Pacific joining a race for influence in the region kenyas finance minister plea guilty to corruption charges. The man who led the push for braggs it will become the u. K. s next Prime Minister baraks johnson has won the conservative Party Leadership ranks wooing Party Members with this promise of a do or die brags that he says the u. K. Will leave the e. U. By the 1st the 1st of october johnson now needs to unite to divide it. Even more polarized nation needs to reports from london. It was a 2 horse race but theres only have a been one front runner Boris Johnson demolished his rival foreign secretary jeremy hunt with double the number of votes to become leader of the conservatives and on wednesday the country is now repair a party and a nation torn apart by bricks and deliver bricks it unite the country and defeat jeremy corbett. I know i know from somewhere it was already pointed out that deliver you night and defeat was not the perfect acronym for an Election Campaign since you are pushing its bills dud but they forgot the final easy my friends the energize and i say i say to all the doctors dude we are going to energize the country were going to get bricks it done on october 3rd he was going to take advantage of all the opportunities that it will bring in a new spirit of can do Boris Johnson has a clear mandate amongst conservatives to lead the party but his promise of a do or die no deal breaks it all october the 31st popular among his supporters has polarized even panicked his opponent doesnt have the qualities to make any kind of Prime Minister having no standards whatsoever of trees and the best city and then take me to a i think its very easy to see the similarities between from a forest that both. Of us told over. And they both seem to fly by the seat. And make up the policy as they go along there is a wave of worry about what Boris Johnsons leadership might look like also a huge amount of anger directed at grassroots members of the conservative party ion conservative m. P. s for making were the most divisive figures in modern british politics the next leader of the country earlier in the day cabinet ministers are rife it to reason mays last meeting as Prime Minister many of these ministers will be asking how johnson can succeed. To resume a failed were actually just the same just the same political paralysis as we thought before and unless Boris Yeltsin is through some sort of political alchemy able to unlock that then given that hes raised expectations pretty. The recriminations could be venomous one big expectation raised by johnson is of a new brakes a deal with brussels the us repeatedly said it wont reopen negotiations but as the blocks chief breaks it negotiated tweeted the use ready for dialogue moments after johnsons win was declared bookmakers were taking bets on his demise 5. 00 to 1. 00 to be the shortest serving Prime Minister ever he could face a no confidence vote if he fails to deliver on his promises for many months johnstons been on the political margins criticizing the government and often courting controversy now at the center of british politics everything appears to have changed but when it comes to bracks it many question whether anything will change at all. Aljazeera under. Jonah takes a local bar a stance rise to the top now. Were going to see. Boris johnson and brussels have a history together and it doesnt point to a happy conclusion as a young reporter based in the city johnson specialized in sometimes fabricated front page stories belittling european bureaucracy hes editor at the time describes johnsons willingness to tell any audience whatever he thinks most likely to please heedless of the inevitability of its contradiction an hour later so Mike Johnsons declarations on similarly be promises made to win over his Party Without the substance or detail to back them up and of. Course be pushed into action so we are standing ready to come out october. 31st a 1st cause. What may come out next door dont dawdle come up it. Was head of communications under Boris Johnson when he was mayor of london Boris Johnsons time at city hall showed that hes more than capable of doing detail he doesnt drown it he doesnt allow officials to come up with excuses for not doing things which is why he delivered almost everything he promised as mere and if he was to be that bulldozer if you like refusing to take no for an answer in number 10 then he could be he could be a successful Prime Minister as mayor for 8 years johnson was a flamboyant salesman for the city with a selfeffacing charm that indeed him to many but the challenge of downing street will far outweigh the city on both sides people are not all together convinced of that he is sincere about this as he has been another thing. But were about to find out and frankly the way hes now been selected with the conservative party hes got very little room for maneuver so what however this journey starts i we are breaking in now to take you to the Senate Judiciary committee in the u. S. Where the head of the f. B. I. Chris for a is testifying lets listen in a stray ssion would be a slap in their face. Thanks. Mr chairman and let me reiterate welcome its great to see you slightly more gray than we saw you last time it but i guess theres good reason for that and any of them welcome. Its been nearly 2 years since you were confirmed to run the f. B. I. And so we have a lot of important topics to cover i think during this time