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like it's in public health, very quickly becomes about measuring people what date is being collected. where is it being forward? holly re looked at the limits of the potential of other creative ways to deal with the issues we face. target when tech to go viral. episode 3 of all hail the locked down on algae 0. ah . the 1st group of afghans who helped american troops arrive in the us with their families. many others are still desperate to get. i'm charlotte bell is outside the passport office here in cobb with its been a huge surge and application as violence increases across. i've got a i
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l, l does there lloyd from dough home, also coming up the state months, their responsibility for my mother's mother. i'm not, she should be alive. the son of a multi journalist murder in 2017 says the government need to answer for what happened and fans remain fenced off, but the grown a virus emergency is getting worse inside and outside japan. coast city. ah, a new life is beginning for hundreds of afghans who worked alongside us led forces during the war. they've been taken in buses, along with their families to the fort a military base in the u. s. state of virginia. 221 people in all including 57 children and 15 babies have left their homes out of fear of telephone retaliation.
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$20000.00 others and their families have applied for the special immigrant visas. right now people who worked for the u. s. government omitted trade for at least 2 years are eligible. that threshold may be dropped. us says, and joe biden says that the groups is the 1st of many who will be relocated. he says today is an important milestone as we continue to fill out from us to the thousands of africa, nationals who served shoulder to shoulder with american troops and diplomat. so over the last 20 years and have gone on, most of all he said, i want to thank these brave afghans for standing with us. and today i am proud to say to them welcome home. how did your castro is outside the military base in fort lee? heidi so obviously a very happy day for those who have arrived, but there are many more who waited. that's right, and i imagine the 220 some afghans are now resting after their long journeys. we saw the buses bringing them onto this military base in the early morning. and i
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spoke with a man in the united states whose cousin was aboard this 1st flight. he is excited to meet his cousin once you process here, which may be some 7 days for the final health screening before receiving the u. s. green card. and in fact, both of these men served as interpreters for us forces in afghanistan. and one of them comes from a family of 5 brothers who all signed up for that same job. now 3 of them have made it out of the country and are living in the united states too though the 2 youngest remain in hiding and cobble waiting for evacuation. he said, the cousin who arrived here last night is elated to have arrived at stacy with his wife and 3 young children. i also spoke with another former interpreter who's been living in the united states. and i spoke with the us veteran who his life life at this interpreter saved. we're running out of time and we're not doing what's
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necessary to say these people every day that we don't do anything as a gift to the taliban because it gives them just that much more time to hunt down these people and killed them. we were fighting for the country that we have never seen it, even in our dream and all of us. we have a us flag on our shoulder. and we were fighting for 2 years for the flood. and we thought we were american, we consider ourselves an american because we were, we were serving discontinued and there are still more than $20000.00 asking to apply for the special immigrant visa who remain in afghanistan and their, their family members. and we're looking at some 70000 people who say they are desperate to leave now as they fear the taliban is advancing on cobble. and if you do the math,
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it's very difficult to get all of those people out of afghanistan safely before the august 31st troop withdrawal deadline. that would take at least 10 flights of day between now and then. right, thank you for that other day. how did you come in for leave junior on the ground and i've gone a storm government troops fighting the tele bond in the western city of head out. the armed group received several districts around the city and to vote across things in the province fighting as they thousands of african civilians displaced with no aid available. on diplomatic edison, james bays reports from cobble and the increasing number of attacks and fighting across the country. and that includes an attack on the un headquarters in the west . the security situation is not going the way the african government or the americans would like you like, well, have interpreters who are in parts of africa on a son who would find it very hard to get to cobble. let me tell you about the latest on the security situation around. can the ongoing flashes in helmand also in
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the south, the neighboring province to canada, clashes that we understand there's been as strikes again, we believe those might well have been u. s. s strikes, but the real focus of attention in recent hours is actually on the west of afghanistan, herat, the regional capital, the part, the big city in afghanistan closest to iran. well, we understand the taliban have been pushing around herat in a number of places. a number of different security instance, and most worryingly, i think for the african government, according to local reports, is this fighting on the road between herat city and herat airport. we believe the airport is currently closed because of that fighting. we're also hearing the un compound which is old, that road from the city to the airport has come on the attack. i'm hearing from local sources that no un stuff has been killed or injured. but there were guards working for the african government around that compound. and there are reports that
