care about helping us engages with the rest of the world. i cover foreign policy, national security. this is a political impact here. the conflicts are we telling the good story? we're really interested in taking you to a place that you might not visit otherwise. it's actually feel as if you were there . ah, well, the 30 wrong linked websites go offline. the us justice department says it's these control of them violating sanctions. ah, i'm civil robin, what, you know, they were like my headquarters here and also coming up the efforts to reform us voting rights. republicans in the senate block, what would have been a major overhauls of the electoral system? also the 1st person, hong kong charge of the social security law, goes on trial,

driving his motorcycle into police officers and even will for increase and violence of done is done as the taliban makes more gain ahead of the withdrawal of foreign troops. ah, welcome to the gun $33.00 websites linked to iran, or offline. after the u. s. c's control of them. the justice department says that blocked them because they violate sanctions. now this is the message greeting anyone trying to look at iran's english language press t b side or the arabic alarm channel. the u. s. s accused media outlets connected to rounds revolution regard of spreading disinformation. mike, hannah has more from washington d. c. the justice department says that the iranian television and radio union had been designated

a special entity back in october last year because of what it alleged was election interference. this requires all of its bodies to get special permission to operate in the united states, which the justice department said it did not do so. as a result, some 33 entities have been shut down. all the websites have been shut down by the department of justice. and now that is the situation there. but at the same time, what you have is these entities moving almost immediately within a matter of hours to radiant controlled website. so they are now continuing to operate, but the timing as well. there are some questions about that. it's only a few days since iran elected a new president. and importantly to it's only a few days since the 7th round of negotiations about restoring the nuclear view with iran concluded now the u. s. and iran are not taking part face to face in those negotiations that happening through intermediaries. but certainly this action

now with these websites being shut down is going to have potentially a massive impact on any chance of resuscitating resuscitating those negotiations. but as the department of justice says, this is something that has been a long time in the coming. the department of justice has confirmed that these websites were impact owned by the american companies. although obviously being used by the iranian entities. a bill that would have led to the largest overall of the u . s. electrical system in a generation has failed. republican senators blocked the voting rights legislation put forward by the democrats. 3 fifths of the senators, duly chosen, and sworn. not having voted in the affirmative. the motion is not agreed to now they fell short of the 60 days required to have a debate on the legislation. democrat soggy. the reform package will counteract. laws passed in republican lead states which restrict voting access. let's bring in

nam, because issues an associate professor of political science at howard university, joseph via skype from washington. d. c. could have you. this is caught on the program. i mean, senate republicans all stored to be opposed to this bill. so no surprises than that . it failed. absolutely not. i think they've been telegraphing for months now that they don't plan to do anything to violate state's rights to control the elections, however unfair they are the potential law maybe. what happens next, because the democrats is sort of relatively concerned about that of the erosion of both rights across several states, mainly republican held states in the us. well, i mean, i think the fight will continue at the federal level. i mean, if you still the job who is voter advancement act, that still sort of languishing right now in the senate, but there's also a movement that can be had at the state level. i mean, certainly, i think there will be lots of legal challenges to these these policies in the

states, whether be georgia or texas or other one that you will be a lot more litigation around some of this to halt the introduction of these law into practice. i mean, you talk about various legislation being challenged to in states, but at the federal level, as you also said, it sort of doesn't end all the sort of lesser bills that have pops. a small impact intended to be brought into the house for discussion or later into the standard. anything that might be pending? well, i mean again the john lewis. bill is still it's past the house, but it hasn't done anything. i think everyone sort of concerned about this federal legislation has been trying to chip away at some of the sort of legal basis for these kinds of order id law. namely reinstating the necessary sections of the voting rights act to prevent these activities that have really crept up the passage

of the shelby beholder decision. but it still is the case that you have a senate that has stopped leopold lee from the republican bye to any such magic. so the likelihood that anything's going to happen at the federal level is slim to none, but this particular split in the city. and it's really going to take some new blood in the senate to go to change the outcome, i think at least federally where election law concerns. but i think it's 2, i think short sighted to only focus on the federal level. the state is really important year, in terms of sort of your colleagues around the country that you would talk to about sort of the ground realities and how the public feel at large. all republican voters or some republican voters, also sort of questioning the way that their party is handling this and even questioning whether they are, you might say, the right type of support for the party on this issue. you know, i think it all depends because i think in theory, people want their side to win,