democracy and the rule of law have come under attack Foreign Governments have interfered in United States elections and continue to conduct influence campaigns that are designed to divide americans along racial religious and political lines the president has declared that he has an absolute right to control the Justice Department that the executive branch is immune from congressional oversight and that americans who disagree with him can go back to where they came from over the past 2 years the president has attacked the f. B. I. Describing the bureau and treat tweets as corrupt and full of dirty cops he is also suggested that the f. B. I. Is part of a deep stay and politically biased against him. Its my view that these claims are false and that theyre harmful they undermine Public Confidence in the f. B. I. s ability to enforce the law impartially which you do internal employee surveys show that while morale was high in 2016 under former director komi it is it is klein didnt 2017 after the president fire the director and began publicly attacking the bureau while the president has claimed that the f. B. I. Is investigation of his campaigns possible coordination with russia was started illegally the mauler report confirms that there was so the gentleman and lawful reason to open the investigation the moller report explains that the f. B. I. Started investigating possible coordination between the Trump Campaign and russia in response to information provided by a Foreign Government shortly after wiki leaks started releasing documents stolen by russia from the d. N. C. The moeller report further explains that in late july 2016 shortly after waking leaks 1st started releasing information stolen by russia from d. N. C. Computers australia told the f. B. I. That months earlier Trump Campaign advisor George Papadopoulos had told us truly is top diplomat in britain that russia had dirt on Hillary Clinton in the form of thousands of emails and that russia had indicated it could help the Trump Campaign by releasing those stolen emails to damage candidate clinton in fact the mother report concluded that Trump Campaign welcomed encouraged and expected to benefit electorally from russias efforts we should be grateful for the work that Law Enforcement does to stop Foreign Governments from interfering in United States elections this is especially true now with another president ial election ahead we know that russias efforts are ongoing and that other foreign powers will not hesitate to exploit opportunities to interfere in our elections and democracy you have warned us directory that russia is quote adapting and upping their game and quote and have described russias efforts to meddle in the 2018 midterm elections as a quote dress rehearsal for the big show in 2020 and quote you have also stated that quote an enormous strides and quote have been made since 2016 to protect our elections so i ask you to give us a frank assessment today of how prepared we are in particular at state and local level. To identify and address foreign interference in the 2020 election and moreover what more needs to be done threats to the nation from terrorists from criminals and from Foreign Governments seeking to steal our secrets and undermine our elections and democracy i believe are very real the 37000 men and women of the f. B. I. Are on the front lines every day addressing these threats and helping americans be safe the f. B. I. Is not a corrupt institution or the deep state it is not acting against the president for political purposes so we need to come together in a bipartisan fashion to support you and this Institution Even as we conduct important oversight i am very proud to be supportive of your organization and its mission i thank you for your leadership i know its tough and we look forward to hearing your testimony thank you mr chairman thank you for turn it over the director just a quick comment on the surface and stands a statement the committee will be looking at the counterintelligence investigation of the Trump Campaign we will call papadopoulos and well find out what happened well wait on mr horowitz to do this report about the fog of war abuse but will take a deep dive in the 2016 surveillance by the f. B. I. I know there are organizations of campaigns make sure that and what we know what were doing and there are protocols in place Going Forward to ensure that we dont play politics with the law mystery thank you. Thank you mr chairman rank member feinstein members of the committee for the late ninetys where you are. Wrong. Solace where test morning. Oh not so. Sorry about that. So that he was the chairman rankin to find son members of the committee for the chance to appear before you today i had originally intended to start with a few comments from my statement for the record which talks about some of the extraordinary work being done by the men and women of the f. B. I. And some of the threats we face but i want to do something a little different and talk about an issue thats particularly near and dear to me and that i think frankly doesnt get the attention it deserves before i turn to the many important questions of the committee. As you say center feinstein ive been on the job just under 2 years and one of the toughest things about this job is the loss of a Law Enforcement officer and certainly at the f. B. I. Weve experienced our share of loss but the success of the f. B. I. Also depends greatly