me oh i this is al jazeera ah hello and welcome. i'm pete adobe. you're watching the news. our live from our headquarters here. coming up in the next 60 minutes. a crossing point along the afghan pakistan border captured by the taliban is to be reopened to allow stranded people to return home. after 9 months of attempts to form a new government, lebanon's prime minister designates how he says he is stepping aside. south africa, the government has deployed army reservists to help local police out the incidence of violence and unrest. i'm bernard smith and alexandra hundreds burg is one of the

areas where the army has been deployed to maintain the peace of 2 days a loosing and writing, sponsored by the jailing a for the presence jacobs who also had dozens of people are killed as city of floods sweep through western germany and other parts of europe. and i'm reporting from welcome back to south of the not on this one of the hardest hit areas where hundreds of people are now being effectuated from their homes and rescue. workers are going door to door and to send it to the sports news despite html code 19 cases hitting the took you through these many games. the head of the lympics says they 0 chance of participants infecting the japanese population. ah, no. after hours of negotiations, the african taliban and the pakistani governments have agreed to reopen one of the

main border crossings to allow stranded people to cross. the taliban captured the spin bolduc crossing on wednesday. it is afghan has done 2nd busiest entry points and connects his vast south west with pakistani ports. and the province of the largest on the on group has been seizing large parts of afghanistan, taking advantage of the, with the role of us and allied troops to push back against afghan forces. the taliban now controls half of all major commercial border crossings were good slow in and out of the country. they are usually a source of revenue for the government, bringing millions of dollars every day. earlier, they had sees the slum carla crossing. that's the main transit point, but enough, ghana stone and iran. it usually adds about $20000000.00 every month and customs fees to government coffers. the top gundy crossing into suck menace. dawn is also under taliban control. and so as the she a con, band or crossing into to just on

a $900.00 truck sees the spin bolduc crossing, which is the commercial artery between kandaher and pakistani ports. let speak live now to come hider, he's in the pakistani city for a shower near the afghan border. he joins us from there, give us a sense of how many people were expecting to use this. now open crossing point where it must be understood that thousands of paper, corrosion board directions on our daily basis have not domain gender hundreds of trucks. that late didn't where the central commodity days and all of on good ridge are coming into bucket on show that sure that gail and when you block that data for 3 or 4 days, you're getting imagine the backlog. not to mention the fact that there are a lot of b, but boy, he medical attention. they come to get on for medical assistance. and so dogs,

people were always trying to get the, the agreement between the buckets on your tardies and the dollar. bon obviously will come right, a sign of relief to everybody by that same time bucket has taken steps in order to confront a, a foster boy vancoogerin after that takeover of islam. they've been getting report that the dollar bon, i've all showed started to consolidate that game and not moping up certain area. and the federal be gone to richard killing from july, the bar to golf and link to the 2nd border crossing where buckets don richard, the hive a bought that door from god also and was got a lot of movement of people across the border. indeed, there was a big deal, the problem for the bucket, donnie, and possibly even the on. on the other side it goes grand or under the creation.

we're going to be able to allow the people given the fact that the dollar bon audit or read the government of a one is done. so huge implication the pockets. i need to have employ day group on the border just to engage the national army decided to go for the pinball dog that i've got might for the dollar bon, across the border or possibly for the some of the fighting. good fellow was up, i guess i need not taking any johnson at the same time. the bugger, tiny prime minister saying that it's time for the one to come to get on there. arranging that about 100 up on the other expected read in the coming week. the date had not been fixed yet, but data got me that budget on it, trying to divert some sort of diplomatic political solution that way. okay, come out. thank you so much for the moment. come on. how did it talking to us from shabba, now? enough canister, the negotiations with the taliban and the government to appear, of course, to be

