that in any negotiation, the dignity of this nation should not be heard. he's already made large weeping promises including fighting corruption, improving the country's economy and maintaining your own best interest in negotiations. but it's not clear yet if you will be able to deliver on his promises ah, evacuation to the us of africa, interpreters and their families finally begins, but many are still waiting to hear when they will leave. ah, lauren kane. this is al jazeera life from london was coming up at least 18 dad is fighting intensifies around a syrian town that's been under a government siege for more than a month. the tax return for that seem more than 80 people

killed in cape town. so far this year uncovered 19, take the top us potable to be limping. so straight a team into the nation daily cases hit new hires and took me a begin enough canister on where the evacuation of afghan interpreters and their families to the u. s. is finally begun. it's part of a special immigration program. we also see thousands who helped the united states over the last 20 years moved to america. but as foreign troops withdraw and the taliban makes major territorial gains. many a still waiting to hear when they will leave. charlotte palace reports from couple the 3 years ali was a translator for the us army in his own province at home. and in may, he took a bus to cobble for an interview at the us embassy. and his waited since then at

this guest house. last week he was approved for evacuation, but he has heard nothing more. when i wake up in the morning in the morning to check it again, but there was nothing. so i called to my other friends, but nothing happened. and he said they be patient. ali is one of about $20000.00 africans who replied for a special immigrant visa. those who worked for at least 2 years for the us government or military eligible. the process has been long and advocate the saying, you know, increasingly confusing. a lot of people have received, offers to relocate them and evacuate them safely out of the country. the problem we're seeing is that these people are responding to the letters. and at this point there are some that are saying it's been a week. it's been 7 days and it had no response back to tell a bond, take more territory. the stakes arising from many of those who worked for foreign

forces, all of my relatives and other people who are living in our area. they know me like this guy was interpreter and they will tend to talk about like, there are some people that they will tell like he was a linguist. so i will not go never to that again. i did do a movie, worked as a translator for the us department of defense and state she 1st applied for these are in 2017 replication is under review. it's really difficult survive here. and every down way thing if, if i gave any, even for the location and evacuation. but unfortunately, we don't have con approval yet, so it's making me hopeless. who knows? i will get it or not. in a statement the taliban seed africans who have worked with foreign forces should not be skews. it says it hopes interpreted, stay to serve their country. and if they do, they will not be threatened by the group interpreters. we spoke to found that hard

to believe it's not a threat to try on thought of them. we cannot guarantee our lives with them. they cannot trust them. security is tight with the u. s. embassy refusing to release any information about who is on the flight when they will call them or arrive in the united states in order to protect those who are leaving us with these might expect to continue for the next month. there weren't any information, further evacuation and shown that bell is 2062 states as a relocation scheme for interpreters is being planned. the united states has committed to helping those who helped us during our time in afghanistan over the last 20 years. and indeed, we've had very brave afghans who stood with, with us, with our soldiers, with our diplomats, mostly as translators, and interpreters. and as

a result of that service benefit from the possibility of securing a visa to come live in the united states were actively engaged in that process. and notably in relocation planning for those brave afghans and their families. meanwhile, heavy fighting is continuing cross parts of southern afghanistan. 20 civilians were injured in and around the city of kandahar in neighboring helman province. a series of ass strikes have been reported across. i've got some violence and advances by the taliban. a forcing people to leave their homes, senior un official has told andre 0, this is no sci fi. the situation could become the world's worst humanitarian catastrophe. entrepreneur to get it to james bass traveled by man. but just seen an influx of tens of thousands of people traveling with the un to permian. it should take just over 4 hours to drive to this mountainous province,

but the route is far too dangerous. now. once seen as the safest place in afghanistan, recent violence has seen the un recording over 47000 internally displaced people in recent weeks. dameion without doubt, has one of the best hospitals in the country funded by the aga con. ah, but the hospital has been overwhelmed by people suffering. after walking for days through the mountains. wonder i left because the taliban had captured more districts. when we came here, all the people were on the run. they were fleeing. my husband works for the police and wasn't able to come with us. i took all 3 of my children to get some help, but i received no help. these are among 300000 people displaced across. i've got to stand since may the un humanitarian coordinator. fears if there's no c spar, things could get much, was my fear you unfortunately something which gives them trouble to sleep.

