economy counting this cost on al jazeera, me play an important role, protecting human face. ah, the news, i think explosion causes fire, the biggest holes in the middle east rocking buildings across the city of divine ah phillips, are you watching on there? like my headquarters hearing? also coming up heading for police custody south africa for what president jacob zimmer is sent to hand himself in for a jail sentence. we'll have a live update. also, a state of emergency and haiti after president driven moiz is assassinated by

gunman. his wife is critically injured, and taliban scientist tried to take control of a provincial capital in northwest and have done his son. but the governor says they've been pushed back. ah, welcome to the program that's been the large explosion. the middle east, largest port, causing a fire official, say, the blaze device jebel, ali port her being brought into control. the blonde shook buildings across the city residence as far as 25 kilometers away felt the explosion, which happened just before midnight. local time. the authorities say they would know death all injuries will earlier. my colleague barbara sarah spoke to him hammered, said professor conflict resolution that george mason university says there's reason to doubt the government's fashion for the fire. it was a natural accident. there are 2 scores of thought or 2 scores of analysis,

one as we have just heard from the official narrative that when a natural accident, however, the sound of this blood was heard. 25 can all make it as a way that means it is a very sick and explosion and it could have matched what happened in but you wrote last year, which is a good on yours explosion. and it's not just some stuff that was in the cargo the ship. my 2nd thought is that, is there a way we can understand this within the rift that took place of the oh pick plus meeting last week. and it, you know, there was supposed to be another meeting on monday. however, it was, you spend because of the rift between him and the other 22 members of pick plus, as their way we can think of this possibility. it could be a signal,

it could be a letter or a message to the model, is that the need to concert of some agreement or some compromise. so i'm not trying to put the conspirator, i have over this incident, but i'm still wondering, i'm in the side of the road and the funny one. this is not just a small fire on a vessel. so you are saying that the potential of it being an attack is not to be completely excluded at this point. i think since the officials in dubai rushed to this, not as if it was in natural axes, and i really don't understand how naturally, since it sort of it was a rush decision or a judgment call more than an investigation. i don't think that over to our complete investigation could have been complete and some objective or some real

conclusion is rich. so is this just trying to turn down the significance of what happened? that's a possibility. the other possibility is also in every crisis i learn from my work in this really conflict resolution. i'm crazy. there is always some correlation with something else. so i'm just questioning that i think we should not accept this narrative, natural accident phase value. and i think someone someone needs to get out and figure out it, is this just by nature itself, there's something called fire on the vessel or possibly this is a hidden message to the market is to sort of rush and rationalize their position within opic plus and also, what's been happening as the rip church between the b and in terms of the competition or rivalry in the oil market. since the market have invest,

i have decided to invest $122000000000.00 in their oil. my any for the structure for the next 10 years. so i'm just raising the possibility that what i'm saying is a possible money station of a bigger crisis in the golf. if this is a message, as you call that, and again, as you specify, we don't know the details just did what would be the significance of targeting the jerbill alley port? well i've probably, it has since this is one of the main ports in the malibu and the, and also the, the economic significance. i think since, if we, i'm just saying that supposedly, if there is a link somewhere between what happened and what happened earlier in, in vietnam during the meetings of optic plus since the issue is find that insurance slash economy. i think that there is probably

a message here in the long run. if the market is insist on the position within outbreak, plus they are going to suffer also some going to make. and i'm, if you cation, so these are all this possible scenarios that know me around what we, what we can deduct from such a yours bus. that is heard 25. you know, there was a way know south africa fall present jacobs, him or is on his way to hold himself into police. the 17 annual with sentence last week. the 15 months in jail for failing to show up as the inquiry into corruption during his time in power, please had been instructed to arrest him by the end of wednesday if he failed to turn up himself. now his legal challenge to last week's sentence will be heard in court on friday. so either mila is all correspondent, join me on the phone off of quasi lou natal me to, i mean, what do we know about zoom? is where abouts, in terms of whether he will won't hand himself in well,

just minutes before that. but i did lie for police to arrest the former president. there was a large motorcade that left his residence as in canada and travelled toward the escort. the town of a school with a is a correctional facility and just minutes off that he's on vacation. tweeted that he had a greed and had decided to hand in hand itself in. and that's off to resisting that for a number of days. he was meant to have had that himself in by sunday as not police within arrest him. and we know there was some point reluctance by police given the potentially father call situation in the last specifically. so from the way in which the former president has travelled at school to buy his protection services, we could guess that he possibly has been in talk with both police. he's

lawyers potentially the court to find the easiest way to have overnight, rather than 80 difficulties as income through the evening. and really, towards the 11th hour, the, the former president had sent a letter to the constitutional court, asking them to vent that off at court. that you shouldn't wear the judgment on friday when you get off for a risk not happen. and after that is due back at the constitutional court with his lawyers to plead for this sentence, or to change the judgement entirely. but given that the former president has been quite uncooperative with the court until now it's difficult to say what might happen on friday or even monday. but we certainly know that the former president

