to come and that's because we've got that cool air from patagonia starting to search further toward the north point to rain is a high of 6 degrees for you on friday. that sure weather update the ah, the pandemic shadow of the tokyo olympics. japan registers a 6 month high and, and fiction day before the opening ceremony that says a new karone of our wave grips the world fiction spike in the us vaccination to bump into museum. and indonesia becomes a new epi center. uh ah, other kimbell, elders there live from doha, also coming up,

1000 struggle in central china to cope with the world flooding in decades will have a live update from one of the worst hit areas. i'm the liverpool where plans to build a gleaming, 60000 seater football stadium or among several reasons why the city has now lost it . coveted unesco world heritage status. ah, a new girl of ours wave has gripped the world with the highly contagious delta there and driving a spike infections that's causing huge concern in japan. with the opening ceremony will begin in tokyo in less than 12 hours. trans capital reported a 6 month high in cases on thursday. that's almost 2000 positive tests, the highest figures since mid january. these include athletes and officials in the

us, the average number of daily new infections as nearly tripled in the span of 2 weeks . nearly all of our patients in hospital at the moment are on vaccination and to new jersey, as military is now over seeing the pandemic response a month, one of africa's worst outbreaks, of the health minister with facts for ordering vaccination centers to open for all adults during the holidays that lead to stampedes or have more on tuesday or a little later in the program. but 1st i'm going to live update now on the and then picks from. i'll just verify the salami. he's outside the tokyo metropolitan building where the and then pick toward ceremony will be held for the. i'm good, this is what the move, what is the mood like they're given these rising cove cases? the. well, it's a moment of mixed emotion. as you can see behind me, this is the way that, or whether or not will be coming inside the the place will be holding the thoughts

on they will ignite the big thoughts behind me. so make the motion. this is a moment the people have been waiting for for over 6 years now. many people thought that we wouldn't, we wouldn't never going to see them big, and they were delayed for another year. but at the same time, this big start being to have done the corporate 19, the emergency of emergency and they didn't allow, in effect data to people who are behind the i mean, i have done friends of that. i know who, who took that thought should during a relate in tokyo for 15 days where it went through or the minutes abilities. and just that a, it's entering focus city. this is a very symbolic phase. and within 40 minutes the broke, i'm really pops off of the not coming in. so kill me. are you going to the data beach and then we're going to see jeff forming. that's how it

goes. that goes over the building. so it's kind of our events, both of the same time, many people in japan are against the holding the big some wanted me to be delayed, other ones to be cancelled. and yesterday i spoke with some people who were waving for the athletes and olympic village, which is the seeing now, infections among the assets. and people who are concerned about the sort of mix up if may be spread out of the virus, not one in japan, but maybe in other countries around the world. when the athletes they go back to their countries. so we're waiting now for the next phase of these events. and within 3040, we're going to see the thought of the opening ceremony ceremony for to give it. and it really is historic happening during a pandemic party. give us an idea of what the testing protocols and sort of the

containment measures alike for people like yourself for journalists to recovering this event and also for the athletes who were taking part this is the most break olympics as so much, but the head of dent or national committee said, meaning that's all attendance or delegates or assets they have who, when they come to japan, once they arrive, they have to go undergo to examine for p c office. and if they prove that negative, then they can move through the big bidders where they would be tested, even bally, on some of them would be tested even several times a day if they have lots of engagements, activities with other parties. so it's really very strict. but at the same time, there was a gap in this procedures. this is why we saw the infections in, in that we didn't finish. and it's also exercises that we even 100. all this features that they put on

a virus is spreading out can spread one of the members of the korean olympic team. when he writes to cocoa, he was at, although he vaccinated in his country on guns and went on for another examination to his country. so it's quite the thing to see how this was developed. i guess nothing is full price, is it? hey, thank you very much for that update their father. salami live for us in tokyo, joy jewels boy cost a former us and then pick athletes and a researcher on the politics of the pickings. he says the health of athletes is being compromised. if this is an unprecedented situation, we're looking at here with proven rates, rising both inside the so call the limbic bubble and outside it to where we have very little support for these a little bit from the general public. typically at this stage, people are out in the st. celebrating that obviously cannot happen right now. and so from an athlete perspective, this must feel very strange,

especially when the president of the international committee, thomas bock had said previously that there was, quote unquote 0 risk for these athletes to transmit corona virus to each other or anybody else. they must be feeling a little bit uneasy about the situation with the number of cases rising inside of the village and also tells you the fact that many medical officials have said that the standards are not best scientific practices. so it's already hard enough to be empty and but add the stress and strain of corona virus and this is a really tough one for them. i have been saying that we should cancel the lympics for quite a while now, because i listened to the medical professionals who for a long time have been jumping up and down thing. we absolutely need to cancel the optional sporting spectacle for the sake of global public health. also i listen to the population in japan where 80 percent plus do not want the olympics this summer . so i think we do ourselves well to have a little bit of healthy skepticism when the president of a self interested body, like the international committee says everything is going to be just fine. the

