perspective to try to explain your global audience, why it's important to impact their life at the height of the storm. water was too high. it would have been above my head. this is an important part of the world. people pay attention to what we're going to do is very good at bringing the news to the world from here. ah, this is al jazeera ah, hello, i'm robot this. and this is the news are live from doha. coming up in the next 60 minutes, searching for peace negotiations between the taliban and the afghan government resume in doha. rescue crews in germany check submerged cars for survivors. after reco range in western europe kill more than a $150.00 people. cuba,

as president says, social media r m, i'm to find false images of protest, days out to people demonstrated against the worst economic crisis. in decades martial law son says pity and money stuck in trying to fit lebanese banks is a bigger challenge than western sanctions that you sworn him for a 4th presidential time and peter, famous for the sport news just 6 days before the olympics and the 1st positive cove is 19 case has been reported inside the athletes village in tokyo. ah. okay, we're going to begin here in del hardware delegations from the afghan government on the taliban have been holding talks. both sides are saying they're focused on piece the meetings having against a backdrop of violence and of canister on the tolerance take advantage of the us

withdrawal. launching several offensives and capturing large parts of the country. the government's peace minister has called him the taliban to be flexible in its negotiation. he's wanting no group can take the country by force. we have to keep the door off. it is ocean open because the solution for the conflict is not violent for the solution is actually meaningful negotiation to be very frank with you, we've been quite flexible and also tolerance since the start of the talk. so what's important is that i call upon to canada and to show the same flexibility, the same understanding that they need to understand that to have the intention of taking up kind of some very pause is not going to let you know the taliban spokesman says the group, once an inclusive government, based on

a slumming principles, we hope and we won't. and we, we expect that to be, should have brought something to get him in time. and on our side, we are ready to show flexibility and our aim is clear and that is to lead me up on a crusade was meant in place in our by nissan. and put an end to this phase of piping and inter a new piece which will be our piece and good for well, rosalind jordan standing by in washington dc with the latest u. s. reaction. first, we're going to speak to a summary of it who's been following the talks here in doha, with those 2 quotes that we're hearing there from the afghan government. and from the taliban it seems very amenable. both sides setting out what they seem to want. and yet there are sticking points. well there seem to be talking the talk don't thing that's look been hearing from not just the african

government side, but representatives from other groups representing other guns. and we've been hearing the same thing from taliban. and the message of hope still seems to be alive from the special representatives from various nation, the united states, that there's also in, in the service entity keeping a close eye on these talks and trying to put some empathy behind these talk. so they actually result in something, although speaking do be gone, piece minutes. we did get the sense that in these 2 days, on friday and on saturday, not going to come up with something conclusive from these dialogues. but there's going to be a 1st step towards building these, and that is something that we've been hearing since september when the talk to began for the 1st time in 2 decades. when i've gone, sat across the table with each other in the presence of and helped by the united states on its way out from of got it done and its forces are almost out. but the

situation on the ground has changed. the taliban has taken large sweets of it, of territory in gone it's on. they're challenging multiple provincial capital, as well as trying to reinforce their brand of what the government is going to look like. it feels that both sides are still falls apart on trying to come to us or agreeing to a strategy to achieving peace. but at least the deadlock, the talks for the sake of talk to over a high level delegation being led dunlab to let himself and other i've gone to isn't itala bonds, the leader of the political office. my brother is eating is eating his side. there is talk of amending the constitution, political roadmap, as well as a government of consensus, where all sides can agree on and work towards bringing peace. you are bringing up to date on those talks in the summer. thank you very much. indeed. let's get the

reaction out of the us with rosalind jordan in washington, dc. what leverage does the u. s. still have when it comes to its role in these negotiations, given the fact that it has withdrawn its forces from the canister on well, you still have an inch, a locket or in the form of one and bounce that are all my little side. he is bending, the special envoy did, helping to promote these negotiations for some time. and in fact, it was little odd who was talking at 1st with the tall a bond before the afghan civilian government came into the talks. and that was basically so that the us could feel satisfied that the taller bond were negotiating in good faith. now, certainly the us does have leverage in the form of economic and political and diplomatic things that it can do in order to encourage both sides to try to reach an agreement. but what you don't see happening is the,

