for palestinian prisoners as recalled by mediators and players from both sides of a prisoner exchange on out his ear. ah another political shake up in lebanon. prime minister doesn't get sound hunter. you step down, sending the economy into another free full. ah, hello ron can all santa maria here in dough home with the world news from al jazeera us president joe biden's host to the outgoing german chancellor anglo merkel at the white house. that talks about the challenges with both russia and china clubs recount can parts of europe at the 60 people have been killed,

up the heavy rains, destroyed homes and property and communities in south africa. clean up, assess the damage off the days of looting and umbrella. ah, so 11 is that prime minister designate solitary is stepping aside. once again failing to form a new government. the country has been without a function of government for 9 months now. in her ears. resignation comes at a time when lebanon is gripped by one of the worst financial crises in modern history. 11 a pound, neat for the weakening after the announcement before hurry res resignation. it was trading at around $19000.00. nobody's pounds to the us dollar. immediately afterwards, 20000 and this is just the continuation of a long trend. the lebanese pound is loss more than 90 percent of its value since late 2090. let's get this report and i was in

a hotel in beirut. a long political struggle has just become more difficult to resolve. lebanon's prime minister designate sad and hetty who has been locked in a 9 months power struggle with president michelle, has failed to form his 4th governments. that's not the res. so i met with the president and he demanded what i deem as substantial change to the formation of the government. 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, the political paralysis is expected to accelerate the country's economic collapse. lights are out. most of the day, the cast struck states fairly has money to buy fuel and there is a shortage of medicine making life a daily struggle. as more lebanese are pushed into poverty, the local currency, which already lost 95 percent of its value in recent months,

has depreciated further. and the hours following had it is announcement, lebanon needs the government to put in place an economic recovery plan. but that government has to be able and willing to carry out the reforms in state institutions. that's the condition set by the international community, which was refusing to issue blank checks after decades of corruption. but there's also the regional dynamic lebanon is entangled in the power struggle between mainly she or iran, and saudi arabia, which used to be an influential player here. and the financial supporter to the mainly some, the muslim pro western camp. it too, has stepped the site. saudi arabia is deeply concerned about the growing power and role of hezbollah. another beneath political arrangement would look forward for any kind of solution that will curtail has of all us, all in the country. the anger among lebanon suddenly spilled onto the streets. they

have long complained their power as a community is being taken away. and any attempt to name a new prime minister without the support of the semi leadership headed by heavy the wrong of the crisis. the previous prime minister was chosen by the president and his muslim she or allies they believe that says the rival of that alone to the presidency he's trying to confiscate or to restore part of the law secretion authorities. they are actually, they have no problem, whatever the situation is, is for the benefits. and they know that any changes in this political system is going to be for their benefit. and for this benefit, because from 5050, we're going to move to one sort of part to day, the state is deadlocked. the power sharing agreement between religious communities, which ended lebanon's civil war in 1990, no longer seems to be working center for the l. zita beta. it's been international

reaction to henry that resignation. france, which has to start tides with lebanon called it's another terrible incident. while the u. s. secretary st. anthony blinking issued a statement saying, in part, lebanon's, political class has squandered the last 9 months. he went on to say, leaders in beirut must urgent be put aside. part of the differences in form. a government serves the lebanese people that is what the people of lebanon desperately needs. well, as you saw earlier, the political crisis is destroying levins, a con, lebanon's economy. remember, we mentioned the currency, i just want you to have a look at this officially, this is how much you get to one us $1.15 lebanese pounds, which means this blue line over here. it's completely straight. that is the official exchange rate. it stays the same, it's peg to the us dollar. but once you take into account inflation, and you take into account imports and you take into account the lack of hard us currency. this is the reality. this is the number we're really talking about. yes,

$1500.00 here at the start of 2019, but all it's done since then it's go up to reach that point where we are now of upwards of $20000.00 pounds to the us dollar event period. you're looking at is just 2 and a half years where we spoke to rob cody about this a little bit earlier. political analysts senior fellow at the harvard kennedy school. he says on top of all this, it leaves the people in lebanon feeling, dehumanized. what happens now is what's been happening for the last 5 or 10 years, which is a small group of aging men and lebanon, quarrel with each other, and try to maintain themselves in positions of authority in a country where the actually have no real authority over anything other than themselves on their guards on their business partners because the country is collapsing. economically the institutions of the state are imploding, the economy as, as bankrupt. basic problems for every family,

