china are threatening the livelihoods of fish farmers and fishermen in neighboring south korea rob mcbride traveled to the island of jeju in the waters separating the korean peninsula from china's east coast to learn more about a summer phenomenon that's being made worse by climate change. on the island of jeju those who depend on the surrounding waters for their living have reason to look anxiously out to sea and ocean expert koch your home has been studying the source of that anxiety unprecedented rains far away in central china sending surges of fresh water flooding out of the yangtze river here depicted in green reaching towards j juice coastline knowing that this year we have seen our president in the rainy front right across the korean peninsula and china we can assume the weather pattern will repeat itself in future years because of climate change because i want our researchers from this institute have been studying the changing sees as china's storms appear to worsen every year like many places in the world the island of jeju is having to adapt to the effects of a changing climate

forces attacked japan in the final stages of world war 2 rob mcbride reports. a poignant commemoration at the moment 75 years ago when the world entered the atomic age and the whole city was destroyed. with the numbers of the so-called hit the original survivors of the attack declining each year this is likely to be the last major round of verse or they will attend in large numbers special precautions in place to protect them from the coronavirus that hiroshima is mare referred to as a new threat facing the world accompanied by a worrying increase in nationalism. we must never allow this painful pass to repeat he felt that if you've also cited most of rejects self-centered nationalism and unite against all threats. i take 15 in the morning local time a single atomic bomb code named little boy exploded 2000 feet above the center of the city killing tens of thousands of people instantly with tens of thousands more dying in the months and years that followed many from radiation related illnesses michiko could die was a child when the bomb was dropped with the pand

are more than just another band of bullies rob mcbride al jazeera so. on the other side of the break we'll to a live update for you on what's just dropped on the wires russian medics now have agreed to the evacuation of novell need to germany or not we don't know will find to stay with us. they come in hope and in search of work to provide a better life for the families they've left behind. but though their labor is vital to lease food industry they risk exploitation by corporations and organized crime. trapped in a system with little hope of escape people in power investigates. slaves on al-jazeera. china has one of the world's highest her base but many a take up the flaws against that for military style white let's go to radical surgery one o one east investigates as the chinese battle to get in shape on al jazeera. the latest news as it breaks your phone not only against the police crackdown also against what they call our election with details coverage. now that people have lost their jobs because of that. and feel as journalism from around the worl

surrounding seoul and central parts of the country and more rain is forecast well correspondent rob mcbride joins us now from punch to that's northwest of seoul alongside the river rob so the weather there isn't pretty awful what impact these floods and landslides having in the south. that's right now which we have a brief respite from the rains. lightly but they are forecast tuesday afternoon you have more to write your rain forecast to be between 50 millimeters to $100.00 millimeters per hour the interior of south korea is very hilly very mountainous terrain and since the weekend we've had these torrential rains that have been causing all sorts of problems with flash floods and also slides and mudslides and sadly the victims of it blew have died or people who are still missing have been caught in some of those mudslides it's all being fed and made worse by the fact that we have this typhoon now in working its way through china it is downgraded don't going to be downgraded to a tropical storm but it is still feeding moisture into this weather system that stubbornly remain straddled across

2012 promising to revitalize the economy and change his country's pacifist constitution but as rob mcbride explains he may not have achieved everything he promised. when he became prime minister in 2012 shinzo of a was no stranger to the office he'd already held the post for a year in 2006 during japan's so-called revolving door premiership period when factionalism within the ruling party led to a rapid turnover in leaders by 2012 that period was over offering the chance to rule uninterrupted i've been amazed that i will increase jobs and incomes and revitalize the countryside he promised aiming to transform japan's stagnating economy with his own brand of nomics 80 years on the results are still disappointingly mixed and he cannot say the economy has to. be our good. so i think the. it's now sucked us but it was stuck fast at some point a staunch conservative he also set about moving away from japan's traditional pacifist role and become more assertive with his asian neighbors but it was the unseen enemy of code 19 the critics say saw him lacking in assertiveness contrast is that you know

