we understand the differences from american cultures across the world. are you taking out here or bringing the news and current affairs you ah, out there on the the a year late and in unprecedented circumstances, fireworks signal the official opening of a controversial olympics in tokyo. a hello, i'm sorry, i'm no more than you're watching al jazeera, also coming up on a program. patient present of an animal ease is buried. his family home is we don't describes the dark days of his assassination. floods in landslides had

weston india, leaving thousands dead and thousands of people stranded and 11 in daily electricity . blackouts are endangering hospitals and pushing lives at risk as the country is gripped by a deepening economic and financial crisis. ah, over the delay 2020 olympics of officially opened against the backdrop of pandemic that were the usual fireworks and fun fab. but this time no fans the taking place as host nation japan battle the new wave of corona virus infections that was spectacular displays. countries national stadium with the tennis, donnie on the sock, given the honor of lighting, the pit coltrane, president of tokyo, 2020, says she hopes the games will bring an atmosphere of peace during the pandemic

ceremony did have its typically dazzling performances, but some ideas had to be dialed back because of the pandemic, a few celebrities taking part by video length. and the usual armies of dogs is performers, and props were also scaled right back or dropped completely from the program. but many people in japan resenting the fact that the country is staging the most expensive summer lympics in history at this time, nearly 80 percent of those questions said they are against holding the games. during the pandemic re testers, voice or positions, the games outside the venue. i mean richardson brings us more now from tokyo. but at least we now know why no, i mean i suckers 1st tennis. much of these olympics was pushed back from saturday to sunday. the japanese stall, given the honor of lighting, the olympic coltrane, to get these tokyo games underway during the opening ceremony. we also heard from the international olympic committee president thomas back. he said, amongst other things, this feeling of togetherness, this is the light at the end of the don't tunnel of this pandemic has to be said.

that sense, but may not be shared entirely by the rest of the japanese population, who perhaps remains to be convinced about the wisdom of these games going ahead. the police parade, while it was scaled down socially distanced, somewhat subdued. several athletes from the countries of kurdistan. pakistan and said, gee kissed on entering the stadium without wearing a facial mask. thing clear contravention of the strict rules and regulations of these games. athletes were warned that if they didn't follow all the safety protocols, they could risk being kicked out of these lympics. as for the ceremony itself, well opening ceremonies like them, a load them have always been a part of the games ever since. they came back in 1896, a chance for the whole nation to showcase all of that culture national identity, but rarely as a whole. nation had such a soft balancing act to pull off like tokyo house and to try and get public opinion to turn and shift in favor of these olympics.

ah hey, she's murdered. president has been buried as tensions over his assassination simmer . driven, moiz was killed at his home on july 7th foreign dignitaries from across the america attended the funeral and kept patient nation 2nd largest city. they witnessed violence between police protest as outside the funeral itself, but no one was reported injured. and he gallagher reports. even before the funeral of 53 rolls, you have no more. we've got underway. tensions in comp, patient run high protests seeking unanswered questions and angry with the nations ruling class took to the streets many here hoped we since funeral would help men diffraction nation, instead of unity. that deep suspicion over who killed me are we and why we the haitian people are demanding justice for the president. and we are saying that we do not agree to bury the president because they did not arrest the real culprit. we

are blocking the entire northern department since the death, the president. i have not made any money. and i just want security concerns. dignitaries from across the americas, gathered to pay their respects to the former president at services, got underweight, gunshots rang out, forcing dignitaries, including those from the us and the un to be rushed to the safety of the vehicles. the fascination of job. no, but we says left, this fraudulent nation reeling, that on friday, those closest to him pay tribute, visibly shaken, martino is still recovering from a retreat after the assassination corporate justice. well, from what didn't work, that's why he's wanting to democratize a seeing how his fighting for equal opportunities to enter the civil service to come condemned to the taishan brothers. if you cross your arms and just look at the executioners, blood will not cease to flow. today it is jovan elma, we've got to morrow. who will it be?

