not only were residents completely taken by surprise by the flux, they also overwhelms government surfaces from around the world. this, the nation will help us side for like a sure from the global sell the wealthy nations were holding too many of the vaccines for themselves. the news with case numbers rising, the us president makes a new appeal to americans who resisted guessing vaccinate ah, again and peter w watching out of your life, and also coming up a startling warning within 2 weeks and half of me and mas, 54000000 people may be infected with curve 19. the u. s. begins relocating afghan interpreters and others who helped troops. unity as president moves to take

greater control of the security services appointing a new interior minister. ah help story. it was the delta variance of the corona virus spreading across the united states. the us president joe biden has an answer, a list of incentives and restrictions to try to get more americans vaccinated against koby 19. it includes restrictions for federal employees as well as funding for small businesses. she hypertensive reports now from washington. just a few weeks ago the white house was counting what it said would be a summer of joy and freedom. things have changed. this american tragedy. people are dying and will die, who don't have to die throughout their own vaccinate. you don't have to die

view as president announced a mixture of incentives and requirements. employers will be reimbursed for paid sickly given to employees to get back to needed and bite and urge local authorities use emergency federal aid to also the unvaccinated $100.00 to get their shots. in addition, federal government employees and contract is, will be required to disclose the vaccination status if they refuse or are vaccinated. they will be required to wear a mask no matter the location. physically, distance from others, be tested weekly or twice weekly, and have travel restrictions imposed. but this isn't a federal vaccine mandate. the presidents that he wasn't clear about the legality of one and federal employees have a choice not to get vaccinated, but clearly their working lives will be more difficult as a result. biden made it clear. this was not a partisan issue that actually was developed and authorized under republican administration has been distributed, administered under

a democratic administration. the vaccines are safe, highly effective. there's nothing political about. we have a country in crisis that wasn't the message on capitol hill, where mosques and mandatory in the house of representatives, leading to statements of outrage from the republican minority leader. the tweeter that liberal officials wanted to live in a perpetual pandemic state. which led to this withering response from the democratic speaker of the house. the science. it's a very unusual rare event you've been instructions leading virus expert has been trying to explain. this is a dynamic situation with change duties. the virus has changed. the delta varian has a very unusual capability of spreading much more easily than the alpha did. the debate about masking in schools is getting heated across the country. these kids are not affected. please stop the insanity. you have already done damage to his

kids by having them where mask is. but other parents argue that it's masking up the route and the confusion about safety all tremendously more so comfortable because strategy worked, they proved it work. they proved at work last year. but perhaps there are some hopeful signs that they have decided not to get vaccination so far. may not be firmly entrenched in that position. was still way down from the peak scene in april . the numbers, if they is getting facts they could have been creeping up week on week she ever time see al jazeera washington and also franko is a republican strategist. he says, joe biden is failing to convince americans to get a vaccine. i think what's going on. i think this is the continuation of some model messages by this president. i think the focus is of course trying to get people vaccinated because the problem is the unvaccinated. those are the desk that are taking place not to vaccinated and the mask mandate is going to be now a disincentive to get back to needed. so if you have to not wear

a mask whether you're vaccinated or not, there's not much of an incentive to do so. obviously it's a free country, no matter what the excuses and it's something to do with the health care system. these are free vaccines are widely available at grocery stores and pharmacies throughout the country is a large segment of the population. that is not trump, that is a high core democrats, supporters and minority groups just don't believe and the efficacy. they believe in side effects. and that's that, that's their prerogative. i think the campaign that we need to have the countries to convince people to get vaccinated and the reward is you don't have to work for a mask. the idea here is not the perfect. it's a manageable disease. the way we manage of wednesday or any anything else. so it goes back to one simple fact. how do you get unvaccinated people vaccinated? one message you don't want to sand is what the president just did today. you're going to wear a mask. what are your vaccinate?

or not, what is the incentive for that? we've seen the resistance out in france, in europe and other places, and i think you're going to see it in this country as well. i think it's a colossal mistake. i think you will try to walk back half of me and mars 54000000 people could be infected with curve at 19, in the next 2 weeks. that's the warning from the british ambassador to the un. the health care system has collapsed since the military took power in the queue. in february, medics have been attacked then detained. many are on strike and they have been treating people in secret. kristen salumi has more now from the united nations. this was a chance for security council members to hear directly from a representative of me and mars national unity government, as well as ethnic minorities. in fact, this was the 1st time that a kitchen representative briefed the council, and he described the situation in the mar as bordering on state collapse. he and

