and so they do not cross into argentine territory from this home argent time authorities can monitor for what's happening in this economic exclusive films. but what afford if you are saying, is that what's important is to regulate what's happening in international waters. ah, car sales president to be b strives and goes about his handling of the corona virus pandemic. ah, play watching al jazeera life from me for the back. people also ahead more than 2000000 people in ethiopia, dry region on the verge of starvation, according to the united nation. and there is a warning the crisis could get worse. a reprieve for,

for my south african president, jacob, whom i, of course, were here. his request to overturn his contempt ruling and possibly keep him from going to jail. the landslide 3 central japan flattening buildings in washing away everything in his at least 20 people are missing. it's the 2nd worst affected country by cove in 19, but brazil, the government is once again being accused of not taking the virus seriously. thousands of people are back on the street. fed up with house eatable scenario is handling the pandemic pressure. both scenario continues to downplay the virus is dangerous. he's also under investigation for possible corruption linked to a contract to be brought to by india and made vaccines. more than half a 1000000 people have died from the virus in brazil. live to monica and i have who is at a protest in rio de janeiro. so growing pressure,

monica on president boston. narrow. tell us about this protest where you are and what people are asking for the know are growing there were basically about for both of them out of going to the virus. oh wow. now just a moment for president heard book or not all the time. here are the bill was not vaccinations in that contract. the latest on. 7 the was the 1st and the that there were in a contract to buy back pulled. that would be more north of that information that he did not subtle to investigate

because as you said, you would never really have all the compared to other us. * just have 500000 resilience a lot. hard to find the the po for the one for the. okay. monica, thank you. will be there for now monica and i have live for us in rio de janeiro. response themes are being deployed across the us. the areas at risk of a highly contagious form of covey. 19 the delta very, and has been detected in all 50 states as, as american head into

a holiday weekend with fewer restrictions. christian salumi reports from new york. the route, whether it's to see bruce springsteen on broadway or the new york mets at city field. americans are getting back out just in time to celebrate the national 4th of july holiday weekend. some travelling for the 1st time since the pandemic. it's really exciting, but also a little concerning at the same time just because there's so much we don't know. the united states is reopening despite falling short of president jo biden's, goal vaccinating 70 percent of americans, even as the delta variance spreads to all 50 states. i am concerned that people who have not gotten vaccinated have the capacity to catch the variance and spread the variance to other people who have not been vaccinated. i'm not concerned there's going to be a major outbreak. in other words,

that we're going to have another epidemic nationwide, but an concerned lives will be lost. new york and california have lifted virtually all of their cobra restrictions on businesses and social gathering. these 2 states hit hardest and earliest by the pandemic. we're also among those that suffered the most economically businesses are trying to balance safety with meaning open and profitable. it does feel like the old times square here. yes. and on the weekend, do you really see me just over 50 percent of storefront open for business in new york times square. but people are coming back. i pedestrian counts now are rising. in fact, we see an average of 200000 sessions coming through our pauses in our neighborhood every day, which is 60 percent increase compared to what we saw during the pandemic. some businesses and events still require masks or proven vaccination. 6 someone like

myself, mike frank over here, we can't go to the show because we haven't done the vaccination with a significant segment of the population resistant to the vaccine. however, some say you can't be careful enough. i don't know what is going to look right, but sounds good. i just don't want to take any chances. i want to leave a little longer. still, many will find reason to celebrate this independence day in a country, not yet free of the corona, virus. christian salumi al jazeera, new york are present. joe biden is spending part of the july 4th holiday weekend encouraging people to get vaccinated. he's on his way to michigan to mark the countries progress against over 19. it's one of a nationwide so called america's back together tor 1st lady, joe biden is in maine and vice president comma harris will be in california and nevada. although many more, more than half the us population has been vaccinated, the government will not meet his goal of inoculating 70 percent by july. 4th,

she returns he has moved from washington. they're all good numbers to, to, to absorb behalf. it's true that the by does ministration is going to miss if the goal of 70 percent of adults in the us having at least one shot of a vaccine. but very narrowly missing that it's going to be 67 percent of adults. if the current trends continue til tomorrow, 60 seconds and is not far from 70 percent. so the white house a pretty happy with that. in addition, when you look at some of the other statistics that we have without 12000 cases a day, you compare that to 200000 cases a day when joe biden was inaugurated, we have 300 deaths a day. that's about the same level as we had in the us in march of 2020. so the white house says it's justified in celebrating how far we've come. the problem is that some of these numbers, the trends are beginning to go the other way. actually even begin with our 67

