later on, distributed in evaporation pools communities around this area are concerned that few extraction could complicate or access toward ah, this is al jazeera ah, hello, i'm barbara sarah. this is the al jazeera news, our live from london. thank you for joining us. coming up in the next 60 minutes and uneasy. com descends into museum where the president is urged to consider political dialogue after he fact of the prime minister and froze parliament. indifference shown to my colleagues and his discretion,

anger and disbelief from police officers testifying the select committee, investigating the de, the u. s. capital thorpe. the 1st conviction under hong kong national security law . the writer of this bike is found guilty of inciting secession and terrorism. plus the catholic cardinal on trial over london property deal accused of embezzlement, food and money. he descended into the latest from the tokyo, again, the future of reigning olympic gymnastics champion simone boss is in doubt of the she withdraws from the team files. thing she needs to focus on her mental health. ah kennedy is civil society groups have warned president case said not to extend the emergency measures that oppose that just 24 hours ago. the groups which include the

country's powerful labor union have called on the president to establish a road map out of the country's worst political crisis. since the 2011 jasmine revolution on sunday said, backed by the army fact that the prime minister and froze parliament leading to clashes in the capital between his supporters and opponents. and in the past hour we have learned that more officials have also been fired after accusing said of staging, a qu, tennessee, as big as political party is now calling for com and dialogue laura burden. manley reports happy board gave avenue in the heart of 2 nieces. diplomat, guerria has long been the stage for protest and political change. and this week with no difference or security forces, lying the streets and the army. his setup, barricade, locking people and politicians from access to government buildings. president kyle

said sucked the prime minister of the prominent capital members and announce a freeze on parliament's 30 days when he says the decision was taken after following the process laid out by the constitution. but the move was divided opinions and i'm only local. if the people see that kind of said wants to become a dictator and work against the revolution. of course the people rise up against him and overthrow him. you know, cause cause it is really a rescue operation because lately alterations have seen that the economic and social situation has deteriorated. a lot under the government's policies, the biggest political group, the another party is calling the president's move a qu, but says it's open and ready for dialog. we reject the unconstitutional announcements and we welcome all the rejections that have come from

most of the political party as well as some of your. ready patients and we call the changes in people to the com and vigilant, and you ready to defense. the kristi really, really must protest were held on sunday with many, focusing at the not to party a long struggle with cubic 19. and an economy in decline has become a perfect recipe for unrest that on monday, a face off in tunis between those for and against the president. the same streets were filled during the 2011 jasmine revolution that led with decades of democracy. but the people now in power of being accused of corruption and incompetence and the president is accused of establishing an authoritarian government, the many people here for so hard to read of a decade ago. for now,

what is important is that the decision for all the political acts up to sit together, that we are no longer within to return to resume internees yet, but we're in democratic regime continues. yeah. and everything has to happen within the graphic process and democratic framework. so now tunis has come, many don't know whether it's fragile democracy can be phased by dialogue, or whether the streets will once again become a stage for nation demanding change. lore about manly algebra, or matthew coordinator is a north africa analyst and international development consultant. he joins us now via skype from tonight. so thank you so much for joining us here on al jazeera. now what we've been hearing as is that these special measures have been put in place for a few weeks, roughly a month. but in these situations, the temporary can often become permanent. so do you think that tunisia is now

facing a threat to its democracy? i don't think that there's a threat to democracy. you know, i think that the measures that were taken by the president could be interpreted as such. but to me that had been on a democratic path for the last 10 years. and i think all expert expected is going to consolidate democracy in the near future. when a democrat pass for 10 years, of course, the nicea is almost famous for being the one country that seemed to emerge from the arab spring, whether democratic system. and yet we have seen in those 10 years continuing accusations of corruption. the economy really never taking off and of course the code, the crisis exacerbating everything over the past few years. be the how much faith do you think that the news in people themselves have been democracy or at least that democracy that they have seen over the past. 10 years. well, i think the music people themselves have a lot of their democracy. it's true that there are many legacies of

