Train to russia, to visit with putin. This meeting could take place either in moscow or in the russian city of the russian city on the pacific coast. Now, this is something the white house has foreshadowed, saying earlier in the week that there were highlevel talks that were actively advancing between the two leaders in the form of letters being exchanged about a potential arms deal between the two nations. This is something that would be a big concern to the u. S. , given that last year u. S. Officials said it discovered north korea supplying russia and the wagner group with artillery as well as infantry rockets. Now, north korea had been saying no to further requests for weaponry from russia but apparently that may be changing because of the flurry of activity that has happened in recent weeks, with a visit from russias defense minister to pyongyang last month in which he met with kim, reportedly delivering an invitation to come to russia to be with putin. That was quickly followed by a north korean delegation visiting russia for what apparently appears to be a planning expedition for kims possible visit to russia in the very next few days. What could have potential what could a potential deal between russia and north korea look like . Reporter we know russia has been petitioning allies for assistance in maintaining and sustaining a sworn ukraine. It wants from north korea more artillery and also more Raw Materials to prop up its military given the u. S. Sanctions and sanctions from allies against it. North korean exchange, theres been reports of it wanting more Food Assistance from russia as well as advanced technology in submarine developments and satellite development. This does not bode well for u. S. Officials who have warned any arms deal between the two nations would he in violation of Un Security Council resolutions and the u. S. Has vowed to impose sanctions on anyone who was involved in such a potential deal. Thanks for that update. Meanwhile, in russia, talks to revive the black sea green deal between president putin and turkey a turkiyes leader. Putin says there will be no new deal unless all conditions are met, that means restrictions being lifted on russian agricultural exports. There soon could be a solution. Our reporter from sochi. Reporter the turkish president arrived in the coastal city of sochi with high expectations. He came with a mission, to convince Vladimir Putin to renew the u. N. Brokered black Sea Green Initiative that the russian president withdrew from in july. Following a threehour meeting, little progress was achieved. The west deceived pressure about the humanitarian nature of the grain deal. We do not tolerate it anymore. Reporter despite his strong words, the turkish opposite maintained is opposite him optimism. We believe that we will reach a solution that meets expectations in a short time. Reporter half of ukraines exports crossed the black sea to nations across the world. After julys attack on the cursed bridge, linking russia crimea, they stopped. Putin says the agreement enriched western businesses, and promises made to exempt russians exports have been broken. President putin insist russia wants to return to the deal as long as the agreement is upheld in its entirety, that means the reconnection of russias Agricultural Bank to the Swift International banking system, cut off by the eu last june, as a result of russias special military operation in ukraine. Now, alternatives need to be explored to make the deal work. Russia and turkey maybe together with qatar, will agree on some independent financial scheme to realize this deal. Traditional payments by the Western Banks will not be possible during this deal. Reporter turkey is the only nato member or country that has a relationship with russia following the war on ukraine, a relationship that is important for both sides. Much of the world will have to deal with the reality that the u. N. Brokered black Sea Initiative could be a deal of the past and prepare for the consequences. The Central African regional blockade has suspended gabon, until order is restored. Gabons coup, they were stored in a sworn in as the interim president. He pledged free elections and a referendum of the new constitution. With no clear timeline about when he plans to give up power. Reporter the end of a carefully orchestrated coup. Gabons june to leader, entering the president ial palace to a ground crowd of dignitaries as if elected by the people after deposing the previous president. Hes sworn in as what is called the president of transition. [applause] cannons are fired, a reminder that the military is now in charge. We have taken power without force or bloodshed and changed the regime in place. A regime that had taken hostage of the republic institutions for many years in complete disregard to democracy. Reporter for the supporters, hope of a new beginning for gabon. A ceremony in sharp contrast to the 2017 president ial election that bongo, extended the familys dynastic rule to more than half a century. The issue is not legitimacy. Its not the best place to make changes needed. Lets see if he can act. We hope for a better day. I cant say just yet what that will look like. We are waiting to see what he