you was dictating the terms of what a new government anti p still should look like. the u. s. has been steadfast through the past 3 administrations. saying that what piece inside afghanistan looks like is really up to the afghan people. now, us forces may have left the country. they were there for security purposes mainly to make certain that al qaeda or iso could not to regain any told hold inside the country. but that doesn't mean that the united states still does not have influence . certainly it's worth pointing out that much of the chaos that we see happening across the country right now is in large part because afghan national security forces, who were trained at great cost by the us military, simply have not been standing up to talk about forces and in at least one well known case by now ran across the border into tar,

jesus don rather than confront the taller bond. so it's really up to the afghan people, according to washington rosemont, thanks very much indeed. roseland jordan, their 1st in washington, dc. michelle about us reports from cabal on the growing pressure for a diplomatic solution. 23 year old refugee has one job, make sure no weapons bombs or the telephone into cobble. this is just one of a series of checkpoints that encircled a capital diplomatic quarter. these police officers have one eye on the road and one eye on the politics that put them here. i think that often the delegations in the heart of going to do a 2 piece which is what all of the guns won't know just a minute. i am optimistic about it, they should said, don't disclose their shoes. and so all the problems, challenges and kills in our country. security is a huge aspect of life and cobble telephone flight who's have military momentum and

rule and incredible. they wonder what that means for the telecom more than controlled 20 percent back in the district. i know it's more than 50 percent and the group scrawls is getting closer to the capital. carbon appliances control the district, 65 kilometers away, and fighting to get others just outside the show ponies like mohammed for read, this fighting has brought new challenges. his business bounce back from the long coded 19 lockdown last year. but now he's worried about supply because been by your land, if you could also promote. at the moment we're not optimistic because the roads are close. and when borders are close, there is no business because there are no imports or exports. as we were filming the pallet cut twice before the generator kicked him. generators are increasingly popular as regular power outages. flake, the city. the fuel needed to run them,

has also increased by nearly 70 percent in 3 months. with the power restored, there's a new customer. at 24 frish decide dickie just graduated from univer city. his 1st job was working at the ministry of foreign affairs on the scanner stones, chronic move her shoes. she says her dream is to become a diplomat. we are very concerned because especially as a girl, my future seems very dark to me. especially taller bonds get in fee into cobble city than they are not going to allow us to pursue our dreams and to go for the goals that we have drawn for our own self like frish, the city key. many people in cobb will cautiously marching food. but unsure of what lies ahead, they likely wonder will we have to move will or economy survive when our right to be retained? and when are people live, to see

a bright future. answers that for most in cobble are in the hands of other people. the charlotte bellis out to 0 cobbled emergency workers in belgium and western germany. i was searching for hundreds of people believe to be missing after devastating floods. more than 150 people are confirmed dead. and that figure is expected to rise. rescue efforts are being hampered by collapsed roads and damage communication lines. so i don't know, we mourn with those who have lost their friends and relatives, the fate breaks out hopping. this is the time of hardship and, and hardship we stand together. i'm glad for the signs of commiseration of compassion, of solidarity, not just from the region, but from all over germany, with his mit survosity and it starts with more on the recovery efforts in germany. what we're seeing now is that the relief efforts are actually picking up quite a bit here and stop. i'm here now at an ethical ation center where basically