it will be him, it will be, may, it will be our research in the wake of my research fascination on july, the 7th, a core group of foreign nations backed arial unread to take the reins of haiti's, new prime minister. the international community is pushing for elections, which haven't successfully taken place in more than 4 years, with a barely functioning senate and a dissolved parliament that will be an easy task. the launch haitian community here in miami, of paying close attention to the enfolding political crisis in haiti. many a shock, but my waste was assassinated that more than anything else that deeply concerned about the immediate security of the nation they left behind at the notre dame to haiti church in little haiti, motors gathered to pay their respects to the for the president. like all haitians, those gathered have more questions than answers, but with a nation's future hanging in the balance. thoughts turned to those they left behind, having all these rumors and so many questions,

none of which were answered. a lot of people to number one fear for the security of the country as a whole, but of course, the fear for the security of their own families who are still in haiti. haiti sands, at a precarious moment, as it lays its slain president to rest. the investigation to who was behind his fascination appears no closer to giving haitians the answers they seek. a date for elections has not been set, security and stability for now a more pressing issues in this trouble nation. the gala corolla, 0, miami, florida cleanup operations of started in the central chinese city of jung joe, which was hit this week by the was flooding. the region is experienced in recent history. nearby cities around to red alert, his rescue team search for survivors. katrina, you reports now from junk jar the. the rain and john joe may have east, but flood waters are still submerging major highways. just one reminder of the devastating storm which struck central china earlier this week. teams are working

hard to pump and clear water line areas. the city is more than 7000000 residents are struggling to resume normal life. many neighborhoods like access to running water authorities have set up temporary out the water stations. the gen says he's grateful he was safe at home when to rental rain lashed, the city is 3 weather safer to stay indoors. that's the lesson i learn. then just things happen unexpectedly. our people need to be more cautious. this kind of tragedy could have been avoided, but we bought them. people are still coming to terms with the loss of life and loss of livelihood caused by what authorities have described as the worst. on 4000 years, many businesses remain closed. internet and phone connection is unstable. john joe's famous clock tower is frozen at 5 pm. the time electricity was cut off during the height of the storm on tuesday,

getting around gender city is still very difficult be entire. subway system remains closed with tunnels full of water. taking us away during the storm was extremely dangerous. hundreds of people were trapped in carriages as flash floods quickly filled the underground system. in keeping with chinese tradition offerings had been burned at the entrance to the station to honor the 12 people who died under ground commute as a sharing harrowing details of their experiences. waiting for rescue team to arrive many beliefs, they would not survive in rural areas. some were rescued after 3 days of being stranded. the army has been sent to reinforce vulnerable dance and reservoirs meteorologist say the worst weather has passed. and many here are waiting patiently for government disaster relief for the flood waters to recede and for the sun. and finally, retired, retreat you all to 0 job job. meanwhile, at least $44.00 people have died when one soon rains triggered landslides in

flooded low lying areas and west in india. thousands of people have been left stranded with rescue workers trying to evacuate people from vulnerable areas. at least 32 houses collapsed in one district alone. ortiz and now releasing water from dams at risk of overflowing. elizabeth bron him has more from the capital, new delhi. the national disaster response force has been having a lot of difficulty reaching some of the worst effected areas because of the damage to rows and to bridges. but because the flood waters are now starting to receive and that heavy rain has slowed down somewhat, they hopeful that everyone involved in the rescue efforts, national disaster response for that also the army, the navy, the coast guard on goal to be able to get to the people who remain stranded more than a 1000 people have been rescued in different parts of my austria. many of them have been from rooftop from the top on top. the buses on highways ship learned the

coastal town of chaplain, which is home to about 70000 people. that is where the rescue efforts a focus on now, half of it is flooded and that's in the district of my getting, which i see the heaviest rainfall in july in years. but we're also seeing heavy flooding in a couple of other different states in the country. most notably in the southern states was telling donna we're hearing meteorologist is saying that the 30 centimeters of rain, which is called an insult on garden capital high either above the best, the highest rainfall in july and hydro bob in 10 years that the flood gates of the main reservoir swan saga have had to be, have had to be released for the 1st time again in a decade. now the photo damage was seeing the destruction due to flooding due to land slides. it is common during the monsoon season when the flood and really affects the foundations of structure which are often poorly built. but we're also hearing from scientists that the frequency and the intensity of the monsoon of

