bob way, showcase his personal story, offering a fresh look at the changes and challenges. but the way they did by growing tensions with egypt and sudan, ethiopia reset. so the next phase of filling it down on the blue nile july on i just i asked the government forces intensify their offensive against the taliban, which is seizing more territory as american forces leave. ah, my a than this is i'll just hear a lie from the hall. so coming up, the world health organization warns the pandemic is far from over. and urges countries to rethink easing restrictions. lebanon is days away from

a social explosion. the can't take a prime minister ones as he appeals for international health, hong kong police present evidence and what they say was a city wide bomb plot involving 9 people. ah, we begin in afghanistan, where more than 90 percent of american troops have left the country as part of a plan drop down. but autonomy bonded violence in the north has left afghan. the stands neighbors worried about security. to get stand is deploying thousands of reserve soldiers to protect its border. russia has one of the biggest military base is there. it says it's willing to help with touching government if needed. over the last 6 days, the tyler bond took control of $36.00 districts or 10 percent of afghan. the stan, they've doubled the number of districts since may 1st,

when us forces started their final withdraw. the afghan government has vowed to recapture the area seized by the tale bonds in the last 24 hours. the afghan therefore says it's killed. $261.00, tommy bon finances and injured hundreds more. ownership power force was on the ground. taliban fighters have been taking one district after another. they now control of ghana stands northern border, which has he could stand the african governments as a counter offensive is on the way and will include soldiers who fled from the border this week. at the way mother may have one is on even the african people expected that after the withdrawal of american forces in other countries, there would be no excuse for the tele bond to continue the war. and they should cease and resolve their problem through negotiations and peace. but unfortunately, you see that instead they started an undeclared war and intensified it in the skies, the african air force is hitting back carrying out air strikes on taliban gatherings. it may not have the latest equipment,

but the afghan air force is trained and capable. its attack, helicopters and planes are equipped with laser guided bombs. you know, if we compared our self with the american, is the big difference. the new afghan commander, bathroom air base knows they may not have as much firepower, but he says they're ready for what comes. everybody knows we are living in a country for the kid for continuing. so in this case, some sometime we go for some sometime we, we fit back. this is war in combat, everything is possible. and nothing in this table. for the internationally backed government to retake northern areas and keep its capital secure. it must hold on to barbara. the americans left the base last week, but there's a prison at the sight holding 5000 and taliban fighters, raphael, or private in the afghan national army believes an attack is coming to freedom. when mom has it is, you know,

we haven't come here to sleep. everybody here is prepared to secure a bad graham. a morale is high bomb. but morale may not be high for long with the taliban. intensifying its attack. it's really the taliban having leverage, have to be upper hand. and i think there's a snowball effect. once you start seeing that various provinces throughout the country can become very hard to reverse, particularly with now, let's not forget without robust us military backing and support. it was in the interest of the united states in the interests of countries in the region to ensure that the afghan government does not collapse, but we're heading to a pretty dark place at the moment. the pentagon says the u. s. withdrawal should be finished in august, a lot can happen on the battlefield between now and then enter chappelle al jazeera . the world health organization is warning against eating cove in 19 restrictions to soon criticizing what he calls the premise to rush back to full normality. a number of countries across europe are significantly relaxing their rules,

that despite rising numbers and concerns about the highly contagious delta variant, the w h o in fits the pandemic is not over yet. and further waves of infection could surface later in the year. all of the countries of the america, we still have nearly 1000000 cases. week 1000000 a week hooked up. it is an over am and the same in europe, in europe, in region. we've half a 1000000 cases week like this thing has gone away. so i some of the sense that everyone thinks it's all over and we're just getting on. and to an extent, i understand the sentiment, understand why people want to feel that way. but for a lot of the world, unfortunately this thing is only getting started. we just need to be a little more patient. remember last summer where we had everything got good and then everyone kind of relaxed. and then we kind of arrived in september, october and ended up in huge trouble. what i think that's where we're going again

