that flooding through diana, and we're going to get some breaks there. not only for diana, but sir, non, and french can as well on saturday. ah, sponsored cut on airways. ah, this is al jazeera ah. hello, and welcome to this news hour with me fully back. people live in doha, coming up in the next 60 minutes way down by structuring the economy and last, last campaign. iranian sold in a presidential election likely to be won by hardliner abraham, right? another rise in the number of global refugees and displaced people, even though the pandemic shot borders. and restricted movement will have

a report from a remote jungle camping where people are hiding from fighting between the military and on the course. and the current of eyes very and 1st identified in india is lane does several countries see infections wise amounts on how much not have all the for them off for host nation, brazil as they continue their perfect thought. so they call them erica i he rainy. invent halting in a presidential election that's widely expected to be won by hard drive form a judge abraham races. victory would put hawks in control at a time when the present government is trying to save the nuclear deal and recover from the pandemic shortly. will speak to us at bay goes outside a pulling station in pe, ron 1st dosage, barrier reports on the voting so far. a test of support for iran political system.

the 1st person to vote the highest, the thor dirty supreme leader, itala alley, harmony. the shortly after almost 67000 pulling stations opened across the country with nearly 60000000 people eligible to vote. but it is clear this time around the presidential elections are different compared to previous actions where the results were very much unknown and the people elected the just call me meeting to jordan, even on the all 3 of the more under dog during those actions in the corrective action, i think many people as well as many hannah was already predicted. abraham raised the is going to wendy the 6 year old, conservative candidate. abraham bracy is the head of her aunt's judiciary. he has been under you sanction since 2011 and us sanction since 2019 for our ledger human

rights violation here. none of these things seem to matter to these voters. the only issue for them is the economy was, you know, i'm voting for a fee to improve the conditions in our country. our problems are many, but mainly that our youth don't have jobs and inflation is very high. i think he can do something for us. 2 his only main rival has been this man up to no sir, how much he the only mater left in the race. the former head of her on central bank has been using his background in finance to try and convince voters he is the right man for the job. on my demo, i've come to defend the very last piece of democrats that remains on voting for him . i think the most important issue right now is our economy. i hope we can fix it, have come too far so we can return our democracy. him as the unemployment rate is an all time high in iran and inflation at more than 40 percent in vienna,

members of president has found ronnie's team are in talks with the united states and other members of the un security council. to get us back into the nuclear deal known as the joint comprehensive plan of action or j. c, p o, a. and they're hoping a positive outcome, but deliver the results that people want. laura, turn out as a major issue for official fear who hope they can rally. electra that compared to when, how sandra was elected a years ago. the next president may prove not so popular when he takes office in august, georgia safari out to 0 tech. not too big. who's outside of pulling station in pay . iran. i sat observing, predicting iran is 8, president will be elected with a low turnout. what's it been like where you are? well, where in the sense of the heroine and miracle she heard a. this is the shrine hand as by the box has been set up here. now although there

are a lot of people around the courtyard, i haven't seen exactly great numbers. going to vote now we're told in the morning it was busy and it will get busy again. once the sun begins to set and the temperature come down. but obviously they're all concerned about just him at the about the vote to turn out we would have to see what percentage of people come out to vote and what percentage of the boat it brian gets. and of course, there's been a controversy of the disqualification that took place before the selection rates routing to any prominent reformist or margaret a candidate. so there will always be questions over the election bus foster political establishment to all concerned well they will say the highest and those of elections back in 1993. so that always turn out 50.5 percent. and in 2009, it was 85 percent when i had been a jet was elected. so as far as the physical establishment has concerned, there will be some people that vote on others that don't. as you said, it seems to be a brain, right? if the is the french or not,

but no prominent opposition and he's probably such to be this country's next president, right? if as expected he is the winner and there is no turn out. what would it mean for his legitimacy? well, that all depends on what he does over the next 4 years, every where we've been pretty much every single person that we've spoken to them. major concern is the economy. unemployment is an all time high inflation. if that's an all time high, and it's sometimes the poorest and society here in iran have been really struggling . yes, the current administration has gained sanctions, but many people also blame through president has some hon. you need that ministration for mismanagement of the economy. and if you rate this is to have any legitimacy and deem to have any sort of success is going to have to work really hard to fix the economy and make the standard of living better for many iranians. thank you very much for that. i saw the big live there out a polling station in

a 70 ron where voting continues in the presidential election onto other world news now. and war violence and human rights violations drove another 3000000 people from their homes last year. even as the pandemic shot borders and restricted movement, the un says the total number of disgrace people has reason for 9 straight years and reached almost 82 and a half 1000000. about half of them are children. more than 2 thirds of all refugees come from just 5 countries, syria, venezuela of ganesh, on south sudan and myanmar where conflicts are ongoing. turkey hosts the largest number of refugees about 3700000, mostly from syria. columbia is next taking in more than 1700000 people from neighboring venezuela, mozambique,

