sichuan says the man who jumped 25% from last year's levels. time it is drying up china's rivers. sichuan is very reliant on hydropower, 75% of capacity is giant dams along the yangtze river and its tributaries. a lot of them are plummeting in their levels. that means power generation is down about 51%. there is just not enough power left. so they are continuing to cut power off to factories for the rest of this week to make sure that there is enough for people to stay cooler in their homes. shery: you mentioned this is extreme weather, dan, an extreme situation. could this prompt the sea chewing government and the national government to make some changes and try to diversify its energy sources, given these unprecedented elements right now? dan: i think so. one thing they have tried to do is maximize the amount of electricity imports to sichuan which is normally a big electricity exporter because it has so much hydropower. one thing china has talked about a lot this year is improving the interconnectedness of its grade that in a situation like

power generation provinces like sichuan have been affected — provinces like sichuan have been affected— affected by the pandemic, and power generation has been affected. the shanghai — generation has been affected. the shanghai government puts restrictions on consumption, and it will help— restrictions on consumption, and it will help ease the supply of electricity. in will help ease the supply of electricity-— will help ease the supply of electrici . . . , ., electricity. in a harsh reminder of the devastating _ electricity. in a harsh reminder of the devastating effects _ electricity. in a harsh reminder of the devastating effects of - the devastating effects of drought... local news reports show fire trucks delivering water to villages in the central hubei province as rural communities struggle to get by and crops have withered. plunging water levels of the yangtze river in china's southwestern region have revealed this trio of buddhist statues believed to be 600 years old. translation: in the past, | the water level was basically more than three meters during this season. i've been

century, the local government extended power outages at industrial enterprises , economists write that sichuane than 20% of china's lithium production, which means that the cost of metal for batteries will inevitably increase, experts are even more worried. reserves of drinking water, the largest freshwater lake. china in the province. jianxi has already dried up by 60% artyom krasulin evgeny zemtsov lead. vladimir putin approved instructions on preparations for the upcoming academic year in the donetsk and luhansk people's republics of zaporozhye, kharkiv and kherson regions . one of the parents or legal representatives of children aged 6 to 18 years is responsible for this order of the president of russia mikhail nashelstin director general of rosatom alexei likhachev met today in istanbul with the head. mgt rfsi. they talked about the priority tasks for ensuring the safety of russia's nuclear facilities in ukraine in the light of the constant shelling of the zaporozhye npp, likhachev stressed that the safety of nuclear facilities, wherever they are , has always been and remains an absolute

apple and toyota have reported disruptions to their operations in sichuan. a time when the government is making efforts to switch away from relying on coal. china has such a big population so it cannot change the energy pattern just in one night. so it cannot change the energy patternjust in one night. so, i think this is — to take some time. in climate extremes, it is better to be aware of multiple types of energy source rather than just rely on hydro or electrical power. in rather than just rely on hydro or electrical power.— or electrical power. in recent ears, or electrical power. in recent years. china _ or electrical power. in recent years, china has _ or electrical power. in recent years, china has made i or electrical power. in recentl years, china has made strides in trying to adapt clean energy sources but it still has a heavy reliance on coal. more than half of its electricity came from burning coal in 2021. keeping factories open and the economy going is already a monumental task right now, especially with china is a zero covid policy over the la

across sichuan province, drought has cut the hydropower capacity by half.f the capacity comes from hydropower. to make up the shortfall, sichuan has been running its coal fired plant nonstop and temporarily closing factories to save power. so will the energy fallout from the heat wave make it harder for china to de-carbonize? >> i think there's good evidence that's true, and members of the poe lit bureau have been advocating that they have to go back to coal because it's more reliable. so the chances of them doubling down on the supply of coal-fired power stations i think will be increasingly high. >> reporter: china's top scientists have warned that the country is particularly vulnerable to climate change. in the future, the increase in regional average temperatures in china will be significantly higher than the world, unquote, as china feels the devastating effects of climate change, plans for international cooperation to tackle the threat have been upended in response to house spea speaker nancy pelosi's trip to taiwan, they cut off climate talks with th

