a desperate situation, the indian government set up a new commission to monitor the filters of absolution across 5 north indian state health. the experts and environmentalists had been wanting for mom, so the evening of the lockdown would lead to an increase in solution and the impact that would have on those causes 19 ah, threats of power outages and iranian fit, he's after the emergency shut down of the countries only nuclear power plant. ah. hello barbara. so you're watching just the real life in london also coming up. the count begins in armenia following a snap selection caused by the embattled prime minister in nico, pushing in libya, strategic road, linking east and west, is reopened. after years of conflict,

and the writings on the wall for graffiti artist banks the core to rubs out his right to profit from 2 more joy ah. erosions only nuclear power plant has been shut down for what's being described as emergency reasons. the head of the state energy company says the shut down of the bush or plant could last for 4 days. authorities say that the could be power outages in several cities that had been warnings that the plant could stop working because he ran had been unable to buy maintenance parts due to us fractions. at home, it has been announced in the news and you might have heard to the nuclear share of power has been subject to an emergency shut down, which will last for 3 to 4 days. it was shut down yesterday when you lose a 1000 megawatts of your plants capacity. the likelihood of blackouts will rise

above his blood. he is a senior research fellow at the center for middle east strategic studies in tehran . he explains how this could be a blow to a power supply already strained by crypto currency farming. i take with some sources in the iran atomic energy agency and they said that there are some repairs are being done in the facility. and when i asked them, is this something serious or not? they said no, that's not serious. and it will be back to the grid with a couple of days. and this is more important in terms of the power outage underneath the aspect of the facility. because these days we are seeing that the current, the current c mining is consuming the electricity in the country. and this has caused maybe some time in the past some power outages. this is why we hear the

official mentioning this because the facility, if it is out of the grid, it can decrease by 1000 megawatts. so i can say that the section is more important than they make their section because i take with the sources in the atomic organization and they said that it will go back to the read with a couple of days. it's nothing serious or question. salumi has more now from washington d. c. the key issues seemed to be the lifting of sanctions that were imposed by the united states. when president donald trump withdrew from the nuclear agreement, the iranians went into these talk saying that they would not refer go back to full compliance with the deal until the sanctions were completely lifted. and national security advisor for the united states, jake sullivan is saying that the united states does retain the right to impose

unilateral sanctions on non nuclear issues like human rights abuses or ballistic missile issues. we know that missiles while not covered under the original nuclear agreement are a concern for the united states. but still sullivan is saying that the united states focus is on containing iran nuclear program. what i would say is that there is still a fair distance to travel on some of the key issues, including on sanctions and the nuclear commitments that iran has to make. but the arrow has been pointed in the right direction in terms of the work that's getting done in vienna. so we will see if the iranian negotiators come to the next round of talks prepared to make the hard choices that they have to make. in order for the joint comprehensive plan of action, the iran nuclear deal to be reinstated, and sullivan downplayed the importance of the election of abraham. right. he said to the presidency in iran,

the hard liners saying that ultimately it will be the ayatollah the supreme leader who will call the shots and make the decisions when it comes to whether or not to return to the nuclear deal. he did say that the us believes that diplomacy is the best way forward, not military conflict. all of this is happening as a world considers the election of hardliner abraham racy is iran's new president. his election when has drawn scrutiny from signatories to the iran nuclear deal, as well as israel's new prime minister, nationally, bennett says it should serve as a red flag for world powers. re, selection is i would say the love for the world powers to wake up before returning to the nuclear agreement and to understand who they're doing business with these guys are murder, mass murderers. a regime of brutal haman must never be allowed to weapons of mass

destruction that will enable enough to kill 1000 millions, well harry, forth, it has more now from western whistler. the fact that he made them in english was quite interesting. given that he was speaking to his cabinet, the kind of scene that you'd usually see his predecessor benjamin netanyahu speaking in hebrew. so this is obviously a message designed for the wider world. a message, as he said, to try to push things in israel's favor, in terms of the possibility of the iran nuclear deal being resumed. he's also someone who is under criticism and has been under criticism from benjamin netanyahu, who, on his way out of the door, was saying that bennett would not be able to stand up to iran in terms of security would not be able to stand up to america. in terms of the revival of the deal. so he as a right winger in a very broad coalition government, which extends to the far left of israel politics is trying to sure up his own credentials as an iran hawk. there is some reporting in the israeli media that

there is. busy expectation within his really senior sources that there will be a delay, or at least some kind of postponement is iran, now reviews it's policy potentially time enough, at least to try to shift the american policy a little more and israel's favor, ah, polls in armenian parliamentary election of close been ballots are being counted. it's the country 2nd snap election, just 3 years. prime minister nichol mashini and called the vote in april. he faced months of protest for losing territory to us by john in a corner. come back during a week long conflict last year. the early counting shows for she needs part. he is leading or a challenge report from yet about the sun beats down on me is election