will be spending the night in jail tonight. so he did that for us and quasi linda tell, thanks so much for the update. of course, we'll check in with you as we get more information. thank you. now haiti's at present, driven out moiz has been assassinated at his home in puerto prince, in the early hours of wednesday morning. the attack is also injured. his wife, the president's coming, comes at a time when haiti was already enjoying gang violence, sorry, inflation and protests by opposition supporters. as under gal, her ripples the the home of the haitian president job now is now sealed off the scene of an assassination that shop the international community. the nation's deputy prime minister says, armed men speaking english and spanish storm the house in the early hours of wednesday, killing the 53 year old and badly injuring his wife. violent street protests calling from always to step down have been a regular occurrence in haiti. their affairs, his death,

and the political vacuum leaves were plunged this nation into crisis. i call for the respect of the democratic principles. i urge all the nation stakeholders to help us in the battle for the continuity of the state. this country is hurst, this nation is hurst. the perpetrators will be taken to justice. let's keep our, can. the situation is under control. now, marie has been ruling by decree of the parliamentary elections were delayed in 2019 that led to his ations. he was trying to cling to power, but those living close to his home horrified was he's, he's got with somebody. imagine live in this area close to the precedent. even when we have problem to the preston. because imagine that will kill him like this. unique. i heard something go, boom, like an earthquake. i thought something under the soil had been turning word leaders were quick to condemn the killing, offering their support for the people of haiti go. i would also like to refer to something that stick in the world to day, the crew,

via and cowardly assassination of the president of 80, a friend of a country, a defender of freedom, who the alleged killers are and what their motivation is, remain unknown. the u. s. president says he's monitoring the situation. lot more information, but it is very worried about a state of emergency. it's been declared with a newly appointed prime minister yet to be sworn in. there's uncertainty about the path forward here in miami, home to around 50000 haitians. the reaction is muted. those with family and haiti, a listening to reports closely and bracing themselves the worst. haiti's recent history, a thing whose political instability and widespread gang violence. all haitians can do here is watch and hope for the best officials in the neighboring dominican republic afforded the immediate closure of the border with haiti. un troops stationed in haiti left in 2017, leaving an already fragile democracy exposed. and it's people afraid of what may

happen next to kalika al jazeera will haiti the basset to the us, as the attack was carried out by foreign mercenaries pretending to be agents of the u. s. drug enforcement administration. video footage to show that it is a well target attack because there will come in those professional skills. those are the want to enter the big residence and the web. everybody's thinking about the city presented themselves on the agent and, but just to carry out the dirty mission, now we're talking about the message is fine. i said i was a party, there would be some internal ends and some places. but we'll leave that to investigation. the un secretary general has called nations to remain calm or diplomatic added to james bay's has more from the un headquarters in new york here

at un headquarters. this deep concern about the possible repercussions after the assassination, the spokes person for the secretary general, read out this statement. the perpetrators of this crime must be brought to justice . the secretary general extends his deepest condolences to the people and government of haiti and the family of the late president. the secretary general calls on all haitians to preserve the constitutional order, remain united in the face of this abhorrent act and reject all violence. some questioning whether haiti given its current security situation has the capacity to investigate this crime. should there be an international investigation that would be something that should be discussed by the un security council. the current president of the council, france it some basset to confirm to me that they planned to meet on thursday. another member of the council at the moment is ireland. it's really

a shocking development. you know, i think you can be sure he is an issue. the counsel already deals with that we will continue to support the people of a sheet. this is a critical moment. i think we all knew it was sensitive and difficult on the ground in ac. in view of the political situation and the security situation, this put staff in even graver danger than before. the us used to have peacekeepers in haiti, but they withdrawn off the pressure from the bomber administration. there is a un mission existing and haiti dealing with political issues that has more than a 1000 personnel. i'm told the leadership have been in back to back crisis meetings . well, still had hail and al jazeera, the workers, the new york was the one of the cities highest honors, taking their grievances to the capital dutch farm and save the government climate change policy is putting their livelihoods at risk stories after the break,

the ah, how once again, more tropical storm elsa has now made landfall across the northeast corner of the gulf of mexico just pushing up around the floor. pan handle weakening in the process. it is tropical storm, now downgraded from a hurricane. it will continue to make its way further northward. nice was over the next few days away from here. the stories about the heat down towards the south west of the us once again getting into the mid forties. therefore, phoenix temperatures picking up the southern parts of california, frankly around the pacific northwest western areas of canada. temperatures on, on the fall over the next day or so. so not causing too many problems. the problems are going to be across at east side of the us. more weather coming through here, just around the carolinas, towards the mid atlantic states,

as alpha punches out into the open waters drifting up towards newfoundland, just passing new york as we go on 3 friday for some very wet weather coming through here. that could cause localized flooding across a good pot. that east side of the u. s. right through new england. sherry rain coming back into behind for central areas. still some pretty heavy right into the deep south because we're looking around mexico at the moment. that's the part of also making its way away from the caribbean, quieting down nicely here now with sunshine and showers, the weather bag, energy and change to every part of our universe. more small. to continue the change all around the shape by technology and human ingenuity.