an hour or so every day and they're getting worse and worse and worse. but d, humanize ation 11 is always 11 and 10 days ago for a 10 day visit, the lebanese are de humanize. they feel that they're being treated like animals, by their own political leadership. what happens is people start consuming fewer items, consuming fewer expensive items, consuming fewer imported items, they start planting their own vegetables and fruits. many of them already do anyway . they resort to barter economy. they'll do a job for somebody who in turn will give them a kilo of rice or something like that. it's going back to a system where the currency based trade oriented labor market economy doesn't function anymore. you end up with a barter economy and people adapt every time this happens. they don't have an option. the wealthy people, they upper middle income people, people have

a 2nd passport, can leave, and many of them haven't. many of them will do so. but the vast majority of lebanese cannot leave. on to other news, the german chancellor anglo merkel is met president joe biden at the white house, her last official visit to the us before she steps down later this year. it's a farewell visit for a politician whose turman office has actually spent for american presidencies, biden and medical discuss their different approaches to common rivals like russia and china. what us corresponding kimberly hawk that has more there is no secret that there was going to be a bit of friction on the issue of north frame 2. that's the pipeline that runs from russia to germany. it's 90 percent complete. and so the decision of the us president was look at, can't stop this construction now as he came into office. and as a result, he is not putting in a place and he sort of punitive sanctions against germany. but instead hoping that the 2 can kind of try to work together. but it was very clear that the concerns

about russia, which of course is the u. s. adversary were something that the german chancellor weighed in on, but at the same time plowed ahead in terms of her intentions. basically saying look at ukraine, i know you're concerned about it. we're concerned too, but this is going to be a transit country for natural gas. we're make sure it's of sovereignty is respected, but at the same time this pipelines going ahead and we're going to have to work through it. and here's what the president had to say about that. my view and nurse to, to has been known for some time. good friends can disagree and, but by the time i became president, there was 90 percent completed and imposing sanctions did not seem to make any sense. we made more sense to work with chancellor and finding out how she proceed

based on whether or not russia tried to essentially blackmail ukraine in some way. more than 60 people have died and dozens are missing in western europe. severe flooding devastates towns and villages. most of those killed were in germany, which is experiencing its worst weather disaster in decades and support from step fasten. this is what residents in storm back to germany woke up to as rapid rainfall cause major rivers to birthday bang. a few from the ear showing the full extent of the devastation in the states of ryan land for la teammate and north ryan west valia. c costs were tossed around like toys in the rising water, homes and businesses washed away. as the flooding in some areas receipts that so rises with several people still missing. rescue efforts are on the way to

bring this trying to to safety. and village is cut off by flood water and landslide helicopters plus people from their rooftop i was told to 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. on a visit to the united states, the german chancellor promised to do everything possible to help and fully mention in, in best phones could beaten these a terrible day. so people in flooded areas, my thoughts with you and you can trust that all 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 in neighboring belgium flood waters, red food villages, sip merging homes that mean we don't do all 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, di what i thought. and in the netherlands. several gear homes were evacuated with some local residents, draven by tract to safety. people who have really been taken by surprise, they've never seen so much water inundating their cities and driving them away from their home. extreme web platter has been paralyzing large parts of this border region here, between belgium, germany, and the national and more to renshaw. rain is forecast and with it fears of for devastation. it's been called the ones in a generation flood, and it isn't over yet. steadfast al jazeera in the new, the had fears, the 2 great, the fire could soon be over. we'll fight his head to northern ethiopia. to support government for border crossing between congress on an afghan sound is reopened after hours of negotiation. ah

ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored by cut on airways. 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 at northeast corner, just roughly bay province and that west weather, running all the way back down towards south wes to the south or chung day, the line of sherry rain. and this is 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 palsy 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 one. that 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 behavior was going to be though it was at eastern sort of indonesia, fossil away c, and had to go over to a popular guinea much of india. now, under the influence of the southwest, 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 goods. rock pakistan also sinks from heavy showers now and looking very wet for bangladesh. nepal sponsored call cut on airways vaccines. a promising past out of the pan demik. but the implementing the greatest inoculation in history is testing the global community around the world. already a clear gap has emerged between rich nations and poor ones when it comes to vaccinating their populations from the politics to the pure economics, the misinformation, the latest development. what's going on here is very different. first off,

