they went through a number of initiatives that spring in rob mcbride. he's in tokyo force and rob, like i said, they went through a number of things, should we read between the lines of the different issues they spoke about is basically how to re balance the region, visit e, china's influence i mean, i think that's all intentional biden's visit here is this repositioning towards asia pacific with a view to constraining china and eight's ambitions in the region. so is a very broad ranging the subjects that they covered. but ultimately, i think they wanted to show that this is one of the strongest alliances that he knew. united states has in the asia pacific that it remains as strong. they remained there together in united. i think they gave that performance throughout the sheet of the 1st her speaking there and taking questions, talking about the need or piece in the in dr. pacific and saying a quoting from a president kennedy that the pacific ocean doesn't separate. japan and united states naturally connects them a, brings them together in many ways. the

versus rob mcbride reports from take you struggling hospitality industry once restrictions lifted more quickly. it is a country rich in tourist attractions all that japan lacks other tourists tokyo's to key g outdoor fish market has relied on local visitors throughout the pandemic. on the night before the pandemic, 80 to 90 percent of our customers were from overseas. so we are looking forward to seeing for he has come back again. the same goes for all businesses relying on the tourism industry. like this tour bus company says, oh no course any class and my favorite courses harvester is for japanese tourists have been cut back and we've had to stop foreign language tories altogether. yeah. when you think gone, it's a long way from former prime minister. sions obeys dream. of becoming a world leading tourism destination all geared to the 2020 summer olympics that he helped to secure for a while, japan was on track to meeting its tourism ambitions. in 2019, he recorded well over 30000000 visitors. i was fully expecting to eat its goal of 40000000 arrival in 2020. when the pandemic happen

rob mcbride al jazeera, so you know, new covered 19 infections have been reported in china's largest city for a 1st successive day restriction or in shanghai or solely being eas, after an almost 7 week locked down. some supermarkets and restaurants have reopened with public transport. aiming services to city leaders say the lockdown should be lifted by next month, but the $25000000.00 population will still need frequent testings to the us now where families of the victims of the latest mass shooting are renewing calls for restrictions on gun ownership. 10 people were killed in buffalo, new york on saturday in a racially motivated attack, have been nearly 200 mast shootings this year in the usa. that's 10 a week present. joe biden has praised the bravery of police officers ahead of a visit to buffalo on tuesday. napoli say the 18 year old suspects deliberately targeted black people and was driven by a so called replacement theory. i'll just here, as alan fisher explains, it's the deadliest my shooting of the year in the us. and police say the know why the accused gunman did it. this w

rob mcbride, al jazeera tokyo accordingly, u. k. has charged american act to kevin spacey with 4 counts of sexual assault against 3 men as rated to act committed between 20052013. during the time he was artistic director at a london theater, the oscar award winning actor has faced similar charges in the united states and has denied guilt tribute. so pouring in for american actor rainy also after his sudden death. and he could fellas, and field of dreams star died while shooting a movie and a dominican republic. the new jersey native died in his sleep in his hotel room. railey also was 67 years old. catherine 2022 kegs off in less than 6 months. as fans prepare for the 1st world cup in the middle east. there are some of just tickle concerns that i took a name reports on new measures that organized, organize as promise will make for a seamless and memorable experience. ah, you know, we're better together is part of the chorus of a rural cup cut our 2022 themes saw ah, you might say it's also the mantra of cut art. is it works to overc

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rob mcbride al jazeera, so in the news i had already swamped at it, could get worse, the flooding effecting hundreds of thousands of people in india plus from russia with love. why not? everyone's son added with tchaikovsky. his wife at the cannes film festival. ah hello. the monsoon raised now re showing their hands across sir myanmar process of impass of indo china. it's a lot of cloud to showing up if we have seen some very heavy right. just pushing our pin to man, mark in excess of a $140.00 millimeters of rain here in 24 hours. there's that wet weather then and that's going to gather as we go on through the coming day. quite a rush of showers there. the seasonal range caused march of indo china as they should be. pretty wet weather there too into the philippines. the heat of the day downpours but we have got some quiet weather united just around southern part them lay peninsula into sumatra lively showers. there they are set to continue across sir parts of indonesia, a java seeing some wet weather for tom and a good spread of showers. then as we go on through sunday, still got some sho

rob mcbride, al jazeera tokyo trippy. it's am pouring in full american act. so rainy us her after his sudden death. the good fellows and field of dreams, stars died whilst shooting a movie in the dominican republic. the new jersey native was found dead in his hotel room. rail yourself was 67 years old. indian riser, get on jolly sri has won the international booker prize for her novel tune of sand . originally written in hindi, is the 1st book by an indian author to win the award which is shared with its english translator, daisy rockwell. the book tells the story of an unconventional and adventurous widow in her eighties. judge's said it, they thought it tackles serious issues yet as an exuberant and playful work. ah, without as they are, these are top stories a palace.