while sections of a river at this unesco world heritage in sichuan have also dried up.uced power has forced shopping centres to close early and factories to temporarily shut because of power cuts. more from our correspondent in china, steve mcdonell. china's some of extreme weather has involved a series of compounding problems. one feeding into the other and making the situation worse. we started with heat waves which has gone on for months. this has now become a drought stop a drought apparently affecting half of china's land huge area. the drought has of course lead to not much rainfall, which has meant that the water levels in the yangtze river have dropped. the yangtze river is very important for china's economy. it has meant that commercial shipping, inland shipping, has been affected because there is not enough water in the river in various parts of the yangtze for shipping to continue, and there are huge cities along that river. another impact of low water levels in the yangtze has meant that hydroelectricity has been impacted. in sichuan province, for example, t

sichuan against the background, the strongest in half a century. heat , the local government extendedists write that sichuan accounts for more than 20% of china's production, which means that the cost of metal for batteries will inevitably increase even more worries experts. in drinking water reserves, the largest freshwater lake. china in the province. jinxi is already 60% dry. artyom krasulin evgeny zemtsova lead. ex- twitter security chief peter zatka told cnn that the former cto of the micro -blogging service parog agrovol is now the head. the social network, last year was ready for twitter to comply with the requirement of the russian law on landing according to zatka, this was an alarming sign that shows what the social network is ready to go for the sake of growth, leyla nazarova understood the topic layla greetings what other secrets will i tell former twitter employee vera greetings secrets. so many that it took 200 pages. such is the scope of his complaint. now about everything in more detail. twitter bird chirped troubled times continue for the american social network on th

researchers at the university of sichuan in southwest and china are working on a fish robot that they hope could help to with the oceans of micro plastics. they say the robot measuring just 1.3 centimeters in size, can already suck up micro plastics in shallow water. their aim is to enable the devices to hoover up the plastics a deeper levels. they also hope the miniature robots will be able to collect and analyze information on marine pollution in real time. well, no one's here. this is controlled by light, enabling it to move in a specific direction. to a certain extent, we can also control the direction it moves in boy, which allows us to prevent it from colliding with other fish or ship. this means that we are able to control this route, which is actually what we have been trying to achieve. yeah. if it's accidentally eaten by other fish, this is not a problem as it's made of biodegradable material on the zone toggle and is on. so it's me and that's it for this week. as over there is more on our website, the w dot gov forward slash isha, and you can follow us on facebook and twitt

essentially the sichuan government is cutting power to a number of different factories.have extended those power cuts until at least this thursday because water levels in the yangtze river and other electric dams in the area are down 50% from normal levels this time of year. that is putting a strain on the power grid as well as temperatures in excess of 40 degrees celsius, driving air conditioning use higher in homes in rather most highest populated provinces in china, but also in those companies. it will have an impact on production. but with everything else going on in china, the covid threats and the property slump, this is just one more stress. haslinda: how long before china reviews its growth projection for the year? stephen engle, thank you. let's get the first word news with vonnie quinn in new york. vonnie: the richmond fed president says the central bank is committed to taming u.s. inflation, even if that means risking inflation. he says policymakers will do what it takes to return inflation to their 2% target, while acknowledging that a recession can happen in

most importantly, the city is rich in one of the world's most important commodities, lithium. >> sichuan this is going to affect the supplies in the short run, very likely we are going to see the median price going up. >> reporter: lithium is essential for technologies like electric car and smartphone batteries. while experts say the impact will be minimal if the shutdown only lasts a week, if they drag on, it threatens to snag already strained global supply chains and hike up prices for global consumers. the power cuts are yet another headache for factories after covid-related shutdowns. it could encourage the u.s. and europe to move battery supply chains back home. >> it strengthens people's belief you can't rely on china too much for the battery materials processing. >> reporter: this is china's strongest and longest heat wave on record. lasting for more than 60 days, pushing temperatures above 110 degrees fahrenheit in some regions. it put extreme pressure on the power grid, because of spikes in air conditioning use and hide re power plants that are struggling to meet demand. drought

and in the north southeast of sichuan province, drones are operating, a cloud seeding operation, a 6,000rea is enough , a system that the chinese are offering. she is consists of. actually from two episodes. stage one is hmm using those clouds, that is, making them fall out earlier and history. the second is to saturate the clouds with water near some large water sources, to arrange shots of finely dispersed spraying of water in an attempt to saturate the clouds, a mandatory condition for spraying reagents is the presence of at least some cloudiness in the sky in hot and clear conditions. weather clouds are formed due to ascending air currents in the atmosphere. the sun's rays. strongly warm the earth surface. it transfers heat to surface air masses and their rise begins at a height at a certain point, a cloud forms, in order for it to rain, water vapor must turn into liquid. the solid state of this process can be accelerated with the help of chemicals, for example, silver iodide around its molecules , a condensation nucleus of 1 g of silver iodide is formed. it gives rise to billions of