heavy rains is increasing because of climate change. just days after sending thousands of firefighters to battle wildfire devastating siberia, russia is now dealing with flooding in multiple regions of the country. and the village of opium video capture at the moment a suspension bridge collapse. as a truck tried to cross it, the driver did survive, but the funding is also wiped out at least 5 all the bridges across the country to the one service in roches trans siberian railway. watching out as they are a life from london more slide 41 program, iran. supremely, the demands action of the countries was a crisis, leads to a week of deadly protest. surveying the damage after a week of looting and rioting, the south african towns now in danger of going hungry. ah

hello right off the bat here is an update on typhoon in for as it's about a 150 kilometers away from ty paid. but look at the impact it is going to have a windows 65 kilometers per hour, and we can expect about $75.00 millimeters of rain from friday rate through into saturday. let's carry on with the tract. as the eye of the storm makes landfall south of shanghai on sunday and you guessed it, this is going to have a big impact on shanghai. potentially. we could see gust as high as a 115 kilometers per hour. then add in about 70 millimeters of brain flooding power outages. that will all certainly be a big concern with this. you know, for northern areas of indo china, we're getting lashed with some heavy rain here, as well as we're dealing with remnants of what was a type phone shan packet in this region on saturday. next to india, and southwest monsoon has been particularly active toward the west coast over 33

hours, almost a metre of brain and buffer roster. and you know, that made it, it's 2nd whether it's day and over half a century. and look at this on saturday. those heavy bouts of wet weather continue . not only for the west coast but central and northeast areas and for australia, what toward the south. and it will also be windy as well. the bank energy and change to every part of our universe. or small to continue the change all around the shape by technology and human ingenuity. we can make it work for you and your business.

ah ah, welcome back to the main stories now delay 2020 olympic games and kicked off with fire, watch and font. but no fun event is taking place as host nation. japan baffles a new wave of corona, virus infections. police to fire gases, violence dropped it outside the funeral. and haiti's assassinated president driven anomolies, which was buried in the grounds of his family home in the country. second 50 capacious and at least $44.00 people died when monsoon rains triggered landslides and flooded low line areas and west and india. thousands of people have been less

stranded, rescue work is trying to evacuate them from vulnerable areas. alice taliban has walnut. they'll be no peace in afghanistan until there is a new government spokesman said that they don't want to monopolize power, but it won't stop the fighting ivr until president ashura connie is removed. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general loc mini is estimated that the group now controls half of afghanistan's district centers. despite having withdrawn most of its troops, the u. s. has been carrying out as strikes to help the afghan government, diplomatic edits james base has more now from cobble certainly what everyone wants, i think on the international community is some way to have a negotiated settlement between the african government and the taliban. some way of sharing power and what they'd like is to restart those talks that have been taking place in doha and currently adjourned. great deal of effort to try and get

that back on track and get that going. there has been a meeting recently with the deputy heads of the taliban political office in doha of the salon monopoly and representatives of diplomats from the e. u. u. s. u n. and cats are now many of those diplomats, in addition to getting the talk started, think that the best atmosphere for the talks is to have a cease for the taliban reluctant to have a c spot. at this stage, they say the proposals that the african government have put on the table so far are unacceptable. they won't not want reconciliation, but they won't start entering. they won't come commie, n harbor c spied and we will continue our government as it is. so that's also not realistic approach,

not on pragmatic approach. it is necessity that all of one should have are, should eagerly upon a new government. and that was meant would replace the new this couple administration. and that's what it meant will be acceptable for us. and to add that up months, another taliban spokesman later clarified those comments, making it clear that the taliban is not demanding the president should have gone. he is removed or stands down before a ceasefire. that's not one of the conditions that demanding before a cease for al jazeera understands what the taliban want. in order to have a cease far for them to agree to a c swap would be for all the prisoners being held by the african government to be released and that will be difficult. moved by president gun, he got a lot of christmas last time. he released prisoners and also for all of those taliban members that are listed by the un under the sanctions committee. to be de