from where rob mcbride now reports . the opening event for a festival celebrating the essence of korean culture this one area can boast more unesco world heritage sites than any other part of the country for many hundreds of years it's been renowned as a center for buddhist and confucian learning and the home of korean ability it's exemplified by the village of halfway meaning literally surrounded by water with every home lovingly preserved. this area is a place where asian values not just korean are deeply ingrained in flori buddhism from india and confusion china they are perfectly used to be with underlying values of local folk culture and it's part of a national effort to promote korean culture the rich cultural heritage of this area makes it famous throughout south korea but relatively unvisited the organizers of this festival hoping to change that making the most out of a pandemic that means people have no choice but to seek out iconic treasures on their own doorstep nothing go ahead go ahead but normally go abroad

realized but one held still is strongly in the 2 cities that have suffered most from such weapons rob mcbride al jazeera. this is all just here these are the top stories 16 port officials have been detained as the investigation into lebanon's deadly explosion continues protests have been held in central beirut calling for a complete overhaul of the political elite a move which has been backed by french president emmanuel. what i know is that the people of lebanon have electricity shut down every day and it's not working the provision of imports and exports has collapsed because of the financial system so there are it's is for the short term that we need as we know the answer is to fight corruption reform the energy and electricity systems the customs we need transparency for imports and exports we need reforms for all the sick does and insist on these changes quickly the saudi crown prince is accused of sending a group of hit men to canada in a failed attempt to kill a former top saudi intelligence official targets suttle jobbery is filing a lawsuit in washington d.c. headman a set of been se

south korean island has many more days to worry about what china's weather has in store for them rob mcbride al-jazeera jay-jay to south korea. this is al-jazeera and these are the headlines russian opposition leader alexina valley has arrived at hospital in berlin to receive imagines he treatment for suspected poisoning russian doctors had initially said he was too sick to be moved from a hospital in siberia but they changed their position late on friday libya's un recognized government has announced an immediate cease fire the rival parliament in the east aligned with world khalifa haftar has also called on all parties to halt the fighting the head of the u.s. postal service has told a senate committee that melon ballots will be delivered on time for november's election postmaster general lois to joy has faced criticism for the changes that have caused male delays a delegation of west african leaders is expected to arrive in mali on saturday in an effort to reverse a coup that ousted its democratically elected leader former nigerian president goodluck jonathan and john told cassie brewer h

i'm rob mcbride in and on south korea the country's cultural heartland as it celebrates its world heritage trash. hello has been more damage from heavy rain in south korea some roads washed away but maybe the thing to notice for the next 2 or 3 days is how group it is coming across tiring to us in southern china and the remains further west is unlucky which is a tropical storm commonly over north vietnam a lot of rain that's going to die out but how good it will carry on not sickly strong winds but with this tarantula right in there for flash flood risk across northern taiwan at least into china which means the seasonal rains don't do very much is a line that you can follow but by i but it's not particularly heavy weather and most of charring between his right to be dry same is true of japan the same is true actually south of the soft south china sea the southern philippines so in a way sea we've seen charity the last 2 days they're still there trying to drift further west woods into boring. but most aboard your job most assume you're looking dry and as the monsoons take you much of the mo

the health department more than a 3rd of south korea's infections have been linked to his church rob mcbride reports from city in south korea's north. province. it was by far the most serious outbreak dating back to very nearly the beginning of the epidemic in february march here in south korea accounting for more than a 3rd of the country's $14000.00 plus cases mainly in the southeastern city of daegu but also in neighboring provinces such as here north go the church says it has hundreds of thousands of members but is regarded by mainstream religions as being more of a sect it's alleged that it held on to some of the lists of its members making the process of tracing and testing some of its congregants all the more difficult and in fact some of its offices were raided by the authorities but from the start it's leader liam and he and other church leaders claimed their innocence saying that they have been cooperating with the ortho or at least threw out a spokesperson saying that the truth will come out in court and japan's capital has confirmed a record 472 coronavirus cases this saturday is