on the support of our dedicated state and local Law Enforcement partners who patrol our neighborhoods protect our streets all across america and i see that much more clearly now after having visited all 56 of the f. B. I. Field offices and having spoken directly with local Law Enforcement heads from every one of your states our state and local partners serve on the f. B. I. s joint Terrorism Task forces all across the country their force multipliers in our fight against Drug Trafficking and taking down gangs in saving kids whove been kidnapped and countless other efforts that help keep americans safe. They also give the f. B. I. A much clearer understanding of the threats across the different communities in your states and ideas about how we can better combat them together every time i attend an f. B. I. Graduation for new agents or new analysts at quantico a significant number of those graduates are former state and local officers and i have the privilege of shaking their hands presenting them with their credentials and welcome them to the f. B. I. Families so a line of duty death is personal to the f. B. I. It is personal to me as director and i have a feeling its personal to a number of you since i became director shortly thereafter i asked my team to let me know every time an officer is shot and killed in the line of duty in this country and every time it happens i ask for a picture of the officer and i read about his or her family and about how long they served and then i pick up the phone and i call the chief or the sheriff or the commissioner and on behalf of the entire f. B. I. Extend my support and our condolences and i will tell you have made an awful lot of those calls to heart broken Police Departments way way too money just just last month for example i was overseas meeting with foreign counterparts and i found myself making 5. 00 of those calls in 9 days back to United States thats 5 lost protectors of communities 5 grieving families and colleagues all in a matter of days. One of the calls i made was to the Sacramento Police department. The home center finds one of you and of course senator harris just a few weeks ago on june 19th officer taro sullivan was killed while responding to a domestic disturbance she was 26 years old and shed only been on the job for about 6 months another call i made literally only about a day later was to the home state of senator corn and senator cruz Corporal Jose is very queta from the Mission Police department was killed while trying to catch a guy who had threatened his family with a gun and then fled on foot corpus barry queda was 44 years old and had a wife and 2 kids so these calls never get any easier in just under 2 years as director of already had to make condolence calls like that to more than half of the states represented on this committee and ive had to speak to some chiefs and sheriffs more than once ill never forget for example last september when i called the brook a vin mississippi Police Department after 2 of their men were killed put that in context they had an entire police force of 38 people unfortunately have already had 2 more officers shot and killed in the line of duty just this month one was an officer killed in arkansas this past thursday. So i mentioned only a few specific tragic incidents but i cannot stress enough that this is a problem that affects cities and towns big and small all over the country it can happen anywhere it can happen any time and the level of violence against Law Enforcement this country doesnt get a whole lot of National Coverage and i worry often that americans dont realize the extent of the problem thats maybe understand will because they dont see what i see in my job the devastating loss in each one of these instances to the loved ones left behind and the loss to the f. B. I. And to our communities of partners who as i say are so critical to our Mission Finally i want folks to remember that the dangers of this work go beyond just encounters with potentially deadly criminals think of the line of duty deaths and illnesses that were seeing now from our 911 1st responders i know that as director ive spoken and not one not 2 but 3 of our own agents who died as a result of their work in response to those attacks and there are countless other kinds of examples so i know our country faces a daunting list of challenges and im confident were going to be discussing any number of them together at this hearing but i do want to make sure folks around this country are not forgetting the good work of the people who are putting everything on the line it takes an incredibly special person to be willing to put his or her life on the line for a complete stranger. And to get up every morning day after day after day to do that i think is extraordinary so i think we owe it. To chris for a f. B. I. Director talking about the pain of losing agents in the line of duty i think were still were kind of just warming up here i think what many are expecting to be later of a more Lively Exchange and hearing at the Senate Judiciary committee theyre looking into well theyre kind of investigating the rush of investigations of the origins of that investigation amid concerns among some members of congress that it was too politicized. Now a major challenge facing britains new Prime Minister is to reduce tension with iran iranian diplomats do in vienna on sunday to discuss how to save the 2015 nuclear deal theyre meeting