long new babies were dying. i did not think its neglected babies to deck people and power investigate, exposes, and questions. they used to be of our around the globe on out there. ah, the panoramic continues to of a shot of a limpid games as japan registered a 6 month time infection. that's as a new current of virus way grips the world from the us to south africa to indonesia . ah, hello, i'm darling jordan, this is out there a life and also coming up 1000. the struggle in central china to cope with the worst flooding in decades will have a live update from one of the worst hit areas. and at least 20 to a dead,

to fighting between rival gangs at 2 prisons in ecuador, the president is declared a state of emergency. ah, we begin with the tokyo olympics after a year long delay that's set to officially open later on friday. but the pandemic is still overshadowing the games. cases are spiking in tokyo with 2000 infections reported in the past day. and dozens of people involved in the olympics, including athletes. officials and journalists have also tested positive for october 19. well, despite this, officials have been adamant about continuing the event, usually viewed by millions around the world. well and richardson is our correspondent, covering the tokyo games he's been taking a look at why organizers have been so determined to push ahead. athletes will have to get used to the sound of their own efforts in tokyo. these elliptic have already

cost the host nation, at least $15000000000.00. much of the money spent on venue that fans and now banned from attending you to rise in cases of cobit $19.00. the cost, you know, being shouldered for the great part by the people and not review by the government . and so people are really getting sick and tired of having to make so much i could fight. so you really do have, you know, very well divided society. and maybe i honestly, you know, united in opposition against the olympics. this is about as close to the sporting action as tokyo residents will get in a city where cove at 19 infection levels, the hitting heights, not seen since january, then anthem all united to hear it. i don't know what to say considering how much the virus is fraud. athletes have been training so hard for this. i would feel sorry for them if it doesn't happen. mother. so i wouldn't who wanted to take the risk of watching it in the stadium. it's enough for me to see the games on tv.

while last ticket revenue is set to cost the hosts, hundreds of millions of dollars. a made for tv events does make financial sense for the international olympic committee. the i see makes approximately 75 percent of its income from selling broadcast rights to the games and around $4000000000.00 could have been lost if the olympics had been cancelled and the legal, small print will tell you, it was always the see here, the final say as to whether or not these olympics went ahead, organizes will be hoping the public mood shifts in their favor. once the games are up and running, we'll have like a very, a negative agenda across like different media outlets before the games. and as soon as the games are new, how like, fair me like mine, everyone like it covers tends to be like more positive and focus more on the stories that are taking place within stages. voices in support of the games can be

found with the host. now, banking on sporting dramas, rather than medical was rubbing the headlines in the days ahead. and richardson al jazeera, tokyo, well thought he selim a joint of live now from outside the tokyo metropolitan building, where the olympic torch ceremony will be held for the. so what's the mood there in tokyo, given the sharp rise in cases and how that is affecting the gains? the very mixed emotions regarding the game. people here and i've been waiting for you since 2013 when it was announced that the whole city for the limbic 2020. so people were very anxious to see the limbic and their city. but as you can see behind me, this is an event that's without being attended by thousands. now, there is on the thousands of people, and most of them are relatives of the years for the people who are going to hold the thought. 40 holders,

when we get to each other that can take about 40 minutes and then i'm not going to ignite because we're on on the stage that would be taken to the national jump about 80 kilometer from here. people who are hoping to be all of these runners going through the cities. i'll talk you about this. it never happened . okay, nope. i think another another res, in a number of the picture of coffee's infection and people are what it could be a credit for the virus, not in japan, but also in the world. we just bought a book for the 1957 cases, and that's the highest 6 month, even though. so what is about the increase? so then somebody is going to know 1st 70 percent of the infection. so people are

really hoping that this would be 150 and that way, but there are still lots of like ocean, lots of questions about that possibility to do that. i thought a solid my the live for us from took if i the thank you, reduce boy cough as a former us olympic athlete. and the research on the politics of the limbic games, he says the health of athletes has been compromised. if this is an unprecedented situation, we're looking at here with proven rates, rising both inside the so called olympic bubble and outside it to where we have very little support for these things 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, tomas bach, 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 because of the fact that many medical officials had said that the standards are not best scientific practices. so it's already hard enough to be an olympian, 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 listen 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 one picks 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 olympic 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 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 . well, it's not just toko, that seeing a surgeon cove at 19 cases, the numbers are also rising around the world as the more infectious delta very takes hold. in the u. s. the number of daily new cove at 900 infections has tripled in the past 2 weeks. crucially, nearly all patients and hospital unvaccinated south africa along the worst hit country and africa is struggling with a surge, but it's vaccination drive. it's finally picking up a record quarter of a 1000000 people got the job in a single day. this week, indonesia has become the global epr center with the most cases in the world last week, while elsewhere in asia. 2 countries that had escaped the worst of the panoramic, of both posted the highest of a days of cases this week thailand and south korea. but john nichols is a chemical professor pathology at the university of hong kong. he says some

countries in se, asia became complacent. what we're seeing now is that when this pandemic started last year, number 9, this is just a medical problem, but increasingly it's medical, economic and ethical problem. so what we're seeing is that because the nation's relatively well in 2020 those, this big sense of complacency. and so people let them that god. and so we've seen black box to low test levels. the low vaccination rates and indonesia, anybody 6 percent of patients been vaccinations. they had news on it. that seems it's been the political leaders. we have to slowly resistance locked down mass gathering. so i mean, this is where india indonesia where india was months ago. and so basically even not learning. and so this business, grace has this candidate for t. i'm so what's the most confusing message just in the government?

