another life and challenging perception. witness documentary, the change on al jazeera, unprompted and uninterrupted discussion from our london rule car, santa. ah, ah, this is al jazeera ah, hello to this is the out there and use our lives and on the coming up. another major milestone for controversial, mega dams. a 2nd phase of filling is completed despite opposition from nations downstream. dozens of killed in a blast in a busy market. iraq has a 30 day before each celebration. begin released from guantanamo after lucky nasa

had him to morocco. first, detainees, fried under president joe biden, and the cyber attack was targeted hundreds of thousands of microsoft exchange service. the us and its allies claim groups backed by china and p to $72.00. with your sport, the count down continues to the tokyo lympics opening ceremony on friday. and one of the biggest, limping sponsors, toyota, canceled all of the commercials in japan, associated with the games. ah, if you can engineers working on africa, largest hydroelectric them have reached a controversial milestone. the 2nd phase of filling the colossal reservoir behind the grand, if you can, race on stem has been completed, is a huge source of worry for a neighboring egypt and su,

done. they argue that by manipulating the flow of the river nile, ethiopia can deprive them of crucial fresh water. the country says it needs the dam to help its economy. and people, catherine soy has more from us have about. the minister for airy 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 regional tensions with both egypt and so down worried about how this could impact their own water flows. we have had from the prime minister before saying that in the future 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 project of national, national pride. millions obviously opens 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 of that done so many 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 benefits 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 that they know about the tensions between the countries. but they are saying that this really is going to propel the country forward. dawn as warning, its ability to grow food will be badly hit by the dam. with 20000000 people set to

suffer said morgan reports from back on the blue nile, most of them farmers with land along the river. normally around this time of the year i became his name's farm in prudence blue. now state near the border with if you appear has more fruits, but the farmer says the past year has been different than previous years. and he blamed that on changes in the blue nile river, just me through the way for governor upon me. we lost the so to get from the river every year. the river comes from the european highlands carrying a lot of shield is good for a river irrigated farms because it changes the soil. but the past year has brought less cells because of the renaissance dam storing water. and we don't know if we'll get it this year. i've been getting farm is one of hundreds of thousands of acres in the state that lie along the banks of the blue nile and depend on the river for irrigation. but the, if you've been renaissance dam being built upstream on one of the 2 sources of the river is raising concerns. it's set to be africa,

the largest hydro electric down upon completion. and a few p a says it's a lift more than half with the population out of poverty. but in downstream sedan farmers fear it will reduce their productivity mohammed, most of us farm lies nearly 500 kilometers down the river near the sudanese capital . hard to me, he says, even he has noted changes in the soil since the 1st filling of the if you can renaissance them or later above another one, the effects that an essence them have been back for us. if there is no sailed, then there'll be no farming because we needed for the soil. last year there was very little celt and so we can farm crops and very farm. the crops died because a side quality talks to reach a deal about the filling and operational bit dam have repeatedly failed for dance. as information sharing is critical during this process, so that the government has nearly 5000000 people suffered the impacts of before the filling of the human run is on them that was completed last year without agreement . this year the government says $20000000.00 people or have the population will be

affected. that's include not only farmers along the nile, but millions of people who rely on the river for their water supply. that's because, unlike last year, when 4900000000 cubic meters of water was stored, the 2nd filling is expected to store 13500000000 cubic meters. those who rely on the mile for water are afraid of shortages after losses, filling, created problems for somewhat the treatment plan, the renaissance, dams, environmental impact is also yet to be fully revealed. those who rely on the river for other means of livelihood. the changes in the past year have affected their trade off and then we rely on mud, sailed and water from the nile to make bricks the most important to sell because it's why keeps the materials together. otherwise, it's just a block of mud, but still has reduced since last july. that's been bricks of lower quality, which we have to sell cheaper. the 3rd phase of filling the renaissance dam is scheduled to happen next year. no new rounds of talks have been announced yet,

but for many like i've been getting, the hope is that something is worked out before the changes to their farms become irreversible. he but morgan august, the ra, a by garr sudan, iraq's prime ministers, meeting top security officials, following an explosion at a busy, rocky market with 30 people are believed to have died when a bomb went off in a crowded area of southern city. some of the capital baghdad, tuesdays, the 1st official day of eden iraq, and many people were shopping for the national holiday would have been. why does it seem when we're now in the market? this is, were the explosion happened, the attack that killed and injured dozens of innocent civilians including women and children, re behind me not far from one where i'm standing now. the explosion happens hours ago and no security forces say that it is an explosive device. investigations are still under way and the government of prime minister must have