actually does. Reporter he promised a referendum on a new constitution and free and fair elections, but gave no timeline on how long he plans to stay in power. The small Oil Rich Nation as a key ally to france, the french company, has been operating here for nearly 90 years. French political elites have been accused of using gabons state coffers to finance politics in france. After mali, guinea, burkina faso, gabon is the latest french african colony to experience a coup and a rejection of how democracy is played out since independence. There is a very clear desire being expressed in these countries to turn the page. Once again the attributes of french power are still there. France still has allies, african allies who play to its interests. That constitutes. Reporter from paris, boligi is considered as an ally for now. The coup is necessary, he says, to bring the country that has strayed away from democracy back to a path led by not one family but the gaba needs people. Gabonese people. The new president of zimbabwe has been sworn in for second term. He was at the inauguration ceremony. According to zimbabwes constitution, this is the president second and last term. He won last month election, close the 63 of the vote. He is focused on turning way the country struggling economy and reengage with others. We stand ready to work on this nation. We want to wake the new government, to build lasting partnerships, to make the world a better place. We look forward to turning both traditional and global institutions, who accept our hand of friendship. Reporter the victory has been criticized by some international and Regional Services saying the polls fall short for. Democratic standards. Now the Opposition Leader is calling for a new election saying the last one was rigged. Another has taken an oath of office. Regional leaders including the south african president attended proceedings. The inauguration is done. The season is over in zimbabwe. Now, they will have to wait and see whether the next five years of the presidency will bring Economic Growth or more of the same. The inaugural Africa Climate summit has raised hundreds of millions of dollars in pledges on its first day. The kenyan president opened the summit in nairobi. African heads of states, discussed plans to tackle Climate Change and proposals for a new International Funding to reduce the impact of global warming. It is because we all have a shared it is because we all have a shared interest in the ability to sustain life. We must envision a future together, that places the values of equality, Human Security and shared profit. Africa possesses the necessary conditions to realize this future. In spain, two people have died. What is missing after torrential rains flooded area southwest of the capital, madrid. Rail services have been suspended. People are urged to stay indoors. Reporter on land, on the metro, torrential rains wreaking havoc across spain, as motorists face flooded roads, Emergency Services tended to more than 1200 incidents in the madrid region alone. Where sudden heavy rain caused chaos, after a summer of record temperatures. In the capital of the region, thecitys Industrial Area the citys Industrial Area was inundated, leaving residents and tourists stranded. It was really crazy. We kept going outside. We were looking at the clouds and were like, ok, are we going to be safe . It kept raining. Reporter even catching a bus proved difficult, as garages were heavily flooded, leaving vehicle stuck amid the mud. In the n town catalon town, this road was turned into a river, confining residents to their homes, leaving a trail of damage in his wake. Its wake. We organized amongst ourselves to make ropes with towels and bedsheets and use them to pull two young men. We pulled them to the top floor and saved them. It was scary. Small children, women, nobody showed up, we were left alone to save ourselves. Reporter while the ferocity of the rains has begun to subside, the damage they caused means evident. The clear up is significant. Spains National Weather service has lowered the alert level from red to yellow. But it is far from normal for many to resume their usual activities in the worst affected areas. Still had on al jazeera ahead on al jazeera. A look at how some of the worst fighting in recent years in northeast syria is shaking a fragile balance of power. And we will tell you why teachers in south korea staged a workout, after the death of a colleague. Walk out, after the death of a colleague. Hello, lots of dry weather, lots of sunshine across australia. We have blessed the winds, active areas of cold fronts moving water weather right towards the southeast corner, we could see Stormy Weather near victoria. A possibility of snow further north. It is warm, 30 celsius for rissman. Rissman. Wet weather is flicking through temperatures falling back as we get through the middle part of the week, 19 celsius. Writer skies come back in behind. The water weather will ease, then 24 celsius on wednesday. Near 50 degrees for thursday. Winds coming in from a southerly direction. The water weather coming into part wetter weather coming into parts of victoria. The weather is making its way towards new zealand. Very wet weather