percent with at least one vaccine. the number of american adults with both vaccines fully vaccinated is only 46 percent. and that rate is slowing. the number of deaths today beginning to creep up as good as the delta variance spreads in the united states, particular problems with people with young people 18 to 39. i'll be proven to be much slower and taking vaccines in fact, actually a particular product, 18 to 26 year olds, and then the regional variations where people are getting vaccinated, usually in the south, east the midwest. and there were saying delta, the delta variance of spreading. so it's a very difficult balancing act that it's not entirely clear whether that can tip to properly calibrate back to the, to the needs of america. right now, indonesia has imposed more restrictions in its capital jakarta, the main island of java, and the tourists have of barley, after record number of infections and deaths, mosques, restaurants and shopping malls are closed and the health care system is struggling

to cope. jessica washington reports from jakarta. in the indonesian capital these carpenters work from morning to midnight. busier than ever in this workshop got up in them of the families of the deceased waiting for coffins. so whether we like it or not, we have to work fast. as indonesia, the most populous island java deals with his largest search in covert 19 cases. workers in the funeral industry say they overwhelmed and exhausted. nearby these men transport hundreds of empty coffins each day to hospital with the priorities covey 19, we have to help with these cases because there are just too many dead bodies with its symmetries filling up and its hospitals struggling. the government has brought back restrictions to try slow transmission in java and bali. but the could

i get by we, as we know in the last few days, the panoramic has developed very fast because of the new variant which is also become a serious problem in many countries. some of the restrictions include compulsory working from home for non essential sectors, the closing of moles, places of worship, and more and limits on domestic travel. there are more than 50000 police and armed forces personnel in the field to enforce the new restrictions and roadblocks around the capital police the people to turn back and go home. doctor say they welcome the new restrictions, but some of how many live could have been saved if they had started soon. some hospitals are already at 100 percent capacity, and doctors say they have no choice but to turn away sick people because they don't have room for them. must be there. i know they're going to help me to have them finding that for their life. there has been children

and what i can help unable to get hospital care. many a trying to buy oxygen tanks to care for their loved ones at home. the government says it will enhance tele medicine services to assist those in need. but the help has come to late for thousands of indonesians who lost their loved ones in the recent surge. now i feel so lost. my parents are gone. we don't even know where they caught the virus. in one week she lost her mother and father. now she hopes other families won't experienced the same fate. jessica washington, out to 0 chicata malaysia is tightening pandemic restrictions in kuala lumpur and other areas surrounding the capital. the country is under a national lockdown. the government has set a date for parliamentary can be next month after he was suspended in january. still

ahead on al jazeera, it was one seen as a beacon of stability in west africa. so why i'm tied up and tow testers on the streets in booking of fossil now and drought is on the verge of becoming iraq's next crisis, as feels turn to do better, rather from has a climate change is to blame. ah, ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored by kettle airways. you see there is old news reports of heavy rain falling continuously. i'd like to say it's almost over well, they'll be high. us in japan around tokyo is not quite as wet on sunday. may so most of the rain is going to be bit further north and a bit further east, as you can see, but it's not going to be drive as part of the seasonal rain bandit stretches back

towards china. and typically to get a 100 millimeters a day, that's not unusual. now, this is the story on monday, the orange suggests heavy rain for the south running into hom shoes on a certain tokyo area which is most at risk of the moment. however full cost wise rain on monday bit better on tuesday, windy and whit again, on wednesday it is not over. the risk remains of further landslides, this heavy rain to forecast, to be in the philippines stickly lose on, but also the central islands and for the south silhouette whose bit drove and it was with popular probably wetter sumatra is also wet, but that is seasonally correct. and not that extraordinary, by the dryer in java, and you'll see in rather wetter probably in thailand, cambodia and laos. as a monsoon, rain is showing most of his f moment up in nepal, baton the northeast of india and bangladesh. it's hot, further west sponsor cut on airways.

it's just again, it's a way of life. every. every shot every day brings us together. we travel since miles. so we can say we were. we flew every month and going with a game exist unique and together. it's more than just the getting me ah ah, i talked stories on 0 thousands of people who are taking part in demonstrations in

brazil against president dr. watson. i was handling of the corona virus. he's also under investigation for possible corruption in acquiring indian maids vaccines. us president joe biden is on his way to michigan to encourage people to get back to native against covered 19 as part of a nationwide talk to mark the countries progress in fighting the pandemic. half the u. s. population has been vaccinated. indonesia is rolling out more corona virus restrictions across strict contact java in body as members of daily infections, and dest reach a record high, neighboring malaysia has also tightened measures virgin cases. now the united nations is warning the ethiopian government and rebel fighters to respect a sci fi into gray. un says the conflicts risk sending the region spiraling further into crisis. more than 2000000 people are said to be on the verge of starvation. if your government declared a sci fi this week, it's

