and online ah, al jazeera as a use all the. ready polls closed in iran's presidential election to meet accusations of a staged competition. ah, again, peters, i'll be here until you're watching al jazeera alive from our headquarters. also coming up the un adopt the resolution calling for global arms, boy called against me and plus i'm tony chang on the time border fighting has forced more than a 100000 people into the jungle,

but essential supplies are running. it also had new deal, a vaccine exchange agreement between israel and palestine is off the table near expired vaccines are to blame the polls have now closed in iran's presidential election. the hard line head of the judiciary abraham racy is all but certain to when activists of cold, for a boycott, after a range of candidates were excluded, leaving only 4 contenders in the race. many iranians are weary and frustrated with the state of the economy, and that seems to have effected friday's turn out. as i said, bake reports now from tehran. it's a tale of 2 elections, a part of society that feels disappointed and let down appears to have stayed away from the polt. my name resign other than that because they didn't. i didn't vote

because affiliates useless. the previous government came and made a lot of promises and i know this government will do the same on right through. i didn't vote because the candidate i wanted to vote for was ultimate, didn't jot, but he was disqualified. that's why i didn't. and then did those consider more faithful, the backbone of support? the political establishment relies on my son at that i've been voting for 40 years . look at my id document. there's no more space for selection steps today. i voted for mr. racy. i want him to help the, you know, one assisted us. i hope they help the youth and all the miserable people from the day we became eligible voters. that 18 we have attended the elections. this is proof. we have voted in all elections, no room left to stem. i voted for mister racy, more than one. they have been called for an election boycott, but the main factions urged people to come out. and the highest authority in the

country, the supreme leader lead the cold by casting the 1st vote. it's not clear, it's worked. some don't see a candidate, they can vote for others. don't believe in the system that seen many candidates disqualified, many feel the economy has been mismanaged prison. hassan or hong is administration, blames us sanctions imposed after dunner trump pull the u. s. out of the 2015 nuclear deal, unemployment and inflation, or at all time highs. the currency has severely devalued. here in the south of baron, everyone, we spoke to who voted said they chosen election frontrunner, you just re chief ibrahim, right. you see, he faced 2 of the conservatives and one moderate candidate, but several others were excluded. vain. he's also been the head of the judiciary since 2019 is close to the supreme leader and has support from hotline, as many may criticize the outcome of this ballot for the question now is, what was the vote to to not be what percentage of the vote would get, he may win the election,

but not necessarily widespread popular support. i said vague, i just, there are there on going same or was a senior official in the us national security council during the obama administration and is now the director of the crime center for middle east studies . he does the election, will have an impact on talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. i think a dominant view in the by did ministration, is that it doesn't really matter who the president is. because all of the key decisions on foreign policy and national security policy, including the player missile program, really resides with premie there. how many? so from the vitamin administration standpoint, they would expect the negotiations to revise the nuclear deal chasing p o a to continue after the election. and if possible that of agreement might be reached during the lame duck period. president rodney does not actually office until early

august, but even if no agreement is reached. i think the by the ministrations expectation is supreme that or how many, what sanctions relief primarily to try to address the severe economic damage that it has suffered. and certainly the incoming president, racy benefit tremendously if he can take credit for sanctions being lifted up for some value in terms of addressing economic damage. so from the binding ministration standpoint, i don't think they expect the presidential elections to fundamentally change the direction of the lots for policy. the us military presence across the middle east is shrinking further equipment, as well as hundreds of troops and personnel are being pulled out. the pentagon confirmed reports that anti missile batteries were being removed from iraq, q 8, jordan and saudi arabia. it comes 2 years after the military presence in the region

grew amid escalate intentions with iran. gabriel elizondo has more now from washington. well, the pentagon is not telling us exactly how many troops and exactly, exactly precisely where they're being withdrawn from an exactly when. nevertheless, we can certainly ascertain from the information that they did release that, that they are saying that it definitely is air defense assets, primarily that are being moved out of the middle east region. they said that they would be perhaps moved to some redeployed to other areas that they would not disclose or brought back to the u. s. for maintenance. what we think this is, is the bad air defense system. and also the patriot missile system that the u. s. has deployed in recent years to several countries in the middle east, in terms of how many troops were thinking that it's in the hundreds, not the thousands. and these would be troops that are that know how to operate