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some may have been taken injured, the reports been taken hostage. there also reports that some been injured and i got one report that at least one has been killed. the uncertainty and violence has made many more afghans desperate to escape the country. the un says at this rate one and a half 1000000 may leave by the end of the year, his shallot balance from cobble. before you reach the passport office and cobble you pass the stools of administrators, passport applicants pay them to do the paperwork. in the 5 years mohammed s of has done this. he's never been busier. someone who could, john, go over to them, since there's been a lot of violence in the american forces are gone. people don't trust the security situation. that's why a lot of one floor applying the most of them are families that come and apply with the children. 26 year old samuel attending isn't leaving years, but he sees everyone he knows is preparing for that day. that's how you're jennifer,
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why there's conflict in war in every district. so we're getting passports ready in case the situation gets worse. so we can go away to a safe place. he's not alone at dawn, this is the queue to apply for passports, thousands a here every day. but the number of people leaving is even more. there is a constant stream of african refugees crossing into turkey near the iran border. the un says in the 3 weeks to july, the 15th up to 40 percent more african split without passport. so visas some using smugglers. turkey detained, 1500, mostly african migrants in one week to make the journey and set up a new life. they need money. so as many prepared to leave, they are selling their assets. the u. n's migration agencies is 223-0000 people and know escaping abroad every week. and at this rate, $1500000.00 africans could be headed toward europe by the end of the year. for 8
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years now, mohammed naughty and his best friends have meet outside the sky. yes, they sit and talk for hours. says you remember, good morning. we will be alive the next 2nd. so that's why every person right now is in the process of trying to get out of the country. there is no place for afghans in this country anymore. susie years ago, nasa fled to denmark as a refugee. he only returned in 2001 when the us invaded the doctor. when the americans came and brought their forces, we thought we are saved. we thought, oldest misfortune is over. but now we think that was the start of our misfortune. most prized possession is passed down through families are also being left behind. hum, mohammed faces a conflict of interest as a 2nd hand dealer. he profits from the goods that come his way, but he knows what people are giving up in order to flee. yes, gonna stone. he wishes they didn't have to charlotte bellis
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o jazeera cobble. the son of the top multi journalist says the government must take responsibility for its role in her murder. death. nicholas sale was killed in a car bombing in 2017. an inquiry found the government failed to recognize the risk to committee his life and take reasonable steps. prosecutors believe a leading businessman organized a murder, but he denies any role. greta exposed cronyism among multis elite. earlier we spoke to andrew co on the going to see the son of the slain journalist. he says were not for his mother's death. molto would have turned into a mafia state in the lead up to my, to my mother's assassination. what we saw when the patterns of organized crime, capturing staple authorities. so it appeared that organized crime had taken office through the den, prime minister, joseph scotts. and the inquiry actually found this to be the case. they identified
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a network, a web, both control not prevented state for use from protecting my mother and from acting on the findings of corruption in the government they found. and this is one of the most tragic aspects of the inquiry they find. they found out where is not for my mother's the fascination more that would have been transformed completely into a mafia state. and that it was my mother's death. and the reaction in society that could provoke prevent the mold. today from being off yesterday, she was aware of the dangers she pays because it was cleared out with evidence that she published. the lack of response from responsible florida is like the police made her realize that they were captured by an organized criminal web. and when, as a journalist, when you're in that situation, you know that there's nothing standing between you and the criminals that you're
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reporting on. so that allows them to retaliate against your recording without the fear of consequences. and this is exactly what the inquiry phone my mother's death was and just painful for my family. it was a trauma inflicted on the entire country. and i think it's, it's essential that that trauma be transformed into something meaningful. something positive, which is a strong democracy with a different way of doing politics, where journalists are safe than and where my mother's assassination will hopefully be the 1st and the last assassination of the journalist and still ahead on algebra . the 1st person jailed on the hong kong national security or get 9 year sentence active, a se is meant to send a message and new research on the road of ours. delta, very a defense to show it as contagious as chicken hawk. ah,
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me there for the full report on algebra theater. oh, the me. you're watching algebra, her monitor on top doors and evacuation slides carrying a gun to work with us said forces during the war has arrived in the united states. president joe biden call that an important milestone. 1000 more waiting to be rescheduled. un my compound in western i've gone on come under attack, at least one person was killed and hence fighting between government forces and the telephone in and around the sound of the top, multi journalist says the government must take responsibility for its role. and
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stephanie can deal with kills in the car, bombing in 2017. an inquiry found the government failed to recognize the risk of life and take reasonable step the 1st person to be tried and the hong kong national security law has been sentenced to a total of 9 years in prison tongue, in kept with convicted for inciting, secession, and terrorism use arrested last year for writing a motorbike into a group of police officers while flying a flag calling for hong kong liberation of the scenes, national condemned is conviction, is the beginning of the end of freedom of expression. the city emily now is the chair woman of the national affairs committee of hong kong democratic party. she says the length of the sentence is designed to send a message. it is a very, very heavy sentence. and if the chinese government wants to send the signal to the hong kong, people about not reaching the national security law,
