[000:00:00;00] ah, and al jazeera, when ever you ah ah, that's all about intensive eyes being offensive and tommy owned group, leis, see to 3 major cities. ah, another more kyle, this is out there a life and also coming up. millions of americans face the risk of being thrown out of their homes as

a temporary bond on eviction. put in place for the pandemic runs out a rush to get out of hong kong. as a controversial immigration law comes into force that could fall people from entering or leaving the city. yeah, i'm using and 5 minutes to make a formal apology for a race based crackdown on pacific islanders who overstayed the visas. 50 years ago . mm. we begin in afghanistan, where taliban fighters have stepped out their campaign to seize a number of cities. there's been fierce fighting with government forces around laska, ga, the besieged capital of home and province, and also talking the strategically important province of conduce near the border with tenchi cust. on either the already swept through the western province of harass which borders with iran and others. if you have harass itself, is under pressure. sell it,

but it is line for us in the call bullet. so it says more about these hot spots of fighting that was doing all over the country. you know, we're seeing about 3 major cities really under pressure at the moment from the tele bottle start with lush cargo, which is the capital of helm in provence. we heard from residents there that the telephone actually inside the city we've seen video as the fire burning in the city . they are fighting street to street in urban areas. last night we understand ask and special forces. the most elite of the special forces dropped in via helicopter to try to push the telephone out. we understand that your waste is supporting them with it strikes. if force is also supporting them, and as we speak, the fighting is ongoing, are incredibly teams, and less moving to can to ha city. now, that is the 2nd biggest city in afghanistan that has been in circle for a number of weeks and fighting is ongoing. dia, there were reports yesterday that there were us forces at kandahar. if you do us

deny that. but we do know that they're arguing, strikes, supporting the military beer to try to keep taliban out of the city. and they are really kind of prodding at the outskirts and has been for about a week now. and then herat the 3rd biggest city and the last few days via the cities been in circled. the airport is about 30 minutes south of the city the road to get there. they've been fighting over that flight has been cancelled. reinforcements have just arrived from the government from the, from kabul to reinforce the local uprising movement, if you will, by my name is mel han, he's a former governor and he has kind of rallied his support, his and st. hundreds of them to the front line. try to keep the telephone out of the city. so a heap of pressure coming in 3 major city, major cities in afghanistan. we understand that this is kind of the taliban strategy, if you will look and circling the cities because the picked up a huge amount of room territory and the last month now they're putting these cities under

a heap of pressure and then they can take that leverage back to the negotiating table, and some of the pressure not only from fighting, so from severe fluffing around parts of the country, what's been the response? they're particularly bad in a problem called numerous, which is only about 200 kilometers from cobble but incredibly remote. the flooding of the heavy rain happen late wednesday night and then it's only just come out in the last day that was started to get tickets because it is so remote, the number of people this is affected. more than 100 people killed dozens more messing home, washed away infrastructure washed away, nor clean drinking water. this the district where this is the worst is how by the taliban. yes, graham red cross has responded you in is trying to get in and negotiate with the taliban and other groups that are operating in the area to try to respond to help some of these people, but logistically and security wise. it is incredibly difficult. charlotte. bella

sprang all the latest lines from afghanistan from cobble. thanks very much. charlotte. in millions of americans are at risk of being thrown out of their homes and a temporary ban on evictions expiring in the past hour. that was imposed last year to help slay the spread of curve at 1900 by even crowding and homes and shelters divide. the ministration has been criticized for failing to challenge the supreme court ruling, preventing an extension of the moratorium. we are already fighting a battle and losing a battle because there are people slept out last night that night with the night before. there are people who are already and how if we don't have enough, we don't have enough shelters. we don't have enough. we don't have the same housing for them right now, and that's a failure. that's another moral failure on our society. she advertise,

she has more from washington dc. we've known for a month that this was going to expire tonight, here in the us. the supreme court said that the centers for disease control had overstepped its authority by putting in my instance using this, this moratorium. and yet it was just 2 days ago that the white house press secretary said, well, we can wait to see what congress has come up with to prevent people from being evicted, to which the congressional leadership said what i thought you were going to do something about says we weren't going to do something about this and we had this terrible charade on friday nights here, where the house of representatives they convened and they went through the motions of trying to pass something would you call it? really pause something in a few hours just before the august recess. the biden ministration says, well, we couldn't do anything because, you know, we don't want to annoy the supreme court because if we, if we try and challenges any farther than maybe they'll go off to some of the other programs that we've instituted. because of cobra. what progress is a long said was look,

