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tendency. just days after the president took control of the government a major confrontation between afghan forces on the taliban in the western region of her rock. protesters filling the streets of paris right now to show their anger against plan for mandatory code 19 health. i'm doing so with the needs from the take care elim, pigs in jamaica, lane thompson, head defense, how one, who's in leaks. it's high court this time and i'll have the best of the action from the game in the next. our next big record. ah, welcome to the news. our wildfires are ravaging parts of southern turkey,

which is prompted president reggie ty, berto on to declare a disaster zones in several provinces. hot weather and strong winds have been fueling dozens of fires for several days. entire forest tub burned down. some villages have been evacuated while smoke from the fire has also spread to cypress about, around 100 kilometers away. wildfire as are common at this time of year. but local officials say they've spread even further this year. and earlier on, saturday to firefighters died while battling the flames, bringing the total death, told to 6, several fires are not yet under control. while turkey's president had visited, one of the towns hit by the wildfires where the tiber tuan says, the cause will be investigated. actually showed a t. m a. considering the possibility of sabotage and any other sources of the fire starting. and we will carry out the investigation to provide answers to these . we will not give up until we have all the answers. i corresponded for schools are

doors and men of god. that's an and tell your province with an update. present outline is just silly and man i got the and he is having a meeting with, with all the majority of his cabinet here, minister of interior ministry for the 3 culture tourism. even when minister of foreign affairs also was there. and he said that there was, there will be a huge package off the compensation, particularly for those who have suffered from the law says that the houses that have been damaged are going to be rebuilt. the agricultural areas that we're under, the fire also are going to go through reforestation process. the taxes are going to be postponed. but he also said that more than time, active zones are still 5 since suffering from the the, the forest for the fire. so the fire is not under the control, but he said it has

a remarkable progress since when they, when the 1st report regarding the fire being interrupted, came out. so that doesn't, the investigation is quite important here because the government says that maybe the peak i k is behind is our tax is could be an asset because the p k in previous years has gone back to those organized arsenal attacks. the government believes that in to a certain extent may be the peak, i keep repeating the same tactic. but so far there is the conflict could be the call coordination between the intelligence service, ministry of interior, gender, mondays, and other security apparatus going on into the deep and deeper into the investigation . to find out whether this is an organized, organized event or not, tennessee or security forces have placed a judge under house arrest for 40 days. judge monsieur academy has, in the past, been accused of sweeping terrorism related cases under the rug. the decision

against the academy follows president clay society pledge to lead a campaign against corruption. after he dismissed the prime minister and he froze, parliament fire denies leading a coup and says he doesn't want to return to as yet to dictatorship. live to tunis . journalist sam kimball is joining us from there to talk us through. not only the latest arrest, but the wave of arrest that we've seen over the past few days. yeah, there have been a numerous arrest of some significant people. one of the most recent being of the judge locked me and he's been placed under house arrest 444440 days under order of the interim interior minister. read how to say we who was sworn in just a couple of days ago. now civil society groups in tunisia have accused

the seed, the, the judge lock in any of not dealing with terrorism cases. some say he had thousands on his desk and making them essentially go away or hiding them. this comes on the back of several other arrests, including the rest of 2 parliament members yesterday, one of whom was seen i yadi an independent m p co founder of the hope and work movement and also an outspoken critic of the president side. in addition, there was the arrest of, of the parliament member that had his ead from the parliamentary cut. i'm a coalition now. there are conflicting reports going on. it was said that he was released and his case was settled. he's apparently been arrested or so his

lawyer say arrested on the basis of a previous legal case against him from several years ago. there are report saying that he was released today. however, his lawyer had said that, as he was about to be released and transferred to a military prosecutor from the quarter 1st instance here in tunis, he was then kidnapped by police and driven away. and the, the lawyer of magazine is saying she does not know his current whereabouts. certainly worrying developments if confirmed. thank you so much, sam. kimberly reporting from tuna. israel has accused iran being responsible for an attack on an oil tanker off the coast of all mine which kill 2 people on board. there's really operated our v mercer was attacked on thursday in what appears to have been a drone strike, a british security contract or, and

a romanian crew member were reportedly killed the u. s. aircraft carrier, the ronald reagan has been helping the tanker. and he is really foreign minister, has called for a harsh response. let's re to have to move savvy, who is a professor of political science at the university of ron. he's joining us, the vice guy from ottawa, thanks for joining us on al jazeera. so we know what the israelis are saying, or at least what the accusation is. but iran hasn't officially commented. it's neither denied norris confirmed or claimed responsibilities. what is the strategy behind that? so it's an open secret that you're on. israel have been engaged in a shadow or for the past few years. and this has been going on as a low intensity conflict in syria. it has been going on as israeli sabotaging uranium nuclear facilities as well as killing uranium scientists. at the same time, the 2 countries have been attacking each other's shake, of course,