the other briefers described, rising food insecurity, ongoing violence, and rapidly spreading corona virus infection. and while there are many calls for help from the international community, including on arms embargo and a no fly zone, clearly not all council members were on board. russia did not even participate in the meeting saying at a separate event that me and mars government with the help of countries in the region need to take the lead and finding its own political solutions. so i think we should not so step in at this stage, we are against any drastic measures. we're against any, any provocations in this regards. including for example, the so the 2 days already a formula meeting on me on law, which i see as clear publication. these steps do not contribute to any finding any solution. young man, mars neighbor, china attended the meeting, but also oppose the sanctions. in the meantime, human rights watch points out that ozzy on the regional group has called for

a cessation of hostilities, but that was 3 months ago, and little progress has been made. japan's government has proposed extending the corona via a state of emergency in tokyo through the end of august and expanding it to several other regions. the restrictions are expected to be agreed by a panel of experts over seeing that break. they'll apply to 3 prefixes near the limpid host it he took you and the western prefecture of soccer. the capital announced a record of 3865 daily infections as all thursday. while daily cases nationwide have topped 10000 for the 1st time. the u. s. congress has passed a bill, increasing the number of visas for afghan allies to face taliban retaliation. it allows an additional $8000.00 visas and $500000000.00 for emergency transportation and housing. the 2000000000 dollar emergency funding bill was passed unanimously by

the senate. it also includes legislation loosening some visa requirements for afghan allies. the 1st group of afghans who helped international forces are due to arrive in the united states, but thousands of others still haven't been approved to leave. and they're still awaiting their confirmation. charlotte bellis reports now from cobble 3 years ali was a translator for the us army in his home province at home. and in may, he took a bus to cobble for an interview at the us embassy. and his waited suits thing 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 i 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 is 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 to say, 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 as the telephone take more territory. the stakes arising from many of those who worked with foreign forces. all of my relative 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. are you a mattie worked as a translator for the us department of defense and state she 1st applied for

a visa in 2017. her application 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 said, africans who have worked with foreign forces should not be scared. it sees it, hopes, interpreted, stay to serve their country. and if they do, they will not be threatened by the group interpreted. we spoke to found that hard to believe it's not a threat to threat 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. the word,

any information further evacuation in charlotte bell is 2029 c as president has appointed a new interior minister days after sacking. the prime minister and freezing parliament case said also used it as an opportunity to dismiss claims by his critics that he had initiated a coup. gillian wolf has the story. the day by day to me as president is remaking the government on thursday. you say, he'd appointed a former national security adviser to run the interior ministry. it follows the dismissal of a long list of senior officials and the president use the moment to defend his actions. the will, at least the mere to state is not a public moved by strings. there are lobbies and corrupt individuals who have been pulling the strings from behind the curtain us the conditions at this historical moment, but forced me to take such exceptional measures. he invoked emergency powers on

sunday, seizing control of the government. critics call it a qu, but a e says a dire economy surging pandemic and miss governance justify his actions. there are concerns about a crackdown on free speech after said replace the national tv station chief. that came hours after a journalist and human rights activists were temporarily barred from appearing on air. whatever the explanation of what happened at the state television, civil society is aware of any attempts to effect out freedom. the liberties acquired through the struggle that unity and people we are watching where all of this is going carefully. since the arab spring uprising a decade ago, western countries have applauded to need these political transition. in an interview with al jazeera us secretary of state, anthony blinking said he'd urge you to preserve that. we sandra denise has been a remarkable demonstration of democracy and it's really, i think,

been a strong example, not just for, for the region but for the world. and we have concerns about deviating from that democratic past. the streets are calm, but people say they need results. and we're following the situation of day by day. there is no blank check. true that we have faith in him and we believe in his good intentions, but the implementation. my name's an obstacle for both supporters and opponents of the president to nikia now appears to be at a crucial cross road, gillian wolf, al jazeera. still to come here on out to the about getting more intense by the day the rebel districts are 40000 people that's being bombarded by syrian government forces, millions of deaths and many more dealing with the after effects. we look into the diagnosis for people battling along cubic

ah ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored by cattle airways. hello there. there's more wet weather on the way for china over the next few days as we look to east asia, particularly for southern areas and up in the north east with the remnants of typhoon info, which has been downgraded to a tropical depression. but it's working its way up to the northeast and if we take a closer look, it's taking that wet and windy weather with it. so basing likely to see lots of thunder storms and showers as well as areas of he bay province. we are expecting heavy down ports and flooding rains, we could see some flash flooding and land slides here. the korean peninsula stays fine and dry on friday. a lot of heat coming through and temperature is above

average for so. but if we go into saturday, we see that wet weather kicking in, we're expecting some pretty heavy showers here for japan. it's still a very wet picture across pots of home. she even though the heat is there, will have some thunderstorms kicking off in tokyo, but up in the north it remained hot for her kind. as temperature is sit in the early thirties, much of the wet weather is to come for those southern areas of china and for taiwan on saturday we could see some floods kick in there. and as we move to south asia for india, we've seen quite a bit of flash flooding. we could see more as those monsoon rains fall sponsored pay cut on airways. he added to the fashion, the success and the popularity. and then he gave it all up for the love of his homeland football rebels. delves into the realm of footballing legend.

