nothing you've ever access to health care, it's something we want to know. how does these things affect people? we revisit places day even when they're no international headline houses. they're really invest in that. and that's the privilege. as a journalist, ah, me. the polls and the hospital come under attack it up. got this done. it's fighting between the taliban government forces intensifies. ah little rahman watching on their line headquarters here in also coming up you concessions, but a longer timeline me about military promises, multiparty election, 6 months, up to seizing power and cracking down on the opposition to organize the spanish 6

people from the olympics of breaking cobit rules and today i stand on behalf of the new zealand government to offer a formal in unreserved apology. breaking the silence new zealand prime minister says already the racist rains on pacific islanders off a century ago. ah, welcome to the problem we begin in going to some government forces fighting against taliban assaults on major cities. rockets have struck kandahar airport in the south or flights in and out of the city a canceled. the taliban is offensive in that form a stronghold is going on as it also attacks lasker guy and the besieged capital of helmand province. that the african apples has been blamed for bombing, a private hospital killing at least one person. the anna says the facility was

targeted because the military, wrongly believe taliban fighters were being treated was his him and said it was some kind of says the hospital was bombarded, but there were no taliban in the hospital. there were only 6 staff members and i with pharmacists, and nurses, and our 2 nurses were wounded. a patients caretaker was martin, and another patients kid take. there was wounded title in the how do we request from both sides not to destroy any public property that can affect people in the future of f. get this done by the government and taliban should be careful. the taliban should not use those places and the government should not bomb bob. those places not the will elsewhere in the west country. the taliban is advancing fast and head out, which has a board with iran build group to control of the road to the 42 flights into the city will hold it on wednesday. for the flute situation, the charlotte ballot is with us 9 cobble, just to clarify thing for charles lighting does continue across several cities. the

government and the pressure over night. what do we know? what more we know really about the current situation? well, the national security forces spokesman has just how to use conference that was taken across most of the news networks where he really tried to reassure people that they were responding to these telephone telephone offences. and these multiple cities, they said they sending a special forces to these hot spots. they said in the last week that that killed more than 1000 taliban fi who's had a specifically about lash. they took the responding but they trying, they not conducting some of these operations to mitigate civilian casualties. they said they got to push them out of lesh cargo. and then they'll have commandos to hold that city although right now fighting is ongoing it and it is incredibly tant, we still video today of fires burning in the city residents. they telling us that fighting was going door to door and the special forces the most the leaks of the s

can special forces had flow. and then last night, by a helicopter, there were, if trucks around the city, us what supporting us can military, with its trucks lashed under heavy, heavy pressure from the telephone. and it's not the only place as you said, 10 to ha city, the 2nd biggest city in f, gonna sun flight clothes, look at setting via the us also supporting that with strikes. there was some report today that they were americans on the ground that kinda high, filled with the americans deny bess and heavy fighting has been ongoing for about 2 weeks. and then lastly, in herat, which is a city that will also fight cancel their this week. fighting on going across the road. reinforcements have just arrived there this morning and we understand this is kind of the taliban strategy. the last month of double the number of districts that they control across the country, mostly rural areas. now they're starting to kind of tighten the nurse around some of the cities and pulled at them and is causing a lot of concern. obviously with the,

with the ask and government and they can take some of that leverage back to the negotiating table. indeed. and as if it's going to sound situation sort of wasn't great enough. the elements seem to be hitting the country to the north and a heavy, heavy rain a 3 or 4 days ago and the province of nervous. it's about 200 kilometers from where we are in cobble, but it's incredibly remote. so only in the last day have we got an accurate feel for the number of people affected by this 113 people killed. 110 people missing schools, washed away home for shed away infrastructure or 3rd, no clean drinking water. the afghan red crisen is responding the un is trying to get axes, but that particular district has held by the tele bombs, negotiating the access. and it's quite interesting because this kind of goes to the telephone government now that they're getting control of some of these room areas in times of crisis. how are they going to respond and look after the people now in

control? indeed, we'll come back with through the day from all, from what's going on, the charlotte bella set forth and cobbled me miles military leader has promised multi party elections. 6 months after he sees power from the democratically elected government events on suit. she, being our lang tall, made the announcement in a televised address. the army took charge in february after disputing the elections that were won. bonds on sue cheese party in november, not more than 930 people have since been killed and thousands more. arrested jury, a crackdown you know, don't have it in the meantime, we have to do the thing that should be done. then we will take 6 month to prepare for election according to the loan. we will accomplish that provision of the state of emergency by august 2020. let's go over to tiny chang who's in the tie capital bank cock and monitoring events for us from them. and how seriously tony

