the witness showcase is inspiring documentary, the change, the one on al jazeera ah, revealing eco friendly solutions to come back. threat to our planet on al jazeera, the news. hundreds of people still missing, often devastating floods in western germany and belgium. such continues as the clean up begins. ah, no, i was watching al jazeera also coming up on the program ago. shape is from the afghan government. and the taliban tried to revive piece talks in doha violence and the country escalate and the taliban captures more territory. a president facing

historic on rice, miguel diaz can now towards that misinformation is distorting the reality of what's really happening inside the film. one the palm doors, the great confusion that can why fight lean didn't do the right thing. else. thing festivals, top price ah welcome to the program, our top story, this our emergency workers in western germany and belgium, all searching for hundreds of people believe to be missing off the devastating floods which followed. days of heavy rain so far more than $100.00. 60 people confirm to have died, but as the flood water stony received at figure is likely to rise in germantown of air start, the scale of the disaster is slowly being revealed and

a step voss in our ports rescue as has spent the day searching submerged vehicles for those who didn't make it out alive, it was rush hour when the water quickly inundated highway number 265 near ash start catching unexpected drivers and passengers by surprise. soldiers and rescue workers tried to reach dropped cars, finding out if everyone made it out in time. we hope that they made it out that cars, but we are not sure. and we can guarantee that the perhaps people in the cars, we could not check all cars. and if you see the quality of the water, also the check with diverse is of no use looking at how challenging it is to free this one highway. it becomes clear that recovery will take time. it's hard to imagine the people stuck in traffic when the road suddenly filled up with walker. reinforcements have now come from all over germany because not only were residents

completely taken by surprise by the flock. they also completely overwhelmed government services. during his visit to after the german president, frank wilder stein maya told survivors they will get help, but have to be patient. when does it have the food is active? so luck configured, mind and his health that has been promised should also be for the communities who in the next days and weeks won't only have to clear up the damage, but will also have to rebuild everything. the roads that are destroyed, the bridges that have been swept away, and that's why it is good that such support has been agreed on to a landslide buried at least 3 houses in our stop and damaged others. this woman lost, her son was swept away by the mot flow his body as yet to be recovered. she and other residents are anxious to the begging authorities to allow them to return to hall. and my how can you hear me, alice? what yet? we have nothing, we would have vacuum. it took a few things. i think it will take 4 to 6 weeks before i can go back. there was no

electricity, no water, no gas, said the whole infrastructure is down. how is flooring in from across germany for those who had to leave their homes in a hurry with only the clothes they were wearing. people were lucky enough not to be effected, a fall and tearing, to help you. who are you that we have clothes, shoes for men, women, and children, everything they need? it's great to see how much support is coming in. the outgoing of solidarity gives hope to those who have not only lost their loved ones, homes or belongings, but also they believed that their town was a safe place to live, steadfast and al jazeera after germany. meanwhile, in belgium, at least 27 people there of di, attends, flooding began on wednesday. more than 100 people are also unaccounted for. troops had been sent to 4 of the countries 10 provinces to help with rescue and evacuation efforts. as ashley martin reports now from the city of lares went lowest and the

victims have been found is not much to favor for some residence in this neighborhood of the belgian city of the age. most furniture and appliances are ruined, cause wrecked the flood waters that, of course, so much damage have finally subsided with a clean up where it has only just begun all it was just for the water cupboard the cupboards. pascal is still shaken. rising houghton had forced her teenage daughter to climb onto the roof where they were stranded overnight until a neighbor helped rescue them. she says it's only once they was safe, the reality drunk. one of them is all on the product. we have nothing left, no home, no furniture, clothes. it's so hard, but i say to myself, at least i saved my child as a mother, that's the most important. it will be some time before residence in neighbourhood like this one come to turn with what has happened. but what is lifting spirits is the fact that so many people have come here and rallied around to help hunting out

food and water, all lending a hand. while nearly every affected st. volunteers office up. as i said, it's about all of derossi's supporting people to show they aren't alone with this devastation when they see all these young people coming to help them during their summer holidays. well it's just amazing and heart warming, belgium's prime minister visited the town of a hospital. he's called the floods unprecedented, but this scientist says climate change is to blame. to go to the critic the rainfall was of course exceptional. but all of our climate data shows that it could happen again. the future emergency work is continued to move people from areas in homes, considered unsafe as they reach regions that were cut off by flood waters. they say they may find more bodies of dozens of people are missing. the hope here though is that they'll find survivors. natasha butler al jazeera. yes, belgium, the

