capitalism is the pen demons that causes so much of the suffering. explosives protect the people, or the prophet episode, one of all hail the lockdown on al jazeera ah, anything and rioting in south africa was protest that began with the jailing of the former president, jacob zimmer, turn to anger over poverty. ah, hello, welcome. on peter w, watching al jazeera live from headquarters here and also coming up i am more than glad enough for the i would tell you the hospital on the fire has killed dozens of people. also ahead rebel forces in ethiopia,

t gray region say they've seized more territory as part of a new offensive. and the delta vary and running rampant through se asia, my lazier record it's high. is that number corona virus infections in one single day? ah, it is south africa list unrest in decades triggered by the rest of the former president, jacob zoom out at least 45 people have been killed in days of riots and loosing and has turned into protest against poverty and inequality. covered 19 vaccination campaigns have been suspended in some areas. the time of a devastating outbreak. the foundation of jacob's duma 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 on the jobs that are being lost at the moment, 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 well, much of the violence is happening in 2 provinces or tang is the most populous province and includes the big city johannesburg earlier, at least 10 people died on the stem peed in some way to in the township of alexandra and elsewhere along the outskirts of the area surrounding johannesburg. crowds have been looting shopping centers. the violence started last week and quite zillow, natal, jacob, zoom, his home, province,

states and provincial officials say 26 people have died and unrest there, mostly during stampedes, to meet the miller. as his updates from alexander township nature hannah's berg with some of that looting has been happening. it certainly is calm. 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 went 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 and they really have struggled to manage, trying to quell these protests and the looting that's taken place. but in the day, the policeman asked 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 on 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. 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, 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 edwards, who must say he was prepared to die for his fall. 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 porous townships in johannesburg. where there are certain areas where 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. sick people burned to death. it's a disaster. the words of families of victims, of one of the rocks worst hospital fires in decades. the prime minister is promising accountability. after 92 people died on a coup with 19 facility in the city of nasiriyah. it's the 2nd time in 3 months, but a fires torn through a hospital will have more from motherhood. a bill was had enough area shortly. first, we start our coverage with this report from julian wolf. 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 in body legs, but families continued to search the debris for any trace of their loved one. 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 burned and died. this was a scene as a fire tor, through the hospital fire crews tackling the flames of the about animals. well, what happened tonight? he has st. hospital is the catastrophe market club, but i'm a little, it's a tragedy to slip. 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. julie wolf, al jazeera mcmurry, abdullah had been done at the sight of the fire, where the investigation is now underway. get and the 3 has officials say that the odd holding get emergency meetings and forensic teams are also still trying to

identify the rest of the buddies. about 39 buddies have been identified dozens, others are still under recognition, processed by the forensic teams. we met victims found this here. there are people who cannot find their loved ones. like i said, dozens of buddies are body parts the. they can be easily identified. another man we met so it's a way to go. he lost 5 of his family members, 3 cove and 900 patients, and the others were either visitors or those who rushed to try to save the relative to green faces. say they've seized a major tone in a new offensive in ethiopia. they're spokesman says the ton of radio was taken off, the federal and m. r. a forces withdrew. it is the most intense fighting scene this since they captured the regional capital mckelly last month. catherine sawyer reports now from omero 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 just to be controlled mostly by forces. this thing that's the land and that's what they want to take areas like where i am who narrow before november, who marah and another town called my car was. # in control i wasn't being a new good by that the grand regional 4th. 5 street may need to grants flat this areas. the areas are being controlled by higher horses. and mike hydra, which is about 3020 kilometers from norway, is our town where some of the west atrocities against b as in november, more than 600 people was killed. most of them laborers who have come from different

possible to have especially from funds and mainly belonged to the grand. 2 5 mars he of believe that the grand fight to those killings maybe the 2 grants lead to don. 5 if 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 for assisting that also heading west. 5 is where we are seeing a lot of. a i'm hiring for interacting with the old saying that this belongs to them and it will not go without a fight. and the un human rights council has passed a resolution expressing the concern about abuses, integrate its calling for a withdrawal of a retrain forces, which it says and making the conflict. even worse, if the opiate has rejected the resolution while eritrea, which is a member of the council, voted against it. while the violence in ethiopia is northern region of degree began

