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 cool southern areas of the arabian place, a lot of cloud sharing up here. and there will also be a loss of rain driven in almost southwesterly winds. say some widespread shallots. it will cause some localized, putting some flash flooding is certainly something to keep an eye out for where to weather all the way up into southern parts. so saudi arabia as we go one 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 us any right here and 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 dry and sunny across the levant over the next couple of days from the sunshine

down across a good part of egypt, coming to the height is got a rush of showers here, just rolling off the high ground for the rest. finally, have your showers to down towards the uganda. we'll see some showers there. so i was not quite sure why the particle central africans they should be, but they are then at last they push a cross into a good part of cameron and on into nigeria. southern parts of africa generally looking try the refuse showers into as in bob way and more showers the most m b the capturing a moment in time. snapshots of the lives of the stories provided a glimpse into someone else's. well, we, what god will quit, we will be a bite. go to inspire, in documentaries, from impassioned filmmakers. ah, i am the boy. we out of the witness on al jazeera with

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this is the news on your top storage. lebanon's prime minister designate side, how do you read has stepped aside after he failed to form a new government. the country has been without a functioning cabinet for 9 months in the spacing and unprecedented economic crisis . the afghan taliban and pakistan's governments have agreed to reopen an important crossing to allow trying to people through the group took control of the spin ball that crossing with pakistan on thursday. more than 40 people have died in germany's west flooding and decades. parts of belgium and the netherlands are also on the water. after heavy rain caused rivers to the banks, there are warnings of more rain in the coming few days. in the more contagious delta variance of cobit 19 is increasing infections globally. indonesia has surpassed india's daily number of cases and is now struggling with the west outbreak in asia. with more than 54000. you confirmed cases. it is one of

the world's most populous nations. but less than 10 percent of the population is vaccinated, valencia to is reporting a record rise for a 3rd day. with more than 13000 new infections, several hospitals have been turned into cobit 19 only facilities. thailand's also seeing a search in the number of cases there. it's reported its worst day for death, so far with 98 fatalities pushing its turtle death. ho passed 3000 jessica washington at the latest forest from jakarta. 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 resources. 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. so that is the to get the situation here. know the numbers as 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. well, as we mentioned, the neighboring malaysia is also experiencing

a record number of virus cases. florence louis has more for us from colorado and well health officials have a number of new cases is expected to increase because the highly infectious delta vary and has been detected in nearly every state. now, the numbers do paint a rather grim picture. they are now more than 100000 active cases. that's a record high for malaysia. the number of new infection continues to outpace recoveries. house officials are allocating more resources and that includes allocating more funds so that private hospitals can taken non cove at 900 patients . this is necessary because more hospitals are now going to be converted to full cove at 1900 hospitals. they're going to be more beds as well. and health care workers are going to be mobilized from other states to the worst effected areas of florida, state and quality. now, hospitals which have had trouble finding space to store bodies and ongoing to be getting containers to function as temporary monks. they're also plans to make self

has kids go on to make available on sale? the hope is that new infections can be detected and isolated, quickly. house official se vaccination is the answer to this problem. but malaysia is planning to meet its target of fully vaccinating 40 percent of its population by the end of august and 60 percent by the end of september. but that's also provided that there are no delays, in fact seen supplies, funeral services and me and mom are overwhelmed as cupboard 19 deaths. there continue to saw pictures from one facility and he and gone, show dozens of coffins and bodies laid out awaiting cremation. undertakers in the city say that conducting hundreds of funerals every day. more than double the number they would normally conduct. $145.00 people died on wedding saying that experts say the true figure is probably much higher. foreigners case, he's searching across the continent of africa,

according to the world health organization. the number of deaths has jumped 43 percent over the past week compared to the week before that now the w h o regional director for africa says hospitals in the most effected areas are nearing breaking point. they're also running out of oxygen, and i see you beds nearly half of new daily cases on the continent are in south africa, libya to nicea and mozambique also have high numbers in those countries to nicholas . hark is life for us in deca make disappears to be a more infectious for sure. 3rd wave of the african nations are any of them really prepared for this? when in short, peter, no, i mean as, as you mentioned, not enough oxygen, not enough ice. you and not enough back scenes to combat what appears to be the spread of the delta variance last week. there were 10 countries that had the delta variant this week 21 countries have the delta varian, and this is affecting countries from south to north. in tunisia, hospitals,