delegations from the afghan government, the taliban say that focused on peace as they hold negotiations in the gulf, stay of counter talks concluded, but they are taking place against a backdrop of rising violence in the country. the taliban has been taking advantage of the us troop withdrawal. launching several offensive and capturing large parts of the country. well, throughout the talks have been for main sticking points between the taliban and the african government. now the taliban wants what it calls a genuine islamic system in the country and wants to establish an interim government to include a high council of clerics at one is taking more territory on the ground. the amount also wants to increase its political influence. it's demanding a power sharing agreement with the african government. but cobble has so far refused. both sides have negotiated a series of prisoners swamps in an attempt to agree

a cease fire. and the african government is saying that it wants the rights of women to be fully respected. currently, a 3rd of all civil servants, when some of the job aid has more from the talks in doha. as they were concluded of the talks between the taliban and representatives from the finest on the number of issues were discussed, including the release of prisoners d listing from united nations list talk. there was talk about amending the constitution and all inclusive government and political roadmap to words piece the taliban, insisting that before the talk there's a discussion about a ceasefire. across the renaissance needs to be an inclusive government, which represents all segments of the gun society. not specifying how they're going to achieve it, but one thing that as the 1st step, but they've also been saying that because such a high power delegation has come to the company capital, they're willing to discuss everything that they're bringing to the tables. we hope

and we won't, and we, we expect that to be, should have brought something to give them 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 plan is found and put an end to this phase of piping and inter a new piece which will be our piece and word for it. as the taliban discuss, be the situation on the ground in the sun has been deteriorating. there are people who have been expressing their concerns about how taliban have been not just the district, but provincial capital as well as coming to word to capital capital as well. we asked the minister for peace about what his hope is from this level of talks, as they're definitely not going to be conclusive in 48 hours. but he thinks that he, what he wants the other side to realize is that there is no,

there is no solution by force to apply to sons problem. and the only way ahead is through the go see ation. we have to keep the door of that is ocean open because the solution to the conflict is not violent. so the solution is actually meaningful negotiation to be very frank with you, we've been quite flexible and also tolerance to be as part of the tool. so what's important is that i call upon to conduct and to show the same flexibility, same understanding that they need to understand that to have the intention of taking that kind of phone calls is not going to work on saturday. these talks are going to be concluded, they are being closely monitored by the united states, the european union, as well as the hosts in all sides. not directly part of the negotiations,

but doing what they can to try and persuade all sides the shorter strain to show flexibility to try and think of the gone people. because as this fight is ongoing, as the united states is all set to leave by september, the 11th the people on the ground in a gun to sign it afraid they're thinking that they might use all of the hard for freedom that day. but you've in the last 20 years. busy and on the taliban side, trying to tell them that there is no forceful solution to venice on and peace will only come when all sides sit on the negotiation stable. they continue their work by talking to each other and come to a consensus on bringing peace to understand. well now we have 2 developments in cuba. as for president ral castro, as appeared alongside his success in miguel diaz canal, at a large pro government rally in havana, the islands communist government is pushing back against suggestions of widespread discontent of the recent antique government protest. thousands of people took the streets last sunday to demonstrate against the handling of the pandemic economic

crisis, which resulted in crippling shortages of basic goods. cupid government accused the united states of orchestrating the protest. what i show, no my, my we have come together once again to denounce the u. s. blockade, aggression and terror, not me, could not put off this rally. the enemy has once again, given everything to destroy the sacred unity and peace of citizen. or earlier we spoke to re lindsey journalist space and havana with the new media organization, belly of the beast, and told us that cuban authorities of critical of the impact of social media on the protest. foreign ministers spoke today to foreign journalists here to the government, wasting a big news campaign and presented a slide showing our or thousands of going out of creating 6 social media campaign which, which was going on when, when the us broke out. and it seems,

seems like the 2 things are connected. there is a lot of it's very difficult to know what is going on. a lot of them. ready are swelling around, i saw today information my end based media, but the covers cuba saying that there were the common way as problems with liberated. ringback liberated but then i made. ready us off by photographs on the way police station of the street seems very calm and. ready talk to people come away, said that they were normal there and there was a tooth them. this state authorities say government say, i don't believe fake news in the midst of all that. it's not just social media. internet is down. generally i've got here at the office here, but industry cell data is pretty much off the people, so it's hard to stay connected. hard to know what's going on. exactly. but overall then i was calling today and it's sort of day to day here in cuba. i'm this teen

nationally thing about 200 people is still in jail. following the demonstrations al jazeera spoke to 2 cubans who's been released john home and has more the 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 that it quickly hit back for police and government supporters taking on those cooling for change. human rights organizations say hundreds with are 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 phone and grabbed it carried me. they put me in a car of the energy ministry,

handcuffed me and took me to the police station. he believes that we 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 shoulder to shoulder with them, but he says the people fed worse. he broke someone's nose in front of me, and they did it very consciously because they always avoided doing it in front of the cameras. the president admitted some state failings, but insist shortages of the full of a long term us embargo. and that protested with a violent model up a sort of people attended or participated in the event with the vendor and shouting for lynchings. unique garcia, a play right? it's the government, it is simply abandoned the people wonder when fidel castro started the revolution. he said it was with the pole by the pole and for the pole,

