had a countenance introduces up in the known about those who are wanting to use the beloved games to help himself and others survive the horrors of a natural concentration. i football rebels on al jazeera. ah, ah, this is al jazeera ah, you're watching the news or alive from headquarters in del hi, daddy navigate coming up for the next 60 minutes. fans or bard from the lympics and tokyo, after a current, a virus emergency declared for japan's capital. the u. k. prime minister says most british troops have now left up gonna st on this military chief warrens of the possibility of civil war police and have to say they've arrested suspects linked to

the assassination of president jovan emily's and killed 4 other former south african president, jacob zoom turns himself into police to begin a 15 month jail sentence after failing to show up at a corruption hearing. plus, i'm natasha butler in can with civil organizes, are locked in around with next in thanks for joining us. there will be no spectators at limping events in tokyo, the organizing committee made the decision after japan declared a state of emergency in the capital. as corona virus cases, they are surge. the policy for venues outside tokyo will be decided case by case medical experts have criticize plans to go ahead with the games and opinion polls show a majority of japanese. once the games to be postponed or canceled. the government

and organizers say they're doing everything they can to ensure a safe, olympic and paralympic games. she's not going to not use a constant. then without the pandemic, the limpid gains would be an amazing opportunity to unite people. but unfortunately, the pandemic could not allow us to hold events with full spectators. we are very sorry for the locals living near the olympic venues. las asked me to our sports presenter peter stem at so, peter, how big a deal is this? and what impact is that going to have on the game? okay, so it's the kind of thing that has never happened before having no spectators at any of the events from an athletes point of view. it makes a really big difference because you can imagine, these are people that have been training for years, decades their whole lives to have an opportunity to win a medal, gold medal, silver, bronze, whatever it might be. and especially in athletics and swimming, which are the blue chip events. you always have a full house, a full arena full stadium. so you get the rule of the crowd, you get the crowd urging them on cheering them on, etc. so that's not going to be happening, however, they all other sports,

little smaller, more nice way. it's almost normal not to have crowds. well, when you do have a crowd, it's a lot smaller. and then also there are examples of sports where the crowd are expected to keep quiet while the athletes or competing. so from that point of, you probably won't make as big a difference. and then also don't forget from a television point of view, that is really what matters most. because yeah, they might be $80000.00 people in the olympic stadium itself. there's will be a 1000000 people watching at home. and that is really the way the biggest impact will be and for those, for those sports that are what really make it for and which ones would those be okay? so, so think of something like same thing, for example, right? we sort of like a dark room the, the light, so only on the same system selves. and they're competing on the people are expected over the crowd. i said people to the people who the crowd, the right they've been expect it to kids to be quiet for that. the athletes can concentrate even tennis is a really good example of countries. wimbledon going on and use the crowd cheered in between the points. but while the players are playing, the crowd is expected to keep quiet. and peter, in terms of the finances,

i mean financially, we can expect that japan is going to be hit very hard by this because they've already spent billions on this. what about the i o c itself? ok, so japan are going to be the ones that are left with the big bill at the end of the day, the japanese techs pays you looking currently. when you consider the money that would have coming from ticket sales, you can get anything up to $900000000.00. that's going to be for the japanese tex by the i a see that and have a problem here because they sold the tv rights and the sponsorship before the time . that money is guaranteed to them. when you combine those, you looking at anything between $15.00 and $18000000000.00 that's already in their pockets. they're not in the raid here. it's the japanese taxpayers that are going to unfortunately foot. the bill and the organizing committee has said, obviously, no spectators in the capital, but they're also saying the policy for venues outside tokyo will be decided. case by case. what does that exactly mean?

