on al jazeera ah ethiopia as mega dumb has been filled for a 2nd time. it's another milestone for the project that's causing tension in the region. ah, i'm about this and this is all just have a life from doha also coming up. no longer site to us, national security, the by the ministration, freeze its 1st prisoner from guantanamo bay. the us and its allies accuse china of enabling a worldwide e mail hack that compromised tens of thousands of computers. at least 18 people are killed in an explosion at a busy market in iraq. santos city ah

. the 2nd phase of filling the controversial ground. ethiopia, when they sold, dam is complete. the issues raise tensions with its neighbors. egypt and sudan. want of binding deal over the filling and dams operations. and they've approached the un security council to intervene. ethiopia says the project is essential to its development, but cargo and cartoon fear it could restrict their water access pile of a moment. we are now putting the turbines and what we call unit 10. we're installing the chart for unit 10 as soon as some important work completed in a few months. it's all about connecting it to the transformers. and this will provide the biggest outcome of this work for the people of it, which is generating electric power. katherine size and addis ababa and she says the dime as a source, not just of power for a few pins, but national pride. the minister for every geisha has been commuting about the

completion of the filling of the dom, and he said that it has stored enough water now to run to the top, binds to generate electricity. in the coming months, it has raised a regional tensions with both egypt and so don't worry about how this could impact their own water flows. we have had from the prime minister before saying that the fuel does not intend to harm those downstream countries. but it's going to do whatever i can to protect that dumb and the processes going forward. we have been speaking to your peers here. we're very passionate about this dumb. it is a matter of it is a product of national, national pride. millions of the philippines, up to 65 percent of up to 65000000 of them. that's half the population and not connected to the greed. they have been contributing money raising cents to woods,

buying government bonds towards construction off the menu of those who are speaking to in industries that have been affected by frequent power. cars in villages where people have never seen electricity say that that eagerly waiting for the benefit of this. and they are eagerly waiting to see what's going to come out of it saying that they are hoping that it's going to get them out of poverty. in fact, one man told us that to him it's a matter of life and death. they know about the tensions between the countries. but they are saying that this really is going to propel the country forwards. give an organ, has his reaction from the sudanese capital costume, while ours, after a few years, government announced has finished a 2nd filling of the if you've been renaissance them. sudan government issued a statement saying that it rejects this unilateral move that was carried out by government, especially in light of the fact that no agreement has been reached. between sudan,

if europe in egypt over the filling and operation of the dam. now the government of the dance also expressed concern over the safety of with errors dam once if you appeal and now is that it has completed the 2nd filling the gate of the roof every time which is just about a 100 kilometers away from the renaissance. them were open to allow excess water to flow out so that it can make room for the water that is coming from the european highlands, specifically from the grant if you're printers on them. so the government says it is concerned about millions of civilian poll live along the bank of the nile, and who rely on the river for sources, especially because they have seen the impacts of before filling at least 18 people have been killed in an explosion of the market in iraq's southern city. state medias reporting that an explosive device caused the blast. let's get the latest from the door. how do you live in baghdad for us? not where it was only a few weeks ago. there was another explosion in south city. what more do we know about this one? will little,

but this is a low halo to market the market known for this popular area. and so the city in the capital above that it, which is inhabited by a majority of a shared locals, we saw video circulating on local social media and media outlets showing people, women, and children. it's completely terrified in a state of panic following explosion. now we know that similar explosions before happened and it was claimed by iso. but this one, there is no organization that has claimed responsibility for this explosion as of yet. but will you know that it is similar to a tax to get it out before by eisen especially, this comes only less than 24 hours after the police. the police, the federal police announced that the apprehension of high ranking isis commander

who was, who was supposed to be the isolate governor of the it's called the, the wiley of baghdad. but meanwhile, it could be also, the explosion could be in terms of the security and conflict, as you know, similar explosions. the attack started thing civilians and markets before happened as the the elections are upcoming. i mean that the, every time there is election coming up, explosions, happen, explosions, happen targeting civilians, sort of thing, thing innocent civilians targeting markets and the public arenas. now the government, the government of prime minister must have a cause to me, had just said that it is open in an investigation into the incident and it has ordered the arrest of the police commander who is leading the military