with a much more transmissible variant this time around the u. k. is one of the countries which is relaxing many of its kind of virus restrictions including a mandatory mask mandate. but infections arising, there is reporting its highest number of new daily cases since january almost 29000 infections being blamed on the foss spreading, delta variant and russia is reporting its highest number of code. 1900, that since the pandemic began, its scaling off is vaccination efforts. and so many countries around the world. here's charlotte bellis vaccine drives a gathering pace in countries around the world. this is 1500000 doses of the medulla vaccine flowing into el salvador as a donation from the united states. l. salvatore has administered just under 3000000 doses, enough to fully inoculate 22 percent of its population. it's an amazon called for me, so we have a special commitment to the entire region,

and we are not going to stop until all countries have vaccines. they require to protect older citizens in ivory coast. housework is a visiting market to get as many people vaccinated as possible. they'll visit 130 in the capital abbey, john in the next 2 weeks. in some countries in africa covered 19 case numbers doubling every 3 weeks. i have just received my covered vaccine and we were leased because i had been waiting to do it for a long time. in russia, the government has opened its largest vaccination center in moscow. russia reported a record high 737 corona virus dates on tuesday. and the last week showed a slight decrease in the incidence of cove at moscow. but nevertheless, the level of hospitalization and morbidity itself is at a very high level. but how will the delta or other mutations behave? it's

a question health authorities are asking around the world. israel's health ministry really started that the 5 by on take vaccine is just 64 percent effective against infections by the delta variance. it had been 94 percent effective against previous strains of the virus, although they reported it is still more than 90 percent effective. keeping people out of the hospital. there's no doubt that there is a level of escape with the death of a and that means that the there is a level of reduction in protective immunity with this particular band, even with vaccines. the good news is that with 2 doors, the vaccine there is still a very high level of protection for individuals against severe diseases like hospitalized ations and deaths. the dose of variances accelerating the spread of outbreaks and places that had previously escaped. the pandemic fee g went an entire year without recording any community corona virus, cases until the new strain arrived in april. on tuesday it reported a record 636 cases and 6 deaths. it does hurt you in some way,

and it does also let you know that, you know, we're not far from over the i see you at the main hospital in the capital sousa is full. so as the cities morgue, 10 percent of the genes are fully vaccinated. officials are hoping to increase that number to stop the spread charlotte bellis out to 0. lebanon's economic crisis. it's so dire. it's can take a prime minister things the countries just days away from what he calls a social explosion house and the app is appealing for help to avoid outright economic ruin. the world is offered a financial lifeline, but once a government formed 1st with a reform plan to deal with corruption, the ab says the global community must step in now. and when ashley though i reckon my plate today to all the king's princesses, presidents leaders and l i and friendly nations. and i call on the united nations and all international agencies in public opinion to help save to live in these

people from death and prevent the destruction of our country. leaping on is it a short distance from a social explosion, and the liberties are facing the stock site on their own? the political and economic crises of last 11 is struggling for food power. fuel and medicine is then hold on how people in by router coping. the country is in crisis, it has been in crisis for more than a year. the state is near nearly bankrupt and it's just a daily struggle for every lebanese. we're outside one of the gas stations here and you see the long lines, people wait for hours just to fill up one 3rd of their fuel tank. there is a fuel crisis just as there is a lack of medicine after people fill up their cars with gas, they go to pharmacy to start looking for medicines, which more often than not, they do not find. and then there's a hyper inflation,

the price of food. it has more than tripled in recent months. yet the minimum wage remains the same. and the majority of the lebanese people turn in the local currency, which is now worth less than $50.00. and the reason is if i were to destroy god without throwing up, we have money, we're gonna buy anything. we have money, really. we have money about going to buy anything that's not there goes on. there are those people who fill earnest salary, but unemployment is on the rise. it's now 35 percent and research institute say it is going to increase to 40 percent of the. this is a country which is starving for dollars for hard currency. the central bank mandatory reserve is drying out and the central bank was giving importers dollars in order to buy fuel medicine at an affordable price to subsidize these goods. and