but now the poor are in jail. this revolution died at some point in history. and what we have now is an elite group of people in power who don't want to lose it in any way. he end of the protest is demanded 15 minutes, rare time, and stay tv to reply to be out today. she's against the this is them being costed often trucks to jail. instead, we didn't have access to a lawyer or the chance of a phone call. our families didn't know where we'd been taken out, and we didn't know what would happen 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 when talking about a site 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 belonging to missionaries as if the street doesn't belong to other people that will

support the demands of those and turn it to the voices light. union the simple wow . cargo. get more than i wanted to mock christine liberty and election and into the u. s. and ball going to the sooner it comes, the better. none of those things like moving any closer present. john homan does either you're watching out, is there a lie from london or where you much more off to the break including this story times government accused of trying to cover up the true scale of its corona virus crisis of cases hit another record high. ah. saturday morning brought snow to cambra, australia capital. it's so fatty coulter at new south wales, a c t victoria and south australia, but not extraordinarily. so most of the wind, the wet weather,

diving through the bison towards tasmanian and across to new zealand. another lo, just thrown showers into western, studied pers, for example, but your best days probably monday, where the sons most liked to be out of the range of catches this western side of victoria. but melbourne looks fine, a few shall the new south rosell bad time. we get to monday, caesar range from 5 or obvious in japan and china, but the circulation meant the rain's, been heavy, its western side of japan, more recent than it will be in the forecast to robin. this rather smooth picture of seas, no rain. it's drawing up in western parts of japan, but it's getting circulatory wet in china. mostly from the young see north was the heavy rain is falling in the form of big shower that circulation headed toward beijing. but if you now, i think you're 40, find more heavy stuff coming towards could mean. and it's that time of the year, the maturity of the rain is meant the monsoon france going to right through pakistan that drives the time being that the rain is widespread in india,

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welcome back. watching alger, they're alive from london and look at the top stories now. emergency workers in western germany and belgium massage and hundreds of people believe to be missing off the devastating floods of 160 people are confirmed to die. but that figure is likely to rise, delegations from the african government and the taliban say that focused on pace as a regime, negotiations in the gulf states of capital and talks are taking place as violence is rising around the country and the taliban capture more territory from the cuban president role castro pet alongside his success in miguel diaz canal at a large pro guffman riley of savannah. the island communist government is pushing back against suggestions of widespread discontent. off the anti government protest . or in south africa, the police minister is saying the rise in racial tensions in some communities is causing

a lot of concern. more than 200 people were killed in writing and loosing that swept through parts of the country over the last week, prompting different communities to set out vigilante groups to defend their homes and businesses. bernard smith, now ports and they just looted, looted and do the durbin has been quieter these last couple of days, but it's a come sometimes and forced at gunpoint, read one jets. i'm managed to protect his business, but so many others looted and burned. it was the, the mob themselves that called all the destruction and cause harm to themselves because we, we attacked and we had people put open fire on us. and which we basically have to see have got ourselves by hiding behind walls and buildings. the writing was fox by the jailing, a form of precedent jacob's duma and expanded to include wider grievances. it unleashed racial tensions, but always simmer beneath the surface here about about one of them. i thought the minister of police tor durbin, townships on saturday, promising to investigate crimes committed by all communities. kaylee's as

a team of detectives is investigating the deaths of 20 black people after confrontations with a neighboring indian majority township. but it's clear, there is anger here that is hard to contain them. i know it looks difficult, but we are working together. we are working with the community. we go out to the streets, to speak to other people. we've got a problem with social media. social media is the main cause of this because people are reacting to use why minority rule and did nearly 30 years ago. but most south africans still live in racially separated townships or suburbs that were created by their party. government, the fears of the only supermarket in a 4 kilometer radius wasn't ransacked because it was defended by the owners and local businesses. south africa state insurance says it's expecting claims to $700000000.00 at night turbans different communities still closing themselves in

behind their own checkpoints, the outside elements that are coming here and get very upset when we have to awesome. what is the purpose? yes, people here are worried, there's more trouble to come. it's not, not 15 down. no one on and that's the concern. there it is which is the davis teams and so continuing and then one key sex. just hours after south africa's president sat on friday night, but calm had been restored. this market was fireball. bernard smith, i'll just sarah durban, south africa, and all the new belgium is repack, creating a group of people from a prison camp vice or suspects, and ne, syria, 6 women, and 10 children who wilding kurdish wrong camps have been flown home. the women are expected to be charged under belgium's anti terror laws. there are among hundreds of volunteer fighters from europe who travel to syria and iraq to join iso.