mantra from the international olympic committee has been safe and secure game, but we're seeing the olympic bubble has already punctured, you know, the app, the ios see often likes to say that one of their slogans is athletes 1st. but if i'm an athlete right now, sitting in the olympic village with 8 people living in my room for to a bathroom, it sure wouldn't feel like athletes or 1st it would feel like you're among the last . as we mentioned a little earlier in the us as seen as spike in new cases in recent days, almost to all of those currently admitted in hospital with corona virus. whenever the vaccination has a white house, correspondent kimberly health renewed warnings from the white house urging all americans to get vaccinated. as cases of coven continue to spike up 35 percent from last week and death up 26 percent. the delta barrier is more aggressive and much more transmissible than previously circulating strain. it is one of the most

infectious respiratory viruses mellow and i have seen in my 20 year career, the u. s. centers for disease control says 83 percent of all new u. s. cobra cases are linked to the highly transmissible delta variant. for now, the white house math policy has not changed. currently only unvaccinated people need to wear a mask, but officials are discussing whether to change that. so if you're an area that has a high rate, a low rate, the vaccination where delta cases are rising, you should certainly be wearing a mask if you are on vaccinated. the white house is also continuing to work with social media companies to tamp down and what it calls vaccine misinformation there remains skepticism in the us, particularly among conservatives, about masked effectiveness, and whether covert vaccines are even safe. if people have questions about it. let's

answer the questions, let's not say, oh, you can't put any information out. i think what would really have people have greater trust provide all the science provide all the information with 97 percent of all cobra deaths in the u. s. among the unvaccinated, the biden administration is boosting investments in cobra testing in areas where vaccination rates remain low. 1.6000000000 has been allocated for testing in high risk settings like prisons and homeless shelters. 398000000 has also been added to help. small rural hospitals reduce infection. but already the spike in covered cases is being felt economically. the number of american falling jobless claim hit a 2 month high last week. 419000 americans filing for benefits as the delta various threatens president biden's promise of a swift economic recovery. kimberly held hit al jazeera,

the white house to new jersey as president has ordered the army to manage. the nations grown a virus response from now on military medics have already been vaccination. people are remote areas. the health minister with the facts of the he ordered vaccination centers to open during the holiday that they had to stamp needs. marvell has the story. the can you succeed at the vaccination center in the tunisian capital in patient clouds? i've tried to force their way through to get coffee. 900 vaccine sale. be good for me. it's mandatory. it's a vac. seen covert. it's a serious disease. and personally, it scares me, though, of the manji. i've come here for 3rd time. you wait a long time and then you go without getting a vaccine. it's not normal that there is only one vaccination center in a state because the people why all of this, what if we don't go look in your forty's, if you cannot find solutions for us,

let us search for solutions for ourselves. this hello, a highly controversial decision by the ministry of health to provide vaccines for everyone above the age of 18. at the same time, it has led to stampedes of 9 vaccination centers across the country, raising fears of a sharper eye infection. prime minister his machine, he fired his health minister for what he described as it can be a case of mismanagement policy. not quite the least that can be said is that the decision is wrong and you have noticed it's repercussions on society. tunisia continues to face some of the highest good 19 infection rates in the world. it's rocking fed off to quote on the media with about 200 deaths a day, according to official medical sources. nearly 18000 people have died in a country of 12000000. many hospitals have run out of beds and oxygen. medical stuff are overwhelmed. there are reports of patients dying in the absence of proper

care and body staying unburied for joe. and i did the peak. we had daily surgery. we even have 50 patients at the same time in our covert unit for hot how shed emergency room and suits well, maximum capacity varies between 18 to 20 patients. yeah, yeah. you know, doctors are losing hope in the whole nation health system. everyone is losing hope room in the way here for our patient. we tried to do our best for them. of cases continue to so everyone seems to want to be the 1st to get the vaccine, but with limited stocks, fewer than a 1000000 have received the 2 jobs so far. that's about 8 percent of the technician population of the situation. he has 3 good solidarity and fears across north africa with neighboring libya, losing its border, and other countries sending medical supplies to help prevent a humanitarian disaster. hum, advice,