i think we will be looking at some of the war stretching this which we have seen in the recent history. we traveled in the u. n. convoy out of town towards the mountains to a school built by the u. n. refugee agency, you and hcr. it was constructed to educate children returning from outside africa stun. instead these kids all recently fled their homes inside the country. news of opposite quickly spread. the government coming here, these women desperate for help. after abandoning their villages, one of the fear that modem began. they told us who the taliban are coming, so we fled from our homes. what could we do? we were in the barbara mountains and walked all the way. was freezing there, there was no food. so we were obliged to come here. there's a reason people here so fearful. there's a long history of persecution,

of the hazard, of the larger the sheer ethnic group that make up most of by me and population. they remember the taliban harsh rules in the 900 ninety's. when they blew up the giant buddhist statues that had stood for centuries in the sandstone cliffs, the united nations can only provide food and shelter when people 1st flee. but we met this group of families who left their homes 3 months ago, and then now struggling all living into small rooms. one of the problems is un humanitarian appeal is desperately undefended. they receive just 37 percent of the $1100000000.00 they need this year. what we've seen here, and by me, and it's just a snapshot of what's going on in many places in afghanistan, people on the moon fleeing conflict, human misery, that the un is warning, could soon turn into humanitarian catastrophe. james bay's ouch is era, bobby, and province. i've gone

on at least $800.00 people are dead, is a battle intensifies around a besieged town in southern syria. government forces of surrounded neighbourhood in their province for more than a month. it's home to 40000 people who been cut off from food and medicine. aggression back to government troops want opposition fighters to surrender their weapons and allow military checkpoints to be set up. my husband, albuquerque is a member for the freedom for dera campaign. he says, syrian and iranian forces indiscriminate, new targeting civilians. the people who are living in the season 4 to 5 days ago and around 55000 civilians are still living and under siege. forced by the iranian forces back by regime militias will we are talking about elephants, house and families, 12000 of them, women and children. indeed, the concern,

the continuing and indiscriminate shillings are targeting the civilian there are about this are struggling on trying to defend the civilians and stop the attacking of this hearing. machine forces bikes, but backed by the iran, the militias, indeed one medical point was only available in this city. and for the time being, it was out of service because of the shilling is unintentionally charged. that is men from the beginning. indeed to kneel down, but there are people because they had refused the election that took place a month ago. and there as a, as the response of that the regime is coming to make a revenge against the civilians. so that are, that are invalid is the icon of the under bush and the deepening crisis in lebanon is hitting the country as children, hard with more of them being sent out to work, even as they go hungry. hundreds of thousands and now often go without a single neil all day. a new report from se the children as

a poor. families can only afford a fix of the monthly cost of basic necessities. it's even worse for syrian refugees in the country with 9 out of 10 families living in extreme poverty. mcveigh rom from say the children explained her little family is good for not talking about just one with group or one nationality. one background we are talking about to graphically, demographically, an overall dark and very, very tough situation for breakfast. the children do not have the basics, they cannot afford things like change. for example, now i hear from parents that they children now mixing water and time to have breakfast for for lunch. for example, these children are relying on a boil is of boiled potatoes and a small dish of solid even grained lentils rice are out of reach for these families . dental simply doesn't exist for many families. and now we are talking about

people who need 550 percent more money just to survive. wildfires continued to burn through northern lebanon is pine forests, where one fire fighter has been killed. 5 parties in region are being backed up by the army, a strong winds, fuel or 5, at least 500 acres of pristine pine forests have been destroyed. the fires also spread to neighboring syria where military helicopters have been used to keep the blazes away from residential areas. and a massive, far as far as raging is southern turkey for a 2nd day. and the 3 people have been killed and more than 100 evacuated around the town of man. i've got just, you can reach us from antonio. hot weather and strong winds have made the blazes worse. officials say that the biggest fires in the region to date still to come. the soft owl fountains gather to block traffic in guatemala as a whole for the president and attorney general to resign. and dr. 14 years delay in a russian last module. finally,