should we take these comments by the gentle leader? because he's making them at the very interesting time. he is, it's exactly 6 months since the military sees power from the democratically elected government of anton sushi. a lot has happened in that time. i think there was perhaps a perception from the military that this would be a clean and relatively bloodless queue. it has been exactly the opposite very from the, from the very onset. there have been strong objections on the streets from the people all across the country. and the military have crank down with a brute force that's left just under a 1000 people that in the last 6 months, we've also seen the splintering of the much of the society and basic infrastructure with a lot of people joining out to a civil disobedience movement which has rendered things like banking systems, health care systems, transport systems, completely ineffective. and that's particularly important now,

particularly with health care. as covered 19th, 4th wave has just swept across mamma. i think that's put a lot of pressure on the military to be seen to be doing something. but this is not the 1st time gentlemen online has made the statements to he's always said that there would be elections at some stage, initially in february said they would take place in 6 months, then they push that back to a year. but i think the important thing to remember here is also what you just heard him say that the emergence in the state of emergency would last until august 2023. well, that's another 2 years. and the power the military have granted themselves have allowed them to, to, to make illegal. the national league for democracy, uncensored choose party and to know the elections of november last year. the and l t one and learn landslide. so if there are elections, take place under those conditions, they're really not going to be seen by anybody. is free offer. of course, you know, the intentional community was very vocal,

and it's called the nation of the military q 6 months ago. so what wonders us as they wake up across parts of the world to hear this news of potential multi party elections. many will just score for the thought of free and fair elections at this time. i think they probably will, but also while there was international condemnation, there was actually very little action from the international community. the united nations security council is being very wary because it knows any action that tries to take will likely be blocked by russia and china. we've seen a lot of talk, but people in mamma have felt very abandoned by the outside world. they feel the injustice. they've heard. people talk about the injustice. it's happening in their own country. and yet very little has actually been done a few more sanctions from the e u, the united kingdom, the united states. but really, that's not going to affect the generals. they've lived through this before. they've

been on the much tied to sanctions in the 90s, in the early 2, thousands s e n, the association of southeast asian nations, which could make a real impact, has also really stalled as a split. they're supposed to be sending an envoy, the mamma military said they will follow the advice of that. and boy, when they, when i see, meets on monday. but again, as yet has not been very forthcoming. and what is going to do moving a story that will be keeping an eye on for the moment. tiny change in bangkok. thank you. now change to hong kong immigration law takes effect on sunday, critic, se it'll give the government sweeping power to stop people from coming in or out. thousands have been leaving before it came into force. and they've rebound reports from hong kong. that figure is growing hong kong international airport is a quiet place these days except here, the check in area for flights for london. these people are not going away for business or pleasure though. they're leaving for good feeling,

a mixture of anger guilt, and the sense that 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. bolivia. so for many years we have our korean, we have family. yes. so it's been upset. but for the, for the future of my children, i think we need to do 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 to i just don't. i think the hong kong government speeds up the immigration plan for many home comments. for us, we did not plan to leave hong kong. it was beginning even after the protests in 2019, like many others, he says he's unlikely to return to hong kong as city that still regards itself. as asia's finest government denies the law gives it unlimited powers to stop people entering or leading hong kong, insisting the amendment is aimed at screening. illegal immigration at source, amid a backlog of a silent claims. and the 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 of soaring and job prospects scares. yet that seems

preferable to remaining here. adrian brown, al jazeera hong kong. both still had him on algebra will have the latest all the while vas in turkey, that a full, the evacuation of entire villages and coastal resorts. ah hello. thanks for tuning in. we are tracking a deep area of low pressure for central areas of europe. and you know, when we talk about a deep area of low, just think the deeper the low, the more intense the weather is. so let's go in for a closer look right now. a storms are going to rumble through northern areas of italy, switzerland as we head toward austria at the czech republic, school vacuum rate into germany. now south of all of this, we're still hanging onto that hot sunshine, bucharest, 39 degrees as we head toward sundays. so heat alerts still widespread across the

bulk and also talking about the heat in turkey. we know wildfires burning east of until your city in antalya providence. and unfortunately the weather is not going to cooperate here. that is to say it will remain hot, so it will remain dry. and even at points, the winds will whip up to about 40 kilometers per hour, complicating that firefights ok off to africa right now. and it's been particularly when it's around the gulf of guinea, conic re scooped up nearly a 100 millimeters of rain. we also know northern sections of nigeria flooding. there has destroyed about 1500 homes, some strong storms moving through southern bali. and as we head towards senegal and sierra leone, we can also expect thunderstorms on sunday that your weather update. thanks for your company. the news when freedom of the press is under threat in, oh, you just cause thought genuinely about your thought toward the bacon government.

