ration front with his feet. rashid mackenzie and the f. l. n. team. on al jazeera. there are some of the media stories of critical look at the global news media. out on al jazeera government shut off, access to social media. ah, easier on edge after president said fires top government ministers and freezes parliament sparking accusations of a power grab. he is now imposed on nighttime curfew and band public gatherings, but denies launching a cru. ah, hello barbara, are you watching al jazeera life and that also coming up, president biden, and the racks prime minister seal an agreement formerly ending the u. s. combat

mission in iraq by the end of the year. and why, despite their corona virus fears the japanese public may finally be warming, the tokyo olympics, ah, museum is facing its biggest political crisis since the 2011 jasmine revolution, which broke democracy to the country president, case said has imposed a nighttime curfew and band more than 3 people from gathering on public roads or squares. this after he froze parliament and fired the prime minister, as well as the defense and justice ministers, sparking claims of a crew set a hide. it reports the gathered outside to parliament that was now out of service for

a month demonstrated from different sides of the political divide, refused to leave. once again to nicea isn't home on the support is the largest main . vulcan, not all angry president, quite side decision to sac the government, including prime minister, the she she, as well as the justice and defend ministers. were painfully the president's choice to overthrow the constitution, which took place on the day. the technicians people celebrated republic day, the republic through which the monarchy was overthrown. the was the largest main block and not all angry at president clay site decision to sac the government, including prime minister machine parliament speaker, russia. the new she and head of the party staging is sitting in his car, refusing to move until politicians are allowed back in earlier. he called it a qu, center to, i mean he's decisions have no bases in the constitution,

nor in the law. and we are against them because in short, it is against the constitution, a coup against the revolution and against public and private liberties in the country. the president meet misinterpretations actually clashes with the reality. the announcement from president clay side came off the mass, anti government protest in several cities at the store last year. and the constitution does not allow the parliament to be dissolved, but it does not stand in the way of freezing all its work. out of the 2nd decision is to lift the immunity of all members of parliament. and for those of whom a case is related to, i will take care over the public prosecution. put up with a political, cellmates and economy in christ. hi, unemployment rates on the mishandling of the pan demik denise is are again calling from major change incentives the both the president and parliament are elected,

i popular vote under the constitution. the president, only overseas military and foreign affairs side says he will now govern alongside a new prime minister. i say the heavy presence of military and security forces in the capital tune is where the jasmine revolution promised to change the lives of millions of to a decade. later and to new remains divided what the future holds for the country. so the height of 0, well as well as imposing an immediate night time curfew. the president also band people moving between cities and vow that any violent opposition will be met with force. but he insists that this is not a qu mohammed vall has covered tenicia extensively for august 0, and he says, presidency has imposed the measures out of a fear of worsening unrest. courthouse, his own supporters in the streets, but also there is a big chunk of the population that are against him on have been,

have been demonstrating this morning. they represent some large blocks in the, in the, in the political class like not a forest. and so he's, he's not taking that lightly and the measure that he took his taken about, you know, the 4 beating the gatherings on, on is probably a way to block the possibility of more escalation of seeing his opponents filling the streets. because he doesn't know how to what extent that's that tuition is going to escalate. i mean, looks like he's afraid of something serious because he has also removed his defense minister today and thus unusual when you half the army in the streets and so on. and that the military is supposed to be protecting the constitution and the president, and he moves the defense minister in that particular moment. so i said is very concerned about the consequences of his actions. he has been explaining some

of those actions today when he said the people have understood him wrong when, when they thought that he's, that he has stage a coup. for meanwhile, chinese is former president, a msf one who says supporters of k c might not realize they are supporting a new dictator. we have this political crisis, and that's the worst process that we have ever had. international. have 100 people dying every day. from corona virus and then we have also a huge crate. so this one, if you could kind of excuse me because people are exhausted. they are scared and nobody knows exactly where we are heading. i know this is not exactly what we would say, a wise man, and i'm afraid what his reaction the next few days when we faced the opposition growing from the bottom from the suicide. i don't know exactly what my main concern is, how to work with the army out there that the military would react. i know very close

you this maybe 3 because i have the i have the head of state to yes though. i know peter very well. i know that they have protected resolution constitution at that time and i do hope that they get this attitude. people are expecting from the democracy from the on the ultimate that is extremely important. this is why, for the moment some of the population, it's important, the but they don't understand that, in fact, they are supporting the kato and this movie. it will never be sort of got to make up the social problem and have because he was part of the system political system. i think he's responsible for,