international space station. ah hello there. we've seen some very unsettled weather across central and western parts of europe in particular. northern italy or severe storms cause flash, flooding and landslides. this is the scene in lake como, where the clean up operation is now underway. but there is more wet weather on the way we take a closer look. it's not just northern parts of italy that are going to be affected . those storms are going to rumble across southern parts of france into switzerland and we're going to get some heavy down port in austria and into hungry. we could see some more flooding where those rains for heaviest, but to the south. so this, it is a very hot picture. we've got heat warnings out across serbia as well as so bosnia

and herzegovina as well as the southern parts of italy. as those temperatures just continue to climb for the iberian peninsula. the heat is also one, but temperatures aren't of high as we have seen them recently. and things are going to get wet up in the north as we go into saturday and it's been a story for the british child. it's going to be wet and windy, come the weekend, and that weather system throwing rain and wind the crossing to denmark and parts of scandinavia. so wet weather for norway and sweden as well as for western parts of russia. that's the weather update. the in 2001 fear spread around the world. arab australians accused of being enemies within and attacking the way of life. treated like we were all suspects, we were all under suspicion struggling to adapt to the new found home. out there

explored the history of the lebanese community and australia once upon a time and punched on out era. ah ah, never mind of the top stories going out to 0. evacuation from afghanistan of interpreters who worked for the u. s. over the last 20 years has finally begun. thousands of people would eventually be relocated to the united states. at least 18 people have been killed, the battle intensifies around of a siege town in syria. their province is being surrounded by government forces to more than a month and the deepening crisis 11 and hitting the country. children hard. and you

report from say, the children says the poorest families can only afford a fix of the monthly cost of basic necessities. it won't house organizations, africa, director says the continent is entering an encouraging phase as code vaccine supplies increase, but incentive goal. the 3rd wave of credit of ours is proven to be catastrophic. hospitals in the capital are overwhelmed, and the protection that people need is in short supply under chappelle reports. it's a long wait in an uncomfortable chair, but they've decided to day is the day mary, alma is receiving the vaccine despite her earlier reservations. i didn't trust the scene at 1st. that's why i didn't take it when i saw my parents were vaccinated and everything went well for them. i decided to get the vaccination points are getting closer to people's home near the local mask or sports stadium. hundreds of

thousands of doses arrived and cynical this week the end of the day. it's important to note that this strategy, which is a proximity strategy, allows us to bring the vaccine close to the population. it will allow us to considerably accelerate our role out because we know to data to pen demik is gaining ground and we must move faster than the delta variance. the delta vary interest fueling a 3rd way and more cynical leaves see the writing on the wall. the pandemic is in their neighborhood. nearly 1000000 people have been vaccinated, but there aren't enough doses to go around in millions more. are needed to me on a law or even and not everyone is here. we're moving now because before we used to say it was for the elderly, but now we see 13 year old kids getting sick. we see younger people in their twenty's dying. it's a total panic. now. hospitals into car are overflowing with new arrivals. the ministry of health says its facilities are already operating at 100 percent capacity for severe and critical patients. meaning every bed with oxygen available

is taken. the head of infectious diseases and hospital says it's just the tip of the iceberg. funny to tell you, the truth situation is catastrophic. we are a bit overwhelm. doctors would like to take care of the patients, but the main issue is the lack of equipment and available places. ah, when family members began to fall ill, the dresser returned to cynical only to begin counting, the number of loved ones lost. this time a cousin only 40 years old. i was in a cemetery yesterday in one day alone, as it is usually very about 34 people yesterday a long day. but the 35 people. so there is something going on in the world crisis. i'm sorry that my people here. they kind of figure out little bit too late. i was able to figure out a little bit sooner. but now we just trying to catch up less than 2 percent of the senegalese population has been fully vaccinated. and with hospitals overwhelmed.