representatives from Britain China france germany and russia britains foreign secretary is calling for a european led Naval Mission to ensure the safety of shipping in the gulf also jabari has more of the iranian capital. Irans foreign minister Mohammad Javad zarif is the 1st official to comment on the latest developments out of london the foreign minister tweeted that the may government seizure of iranian oil at behest of the us is piracy pure and simple i congratulate my former counterpart Boris Johnson becoming u. K. s Prime Minister iran does not seek confrontation we have 1500 miles of persian gulf coast line these are our waters and we will protect them his sentiments are shared by other high ranking officials in iran weve heard from the 1st Vice President who also said that the suggestion of a Coalition Force to patrol the waters of the strait of hormuz and guarded the ships that pass through it is absolutely not necessary and that iran is capable of providing security to the ships in the strait of hormuz and it is up to iran and the regional countries to ensure the safety of their waters meanwhile weve understood that there has been the extraordinary meeting called in vienna for sunday july 28th between the remaining signatories of the j c p o 8 thats a 2015 Nuclear Agreement the iranians will want to discuss the lack of commitment to the Nuclear Agreement by the remaining signatories mainly the european ones thats britain france and germany on tuesday the iranian president has this bachelor that heating foreign minister. With a letter for french president. She will deliver this letter to the president in paris we understand that this is really the last ditch effort to try and salvage what is left of this 2015 nuclear deal because iran is insisting that it will continue to scale back its commitments every 60 days until it sees some tangible results on what the europeans have been promising under this deal. Russia says its carried out its 1st Long Range Air patrol with china in the Asia Pacific Region a Defense Ministry statement says the exercise was aimed at increasing cooperation in the region and not directed at 23rd country south korea had earlier said it fired warning shots at Russian Military aircraft violated its airspace both russia and china have dismissed that allegation aging says all countries enjoy freedom of movement in the region meanwhile japan is lodging a protest saying south korea their craft operated near doctorow airline tokyo sees as japanese territory south korea later summoned a senior russian diplomat over the incident. With the reason why we summoned the Russian Deputy chief of mission without prior notice is to lodge a stern protest on russian aircraft entering the korean air Defense Identification Zone and violation of our airspace and strongly urge them to prevent a reoccurrence. Land and is a senior junk fellow it Pacific Forum thats an asia focused think tank based in hawaii he says china of violating the korean air defense zone is a way of showing they dont respect it. Well if you look at what china has done in the South China Sea which is essentially create new facts on the ground by gradually building up new capabilities while the United States will had its focus elsewhere you could imagine it trying to adapt that playbook for for air defense as well its already a bit of an issue thats ongoing because what countries do is they designate an air identification zone that is not a part of any treaty or or Un Convention anything like that its just a unilateral space that they ask incoming airplanes to identify themselves and china has and south koreas overlap so its pretty regular for china to violate. Or traverse the space the overlaps as a way of demonstrating that they dont care or dont respect that south korean identification zone well see if flights that actually push up against actual airspace which is smaller than the identification zone will see of that increases and if so what the response of the u. S. And its allies will be over. Kenya as finance minister is out on bail after pleading not guilty to corruption fraud and abuse of Office Following the unprecedented arrest of a government minister henri rotted she is charged along with 26 senior officials thank annex into contracts worth around 600000000. 00 for 2 hydroelectric dams which are yet to be built catherine soy has more from kenya. The minister and others when called pleaded not guilty to several corruption related charges including defrauding government 244000000. 00 abuse of Office Failure to comply with procurement procedures and so one prosecutors also said the government is going to seek the extradition of a paolo for charlie this is the director of the Italian Company that was awarded the contract for the construction of this dams at a time when it was sick it was applying for bankruptcy this is a huge scandal with prosecutors say because traction of these dams has not even started years after it was commissioned that the costs were highly inflated by 170000000. 