usually in these types of attacks. they don't take responsibility. but this is a continuation of the pattern we've been seeing, especially during the past 6 months. right. it is a pattern you are right to say so, but it is the 1st attack known to have resulted in deaths, and there are reports of 2 deaths as a result of this incident. so does this then make it a significant escalation? also we don't know whether that was the intended, the intention of the attacker to actually kill the crew members. of course, as you mentioned, it is likely that this type was conducted by on. nevertheless, i think the escalation that we're talking about is still not comparable to what we had during the, for the final few months of the trumpet ministration, where we had the possibility of a full scale war taking shape right now,

i think it's much more measured and much more controlled on never that in the months ahead, his will all depend on the re nuclear feel if you're on in the united states are able to reach a deal. i think that's going to call the situation. yeah. right. yes. go on. go on . if that doesn't happen in unfortunate the that seems increasingly likely that we're not going to have a deal. then the situation in the region between iran and israel is bound to escalate. or what do you think is behind the words of it is really official. when he says this, that iran isn't just is really problem, but as an exporter of terrorism, destruction, and the instability that hurt all of us. i mean, in the context of the talks that are going on with their radio nuclear deal. and these words by an is really official, is israel here a trying to blame, trying to frame rather this incident that has happened in the gulf of mine as a global problem?

oh her, this is something these radios have been doing for the past 2 decades, actually trying to say that iran is the problem, not only for israel, but also for the united states as well as regional arab countries, switches, saudi arabia, the way cetera. nevertheless, i think the israelis have been very careful in trying to sabotage on negotiations between you on and the united states and been going on. especially during a pivotal point during the negotiation where they attack uranium facilities and you on respond in that actually saw a detox between you on and the americans are never so that's, i think ultimately the decision to reach a deal between iran and the united states will be can on the 2 countries themselves . ok, thank you so much. howard. most of you for joining us from ottawa,

canada. oh . now it's gone just on the western city of harass is under intense pressure from the taliban. with heavy fighting and recent days, the arm grew to control of the road to the airport and flights into the city seized on wednesday. charlotte bellis has the latest from capital on the outskirts of iraq. afghanistan stood biggest city government forces tried to hold off the telephone. it's been like this for several days. a call before make an end. we are defending our land. we're not moving forward at this time because we don't want civilians to be killed or injured friday. this is the road to harass a port to 30 minute drive south of the city. taliban fighters and government forces have been battling across the road. that is bridge the commercial flight

stop till wednesday is the front line moved towards the city. so how many kilometers from the city was that fixed or filament? united nations regional compound is also on that road. on friday, the un blamed the tele bonds, the hitting its perimeter with grenades and gunfire. although the telephone said it was caught in the crossfire, the you in secretary general cooled the attack deplorable. going on a month ago, the majority of herat province was government controlled or contested. now the taliban is in control of much of the province. her aunt city and its surrounding districts of the only thing that stopped the fight is controlling a 300 kilometers stretch of road east. from the iranian border. former governor and merger had in later ismael hahn has rallied his supporters to protect the city and both the ask and military's response. hundreds of his fighters are on the front

lines. the late yesterday the president called me and we spoke on the phone. he said he will send reinforcements last night should have arrived, but the defense ministry hasn't sent anyone so far in this is he, africans carry on like the war is not on the doorstep. many putting their trust in homes vices. there is no good moral and military can also get no plan to fight against either one and push them out. of here are probably the tell a bomb, says it killed to talk, ask a military commander. it's a soldiers and pro government militias still have a chance to live. if they surrender. the government says it's regaining control when sending reinforcements including special forces. charlotte bellis. ouch is era cobbled. and diplomatic editor james base has more on the fighting on the ground.