step outside the mainstream. the has been a all if you implement here some of access points, the internet shift, the focus, the panoramic that's turned out to be a handy little prefect. the prime minister clamped down on the press covering the waves. the news is covered for listening post on a oh the me you're watching out there with me so wrong. a reminder of all top stories, at least 3 rockets of struct kandahar airport and something i've done on flight in and out to the city are suspended. that's been intent fighting between the taliban

and government. both of the afghan apples has been blame for bombing a private hospital killing at least one person the hospital and a says it was wrongly targeted because of rumors the taliban fighters were being treated. and the amount military leader has promised multiparty election 6 months after leaving town. to qu, middle lang says the vote will take place by late 2023. when he also planned to lift the state to the emergency took, his president is promising assistance to coastal regents scorched by any 100 wildfires. 6 people have died, most of the fines now under control. so southern reports now for monday got a town in one of the worst hit provinces, clear blue sky lost in a haze. and the once green forest of southwest and turkey had been painted black. the weiss fires started on wednesday, across 4 locations in the province of 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 and raised suddenly we had no chance to flee . 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 have broken out. what is the 74 of them are under control, but the course the province this dana or someone yeah. on top. marcin. mueller. and isn't it? are still trying to put out for lames. we are in my now got which along with sticky is on friday as worst hit this rate to fire fighters. how been killed during

operations here? while many people have been taken to hospital at least 25 willis and this weeks or . 1 even created another fire was in mamma is, has killed at 25 years old woman here who was trying to take lincoln water to the emergency crews. the fire wiped out livestock vall area local saga to lead her to safety. hundreds of homes have been destroyed or heavily damaged, but the turkish fort administer says, how is on the way? cuz me, let it by your yard and i need to bother you. my kids are going, it will start 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 antalya min, i've got district although wildfires are common in turkey, mediterranean, and aging regions during the dry summer months or taught it is have yet to

determine the cause of this fires some time period we are 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 an kill. 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 effect that regions, it will likely take some to recover and rebuild press. we'll start of that. i'll just my now got new zealand prime minister has made a formal apology for raids on people who overstayed their visa nearly 50 years ago . the will by the racially motivated because police may be targeted pacific island and

the deportation. while turning a blind di, 2 people from other countries. it had a lasting impact on muse, elian's, pacific island communities. today, i stayed on behalf of the new zealand government to offer a formal an 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 on his way. hey, me. on any cold winter's 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 the economy. and the new zealand dream. the painters were vigilante group set up in the 900 seventies to defend the rights of modi. 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 crackdown 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, businesses 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 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 a generational. the polynesian pent is welcome the apology, which have been campaigning for for decades. and they hope it will help people of the pacific islands move on the alastair and proud because of who we are and achieve the very, very basic and simple goals for why we even came to this country. that's all 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 professor collins as a city counselor in oakland, and joyce, when i via skype, from that i could help you with the on the program. what was the atmosphere like in the hall when the prime minister apologized? probably a range of feelings throughout the whole. they are very anxious people who came with high expectations wanting to hear the prime minister express these with this. it's been a long time coming 45 years. so my parents grew up, were in new zealand during the 2 rights period and was outlined annual report. it created a whole lot of deep personal trauma and from media now community. and so these words, significant words, an apology is very significant for the community, and it's a beginning my guess of the healing process and the wait for that reconciliation. how much of the apology impacts on the communities that were affected?

