that robin, i think we're just about to lose the line to you there in tbilisi. so we'll wrap up our conversation, we'll talk to you a little later. perhaps robin for history was there for us in tbilisi. russia has recorded its highest number of daily corona, virus infections and deaths. more than 980 deaths recorded on thursday. more than $31000.00 new cases with less than a 3rd russians vaccinated, the government says it needs to speed up the rate of inoculations. despite the mounting death toll, the kremlin has ruled out vaccine mandates or a new nationwide lockdown. well, health organization whose name 26 experts will revive the store investigation into the pandemic, and where it came from. the group will look into the origins of the virus, the 1st imagined who had in china in late 2019 the disease since killed nearly 5000000 people. that is a human endeavor to understand a virus that has stopped our whole world. and i would ask every one countries, jernace and everybody else to create a little space for that discussion to happen. ah, because this is probably

walker al jazeera tbilisi, still out on al jazeera rags it the pandemic and of fuel shortage dominate. the you taken, serv. deposit conference will be live. manchester and sport turmoil in the us national women's soccer leave to hear from the president of the federation. ah hello there. let's start in the middle east and we've had a historic, a weather moment for oh man, that's after the 1st tropical cyclone made landfall since record keeping began. and this was the scene as flash flooding kicked in in northern areas submerging vehicles. as that system made its way in line, it will take a closer look. it has weakened once it touches the land, these systems do, but it is still bringing. it's a very wet and windy weather with it. we're talking wind gusts of up to a 139 kilometers per hour and we've got it's a desert area. so we are going to see some of that sound kicked up possible sandstorms coming into play for the u. a and southern areas of saudi arabia as that system works its way to the west. now elsewhere, it is looking rather hot and dry temperatures have come down slightly in ir

it's the town and not far from the, from tbilisi itself. i really, that just kept an extraordinary dain george in politics because mickle sec s v a has made disappearance on the eve of municipal and merrill elections, which the opposition consider is really important because they hope that georgia public will come out to more and vote decisively against the georgia dream government. so me, cough secretary has picked this moment. now finally, after all these years to return and shake up the georgian political seat and tell us something about the political climate currently in georgia in the run up to this . so the selection it's been a poisonous one, i think on all sides a can. it can agree on one thing that, that this paulette politics in georgia as in many places of course. but here in particular it is extremely polarized and, and it's personality driven. so on the one hand, you've got the george and dream governments that for all these years has been talking nonstop about how they got rid of michael sack us video. and as it, they describe

as geisha correspond, robin force your walker, who is in tbilisi for us. so robin, what is the picture that is emerging now that the results are coming in? i there well the big take home, i think his 2 key things have happens overnight. we have those preliminary results in the 1st is that the governing party received almost or just delivered over 48 percent of all votes cost. and that means that the opposition had been hoping for the government to perform far worse that this was going to be like a vote of no confidence in this government. they needed the government to school less than 43 percent and then they would have demanded that the government's a hold snap parliamentary elections, something it, it agreed to to do earlier this year. that's not, it seems going to happen in the government will be boyd by these results. the 2nd thing is that there will be run off elections for the positions of mer in major cities in, in georgia, including here in the capital city, tbilisi. so the biggest opposition party, their candidate performed much better than expect

walker al jazeera tbilisi still had an al jazeera colombians in town, say they're being kicked out of their homes as landlords take advantage of a migrant influx. petitioning parliament in china, single women, sig, the rights of fries that eggs. ah, it's another beautiful sunny day at 35000 feet. the weather sponsored by cattle airways voted world's best air line of 2021. hello, that is more wet weather to come from north eastern areas of india as we looked to south asia. you can see we had flooding in west bengal, we could see more as that rain continues to fall. we have got an amber alert out for the heavy rain for a summer as we go in some mondays and that's going to bleed into nepal and bangladesh. we could see some flooding here become tuesday. it does ease. and the rain has cleared for much of the north west new delhi, sing a lot of heat come through the temperature sitting in the mid thirty's, and it is going to climb. as we go further into the week for the south, the monsoon rains do pick up with some shop of thunderstorms coming into play for sri lanka. now as we move to east

walker al jazeera tbilisi. ah and let's take you through some of the headlines here. now just here, now the secrets of the rich and powerful of been exposed in the big.