and also in sichuan province, the area known for spicy food and pandas, people have been taking to cavesool. so there are videos of people very much underground. lewis: thanks for that. a quick reminder of our top story. in ukraine, growing fears of a nuclear accident at the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, held by russian forces. the nuclear plant has been temporarily disconnected from ukraine's electricity grid for the first time ever because of a fire. the fire damaged overhead power lines, leaving remaining -- leaving the remaining two operating reactors shut down. that is it. follow me on social media, narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrator: financial services firm, raymond james. narrator: funding was alsorovided by, the freeman foundation. by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ ♪ narrator: you're watching pbs. ♪ da-da-da-duh-da-da-da♪ ♪ da-da-da-da-da-da ♪♪ ♪ ♪ narrator: funding for this presentation of this

and in the north southeast of sichuan province, drones are operating, a cloud seeding operation. of 6.000 m² the system that the chinese offer. she is also a member. actually from two. and the stages, the first stage is m-m using those clouds, that is, making them fall out earlier and history. the second is to saturate the clouds with water near some large water sources, to arrange shots of finely dispersed spraying of water in an attempt to saturate the clouds, a mandatory condition for spraying reagents is the presence of at least some cloudiness in the sky in hot and clear conditions. clouds are formed by updrafts of air in atmosphere sun rays. strongly warm the earth's surface. it transfers heat to surface air masses and their rise begins at a height at a certain point, a cloud forms, in order for it to rain, water vapor must turn into liquid. the solid state of this process can be accelerated with the help of chemicals, for example, silver iodide around its molecules , a condensation nucleus of 1 g of silver iodide is formed. it gives rise to billions of ice cubes, a few gra

sichuan reported this to kyoda news the reasons for the shortage of electricity, local authorities haveered to stop production until saturday, the demand for electricity has risen sharply due to abnormal heat , the total restrictions will affect 16.5 thousand companies that operate in this province. german household chemicals manufacturer khinkal put up for sale russian belarusian, assets are written about this company owns brands persil pimolux syoss and other losses from leaving both countries henkel, estimates 184 million euros, it owns 11 factories and 12 offices in different regions of russia, experts believe that the assets can be acquired by the russian company technonikol this was economic news in a nutshell. well, we are now continuing in the fifth studio to discuss those very economic aspects of international relations, which are now colleagues from the economic news block told in part. well, really. which companies have left, broken off relations, suspended operations, and how many have they lost? it’s not so much, uh, there was a certain statistic a long time ago, which uh w

the heat has negatively affected agriculture, and in sichuan province due to the shortage of electricitys is limited until august 20 in this region , which is needed for the production of semiconductor batteries and solar panels, while the chinese economy, and so shows results worse than forecasts, for example, retail sales in july added less than three percent, and experts expected to see five, and on all fronts the indicators are very weak, while production. now stronger demand 2.7% of retail sales. this is a nominal figure, if inflation is taken into account. we rather in total, we get 0% growth. domestic demand also stagnates and certain logistical difficulties. studying in the taiwan strait, however, experts emphasize that the authorities are not concerned about the current situation in the economy. in an attempt to slow inflation, the us will allocate $ 430 billion in a package of measures for such an amount, including a climate change health initiative signed by president joe biden. ,five trillion. high gas prices make sugar production unprofitable in ukraine, a third of the plant

also in sichuan province, known for spicy food and pandas, people have been taken to caves.ple to this? ., to this? i lived in chongqing ten ears auo to this? i lived in chongqing ten years ago and — to this? i lived in chongqing ten years ago and l— to this? i lived in chongqing ten years ago and i remember- to this? i lived in chongqing ten years ago and i remember the l years ago and i remember the temperatures. but at the same time, this has been a very unusual year. there have been records set all over the country for high temperatures, and this might actually be the coolest year in the decades to come. people are getting quite scared. this year in particular in chongqing, there has been a level one warning for heatstroke, being more ever that these are really dangerous temperatures that could affect your help. dangerous temperatures that could affect your help-— affect your help. that's really worrying- _ affect your help. that's really worrying. what _ affect your help. that's really worrying. what people - affect your help. that's really worrying. what people will i

