similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter how you take it will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you. i may have been 50 of afghan, a 370 districts have fallen since the beginning of may. the year ends, envoy to have honest on warnings that the taliban looks poised to move in as soon as foreign troops complete their withdraw. ah, tina this is al jazeera alive from london was coming of spain and todd wu, 9 capital and separatists jailed over a failed independence bit in a risky move by the prime minister. iran next president vows to defend his country's interests and dignity. in his 1st speech to the nation and an angry

response from australia as a un panel recommends the great barrier reef added to its endangered. ah, ah, the united nations is sounding the alarm after new and sustained show of force by taliban fighters, which has taken the afghan army by surprise. un special envoy for i've got a song says the group has taken more than 50 districts in the past month. it base me movie, out of its southern stronghold and making gains further north as foreign troops pull out. and on tuesday taliban fighters captured the main border crossing with keystone. after there was diplomatic editor james bay's reports, the security situation in afghanistan has been deteriorating for years. but what the security council heard in this virtual session was the most grim brief,

yet. i cannot over straight to the council. my concern regarding the present situation in afghanistan. in recent weeks, taliban activity has been focused on a number of key provinces. these pictures from conduce in northern afghanistan, where the provincial capital conduce city, looks at risk of being surrounded. special representative lions said the un believes this may be a deliberate strategy. more than 50 about dana, stan, $370.00 districts have fallen since the beginning of may. most districts have been that have been taken. surround provincial capitals suggesting that the taliban are positioning themselves to try and take these capital one courses. i fully withdrawn the taliban deny they were responsible for many of the recent attacks. but african astonished foreign minister heath at ma, told the council they are behind them. and it's

a clear breach of that deal with the u. s. under the international energy, our fire source, the signing especially by the open troops withdraw the man who was in school with car axles over the address on file off the president biden announced to pull out of us troops in april. his secretary of state antony blinkin came up with a plan to build on the talks and doha, with a peace conference in stand bull. so the taliban and african government could work together. that plan now lies in tatters. and most analysts believe the african

people who suffered for decades of war and now lightly to face an intensified conflict. un experts preparing for a major humanitarian emergency. james bays al jazeera ah, spain, socialist government as approved pardons for 9 capital and independence leaders. they were jailed over their roles and failed attempt to secede from the rest of the country. in october, 2017 is deeply controversial. move a huge risk for the prime minister petro sanchez. so you're going to go as well. a tentative olive branch loaded with consequences. the spanish prime minister has been pushing hard to revive talks with capital and separatists and hoping that a pardon for the movement 9 in prison leaders can open the way for dialogue. we are responding to mother to the spanish government has taken this decision because it's

the best of catalonia, the best for spain and correspondence to the spirit of hominy and co existence in the spanish constitution. yeah. it's not without opposition. sanchez finds himself in the middle of a story outside of pennsylvania. it is deeply unpopular, more than 60 percent of the country against the move and parties from the center to the hard right have capitalized on that discontent. but the pro secessionist movement, the pardon do not go far enough. the cattle and lita said only an amnesty would be acceptable as he could call to continue the fight for independence. but i shall water the lemony thea. it's time for an amnesty on the right to self determination . it is time to agree on the referendum is time for a solution to achieve more internal consensus? yeah, the illegal independence referendum in 2017 treated. the biggest political crisis

of the country had seen in decades. the 9 succession of leaders was sentence in 2019 for their roles and the vote, including catalonia vice premier, spain supreme court, which oversaw the trial has also rejected the pardons. as it says, those sentence have shown no remorse. while the ruling is non binding, it could be cited impossible for future legal challenges in the constitutional court, which could send the 9 back to prison. the difficulty for the procession is argument is that while it is very vocal, it is still in the minority. in catalonia, big part of pain is still just about the preferred option that mister sanctioned. his dilemma is that he is leading a minority government and can ill afford to squander the support of the parliament . he also needs the support of cattle and nationalist parties. their leaders know that this peace offering won't be extended by the prime minister's opponents. it is