these air defense systems. so you ask yourself, is this a big troop draw down or not? and answer that question. gotta know on how many troops in total there are in the middle east, a us troops, and it's about $45.00 to $55000.00. so if you're looking at several 100, perhaps, that gives you an idea of the total number of troops bottom line know is this comes at a very important time because biden, president biden has said that he wanted to recalibrate the number of us troops and assets in the middle east region, and this is all part of that. recalibration is the focus is more on russia and china. but it also, and this is important, this comes ahead of expected talks with iran on re entering into the nuclear agreement, the j. c, p o, a in general assembly has called for an arms embargo against me and mom while condemning the military coup in february. the friday's resolution is not legally binding. it is the 1st such global action against the john to $119.00 countries

voted in favor while many of me in mars neighbors, including china, abstained from the un. is christian salumi. it was the 1st time the general assembly made its position known on me and mar since the country's qu, 4 and a half months ago. secretary general antonio good terrorist pressed member states for a strong message. we cannot live in a world where military calls become a norm. it is totally unacceptable. the text was adopted with 10900 votes in favor, one against and 36 abstentions, including some countries from the region you a she answered her external blind pressure or imposition of sanctions on me. and maurice not only in effective but quite on the contrary, it might aggravate the issue. the resolution cause for the release of state counselor unanswered she and other political prisoners, an end to violence against peaceful demonstrators and humanitarian access. notably,

it also calls from member states to stop weapons from getting into the country. but only the security council has the power to impose and arms embargo. and so far, vito wheeling powers, china and russia have opposed targeted sanctions. the general assembly resolution was sponsored by some 60 countries, including canada, get the country on a path to democracy. that's a very, very clear message of the hunter, and it's a message that says, stop the atrocities. let's. let's deal with the need for democracy as, as soon as we can, and the delay has gone on for several months. let's move forward. me and mars ambassador to the un, an outspoken critic of the military says the resolution doesn't go far enough. we are so disappointed that it took almost 3 men to adopt this. what a donald is illusion, even though it does not include many important point to save life. the people emma, the general assembly, where every country has

a vote and no country has veto power, has now weighed in, but will me and mars military listen. they've resisted sim, more calls from neighboring countries in the regional ozzy on group before. but now with this world body behind them, the calls are getting louder. kristen salumi al jazeera, the united nation, and on the ground in me. and meanwhile, the military is waging and offensive against armed ethnic groups with a cease fire lasting barely 3 days before collapsing. the un special envoy to me and says there's a risk of a large scale civil war. an estimated 100000 people have been displaced in the fighting. and the military is attacking convoys, trying to bring an aid from neighboring thailand. tony chain reports now from the tie me and my border a single mind, a bird perches on a 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, hollins, and food. this consign will be driven across the borders elsewhere. it must be carried by hand on the other side of the board and the correct army is in control. it was one of the ethnic groups that signed up to a cease fire in myanmar 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 are tough. nonetheless, a steady flow of new arrivals. these people had checked through the jungle the 3 days from the most of my township that has seen the fiercest fighting. but here is

elsewhere. covet protocols, prevail, temperatures 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 for 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 of 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 to force the carini 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 l to 0 on the time me on my border . now the un secretary general antonio terrace has been sworn in for

a 2nd 5 years after he was re elected by the general assembly pledge to rebuild trust between nations. as they deal with threats. from the pandemic climate change on cyber attacks that should come under fire during his 1st term. failing to criticize russia and china over human rights issues. i will give you my filter come here on elk 0. the corona virus barian 1st identified in india is blame to several countries. see infections, ryan sharply. ah, ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored by kettle airways. hello there. those incessant one seen rains are continuing to fall across northeastern areas of india. this was the scene in co carter as the streets became waterlogged. thanks to those torrential downpours,

and we'd like to see more of these scenes across northern areas of india as those rains move across or to pro dish. we could see some land slides and for the flooding in net power, as those rains keep falling, it's really persistent rainfall. and as it moves north, we could see a shower or 2 in new delhi, a storm as well there before things do clear up on sunday, none of the heat building across the northern areas of pakistan for the west or whether we have to go to the west coast of india, those rains in on dating coastal areas, strong winds to affecting southern areas of india and sri lanka. but the heavy rain is going to fall in bungler dish. and me and mom before that is allow, as we go into next week. and for china, that's what went on the cards, we got the plum rains in full force affecting the eastern coast. shanghai going is going to see a shower or 2 before things do dry up slightly on sunday. things are looking fine and dry in beijing with 34 degrees celsius.