volunteers are handing out clothes, which is a very important item. people are really looking for right now to have been cut off from their homes because 2 days ago, early in the morning there was a huge land slide here in the f stop. so houses were covered completely by month. hundreds of people have been taken out of that area and they are not allowed to go back, which really angus and frustrate them because they really want to see how the condition of their houses. but they also want to get their belongings. they want to get important documents. it's sort of really desperate. this morning i spoke to a mother who actually told me that her son was covered under them up and didn't supplies and others were really desperate to get into that area. they said, really want to see, but that's not allowed. so they have only to close that they were wearing at that time when the flash lot sold quickly came up. and so now they're, that's what they looking for clothes and that's some item here that's been delivered to to them, but also the precedence. fine my maya was here,

lasha was it kind of the chancellor were here. so reassuring worth. also from the government, like we are helping you, but don't be too impatient because we want everything to be safe before you return to your home. the belgium prime minister, alexander the crew, has visited some of the hardest hit areas there to survey the damage from what he's called. the unprecedented floods. rescuers have been going door to door to check on residence. tuesday has been declared a national day of mourning, at least 24 deaths have been confirmed in belgium when natasha butler is live in the belgian city of the yes and natasha when we were talking just after this had happened, you were explaining to us the shock the people that felt at the speed at which what things were going on now that hours have passed. i know you've been talking to some of the residents. what have they been saying? yes, residents. now, of course, are now looking at the clean up because they,

their homes all simply ruined. for the most part, the least in this neighborhood, that is one of the worst affected neighborhoods in the city of the asian, this region that has been so badly impacted by the floods in belgium. and i've been speaking to people who are trying to salvage what they can, what possessions they can, but of course, most of them have been absolutely caked with model. have been on the water and they just throw them away there, a piles of furniture and appliances behind me, cause already one woman showed me around her house and she showed me how she had to scramble up stairs as the water kept rising. she said she couldn't believe her eyes . she took a 14 year old daughter, had cats and dogs went up on to the roof and they had to stay on the roof for overnight in the dog. absolutely terrified, as you can imagine until the next morning when a neighbor managed to help rescue them by, by trying to send them some inflatables. i'm calling for help. she was incredibly shake and she said, look, i'm very lucky, of course,

because ultimately i've lost my possessions of my home. but at least i have my daughter, but that's just one of the stories. so, you know, sort of story we've been hearing here again and again from residency really on this belief that trying to absorb what's happened and they're trying to, one of the, the trying to work out how are they going to rebuild their homes and rebuild their lives and just as we mentioned, a couple of minutes ago, 24 deaths confirmed so far in belgium, obviously lower than that in western germany. but there is an expectation that number's going to go office and yes, at least 24 deaths confirmed bad belgian authorities have said the po could go up because what's happening is emergency workers as they go from house to house. now that they can access many 3 roads from the homes because the waters have subsided. they are finding awful things. they're finding, of course survivors. that's primarily what they're trying to do. but people have vulnerable frail and they've been tracked and that has that communication. but they

will say fine, i mean that is what belgian authorities, i've said that people should be brave for that. and in fact, just earlier today, one of the later victims who found in the neighborhood not far from where we are standing now. so brisbin said for me shaken because these are the places where they live, the street where they've grown up and they all happen to deal with not only what they've seen, but know that some people in the neighbourhood of most loved ones. patasha. thank you very much. indeed does natasha bother bringing us up to date. the situation in lee as in belgium, for the more ahead on the muse, including the looting stopped of attention remains in africa with a military patrolling the streets of the big wes. memories of a massacre were in northern if he were one of the 1st mass killings at this time the conflicts and figured i sport tokyo 2020 organizers to offer their backings. the 1st step are trying to gender to compete. i've another

ah, cuba president has cold anti government protests in the country alive and says footage of large values are false. anger over a shortage of basic goods and terms and civil liberties led to their protests against the communist willis this week. president miguel diaz kinda held a rally before supporters and saturday to counter last week's on rest is accused the us of provoking protests and spreading hate on social media. well, let's talk not to read lindsey his journalist based in cuba, but the new media organization, belly of the beast. and he's joining us live from havana. good to have you with us . the president is saying the protests have been a life. what evidence is he offering to back that up? well and keep saying the protests have been a lie. in fact, he here,