rob mcbride, al jazeera, so ah, this is out there and these are the top stories. the world health organization says nearly 15000000 people have died from cove at 19, in the past 2 years, way more than originally thought. the new numbers include dest links to pandemic strain on health care systems. charlie angela has more from london. those figures of between direct death and indirect death have been lumped together. and i think we will see calls for the w h o to distinguish between the 2. so 15000000 is based on the country report to data and since statistical modeling and but accurate numbers. busy of coven death have always been problematic throughout the pandemic. not just because it relies on countries being honest, but also because of the differences between countries on how they recorded cove desk. ukrainian officials are accusing russian forces of reviewing their attack on the besieged steel parts of mary poll civilians. tramps. russia has denied it and had earlier announced to cease fire the size insisted, is abiding bias. now, the $200.00 civilians are be

rob mcbride al jazeera, so boeing's new star line. a space craft has successfully blasted off from cape canaveral, florida on route to the international space station. 32, and lift off the on man test flight is aimed at setting up the craft a transport astronauts to the i s s and other lower earth orbit destinations. it's a much needed success for the u. s. aerospace giant, after more than 2 years of delays and engineering setbacks, ah, let's take you through some of the headlines here now just 0. now al jazeera has obtained you footage showing. there were no clashes at the time. veteran journalist sharina barclay was killed by israeli forces in the occupied west bank also shows the firing came from the position. where is robi patrols was station bow is ray. the military says it's not opening a criminal investigation into sharon's killing. it says it's identified a soldier's rifle which may have killed her, but it says it cannot be sure unless the palestinians turn over the bullet for analysis. ukraine's president says dumbasses becom

as the new president begins, work south careers, allies and adversaries, alike watching closely rob mcbride, elgin's era. so, spyware has been found on the phone of a 3rd government minister in spain. the interior administer device was hacked, using the same software found on the funds of the prime minister and defense minister last week. israeli security firm, which makes the pegasus spyware, says it only sells to government agencies. spanish media reports say the head of the government. intelligence has been sacked because of the breach of security. dozens of prisoners have been killed and many more are on the run after fighting between rival gangs in ecuador, the battle began when a gang later was transferred from another jail. as alexandro ramp yeti reports. this footage shows them i am inside the bay abuse the prison in front of the mingo . dozens of dead bodies are seen, piled under bloody at floor the inmates were killed in an overnight fight between rival gangs. officials say it was triggered by the arrival of a gang leader. is the latest in a series of deadly riots inside it with w

rob mcbride out his era. so and he faces fronting north korea's fight against a corona virus outbreak. rou, young charcoal is appearing daily on television reporting. the government's latest figures now more than $2000000.00 infections, is north korea is equivalent off americas. doctor anthony found she little is known about brew, including his medical qualifications. north korea's leader has been critical of health officials calling them irresponsible germany has detected its fuss case of monkey pox. it's off to several cases were reported in britain, portugal, canada, and the us is unusual for the virus to spread outside west and central africa. and scientists scrambling the finances, ne hunting of boats monkeys able to transmit monkey pox to humans, causing fever, aches and genital lesions. but the virus passing from person to person has been rare, especially outside of west africa. until now, that mason p b mo, cases and more people who are incubating the disease in west africa who traveling. so there's m

sonata area and the north quiz, 14th known weapons, test this year, live to correspondent in so rob mcbride and rob, we're getting a few more details about this. don't john? the response from south korea? what are we hearing? that's right. the south korean military confirming that this was a ballistic missile, but where they relatively a short flight path, certainly compared with and what more recent or missile launches. they say that it reached a, an, a total altitude of 780 kilometers and flew a total distance of nearly 500 kilometers east landing in this sea that separates japan and the korean peninsula. now, south korea has a strongly condemned this launched. i, japanese prime minister has said that it's totally unacceptable. and what we don't know exactly at this stage, what type of missile this was. interestingly, it was launched from this district called soon and which is just outside the capital pyongyang from where north korea a launched at the end of march, an icbm, that's an intercontinental ballistic missile, a sort of weapon capable of reaching the continental united states and