all kinds of he has to arrest. again is the commander, the police commander who, who's leading the security on it patrolling the area. now, as you know, this is the eve, this is the eve of the, of how to learn this feasible price for muslim here. and iraq and people who are just trying to get ready to celebrate their aid by coming through this market and try to shop for the 8. now according to health and medical poses, there are women and children among the victim. and as you know, this attack comes less than 24 hours since the security forces, and i was hit the pension of an iso high ranking leader. now there is no organization has claimed responsibility with that tax yet. but we know that similar attacks carried out before again as innocent civilians in similar

market lately. these were carried out in the past by the white house says it's, i mean to close the guantanamo bay prison. if i was the 1st prisoner release from the facility under president biden white house correspondent, kimberly how kit has more. he was held for almost 2 decades without charge at guantanamo bay detention facility in 2016 review panel recommended abdul la teeth monsieur b repatriated to his home country. but it didn't happen until this month. the 1st release since the u. s. president joe biden took office this individual who we announced the transfer of the departed defense finance. a transfer of had been, had started moving through the process during the obama biden administration and was on pause for some period of time over the last 4 years. this year. was captured by pakistani agents and held at guantanamo since 2002. the u. s. alleged he trained

in a car to cabs and cooperated with the summer ban. lawton, who orchestrated the september 11th attacks and attorney for the sir said the charges were unjustified. add the suffering endured by his client. it's a stain on america. following the 2001 attacks the guantanamo bay prison was created by president george bush to how's those captured by us forces following invasions of afghan system and iraq. there were allegations of torture and abuse and questions about the lawfulness of the military tribunals at its height. within $700.00 men were held at the facility for years without charging get bo add its prisoners. infamous orange jumpsuits became an international symbol of prolonged imprisonment. i'm absolutely committed to closing the tension facility at guantanamo, and then continue to make the case for doing so. as long as i hold this office, president obama pledge to close guantanamo throughout his 8 year term,

but was never able to overcome the legal and political obstacles. and we're going to load it up with some bad dudes. believe me, we're going to load it up. in contrast, president trump signed an executive order was his office to keep the prison open. and this year is recommended release was stalled. until now, you're considering all available avenues to responsibly transfer detainees, and of course, close guantanamo day. 39 prisoners remain at guantanamo bay. prison, just 11, have been charged with war crimes. earlier this year, president biden said he was reviewing the future of the u. s. military prison, with the goal of completely closing it by 20. 20 for. kimberly. how can al jazeera, the white house united states and several allies say they are ready to take action against china for facilitating malicious cyber activity, including this is hack of the microsoft exchange email server. they say groups

protected by beijing were responsible, compromising tens of thousands of computers worldwide, is one of a range of cyber threats. china is being blamed for, including ransomware attacks worth millions of dollars to the best of my knowledge . and i'm getting a report tomorrow morning on this detailing for my understanding is that the chinese government, not unlike the russian government, is not doing this themselves, but are protecting those who are doing and maybe even accommodating and being able to do it. why cannot, has more from washington d. c. while it seems that president biden is attempting to leave himself some maneuvering room with regard to any potential action that will be taken against china. as happened earlier this year, when russia was accused of packing, there were sanctions imposed at no suggestion as yet that sanctions are going to be imposed on china following these allegations. although the white house has just

said that it was the right to take the action against china showed it proved necessary. but the u. s. insist that the chinese ministry of state security has been coordinating these attacks may be through outside hackers. as we heard from president biden there, but certainly under the control of the chinese ministry of states security. but what is significant about all of this is how big the alliance is in terms of basically naming and shaming china. you've got new zealand, australia, japan, nato, b, u, old joining, the u. s. protest against these actions. and this is the 1st time you had as an action on such a why the basis against china. and this though, is part of president violence problem in that some of those allies would be reluctant to impose sanctions against china, given their massive reliance on china in many areas. so the president is attempting to walk a fine line here, keeping his alliance together. but at the same time,

not allowing any of them to leave because the u. s. unilaterally impose the sanctions that others don't agree with. so to come on the new ass, on flirting with freedom or don't seem of danger, england relaxes, almost all current of ours restrictions. anger across germany as people who lost everything demand to know why they weren't warned earlier. and spoke about the international olympic committee urges athletes to get behind the big truce. ah, indonesia has reported a record number of crone of our death in the past 24 hours. nearly 1400 people have died due to the virus. but it's reported lewis number of new infections for nearly 2 weeks. indonesia is also dealing with an oxygen shortage. thailand is

expanded, it's locked down as green virus infections rise. the country is reported a 4th consecutive day of record new cases. with more than $11000.00 infections, domestic flights have been suspended and more areas including bangkok or under a nighttime curfew. people from high risk areas if enough to stay at home. tony chang has more from bangkok on the latest from thailand. drove past the hospital today where they were queues outside the hospital around the block of people waiting just to get tested. it's a real problem here. i think the government recognizes that they don't have the system. this situation under control. they're trying to increase the level of the locked and we're still not seeing the same level of last time. we saw this time last year when very strict missions were in place. but the tightening things up, this is the 2nd time in less than 7 days. they've increased the curfew, it's now no longer optional. people have to stay in doors between the hours of 9 pm

