all, if you can implement here, some of access points, shift the focus, the pandemic that's turned out to be a handy little pretext. the prime minister clamped down on the press covering the waves. the news is covered the listing post on the agenda i this is al jazeera. ah hello and welcome. i'm pete adobe. you're watching the news. i live from my headquarters here in bo, coming up in the next 60 minutes. looting and writing in south africa was processed that began with the jailing of the former president jacob's humour turned to anger over poverty. plus i am more that through i had enough for the outside. the

hospital where fire has killed dozens of people ahead. cubans biggest uprising in decades, we have a live update from havana on whether the president's address is quelled on rest rebels sources in ethiopia as t gray region say they've seen more territory as part of a new offensive uninstall. olympic president thomas bank slips up in tokyo, most importantly, also for the chinese people, japanese p back briefly forgetting where he was during his 1st public appearance ahead of the games. ah, it is south africa's west on rest, in decades triggered by the rest of the former president, jacob's zoom, or at least 45 people have been killed in days of rioting and looting,

and what's turned into protests against poverty and inequality. cobit 19 vaccination campaigns are suspended in some areas at a time of a devastating break, and in the past hour, the foundation of jacob zooming says peace and stability is directly linked to him . being released from jail. we knew when we locked down again, this was bound to happen because the longer you leave the people hungry, the events would take place and i don't think it's only about the whole economy and what's happening on the i think people are generally angry. the jobs that are being lost at the moment, a going to exacerbate the situation and we don't need this to see people shops in business as being gutted. yes, people are hungry today, but tomorrow they'll be more unemployment, more paid, more suffering in a nation that is trying to recover and rebuild itself. ok live now to me to mila who's in alexandria township, where some of that looting has been happening for me to. it looks relatively calm

behind you there. just explain to us what's going on. it certainly is come at this point in the day we saw massive looting earlier in the day and police trying to repel those people from stores behind us. and it is come, i think also because we have military police and soldiers deployed here. now they weren't early in the day, but i also think they possibly isn't anything left in the stores to loot. there has been concern around the slow response of the police that they really have struggled to manage, trying to quell these protests and the looting that's taken place. no, just to the rights of mean the police minus the becky has arrived his in a more just towards the side of the road. and this is the 1st time we seeing him been one of these hot spots. he's also been heavily criticized for the slow police

reaction to what's happened. we also heard from the minister of defense who said they didn't expect this kind of response, specifically the looting of move. but in the day, the policeman as the victim that he spoke to south african saying that he believed that the law enforcement agencies here would be able to handle what's been happening. they have intelligence on the ground and they're confident that police and now soldiers and military police can get a group of things. but it really hasn't been the case much of the day. and i suppose they may be relying on the presence of soldiers to maintain some level of calm. was you reading some of these comments that we've had from this zoom foundation, in effect saying, if you release him, the trouble will stop. i mean, on the one hand, that almost sounds like a threat, but on the other hand, i guess you could say they're actually being very realistic because if they released jacob's humor, the tension deflate straight away. much of the

debate around what's happening in south africa is now centering around these kind of statements. not only from the jacob zoom foundation, but also from his daughter due to the live duma, who on social media onto a to specifically has applauded rioters for what they're doing. thing we're with you. we're watching you. and they have been debate around incitement of violence and who is responsible for that. when jacob zoom was arrested or in the days leading up to the that they were these kind of threats. if the rest of, if he's jailed, we will take to the streets. we will defend him at all costs. we also heard from his son edward zoom. i said he was prepared to die for his ball. the police would not take him away, but we know he was imprisoned on wednesday night. and by friday we saw some of these riots begin. there really is concern around who is responsible behind some of the reaction why it's happening. we also know that it has moved to some extent into

issues around poverty and inequality, especially in areas like the exam dra, that's one of the poor. it's townships in johannesburg where there's certain areas that people don't have flushing, toilets, electricity running water. they've protested for years around these issues. they are problems with service delivery. they're unhappy with the government. so the issues at hand at play here really are quite complex, given that they have been simmering pensions and the content, but also the political situation around jacob's humor. and as you said, was possible through with all possible reality around this whole go away. once jacob zoom us release is also under discussion by south africans. but this is also about the supremacy of the rule of law and what the courts have fed. and this is what the commission of inquiry with jacob's duma was supposed to testify around

corruption. this is what it's saying. the constitutional court is the highest court in the law. we have to abide by its judgement and imprisonment of the former president. and we can be held ransom by situations like this. but it is a reality for the government and continues to be complex and they really are facing a very tricky dilemma. ok, so me that will leave it there for the moment. for me, the middle of the report in life, from the alexandra township. good talk of me to thank you. sick people burn to death. it's a disaster. the words of families of the victims, one of the rocks worst, hospital fires in decades, the prime minister is promising accountability. after 92 people died in cobit 19 in a facility. the in nasiriyah, it's the 2nd time in 3 months. but a fire has torn through a hospital. we'll go to mcmurry until we had enough serious delay to shortly. first, this report from gillian will. this was the all who st hospital in southern iraq. now, much of it burned to the ground. these wards were set up for corona virus. patients