00 that about a quarter of the total money has already been paid out some to the Italian Company other money the said to have been paid for a land where this dams are supposed to be but according to evidence that the directorate of our Public Prosecutions has this land was never purchased in the same place in the 1st place and this is a case also that has been quite highly politicized already were seeing some politicians saying that the fight against croft is only targeting people from sight in communities like some individuals like the minister being used as scapegoats but also hide from present rule over time saying that hes government is committed to this fight against graft and theres not going to be any separate cows no one is going to be spared a lot of kenyans are watching this they wanted to see this. A true trial was conducted they wanted to see people who were found guilty held to account. The nepal people shopping for fruits and vegetables on shore whether its safe to eat or not most is imported from neighboring india where pesticides use has more from. I theres anger in central Vegetable Market these traders say sales have gone down drastically in june government decided to make pesticide residue test mandatory for imported fresh vegetables and fruits around 44 percent of fruits and vegetables consumed in the park comes from india but i got every food i and some has pesticides if pesticides are problematic why produce them last year india banned 66. 00 pesticides that are outlawed in other countries but 38. 00 including carcinogenic insecticides like not a quarter 1st are still in use. These pesticides are like a slow poison causing conditions from cancer to infertility the Health Sector is going to be impacted badly is the responsibility of the state to ensure quality but instead of testing the food items the nepalese government kuechly reversed his decision saying it doesnt have the facilities or capacity to do so many here suspect pressure from the Indian Government led to the backtracking. And about Supreme Court has since weighed in on during the government to continue testing food imports doesnt have an independent facility to test pesticide residue and there is only one functioning government facility in order at the borders but here and this means trucks full of Civil Service troops are still stuck on the borders besides food items also imports pesticides from india it brought in more than 600. 00 tons of pesticides last year most of it to be used in Vegetable Farming but the government insists it does not import toxic agents. Of the vegetables produced in need we have not found oxic levels of prestige for now will not be conducting test resumed testing the wedge devils from india once we get an International Standard testing facility i while all testing is suspended it is Little Wonder consumers are confused and angry many here say they now. All domestic and imported fruits and vegetables tested. Is the rare. Lets have a look now at some of the headlines here on aljazeera the head of the f. B. I. Is testifying before a hearing of the Senate Judiciary committee while the hearings start specifically about the investigation into russias interference of the 2016 Election Press farai is likely to be questioned about it by republicans it comes a day before of mull of the man who led that investigation is due to testify forest johnson has been elected leader of britains Ruling Conservative Party set now to become the next Prime Minister of the u. K. On wednesday hes promising to unite the country and get briggs it done were going to get done on october 30th going to take advantage of all the opportunities that it will bring in a new spirit of can do and we are once again going to believe in ourselves and what we can achieve unlike some slumbering giant were going to rise when paying off the guy ropes of selfdoubt and negativity with better education better infrastructure more police fantastic Fiber Broadband sprouting in every household we are going to unite this amazing country and we are going to take it forward i thank you very much for the incredible honor that youve just done me i will work flat out from now on with my team that i will i hope for the next few days to repay your confidence but in the meantime the campaign is over and the work begins. A major challenge facing britains new Prime Minister is to reduce tensions with iran the rainy and diplomats are due in vienna on sunday to discuss how to save the 2015 nuclear deal theyre meeting representatives from Britain China france germany and russia. Russia says its carried out its 1st Long Range Air patrol with china in the Asia Pacific Region the Defense Ministry statement says the exercise was aimed at increasing cooperation in the region and did not directly and is not directed it and the 3rd country south korea had earlier said it fired the warning shots at Russian Military aircraft violated its airspace both russia and china have dismissed that allegation the stream now. Talk to aljazeera. Problems besides the instability is corruption we listen. Are pushing the United States and President Trump into conflict we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter which is iran. What happens when a metropolis runs out of water and one indian city nearly 11000000 residents are finding out. In the stream. The water supply has dipped dangerously low in a bustling mega city in the southern indian state of tom nadu each day for the past several weeks crowds form along the lines of water tankers sent 10 by the government for many life now revolves around finding enough water to drink and stay clean so every drop house was speaking to al jazeera this month one resident of chennai explained how dire the situation has become take a look out of without water we are not able to cook food we are not able to sleep as we are running