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the netherlands in belgium. they 60 people have been killed dozens more on the afghan taliban, and the pakistani government of agreed to reopen one of the main border crossings to allow stranded people through spin. bolduc is afghanistan, 2nd busiest border crossing it fell to the taliban on wednesday. the group is in seizing large parts of afghanistan, taking advantage of the patrol of us and allied troops, pushback against government forces charlotte bellis report. now from toggle, they hit cool cuz the spin folder crossing reopening and scan stuck in pakistan, scramble were chance to get home thousands wasted. 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 talks, movement to start again. mom, she got the box on. i've got to look at the, i don't know, but the focused on the soldiers are not letting us go. they told us that there is

fighting with 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 thousands every day. it is a portal to see lean frames on each side of the border as the muslim holiday of eat approaches. this should be one of its busiest time with that, but i found that mom because of the, the borders closed and we were waiting in these hot temperatures. my son just had surgery, i'm a widow and you can see all the people waiting here. we filmed the telephone on the post on side of the border, one signal, the victory sign, a hit of a car, stick it with the telephone, low, good telephone flags written among the waiting crows in pakistan's closest tone, sherman telephone flashes most freely. the support for the armed group was on

public display. in afghanistan, they recorded themselves and spin, bowed up town in an effort to show life continuing as normal. and that 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 of 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 9 to the conflict and the disruption it brings. what are your words? 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 land 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 kind of sounds 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 cobble. the ethiopian government has been carrying out ethnically motivated, arbitrary arrests against take ryan's, according to amnesty international, the rights group says it's been taking place over the past 2 weeks following the government's unilateral cease fire in that northern t region. and the state says police and the capital out a sob of our conductive, sweeping mass arrest, arrests of gains, and many of them are not facing due process journalists than activists have also been targeted groups of at least 11 journalists who have been covering the conflict until i have been detained along with their lawyer, or some have been released on bail, amnesty says hundreds remain in detention in unknown locations. and after a brief lull in the fighting, the conflict in today may be about to escalate again several different regions ascending their own fighters to support government troops against the rebels. the hydra regional government says it's recruiting more men to joined that battle in

the north. and romeo appears that largest region is doing the same a senior in europe in administer lashed out at different groups. he blames for working against his government. he says there's a smear campaign against the t o. p. a. and that some agencies the army rebels and could be thrown out samantha now and then these have, i gotta ask them about it, which some humanitarian coordinators who have made this routine practice in other countries. and also in our country before agencies connected to food date on the other side. and for this reason, play a destructive road to stop the crisis from ending. as you get more caroll, good day was if discontinued, the government will undertake its duty to save the country. it will have to review its work with some of them, and that will be convenient conditions to force some of them out of the country. alex here from john, the average k politics professor who specializes in the horn of our for goes as the

prospect of an escalation depends on the response from to grow and regional for there was a cease fire declared on 28 june where the federal government totally vacated, it's a great region for various reasons. and then the, the hope was by the international community and by the government. of course, that a t p. s. forces would do the same. there responded by saying that she's savage and joe we will continue and restore our rights and our region and so forth. so they went on. yeah. military expenses were to show what the wish they killed. many people who are working for the interim t regional administration at the time, revenge actions. so they are made generally, of course, if there will be another battle with it to the federal army, they will not held up to the federal army. so it depends on their response. it can again be kind of no way for, for temporary fighting, which in the future that lack of a long term thought. our strategy,

how to deal with this problem. we start that as an insurgency by the tpl, ev, regional government and, and both sides have to think of what the strategy is. first of all, the t p less, i'm not sure if they have a strategy. of course, they sprained the insurgency and fighting as a nationally st. bolt against a overbearing federal government. the federal government wants to show you the region and, and, but also one to wants to rebuild the region as part of you. and give you an agenda 8 and so forth and help them in reestablishing themselves. but both need to really think about how to get to know kind of bridge building strategy and science. south africa is mobilizing thousands of soldiers to stop more than a week of riots and looting. it is the largest such deployments since the end of a passage in 1994. at least a 117 people have died in the unrest triggered by the jailing of former president

jacob's sooner. how do we toss the reports from janice peck. after days of violence and looting things and are relatively calm in johannesburg, shopkeepers and volunteers from the community. 52 with lift the riot initially started when former president jack zoom was jailed last week after he failed to appear at a corruption inquiry. grievances after you miss jailing, turned into anger and frustration about inequality and poverty in south africa. this rope you have freedom. this is the most of the people. it depends on the so much cheaper than supermarket. so now it is like this. people will not suffer. i'm not condoning why that. it's me, him, i'm not ok. it's the worst and rest of africa has seen in years. we've destroyed though, a place where are we going to get jobs that came up, that you don't have will be throwing the ones that you still have the little bit