okay, so like for it's probably the best example would be the marathon, which is taking place in support, which is north of so it was moved there initially because it was thought that it would be slightly cooler weather for cooler conditions for, for the runners. so for example, what may have happened if you could have spectators lining the streets for the course of, of that marathon and over here at the finish line and so on and so forth. but again, case by case. now that becomes an example of something where they would look at and say, hang on a 2nd, covered 900 numbers or not on our side here. it's out of control, whatever it might be, no spectators at all, and then that would apply to support for as well as to care obviously. okay, got it. thank you so much better or then although it says a sportswriter with the japan times and he says the announcement is hugely disappointing for olympic fans. and for japan as a whole this was supposed to be our shining moment. this was supposed to be a huge moment for, for tokyo,

for japan. so much effort has gone into preparing the capital to host these games, the infrastructure, the emphasis on improving service, fir, inbound tourists. everything that has changed in the city over the last decade has been in anticipation of diesel and picks. and now it's going to be a lot of them t stadium. i think that holding this without holding to games about fans is the easiest way for organizers to get this event across the finish line. just like the runners, just like every other competitor at the games with minimal risk to the health and safety of the athletes. and all other kids parents by taking away the fans, you're reducing the need for staffing or reducing the number of volunteers who need to be on site and reducing the strain on the public transit system. it makes sense just turn the logistical perspective, but obviously these aren't going to be a game that it's not going to create

a sense of excitement. you're not going to have the festival atmosphere that we've seen in rio in london, in, in beijing, in athens before that. so it is really disappointing. while the 2021 south east asian games due to take place in vietnam had been postponed until next year. the limpid council of malaysia made the announcement during a meeting and qualon for all members agreed. the current coven situation is not safe enough for the games. several countries in east asia have reported record number of infections in recent days. the region appears to be in a 4th wave of the pandemic. it's believed that the highly trends miscible delta variance is partly to blame the surges stretching medical resources to their limits . as tony chang reports, deserted streets in the city of re lee of the chinese authorities imposed a locked down the city on the border with mamma has seen a sudden rising cases in recent days. mass testing is down

a way to try and hold the spread, which is thought to originate across the border. inside me on mar itself. the current situation is deteriorating quickly. but instability following the military who has meant testing and treatment, have almost ground to a halt. medics have been targeted by the military because of their role in the civil disobedience movement. and many have been forced into hiding on call, adulthood. huge eagles, due to all actions in the damage ear. but we have become criminal overnight. find a military in indonesia greater transparency, but that has only revealed tens of thousands of daily infections. oxygen supplies of runs so low. the many hospitals have had to suspend admissions. some patients now relying on private supplies, the film much needed canisters to home care. we need oxygen because one of our

family members is experiencing breathing difficulties and we are running out of it . that's why i have to queue. we need it badly. even in south korea, the country noted for its effective response to cove at 19 infections or reaching record levels. the government will hold existing social dissenting rules. why not to wait and do our best to stop the spread by taking extra disinfection measures. new supplies of vaccine arriving in the capital, sol, sent from israel across asia. there's a rush to secure and distribute vaccines as quickly as possible. but with supplies limited, it feels like a race against time. as coven 19th, delta, very, and swamp asia in a both way. tony chang, else's era, bank of a social media campaign in malaysia is encouraging people who have fallen on hard times to hang a white flag outside their homes. that's to ensure they receive community help with

food and paying rent. as a cobra, 1900 lockdown continues indefinitely. but as florence louis reports from the capital, the campaign has taken another turn with people directing their anger towards the governments. traditionally a symbol of surrender, but in malaysia, a white flag has come to signify a cry for help. the campaign started on social media after stories emerged of p, experiencing hardship because of the continuing, locked down. police recorded nearly 473 sites in the 1st 5 months of this year, compared to an average of 620. in the past 2 years, michael adams tang worked in a hotel until he lost his job last year. he then started delivering food, but his finding it increasingly difficult to make a living. so ma'am, could be gala indies, that locked down. not only are there few jobs, but foot orders have also reduced. so my income has gone down. we don't make enough

to pay rent. we only have enough to eat for the d. malaysia. the voters have been closed for more than a year. and even though some states have started eating restrictions, a nationwide locked down announced in june, is still in force. people have responded to the t for help in various ways. restaurant owners have set up food banks and giving out free meals, sung businesses bad sales sat down nearly 90 percent. but we are seeing so many people in, in. so my friends and i pulled money together to help, and soon customers started contributing as well. some have created apps to link people who need assistance with those who can provide it. there are donation drives online to help people pay rent and other bills. but the white flag campaign has also started another trend directed at those in power. the economic distress and