order gives me the police unit responsible for securing a southern city, as i mentioned, that could be that is no organization that has claimed responsibility for this attack it, but this is similar to attacks get it out by i said before again, it could be also in terms of the security and conflict in the country knock on the door had reporting to us from baghdad. mahmoud, thank you very much. indeed. the 1st guantanamo bay prisoner, released under the by the ministrations been repatriated to morocco. danasia has the 1st detainee to be re punctuated to his country of origin. it was captured by pakistani agents in 2001 i was sent to guantanamo the following year. now said it was accused of involvement with the taliban, but he was never charged. it was cleared for release 5 years ago. i did speak after the 911 attacks and the invasion of afghanistan, the prison complex, held about 675 inmates now just 39 prisoners remain on the 11 of those.

i've been charged with war crimes like other latino nasa, 10 of the many inmates have been recommended for transfer. our white house correspondent kimberly hawk. it says the current government is taking a different approach to the guantanamo prisoners. the u. s. president brock obama promised to close $100.00 basis has facility on day one, but that proved to be challenging. given the fact that there was a lot of pushback, particularly in the u. s. congress, it was concerned that they didn't want a lot of these detainees to be held, either in federal prisons in the united states. and they're also difficulties with working with other countries to see that they received these men that have been held as you point out without charge. in some cases, up to 2 decades is the case of the release that has occurred under the biden administration. the 1st one of abdul a teeth nasser to morocco. now,

the reasons for this are many, not only is it that there was a difficulty in working with congress, but as you point out, the previous donald trump administration also was not only looking to not close this facility, but even to add to it in terms of the population and the other big complicating factor in seeing a lot of these men released is the fact that many of them were abducted initially held in secret prison by the cia only years later, popping up at guantanamo. and so the process of trying to secure their release by their prosecutors was only that much more difficult, given the secrecy surrounding their initial abduction. china is being accused of facilitating malicious cyber activity, including the hack of the microsoft exchange email server. earlier this year, the u. s, the u. k. and other allies say groups protected by beijing were responsible, compromising tens of thousands of computers worldwide. it's one of

a range of cyber threats. china's being blamed for including ransomware attacks, was millions of dollars to the best of my knowledge. and i'm getting report tomorrow morning, detailing for my understanding is that the chinese government, not unlike the russian government, is not doing this themselves, but or protecting those who are doing it, maybe even accommodating and being able to do it. let's say it is the chief research analyst with i t harvest. he says china's likely to face further sanctions that will affect its technology sector is really phenomenal response between both nato, other european countries. all working together with the united states to announce and dino, china all at once long with that the n s a c. so in the f b, i issued a guidance, chinese hacking describing their techniques and procedures and their technology as

well. and then thirdly, the justice department in dated 3 chinese officers in the ministry of security services. so. ready there was a coordinated response to everything that's been going on and kind of a, a message to china, to back off. we've seen the us pushing really hard, especially during the pump administration against china, from a technology trade perspective, you know, banning. ready chinese technology in the united states and that's always a concern because most, you know, us technology is manufactured in china. so it's kinda hard to say, you know, no way. 1 but do we have apple and cisco products here in the united states because it's probably just as much of a concern. and i suspect that the us is going to ramp up that, that, you know, digital mercantile is on

a swell. i call it an attempt to quell the influx of chinese technology, and of course, that helps the u. s. companies that are benefiting from that still had a knowledge of it. the struggle to clear up after some of the worst flooding western europe is seen in decades. ha. i'd open to party england list, wrote a virus restrictions that signed his warning. could soon have a 100000 cases a day. a the who's that we stepped away from the hot and dry janai description of the radian peninsula in the middle east generally. but it's coming back get hot and dry is now a bit more standard. clearly there are showers in the forecast in the south or society and west in yemen. and this edge of the monsoon stuff means more showers or