. they only opened 3 months ago to help cope with the pandemic. the charred remains of victims are carried out embodied flags, but families continued to search the debris for any trace of their loved ones. what was the front door was burning and the back door was closed, so people were not able to get out. we managed to take some people out, they suffer from critical conditions and the rest of them burnt and died. this was a scene as a fire tor, through the hospital fire, cruise tackling the flames. the have all of the appellate animals such well as what happened tonight. he has st. hospital is a catastrophe. markets hot, but i'm a little, it's a tragedy that's let me know. though rock has to suffer anguish and calamity. my

thought of the anguish turned into anger. with protesters taking to the street and setting fire to police vehicle. iraq's prime minister held an emergency meeting on tuesday and ordered an investigation. but mourners blame the government for miss management and neglect. this is the 2nd time a big fire has cause death and destruction in a hospital in a rock in recent months, claiming the lives of corona virus. patients in april, more than 80 people died when an oxygen tank exploded and sparked a blaze at this hospital in baghdad. health officials say that could have been the cause of this fire too, but that doesn't help relieve the pain for those family and friends suffering here today till i move al jazeera. ok, let's get more now from al jazeera my load of dell or head math mode. are they expecting the death toll to climb their

well, the latest is more than 90 according to health sources here in australia and the a part of the province. but meanwhile, officials also say that they are trying to identify more than 20 buddies just but of course we met people here who are trying to recognize their loved ones. they can't only 39 but have been identified. the rest are still in the forensic and the morgue and the forensic department, the trying to identify the rest of the victims. we met people here, by the way, and the building re behind to be. this is the center. this is the coven. 19 patients were used to include the patients who used to receive medical treatment. here it was to receive oxygen from the oxygen cylinders from the oxygen tax that exploded. and we met people here. they were,

they were literally holding body parts. they were blaming the government, claiming health officials for what they say, what they called mismanagement case and corruption. and if you look at the structure of this building, this building, the walls include flamer bull construction materials including get form and which is also has help fueling the fire. now the pain minutes, most of all, call me in his emergency meeting. and i said that he, the admitted, in fact, admitted the defect, said it's mismanagement. but the question now is whether or not these people will have solar from the government, especially in the past. similar incidents like the april hospital fire also which killed 82 victims in cooper 90 victims until today they have not been

compensated. so people here, especially victims families, we talk to them some people last 5 members of their families. they're very angry. the are living in agony and despair. some people have just set a tent just not far from here. they say this tent is going to continue. they're going to continue protesting here by this tent, until as they say, until the government response. so the demands the demands are to bring the perpetrators of those responsible for this tragedy to justice and also look into compensating the families and make sure such tragedy is not happening again. ok, we'll leave it there with thank you very much. my had the report in life from nasiriyah cuban police are out in full force after unprecedented anti government demonstrations. the president is blaming us sanctions with the economic hardship

which prompted the biggest uprising in decades. president joe biden says america stands with the people of cuba, against decades of repression from havana. he has read lindsey thousands took to the streets across cuba and sunday, in the biggest protest the country has seen in decades. chance centered on civil liberties in the political system. the driving force behind the demonstrations with anger over a devastating economic crisis that has caused widespread shortages of food and medicine. i have nothing to cook with the bow cut out more than 20 times yesterday . i would love love it because we don't have fuel and we've had to cut the electricity. protesters blame the government for cuban economic crisis. a day after visiting sight of one of the protest, cuban president miguel diaz canal attributed the scarcity to the 60 year old us embargo told us to all those issues that are present in our society now,

such as dissatisfaction. one of the origins, what caused them? it's the blockade air blew. on monday, the streets of atlanta were call, the trump administration intensified the u. s. embargo passing a barrage of sanctions, but devastated the cuban economy. coven exacerbated the crisis so far. president joe biden has maintain the sanction, despite a campaign promise to change us policy towards cuba. but cuba dire economic situation and with the frustration and anger of its population, continues with nope and insights. and rejoins live here on the news from havana. so read has this presidential address done, and the thing to take away people's anger. well, that's hard to say, but probably not as certainly the people who are protesting the president spoke for

quite a long time. he address a lot of concerns, even acknowledged dissatisfaction of people and that the fact that it existed. but he, he but he attributed the the, the problems that they were angry about to us sanctions, which without doubt have had a major impact, especially in recent years. the embargoes been around for 60 years, but under trump, those sanctions intensified and they've continued until now even before cove. it cuba was an economic crisis. when covert had things have gotten even worse. it's been a couple days and the protest things seem to be calm. now, the internet's been very spotty. many people have don't have access to it. and so it's hard to know what might happen next. for now, the streets are calm. the government has accused the, the cuban governance because the u. s. government of the b of being behind i, social media campaign that spark the protest. the foreign minister will be speaking