a great defense for says they're committed to cooperating with a partners and allowing access, catherine, so he has more from ethiopia, as the sub capital communication is quite bad, we telephone lines have been cut off and to see the lines have been cut off, so there is no way of communicating if you don't have a satellite phone right now. but somehow there are pictures and videos that have emerged from to gray. incredible pictures that the few things here are now talking about of prisoners of war, thousands of men and some women who appear to be federal soldiers being paraded around maquel capital of the gray marching to a prison. we have spoken to the spokesmen of the great defense forces who has told us that this soldiers was arrested within the last one week during fighting between

the different forces in areas around mecca. he also said that if you'll p and federal, they can military stuff with huge casualties in those days and in that's fighting and also other that the green and forces had seized important equipment and, and all of from the c o, p, and forces. he also says now that the focus is in other areas that are still being controlled by you called the foreign forces. for example, the focusing on west and gray, where we still have forces from the neighboring. i'm higher a region, this is a dispute territory where both the higher end that the gray claim, the land in western t gray. so it's good to be interesting to see how all of that play plays out. and algiers here morgan has reported extensively on the 10s of thousands of grey and

refugees who fled across the border into neighboring sedan. she has this report from gotta re many of the grand refugees here. incidentally, they want to attempt to take away. now that that's a grand defense worth of have taken over the capital mickely and other major cities . but the fact that there are no telecommunication lines for them to understand from their relatives in the region. what the situation is like on the ground is raising concerns among refugees here. many of them have told us that they've witnessed, i'm horror, malicious, as well as if you can federal troops burn farms and lose warehouses where food was stored, who make the people of the grey die of hunger and our vision. some of the refugees who we spoke to say in addition to the point that they had over their safety and security. the reason why they fled pig right was the concerns over the rating. how many parent situation in the region, but they've also been complaining about the humanitarian situation in the refugee camp care and put down as well. people out escaping from the genocide. right. and also they are suffering because of lack of foods because of lack of medicine. no

one will help them. so we need just the international community to help didn't speak at it because the escaping from genocide from the genocide of the government and made this force. and how did you not force now with the thought of the rainy season, and there are concerns about how strong and 30 the shelf is, where the refugees are residing. are some of them have complained that they have already collapsed under the 1st few reins and strong going in the area. and they're saying that they're worried that marshall says will collapse. 8 organizations have also one that there will be diseases that will show up in the camp such as malaria and cholera. so refugees who are saying that they're worried about the fact that the parent situation made it to reach here. but they're also worried that they may not be able to go back home despite the fact that the grand different for the have taken over the region. many of them say that they hope the situation plays out for the better, but are concerned it will play out for the worth. the looming prison sentence for

former south african president, jacob's whom i may be delayed. the constitutional court has to hear his application for the contempt ruling against him to be revolt. had been sentenced to 15 months in prison on tuesday. so failing to appear at a corruption inquiry from the miller's following development in clara just outside to my ancestors home. those attempts to stay out of prison and they've come just stuff to months of saying that he's prepared to go to joe to defend his rights in that the constitutional court and the commission of inquiry into corruption or bias that the court on independent that there's an agenda political agenda against them . and so that he willing to go to jail who sort of creative, jo. once that judgement came through from the constitutional court, just say no for the former president was due to either hand itself over to police face arrest in the days off to that. he then approached the constitutional court as

well as the high court to try and prevent that race. and so for now, the constitutional cortez issued an order say that it was here, his application for rescission, of that judgment and sentence, they'll hear that application on the 12th of july. but it doesn't necessarily mean that his imprisonment is the splendid. we are seeking clarity on that one legal experts says that the former president would have to apply separately to the constitutional court to hold off on that risk. the government of 14 e, formerly known as far as the land, is inviting southern africa regional blong to investigate after days of protests against the king. very poor, thousands of people have been killed and injured during demonstrations. the crowds accused kings swati a filing defend and want and elected prime minister. the government says is deployed the military to restore order as what he needs africa as last absolute

monarchy. thousands of anti government protesters have gathered in volcano fossils, capital laga do go there, demonstrating against the worst thing security situation. the opposition says the government is to blame and accuses of failing to prevent attacks by armed verbs for keener. foster was one seen as a beacon of stability in west africa, but hundreds of people have been killed since 2015 in attacks blamed on fighters linked to i saw and to more than a 1000000 people have fed the violence which has escalated in recent weeks. that you called it the worlds fastest growing displacement crisis. president rock mac carbury, scientists defense may strong wednesday and took over the job himself as softer, more than 130 civilians were killed in an attack near the border with molly and nisha. chicken maker is a, is the executive director at the west africa network for peace building. he says many in booking a fossil have lost confidence in the government. each time that i talk is president

limits. he communication to communicating with the disease and going on on the last presentation and also recovery. i think people are beginning to feel outlet. i think in the increase in the evidence of the weakness of the comment that we have that the l by one that i think that the kaufman nuclear gate module shown like the actual i'm also begin to develop some kind of community, anyone in them that will be caught in the, on the, the 2nd one is that government needs to quickly move on. we the vision of, of, from the democrats and then based on the, from that we made on the expectations of the people that are compounded. then of course, i think you don't really know what that africa union and the un come to get that to