overcast condition seemed likely and sir la and once more we got the shelves growing in the ninety's, the eastern side of vermont. now they've been tremendous the last few days and they stopped again a bit more in protest. but for the most part is hot and dry. $49.00 in baghdad, about 14 q a. you could add or take away one or 2 degrees from this is cooler back and, and, and coast, with the onshore breeze. theresa rooms about $32.00, but the heat does extend elsewhere. i'm just overlaying that to give you an idea. can you see the high ground in iran, but up in stones and took many. stan ask about sticking quite hot at 41 degrees. the showers continue to keep things a bit cooler in santa the still shower in some parts of iran, but it's still the heat. i think that is unsurprising. the main forecast is part of the world. ask about i mentioned it's not record hot, but it's about the average is 37. the records as recorded. july's $47.00 and your

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what, you know, just a reminder of our top stories. this are the 2nd phase of filling the controversial ground. ethiopian renaissance dam is complete. the issues raised tensions with its neighbors, egypt and sudan. want of binding deal over the filling and the dams operations. the u. k and other allies of accusing china protecting hackers engaging in malicious cyber activity, including a breach of the microsoft exchange email server. earlier this year, it's one of a range of cyber threats. china's being blamed for including ransomware attacks, was millions of dollars. at least 18 people have been killed and blasted, the market and iraq started. city state media is reporting that an explosive device caused the blast. hastings interim prime minister has agreed to step down, ending a leadership battle in suits and say, assassination of president driven weiss clause joseph told the washington post

newspaper that he and our house already been appointed by mois, as prime minister had met privately to resolve the dispute and i've talked to andy galico, who's in miami, and just talk us through what's been going on this while essentially this decision was made because se, core group of international diplomats basically back to mr. on re nations, including the opinion in canada and the us. so closures this claim to be run in the country was really d, legitimize by that. now, that may carry its own way, because many haitians don't want to see any foreign interference at this point. but i think the why the point here is that ordinary haitians are extremely worried about their own security following the assassination of job. now my, we want some kind of decisive decisions made by the interim government. and remember, this is an interim government. the aim here is to take haitians to democratic

elections hopefully in september or october because they haven't been elections in haiti since 2019. that's essentially what led to this tension with the present job . now my worries, but we now have r l on read the man that was appointed, but not sworn in by mo east who seems to now for now in haiti, be in charge of the entire nation. i just, let's go back to the day of the killing of 7, elmore. do we know any more about what happened or some details are emerging and we are hearing that you know, my lease in the early in the morning on july. the 7th with may to making frantic phone calls to various police officers and security guards were also hearing that the assailant still, the alleged assailants that carried out this attack would have to go through about 5 different security checkpoints to get to the president's house. also, none of the present security detail were injured in that assassination. so all the things raising lots of different questions about who was behind this attack. cooper happy new and with coordinating with these people,

but we still seem to be no closer to finding those answers. shop now, but we says wife has now returned. she was here in miami after getting treatment for gunshot wound. she's now returned to haiti to attend to husbands. funeral i but things in haiti are still on a raises edge as the security situation could really crumble at any moment. but i think the appointment of audio audrey may help people feel a little bit safer for now until those elections hopefully take place in a few months time. thanks very much. i. sandy got to her miami the german government is on the defensive visit. face is growing criticism over its floods preparations, the opposition says it failed to adequately warn citizens of last week's flooding. more than 160 people died in germany alone. heavy rain was forecast, but the scale of the del use too many by surprise. ministers admit lessons must be learned, but they say federal institutions did their part. 4 bits of arms of the,