authoritarianism that's run by de corruption is one of them. but corruption also exists in very well established democracies. so i don't think that that's quite a good measure. what i do know is that by all the count, the people that are out on the street, whether they are pro or again, they do have faith in their democracy and want to maintain a democracy. and so what do you think haven't worked? i mean, again, we use the abstract, slightly word democracy. i guess the political parties in charge and the way that some of the coalition governments obviously haven't worked and cove. it obviously made everything worse. sure. well, i think we should look at the sort of longer time for i think when the have the square protests were happening in 2011. you had a lot of the revolutionary, there was something along the lines of grassroots, horizontal formation. really something more into a welfare social democracy. what we saw that was that little party stepped into the

break. many of them were from the guard. and as a result, we see the coloring of democracy. that is not the kind of color that the confusion people with. so the economy and a 2 has not done well, partly as a result of business as usual. the same economic model that was used under the regime still is persisting today precisely because in his, in that of being so symbolical of the arab spring. what do you think is the message that people in the region and beyond that really will be reading from the events that we've seen interview over the past few days? messaging a little bit difficult to tell. obviously, i think that a lot of eyes are on kamesia for a lot of different reasons. a lot of the gulf states, for example, are coming out and calling this revolution again, rather, which is not. i think that there are a lot of people in neighboring countries who are looking to need avenue,

which is for people taking power, again, arbitrary governance. and this is what they see is that you did not like the direction they're going in. and so they came out on the street in order to demand the dissolution in parliament corner and north africa. analysts and international development consult and speaking to us from tunis, sir, great to get your view. thank you. now the january 6th attack on the u. s. capital building was a clear plan to disrupt democracy that's according to one police officer present that day. he was one of several officers testifying before house select committee in washington, d. c. they told of the verbal and physical abuse that they say they suffered during the insurrection. the committee will set out by the house speaker, nancy pelosi, after efforts for a bipartisan commission failed. for me, you as president trump was accused of inciting the writer is in

a speech and through social media. john henderson is on capitol hill 4th. so john, obviously it was an incredible de, incredibly surprising and incredibly shocking to see those pictures, especially on capitol hill and in the us. so what was the tone of the testimony today? it was dramatic. he was emotional and sometimes plaintive with officers practically begging congress to hold someone senior in the national political landscape accountable so far more than 500 people have been arrested in the capital insurrection. but none of them has been a national political leader. this is really a story in 3 parts. one part are these 4 officers who stood their ground and battled off insurrection is who beat them and in some cases, threatened to kill them. the 2nd part are the 2 republican leaders who were defying their party. that's adam kinsey or vill annoy. and liz cheney of wyoming,

both of them doing something the rest of their party is not doing. and that is trying to hold someone accountable for this. and the 3rd part of this is really about a president who not only did nothing for ours as his supporters ransacked the capital, but also egg them on. we put together a story with the most salient parts of today's hearing. take a look, hold true, and nothing but the true in sometimes harrowing testimony for police officers detailed the coordinated attack on the us capital, and on them the washington police officer, michael for knowns, own body camera captured him being pulled into the crowd of donald trump. supporters beaten and shocked with a taser like stay in their body. like it's jimmy, i'm here. and he says, the response from republican politicians has been just is hurtful. the indifference shown to my colleagues is disgrace,

but nothing truly. nothing has prepared me to address those elected members of our government who continue to deny the events of that day. and in doing so, betray their oath of office washington metropolitan police officer, daniel hodges, seen in a viral video being crushed between the capital doors by writers, urged congress to act. i need you guys to address if anyone in power had a role in this, we're not allowed to join us capital police officer harry dunn recalled being taunted with racial slurs. no one had ever ever called me. and while wearing the uniform of a capital police officer, just 2 republicans joined the panel defying their party to question the officers. you guys may like individually feel a little broken and she got his line. you guys out,