he spoke in tokyo on an asia trip, he hopes will firm up relations with allies from that rob mcbride reports president joe biden came to japan to bolster one of the u. s. is most important alliances in the asia pacific at a time of multiple challenges across the region. but he may have worse and one of those regional flash points with less than tactful answers at the main use conference as he's done in the past. it came in response to a question about whether the us would respond militarily to a chinese invasion, to take the island of taiwan. that bay ging regards as a break away territory. are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan if it comes to that? yes, you are a 2nd member, we may the u. s. dance on taiwan has been far more ambiguous in the past. and the white house immediately had to release a statement, trying to clarify the u. s. position. but what sounded like a threat to china brought this response. hello, monkey, truthful the time on issue was purely china's internal affair, which won't stand for any foreign interference issues bearing on china's co inter

to the world once more, rob mcbride, al jazeera tokyo tributes are pouring in for american acts, a rainy r, sir. after his sudden death, the good fellows and a field of dreams. stars died whilst shooting a movie in the dominican republic. the new jersey native was found dead in his hotel room. really also, it was 67 years old. indian writer, git and jolly sri has won the international booker prize for her novel tomb of sand . originally written in hindi is the 1st book by an indian author to win the award which is shared with its english translator, daisy rockwell. the book tells the story of an unconventional and adventurous widow in her eighties. judges said it. they thought it tackles serious issues yet as an exuberant and playful work. ah. without his era, these are our top stories. the palestinian attorney general says israeli forces deliberately targeted veteran out is there a reporter, sharina apple. our clerk with armor piercing bullets are crumb. i'll cut ib says they've concluded a sniper intended to kill her. and those who tried to help her the palestinian ambassador to the un

rob mcbride, al jazeera, so still ahead on al jazeera, a korea 1st. for this japanese baseball sauce, you don't have the story coming up next in school with a whole. ah ah, thank you very much. 21 year old prolific norwegian strike earning holland will be a man just a city player. next season said he released a statement earlier saying may have reached an agreement in principle with wonderfully good club barissi adornments subject to the english champions. agree in terms of the player he will join on the 1st of july, holland had scored 36 golden 34 matches for club and country this season. liverpool or inaction later against aston villa and it's another must win game for yoga club side as they trail champions. manchester city by 3 points in the premier league title race, if you go so whatever happened because i don't yeah, we both have 3 games to play. and my concern is actually, how can be when our games and we have available in all hand in bo, how city can, will play their games. but before they are played, i think we should have it on points. we do

i were to rob mcbride, now live in tokyo. rob. this is a visit dominated by regional security and with a focus on china in particular. yeah, very much security and china front and center for this trip. it's something that's felt very keenly here in japan, the growing influence, the power assertiveness of china. we see that the east china sea, where japan is locked in an ongoing dispute with china rover territorial claims that japan also looks with some alarm at the growing military mice of china and asking itself whether it should be increasing its relatively small one percent of g . d p that it spends on defense. and so all of these issues are going to be very much disgusted in meetings what you've just started in this palace at behind me here in the center of a tokyo with prime minister casita. the joe biden has already met with the the emperor of japan, that the imperial palace was an audience of the starts of today monday. but this is where the business end of this trip really gets under way, accommodating. the most important

rob mcbride, al jazeera, so nasa astronaut are heading home are to their 6th month mission to the international space station. the space ex dragon capsule is exposed to splash down off the coast of florida. the 3 americans under german carried out hundreds of research projects and welcomed the 1st space, taurus to the station. ah, who without his era, these are our top stories. russia says it'll hold fire for the day at a steel plant in southern ukraine, allowing traps civilians to get out there among ukrainian soldiers at the other cell facility and merrier pole. who are making a last stand against russian forces. authorities. nissan, city of grammar tours say 25 people have been wounded in russian shelling overnight . the city is near the frontline of fighting internet province. charles trafford has the latest from kramer tours where you can see behind me is only one. the strikes like one of a number of sites across the city that were hits. certainly according to people were spoken to here, the military here. this was a russian missile that landed in front of an office office building. there

our correspondent rob mcbride, joins us now live from tokyo. so rob, what else we been hearing from the japanese prime minister at this gathering? that's right. the end of this summer to a press conference just wrapped up or with prime minister casita, to be honest, nothing earth shattering. it's really a repeating of the same kind of themes that we have been hearing over the past couple of days. these are the main session on the bilateral sessions has been going on this tuesday afternoon, have wrapped up. the 1st of the motorcade says left the presidential compound here were expecting the other mo, decades to follow very shortly. but took a sheet. it was basically summing a summing up what he was saying about her having a free and open asia pacific endo pacific region. i believe that sir, president biden is now on his way or from the prime minister's office here after his next engagement in this tuesday evening. back on an aircraft or back to the united states. but also talking about the is the shared threats of the 4 quad members that they fac