like i mentioned, it's running out fuel prices have increased by, by 50, by 50 percent. so has the price of bread, so people are struggling and you just heard. a that man, there are those who have money, who are able to buy something, just can't because they cannot find it in the country which imports almost everything that it needs well. still ahead on al jazeera and new oil between the united arab emirates and israel is causing concern among environmentalists. i'm stephanie decker on the waters off. i latch what have that story coming up and wherein can when the world's biggest film festival is returning for the 1st time, the pandemic began. ah

hello there, it's a hot, dry picture for the levant, and middle east. the temperatures are continuing to climb across the northern areas, particularly for q weight. we're going to see the temperature touch up to 50. we're expecting that to happen on wednesday. and things are going to feel really hot and dry. so similar picture for much of iraq and iran, and mercury is going to continue to rise. but further south we've got the winds going down a little. the hazy sunshine is going to ease up as that does start to settle. but even further south of that, we've got cooling, winds blowing into the coast of yemen and months. a temperature is slightly down than where we expect them to be. for this time of year. there are any showers there will be to the west of yemen, edging up into saudi arabia. but it's a relatively hot and dry picture, and it's hot and dry across the north of africa for the wet weather. we have to move to that central area. look that the storms brewing across the open risk valley . moving into south sedan,

we could see some flooding from that wet weather here. and they joined up as we going to does a with those storms in the gulf of guinea. we've seen some heavy rain. forget bon and cameroon. we've also seen some flooding in sierra leone free town, seen some of those flash floods. and the wet weather is set to continue. the with bank 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

the me welcome back. he watching out just the time to recap the headlines. the afghan air force says it has killed $261.00 tommy bond fighters and is preparing a counter offensive to retake areas that have been captured. the us withdrawal is more than 90 percent complete, 11 and can take a prime minister. his warning is countries days a ways away rather from what he calls a social explosion house and the app is appealing for international help to resolve the economic crisis. the u. k. is reported its highest number of new daily current of virus cases. since january almost 29000 infractions being blamed on the fall spreading delta variance in russia,

a record 737 people died of coverage. 19 in the past day. police in hong kong, arrested 9 people suspected of a bomb plots that are accused of making explosives to planted multiple sites across the city. fix secondary school students are among the suspects. adrian brown reports, hong kong police presented the media with evidence of what they say was a plot to make and plant bombs across the city, helmet, shield their guns, walkie talkies and chemicals, and a list of targets. cooling thee across tunnel. well, ways caught rooms and even they wanted to lay the bomb in the, in the rubbish been on the streets with a field to, to maximize the damage caused to, to the society. 6 of those arrested all secondary school students. it is a 10th time in hong kong, or you know, it's almost a week since a man died after stopping

a police officer and then him so security officials classified it as a lone wolf terrorist attack messages on social media. later offered condolences to the assailants family, the events of the past few days demonstrate that the anti government protest movement may not have been entirely extinguished. and that se analysts may lead to a new and wide campaign against the sent. it's a year since a sweeping national security law was imposed on hong kong. now the government is proposing legislation to amend the privacy law response to the protests in 2019 when private details of police judges and journalists were disclosed on line a practice known as boxing. but tech companies like google, twitter and facebook. a worried that proposed changes could lead to local employees being fined or jailed. if they refuse to hand over the data to the hong kong

government. as a consequence, they warned they might quit the territory. one of the world's leading financial centers. hong kong chief executive says that only illegal behavior is being targeted. her law at the old charlotte. as you know, many people in hong kong have been traumatized by doc thing on the internet for a long time. this brought support in society to solve the problem and said this time the amendment to the legislation is to solve this problem. experts say the proposed changes add to the mood of uncertainty among foreign investors. this could have a very negative impact on business climate, on his reputation and for the free flow of information. now for some, the territory, reputation for safety is also being questioned. adrian brown, al jazeera hong kong, a court in south africa, has adjourned. a hearing where a former president jacob zoom is fighting against the prison sentence. a judgment