health workers say the situation is on the brink with traditions seeking help from the diaspora to get oxygen tanks in the country. every single region in kenesha has soaring infection rates, despite a lockdown in place in a neighboring alger. the picture is even bleak, are there as well in south africa, half of the infections are happening there. and there's fear that following the riots that are taking place, that they will be another spike of infections in the days to come. also here in san diego where we have unprecedented numbers of infections with the ministry of, of health, alerting the population to take precautions ahead of the muslim age celebrations that are supposed to take place next week. so really, the situation is dire and the, the w h are with clear, this is the biggest and the fastest resurgence of infection that any continent

is experiencing here on the african continent. so there's a, there's a really fear that the worst is yet to come in many of these country, and that's just the official number. and that's the tip of the iceberg. there are many more areas where there are infections worth noting, peter, that a lot of these infections are taking place, not in the cities, but also in rural area and rules and bob, where rule kenya rule here. senate goal feeder. why the vaccination rates so low across the entire continent? nick, i mean, for 6 months now we've been hearing about kovacs. the whole point of kovacs is to get cheap, affordable vaccines to the countries, but can't afford to pay the kind of money that the wealthy countries are paying in the 1st world. right. i mean, there were lots of promises made by where leaders from joe biden to manual my clone and promises of millions of doses that would come in to this country. but frankly, from the many african governments,

it feels like rich countries are hoarding vaccines. i mean, there are only 2 percent of the population vaccinated here, but access the vaccine alone will not stop the spread of the virus. and the d. c, there was 1700000 vaccines distributed well, the government there redistributed 1300000 to neighboring countries because people were simply afraid to get vaccinated. and what's not helping is the fact that people who are being vaccinated with the astrazeneca vaccine here in this cut, in on the african continent. well, those vaccines are not recognized by the european union for african travelers trying to travel to europe. so there's a sense and the fear that as time go by co goes by this delta very made mutate in 2 or more infectious virus that may exacerbate the situation even further. the clinic, thank you very much. nicholas hotley join his live from becker the colombian

president says, most of the colombian excellence was accused in the assassination of the haitian leader, were not aware of the plots, even to case that a small number of them and had detailed knowledge of the mission. but most believed they were traveling to haiti as bodyguards, the presidential anomalies he was assassinated a week ago, 18 colombian suspects been arrested. 3 others were killed by the police less talk now to galico. he's our correspondent, falling developments for us out of miami in florida. and this seems incredibly complex, it feels almost like a plan within a plan and some people just didn't know about it. well, if any of it's true, certainly pizza, that is the case, but they are casting a very wide net right now. and we heard behavior authorities talking about trying to catch the mastermind behind this. and then i'll claiming a man called christian so on who is a doctor and pastor who spent most of his life between here in florida and haiti is

the mastermind. he has been arrested over the weekend. he hasn't been charged yet. but the question swirling about this, what is emerging as the central character? this is a pastor and doctor who lived here in florida had several fail businesses which raises the question, how would a man like this even raise the capital needed to allegedly hire assassins? to carry out this operation of getting way to shop. norma, we see was the president. so it is a very confusing situation at the moment. of course, the u. s. center, what they call the technical team a few days ago. they all people from the federal bureau of investigation and the department of homeland security. we don't know how much they are involved in this investigation, but it certainly seems to be widening all the time. one central figure now being blamed for this, arrested and not charged. i'm seeing some reports that this christine sent on did have meetings to talk about what would happen once as you have now, i'm always step down. he did have political ambitions,

but he says that he simply wasn't involved. those close to ends that he would never do this kind of thing, nor possibly could he even finance something like this? so was this investigation goes on? it is casting a wide net. even some of you have normally says close police officers insecurity detail. they've been arrested so a lot of confusion, no real evidence to say who carried out this attack. but thankfully, at the moment things in haiti do seem to be secure, which i think is the biggest concern for ordinary haitians. and many things like correspondent life for us, this, our out of miami, the governor of texas, is threatened to arrest democratic representatives when they return to the us state from washington. more of them will than 50 of them left for washington a monday to prevent new voting laws being passed. they said the republican bill would make it harder for people to cast a ballot because she had pretend see alex dominga is a democratic member of the texas house of representatives. and more than 50 of his colleagues spoke, they have no choice,