is the 14th launch this year with rob mcbride just live now from the south korean capital. rob, so what more details are emerging about this latest massage? are we are waiting to get more details from the south korean military, but our military officials will be analyzing the flight path. it's flight data to try to give an indication of what type of missile it was, or they will say it is our to the a ballistic missile. it fell into the sea separating japan from the korean peninsula. but interestingly, did come from the soon and district just outside capital r pyongyang and it's from the same district that at the end of march, north korea fired an icbm at an intercontinental ballistic missile. the kind of much more powerful missile that can reach the continental united states. it hasn't fired those missiles since 2017. now there's some, there. speculation about whether it was a why song 15 or a more powerful why song? 17 icbm. but both of those missiles were on display at a big parade through the streets of pyongyang. last week, this was to celebrate her and the anniversary o

nations in the region and deliver concrete benefits for the people in the pacific region. govern out rob mcbride, he joins us from tow care. so quite a list of topics for biden, and because she that to get through right, wrong that's right. but a lot of them, very much focused on security and with an eye particularly to china. but it's interesting prime minister casita in his opening remarks just before they began the 1st bilateral meeting, which is now taking place in this palace behind me. here in central tokyo, he made specific reference to russia attacking what he called russian aggression. saying that the invasion of ukraine undermined global order. i think the americans would have a welcomes at hearing that it says, this trip is very much been focused on the north korea, china, but also with a view to russia and reminding moscow that united states has some very powerful friends in this part of the world. that the u. s, which has been leading this international community and isolating, condemning sanctioning russia for its actions can count on the support of south greer and also a japan enj

rob mcbride, al jazeera soul, boeing's new star line, a space craft has successfully blasted off from cape canaveral, florida on route to the international space station. 32 and lift off the on man test flight is aimed at setting up the craft a transport astronauts to the i s s and other loaf orbit destinations. it's a much needed success for the u. s. aerospace giant, after more than 2 years of delays and engineering setbacks, ah, let's take you through some of the headlines here now just here now al jazeera has obtained you footage showing. there were no clashes at the time. veteran journalist sharina barclay was killed by israeli forces in the oxy.

and he takes office at a time when tensions are high on the korean peninsula as speak to rob mcbride, who is at the presidential residence in. so rob and there's a line expectation. this government is going to be very different to the more liberal one of one j in the, the previous 1. 1 of those areas we're likely to see differences in foreign policy . what are the big changes we might see? that's why that is going to be a big departure here in style from the administration. this integration here is just wrapped up held and spring sunshine. thousands of people attending here in the grounds of the national assembly listing to musical performances as witnessing the swearing in the by the new president, the 20th president of south korea and also listening to his inaugural address. but he is a conservative. we have just had 5 years of liberal administration here, which was bent to add that 5 years on trying to get better dialogue with north korea facilitated all of these summits with president trump with united states. well, there has going to be a change to that. the conservative you has

rob mcbride, al jazeera tokyo south come here on alto, sarah, surrounded by flood water, people in bangladesh, a desperate for drinkable water, and dry food. an operation, baby formula, lift the supplies for the ease, the worries of parents across the us. ah, the journey has begun. the 34 world carp is on its way to cattle. hoop your travel package to day how i, we've really got some high temperatures. the heat is on for south career over the next couple of days, largely clear skies here to the north. we have got some wet weather coming in across the far north. the china easing over to wards and east side all russia to the south. we got some very heavy rain here. the a may you front still pulsing some really big downpours across some areas of china and that could lead to some localized flooding. here we go in between with that fine anti whether not c bad in japan, take a bit around 30 degrees celsius, but that where to whether that will make its way little further south, which as we go on through our wedding, stay some heavy downpours coming across the northeast of china into north korea, jus

rob mcbride, al jazeera, tokyo flood voices are receding in ne bangladesh. baretski work is struggling to reach millions of stranded people. many with us is still flying about dangerous levels of the half days of heavy rain. these 57 people have been killed in the west flooding and nearly 2 decades. can be chatty, has more. you can see a similar sense for miles after miles and sure. i'm gordon's distinct, where a village homes are submerged. schools are inundated with water. the villagers we have been talking to in this area. so davin in flood like this in many years, most of them are desperate need for freshwater dry food and even financial assistance. they said so far, they have not received anything from the government or from the local politician or any angels right now what the need most is medicine, fresh water and dry food. they're desperate need for those sit were shown, have somewhat improve the water level has gone down. there has been no rain for last few days on the village. i was hoping it stays this way. however, if the rain continues and coming days and on rush of water