i read one with 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 several factors and, you know, unfortunately not just medical science, which is, well, we were trying to but more the political and the need to get 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 problems we gain the faxing. so it's, it's a big challenge. well, as we mentioned, the us cases of doubled, vaccines are widely available in much of the us. but many people are refusing to take them. a white house correspondent, kimberly how get referrals. 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 co 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 americans falling jobless claims 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 health hit al jazeera, the white house rescued people in china say they spend 3 days with no food, water, or electricity. after being trapped by historic flooding, the military has been deployed to her none province to help search efforts. at least 33 people have been killed and 800000 display. so after life to katrina you enjo in her non province katrina. so authority is clearly struggling with the impact of these floods. so what's the latest with the rescue and recovery if it's on the ground? hi darn well junk tow is starting to get back on to speed, but very slowly, many parts of the city are still struggling with infrastructure. the building right around me. it's a major shopping center. there's no electricity still no running water. a lot of people are just saying harm, it's very difficult to get around the city,

this mud everywhere, many highways and the low line areas of the city. still submerged in water. and teens are working right now to pump that water out. clear piles of cars that were left in the, in the dust it when they were in and done to, inundated by these torrential rain. lot of cars was simply just abandoned. now we know that at the moment the subways remain closed. and after a few days, we're hearing more stories of the howling experience of the people who are trapped down there for a few hours. unable to breathe that weight. there's some next people water before they were rescued by teens and many highways in and out of the city are also close trains have been canceled, life also cancelled. now of course don't go is not the only area affected many, many villages and towns around this area also under red lead rescue teams have been sent to help people who are still stranded and military, the people duration army. some offices have been sent would new by dam,

which is threatening to collapse because of flood water levels still rising in that area. yeah. katrina and her non providence is home to nearly a 100000000 people. it's one of china's most populated region. so was likely to be then the longer term impact of these devastating floods. well, that's a good question. this area is surrounding the yellow river, the 2nd largest river in china. and of course that's proven to flooding and this time of year that somebody here in china, the mormon, they do get a lot of rain. now of course, what's different about this, which is the scale of the severe storms, the volume of water that hit these areas and cause these to view floods. this is something the government is not used to, but environmentalists are will warning that because of global warming we could be more extreme weather, weather events just like this. the government is currently reviewing its emergency plans and there are also some talk of some of these villages and towns they may

have to be relocated looking at a more permanent basis in the future. all right, katrina, you live for the injunction in central china. katrina. thank you. time for a short break here, down to 0 when we come back to the military is taking over time demik response after cale vaccine center. plus i'm the ball. liverpool web plans to build a gleaming 60000 seat or football stadium. or among several reasons why the city of now last is coveted. you nefco? well, heritage status ah hello necessary you, you know, toronto has recorded registered some of the worst air quality in the world. as we see that smoke from wildfires drift in. we've got to have 24 degrees for you on

friday, but i want to take you to where i think we'll see the heaviest pulses of rain. and so for that we go to the u. s. gulf states in particular looking like mississippi rate through to georgia down into florida, where we'll see some of those bursts of rain and there is the potential here to see some flash flooding. and so we got to be on the look out for that. next up, we're going to central america and our buckets of rain, where we expect to see some of that is as we head toward costa rica into panama. otherwise, across the caribbean, look at this. we just got the risk of some pop up showers and thunderstorms, part of spain, 31 degrees for you with just some showers in the forecast to where the top end of south america. rain is falling where it should as we head toward the south east of columbia, pushing into venezuela and a steady stream of what weather for the pacific coast of ecuador. check out the temperature in santiago, 1900 degrees. but your temperature is going to fall in the days to come and that's because we've got that cool air from patagonia starting to search further toward the north point to rain as

