as frustration grows, with spiraling costs. natasha butler, i'll g 0, several. the u. s. has pledged more military aid for ukraine. u. s. secretary of defense, lloyd austin, made the announcement while visiting the ramstein air base in germany, where he's been meeting defense ministers. 4 months after our initial contact group meeting, the war is at another key moment. russian forces continue to cruelly bombard ukrainian cities and civilians with missiles and artillery far but ukrainian forces are begun their counter offensive in the south of the country. and they are integrating the capabilities that we all have provided to help themselves to fight and reclaim their sovereign territory. north korea just passed to law, making its nuclear status, irreversible. the law outlines the right of shall yang, to use preventive nuclear strikes, to protect itself and bands, any sharing of nuclear technology with other countries. north korea has already declared itself a nuclear weapons state in the constitution. unicef says 3000000 children in pakistan need immediate humanitarian as

through now is clearly a risk at a time when so many people feel that they live hard enough. natasha butler, i'll just 0. paris. you as president joe biden has reaffirmed his push for close replies with the pacific islands. this is, china extends its influence in the region, and the summit of the white house he told pacific leaders the both us and global security depended on the situation in their area. president biden pledged $810000000.00 in new aid for the region and promise to tackle climate change. we're seeing the consequences of climate change around the world. very vividly, including in the united states right now. and, and i know your nation's feel that acutely. and for you all to next essential threat to the next essential threat and were also committed to working together to equitably rebuild the global economy in the wake of co, 19 and russians war.

and the economic outlook is so bleak . natasha butler, al jazeera, paris and excel best always the general secretary of the city, a union for railway workers in france. he says his members have no option, but to strike leasing the strike. jackson is necessary not only in the way to cross all industries and public administration in france because the situation is identical for all workers. and that situation is one where prices are skyrocketing and the wages are either on the, to block at the same level or an upgrade according to the level of lation, which mechanically leads to worse than living conditions, worst and ability for us just to pay for our rent just to pay for energy bills or even just to pay for the fuel we put in a car to go to work. and that is in a context where the profits are skyrocketing. for example, in the when we were work last year, the rate we company pocketed more than 1000000000 years in profit. and there are several different corporations across france now that are beating their records in terms of profits and dividends. so the thing is, there is a lot of money in

as frustration grows with spiraling costs. natasha butler al jazeera, several, a prominent ally, a former us president donald trump has been charged with money laundering and conspiracy. c bannon was indicted on 6 counts and new york on thursday. the charges relate to trump's effort to build a wall along the us. mexico border is accused of defrauding. trump supporters of hundreds of thousands of dollars using the money for personal expenses instead of construction of the wall. north korea just passed a law making its nuclear status, irreversible. the law outlines the right of your yang to use preventive nuclear strikes, to protect itself and bands, any sharing of nuclear technology with other countries. north korea has already declared itself a nuclear weapon state in the constitution. eunice have says 3000000 children in pakistan need immediate humanitarian assistance there an increased risk of waterborne, diseases, drowning and malnutrition with the country suffering. it's more severe flooding in recent history. same bus robbie has more from dera, ally are in pakistan's baluchistan prov

macros. policies trade unions called a 24 hour strike demanding high a pay for their workers. natasha butler reports from pears. thousands of public sector workers protested in paris. they say they're overworked and underpaid, and they're angry at the french government's plans to reform the pension system and raised the retirement age. something they say, what he wrote, they writes, he probably call you crystal. i started working very young and i'm fed up and we're retired and all around us are young people in the 20s who can find a job. so i should be able to retire. so they can work. i can enjoy a few years of my life while still in good health, that if not, we can barely survive, we can pay our electricity bills. at some point, our salaries have to increase. the french government says that it's doing all that it can to shield people from inflation, but it won't back down on his pension reform plan that it says would make the system farrah. mit who? gilmore, on ergo, we will also implement a pension reform. we can do it in a fair way at a reasonable pace. we can guarantee that reform will