for the simulation. when we go into this most prime minister, he shall machine she from there, not the part he has called for protests against the south thing, but he now says he will hand over responsibility to whoever the as of and chooses to replace a machine. she released a statement saying he would not be a destructive element in the country and was ready to serve to new zia from any location. well, you know, she is a spokesperson for in said the biggest partington, easiest parliament. and she's also the daughter of the speaker, she says the move is a power grab, it is a coo and this is how i put it into the suspension of the rule of law, especially of democracy, a, suspension of all the rights and freedoms, and trying to the constitution, all the freedoms and gains for which to sacrifice so much over generation over the last 10 years. and we are not ready to gain anything that

will be undertaken by, by the president of police from this group is equal and against the constitution and will be rejected. and we continue to call on him to the great violation of the constitution and to restore democracy. and we cool on all supported of democracy and our international to can firmly against the school to support students in democracy because nothing justified the suspension, optimal chrissy. and this destruction of the lost hope in the region. well, earlier, security forces dress, the civilians, a storm, the al jazeera office, and tunis and removed all staff from the building out 0 junior bureau. chief lucy had g says they still don't know what will happen to them. what they closed the

office without providing any reason. a group of security men came in and in civilian clothes. they broke into the office and took the keys and said, these were the instructions that i asked for legal justification that they did not have it. and they said they were from the ministry of interior. we carried out their instructions, like they asked us, mom, my colleagues were prevented from taking their computers or other items that this procedure is arbitrary. the fear is meant to bring us back to the previous measures that were against freedom of the press and freedom of expression. ah, president joe biden says the us will end its combat mission in iraq by the end of the year by didn't made the comments as the medi rocky prime minister who stuff i'll call me at the white house. he says the us will continue. it's counter terrorism cooperation with iraq,

switching its role to advising and training iraqi forces. alan fisher reports from the white house 18 years more than 4000 american lives of war that divided one country, devastated another. but in just one moment, at the white house, the president called for an end to us combat missions and iraq. our role in iraq will be as a dealing with not just to be available to continue to train to assist to help and to deal with isis. whereas is as right. iraqi prime minister says us ships are no longer needed to fight their battles, but their expertise and their support is america. they help together we fight the isis. as i'd like to thank the american people that we have all iraqi people. george

w bush launched the water and iraq the assault in baghdad brought shocking off a deadly attack. aimed at removing saddam hussein from power. he had weapons of mass destruction was the argument, none whatever phone george bush declared mission accomplished in me. 2003. it was the fighting continued more american lives were iraqi lies were lost. i saw grew in strength in the area, a new enemy, a new child, a new fight. donald trump push hard against deisel, cutting its land, killing its leadership, reducing its influence. and then he cut trip numbers to $2500.00. i saw remains the threat. the group killed 30 people when it bombed the baghdad market last week. you'll biden's decision on combat missions in the us won't be leaving, but it's clear it's priorities lie elsewhere. i don't think any plausible reasonable policy y'all is ever going to be achievable by this crazy invasion. and

so it's a matter of trying to find a reasonable way out of a, one of the worst foreign policy blunders in us history. philip trip side of afghanistan, scaling back in iraq. joe biden is recalibrating us involvement in the region for the 1st time in more than 2 decades. he sees the bigger threat to us national security coming from cyber attacks and china. but he's been around a long time, and you'll know that while he can scale back, he can fully take his eye off the middle east. alan fisher, i'll do it at the white house. still to come in this half hour. the un says a record number of afghan civilians were killed or injured in the 1st half of this year. and this back to the future for lebanon's government, a billionaire businessman is chosen as prime minister for the 3rd time. ah

hello, thanks for tuning in 1st things 1st, i want to show the impact that typhoon info has had in china. it's now been downgraded to a tropical storm, and these are the scenes that were seen now. 30000 trees toppled and we know about half a 1000000 people forced into shelters. shanghai, it's had a big impact there to over the past 24 hours about 80 millimeters of rain. and we've seen a top wind gusts of about 83 kilometers per hour. so whereas in for going right now, it's moving west along the, against the river valley, but it's also throwing a lot of rain toward the north along the yellow river valley and just spilling into young jo, which is still recovering from that deadly and devastating flooding. not too long ago, we are also tracking our tropical storm departure as it is forecast to make landfall on 2 states where the northern portion upon you. this is still going to strike tokyo with some rain and wind on tuesday. we know already some cancellations for

the olympic stair cross straightly our western australia. we could see some of the most intense weather so far this year. this week a few rounds of severe weather and winds a big story here. gust around 70 kilometers per hour for new zealand and improvement in conditions toward the south island. and eventually we'll get you there on the north island as we had toward wednesday. the weather 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 bill.