with the latest, he is our correspondent in the georgian capital of tbilisi.— capital of tbilisi.bilisi. georgian that look of a jordan poyer - capital of tbilisi. georgian thatj look of a jordan poyer minister announced at a special briefing that the country's third president, mikheil saakashvili, has been detained and taken to prison. mikheil saakashvili left georgia at the end of the second presidential term in 2013 and resided mainly in ukraine. he was tried in absentia and sentenced for abuse of power while in office. early on friday, mikheil saakashvili posted on his facebook page video claiming he was backin facebook page video claiming he was back in georgia. is set in the video that he came on the eve of a very important municipal election here to encourage georgians to vote against the government party. throughout the day, georgian officials kept denying the former president has indeed crossed the georgian state border however in the evening, he came out and came out and confirmed the former president was arrested. before his arrest, mikheil saakashvili posted another vi

walker al jazeera, tbilisi, tropical cycling. shocking her said the golf state of a man, it's already killed. 3 people, one was a child swept away by flood water. thousands of people have been asleep parts of the coast and had to emergency shelters. it's the 1st cycle in modern history to come close to the northern coast of oman stones normally hit the south. a large, clean up operations begun after a big oil spill off the southern coastline of california. it is 600000 liters of oil, have spelled into waters of orange county since saturday. it's come from a broken pipeline connected to an offshore oil rig. investigators are still looking for the cause of the leak vaccination rates in the u. s. have been climbing as more and more places require proof of a job to work or to play. but thousands of people are still expected to lose their jobs in health care. and education as a result of vaccine mandates. as kristen salumi discovered impact on an already tight labor market remains a concern. health care workers were among the 1st to be offered vaccines in the united states. and many consid

robin 1st year walker al jazeera tbilisi. ah, this is al jazeera, these, you top stories. the un has suspended or 8 flights into ethiopian t gray region. asoft a u. s. plane was forced to turn back because of government asteroids and so forth . day of air raids this week on the to grand capital mckelly un humanitarian flight, departed addis ababa this morning. was forced to turn back in the midst of it by.

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robin farsi walker reports now from tbilisi. they came to the capital from across georgia for a jailed president who continues to command their respect. they gathered in the capitals freedom square to demand me her 2nd reasons, liberty. his team read his letter penned from jail. ah, well, don't you said bob struggled worthily. i am here. i am firmly determined his day and thus contribute to the defeat of the regime to my contribution to the fight of the georgian people against poverty, corruption, injustice, destruction of his suckers really was swiftly arrested after he secretly returned to georgia last month found guilty in absentia of abuses of power in office. he faces 6 years in prison. he's been on hunger strike for 2 weeks to his supporters. he's a political prisoner of george's governing party. they remember him for what he achieved in office. i sent us back into the country and mr. stein made an unprecedented economic and social leap in 10 years. this is what people remember. the opposition united national movement has

they are living on a river island in the centre. tbilisi. robin forest walker reports in downtown sibley. see at dawn, the fisherman and not the only masters of the croft. this is the moment a family of offices is seen on a fishing expedition, an extremely rare encounter captured by a local filmmaker. it was absolutely astonishing for me to find the alters right in the middle of the city. and so, sir, ordinary how lie finds a way to, to drive in places where he never expected. one moment you have them swimming towards your than your film and an empty, they're gone and you'll never see them again until next a lucky day. the altars have their home up stream on this river islands. what is our a critically endangered species in the caucasus and their surviving here in the only natural forest left in the city. it accessible to cats and dogs, and without climbing equipment, humans, a photocopy i gave you though, when we set up camera tramps and took photos of offices here for the 1st time. was it the? it was a very emotional moment for me. we find