michael has repeatedly said that people in france must be prepared to face a difficult winter. natasha butler, al jazeera paris, still ahead on al jazeera new revelations about what exactly was found at former us president donald trump's estate. when the f b i sir said last month, chill, they will soon vote on a draft constitution described by many as a model for the future. we'll take a look at who endorses it and who doesn't? ah, the journey has begun. the 34 world camp is on its way to cat hook, your travel package today. hello. well at super ty, food has now been downgraded to just to tie food, but it's still a very active system. it's a large system. so tucked in here with this little swell of cloud here. then this time yesterday we had winds of around 250 kilometers per hour. now we're looking at around a 150 kilometers per hour. this is crucial, though. it's very slow moving. so we are going to see that so wet weather, staying across a similar place for the next 24 to 36 hours or so before it does ease its way further north was so there saturdays pitch. a more big down. pause across th

all right, thank you so much. natasha butler reporting from paris. he was president joe biden says he's hearing reports that many lives have been lost after hurricane in hit florida. at least 13 people have died and one of the strongest ever hurricanes to hit the state. how to calhane, how's the details? or destructive winds, record storm surge, and in some places up to 30 centimeters of rain that fell in just 12 to 24 hours. another record breaker. we got out the door swam out of the doors world. here we go live and then we won't go away around the whole side of the house, from the roof line. and then when i move on to my storm, it broke all the rules in here a really long time. my chimney came down. i was afraid it was gonna come through the roof and crush me and now in its wake, this search for those who survived. and those that didn't, there been more than 700 confirm rescues and there's likely many more than that. other will be confirmed as more data comes in the president tour in the agency. the deals with disasters warned the death toll could

as frustration grows with spiraling costs. natasha butler, i'll g 0. several for us has pledged more military aid for ukraine. u. s. secretary of defense, lloyd austin, made the announcement while visiting the ramstein air base in germany, where he's been meeting defense ministers. 4 months after our initial contact group meeting, the war is at another key moment. russian forces continue to cruelly bombard ukrainian cities and civilians with missiles and artillery far but ukrainian forces are begun near counter offensive in the south of your country. and they are integrating the capabilities that we all have provided to help themselves to fight and reclaim their sovereign territory. the pandemic climate change and the war in ukraine had been blamed for lowering life expectancy and living standards around the world. the you in development program says 9 out of every 10 countries have been affected. the lives of people in south sudan, chad and jerry declined the most switzerland norway in iceland remained. the top performing countries with higher standards of living and life expectanci

through now is clearly a risk at a time when so many people feel that they live hard enough. natasha butler, al jazeera paris. you as president joe biden has reaffirmed his push for close replies with the pacific islands. this is, china extends its influence in the region, and the summit of the white house he told pacific leaders the both us and global security depended on the situation in their area. president biden pledged $810000000.00 in new aid for the region and promise to tackle climate change. we're seeing the consequences of climate change around the world does very vividly, including in the united states right now. and, and i know your nation's feel it acutely and for you all to next essential threat the existence of threat. and we're also committed to working together to equitably rebuild the global economy in the wake of co, 19 and rushes war. you know, to insure and into a pacific region that's free and open one that is stable and prosperous, and resilient and secure. ah, you're watching l 0. the headlines this, our ukraine has called an emergency meeting of top officials after

thank you so much. natasha butler reporting from paris. the british prime minister list trusts and says her government's tax cutting measures are the right plan. that's despite the palin dropping to an all time low against the u. s. dollar. on monday, she has defended the so called many budget as the urgent action that was needed for the british economy. need barker reports britain's housing, mortgage markets, and meltdown, and estate agent, just bol sign. he fears for his business. the government plan for sweeping tax cuts in huge amounts of borrowing spooked investors, forcing dozens of lenders to pull hundreds of mortgage deals, buys, understandably, i'm quite anxious about what's going to happen next. hm. i think the key thing we got our memories boys were also sellers. we seen the lower level of boys coming to the market where the 40 percent reduction in boys actually registering who got mortgage is approved in principal. and this is even, i think this trends going to continue just with, with osi suspension of certain mortgage product

the people had gathered to watch our fireworks display live to natasha. butler, embarrassed to mourn this debussy de targeting massage, of course, shocked france. but then what can we expect from astride while proceedings of the gut began in this paris quarter, and there being broadcast live to a special center in the southern city of nice without attack, took place 6 years ago for people who are unable to be here. and pat to in paris to attend. now there are 8 accused, we understand the 7 of them are actually in court. but one of them are we have learned today is in custody in tennessee. and they are all accused of varying degrees of links or of logistical support to the attack. for example, helping him to rent the truck that he used on the night or helping him to obtain a weapon. however, we heard a from a lawyer for the french state at the beginning of these proceedings. he said he wanted to remind the court that this is not a terrorism trial. he said, none of those accused are actually accused of terrorism. but they are accused of these various a degrees of