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back to mind about top stories here. this is recall that a 6 month high of new covered 900 inches just a day before the house. the opening ceremony building pick games to times capital has been addressed to emergency almost 2 weeks. the average number of daily new infections in the u. s. has not tripled in the past 2 weeks. nearly all corona virus, patients and hospital, unvaccinated, and rescued. people in china say their spend 3 days have no food, water, or electricity. after being trapped by historic flooding, 800000 people have been displaced in the military has taken over the countries pandemic response operations that solved to the health minister was sacked for ordering vaccination centers to open for adults of all ages. the decision led to over crowding and stampede mom advice has the story. the chaos succeed at the vaccination center in tunisia,

capital inpatient clouds. i've tried to force the way through to get coffee, 900 vaccine sale, be good for me. it's mandatory. it's a vaccine covered as a serious disease. and personally, it scares me, though, of the offense model, angie, 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 wild 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 followed highly controversial decision by the ministry of health to provide vaccines for everyone about 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. the prime minister machine. she fired his health minister for what he described as a clear case of mismanagement policy. not quite the least that can be said is that

the decision is wrong and you have noticed its repercussions on society. tunisia continues to face some of the highest good 19 infection rates in the world. it's rocking 3rd off to quote on the media with about $200.00 deaths to 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 units for hot emergency room and suits. well, our 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,

but we're here for our patient. we tried to do our best for them. 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 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 the humanitarian disaster. hum advice or just, you know, what, as he mentioned earlier in the program, south africa is also struggling with a surge and infections. but the vaccination drive is making progress. reco, 250000 people, got the job. and just one day, earlier in the week for me, the miller has more from john, his book. all the south african government had to hope to vaccinate about 300000. and they almost reached the target by almost 250000 in the last 24 hours. and that

is a record for south africa, especially given they've been concerning the last week or so, given the disruptions here around some of the riots that we experienced in the provinces. of course we're going to tell and helping in that vaccination centers were the work they were suspended at least for a few days and all the government says everything is back to normal. also what seems to be driving this particular record is that vaccinations have now opened up to people the to 5 years and older. and it seems based on the trends we're seeing that the younger the individual is the keynote they are to get vaccinated. we did see some reluctance from people over 60 years old, so the government is really pushing for the registration of people over the age of 35. and while it did have a process in place that people would have to make appointments, they receive a text message to confirm that appointment. now accepting walking and ultimately the ministry of health saying it's all about getting peoplefacts related as quickly as possible. the numbers continue to be of concern. it has though dropped,

of the $27.00. sorry. of the people who are testing 27 percent of them seem to be infected by coven 19. but there seems to be some relief in terms of the 3rd wave that's being experienced in south africa. currently. i could always president has declared an emergency in the countries. prisons after fighting among rival gangs inside 2 separate prisons. at least 22 people are dead and 80 others injured. it's the 3rd time deadly riots in ecuador as overcrowded jails of erupt it over the past 6 months out 0. how did your caster reports 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. as the last quarter of the le montana, we weren't able to reach all the prisoners in different sales until forum local

time. 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. at the prison in let the coon gus police recaptured about 80 and made to try to sleep with the death toll still in flux, their family members gathered outside the prison gates on thursday, fearing the worst bus he'll kill me, my son got in touch with me and said inmates and medium security are going up to murder the ones in maximum security. they have rifle from guns. yesterday they went up there. my son is hurt in there, so they have not taken him to the hospital yesterday. so have to go, the other one has been to hospitals moves and the movie and not giving us a list of the dead. there are people who's not yet been identified, but not, not in february, at least 79 inmates died at 3 prisons in clashes between rival gangs, the country. the jails are built a 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. now earlier this week, the english city of liverpool was stripped of its coveted unesco world heritage status. the human body blamed years of uncontrolled ebony zation for the loss of liverpool victorian era. dogs will hear more on that shortly. but 1st let's look at what the world heritage list is and white matters. well, unesco, establish the list in 1975 to protect sites like uncle, what income bodie. it, it said there deterioration or disappearance would impoverish all nations the balmy on valley enough canister is just one of the most endangered heritage locations. it's giant statues of but what party blown up by the taliban in 20012078 re been or sanctuary in amman became the 1st site to be removed from the list that was off to the size of a sanctuary. was greatly reduced to allow for new oil wells. well,

now liverpool has become only the 3rd site to lose its status. but as need barca found out, many the city see to 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 i conic waterfront, stood alongside india's taj mahal and the great wall of china, or the united nations world heritage list. but maternity brought changes that armed to everyone's liking. in a recent meeting in china, unesco said new developments had ruined the city's historic skyline destroying liverpool heritage value. the city is one of only 3 to be stripped of its heritage status in the past. 50 years. the water from the 12 dog clowns of the

did, they have been inscribed because they reflect, they are conveys the history of major world trading city. port us from the 79 agent center. 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 waterfront projects been cited as a cause for concern. so to has the plan to build everton football clubs, new riverside stadium, viewed by some of the 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 won't they semi derelict dunk 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 can 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 its 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, when would be a will her to 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 opposed to charge for preservation. it's but this is a living city that is 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. bulk al jazeera, liverpool ah tougher creature headlines here on out to 0. tacos recorded a 6 month high of covered 900 cases just a day before it host the opening ceremony of building. pick games, nearly 2000 and positive test or recorded over the past 24 hours. the highest since mid january. japan's capital has been under a state emergency almost 2 weeks for the seller has moved out from the token.

people here and i've been waiting for you since 2013 when it was announced that the whole city for the next 2020. so people were very.