politicized churches seem happy to mix religion with anti government rhetoric to fire up their followers rob mcbride al-jazeera sold. for prominent activists in thailand had been summoned by police on sedition charges as the government cracks down on a growing student at opposition movement there the police questioned human rights lawyer and student organizer pirate you're known to his supporters as penguin more than 30 opposition figures have since been arrested since the anti-government protests began last month demonstrators are demanding a new election new constitution and reforms to the monarchy of criticism of the monarchy is illegal and thailand and now facebook says it's followed a government order to take down a popular group that allows discussions about the royal family that page royalist marketplace was blocked on monday evening it can still be accessed from outside thailand there facebook says it's compelled to restrict content that's been deemed illegal by the government but is preparing its own legal action the group has more than a 1000000 members were earlier we spoke to pub and tou

realized but one held still is strongly in the 2 cities that have suffered most from such weapons rob mcbride al jazeera. let's take you to lebanon beirut international airport where the french president about one lakh crore. plane has just landed to expect him to leave the private jets in a few moments time various dignitaries and officials and their ears the man himself coming to see the disaster zone itself at beirut's port he's expected to meet house and the prime minister and also michelle but he's made very clear that he wants to meet the people of beirut and the people of lebanon who got to experience this disaster michel aoun there the president of lebanon greeting the president of france they expected to have a private meeting to discuss how fronts could help at the moment france along with countries such as turkey saudi arabia and qatar have sent in medical supplies food and even on thursday iraq has now announced it will be sending food an oil tankers virus landrieu into lebanon of course we'll continue to bring you more of what the president has to say and where he visits on his v

realized but one held still is strongly in the 2 cities that have suffered most from such weapons rob mcbride al jazeera. china has launched a new satellite that uses senses to form high resolution images of the surface it took off from the joke one center in the northwest of the country is china's 22nd space mission this year beijing says the satellite will mainly be used for city planning and disaster prevention and relief satellite is capable of returning images of such high resolution that it can show details as one meter across. and finally 2 well behaved fever lovers will be happy and relieved to know they're after 400 years they've been allowed back into the wild in england the semi aquatic animals were given paghman and right to remain on the river officer in estab and it follows a 5 year trial that showed that dam building activities were good for wildlife and for people even wanted to extinction in britain more than 4 centuries ago for their meat and a substance they secrete called castor riam which you've probably eaten it's used in food but also in medicine and a few who work alon

south korean island has many more days to worry about what china's weather has in store for them rob mcbride al-jazeera jeju south korea. there are these are the top stories russian opposition politician is on his way to germany for medical treatment he's been in a coma in a hospital in siberia since thursday and spokeswoman says he drank poisons but the chief doctor way he's been treated says no trace trace of poison was found in his blood. we have come to the conclusion that judging by the fact that there were no poisons found in his blood or other biological materials he has a metabolic disorder lowering of the blood sugar levels to be specific due to a rapid change of pressure everyone thinks it was during takeoff and afghanistan 3 separate explosions have been reported in the capital kabul. today one person is dead and several others are injured all of the attacks security personnel no group has claimed responsibility libya's u.n. backed government has announced a cease fire and the leader of the rival parliament in the east has also appealed for a halt in fighting forces from both side

realized but one held still is strongly in the 2 cities that have suffered most from such weapons rob mcbride al-jazeera. the top story this hour the french president in manama crown says there is a need for a new political order in lebanon that crown is the 1st international leader to visit the devastated city of beirut calling for a transparent independent inquiry into a massive port explosion french president met lebanese political leaders after surveying damage from tuesday's blast he was also mobbed by people in the city who are demanding justice and accountability for the disaster. what i know is that the people of lebanon have electricity shut down every day and it's not working the provision of imports and exports. has collapsed because of the financial system so there are it's is for the short term that we need as we know the answer is to fight corruption reform the energy and electricity systems the customers we need transparency for imports and exports we need reforms but all the sick does and insist on these changes quickly or the death toll from tuesday's blast has risen to $149.