an enormous gamble, yet those determined to move on say the pardon are the only way to repair the deep divisions that still linger between the 2 sides. so i go out there, iran says a number of state linked news websites have been seized by the u. s. government. this is the message preaching anyone trying to look at the english language press tv site, or the arabic alarm channel. the many who see rebels on my sirius satellite news channel was also targeted. the message says the f b i and department of commerce have taken control, but neither has acknowledged it. the man who b iran's next president says your work to defend the country's interest in any negotiations with foreign powers. former chief justice ibrahim, racy who is under us sanctions secured victory as expected in friday's election and his 1st speech termination, he denied the u. s. claim that his win was quote, manufactured. despite a record low turn out, right, she signed all who voted,

even if it wasn't for him from him to be a servant to the country and a show is treated with respect to cottage, you have a job, the shuttle method in domestic politics, domestic policy, and foreign policy, the focus should be on the dignity of this nation, and the focus should be on the fact that in any negotiations, the dignity of this nation should not be hurt in our domestic policies in foreign policies and the kinds of interactions that we're going to have with any countries in the world, the focus is the protection of the dignity and prestige of the iranian nation. when it comes to unhealthy administrative issues, when it comes to corruption oppression, when it comes to any kind of unjust relations, we believe they are against the dignity of mankind. how does your berry has more from tehran? not space that was given in his hometown. this was an event for him, very much like a welcome home celebration. after his victory, we saw a number of people chanting his name and he thank them for coming and celebrating

his victory. he started the speech by talking about a number of religious points having to do with them on resolve. and then he use the opportunity as we heard, to talk about a broader audience to reach a broader audience. and that is the range nation. despite the fact that only 8048 percent of those eligible voted for him, he still wanted to reach the nation as a whole to try and unify the country for when he takes office in early august, he use 3 words over and over again. those were justice, respect, and equality. he wanted to highlight the fact that this will be his theme as president. he will try to secure the country's rights when it comes to negotiating with the outside world. he also said he wants justice to balance the country's economy, to make sure every radian has what they deserve. there has to be a kind of a spectrum where people are treated equally, a lot of broad promises made by the president elect. and we'll have to see whether

or not he'll be able to deliver that in the coming for years. if he appears prime ministers, branded monday's election, a success, despite many voters in the countries conflict zones being left out of the process of being mad, said the po was in his 1st attempt at free and fair elections. but his virtues await provisional results. some opposition groups are crying foul. they say ballot boxes were tampered with, and their staff attacked her that her has more from this type of a on behalf as chances he seems to be on his way to winning his fuss. popular monday t a. and if you up yeah, in 2018 when he came to power, he was selected by his party that coalition both of the country then. and i'll be desperate to get a puppet on monday because this country is riddled with so many problems from the conflict integral to ethnic troubles in several whole across the country. many of

the supporters and people in these. but the believe that with a popular mandate, he will have the legitimacy he need to little decisively with if you use a problem. of course in most of calling sessions across the country, the prosperity patio prime minister be leaving for the position. i'm making headway in i've been areas like the capital, i'm about part of town and other parts of the country and they seem to be happy with that. but they have been problems with pulses and position. but in the rural areas, how file hundreds of complaints, including some about company with electro material. actual commission say it is investigation, goes allegations and he's a people have been killed in mid month. second big city during a shootout between the military and local militia opposed to the rule security for to say they were conducting, arrayed in the city of man, delay and were met with gunfire and grenades has been fighting across me. and now

since the february, the 1st crew agenda has faced increasing resistance from ethnic groups and protests is where people for many so called defense forces battle the ministry track down on calls leader is defendant. the police crackdown on a pro democracy newspaper. apple. danny is already suspended some work and is reported to be stopping its operations as early as wednesday, as most of its employees have resigned this after police raided its office and for its assets. senior staff also arrested last week for allegedly colluding with a foreign country rights groups and western governments have criticized the arrests in a weekly press briefing. caroline mccue's a foreign protects the double standards. don't try to underplay the significance of breaking the national security law and don't try to beautify these acts all for and then during national security was shot,