but to flee the state for washington. d. c. in an effort to sound the alarm about a law being pushed through that state house that they believe would imperil democracy. this is an attempt to stop people from voting to make it harder for them to be to frustrate them. when provision of this bill would criminalize simple mistakes by our pole workers who are typically retired teachers librarians who give of their time to help people vote. but a simple mistake by them could get them a 3rd degree felony which is punishable by tudor, 10 years in prison. that's not a texas value at all. it goes domingos and his colleagues are no longer in texas. the house of representatives that doesn't have the minimum number of participants, it needs to pass the new bill. among other things, the law would reduce the number of putting stations available and would empower so called poll watches, who may seek to intimidate versions on tuesday. joe biden argued democracy itself was imperiled by such laws being proposed and republican majority states across the

country. this is election subversion is the most dangerous threat of voting in the integrity of free and fair elections in our history. and since their arrival in dc, the texas democrats of met with the vice president, and i know what you have done comes with great sacrifice. but despite the rhetoric from the by the administration, neither called for what democracy campaigners say is essential. if the franchise is to be preserved are changing congressional rules. so the 2 laws in the u. s. congress in d. c. that would make state laws suppressing the vote illegal, can pass with a simple majority. what school to call that. currently without 10 republican plates, those laws on going anywhere, we've got to have to prevail upon it and make certain that democrats and the senate understand it. we're on bar time in texas right now. even with a cough out there. there's no guarantee that all 50 democrats would support the bills and grass, and that's why the texas democrats say they came to d. c, to show a democratic party that currently appears to have other national priorities. how

much is at stake as state of the state moves to limit the voting process? a texas, democrats say they're up for the fight even if it means being separated from their families and imperiling their full time job. as the legislators are paid $600.00 per month, it's not like a congressional salary. so we depend on our own income at home to be able to take time away and do the people's work. but i'm here to fight for them. i'm even here to fight for those republicans who might be disenfranchise in the future. should this bill become law domingos and his colleagues say they want more than just expressions of sympathy while in their self imposed exile in dc. she ever time c l dra 0, washington. the cuban government is lifting import duties on food medicine and other products as it faces unprecedented protests against the worsting economic crisis. people are angry at the lack of basic goods in the handling of the pan demik. the president miguel diaz canal acknowledge shortcomings during an address

on tv. but the government has blamed us sanctions and accused washington of trying to destabilize the country. brazil's president, julia bolton, otto, has been rushed to hospital for treatments for a blocked intestine. this photograph was posted on his twitter account before he was transferred from the capital brazilian to a hospital. in sao paulo, he saw a days of chronic pickups. business activities may be slowly returning to gambia africa with 19 restrictions were lifted, but 2 of its important economic sectors, diaspora, remittances, and tourism continued to decline. my address has more now from banfield, me at the port of the jewel, a few ships dock waiting for kat goes. shipping activities may not be near what the government expects after 900 disruptions. but for model, let me say, who runs a c food export company. it's an encouraging sign for businesses like history mean

afloat, they need to support a good product. i mean, there's a help from government like this is sort of a grant. you'll be able to put a lot of space. i'm able to put it in a locally within the region on the still waters of oyster creek. dozens of boats anchored, waiting for a tourist, but only a few of them came in. let me content you hoping to convince some of them right in his boat. when we arrived, he was happy to show us the creek and river gambia, the waterways, he says, would have been bustling with tories. now hope is the only thing left for the industry. we have thousands of employees who are not live in that room. so basically most of the places are also closed due to maybe a rent issues or to finance and he says so completely it is it is it is,

it is completely a difficult situation. at the moment, gambia lost $40000000.00 in tourism revenue introduce $24.00, a small economy that devastating. this is going to be a cortez one of the best places to assess the help of the campaign economy on a normal day. this area in the heart of the countries tourism industry will be filled with tories and those who cater for them. now that number has significantly reduced business leaders. you can make it to it is maybe resuming slowly. but recovery is still far off. it has not ended, but there is some progress. and recently, i'm pleased to say the chamber was that the street tray got to be entered national . after 2 years. he says one out of 3 businesses, he and the gambia may not survive the pandemic in one out of 6 businesses that do survive. i expected to face long term cash flow problems. that could me more,

god bless us or outright, a closures for some was a business is in europe and asia. i beginning to recover from covered 90 disruptions, remington for living abroad accounting for were 20 percent of the g. d. p is not expected to return to its pre covered 90 levels. that means more uncertainties for families and the economy of the gambia. but the reason al jazeera by job still to come here on out to 0. 2 sisters lead the way on the lpga tour. pizza will show you how they are doing it in the sport. when we come back, i brought to you by accenture. let there be change. ah