listed the international body of a thing, the p steel that ended the bosnian conflict of the 1900 ninety's has banned the denial of genocide. and he was the in the officials of refuse to accept that 995 massacre more than 8000 balls in the acts. in sure there was a genocide, but genocide deny is now face up to 5 years in prison. the new law also forbids the glorification of war criminals. the sub member of bosnia and herzegovina as joint presidency says the u. s. high representative has no right to impose a law and that he'll move the republic of strips because independence missing though is up tennis. i think this is the last night when bosnia and herzegovina is a coffin, bosnia and herzegovina cannot function after this, i find that the republican service has to answer via its institution. and we will convene a government session next week and deliver the decision on what needs to be done. i mean the laws are imposed to us serves without any legal basis or legal foundation

in an extent of the dayton peace agreement. constitutional and other solutions are imposed by constitutional course. the high representative has impose this with the support of the security council. therefore, i think that the republic of service guy has no other solution and has been forced to begin a process that leads to dissolution. character message has one out from, sorry, over in the recent years we've been witnessing a campaign of open and blatant genocide, denial both by the buzzing sales but also republic of serbia. that's find the bugs in public. there was a push towards international community and it's office of high representative to bring into power a law that's incriminate genocide, denial, which is basically what happened today. now there are 2 factors. 3 probably that played an important role in this happening. first of all,

there is in the recent years, a more strong, a stronger us presence in the region, especially since the navigation of the by that had been iteration by the who was very involved involved in a war in the ninety's when he was a us senator on the other hand, the incumbent, high representative, valentin info is leaving off is at the end of this month and in bosnia, this move this, bringing in to power. this law is seen as a sort of a legacy move a legacy of his or as the high representative in bosnia we go to developments in iran now water shortages of lead to week long protests in the province of possessed on at least one person was shot dead, 2 others were injured. security forces say, unknown gunman opened fire protest this police blame people. they describe his counter revolutionaries for the violence drought conditions in the province have been worse than by. the national shortage around supreme leader is calling on officials to stop by the country citizens for the water problems and step up to

deal with them nicely. in a case where if the advice offered about the water and sewage structure and, and especially the sewage system in the city of ours had been heated, then we absolutely would not have been faced with the problem. we have now known that people have cruises down here, the voice, the dissatisfaction, and i cannot be blamed for this at all. said the problem with water supply. no, not a minor issue, especially in the extreme with of closes down lebanon is facing its worst crisis in modern history. are shortages of food and continuing electricity, blackouts, unemployment, in the currency, crash of decimated living standards. and now on top of severe medicine shortages, hospitals are running out of fuel. the economic collapse is led to power costs that can last for up to 20 hours a day. and that's putting lives at risk. st. holder has the story now from the lebanese capital bay route. these generators are a lifeline for hospitals in

a country where state electricity cuts last most of the day, but they're running low on diesel fuel. lebanon is an economic and political turmoil, and the state is nearly bankrupt. doctors warned the health sector is close to collapse with all the what's going on with the shortages, whether in human resources, whether in medications, whether in supplies, and on top of that now fuel electricity and more of a case is coming in. i'm believable that the hospitals are still able to it's not just hospitals bakeries to say if they don't receive diesel fuel in a few days, they will have to close. the state electricity company has all but stop providing power. already the sector was crumbling from years of neglect, but in recent weeks rationing has been severe. we rely on tandal. there is no electricity and i can't afford to pay private generator. many no longer can afford basic food since the local currency crashed. prices have increased by 50 percent

this month alone. the price is very controlled by many factors, including the exchange rates for the dollar. depending on the black market prices for fuel and for diesel. you know, we have market, we have to have electricity, 247. the black market has taken advantage of states subsidies on basic goods including medicine, many of which has been missing for months. many blame this for the crisis or something. when you stop that, i think they will be out of market because one of the number one and even if they were the company, but they would, it was a broad market. merchants have been blamed for hoarding supported goods or smuggling them to neighboring syria or other countries. mama lacy is element, we can't find any med since there's no electricity. food is so expensive. every