it would be north to his 14th known weapons test this year from so has robbed mcbride, the south korean military confirming that so this was a ballistic missile, but where they relatively a short flight path. certainly compared with a more recent missile launches, they say that it reached a total altitude of 780 kilometers and flu, a total distance of nearly 500 kilometers east landing in this sea that separates japan and the korean peninsula. now, south korea has a strong be condemned. this launched, a japanese prime minister has said that it's totally unacceptable pro and anti abortion protesters rallied across the us after an unprecedented leak of a draft opinion from the supreme court. it suggests women's right to abortion in america could be reversed, right? was guaranteed nationally almost 50 years ago. and the supreme court roe vs wade ruling up to date with this. ours headlines. more news. how now to sarah, of the inside story, say with us teaching now you can watch to see when english streaming light on itc channels plus thousands of our programs. award winning documentaries an

rob mcbride al jazeera, so i still had her not 0 ecuador growing problem with gang violence fighting between rival drug cartels in the prison. please dozens dead or on the run class. i'm john. 100 in arkansas were a conference. it is working on getting the key out of the supply chain ah, with plenty of showers out seasonal showers in probably the southern philippines and west papua the cloud shows rain virtually everywhere with the concentration most recently has been a bit further west. tar landon is in the forecast too. in the bay of angle, you see a revolving tropical cyclone caught a weak one, but still there, and then rainfall cotton's foss as a single pole. and sumatra, and some in born here. but actually still away see, and job is relatively dry, but follow that line down to queens and that's also true. and particularly when recently and for the next 2 or 3 days. this is a story of persistent rain or of course flood warnings i possibly life threatening floods where this radius persistent and once again in queens and brisbin is to some degree threatened and that's where those a

rob mcbride is in take, he looks ahead to biden's agenda in japan. president joe biden comes to japan with a view, a to strength and ties with is very important ally in north east asia at a time when the united states and japan face a number of challenges on a number of different fronts. this is meant to send a message to north career at a time of increased missile testing and speculation about a possible and nuclear test. it also is meant to send a very clear signal to bay ging about. it's increasing assertiveness in the asia pacific region and its territorial demands. that is something which is felt very keenly here in japan, which is in dispute with china, her over various territorial claims in the east china c, a with events in ukraine. i think it also sends a very strong message to russia as the united states is leading the international community and its condemnation are also in boycotts and sanctions. it is something which is supported by japan. and in fact, the u. s. has praised japan full rallying other countries in asia pacific to also condemn russia for its actions. all of

rob mcbride al jazeera took you still a head hair on al jazeera, desperate for fresh water and dry food. we have an update from the scene of devastating floods in bangladesh. north korea's leader is seen mosque las, at the funeral, close mental during a spiraling cove. 19 up like ah hello, we got more that hot and dusty weather across much of the middle east, scotty. dry and fine winds will pick up as we go on through the next couple of days . so the chance of a shamal coming in across that to eastern side of the arabian peninsula, 41 celsius here in doha with the lifted dust and sand. let's put further north. we got some unsettled weather coming out of turkey just around the caucuses between the backseat and the caspian. so some showers always a possibility over the next day or so, as is the case to into afghanistan. paterny dry here. by the time we come to weddings stay further west, where we do have largely dry weather across northern parts of africa. it is essentially settled and sunny. sorry, a cloud here just around so hard that may will even produce one or 2 spots of light rain f

can't afford a hard lockdown like other countries and has no choice but to tough it out and been rob mcbride, al jazeera, so actually known you covered 19 infections have been reported in china's largest city for 3rd successive day restrictions and shanghai a solely being east doctrine, although 7 week locked down some supermarket, some restaurants have reopened with public transport, expected to resume at the weekend. ccd, to say the lockdown should be lifted by next month. but the 25000000 population will still need frequent testing. prisons, queen elizabeth has made a surprise visit to the wild 1st old digital railway named after her. after years of delays and billions of the budget, the elizabeth line is finally days away from starting to speed. passengers across london, a warning that need baucus report has flash photography. a crowning moment for europe's largest infrastructure project. queen elizabeth lending her name to london's biggest single transport upgrade for more than a century. a decade in the making. the line is a journey into the future. forget the cramp tunnels of the citi