. - power generation provinces like sichuan have been affected by the pandemic, and power generationon consumption, and it will help ease the supply of electricity. in a harsh reminder of the devastating effects of drought, local news reports show fire trucks delivering water to villages in the central hubei province as rural communities struggle to get by and crops have withered. plunging water levels of the yangtze river in china's southwestern region have revealed this trio of buddhist statues believed to be 600 years old. translation: in the past, | the water level was basically more than three metres during this season. i've been working for over a decade and i've never seen such low water levels. after weeks of extreme heat, china issued its first national drought alert of the year last week. some authorities in parts of central and southwestern china have turned to cloud seeding — an attempt to try and induce rainfall. there have been reports of rockets being launched into the sky carrying chemicals, but a lack of cloud cover has stalled efforts in some areas, and there's no l

power generation provinces like sichuan have been affected by the pandemic, and power generation hasai government puts restrictions on consumption, and it will help ease the supply of electricity. in a harsh reminder of the devastating effects of drought, local news reports show fire trucks delivering water to villages in the central hubei province as rural communities struggle to get by and crops have withered. plunging water levels of the yangtze river in china's southwestern region have revealed this trio of buddhist statues believed to be 600 years old. translation: in the past, | the water level was basically more than three metres during this season. i've been working for over a decade and i've never seen such low water levels. after weeks of extreme heat, china issued its first national drought alert of the year last week. some authorities in parts of central and southwestern china have turned to cloud seeding, an attempt to try and induce rainfall. there have been reports of rockets being launched into the sky carrying chemicals, but a lack of cloud cover has stalled efforts

bloomberg's mark cranfield, coming up next on daybreak, we will talk about how the power crisis in sichuann hit lithium and battery many factors. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> their worst drought and more than half a century has forced the government to extend our great -- power cuts affecting many factories for air conditioning, that is affecting -- how bad is the power outage in china because of the impact on hydro? how did we get to this point? >> it is very bad power shortage. manufacturing has been influence the most. because the government has temporarily shut down power supply to many factors so i has enough power to make sure the household -- any fractures so that the household has enough power. it is still possible of the household power supply could be interrupted. this is because of the extreme weather conditions, the temperature is 40 celsius. everyone is running the air conditioner and the power demands have sort. the peak is 25% higher than last year. on the surprise side the drawer has -- drought has costed a lot of hydro production to go lower than last year. this is disastrous,

john quinn is one of the worst affected regions in neighboring sichuan province. an air raid shelter has been converted to provide shade and allow residents to keep cool. in portugal, a massive wild fire which was brought under control last week as blazing again. more than 1200 firefighters dancing the flames inside a unit go designated nature park. it's been burning for more than a week, tearing through 15000 hicks years of lands. will indonesia is celebrating its 1st independent stay at its future capital moose and tara is on the east coast of the island of borneo prison. ciocca, dodo has lived to move away from jakarta that is slowly sinking, but activists warm the move could feed up the destruct destruction of tropical jungle. ah, well this is al jazeera and these.

now, sichuan province relies on its powerfrom hydro sources to the tune of 80%.mpact that's having on the electricity on top of that inland shipping. the yangtze river is also a place where, apart from people travelling, there is a lot of commercial shipping as well, which has stopped because of the drought. not enough water in the river and unfortunately no sign of any rain to come. so, you know, quite devastating impact of the drought and heat wave across china. and chinese scientists are warning there could be more of this in the years to come because of climate change, unfortunately. the headlines on bbc news... criminal barristers have voted to go on an indefinite uninterrupted strike in england and wales from next month. it strike in england and wales from next month-— next month. it is the latest in a series of strikes _ next month. it is the latest in a series of strikes across - series of strikes across industries this summer. the government says the barrister�*s decision today is wholly unjustified. the labour leader has called for action. the battle to