politicized churches seem happy to mix religion with anti government rhetoric to fire up their followers rob mcbride al jazeera sold. authorities in gaza have announced the 1st few cases of community transmission of the virus hamas has declared a 48 hour lockdown on the territory long lines formed as people rush to buy food in preparation until now all covered 1000 cases have been lent to residents returning from abroad that are fears gaza's health care system will not be able to cope if the disease becomes widespread and. china's foreign ministry says a u.s. reconnaissance plane flew into a no fly zone during chinese military drills beijing says is lodged a stern representation calling the action a naked provocation it's urge the u.s. to immediately stop such actions. infos to china's 3 gorges dam the largest hydroelectric project in the world is to follow weeks of torrential rain but fears of a possible collapse remain record high water levels and devastating floods in the south have reignited debate over the efficiency return to you has this report. located in china's central hoop a province the

surrounding the capital seoul and central parts of the country more rain is in the forecast correspondent rob mcbride joins us now from part 2 northwest of the capital seoul alongside the river engine we can see on your camera lens there it's chucking it down. absolutely we've had this band of rain this weather system straddling the korean peninsula now since the weekend dumping rain on the whole of the korean peninsula up to $5100.00 millimeters per hour the interior of the country is very hilly very mountainous terrain so the landslides and mudslides are a real problem here and sadly most of the casualties have been the result of landslides sweeping away inundating buildings or isolated farmhouses and so on it is being made worse by typhoon that is working its way up through china at the moment typhoon hit now and this is the type food that is weakening it's going to be soon we understand a tropical storm but no nonetheless it's still feeding huge amounts of moisture about. of rain into the korean peninsula where you can expect more of these to rachael rains right through to the end of this week wh

realized but one held still is strongly in the 2 cities that have suffered most from such weapons rob mcbride al jazeera. well don't forget you can always find much much more on our web site including all the latest on the aftermath of that huge explosion in beirut to go to al jazeera dot com. and again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines french president emanuel knock on has called for a new political order in lebanon while announcing measures to help beirut recover from its massive port explosion has been meeting lebanese political leaders after surveying damage from that blast on tuesday but on said health workers equipment and international aid will be sent to the country over the coming days and in addition to announcing a global fund raising conference he said urgent reforms are needed. what i know is that the people of labor don't have electricity shut down every day and it's not working the provision of imports and exports has collapsed because of the financial system so there are lots as for the short term that we need as we know the answer is to fight corruption reform th

south korean island has many more days to worry about what china's weather has in store for them rob mcbrideal jazeera judge to south korea. now mexico's president under as manual lopez obrador swept to power and 20 after promising to wipe out corruption and now his own brother has been implicated in a scandal out on home reports from mexico city. a perfect clip this is the brother of mexico's president receiving an envelope stuffed with cash in a restaurant money puts of lead donated 20 years money. political movement before he was elected people and i think a good $26000.00 here. it's cause controversy president will. run the promise to wipe out corruption. just to be clear this video doesn't prove that anything illegal happened but it does raise serious questions for example was this money declared for mexico's electoral dorothy's and most importantly where did it come from if this was public money from any area of government this is illegal. silat i'ma latinos the media outlet that published the videos claims that i've read lay on the man handing over the envelope mentions the government

realized but one held still is strongly in the 2 cities that have suffered most from such weapons rob mcbride al jazeera. still ahead here on al-jazeera find out why a canadian pastor has been sent to prison in me in moscow holding a religious gathering. dressed for success meet the fashion designers looking to a diversity to the industry the stories after the break here on just say. hello the things that warming up quite nicely across much of europe going to ridge of high pressure beginning to build across the northwest it is still quite a cloudy picture they despise all of that and across the central med of the balkans some pretty strong thunderstorms and more in the full cost but look at this the south coast of england nice sunny skies a say temperatures on the rise quite nicely and then the netherlands people flocking to this particular beach just to take in some the nice warm summer sunshine there is plenty of that those who go through thursday but across the areas the balkans in particular some heavy downpours this could lead to some localized flooding is the raining for the last couple