not far from that from tbilisi itself. i really, that just kept an extraordinary dain, george and politics because michael sec s. v a has made disappearance on the eve of municipal and merrill elections, which the opposition consider is really important because they hope that georgia public will come out to more and vote decisively against the georgia dream government. so make off suckers really has picked this moment now. finally, after all these years to return and shake up the georgia political seat. now a lawyer known for his decades long battle against the u. s. oil, john chevron has been jailed for criminal contempt. steven danziger was sentenced a 6 months in prison by a court in new york. christian salumi reports. stephen danziger arrived in court to a hero's welcome. but the environmentalists indigenous groups who gathered to listen to the judge were deeply disappointed by the sentence 6 months in jail on charges of contempt of court. the only thing that would have changed today's outcome is the one thing that was

by to me, which is on the coastal, which is on the coast here on, on the black sea, he made it to tbilisi and he then said that he said he faced likely arrest. we then had a statement from the prime minister saying that that arrest operation had been carried out. and we've now seen a smiling recall sacristy being taken into prison. we understand that prison is en, route savvy to town, not far from the from to b. c itself. i really that just kept an extraordinary dane, george and politics because mickle sec s v a has made disappearance on the eve of municipal and meryl elections, which the opposition consider is really important because they hope that georgia public will come out to more and vote decisively against the georgia dream government, so make off suckers, really has picked this moment. now. finally, after all these years to return and shake up the georgian political c. no lawyer known for his decades long battle against the u. s. oil giant chevron has been jailed for criminal contempt. stephen danziger was sentenced to 6 months in prison by a new york court. okay, stems from his

we understand that prison is and we're stevia to town not far from that from tbilisi itself. i really that just kept an extraordinary dain, george and politics because mickle sec s v a has made disappearance on the eve of municipal and merrill elections, which the opposition consider is really important because they hope that georgia public will come out to more and vote decisively against the georgia dream government, so because the secretary has picked this moment. now finally, after all these years to return and shake up the georgian political sci residence in a small colombian town, st influx of mostly haitian migrants. as pushing them out of housing, the migrants are trying to catch boats on their way north to the united states, but far fewer people every day can leave than arrive accounts. as the deadline has arrived for the u. s. to confirm the number of refugees it will accept over the next 12 months, president biden wants to increase the resettlement ceiling to aren't and 25000. let's see what's happening now in it. nick oakley, that time we mentioned in columbia, al

appear now set to face run offs in the merrill elections of 5 cities in georgia, including here in tbilisi. and that's come, i think, is a bitter disappointment for the governing georgia dream who were expecting certainly to take the capital city back again with their candidates. and so the question is, did they perform better than expected here? and was that down to that maverick reappearance of the former president mikasa casually. what happens now then to the former president's a, he's in prison now. will he be released? yes, he is. yeah. and they were the only way he might have been released was if the president of georgia was willing to pardon him. but she has categorically said no and never he faces at least 6 years in jail who are abuses of power. he was convicted of a while while while he was abroad with the abuses of firewall in office. he has stated that he's going on hunger strike before he was arrested. he left a video messages saying, i want to see george and come out on to the streets to day to celebrate our victory . well, i don't know at this stage where the we're going to

the case was politically motivated, or enforcer walker has war from tbilisi. the official results will start coming in much later tonight, but the governing party, the georgia dream, is already celebrating victory. and for just now, i could see the fireworks over my shoulder coming from their headquarters. they claim that there's no doubt about it. they won this election, but they basing that on an exit poll, of which they have been several exit polls and all of them giving slightly conflicting results. so we see a them claiming victory. but another poll suggests that at least in sibley, see the brace for mer, which is obviously very important. most people in georgia are actually living in the capital city. it's looks like it could be a 2nd round run off between their candidate and the main opposition party. the united national movement at the moment. it's not over yet. in terms of this race. mikhail sac, i should really have been an exile he'd been tried in absentia. he was arrested shortly after it became clear, he was back in georgia. and they'd been expect