rashid mac luthey for to the jury and national liberation front with his feet rashid mackenzie, and the f. l. n. team on al jazeera. oh . the me you're watching else is here a reminder of our top story so far today the u. s. president joe biden, and i'm seeing a list of incentives and restrictions to try to get more americans vaccinated against cubic 19 federal employees who aren't inoculated. we'll need to wear masks, and at regular testers, the un security council has heard appeals to intervene as me and my health system collapses. the passive as wanted half the population of $54000000.00 could be

effective. october 19th. in the next 2 weeks. genovius president case has appointed a new interior minister days off the 2nd prime minister and freezing parliament. gasoline is the latest appointment following the dismissal of a long list of senior officials. the syrian government forces intensifying the bombardment of dera. at least 18 people have been killed and thousands have been displaced. rebels of last attacks on checkpoints. there. this is the worst violence since the government re took the area 3 years ago. russell said or has more. i don't, my children were among those still small town, just thank you them with there's not of cities insulting syria. also follow the valid 30 on thursday, the student government and his allies began a large scale military operation off the 4th to reach an agreement with locals.

fell through rebel forces rejected the government's proposal to lay down. there were the sons of hold on from the north to the south and east to the west. if the decision is for war than we are ready for its per piece than we support it, our preference is to do what preserves our honor. that a sultan district of the city has been under siege for one month with a government preventing the delivery of food and madison. quoting on on the rebels to turn down. so whoever picks up weapons against the armies a traitor and traitors should be killed, whoever they are, send this message to all the people of iraq. whether they agreed to a reconciliation deal or not. there had been years of relative court in the district after the russian broker, the conciliation agreements raised with honorable forces and local in 2018,

granting amnesty to those who fought against the government. in previous years, rebels are trying to ease the pressure in that al ballard, by launching attacks against the government forces in other areas across the province. over running dozens of government checkpoints, in just a few hours of what we've captured 70 of the regime soldiers. now we are headed from the town of sierra to 9 to take control of the silos. rice group are concerned about the escalation of wayland. it's describing it as the worst in the province since the government took back control in 2018. chris was out of that, i'll jazeera is stumbles. lawrence corp is a senior fellow at the center for american progress and former us assistant secretary of defense. he says much and i will depend on the russian reaction after the election. most of the people in the air, i did not even both. and i think i saw and is trying to get control of the whole

country now that he's had this 85 percent support in the election. and when he tried that, the rebels who were allowed to maintain on their arms on the russian broker agreement and 2018 they resisted. and so now you've got a lot of violence there. and the question becomes, one of the russians going to do, there's really no reason for it except psychological because basically this says, we've maintained our independence from assad. we have not cave. and so it's much more psychological. and i think that really, the question is, all the russia is going to intervene like they did in 2018? are they going to say, well, some slices is gone. you guys go ahead and fight it out. what there's a question that this why they could spill over into the surrounding areas and they even involve israel. what's nobody wants an inquiry and walter has held the

government responsible for the murder of a prominent journalist. daphne jalencia was killed by a car bomb in 2017 inquiry blamed the government for creating quotes, a culture of impunity, and said it fail to recognize the risks to delancy his life and take reasonable steps to avoid them. prosecutors believe a top businessman organized the murder, but he denies any involvement. glitzy that routinely exposed cronyism among motors elite amazon has reported profits of $7800000000.00 for the 2nd quarter of this year. the world's biggest retailer says revenue rose by 27 percent compared to the year earlier. $213000000000.00, but that figure fell shorts of expectations. the company does not expect sales growth to decelerate for the next quarter. as more customers leave corona virus lock downs and shop in person rather than going on live. a former roman catholic cardinal in the united states has been charged with sexually assaulting

a teenage boy as a wedding in 19 seventies. theodore mckerick is charged with 3 kinds of indecent assault and battery. he was dismissed from the clergy in 2019 after a vatican investigation confirmed decades of rumors that he had sexually molested adults and children, john henry has worn out from washington. former cardinal theodore mckerick has been charged with the sexual abuse of a 16 year old boy. mckerick was the former archbishop of washington dc, and that makes him the highest ranking catholic priest ever to face sexual abuse charges in the us. the alleged victim says the salt happened at a wedding in wellesley, massachusetts. in 1974. mckerick is 91 years old and was well respected within the church until accusations of sexual abuse surfaced in 2018. a year later, the catholic church diffract him and expelled him from the priesthood. he has faced

