extremely important service that they provide to the city. we say we need to take america to try to bring people together trying to deal with people and left behind. ready the. ready lebanon's prime minister designate step stone, us or failing to form a new governments of the country faces an unprecedented economic crisis. ah, i'm how am i hearing and this is al jazeera mind from doha. also coming up a crossing points along the canister on pakistan, border captured bully the taliban is to be reopened to

a low stronger people to return home who are 40 people dying and flooding in germany and belgian. the army has been called in to help rescuers and indonesia records as the biggest daily increased income of ours infections with more than 54 sizes cases. ah, well, we start with breaking news. this are lebanon's prime minister designate, saw her really a step don't aster he fails to form a new governments. the country has been without a government for 9 months and as facing an unprecedented economic crisis. that's not a hunter raise who i met with the president and he demanded what i deem is substantial change to the formation of the government. we also discussed other issues and it

became clear that we will not be able to reach an agreement. i suggested to the president if he needed more time to consider my proposal, but he saw no prospect for agreement. for these reasons, i stepped down as i will not be able to form the government. or from orland cross lies voters in a hoarder, who joins us from bay roots. it seems small to restore machine given the, the dire economic situation. the country is in that that the 2 men couldn't reach an agreement to form a governments. what exactly are the sticking points that were too difficult for side hurry and michelle, i want to overcome well, an intractable political crisis has now become more complicated. subtle. how did he was appointed in december to form his 4th government? he has been locked in a political power struggle with the presidents. they have been at odds. they're

fighting over the seats in the cabinet. they don't seem to agree on who has the authority to do what this is not just about minister. you'll see these are 2 leaders who represent 2 religious communities, 11 on the president represents the matter and i fact. and the prime minister represents the muslim from the sect. the muslim from the field that, that the christian presidents is trying to take back what he believe were christian rights pre. if that means during the civil war and trying to overstep his boundaries and his authorities by wanting to name the christian ministers in the cabinet. while the prime minister says no, this is the progressive of the prime minister. i get the name who will be the ministers in my cabinet. so they're arguing about the structure of the state, the power sharing system that has been in place for 30 decades. and these 2 men also have personal interests because they are thinking about the upcoming election

next year. they want to make sure that they control the government. and for example, a prime minister, how do you to designate prime minister, how do you? because now set aside, he wants to make sure that our camp does not hold veto power so that his government collapses if our doesn't agree to any of the decisions he takes. so this boils down to the structure of the state, religious communities, fighting over power, not just seats in a government fan of the lebanese tones is at the latest view in lie, so is currently trading it over 20000 lebanese pounds to one us dollar should give our viewers sense of the scale of the economic collapse in the country. where does this leave the ordinary lebanese, and will there be a country for these leaders to rule when the elections come round?

well yes, the lebanese layer has crushed in nearly a year and a half at last 90 for 5 percent of its value. i can tell you in the past, our last 1000 lire, the official exchange rate, is still $1500.00 lire against the dollar. an hour ago was 90100. now it's $20100.00 and the majority of the lebanese people earn in the local currency. their purchasing power has been effected. there's fluid food, hyper inflation. there's food insecurity. according to the united nations, more than 70 percent of households do not have enough money to buy food, and 30 percent of children are going to bed hungry. they services are collapsing if you just drive in the street that they would traffic like, don't worry you after a tunnel, there are no light because the lights are out. most of the day, the status cash strapped is not able to import them the fuel. it's not able to import enough medicine if a daily struggle for the, for the lebanese people,

unemployment is on the rise. 35 percent that expected to rise to 40 percent. and that is why there is a need to form a government, a government capable and willing to enact reforms, reform the states institution, and fight corruption in order for the international community to unlock billions of this country need. okay, hold the line for us in a room. thank you. at least 42 people have been killed and more than 30 are missing after severe floods hit the western german states of rhineland palatez notes. a number of buildings have collapsed and the army has been cold in hell with rescue efforts. chilean wolf has the story. this is a view from overhead. the picturesque german town of showed flooded after record brain. much of the wind producing region now destroyed after the rhine river burst

its banks, bringing down dozens of home. another $25.00 houses are at the risk of collapse. each buddhism, the building, there's mud everywhere in the houses, the bridge. they're collapsed. water overflowed further down. even houses have floated away, so it's an emergency like world war 2. the flood has forced many to flee to their rooftops, waiting to be rescued. others wading through waters, doing what they can to slow the flood. the government has declared a state of emergency and deployed the army. people in nearby towns have been told to leave the area. but rescue operations are being hampered. villages are cut off by flood water and landslides, making them difficult to reach. phone and internet connections are also down. i will give you see here now is worse than after a bombing raid. and this is guaranteed to take 10 years. the people are all broke,