you hear the former president, trump say quote, it was a loving crowd. there was a lot of love in the crowd. how does that make you feel? it's upsetting? is a, a benteke excuse for his behavior for something that he himself helped to create this month's tri city. i'm still recovering from those hogs. in cases day the, the house select committee saw previously unseen video. some of it graphic, profane and threatening the yeah. the i have people died on capitol hill on january 6th, but despite the presence of 2 republicans on the committee, the republican party is largely refusing to cooperate with the inquiry in solidarity with donald trump, who urged the borders to march from the capital house. republican leader kevin

mccarthy says the hearing is nothing but political theater. that becomes a failed committee in a failed report. a sham that no one can believe is the hearings continue the effort to investigate. the insurrection continues to be matched by an equally aggressive campaign to discredit it. before officers, each told this same story in different parts. one talked about how he had never been so afraid in his life, including when he was a us soldier in iraq and other talked about how he endured racial epithets and taunting by the people who are attacking him. a 3rd was knocked unconscious in later diagnosed with a heart attack and traumatic brain injury. and a 4th recalls how bizarre it was, the many that people who were attacking him were also carrying blue lives matter flags. those are attribute to the police even as they attacked him. so what remains to be as tears, whether in the end,

any one will end up being held accountable through this process. in particular, the man who ordered that crowd to march down to the capital. donald trump, john hendrick, with the latest from capitol hill. john, thank you. coming up on al jazeera, this news hour has the taliban and found advances in the us speeds up plans to evacuate interpreters who helped their forces. the world trade organization hits a stumbling block after waving intellectual property rights for corona virus, vaccines and making waves. the 1st ever olympic surfing champions are crown that the games in tokyo, ah, the 1st person to be charged under hong kong is national security law has been found guilty in what's being seen as a landmark ruling tongue in kit was convicted of inciting,

secession and terrorism. after riding a motorcycle into a group of police officers and displaying a banner that called for hong kong liberation, adrian brown reports from the city. july, the 1st 2020. and one of the last big protests in home come a gathering, held in defiance of social distance rules and sweeping new national security law. the same law under which tonguing kit has now been convicted. it was the day disobedience accelerated, these images capturing the moment tom drove his motorcycle towards a group of policemen attached to his machine, a banner proclaiming liberate hong kong revolution of our times. that was a cry heard constantly during the unrest. tones that pleaded not guilty to both charges on which he was convicted. his trial happened without a jury. instead,

the verdict was delivered by a panel of 3 judges, appointed by hong kong chief executive carry, alarm. the reasons the judge gave for the verdict runs to more than 60 pages, but in essence, they say the tongue fully understood that the words on its protest, spanner acquainted to a call for independence and that the slogan was capable of inciting others. he'll be sentenced at a later date, but faces a lifetime. more than a $120.00 people have so far been charged under the national security legislation, including the publisher, jimmy ly, who was also in court on tuesday. like tongue he to face is spending the rest of his life in jail. adrian brown, al jazeera hong kong, about 200 people are now known to have died in flooding in the indian state of matter hush for a 100 villages are under water and hundreds of thousands of people have been moved to safety or india correspondent,

elizabeth per annum reports from new delhi both are the only way to get around much of mot. austria stays after. last week's torrential, rain. 900 villages have been effected. $100.00 and now submerged. rescue teams have evacuated. hundreds of thousands of people, many from the rooftops of their flooded homes go of a guy. we have evacuated, a covered 90 station from dani village was oxygen level and carried him towards the bridge from where he'll be taken to hospital by ambulance. it's reported around 200 people have died in the flooding and lance live and doesn't remain missing. lots of us. there were 5 people in sight with my mother, my brother, his wife, and my brother's 2 children. only the boys 40 has been recovered. the rest of the poor family members still haven't been traced. flooding and lance lives