the german with the service gives warnings of severe conditions and is supported by european institution. and these warnings passed on to the federal states and from the states flooding centers to the different regions. and they are the ones making the decisions when it comes to protection against environmental disasters. so the state of emergency is not declared and billing, but where it is taking place. that item writing reports on one of the worst, hit tons in northern germany were here in the historic town of bod. moon that rifle and the clean up operation is in full swing. we have vigor picking up all of the debris that was stacked up and left behind from the rushing flood waters that have receded now. and we've seen half a dozen towns like this across this region. there's dozens of other gives you sense of the scope of the damage that germany is dealing with and to get it better since just take a look around this town which is famous. and the summer for tourists coming to take part in and visiting the spies and shop and some of the high end stores and you

kind of traditional stores in this town. in northwestern germany, this main street was covered in cobblestones, mostly have been stripped away because of the flooding. you can see that the earth caved in more than a meter and some faces more than 2 meters. some of the to sort building are actually being propped up by steel polls. and when you walk around this street, you step on the asphalt. that was the foundation of the cobblestones above them in the asphalt is so weak. after being solved and water log, that it breaks under the weight when you walk around. so germany is just now coming to terms with the billions of years of destruction. damage that it's going to have to somehow repair and rebuild in the coming months, if not years in perkins recorded almost 40000 new cases of corona virus on the same day,

almost all restrictions in england have been abolished. faced mosques are no longer legal. are required, social distancing rules will be scrapped and sized limits, and events have been removed. doctors a warning that within weeks there could be a $100000.00 cases every day. john hall reports from london. how many young people this was the ultimate expression of freedom. nightclubs, roaring back to life in the early hours of monday morning with the lifting of cove at 19 restrictions for i definitely feel so relieved that things are going back to normal. it feels like is, but it still is a little bit apprehensive like, i don't feel like it's great for many freedom could prove short lived every day. now around 50000 people in england test positive one of the highest infection rates in the world. and among the vulnerable, despite the vaccine, wrote out 277 people died last week. this last week concerning information coming out, which shows rising hospitalizations in the u. k. rising case,

number's the attendant consent of the writing number of people suffering from long have it sent to its country. but also just in the last 24 hours, we'll say we're starting to hear from dr. is that and it just services starting to have clinic services cancel because at the high rate the staff thickness isolation that's needing to happen. the government strategy to allow the virus to spread among the young means more than 800000 school children were sent into isolation at home last week. scientists have warned the fertile conditions for new variant mutations, leaving parents to worry about the ongoing risks. i want to give up the mosque and not know my children or my husband. we want we, we wear the mosque. a majority of the public, according to opinion polls agree. it may not be law any longer to keep a social stance or where a mask in doors. but most people don't feel confident enough to dispense with them

altogether. and this, the national health service app pinging away incessantly telling hundreds of thousands of people to self isolate each week. because a close contact has tested positive and each ping means income. last stop, shortage is holiday plans in ruins. on a brighter note, singing is back band since the start of the pandemic, and a chorus of full throated approval for that, it means the return of church congregations and theater audiences. but as the prime minister knows best, there is no freedom from the virus itself. being thing i've been asked to, so if i slate by the test, craig rice bait system after i be in contact with somebody who has kaylee. in the case, of course, the health secretary said you janet both johnson and treasury secretary richey sooner were pinged the 2 most senior members of the government, celebrating freedom day in isolation at home. joan,

a whole al jazeera london south korea's military is recorded, its biggest cluster of covered 19 infections to date, with more than 80 percent of personnel. aboard a ship testing positive. $247.00 sailors and an anti piracy mission in waters of africa are infected and comes of south korea battles its worst ever outbreak. with 1200 new cases in the past 24 hours, restrictions have been extended across the country to cope this friend robert brides in sol was more in the south korean warship outbreak. it is a very alarming outbreak, given the fact that this did seem to spread through the entire ship's company in the matter of just a few days. it is rather reminiscent of the outbreak that courts the u. s. aircraft carrier way back at the beginning of this pandemic in march of last year that was similarly stricken in the pacific ocean war. ships we know are incredibly vulnerable, confined spaces,