but people never think about the fact that they're going to be perhaps them roll off a bag of these voting right builds. so one thing if you say it's though, voted over there, but many of the republican voters are also rural, are also elderly and others who may not have access to the kinds of motor id that these can legislation and targeting. so they might actually be harmed in a tips to just able other times a boat or so i think, you know, it remains to be seen. i think for now people are pretty pleased with this, at least from a republican 5 because it looks like it's going to set the republicans up for when in those states where they did that do so well in the 2020 presidential election, we're see what happens and yeah, because thanks so much for joining us from washington, d. c. thank you. so the 1st person, hong kong to be charged and debating, sweeping national security law is on trial. the government has denied the defendant a jury, citing concerns over the safety of jurors. tonguing kit is accused of terrorism and

inciting secession, or driving his motorcycle into a group of officers while flying a protest like last july. let's get more an aside from a correspondent give pollen who's outside the court in hong kong has to be a big day in court really to test how strong or legitimate hunk of the security law will be on cracking down on dissent. absolutely. hope so. hell, people are watching this very close the to get clues and how national security law trials are going to be conducted in the future. this is the 1st such trial that's taking place of this 24 year old man. and many are concerned already that this is in conflict with hong kong rule of law that is highly respected and independence of the judiciary. as you pointed out, there's going to be no jury trial criminal cases held that the card customarily have a jury. and also that is causing concern is the fact that all 3 judges overseeing

this trial have all been hands or appointed by the hong kong chief executive. so many are watching this closely to see how fair national security law trial will be . how much leeway there will be, and basically what this means for hong kong, highly valued rule of law to be, let's just remind of view as about what this man has been charged with, considering the incident was actually films. that's right, so the song singing, keith is only 24 years old. he had taken part in protest last year of july. first. that incidentally was the 1st day the national security lock came into place. he's accused of running his motorcycle driving his motorcycle into a group of policemen during that process and holding up a flag which had the words liberate hong kong revolution of our time. that phrase is now deemed as

a means of secession under the national security law. and once again has raised a lot of concern about freedom of speech, people's rights, and people's general freedoms. in, in the 50, he is, has been in basically in jail since last year. pretty mark, since he was charged and arrested. he has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against them. he was denied bail repeatedly. and it's also worth noting that more than a 100 other people have not been arrested. under the national security law, the a large majority of them are likely to be facing trial. and these include politicians, pro democracy activists, human rights activists, protesters. and of course, the very high profile media mogul, jimmy ly, who is also facing those charges. okay, we'll check in with you throughout the day as a court case proceeds to vic apollo. now correspondence in hong kong. now there are new fears about growing instability, and i've done this to

a string of recent military gains by the taliban. it's fighters captured the main border crossing with to jake has done it on tuesday. and the un envoy for i've done son says the groups taking control of more than 50 districts in the past month. not this kind of violence has increased significant base since the us announced plans to withdraw its troops by september. the 11th there is diplomatic added james base has this report. the security situation in afghanistan has been deteriorating for years. but what the security council heard in this virtual session was the most grim briefing, yet, i cannot over straight to the counsel 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 can do city looks at risk of being surrounded. special

representative lions said the un believes this may be a deliberate strategy. more than 50 about the dentist and $370.00 districts have fallen since the beginning of may. most districts have been that have been taken for round 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 us under the production energy. our only the wes fire to sort of signing especially by the united states troops withdrawal

the master school lists kabul raxon h. as in the address, senseless violence associates 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 the peace conference in san 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. well, still had hail now desert spain, parking tuttleton, separated leaders, declaration of independence, led to the country, west political crisis in decades. also, if you are saying this video,

it means my house is being rated. and i've been the price paid by anyone opposing nicaragua, with presidents or warning this year's election won't be fair story after the break . ah hello with st. very heavy rain recently, just around the midwest. it seems a very heavy rain to just around the eastern seaboard of the us. now the cold front has been sliding its way across. central eastern parts of canada brought to nasty tornado into chicago in the process. links all the way back down to the deep south where have seen some very heavy rain. but the overriding feature for much of north america really is the heat. temperature is very much on the high side, many places getting up to the mid thirty's,

