part bounced on, i was 0 ah, al jazeera when ever you ah, all the news taliban, fine to say enough can stand say they've taken control of another border crossing, posing a further challenge to government forces. ah, i'm hello, he. then this is al jazeera life and joe, also coming up carnage in johannesburg, dozens killed and hundreds arrested in south africa. amid roy silver,

the dire state of the economy locked down and locked out. a strictly holds the number of citizens allowed to return home to prevent any further. i break off call with 19 and picking up the pieces to me on song from israel's world with golfer the social and economic impacts is still being felt in northern israel. ah, we begin in afghanistan, and the taliban says it sees control of a border crossing with pakistan. this footage has emerged which appears to show taliban fighters at the border gates. however, the afghan government is denying the armed groups claims. it says its forces, have pals taliban fighters. the spin bolduc crossing connects the city of kandahar

directly with pakistan and is a major supply line for whoever controls it. charlotte bellis has more from kabul. this all started around a pro when you as president biden announced that he would take out american and nato troops by september. the 11th, that's when the telephone really put their foot down. they say they now control 85 percent of districts and that's going to stop independent analysts say that back in april and biden may bid announcement, they had to say 70 or 80 out of about 400 and going to sun. those same analysts now put that number around 220. so that's 3 times the number of districts and territory . they now hold more people now living on the telephone control and ask and then on the government control. now, president ghani is trying to boost morale with the military to try to turn this tight around in front of reassure civilians. you travel to the north this week to

do that. yes. can government is also senior high level delegation, which involves a dealer builder, who is the head of the high council for national reconciliation, as well as former president, holman, cause i, they are going to door on friday to meet with seeing a telephone leaders in an attempt to try to find some type of diplomatic resolution to this. for us withdrawal is nearly complete. and at this point, the afghan government controls a constellation of provincial capitals, which must be resupplied from the air. the taliban effectively control the rest. the afghan ministry of defense says it killed nearly $200.00 taliban fighters in the past 24 hours in its efforts to retake captured territory for use alons as a professor at couple university and executive director of the democracy piece and to philip the think tank. he says the taliban control of more border crossings is

tightening the noose on the government's budget. spin bullock is the door to pakistan 1st. so it is a very it a venue. busy venue for government. secondly, my house especially kinda hard. it's the book list for the taliban. the spiritual leaders was stationed throughout the year from $994.00 till 2001 was staying there. so. busy busy taking over the place, getting back to a place where they started the resistance and the inception. i think that is what it strategic for taliban. a 3rd public opinion with the. busy recent development, the international aid information is i've gotten the listen list by time and some of the nation are getting my condition to going to government grip over the country

. so it will also create more pressure on cobble regarding managing their budget. and what concerns are growing in science, africa, the days of looting and riots will have a major impacts on its supply chains. at least 72 people have been killed in the protests, which have grown into a wider show of anger, against poverty and inequality. they were initially triggered by the imprisonment of j consumer whose foundation says there'll be no peace until he is released from jail for me to miller has more from so where so we've been at number of the hot spots that have occurred in the last few days in quoting, we've spent a couple of all was at some of them weight appears that things have come down significantly, especially compared to the rising and losing. we've seen the last day or 2. and now

in so we're, we're outside one of the largest more not the largest, one or more way through the night we had heard from residence. yeah. and community member saying that they would station themselves outside the small to protect it, saying that they would not part of the looting. and they would not let that happen . and that's some of what we're seeing just behind us. a small group of demonstrators, community members, small business owners, coming up to say we refused to join the looting and saying that there was left him upon you're more specific. he hasn't experienced any of that lulu thing also because of, of the kind of the protection that's been offered by community members. and i think what is interesting is how community members have come out themselves to protect a more like this, where others have experience significant looping also because they've lost faith in the police. there's been a lot of criticism around police and the government and that they acted too slowly

. they've allowed to do anything and rising to take place and, and now it's really up to them to protect something like this more and protect the community. let's take a closer look at why these protests are taking place. so for kids economy has been in crisis. many still suffer from poverty and inequality. post apartheid while the pandemic makes things worse. unemployment is an old time high, a 32 percent among young people. that figure rises with nearly one in every 2 people. with a, it's a job inflation. it's a 30 months high in may. with consumer prices rising more than 5 presents from last year. the cost of fuel is up nearly 40 percent and the price of food has increased by nearly 7 percent. this is having a huge impact on black communities,

