once upon a time and punch bowl on al jazeera, there is no channel that covers world news like we do, we revisit places the day. i'll just there are really invest in that. and that's the privilege. as a journalist, ah, this is al jazeera ah, hello, i'm mariam. new jersey. you're watching the news hour live from london coming up. taliban flag fly on the border between afghanistan and pakistan. is the group take control of a major strategic order crossing concerns. the ongoing violence and discontent in south africa could eventually disrupt the supply of food and medicine.

yeah. 6 arrests more, 13 health officials after a deadly hospital fire. iraq protested by government corruption and incompetence and brazil present gyre. both sonora is rushed to hospital and now faces the prospect of emergency surgery and sport olympic president thomas black, insist the tokyo games will be a historic success backwards coming in took care reported highest number of new code 19 cases in almost 6 months. ah hello, a very warm welcome to the news owl. we begin in afghanistan, where the taliban has been continuing its advance in the country fight to say they have seized a strategic border crossing with pakistan. but the afghan government insist push

the fight is back though. civilians in the area have said that the taliban is now in control of the border post. now these spin bolduc crossing connects the town of washing effectively the nearby city of kandahar to cham on impact is don, this is afghan, is don, 2nd busiest entry point and the main link to pakistani ports controlling it enables the taliban to collect revenue. afghan government data shows that it's used by $900.00 trucks each day. the takeover has forced pockets on to the field parts of its border after there was heavy fighting in the area. charlotte balance has more in this now from couple. then border is a very strategic border crossing because it is afghan, astound 2nd busiest border crossing. also you mentioned the location of it. it's just south of pen to hire and south west left and the son which is a telephone strong hole. but now with this border crossing, it connects them with talk of some where a lot of the senior leaders have been so many years and it also allows them to get

all that custom revenue that's coming through the border. the can government say something like 900 trucks across through the every day that the taliban and not taking customs duties from now this isn't the 3rd border crossing they have taken. it is the largest, but it isn't the 1st they have taken in the last few weeks. they've taken some smaller ones up on the northern border of afghanistan, administration fee. and also on the iranian border, they took quite a large board across and told is love color. now we've talked to truck drivers who have come through this since they've taken that crossing. and they say yes, we're now paying taxes to the television thought we got a few kilometers down the road. only had a government checkpoint within pay taxes to the well, this all started around a crew. when u. s. president biden announced that he would take out american troops by september . the 11th that when the telephone really put their foot down, they said they now control 85 percent of districts. and that's going to stop

independent analysts say that back in april and by and made that announcement they had say 70 or 80 out of about 400 and i've got a son. 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 turn this tight around. he's trying to reassure civilians, he travelled to the north this week to do that. yes. can government is also senior high level delegation, which involves a dealer builder who has the head of the high council for national reconciliation as well as the former president. holman, cause i, they are going to do on friday to meet with senior taliban leaders in an attempt to try to find some type of diplomatic resolution to this. well hi santa boss's professor of international relations at the neary south asia center for strategic studies joins this live from washington. so we've been thinking about rapid

territorial gains for the taliban in recent days and weeks. is it about taliban strength or the weakness of the afghan government and ami a? both of these facts are so obvious. it's the incompetence corruption of the global government. big failure to come together at the most important point in their history. i mean, that's one factor. and taliban had never were never defeated thought a bundle always did in the paid for the in the rural areas. and the presence of the fashion forces us force of mental forces always provided that inspiration to them, which we know which, which was there always fighters were seen as the enemy that had thought about. what does this mean though, for the afghan government then all they can they survive because it has been some

suggestion that they would be lucky to last for another 6 months on the current circumstances. i think they will survive there by the focus of what you're seeing, the boss that isn't in the areas vivian and forces have left open those spaces and they're not on security for forces which are not very professional and not very good because it takes a long time for a profession on service to, to be developed in the military to, to gain reputation and professionalism. however, they're good enough to hold on to gobbled till the time that a ron government can get to have a negotiated deal with that. but it's, it's all about that negotiated deal in, in the future. and a lot depends on whether taliban and of han leaders in couple today will think if one is done is lucky they will be something like a to z and model model. they'll be an interim government, everyone the same,

maybe for a year or so will come up with a model it on his next door. that model may inspire thought a bon bon would actually love that they would like to have the top of life if you're a leader who's a religious leader, and then time for democratic system beneath it. so it's all going towards that negotiated d. if a climate spawn is lucky, if things go wrong, then they'll be a protracted prolonged civil war in which everyone will be losing. and what could that mean for the afghan people that often the hard one rights and what they had to endure previously on the taliban? rule gets lost in this discussion about foreign troop withdrawals and strategic gains on the battlefield. what does it mean for their quality of life, for the access to education and basic services, especially for women and for that hard one rights. i'm glad you asked that because of the,