this natasha butler reports in northwest and from the avalon to sailing ship is an impressive site. the boat is more than a century old, but very much turned towards the future. it uses only wind power to carry cargo on journeys that are largely free of carbon emissions and pollution. we started this because we saw of the need for clean transport and clean sea transport. and then we also want to draw the attention to our consumer isn't the way we consume goods. the way we consume goods requires large amounts of, of ships that carry well in my eyes, use the stuff. and that creates a lot of pollution for the earth, which is absolutely necessary. so we want to often eternity global shipping accounts for 3 percent of the world, annual carbon emissions. the industry has set a target of having them by 2050 olivia turnkey as wind power could be part of the solution. works for french company, the building, one of the world's biggest cargo sailing ship. major saucers from lots of ideas have been considered by the big shipping companies like attaching a big sale to container ships or using l

through now is clearly a risk at a time when so many people feel that their lives a hard enough. natasha butler al jazeera paris was the lead here, not 0. we look away. politics is wilson young people to leave bows. newton's governor, the u. s. vice president visit software ultras, milva naval launches michelle tests and the nfl international series returns. peter looks ahead to the 1st game in london a it's feeling more comfortable around the gulf states. hi everyone. so the winds have shifted around there. now coming out of the northwest really say we go in for a closer look. so when the wind is out of the north northwest, that's a dryer breeze coming down from iraq, so it wipes out some of that humidity. not all of it. we've got a high in doha, on friday of 36 degrees. the risk that some showers are storms could pop up in punjab province in pakistan in islam who bought the capital territory as well. up against the foothills of the himalayas. that breezy for bach, who with a hive $24.00 and cooler for bish kick at 19 degrees. more in line with where you should be. we're coming up to october i

natasha butler is joining us from paris. what are you hearing, natasha? well, during that speech by the russian president vladimir putin, we saw a some reaction coming in via twitter from various e u leaders. the head of the commissioner commission ursula vaughn de lion saying that a russia's and legal annexations won't change anything that the will continue to support or ukraine and support ukraine. sovereignty. the you also putting out a statement saying that the regions that russia says that is annex as far as a you is concerned. they are still very much a part of ukraine. and we've heard this over the last few days, ever since russia did announce that it was setting up those referenda. we heard us live on the line talking about a sham saying that the kremlin will pay. and the you has also launched another round it hopes to sign off on another round of sanctions, including for example, an oil price cap including more restrictions on a travel for russians in the use of really trying to tighten the screws to a german cancer. all actually this week in of

and the economic outlook is so bleak . natasha butler, al jazeera paris. actual person is general secretary of the c g t union for railway workers. he joins us now from some of the trap in paris, could chevy with us? sir axel? tell us, ah, allow your members why you think the strike action is necessary? well, leasing this projection is necessary not only in the railway across all industries and public administration in france, because the situation is identical for all workers. and that situation is one that where prices are skyrocketing and the wages are either due to blocked at the same level or an upgrade according to the level of lation, which mechanically leads to worse than never conditions. but worse than the ability for us just to pay for our rent, just to pay for energy bills or even just to pay for the fuel we put in a car to go to work. and that is in a context where the profits are skyrocketing, for example, the, when we were our work last year, the rated companies pocketed more than 1000000000 years in profit. and there are several different corporations across france. now that

russia chokes off, gas supplies over sanctions imposed in reaction to its invasion of ukraine. natasha butler has more from brussels or the type republics energy ministers. sony set the tone for this meeting or when he arrived here in brussels. he said that it is very clear that the european union is in an energy war where the russia will energy ministers talked about ways that they can try and do more to shield our consumers and businesses from spiraling energy called costs. they talked about a number of areas. they identified a number of key areas including capping electricity produces revenue or solidarity levy for fossil fuel producers. a mandatory reduction in energy consumption drink a peak hours across the european union, and also the possibility of a price cap on gas imports from russia. we need to make sure that we will not lead the down our citizens and businesses. when put the in started his energy war, he expected to divide us and damage our democratic society, sent economies he did, and to will not succeed. only governments are increasingly concerned that the rising energy cost c