and 4 am. more places of business are being close to being forced to shut again. that was voluntary last week when they put these measures in place flights out of the capital being bad. now this is regarded as a deep red zone in an area of really serious infection. and they want to start people from moving in and out of bank of it all. the problem is the government kind of torn down in the south is trying to open up trying to get tourists back into pre kit and some movie. now the other holiday island opened up with the sandbox scheme . but with everything that's going on in the rest of the country, it seems very unlikely that time will open up. the prime minister's hope was that it would happen on the 1st of october. think at this stage, that's very, very optimistic. united kingdom is recorded almost 40000 new cases of current of ours. on the same day, almost all restrictions in england came to an end was become known as freedom days,

or faced mosques, no longer needed and social distancing rules scrapped. but doctor, the warning that could soon be $100000.00 cases, a day trip home 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 19 restrictions. the freedom day as its been cold comes, is 50000 people in england test positive daily, one of the highest infection rates in the world. and among the vulnerable, even with the vaccine rolled out 277 people died last week. there's a loss of concerning information coming out, which shows rising cost supplies, ations in the u. k. rising case, number's the attendant consent of the writing number of people suffering from long have symptoms in this 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 clinics, services cancel because at the high rate to start thickness and 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 risk. i want to give up the mask and not know my children or my husband. we want we, where the mosque. a majority of the public, according to opinion, polls agree. it may not be law any longer to keep a social distance or where a mosque indoors. but most people don't feel confident enough to dispense with them altogether. and this the national health service at 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 planned in ruins. oh, on a brighter note, singing is back band since the start of the pandemic, which means the return of churchgoers and theater audiences. but as the prime minister knows, there is no freedom from the virus itself. is to proceed cautiously in the way that we are also right to recognize that it is far from over. both johnson and treasury secretary richey soon i have been forced to isolate because of close contact with a confirmed case to most senior members of the government. then celebrating freedom day at home, jo dehas al jazeera london received the picture now of how vac scenes have been rolled out across the world. we just had about the u. k. it's one of the few countries shaded dark blue. these countries and regions where people have had at least one dose of a current of ours vaccine in canada,

70 percent people have received one dose. it's widely accepted that 60 to 70 percent of the population needs to be fully immunized to achieve heard immunity. but globally, the inequality in distribution is clear. the lighter areas and other colors show countries where the percentage of people who had a single dose is lower. and that covers most of africa, molly is on the one percent of its population. cameroon is at half a percent, and democrats probably, of congo is under not point one percent was we had to send a go. we see 3 and a half percent of the population have received one dose. house officials in the country a warning that code 19 cases arising dramatically. there was a record of nearly 1400 cases reported on saturday. nearly a 3rd of nuclear virus infections in senegal, from the delta variant, with each celebrations coming up this week. people incentive a little worried about the rise and infection. if the new wi fi doesn't know what

those have to celebrate capacity, hearing deca or inside the country must absolutely respect the measures. we all know that coby 19 is not yet over. it's where mouth wash our hands to god to read this of this disease, because frankly, we are really tired of it and why it's true that the cases are increasing considerably. but we must redouble our vigilance. i heard about the increasing number of cosy cases. personally, i believe in the existence of this disease, i don't know about other people. i know that cobit 19 is prep in the country, and people must be careful, especially wearing masks and washing their hands and so on. why there's now she's a distinguished professor of epidemiology at the city university of new york graduate school of public health insurance, as far as skype from brooklyn, new york city. thanks so much for being with us. how serious would you say is the 3rd wave in africa at the moment? what's the main driver behind it? well, i think it's very distressing as you point out, the areas of the world where there's less vaccine is also are also the same areas

that are exceed, increase in cases and death. so it's highly distressing to me that there's so little vaccine coverage in the sub saharan african region. and at the same time, not surprising because we've never really had a credible coordinated global plan that enables us to deploy the vaccine at scale in areas of the world where it's most needed as you point out. it's being deployed in resource rich environments like the u. s u k and having an enormous impact there and controlling the spread of 19. but vaccine coverage is now lowest in the areas of the world with the highest cove in 1900 daily death rate, places like namibia, south africa, and botswana, bewanda. i mean, it was, is kovak setup wasn't that was supposed to make a difference at the start was pandemic. and, and, you know, there's talk of, of trying to kind of make it a more equal world with, after the pandemic. what's going wrong? do you think, i mean, my sense is, while there's a lack of