the businesses have been hurt, so it's just horrible. now the once in a generation floods are not limited to germany, neighboring belgium and the netherlands have also been hit hard. and with the slow moving storm retaining its power, forecasters say there could be more damage and disruption to come. join wolf al jazeera. while as julian mentioned, the netherlands has also been affected, speak to steadfast 9. she joins us from falcon berg, near the border with germany and a step, the water line over your shoulders. it's very high and thieves. what's happening there? yes, exactly. people are really taken by surprise here also in this side of the board of the whole border region basically between then germany and belgium is now flooded. rescue workers are going from door to door right behind me knocking on the door because they're trying to safe people asking for the offense yesterday. because

that was when the water suddenly got really high after 3 days of continuous down forth. it's unprecedented flooding here in this part of the netherlands. they never seen a thing like this before. rebels are over flooded. i'm here in fountain burke, which is a. b tourist center, lots of tourists were here, but hundreds of people are now being evacuated to safe places. also, elderly homes have been evacuated, a bridge has collapse, and the damage of course, is immense. and the authorities here are really asking for how the military has actually moved in as well to try to evacuate as many people as possible. nobody knows until when this flooding is happening, the current, maybe you can see it fairly strong or really the river as they can over this part of the city k steadfast in life for us in vulcan burg. thank you very much. indeed . the african taliban and pakistan's governments have agreed to reopen

a crossing, so a lot stronger people through the on group. so control of the spin bowl that coughing we focused on on thursday. after hours of talks, the taliban and pakistani authorities has made a breakthrough. but negotiations between the african governments and the taliban appear to be at a standstill. charlotte, bella says, monitoring the city ration from the afghan capital campbell or the telephone say they have proposed to cease fire for 3 months in exchange 470025 is being made out of prisons and their leaders being taken off a few in blacklist. now they've actually been talking about this for some months to diplomat to the americans, and it's tied to the us telegraph agreement from last year. and these are the stipulations in that, that as part of the us and nato was the rule that there would be a c slide that they would be political negotiations at. the telephone will get

their prisoners out. and the latest to be asked to select. now, of course us and nato withdrawing, but some of these conditions still haven't been met. so the telephone has kind of reiterated this that they still want the leaders of the less than they still want their prisoners out. one of the sticking point. so with yes can government is that they're obviously not a party to that agreement, and they've already released $5000.00 prisoners. and they saying, how many more do we have to release? surely, we should be talking more about political negotiations and a sci fi, a 1st. as opposed to leasing more of your prisoners out more of these flight who's out and living your, your latest off blacklist. so this is kind of the sticking points at play with some of these fighters as well with the $5000.00 that the government have already laid out. they weren't made to return to the battlefield. the tele boncey, they didn't. yes. can government believes that some of those slices actually did return to the battlefield? and they saying at this point, why would we lease out another steven 1000 when the taliban have

a lot of military momentum and they could potentially return to the battlefield once more. more co hider is in the pakistan, the city of peshawar, near the afghan border. and has more on the border crossings, which was seized by the taliban dollar. bon takeover of greenville dog came mad surprise after they had already taken over the gate border cross things or another in other areas. so after that, i've been involved occupation by that dollar bond. there was a humanitarian crises that were beginning to on forward tens of thousands of people stranded on both sides because it is a very busy border. given the fact that most of the medical emergency from of one is on cross into budget on because they're better medical facilities and also the fact that many families would be going across to meet their relative regard. it all right, approaching my pocket on huge implications,

given the fact that any fighting between the national army showed their decide to go on the offensive against that dollar bond. and been ball doug has the recipe for the doctor because they go to relo into pocket on. and because of that, the progress on the security for also beefing up their position by the border thing to notice that there were definitely come as a major relief for ordinary people. were stuck on both sides of the border. we also have report, dollar bon, are fighting for the key strategic position than federal b day. i've got a claim that they've already taken over there all be to the gorge and narrow guard which connected to god. and that effectively mean that that dollar by now have to car but also from door to come, which is the 2nd major border crossing red green one is on and budget on north dimension. also the fact that budget on it upgrade,

that the civil war and no one is going to have devastating consequences because millions of our brand will play across the border. the country already has 3000000 of refugees and data gosh, good, creat another situation. earlier we spoke to government negotiator, now the notary, he says the taliban sulphur of a truce isn't sincere. today's once we are, we are genuinely, very strongly pushing for talk and meaningful talks on table 2 in this war once for ever and to reach to a political settlement and a shared future. that's what we kept pushing in the past few months in the us. we are also going to be another event that other conference, some, some additional members of the republic of a bunch of political will be joining all. and we want to see that the