moving into the southeast of china, in the form of quite coy. A tropical system is in the process of weakening but heavy rain, it is likely to cause a widespread flooding. Further north it is wet and hot for japan. Crime has stopped for him the day his son went missing. Documentaries that inform our present and illuminate our past. I want these people to see these things for themselves and make up their own minds. It has become a thing to turn your back against the nazis. Groundbreaking stories from awardwinning filmmakers. It is more of a human conflict. Witness on al jazeera. Hello you are with al jazeera. The white house says north Korean Leader kim jongun is expected to hold a meeting with russias leader and pyongyangs closest ally, Vladimir Putin. Washington says arms negotiations between moscow and pyongyang are underway. Russia and north korea, have neither confirmed a meeting. Talks to revive the black sea green deal between grain deal, have failed to reach a deal. Vladimir putin says no do deal unless all of moscows conditions are met. The army general who led the coup in gabon has been sworn in as a selfdeclared transitional president. He replaces the elected president bongo who was deposed last week, ending his 55 years in power. Tensions remain high in eastern democratic republic of congo after the killing of 46 demonstrators last week. Two Army Officers have been arrested, after the investigation. The killings are part of a military crackdown on demonstrations, against the United Nations peacekeeping mission. Families of the victims are demanding justice, saying their loved ones were killed for no reason. What is happening in our country is very sad, as we fight for a peaceful country, we realize our leaders do not share the same vision. So many people have lost their lives because of the ongoing conflict. We dont have peace and we are now living like foreigners. We have more. Reporter the population, they are sending a strong message, because they are seeking help. The government deployed people to talk to them and to find a Common Ground on the different issues, and also the arrests of the two colors kernels is the answer people are expecting. This population, they are determined. We have been discussing with them, during the day, because they tried to protest again. They are closing some roads. They have paralyzed the town. They have joined laces for studying. Business is down. The population, many, the youth, are saying we want to maintain the pressure because we want people to respond to what happened. We want to know who sent the soldiers to crackdown on the peaceful population. This is why the youth, they are complaining, and they are still maintaining the pressure, and they are saying, they will continue to maintain pressure, until the government will answer, and they will have a very clear message from the government that their voice was heard by the authorities. This is the main objective, we can see today, the situation remains very tense in different neighborhoods of the town in goma. Also, some youth are trying to blow up the road, and maintain the pressure because they want the authorities to listen to them. A week of deadly fighting has killed people in syria. Arab tribes in the province say they are determined to run their own affairs. The areas controlled by the sdf, the Syrian Democratic forces and the allies of the united states. American diplomats are trying to broker a ceasefire, after what they call the dangers of outside interference. We have more. Reporter they have history of tense relations. Now, the kurdish led sdf, and some arab tribes are at war. Alliances in syrias Northeastern Province are falling apart. Tribal leaders wants an end to what they describe as discriminatory and repressive role by the sdf and the majority of the arab province. They dont show us they really wanted to protect the people. They dont show their intentions, that we really want to share with arabs. It is still the same circle between the arabs and kurds. Reporter this borders iraq. The sdf controls the eastern bank of the fridays river, where many of the countries euphrates river, where many of the country has oil. Their presence prevents the expansion of Russian Troops and iranian backed militias, facing west of the river. The americans half to listen to the tribes have to listen to the tribes, to their demands. It is important to end this tension. The regime, the russians and the iranians, will be the two priorities to benefit from this. Reporter fighting has spread outside of the province. Sdf positions are being targeted by syrian factions that reject the regional autonomy. The sdf now controls around a quarter of syria, the largest part that is outside government control. The whole structure of the sdf is being challenged. Not in a precise geographical area, in different areas. The only one who can push the scale is the americans, the coalition, if they intervene. Reporter the tribes say they are ready to work with the americans, but they want to be able to run their own affairs in the province. Many warned without the settlement, the worst battles in the region in years will destabilize and possibly change the map in this corner of syria. In the south of syria, protesters in the province are continuing their protests for the 16th straight day. The worsening economic crisis sparked the discontent, which has since grown, when the exit of the party happened. Protests are a stronghold of the minority, which has stayed mutual in the 12 years of civil war. Thousands of teachers have rallied in south Koreas Capital to demand more protection against what they described as harassment by parents and students. They say more teachers are committing suicide as a result. One teacher was found dead in the school last month, after complaining about abusive parents. The death has sparked outrage, after increased reports of teachers being accused of child abuse for disciplining students. 