the plate of the ordinary people in atlanta. not even i feel elsewhere in africa and release that so often not part of the news headlines. and that's what is the most important thing the, the humanity be the order, the people in their life. and they are going to a terrible time. it's tragic. no one is talking about it. it's, it, they will be the worst effected. i mean, yes, the fun forces are thinking about taking those people out who will be detect by thought undertake of followed by taliban. the interpreters other u. s. is concerned about them and trying their best to take out the families of those people, 200-301-0000, but the order your concept to stay there. and hopefully we will finance and hopefully the site reconciliation has to happen and be affonso site in itself. i am very hopeful in their humanity. if, if the did this,

this board will not just add up in a way that many expecting it to the scene in mind among the leaders. and i would like to believe there are some new dollar, bon, oh, who would like to settle all this to a smooth transition and they will have to be accepted as, as a part of the government in some shape or form better movement. dave, or they're always, they're not outside this. yes. box on him, some of them to, to get energized to get weapon, weaponized, et cetera. but there are indigenous movement. we have to give that credit, not that it means we have to give them a human rights of order, but we have to recognise the taliban already reality and we must allow some smooth transition the prospect. so small transition happened perhaps a half and a bar. thank you very much. well, as, as we're hearing then briefly, the us is going to start evacuating afghan into pieces of the staff who helped

american forces during the war. relocation flights are expected to start at the end of this month for afghans who have applied for the special immigrant visa program. the white house has been on the pressure from republicans and democrats to find a solution for thousands of afghans who helps us and nato forces. we are launching what we are calling operation allies, refuge to support relocation flights for interested and eligible african nationals and their families who have supported the united states and our partners and afghan, sent an are in the application pipeline. in terms of the specific numbers. i'm not gonna be able to provide those to you for operational security reasons, but i can confirm that flights out of afghanistan press applicants who are already in the pipeline will begin in the last week of july and will continue. and our objective is to get individuals who are eligible, relocated out of the country in advance of the remove of the withdrawal of troops at the end of august. and rosalind jordan brings us more in this now from

washington. about half of the 18000 or so people who worked as a translators, or interpreters with the u. s. military during the war, are eligible to apply for one of these s i v's or special immigrant visas. and it's thought that about $9000.00 or so have started the process. it's not clear exactly how many people have made it to the point where they would almost be ready for the final round of consideration in order to get the visa, but the ins. but the idea is that this would be the 1st group to move to leave afghanistan with these, with this, with the promise of having these visas in hand and being able to move to the united states at some point. now they also know that this is a completely voluntary process to even apply for these visas in the 1st place. and the rough estimation from the us government is that maybe

a 5th or 6th of the people who are considered eligible simply are not interested. but there is no way of knowing because there is no mandate and you know, saying that people have to come forward and say whether or not they're going to apply their eligibility, basically says they can apply it. that's what they choose to do. what began as a protest against for president jacob zoom is jail sentence, is turned into the was uprising in south africa in decades of the west writing is in dublin, where shops are being lucid, warehouses, set on fire, and major roads blocked off at least 77 people have been killed in the unrest while they protested against damage. poverty, wealthier numbers of the 50 reportedly chanted plains of helicopters and half managed to leave some people at patrolling the streets to stop the losing out. there is for me to miller reports from the waiter, the looting and violent scene at various hot spots in the province of posting has

a deep, calm down. yeah. so we don't see a significant police isn't also being like hospitals, pollution, remain on sand via the losing and violent. yeah. outside what are the largest more in the area on the move a small group of residents, community members and small business owners have come out to protest polluting, saying that the economic impact that's been seen in other areas is devastating. and they refuse that to happen. yeah, they say we are not talk to the thing and they also say things like no more. that's more that hasn't had any incident so far and also been shut. remember the saying that it's also up to them to protect their communities. we see some of

the events in places like was doing the po, do thing and writing does appear to be continuing. there being a number of warehouses sets lights, the lights and impacted very badly by the ongoing rioting. the they are a number of organizations like the double chamber of commerce, who have said that they would want a state of emergency, at least in that proven specifically because police are struggling to get a handle on what's happening. it's traveling to battle these ongoing riots and of protests the, the largest oil refinery in south africa and southern africa has now been suspended and they are going to that the economy will be greatly impacted. the transportation of much needed to tickle materials even was possibly impacted while