the foreign governments have taken so so much to their heart whenever they talk about things that they are doing, they will put it under the banner of safeguarding national security. so what is the basis of applying that sort of double standards and don't try to accuse the hong kong authorities for using the national security law as a tool to suppress the media or to stifle the freedom of expression. still to come the south out threats of jail in the philippines or discrimination in russia. the people who refused to be vaccinated and went to england football as our self isolating after scottish opponent tested positive for it. but none of his teammates ah,

how we got the burning heat continuing across eastern parts of europe, clear skies here. so temperature is getting well up into the 30s for that western side of russia. very different story. further west, we got cloud and rain coming through, but at least temperature is just nothing up in the right direction. i am pleased to say last dry for the british charles as we go on 3. whether they wet weather will slide across ireland into western parts of wells, western parts of scotland. hey, be right there, continuing. whose central and southern parts of france joining up some wet weather that we have across the paradise. and then pushing a little further east. we'll see some showers just breaking out in poland just around the baltic states. still a few showers there just around the black sea a more of the same as you go on through thursday. notice by thursday scientist and wet weather coming into the northwest, germany looking pretty unsettled with some sundry downpours further south. it warms up madrid, getting up to $26.00 celsius as a bit more like it fun and dry, cross much of southern europe, and dry to across northern africa. very hard in tripoli. 45 degrees celsius. very

wet surround the gulf of guinea. see some very heavy rain that just around cameron pushing across a good part of nigeria, the showers. they extend through much of west africa popping up for liberia and also sierra leon. ah, the most people will never know what's beyond these deafening silence 100000 on how it feels to touch danger every day. most people will never know what it's like to work with. every breath is precious with fear it's not an option. but when most people oh

a one of the top stories 0, the u. n. is sounding the alarm when i scan on saying the taliban has taken more than 50 districts in the past month. as far as troops withdraw earlier, it's fighters captured us kinda song main border crossing with touches phone, spain, the socialist government, said government has approved controversial partners for 9 capital and independence leaders. they were jailed over their roles and the failed attempt to succeed from the rest of the country in 2017 and the wrongs president elect says, your work to defend the country's interests in any negotiations with foreign powers . in 1st speech to the nation so much youth justice abraham racy, denied the u. s. claim that interaction when was manufactured

the will help organization has warning of a current of ours vaccine crisis growing and developing nations, but desperately need more doses of the 2700000000 doses given globally so far. just 18000000 and have been delivered by the kofax global sharing scheme, as meant to protect people in more than 80 countries. wealthy nations had pledged around a 150000000 doses to go back. that was bumped up to around a 1000000000 the recent g 7 summit mostly to be given to kofax, but only by the end of next year. and that so dropping the ocean compared to the 11000000000 needed to protect 70 percent of people worldwide. after which transmission should slow, what is setting up a hub in south africa to allow countries to make their own vaccines. and the director general says ownership of the science behind the jobs is key. the could be 19 funding because shown that relying on

a few companies to supply global public goods is limiting and dangerous to boost manufacturing. w h a has continued to call for the sharing of know how technology and licenses and the waving of intellectual property rights. philippine president or junior detent is threatening to jail people who refused to be vaccinated. the country is battling one of asians worst outbreaks with slow progress in its vaccine rollout. so far, just over 2000000 people have had the job in the nation of 110000000 little girl in the room. but if you will not agree to be vaccinated, leave the philippines, go to india if you want to or some with, if you want to go to america. but for as long as you are here and you are a human being and can carry the virus you should be vaccinated. otherwise, i will order all the local officials to have italy of the people who refused to be vaccinated. because if you don't want to be vaccinated, i will use either mixed in for pigs on you. people or the criminal says that people