and let's cross to paris. natasha butler has more illness in energy ministers have agreed on 3 measures. they say will help reduce energy bills in the european union. they won't implement a power saving measures. they measures that would force, for example, companies and businesses to reduce consumption. they also want to implement a winful tax for some energy companies that have been making enormous profits during this energy crisis. and thirdly, a solidarity tax on fossil fuel companies. the idea is that the extra money from these taxes would go into helping a poor household across the european union. now the check energy minister, the hosted this meeting in brussels, said of course with winter looming. there is a real sense of urgency. he said that you simply doesn't have the luxury of time not to do anything. we are in energy war with russia, which all is all strongly affects our industry, farther origins and coordinate the action is needed when in terms of further action, energy ministers are also considering the idea of putting in place a price cap on or gas coming into the europe

an artist and a disruptor who once said that cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world. natasha butler, al jazeera paris. ah, you're watching al jazeera, these are the headlines this. our queen elizabeth coffin has been carried on to a plane in edinburgh for its final journey from scotland to england. the queen's remains will be driven to buckingham palace before lying in state in westminster, and king charles has ended his brave tour of northern island. the sovereign meant mourners and late leaders of northern islands devolved parliament is now back in london to receive his mother's coffin. alan fisher has moved from edinburgh. there was a respectful silence, as the coffin was carried out draped in the line rampant. the standard, the royal standard here in scotland and loaded into the coffin and then a ripple of applause. bronco is just amazing how people collectively and individually can judge the moment quite so well. that applause continued. hundreds, not thousands. this time lined the route between edinburgh, the us of the western suburbs and the year port. and then at the airport

be easy at a time when people are struggling financially at the economic outlook is so bleak. natasha butler, al jazeera, paris, gangsters, paradise rappa, cooley. r has died at the age of 59, all but as the day the woodland hill, bama dublin, and a graver. bah, alberto. clear whose legal name was artis leon ivy junior was a grammy winning hip hop giant of the 19 ninety's. his biggest hit was the iconic angst is paradise strained more than a 1000000000 time. so found spotify he was in the middle of us to with other 90 stars, including familiarise ah, you're watching al jazeera, these are the headlines. his, our russia says he will annex for regions which held referendums earlier this week . it says it will take control of those areas to moron, the european union, and the u. s. a. planning to impose more sanctions on russia for holding went back whole sham referendums in ukraine may, while thousands of russians have fled the country since president vladimir putin issued a novelization order last week, many heading to neighboring georgia cars. it's done and finland. there's also been an increa

strike at the end of the month because they say the government is out of tune with their concerns. natasha butler al jazeera paris. ah. the top stories on al jazeera, the head of the un atomic watch dog has warned that the physical integrity of europe's largest nuclear power plants has been violated because of the war in ukraine. raphael grossey and his team of experts travelled for hours through a war zone to inspect this operation plant. some of the inspectors have stayed behind to assess the situation their ukraine, the rush of accused each other of risk in nuclear catastrophe. by shelling the planned russian troops occupy the complex but is operated by ukrainian engineers to worry about the black. i worry, i worried i wally and i will continue to be worried about the plant until we have a situation which is more stable, which is more predictable. it is obvious that the plant and the physical integrity of the plant has been violated several times by chance. by deliberation, southern pakistan is bracing for even more floods as a surge of water head down the in this river, record monsoon reins a

through now is clearly a risk at a time when so many people feel that their lives a hard enough. natasha butler, al jazeera paris bosnia herzegovina has seen a significant exodus of young people in recent years that emigrating a search of better opportunities and to flee rising ethnic tension. elections take place the sunday. and as i said, beg reports from the capital, sorry ever. they're providing little hope for younger generations. fletcher to which i never nation is velma, that she was near, sees tens of thousands of people leave every year with resulting in a decline in population. they both now lay the student, a poet and an artist overlooking her beloved city of sarajevo. the 17 year old is contemplating, leaving. the political situation in the country is a source of continued frustration. i'm young and i may not know a lot, but from what i hear and what i see is that everything is corrupted and part politicians are not fair. we have the same politicians for years or 30 years and like come on, dont we need something new, something way better. at this local school, young people are learn