te grainy fuel and africa has brought fire region are among the leading sources of new refugee movements, due to conflict and the impact of climate change. the un face governments, particularly wealthy ones, need to do more. why are these people moving? they're moving because of economic reasons and this will require massive investments in their countries of origin. but they're also moving because of violence and insecurity perpetrated by gangs in the community in the homes. and these are reasons to recognize people as refugees. but also these are causes that need to be addressed in coordination in partnership with countries in the region. while after turkey, germany is the 2nd largest host of refugees in europe at 1200000, granted protection to another 84000 people last year. overall, the number hosted in europe rose about 3 percent. let's speak to matthew sold, marsh about this is the spokesman. for the un refugee agency,

and it's joining us from london. thank you very much for being with us. so arising the number of refugees hosted by europe, but it's not evenly distributed, is it some european governments have been criticized for not taking in more refugee? good afternoon. yeah, that's right. i mean, one of the main messages to europe and to all developing countries is really to show solidarity. this is a global problem. it requires addressing global root causes. but also when refugees do move, asylum seekers move the need to be solidarity. you can't put all the pressure on a handful of gateway come countries because simply the pressure too much. so what we ask european and other countries to do is to show solidarity and to share the burden of hosting refugees with what needs to happen then for that to happen for europe and countries to step up to the plate to reform their rules and controlling migration flows so that countries like turkey or germany don't bear the burden of

the crisis. that's right. i mean, europe is looking at some new legislation and rules on refugees and asylum seekers in migrants. and we hope that they'll soon be able to find an accord on that. and part of that would have to be showing solidarity and showing some form of relocation or of refugees and asylum seekers around europe. while also, of course, focusing on the causes that are causing people to move, which are of course conflict, as you mentioned earlier, poverty and increasingly climate as well. tell us a bit more about the new areas of refugee movement that we're seeing. there's of course, the northern e feel free in region of t grey. how difficult has it been for you and hcr to provide assistance to people in these new areas of conflict, especially during the, the, the pandemic? well, because there are a long standing conflicts which are closing displacement,

but as you mentioned, there are also new conflicts and areas of instability. and in particular, the hell has been a very important one. the level of internal displacement in this i have recently cross the 2000000 mom she actually concerning. and also as you mentioned e t o. yeah, we probably seeing conflict and instability there in the last year that caused this placement of about a 1000000 people in the last year as well as refugees crossing over to sit down. and one of the big challenges of course, is getting aid and support. so those people who need it the most in, in those remote areas and that has been very difficult particularly, you know, people not just the need. we have similar problems in countries like syria getting supplies across the border. thank you for talking to us matthew salt marsh. from you and hcr joining us there from london. think now another country with significant displacement is nan mar. a sees 5 between the military and on groups last 2 barely 3 days before collapsing. more than

a 100000 people have fled into jungle with few supplies. tony cheng reports from the time on my border a single mind, a bird perches on the temple roof and thailand, an o men for those, the believe it brings bad luck. but just down the road, no time for superstition. people are packing up supplies to send across the board to mamma. they have to operate without the tire authorities knowing, and with no guarantees. the aid will get through contin. it's very difficult to get access to the displaced people. some of the aid workers were arrested and some of the donation items were destroyed and burned by the me. in my army. the supplies are loaded onto a truck, blankets, medicine, top, poland, and food. this consignment will be driven across the borders. elsewhere, it must be carried by hand. on the other side of the border, the correct army is in control. it was one of the ethnic groups that signed up to a cease fire and man ma until the military coup. in february,

the aid is unloaded from the truck and taken to a makeshift jungle camp. it's the monsoon season and conditions a tough. nonetheless, a steady flow of new arrival. these people had trek through the jungle for 3 days from the most township that has seen the fiercest fighting, but here is elsewhere. covet protocols prevail, temperature has taken a mask, warn they must remain isolated for 14 days. despite the conditions, however, every one is grateful to be away from the fighting. doesn't know 44 of them now we were sleeping in our house when the me am, our soldiers came near a village. we were very skewed. we can't stay in the village anymore. or the artillery hit our village late at night we were very scared and hurried to get up and ran to the jungle to hide from the shell. fighting and kaya state has been fierce men, most army has unleashed the full might've its military machine helicopter gunship

jets and heavy artillery firing the civilian neighborhoods. its troops have left a trail of destruction in the towns and bodies littering the streets many decomposed beyond recognition in the tropical heat. some believe this is a deliberate policy forced the cur, any from their homeland. everything the region has, has a very specific purpose or purposes that is to, to drive people away from their homes and to make it possible for them to return. some people daring to go back, but with so many homes burned to destroy. there's a real concern. the arm is intention, is to push people back into the jungle for long periods of time, or even worse, to push them over the border here into thailand. but thailand has shown little interest in taking in tens of thousands of refugees as it did in the ninety's, the memos john to enforce a similar policy on the carini. that means that these children could remain in the

