reports from kabul. arrived on a chartered flight and onto the streets of kabul this particular cargo is extremely valuable. to move it the afghan government has ordered an armed escort. the trucks carrying items needed to hold the presidential election scheduled for september the 28th the 1st batch of election material is heavily guarded because the convoy is a potential target for the taliban who don't want to see the election go ahead. everyone knows the television is trying to create problems they conduct explosions in suicide attacks to stop the vote that's why it's our duty to score these important materials and get them here safely. here is afghanistan's election commission it too was heavily guarded before entering the compound trucks through a checkpoint with sniffer dogs looking for explosives.

within the cargo is blue intel of the ink they needed to ensure no one votes twice it's also symbolic invisible declaw ration of what side of the war afghans are on these are the 1st crates of blowing that have arrived security is so tight election officials cannot tell us where they came from or when they'll be distributed across afghanistan's 34 provinces in fact to open one of the bottles 3 election officials would have to be present. it's a proud moment and it's a good response to all of those who don't want elections like the taliban the public are going out to choose their future leader they're facing a lot of risk they going to the ballot boxes and voting for a better future. indelible ink was 1st used to prevent voter fraud during elections in 2004 it has become a symbol of defiance the taliban have cut off the ink stained index fingers dozens

of versions in the past. when i color my finger with the blue ink i feel it's a symbol of peace whereas if you had a part of that i participate in elections to secure my future in afghanistan is a moment of pride for me and all citizens i encourage to use by showing my stained finger even of my being or will be cut off i will still go to vote. right. now it's just a matter of getting the materials to polling stations securely so voters can choose the next president charlotte dallas al-jazeera kabul. major new retrospective of irish born british artist francis bacon is about to open in paris 6 the works by the painter produced during the last 2 decades of his career will go on display at the pompidou center. as more from the french capital. francis

bacon captured the wrongness of the human condition and used a striking palette to indulge his fascination with the body his paintings often represented doomed lovers or dwelled on death and new exhibition of paris's pompidou center shows how the british 20th century artists exploration of existence intensified in his later years is goal in his in his work that's to express life but when you express life when you are fascinated by life you have to deal with death because life and death are mixed to give or bacon had a reputation for being witty and a gambler above vivre who drew inspiration from postwar london's nightlife by contrast his canvases simmer with profound and at times violent contemplation and i would never compete with the. busy things happening every day in the world so busy i can't imagine why the one thing my work. the exhibition

also focuses on bacon's love of literature established between literature interest and it's painted because we know bacon was a. reader and more and more during in time to talk about literature francis bacon is considered one of 20th century western art's most important and influential figurative painters and his more remarkable because he was never formally trained it was actually here in paris that as a young man he decided to become an artist. on bacon's 1st trip to paris in the 1920 s. a picasso exhibition inspired him to become an artist he returned to the city often and befriended famous french writers including michel larry says the link with with the french intellectuals is very important in that way and when he moved to paris when he gets this studio in order to be in 74 he starts to meet more

often. which is presenting him to other poets like director ponds on the 60 paintings on display spanned the last 2 decades of bacon's life and include his last known work it was finished a few months before the 82 year old artist died in madrid in 1992 the shadowy figure of a fading bull is full of mystery and for boating a sign perhaps the bacon knew his own existence was nearing its end natasha butler al-jazeera paris. the whole. feel.

good old sport now as far as and thank you so much christiana rinaldo put in a match winning performance as portugal thrashed lithuania in euro 2020 qualifying european champions were 51 winners away with bernardo scoring 4 times and now has 93 international calls the result means portugal remain 2nd in group b. the us when you start to move christiane is the best i don't remember any stadium in the world where he hasn't been applauded he was applauded even in france by the french supporters that year 02016 our supporters were very close to the opposing founds but everybody applauded cristiana kosovo scored 3 times including an opening minute goal but it wasn't enough to keep their 2 year unbeaten run going

they were beaten 53 away against england to stay on top of group 8. but what i would say was germany is a team they recovered from those areas and although. there is nothing worse than a losing lead for making a team feel uncomfortable. i think generally speaking they they took control back of the game and we have to do to play to continue to play to take reste to see if it's possible to keep the ball also and to try anything for the orphans you need to was congratulate the players and we can be proud with these players. iceland were defeated for 2 by albania and sit 3rd in group h. world champions in group h. leaders from speed andorra 3 nil that's despite an 20 griezmann missing