ah, the ah i reminder now the top stories on al jazeera, there was been clashes between supporters and opponents of to new z as president. after reality that the prime minister and froze parliament on sunday. government buildings have been located by the president case said has imposed a nighttime curfew and banned the travel between cities and more than 3 people gathering in public. he has denied accusations of a coup and president joe biden says the us will end this call. but mission in iraq by the end of the year, but continue with counter terrorism corporation. i then made the announcement at a meeting with the iraqi prime minister and stuff. i could be me at the white house

. a record number of women and children have been killed or injured in afghanistan . the 1st 6 months of this year. the un says nearly $1700.00 civilians died during that period. and it says of chemist on is on course to see the most the civilian deaths since it started keeping records in 2009. charlotte bellis reports from cobble its been less than 3 months since mohammed nobody's daughter re 100 dikes. she was 16 and an identical triplet with his sisters in yellow or bray her wanted to be a doctor. but she was killed in an attack at his school and may well enough putting on the issue that i was the 1st one to get to the bombing was really horrible. it's always on my mind when i got there, it was chaos. there was screams, cries, and morning they were father's picking up. the daughter's brother's picking up the sisters. the attack on say it will. she had

a high school was cited as the worst incident in a new you in report, tallying civilian casualties, and the 1st 6 months of this year. no group has claimed responsibility for it, but very hon. a sister has a message for her killers. don't told your brothers or sisters because you're also from this country. the bombing heron may killed 85, mostly young school girls and injured about 150. they are among 783 civilians killed in afghanistan and just may and june. it is the highest number for those months since the us started keeping records 12 years ago. the you and also says a record number of women and children were killed or injured in afghanistan in the 1st 6 months of this year in dusty, but she, the victims names have been painted and murals on the schools perimeter,

where they dies. they call the students those who are trying to learn knowledge they killed in my message or in this part is days that we as students the just have one pending hand and no again, no another thing, sir, in our hand to fight with bins. i asked her in the unit, do you think the pain will be stronger than the gun? course curse. i believe in this the you in says if canister is on course to witness its highest number of civilian casualties in a single year. we need the parties to step back and away from the battlefield because otherwise we do think based on the data that and the figures and the record

levels that we've seen the 1st 6 months of this year. that these will just keep increasing the number of the family emphasize with the thousands of vaskins who's also buried a love one this year. but they cannot empathize with the perpetrators never. she's a limit on that mobile russian. no, i cannot forgive them. my wife cannot re, hundreds, sisters cannot forgive. it's something unforgivable. he says, after re hon, his death and his security worsens. the families looking to leave s canister, the you in is also worried saying is fighting loose rule areas into cities. the result could be catastrophic. charlotte bellis al jazeera cobble in the middle of its worst economy crisis in modern history. lebanon's parliament has chosen a billionaire is the new prime minister designate veteran politician at nigi. but me cathy scene here on the left is

a businessman who's been prime minister twice before. he's promising to save lebanon from its crippling financial crisis. but critics have previously accused them of cronyism, and getting rich by illicit means, a charge that he denies chicago. while one of them was quiet, thank his excellency the president. i'd like also to thank all the members of parliament i wished to cooperate with those who did and did not. and they me to find the necessary solutions. it's vital. as for the constitution together, m p 's confidence, but also real life. i want to get the confidence and trust of the people and of every single man and woman because i don't have a magic one. and i cannot create one does on my own. st holder has more on this for me. they don't lebanon has a new prime minister machine, but me as the he received the majority of votes from parliamentarians. he is the 3rd prime minister to be nominated, appointed since august last year,

when the government resigned in the wake of the baby with port explosion. it's still not clear whether or not he will be able to reach a deal with the president, michelle, on forming a new cabinets his predecessors. 2 of them stepped aside after failing to form a government at 11 on needs, a government in order to rescue the country because the economy has all the collapse, the currency has collapse, the state is close to bankruptcy, it is no longer able to import the medicines medical supplies, fuel diesel fuel states, electricity provides power 2 hours a day. hospitals aren't able to cope because they need to run their generators and generators need diesel fuel. and the, the, the new governments will need to reach some sort of a bailout plan with the international monetary fund. because without that, the, they can, they're unable to start the economy. but so far, lebanon's politicians have been focused on their own personal interests and not the

interest. in fact, the international community has been a very frustrated with the political class. continuously criticizing them for not working for the interests of the state. and instead, having their eyes focused on the upcoming parliamentary elections next year. so the country now has a new prime minister, but whether or not he can form a government, it is still unclear. at least $57.00 migrants and refugees have drowned and shipwrecked off libya. they are both went down not far from the town of coons. survivors told the us international organization for migration that 20 women and 2 children were among those who died better, whether in recent months or seen a rise in the number of migrant votes departing. libby, anton easier for italy and other european nations, almost 10000 sudanese families or an emergency accommodation as floods that devastate together if region in the southeast. it's the only state affected,