that you have with destroyed for watch. starting over for many is not going to be easy. nearly everything in the shelf was listed except for a few bottles of water. this is some with no insurance done. if they ever going to recover, they've had to lay of thought in a country with an already high unemployment rate. there was 4 attic leasing on thursday. in parts of the port city of durban, we phase of food and fuel shortages have seen people waiting in long lines. soldiers are being deploy hotspots to help the police maintain order. but even if things get back to normal, b e cannot damage done, would likely be false long into the future. had them tossed out of their jonathan, of the head of columbia as police as former colombian soldiers and involved in the assassination of haiti's president. we'll have to capture him and then hand him over to us drug enforcement authorities. police chief, what have august says that commander unit was made up of 2 groups. remember

president jovan let moiz was killed at his home last week and 18 colombian suspects have been arrested. 3 others were killed by police. hundreds of protests of gathered in the rocky city of nasiriyah 3 days after a devastating hospital 5 at killed bolton. 60 people, families of victims accuse health officials of negligence, corruption, and a calling for an investigation. support from the wide well, no inhabit, be square. this is the main and not city of 50 in southern iraq. i get a lot of condemning what they consider negligence, mismanagement, and corruption of her in the city say that they will continue protesting every day and lives until the government really is conclusions of the investigation commission and then fire outbreak in

a moment or seeing how the claim the lives of it doesn't go with 900 patients on monday now and grieve with no holding. they're holding the position with the victim of the fire outbreak and mom and her hospital. they say that the government is not taken necessity major to guarantee that such a tragedy is not happening again in any hospital. they will, they're threatening to take mother into their own hands. once again, they get protested soon their mom and her husband. and now they include, they include the victims, families and relatives. they say that they want to convey

a message to the political parties and the government. they say that the political parties are blame for not doing enough to protect the people. they also say they also say that there was a conspiracy against the victim because security force is a good thing to them. security forces prevented volunteers local civilians who tried to rescue the victim, but they could not reach this isolation words because they were prevented by the security forces. and the millions of american families have started receiving payments from an expanded benefit scheme. naming to cut the child's poverty. this is part of the democrats corona virus relief package, and patty call him reports. research is showing how similar pay up can help people get back to work. the city of hudson in upstate new york is pretty much like every

small town in america, a mix, a few with much, many more with less college student to hi, mia was in that latter category. until recently, he entered a lottery for a program private donors, promising to pay $25.00 people in hudson, $500.00 a month. every month for 5 years. no strings attached a shock than i. i did one of leave it. he's one of the few 100 people across the country receiving money every month as part of the pilot programs happening in more than a dozen cities. one of the 1st was started in 2019 in stockton, california, and the results from the 1st year were recently released. dr. amy castro. baker is the lead researcher. what we've seen in stockton is that people know what their family's needs are and that they have really leverage that money to increase their family's financial stability. and in many cases, increase their access to stable employment. the number of perkins have been to found full time work increased by 12 percent. she says,

because they could take time off to find a new jobs. emotional and physical health improved as well. and the u. s. is about to find out if that will happen across the country. thanks to the corona, virus relief package passed by congress. the child care tax credit was increased meaning for the rest of the year. parents with the child 5 years old and younger, will receive $300.00 a month for kids. $6.00 to $17250.00. that will go to single parents who make less than $100.00. $12500.00 and married couples who make up 215-0000 analysts a nearly 9 out of 10 children will benefit joe hunt leads the program in hudson. she thinks the impact could be huge. this ties back to the stigma often. the poorest members of our community are receiving social service benefits, which don't actually challenge or, or break the cycle of poverty. they're keeping people in poverty as opposed to

helping them move beyond that and find meaningful work. just agree and i can choose to donate to charity, you know, so and i can give back to my community. you know, i can, i can buy paint for my nieces and get the, introduce them to insert photography and not feel like, oh, i can't pay rent now because of that, you know, in say this should cut child poverty and hunger nearly in half, but it expires at the end of this year, democrats want to continue it. all republicans in congress voted against it. meaning this is likely to be a key issue in the next election. one with very real consequences for america's children. patrick lane al jazeera washington. ah, these are the headlines said half past the lebanon's prime minister designate found how dreary has once again step decide after failing to form and you government.