realized but one held still is strongly in the 2 cities that have suffered most from such weapons rob mcbride al jazeera. your child is there with me so robin a reminder of our top stories foods a big concern in lebanon in the wake of the explosion that destroyed beirut support the economy minister says lebanon will need international aid to help cope with the financial fallout from tuesday's blast at least 137 people were killed and more than 5000 injured. friends is among the countries in aid and emergency workers and its president has also arrived in the capital emanuel mccraw who met with president michel and is calling for action against government corruption. d.c. the today the priority is aid to support the people without conditions but france has been warning for many months and years that the conditions here demand reform energy public markets to fight against corruption and of reforms are not made in lebanon will continue to suffer in other news vote counting is under way in sri lanka's twice delayed parliamentary election the people's front party led by the rajapaksa brothers who s

i'm rob mcbride in and on south korea the country's cultural hot line as it celebrates its world heritage traditions. and in sports after almost 5 months tennis is making its official return on the palermo open is the 1st tour event to take place since the coronavirus lockdown. we begin this hour with a stark warning from the world health organization as the rush to find a corona virus vaccine intensifies while the w h o's applauding the efforts of more than $140.00 research teams around the world it says that people should not pin their hopes on the discovery of an effective vaccine. we all hope to have a number of effective vaccines that can help prevent people from infection however there is no silver bullet at the moment and then might never be for now stopping outbreaks comes down to the basics of public health and disease control testing isolating and treating patients and tracy and quarantining their contacts do it on inform empowered and listen to communities do it all for individuals it's about keeping physical distance wearing a mask cleaning hands regularly and coughing safely

realized but one held still is strongly in the 2 cities that have suffered most from such weapons rob mcbride al jazeera now north korea is preparing for flooding and landslides after days of heavy rain that followed among the west hit areas state media released this video showing people trying to repair damage to their farms parts of south korea have also been flooded after $44.00 consecutive days of rain some highways have been closed and at least 16 people have died there and around 1600 s. . now gimmes governing party has asked president alpha condé to seek a 3rd term in office at elections to this year found that despite months of protests against extending the 82 year old's term in office now under going in law presidents can only serve 2 terms but condé pushed through a new constitution earlier this year which essentially reset the term counter to 0 allowing him to run for office again. now the president of barriers has warned that unauthorized protests will not be tolerated after sunday's election alexander lukashenko is seeking a 6th term in office election officials have bought his

realized but one held still is strongly in the 2 cities that have suffered most from such weapons rob mcbride al-jazeera north korea is preparing for flooding and landslides after days of heavy rain agricultural areas are among the worst hit state media released this video showing people repairing damage to their farms parts of south korea have also been flooded after $44.00 consecutive days of rain on highways have been closed at least 16 people have died and around $1600.00 people are homeless. let's get some more weather now and jenny is here with news of a heatwave in parts of europe heatwave and europe has been a bit of a miserable some of the many people so i think lots of people are happy about this even the civil war you can see here actually lol some good clear skies not entirely clear of cloud you can see quite a swathe across the northwest and also a bundle of it just sitting across the central med in the balkans in fact we have has a fairly strong thunderstorms there and we could see a few more but mostly sunny skies into southern england and the temperatures really are beginning

realized but one held still is strongly in the 2 cities that have suffered most from such weapons rob mcbride al jazeera. well still ahead eva's return to britain after a 5 year trial decides that down building is good for the environment. and in sport with meanwhile lang's tiger woods goes in search of his 16th major title. in. the room. he's here now it's all been thank you very much the biggest stall and be eyeballs keyboard of one judge how spoken out against president donald trump and his regular criticism. player protests trump says he turns off games when he sees social justice protests before them and still believes players show disrespect when i kneel for the national anthem but james who plays for the l.a. lakers is one of those players and says he couldn't care less if the president watches on not the real thing the best ball community. are sad about losing. viewership and i hope everyone you know no matter race in america or see what world leadership that we have in our at the top in our country and november is right around the corner and this is a big moment for us as americans i