rob mcbride, al jazeera tokyo, now the united nations is saying that more than a 100000000 people have been forced from now homes around the world, mainly due to violence persecution, and extreme weather. this is more than double the figure compared to 10 years ago. the 100000000 number amounts to more than one percent of the global population. on the 13 countries have a bigger population and that figure a number of people displaced, jump from 41000000 in 2012 to more than 79000000 in 2019 driven by growing crises in places like syria, yemen, the sa hill, and venezuela. the current of ours pandemic is an important factor in this. it's worse than some pre existing dr. isn't was a violence in afghanistan begin a fast. so the d r c, if you're p a, me and my and nigeria in 2021. now push that number to 90000000 by the end of 2021. this year has seen the warren ukraine. 8000000 people have been displaced within the country. and more than 6000000 refugees have fled across the borders. but the conflicts isn't the only dr. and natural disasters account for most new internal displacement. drivi

rob mcbride al jazeera, so let's get some sports news now. rail madrid will play liverpool in the champions league final after staging. a dramatic late come back in the 2nd leg of their semi final against manchester city rail. we're about to be knocked out before too late. goals by substitute rodrigo took the match into extra time and a penalty from korean bens m. i've actually gave an a 31 when on the night that 65 on aggregate already won this spanish league title rail, madrid who had to paris on may 28th m to become european champions free for a 14th time in the history. oh, by the dealership, american. pretty little the opponent was very tough. the match was really close, but the squad never gave up. boss after manchester city scored was things were more difficult, but we had everything, the sacrifice of luck and the energy that i think the substitutions helped a lot. so that everyone who played gave they all know it was an intense match. we try to put the pressure on and manchester city didn't play how they normally play because we put a lot of pressure on them. things worked out ok, b

rob mcbride al jazeera, so these spanish se, se valencia has experienced a record breaking down poor for the month of may flooding trap several motorists. and i call on tuesday, the city's metro system had to be shout. spain's web agency says more rain is likely in the coming days. to miss east coast guard house recovered 24 more bodies from full bows for thank officer coast 11 days ago. 67 people now confirmed dead. thousands of people were rescued after trying to reach italy last month over 50 are still missing. tens of thousands of refugees and migrants attempt to cross the mediterranean from north africa to europe and small boats. every year. and in sport, ria, madrid will play liverpool and the champions league final, after staging a dramatic lake come back in the 2nd leg of their semi with manchester city, we are about to be knocked out before 2 late goals. by the substitute, rodrigo took the match into extra time, and then a penalty from karim ben zima eventually gave them $31.00 when on the night and a $65.00 win on aggregates. having already won the spanish league title, whe

rob mcbride is covering the story for us from tokyo. these, the 3 miss elsewhere detected. just after daybreak fights from the su 9 area, this is northwest of the capital young gang. it's the location of young young's airport flying east towards the sea that separates the korean peninsula from japan, the national security council of south korea. they convened a meeting straight afterwards as they often do. there's also been a response from the japanese. the japanese defense minister is saying that these are provocations which are completely unacceptable. this is the 17th round of missile launches so far this year. sometimes they have been multiple launches, as with this one today, wednesday. in the past though, we've also seen single missed our launches. i think what concerns the intelligence community here in japan and south korea and in the u. s. is the sophistication of some of these missiles. we've had a submarine loans, ballistic missile type being tested for the 1st time, fired from the water. so the north koreans are mastering the technique of launching missiles and

rob mcbride al jazeera, so now says basics. crew is headed back to earth after a 6 month mission. the dragon space crosses expects to splash down off the coast of the us state of florida. before astronauts, 3 americans and one german conducted hundreds of research projects and ukrainian nurse who lost both her legs, has shared a video of her 1st dance inside a hospital ward with her husband b. ready where santa valentino was walking home with victor vassar, live in the eastern new hunts region. when a land mine exploded, victor was not hurt, and they were married on monday. ah . without zera, these are our top stories. russia says it will hold fire for a day at a steel plant in southern ukraine, allowing traps civilians to get out there among ukrainian soldiers at the other self facility. and mario paul were making a last stand against.

