missy of this nation should not be hers is already made large weeping promises including fighting corruption, improving the country's economy and maintaining your own best interest in negotiations the wes. but it's not clear yet if you will be able to deliver on his promises. ah, a crossing point along the afghan pakistan border captured by the taliban is to be reopened to allow stranded people to return home a login. i'm peter w here and how you're watching else is the are also coming up after 9 months of attempts to form a new governance. lebanon's prime minister designate how do you read says he's stepping aside. south africa, the government is deployed army reserve is to help local police off to incidents of

violence and unrest. and dozens of people are killed as to be a flood sweep through western germany and other parts of europe. and i'm reporting from fall conversion to south. then that unless one of the hardest hit areas where hundreds of people are now being effectuated from their home and rescue workers are going door to door. ah, after hours of negotiations, the afghan taliban and the government of pakistan have agreed to reopen. one of the main border crossings to allow stranded people to cross over thousands of civilian stock for the past 2 days and are able to cross spin bolduc his afghan asked on 2nd busiest border crossing and fell to the taliban on wet and say, the group has been seizing large parts of afghanistan, taking a wanted of the withdrawal of us and allied troops to push back against government

forces. charlotte bellis reports from cobble they had talk of the spin border crossing reopening. an african stuck in pakistan scrambled for a chance to get home. thousands waited, hopeful that pakistan would allow them passage after the taliban took control of the afghan side of the crossing by force. it took 2 days of talked movement to start again. mother, she got the box on i've got i'm not going to be, i don't know, but the fucks tony soldiers are not letting us go. they told us that there is fighting with tom on the other side. we don't know what is happening. been bolduc is a logistical lifeline for southern afghanistan. $900.00 trucks usually pass through here each day. they carry much needed supplies. they pay customs duties that are no longer going into government coffers for thousands every day. it is a portal to see family and friends on each side of the border as the muslim holiday

eat approaches. this should be one of its busiest time with that, but i found that mom of the the board is closed and we were waiting in the hot temperature since my son just had surgery. i'm a widow and you can see all the people waiting here. we filmed the telephone on the pocket stone side of the border. one signal, the victory sign, hit the car, stick it with the telephone, low, good telephone flags written among the waiting crows. in pakistan's closest showman telephone flashes, most freely. the support for the army group was on public display. in afghanistan, they recorded themselves and spin, bowed up town in an effort to show life continuing as normal the people are very happy. they were trying with happiness. i was asking people to get back as they rushed at us, but they were saying we were waiting for you guys for the last 20 years. but in

pakistan, in temperatures of near 40 degrees, the mood was not joyous. many travelers telling us they just want to name to the conflict and the disruption it brings out what we don't want fighting one piece and whoever will deliver it if it will be the government all the time. we want to new lamid country without fighting. that is all we want will spin, bolduc is the most significant. the taliban has taken a handful of border crossings and that's going to sound north, west and east and recent weeks against the backdrop of taliban gains. president, usher of connie is known as pakistan for an urgent regional summers charlotte dallas, out to 0, couple negotiations between the taliban and the afghan government appear to be at a standstill. earlier we spoke to a government negotiator. not, not that he, he said the palette benz offer of a truce is not 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 agreed 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 sensors of population. the report today i release of the civil service that effected by the war suggests that 13000000 people are being expected not receiving public service services across those districts that have taken by the fall of them,

which is one 3rd of the population. we are protecting dissenters of population and our horses are protecting them. we taking, we just do they reach so strictly numerous 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. lebanon's prime minister designate hurry has again failed to form a new government season. and he is stepping aside. protest is a gathering in beirut to show that anger against the ongoing political crisis. lebanon has been without a functioning cabinet for 9 months and facing an unprecedented economic crisis that prevent the res. i met with the president and he demanded what i deem as 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. st holders in beirut, she says her erie and the president, me shall own of putting their personal interests ahead of the people's the prime minister and 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 portfolios, 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 say 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 supposed 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 a prime minister's job to name the cabinets. 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 cabinet because he wants his son in law to replace him when he leaves 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 in the upcoming election next year. so these 2 men have their personal interests at stake 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, this just not functioning. there is a deadlock. south africa is preparing to deploy thousands of soldiers to stop days