especially below decks with very little chance for large crews to socially distance . this is a much smaller ship and it's no less alarming out of the crew of some $3247.00 testing positive at this said destroyer as part of south korea as contribution to the anti piracy task force of the east coast of africa. it still had another month of its deployment to run, but that has now been premier surely cut short as questions are being asked here is have career about given the vulnerability, why hadn't the crew been vaccinated now the military have come under a lot of scrutiny and they had said that there were logistical problems in getting vaccines out to the ship. that may be true, but they certainly have much bigger that just tickle problems. now they have a stricken vessel and a sick crew. and the solution to it is by no means easy as they have sent from south korea to military cross to bring the entire crew back here to south korea. those same planes have taken at a replacement crew, a reduced crew of

a $150.00 sailors whose job it is now to bring this ill fated vessel back to south korea waters. indonesia reported a record number of corona virus deaths in the past 24 hours. nearly 1400 people have died due to the virus, but it's reporting the lowest number of new infections in a fortnight. it's passing an oxygen shortage and now has more daily infections in india and brazil. oil prices have fallen more than 5 percent a day after the world's largest producers agreed to boost output. the drop to less than $70.00 a barrel was the biggest since march sunday's deal involving opec and other major producers was reached after the u. a. e was given a higher production quota ending a dispute with saudi arabia. and one of the biggest local sponsors of the tokyo olympics is said, it won't air any commercials related to the games because of the lack of public support for the event. toyota, c, e. o r q, toyota,

but also missed the opening ceremony in tokyo on friday, posted as more than half of japanese don't want the games going ahead. nearly 70 percent say they doubt organizers can control covered 19 infections that have been about 60 positive cases reported among athletes. officials and journalists so far more than a $180.00 wildfires burning across siberia. the crew to region is one of the worst effected. almost 2500 firefighters are being called into baffled glazes. thousands of muslims have converged at mound out of 5 in the america for the 2nd day of the highs. this year's event is marked by a small number of pilgrims for the 2nd year due to covered 19 restrictions. one moment vol has more standing at mon tata fat is considered the high point of the hud ritual. the. 6 day before known as a per year. she's a pretty grim garden at the minute valley to prepare for the climb. our fire is

where they will stand for most of the day, addressing the sky without personal prayers. last year, at the 1st had since the corona violet pandemic strike, only $1000.00 people were allowed to attend law this year. that'll be $60000.00 on from, with saudi arabia. in previous years there would be more than $2000000.00 from around the world. sure. was she and when i realized that i'm one of the 60000 people doing this hard when i compare it to those who did it with the messenger of god. peace be upon him being more numerous and they were about $100000.00. i feel as part of a group who have been privileged by being able to do this hodge ritual praise be to god. and i will head a little bit to the fact that god, the almighty has chosen us from these millions to be able to reach this holy side. we take it as a sign that god willing i worship is accepted and our prayers were answered. ha,

the contrast with how it looks now to a few years ago is stock. this was 2018. and this now, to this young man, now something uncanny about the place. second, but there's a sense of sakina of holy, silent and luminous bliss up here. it's a bit cloudy up there and no one around here. by god, it's like i'm in a dream. can you? i don't know how to describe it really has the saudi authorities took unprecedented security and safety measure that went beyond masks, vaccines and social distance thing. the so called unified security operations, 911, planned for the hud of 2021. included the host of procedures adopted for the 1st time. of course this year's pilgrimage is completely different and exceptional. no pilgrim connection, the holy site except through the 4 reception centers assigned by the ministry. also,

pilgrims cannot enter any camp except through the smartgate. those attending to the age between 18 and 65 vaccinated and 3 of chronic diseases on tuesday, which coincides with the day if i could fight pilgrims returned to mecca and the mina valley for 3 more days over 201 or dizzier. ah, this is all just, these are the top stories. at least 20 people have been killed in an explosion, a market and it acts south city. these are life pictures from their state medias. medias reporting an explosive device course. the blast. lot with the head is in baghdad with this update.