through now is clearly a risk at a time when so many people feel that their lives a hard enough. natasha butler, al jazeera paris us president joe biden is pushing for closer ties with nations in the pacific islands. as china extends its influence in the region. he's how's the lead us at the white house? my can reports from washington dc. it was the 1st of the us pacific island summit and it reflects abided administration's concern about deepening chinese engagement in the in the pacific. an absolutely critical strategic region. more than a dozen countries came to washington for talks with members of the biden administration . the u. s. making very clear that a ones to deepen and continue with relationship with all of these nations. president biden insisted that the relationship must continue and it must get stronger. a great deal this to our world is going to be written in in a pacific over the coming years in decades. and the pacific islands are critical voice in shaping that future. and that's why my administration made it a priority to strengthen our partnership with your countries. the pac

and concern over climate change growth, they could help the shipping industry to change tack. natasha butler al jazeera, dwanda ne, northwestern france. it's one for the universal history books. nasa has deliberately smashed a spacecraft into an asteroid and the world, so it happened in real time. it was all done in the name of humanity survival. reynolds explains. 11000000 kilometers from earth. the spacecraft hurtled closer and closer to the rocky asteroid. that was its target. and then bull's eye, oh, scientists and engineers at mission control, cheer as the spacecraft smashes into a far off asteroid hold die more full. so it's a key step toward defending the world from future devastating impacts by mass of space rocks, we are showing that planetary defense is a global endeavor, and it is very possible to save our planet. this is double asteroid re direction test or dart was launched in november last year. it's entire mission was to ram into, to more force at a speed of more than 6 kilometers per 2nd, or 3600 kilometers an hour. the result, it's hoped a gentle nudge pushing the asteroid o

the people have gathered to watch a fireworks display. natasha butler has more from the french capital. well, this trial is under way in paris, but proceedings are being broadcast live to a special center in the southern city of nice where the attack took place. there are $8.00 to $7.00 are in courses one we have learned is in custody, and accused of variety of links and given logistical support to the attack, including helping him to rent the truck that he used on the night and also helping him to obtain a weapon the attacker, of course, not in court because he was shot dead by police on the night of the attack in 201631 year old tennis in man mohammed law wager belong, drove this 19 town refrigeration truck down the promenade in the southern city of nice people were out for a fireworks display was, of course, an evening of leisure. should have been pleasure and fun that really turned into a nightmare. 86 people killed hundreds into the amongst them. so many children were for the survivors. and some of the victims. they say that this trial is important and they've been waiting many ye

they'll be used to reduce pressure on the electricity grid and help tackle rising energy prices. natasha butler has more from paris for several months. more than half of france is 50 sakes, nuclear reactors have been shot for maintenance work, but they will be restarted in the coming weeks in time for winter, said frances energy minister, after a special cabinet meeting to discuss the energy crisis conduit actor. what that 30 to react. desert a holt, including some because of corrosion under restrictions and others for usual maintenance. adf has committed to re start or react. as by this winter, we're following this situation very closely with weekly briefings on we're careful that this timeline is fulfilled. france is one of europe's top energy exporters and relies on nuclear power for 70 percent of its energy needs. but the shut reactors of pushed up french power prices and fueled concerned that france would not produce enough power for itself, or it's european neighbors, as they wind themselves off russian gas. but pioneer rache says that in addition to restarting the reactors, frances made

decided to take our fight and to fight to defend ourselves and take back what is rightfully ours natasha butler is in person has more who are coming to the end of this protest? we've seen has thousands of people walking across central paris amongst them teaches health workers, railway workers, a number of people from across the public sector really. and they roll out here to demand better pay and working conditions. they are fed up, they say that inflation is making their life even harder. that also demonstrating against the french government planned pension reforms. they say that those pension reforms would erode their social rights. well, i spoke a bit earlier to one trade union representatives. he's a trained driver, he said that the problem is many people feel that the rich, you just getting richer and the poor, the workers simply all seeing their salaries go up. the french government haven't responded to this particular protest day yet, but it's certainly one of the biggest such demonstrations that we've seen in a past month. the government has said that what it's doing is trying to do as