100 Public School teachers in south korea have committed suicide in the last six years. The worlds most popular search engine, google has turned 25. It was started as a Research Project at stanford university. The name comes from the mathematical term, which refers to the number one, followed by 100 zeros. It reflects the intention to organize large amounts of information. As of last month, google had a Global Market share of 92 . Its nearest competitor, bing, health 3 , yahoo , over 1 . They received 100 800,000 for the investment of their company, now it is valued at 1 trillion. My colleague spoke to the Technology Editor at the irish independent. He explains how google helps people explore the internet. Before google, we have things called encyclopedias, newspapers. It was much more difficult to organize information to find things out. We take for granted that anything from looking at the cinema time, to shopping, to finding out what has been said, we typically go to our phone. Some part of that is inevitably going to use google. Its become the greatest influencer of information, of opinion, news, and everything else. It has done so well becoming the Biggest Advertising Company in the world, making over 1 billion per week in profits. Google has become just an information powerhouse. They started off in a garage, didnt they . What is it that they did . Basically it was the garage that became the president of the youtube company. What they were trying to do was index information. They were trying they wrote a page ranking formula. This was the early years of the internet. They were trying to index and organize pages on the internet and websites in a way that would ultimately become attractive to advertisers. Now they did not they did not originally want ads on the site initially which was deeply erotic ironic given how much they dominate the Global Advertising at market. But that is what they did. How quickly did the concept grip. There must have been no end of people trying to copycat. When i started using the internet for search and was company like altavista or ask. Com, or yahoo which were the biggest players of the time. Google just got the secret sauce right. We got the algorithm right. It became apparent to anyone using google that you would search the information you were looking for much quicker using google. It was an organic thing. Dont forget. This was an arrow when a minority of the era when a minority of people even in rich countries were using the web. That wordofmouth spread quickly. So it was the quality of the product. To the u. S. Were organizers of the annual burning man festival are allowing people to leave, after being trapped for two days. The popular arts and Music Festival in the remote nevada desert, attracts tens of thousands of people each year for a week. This year heavy rain left festivalgoers stuck in the mud. Reporter this was not really what anyone had in mind. Instead of a celebration of freedom, creativity, and selffulfillment, fueled by plenty of psychedelics, the annual burning man festival turned into a mud cake drag, one the most unpredictable partygoers, mother nature, decided to hang out for the weekend. Hundreds of vehicles that are completely stuck in the mud. There are people walking on foot to the nearest city. There are camps, a lot of european camps that fly in and do burning man, have left everything, their trash, their tents, their infrastructure. So, this is a disaster like never have been seen before burning man. Reporter the rain started on friday and turned the desert soil into thick cloying goo. Nevada authority shut the place down and told revelers to shelterinplace. Some tried to hike or drive out. It was not easy. Someone took the wrong turn and everyone followed them. We got into the middle of the desert, with no one around, and we were stuck there for 12 hours. Reporter people who informed various camps provided food and electricity from generators. As well is limited access to the internet. Some festivalgoers welcomed the challenge. This is crazy, crazy sunset. This is a burning man session 2023. [laughter] many people catch wifi here. Reporter approximately 70,000 people attended the annual festival, held hundreds of kilometers from the nearest town. Authorities reported one person died over the weekend. But said his death was not considered related to the weather issues. Festival organizers and local law enforcement, and rescue officials hope
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