has caused major delays for passengers at the start of summer, holidays, bugs, airports, expecting about $50000.00 travelers each day. the german government wants to bring in workers from turkey to help. i could. those government has cut fuel prices as part of a deal to end 2 weeks of protests against the rising cost of living. widespread demonstrations by indigenous protest had paralyzed the country. these 6 people were killed and hundreds of others were injured. government has 90 days to deliver on other parts of the deal and address the demands indigenous groups. us preston, joe biden has told a group of democratic governors that there are not enough votes to scrap filibustering in order to codify abortion rights protection. the president called a virtual meeting just days off, the supreme court overturned the $973.00, rosie wade routing, which had made abortion

it is clear that some people's travel plans may not stay on track. natasha butler al jazeera paris. now the presidents of democratic republic of congo and ra wonder have agreed to deescalate tensions over the armed group, the m $23.00. the congolese government accuses kigali of backing the rebels who have been attacking civilians and deities, not keeping province. during talked an gerland, the 2 lead as agreed to the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of the rebels. from inside the d asi. now saddam's military leader, general abdel fat albert han has removed the 5 remaining civilians from the governing sovereign council. on monday he announced he had no longer negotiate with civilian groups. on a transitional government, the main civilian alliance has called for more demonstrations. said african president, throw rama present has attended the funeral of some of the 21 teenagers, found dead in about 10 days ago. they been out celebrating the end of their exams before they died. for me. the miller reports from johannesburg city, hundreds of mourners of pe, the respect that a mass f

should you fly south of paris to main apple tip in council. 0 natasha butler's there basically what they want a higher salaries. many of them has said that they haven't had a raise in several years. and of course with the rising cost of living with prices going up there, finding it very difficult. they are struggling financially. they either to list of course you have the fact that during the pandemic, so many flights were caught. so we'll also talk to apples like this one, all in, in paris. hundreds of people were laid off, but they have not seen re employed and recruited enough self. so now deals with what is searching demand for airline travel. more and more people taking flights to places going on the holidays, the busy summer. see from the here in europe or what the work is, tell us as they are simply just overwhelmed, they're working too much. they called me and already i barely taking anything over their pay pocket at the end of the day. it is of course, causing this option for travelers. they are being advised to come to the airport a little bit earlier because they will be longe

little easier for those sleeping rough, although it certainly won't make them any less vulnerable. natasha butler al jazeera paris, was far as berlin temperatures break. recalls politicians from 40 countries have been talking climate change in berlin. the petersburg climate dialogue wrapped up on tuesday and the different foreign minister summer shook re said recent events underscore the importance of hitting paris targets. we need to act now. climate change negotiations need not be a 0 sum game between developed and developing countries. the heat wave we are witnessing now with last month's being the hottest june on record is a testament to the necessity of all of us moving together based on the great principles of the paris agreement. and with a clear understanding of the different capacities, responsibilities, and needs, and the importance of just transition. no russian president vladimir putin into her aunt to take part in a summit that's being overshadowed by the fall out from the war. and ukraine talks with iran's present abraham lacy and turkish liter receptor. ed. again, i meant to focus

it is clear that some people's travel plans may not stay on track. natasha butler al jazeera paris. at least 25 people have died off the heavy rains lush, so western park, a sun flash flooding sweat. 3 remote areas of baluchistan province on monday night or than 200 homes were damaged and about 2000 animals died. provincial authorities war the death toll could rise as several people are still missing. since june heavy rain has killed 38 people and damage more than 200 homes across the country. our parts of china and japan are under water after severe storm swept across the region . although july as typhoon season signed to say, climate change is causing more extreme weather patterns. more frequently, on slurry reports tropical storm, a re made landfall in japan's south west in kyushu region early on tuesday. bringing with it heavy rains. that's left streets and homes under water. japan's weather agency has issued advisories for potential landslides and overflowing rivers. during a year, she didn't pay she handled. it's a similar situation in china where some southern provinces are f

let's bring in natasha butler, who joins us live now from paris. hello there, tash. it's just after 11. am where you are. how much disruption is this? strike causing? was all causing a whole lot of disruption in the sense that people were alerted in advance by the rail company if their train was canceled. so people knew in advance, so they had to make other plans find are the modes of transport, about 2 out of every 5 trains is running. that's why people of course, is still coming to the station. it's natural services are still running a fully nevertheless, of course we've been speaking to people who have said, look, they've had to find out the ways to get to the station to day, perhaps if they've been coming for other regions. many people though say that they understand why the work is so striking and they support of course, their right to strike said people generally are being pretty positive about it. and natasha, what to these were workers want or the workers are on strike. so what they want is basically better pay you some of them say that they haven't had to pa