without k with vaccines or immunity, will have limited work options and could face discrimination rush reported another 546 tests on tuesday. it's high as daily numbers since february, as it struggles to contain sharp surgery infections. but vaccine take up has been low. only 18000000 of the 144000000 population has received at least one dose. the authorities are trying to induce people to get vaccinations, offering a chance to win new cars and flops off 1st thing. all those who don't with loss of earnings and dismissal, you get it in this to go with this nation. will invisibly set in people without vaccination or immunity will not be able to work anywhere. it is not possible poses a threat to those around little white house admits it's likely to miss president. jo biden's target of getting 70 percent of adults vaccination with at least one shot by the 4th of july. and let's go to a white house correspondent,

kimberly how it can be what, what's the reason for the missing the target? well, the reason is the pace of vaccinations has slowed significantly in the united states . and we already started to see signals of this. given the fact that the united states has a surplus of vaccine dosages and sharing them by the millions around the world. but the reason is, is that there is still existing in the united states vaccine hesitancy. what we saw was back in april, there was a vaccination rate of about 3000000 people a day. now we're seeing about a 1000000 vaccines a week in the united states. so what the u. s. is doing is revamping its goal. initially. the president had said that he wanted 70 percent of adults by july 4th, the independent stay holiday to receive at least one dose. but given the fact that young people especially are resistant to getting this, they have revamped that goal. now it will be by age 27 and above by july,

4th 70 percent of adults will have received one dose and the white house press secretary today gen saki really explained why this has been such a challenge. take a listen to what she had to say. there are, there are demographic groups and sometimes populations where it's more difficult to reach. we've seen that. we've talked about that as it related to early onto hesitancy. we were seeing and communities of color or some more conservative communities. and we've seen it's been a great deal more difficult to get, to get young people between the ages of 18 and 26 vaccinated than adults who are older than that. hence, we're redoubling our efforts until by redoubling their efforts that are there any changes to the way they handle this to try and improve that hasn't hesitancy. there have been all kinds of programs that have been put in place, that one of the things that we've been here from the white house is that they're

trying to meet people where they are. so they've used a variety of tactics, whether be working with faith groups, whether it is going on video game platforms. and there are incentives that have been involved as well, like cash prizes, even of cases of beer or, you know, sort of other incentives, even lotteries, to try and get people to take the vaccine. the problem is, particularly conservative groups and communities of color. there is a real distrust of government and that has been historical in the united states and no amount of incentive seems to be able to change that. the worry for public health officials is the delta variant, which is of course highly contagious and may actually hurt some of the younger age groups. and this is something that really worries the public health officials who are warning everyone that if we don't have broad and widespread vaccination rates in the united states, there could be a real resurgence come the end of the year. so once again,

they are working with the public trying to get out into communities and sell them on the advantages of being vaccinated. but again, it has been a challenge. still the white house, striking an optimistic note, saying they are going ahead with their july 4th celebration at the white house to celebrate the front line workers who have really helped to turn things around in the united states with the covert epidemic. kimberly how can thank you very much indeed. england to have kicked off fare, euro group di, match against the czech republic without mason mount. and ben joel, the football is a south isolating after hugging scotland midfielder billy gilmore, before trotting in the players tunnel. when the 2 teams played last friday, gilmore since tested positive for corona virus and himself out of the scott next game. though none of his teammates saw the 2 englishmen will miss out on a last 16 fixture 2, even though they both tested native for kevin, on team teams. you make it to the semi finals and final can look for to quite

a that was fair. at britain's government says moon, $60000.00 fans will be allowed to attend those games at london's wembley stadium. as for bread and reports, not everyone is happy about it. good news for football fans out of the u. k. governments as well with the announcements on tuesday that the capacity at wembley stadium, which will host the semi finals and the final of the pain championships will be raised from the current $40000.00 have been attending the group stages, matches to over 60000 for those semi final matches on the final, on june 11th. not to say that haven't been concern expressed that the world health organization today express this concern of the way that the attendance says it games has been creeping up. that concerned that they may act as super strata events . and there was a press conference today between the german chancellor angle and merkle and her italian counterpart mateo drug in berlin. medical urging you a for to act responsibly on this issue of rising attendances and not a druggie even offering rome as a potential alternative to wembley. that said,