what he's saying is that a lot of the images that have been coming out since sunday's protests have have been fake news. and there is some truth to that. there were, there were us unprecedented protests on sundays without doubt in havana and other cities. they were not enormous, but any process here is an unusual event. so to have thousands of people in the street is a lot of people. since then things have been very calm in the street. but on social media, there have been all sorts of images of going around, including one of the people celebrating the fall and bark and alexandria egypt saying that that was on the mala cone in havana. images of blood, of people, of dead people, people being killed. so far though, there's really there's only evidence of one person being killed and that was actually a day after the protest in certain circumstances that are not clear. so things are

much more common than maybe is perceived on social media here in cuba. there are rumors that there might be another anti government demonstration a tomorrow or in the days to come. but so far that really hasn't been anything going on. it's been quite sort of life back to normal. the internet was cod, but you could still access it with vpn or why fi parts, and today it appears to be functioning normally as well. so life is very much gone back to normal here and there was a big demo he spoke today. there were tens of thousands of people, it was much larger than the anti government protest, but are very gathering and were very different nature with many people working for the state government. attending that, that speech by d. s. can out thank street that's read lindsey, talking to us from havana. thank you. honestly,

international says about 200 people are still in jail following the demonstrations . i'll just spoke to to cubans who've been released. john holman, has more cries of liberty rent the air in cuba this sunday and the biggest protests in more than 25 years. they blame the government for chronic shortages of food medicine and the lack of freedom of expression. but it quickly hits back. so police and government supporters taking on those cooling for change human rights organizations say hundreds with our and in jail. ringback now al jazeera may contact with 2 of them who have phillips mask is, was released on wednesday. he told us he wasn't even protesting and was arrested for taking photos of government supporters arriving in laurie's. they took my cell phones and grap carried me. they put me in a car, the energy ministry handcuffed me and took me to the police station. he believes

that's where he caught cove it. he tested positive when he got out in a cell the size of a room, there were about 100 people. i was standing up unable to move the shoulder to shoulder with them. but he says of the people fed worse. he broke someone's nose in front of me, and they did it very consciously because the only the way to doing it in front of the camera. the president admitted some state failings, but insist shortages of the full of a long term us embargo. and that the protested with a violent model up a sort of all these people attended or participated in these events armed with vandalism, shouting for death and lynchings. unique garcia, a play, right. so the government that is simply abandoned the people when the fidel castro started the revolution. he said it was with the pole by the pole and the pole, but now the whole are in jail. this revolution died and pointing to history. and

what we have now is that a lead group of people in power who don't want to lose it anyway. he and of the protest is demanded 15 minutes where time and stay. tv replied to be out today, she's against the this is them being costs. it opened trucks to jail and said, no, then we didn't have access to a lawyer or the charts of a whole. families didn't know where we didn't take any well, and we didn't know what happened to us. he was set free a day later. now he says he's effectively on the house arrest. it's something the amnesty international says is become common in a country long and tolerant of descent with talking about state that doesn't lesson and doesn't know how to dialogue. and that's a real concern because we saw the president some days ago about the streets along the missionaries as if the street doesn't belong to other people. voices. demands of those of furniture, voices, light,

union. the simple. wow. okay. get on that. i want democracy, liberty elections, and in to the u. s. and bogu, and the sooner it comes, the better. none of those things like moving any closer. present john home and how does it in britain salesman, it says, says he javin has tested positive for corona virus. he says he's experiencing mild symptoms. so he has received 2 doses of the covered 1900 vaccine. it was made health secretary only last month on friday the u. k. recorded more than 50000 danny cases for the 1st time since january and well for more on the slides cross live to not even baba in london that even once more breton is having problems with the person in charge of it's covered response. that's really such a job. it has only been in position for 3 weeks following the departure of my