a common in india during the monsoon season. but scientists say the frequency and intensity of heavy rains has increased because of climate change happening in mud. austria has seen its heaviest rainfall in the month of july. in 40 years, the district administrators said illegal construction along the rushes, the river and discharged from the cold water dam. court added problems and environmentalists agree to expire on the system of the really a job in the water which is not coming up on the floor plan. the mot, astro state, lead it with i've talked a has been visiting the worst effected areas and has promised compensation. but

environmentalists say the government's priority must be to deal with the impact of climate change during the annual monsoon and to stop human development from causing more disasters. elizabeth moran and al jazeera new deli pakistan has reopened the main border crossing with a canister. the thunder taliban control on the afghan side, focused on the border patrols of allowed some a 100 trucks carrying goods to resume transit. it closed it side of the spin bog back crossing this month after fighting between africa, soldiers and the taliban. on the afghan side, the crossing is an essential port for landlocked afghan. his son, pakistan says it will remain open 6 days a week with the last foreign forces on the way out of afghanistan. president joe biden has vowed that afghans who worked with the us military would

not be left behind. recent advances by the taliban have treat triggered to growing concerned for their safety by didn't, has already approved $100000000.00 in emergency funding to evacuate translators, other african personnel and their families. but the white house has reportedly told lawmakers it will need $1000000000.00 to speed up the process. the request is expected to have bipartisan support. while the state department says an initial group of 2 and a half 1000 people will be brought to fort lee. that's the u. s. military base in virginia, where they will wait for the final processing of their visa applications. the 1st are expected to arrive before the end of this month. but that is a small portion of the roughly $20000.00 afghans who have signed up for special immigrant visas. those not yet far enough along in the process will go to u. s. military bases overseas or 3rd countries. while adam weinstein, as a former us marine who went to afghan, is done in 2012. he's our research fellow specializing in the region and he joins

us from new york. so thank you so much for joining us here on our jazeera now. obviously, when you were in a canister back in 2012, you would have worked with some interpreters, i guess one here is that word, they would think of the slee linguistic help for us forces, but what was their role? what did they bring to to the forces their well, thanks for having me. they acted both as linguistic interpreters but also as a cultural bridge between the u. s. patrols in other countries patrolling and follow on and the local communities that were being patrol. so they, they were also acting as cultural advisors. they were helping, in some sense, keep, keep us troops safe by being the, here's to the ground, so to speak. so it was much more than simple language translation. and how key would you say that they were to the forces that they worked with?

i would say they are absolutely crucial to, to the mission. i don't think. i don't think a lot of the mission crew gone forward without, without their help. system everything that you've been hearing, are you confident that the people, you know, the afghans the did in many ways put their own lives in danger? by helping nato forces will be taken care of by the us. i'm confident that there is a will within the bided administration to, to get these folks out. and there's certainly a broad coalition of a veterans groups, human rights organizations, and individual veterans who want to see these as the applicant safe in the united states. but we are down to the 11th hour here. yeah. and there does seem to be a bit of a backlog. i mean, we've heard that an initial group of 2 and a half 1000 people will be brought to fort lee. but then when we think that it's 20000 africans that we're talking about, obviously that just doesn't seem,

doesn't seem to be enough time potentially to process all of them before september . well, they don't need to be processed in inside afghanistan. in fact, i think it's crucial that they're taken out of afghanistan and preferably placed in u. s. territory, but, but at a minimum taken out of afghanistan and processed in an area where, where there, they are safe and i think a u. s. territory is preferred because it's best not to outsource our responsibility to a 3rd country, but in terms of simply getting them out of afghanistan along with their dependence . i think that's very feasible from what you remember back in 2012 when you were there, were any of them ever targets? so was the fact that they were helping us troops that, that put them in danger in and how much danger of using many of them are now as long as they stay. and it's kind of fun. also, of course, as we see the taliban gating strengths in the country. well,

in terms of the interpreters that went out in patrols, they were in the, at the time of the patrol. they were in the same danger as the us soldiers or marines who were patrolling beside them. and they faced the same, the same risks of stepping on an id or enemy fire as anyone else in terms of their identity being discovered and their families being targeted. that was a risk that day that they were burdened with that, frankly, us soldiers and marines didn't carry with us. and now that risk is even greater, especially for the former interpreters who live in provincial cities. we have to remember that they don't all live in cobble. they also live in provinces, some of which are under the control of the taliban, or surrounded by the taliban. so i think the risk is quite immediate, and every day that they are left in afghanistan is like playing russian roulette with their lives at weinstein former us marine whoa. who went to afghanistan in