desperation has fuels resentment towards the government. as social media campaign is calling on people to fly a black flag as a symbol of the anger that calls for the prime minister. and we did yes. in to resign. his biggest coalition partner a party known as i'm no, says it's withdrawing support for him. we'd in leadership cannot be tested until parliament resumes later this month. but for those trying to survive from day to day, politics is the last thing on their mind. florence louis al jazeera wireless port center morehead on the news hour, including if he has ground renaissance down project, which is 3 times with the gun on egypt goes up for discussion of the un security council. india's controversial anti terrorism law is in the spotlight after its oldest political prisoner dive behind bars. tampa bay maker to

family couplings in a row. peter will be here with the action. ah, the 1st, the afghan government has sent hundreds of commandos to the northwestern province of batteries as fierce fighting with the taliban continues for a 2nd day. the battle has centered around color now making it the 1st provincial capital to be surrounded by the taliban. since the united states stepped up its troop withdrawal, the taliban has captured dozens of districts since early may. now, as the u. s. withdrawal continues to impact the region other global powers. i've taken the opportunity to assert their own influence. russia has offered to help subject has done one of i've gone to stanz weber's deal with any fall out on softer hundreds of afghan national troops fled across the border into the country. last week. moscow's also playing hosted a taliban, it state media says

a delegation of the groups. political office was in town on thursday. they have announced they won't attack the ask on subject border. and after months of discussions and cats are, iran has now held high level peace talks between the afghan government john taliban representatives and run the 2 sides agreed to continue talks, but they didn't specify a time nor a place. meanwhile, the u. k. prime minister says nearly all british troops have been withdrawn from dynasty on it. mark the end of britain's official role in the 2 decade long conflicts after troops were 1st deployed in 2001. the country's military chief is warning, but i've gone to san could be on a past the civil war. prime minister board johnson says the u. k. will continue to support. i've gone astound governments in a non military capacity. president, vice, and i'm in april. the all american forces would lead by september at the latest, and the nato summit declared last month that the lances military operations in

afghanistan were coming to an end. as a result, all british troops assigned to make his mission and i've done this done on returning home. well, the u. s. president joe biden will be holding a news conference on the plot from i've gone on in just over 2 hours time. let's bring in our white house correspondent can be how can joining us from washington d. c. to preview that press conference for us. kimberly, that's right. the u. s. president will be giving remarks on afghanistan, but 1st he is beating with his national security team here at the white house. that meeting has been underway for about an hour where he is getting updates along with the vice president common harris. we also know the participating in that discussion is the defense secretary lloyd austin. now the u. s. president was very reluctant as of 24 hours ago to give report a sense of what he'd be talking about in this upcoming speech. in fact, they've been trying for more than

a week and the president was visibly agitated as he was pressed about some of the gains that the taliban has made in recent weeks. when asked about it, he bristled at the suggestion and said that he wanted to talk, but happy things going into the holiday weekend that we've just had in the united states and said he wanted to celebrate. but of course a lot of people have ghana stand. they need, including us soldiers are not celebrating right now. those that are still there. and the president has been criticized as there have been gained by the taliban by members of his own party. the publicans on capitol hill ad for a policy x or expert 2 are really concerned about the somewhat secretive ad hasty withdrawl of many of the troops, the us troops from bog, from air force base days ago. so these are some of the questions that the u. s president is facing many concerns about civil war as well. and what responsibility of the united states will have as a result of the withdrawal. that again has been criticized as being secretive and

much more quick than the september drop down date that initially had been given. so these are all questions that are looking to be answered. and again, the us president will be discussing and making remarks on afghanistan. come 1745 here at the white house. yeah, i would certainly be bringing those remarks live. kimberly, but just talk us talk to us a little bit more about the republicans reaction to all of this. because at the time when he had announced the withdrawal, a few months ago, he had received immediate backlash from some in the republican party. well, especially the argument is on capital hill, and it's not just republicans, it's some democrats, as well to be fair. those that are sort of entrenched in foreign policy and national security feel that there could be impacts towards the united states. as a result of the fact that the united states is withdrawn, the majority of its troops. now the white house press secretary and saucy,