begin to look at the thoughts i have done on the golf and all the best that i've been taking in that i'm begin to company that rather than walking, you know, so important to check what the vision of more and also for the region. and that way they can begin to address structurally them. i think i'd rather just put in on on the fact that and i've called what do i appreciate that never be the current between the book and i cannot be addressed by military. might that look that would not be possible. protesters have gathered in the occupies westbank after the killing of a prominent palestinian activist. these are but not died last week, hours after being arrested and beaten by palestinian security officers. his desk. his debts led to demonstrations across the occupied west bank a palestinian security service. his spokesman says the 14 offices involved in his

arrests were members of the patrol that arrested him. no charges have been made. at least 20 people have been reported missing after a mudslide in japan's coastal town of tommy southwest of tokyo, prime minister yoshida suga has called an emergency cabinet meeting. andrew chappelle has latest days of torrential rain, loosened soil above the town. around 10 30 am local time. on saturday, it all came sliding down the mountain. black mud cascaded through the streets in waves, crashing into homes in the quiet japanese resort town, south west of tokyo, the piano, the electricity pile on here. i wish i can all over the place and no sooner had i wondered what was going on than the mud slides were already there. and in the street below, 2 was really scared. japan self defense forces had sent teams to help local police

and firefighters. japan is prone to mud slides and flooding during its annual rainy season. japan is very much a natural disaster country. i mean there may be no country on earth that has as many natural disasters and smaller is japan. does. you know, volcanoes, earthquakes, landslide floods it's, it's gets hit very heavy. and so the self defense forces, one of their missions is to, to go to these disaster zones. and to kind of add some manpower to a situation where, you know, otherwise local authorities might be overwhelmed elsewhere and she's ok. prefecture cruiser rescuing people from floodwaters brains are expected to continue in several areas in the next 2 days. and are chappelle al jazeera. 2 more bodies have been found in the rubble of the apartment block that partially collapsed in florida last week. it brings a number of confirmed people who have died to 24, while 124 others remain on accounted for. emergency workers planned to demolish

what's left of the building on sunday. now, sorting temperatures and lack of rainfall are leading to an increasingly desperate situation for farmers in iraq as a result, the government restricted what farmers can grow, but that has in so the countries severe water shortages, iran con, has this report from the farms east of bank that this should be lush. agricultural land growing amongst other things, watermelons and tomatoes. instead it's dead. it's been this way since april. and it's just getting worse. all over iraq feels attending to deserts because of drought. 45 percent of iraq's arable land is under threat. according to the iraqi committee on agriculture and figures from the ministry of agriculture. this farm is an example of that grim statistic. the water that fed the land has dried up irrigation canals, empty animals,

have died. this farmer is in despair and says that climate change could have been managed and he knows exactly who to blame it on me. it will be most of the mismanagement, 100 percent as the problem, the authorities knew the situation here for decades and they know the solution. they have built storage on the d. l. a river and dams on the terrace is no dams built since we had a royal stanley. now the water is finished with the height of demanding and farmers migrating to the city. this is the only source of income for corruption, mismanagement, and war are often blame for most of iraq's problems for the farm. as though climate change has made things worse, the government stop them from growing set and cropped and saying the water must be used for drinking irrigation, the land, and get it to know. we were short sighted, we did not put in a previous plan to deal with the drought. the amount of water is insufficient in the summer for farming, the government should have issued a decision to stop it. forming ne sees in ploughing and other preparations. so why

would we allow the people to lose hard work and money? it's better they sell for me for at least one season. but this is no one season problem in 2020 iraq lawrence the national action plan on climate change alongside the united nations. it was supposed to address everything that you see around me. these dead feels the lack of water. but in the subsequent years, there has been higher and higher temperatures in iraq, less rain full, and now with corruption. miss management of the water flow. farmers here say that national action plan simply isn't working according to the united nations development program. iraq's one of the most vulnerable countries and the entire region. the days i getting a hold to every year and the rains less frequent. it is perhaps of the biggest challenge facing the country. but it also has unintended side effects. with the

lack of natural water comes that reliance on plastic bottle water and with that more trash, rivers of the stuff that are left on the streets because there's no system in place to dispose of it. iraq can expect to see more dead fields, a more plastic on the streets, unless something drastic has done him wrong, caught out 0 east of baghdad. ah, again, i'm fully back people with the headlines on al jazeera, thousands of people are taking part in demonstrations in brazil against president wilson. i was handling of the cone of i son damage. he's also under investigation for possible corruption in acquiring indian made vaccines. monica and i cave has more from re edition arrow on how the allegations are affecting boston. our popularity was never really related.