walker al jazeera tbilisi, lisa, and military have moved into a maximum security jail in the ecuadorian city of gray akina after a riot in a neighboring prison, killed a 118 inmates on tuesday. 1000 offices were deployed to one of the prisons. please say inmates 5 shots at them, but they were able to seize the weapons. catholic and conservative groups in mexico have rallied against a court ruling that could pay the way for the de criminalization of abortions across the country. and europe hello has more from mexico city. were walking down the main avenue that cuts right through the middle of mexico city with several 100 demonstrators. now this march was organized by religious institutions, as well as anti abortion groups that are against a recent ruling by mexico's supreme court. that effectively decriminalize is abortion. nationwide, game of guess at abbey say, we won't our conclusions following the supreme court decision to be taken into account. there are millions of women who are not in favor of these changes. ah mil, this march arrives on the heels of pro choice demonstrations that

in saturday's election, robin for astir walker reports from tbilisi prime minister iraqi got about vittie came on air and told georgians that, that the president of georgia because suckers really had been detained. we're hearing some details about this or may.

the outcome of the selection suggests voters want the same robin 1st year walker al jazeera tbilisi in the u. k. the governing conservative party is gathering for its 1st in person conference in 2 years. prime minister barak. johnston's government is under pressure after weeks of a fuel crisis caused by brakes it. and the shortage of truck drivers. he's appearing before party delegates who are divided to by the government's handling of the pandemic and its impact on the economy. poll braylin has more from a rally against the conservative party in manchester. expect big case really conservative party to be so much under the weather as big as they come into this conference. beset by problems such as fuel shortages are the petrol pumps, shortages of food on supermarket shelves, and also concerns about rising taxes, cuts in benefits and general cost of living concerns along the general public, but not so forest. johnson's government has a large parliamentary majority, and he has shown himself adept sherry, picking policies and incentives, in order to make sure that he stays struggling the

i understand that he was actually detained here in tbilisi, having somehow escaped or the authorities since posting that video early this morning from by to me, which is on the coastal, which is on the coast here on, on the black sea, he made it to tbilisi and he then said that he said he faced likely arrest. we then had a statement from the prime minister saying that that arrest operation had been carried out. and we've now seen a smiling recall sacristy being taken into prison. we understand that prison is en, route savvy to town, not far from the from to be c itself. i really, that just kept an extraordinary dane george in politics because michael sec s. v. a has made disappearance on the eve of municipal and merrill elections, which the opposition consider is really important because they hope that george, in public will come out to more and vote decisively against the georgia dream government. so because secretary has picked this moment now finally, after all these years to return and shake up the dude and political c still to come here and al jazeera, including catalogs, 1st leg

from tbilisi was suckers for these were taught a surprise robin. what impact might it have on politics? there are, there are elections to more. okay. that's right, adrian. he has been a surprise sir to hear that he was actually at supposedly in georgia itself. when this video emerged on his social media facebook page appearing to show him in the port city of by to me on the black sea. so really nobody was expecting that somehow he would have been able to sneak into the country under the radar as it were. and they're still be questions to be asked about whether he really is here because the government and the state authorities are denying it. his supporters and his political party say he's definitely here. they released some images, but those images are of questionable or origin. so really the question is whether or not he's in georgia, but either way, what it has done is it's, it's delta, good deal of confusion ahead of what will be for georgia very important elections tomorrow for elections, which the opposition say is, is going to be a referenda

robin 1st year walker al jazeera tbilisi ah, this out there and these are the top stories, the u. n. a suspended all 8 flights into ethiopia, t gray region. that's all for you. and plane was forced or bought landing because of government air strikes. it's the 4th day of air raids this week on the t gray and capital mckayla are un humanitarian light that departed out is about it this morning was best voice to turn back in the midst of it by ought to ass strikes began in my campaign. i can confirm that the government was informed of that site or it took up as of course. okay. well 2nd and that the site was forced to turn back in mid air because of the events on.

robin 1st year walker al jazeera tbilisi. ah, hello again. the headlines and al jazeera to grind forces operated hundreds of captured government soldiers through the regional cap on the calais. dozens of trucks were driven through the streets while celebratory gun fire and horn.