and the economic outlook is so bleak . natasha butler, al jazeera paris. ah, he watching out his ear these, the headlines this our, the swedish coast guard is reporting a 4th lake at the nod stream pipelines in the baltic. same. russia says it's launched a terrorism investigation over the damage the you and night outside the legs for caused by sabotage. i reckon eons hit florida. more than 2000000 people are without power. and many more are under mandatory evacuation orders. it's now wakened to a tropical storm, where his prime minister leads trust in says her government tax cutting measures are the right plan. that's despite the pan dropping to an all time low against the us dollar on monday. me and mazda opposed later uncensored. she has been sentenced to 3 years in jail, alongside her former economic advisor. they had pleaded not guilty to violating the official secrets act. it's the latest in a series of convictions sued she has faced since she was asked in the military coup in february 2021. 20 chang has more from bangkok. what is the military trying

the role of teachers has been undervalued. natasha butler reports ah, maxine collier, worked as a substitute school teacher in the parish region for 7 years. he had to move schools often and was always on short contracts. he was passionate about the profession, but gave it up because he was frustrated with the system and the instability in fed manpower content. you know, you were doing the same job as a staff teacher, your colleagues treat you the same and i had regular inspections like every one that went well. so the job is great, but what's difficult is that after a while it gets tiring because you are changing schools all the time. and there comes a point where you need something reliable as winston this year. for 1000 staff teaching jobs in france or unfilled, say, the french governments calling on substitute teachers to help alleviate the shortage. some have no classroom experience. so they given a 4 day crash course before being thrown into the deep end said format. sure, no, this training gives us a lot of pointers, tools and resources, but then it's clear we will have to learn on th

this gathering comes to wake sam to the commission announced a set of proposals natasha butler explains from paris at the north stream pipeline leaks and the looming winter in europe have certain increased pressure on the you to try and come up with ways to shield the blogs you'll consumers from these rising energy prices and it seems the energy ministers from the u meeting in brussels has come up, at least with some measure of what they are going to put in place. they say are mandatory measures for power saving. so things that would perhaps make it compulsory for some companies to reduce the energy consumption over the coming months or also impose a windfall tax on some energy companies that they rely on gas, but has been making huge profits during this energy crisis. and also what they call a solidarity tax on fossil fuel companies. now the idea is that the money from those taxes would then be diverted into poor households across the european union to try and help people, consumers with the energy bills, because many ministers, governments in the you are very worried indeed that if th

you foreign ministers meeting in prague have a great to suspend a visa deal with moscow. natasha butler has more from paris. until now. russians wanting to travel to the european union were given preferential treatment for visas under an old agreement between moscow and the you. but that is going to be no longer the case. after meeting in prague, the last 2 days you foreign ministers have agreed to make it a lot harder for russians to gain visas to travel because he is going to be a lot more complicated in terms of administration. and it is going to cost a lot more money now that you foreign policy chief, is that for that reason for this? well, there were 2 main reasons. one, he said it's a question of security. secondly, he said that most foreign ministers agree that it was simply inappropriate. the russians were coming to the european union, a lot of them for leisure, for holidays, shopping to go to the beach when there are people dying in ukraine. when russia continues in ukraine, it seems that all foreign ministers were agreed on the point of making it harder for russians to travel.

easy at a time when people are struggling financially and the economic outlook is so bleak . natasha butler, al jazeera paris, a trial of guineas, former president and 10 others, has begun in the capital. connor cree accused of being responsible for a massacre that took place on this day 13 years ago. and he's 257 people were killed and 1200 injured victims were attending a demonstration, protesting against mister cameras, intentions to run as president the following year shire boston. arrow has called his presidential opponent, the biggest thief in brazilian history. president, president boston are arrived to us to his political rally on a motorcycle before dressing the public. a new poll suggests that for president lewis in us unit, a silver has widened his lead over the right wing incumbent. it's less than a week until the election are from an aston martin, stunt cart and masks and costumes. just about everything james bond except a martini shaken, not stirred. of course, has been sold off at a charity auction in london to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the movie, franchise, bonds, ca

strike at the end of the month, because they say the government is out of tune with a concerns. natasha butler, al jazeera paris, russian president vladimir putin won't attend the funeral ceremony of the last soviet leader mikhail gorbachev and said, put and paid his respect earlier by visiting the hospital where gorbachev asked away. oh shall died of the age of 91 serena williams retirement is on hold after she won her 2nd round match at the us open. the 40 year old is expected to hang up a racket at the end of the tournament, but she beat the world number 2 to advance into the 3rd round. david stokes has the action. oh yes, serena williams walked at what could easily have been the last batch of her career . she is $123.00 grand slams, but he's currently ranked outside the top $600.00. the american was up against the world number 2 and that concept right. but produce some trademark shops to make her mark in the acme set. she eventually took it on a tie break and the record crowd of nearly 30000 started to believe things were not quite to though when her estonian opponent hit back in a 2nd set

and the economic outlook is so bleak . natasha butler, al jazeera, paris, gangsters, paradise wrapper, coolie, erm has died at the age of 59. i did live with one hill bama, w.