2 political settlement, that's what, what we do. we are so much committed into peace and we want to see a peace agreement reached at the same time. our forces are trying to check the sensors population. the report today i release of the civil service that effected by the war suggests that 13000000 people are being effective not receiving public service services across those districts that have taken by the fall of which is one 3rd of the population. we are protecting dissenters of population and our horses are protecting them. we are we taking, we just do they reach so strictly numerous province to come to the district and that's what we are doing. but at the same time, we are questing for peace, for political settlement and genuinely, we are ready to do so still ahead,

don't all just 0. a french industrial joy and faces scrutiny for and so patients and serious when i saw controlled large parts of the country. ah ah hello. the weather remains very disturbed across the northeast in parts of china. we've had days of heavy rain up towards yellow sea towards northeast corner, just roughly bay province and that west weather running all the way back down towards south west to the south or undo the line of sherry rain. and this is a seasonal range and they pay pop further as we go through saturday and that is likely to cause some localized flooding, sharp showers, to for time across much of the cream, potentially particularly into south chris southern partner japan, seeing some wet weather as well but for a good part of japan, fast, they does look dry, add fine. tokyo around 32 celsius

a little on the human side here. got plenty of showers. meanwhile, across a good part of southeast asia, a little clutch storms to the use of the philippines. they will develop into a tropical storm, so we'll just keep an eye on that by the tropical system could well just push a little further north, which as we go through the coming days is certainly one to watch across much a se, asia, the heavy, she was going to be though it was at eastern sort of indonesia facility i see, and heading over to a popular new guinea, much of india now under the influence of the south west, the monsoon, some heavy rain coming in for many heaviest, right. as per usual up the west and get some very heavy rain pushing right up into good rock buckets, donal's i sing some heavy showers now and looking very wet for bangladesh in the pool. the join the debate do not have vaccines reaching those who are most of the needs and amplify your voice in allowed a diverse community and how an array of different no topic is 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 just a quick reminder over the top stories this are lebron's. prime minister designate side had really stepped down after he failed to form a new government. the country has been with us to governments for 9 months and is facing an unprecedented economic crisis. the afghan taliban and pakistan

governments have agreed to reopen a crossing to allow strong people through the homes group to control the the spin ball that crossing we focused on on thursday flooding and western germany has caused the death of at least 40 people a slow moving storm system is causing once in a generation flows for people have dines in belgium. officials in south africa are urging people not to panic by fuel. after the country's largest oil refinery was temporarily shut down. days of riots and looting have disrupted supply chains and fears of food and fuel shortages. have seen long lines of shopping malls in turban. the mines and the energy ministry says work is under way to help get petroleum products where they need to be. at least 70 people

or dead, and hundreds arrested us to the unrest triggered by the jailing form of president jacob summa lives, no to bernard smith, who's in johannesburg. bernard, what's the situation like? where are you on? 48 hours of looting and writing is like hundreds of businesses here and alex xander and janice burke burns out, shells. there are now in housing province in crossville in ital. some 25000 members of force is on the street helping to and force the piece. not just, not only here in janice book, but as i sat in durban, inclusive in itala home states the home province upon the present, jacob zoom. it was his jailing. last week, refusing to give it up, give evidence that a corruption inquiry that resulted there was a spot for this violence, but in fact, it was only the spot what were up to the after that was general frustration and

anger. the 27 years after the end of apartheid, there are still enormous inequalities in this country. it has a very high unemployment rate. 33 percent off. the 35000000 population lay below the poverty poverty line. and south africa has some of the greatest inequality in the world. so the spark with the jailing of jacob zoom, but there was much more underneath ready to stoke the flames. now while here and john is both, things have come down a bit. and in fact, in alexandra, many of the locals have been out sweeping the streets, cleaning all the rubbish up on somebody. all may have been going house to house it, taking boxed up has been stolen and people who know people have stolen stuff, have been pointing to the houses where the army should look to the community here. let's try to fight back against the looters. there are still big challenges in durban. refinery was forced to stop working, but prompted panic buying in the supermarkets on panic, buying

a fuel the companies asking people not the product by the back itself creates the shortages. ok, bernard smith, law press enter. hattiesburg. thank you, bird. there's no no turning to the koran of ours pandemic can. the more contagious down for variance is driving. casey is back up globally in denisia has passed. india is daily cases who have the worst. i break in asia with more than 54 sizes. and new confirmed cases, it's one of the most popular countries in the world, but less than 10 percent of this population is vaccinated. malaysia has also reported a record rise for a 3rd day reporting was in 13000 new cases. in the past day, the government says turning 7 hospitals into corporate 19 only facilities. a