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of 0. ah, al jazeera. ah all, ah, ah, the me. you want your knowledge of their reminder of our top toys. this our tokyo has recorded a 6 month high of new covered 900 cases just the day before the hosts. the opening ceremony of the game trans capital has been under a safe emergency to foster live and the average number of daily new infections in

the us is nearly tripled in the span of 2 weeks. the average is 37014000, just a fortnight ago, nearly all of our stations and all that, all are on back to mizzi as military has been ordered to oversee the countries pandemic response. that's off the helpless. that was fax for ordering. vaccination senses to open for all adults during the holiday that led to san p government soon. se asia are also struggling to deal with the rising number of infections. indonesia is not the corona, virus epi center in the region, on thursday reported more than 1400 deaths is the highest. since the pandemic began . $35000.00 new infections were detected protesting rates and no, and the true figures could be much higher. well, top organization is the government to introduce a strict, they're locked down an entire land thursday for another reco, dave new infections,

13600 people tested positive there. but there aren't enough vaccines to go around the nations vaccine institute as apologized for not buying enough doses. and there's now promising to join the global kovak vaccine sharing scheme. bobby john nichols is a clinical professor and pathology at the university of hong kong. he's also been leading research during the corona virus outbreak. he joins us now from hong kong. thanks for your time. if we look at se, asia, what beyond the delta variant is causing this rise in cases that we seem to be seeing pretty much across the board? yeah, well you see what we're saying now is that when this kind of stuff last year, number 9, the store that this is just a medical problem, but increasingly it's medical, economic and ethical. so what we're seeing is that because the place and nations

did relatively well in 2020 those, this big sense of complacency. and so people let them that god. and so, you know, what you're mentioning just a few minutes ago is basically india 4 months ago. we're seeing black box to and load test levels. the low vaccination rates, you know, 6 percent operations in fascination. they hadn't used, it seems, it's been the political leaders to slowly resistance locked down mass gathering. so i mean, this is where india indonesia where india was 4 months ago. and so basically if i'm not learning and so this business, grace has done it for t. i'm so much confusing message. just gotten into a red one, but for this person who said they've been punished for not wearing a mask when drawn loan, when the government's last family visits. so it is a several factors and unfortunately not just medical care which is well we were

trying to but more. busy the political and the needed. yes. what issues, as you also mentioned about the shortage of the vaccines and so the developed countries are kept most of them and the less well off countries as public weight gain affects seen. so it's a big challenge with a lot of vaccination, right? struggling, you know, country struggling to get vaccine. are we going to see even more transmissible variance mutate beyond the delta that we see now? yeah, the ration that if we look at you know, the why so people were needing bass. booster shots is because you're getting the variance emerging where you're getting lots and lots of casing and people and lots of our loads. and so you'll be getting the new potential parents arising in

the non population. and as i said before, i send send is, is really not good. so that's where they'll be motion, se, so hopefully they'll be no more transmissible than tell us you're really are. i'd thank you very much for your expertise dr. john nichols. they're a clinical professor and pathology at the university of hong kong because the money emergency crews in central china have been rescuing people trapped for days in flood hit areas. the middle trees being deployed to non province, which you're seeing the worst flooding and its recent history. they said some people were stranded for 3 days. at least 33 people have been killed. and 800000 others placed is alive to katrina. you who's in joe and who on province katrina.

you just arrived there. just tell us what are you seeing? hi, kim. well, here in jose city, the flood board is all starting to receive a rating, but only lightly. the city is getting back on its feet, but very, very slowly. we are in the downtown, out of the city. it should be full of people full of proud, but it's pretty quiet behind me. most people are still staying at home. many businesses are still closed because large parts of the city still without electricity still without running water. and in the low lying parts of the city, there are many highways that are still submerged deep in route. and we've got the fuel gauge tunnel. and it was very easy to see how dangerous it would have been if you were in a car riding a bicycle. how dangerous it would have been if you were stuck in those areas. when the rain, the torrential rain pulled down earlier this week. so the clean up teens are very busy, you can hear some of the, the work being done just around us. clean teams up pumping out water from some of these basement areas. low lying areas, the clearing out piles of cars, cars,

what it is dated with walter and abandon. it's quite difficult to get around the city, a lot of roads, a close, there's quite a bit of mud everywhere. and also the subway system remained shut as well. now it's been a few days now, we're getting some more details of the absolutely. how are we experiences of hundreds of people who were trapped in the subway system a few days ago during flash flooding as floods and to that underground system in turn, those tunnels into rivers, people trapped in carriages, some neck deep, and water waiting for 4 hours before they could be rescued and of course, 12 people in those carriages died as a result. now in other parts of the city here, people also leave getting, getting back to normal. people are still in shock, but of course, john doris city. it's the provincial capital, but it's not the only area in hearne and that has been effected. as you mentioned, there are many towns and cities which are at a standstill is still in the highest level of emergency response. red look where