a walker reports from tbilisi. nobody expected that because that really was going to show up on the elite, on the eve of these elections. he has in the past stated he would come to georgia this time. he said he would fly in to night. well, he said, surprised. everybody showed up yesterday morning, then everybody was wanting, where was he wasn't really here. what impact, what was he going to be able to achieve on the loose in georgia is a wanted man in any announcement last night that he had been arrested. what this goes to show is how much of an influence this man continues to exert over the georgian political scene calls on our closed after cut us fast legislative elections. people have been choosing members from the sure council. so to us will decide who fills 30 of the council's 45 seats when he has been here and i was 0 after people in power next. ah ah, recycling used clothing and docilely helps reduce the carbon emissions from the global fashion business. but what happens to the secondhand governments donated

robin for astir walker reports from tbilisi prime minister. iraqi got about video came on air and told sa georgians that, that the president of georgia because such really had been detained. we're hearing some details about this or may or may not turn out to be to be true. we're still here getting, getting information coming in all the time that he may even have been detained. not far from where i am now in, in sibley see itself. we have moral now, of course i will let you know about it. but in any case, a speculation that me cossack has really had actually made it into georgia. not was still rife. people were still questioning whether he was here because we have still not seen any hard evidence of that. a lawyer known for his decades long battle against u. s. oil giant chevron has been jailed for criminal contempt. steven danziger has been sentenced to 6 months in prison by a new court. the case stems from his fight on behalf of ecuadorian villages to prove that chevron polluted the amazon rain forest and the 19 nighties. republicans and democrats in congress are in talks to raise the

robin 1st year walker al jazeera tbilisi. ah hello again. the headlines and al jazeera to brian forces operated hundreds of captured government soldiers through the regional cap on the calais. dozens of trucks were driven through the streets while celebratory gun fire and horns went off into activism, bangladesh, or rallying in the capital dhaka against the recent spate of communal violence. at least 6 people were killed at a hindu festival. earlier this month, italy's former interior minister mateus alvin is appearing in court for his role and blocking a migrant rescue ship in 2019. it was carrying hundreds of people rescued from the mediterranean sea. adam rainy has more from rome, prosecutors in their company, civil plaintiff have submitted a list of more than 2 dozen witnesses to testify and found their pretty high profile, ranging from the former prime minister who served above the need. that's prime minister, former prime minister contact, and even on that list is actor richard year because he volunteered for a period on one of these s

the human neighbors to cherish them or risk losing them forever. rubbing 1st year walker al jazeera tbilisi china. as for with peter. thank you, mary. i'm a new venue for next year's world camp has been opened here in doha of the mama stadium will hold games in the group stage, loses the cold finals in 2022. but for fridays and all your ation, it played host to the biggest match in kathy domestic football. the amir cup final, it's all to will. cup winners go head to head as coaches, former france defender laura, blank in charge at al rayon and spain and barcelona hero chevy leading. all sud? yes. in bohemia school, the 1st goal at the new stadium for our re on a penalty. and on the spot think level the match before it had to be settled by shoes out outside. eventually coming out on top with the jung will young meeting, the winning penalty the 18th time. so i have one me on the cup, extending the record at the club, but to have one or more times than anyone else. janet guess your ups go was pitch side before the game and told us a few details about the new stadium mall celebration finished.

robin for i say walker has more from tbilisi. nobody expected that nickel 2nd really was going to show up on the elite, on each of these elections. he has in the past stated he would come to georgia this time. he said he would fly in to night. well, he sort of surprised everybody showed up yesterday morning then everybody was wanting. where was he? was he really here? what impact, what was he going to be able to achieve on the loose in georgia? a wanted man in any announcement last night that he had been arrested. i, what this goes to show is how much of an influence this man continues to exert over the georgian political scene. and whether or not his reappearance in georgia is going to somehow ignite a passions here and get more people to come out and vote. he's a divisive figure. and so there are many georgians who may feel that this is the chance now to didn't have a change in georgia and showed our objection to discover their will. so george's, who will be very put off by the 2nd video return. they've had enough of, of, of hi