thailand has been relatively unscathed through much of the pandemic. but recently it seen a serge. it's reported it's worth stay for death so far would $98.00 for the. let's see south pushing its total death to past $3000.00 more on the situation from indonesia. now jessica washington has all the very laces from the capital jakarta m. well, some doctors here say that from their perspective, the health care system in indonesia has already become very, very close to collapse because they are in the unfortunate position of having to turn away critically ill patients because they don't have room for them. as hospitals as close to full capacity, it's not just the public hospitals that are struggling, but also some of the public health clinics. and the intention would be that some of those clinics would pick up some of that overflow of patients that the hospitals

can not taken, but they too are struggling. some of those public health clinic workers have told us that they are understaffed under resource. they don't have enough medication or oxygen for all the sick patients in their local areas. we've heard from local roving medics who try to visit some of the patients in need. and they say that they have sadly become accustomed to finding patients dead in their home. these patients, many of them did not even have the prospect of medical intervention. they did not even have the chance to speak with a doctor. said that is this to get the situation here. know the numbers us concerning as they are. some local data agencies say that the government numbers are very much an under estimate and by their estimates, the confirmed death toll which as the government states, it is around $70000.00 by their estimates. the death toll is actually around 5 times higher group of our cases are surging across the african continents.

according to the w, a show, the number of deaths is jumps 43 percent over the past week compared to the one before as well. the w h o regional director for africa says hospitals in the most effected areas are nearing braking points and running out of oxygen. and i see you beds nearly half of new daily cases on the confidence or in south africa, libya she nicea and mozambique also have high numbers preserved precedence jr. both scenario has been taken to a hospital for treatments of a blocked intestine and the source who was posted on his twitter account before he was transferred from the capital brasilia to hospital in san paulo. he suffered from the date of chronic hiccups. mulkey in our care of has the latest from real,

teach an arrow. the doctors have examined him again and have decided for the moment not to submit him to a new surgery. they just said in a statement that they are born, he's going to undergo conservative treatment. and so tonight, nothing more will happen. we must remember that this isn't the 1st time that he's had surgeries after he was stabbed in the 2018 presidential campaign. since then, a he was, he has gone through several surgeries in the test and or domino area. so it's going to be now a period of waiting and seeing what new development there will be. but this is happening at a moment where president j both. so nato, he's going through the worst period of his 2 and a half year presidency. senate is investigating the government's handling of the

pandemic, which has killed half a 1000000 brazilian. and his popularity has been taking a severe blow russian military aircraft. they're trying to contain large while far as across siberia. the hardest hit region of katya has been in a state of emergency for weeks, nearly 800000 hector's of land is on far eastern russia has been experiencing its strongest summer in 150 years. well last year civilians on both sides to see disputed nagondo cut about the region were caught up in the worst fighting in more than 25 years. despite the seas far between armenia and as by shawn, there was still concerns about another casualty of war, cultural heritage sites, research reports from us or by sean. now gordon, cut about maybe small in size,

but the disputed region is rich in cultural and religious heritage. these 100 year old monuments, however, have seen better days, human lockers in the shoulder. hundreds of monuments and historical sites in this region have been damaged, vandalized, or destroyed during the 30 years of war, the thousands of graveyards, the historical educational institutions, museums, then now unrecognizable. the 1st publication house, which was established in the 19th century, is ruin of the russian orthodox church of july or moscow. the church of albania, dimly moscow and morality shrine from the 13th century, also damaged to mr. solomon, in the immediate aftermath of the seas, fire that ended last year's war between either be john and armenia. cultural institutions and scholars was concerns. they said hundreds of historical mosques, church monasteries, monuments and museums could be at risk. armenia, c is between 19972006 of their

b. johnny forces damaged or destroyed thousands of the historical sites including medieval church and graveyards, enact javan. but as r b j says the cultural damage on his side became more apparent after its on forces recapture territories are many have controlled since 1993 and that the scale of the destruction to sites include in most and libraries is bigger than expected. experts believe cultural reconciliation is still possible in no going to cut. despite the dismal record of the past 3 decades, both sides have demonstrated every in this and even admiration of heritage that isn't their own water in some of the war does not kill only soldiers and civilians, but also historical heritage. and there's no insurance for this. heritage, both muslim and christian heritage of this region had been vandalized and we have to be meticulous to careful not to further harm the historical cultural, sorry, a mutual respect is what we need. and i believe both sides have learned

a lesson that this destructive war should not be a never ending circle, which destroys our common history. buried within these buildings or centuries or shared tradition, culture and history of people who today called themselves by 2 different names. although the guns are mostly silent, other be john and armenia are still a long way from peace. and many people here hope that the historical treasures of no go. no kara, don't also become casualties of war. let alone cause for another side of that for job and other bay. john. ah, this is al jazeera and these are the headlines. lebanon's prime minister, designated side. her really her step done after he's failed to form and you government. the country has been with us government for 9 months and is facing and,

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