hancock. because hell set khatri following a scandal involving breaking the rules and having an affair with one of his close age such a job, it is tweeted on, on saturday this morning i tested positive for cover it. i'm waiting for my p c. r . result, that's a rapid test, but term more reliable than the ones that the public are advised to get twice a week which are called lateral flow tests. but thankfully, he says, i have had my jobs and symptoms a mild this is just a reminder that people who have had the full 2 doses of a copay, 19 vaccination, and not immune from catching the disease such a job. it actually had his 2nd dose of the astrazeneca vaccine 2 months ago in mid may. and there are quite a number, i think don't really,

of people in the public eye who is saying, yes, i've had 2 jobs, but i caught it. it's offered the, the job was clearly off of a high level of protection against serious illness and death. but although the british government, as it proposed to open up fully next monday, stressing the, the link between the disease and hospitalizations and deaths has been broken. experts are saying, no, it has been weakened to quite an extent, but it's wrong to say that it's been broken and we're seeing hospital trusts around the country. thing that they're very worried about the rapid rise in cases which are nearly all this delta variance 1st identified in india, particularly we're seeing those in areas of social deprivation. and this is a 3rd wave which has led some scientists to say that the what some poll patients called freedom day next monday, is actually advised under the same time. there are still problems with the u. k.

changing his rules in terms of getting in and out of certain countries this time i believe it's france briefly. can you just give us an idea of what's going on there? that's right. well, such a job. it is now stressing that the government always reserve the right to act quickly according to changing data and changing situations in other countries. so what's happened is that just a few days ago, the government announced countries on the ambulance including the e. u and dozens of other nations, people returning from those countries. if they were fully vaccinated, doubly vaccinated, they would not have to isolate on their return. but on friday evening, the government announced that people returning from france from monday would have to sell fine too late for 10 days. they could actually have a p c, r test on the 5th day if they pay for it to. and if that was negative to come out evaluation, but this is causing

a huge amount of anger for the tourism industry. the travel industry who is stressing that there may be many tens of thousands of people who have already made plans. if not traveled to france already either for holidays or to see relatives. there are hundreds of thousands of british people living in front. so many people here haven't been able to see their relatives there for a very long time, if not for a year and a half. and people are asking, well, wait, what's the science? the british go florence? he's saying this is linked to arise in french cases of the b to very and 1st identified in south africa. now that accounts for 10 percent of french cases overall, but many of those, in fact, most of those people who say in france are actually not on the french mainland, but on french overseas territory. like the island of the, you know, in the puts in the indian ocean. so there are a lot of questions being asked to, was this really necessary, the u. k. government says it was necessary,

is acting according to the data, but the vis. move such short notice, just a reminder of how a predictable things can be. that even bother in london room. thank you. still ahead on all the controversial reparations belgium flies back, a group of women and children from a prison camp for ice or prospects and ne, syria and golf action from the open, where one former child is trying to win the 21st 2nd time coming up with peter in sport, ah, there is rain in the middle east in july, but it's usually confined to her mom for thunderstorms in the mountain. or stella, where's the cast and drizzly for 3 months?

the subsidy amount of cloud is quite unusual and the results have been quite unusual to. this is denise, no man, this is what you see. a big thunderstorm. the dark underneath and, and out of it falls $200.00 many pieces of rain. okay. is that extra? yes. yeah, average for sorry, 3 millimeters. and then the extended the full cost sherry raise right up through the middle of saudi arabia too, was rear towards the average rainfall in doha, in july is 0. so to get any, a toll is going to be unusual. that last through sunday, and then it sort of disappears and you get on surprise michelle for coffee in the south, west of saudi arabia, in the mountains. nothing much elsewhere apart from the edge affects the salon. it's hot and dry still in iraq. 47, nearly 15, q 8. i was thinking the next couple of days we've been around that for was 2 or 3 weeks. that's not out of the ordinary. no wind in the gulf dough. how be it? she been $39.00. and again, the edge of the monsoon beans, it'll be overcast,

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