which are on average, $3.00 to $4.00 times less than those that are white. or ralph material is a political analyst and author of the book. when zoom goes, he says the riots are driven by more than just political issues. it is an economy problem that also talks to poorly aligned politics, the politics that it's no longer being able to respond to the needs of the people. i mean, it's start from within the agency. but the reality is that you will have to ask yourself why such a number of people were able to participate in? what exactly happened to print life? people do not have a problem. appeared in one tv for you where the kids are involved. there's not deeply in what you are seeing in all this could give any one's production economy conditions to say that what really happened to people have poverty,

extra 15 people to the 610. of course there's always going to be the element of criminality to eat. but in the essence of it, it also, they'd be humanizing effect of poverty, which we refused to acknowledge because it seems as if it is more dignified to deal with this thing as a security issue. you know, you just label people criminals and you're done with it. do you deal with it? that's not a way to go and dealing with this. moving to a corona virus update for you know, and some countries have had tougher quarantine responses to the pandemic than others astray. leah is severely restricting entry citizens, residents, and their families must do a 14 day quarantine at their own expense, even if they've been vaccinated. nearby new zealand is equally a strict, only resident san citizens are allowed to answer. and those who do must quarantine for 2 weeks. iceland says open the stores to vaccinated travelers and on vaccinated

ones with a negative test. algeria suspended most flights, but travelers from she nicea turkey, france, germany, italy, and spain will needs a negative p c r test. and a mandatory 5 d coran scene, and south korea has largely been praised for its swift and national response. but cases are now rising. al jazeera is rolled, mcbride has the latest from sol. we've been under the most stringent measures since the start of this week, but this is where most of the new cases are occurring. but there is increasing concern about what's going on out in the provinces with reports of new daily infections, more than doubling recently. and the vaccination program, the government has been accused of being overly cautious, if not planning to get enough people vaccinated quickly enough. and it was always

known that because of the supplies of vaccines coming in different batches, that july actually would be a lead time. and that's what we are seeing now. there is a shortage of vaccines around the government believes that from august onwards, the increased number of shipments are going to alleviate that has more vaccines become available. there was also a concerned at the start of the program. there was some reticence about side effects that seems to have been replaced now by the more widespread concern about this 4th wave and about the delta various. so we are seeing it increasing demand. and just as an example of that, this week, the vaccines are being rolled out to the latest target group. it's the 55 to 59 year old. as soon as the website we became active and people could apply to get the job of the several 1000000 people who can apply around about 800000 of them. at one stage, we're all online trying to register for their 1st injection. indonesia is also in

the grip of a worsening outbreak. lives a record of nearly 48000. you. infections reported on tuesday. people are still having problems getting oxygen and medication is hard to come by. the new cases are also being blamed on the delta, the variance still ahead on al jazeera democrats in the us state of texas. go to washington to avoid to beating a bill that would limits for so right in future elections. the hong kong book fair is back that this year exhibitors may have to be careful, but for the display will tell you why. i choose

hello there. the south west monsoon is now in full effect across india. it was a late arrival in the north, but the reins the now there, affecting northern areas. we have seen some flash flooding here. we could see more and it's a similar story for northern areas of pakistan. but it's the west coast of india that's continuing to be inundated by those heavy rains and strong winds. we got a red warning out for con can and go and ray will also spread more centrally as we go into friday. we could see flooding in areas here. but in the north east, the heavy rain does continue to fall and the pool has been inundated with those rains and we could see more flooding here. we could be more flooding down in the south, particularly in sri lanka, within flooding across the central province. they could be more of that as the rains continue over the next few days, and it could be flooding as well. in china, we've seen flooding as such. one province, the rains are continuing to fall and cross the south west. you can see those there

and no storms, and she was rumbling up into the ne, beijing's expecting to see a lot of the wet weather as we go into friday. not only here, but coastal areas of he bay province and the korean peninsula as likely to see some of that weather weather. over the weekend, vatcher update. the who's joined the debate. you do not have vaccines reaching those who are most of the needs and amplify your voice. it allows a diverse community and how an array of different story know topic it off the table . it's such a tough ethical debate where there is obvious discrimination and systematic discrimination of play. people are thursdays for new, wasted, the stream where a global audience becomes a global community on al jazeera. oh,

the me. this is al jazeera, a reminder over hope stories. this are the afghans taliban says that the east control, the spin ball black border crossing with pakistan. but the afghan government is denying the on groups claims. it says it forces pound taliban fighters. unrest in south africa is continuing for a sick day president, cd that around the us says he's looking at spending more troops in to quell the violence. at least 72 people have been killed in riots in the last few days. it was jailed a sparks by the jailing of former precedent, jacob summa,