2012 sir. thank you for sharing your views with us. thanks us health officials have recommended that people resume wearing masks in some parts of the country regardless of their vaccination status. 2 months ago, the centers for disease control and prevention said fully vaccinated people no longer needed to wear a face covering corona virus cases are climbing in the u. s. and vaccination rates appear to have plateaued at less than 50 percent. the country recorded 88000 new cases and 273 deaths in the latest 24 hour period. the world trade organization delegates are expected to take their august summer holiday before completing their debate over a proposal to waive intellectual property rights for corona virus. vaccines more than $130.00 countries, including the us now back the waiver,

which would allow for vaccine factories and countries in regions facing shortages. but negotiations are difficult as one country can scupper any view. germany and the u. k. are the waivers most strident proponents arguing the need to protect innovation? germany's health minister says biotech is only reached profit after developing the pfizer job drug manufacturers say they are fixing the distribution bottlenecks and are on track to deliver 11000000000 vaccines by the end of the year. enough to inoculate the world's entire adult population. but to date, 75 percent of vaccines have been administered in just 10 countries and only one percent of people in low income countries have received at least one dose. john hall is in london. he says there is unlikely to be clear agreement on vaccine waivers. among the w t o members, i think it will meet a divided audience in the world trade organization among its membership is the

general council meeting over the next 2 days. they're going to address it, they're going to look at it. we're going to hear from them either today or tomorrow . is it likely to be endorsed overall by consensus? this is a consensus body after all. probably not at this meeting. i think those are the signs anyway. there's a lot of opposition. the u. k. germany on the part of the e. u is opposed as well as other rich countries. japan, australia, norway, switzerland. these are countries that believe that if you simply do away with intellectual property rights, you set a very poor precedent in terms of future investment, risk research innovation by these big pharmaceutical companies. they'd rather see a system of licensing rights handed out to developing countries. technology transfers so that you can manufacture those vaccines on the ground that you don't do away with the all important profit principle. so without consensus, there's unlikely to be agreement. it may be pushed down the road to another meeting in october to too late, of course, say activists,

and campaigners who will and many more people will die in the meantime. infection rates arising fast across the developing world, and as they do so to will rise the risk of the emergence of yet more dangerous variance undermining further the world's ability to escape this. pandemic fell ahead and al jazeera, this news. our 3 of the warring factions of mexico's golf cartel announced a truce agreement that could end a decade long, per facile plus. we go inside the ancient forest, almost touched by human hands, which has now been added to you. next goes world heritage list lessons for we're going to hear from the usa basketball team and they look to bounce back in tokyo. ah,

well the rainy's back for summer never went away. the center of pivots, more or less going to be of us gotten to the next 24 hours with the cloud extends all the way down. know literally the been pretty big thunderstorms there is encouraging into the hot air is still around in eastern europe and persistent rain is going to be along this line. i think here in the southern part is kind of navy and scuttle extract. there you are. that's the big circulation taken place during wednesday. the dunker blues would suggest the biggest showers and usually they don't extend down through italy. don't go for the balkans and they're not really that much evident in spain or portugal. either. in fact, by the time we get to 30 more or less a north south spit if you ignore what's disappearing out of eastern europe into russia, which has dropped temperatures a bit. so all around the edge of what's currently revolving in court heart and track the heat, warring guide for hungary to serbia, the bits of italy, for example. and the reason for that attempt is on record breaking that one above normal. the average is $29.00.