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i thought the sports news is peter. thank you very much. lympics chief thomas boxes, the 0 chance of participants infecting japanese residents with corona virus. those comments coming on the same day that one athlete and several members of staff tested positive in tokyo. david stokes reports 8 days until the olympics and tokyo has recorded its highest number of corona virus cases in 6 months. one athlete in quarantine is tested positive along with several take care of 2020 staff . there's also been an outbreak at the hotel housing, the brazilian olympic team, where 7 staff have been infected. still the head of the international olympic committee, thomas fac, trusts in the safety measures the risk for the other residents of the

olympic village. and the risk for the japanese people is sir on the games. and the restrictions associated with them are impacting local businesses. though, this fencing club across from the main stadium has been told to leave its premises until mid september, because it's being used by take care. 2020 bad news for a small business already struggling with the impact of the pandemic. go with the sports industry already lacking energy to now be told there will be no practice area is an additional blow from a business perspective. it's going to be a big negative. and in all honesty, simone biles, in the u. s. gymnastics team have touched down in tokyo, but several athletes travel plans have been disrupted. 8 women rugby players from kenya isolating after a positive case on their flight. and us basketball star, bradley bail, could mr. games? he's isolating that camp in the states with his teammates set to fly out on monday

. the american women's football team is already in japan, getting ready for an olympics like no other with no fans at all in the stadium. it'll be really different. but, but we have to like be we have to like, be able to imitate like fans around and kind of like that sort of energy. we have to feed off each other because we're not going to get that from from any outside, like audience or anything like that. i move funds and the middle ceremonies will look different to athletes when gold, silver and bronze will have to collect and present themselves with the metals to reduce the risk of spreading the virus. despite all the complications, countries continue to send that teams to compete, including china, who have assembled the biggest ever delegation for lympics o $430.00. 1 of their athletes were failed as a special ceremony in beijing with the game set to begin a week on friday. these folks out 0 french, prosecutors have opened an investigation into doping allegations against

a front seam bahrain, victorious police officers carried out. a raid on the team tell and support us off the wednesday. 17 stage bar in victoria has won 2 stages in the us. 2, they say they are co operating and are committed to the highest level of professionalism. the n b a finals are locked to to, to of, to milwaukee bucks to game for against the phoenix suns on wednesday, me back forward. chris middleton was the self a former on the national, the home team for 40 points in the milwaukee victory, including 10 straight at one stage, jonathan to come for help secure the when with a big block near the end, final school, 109103 came 5 is on saturday. so they want to golf open geometry, which is back after years delay because of the pandemic taking place of the royal thing. george of golf club, which is welcoming up to $32000.00 fans a day englishman, richard bland, had the honor of hitting the 1st t shot of the tournament. which being played for the 100 and 49th time. no

doubt, one of the shots of the day came from wu that authoress holding this 2nd shot for an eagle at the par for 12. both he is one under around one red and the leader a thing stand is. so the african louis faison who won the open back and for the thing because of the buggy free 1st round to finish 6 on the part that's one shot clear of the field. and the thought every day that a pair of siblings are leading the way to professional sports event. but that's exactly the case at the bell. great lakes bay invitational from the lpga to assist as jessica and many quarter of playing of the team as per the to them in formats. direct 5 and the pull of the 1st round, the corners of the daughters of former australian open tennis champion paper. and i have a brother on the main thing as to as well. and we'll finish off with some pictures from the opening shakedown of the rally estonia. this is toyota's come. robin para, the fin one says these events in estonia, it was

a marrow when $24.00 of them pay to the aged out $100.00 days off tack. that was fulton ball coming up again later. peter pizza, thanks very much. when we come back on the other side of the she'll break, we'll have 30 minutes of al jazeera. well news, i will see you very soon. bye bye. the me. in. ah, ah. ah, escaping oh, finding a new identity. confronting the reality of racism, religion and the struggle to be accepted, al jazeera,

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according to the united nation, which says that our vision is use as a weapon or for those who managed across the border say it's not because they have improved back home. they say to grants, continue to be targeted because many properties are being reported and all they come taking refuge. here are some ideas ah, of crossing points along the ask in pakistan, border captured by the taliban is to be reopened. to allow stranded people to return home ah, hello, welcome on pizza w, watching out to 0 life and also coming up after 9 months of effort to form

a new government lebanon's prime minister designate such how he says he's now stepping aside.