a standstill now. charlotte bellis explains that aspects of this developing story from cobble or the telephone say they have proposed to cease fire for 3 months in exchange for 7005 is being made out of persons and their leaders being taken off a un 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 they would be a c spy, that they would be political negotiations of the tele bomb will get their prisoners out. and the leaders 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 list and they still want their prisoners out. one of the sticking points. so with yes can government is that they're obviously not the 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 see slide 1st. as opposed to leasing more of your prisoners out more of the slide who's out and letting your, your latest off of 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 fighters actually did return to the battlefield? and they saying at this point, why would we lay out another steven 1000 when the taliban have a lot of military momentum and they could potentially return to the battlefield once more? well, a charlotte was mentioning they're the talks to result the conflicts at a standstill, a stalemate. earlier we spoke to a government negotiator, not a natalie. he says the tele buttons offer of a truce is not sincere. today's once we are, we are genuinely

a 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 political will be joining all. and we want to see that the talent to agree to political settlement. that's what, what we do. we are so much committed into peace and we want to be a peace agreement reached at the same time our forces are trying to protect the centers of 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 are 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 today at the new province district and that's what we are doing. but at the same time, we are questing for peace, for a political settlement and genuinely, we are ready to do so. meanwhile, thousands of africa, interpreters and translators, waiting to be moved out of the country. as the taliban does gain more ground on wet and say, the u. n. s announced it will start relocation flights later this month. to rescue afghan interpreters and other staff who helped american forces during the war, the flights of those who applied for the special immigrant visa program. the white house, you know, the pressure from republicans and democrats to find a solution for those who helped us and nato forces. let's talk now to ours. who a, mary? she is formerly an interpreter enough,

janice done with the u. s. army. she joins us on skype from the afghan capital cobble, as we merely welcome to the news our do you know yet if you'll be one of these 18 or 20000 people who are taken out of the country. thank you for your questions and thank you for gave me a chance to talk up of deciding didn't i don't not there probably i would be on i think it would she, i don't think i wish i should do that. i'm concerned about this and my case is understand i'm not processing and i've not been in many i'm been found in this situation. i've been talking about the back, pretty sharp evacuation. not be happening at the time before. it's too late and, and at the, at this point female should be the priority. because the among the 1000 applique,

and i don't think that would be more than 500 females who served with a new government on trust. but he said he was government, which i'm sure i should be one of the people that wants to be out of this country as soon as they can. probably. yeah. also, the line to where you are is not as good as it could be, but we will persevere with it. that's okay with you. give me a sense of if you've applied or if somebody has applied on your behalf. for example, if that application is slow or takes a very long time, or even if it's rejected for some reason, if you end up having to stay in afghanistan, what would your life be like? because the taliban is on record. as describing people such as yourself as traitors

and so we are aware of how fond of them are the same pieces we still are before. and we know that there are games. the woman who work with government are and they are really against it. i mean, the woman who work with the us government and they are totally against the woman strike. and the reality is something that this situation we all know the faces. now this is not what they're talking about. we know distractions make and you know, the witness that we understand that if, if, if i is back enough can some for sure i'm, i will not be a life you. and i know that there is lots of religious people who do not like work with americans do before thinking yeah, it's not only my 1st for my family and for all the applicants. life is really high

right now. so we need emergency evacuation and you've got myself lesson just cure life hasn't, has it can, it seems, or it feels as if the pentagon and the white house in washington don't quite know what to do with people such as yourself. and we are talking about, as i said, any between 18 and 20000 people. if you end up getting on a plane with your nearest and dearest with your family, to the united states or to a 3rd country, it almost feels as if you're going into kind of a witness protection program if you will. but you'll be employed on a military base, and you might have to live in that kind of environment, in theory for the rest of your life, with little or no possibility of return to your own country back to afghanistan. ok. thank you, sir. at the 1st,

i am concerning the de must do direct evacuation to the states because we were expecting that to do what like that data will come back if, if attrition is really dangerous. so it's good. good option, guam, it's really good option if they do evacuation and but the question is that how long would be our visit and see in detail? can she or guam or wherever they are choosing for other evacuation and which we would like that? it's really good been dying to scan she or are they struggling discounted? there's lots of trend does country which is ok. yes, i do love my homeland, but if i need to survive it, it's fine. just by far my, my family's life. i would rather live there, so it will be good option. actually, i'm survive. so i'm going to stay in this country in b and i can, i can do again. good services,