rob mcbride says china has reacted negatively towards ken says, the motivations for summit china as china suspects that are all of the adversaries meeting like this in a, in a gang and effectively ganging up on it is, is meant to constrain its development and what it regards is its own back yard, especially after biden's comments yesterday, monday, when he said that the u. s. yes. would intervene militarily to stop china from invading taiwan. people are still trying to work out exactly how serious he was with that comment or whether it was a case of awkward misspeak. but certainly if china reserved beforehand, it is certainly up to now and it always regards this with deep suspicion. because when you look at the kinds of things that they are talking about when it comes to regional security, they all does seem to be aimed directly or indirectly towards china. for example, the setting up of telecommunication systems which are robust, which are secure. how do you do that with 5 g and then 6, g, a reading between the lines. it is these ally saying, how do we do that without having to call upon

rob mcbride al jazeera, so masses space x crew is heading back to earth. after 6 month mission to the international space station, the dragon spacecraft is due to splashed down soon off the coast of florida. before us and old spent their time and space conducting hundreds of research projects. some sports news now and real madrid will play liverpool in the champions league final. after staging a dramatic lake come back. in the 2nd leg of their semi final, with manchester city rail were about to be knocked out before too late goals by substitute, rodrigo took the match into extra time. and the penalty from carrying benjamin eventually gave them a $31.00. when on the night of 65 on aggregate, having already won the spanish lead, title rel madrid will had to carry on may 28th any to become european champions for 14th time in their history. and by the feel should american bropy law. the opponent was very tough, the match was really close, but the squad never gave up. boss after manchester city scored was that things were more difficult, but we had everything,

rob mcbride, al jazeera, so all artists and designers from around the world. also trying to raise awareness about climate change. jessica baldwin went to see their exhibition in london called all time on of me at 65 meters. this k park tree grows in the columbia and amazon rain forest visitors pier through the layers into the trees in our system. see the oxygen released into the air, the nutrients coursing through the structure. a dining table set for 14, including a be a bird and a snake. a mushroom sits at one end, the human at the other. all species are equally important to the earth survival by hopefully presenting a story of. wow, isn't this incredible to be living within this living planet? it can therefore, hopefully engage on a slightly more emotional level and therefore, develop that sense of m. c, rather than shaman paralysis. each flash heavily marks 128 square meters, a brazilian rain forest destroy. so we're looking at winter weather bring to life to the 1st station that's happening right now in the amazon rain forest. so when go for it began, the

rob mcbride, al jazeera tokyo said ahead on al jazeera, desperate for fresh water and dry food. we have an update from the scene of devastating floods in bangladesh and finding comfort, a long way from home. meet refugees in what's called brazil's ukraine. ah, the journey has begun. the 34 world carp is on its way to catherine group. your travel package to day. hello and place to say we have got some dry weather coming into our bangladesh and in the northeast. possibly in the over the next couple of days, more of that in a moment we have got a large, you try, we're across the korean peninsula was you try to across the main islands of japan, but follow our front round as seasonal raise. they are continuing to pummel down across southern parts of china. furthermore, generally try some heat as well. 34 celsius in beijing, but this weather system back will sink further south with. so that's going to make its way into north korea. south korea generally drive fine for wednesday, party fine, and try to across a good parts of japan with one or 2 showers, a possibility heaviest re. we'll

rob mcbride, al jazeera tokyo, ah, again, i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al jazeera al jazeera journal is sharina blithely was shot by israeli forces with the intent to kill her. that's the conclusion of a palestinian investigation into killing in the occupied west bank. on may 11th, a block lay was shot in the head while on assignment in janine, the palestinian ambassador to the united nations has given an emotional address at the security council. we admin, so as calling for justice, fortune and all palestinians have suffered under these really occupation in the us police in van de texas are being accused of acting too slowly to stop the gunman behind to say school shooting. 19 children and 2 teachers were killed. please say the gunman entered the score without any confrontation in china. and russia has vetoed a un resolution put forward by the us to impose tougher sanctions on north korea. after its recent miss, i launches the councils. other members voted in favor of reducing the amount of oil pyongyang can import, and those are the headlines. i'll have more of the days new

all right, thanks so much, rob mcbride there. but why hardy shall found is an junk professor in international affairs at temple university, japan. he says the newly unveiled in the pacific economic framework is seen by all sides as a crucial part of the call discussions. it is deemed to replace the t p p from which donald trump had withdrawn. and so this is a way to also kind of the war to the trade ambitions of china, which as we all know, concluded the receptor treaty about a year ago or just a few months ago as a matter of fact. so there is obviously a trade agreement or trade pack that is meant to, to compete and to pose an alternative to the chinese lead economic agreement that was recently signed. this is very important for joe biden to demonstrate to the world that the commitment to the region is on wavering. this come in may have been going on for several years, going back to the obama administration. but there has been, there have been doubt over the last few months given the ukraine invasion. so this is a clear message