makeshift camps for months or even years forced from their homes by military to the may also have robbed them. the future. tony chang al jazeera on the time, me on my board, and among the stories we have coming up, i have recourse to the former president, but will return to a mix of jubilation. intention to be accused of crimes again, quickly of crimes against humanity will meet the origin pinion, trying to weave together an income in an industry hits by the pan demik and for belgium, remind everyone just why the top ranch team in the wows, year or 2020 action coming up late, there was a gunman in nigeria have reportedly kidnapped at least 80 students in a raid on

a school in the north western faith of cabbie, police say 5 teachers were also abducted and an officer killed it referred mass. kidnapping there in 3 weeks. gangs of men described as bandits, often stage, abductions, seeking, ransom payments, fidelity. somebody has more from a butcher with the waiting for official confirmation of the number of students who were taking. but what we do know from witnesses is that at least 80 of them were abducted by the branding. right now the police say the in hot pursuit of the, the government and the actually fetching forest around the town to be able to find out if maybe the students are being held there. but for now, families and relations of the students have got at the school waiting for, for the information from the school authorities. and also from the state government where the incident took place. no group has come out to claim responsibility for

these attack. that's not, that's actually not common because most times when these groups kid not to, didn't know the door actually come out to say maybe the name of the group that has kidnapped them. what do you do is to reach out to parents or reach out to the government or the school authorities to make demand for ransom? and in the coming i was will be waiting to find out if the are going to reach out demanding for ransom. with the cone of eyes variance gold. delta which was 1st identified in india, is becoming an increasing concern for governments. along with other variance, its being blamed for infections in moscow tripling in just 2 weeks more than 9000 where recorded the last 24 hours, the highest aid italy. since the panoramic began the head of germany, disease control agency expects delta to be his country's dominant strain within months because it's so much more infectious. and britain estimates that delta is

behind 90 percent of its rising infections that are mostly among young and vaccinated. people is not offering the job to everyone in england, age 18 and over like john hall in london for as so john, this very is not just a concern for the u. k, but for a number of countries. oh sure. i mean, the delta buried, i believe, is not present in something like 80 countries around the world. i mean, this is, we know much more transmissible strain of the virus between 40 and 80 percent more infectious. and you know, as long as people travel, as long as planes fly limits and restrictions, notwithstanding, the virus will travel with them. and that is why we've got a particular problem here. in the u. k, the government has faced a serious criticism for not shutting the borders quickly enough to travelers from india when this variant for originally known as the indian there and of course,

was 1st discovered a few months ago. it's now responsible for a 3rd wave of infections doubling every 11 days, increasing exponentially in the u. k. and targeting younger people rather than older people. and that's because of the success of the vaccine roll out here. 10000000 young adults have yet to receive the vaccine. they're the ones who are mostly getting infected and they're also the ones who tend not to get very serious instances of the disease and to die from it. them so hospitalized ations, desa not rising. anything like as quickly as infection numbers here, of course, that could change. but the vaccine rollout and the success of the vaccine role, that is likely to be the factor that will determine the extent to which the delta virus gets into and stays in and prolongs the pandemic in other countries. take russia, for instance, you mentioned that there are the an 8th of the population of being vaccinated with rushes own sputnik vaccine, 18000000 people. moscow being dis,

described by the mayor's deteriorating foss, 30 percent increase in infections day on day in moscow. they're now mandating people to get the vaccine, forcing them to, in public facing jobs to try and protect the population there. and indeed, in germany that you mentioned there as well. many european countries are now doing very well with their vaccine programs. but again, younger populations will and to still be unvaccinated, and the juvenile authorities warning people not to let the god down suggesting that the delta vary could become dominant in germany and across the u. by the autumn. john, i thank you for that. john hall live there in london, while for me on this down to the very end of the current of i could speak to dr. broad concordia, who's joining us from back in the u. k. he's a infectious disease control and a senior lecture at the university of etc medical school. thank you very much for being with us for a specialist and infectious disease control. now the so called delta, very,

and dr. is now the dominant strain as we heard in the u. k. there's been an increase in cases in germany as well. why is this very and far more transmissible than the others? what are its characteristics? so it's characteristics are, it is a better match for the ace to receptor on the human cells. so if this is the receptor, this is the virus, it forms a better, a better fix, a better attachment. and because it is a able to better attached to human cells, you need a few number of virus particles to set up a infection. so it's number one, a better attack, cher, and therefore you need fewer numbers to set up that infection. and as your report clearly indicated, it will become the dominant strain because it has a advantage in being able to infect humans, right? how high is the case fatally t rate with this particular variance compared to the alpha variance? for example?