of rioting and looting. it's the largest such deployment since the end of a party in 1994. thousands of reserve forces have already been summoned. the countries, worst violence in decades has disrupted supply chains and is led to food and fuel shortages. at least 117 people have died. the unrest was triggered by the jailing of the former president, jacob's una, which later turned into widespread anger against poverty. and inequality. bennet smith reports from johannesburg. 48 hours of looting and writing of destroyed hundreds of businesses here and alexander and john, and one of the boys, townships in south africa, much comma. now though, there are still reports of looting and racial tensions flaring in durban in cars. lu natal, lots of home province all former president jacobs. it was his jailing for refusing to turn up to a corruption inquiry that sparked this violence, but it was only the spot that led to an outpouring of anger and frustration. it

almost 30 years after the end of a part, right. there's really normal social inequality here. in south africa, estimate half population of 35000000 lives below the poverty line. i don't employment that a record 33 percent. the government says there are now at least 10000 soldiers deployed on the street, helping to keep the peace. and that could be as many as $25000.00. should the government deem it necessary? it is much commer here, and the locals have been leading the clean up operation, helping the army recover looted. goods from the homes of people suspected of invading those supermarkets. those department stores billions of rans millions of dollars worth of damage now to be repaired. columbia, as president says, most of the colombian x soldiers accused in the assassination of haiti's leader, were not aware of the plot even to k, said

a small number of them and had detailed knowledge of the mission. but most believe they were traveling to 80. as bodyguards, president joy z was fascinated a week ago, 18 colombian suspects had been arrested. 3 others were killed by the police. and to gather the latest on the investigation from miami, we heard the haitian authorities talking about trying to catch the mastermind behind this. and then i'll claiming a man called christian son on who is a doctor, an pastor who spent most of his life between here in florida and haiti, is that mastermind. he has been arrested over the weekend. he hasn't been charged yet. but there are questions 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 job noma, we see was the president. so it is a very confusing situation at the moment,

but it certainly seems to be widening all the time. one central figure now being blamed for this, arrested, and not charged. i'm thing some reports that this christine sent on did have meetings to talk about what would happen once as you have now, i'm always stepped down. he did have a political ambitions, but he says that he simply wasn't involved those close to him. so he would never do this kind of thing. no, possibly, could he even finance something like this was this investigation goes on. it is casting a wide net. even some of you have normal ways as close a 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 still come here on al jazeera, indonesia reporting a record number of corona virus infections than the government says the worst is still to come and again, be slow, economic recovery,

find out why to this most important sexes are struggling. 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 for southern areas of the arabian place. a lot of cloud sharing up here. and the will also be a lot of rain driven in almost wesley winds. say some widespread showers will cause some localized putting some flash floods is certainly something to keep an eye out for where to 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 danica good part of egypt coming to the therapy and hide has got a rash of showers here. just rolling off the high ground for me to refile the heaviest showers to down towards the uganda. we'll see some showers there. so i was not quite sure why, but of course, central africa was they should be, but they all they have unless they push a cross into a good part of cameroon, and on into nigeria. southern parts of africa generally looking dry, the refuse showers into as in bob way and more showers for most m. b, the weather bag, energy and change to every part of our universe. or small to continue the change all around the shape by technology and human ingenuity.