day. but outside polling stations across the country, people keep patiently for their chance to vote. and they told us that their hope for the future an end to that countries present miseries. i can call them, i expect on mania, is able to come this temporary crisis with a good governance will be able to guarantee development, avail country, politically and economically. yes ma'am. i'm going to vote with the dream to see my armenia safe and unified with care about it. i hope for the best future for my country. the electorate have different views on how that has to be achieved and whether either of the front runners can achieve it. this is acting prime minister nicole passion. yet he's trying to convince people not to throw him and his reformist agenda out, just because they're angry and traumatized by last year's military defeat against azerbaijan and his, his main rival, former presidents, robert cherry. and he's trying to convince voters to ignore the corruption associated with his ears in office and trust him again as

a strong man who can rebuild armine as military strength and standing for plenty of voters. neither of these options are particularly appetizing. both main arrivals try to convince that their competitor is worse. and that is why we have this aggressive abusive language from both sides. now. so, and if you will talk to our citizens, you will see that they are just judging what will be the least harm for the future of armenia. there are outcomes that could extend the dog fighting of the election campaigns, no clear winner. and no coalition deal could see the 2 front runners shop in the clause for a 2nd round in a month. but whoever gets into the prime minister's office, his face is a daunting list of challenges. healing and unifying, a traumatized nation, resettling, refugees, bringing home prisoners of war, boosting the economy and development of navigating armenia is troubled.

relationships with its nearest neighbors combines these tests even the ablest of politicians reach helens, out there in a road that links eastern and western libya is reopening. after many years, the 2 parts of the country were under the control of rival administrations. after the fall of long time ruler, more market, duffy in 2011. the reopening of this road was one of the conditions of the october cease fire agreement. forces loyal to warlord tally for half tad say that they weren't consulted and they're yet to approve the decision. earlier the prime minister insisted the portions of the road are indeed open as you need. yeah. did you mean me about it? it is my pleasure to be part of this historic day as the reopened the main art reconnecting the easter flip, yet what's best it will enable people to reunite as a doctor of division and separation have gone forever. i take this opportunity to

call an all libyans to stay away from rift malice or hatred, and to join hands to rebuild our country to take libya forward. what lead time or has more now from the coastal road west of the city of c? now we're here on the coastal road in between the cities of miss rosa and approximately 130 kilometers east of miss. rather now the prime minister has just arrived. he's opened the road and to commemorate the event. now this road has been closed. since warlord perhaps, or lost his offensive on tripoli in 2019 in april 2019, this is a very important road to live in trade between eastern and western libya. so this is very significant. according to the prime minister, he says this will help rebuild libby up to bring about unity and to further prosperity in the country. now,

there are critics that say that opening the road will give war fighters as approximately, according to the un, 20000 warrant fighters in libya, according to military forces. there's at least 2000 russian mercenaries to the south here. wagner group, also some play that this will help for word for inquires to continue on, or to move up towards towards the north. so we're here now. this is the front line. there's another, there's another, a place that they're going to go to about 20 kilometers to the east of here, and they're going to be opening up that road there. the hope is that the libyans will be able to travel from eastern to western libya from western to eastern libya, and that this will help unite the country. still to come on al jazeera,

the great divide, how the pandemic is underscoring the differences between rich and poor in south africa. and the alarm bells ring for a minute. micron with record low voter turnout infringe regional image. ah hello, here's the weather story across australia on monday we do have a cold front punch in across toward the west. it's what's up the winds in some spots 9100 kilometers per hour and we've also seen about 80 millimeters locally in some spots. now by tuesday, this is hanging out toward the byte. it's going to feed some weather as we head towards south australia. adelaide. it looks like you'll get into the showers by the time. wednesday rolls around for new zealand pretty much where the north and south

side li meets. we're going to have a funnel of wet weather roll through for wellington and look at the winds here. we could see them gust about 85 kilometers per hour, except we're going to go to asia pacific. we got to talk about the plum rains where they are right now. pretty much shot, also leading between the gang, see and the pearl river out toward the east trying to see and the pacific ocean. but it is largely dry across japan and south korea. now as we look toward tuesday, look at the plum brain slumping to the cells. what weather for hong kong rate through to a taiwan on tuesday. and we'll see some showers pop up through han shoe and also for south korea on tuesday after the sub continent. and our rights if monsoon season were starting to take the pedal off it a bit. but we will still see some pretty heavy down ports of what weather as we had north of gala on monday. the news was a bag energy and change to every part of our universe. or

small to continue the change all around the shape by technology and human ingenuity. we can make it work for you and your business. ah ah ah, i have enough for reminder of the top stories on al jazeera, iran's only nuclear power plant has been shut down for what's being described as emergency reasons. the head of the state energy company says the shut down of the

