coble, people in power on a jazzy story that need to be tow, signed away and demand to be heard. opening the window into another light and challenging perception. witness documentary, the change on al jazeera ah, more than a 1000 people missing at least 126 dead, does catastrophic floods strike germany and neighboring country. ah, so i'm fully back to boy watching al jazeera live from doha. also coming out the events of the past week, when nothing less than a deliberate coordinator and

a well planned attack on our top african president. when our poster says the army will restore order after days of wine and leave more than 200 people, get british government fans to and most go with restrictions. are shop, be criticized by scientists, fast 50000 daily cases of registered. and afghan forces tried to retake a keyboard crossing with pakistan from the taliban, while international peace efforts intensify. ah, thank you very much for joining us. emergency work is in belgium and west in germany. as searching for more than a 1000 people still missing after devastating floods. more than a 100 people have died in germany as towns and villages are submerged. 1300 people still haven't been found. chancellor, i'm going to merkel says the full extent of the disaster may not be known for day

8th. 23 people have also lost their lives a neighboring belgium. 20 of them in the province of liaison at east 10010 houses rather have been swept away. people have been moved to safe ground candidates. when i finished work midnights, i came back and parked in front of my home. there was no water, was nothing. notice going to happen because we had to live to cove it. we were hoping we'd get back on our feet, but now there's they do us. i saw the floods in 1957. it was not as big as this. this is unheard of. and a broken levy in southern netherlands has prompted mass evacuations in several villages along the mass river. officials warn a large gap in the bank command could leave the entire area flooded rescue efforts for being hampered by collapse, roads, and damage communications lines. algeria, boston reports from the german town of sin, vague where kina efforts have begun. they were trapped in the rooms on the 1st

floor when the water rose up to 4 meters in no time. at least 12 residence of this home for disabled people died before they could be moved to safety. across the street, gabriella wild watched the neighbourhood swiftly turn into a swirling river and feared the worst of the people on the alert was, had not made at all. i don't know exactly what happened, but the next morning lucy survived, were evacuated from the balconies. absolutely horrible and living in this region. his whole life harmon angled still can't comprehend what he saw when the water came to panic. will pass. i wasn't just shocked. i panic, i quickly took out the car as well as my dog and the 2 cats blowing to my daughter that we were taking care of. this sort of destruction i've never seen before. floating yes, but not tree branches floating away. he was lucky enough to be moved to safety and

to find his house still standing upon return. auto thought a home washed away by water was destroyed by landslides. many remained missing. nobody expected that a few days of torrential rain could have such a widespread catastrophic impact. confronted with the sheer power of water, people here wondering what happened and where all this water came from raising questions about the effects of climate change. and if what was called this once in a century, flock would know happen more frequently, people are saying that this might happen like for now every 510 years or something like that. i'm not sure. and i mean like we try to learn from this to gather with relatives and friends. louisa who young is trying to clean up the mess at the family house, not knowing where to start. they try to return on thursday, but had to leave once again. the water was still here, we tried to get in the house and get everything up on the highest point in the

house. so and then we just grab also some stuff that we could see about. we knew, okay, this is important. and now we just left the extend of the damage wont be known for days or perhaps weeks, but the memories and trauma of this twist of nature will likely remain with the people here for much longer, that fastened al jazeera syncing in the western part of germany and natasha butler is in leon belgium's worst hit region. she says people, they are in shock and say they've never seen floods like this before. where is this neighborhood long? in the facility? oh, yes, it is one of the worst effects today or is in the city and want some residence. i've been telling me that even though they've lived in the decades, they've never seen anything like this. they say the water basically flows down this street and there was such a force that it food furniture along with it and call surround cause,