we can make it work for you and your business. ah the me welcome back. welcome to just joining us. you're watching else, you know, these are your headlining stories, the afghan taliban and the pakistani government have agreed to reopen an important crossing to low stranded people through the group took control of the spin boulder crossing with pakistan on thursday. everyone's prime minister designate starts. how do you read has stepped aside after he failed to form a new government? the country has been without functioning cabinets and 9 months space and

unprecedented economic crisis. and south africa is preparing to deploy thousands of soldiers to stop days of rioting and losing the biggest such deployments and partied in length. teenagers for the comfort, worst violence in decades, has disrupted supply change and lead to food and fuel shortages. 117 people with died to europe now where at least 42 people have been killed and dozens are missing. after flash flood swept across western germany, a number of buildings collapsed and the army has been called in to help with the rescue efforts. parts of belgium and the netherlands also badly affected neve barker has more. this is what residence in store battered parts of germany woke up to as record rainfall caused major rivers to burst their bags. a view from the air showing the full extent of the devastation. in the states of

rhineland, platinum and north run westphalia. c cause were tossed around like toys in the rising waters, homes and businesses washed away. as the flooding in some areas receive, the death toll rises with several people. still missing. rescue efforts underway to bring the stranded to safety. villages off by flood, water and lamps lives, helicopters, pluck, people from the rooftop. our storm gets to see what 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. on a visit to the united states, the german chancellor promised to do everything possible to help and for dimension in both phones could beaten these a terrible day. so people in flooded areas, my thoughts with you and you can trust that all the forces of our government,

federal, regional, and community will do everything in difficult conditions to save lives, alleviate dangers and relieve distress over the border and neighboring belgium flood waters ripped through the villages submerging home that, i mean, we don't do around midnight. i heard a scary noise. i looked through the window and i saw that there was a torrent of water, at least 50 to 60 centimeters, the water. and in the netherlands, several care homes were evacuated with some local residents driven by a tractor to safety. more torrential rain is forecast and with it is of further devastation. it's been called a once in a generation flood and it isn't over yet. the bucket i'll just 0. ok, let's get more on the situation in the netherlands with boston in vulcan burg. close to the border with germany and the past hour that i've been here,

i only seen the water actually getting higher. it's just a very strong current, and it's actually the, the worse and the largest amount of water going through the reference here in this whole border region. since $926.00 there was, i'm supple down for for 3 days, which has led to this, the flooding that has not only inundated to cities, found villages, but also highway. so it's really power like 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 or been stuck there for more than 24 hours without food, without water. electricity is also down here in this region. and as we speak, it starts to rain again. this is falcon burn. this is the center of dutch tourism in the south of the novel. and this is a place where many people come to especially now with cove, 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. well, staying in the netherlands, where a prominent crime reporter has died off to being shot earlier this month. peter r. debrief was 64 years old. he was shot 5 times and was hit in the head as he was walking along the street in amsterdam. 3 men were arrested in connection with the attack, but one has since been released. deputies was known for his work, exposing monsters and drugs, lords, and he's help police to fill the number of high profile cases. she was very, as me, so the more contagious delta variance of covered 19 is increasing infections globally. indonesia has passed

india as daily cases, and it's now struggling with the worst outbreak in asia with more than 54000 new confirmed cases. it's one of the world's most populous nations, but less than 10 percent of the population has actually been vaccinated. funeral services and me and my are overwhelmed as cupboard. 19 deaths saw pictures from one place, one facility and young gun show dozens of coffins and bodies laid out, awaiting cremation. undertakers in the city say they conducted hundreds of funerals every day. more than double the number they normally would conduct $145.00 people died on weapons, se, but experts say the true figure is much higher. infections searching across the continent of africa, according to the world health organization, the number of deaths there has jumped 43 percent over the last week compared to the week before that the w h o regional director for africa as hospitals in the most affected areas and nearing breaking point and they're running out of oxygen, and i see you beds maybe half of new daily cases on the continent or in south