sponsor cut on airways, a city defined by military occupation. there's never been an arab state. he with the capital of jerusalem. everyone is welcome, but the default sexual that meant in the colonial project. that's what we refuse, was one of the founders of a settlement with this and the story of jerusalem through the eyes of its own people, segregation, occupations, discrimination, injustice. this is upper side of the 21st century drew for them a rock and a hard place analogy 0. ah, ah ah,

welcome back. you're watching else 0 reminder of your top stories this half hour. the polls have closed in runs presidential inspection hotline, head of the judiciary. abraham bracy is a clear front runner among a narrow field of just for content is the economy and high unemployment with some of the, as he's dominating the boat on friday, the u. s. is playing equipment and hundreds of troops and personnel out of the middle east. the pentagon confirm reports. the anti missile batteries will be removed from iraq, q 8, jordan and saudi arabia. the general assembly has passed a resolution calling for a host, the flow of weapons into me and mom, it's un, i'm the represents the state civilian government says the measures do not go far enough. nearly 900000 range, a sheltering and bangladesh since 2017 after escaping violence and persecution in me. and that she has monsoon season is making life even harder for those refugees. many a struggling to rebuild their homes since a fire earlier this year,

natasha them has more in seconds, a fire on a march afternoon turned homes made of plastic sheeting and bamboo poles into ash. at least 15 people were killed and 500 injured. it was another trauma in a life full of them for the hanging refugees living inside this camp in bangladesh . while doesn't, i was praying inside the moss. i rushed towards my home when i didn't see my father and mother, they both died during the fire. the last few months have brought renewed misery for her seen a beggar and her family, but its also been tinge with relief as our new mother, we sent for the lab as my husband died in the fire, so much suffering. we were staying in a plastic temporary shelter where we faced hot weather and rain. the whole family were stay in one small room. now by the grace of god, we have a home. i am very happy. and i am an estimated 45000 homes,

were damaged or destroyed. now the monsoon season is here and people are still trying to rebuild on land that's unstable. the fire burn, sand bags and bamboo poles that were used to fortify the hilly terrain of what's become the largest refugee settlement in the world. most of these ro, hanging muslims, fled me and mar at the beginning of 2017, hoping this would be a temporary refuge when i am for out of the 100. i'm what i always think. how can i go back to my motherland? we are very helpless people, we don't understand what the me and my government plans are. we don't have the strength to fight against them. so we are asking the heads of states of big countries to come forward and help us get back to our country. but with the military coup in me and mar, in february, that displays thousands more of their people, of return to their homeland seems

a distant hope. natasha name l 20. 0 has seen an advanced copy of a new un report, not yet made public on children and armed conflict. this annual report is meant as a blacklist to name and shame parties that commit grade violations against children, serious governments, me in mas, military and yemenis, who's the rebels are among those being named. but some countries such as israel had been accused of violence against children have been left out after the magic editor, james bayes explains, this is always very controversial when this is published every year. it's a report on children living in conflict zones and then in an amex, the report, a list of those countries and groups that are responsible for maiming and killing children. now in the report, the certainly criticism of israel it talks about more than a 1000 grey violations against children in east jerusalem,

the west bank and gaza. and the report says, i quote un remains deeply concerned by the number of children killed and maimed and continues to urge israel to investigate each case where live ammunition was used. that's in the body of the report. you turned to the annex, which is supposed to be the black list. you supposed to provide this every year to the security council. and israel is not listed on the blacklist look to yemen. and that the who the rebels are listed for killing or maiming more than $250.00 children. and the saudi led coalition is responsible, according to report for killing or maiming $194.00 children. but you will find that the who fees are in the annex on the blacklist bought the saudi led coalition on not on the amex, the formal list, we believe has now been circulated to the security council. it's still private. it will be published in the coming days and the security council will discuss it in about 10 days time. in

the palestinian authority has rejected a deal with israel to receive more than a 1000000 cobra, 1900 vaccines that were close to the expiry date of axis swap was an early on friday i was saying and say they were told that those who would last in july and august, however, they instead receive 90000 jobs that would expire this month when the off of his railways have been fully vaccinated compared to one in 3 palestinians. we've had only one dose by the uncommon after, after the medical technical team's received the 1st patch to vaccines to saving, they found that they did not match the technical specifications that we had agreed earlier. we contacted the prime minister and the decision was made, the deal was canceled and we will remain committed to buying enough vaccines for our people and depression 5 to provide the vaccines as early as possible. that

abraham has mono from bethlehem in the occupied west bank. according to the palestinian health minister of what you're then abreast conference with the spokesperson of the palestinian government. they said that the shipment they received today, which is between 92100000 jobs on why there did not come or went up to the palestinian sanders. we're going to the deal that was struck by pfizer. the pulse been official said that the agreement was that these doses should expire in july and august. and that's because they can give that to the people. but they found out for them through the policy and officials that these jobs expire in june, which is why they held a press conference and said that they are rejecting the whole deal. they are sending back those batches. and now we'll wait for the exact sees that they've already ordered from pfizer to arrive for the to them. they should be here in september or october. and they many have been telling us that they believe that israel was trying to score p. r points, after