are they all on the same page? when it comes to isn't apology enough, i don't know that we'll ever think that an apology is enough because it's got to come with meaningful action to follow. i think in the main media about community had wanted this for a long time because it meets as the process of healing and reconciliation. it was held in the town hall and conway, which is the largest pacific city in the world. and it's a very significant place for people to come to. and so the challenge, i guess before the government now is the apology has been made as a mean test story. but now it's what actions will follow. the prime minister stopped short of using the races. she called them discriminatory x, and these were state sanctioned x of police aggression towards our communities almost 50 years ago. so there's a wrong road to go and the healing. but i think that today marks the beginning of that road, you know, to have a question about the future. but before that discrimination is often

a difficult experience to sort of tangibly describe. but at these cases, the instances were focused they were targeted. as you've just mentioned, to many of those that survived all, that descendants still feel that they have a target on their back pacific communities, a very different were very respectful people. a prime minister was welcomed very openly into the auditorium which stood up against the chart offering an apology for these races that happened many years ago. so i think as a community, many of us have 1000. i'm a child of parents who don't talk about a lot. my mother doesn't speak a lot and people have handled it very differently. and so you will understand that because we have a peer to speak with your different towards the crown menia. now families and communities have chosen not to talk about it because it's a deep embarrassment and humiliation giving given the experience that they had in

the 19 seventy's. that's that i will have to leave it up as a collins. joining me from oakland, thanks so much for your time, sir. ah, though 6 people have her their accreditation revoked. the take your lympics, the organizing committee chief says they violated rules imposed to cut the current virus pandemic. and it comes just the head of the much anticipated 100 me to finals . she has 100, it's, you know, you're about the incident of the olympic village on the night of july 31st. multiple athletes and delegation members were at the park within the village. and they were drinking alcohol. we are aware of this fact currently we are investigating the situation. and based on the results, we will take appropriate action for correspondent and richard citizen take care with more on the reaction from the ceo of the limpid games is the 1st time we've heard from it. officially, the press conference during the actual games themselves. and as you can imagine,

not many questions about the sports. it was all about whether or not there is this link between the olympic games going on. on the rise, in cases in tokyo and, and in japan itself. he's following the line, understandably, of the prime minister here in japan. and the taco governor saying there is no scientific evidence that there is a link between any cases within the village bait, with contracts or athletes and into the wider community. but he did admit not everything has been perfect as they are all the bizarre tale of the 2 george and judo. cuz you have 12 silver medals. i decided to leave the athletes, religion, go sightseeing. so they went in their full national truck suits, went to the cocoa tower. one of the biggest tourist attractions is not exactly a low profile exercise. they were spotted out about and they had their accreditation taken off, the movement thrown out of the village. and then a couple of nights ago, he said there were aspects meeting if you to finish the competitions in the park with in the village meeting up from different countries having drinks together. it

ended up with the police being cold. and these was sort of things that normally would just be normal if not encouraged during an lympics, the mingling of athletes in different countries. the going out to see the host city beyond the sporting venues. but the reality is that simply panel happen when you decide to stage and link the games in the midst of the global pandemic, facing discrimination and threats from the taliban. the has, are she and minority are amongst those fleeing. i've got this on one woman who worked for the us, that african defense ministry spoke to out there about how she escaped to turkey. as yes, my name is lisa. i'm 32 and the hubs are from guys in a province and combo. i worked as a taylor for an american company and then at the afghan defense ministry. but i had to leave afghanistan. i go below my been bad man. i received a threatening cause and we were followed even in the car, it was dangerous. one of our staff buses was blown up by a suicide bomber,

but that gave me to my work was in the shock area of cobble where the african into office and the u. s. embassy were also located. i was traumatized when i saw the bodies of the journalist killed in the time. i think that there aren't jobs are a good working environment for most women in afghanistan. i was 6 years for the government, but it was hard for me to continue in my work environment. it was mostly men. didn't say that people would talk about us. the taliban would also follow our staff car or bus from the ministry. so i left recently about 25 girls were taken by the taliban from madison district of guzman province. and they were forced into mary, did miss gilbert in the number i arrived in iran on a visa. and then we were smuggled into turkey. the journey was very dangerous and difficult. i was thinking at one point i might die, but god helped me from iran to turkey. we paid $1000.00 h. then in the middle news,

i want peace and prosperity for my country were tired of wars, media. so ma'am, if you, but that's all i've seen since i was a child, and i don't expect peace enough gamma stone at a time soon. i want to move to say for a place where we can live in peace, that it will be better for us. i don't you know, just bear with me. so robert, reminder of our top stories, at least 3 rockets that struck can hire port and sort of got a son flights in and out of the city of suspended. that's been intense fighting between the taliban and government forces. we have gone, apples has been blame for bobbing a private hospital, killing at least.