that is causing a bit of a power crunch in sichuan. they are very dependent on hydroelectricity.hat is affecting supply genes in that region and beyond. >> this is the final question, tying everything together, is there anything that suggests these trends of higher prices, disruption to supply, whether or otherwise are about to end these next few months or will there be an extremely tight and volatile energy market? >> it will be truly tight and volatile. maybe we wont have a heat wave in a couple of months. maybe we will get some rain in the yangtze river and it will fill up and water levels will rise but we can see another issue with russia. we could see a facility in australia go off-line. there are so many factors in this market, even the smallest thing could set off. we are on such a razor type sort of situation, anything can make everything. -- anything can make everything change. >> i love that. let's get to the first word news. we have vonnie quinn in new york. >> thank you. liz cheney has suffered a crushing defeat in her bid for reelection by a primary challenger back b

power generation provinces like sichuan have been affected by the pandemic, and power generation hasonsumption, and it will help ease the supply of electricity. in a harsh reminder of the devastating effects of drought, local news reports show fire trucks delivering water to villages in the central hubei province as rural communities struggle to get by and crops have withered. plunging water levels of the yangtze river in china's southwestern region have revealed this trio of buddhist statues believed to be 600 years old. translation: in the past, | the water level was basically more than three meters during this season. i've been working for over a decade and i've never seen such low water levels. after weeks of extreme heat, china issued its first national drought alert of the year last week. some authorities in parts of central and southwestern china have turned to cloud seeding an attempt to try and induce rainfall. there have been reports of rockets being launched into the sky carrying chemicals, but a lack of cloud cover has stalled efforts in some areas, and there's no let—up

covid zero, the property problems and other issues, this is more critical especially in a place like sichuanrovince. highly populated and lots and lots of manufacturing. foxconn, volkswagen, tesla, they have so may suppliers. they applied to the shanghai government put pressure on such one -- szechuan so that their suppliers can be up and running. this really does go up and down stream. hydroelectric power is down considerably because of the drought. you're seeing pictures of the gangs a river. we're hearing from the government that the reservoirs around the dam is down about 50%. we are seeing according to the government the worst drought on record. spillover effects go all the way down. >> add to that the property slump. covid at three month high in terms of cases. it's also a very important political year. >> absolutely. the pressures are mounting on xi jinping because of covid zero, the property was, the crackdown on companies that create a lot of jobs. unemployment for people ages 16-24 is at a record high. you have the increasing risk between china and the united states over taiwan. i

and we have a drought in sichuan that is affecting the economic basis. let's look at the gains.is about 0.7% of gains across the board. macron heads to algeria to try to secure extra supplies of gas. how successful he will be, we continue to monitor. coming up, socgen's kit juckes. this is bloomberg. ♪ pst. girl. you can do better. at least with your big-name wireless carrier. with xfinity mobile you can get unlimited for $30 per month on the nation's most reliable 5g network. they can even save you hundreds a year on your wireless bill over t-mobile, at&t, and verizon. wow. i can do better! yes you can! i can do better, too! now you really can do better! switch to the fastest mobile service - xfinity mobile. now with the best price on two lines of unlimited. just $30 a line. this is xfinity rewards. our way of showing our appreciation. with rewards of all shapes and sizes. [ cheers ] are we actually going? yes!! and once in a lifetime moments. two tickets to nascar! yes! find rewards like these and so many more in the xfinity app. tom: welcome back to the open. we are 30 minute

the heat has negatively affected agriculture, and in sichuan province, due to a shortage , the supplyfactories is limited until august 20 in this region, lychees are mined, which is needed for the production of semiconductor batteries and solar panels, while the chinese economy already shows results worse than forecasts, for example, retail sales in july added less than three percent, and experts expected to see five, and on all fronts the indicators are very weak, while production. now stronger demand 2.7% of retail sales. this is a nominal figure, if inflation is taken into account. we are likely to get a 0% increase in domestic demand stagnates also certain logistical challenges. in the taiwan strait, however, experts emphasize that the authorities are not concerned about the current situation in the economy. in an attempt to slow inflation, the united states will allocate a $430 billion package of measures for such an amount, including a climate change health initiative signed by president joe biden . . high gas prices make sugar production in ukraine unprofitable, a third of fact