but has since grown into anger against poverty and inequality. and so korea is reported as highest fail the number of covert 19 infections. since the pandemic began. 1600 new cases were announced on wednesday. breaking a record sent last week. iran, the president, her federal honie says his country can enrich uranium at 90 percent purity. if it needs to ro, honey made the announcement to mid efforts with 6 other world powers to revive the 2015 nuclear deal that the trump administration abandoned 3 years ago. you representatives of warning time is running out on the deal. and the us needs to consider lifting some sanctions on to her on so what it is? yeah, to me a more, it's been showing that our atomic energy department with such capability and power can produce 20 percent 60 percent. or if we need it some day for a reactive,

even 90 percent enriched uranium, we can do that. relations between jewish communities and palestinians living in israel are still strains. months after the seas far with hamas and garza came into effect during the conflict, several so called mixed cities experienced riots that pitted the 2 sides against each other. but as holder of the hemi reports from occur in northern israel, the consequences all the rest are having an economic and social impact on it's supposed to be a model of coexistence the port city of rocca in the north of israel. a place where jews and palestinians usually live together. this should be the high season put should be buzzing with tourists, especially now most go with 19 restrictions have been lifted in israel. but my mood

old is restaurant is empty. his family has owned the business since 972 and has a solid reputation, has the right time because we know the clients don't return because the image of the city is tarnished. a regular clients didn't come back and it will take several months for them to return. it's longer than we expected. but since their rights in may at the start of the 11 days, garza war, i can this market remain empty. the mob, the angry young people took to the street, carrying out vandalism and ransacking boobies. one person was killed moses afoot as art gallery was damage. he just reopened a few days ago. but few people are walking through doors. he blames former prime minister benjamin netanyahu because the government didn't give him cation, they didn't put a lot of money. the government put money on the for stone. the mic like the big for the fix, everything at the museum and everything building. they need to give,

you know, supporting to the people that sense of neglect. it's something method member ruth bus admin lender heard about doing her tour of this ancient coastal city. an effort by the new coalition government to be more inclusive. and i wanted to see with my own eyes, what is the feeling of the people, both arabs and jews, and, and what can be done to help. and a lot of the perpetrators were actually underground people crying that are also making the lives of the arab population within the city. very, very difficult. the people are, you know, are not satisfied by economical the social situation. a want in every opportunity to to you know, to tell other people, please notice us,

we are here. you are not noticing us. you are not dealing with us. you are ignoring us for many act as being boy quoted as punishment for the acts of a few. eventually, tourists will start tickling back. but for co existence to take hold palestinian grievances need to be heard. put up the honey edges, either in northern israel. 3 fighters have been killed following a she tied with government forces in indiana administered kashmir. it's led to protest, son violence between indian security forces and residents. the conflict started after troops surrounded the southern time of pul, walmart, authorities of car, self, internet and mobile phone services. in the time call evening, this rena got police received information yesterday in the evening that 3 militants of less caring, tiber hunting and poor warm a city. so we coordinate with police and army units to joint lay down according not

long after that militants through grenade from inside and fired. so we retaliated, the operation was stopped, siblings was stuck there. they were taken out 1st in today in the early morning and encounter resumed in which 3 militants were killed. an armenian soldier has reportedly been killed in a board shootout with us or by shawnee forces, or medias. ministry of defense says the violence broke out in arafat province. it says there's been some casualties only as a bunch on his side. racism by football fans or the united kingdom could soon be punishable by law. prime minister boris johnson told parliaments that fans who make racist comments on line could be issued match bands or social media companies would be fine if they don't remove hate speech. it follows the racist abuse towards 3 england players in the euro. 2020 final. the trio has missed penalties in the

shooter defeat to italy. the u. s. vice president says mass a group of democrats from the state of texas. they're hoping to store a republican bank bill that would make it harder for people to vote. the group flew to washington to deny the state legislature the numbers needed to vote on the bill . com. le harris praised the move, comparing them to civil rights activists. will texas republicans a calling for their arrest? democrats say proposals to limit voting rights will disproportionately affect minorities president joe biden has called the fight for voting rights. the test of our time, our white house correspondent kimberly hawk. it reports us president joe biden traveled to philadelphia the birthplace of american democracy to highlight what he says is an existential threat. we're facing the most significant test of our

democracy since the civil war has not i, personally, since the civil war the confederates back then. never breached the capital as insurrection listed on january. the 6th, ah biden says american democracy is under assault by republicans who refused to accept the 2020 presidential election results and even tried to overturn it. the big lie is just that a big why one election? it's not, i probably suggest the most examine in the fullest expression on the wall of the people in the history of this nation. when that failed, he says his political opposition turned to republican state legislatures to pass restrictions, making it harder for voters to cast a ballot in the future. they want to make it so hard, inconvenient that they hope people don't vote at all. that's what this is about.