road and train services. roads remain closed and prayed, services potentially impacted. and the concern now really is around the economic impacts of vayas and watching the news. our life in london was still to bring you in the program, is that one of the lowest machination rates in the united states decides to stop promoting vaccine for children, how loc towns and new drugs in america cause the record number of overdose death. and then later in sport with andy, strict code guidelines, this is open championships, but not everything if can ah arrest warrants have been issued for 13 health officials in iraq after monday's

hospital fire that killed at least 60 people in a coven ward. yeah. had been taking place for a 2nd day with many people blaming government corruption and negligence. a powerful shia cleric much harder solder has warned that he and his followers will declare the government responsible if they fail to take serious action. relatives are angry and they are demanding answers. shipped a lot. so as always stay, what should i do? who should i cry for? my son, my wife, my aunt. 3 victims died from one family. we buried 2, but still not referred. britney, my son to bury. so i can feel better. 3 of my own died who ever get sick now? should stay home and not go to hospital. i swear to god. this is not a hospital. what does my family done to deserve this? what are the mother, grandmother and brother done? what i'm a fool,

bob. the gentleman had the metal door at the back was closed. people were stepping over each other when we were suffocating. some came out burnt, but my mother was gone. i haven't found my mother. i want my mother. even if only her bones are left. i want my mother. i've been several demonstrators broke into the hospital in the southern city of na, syria where the fire began. mahard abdul wyatt. was there broken into a moment saying hostile enough for the city and southern iraq if this is where that is not going to happen, doesn't approve at 19 patient dining room burn cation monday. the anger, if i've been chances they have been calling going the government to release the finding of the investigation as soon as possible. they say they will continue

testing here in front of the hospital until demand a mess. they say that the government must put in place this. the city may good to protect patients to make sure that disaster it is not happening again in a hospital. we tend to brazil now the president, my undergo emergency surgery after being rushed to a 2nd hospital. char, both scenarios twitter account has posted this photo of the president at a hospital in brasilia, where he was taken for what his team described as chronic hiccups. but doctors have since moved him to another center in south palo saying that he actually needs test for unobstructed in testing. or my mechanic, you have joins us live now from diginero. any more information about both in our condition will know he there. that's the possibility that he may have an emergency surgery. he said in the post

that he, that was placed on social media. he infers that it's the consequence of the 2018 stabbing while he was on a presidential campaign he was stabbed. and since then, he has had several surgeries and his intestines and because of her as everything related to abdominal a section. and so now they're thinking that he might need another surgery. so this is the medical part of the story course. this comes a very tab. you didn't time for the president politically, with protest taking place across the country. and of course, the people of brazil itself who have been really suffering under the strain of of coven. 19 yes, it's true. it happens that his worst time in his 2 and a half year presidency,

both nato was elected promising you would find corruption in the pandemic came and, and everything. and he's being investigated by a senate committee for the handling of the pandemic which has killed already. half a 1000000 brazilians are going to do so. that is, is, is the problem that's going on, he's being investigated and at the same time now the senate prob, is also seeing if there are corruption allegations. and that is something that he has said that he would be fighting corruption. so in a certain way, this is putting on hold very in a very delicate moment in a very important moment of discussion in brazil. thank you very much. from reorders, near i want to kiana kia was over later on that. and we actually wanna have some breaking news on argentine and now because the official corona virus death toll has

crossed 100000, it's the 5th latin american country to go above that figure. $614.00 new deaths were coded over the last 24 hours. more than 4700000 cases have been reported as well. although the infection rate has been falling because of vaccinations, more than 5000 people are in intensive care with cars symptoms. oh, taking a look at me and mon now, because a government, the country's been reporting record numbers of coven. there. 145 deaths in the past day. and then more than 7000 new infections. but testing rates do remain low. so the actual number of cases is likely to be higher. country is facing a serious shortage of oxygen, which is needed mainly for people to be treated at home because hospitals are not taking any more patients. people have been queueing overnight for refills risking arrest for staying out past the coffee which is imposed by the military. and then

south korea is reported its highest daily infection rate of the pandemic leading to new restrictions in the capital, sol, nightclubs in places of worship has been closed. gatherings of more than 3 people will now be found more than $1600.00 people tested positive for call of at 19. in the past day from right has more 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 is more vaccines become available. there was also 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 ad delta very. and so we are seeing it increasing demands. 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 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. meanwhile, a dutch government is asking people to work from home and his re empire. some corona virus restrictions just weeks off. the lifting, most locked down measures. factions of sword by 500 percent in the space of a week,