we can make it work for you and your bill. ah ah, look back, you're watching on just bear with me. so rob, the reminder of our top story says being a big explosion at the middle east, largest port causing a fire. official say the blaze fell on a container on board. a ship anchor that divides general ali port authority say there were no debts or injuries south africa full present. jacob zoom or is on his way to 100 self into please be 17 annual the sentence. past weeks 15 months in jail, failing to show up as an inquiry into corruption during his time in power. and the

worldwide condemnation of the haitian that president driven boys was assassinated and identified the tac is rated his home and the wednesday morning. pages entry prime ministers to pay the state of emergency for 2 weeks. taliban fighters have launched our 1st assault on a provincial capital in northern afghanistan. since the us and nato withdrawal began tolerance as it briefly took control of gala ignore in. but the, he's for the 1st time since 2001 of his own defense ministry says it's forces of killed more than 2000 taliban vices this week. but it's been to modern reports, government troops, the still losing territory. the taliban fighters rolling through the capital of that province in northwestern kenneth, they claim to briefly taken control of the town. the 1st provincial capital they've

attempted to overrun to the u. s. a. nato withdraw again, was bad cases. governor says government forces pushed the fighters out of the city, although not before they broke into the regions central prison and rescued the youth. taliban fighters over the sounds of heavy gunfire. the armed governor had this message for afghans was a woman who i am that i want to assure our people that all the security forces, including the special forces a here and defending the city of color in on the enemy who is engaged with us in some parts of the city is facing resistance and also facing a lot of casualties and to fate. the afghan government has lost significant territory in the last 2 months. it's rely on air strikes to retake control. the ministry of defense says its troops have killed more than 2000 taliban fighters in the past week. wind, luna, brothers and sisters, there is no deal and no will to surrender. there are 2 choices,

either to live with dignity or to live with insult. today's the day of honor, dignity and support. but if the taliban thinks that we are surrendering to them, that will never happen. not in 100 years. local militias have joined forces with the ap down military to bolster their ranks developed the taliban last week. since may 1st, the taliban has more than doubled the number of districts. it controls 2 approximately 200 or half the country with the will you do know that the most afghan security forces deployed on the front line. but we militia forces also stand with them and defend in tech car. most of the areas and districts have fallen to the taliban. now we have created several lines to stop the taliban, reaching the city. the taliban offensive has regional allies concerned. turkey and russia have closed their calls, bullets in the region while iran has restricted its counselor activities. although tara did host a meeting between telephone leaders and some senior afghan politicians back in bad

geese, taliban fighters pushed out of cal ignore for order to wait at the city's gates until security forces surrendered. day after day, the pressure builds with less than 20 percent of the f. kennedy, now controlled by the afghan government in benton monahan al jazeera. the tank is abducted more than $120.00 school pupils in northern nigeria have demanded food for their hostages. while they wait for ransom patrol who was taken on monday from a boarding school in the northern kaduna state is the latest of the string of massive duction surrounds them in the region around a 1000 peoples and stuff have been kidnapped since december me spain's government as warning young people to take precautions to avoid coded 19 after infections more than doubled in a week. the search is largely blamed on a will contain just delta variance cases amongst people in that twenty's. and now 3

times the national average. spain's health minister warned young people can also develop severe infections and said most recent outbreaks had been traced to end of term student parties. think i'm into pamela. i get them. i mean, either. now with such a high increase, drastic measures must be taken. i know that they're working with a nice tech to do it, but there are also other unregulated, outdoor activities such as drinking out doors, which are also worrying interactions among young people have multiplied. it seems very important to austin for responsibility, but not to hold them responsible, but not japan is reportedly considering bunny all spectators from the lympics with just 2 weeks until the games begin. the capital is racing to contain a surgeon, cra, virus infections, authorities and take you are expected to declare a state of emergency, the prime minister, your sheet. a suga says the government will decide on new measures on thursday. the

se, age is most populous country is battling a devastating current of iris surge, indonesia hospitals, all beyond capacity and dis desperate people. anti oxygen, full sick, family members, supplies in medical facilities run out. wednesday was the country's deadliest day of the pandemic with just over a 1000 death. despite new locked down measures as no indication of the outbreak, slowing down neil because held a parade honoring it. the central workers there says the city as well on its way out of the pandemic with a low infection rate and many of its residents vaccinated is remarkable. turn around for a city that was the epi center of the us outbreak last year. gabriel elizondo reports it was a parade to downtown to honor heroes. but instead of celebrating a championship victory, it was essential workers being honored for bringing new york city out from a pandemic. all the nurses and doctors and everybody got