still getting up around the 40 degree mark or higher for phoenix. so that searing, he continuing across the south west not quite as hot up towards the, the northwest up towards that western side of canada. but temperature is still doing quite nicely here as well. thank you. showers continues to central parts of canada, sliding a little further south, which over the next couple of days we'll have you shout into the south east of the us and we, we all like to see further flooding problems here. as we go on through thursday, there's that what, whether it's a central canada down across the northern plains, that seems very heavy rain recently into panama, nasty weather system. rumbling away here, bringing some squall, the winds, and some heavy downpours funder and lightning, banging away more heavy showers for the western side of the caribbean. the it's just again, it's a way of life. every path, every shows,

every day brings us together. we try to miles so we can say we we flew every game with a game, takes us together. it's more than just the game. ah, the book and you want to go to their mesa. he'll run the reminder of our top stories. the us government says it's the control of 33 websites linked to iran, citing violations of american sanction. not. this is the message greeting those

trying to look at iran, english language press tv side, or the arabic alarm channel. first test in hong kong to be charged and debating, sweeping national security has gone on trial. the government has denied toll kits a jury funding safety concern and tell about the sizes of camp to that's going to sound main border crossing with gifts done racing fears of growing insecurity as the group continues to make. military gave us says it's taken more than 50 districts in the past month. us media is reporting that full saudi's involved in the killing of gender as jamal, because shoji had received paramilitary training in the united states, shall g. a saudi citizen was murdered in the kingdoms counselor in the stumble 3 years ago. now the new york times claimed the security company based in arkansas, provided the training in 2017 and that the contract was approved by the us state department. the key investors government says at least 11 police officers have been

killed in an ambush for others. a missing. it happened on monday in the town of years ago in the centre north region. in the country's conflict, hit north, an official says the officers were attacked while on the relief mission. no one has yet claimed responsibility. if you have his prime minister has described monday's election as success, despite many voters in conflict, sayings being left out of the process of ahmed says the pole was its 1st attempt at free and fair elections. but as though to the weight provisional result, some opposition groups are crying foul. they say ballot boxes with tampered with, and the staff attacked mohammed out has more from amazon to them. he seems to be on his way to winning his foster popular monday t a in if you up yeah. in 2018. when he came to power. he was selected by his party the e p. out to be of coalition, both of the country then and i'll be desperate to get

a puppet monday because this country is riddled with so many problems from the conflict in 2 ethnic troubles in several of the course that can treat many of the supporters and people in these but the believe that with a popular mandate, he will have the legitimacy, he needs to little decisively with if you appears a problem. of course the most appalling stations across the country, the prosperity patio prime minister b is the leading for the position. i'm making headway in albany areas like the capital and about parts of towns in other parts of the country and they seem to be happy with that. but they have been problems with pulses and position, but is in the rural areas. how file hundreds of complaints, including some about company with electro material that actual commission say it is investigation goes allegations that could be the free and fair election in

nicaragua, later, the sheriff's suppression of the opposition continues that according to human rights watch, it says the arrest of 5 possible presidential candidates, as well as rights violations against government, critics or strategy to eliminate the competition or latin america, jealousy and human has more high level you see from the me start to more than a week. these messages have been posted online one after the other manase or mine, and they gotta correct you and brothers and sisters. if you are watching this video, it is because i have been detained by takers regime. now, if you're seeing the video, it means my house is being rated and i've been here be and seeing this video, it means i've been captured from when you go, if you are seeing this, it means i've been detained by the police. these are only some of the recently imprisoned opponents of nicaragua, ruling couple president daniel ortega and his wife from samuel moody you, his vice president,

5 of them are aspiring presidential challenges for november's elections. others are opposition, party journalists, even bankers and prominent members of the business sector. the majority of them are accused of violating national sovereignty and independence in her latest recorded message to nicaraguans, mrs. ortega called them quote, servants, to a foreign god. she noah should remish in do else would attempt to submit the people who the wishes committed to the world. the same one who trouble is coming from the afternoon. she's referring to the united states ortega's former enemy during the left descend. denise, the revolution, the top of the garage, was for most a dictatorship in 1979. now a great many of daniel notate as former comrades in arms, accused him of replacing the most of dynasty with his own family. beyond the

legendary gorilla commander durham idea, and general doris rescue don't take from prison during this hand. denise. the insurrection have also just been arrested. i say, the same time. 46 years ago, i risk my life to get daniel ortega out of jail. i'm 73 years old. i never thought that at this stage of my life, i would be fighting in a peaceful civic way against the new dictatorship. the one of the few critics still creed is opposition. alliance leader, a list of elements who did a student revoke 3 years ago. the federal take a strategy is to discourage nicaraguans from going to the polls at all in november . and women. it was to generate total credit. there is massive extension that way, danny, a little take. you can say i want 1000 square. i just didn't have any competition with human rights watch is asking the un secretary general to invoke article 99 of the charter to bring the matter before the security council. calling it