have another executive order re institute this. and at least when it goes back to the court that will buy time for an existing program that still has $46000000000.00 of cash, just lying there waiting to be dispersed to people who face eviction at least. then we'll give it time for that. that's to begin working, but the biden administration didn't do that so. so here we are. if they have started very progressive and savvy, i've been looking at this with the last month even for the beginning of the year. that you could get people on board given how many people millions of people are going to be affected by this afternoon. so between 7.4 and 11000000, according to statistics, haven't been circulating in congress 7.4 in the next 2 months. could be a veteran saving her of restrictions have come into effect in pakistan on vaccinated. people are now bought from government offices, schools, restaurants, shopping centers, and commercial flights. the country's biggest city karachi, will go into a one week partial lockdown this weekend because don reported any 5000 new cases on saturday,

the highest single day in italy. in the past 2 months. 6 people have had their accreditation revoked to take your lympics. the organizing committee chief says they violated rose and pays to cut the spread of over 19. it comes with daily infections in japan, which record high of more than $4000.00 a change to hong kong. the immigration law takes effect on sunday, which critics say will give authority the unlimited power to stop people leaving or entering it for last year. the position of a wide ranging national security law says then thousands of people have emigrated. and as adrian brown reports from hong kong, the exodus is growing. hong kong international airport is a quiet place these days. except here, the check in area for flights to london. these people are not going away for business or pleasure though. they're leaving for good feeling, a mixture of anger guilt. and just since they're being forced out,

this is our home. why do we need to leave? i mean, i have been living here for more than 30 years already and it's my home. so it's really sad to leave the home and you see that everything is she's a finance worker and has no job to go to like others who sacrifice careers often for the sake of their children. we live here, so for many years we have our korean. we have family. yes. i so it's been upset. but for the, for the future of my children, i think we need to do it the sad scenes and now being played out daily. as more people join a growing exodus from the territory where communist party rule is being tightened. in the past year, an estimated $36000.00 people have left for britain under

a special visa scheme. many supported over part of the anti government protest movement, like dark su now in birmingham with his family. he says, the change to the immigration law will encourage more people to go. i think the hong kong government speeds up the immigration plan for many hong kong is for us. we did not plan to leave hong kong at the beginning, even after the protests in 29 team, like many others, he says he's unlikely to return to hong kong as city that still regard itself as asia's finest. the government denies the law gives it unlimited powers to stop people entering or leaving hong kong, insisting the amendment is aimed at screening illegal immigration at source, amid a backlog of asylum claims. and that people's right to free movement will not be effected. those who go to the u. k. have opted for a new life in a country where koby 19 rates, a soaring, and job prospects scares. yet that seems preferable to remaining here. adrian

brown, al jazeera hong kong new zealand prime minister has made a formal apology for a re space crackdown on people who overstayed the visa nearly 50 years ago. singing a ruptured after the ceremony. the the rates which are often violent and degrading, targeted pacific island for deportation, but didn't include over stands from other parts of the world and had a lasting effect on new zealand pacific islands communities. today, i stand on behalf of the new zealand government to offer a formal and unreserved apology to pacific communities for the discriminatory implementation of the immigration laws of the 19th stephen teeth that lead to be a being of the dawn rights when hey, joins us now live from oakland and wayne,

it was rather an emotional apology, wasn't it? the italy was hundreds of people packed into the oakland town hall behind me that ceremonies still going on. they came here to hear those words from the prime minister. just saying, sorry, i'll pull the door and rage period on behalf of the new zealand government. and when she delivered those words, it was certainly plenty of tea is from the people who had gathered inside the town hall representatives from the various pacific islands communities. this is a pretty rare thing and you feel under formal government apology for past injustices and such an apology. has strict criteria attached to it. those who are the subjects of the apology, have to be definable as a distinct group that continues to suffer hom today, connected to those historic events. and the government led by prime minister just in there. i do and decided that the victims of the don't rate in the 1970 s fit

that criteria me on any cold winter night unusual and main city. a taste of more tropical pacific islands can easily be found. oakland is the world's largest polynesian city. with indigenous mouldy joined by generations of migrants from countries like sophomore fiji and tongue up. but the vibrancy color and contribution of polynesians haven't always been welcomed. here we were the people that were responsible for the disintegration of, of the economy and the new zealand dream. the painters were vigilante group sit up in the 1970s to defend the rights of moldy and pacific islanders, and to change the racist views held by many white new zealanders. we can educate them, they're not used to our way of life. let's keep stuff. one result of that sentiment was an immigration crank down targeting pacific islanders who had been brought here because of labor shortages. the often violent dawn rage which the government has

now apologizing for. so police searching homes, business is and even churches looking for overstep to deport. the sense of injustice is still felt to day, mainly because it was only pacific islanders who were targeted, not the majority of over stairs who were at the time from the united states or europe. a formal government apology for past injustices is rare in new zealand. it has to meet strict criteria, including the victims being definable as a distinct group that continues to suffer hom, connected to those historic events. today. many of those affected feel a sense of shame about what happened and they're reluctant to talk about it even to their families. you would have just felt like you were trampled on in some way emotionally, spiritually, many, many ways. and i think that has been answered generational. the polynesian pent is welcome the apology, which have been campaigning for for decades. and they hope it'll help people of the

pacific islands move on the l. a. stand proud because of who we are and achieve the theory. very basic and simple goals for why we even came to this country. so we want, they also hope saying, sorry will help build trust between the island communities and the government and into a future generations feel secure in new zealand. even if the apology has taken nearly 50 years. wayne, hey, al jazeera auckland's fella had hair on al jazeera, the a contentious dog proves less leaning leader faces protest, days of the taking charge and we report from tacky wall $540.00 evacuation have been la villages and coastal resorts.