in november since then, nearly 1600000 people have been displaced with more than 63000 fleeing into neighboring sudan. latest un estimates indicate 5200000 people do require emergency food assistance in the region of that small than 400000, a suffering from famine like conditions and 33000 children are severely malnourished. 8 organizations say they're struggling to reach those in need of help because of fighting intimidation, detention, and a confiscation sometimes of their supplies ro from us who is the you and hcr assistant high commissioner, he spoke to earlier from cartoon after visiting refugee camps. institute don explained to me the humanitarian situation on the ground to the people who need help in the c o. p. right? now it is access. it is that the authorities which control the area provide the

provide access. i am now in costume and in the to refugee comes that we have here today, but we do have, we do have access to, to, to, to refugees, to the $40000.00. also refugees who have crossed the border. 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. so as a whole, we have close to 50000 people who are now incident with that number girl. it's possible. would they return if the situation allowed their return? they would, of course, he turned, 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 so then he's government which has been very welcoming still ahead on al jazeera. we are not going to buckle to the big line in the state of texas. us democrats in texas, flying to washington to try to stop republicans attempts and voting restrictions. yeah. his biggest uprising in decades, but has the president's address on, in the thing, to appease the protest. ah 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 to this time of year. and we go 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 dust. so we'll have some hazy sunshine and poor visibility. but further 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 over the real wet weather. we have to move to central parts of africa. we've got those storms rolling across the pin risk 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

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the me back, you're watching out of your life from the top stories about this out. south africa military has been deployed again, contained violent process on the streets, at least 45 people have not been killed. the unrest response by the jailing of the former president, jacob's human. but they have since grown because of economic frustrations and iraq's prime minister. mr. alchemy has promising accountability for fire. corona virus was killed, 9 t t people. he's ordered the arrest and the suspension of several local officials. and this is given us a degree in fighters in ethiopia. say they've seized a major time in a new offensive spokesman's at baton. abriya was taken off the federal and m. r. a forces withdrew. it is the most intense lighting scene since the rebels captured the regional capital mckelly last month. now to the united states, because taxi can texas republicans rather including the governor,

a calling for democratic state politicians who fled the states to be arrested. most of the state legislatures, democrats, or in washington dc to try to stop up ill. they say suppress his voting rights. without them, the legislature doesn't have a quorum. that means it can't vote on the proposed law. democrats say the proposed restrictions were inspired by lies about widespread voter fraud in the presidential election. that calling on congress to act on protecting voting rights. so they can't stay out of texas indefinitely. i will tell you that what the house represent can do the speaker can do is issue a call to have these members arrested. in addition to that, however, i can, and i will continue to call special session after special session after special session all the way up until election next year. and so if these people want to be hanging out wherever they're hanging out on this taxpayer paid it junket, they're going to have to be prepared to do it for well over

a year. as soon as they come back instead of texas, that will be arrested. they will be cabin to inside the texas capital until they get their job done. white house correspondent, kimberly how kits in philadelphia where the us president joe biden is expected to speak in the next. i will bring that to you live. when that happens. kimberly, this seems really pretty radical. leave the states go to washington, and if they go back, they'll get detained. well, will get arrested, then they will be detained, per se. what they'll be, they'll be arrested and brought back to the legislative chamber to do the job that the american people, or rather the texans elected them to do so, to be clear, they're not going to be put in solitary confinement. these are the rules of the texas legislature that they knew going in when they went to washington d. c. and they're doing it to make a point that what's happening in texas is also happening in other republican lead