is due on friday. zoom has been ordered to spend 15 months in jail for failing to appear as a corruption inquiry. he defied a 5 day deadline to hand himself in and has accused judges of bias. 28 people are fed dead in a plane crash in rushes far east. the plane lost contact with air traffic control and failed to land as scheduled on the come charts, co peninsula and 26 planes manufactured until 986 have been involved in several accidents. in recent years, his fenton monahan, the wreckage is being recovered far and wide. as russian aviation officials tried to piece together what happened. some debris from the crash was found on the mountain side in the far eastern region of cum shatka. more pieces were fished out of the sea. other parts of the plane were found about 5 kilometers in the airport runway. in the town of pallana. us look at a 3 today,

a plane following the read from petro pub last come, chat sky to plan across the tragedy said to have occurred during the landing. presumably the train was making a 2nd approach and visibility was poor. air traffic control last contact as the plane near his destination. heavy fog may have caused the plane to go off course. a criminal investigation is underway. but the planes owner says everything was technically sound before take off. local officials have partially back this up, confirming no problems were detected if the russian made and not aircraft before it depart. it didn't really see what the aircraft was made. in 1982, it has a valid certificate of air worthiness the crew past a pre flight inspection. currently search and rescue activities are underway. all 28 people on board are believed dad, but so far, no bodies have been recovered. a local leader and 2 children were among the passengers. the rugged terrain around pallana is making search a slow and arduous process. the area where the record was found is difficult to

access, especially as night falls. fenton mountain al jazeera in throughout the government is narrowly lost the vote in parliament raising doubts about the viability of the new coalition. and failed to renew a contentious law that bars out of sin in, in the occupied territory from settling permanently with their spouses in israel. 59 members voted in favor and an equal number voted against it. after an all night connected session. this route, new foreign minister le pete has taken his 1st international trip. the destination was the united arab emirates, the country's establish ties last year under a deal broken by the trumpet administration. part of that deal is an oil contract that will see tank because doc in israel, southern ports of a lat, u e o l will be sent through a pipeline to ash cologne in the north. then loaded on the tank is bound for europe that cause in concern among environmentalists,

the stephanie decker reports from the lat. so cause like this actually is 5000 years old. ever seem to be to me to seem different kingdom. it took thousands of years to create but so fragile. it can be instantly killed, which is why environmentalists sounding the alarm about an oil deal between israel and the united arab emirates that will soon see huge tankers deliver oil to israel, southern port of a lot from the u. e. just over the pipe actually. or somebody isn't putting that into the water or if you have one the name happened. yeah. one minute somebody did not. close devolved your mattress bag is not working. something technically, you're going to have an oil spill which can be 1000, go benito, a lot coral reef extends for around 11 kilometers along the coast. and just over kilometer that falls under a protected nature,

reserve created to protect it and the marine life which flourishes around it. but it won't be able to protect it from the many oil tankers expected to pass through here under this deal, talking here. but we understand what we're told, just around 300 meters away from the precious carl relax reef special. the carls are known to withstand large ranges of changes in temperature, making them potentially crucial in the survival of our reefs in the future by transplanting them to less resistance areas. a large red sea coast and it's under water life is also a major source of attraction for tourists. this mesmerizing underwater world artificially sustained in the local aquarium for all to see a reminder of how important it is to protect it in our natural waters. all these economy with that because stories are coming for the c 2 is coming to see fish to see to cause. and without these there's no reason why should people come to the

desert? smolik tiger is an environmentalist. he in other groups of petition the supreme court to stop this oil deal and say they're still waiting for a response. we approach the israeli owned europe, asia pipeline company for comment. they issued a statement saying they're committed to maintaining the safety of the residence and protecting the values of the environment that they operate using the latest equipment, meeting strict international standards. but that doesn't appear to convince anyone here. this all the fast prophy is for the go over that the goal for voc up, we're talking about the place where full countries are leaving around it. we have jordan salad, all right, be egypt and he's read or focus. he's leaving from to reason any potential oil spill here and the inevitable gradual pollution because of the increase flow of mega oil tankers will be felt by stephanie decker, ultra 0, i that in southern israel. the cannes film festival is bad cough to being canceled