as if they were small toys. well, the water level rose for about 2 meters. people now are simply trying to clean up their own salvage what they can. they're obviously extremely shaken. if we go through it was so scary to see the war to rise. my car in the carriage is totally destroyed. there was water all the way up to here. your left will some streets in the area are still flooded. roads are still inaccessible to cause into vehicles. and that is why the only way of accessing some houses is by boat. well, the prime minister of belgium has called the floods unprecedented and is called for a day of national morning on july 20th for the victims in the world. new south africa, as president says, the week of violence and looting was planned and coordinated. serial on my post says security forces identified 12 ring leaders and he's deployed 25000 soldiers onto the street. at least 212 people were killed out. there's been a smith has

a latest from durban, the scene of some of the west of the writing in south africa army is protecting its citizens from each other and forcing an easy, comp, shops, malls, factories in warehouses, accounting, the cost after an outbreak of looting and writing but swept through parts of the country after the jailing of former president, jacob zuba on friday, his successor, several ram, oppose a visited castle in a tower, the worst effected province. it is clear now, but the events of the past week when nothing less than a deliberate, a coordinated, and well planned attack on our democracy. supermarkets were stripped back within shore is now facing multi $1000000.00 claims for repairs. one banking group says the economy will contract by 3 percent the butcher in fresh produce section of the

supermarkets been played out like everywhere else. now, one spot writing the jailing for the check, but what drove it off? the poverty, an equality that south africa. now almost 30 years, the n y minority, half of south africans live below the official poverty line, unemployment is that a record high of close to 33 percent. the looting has created shortages of food, staples, and fuel causing long lines at the few places. still open the source surprising, you know, it was like it's communicated somewhere because you hear something here. the very same thing that's happening somewhere else. so it was like, there's the, there's a spirit that is going around, did that mean oil message that is going around or do they do it that day? people that jobless and also knocked down because of dom on the that's funny. yeah. after sunday. yeah. when the president's for the people were like you truly

crazy and they were coming down like a crowd, a lot of crowd coming down. and there was for angry that she extended south africa consumer council. he's warning of a humanitarian crisis, and the security is provided for people working in factories, distribution centers and shops. bernard smith, archers, era, durban, south africa. i saw teeniest king has made it her public remarks the following weeks of protest denouncing the monarchy. he call the demonstrators a tonic and accuse them of taking the country backwards. a teacher's union says, police fire tear gas and water cannon to disperse crowds as voters is gathered again on friday. dozens of people have reportedly been killed and injured since the valleys began in june as what teenie formerly known as far as the land is the last absolute monarchy in africa. the security forces in bel rules have rated another $25.00 homes and offices of activists. and independent journalists, it's the 3rd day in a row of searches,

journalists and why schools say it's the latest crime down on descent by president alexander lucas shanker. at least 20 people have reportedly been detained. lucas shank, as government has come under domestic and international pressure since his heavily disputed when in last august election for after the main wave of protest was effectively stifled a controlled destruction of civil society and nonprofit organizations is now underway. our organization has been working without registration since 2003 when it was revoked by the supreme court. it has effectively been illegal and batteries. however, according to any international standards, our activities absolutely legal. for an arc of the ciocca is a bela russian politician and journalists. he's an advisor to opposition leaders, atlanta taken off korea and says they are fears of more rates the credit on started last week. first they attacked the major news outlets. immense. can the regents,

they came to the offices, they arrested the exit or some chiefs, they arrested foreigners, they handcuffed, alters, and the employee. so this organization's then, but this week, a continued and they came to the office of human rights defenders to those who help families to breast political prisoner risk. and also they came to them international media organizations such as radio for europe, radio, liberty, european radio, 4 bedrooms. so why it happens, i think from question because trying to hide the truth and he is also trying to eliminate all sources. so forcible on breath. i think there are 2 tricks here, the resume and their g. people want to protest, there is no way back point of no return has been passed. people want you elections, people want freedom, people want democracy. but on the other hand, there are no structure on the ground, they basically eliminated, or dorothy is not palm to the civil society. and but,