share plant could last for 4 days, forcing possible power outages and poles in armenia is parliamentary election of clothes and ballots are being accounted in. the country, 2nd, not selection in just 3 years. early results show, caretaker prime minister nico sheehan party is and the road that links eastern and western libya is reopening. after many years. the 2 parts of the country had been under the control, the rival administration. and the reopening was one of the conditions of the cease fire. afghanistan has recorded 92 new corona virus deaths in the past 24 hours. the country seeing a huge spike in daily cases and a record number of deaths. its government has asked for international health as agencies warned that the situation is spiraling out of control. alexandra buyers

reports in cobble, the lineups for oxygen tanks start in the middle of the night. and last for hours, every person here is desperately trying to save some one they love shall, ins. officials, gentlemen. i came here when i am last night to buy oxygen because i have a covert patient at times. i've been waiting on the street since then. i would never of what it's long, but i've already lost family members, like my aunt and some other relatives on my brother is now infected. and he's in a very serious condition. afghanistan's 3rd wave is also it's worst, and it's continuing to spiral out of control. 10000 new cases were recorded just in the last week. but some say the true number is much higher. shad. wow. the number of infected much more than reported in the media. there are 2 to 5 people that are infected with the virus in many homes and the wrench in all categories from mild to moderate to severe hospitals in multiple provinces have reached full capacity. and

there is a severe oxygen shortage. many here are angry and say, the government hasn't done enough to avoid this crisis. i have seen young people who have died because they didn't got on the oxygen. if they have got oxygen, their life could be saved. i think the higher efficient in health sector, they are responsible for the that the health ministry has defended itself, saying it took the necessary steps and was prepared to treat it citizens as pull it off tomorrow because it came from because of all those patients who went to our medical facilities and needed oxygen, we're able to get it. but yes, we are facing the threat of sort of oxygen is a positive cases continue to increase. and if most of the car only goes to one hospital in the area, there's a few of assorted oxygen in both the government and a workers are pleading for international health. there have been multiple calls for oxygen cylinders,

and most crucially vaccines. afghanistan began to roll out in april, but so far, not even one percent of the population has been fully inoculated, or call on the old one. to, for 2 things. up as implants 1st and facts in lex in the fin, the cottage, and oxygen, oxygen. as the virus surges through the community, officials are trying to spread public awareness. they blame the surge on a lack of social distancing, and continued gatherings for a country that was already facing widespread poverty and a near constant threat of attacks conquering coded 19 is yet another worry. afghans have to contend with. alexandria buyers, al jazeera, south africa, the government has tightened restrictions to fight a 3rd wave of coven 19. and as robin smith reports from cape town, coping with the virus largely depends on where people live and how much money they

have. south africa is in the grip of a deadly 3rd wave of cove. at 19 infection the army has been deployed to assist doctors in the most populous province of carting. almost 2 thirds of the countries active cases have been reported. their hospitals are under pressure and supplies of oxygen are becoming short. the situation was similar in the western cape during the 2nd wave at the end of last year. but experts believe that province won't be as hard hit this time around. part bay in cape town, is often described as a microcosm of south africa, informal settlements, skirt, the boundary of sprawling estates. mcmercer lives here, and contracted cove at 19 in december last year. i've never felt as sick as in my whole life as i, as i did fax,

those 10 days say it was quite scary for me. but luckily for me, we live in my big house and, and i had a, i see you, dr. looking after me. so we had things like, you know, we had set monitors and salami tears and let us back just a few 100 meters. the way things are very different people living here. she also toilets and full time, social distancing is not easy. and families turned into these tiny sec, do not have the luxury of salt isolating in the provincial health department says poor people are at greater risk and blames those better off for spreading the virus . the 3rd wave in this province as primarily been driven by people that live in the area. so the people that can isolate the people that can warranty, other ones. it's not been the adding to the behaviors. south africa cove at 19

vaccination program has faced several obstacles and only one percent of the population is fully vaccinated. it still does a lot about equity and staying in the world. we could have prevented quite a lot of data that will come out of the said way. if we had access to vaccines earlier and fairly when you again have to stand in line, it just kills just kill. and it's, it's the most real feeling of they've been do you do? many here on all waiting anxiously for more developed nations to respond. robin smith out there or kept on france has been voting in a 1st round of regional elections that seem strong games for the traditional right . emory depends far right party. the national rally is hoping to win its 1st region in the 2nd round next week. sundays ballot is seen as a dress rehearsal for next year's presidential vote. but participation so far has