later today and it's expected he might present evidence of, of this so far. the evidence has been very spotty as far as that goes. yeah, and right now we're, we're waiting to see what, what comes next. that's the protest. we're unprecedented. so we're in uncharted territory here. read, thanks very much. read lindsey they're talking to live out of savannah. the us says it has not rolled up sending troops to help stabilize haiti following the assassination of the president of and l. mosey. washington is helping to investigate the matter and sent a delegation to the capital puerto prince. it will also find out if any us laws were broken after 2 americans were among those arrested. a haitian business man living in florida is the latest to be held plenty more ahead here on the news out, including fury and the occupied west bank after his denies of jailed palestinian activists. the rights to go to a daughter's funeral families in the gambia wait for closure 25 years to some of the worst atrocities against civilians. and in sports,

the athletes village officially opens up. some competitors continue to arrive in tokyo ahead of the olympic games. ah. to sizes say they've seized a major tone in a new offensive in ethiopia. their spokesman says, the town of radia was taken off the federal and i'm arrow forces withdrew. it is the most intense lighting scene since they captured the regional capital mckelly last month. catherine sawyer reports now from your mirror in the region of degree been hearing from the grand leadership from the defense forces was saying that then now. a in the south and west which are still disputed and we will still be on calls mostly by forces this thing that's a land and that's what they want to take areas like where i am,

who married before november, who marah and another town called my car was. # in control, i wasn't being a new good by the grand regional 4th. 5 street may need to grants flat this areas. the areas are being controlled by higher horses. my camera, which is about 3020 kilometers from norway, is a town where some of the west atrocities against is to place in november more than 600 people came, was killed. both of them laborers who have come from different possible to have assisted me from funds and mainly belonged to the grand. 2 5 mars he of believe that the grand fighters will those killings, maybe the 2 grants lead to don. 5 did you speak to them that they blame. # is,

and it's militia also, you know, coughing out them out of this region so that the grand thing that also having west . 5 is where we are doing a lot of and. a i'm hiring for interacting with the old saying that this belongs to them and they will not go without a fight. now the human rights council has passed a resolution expressing deep concerns about abuses, integrate. it's calling for a with the role of retrain troops, which it says are making the conflict even worse. if the o p a has reject to the resolution, while eritrea, which is a member of the council voted against its the violence in ethiopia, degree region began in november. since then, nearly 1600000 people have been displaced with more than 63000 fleeing into neighboring sedan. latest un estimates indicate 5200000 people require emergency food assistance in the region. of that more than 400000 a suffering from famine like conditions and 33000 children are severely

malnourished. 8 organizations say they are struggling to the rich, those in need of help, because of fighting, intimidation, detention, and a confiscation of their supplies. let's talk now to ro from missouri. he's the you and hcr system. hi commissioner. he joins us from cartoon. mr. missouri, welcome to the news out. out of the list of ingredients. what would be the easiest issue to tackle so that you could get to the people who need help to the people who need help in the, in your p r. right? now it is access. it is that the authorities which control the area provide the provide access. i am now in got to me and in the to refugee comes that we have here . and we do have, we do have access to, to, to,

to refugees, to the $40000.00. also, refugees who have crossed the border. are you expecting that number to grow? we actually, we don't know. it will depend on the situation in integrate as you just described. the, the security situation is unfortunately deteriorating so, so we know that there could be an increase number of people crossing the border. i made reference to the 40000 people who are in to camps. but in addition to that, we have about 8000 people who are still into trends. it comes at the border there yet, and village it. these are the 2 locations or so as a whole. we have close to 50000 people now into that. will that number girl it's possible would they return if the situation allowed their return? they would of course have done, but for the time being, what we're doing is to is to be ready for any possible in flux with the partners

with which we are working. and the sudanese government, which has been very welcoming, what are the chances that are trained troops do actually withdraw that every trend troop withdrawal from, from, from the grid. this is something that we have been calling for for, for quite some time because we had both 96000 very trend refugees in t g a at the time when the crisis started. and one of the thing that was done by organization was to, to call for the return troops to, to stay away from, from the camps where we know that they have been so right. no doubt to comes in the cells and python t great, which unfortunately this morning, as we heard aware under attack eritrea voting against it. if you're rejecting it so both sides involved in this conflict,