but right now situation is quite difficult. and anything, any step, any award by a president, luca shrank out. we're going to national community can become a trigger for the you wave of the protest. so it's very predictable. what will happen tomorrow? what will happen next week? i've gotten forces of launch an offensive to retake a key border crossing with pakistan. a ton of spin ball doc fell to the taliban on wednesday. it's a major supply routine to pakistan's baluchistan province. doctors in pakistan have been treating taliban fighters wounded in the latest fighting gun. please say they're also hiding in civilian homes near the board of crossing. the county band has made significant gains in recent weeks. foreign troops withdraw from the country. and pakistan has rejected criticism that he has provided support to the tommy banner, to the group. took control of spin bull doc of got his sons president shotgun. he made the allegations that talks that i've been held in the back capital. tuscan

intelligence estimates indicate the influx of over 10000, and you had the fighters from pakistan and other places in the last month, as well as support from that. and the 5 national kevin organization, networks and organization supporting the taliban, are openly celebrating the destruction of the acid and capabilities of the people in state to blame budget san for what is going on in atlanta on i feel is extremely unfair. i came to govern. why would i come to gobble if i was not interested in peace? the whole idea was that we, that you should have look upon the party, said the partridge piece. and i feel really disappointed that we have been blamed as senior. i've gone delegation, led by chief negotiator, due last july,

is traveling to ca. todd toll talks with the taliban, the vin, several rounds of p stocks in dough high in the past few months. sub duleigh says they can be no deal unless a ton of ban. stop their advance. missy betty is on a young man to protest on the people of afghanistan, a suffering from the tragedy of continuing the war. today was raging in several provinces. i guess the question will be when the war is going on, why are you talking about peace? well, because the what's going on intensively and this was been going on for 42 years in our country, hundreds of thousands of people who sacrificed their lives. so then that's why we must work to provide pay rushes, foreign minister sag elaborate says the withdrawal of american troops has further destabilized the wat on country and created more uncertainty over its political future products. the americans left afghanistan because they considered their mission and this country accomplishes as president joe biden. emphasize, of course, he's trying to present the situation is positively as possible. but everyone

understand that the mission has failed, and this is publicly acknowledged, including in the us itself. terrorism has not disappeared, isis and kinda have strengthened their positions, and the truck trade has reached unprecedented levels. your opponents surprise winning india and photojournalist has been killed in afghanistan can be hard district. denise, today he worked for the reuters news agency and was embedded with the afghan special forces. he was caught in the crossfire between taliban and afghan. true, seen these been both german border area still ahead on al jazeera, the bite in administration takes aim at facebook and twitter. as a number of cases, younger people continue to rise and standing in solidarity. cuban americans in miami take to the us government, count those companies, country. ah

hello, welcome to look at the international forecast for st invited storms moving across central parts of canada, recross the us prairies. this area of a i pressure has started to settle things down, but the weather system just to the south of that will continue to drift that heavy right across the upper midwest over towards the appalachians, big down pause. they are into well upstate new york up towards new england as we go on through saturday. that cloud of rain running all the way down into the deep south is seen some flooding to just around the arrazola passes. doesn't southwest? seeing some live a storm still very warm hot in phoenix, 40 degrees celsius on saturday afternoon and going on into sunday as well. central out of the us, seeing some showers look spell surprise and what, whether that to just around the mid atlantic states, no sign of any wet weather where we could really do with it just along that to west

coast of the u. s. o lead. notice you could capture a shower to them towards nevada, possibly you'll chad to southern parts of california and also the border welcome showers a little cooler than of late into that western side of canada. western parts of mexico seeing some rather wet weather at present we got an area or a cloud hess, typical system just off shore, some heavy showers coming in across a good part of central america sunshine. and she was there for the caribbean. the weather bag, energy and change to every part of our universe. or small to continue the change all around the shape, my technology and human ingenuity. we can make it work for you and your business.