aspect of life has been affected by the unprecedented economic and financial meltdown. water supply is likely to be affected by the collapse of the power grids . the united nations says water pumping could gradually seize within 4 to 6 weeks. the country is falling apart, its blamed on decades of corruption and mismanagement by a political class still in power. the solution many say requires a government ready to fight just that, that their elders, either beirut or their affairs or food shortages in south africa now in areas hit by days of looting and writing. violence broke out after the jailing of former president jacob zoom up. rural areas in the 2 most populous province has been particularly hard hit. with entire town centers run fax and set on fire. bonus smith reports now from bulwark. inquisitive natal province of the li comrey surveys, what's left of his parade of shops in bulwark next door. we have got

a group of doctors that at the spent quarter of a 1000000 setting up a nice practice. in the 48 hours every shop in this bustling town was stripped than torched. a community of 35000 people now left with no commercial center. it was instant, we suspect there were 2 buses, boston with, with organizes at ral that people. as soon as people heard. busy that they were stuck for free, they just came in by the bucky loads. scaring and looting was sparked by the jailing of former president jacob's humor it was given momentum by chronic poverty and inequality in south africa. made worse by the pandemic, were a couple of hours dr. outside durban. and it's only when you leave the city. get a real idea of the scale of the looting, because not a town or village seems to been left untouched. outside the furniture store,

people cute for taxes to help him carry home the bulky beds and sofas they stolen and a store owner is here. a bus watched from his home across the street, powerless to save his business, probably some of the vehicle, the right next to our house loading the things. and we're not able to do any little lives on the line here. we don't even feel safe to hear like many business owners isn't in short, the local police overwhelmed, stood by and watched it took a week for the south african government to restore order. here in jacob zoom is home province of counseling, tao, and how ting? in bulwark, many people buy, what they need a day to day to get a grocery, you have to think about it. have to go to and it goes up in the city a 5050, a can see the debts with no shops and no post office to withdraw allowances

and with distribution centers also hit by looting. people will likely go hungry. it will take weeks at best for this town to be able to offer even basic services again . bernard smith, al jazeera bulwark, conseula natal, an advisor to form you as president donald trump has been released on bail after a court hearing. thomas barrack is charged with working as a foreign agent on behalf of the united arab emirates, barrett, chad trump's inaugural fund and helped to get him elected bidding. now we'll have to wear an ankle bracelet and surround his passport and also adhere to curfew while he awaits trial. australia is great byron for not to be placed on a list of wild heritage sites considered in danger of the country law beat against the move world. heritage committee ignored unesco scientific assessment that the world's largest coral reef was clearly under threat from climate change and coral bleaching instead of the dangerous thing. esco will now carry out

a mission to assess the almost 2500 kilometer long reef and australia will have to send a progress report by february. meanwhile, the wild heritage committee is worn, stonehenge is on the threat of being placed on the list. if the u. k goes ahead with a nearby road tunnel that is projected to cost almost $2.00 and a half $1000000.00. now china space agencies where these pictures of the route taken by it's mars rover. the jerome rover landed on the red planet in may, moved 585 meters so far, capturing these photos of a san june along the way. china is hoping jerome will spend 90 motion, days exploring and analyzing the surface. so far it's completed, $68.00 of the equivalent of $69.00 earth tace. a walking robotic arm has been sent to the cosmo. it's only international space station or rocket carrying the state of the art gadget blasted off from the context

on on wednesday. carrying out routing repairs in space is a tricky business. so european engineers attending the arm to help the russians with that maintenance. it's 7, rotational joints provide a larger range of motion. and for instance, a human on has you might expect one of its 1st jobs will be installing radiators. ah, a quick look at the stories making headlines this hour and the delay 2020 olympics and officially open against the backdrop of the pandemic. by fireworks and find fab, but no fans. the soul taking place this whole nation, japan battles a new wave of corona virus infections. there was spectacular displays of the countries nash.