doses are in high demand. in the us treasury says president joe biden is calling on all state local and territorial government to provide $100.00 to every newly vaccinated american. in the statement, it said $350000000000.00 in current of ours aid will be provided to them to be used for vaccine incentives. infections arising again in the u. s. as the vaccination rate flows on wednesday, the centers for disease control said nearly 67 percent of us counties were substantial. high transmission rate looks like a double world champion, has become the highest profile. olympic contended to be ruled out by the current of virus. us provo, to san kendrick's positive test was now wednesday, and he's now in isolation for that's threatened to cause why did disruption within 40 members of the australia team forced to isolate most to be released. but the 3 who had the trusted contact, remaining isolation,

despite having returned negative and the number of positive cases is still reaching record levels and the host city took care reporting over 3800 new affections on thursday or nationwide cases top 10000 for the 1st time, foreign minister maintain says no link between the olympics and this new spread. and richardson has more from tokyo. some kendricks wasn't just another roughly making up the numbers here and so care he said to time, it will champion in the poll vote when a bronze medal at the re game. so would have in a strong contender, a win the tide. so these are lympics, it goes to show just how the integrity of competition will be affected by curve at 19, at these lympics and other tournaments. so the competitions is perhaps another chance for an athlete coming around the corner in the next couple of weeks. but lympics, you test positive covert 19 or are identified as a close contact to the wrong time. your chance of winning a gold medal is gone. all of this happening at

a time when tokyo and japan is recording record numbers of cove. at 19 cases the countries took medical adviser saying that needs to be a clear, stronger message from the government about the dangers of infection, particularly the delta variance. the hoko governor is saying the serge should not be related to these games, not as obviously align olympic organizers are very keen to push saying as far as that concerned, the athletes have all the most tested community in the whole world because of it knowing seen and as far as they're aware, not a single case has been transmitted from the athletes village to the wider community . the total picks, the u. s. has one gymnastics gold, even without stock competitor. she recently took her 1st gold and the women's all around competition on her teammates. simone biles pulled out to focus on her mental health. ireland has won its 1st ever. gold medal, thanks to the rose pool, or donovan, and finch, and the coffee in the lightweight w skulls on you didn't grace pendergast and carry gala give their country the 1st

gold of these games in the women's caucus pear protest. calling for guatemala, present to design a growing after the sacking of an anti corruption prosecutor. traffic was blocked at major junctions across the country to put pressure on the handle drama. tate and his attorney general special prosecutor, $100.00 cisco sandeval, was fired and forced to flee the country last week after he began investigating people close to the president, it helped to bring down a former leader on corruption charges, and more protests are expected. monro buffalo is following the story 1st from mexico city, but it's up to speed with what's going on in guatemala. what we're seeing in guatemala is easily the largest social mobilization in recent memory. people took to the streets on thursday. they set up roadblocks. the calls from protesters are for the resignation of the of the countries president alejandro

jemma the day. but really the unrest that we've been seeing the tensions that we've been seeing since last week and over the weekend stem from the ouster of one man. his name is one francisco centerville, he's the former top anti corruption official for guatemala sandeval has since fled the country. and it's believed that he was fired precisely because of his corruption investigations into top officials. in guatemala, including an investigation into the president of guatemala, alejandro geometry. sandeval, as we said, has fled the country thing that he fears for his life. and the response that we're seeing is precisely what we're seeing on the streets of guatemala. today, these protests calling for the president to resign, people saying what that they're protesting against rampant brazen, endemic corruption within the guatemalan government. and the ouster of this gentleman, mister going mister sandeval has also brought up international criticism. the us state department has called this a, quote significant setback in the rule of law. and there's