but officials expect other areas to be hit in the coming weeks, including the northern river nile state because of heavy rains in the field in highlands. environmentalists say that intensive agriculture has made the flooding worse this year. he but morgan has more now from gathering people here who we spoke to said that they've waited for at least a week for any kind of a to reach them. and they say that they've just posit to see government response and organizations pausing to deliver a just yesterday. and the situation is already dire. they saying that to begin with they had very little and most of their properties have been washed away by the flash floods. now let's make it clear, it's not what's coming from the rivers, that of course, the flood. now these losses are coming from the european highlands due to heavy rent in the highlands. usually what happens is that these waters just slow down the, the mountains from if you, if you're interested them and then into the river nile. but most of the draining

system and most of the valleys and river ways are pathways that these waters used to take have been clogged by. they say waste materials as well as by farm lands. and so people have blog these they say for the interest. so the water was not able to flow, and as a result, it had flooded into this district, this locality here and go out of a large wildfire tearing its way through. northern california has become more dangerous dixie, the largest of the fire is burning in the state right now has merged with another one. it has already incinerated large parts of woodlands and taken down power lines in the county which is north of sacramento, but its now so big that its creating its own weather pattern which could lead to lightning storms and more fires. its the 68th anniversary of the start of the cuban revolution against the us back dictator for against you. but

the stuff, but this year there is no big official celebration. the government says an increase in covert cases force that the council, its plans, cuba report at the highest rate of infection per capita, and latin america last week. the pandemic and do a sanctions of calls and economic spiral, and shortages of basic goods leading to anti government protest earlier this month . mary simon has officially been sworn in as canada as a 1st indigenous governor, john general simon and the new leader and former diplomat was accompanied by a traditional in you with drummer, as she made her way into the senate chamber for the 1st time, the swearing in ceremony was conducted in both english and the people. simon was chosen by prime minister just intruder earlier this month to be the queen's representative in canada. her appointment follows the discovery of hundreds of

unmarked graves, believed to belong to indigenous children, forced to go to government funded residential schools. i am honored, humbled, and ready to be canada's 1st indigenous governor general. i have heard from canadians who describe a renewed sense of possibility for our country and hope that i can bring people together. i they 3 of competition at the tokyo olympics has ended with the host nation, japan on top of the medals table. one of their 8 gold medals was a 13 year old, me g michelle, who won for the 1st olympic scape for competition for women. the silver medalists that a seller from brazil is also 13. the bronze medalist japan's food and i k yama was the most senior person on the podium at 16. well,

there are signs the japanese public. you may be warming to the olympics more than 70000000 of them watch the opening ceremony. and the hosts already wrapped up several gold metals is we're, we're just hearing, but cope with 19 infraction rates in the city remain high. and the richardson reports from tokyo, the official requests the people in japan see, watch the olympics at home, many at taking any chance they can to witness some action. here a cycling race that went outside official venues can get in my life, but they're not allowing fans. but this road raises happening where we can watch it outdoors. i thought this might be the last chance in my life to see the olympics in tokyo. thank you. so i never got to see the 964 choker olympics i thought, well, this time i definitely have to see it too bad that kate is a band. there's been a rush of feel good stories involving japanese athletes, including

a gold for 13 year old skateboarder major nysha. and that's helping to lift online support for the games. the day before yesterday was the best day in the history of digital platforms of the olympics. the day after was 20 percent more and the day after it was 20 percent more higher than what we had expected. so clearly the interest in the games is he's a, he's, he's booming. there were 16 new games related covey, 19 cases on monday. but organizes insist the athletes village is the most tested community in the world. the conflict in sentiments felt by many japanese people was reflected in a survey taken at the start of the games. nearly 90 percent were worried that the olympics would cause a search and inspections, but more than 70 percent said, they were looking forward to watching it. this is a city with a rich sporting culture, but it's also one that still under a state of emergency due to covet 19 people were really geared up and pumped up

actually, you know, to welcome people from all over the world. but unfortunately, considering the very conservative in nature of japanese, were the most risk of boarding type of people and organization in the world. and for that reason, having another big wave of cobra, 1900 coming through, especially it is very tight. it's also understandable that people are also backing off at the same time. fancy should have been keeping up to watch sports left to make what memories they can of an elim picks that remain tantalizingly out of reach . and richardson al jazeera, tokyo ah timed off the top stories on al jazeera tunisia is facing its biggest political crisis since the 2011 jasmine.