major economic impact, and it is happening not only in the city of chongqing, but the province of sichuan province home to over 80 million people, or high manufacturing of semiconductor it takes place. apple, intel have factories there. all factories are suspended for 6 days. the costs will only add up. back to you, rosie. >> kristie lu stout joining us live, from hong kong. thank you, as always. >>> we will be rigight back. it's time for the biggest sale of the year, on the sleep number 360 smart bed. it's temperature balancing, so you both say cool. our smart sleepers get 28 minutes more restful sleep per night. all smart beds are on sale. save 50% on the sleep number 360 limited edition smart bed. only for a limited time. >>> lebron james is staying with the lakers, and his new contract puts him in record territory. the nba superstar has signed a two year, $97 million extension with los angeles, and with that deal, james is now the most paid player in league history. with career earnings of $532 million. james, who is entering his 20th season, averaged just over 30 points again for the

the charging stations are operating normally but more problems with power because the province of sichuan area said it will extend the power cuts indefinitely going to have an impact on industry there and, in fact, carmaker honda said their plant is shut for the rest of the week and they don't have any plans yet to open that plant until they hear more from the government jon? >> when we have things like blackouts in local areas, people buy generators just in case for next time. will this affect demand for evs at least in the southwest in the future or encourage people to have backups >> reporter: i think it's having an impact on people maybe rethinking whether or not it makes a whole lot of sense for them to have evs just because they're dealing with all of these issues at the moment as you said only in that part of the country. however, china is at least one of the largest ev markets in the world and the success of the ev is so hard core built in to government policy and the government really wants this country to move to evs and has been throwing a whole lot of subsidies to drivers and

john quinn is one of the worst effected regions sent in neighboring sichuan province. an air ride shelter has been converted to provide shade and allow residents to keep cool. then portugal, a mess of wild fire, which was fought under control last week is blazing again. more than 1200 firefighters dancing the flames inside the unesco designated nature park. it's been burning for more than a week, tearing through 15000 hick days of land. well, still ahead on al jazeera. today he said the up it should be quite hot in schools. why this athletes that finished and last place received a standing ovation details coming up next? ah, the world cup is coming to cattle in just 3 months as the main event gets close. so we hear every step of the way. hello, i'm janet ezra with updates from teens and fans across the glove themes can expect some strong support here in castle with a spotlight now on europe. can france claim back to back world cup victory, or will portugal christiana, rinaldo finally get his hands on a trophy to well comp countdown on al jazeera hulu. oh, let's time to

facing months of heatwaves, residents of chongqing in the sichuan province say the wind now just blows fang: i feel like i'm standing on a gas stove. william: the yangtze river has shrunk to half its normal width. farmers that rely on the river for their crops say the heat and drought are destroying their harvest. xiaohua: all scorched, you see, certainly cannot grow. the high temperature is slowly roasting sweet potato leaves to death. william: these extremes are seen most clearly in the arctic. new research shows parts of that region are warming four, and in some places, seven times faster than previously known. for "the pbs newshour," i'm william brangham. vanessa: there's a new move in congress to minimize online threats against the fbi. the problem has surged since agents searched former president trump's home in florida. now, "the washington post" reports democrats on the u.s. house oversight committee have written to 8 social media companies. they're seeking information on the problem and on what's being done about it. we'll return to the overall threat situation after the news

downpours are soaking sichuan province and the manufacturing hub of chongqing after weeks of extremet scorched the region. despite the flood danger, officials say the rain will help farmers and restore hydropower output. a u.n. nuclear watchdog team headed out to ukraine today, hoping to quell fears of disaster at an endangered nuclear site. the zaporizhzhia power plant is under russian control, and there's been intense shelling in the area, with each side blaming the other. today, ukraine's foreign minister said he hopes the u.n. visit will show the truth. >> we expect from the mission a clear statement of facts, of violation of all nuclear safety protocols. we know that russia is putting not only ukraine, but also the entire world at threat at the risk of nuclear accident. amna: also today, ukraine's military said it has made gains in a drive to retake kherson in the south. it is the largest ukrainian city under russian control, and moscow said its forces blunted the attacks. the path to restoring the iran nuclear deal grew more uncertain today as iran's president issued a new warn

it's also going to hit other provinces which take power from sichuan like conduct province, which is another major manufacturing hub and, and, and a neighboring province in guarantee which is less important. so this does a fairly major effect, and it's worth bearing in mind that normally there is so much water in the south of china that china has built an enormous water diversion project to divert water from the south to the north. because normally it's the north that is running out of water. so this is a really big shift in chinese conditions. what we're famous, hey, we've gone for 2 months now. the longest and record. i mean, is it purely down to climate change due? thank when it seems that climate change is, you know, is a big factor. we've seen these freak events around the world this year and, and it's very hard to imagine that climate change isn't playing a part. i mean, this is normally the flood season on the, in the antsy along the antsy river. you know, the, the monsoon comes in in june and july. we're normally looking at extremely heavy rain for when all the a ground water