yes, so the case for college, right, which is a really important item to also look at is no different from the alpha very. and so that's the good news. the other piece of also positive news is that the vaccines protect against alpha beat, gamma and the delta variance. so that's very, very important. also know that the vaccines, irrespective of the variant, are effective in preventing serious illness and that you mentioned the vaccine fide, would seem that it's mostly younger, unvaccinated people who are being affected by this felt very and so what, what work is going into booster vaccines and as, as we face variance in the future. so with respect to boost vaccines, this is something that we will have to consider later on in the year. the bigger emergency right now is to immunize as many people as possible as fast as possible.

and in the u. k, we are immunizing people, 18 and above, we should really be immunizing 12 and above. and as soon as the vaccine supplies become available, we will do so with respect to giving boost as it is something we will consider and do late in the autumn this year to cover to provide cover against any other dominant variance. that may be that in safety relation and may be bypassing the vaccines. thank you very much for talking to us about this. thank you for your insight, dr. broadband connie, i specialist in infectious disease control and a senior lecturer at the university of excess medical school. joining us from bye, thank you for your time. thank you. time not for a check on the world, whether his jess, hello, we're going to start in central america, a lot of ground to cover. we may see some tropical development toward the pacific coast of mexico. already this disturbance has lung a lot of brain toward the southeast of the country. so torrential rain has led to

water log streets for this part of mexico. the other thing we've got our ion is toward the gulf coast. we'll go in for a closer look right now. us gulf states are under a tropical storm warning. this will have a big impact toward louisiana, mississippi, and alabama. the states could see upwards of 300 millimeters of rain, millions of people in the line of fire here. the other big story for the u. s. is that heat that stifling heat toward the desert southwest? we'll talk about vegas right now. you know, the temperature on thursday got up to 46.7 degrees. the all time record for vegas is $47.00. so very close to that. 79. your old record. and here's the temperatures on saturday. vegas you're up to 46, phoenix. we've got you in for 47 so that scorching heat continues on this one off in south america, where we do have some good news. we've been talking about that flooding through diana and we're going to get some breaks there. not only for diana, but sir,

and on, and french guy as well on saturday. jeff, thank you very much for that. the united nation says there isn't enough money to cover this humanity, terry and response plan in haiti, that's a spike political instability. and the pandemic leading many more people in need of help. the countries also still recovering from a color outbreak nearly 10 years ago. christian follow me reports in haiti, an impoverished country with densely pack communities and poor sanitation disease can spread quickly. a surgeon corona virus cases is pushing the 2 main hospitals in the capital of porn, prince to capacity. but international aid to haiti has been hard for the united nations to raise since 2010, when un peacekeepers there introduced cholera to the country. there's been a funding issue, right? we've, we haven't had the funds that we, that we need the source of the cholera epidemic that ultimately claim $10000.00

lives was unclear at 1st, but was ultimately traced to be inadequate handling of sewage at an epolina un peacekeeping base. we apologize for the haitian people, the secretary general at the time bunker moon eventually apologized for the one handling of the crisis. in a new memoir, he calls it a lasting stain on the un reputation. the un has since spent more than $700000000.00 fighting colorado, haiti, and another $8000000.00 so far in victim lead community development. but the us court ruled that the united nations could not be sued for damages due to diplomatic immunity. and no victims have ever been directly compensated. we are not usually on this method, but that does not mean that we are not responsible morally. that's why i did my best to ready support his paper is completely

misleading and manipulative. international law professor and former un special rapid tour, philip austin says the un may have immunity in court, but it does have a responsibility to compensate victims under its own charter. this is not a question of a moral duty. it's illegal duty. we screwed these people. we've got to pay for it. in his book, bond describes lawyers who attempted to get compensation for haitians who lost loved ones as attempting to extort the un. mario joseph was one of those lawyers. when they came to the bed, 82 people murdered till quarter. we're going to go to school, you know, what about us? that's why it, it was that of mr. but haiti hasn't had a new case of cholera and 2 years, but the country has yet to recover with yet another deadly disease on the rise.

kristen salumi al jazeera, the united nations, and the fall interview with the former un secretary general banking more and more air at 430 g m t on saturday, right here on out just 0. not koala is on australia's east coast could be added to the endangered species list. the marco p. o is already classified as vulnerable due to logging urban encroachment. the end disease numbers fell even further during bush fires early last year. signed is the warning college could disappear from the wild in the eastern, fatal new south wales by 2015. much more to come on the news hour, including 0 find japan. medical advisor gives this talk assessment of how the tokyo and then big should be on the bus fight for survival in the n b, a payoff basketball actually coming up to stay with me.

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