ah ah, they're watching al jazeera, a reminder of our top stories, a 126 people have been confirmed dead and more than a 1000 are still missing in flood that are vaudeville western europe, raging waters in land life have devastated entire communities, washing away houses and destroying business, south africa, the president says the week of violence and duty in which at least 212 people were killed, was planned and ordinated to run our security forces. i'm identified 12 ring leaders

and in bella. ruth security services have rated another 25 homes and offices of active and independent journalists. it's a 3rd day in a row of fetches. journalist and rice will say, nations cracked down on dissent by president alexander lucas shanker. the u. k. has reported its highest number of new coffee 19 cases in more than 6 months. there were toast of 52000 new infections on friday. it comes days before the government plan to relax, restrictions on english bobs, restaurants and nightclubs. just a day earlier, prime minister boys, johnson said, the voice of the pandemic would be behind the country. if people are careful, join a hole has more from london. the public are generally quite worried about that, and that's because they can well see that it is highly questionable at this moment how much freedom there is from the virus itself. infection rates are climbing

rapidly this week, getting an average of around 50000 a day. the highest they've been in 6 months, the new health secretary sizes job it predicted they could easily hit a 100000 a day during the course of this 3rd way, most of those new infections, of course, are happening in the unvaccinated population to young children. most of those young and fit enough to emerge relatively unscathed, but not old death numbers are rising to averaging around 50 a day. that's a big jump in the last few weeks with the result that among the vaccinated population, among the vulnerable in that population, there is relying science about what lies ahead. 840000 school children have been sent home under similar circumstances with all the sort of attendant care issues that come with that. it's all having a huge impact on the economy. staff shortages business is struggling to stay open factories warning that they may have to close and all the while there is this

swirling concern among scientists building now advising the government. warning the government to change course 1200 scientists have given their support to a letter written to the lancet medical journal warning that the government strategy of allowing the virus to effectively run wild among the young and school children is quite dangerous and unethical. and could allow for the emergence of vaccine resistant variance. and as such, they say is a danger to the whole world. russia's capital is also easing corona, vice restrictions. despite the virgin cases, their moscow residence will no longer have to provide proof of vaccination or immunity at public venues. a 5th of nearly 26000 new cases recorded in russia on friday, or in the capital leaders of the asia pacific trade group, or a pac have vowed to expand the sharing and manufacturing of vaccines to fight the pandemic. they agree ramping up inoculations is the only way out of the global crisis. throwing 3 has more. friday's meeting comes months before the usual annual

summit of april leaders held in november. this is the 1st time such an additional meeting has been held. new zealand is the host of the asia pacific economic corporation this year. new zealand prime minister jacinta arden said this meeting reflects leaders desire to navigate together out of the cove at 19 pandemic and economic crisis. now the world is facing a resurgence in cove at 19 infections with asia being the epicenter. first, india now indonesia reporting rec, quote, numbers in infections and deaths. the leaders of a pack collectively agreed that the most pressing issue is vaccines. and they've called for fair access to vaccines saying this needs to be accelerated as the only way out of this pandemic. and they've promised to read double efforts to expand

vaccine manufacture and said they will support the voluntary transfer of vaccine production technologies. there was also discussion about economic recovery. apec economy's suffered that was contraction last year since the 2nd world war, 81000000 jobs were lost. now leaders discuss ways to sustain their economies with a focus on keeping the markets open. now, and there was also talk about how they would safely resume international travel with perhaps the possibility of using vaccine passports covered cases were rising in all us state fed official se the 3rd is largely in unvaccinated people. infections are up 70 percent in the last week. and deaths have jumped by 26 percent . the outbreaks for the scenarios with no vaccination rates that sanchez counties, again, making mosque wearing mandatory indoors from this weekend. and many universities only letting fully inoculated staff and students return to campus us present. joe

biden has a queue. social media platforms like facebook and twitter of spreading vaccine misinformation. i mean, really, the only pandemic we have is among the killing people. how the officials in the usa of surgeon cases is driven by the highly contagious delta vary, and it's largely affecting younger people. and there's concern, it's increasing the risk for younger children not eligible for the vaccine particle, hain recourse. this is becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated. with more than half of the u. s. population still unvaccinated against coded a new urgent warning from white house officials. yesterday, cdc reported more than 33000 new cases of code 19. are 7 day average is about $26300.00 cases per day. and this represents an increase of nearly 70