sichuan, an unexpectedly strong leash on one of the mountain rivers, literally washed away a group ofho were resting with tents in a natural park , the water level rose in a matter of seconds by almost 2 m, four people died at this hour, about 10 were seriously injured at the scene rescuers are working now more than 20 tons garbage was taken out of the village of dikson this is the northernmost settlement in russia, the volunteer did not interfere, neither the cold wind nor the freezing rains , the goal of the project is to make the arctic cleaner and preserve the memory of its defenders during the great patriotic war. and subbotniks on taimyr alexander cherkashin we depart by flight to the island an expedition of volunteers leaves from norilsk to dikson, the northernmost settlement of the country, the main task of the volunteers is to clear the territory of taimyr from garbage, industrial waste has remained here since the time of the soviet union to work at volunteers are a little over a week, so there is no time to rest, but such work for the landing participants is only a joy. i re

the heat is negative affected agriculture, and in the province of sichuan, due to a shortage, the supplyn this region, lychee is mined, which is needed for the production of semiconductor batteries and solar panels, while the chinese economy. and so the results show worse than forecasts, for example, retail sales in july added less than three percent, and experts expected to see five, and on all fronts the indicators are very weak, while production. now stronger demand 2.7% of retail sales. this is a nominal figure, if take inflation into account. we will most likely get a 0% increase in domestic demand and certain logistical challenges will stagnate. in the taiwan strait, however, experts emphasize that the authorities are not concerned about the current situation in the economy . in an attempt to slow inflation, the united states will allocate a $430 billion package of measures for such an amount, including initiatives in the field of health care to combat climate change, signed by president joe biden. however, differences in the party did not allow the democrats to pass the project th

now, sichuan province relies on its powerfrom hydro sources to the tune of 80%.velling, there is a lot of commercial shipping as well, which has stopped because of the drought. not enough water in the river and unfortunately no sign of any rain to come. so, you know, quite devastating impact of the drought and heat wave across china. and chinese scientists are warning there could be more of this in the years to come because of climate change, unfortunately. nottingham is one of 11 areas of the country to begin trialling new "social prescriptions" to improve mental and physical health. it involves gp's surgeries doing more to enourage people to get on their bike or walking. rob sissons is in nottingham. yeah. there's a big move in the nhs of instead of prescribing tablets getting people to exercise more, get on their bikes, maybe join a walking club as a prescription. and social prescribing has been taking off. well, here at the victoria embankment in nottingham i met loads of people who are big fans of the power of exercise and actually think prescribing exercise

true, in sichuan, where production is 80% dependent on hydropower.is too thin there with air help will have to wait. in algeria, on the contrary, it lacks 26 dead in just one day in the fire of more than 10 national parks and settlements. they retreat and in the spanish valencia the fire drives out the firefighters of the occupied territories. and the passengers are kicked out of the trains by this lucky walk along the sleepers, while the only safe route in madrid today breathes no easier the spanish capital in the smoke of the portuguese fires, while the british are knee-deep in water. the french are being ironic. this is a flood. the element is when in a few hours marseille drowns, beats with hail and sweeps saint-Étienne, and literally blows away the balconies and the airport of corsica with the wind of the veranda. 220 m/s was never recorded there . most russians prefer to live not in high-rise buildings, but in private houses, and the state intends to support this trend with the help of special programs that one of them, thanks to which a loan f

in fact, the province of sichuan has said it's extending its power rationing until saturday chongqingndefinitely, obviously supposed to have a lot of intact on the industrial -- the industries there in fact, carmaker honda said today it's keeping bits chongqing plant shut until it gets further notice from the government. >> you have to tell people, why are the power cuts taking place? >> reporter: because of the drought, because that area has -- is really big in hydropower and they're not getting those power. >> that explains it. the drought, so river's not moving, hydropower not happening. eunice, as always, we appreciate it eunice yoon in beijing for us. that's going to do out for "squawk on the street. time now to send it over to "techcheck." >>> good thursday morning, i'm carl quintanilla with deirdre bosa and jon fortt crm might need to force sales, nvidia has a chip on its shoulder peloton, staging a second half turnaround and finally the ceo of sofi is with us, aanthony nodo joins in just about ten minutes. >>> we're going to start with a pair of earnings movers, take a look at