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they have really done it quite successfully. and i think many people are being in jamaica aged and but i just wanted to tell you the game is not over. we will continue to fight for civil and political rights. and in a way, it's very distressing that in the judgment there was little mention of the protection of civil and political rights, which i in fact, in the national security law. so now people just don't know whether these rights are protected at all the boundaries. i'm not very clear and hence it make people even more vehicle. i think nobody like to see mile and chaos. that's true. but we also warn hong kong to be what he was not too long ago of sage by granted and a free city. but that is know,
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many people, a very, very worried in spite of now we have jubilation in the city. about our swimming is our friends is willing go meadows and kill the meadow in tokyo. but the people are very, very worried. they don't know when they will step on the red line and get arrested and may be sent to jail. how many, many years to new jersey as president is defending his use of emergency powers to seize control of the government class has appointed a new interim. interior minister comes days off and he suspended parliament. in fact, the prime minister, critics have labeled so its actions accrue that he says, die, or economy. a surging pandemic and bad governance justify his actions. 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 curtains. the conditions at this historical
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moment forced me to take such exceptional measures to unless em, kimball isn't eunice. he says those who oppose president highest the i, it's are on the increasing pressure the independent parliamentary member. yes. seen i yadi was arrested from his home in the northern suburbs of tunis. i've spoken to his wife, who said that a group of cars arrived with civilian clothes, the officers who she said called themselves security, who she said, removed him forcefully and violently from his home. his lawyer had suggested that his arrest could be because of his outspoken criticism of the action of president science, which include freezing a parliament, the dismissal of the prime minister, and the removal of parliamentary immunity on sunday night. several demonstrations have taken place in northwest in syria against violence and the southern province of that off protest is
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a denouncing the military campaign launched by syrian government forces. 800 people have been killed and thousands of being displayed was fun in the government. we captured the area 3 years ago. the israeli soldiers have attacked the funeral procession of a 20 year old palestinian man who was killed on thursday and the occupied westbank . they fired, rubber coated bullets, stone grenades, tear gas, and through sewage, watered with people mourning the death. so shall cost a lot with hit with live ammunition, the head and stomach during the funeral of a 12 year old, also killed by israeli gunfire. and 200 palestinian protests were injured during attacks by it's ready forces individual later that's south of nablus and the occupied west back. it happened after friday prayers when palestinians were marching against the construction of an illegal settlement. i'll post. they say they are designed to capture palestinian land to the occupied territory.
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live it owns president says he's ready to answer questions about lofty as they report explosion. michelle own was quoted saying, no one is above the law. many are angry that almost a year old no senior officials have been held account. the boss was caused by a large quantity of chemicals that had been stored unsafely at the port for you've been 200 people were killed. and as the one year anniversary of the port explosion approaches correspondence. and we've been looking at how it could have happened that program, they would search for answers as after this news bulletin to crew members have been killed in a reported attack on israeli managed oil tanker in the arabian sea. though the maritime says the british and romanian work has died in an incident on the empty, merciless reach on thursday. the tanker is linked to and is ready believe now the u . s. navy is a scoring the vessel safety israel
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has started offering a 3rd shot of the code, the 19 vaccine president to isaac, close all, and his wife for the 1st to receive the booster. the extra shot will be for people above the age of 60 who received the 1st dose more than 5 months ago. israel was one of the world's most successful vaccination drives earlier this year, mostly using pfizer. an internal report by the us centers for disease control and prevention says the delta variant is as contagious as chicken pox. and a copy of the document obtained by us media out it shows the varied is more transmissible than the viruses that cause the folder. the common cold, seasonal flu and smallpox analysis also indicates people in fact with the delta various carry large amounts of it in their nose and throat regardless of vaccinations, stages meaning they could pass it on on a picnic is a global health advisor and lecturer at university college london school,
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the pharmacy, she says vaccines are struggling to contain the delta variance. oh, well, our back means are still affected. 91 percent preventing hospitalization. the exact effect in this act preventing transmission from one another, keep falling rapidly. 41 percent. we know that filters associated more severe cases of cove it and that it is more like to hospitalized ations. there been studies that are canada to demonstrate this and other countries as well and singapore, there is much more need for oxygen as well as and of course in india where this variant 1st emerged. so a lot of that shows that the previous wild strain and other variance of concern are kind of dying out because this is the super variance is the moment if you will. but it's not necessarily going to be the last of the raps. there's a world on is going to, isn't, has that needed,