looks now certain that there is no going back now. london will continue to schedule host the semi finals on the final. there is also concern though, on the pitch as far as to run a virus. they england and scotland teams have been embroiled in a real control over covert security. billy gilmore tested positive. he's a scottish midfielder, he was having to self isolate. yet none of the other scotland team who've been sharing a training based with him. we've just been in close contact. and therefore they escaped having to self isolate. and yet to england, players who were speaking with him in the tunnel after friday's game between scotland and england. well, just just had to self isolate, even though they tested negative. it's caused the fury on social media about contradictory messages about conflicting advice and medical advice. and i don't think it's going to go away at this tournament progresses. a plague of mice, ricky havoc across eastern australia has forced

a prison to evacuate hundreds of it's inmates, and staff. rodents have invaded the walls and damaged the internal wiring that facility and new south wales state. they're also phase of dead mice decaying and attracting, might prisoners being transferred to other centers in the region. repairs expected to take around 4 months. millions of mice have destructive sways with the state for months, averaging farms, homes, schools, and hospitals. unesco says, rising c, temperature the causing irreparable damage to the great barrier reef and australia hasn't done enough to protect it. you end cultural authority also said the reef should be put on its list of endanger world heritage, science and australia has hit back branding the listing a political move or button on the reports. this underwater trays of colorful reefs serve as refugees, habitat, to some of the most diverse marine species on the planet. australia's great barrier

reef, both one 3rd of the world's coral population, but it's under threat. and so to, as a wildlife, the relies on it, the eastern pacific ocean is heating up fast since the mid ninety's, this is cause the death of half of the reef and is led to un officials recommending it to be placed on a list of wolf heritage sites considered in danger, but the australian government isn't happy about it. countries including european countries, have got strong views about what policies different countries should have on climate change. and i understand that as well. but this is not the convention in which to have those conversations. last year the re recorded it's high sea surface temperature since records began in 1900. when the ocean heats up, curls expel algorithm, the causes and bleach only the most resilient survive unesco,

his coat for the endanger listing to be adopted as its next world heritage committee meeting. but it's the 2nd time that it's tried to add it to the list. 6 years ago the australian government lobbied the 21 country committee to drop the listing. it said unesco didn't consider the billions of dollars that contributed towards the reef protection. but some expert say australia is resisting a commitment to the net, their carbon emissions level by 2015. and that it's over reliant from fossil fuels, maybe contributing to climate change. that means making very definite decisions on climate change. not heading towards supporting the fossil fuel industry in this country, and i think new coal mine, new gas developments. none of those things are going to help climate change, but also taking as much action as we possibly can on improving water quality for the great rates. 3000 separate,

leafs and 900 islands make up the great barrier reef. but with 50 percent of the reef already gone. many question whether unesco move will make much difference laura as a man the al jazeera or eunice goes, also considering a proposal to put venice on its endangered list. if the city does not issue a permanent battle cruise ships stocking their, if approve the agency could demand urgent action from the italian government by february, cruise ships have been banned from venice since the start of the pandemic. with plans for the construction of a terminal outside the lagoon. so residents were surprised to see a ship sail into the city early this month. ancient egypt meets modern medical technology and mummy has undergone a c. t scan at a hospital in italy as part of a research project. it does come with a red x secret from almost 3000 years ago. okay. yes,

believe they can reconstruct the life and death of the mummy believe to have been an egyptian priest and understand what kind of products we use to moment find the body. i say studying ancient diseases and wound could also be useful for modern research. ah. or monday, the top stories alondra 0 nations, is sounding the alarm after new and sustained for forced by taliban fighters. which is taking the afghan army by surprise. afghan troops suspended last few days, trying to keep the group out of 3 provincial capitals. the taliban appears to be moving out of its sub.