i can perform with that with the government. so it's okay if i can come in my country back back. okay. and this kind of been an easy conversation or an easy decision on your part to join us here on international tv and, you know, sit there and take a 3 or story, but we do appreciate you. joining us here on news are also a movie that are on skype from cobble lots more still to come here on. the news for you, including columbia, as president, reveals duties, hills about the assassination of the haitian president job and can be slow economic recovery. find out why 2 of its most important factors are still struggling. and the milwaukee bucks level b, n b, a final series people do here with the action in force me

attention up to 11 on where the prime minister designates. terry has, once again failed to form a new government. he's announced he's stepping aside. lebanon has been without a function in cabinet for 9 months now. and is facing an unprecedented economic crisis. that's not a hunter raise. 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 live now to my colleagues in how to joining us here on the news. they would say a 9 months on why is it taken so long for him to decide to step aside and what, what was the nature of the conversation that they were having? well, the prime minister in the president have been locked in

a power struggle for the past 9 months on the formation of a new cabinet. they were disagreeing on the distribution of for folios. the number of seats assigned to certain facts and who had the authority. the prerogative to actually name the ministers. so this was not just about the distribution of seats. they were talking about the whole structure of the state, a states really, which is the political system. the political arrangement is based on a power sharing deal among different religious sects. the president, for example, that's the post reserved for the maronite community, the prime minister, a post reserved for the sundays, the muslim sundays. now the prime minister says he felt that the president was overstepping his authority. that it is the prime minister's job to name the cabinet . the president has been trying to restore what he calls the christian rights, which they lost after the civil war, back in 1990. and it's not just that these 2 men have personal interest as

well. the president wants to ensure that he controls the next cabinets because he wants his son in law to replace him when he leaves the office next year. and you have the prime minister also, who wants to make sure he has a government that can deal with the economic crisis in order to win and the upcoming election next year. so these 2 men have their personal interest that they at the expense of the nation. but when you talk about the structure of the state, the structure 11 on states, which has been in place for 3 decades now, it goes to show you that you know, the state is just not functioning. there is a deadlock. ok, zanna. thank you very much. let's bring in name, sell him. he's a professor of international affairs and diplomacy at the not for them university in lebanon, and he joins us from beirut. name selim, what are the possible solutions to this ever ongoing crisis? where does the deadlock has been for 9 months during which

the prime minister doesn't know how to bring forth a formation of a membership. does the president do agree on it joint? according to the constitution, it is the president, not only to sign on the dotted line for the new governor, but also the cabinet. according to the constitution is to be form in station with the president between the prime minister another and. busy busy president. busy would not let. busy go was paid off. busy at the because it was a precedent why don't you know that mr. how did he was insisting on that he is the one who to choose. busy members of the cabinet and on the he wanted to give 6 members. busy busy busy out of

a. busy 24 to the president. so there were issues of. busy to begin with between the patient that is between the president and the prime minister differences on approach. busy which led to these obstacles, but i think the primary obstacles in front of it was the fact that. busy busy mr. president did not want him to be a prime minister and he did you same kid just to interrupt you, please. if i may, mister sometime, who do you think will be the next prime minister designate, and what are the chances that that person in their relationship, the president can get beyond these kind of areas of territorial political footprint, if you will,

and make those appointments for the good of the country which has suffered for so long anyway, even before the beirut fort explosion, the country was a mass. anyway, so those 2 people surely need to work together, get beyond those as i say those, those political footprint areas and do something and get the process moving choices. now the 2 choices may be exploited for the next year as to home to choose as the new prime minister designated for a new government is our 1st support. mister they've got a prime minister who has been for more than not 9 months. resign it taking care of the thing is that there are other possibilities that are 2 or 3 other names that may be ticket to become the new prime minister. and

this will depend on the, on the mandatory parliamentary station at which the president has to undertake. and do most members of parliament to see homes majority in parliament does they want to appoint. busy or designate for the government. so there are 2 parallel now is that into a. busy big government and probably to modify some members or to choose another. busy personality shouldn't be but so not to form a new cabinet. it is now we're actually 50 just the. busy force but i think. busy the. busy busy choice may go. busy for choosing and you prime minister for the next period. ok. ok names. thank you so much.