adrian robin, many thanks to date out as they were from a 1st a walk of their in tbilisi outgoing philippine president rodrigo to 30 has announced that he is retiring from politics. he confirmed that he won't be standing for the vice presidency and next year's election. despite speculation to the contrary, to 30 is constitutionally prohibited from standing for president. again, he says there is overwhelming public sentiment. the trying to become vice president would violate the spirit of the constitution. criselda yarbrough is a journalist and author based on berlin up and says that it's still too early to believe. deter, say, it's really hard to tell because this statement is so well crafted and it doesn't sound a lot like him on. so it's, you know, i would take this with a lot of skepticism and you never really know until the last day of the filing of the candidacy and even wait until november to see if you might, you know, there might be a switch of candidates. so it's, it's, it's really a matter of time. i mean, but i wouldn't like hold my breath and it's really, you know, just waiting t

and then some heavy falls for turkey's ne black c region spill in in to georgia and seeping into tbilisi on sunday with a hive. 16 degrees. when this weather broadcast in africa, we've got our big storms popping up as we head toward a cameroon nigeria, benito, and gonna, some of these countries have picked up about 50 millimeters of rain over the past 24 hours. and i'll tell you what i think on sunday, there is still the risk of seeing some of that. it is quiet in the gambia banjo has a high up 30 degrees. that's it. that's all season. ah frank assessments, what's the point of view? and if multilateralism isn't part of its dna, we need some or we're sovereign, states can excuse opinions both likely to change by here. it's not going to change their behavior. they're going to continue to do what they do and it's going to be more in trade and less in terms of trying to match this more games mentality. in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on al jazeera lou lou well come back to watching al jazeera melinda all top stories. our lebanon's long trouble public water system

some heavy falls for turkey's northeast black sea region, spilling into georgia and seeping into tbilisi on sunday with a hive. 16 degrees. when this weather broadcast in africa, we've got our big storms popping up as we head toward a cameroon nigeria, benito, and gone as some of these countries have picked up about 50 millimeters of rain over the past 24 hours. and i'll tell you what i think on sunday, there is still the risk of seeing some of that. it is quiet in the gambia banjo has a height of 30 degrees. that's it, that's all season. ah, the housing has become a commodity instead of a human rights back years. some people have the ability to take advantage of others . the elite feel free to violate basic laws, the working classes that have lost a lot of ground in our society. a un special reporter on adequate housing travels the world, investigating the global crisis that people are evicted to clear the way for investors and properties too often left empty. push a witness documentary on al jazeera, the latest news, as it breaks those millions of people who are filled with uncertainty

quite a lot of queues at a different polling stations that i passed and been to around the city of tbilisi, at least, which suggested that maybe yes, people have been fired out. the question is whether they've been fired up to come out and vote down these governments, or whether actually many georgians are uncomfortable about me. i'll suck as it is still casting his shadow over the jordan political scene. he's been tried in absentia. he's now in prison. and many of the many georgians, remember his time in office. yes, he carried out reforms, but he also was very heavy handed with it. his police, a lot of george's ended up in prison for very minor offenses. so he's a very divisive character. now we're waiting to see once polls close have closed. what's at. busy least a exit polls are gonna get to show us the up, the governing. sorry, the opposition are really hoping that this government, sir, will have fared poorly enough for, for them to be justified in saying it's time for snap parliamentary elections. but again, we're waiting now to see just what kind of an impact nichols, zachary really

we understand that prison is angry savvy, it's the town not far from the, from tbilisi itself. i really, that just kept an extraordinary dain george in politics because mickle sec s v a has made his appearance on the eve of municipal and meryl elections, which the opposition considers really important because they hope that george in public will come out tomorrow and vote decisively against the georgia dream government. so make off sectors really has picked this moment. now finally, after all these years to return and shake up the georgian political seat and experimental oral covered 19 crown has shown it can cut in half a chance of hospitalization and death. the patients at risk of severe disease. pharmaceutical company mac is thinking us and agencies authorization. as soon as possible. the trial tracked 775 adults with mild to moderate covert who because of health problems were considered high at higher risk of disease. half were given a 5 day course of the pill known as more new pro via and half were given a placebo of those who to the placebo 14 percent were hospitalized co