the importance of herat cannot be under stated. this is the 3rd biggest city in afghanistan to go from herat to the rainy border. it's not that far, but you can't go because the taliban control the border with iran. they control much. not much but, but, but plenty of the province, plenty the districts in the province. and they also now a block, the road between her at city and her at airport. so currently the government are in a situation which i'm sure they don't like. well, they really have her at almost cut off by the taliban. you also heard that mel. com, who is the former governor, former cabinet administered a long time which i had dean leader who is obviously fighting on the side of the government. but he is now saying that he's not getting enough resources from the government. he's not getting enough manpower to help him in his fight. and i think this is explained by what's going on elsewhere enough going to stop because the tell about on just fighting and harass it's all current focus. but the fighting

continues in the south in kandahar in helmand. fighting continues in the north in places like car. 1 and couldn't dues the tell about attacking in many, many places. so the african forces on paper, they have more soldiers, they have more police, they have special forces and they haven't had power, but i don't think they know where to bring those forces to bad right now. because the taliban are attacking them in many places, many parts of the country. plenty more had on the on the news hour, including china covered 19 outbreak driven by the delta of area and raises doubts for other asia pacific countries pursuing a 0 virus strategy. joining forces more troops to mozambique to fight an armed roof, but there are fears that will make a humanitarian crisis worth. more disappointing news from simone bowers will be star agenda fools out of 2 more events because of mental health issues.

in the 1st there are more approaches taking place in the french capital against plans to introduce a comb with 19 health pass. once it's implemented, people will have to show proof of vaccination or present and negative cove in 1910 before they can enter restaurant or cultural venues. some argue that this violates into individual freedom. similar protests have taken place in italy and greed. let's speak to a reflection who's a political analyst and professor political science and stanford university in berlin. he's joining us advice guide from there. thanks for speaking to us. so clearly from the pictures that we were just seeing, some people are just not having this at all, this idea of a health past in countries in europe. but how, how divisive is this issue? do you think? well, it's good to have something like a european wide strategy, and that is what they call green certificate. allows your opinions to travel during

the summer when they get a chance to go on vacation. but we seem very different problem situations when it comes to call in, in the different countries. and we also have very different political culture when it comes to demonstrate for freedom, equality and saudi derek, which other west on system after the french revolution. yes, so are people right to be concerned with the curtailments of personal freedoms? they are, but i think we have very different ways of expressing this. on the one hand, it's of utmost importance that every citizen can make use of his entire freedom rights, which includes the freedom of expression and also the freedom to demonstrate. on the other hand, the state need to protect itself and system by restricting those freedoms. hughes against the systems and we see

a lot of orchestrated forms of trying to undermine the state or to provoke the police, which is why today the demonstration in berlin has been cancelled because it was clear that it was not freedom of expression, but to provoke the police, you were mentioning just a moment ago that this would be good if there was a european wide strategy. but how can that even be implemented or regulated when you see that there are individual strategies that are being spoken about in individual european countries? well, this is the soft spot of european integration, that in some areas, the member states agree that it shouldn't be the competence of the you. so how europeans buy a strategy or a policy and like the euro, and all the countries that are part of the monetary union. by way it comes to internal affairs or when it comes to health, that you can be coordinate. so what we got is something like

a greeting certificate, that is a q r code that one can easily use to travel from a to b and then a country can see i coming from germany and vaccinated. if i go to italy, which i'm planning to do next week, but this needs to be implemented on a national level because it's not the use competence. and there are the degrees of making mistakes or imposing certain restrictions that france in particular, people read as a violation of important. we are all equal and no one is the 2nd class citizen just because he or she decides against vaccination. which brings up a problem with solidarity, which is the pillow system because they are risk that need to be protected from those being. it's their personal choice, whether they do something for society or not. thank you so much for speaking to us

from berlin. walberg, china, excuse me, is racing to contain it's worth over 19 outbreak and months. it's being fuel by the delta vary in 1st identified in india, which is much more contagious. health workers are testing millions of people, priyanka goop to report. this is non jean international airport weeks earlier. it was teeming with travelers and an invisible enemy. the highly contagious delta variant of coven. 19 china is now trying to prevent a health crisis from getting worse. the outbreak started launching has spread to 6 provinces, the capital b jane, and now chanting. one of the was biggest cities, day and night. china is doing water, das beth testing tens of millions of people. it is reasons to be concerned. child

to function was like, the variant is more transmissible without strong prevention and control measures without strong therapeutic and immunization capabilities. the regeneration speed is very fast. earlier within $4.00 to $5.00 days, the viral load increased $2.00 to $3.00 times. but now within 3 days, the viral load may increase $5.00 to $7.00 times. tens of thousands of people have been put under locked down in beaching, an in chunks of province at a 1000000 more in the tourist hotspot of the jazz here in hunan. for china, which impose the was 1st lockdown, it's strict methods are proven an effective passage high. you have tablets are existing prevention control measures are effective. the conclusion was drawn based on 2 basic understanding. the 1st is the scientific community understanding of the virus. it is still a corona virus at source of infection. transmission route has been basically clear only the 2nd understanding is based on the past practices of our prevention and control. but with researches calling the delta variant,