civil lawsuits in new york and new jersey. but he has not been expected to face criminal charges because the statutes of limitation had expired in those instances because they happen. so long ago, well now, officials in massachusetts, according to the boston globe which broke his story, say he can be charge because he wasn't a resident of the state of massachusetts. and therefore those statutes of limitation ended. when he left the state, he now faces 3 counts of indecent assault and battery on a person over the age of 14 protest, calling for guatemala president to resign. growing after an anti corruption prosecutor was fired, traffic was blocked across the country. the special prosecutor, one francisco sandeval, was investigating people close to the president's his manuel republic. it's one of the largest social mobilizations, guatemala, has seen in recent years. citizens calling on the countries president alejandro

jemma. take his step down. i know resign and resign. we want the government that protects our rights. tensions have been high across much of the country since the head of guatemalans anti corruption agency. when fransisco sandeval was fired last week, sandeval was said to be conducting investigations into top guatemalan officials, including the country's president. over the weekend, sandeval was seen fleeing the country, telling reporters that he feared for his life in a. sadly, this is become a situation that many public servants in guatemala, have had to go through simply because we are not useful for the regime. that is the only thing i can say, and as i've said many times wherever i am, i'm going to continue working. the reaction from guatemala citizens has been nationwide protests and on thursday, a national stripe. just when it gets done, because they can, so i am tired and fed up with all this corruption. this country is drowning incorruption and impunity. i many hear the recent unrest could bark

a larger political crisis in the country. further complicating efforts by the biden administration to deal with the root causes of migration from guatemala, which include poverty, violence, and government corruption with tension still high on the streets. more demonstrations are expected in the coming days. manuel ref hello al jazeera, the health authorities in brazil have started a mass inoculation campaign in rio. the juniors serv ellers as part of a new study. it's taking place in the modern area, which is home to around $130000.00 people. the team wants to get all of the adult population vaccinated. it look at bank seen effectiveness and the prevalence of corona virus variance for those who opt into the research. it is brazil's 1st study to target a low income area. israel will be the world's 1st country to begin offering a 3rd shot of a cooling 1900 vaccine. the is where the media says the fires a booster chart will be for those over the age of 60. got their 2nd dose more than

5 months ago. as an attempt to curb infections fueled by the highly contagious delta variant, millions of people in the u. k, who recovered from october 19 and i'm living with so called long cove. it, it can affect their ability to live a normal life for months, if not longer, the symptoms are so wide ranging. the diagnosis has proved to be difficult until now is john hall in the u. k. alone, almost a 130000 people have lost their lives to covered 19, many more have lost their quality of life. they've been awful. while i've described this as hell on the best day, i probably feel 30 percent of my pre cove itself on, on the worst face. it can be, you know, 5 percent or less things like brain folk would feel like i have a constant concussion eyesight, difficulties floated in my eyes all the time, constant tinnitus, i get all sorts of rashes, bleeding problems,

and purple coves. shiny. right? is one of those living with long cove it, 16 months after catching the virus? i've had a number of scans as in a number of specialists. and none of them can give me any answers when it comes to doctors. i'd say at worst, you know, you get doctors that simply don't levy, they don't believe that long period exists. and at best doctors they kinda shrugged shoulders and they say, well, it's a new, a new. and if we don't know what to do, studies are under way to understand the damage to the lungs, heart and brain that lead to long cove. it with researches in katara reporting a breakthrough away of diagnosing the condition by looking for nerve damage in the i know pipe loss is as a consequence of multiple newer degenerative diseases. but there is a peculiar pattern in here, which is that we are seeing this immune cells, which we don't see in a lot of other newer degenerative conditions. so there is something that is

additional that we're finding here, which is nerve loss and activation of immune cells which may be more specific to long coded. as the pandemic goes on, this memorial wall on the banks of the river thames in london, will continue to fill up with the names of those who lost their lives to coven 19. what isn't remembered here? of course, are the more than 3000000 people in the u. k, who say they're living with the symptoms of long coded for which they're currently is no cure. but for which there may now be the important 1st step of diagnosis or anything that can be used as some kind of biomarker for long kind of it is massively helpful because not only does it give some insight into what is going on and potentially down the line the, the treatment because that's what we want, if effective treatments the in this nightmare. but also it says to those doctors that deny the existence of long code that the thing of course it, we'll look at the science a glimmer of hope in an ordeal. so far,

without end jona whole al jazeera london lost more news comment analysis for you on our website. the address of course 20. don't. com, including the very latest about what's going on in tennessee. ah, this is al jazeera, these are your top stories. the us president joe biden has an unstained, new push to get more americans vaccinated against cobit 19. as the highly contagious delta variance spreads federal employees who onto the late, it will need to wear masks and get regular tests, need to wear mass to protect each other. and to stop the rapid spread of this virus as your work to get more people vaccinated. and i hope all americans who live in areas with substantial or high case of rates.