with more than 50000 people testing positive politicians have been holding an emergency debate in parliament to discuss the government handling of the pandemic. prime minister mark whizzer. apologize this week for ending restrictions at the end of june, which he described as an error in judgment that boston has moved from amsterdam on one particularly controversial policy that's now backfired. while almost as has called this a huge blunder, some called if i'm asked to go criminal, the government policy to lift restrictions far too soon. not only lifting restrictions to sue, but it was one specific policy that really has angered a lot of people, not only law makers, but a lot of people here. and then that list is called dancing with johnson and dutch dunsen met yonce and basically a government strategy to convince young people to get his explanation. the johnson's explanation, they organized the france, there was a d, j to was music and they promised these young people that they could go clubbing. they could go partnering straight after they got their job, which

a lot of them did and then ended up with a positive fest. thousands of, of them had cope with 19, they're now in isolation. they're in quarantine. lots of restaurants and cafes are now closed because most of this stuff has been infected or is in isolation now. so this policy really has angered a lot of people. it has also cause to prime minister apologizing for overseeing this. he said during the debate today in emergency rebates with parliament, he said that he couldn't predict that so many people, so many young people would follow this advice, which also made a lot of lawmakers wondering how they could not have seen this. so at the end, it's not only young people who have been a victim of this policy, but also event organize of people working in the entertainment industry, who now have seen all their events cancelled once again. so during the debates,

lawmakers for urging the government to compensate these people. but on the other hand, they also lawmakers say that the government shouldn't panic. that this is the holiday season. now the country and that will end because of this spike infections could go into code to wrapped again, meaning that a lot of countries would not except dutch people again. so these lawmakers were urging the government to convince the you not to put the netherlands on to code, right. they said it's only young people so far. the hospitals haven't seen an increase in patients so far. but the minister said during the debate, he could not really predict how this is going to develop. so as one law make a set, we were so close to the finish. and only in 2 weeks after month of lockdown, we have ruined everything. do you are state of tennessee is reportedly halting plans to extend its vaccination program to teenagers, off the prussia from republican state politicians, tennessee, and newspapers revealed the new guidance in lead reports and emails. they earlier.

the state health official in charge of the vaccine program was fact children that are not going to get vaccinated if they're not vaccine at school. and that is the, the travesty that sure, that's the injustice. that is, where does it ministration has failed? the public that they're supposed to be serving and protecting. so morning, let's cross the mike can, he's following the story. so might that already been these reports about the health department in tennessee halting all vaccines? teenagers. what have any steps actually been taken? well the theme revealed in a series of emails that were published by a tennessee newspaper. and indeed there are massive steps being taken by tennessee authorities among them. it's not just a battle for cobra vaccinations for teenagers. it's now has spread to all

vaccinations. basically, it's put a ban on any information being put on by the health department concerning vaccinations ranging from flu to h p b and including cobra. 1900 vaccinations. in addition, it's now prohibited the use of school venues for vaccination programs. only 2 weeks ago there was a massive vaccination program in a number of tennessee schools. now this has been outlawed by the state authorities . so this is a massive step against vaccinations in general. not just the cobra 19 reflecting an antique vaccine stance that appears to be growing within the state of tennessee. indeed, important to make the point that it applies to vaccines against all diseases. mike, and this is already a place as one of the lowest vaccination, right. in the u. s. what lies behind this move now?

well, he mentioned the vaccination re, tennessee's around 38 percent of fully vaccinated adults. that is some 10 points below the national average. in addition, there has been a big spike in cases over the past week alone, increasing from 177 infections a day to nearly 440 infections on this particular day. so the of this is also being pushed by the delta variant within the state. now this originates with state lawmakers who months ago started to quote broadsides against the health department they, they said was attempting to solicit the children. this wasn't the attempt to stop any form of information being put down to teenagers, although it allowed for example, vaccination call to remind us of the 2nd vaccination to go to the teenagers, parents not to the teenagers themselves, but the role makers saying that they believe that the department of health has

overreached itself. they say as well, that they have got to start looking at the general view on vaccinations within the state as a whole. and they are going to be reviewing this. and this may just be the beginning of what is a massive vaccination anti vaccination campaign. but we also heard from that chief vaccine official within the state, michelle fiscal saying very clearly that this is a direct consequence of the amount of misinformation that is being put off. not only in tennessee, but in other states against vaccinations in general and against the cobra. 1900 vaccination in particular, this she said is an absolute consequence of what is and master program of disinformation. thank you. my counter and washington watching out a 0 life from london for lab, a growing backlash to online racism targeted england's black football as you take government is accused of fueling the division.