robin manufacture date robin for estie, a walker reporting live from tbilisi. we'll get a weather update. banks here on the south bend will speak to a former booker, i'm fighter, one of more than a 1000. you've left from nigeria because of infighting pulls of clothes and cutoffs 1st legislative election. we'll take a look at that fruits significance. then in sport, women get the chance to take on one of cycling, st. toughest. whoops, for the 1st time center here with the rest of the raise. action it around 25 minutes. ah hello. they will have a look at africa in a moment, but 1st to the middle east, and we're watching a tropical cyclone that's developed into a severe psychotic storm as it works its way towards the gulf of a man. if we take a closer look, it's worked its way south of pakistan bringing a lot of wet and windy weather to coastal areas of iran as well. now it's taking aim for the north of oman. it is likely to bring some flooding rains. wind speeds of up to a 120 kilometers per hour. so we are expecting quite a lot of lifted dust and some possible d

we understand that prison is in, we're savvy to town, not far from the, from tbilisi itself. i read that his caps and an extraordinary dain george in politics because michael sec s. v. a has made disappearance on the eve of municipal and merrill elections, which the opposition consider is really important because they hope that george, in public will come out to more and vote decisively against the georgia dream government. so make off suckers, really has picked this moment. now finally, after all these years to return and shake up the georgian political sci venezuela is launch. he had 2nd currency overhaul in 3 years. 6 zeros will be cut from the bolivar in response to hyperinflation. video bank boats will hold the same value, but the government hopes that it will simplify transactions and accounting. critics say the move will do little to ease venezuela's severe economic problems. australia is planning to reopen its borders in november. that's 18 months after they were slammed shut, but only fully vaccinated citizens and residents will be allowed to come and go. the country

ok, robin forest walker in tbilisi. thank you. it's time for the weather. his kara hello there for the middle east and live and it's hot and it's dry and it is relatively settled about from northern areas of iran. we are seen some rain trickle down on a bit of a brisk, a wind blowing across the caspian sea. but for the south of this, it is very hot and dry temperatures above average for iraq and q 8 as well as katina. we got a bit of a shamal wind that's going to come into play, kicking up a bit of dust, some hazy sunshine, but the temperatures are going to dip down slightly. it is going to feel a little bit cooler in this area. i just want to bring you to the gulf of oman. we are watching tropical fica and good luck as it makes its way south of pakistan, south of iran bringing the wet and windy weather with it to a man. we're talking winds up to a 100 kilometers per hour, some flooding rains and by the time we get to funday, it could bring some of that to muscat. we will keep an eye on that to the west for yemen, we are seeing if you coastal showers, those

robin 1st year walker al jazeera tbilisi. ah hello there. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines. the european union says it's extremely concerned about the growing number of migrants and refugees crossing from neighboring belarus, accusing men's give what it calls a state sponsored smuggling, some a calling for offense as part of a new migration packed. but the u commission president says that's not going to happen. the u. n. has suspended flights to ethiopia as t gr i region after a plane carrying aid was forced to abort. it's landing because of a government air strike. it's now the 4th day of air raids this week on the to grind capital nicolay the u n's previously accused the government of an effective blockade on the region. are you and you monitoring light that departed at us about this morning was burst forced to turn back in the midst of it by ought to asterix began in the cabin. i can confirm that the government was informed of that site where it took up at the or soccer also group and that the site was forced to turn back in

with the latest, here's our correspondent in the georgian capital tbilisi, rayhan demytrie.fing that the country's third president has been detained and taken to prison. he left georgia at the end of his second presidential term, back in 2013, and resided in he was tried in absentia and sentenced for abuse of power while in office. early on friday, he posted on his facebook page a video claiming that he was backin page a video claiming that he was back in georgia. he said in that video that he came on the eve of a very important municipal elections here, to encourage georgians to vote against the governing georgian dream party. throughout the day, georgian officials kept denying that the former president has indeed crossed the georgian state border. however, in the evening, the creditor came out and confirmed that the president, former president, was arrested. june four his arrest, he posted another video, once again asking his supporters to go out and vote in the musical elections on saturday and then come out in large groups on sunday to celebrate, as he said, his party's