south korean island has many more days to worry about what china's weather has in store for them rob mcbride al-jazeera jeju south korea it's time for the sport here's joe rob thank you captain harry maguire has pleaded not guilty to charges over an alleged phone. it's on the greek island of macon oss the world's most expensive defender left court earlier after spending 2 nights in a jail cell but it's not clear what specific charges he's facing he's allowed to fly home to england and greek prosecutors say he and the 2 other defendants can be represented by lawyers in a trial and choose day why i was on a family holiday after united were knocked out of the europa league semifinals on sunday. also there where the team that beat united and they went on to win the europa league for a record 6th time beating into milan in the thrilling final in cologne they went a goal down after giving away a penalty remember lukaku scoring from the spot for into but it was a carcass who ultimately gifted them the 32 victory thanks to an own goal of a coach ewen locker take the end 2 years of turmoil after bein

south korean island has many more days to worry about what china's weather has in store for them rob mcbride al jazeera jeju south korea. that many citizens were not the only victims of the beirut port explosion earlier this month pandits of syrians were among the thousands who've been injured the u.n. and aid agencies are providing help but they haven't been able to reach everyone is in a call to reports. 2 weeks after he was injured and where most of us pain hasn't eased knocked unconscious from the blast at beirut port he spent a few days in hospital and is now left to deal with his injuries alone the father of 6 is a syrian migrant worker who are among the worst hit being left out of an already struggling system is not hard. can i go for a check up this no one to take me someone was supposed to pick me up 5 days ago to scan my heed and i'm very dizzy i can't get up. hundreds of syrians were injured in the explosion many worked and lived near the port there were also 30 percent of the more than 180 people confirmed dead and they too are among those unaccounted for. who is truly when my da

realized but one held still is strongly in the 2 cities that have suffered most from such weapons rob mcbride al jazeera north korea is preparing for flooding and landslides often days of heavy rain agricultural areas areas are amongst the west hit state media released this video showing people repairing damage to their farms of south korea have also been flooded after $44.00 consecutive days of rain some highways have been closed and the 16 people have died and around $1600.00 are homeless. well so now for all the weather and his jenny jenny is there any was spuyten flight for the korean peninsula not really not for the next few days or in fact some of the heaviest rain we've seen over the last week or so but you can see quite clearly on the satellite is this massive cloud here and you can see this next line here which of course is on its way towards the east but it's not just there of course we continuing to see problems across into china this is in northern china there was some particularly heavy downpours and actually caused a road to collapse and as the road collapsed that actually explo

island of jeju and the typhoon is expected to make landfall in north korea early on thursday here is rob mcbride with more from seoul. typhoon babie is the 8th typhoon of this season to come out of the western pacific and it is shaping up to be one of the strongest ever to hit the korean peninsula with wind speeds of over 160 kilometers per hour also expecting to dump hundreds of millimeters of rain it is affected already the southern south korean island of jeju and also the country's south coast as it moves gradually northwoods through the yellow sea that separates the korean peninsula from the coast of china it will be passing closest to the most densely populated part of south korea that's the sole metropolitan area during the nighttime hours of wednesday through into thursday and then thursday morning it will be making its landfall in north korea itself now it will have lost some of its intensity but this will still be a very big typhoon barreling into north korea the north 'd korean leader kim jong un has already held a meeting this week of his politburo to discuss measures to mitigate the

the bomb there in the final days of world war 23 days later was also devastated mcbride joins us live now from seoul so rob a kind of a truncated ceremony today partly because of covert 19 but also partly to do with the people who survived they're getting older. absolutely the cashew as they are called these are the 1st generation survivors from here and in august sacchi and a number something like 136000 people who are still around but all of them are in advancing years even if they were children on the morning of 6th of august 945 they'd be well into their eighty's and ninety's by now so this the 75th anniversary obviously it's a very important and a verse 3 but probably the last major anniversary where we're going to see a big turnout by these vibes but it has been a very poignant ceremony marked of course by the one minute of silence that is always takes place at 8 15 am local time that was the moment at which this aircraft appeared over the skies of hiroshima a b. 29 bomber carrying the atomic bomb code named little boy that was dropped and then detonating 2000 feet above the ground causing tens of th