now thailand is issue to a new corona, virus decree, giving government sweeping power to suppress use that it sees is causing farrell panic. but the opposition is accusing the government of trying to obscure the handling of cars at 19 and comes as a country saw and not hit another record high. and more than $10000.00 cases. tony chang has the story from bangkok, a warehouse close to bangkok, dogs. now an emergency vaccination site, this area has seen some of the highest rates of infection in the ty capital. but even here, there are only 500 shares available. i think we can't wait for advice from the government. we have to help ourselves. i'm lucky that there's some vaccines left for me, but there are others who suffer more than me. how many miles one about? i'm becoming more depressed and i'm scared when i watch news about co that. especially when people that i know caught the virus and the conditions getting worse is new coded 19 restrictions have come into place, including

a nighttime curfew. the thai government has also imposed an emergency decree that gives it powers to arrest and charged any one spreading information that could create there among the public. regardless whether it's true or false. the new powers come up to control the c regarding thailand's vaccine roller which relies heavily on the sign back an astrazeneca vaccines. those now appear to be less effective against new variance. and in short supply, when opposition and p is cool for greater transparency regarding the deals done with astrazeneca, the contract they were sent had all of vital information blacked out, like the budget and delivery dates. effective vaccines like pfizer, madonna, from the united states have still not reached thailand, raising suspicions about the government's procurement process. u. s. companies are not allowed to pay commission and that team money. and this me,

some people think that if there's a reason that thailand to tie government never fitted us back theme, you had made back things because you had, companies cannot find, cannot pay bribe. but there are some things the thai government come suppress the cobra. 1900 destiny is now greater every day that it was in the whole of 2020 as crematorium, struggle to keep up with demand. the emergency decree may have some of the criticism bay, but there is growing frustration with the government has mishandled the locked down the vaccination program and the economic blowback of the pandemic. and those voices growing louder every day. tony chang houses are a bank of britain's health minister. java has tested positive for corona virus and is experiencing mild symptoms. java has received both doses of the cove at $900.00 vaccine. it was made health secretary only last month on friday the u. k.

recorded more than 50000 davy cases for the 1st time since january. now, women are going to be able to perform the hodge pilgrimage without a male relative accompanying them off to saudi arabia ended it's guardianship requirements. but because of the pandemic, only saudi residents can attend and in limited numbers. our hierarchy has more on this year's restrictions around the hodge. malik fulton, my mood doesn't meet the requirements for this. he is, has in saudi arabia. and 66 year old in pakistan is one of maybe 2500000 must them from around the world, missing the annual gathering for the 2nd year because of the pandemic. so malick is now pinning his hopes on going in 2022. instead. it's either that or not me, but i had to run on the road. yeah, i mean nobody can trust this life. there's no guarantee that i'll be alive even for another 2nd. so in my heart, i wish i can do the hush. every muslim tries to go,

but it is god's fight was. saudi arabia has limited numbers to just 60000 vaccinated residents age between 16 and 65. and it's implementing strict coded 19 measures at the holy sites. social distancing is a must, even in prayer. pilgrims have also been put in groups with a government guide to ensure safety protocols are followed, and the new digital system has been introduced. worshipers must use a small call to gain entry to the holy sites. it also contains their medical history and services for food and transport. how's the pilgrimage this is happening under exceptional circumstances. new things have been created for the 1st time, like online submissions to the hodge ministry and electronic payment. behind the scenes, police are making the most of the reduce numbers and all testing out new technology can receive a call in 2 seconds and we pass it's necessary for a teeth in less than 45 seconds using an advanced technical system. hodge is one of

the largest gatherings in the world and brings in an annual revenue of $12000000000.00 for the saudi government. but the pandemic has had a devastating effect on businesses, especially for hard travel agency, based in saudi arabia and abroad. got them had good luck hash and i think close for 2 years now, and there is nothing that can be done about it. but we're in the process of closing the highest or a union handing over a file to the ministry of labor. we ask god to end this, worry this grease and this pandemic for all my, my left foot in the car was up for many muslim, the highs remains a lifelong dream and at least for those living in saudi arabia, they'll be able to fulfill it this year. so to hide it, and just now french film director julia decker, now it's hard to tain, has won the prestigious palm door at the cannes film festival. the film,

the one the palm doors to turn, rapes bought the wind didn't go off without a hitch. jerry president, spike li, announce, was meant to be the final prize at the beginning of the festival closing ceremony by mistake. that go now took to a stage to accept the award after a formal announcement at the end of the show. the 2nd female filmmaking, when the festival top on a and it's 70 for the history to do over a quick recap of the headlines now and emergency workers in western germany and belgium, a searching for hundreds of people believe to be missing off the devastating floods . more than a 160 people are confined to have died, but the figure is likely to rise. germany's chance langler mark, let's call the floods a catastrophe, shall visit the region on sunday.