a lot of anger out on the streets and got him a lot of pressure now against the guatemalan government to, to answer for the firing of the top anti corruption official. and there's concerns that this does have the potential of becoming a larger national crisis. you mentioned the u. s. reaction on this. how does it the unrest effect to us efforts to improve the condition of people's lives in guatemala and try to reduce migration from the country. this absolutely complicates efforts for the united states occurred migration from the region specifically migration from guatemala. and it's simple as terms the plan that the binder administration has for central america is to address the quote unquote root causes of migration. in the case of guatemala, those root causes are extreme poverty and worsening insecurity. both of these problems have been exacerbated by rampant corruption in guatemala. so it's very difficult for the united states to look at the guatemalan government and see a reliable partner in the efforts to curb corruption,

the country when the government itself just fired the head of the, of the anti corruption agency for the country. on wednesday, the us state department said that the government of guatemala shows a quote pattern of behavior that indicates a lack of commitment to the rule of law. so we should note here, once again that guatemala is a top country of origin for migrants that, that you'll encounter on the us mexico border seeking asylum in the united states. so the general consensus among experts and migration experts in the region is that until guatemala finds a sustainable solution to its problem with endemic corruption, could the country will continue to be a top country of origin for migrants. fleet poverty, x violence and political corruption in the region minor. hello, thank you very much. indeed. a former us cardinal who was diffract by pope frances has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy at a wedding in the 19 seventy's court. documents obtained by the boston globe shows here. the mckerick is charged with 3 counts of indecent assault and battery on

a person. over 14, he was dismissed from the clergy in 20. 19. after a vatican investigation confirmed decades, rumors that he actually molested adults and children, dozens of people have been killed in a taxi turf for in the south african city of cape town. rival companies are fighting for control of a busy route. the violence is spot fair among compete, commuters and drivers are ben smith spoke to some of them with millions of south africans dependent on public transport. the government is not taking any chances. rival, taxi associations have been fighting for ownership other busy route. confrontations have raged for years, and it's got worse. with more than 80 people killed so far this year. 24 of them in july alone. among those injured a 5 month old baby,

senators, drivers and bystanders say they are living in fear. we can't exactly dive like the way we used to this is because, you know, the, with the, with the got to shoot to guys. so the 3 guys came in and around the corner and then just enjoying the fun side of the container where we know might operate and those guys came towards ending with guns. and then the shoots. one of our colleagues piece talks have so far failed prompting authorities to close the notorious route for the next 2 months and to make buses available to commuters as an alternative. and this is taken by government have helped to kuala violence. now,

at least, but commuters also being severely affected every evening, thousands q 4 hours before making the journey home by bus. for many, it doesn't stop fail then for to walk law distances in the dark in order to get home last night. no, no, i have to take the nick. that was it. and then i now i'm what i'm thinking with lives and livelihood at stake, commuters effectively held hostage by the taxi was a desperate organization to the violence. robinson algebra kept an independent inquiry into the 2017 assassination of a maltese investigative journalist as found that the state should be held responsible. daphne cour, carillon elisia,

whose work focused on exposing corruption, was killed by a car bomb outside her home. the inquiry conducted by 3 judges found that there was a culture of impunity in the government at the time. it called for immediate action to reign in and regulate the links between politicians and big business. carolina glitches killing lead to mass protests against corruption in croatia has celebrated the construction of a bridge linking its southern most region to the rest of the country. previously only reachable by road through bosnia herzegovina, at a fireworks ceremony. the prime minister, under a bank of which called the bridge, a fantastic achievement. european union provided about 85 percent of the funding. and it was built by china's stay tuned. broken bridge corporation was near, has raised concerns over the bridge, saying would obstruct see access to only coastal town new after 14 years of delay, the russian, the barge module that will provide room more room for experiments and successfully

docked on the international space station. the now come audio launched 8 days ago from the russian space launch facility. and by can all context on and has been in free flights ever since. it will take several months and multiple space walks to integrate fully with the space station where your launch was repeatedly delayed because of technical problems. and i, oka has been a long time coming, but as now pulled into port at the international space station. graduations that was not an easy docking. we are in ah, top stories on how to 0 evacuation from afghanistan of interpreters who worked for the u. s. has finally begun as part of a special immigration program that will also see thousands of people who help the u . s. over the last 20 years move their.