at least 14 republican controlled states have enacted laws the restrict voting access. they say the measures combat widespread voter fraud. they claim was prevalent in 2020 texas is the latest date to restrict voting. texas democrats fled to washington d. c. to stop a vote on a proposed law that they say would make it harder to cast a ballot measures. biden is under pressure to stop. you, make commitments said you're going to do this or do that. they commit to that balance, or that's the most important part. following give us this person, people right? to say you can vote a certain you cannot do it is you cannot go out. it's not like it's been proven, is making it work. we should be adding to, to make it better, make it easier, open, more full, more location, make it easier for the ellen not trying to tell your hand in blindfolding. so do both that make it worse. that's like going back to the i want to say flavors.

biden's urging congress to pass to federal measures to do just that. he's also expanded the civil rights division of the department of justice to challenge state voting restrictions in the court. person abide and has passed. his vice president, common le harris was leading his administration to effort to protect valid access, calling it a top priority of his presidency kimberly health care else's era. philadelphia, brazilian president job olson arrow has been admitted to a hospital in brazil after experiencing abdominal pain. local sources are reporting both in our own have been complaining about persistence, hiccups. we will be under medical observation for up to 2 days. cuba has restricted access to social media and messaging apps after widespread anti government protests, state media, and say,

one man was killed in demonstrations in havana. on monday, thousands marched on sunday to protest against the economic crisis. the government's handling of the pandemic. he was president, is accusing the us and cuban americans of encouraging protests. read lindsey, as a cuba based journalist, he says the government is accusing the us of spreading misinformation. and foreign minister spoke today to foreign journalists and he actually, i'd say government waging. ready a big news campaign and presented a slide showing our or thousands of keeps going out. i created the social media campaign which, which, which was going on when, when the process broke out. and, and it seems like the 2 things are connected. there is a lot of it's very difficult and on what is going on. a lot of them. ready are slowing around. i saw today information my end based media covers

cuba saying that there were the common way as a liberated, liberated. but then i later saw the photograph come away. police station of the street seem very calm and the people come away said that they were normal there. and there was a tweet from this state authorities take elements. i don't believe fake news in the midst of all that. it's not just social media is known as internet is down. generally i've got internet here at the office here, but industry cell data is pretty much off the people. so it's hard to say connected hard to know what's going on. exactly. but overall then i was calling today and it's sort of day to day here in cuba today, march the 1st day of the week long hong kong book fair. this is the 1st time that's being held on to the new national security law. and critics say,

this law has narrowed free speech. adrian brown reports from hong kong, a book fair in a city where words now have consequences. it's being held in the shadow of a recently imposed law. the critic say, has narrowed this space for free speech here. it's an annual event, but cobit 19 forced. it's cancellation a year ago. now though hong kong physical and political health is returning its lead a life. oh, going to a year, one day. i am happy that this year's book fair can't be house again. seems to apathy is contained, the organizes insist books have not been invented or censored, but exhibit is know. they must be careful about what they promote and say also focus on the language learning history and art. we are not worried about it. do you have any books here about recent political events in hong kong,

and this is not our publishing term, so we don't have a ton of publish. johnny lau has just written a book about the relationship between china is communist party and hong kong. but no publisher will touch it the 1st time that's happened to him since the hand over from britain 24 years ago. well, i think it is completely different. the politic go content almost disappear. well, in the book fair this year, and all the books, talking about politics, share the points of bills of the government. one author, however, takes the right boxes here. a 3 volume collection of speeches and writings by china's president, teaching ping on prominent display. the self censorship is evident. the titles on display here are safe, and that is a further reminder of the fact that hong kong is increasingly walking in political

lock. step with the mainland. exhibit is may be wary of breaking the law, but that cushion has not dampened public interest with long queues outside the venue. come only, i can get the books i want here and also outside. i've just come here to have a look. we did find one book perhaps that fell into the politically risky category . the author is currently in jail, awaiting trial, accused of violating national security. otherwise, little else to reflect the momentous events of the past few years. that history it seems, is slowly being raised, adrian brown, al jazeera hong kong. ah, this is al jazeera and these are the headlines, the afghan taliban says it's.