they get their suppliers from sichuan province like a tesla. and sha has appealed to the shanghai government to use their strong arm to urge authorities to prioritize power to the ev space. at least 16 suppliers, that has caused a lot of concern on social media. why should that industry get priority when other households and industries are sweltering under the hot sun? it is causing not only economic damage, because 15% of china's poly silicon comes from there, prices will go up, have the economic impact at a time when the economy is definitely slowing down. but also, people are getting that up if they cannot turn on their ac in this sweltering heat, what will happen on the social side of things? >> how hide are the stakes were president xi jinping? -- high are the stakes for president xi jinping? >> this is the year when he should ideally be trumpeting his successes. what he has done over the last 10 years. no one will doubt that he is getting a third term, that will happen. again he will not necessarily going to the party congress, he will go

side of the world, for companies invested in china, you saw a project that chevron dropped in the sichuans, even as its own shares of petro china as petro china picks up the same projects that exxon is dropping. to be crystal clear, it's a conflict of interest that leads to a fiduciary problem as a vocal shareholder, you can't advocate in the west that these companies need to drop production projects while other funds that you manage own chinese companies that are actually buying up those same projects and petro china just reported great financial results that attributes to, wait for it, greater oil production investments that they made it's the conflict of interest and fiduciary breach >> there's another issue at play there is a hypocrisy to those who call out, look, there are those who will call out human rights issues or other issues in the united states. they won't call them out in other places i won't disagree with you that that's utterly hypocritical, no question but the question i would raise with you is for example in the united states we have a lot of pink pension funds and consu

sichuan province, which relies heavily on hydropower, is currently at about half the normal level ofarlier, the bbc�*s ben rich explained how the hot conditions came to be. we are seeing areas of high pressure essentially becoming very slow—moving, and as high pressure sits around, the air descends and warms as it descends, there is very little cloud in the sky so that allows the sun to beat down on the dry earth and thatjust causes temperatures to climb. this is the parched scene at china's largest freshwater lake — poyang. it's attached to the yangtze river, which is at record low levels. some parts have received less than half their usual rainfall. the persistent heat and dry conditions have had huge impacts on china's crops, including mid—season rice and summer corn. that's got authorities thinking about the upcoming autumn grain harvest. it's of particular concern because it accounts for 75% of china's annual total yield. well, the government's taking on mother nature and trying to create its own rain. these next pictures were released by chinese state media. they show cloud see

the climate is also playing its part — china has been hit by its strongest heatwave in 60 years in sichuan central bank lowered it ten basis points, which is very small, almost symbolic. but china is one of the few big economies in the world that does not have an inflation problem. consumer inflation is running at 2.5%, and theyjust got some very disappointing july data — as you said, the spring was quite poor economically because of very severe covid lockdowns. injune, it looked like china was starting to come out of that, so there was optimism. then we just gotjuly data that frankly showed a backslide from june, retailsales that frankly showed a backslide from june, retail sales were 2.7% year on year which is very disappointing for china. industrial outlook also growing slowly. and as your clip showed, they've got the real estate problem of overbuilt housing, and people are scared to go out and consume in the normal way because they still have this zero covid policy. the central bank is trying to make a small move to stimulate, but they are really in a difficult situation and it won't m

meanwhile, sichuan province in the south—west, where temperatures have exceeded 40 celsius, energy suppliesto hang in there. translation: in previous summers l when we turned on the tap water l we might get hot water running for one minute and cool water after that. but this year, even after two or three minutes, it still feels as though it's boiling water. 2022 is china's hottest summer on record. the government has called on people to conserve water, and with the country's largest freshwater lake down by about 75%, people here have no choice but to watch what they use. richard forrest, bbc news. operations have started in lebanon to recover the bodies of dozens of migrants still missing after their boat capsized in april this year. at least 30 people are still unaccounted for. now, thanks to a submarine paid for by the lebanese diaspora in australia, families are hoping to finally give their loved ones a proper burial. lina sinjab reports. this submarine has one mission — recover what is now known as the death boat. it is believed to still have the bodies of dozens of migrants who drowned