a threat to regional security. you can do this within your name without any meaning reference questions internationally. a very wrong message to other americans that are going towards the practices if you are a little bit president daniel ortega, who has not been seen in public for more than a month, has not responded to requests for comment to see in human al jazeera space prime minister has part 9 jailed katelyn separate his leaders that they were convicted and sedition in 2019 for their role in the regions failed. 2017 independence. but now the pardon is a controversial list and opposition party se they'll challenge it in court. so gay g has more a tentative olive branch loaded with consequences. the spanish prime minister has been pushing hard to revive talks with catalog separatists and hoping that a pardon for the movement 9 imprisoned leaders can open the way for dialogue. we're

responding to another story. the spanish government has taken this decision because it's the best of the catalonia, the best for spain and correspondence to the spirit of harmony and co existence in the spanish constitution. yeah. it's not without opposition. sanchez finds himself in the middle of a storm because outside of catalonia, 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 procession is movement apart and do not go far enough. the capital and lead to said only an amnesty would be acceptable, as he could cause to continue the fight for independence. but i shall water the let me feel. it's time for an amnesty on the right to self determination. it's time to agree on the referendum is tongue for a solution to achieve more internal consensus?

yeah, the illegal independence referendum in 2017 triggered the biggest political crisis of the country had seen in decades the 9 succession as leaders was sentenced in 2019 for their roles and the vote. including catalonia, the vice premier, spain supreme court, which oversaw the trial has also rejected the pardons. as it says, those sentences have shown no remorse. while the ruling is non binding, it could be cited impossible. future legal challenges in the constitutional court which could send the 9 back to prison. the difficulty for the process session is to argument is that while it is very vocal, it is still in the minority in catalonia, being partial, spain is still just about the preferred option that mr. sanctioned. his dilemma is that he is leading a minority government and can ill afford to squander the support in the parliament . he also needs the support of catalan nationalists parties. their leaders know

that this piece offering will be extended by the prime ministers, 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 did i ever go out? there we go. let's see. what i do is a journalist in political commentator now he says the journal politicians a little interested in the pardon, but want something else. the separate is leaders which are going to be pardoned. they haven't requested bother. they actually rejected at least officially that same principle. they say they did nothing wrong, so they don't need to be bothered. they are in favor of an amnesty. now there seems to be very little difference between the 2 things, but they're both a very important difference. and i'm going to see some political action means that what they did was not wrong. so in that sense, they are not accepting this,

this bothered, and apart from that, they insist that they will do it again, that they are still in favor of independence. of course, but not only that, but in fact, they receptive themselves to use all the means they, they think they need in order to achieve their goal. so yes, there is a question of whether these will settle the question or extension. it seemed to a huge political gamble on the part of the prime minister because the problem was so unpopular, at least in spain as a whole, is differently got a loan, tonia, i guess, a majority of the people it supports it, but i think it's becoming clear that us, we've missed so many other issues in spain. the, the divide becomes political and we can see how the numbers are changing. and now people who support the government are supporting or at least accepting principal departments because they want to support the left, his government,

and the people who opposes the pattern remains only in the opposition parties. the right parties with new zealand, self authorities have raised the cove at 19 let level in the capital city that comes after straightly and torres tested positive for chrome virus. after visiting wellington over the weekend, the city will move to alert level 2, it means social distancing rules will be in place in the greater region, but businesses and schools can remain open. new zealand hasn't had any community transmission for months. now the us will likely miss present jo biden's target to give 70 percent of adults at least one dose of the cave in 1900 job. by the 4th of july, the whitehouse may be admission saying it may take a few more weeks to reach that goal due to hesitancy. amongst young americans, they 2 thirds of adults of had at least one days, while more than half a fully vaccinated. there are demographic groups and sometimes populations where

it's more difficult to reach. we've seen that and 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 below. whitehouse corresponding kimberly hallett has moved from washington dc. the pace of vaccinations has slowed significantly in the united states and we already start 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 at school. 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 ah, era. my name is robin and these are all top stories. the u. s. department of justice says it sees control of 33 websites linked to iran, citing violations of american sanctions. this is the message reaching, anyone trying to look at iran, english language press t v site or the arabic al alarm channel. the us.