a lot of criticism came to israel because it is the occupying power for the 2 international law. many human rights organization said that this is israel, you to vaccinate palestinians, but they didn't do that. and they believed that they were trying to give those shipments to the palestinians because they were already going to throw that, throw them away and try to score p r points. remember, we also have a new government in israel, and this is what, why many palestinians we need that there's rooms acting in bad faith. now, when it comes to the vaccination drive in the past and it's, it's going relatively no, it's not even more than 13 percent of the population that have received the jobs. so this deal is also the delay of this scene is also expected to further low down the vaccination rate and maybe take a few months where the palestinians to get to the heard the immunity because they're saying that they need to get 70 percent to have some sorts of her immunity

and be able to open up businesses and regular life. governments across europe, a scaling back earlier planned to ease restrictions as the delta variance of the virus spreads sent to be behind a sharp rise in cases in russia. germany as well as the u. k. john hall picks up story. the delta vary in 1st discovered in india is making itself at home in europe . in britain, it's responsible for new infection numbers soaring past 11000 in a single day. and doubling every 11 days hospital admissions arising though deaths remain low. that's because the success of the vaccine rollout means the elderly and vulnerable of protected, leaving mainly young adults to get it and they tend to be less susceptible to serious illness. in countries where vaccine wrote out is less advanced, the risk is greater. the russian capital of moscow has seen daily infections rise by 30 percent this week, prompting an extension of restrictions and the rebuke of public behavior from the

criminal determine the total nihilism and the low vaccination level were behind the search. we must also not forget, the counting of the infection itself is only 18th of the country's population has been vaccinated with russia's own sputnik vaccine. and it's now become mandatory for those in public facing work like retail education, health care, and public transport to get the job elsewhere in the e u, where vaccination programs have escalated after a slow start, restrictions are being eased and holiday travel is back home in the hope of a post cove in summer. european football championship matches drawing big crowds, but the delta variant may have other ideas with the leaders of france and germany warning against complacency. that's not really bad. we need to remain vigilant, as far as the spread of mutations or variance is concerned. we can see this in

great britain. i can only say we can't behave as if the corona virus pandemic is over. where people travel, so will the virus, the variant is present in more than 80 countries and the world health organization says it could soon be the dominant global strain. many are looking at the you case experience as an object lesson in the perils of over confidence. we've not done, i think 80 percent of adults in this country have had a 1st job. and we're now asking 18 year olds to come forward. so when we have a huge, huge progress, the country that has trumpeted vaccine success loudest in europe is for the moment moving fastest in the wrong direction. jona whole al jazeera, the police in portugal are stopping drivers, traveling in and out of the lisbon metropolitan area. as part of new cove at 19 restrictions, we can travel band in order to prevent transmission, particularly of the highly contagious delta barrier. we were just hearing about

their from joan the whole portugal daily case numbers have increased to levels not seen since february you got this president has announced new lockdown measures to curb it's worse covered 19 outbreak. all non essential travel is banned, but international borders will remain open to tourists. the restrictions will last for 6 weeks. president us a 70 says the extraordinary measures on needed to protect lives in hospitals. a full began to has reported more than 68 some cases. the senate in brazil has widened an investigation into the government's handling of the corona virus. i break the current health minister and to form a ministers are among the 14 people being formerly investigated and half a 1000000 people have died in brazil and the president, liable to nato, has faced criticism for playing down the threat from the virus. monica kia reports now from rio de janeiro. so this sought, parliamentary inquiry, has begun in april. it's investigating the government's handling of the pen damage

. because brazil, contrary to other countries, just have the conditions. mass, vaccinate people, faster has done so in the past. but in the sun damage, it was very slow. mostly because there was government denial of how serious this pandemic was. it turned down offers the vaccine, made by pfizer. it turns out offers the vaccines made by the world health organization. so on all these officials, the former officials and are being investigated and what this means if you turn of events, is that 14 people among the former health minister, the bus will the current health minister, myself here here, all that. and the former foreign relations minister and they're still out there now under investigation. they're not just speaking is witnesses. but what this

basically means is that the people that are participating in the probate to now issue search and caesar warns to get more information from these people. so it's, and this is happening just as brazil will probably reach half a 1000000 depth by covered 90. this weekend, california is under a state of emergency because of a severe heat wave across the western united states is worsening. what's been called a mega drought. that's essentially extreme dry conditions. which last decades water reservoirs across the state are drawing up, iowa, minnesota, and the dakotas are also badly affected. ah, midnight c gmc, your top story so far. polls closed in around presidential.