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 that 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 antalya province. you know that 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 a fire fight there in 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 roney 22 degrees below wail. 22 will be the high for you interest scattering of showers. as we head toward the east coast of madagascar on sunday that sure weather update. the news in 2001 fear, friends around burwell, arab australians accused of being enemies with them. and attacking the, the way of life were treated like we were old suspects. we were all struggling to adapt to the new found home out there explored the history of the lebanese community in australia once upon

a time and punch on our era. ah, the me and there again, you're watching onto their heads. remind drove on top stories this hour. i've got to stones 3rd largest, if you have coming under intense pressure from the taliban. fighting is ongoing on the outskirts of herat group and also talked him to prevents that. he's of kandahar and laska gall. millions of americans are at risk of being thrown out of their homes after a temporary ban on evictions expires. and then pay last year to help say this point of coven 19 by using crowded and homes and shelter by demonstration has been criticized for failing to take action. a new zealand prime minister has made

a former apology for a race based crackdown on people who overstay their visa, 50 years ago, often vine and degrading police re talk to pacific islander deportation. lasting effect on that communities. mammals, military ruler, has promised new multiparty inaction. 6 months, the army sees power in class made the announcements and televised address, but gave no timeframe for the polls. the army took charge in february, following elections won by unsung sea cheese routing party. while the 900 people have since been killed in thousands more arrested during math protests against military rule. ok, live not attorney chang. he's standing by foot in bangkok and tony. how seriously should we take these comments by the john to head who heard comments like this in the past, but pretty much since he conducted the coo on the 1st of february 6 months ago. there is no timeframe in place yet. he did also in that address say that the

current state of emergency could well be extended to august 2023. so that's another 2 years ahead. initially, the military had said that it would take a year for those elections to be put in place. then they walked back even further. now this would make that to is from this point. so it really is, i think, a very sketchy program, in addition to which we don't know what multi party democracy means at the moment, the military and the government, or the framework they put in place since the military who have gone very hard against the n l d, the national leave for democracy unanswered cheese party. it was disqualified in may. they know the election results from last november a couple of weeks ago. there's currently a trial going on again. when men, the former president and our son suit she a which we assume will disqualify them, the child has currently been postponed because of the state of coven 19 in the

country. but i think at this stage, anything we hear from min, online senior general, we have to take with a very generous pension. so it did, it did appear that after the coup, they thought they could just snap back to the regime they had run in the ninety's very much taking complete control. that hasn't happened memo has very much a country in crisis in the has been for the last 6 months. so i think what's going on in his mind and the reality on the ground to very different thing. know what state is military and it's in any positions a whole multiparty election? no, i don't think so. i think that's exactly the problem. we've seen very widespread and strong and persistent resistance to the military coup. we've seen a civil disobedience movement amongst the professional classes and ordinary people out on the streets which has not been deterred by the military going out using a live rounds rocket launchers. in some instances,

all sorts of tactics against the protest as they are still going, are still going to day more than 900 people who being killed on the streets in resistance to the military. and that resistance shows no sign of letting, letting off at this stage. but the civil disobedience movement has also meant that much ma'am. as infrastructure has fallen to pieces, doctors have been a very active part of that. as her bank has and other professions, the banks are really in a desperate state of the moment, often not opening a tool because they don't have the funds the, the medical community has suddenly really fall into pieces with many doctors being targeted by the military as protest ringleader as well. now, mamma is really suffering terribly with the cove at 19 pandemic. and those said medical services are full and to pieces. it's really a desperate situation. even basic things like getting food with travel restrictions

in place, restrictions placed there by the military, have been very problematic. international organizations, the united nations, and the w. p warning that mamma, at some stage in the future could be very severe danger of suffering from food shortages. so the country is a mess. there are ethnic organizations in the boulder areas which are resisting very hard to be very hard to see a way in which multi party elections could take place in a way that will be acceptable to the most people in mamma ok. tony chang joining is that from bank, thanks very much. have a a bruce, new leftist president, pedro castillo is facing anti government protest. just days after taking office. the board of his arrival in last month selection rallied in the capital affair, narrowly beat conservative cake. every morning and a basically contested vote, the polarized the country. why sometimes reports from lima,