last year because of the pandemic. international styles and film brothers are gathering for the world's most famous film festival on tasha butler is live for us in can. so what's the atmosphere like there at the 1st film festival since this pandemic began? yes, the 1st film festival in can into years. so you can imagine there is a lot of excitement we've just been seeing. some of the saw arriving on the red carpet. jodie foster, the american direct, despite li who's hating the jury this year. we're also speaking to the director of the can film festival. terry framer. he said, look, this is going to be a time for the movie industry in france to really come together to enjoy some movies and it will be a time to read this off the so many a typical month that really gives you a flavor of what the atmosphere is like we've also seen,

i have to say the cost of the opening night film and net fit stalls. mario coffee and adam drive, or it is by the french american director there was correct. that is a musical committee. so we lots to see hill to see over the next few days. that said, the covey pandemic is, of course, in the back of so many people's mind, particularly for people attending this festival. because you have to get a kind of a test every 48 hours if you want to participate. if you want to go and see a feel, ma, mandatory and doors. people encourage to try and a social distance. because of course, because the panoramic is false move, everyone goes back here and here and falls. in fact, the case is right. the rising, being fueled by the delta far is so organized to say everyone must be extremely vigilant, but it's still a moment to savor and enjoy. all right, and then take us through what's in store then over the next 12 days, natasha. well 12 days, of course,

all films, all glamorous stalls, all sorts of things happening. can film festival, the main competition for the palm door, the most prestigious prize here there are 24 films, not category mall in the world frauds, united states, morocco and chad. all the film directors competing, of course for that prize which will be handed out on the final evening, some big names as well. making that come back to can the factor in french actress kathleen denied for many fault would be delighted to see her american stalls like sean, penn, and many, many of those. it will be a moment of much excitement for movie fans. but there's also a serious note to the can festival this year, the director of the festival is decided to try and make it go green if you like to put more of a focus on the climate change on environment. so we're going to see a lot of films around bath, and everyone is come to become film festival has to pay an environment tags they've had to make a contribution for the can festival can try and reduce its carbon footprint. thanks

so much. natasha butler. now tropical storm l, so is on its way to the us state of florida after its destructive path through the caribbean. more than 100000 people had to leave flood prone areas, an unsafe housing in cuba and august and reports from havana. the storm outside made it so felt as it cut its way through. central cuba, local authorities had already moved a 180000 people from its path to safety. and also i'm, a lot of you don't know of the winds will take the roof or not, but it's better to be here. sheltered in a place we can take care of your children. the storm slowly move north towards the capital where preparations were on the way in a way of stored up water and prepared food. i've got lanterns and a becca cook, in case the gas goes. and i also have my neighbors who are willing to help me if i

have any problems, a head of storm surges, others improvised solutions. if you move, but what this wall is for the water. sometimes when the sea overflows the water can come up many blocks and get into the houses, the stops of water getting in many living by the capital c walk moved out for the night. well, i'm wonder, was that i'm that we're moving because the building is falling. we need to move now because with the storm that's coming, things the grim as cuban say you need to move, and that's how we keep on going with many of his buildings now old and in need of repair. tropical storms in cuba can often be fatal. the government on site is to focus on prevention, moving those and structurally unsound accommodation into relatives houses or to state shelters. it's this level of planning that has helped keep deaths from storms in cuba to a minimum. and the government will be keen to avoid significant material damage. it simply cannot afford to replace. at augusta and al jazeera havana

firefighters from across canada have been called in to help tackle wildfires in british columbia. nearly 200 blazes are raging across the province. it's still feeling the effects of last week's record breaking heat wave local media report, 2 thirds of the 5 a not yet on the control. some areas have ordered people to evacuate. ah, that's bring you up to speed with some of the headlines here now to see. and now the afghan air force says it's killed. $261.00 tyler bond fights is and is preparing a counter offensive to retake areas that have been captured. the us withdrawal is more than 90 percent complete. lebanon's can't take a prime minister. his warning is country is days away from what he calls the social explosion house and the app is appealing for international help to resolve the

economic crisis for coming world health organization. as warning governments against easy coven.