percent from the prior 7 day average. hospitals are once again filling up, and people are still dying from coven, more than 99 percent of those unvaccinated. it's particularly a problem in southern states. in fact, just for states accounted for more than 40 percent of all cases in the past week. with one in 5 of all cases occurring in florida alone, vaccines had become a political issue in the us. that was clear when the governor of florida started drilling t shirts and beer cooties with the slogan, don't felt g, my florida. a slap, the country's top infectious disease doctor and analysts say conservative media is making it works. a very successfully convinced a large swath of republicans not to get the vaccine. if you look at polls, republicans are much more likely to say they have not been vaccinated. they will

not be vaccinated, it's all making the situation more dangerous for children under the age of 12 who can't get vaccinated yet. and now there are report the food and drug administration won't look at allowing that until possibly december. so now more precautions, math mandates, going back into effect in los angeles, california. the budget ministration is supposed to decide over the next few days. if they should lift restrictions on international travelers. coming to the u. s. these new numbers will likely make that a much more difficult decision. technical have al jazeera washington vin, more protesting, have an iraq after a fire cove. in 1900 hospital in nasiriyah, kills 92 people. iraqis, a blaming guffman corruption, and negligence for monday's accident. iraq's influential, she, carrie looked at all, is demanding answers from the administration. he says, the government must firmly and punish those who allowed it to happen.

cuban president miguel diaz canal says the united states has failed in what he says its efforts to destroy cuba. over the last week, humans have taken to the streets across the country and a wave of re anti government. protests is anger over the economy and handling of the pandemic. the government has accused the us of being behind the unrest un human rights body says, detain protesters must be really. it's particularly worrying that these include individuals, allegedly held incommunicado, and people who, whereabouts are unknown. we're also very concerned that the alleged use of excessive force against demonstrators in cuba and deeply regret the death, the one protest in havana. it's important that there is an independent, transparent, effective investigation that those responsible held accountable. and thousands of people have been on the street for florida in solidarity with those protests in havana, miami's home to around

a 1000000 cuban american sanders on the gallic every forts. many, they're charging the u. s. government to do more and support protesters in cuba among florida's large cuban american population, the rallying cry of free cuba has long been a call for democracy on the communist run island following anti government protests in cuba. those calls growing as the exalt community across the us show support for cubans facing the worst economic crisis in decades. it doesn't matter whether you want to feel human warner, you are born. if you do inherited a lot of time, you wouldn't even know what's going on and not to be able to hear. the emotions are running so high in miami that some activists loaded up boats with supplies planning to make the treacherous journey across the florida straits to cuba. the u. s. coast guard has warned against illegal crossings. the us secretary

of homeland security ela 100. my yorkers fled cuba as a child and warned those potentially planning to leave cuba not to come migrants who do attempt to enter the united states by sea. put their lives at incredible risk. the waters in the straits of florida in the caribbean are dangerous, especially now. as we have entered hurricane season, people will die. miami's man francis suarez, is calling for military intervention, saying the u. s. has an obligation to stand with the people of cuba. they've shut down the internet, they've shut down electricity, and they've gone out to the street to be harm. those who are protesting peacefully for freedom and liberty in their country outside the white house to cuban americans calling on the biden administration to help military intervention isn't likely to happen. but key was actions are being condemned. communism is a failed ideology, and we certainly believe that it has failed the people to cuba. they deserve

freedom. they deserve a government that supports them. whether that is making sure they have health and medical supplies access to vaccines, or whether they have economic opportunity and prosperity, the demonstrations in florida and across the country likely to continue even as the pressure on the, by the ministration to directly help the cuban people grows. or cuban american c then is an opportunity one that hasn't presented itself in decades. many here who have family on the island say if the cuban people are brave enough to take the streets, then the u. s. government should back then. what form that takes is unknown, but the refrain here is the time to help is now and the galaxy august era. miami, florida. ah, logan. i'm fully battle with the headlines on al jazeera 12060.