a coordinated global plan, kovacs is, you know, a good idea in theory about, you know, an equitable way to get back seen across all areas of world that might need. it doesn't seem to be working in a pan demik where things can be changing very rapidly from 11 day and one week to the next. what's important is getting back to the right places at the right time with the most need so that we can, you know, really prevent the most number of deaths and hospitalization. and if you have a gap like that in the vaccination rate across the well, what's the, how's like, do affect the course of the panoramic? well, i think we're already seeing it in the maps. the virus is going to go to places of the world where there's lowest levels of coverage of immunity through through natural infection or through vaccination. and so unfortunately, what will happen is that the virus will continue to spread and will continue to see increases in depth in some of the very vulnerable areas of the world. it also

means that these places are going to have to endure the things that we're beginning to let go of in places like u. k. like, you know, we very long refer be freedom days and other parts of the world that don't have access to vaccines. they'll be enduring locked downs and non pharmaceutical interventions for, for quite some time to come to you would you make the case ration that you came in that the you most likely for england, the government has taken the view that the high vaccination rate rate has we can link sufficiently between infections and serious illness and death so that they can release some of these restrictions, but with a case rates around 40000 at the moment what, what do you think the risks attached to this? yeah, i've been watching you k very closely. the cases have surged and we haven't seen a common an increase in the death rate yet in the u. k. however, i've noticed that it's still low, but it's, it's crept up and it increased about 4 or 5 fold over the last month. i do think

that the direct result of the increase in transmission that's happening with variance. i hope that the high coverage of vaccine can sustain such a surgeon cases in unvaccinated people. it really gets down to how well the u. k is done in getting enough vaccine to the most vulnerable people who are at greatest risk of hospitalization and death from coal. it. and that, you know, just brings me back to one point about the sub saharan african situation. it's home to more than 70 percent of people living with h i v in the world. and we've seen that people with h i v especially with immunosuppression or at very high risk for bad covert outcomes. and also can, can be infected with coded much longer resulted in the possibility of a variance be even greater and in such places. so we really need to really need to figure out the best way in the fastest way to support our, our brothers and sisters on the continent in africa,

through this horrible pandemic when it, when it comes to, to, to the vaccines in africa. do you think that the priority should be for health care workers? was i was reading the tro, nafrica concerned that actually they're not getting the vaccines and, and therefore that then the health health care system could collapse as well. i do . i think that's absolutely right. the health care systems in sub saharan africa are among the world's weakest. the health care workers per capita is quite low. you can't afford to lose any of them or to have them not be coming in to, to do the work of carrying for all sick patients. so health care workers especially need to be prioritized for vaccination there. and then there needs to be focused on distributing vaccine to the most vulnerable people outside of the health care system, including elderly people, people with co morbidities, people with h i v, which is a much bigger problem than this year. and you know, there's also really challenging issues related to the ability to do surveillance

for the virus. and the laboratory testing infrastructure is often weak, making it hard to know where the buyers are spreading and among whom so that, that helps hobble the public health response to the endemic there. dennis nash, thank you very much indeed for talking to somebody there. thanks for having me. what news are from london, phil ahead? wildfire was in the arctic, siberia se welters and friends in unusually high temperatures. last time peter, they'll be here in lapi, in central finland. we come here with a question. can international top flight sport survive? the corona, virus global pandemic. find out the answer to that a little later here on out to 0. a

hello there. it's a bit of a divided picture across europe, a weather wise over the next few days, with a hot, dry conditions persist across the west, but in the east, it is a cooler wet picture. we've seen those devastating floods, supercross, southern areas of germany and into austria. well, that rain has now ease and the clean up operation is on the way you can see that weather system now pushing its way across the balcony. so we got some really wet weather on the way for bosnia and herzegovina for serbia as well as romania and into southern areas of ukraine to some really torrential downpours and fun distortion. as we go into wedding stay, they going to sweet that way across ukraine. so kiev, expecting to see some really heavy rain and into western parts of russia to the north of this. things are looking a lot cooler. we've got temperatures dipping down thanks to a northwesterly, wind blowing, and that's across scandinavia and into northern parts of germany. but to the west

of this, the hot and dry conditions continue. lots of sunshine coming through for france. for the british child we could see a storm or a shower, but there is the sunshine there. and of course, for spain, it sizzling under that heat wave with plenty of sunshine to be enjoyed. similar story for portugal match whether the coveted beyond dwelt, taken without hesitation, and died for the power to find out a lot of new babies. i did not think it's neglected babies to death. people in power investigate, exposes, and questions. they use them to be of our around the globe on our $20.00 after a one year delay, the tokyo and it takes off trying to decide growing opposition by running costs in

japan. thousands of actually competing in the stadium amid the program. the virus pandemic al jazeera will be inside the bubble to bring them later from games like no other. there is no channel that covers world news like we do, we revisit places the state are really invest in that. and that's the privilege. as a journalist ah the ah top storage unit which is 0. the 2nd phase of filling the reservoir behind ethiopia is ground if you can race them as being completed. it goes.