has repeatedly insisted that there will be a diplomatic presence, as well as the security presence up to 1000 troops that will remain to protect all of the airport, but the u. s. embassy. but the question remains, in terms of what kind of assistance is going to be left for the afghan security forces and what that will look like. and those are some of the concerns that the united states made a commitment. it has been there for a generation and now seems to be making somewhat of a hasty retreat at a time when the security signals, according to many republicans, are that there is a need for the united states to say stay, namely that there are major cities that up can offend that are being closed in on and there are fears of all civil war in afghanistan. something, but many conservatives in the united states believe that the u. s. bears a role in making sure that doesn't happen. thank you so much. kimberly. we'll cross back to later on when police in haiti say they've killed for a suspects, believes to be involved in the assassination of president jovan al movies. security

officials say they were involved in a gun battle with an armed group. police also arrested 2 other men, but did not provide any information about those in custody. my, we was shot during your rate on his house on, on his home, on wednesday. and the inter and prime minister closes s. s said the crime will not go unpunished or diplomatic editor james basis standing by for us at the un. that's where the security council has been discussing the situation in haiti. first, let's talk to andy gallagher, who of course, has reported extensively from haiti. he's joining us from miami andi, so many questions remain unanswered. but are you learning anything new or more about who the suspects are and what the motivation was in the nation? i mean, not really. we have pretty much the same details we've had over the last few hours . the 4 of these alleged assassins have been killed to capture the chief of police in haiti says there are possibly more people still on the run. but i think the key point to focus on right now is that that seems to be

a power struggle between claude henri and another of the deputy prime ministers about who's in charge. that's really the last thing that haitians need right now. they need the government to take a clear path. clearly pick someone who is in charge to try and keep the state of com. that is happening right now in port prints because people are still hunker down in their homes. this kind of a power struggle is not really helping the situation at the moment. constitutionally, the head of the supreme court should be the one that takes over, but he died a few weeks ago of covert 900. so now you have this power struggle between arial honoree and cause joseph both claiming that they are in charge. meanwhile, there are, you know, real fear is that this because a could become a failed state. once again, if, if the government of haiti or what's left of it con, get a hold of the situation and send out clear indications to the population that somebody is in charge. now we know that, you know,

movies was been ruling by decrease in 2019 the haven't been elections there in years because of all this in fighting. so it is a very murky situation with potential assailant still on the run. the 1st lady shop . now i'm always, his wife is here in miami, being treated by gunshot wounds and the 3 children and a couple of how to set to be in a secure location. but at the moment, this is a situation that is changing rapidly, but potentially extremely dangerous. thank you for the time being and gallagher reporting from miami. let's i'll bring in our diplomatic out james base joining us from the united nations. whereas we're saying the security council is withholding a closed door session on hasty james, what can we, can you tell us while that session is just got underway, actually, they were having an open session on west africa, which is just concluded in the last couple of minutes and now of the cameras have been switched off all the observers being told to leave the room and they're having what's called a private meeting. now, with regard to the situation in haiti,

the security council are going to be briefed by the un, special representative in haiti, helen lime. she heads a mission that has about a 1000 sa, still in haiti. clearly, there will be hoping that she can give them the accurate information about what she knows of the assassination and the prospects for haiti off to this and her concerns for haiti and the security in haiti. i'm told by one ambassador, they clearly just want to get to the facts at this moment. it's too early to go beyond the facts, but clearly there are some calls for the un to do more. some suggesting that peacekeepers should go back to haiti, remember they used to be a peacekeeping mission in haiti over 2000 un soldiers over 2000 and un peace until 2017. when that mission was wound down. the other thing that they've been calls for, given the situation in haiti is that perhaps it should be an international