a couple of them. i got lucky i got a guy in the room carrying nearly 250 types of essential workers. anyone who helps the city get through. it's dark, his days and dark days, they were in march and april, last year, when new york city was the global epicenter because pandemic, millions of residents fled in a matter of days. in all over 33000 new york city residents died from cody. now how times have changed. the city is now one of the safest places in the world when it comes to avoiding the virus. on most days, not a single person dies from cove. it. thanks to

a massive vaccination effort. that to date has administered 4600000 jabs to resident but not everyone. if we switched the timing of this celebration, the union, they represent new york city, firefighter, emergency medical technician, ambulance drivers, hold on their members to boycott, just to bring attention to what's been no salary increases for over 3 years. the festival. he's also committed time with most of the rest of the world is still in the depth of the pandemic. that was something that was not lost upon spectators. i feel i caught you at a friend right now, but in that same sense we had mentioned, but we should have to celebrate for the like i in the city that suffered badly, but all through and is now saying thank you to all those who made it happen,

gabriel is on your the confirmed death tool from a high rise apartment building that glanced in florida last month has not risen to 54. more bodies were found on wednesday, more than 80. people are still missing about 2 weeks after the clamps rescue operations and now turned into a recovery effort. the chances of finding survivors fates away lithuanian plans to build a board of ends to stop refugees and migrants entering from neighboring bella. ruth, it says it struck him to coat with a sharp increase in arrivals after bella ruth relaxed efforts to stop them. crossing the border below russian, president alexander's look shanker. has been accused of weapon izing migrants by allowing them to cross the border so they can access the european union. the dallas most as you know, miss asmin, dunker boot, and back to our knowledge. a large part of these people arrived by a turkish airports and turkish organized flights. we are convinced that turkey has knowledge about the identities that those people identify and people is one of the

great challenges that the lithuanian government has. these people have no documents . we cannot determine where they came from and we cannot begin to return them. the information is available to turkey because before boarding, they have to give their passport that visa, the biometric data. in cooperation with turkey, we could quickly determine their identity demand. they are accepted by the states they originate from thousands of dutch farmers have protested against a government initiative to cut nitrogen emissions. the gas is a major contributor to global warming intensive agriculture and fertilizer use have made benevolence. one of europe's largest emitters, step, fasten, has more from the hague. i not an unusual sight in the netherlands these days, practise on the streets of the hague, joining a protest. as the police try to block them, it becomes clear that stopping a tractor isn't easy. we hope that the government will understand that the

netherlands can't exist without farmers, the netherlands need. farmers. we are producing the most sustainable food bill. right. so without us, i don't know who will feed all these people after milking his cows, dairy farmer, young fellow, and left his farm to get some answers from the government for generations. his family as farmed in an area where experts now say there is no future for large farms. it's just not sustainable. if a government target of nitrogen emission reduction is to be met via the board as well. so don't want the environment to people use it. there is no debate about that, but not the netherlands wants to take drastic steps and farmers are 1st to be targeted. and i am concerned that in 10 years when funds are gone, we will regret this. like more than 50000 dutch farmers, his 17 year old son, tom was keen to continue to farm has no idea what lies ahead. this

young farm was driving 4 hours on their track to the certainty about their future ecologist and why a man increasingly patients have to wait farming as we know it, and then that sounds exist any longer. a message many here. i'm not ready to hear. and here you see a lot of dare trees and dying trees with fairly low facility with fairly low leaves an expert on the effect of night. for jan emissions, researcher roland bobbing, wrote an alarming report for greenpeace. his conclusion, large parts of the dutch ecosystem have been so badly affected, that they will be lost if the government does not act. now. i think it fairly urgent and i, meaning you can do it in one or 2 years. you need maybe 5 to 10 years, a really high reduction of their nights and the position maybe 50 to 70 percent. and therefore, you need to different echoes whole system in the netherlands, greenpeace, have threatened to take the dutch stay to court for violating european regulations

at the government does not reduce nitrogen emissions much further. amidst all the pressure, some farmers are starting to realize that business as usual, will be an option for much longer up the promised organisation. billions of years needed to save dutch farms and made them environmental friendly step. fasten al jazeera bake. ah, your channels there with me, the whole rahman and hall reminder of all top news stories as being a big explosion at the middle east, largest port causing a fire official say the play started in a container on board a ship and couldn't devise jebel, ali port now the authorities also say the phone has been brought into control and there are no death or reports of any injuries. south africa for present jacobs emerges on his way to hunt himself into police. the 17 year old was sentenced last

week. 15 months in jail. the failing to show up as an inquiry into corruption during his time and.