rob mcbride al jazeera, so voters in lebanon are preparing for elections on sunday. after more than 2 years . the protest calling for new government is and how to reports. now from barrett, that is wanting change to the ballot box face and difficult challenge. these squares were emptied at protesters months ago. a battle for change, one by the political establishment. now the movement for a new lebanon that began in late 2019, has shifted its focus from the street to the ballot box. different coalitions born from the uprising are contesting the upcoming elections. many of the candidates are young and optimistic, but they know political change won't be easy to be that suffered for $31.00 option and the old friends we need. we know that you need time to change. we want to go into the fundamentals to change from inside. yeah. they're up against a sectarian base system of power sharing and leaders who are more powerful than the state politicians largely blame for the countries economic collect elections. although from the outside or the mac product, they're actually run

rob mcbride al jazeera took you on other developments or by the ministration says it's going to appeal a recent court decision that blocked its plans to remove a trump era board. a policy on friday, a federal judge rule, that title 42 should stay in place. this allows us officials to deport asylum seekers, their home countries, or to their last country of transit. the measure was introduced 2 years ago in order to so the spread of coven 19 allow indonesia is resuming palm oil exports, ending a 3 week ban as part of an attempt to bring down soaring prices. governments as will impose a new policy to ensure 10000000 tons of oil remains in the country. jessica washington reports now from jakarta, indonesia north kelly, mont, and region palmer oil farmers prepare for business as usual. as an export ban comes to an end. gover lucas is the more that the export band caused a huge loss for us. the price was so long, it really hits us farmers. indonesia is the world's largest palm oil producer. pommel exports had been banned for 3 weeks as a way to help ease domestic problems with the price and

rob mcbride has more from sole south korea less than a week ago. this wasn't officially a thing. it didn't officially exist in north korea. and now we're talking about a total number of cases of people with symptoms with fever. some people who have recovered around about one and a half 1000000, and it's very difficult to really get a grip on just how far this might have spread throughout the population. because of course, there is a real scarcity of testing in north korea. and famously, this is a country that is said for 2 and a half years that it hasn't officially existed. and an awful lot of focus is now being put on some of these events that we've seen in the past weeks and months where north koreans have been going out. they have been holding mass, military parades through gang for important anniversaries, gatherings of party members. and people looking at those and wondering whether, if this virus has been spreading through the community, maybe as the on the con virus silently where they out any symptoms that these of all the mass spread or events that are now coming to mani

well, let's bring in rob mcbride. he joins us now from sole where he's across all of this . less than a week ago. i believe north korea hadn't officially confirmed any good cases at all . now we're talking about one and a half 1000000 cases of so called fever since april. and after all denials the government is clearly in crisis mode. now. that's right, i mean, this has developed, as you said, though, really very quickly escalated into what is a national crisis, especially as a less than a week ago. this wasn't officially a thing. it didn't officially exist in north korea. now we're talking about a total number of cases of people with symptoms with a fever. some people who have recovered around about one and a half 1000000. and it's very difficult to really get a grip on just how far this might have spread throughout the population. because of course, there is a real scarcity of testing in north korea. and famously, this is a country that has said for 2 and a half years that it hasn't officially existed. and an awful

rob mcbride al jazeera, so nasa astronaut are heading home out there 6 month mission to the international space station. the space ex dragon capsule is exposed to splashed down off the coast of florida. the 3 americans and a german carried out hundreds of research projects and welcomed the 1st space tourists to the station. ah, who without his era, these are our top stories. russia says it'll hold fire for a day at a steel plant in southern ukraine, allowing traps civilians to get out there among ukrainian soldiers at the other sal facility and merrier pole. making a last stand against russian forces authorities. nissan city of grammar tours say.

if the 14th massage launch this year, but rob mcbride is installed and says timing is everything for north korea when it comes to these launches. it comes at a very interesting time here in south korea because we have the handover between administrations, these are the last days of the liberal president moon j n, who has been pursuing throughout his presidency dialogue with north korea. and from next monday, with his inauguration, we have you and so your comes in who is a conservative and is vowing to take a much tougher line with north korea. that is clearly sends a message to the new administration. dozens of civilians evacuated from the besieged city of matter. you will have reached the safety of a town controlled by ukraine. a group of women, children, and elderly survived russian attacks for 2 months. as a field class. mario poles may, i says, more than 200 civilians remain trapped inside the plant. moscow resumed shelling of the factory soon after some days evacuation saying it's attacking ukrainian fighters inside. thousands of people have rallied an armenian capital yet, but