the government teams are working to rescue people who have been stranded on the roof, stranded in different parts of the village because of flood waters still in those areas are continuing to rise because of the severe storm weather. right, thank you for that. the victory you live for us in junk, jo. and could always president has declared an emergency in the country's prisons after fighting among rival gangs inside 2 separate prisoners. at least 22 people are dead and others are injured. it's the 3rd time they'd be riots in ecuador, overcrowded jails have a ramp that over the past 6 months. i'll just, there is, how did your castro, the deadly gang violence have again, taken hold in ecuador to overcrowded prison system. at 2 of the country's largest penitentiaries, it's taken $450.00 members of the special police unit to bring this latest round of riots under control. i sell a quarter of the la montana. we weren't able to reach all the prisoners in

a different sales until forum local time is the contingency officers managed to bring the situation under control. also with the help of the armed forces, then you can see along the perimeter and then at the prison in let the coon gas police recaptured about 80 and they to try to sleep with the death toll still in flux. their family members gathered outside the prison gates on thursday, fearing the worst me. if you can me, my son got in touch with me. instead inmates in medium security are going up to murder the ones in maximum security. they have rifles and guns. yesterday they went up there, my son is hurt in there, so they have not taken him to the hospital yesterday. so he was, he's been to hospitals, moves and the moves and not giving us the list of the dead. there are people who are not yet being identified, and also i think in february, at least 79 inmates died at 3 prisons in clashes between rival gangs,

the country. the jails are built the house $29000.00 inmates, but have $38000.00 experts say guards are out numbered with gains effectively in charge, and that without reform, more prisoners will die. heidi joe castro al jazeera a. when aid flies has landed for the 1st time, and if he used to cry region since renewed violence, 100 operations last month, and brings desperately needed food, as well as more than 30 humanitarian workers from different organizations. well, food program, if you're struggling to get access to deliver to areas, it says on the brink incentive, the un says it will fly twice a week to transport essential personnel and supplies. with more than 2000000 people in desperate need of help that's likely to fall far short was needed. earlier this week, the english city of liverpool with stripped of its covered unesco world heritage davis. the un body blamed years of uncontrolled urban zation for an irreversible

loss of liverpool victorian era. dogs, but his knee vodka found else many in the city. you see the move as an opportunity for regeneration. it is the city that kept the british empire afloat. it's 1900 century edifice, is a testament to generations of global trade and commerce. a time when britain ruled the waves for 17 years liberals iconic waterfront stood alongside india's taj mahal and the great wall of china, the united nations world heritage list. but maternity brought changes that armed to every one's liking. in a recent meeting in china, unesco said new developments had ruined the cities historic skyline destroying liverpool heritage value. the cities one of only 3 to be stripped of its heritage status in the past 50 years. the water from the and there was a dog clowns of the did. there have been in the crime because there reflect their

conveys the history of major were trading city, paul, just from the 7980 century. so feeling the dog, for example, of building high buildings totally change the way it is best. see this history faster. 7 and a half $1000000000.00 water from projects been cited as a cause for concern. so to has the plan to build everton football clubs, new riverside stadium, viewed by some as an act of cultural vandalism. and this is a huge area of land that's been earmarked for development. liverpool city leaders say that it is in comprehensible why unesco would want this semi derelict don't shut off from the rest of the city to remain a wasteland for evermore. many liverpool feel the cities being forced to make a binary choice between preserving his heritage status and reviving and developing

deprived, and derrick parts of the city. unesco. want this place to just stay as a post industrial ghost town? we con, allow that happen as a city, the area that they stock is with it and is incorrect award, which is one of the most deprived wards, not only within liverpool, but in the entire country. the in all there is of course much more to liverpool than it's unesco status to continue attracting tourists in 10 i point to the economic value from having that status over the last 17 years. very little do i think we will lose investment or visitors because of losing the plaque. know, will we be a will her to the site know what would be a world class heritage city. yes. losing unesco status is undeniably

a cultural blow for this historic city. liverpool will no longer be a post a child for preservationists, but this is a living city that's undergoing massive changes to transform some of the most deprived parts of the country, creating tensions between liverpool of historic past and its potential future. the park al jazeera, liverpool, a i'm kimberly allen. with the headline von al jazeera tokyo recorded a 6 month high of new covered 19 cases on thursday. just for you all that will host the opening ceremony of the olympic games. trans capital has been under a state of emergency if the boss live in days. the average number of daily new infections in the us is nearly tripled from the span of 2 weeks. the average is 37000 from less than 14 bells and

a fortnight ago. nearly all corona var stations and hospital r unvaccinated. soon as he, as military has been ordered to oversee the countries pandemic were.