states. and that is making changes to the laws, to republican se, protect election integrity, democrats say to suppress the vote 10. so depending on where you sort of the political spectrum spectrum is where you fall in this, just feel that it's really taking center stage in american politics. and that is why the president will also be taking center stage very shortly here, where i'm standing, the birthplace of american democracy, the city of philadelphia, the area chosen by the white house because they say they are trying to protect democracy, preserve the integrity of the vote, the president expected to make out the moral case that many of these restrictions that are being put into place disproportionately hurt voters of color. okay, this is about the voters books of rights. kimberly and both fraud. i remember you and i having dozens and dozens of conversations in the aftermath of the u. s. election last year. they were those allegations, those claims of voter fraud,

which all came to pretty much nothing. what you have to remember and all of this peter is, you know, i'm a canadian, that covers american politics. we have paper ballots in canada, paper ballots used around the world. why aren't they used in the united states? i think it's worth everyone asking themselves that question, because when you have lots of different rules, there are lots of different ways to manipulate the vote depending on which size you're on. and quite frankly, after more than 2 decades, i'm covering american politics. i can safely say both sides do it. it's not one side is more right or more wrong than the other. and that's really what this debate is about. they will dress it up in different ways. you know, i don't think there's any point in rehashing the 2020 election i've time to look for it. and that's certainly what these legislators from various they say they're doing, but examine what they say and the claims that they make when they allege that they're

trying to protect security or this is voters suppression. there usually is an agenda at hand and the bottom line, and all of this is the by the administration has suffered some setbacks. but the reality is, is that he was elected because a lot of voters of color said we need are both protected. that's why we put you in the white house, and he's under pressure because they're saying, look, we're not really seeing that you've delivered on those promises. that's why this president is coming here because they've suffered a couple of setbacks. it's been a supreme court ruling that has the essentially got and some of the federal protections given states bronco rights to do what they're doing. and on top of that, 2 of the democrats supported bills in congress are also be installed in the republican controlled senate. for the most part, although democrats have a very narrow majority. so the challenges for the binding ministration are great. they have to deliver this president says that this is going to be the number one

issue with presidency. that's why he's coming to philadelphia to make the moral case that there is an obligation of this white house to protect voting rights. that he says right now are being compromised briefly. kimberly watching pictures, i'll say as you're talking to us mister button, getting off marine one you and i were talking this time yesterday about cuba. do we think briefly kimberly they will talk about what's going on in atlanta you know, we're not, we don't expect that he is going to but it's a really good point because there was a notable silence from the white house press secretary on this issue. very, very briefly, this was a president joe biden who has undone most of the trump error policies with the stroke of the pan. some of them on day one and office the 1st hour in office. but what he's not doing are a trump top economic sanctions on cuba, and that is a very uncomfortable question that the white house has not yet answered. why those

economic sanctions are thing a place they are hurting people's lives. and that's why you seem to spontaneous protests. the white house was saying, no, no, no, this is about authoritarian government. it has nothing to do with those policies for the cries and the criticism in washington are getting ever louder. so if the president doesn't make any comment about cuba in this speech, certainly this will continue to be something that he will be pressured on and he's just boarded air force one for that flight there to where you are. kimberly, as a good talk, you'll come back to us and i think so. i know in the meantime, thank you so much. well, we were talking about cuba this time yesterday and in the past few minutes, given police are out and full force after unprecedented anti government demonstrations. the president is blaming us sanctions. that's the cuban president for the economic hardship which prompted the biggest uprising in decades. mr. biden says, america stands with the cuban people against decades of repression from havana. his read lindsay 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's because we don't have fuel and we've had to cut the electricity protesters to blame the government for cuba. economic crisis a day after visiting site of one of the protests cuban president miguel diaz canal attributed the scarcity to the 60 year old us embargo, actual tamer. all those issues that are present in our society now such as dissatisfaction, one of the origins, what caused them, it's the blockade. embloy grew on monday, the streets of atlanta were calm. the trump administration intensified the us