these workers say they wish they could afford to do the same. natasha butler, i want you sarah, paris. the july 4th holiday weekend in the u. s. is after a busy start. that's putting airlines to the test on thursday and estimated 2400000 travelers took flights. but some airlines are struggling to cope with demand, which is soaring to pre pandemic levels. hundreds of flights would have been canceled and thousands delayed, airlines, blame staffing shortages, bad weather and i traffic delays were taught. curtis is an aviation analyst. he says the travel disruption could get worse over the summer. it is almost as simple as the pandemic. that is, when the pandemic happen, massive changes happen in the industry. part of those changes were, people had to be laid off and, and some of them retired. and when the man goes up, which it didn't last few months, it takes a much longer time to get the staffing back to what it should in many countries, there's a minimum staffing in the cabin carly aircraft. then they're also requirements for maintenance, air traffic control, and the other parts of the

these workers say they wish they could afford to do the same. natasha butler, al jazeera, paris and applesauce are also striking in the german city of hamburg coating for high wages. the strike combined with a staffing crunch as cause major delays of passengers at the start of some holidays and bugs, airports expecting about $50000.00 travelers each day. the german government wants to bring in workers from turkey to help the july, 4th holiday weekend in the us is off to a busy start and that's putting airlines to the test on thursday and estimated 2400000 travelers took flights at some companies are struggling to cope with demand, which is soaring to pre pandemic levels, hundreds of flights have already been cancelled and thousands delayed airlines blame staffing shortages, bad weather, and air traffic delays when todd curtis is an aviation analyst, he says the situation could get much worse. it's an almost as simple as the pandemic. that is, when the pandemic happen, massive changes happen in the industry. part of those changes were, people had to be laid off and, and some of them retired. an

it is clear that some people's travel plans may not stay on track. natasha butler, al jazeera paris, pakistan's, govern says at least 77 people have died as a result of heavy rain in the last 3 weeks. the latest down towards the southwest caused flash floods in remote areas of baluchistan province. more than 200 homes were damaged and at least 2000 animals died. rainfall has been nearly double the average for the monsoon season. parts of china and japan are also under water after severe storms swept across the region. although july's typhoon sees in san to say, climate change is causing more extreme weather patterns, more frequently largely report tropical storm. a re made landfall in japan's south western q shoe region early on tuesday. bringing with it heavy rains, that's left streets and homes under water. japan's weather agency has issued advisories for potential landslide and overflowing with us during a year. she didn't say she humble fine. it's a similar situation in china where some southern provinces are flooded. in the wake of typhoon chapa, g dot to state media broadcast d

reduction, we can make it safely through this winter in case of a complete disruption of ration gas. natasha butler has moved from paris. any disruption to that gas supply would be devastating, says borderline for the, for industries, for the public, for consumers and back as why she is saying it is very important that you try to a protective own gas supplies, build them up if you like. because if not, some countries that rely very heavily on russian gas, for example, hungry, the czech republic could really suffer very greatly if those supplies were lost. the commission is proposing that member states try and reduce a gas supplied by 15 percent between the month of august and march to get through that winter period that would help reduce any impact to disruption on gas supply. should russia, for example, cost or reduce a gas supplies to the unit? this would be on a voluntary basis, says the commission, but they would look at the possibility of making these reductions mandatory if there was a real energy, emergent emergency. now there has been some reaction to this proposal. some e u business leader

of bordeaux have already burned through nearly 20000 hanks as of land, fanned by strong winds. natasha butler as mo, from paris. still a very hot day in france concerning ceiling. i here in paris, essays, temperatures, climate policy. people behind me there on kathy terrace as though trying to enjoy the summer. despite the intense heat, it's going to be hot as today in the north of the country. i denise in the west of the country, temperatures have dropped by nearly 10 degrees in some areas, and that of course, is a great news for the fire fighters in the southwest. and as you round a region where they be battling huge wildfires now a for a week, the head of 2 nearly as large as opposition party has appeared in court accused of financing terrorism. russia renewed, she would speaker of parliament until it was dissolved last year by president k. say it, it comes just days before referendum on the constitution that would expand his powers. that's prompted weeks of protest to will. anchors. parliament has been meeting in colombo, where it's now a 3 way race for the presidency. a list of candidate

little easier for those sleeping rough, although it certainly won't make them any less vulnerable. natasha butler, al jazeera paris. now in large parts of western europe, a scorching heat way, reco, temperatures and rage, while vase are risking lives and threatening homes, spain, as one of the worst hit countries firefighters are battling dozens of blazes which are forced thousands of people to flee their homes. same bas ravi has more from the northwest region of zamora. these humble little ponds in the middle of the hills in this part of northwest spain have become significant parts of the fire rescue workers efforts and the logistics required to try to stop these wildfires that raged across this region. helicopters are coming down, he's reservoirs filling out the the with an hour ago. now we're down to this one helicopter, with other air units mobilized to fight fires on the other side of this valley. so it, these reservoirs become significant parts of the fire rescue workers efforts to try to contain the fires that are happening in these hills normally used for cooling water for surrounding ag