the sheets only 3 days into his presidency and buddhist use already facing protest. angry at his choice of frame minister, the criminal terrorist went through the country. it's not fair. that's a terrorist has prime minister. that's why we protesting nope, any payment we will not allow terrorists to take over our country. is done will not get over use been investigated for an alleged apology for terrorism, which is a crime. and they do in an interview earlier this year, he defended members of the shining puff, the mouse rebel group that killed tens of thousands of people from the 1980 song with gusty, your choice of big either for prime minister or cabinet chief. as it's known in pay do sent shock waves around the country. the stock market dropped along with the value of produce currency against the dollar. what i guess us on critics also see

other new ministers have no experience in government. you look at the most we can say it's a lack of intelligence experience or that he's never cover and, and that's why he's making all these and stakes. no, i think there's much more to it because the president signaled his divisiveness and all peruvians would bear the brunt of his irresponsibility. well, many people here say they didn't vote forgot about many who are expressing their anger. social media saying they voted for him to rule for the people, not for the political party to represent so far. president casteel has also visited the victims of an earthquake in the north of the country, telling supporters he'll focus on those behind i. but when i get them, there are people who have been left behind for a very long time. we can't do much. if we don't prioritize our health care, we will give mares and regional governors a better budget. min peruvians when casteel to deliver the changes he promised during his selection campaign,

but it'll be hard for them to trust the president who they say has been making mistakes from day one. and the innocent soldier see that the white house is pushing unity as president to make a swift returned to a democratic path and a phone call. national security advisor jake sullivan. i'm kind of said to form a new government quickly stabilize the economy and contain the current of virus pandemic. it comes almost a week on the president, fact the government and for parliament. his opponents accused him of carrying out 2 decades president has promising assistance to coastal legions course by nearly 100 wild 56 people have died in the blazes, most of the fires and now under control, the government says they may have been started deliberately wrestled further has more from an invest in southern tacky, clear blue skies lost in a haze, and the ones green forest or thought less than turkey had been painted black. the

wildfire started on wednesday, across 4 locations in the province of, and tanya found by strong means the quickly spread to neighboring regions. but soon, 26 provinces, far and wide, began reporting similar fires. several people had been killed and hundreds of others injured. thousands more have had to leave their homes, young yolanda, and the blaze spread to the highlands. enraged suddenly, we had no chance to flee on, but when we were engulfed by slaves, we had to run to the city of and i've got to have it. and then we came back to find the house like this. not much more than 85 wildfires. how broken out wednesday, 74 of them are under control. but the course, the provinces, dana, or some on the on medicine mueller. and isn't it? are still trying to put out flames. we are in my now got which along with our is untidy,

has worst hit this rate to fight fighters had been killed during the patients here . while many people have been taken to hospital at least 25 winters and this weeks are. 1 even created and other fi west in mamma is, has killed a 25 years old woman here who was trying to take drinking water to the emergency cruise. the fire wiped out livestock area local saga to lead her to safety. hundreds of homes have been destroyed or heavily damaged by the turkish for the minister says how it is on the way. cuz me and let it by said to ya, and i need to buy it and you might just get it will stop partial payments to our citizens who have suffered damage to their properties. we have begun transferring a total of $2700000.00 from various institutions and ministries for emergency need and antelli as min. i've got distracted by that. well, the wildfires are common in turkey, mediterranean,

and aging regions during the dry summer months alternative have yet to determine the cause of this fires sub she pending, we are considering the possibility of sabotage and any other thoughts 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 that are concerned. they may be a stream of attacks targeting the heart of the turkish tourism industry. the extent of the destruction will become clear once the was fires are extinguished. but for doors in the fact that the regions, it will likely take some to recover and rebuild press, we'll start of that. i'll just 0. my now got for villages have been evacuated in southern greece of emergency cruise battle. a 2nd major wildfire there and how many days, almost a 100 firefighters have been deployed to battle ablaze in the area region. nearby

hospitals have been put on to treat the injured experts. a global warming is lessening greece is wildfire season more than 60000000 americans across 20 states or under official heat warnings. as temperatures sought in their record levels of pacific northwest and the southeast sweltering and close to 40 degrees celsius of month, heat wave killed hundreds of people. one study says reco, breaking heat waves may become $2.00 to $7.00 times more frequence around the world . in the next few decades, the me that is out there are. these are all top stories afghanistan's fed launch. a city is coming under intense pressure from the taliban fighting is ongoing. on the outskirts of herat, the group is also targeting the provincial cities of kandahar and alaska golf. millions of americans are risk of being thrown out of their homes. the temporary

band on evictions expires. moratorium was imposed last year to help slay this bit of covert 19 by easing crowding in homes and shelter by demonstration has been