been one of the lowest ever for an election in france by mid day. just 12.2 percent of people had voted presidents a manual mccullin's young central party is expected to fair poorly. as many people grow frustrated as governments handling of the pandemic. natasha butler has law from paris. one of the big night for fraud says traditional right, the conservative policy taking the lead in several regions in the 1st round of these regional election voters being mainly confirmed by things like crime in security and immigration or themes that really appeal to conservative voters. those issues also appealing, of course, to fall right, voters, and that's why we saw marine depends national rally party coming in 2nd, in several regions. number in the pen is hoping that in the 2nd round, the policy might win a region. in the south of france, the provost code to the region which encompasses cities like neve, must say,

and can if she was to win that region, it really would propel her far right. anti migration party from the margins of politics into the mainstream because the party would be in charge then of things like transportation in the region, schools say fall. the national rally party formerly called the national front iranian charge of a few towns in france. however, it may be that all of the political parties in that region rally round and urge their voters to vote against marine the pen. that is what happens. so often in the 2nd round of elections, marine, the pen says, one of the main problem is, is not enough. people came out to vote in this election. she's urging people to vote in the 2nd round. it is true that they were, they was in the historic low turnout as for the french president's party republic on the move, well, they did really desperately trailing behind other parties. it was to be expected in many ways because it is such a young policy was created by the french president to propel him to the presidency

. but it doesn't have the kind of roots an apparatus. and some of the more established political policies on the left and the right for him. i know micro, of course though, his entourage, they will be looking very closely at these results. they may not impact his bid for the presidency next year. if he is to throw this happens the ring neck, the less they'll be looking now at the conservative and the traditional right. as the main opponent. so fall polls the predicted that it would be run off between the french, present and manual micro and his interest policy. and the far right leader, marine the pen. italy's population dropped by nearly 400000 people during the pandemic last year. starting next month. the government will roll out its family plan that offers cash benefits, aim that families having more children. but it may not be enough to reverse demographic trends. adam rainy reports from ro

by italian standards, sahara maloney might be said to have a big family. 13 month old and that is her 2nd child. lemme started up, but the problem is that my husband and i have had unsteady work for 14 years. the decision to have a 2nd child came late only after we both got a steady job. we have relied on our parents to help us pay for the house and take care of the children. postponing a family is common here. birth have been declining since the 2008 crisis. italy has the world's 2nd oldest population, and it is shrinking to last year. it fell by more than 380000 people. that was due to a historically high death rate with the pandemic. and historically low birth rate, italy's fertility rate is $1.00 children. for each woman. the government is trying to boost birth rates with a new family plan,

a major infusion of direct cash payments that increase with the number of children a family has demographers, elena and bro set the says the family plan is a good start. but any increase in the birth rate can take decades. there are more immediate steps. italy could take now. immigration can be a solution, software for aging population. of course we have an injection of young people working in the working age population. but immigration is a thorny issue in italy. we asked a member of parliament from the center left democratic party. how political leaders can convince italians of the need to take more non italians into the country. you'll also see got, i can explain all i want to italians at a certain level of immigration, helps italian society. but as long as they keep saying immigrants big for handouts on the street, i won't convince anybody that we need to integrate them into italian society and need help from europe. with the pandemic eating and summer temperatures rising,

there's been an increase in the number of migrant crossing the mediterranean and landing in italy. that's only further fueled anti immigrant sentiments divided over immigration. italy will rely then on mothers like sahara to choose to have multiple children. a choice many italian women are unwilling to make. adarine al jazeera rome. dozens of african migrants have been rescued off the coast of grand canaria, where migrant facilities are packed to capacity. 45, by consuming 8 children, were seen in a boat by a passing ship, about 60 kilometer south of grand canaria. more than 5700. my goods have made the dangerous crossing from africa to the canaries. more than twice as many, than during the same period last year. and pope francis as called for compassion for people forced to feed their home countries and for the world to grow into what

he described as a more humane community. today we celebrate world with huge de promoted by the united nations. with the theme together we, he'll learn and shine. let us open our hearts refugees. let us make our own their sorrows and joys. let us learn from their courageous resilience. and so, altogether, we grow into a mo, humane community. one big family, the renowned and sometimes controversial graffiti artist. bang, c is making headlines again. but this time it's not for what he's created. it's for what he's lost, the anonymous artist as last rides, the 4 of his most iconic pieces in a legal battle with a postcard maker who uses his work for profit. the european union intellectual property office says bank sees work can all be protected. if he doesn't identify

himself, a panel of judges, cited statements attributed to the artist in which he dismissed intellectual property laws. much moral that and everything else that we have been covering here . and i'll just there are on our website. there it is, the address i'll just 0 dot com. ah and now a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera, iran's only nuclear power plant has been shut down for what's being described as emergency reasons. the head of the state energy company says the shut down of the brochure plant could cause possible power outages and several cities. there had been warnings that the plant could stop working because iran had been unable to buy maintenance parts due to us faction. meanwhile israel's new prime minister has.