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they don't have too many vaccines. and that's one side that i'm worried about. because while it means to those who are horrible of injury off on to get that talk to protection on their hope, workers 4 lines and they are double faxing and we see this the end with move new variance is the 3rd. this is, this is coming from supply that's too low and middle income countries. the world trade organization is still not forward listing patent measures. so it is going to be difficult to meet the supply requirements unless other vaccine manufacturers enjoy the app or to vaccinate world. kenya is extending its nighttime curfew and banding all other gatherings. his struggles to control a surgeon covert 19 cases. the health minister is warning that hospitals are
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overwhelmed and people who for sick will not get a bed. kenya's been under some form of because he since march last year, is recorded more than 200000 cases and at least 3900 deaths. china is battling its 1st major covered $900.00 outbreak and month. hundreds of thousands of people are locked down and junk to province. a tosser of cases with 1st detected in the regional capital, non ging, but it spread to 5 provinces and the capital. a groan of ours crisis in the olympics. host country is getting more worried by the day. japan's extending the state of emergency and restrictions will remain in tokyo until the end of next month. the prime minister. yeah, sure he's so good. it says the virus is spreading at an unprecedented speed, mostly because of the delta variant, his robot by, with cases spiking, tokyo, it seems, has no choice, but to extend it state of emergency through to the end of august. because then you're going to deal with unprecedented speed. the infection is spreading in the
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capital and can cy area the delta variant spreading with strength. and if this doesn't slow down, it will potentially lead to a medical health system crisis. japan is struggling with competing trends. the increasing spread of the more transmissible delta variant accounting. now, for nearly 3 quarters of all new cases in tokyo versus growing pandemic fatigue. with noticeably more people failing to stay off the streets than they did off the state of emergency announcements. in the past with the seat of emergency being enforced so many times i think people are starting not to take it so seriously. and because of that there have been more cases at this point. i think there's not much you can do, even if you get the corona virus, i don't want to get infected, but there are a lot of people who can't avoid it. states of emergency are expected to be extended to 3 more prefecture as neighboring, tokyo, as well as o. sucka,
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which was badly hit by an earlier wave of the pandemic in the spring when its hospital resources were stretched to the breaking point. the fear is unless this wave can be brought under control of the prefecture as will suffer a similar strain country. it has been recognised that both the infection situation and the pressure on the medical care provision system is extremely severe. and still, even as these games finish their 1st week, protest is continue to demand that cancellation, taking their message to the office of the prime minister. ja shahida suga. in this election year, suga may find pushing ahead with these games will cost him politically, with still deep uncertainty over what price japan will bear in terms of public health. roblis bride al jazeera, elliptic organizes, have acknowledged for the 1st time that people within the protective bubble had
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mixed with the why did japanese population. but they insist there's no link between the games and increasing cases of covered 19. and b. richardson reports from tokyo . this was a day when fans should have been keeping up at so close national stadium to watch the 1st track and field events. instead, a view of the olympic rings outside the venue is the best they can hopeful due to concerns over the spread of corona virus, the japanese public is being kept away from the athletes organizes in 5th. these competitors attested more often to koby 19 than any other community in the world and say there is no link between the gangs taking place and infection rates hitting record levels in this city. but olympic officials have the 1st time admitted not everyone connected to the games is following the rules about minimizing contacts with the wider population. there had been some cases that the, those accreditations were temporary suspended. we are not keeping their specific
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numbers today, but there has been a certain number of cases we have addressed. tokyo is officially under a state of emergency, as dramatic as that sounds. it's a request rather than a law or an order and it relies on public corporation. government critics say carrying on with the games is sending the wrong signals. so the hampering the message of staying at home by the government by making the leap again. so if you, so don't be producing at the most of the, up, up, the reason that the, nothing going on, and that if i were happy here, 80 linked to the current increase of the infection. i think 27 new limpid related cases of covey 19 were reported on friday. the 3 australian
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athletes remained in isolation. after coming into contact with american po, voltage at some kendricks, who's out of the games after a positive test. i believe there was a mixture of maybe a brief hug and handshake from some others, but i hadn't done all the details except that it was brief and but you know, again it's, and we can understand how these things occur. but what's a reminder that we, this is a games that's different than we just can't afford to take that sort of risks. it all means a once in a generation sporting events has the most japanese being reduced to a brief photo opportunity. and the richardson al jazeera, tokyo, ah, this is algebra, and these are the top stories us president joe biden has called the arrival of the 1st evacuation flight carrying afghans. an important milestone. $221.00 afghans including children.
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