a 2nd penalty in 4 days or wander are through to the 2nd round of african qualifying for the 2022 world cup in qatar they thrashed the seychelles 7 ill in galley on choose say it's a national team's biggest victory since 2007 when they beat eritrea 9 nil one day never made it past the preliminary round during the 2018 world cup qualifier. and somalia have suffered world cup heartbreak in their qualifying match against zimbabwe after winning the home leg of this taiwan zimbabwe were a goal up in this return tie when a late strike from somalia's omar mohamad left them put his team on course for victory but zimbabwe had with 2 goals in the remaining seconds to grab a 32 aggregate win and progress to the next round. now in just a few minutes time the united states will face from 1st spot in the semifinals of the basketball world championships already 3 double asked for our 2006 world champions spain thank you for willing to get their phoenix from star ricky rubio

led the way with 19 points and spain secured a 90 to 78 when it's man years were next to take on the winners of wednesday's other quarterfinal between australia and the czech republic. argentina stunned serbia on the day's other quarter final in china serbia had been widely tipped to reach the final set it was argentina who moved into the last 4 with 897287 when either the u.s. or france next. time l.p.g. a winner stacey lewis has pulled out from the u.s. team the 34 year old has a back injury and had until wednesday to decide if she could compete she was going to be one of the u.s.a.'s team captains but will now be replaced by solheim cup working allie mcdonald in juli inkster steam the showdown against europe's best will begin on friday at gleneagles in scotland it's but i have to say anything to

julia i think we both just kind of knew there was a decision to make and told allie that to get ready. that's really all it was you know just. i don't want to have to make that decision but it's what's best for the team and what's best for me going forward with my buddy. and major league baseball the l.a. dodgers beat the baltimore orioles to clinch their 7th straight division title cory seeger scored 2 home runs to lead the visiting dodgers 2 with 73 wins and sealed the national league west title the dodgers has made it to the world series the past 2 seasons but lost both time. in the philadelphia phillies beat the atlanta braves to boost their playoff chances cory dickerson home or twice to lead his side to the 65 when phillies are behind the chicago cubs for the 2nd wildcard spot in the division. and boxing world heavyweight champion andy rooney says that after he fights anthony josh 1 december he wants tyson fury next the mexican is furious

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iran and north korea now u.s. national security advisor john bolton is out reaction to her on coming up. this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up hundreds of nigerians headed home following a week of violence against them in south africa. another setback for the british prime minister's brags it plans called says paul johnson's 5 week suspension of parliament is unlawful this is something that only china can do. the trade war between the u.s. and china hits the runways for this year's new york fashion week.

now we're getting reaction out of iran on the departure of dog trumps national security advisor john bolton it was known for taking a hard line positions against iran venezuela and north korea comments from iran's president in just a moment. bus down inflation looks a bolton's turbulent 10 year i think you are going to do a fantastic job and i appreciate that there had been growing divisions between john bolton that his boss but the end was brutal even by the standards of this white house donald trump tweeting i informed john bolton last night that his services are no longer needed at the white house i disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions as did others in the administration therefore i asked for his resignation which was given to me this morning bolton tweeted not the usual thanks for being able to serve but an insistence he quit rather than being fired at a news briefing at the white house which bolton was initially listed to attend stephen secretary of state might prompt defended the president's decision the

president's entitle to the staff that he wants that at any moment as a staff person who works directly for the president and states and he should have people the trust and values if there were many times in basketball that i disagree that's to be sure but that's true for lots of lots of people who with whom i interact john bolton was donald trump started national security advisor the longest serving so far but with his stated positions of using military force in iran and north korea he was annoyed fit for a president whose isolationist america 1st policy wanted to reduce the u.s. military footprint reason only told him was against talking to north korea against pulling u.s. troops out of syria and against the president's latest idea of inviting afghanistan's taliban to peace talks at camp david that seems to have been the breaking point we have seen from this and from every other firing but what he really wants are people that echo what he already wants to do and with bolton's opposition gone there could be obvious changes for example that there's

a better chance the president will meet with his a really encounter part president made very clear if appeared to meet with no preconditions before he became president donald trump considered john bolton for the role of secretary of state but ultimately decided against it because he felt he didn't look the part mainly because of his mr bush now after 18 months as the national security advisor john bolton once again finds that his face doesn't fit alan fischer al-jazeera at the white house. oh iran's united nation envoy has responded to bolton's departure matty. she says the departure of u.s. national security adviser john bolton from president don't translate ministration will not push iran to reconsider talking with the u.s. there's no room for talks until iran sanctions are lifted and iran's foreign minister has tweeted he said the world breathed a sigh of relief over bolton's departure he added the u.s.

thirst for war should end alongside its war monger in chief iranian president hassan rouhani says the united states should abandon its maximum pressure policy on iran in the wake of the collapsing nuclear deal only americans have to realize that warmongering and warmongers and not to their benefit they should not only abandon warmongering but also abandon their marksman pressure policy. mohammad marandi is the head of the american studies department at the university of tehran he says bolton's departure changes nothing for iran. does want to see president rouhani he would like to have that handshake as for.