through now is clearly a risk at a time when so many people feel that their lives a hard enough. natasha butler, al jazeera paris. the british pound finish today up by one percent despite ongoing concerns about the british government's economic strategy promised. and his trust says big tax cuts were the right approach for the u. k. economy. she's refused to consider reversing. last week's mini budget, which saw the pound crash to record low against the dollar of and the 1st day the pound had rallied, but it was still as still lost nearly 18 percent of its value over the past year. it's a difficult time. it were facing a global economic crisis brought about by putin's war and ukraine. and what was right is that britain took decisive action to help people get free. what is going to be a difficult winter? the u. s. government will narrowly avoid a partial shut down after the senate approved a short term spending bill. the bill provides money for federal services until mid december. the current government funding was due to expire at midnight on friday. the bill will not be sent to the house of rep

and let's move on to paris and bring in natasha butler. natasha. you are standing by in paris with a european view. i will come to you in a moment time we have our white house correspondent as well. kimberly hallett, joining us in washington. d. c. for the u. s. reaction on russia's annexation plans and that signing ceremony. do to start any minute now. kimberly 1st over to you, what are we hearing out of the u. s. 1 well, the position of the united states with regard to the actions of russia are very clear, the united states will not accept the annexation that is taking place. in fact, just the opposite. the what the position they of the united states is is that these referenda that is taking place that is sort of predicating this signing ceremony. 1 is really one that me and i say, sees as a shower made says in the prove that it's offering. it says that it has seen videos of people being coerced in some cases, armed guards going door to door, forcing people in these regions, these 4 regions to cast their ballots. in many cases under giraffe, bein

as frustration grows with spiraling costs. natasha butler, i'll g 0. several is not more still to come. this are the head of the un visits pakistan to see the impact of unprecedented floods and calls for international support for the millions affected daily. i was in that get that this is agencies warned that children there and now at greater risk of kidnapping, as well as drowning disease and malnutrition. ah hello, we have some quiet weather, brighter weather, coming back into the united kingdom over the course of the weekend. this is the area of low pressure that brought that very heavy rain in too much of the case of the across london. and across at east side of scotland this now pushing out into the north, ether things will eventually quiet and down sassy dust. they'll see some showers across that eastern side of england, but to scott and will be dry and bright balmoral looking fine by the state. still a few showers are down towards london. so buckingham palace, seeing some showers around here, long with windsor castle, where to where the 2 cross eastern parts of here, the system'

al jazeera natasha butler reports from parish for several months. more than half of france is 50 sakes, nuclear reactors have been shot for maintenance work, but they will be restarted in the coming weeks. in time for winter, said frances energy minister, after a special cabinet meeting to discuss the energy crisis. condo, hector, from that 30 to react. desert a holt, including some because of corrosion under restrictions, and others for usual maintenance. adf has committed to race, start all reactors, bought this winter. we are following this situation very closely with weekly briefings on we're careful that this timeline is fulfilled. france is one of europe's top energy exporters and relies on nuclear power for 70 percent of its energy needs. but the shot reactors of pushed up french power prices and fueled concerned that france would not produce enough power for itself or it's european neighbors, as they wind themselves off. russian gas. but pioneer of russia says that in addition to restarting the reactors, frances made other contingency plans,