what south africa is preparing to deploy thousands of soldiers to stop days of writing and looting. it's the largest such deployment since the end of apartheid in $94.00 thousands of reserve forces have already been summoned. the country's worst violence in decades has disrupted supply chains and has led to food and fuel shortages. at least a 117 people have died. the unrest was triggered by the jailing of the former president, jacob's humor, which later turned into widespread anger, generated by the reaction to poverty and inequality. live now to ben as smith in johannesburg. bennett, what's the latest information you have for us? peter, this is alexandra one of the poor for us. there is a south africa outside janice book behind me. the shells of the banks where the atm machines were ripped out to the walls. hundreds of businesses here on fire. and

lucy, in the 48 hours of violence that began on sunday night, the spark jailing, a former president, jacob, to last week it much calmer. now those are off the reports of racial problem of jacob's duma, the governments that so far, 10000 troops are already on the street helping to keep the peace for that could become as many as 25000 the spark. as i said, the channing of jacob zoom had sent to jail for refusing to affair the corruption inquiry. but in fact, that led to an outpouring of anger and frustration that almost 30 years after the end of apartheid here. and there is still enormous inequality in this country, unemployment, in the record, 33 percent off. 35000000 people who live in south africa are thought will be living below the poverty line. so enormous challenges here. the government didn't and

dominate the governance, but empower since the end of the part it is failing to address bennett for the moment. thanks very much. is a newsday. let's go to europe. now at least 42 people have been killed and dozens of missing. after flash floods swept across western germany. a number of buildings collapsed and the army was called in to help with the rescue efforts. parts of belgium and the netherlands are also being badly affected. his julian wolf. this is the view from overhead. the picturesque german town of short, flooded after record rain. 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 spreading. 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 rooftop, waiting to be rescued. others waiting 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 the 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. ok, let's take a live update on the situation in the netherlands that vast and is life for us in the vulcan burg, close to the border with germany. set good to talk to you again. any sign, any indication that these flood waters are beginning to go down? no, peter, not, not at all, unfortunately. and the past hours that i've been here are only seen the water actually getting higher. it's just a very strong current, and it's actually the, the worth and the largest amount of water going through the reference here in this whole border region. since $926.00, there was a stop, a boat down for, for 3 days, which has led to this, this loving that has not only inundated the cities found villages but also highway . so it has really paralyzed this whole border region. people have been evacuated

from their homes and rescue teams are actually still here, knocking on doors to see if people are still needed to be rescued. they've been stuck there for more than 24 hours without food, without water elect electricity is also down here in this region. and as we speak, it starts to rain again and for small businesses, people involved in the tourism industry is peak tourist season. this time of year in europe. i guess this is a double whammy for them because they've been hit by cove it and now they've got the prospects of weeks or months of a clean up operation combined with the insurance claims. absolutely, this is falcon burn. this is the center of dutch tourism in the south of benevolence . this is a place where many people come to especially now with cope with. people don't want to travel abroad. they want to come here. so thousands of tourists were here when this flood happened. they have been evacuated as well. they also asking for compensation. of course, the small business owners are very emotional,

very frustrated and upset that this is happening to them. but they're also very worried about their safety. because of course, as we say this water is not going away anytime soon. now. okay, we must leave it there. awesome reporting live from a welcome book. thank you very much. still to come here on the news for you into an easy, a reporting, a record number of corona virus infections and the government says the worst is still to come day one of goals open championship will update you on what's going on in the sports with pizza. in about 15 minutes. ah hello, here's something we don't get to say too often. there's looking like some rather wet weather coming in across the middle east over the next couple of days,

particularly close southern areas of the arabian place. a lot of cloud sharing up here, and the will also be a loss of rain driven in almost southwesterly winds. say some widespread showers will cause some localized putting some flash floods is certainly something to keep an eye out for wet weather all the way up into southern parts. so saudi arabia as you go on through friday, and there's more of that to come as we go on through saturday. so i think we all like to see pretty damaging floods over the next few days. and certainly disruptive, not to show was any rain hearing console, but it's on the call side 37 celsius hot enough to the north of that, the queue wait. and also for baghdad. fine try and sunny across the levant over the next couple of days as far as the sunshine down across a good part of egypt coming to the therapy in height is going to rush of showers here just rolling off the higher ground for the risk.