embargo passing a barrage of sanctions, but devastated the cuban economy. colbert exacerbated the crisis so far, president joe biden has maintain the sanction, despite a campaign promise to change us policy towards cuba. but he was dire economic situation. and with the frustration and anger of its population continues with nope and insights. the u. s. says it has not ruled out sending forces to help stabilize haiti following the assassination of the president jovan alamo. easy. washington is helping to investigate the murder under sent a delegation to the capital puerto prince. it'll also find out if any us laws were broken after 2 americans were among those people arrested. the haitian businessman, living in florida is the latest to be held me malaysian is enduring his worst wave of corona virus so far. it reported a record 11000 new infections in the past 24 hours. hospitals are overwhelmed and

medical workers say that the shortage of vital equipment, including oxygen and ventilators, the surgeon infections is being blamed on the delta variant, but also gatherings held during the muslim festival of ede and uneasy is also in the grip of a worsting outbreak with a record 40000 new infections reported on monday. people are still having problems getting oxygen and medication is hard to come by. the new cases are also being blamed on the delta variant, florence louis following developments for us from qualon. the delta variant of the current of virus is not only more contagious, it's also more likely to infect a person such that they're going to be more serious and they're going to need hospice. okay, so it's the same story across the region where you're not only having a search in the number of new cases. you also seeing medical facilities being of a stretch and such as the case in indonesia where recorded its highest number of new cases on monday. it had already put in place restrictions in people's movements

on the islands of java and bali, but it's still recorded really high numbers. now, as senior minister said, it is expecting the numbers to start coming down next week. but in vietnam were also seeing a similar story. vietnam was a country that last year had been praised for its efforts in containing the current of virus that recorded its highest number on monday, despite haven't put in restrictions on movements last week and extending them to more areas on monday. now another country that seeing a surgeon kona virus cases is myanmar, were medical work as a people like stevenson shortage of oxygen. although the printer denies this and what's making the situation worse, there is a civil disobedience movement that started in february and opposition to the coo and the general distrust of the military authorities. meaning more people are reluctant to not only get tested, but are also wary of being taken away to an ice of a cove at 1900 isolation unit because they're worried about whether or not they're

going to be able to come back. now what these countries have in common is low vaccination rates. so there's also a real effort real pushed by these countries to boost the vaccination rates. including getting more doses, more supplies of vaccines from different countries, different sources really rolling out mass vaccination campaigns and also addressing the vaccine hesitancy. well, health organization says there's no evidence so far that vaccinated people will need a booster shot. it's criticized vaccine manufacturers for developing boosters to sell to high income countries, while inoculations in other parts of the world remain low in number. officials of want of quote scales. if people are allowed to get extra doses and mix different types of vaccines before clinical studies are complete. but literally, with the limited global supply, it is important to rethink if any country is pondering about increasing and using

booster doses. and instead think of giving that supply or sharing that's nice to countries that have not even reach their health care workers. the german government says it has no plans to make thanks. seems compulsory but will do all it can to encourage people to get a job. the german chancellor, anglo merkel has warned that more people need to be vaccinated before current restrictions can be lifted around. 43 percent of the population is fully inoculated, but inoculation rates of slowed down. in recent weeks. men do wish, i don't think that we would gain trust by changing tactics and introducing vaccination as a compulsory measure. but i do think that we can gain trust by promoting vaccination. we also need to turn as many people as possible into promoters and messengers of vaccination, but still we have potential there. and we want to exploit that to spain's most popular tourist regions are rolling out new measures to rain and growing corona

virus cases there, catalonia is limiting, private and public gatherings to 10 people and says, all public activities must finish by half past midnight in valencia. a curfews being imposed during the early hours of the morning and gatherings are restricted to 6 people. the italian government is banning big cruise ships from venice is historic city center. as of next month, the infrastructure ministers, as is necessary to protect the cities environmental and cultural integrity. the ban follows protest against the ships which have been found to hom, benefits, ecosystem and fragile buildings. but some people do welcome in the passengers contribute to the local economy. ah, this is al jazeera, these are the top stories so far.