at the end of the month, because they say the government is out of tune with their concerns. natasha butler, al jazeera paris. the international monetary fund has reached an agreement with shall anchor, provide around $2900000000.00 in emergency financing. as a country faces this worst economic crisis. since independence, while the deal will only go through if a sharon commits a number of conditions. now fernandez reports from caliber, it was an announcement, most people in sri lanka had been waiting for. i am half staff and the authorities have reached staff level agreement to support sri lanka, us economic policies with a 48 month arrangement under the so called extended fund facility, off about $2900000000.00 us dollars. shalanda asked the i miss helping much of the economy face collapse and he ran out of money for food, medicine, cooking gas and fuel. tens of thousands of she lumpkins were forced to q for essentials. the crisis led to months of protest, their force, former prime minister, my in the raj both said to resign, and his brother, president boot albert, to flee the country. new

because they are also, but it's expected to testify during this trial. natasha, thank you for that. natasha butler live in paris to the us now and people in jackson, mississippi are facing an unprecedented water crisis. more than $160000.00 residents have run out of faith drinking water. the government is distributing bottled water, but there's not enough to supply the entire city. finter monahan has more cars lining up around the block all to get the most basic of human necessities for nearly a week, the people of jackson, mississippi have been struggling with a serious water shortage. the national guard are providing relief. some are happy for the help. others are growing in patient. i'm not able to cook, like i want to cooks. not able to brush might seem like i want to do to the water crisis. and i'm just certainly grateful that they are the national guard and everyone is out, you know, trying to help us. so we can see of have i have the life and maintain on a daily basis. and my home, the water is run a very slowly, it's our most into agent in the entire city of jackson, you know, just not do

an artist and a disruptor who once said the cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world. natasha butler, al jazeera paris, that tiffany is, and i'll see in a couple of minutes with more the days. ah ah ah, ah hm . i make up with, [000:00:00;00] with from the ruins of mosul, music as re emerged. these are some of 40 musicians who make up the water orchestra in iraq, 2nd largest city, despite being banned, mostly was occupied by i so the melody survived. dirt christian curd arab so neither cheers. young men and women represent the diversity of iraq to be able to hear music amid the ruins of muscles. also the feel strange, but it brings home the resilience of residents who say that despite the destruction and lack of help remain committed to bringing the city back to life. oh ok.

a more the role that teachers play has been undervalued. natasha butler reports in paris. ah, maxine could your work as a substitute school teacher in the parish region for 7 years? he had to move schools often and was always on short contracts. he was passionate about the profession, but gave it up because he was frustrated with the system and the instability. in 5th manpower continue there. you are doing the same job as a staff teacher. your colleagues treat you the same and i had regular inspections like every one that went well. so the job is great, but what's difficult is that after a while it gets tiring because you are changing schools all the time. and there comes a point where you need something reliable as winston do this year for 1000 staff teaching jobs in france or unfilled, say, the french governments calling on substitute teachers to help alleviate the shortage. some have no classroom experience. so they given a 4 day crash course before being thrown into the deep end said for measure, know this training gives us a lot of pointers, tools and resources, but t

through now is clearly a risk at a time when so many people feel that their lives a hard enough. natasha butler al jazeera paris. the british pound finished the day up by one percent despite ongoing concerns about the british government's economic strategy. from instant his trust says big tax cuts were the right approach for the u. k. economy. she has refused to consider reversing last weeks, many budget, which saw the pound crash to a rec, or low against the dollar. by the end of thursday, the pound had rallied but is as still lost nearly 18 percent of its value. over the past year. is a difficult time it we're facing a global economic crisis brought about by putin's worn ukraine. and what was right is that britain took decisive action to help people get free. what is going to be a difficult winter as what's more still to come this, our pacific leaders are invited to washington and the u. s. tries to gain the upper hand over china. brazil is controversial. president looks to rev up support in one of the most divisive elections in the country's history and the nfl international series returns h

who once said that cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world. natasha butler, al jazeera paris lou . let's take you back to our special coverage at the death of queen elizabeth the 2nd cortez carrying a coffin is making its way through the straits of london towards a buckingham palace. crowds of line parts of the road from me, a port in the west of the city where she landed from scotland. for more on this let's bring in natasha lightfoot, who's an associate professor of history at columbia university. to talk us through queen elizabeth legacy. she joins us now from new york. thanks so much for being on the program. natasha. you're the author of the book titled troubling freedom and take it and the op to mouth of british emancipation. so while many of morning the queen's death, many are also reflecting on britain's legacy of colonialism. absolutely . there's a much wider swath of the world, probably given that there was the old adage that was in place for very long time that the sun never set on the british empire. so there were so many people today that live out the legacies of