i guess it would be fair to say maintaining rather entrenched positions. does that mean that it has to go above and beyond the human human rights council? does this have to go to the un security council? it has been discussed by the security council. it needs to be to continue to be discussed by the security council for a number of, of issues including you may have an access which is something that we have called for the number of occasion. and of course, association of o. c t. we are particularly worried as you and your seo. now hearing that 2 of the re trend refugee camp in that part of the country are and duck and with the likelihood that refugees with, of course come and we miss them as those refugee camps. you're talking about in the area where you are right now. they have a habits in that region of becoming almost semi permanent. if that happens,

because no one site seems to be winning in the region of gray. so if they do become semi permanent, can your organization slash sudan cope with more refugees and an influx of more refugees? sudan has been a very welcoming country. sudan has experience in receiving very trend refugees to the 2 camps where i went to the marco bent neighbor are places where several years ago, 20 years ago, they were already returned. and if you just confirm and continue to receive refugees, we'll discuss become permanent. we hope not. what we're hoping is that as early as possible, or if he's will be able to go back to the places of origin and get it, as you said yourself, and as you reported right now and 40 right now, looking at the situation in that region, that doesn't seem to be something up to up and soon. ok, we must leave it the road from us to the you and hcr system high commissioner in

a cartoon that thank you for talking to us. so we do appreciate your time. thank you. after 2 and a half years of hearing testimony from the victims of state sanctioned killings began, b is truth. reconciliation and reparations commission has finished its work, its planning to make strong recommendations to punish the people behind atrocities committed under the former president jaga jeremy's rule. 25 years ago. however, as i committed risk now reports many victims say they cannot move on at the home of late basil battle, a feast is being prepared by a member of the family he left behind 25 years ago. battle and 13 others were executed by former president jimmy for allegedly planning his buddies, like many other ambiance, was never recovered. since his death bottles, widow is finding it hard to find a closure. i know me,

i know me personally, i'm not forgive anybody. or if they come to me, i will tell them to us, proceeded for forgiveness, go to basil the hardship by phase where i believe that to god, god will judge everything. but meanwhile, i cannot forget. you shall tell the commission about that. emotion is shared by others who also lost loved ones for 2 and have yes and can apple and hundreds of other surviving victims. and their families, testified before the truth commission, detailing the atrocities committed by the regime. the testimonies, including those of members of a hits court, led to the discovery of mass graves and the grim task of zooming the remains of the former teacher. but somebody lived through 14 months of humiliating detention and porter, the left him to call it for life was explaining that i had was when both hands

and legs were paid. but when they wouldn't care, you can move. you can be if that time that please the pin was continuous and they will come brawl who would own risky in and continue electrocuting you on your body to look at fantasy. see the pen speaking work of the commission was led by 4 my advisor to the united nations secretary general to lemons, to says the government would have to implement the commission recommendations to help the victims, to what's the alternative you do? nothing. 22 years of atrocities the slaughter of innocent civilians there which haunting thing that might lead them to the death of them over 3040 people. they're massive and torture that really happened in the area that we forget about all of that. and then just

some of us would be under the carpet and then move on. no, i don't think the government would do that. i that many victims say they hope the government would have the courage to do that. but they wouldn't bet on it. the truth and reconciliation commission is expected to recommend the prosecution of the puppet practice of serious crimes and reformation for the government has already set aside $1000000.00 a composition for victims with a promise of another 1000000 to come. young b as in activists, will be watching closely to see what the reaction of the government of president automobile will be to the recommendations of the commission. would again be preparing for presidential election in early december. the victims likes and carianne's will have to wait a bit longer for justice to be served on people. she vowed never to forgive until then she will continue to bear the burden of our anger and the pain of losing husband. she said meant the world to our automated rece allergy data by jewel still

to come here on the news for you. greece tests, new surveillance technology in, but stopping refugees crossing the border from turkey and, and sport the asian football champions. katha are ready to test themselves against some unfamiliar opponents details later with the hero. a hello there. things are looking very hot and dry across much of the middle east and event. we have seen temperatures rising in iraq in q 8 and iran, but they are going to dip down slightly on wednesday to where we expect them to be for this time of year. and we've got to shamal wind kicking in across syria and iraq. and that's going to affect q weight and could talk kicking up quite a bit of duster will have some hazy sunshine and poor visibility. but for the south

of this we still got the suddenly wind blowing into those coastal areas of yemen. anime on though temperatures are where we expect them to be la sitting in the high twenty's as you go into thursday, though, there's more wet weather on the way for yemen and coastal areas of amman. the real weather we have to move to central parts of africa. we've got those storms rolling across the pin rift valley, extending into south sudan and across into chad. we've got we've seen some flooding in the south west of chad. we could see more as there's more rain to come over the next 24 hours is going to thursday, though the heavy rain can be found in coastal areas of cameroon, we could see some more flooding here. but for the south it's a much finer and dry a picture with lots of sunshine in cape town as temperature is start to recover that. sure weather the news of football.