investigation robin the haitian investigation, perhaps the haitian police and the haitian justice system are not ready to conduct this sort of investigation. that again is something that i think members of the security council we thinking about. but i think it's a very early stage right now. and as a say diplomat saying that the key facts are not known. and that's what they've got to find out at this stage. okay, thank you so much. james bayes reporting from the un leading news website has him block and bella roost and security forces rated its officers under rest of some of its journalists. nation. eva is accused of publishing information on behalf of organizations not registered in the country. several media organizations, critical president, alexander lucretia, unco face similar actions since last year as protest opposing election results. the you and united states of both criticize the crackdown and imposed sanctions. an exiled turkish journalist has been attacked outside his home in berlin. police say

earth a terror was attacked by 3 men on wednesday evening, who reportedly warned him to stop writing. he is a vocal critic of the government that president dredge play a burden on and writes a regular newspaper column from germany. the death of a well known catholic priest in an indian prison has brought the spotlight on controversial anti terrorism law. 84 year old stan swami was jailed last year accused the supporting outlawed communist rebels. he was imprisoned without charge or trial and denied bail despite his poor health. elizabeth for on reports from new delhi. mourners gathered at stan swami's funeral in the city of mom by on tuesday after his death for the heart attack, they held up signs. reading. stan swami didn't die. he was killed. so the thank you lot for the, the catholic priest was present to the toy the last year and denied a bay despite his aiding health due to advanced parkinson's disease. he was the

oldest of a group of 16 human life activists, not accused of instigating violence during march by disadvantaged hindus. it mod austria state in 2018. none of the 16 have so far been charged or faced trials. no excuse for many who knew stan swami says he didn't commit any crime that was actually very committed, especially in the last 2 years to the right of the under tires. and he was trying to help people who had been treated in this manner. and then it's an irony that india and he says became and then the trial and the same kind of persecution, swami's imprisonment, was condemned by both un and use human rights reporters. we are deeply saddened and disturbed by the death of 84 year old father stand swami. while mom buys hello, just central jail. his health deteriorated and he reportedly contract at cove at 19 . his repeated applications for bare were rejected. so there is

a politic one of india's most senior lawyer says the government is misusing anti terror legislation called the unlawful activities prevention act. or you a p, a, this, you will be a law and the case has been used to act to target prominent human ride defenders and activists. and to put them away because they are raising questions whether and organizing people and protests, etc. this is the way the status of responding and retaliating the government release to statement defending the case. it's taking against the activists and the decision to imprison swami and these external affairs spokespersons as the government, as following due process in the case. and that authorities act against violations of law and not against the legitimate exercise of rides. the human rights activists say the fact that only 2.2 percent of everyone held under the anti terrorism legislation over the past 5 years has been convicted,

means the law must change. elizabeth param, algebra new delhi, full head on al jazeera, a moment of silence to mark the end of the search for survivors after building collapse in florida. it's now recovery effort, keeping it in the family. the president of lincoln named his brother as the new finance minister will have action from the arrows of england reach their 1st major final and this be 5 years. peter will be back with more on that story. a little later ah ah hello once again, welcome to another look at the international for can still get a chance. i want to shout into northern parts of a man just run straight from mistakes, a little bit of cloud cropping up for much of the peninsula. and dry sums up our

stuff here in doha ram, 46 celsius off to still further north q 8 and the bag that at around 50 degrees, the heat just poly becca touches we go on through saturday here in bo. hi. around 40 celsius, the winds falling a little lighter, less than the web lifted. dustin sam more in the way of humidity, wanted to shout just around the caucasus. elsewhere it is going to be dry, hot and sunny, then dry and sunny too for somalia. all the way showers, they're just around the opium. hot as pushing a little further west with macey, one or 2 showers just around the rift valley as well over the next day or so. but i think as far as southern africa goes, the majority of any shower is going to be. so still shall. it's just a round, central and northern parts of most and be pushing up towards southern areas of tenseness and showers. to just around that eastern side of madagascar, but for south africa it is generally dry and sunny over the next couple of days. coolant has been recently temperatures in cape town at around 16 celsius over the

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