africa, libya, shanicea and mozambique also have high numbers. has been sharp increase in the number of children around the world who missed out on basic ordinary vaccines as a result of disruptions caused by the corona virus pandemic. the w h o and unicef say 23000000 children, missed out on routine jobs, leaving them vulnerable to diseases such as measles, polio, and meningitis, guy and is the chief of programs and services for the national association of county and city health officials. he says, a lack of routine vaccinations could lead to other types of outbreaks as can countries reopen. not only is the need to ensure that folks and children and get the necessary vaccinations, but we've also seen the rise and batting hesitancy and vaccine poor confidence to black edward and as

a result amplified with the lack of access due to both the locked down for cetera, in the 1st few months, at 2020, even here the us, we saw sharp decrease in the number of children who are getting their vaccines, the regular routine, vaccinations. so it was quite important to ensure that providers understand that they should still be trying their best to ensure both well visits and prioritize. especially for the pediatric cases, the opportunity to get those children's back to me. it is the hope that we can really get these providers. and as you can see this problem, it's now worldwide. it's not just, you know, one particular h d. and of course, it just doesn't necessarily mean that tony those impoverish words about the nation . it's actually everyone that had this tremendous impact. and the concern, of course, is as we think we're reopening or we close them depending on where you are, the likelihood of other outbreaks to occur. that's why so vital to really build

this wall at the expense, especially upon our most vulnerable population. our children, france is top criminal court of appeal has delayed a ruling on whether one of the country's biggest companies can be investigated allegations of crimes against humanity over its operations in syria between 20122014. at the time, a cement maker, lafarge kept its factory open in the northeast of the country, despite the threats of armed groups including ice, all across the region. business activities may be slowly returning to the gambia, after cope with 19 restrictions were lifted. however, to if it's important economic sectors. people sending money back home and tourism continue to decline. address has more now from been jewel at the port of my jewel. i few ships, dock waiting for goes. shipping activities may not be near what the government expects after 1900 distractions. but for model, i mean, who runs

a c food export company. it's an encouraging sign. for businesses like history mean afloat, they need to support products. i mean get help from government like this is one of our grad you'll be able to put use a lot of space. i'm able to put it on the felony locally. we didn't suck on the still waters of oyster creek. dozens of boats anchored are waiting for the 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 the 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 and in that room. so basically most of the places are also close due to maybe rent issues

to finance. so completely it is it is, it is completely a difficult situation. at the moment, gambia lost $40000000.00 in torres revenue in 2024, a small economy that devastating. this is going to be a court is one of the best places to assess the help of the government 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 a straight tre got into national affair 2 years. he says one out of 3 businesses,

he and the gambia may not survive the big one out of 6 businesses that do survive. i expected to face long term cash flow problems that could mean more job losses or outright closures for some was a business is in europe and asia. i beginning to recover from covered 90 disruptions. remington still living abroad accounting for were 20 percent of the g . d. p is not expected to return to its pre covered 1900 levels. that means more uncertainties for families. and the economy of the gambia greece al jazeera by july last year, civilians on both sides of a disputed and going to cut about the region were caught up in the west fighting there more than 25 years. and despite a cease fire, but in armenia and as a by john, there are still concerns about another casualty of war, cultural heritage sites, wrestle, sarah reports now from cobra, ending as

a by john now gordon, cut about maybe small in size, but the disputed region is rich in cultural and religious heritage, this 100 year old monuments have ever 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 that 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. sort of 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. i mean,

you see 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 armed forces recapture territories. armenia have controlled since 1993 and that the scale of the destruction 2 sites including most and libraries, is bigger than expected exports. believe cultural reconciliation is still possible in no go no cut up. 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, but in some of the war does not kill only soldiers and civilians, but also historical heritage. there's no insurance for this heritage. both muslim and christian heritage of this region had been vandalized. 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 are centuries, are shared tradition, culture and history of people who today called themselves by 2 different names. although the guns are mostly silent, either be john and armenia are still a long way from peace. and many people here hope that the historical treasures of no go, no cra, don't also become casualties of war, let alone cause for another. this was out of that whole job and other of a john ah, updating your headlines. so thought this our after hours of negotiations the taliban and the pakistani government agreed to reopen.