ask contagious us chicken pox. b james tried and tested our snow against the virus, me seen out of date, even though in the past when trying to do this, the regular steel. you see cities, i think the reality is that right now they, they, they, they switched to somebody cities that they will not be able to stop it more to speak to other cities and then it, because it is far more time transmissible. they think that the lockdown message will probably not look at them. what 2020 china has vaccinated, more than half of its people. but with jobs that have laure protection rates, it is one of the was strictest border controls, and has the capacity to increase health services at a short time. but like much of the world,

china will now need to come up with affective measures to tackle this variance and repeat it's only successes against as far as bronco gotta all to 0. well, so and looking at the bigger picture, just how much of concern is this news coming out of china and the wider age pacific has come off santa maria with a look at the numbers. we haven't looked at data out of china for a long time because well, even though it's way over 900 came from, it was brought under control quite early there. it's changing now though, as we say on these charts from our world and data. these are new confirmed cases. since the start of the year there was a spike early january of almost around a $120.00 new cases a day. right now we're looking at an average, the 7 day rolling average it's, it's $157.00 new cases a day, which doesn't sound like a lot. but as always, it's about a trend that is very much heading up deaths in china. well, it's probably worth noting that there hasn't been a death in china from coven 19 since january the 25th of this year. which is why

there is this straight line at the top there, resulting and a number of deaths, which is at $4636.00 in total. but as we say, it's changing right now, i want to go in further not the whole of china. this is jang suit province, which is where the biggest breakout is now in the trends is going up. there were 26 new cases a day. again, it doesn't sound much, but when you haven't had them for so long, it is significant. again, it's the delta variant, which is making the difference here. and that's happening and other h a pacific countries. i want you to see vietnam as well, which we maybe don't hear so much about, but we should because well, you can see that trends there, which is reaching 7738 new cases a day in a country where any one percent of the population is vaccinated. and finally, sidney australia, of course, back in lockdown as it has been for about

a month now. cases now averaging 181 new cases a day up with 3000 infections in sydney. the state of new south wales remaining in lockdown, softer annalise walter smith is a vax and ologist and professor for emergent, emerging infectious diseases at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine . and what she says is, the vaccines are still the best way to fight proven one team, and it's very and if they want to get out of this, they need said she very high vaccine coverage rate. now the vaccine continue to be effective also against the delta in particular that affects against preventing severe disease. hospitalization. and i see you admissions and death where we have a clear, clear reduction in the backseat effectiveness is protecting against mild disease and protecting against transmission. so you may pick up the virus and, and, and you can still read it even if you're vaccinated by you're protected against the

disease. but if you read it to a person who is not vaccinated, that person may develop a severe disease and even die still hang on, i'll just 0. i'm say they have all in the fight and i river in argentina where the government has declared 180 day water emergency because this river is suffering from a historic drought. and i'm holding a camera well now i'm clicking on the day life with the weren't kenyana to find out if electric bike could soon overtake central power usa strike gold of the pool. again, including a world record from one of their big stars. joe will have the best, but the action of the action from actually coming up a little later. ah ah hello

hot sunshine, really the name of the game across the middle east. take your pick. any of these places. re add $43.00 degrees, also $43.00 degrees in doha. next, i want to take you to pakistan. you know, the northern portion of the country has been dealing with some flooding rains all associated with that southwest monsoon and its impacted areas like islam about, for example, further toward the south. sand and dust storms were a problem, but rain has fall in, so that's helped improve the situation in karachi over to turkey and we're talking about the wildfire burning east stuff on talia city in on talia province. you know, that's high. he continues and also at times we will be dealing with some fairly gusty winds. so that is certainly not going to help with the firefight there. and these temperatures well above average, central africa, or storms are flaring up as we head toward ethiopia, south sudan, pushing into the democratic republic of congo, and also the central african republic on sunday. further to the south,

this is what your weather story is looking like. a nice stretch of weather. plenty of sunshine for cape town. 17 degrees habit are only 22 degrees below way 022 will be the high for you interest. a scattering of showers as we head toward the east coast of madagascar on sunday. that sure weather update. the news, the weather bag in energy and change to every part of our universe or small to continue the change all around the shape, my technology and human ingenuity. we can make it work for you and your frank assessments isn't an argument for suggesting that no ministrations are

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