i oh i i've gone forces battle the taliban and several major cities of flood rescue efforts go on in the countries. ah, watching, i'll just rely for my headquarters and hi daddy navigator also ahead. me and mars and military gentle declares it's now a transitional. government led by a prime minister 6 months after seizing power in a cou, a sprinter from bella. ruth, she's been taken to the airport against her will to be flown home off or criticizing her coaches at tokyo and protecting venice cruise ships weighing more

than 25000 tons are now banned from the lagoon city. ah, we start this news hour and i've got to stop where there has been a serious escalation. taliban fighters are fast moving towards major cities and provincial capitals. government forces are struggling to push back in kandahar afghanistan, 2nd largest city. there were a series of rocket attacks on the main airport there, and flights in and out of the city are now suspended. and hundreds of military commanders have been deployed to harass that's in the west of the country. and there is heavy fighting on the cities outskirts. but the situation particularly dire right there. and last car, gar, the capital of hellman province. the city of 200000 people is in a real danger of falling through the taliban, and the african air force has been blamed for bombing a hospital. my colleagues to hell rahman spoke to

a doctor at another hospital and last time he says they are being forced to choose which wounded patients. they're able to treat of situation in las vegas if you self secure a device disorder 8 the last the last 3 days, especially yesterday in the afternoon when you're seeing open flashes inside that you'd be close to the student center be received. so innovation, or millions, 9 patients were arises that arrival and all the non blog and we cannot predict that. i'm in the next 7 hours. what sort of injuries are those coming to your facility presenting with different variety of injuries? we have mind shell, let's so all of them are board wanted, in terms of your facilities can they cope with the numbers of people coming that we

had to not narrow down area but mission now we are taking on the light like i think it is and so we want to meet for the lifesaving surgeries. ready and our a better to reach land more than 90 percent. and in this case, it will never be just for the life a life saving procedures in terms of the medicines and the support services required for treatment or operations. can you sort of gauge an idea of how many days of medicines you have available? if laska regard becomes cut off, we have in stock for 3 and a half months. so for all supplies except of critical, ours, if you try to to get from our, our sensory. now of course, with the communication and the transportation that these cuts off is going to be an issue in the next the days as well. sharla bellows and couple reports on the

intensifying cautions. heavy fighting in and around 3 major cities in afghanistan and lashed cargo the capital of home and province. fighting started on saturday when the telephone into the city resident said they could see the telephone moving street to street, getting closer to the heart of the city until ask in special forces entered. and since that time they said they have just heard heavy gunfire. and also it strikes from african force and also from the united states, papering around the outskirts of the city via communications have been cut off and less co got some critically hard to get information in and out of the city and for residence to feel secure. and not knowing what is going on around them. in kandahar city, the 2nd biggest sitting in afghanistan also heavy fighting journalist, the telling us that had constant gunfire for about 24 hours inside the city. the airport to be was damaged by a rocket attack. civilian flights were stopped,

but they hoped to resume them on monday, but also usa strikes and ask air force striking via to support the military on the ground. and thirdly, and can in herat city in the waste, that is looking a little bit better from the government perspective that managed to retake control from the taliban. they seem to reinforcements and they managed to push the taliban out further and re secure the airport, allowing flights to resume for residents via president ghani, held a cabinet meeting where he talked about the security situation evolving. he said he doesn't believe that the taliban in traces and pace and that securing settings the priority. 6 months after seizing power in a cru me and mars meliss region does naming itself a caretaker government. the leader on lee will become the prime minister. earlier he promised to list the state of emergency by late 2023 and hold multi party elections. tony chang reports from bangkok. as it aerobics

instructor dances almost vehicles block off parliament. man mas capital may be due on february the 1st, but at the general's thought. it would be a bloodless qu, they couldn't have been more wrong. months of bitter resistance and a violent military crack down with nearly a 1000 killed. 6 months later, the military to enter as renaming itself, a caretaker government, although it appears it will still hold important positions. and the leading general giving assurances, elections will be held soon. we must create conditions to hold a free and fair multiparty general election. we have to make the preparations, pledge to hold the multi party general election without fail duty, but is not clear under what conditions those elections would be held. since the qu, the military has outlawed the national league for democracy on certain sou cheese party and rejected. landslide victory in november, new elections would take place under the military emergency laws,

which will be in place for another 2 years. min online did say the military would follow the lead of an invoice sent by the association of southeast asian nations. but that invoice has yet to be appointed and as yet has failed to take a firm line, as events have spiraled out of control, as yet has been divided on ma'am, or in the last 6 months with indonesia, malaysia, and singapore. wanting to take a hard line, but the generals here in bangkok appear to be wanting to give the benefit of the doubt to the generals and men mark. what is a growing concern to the international community? is the worsening covered 19 situation in the country. more than half of the world population lives in countries bordering mamma, while inside those borders, the bars is spreading unchecked. to qu has resulted in a near total class. all the health care system and health care workers are being attacked and arrested. the virus is spreading through the population very false

indeed, by some estimate. in the next 2 weeks hall of the population of men more could be infected with coven on the streets of young gone protest. as far as mamma's flags, they say they don't want new elections. they just want the military to step down. tony chang al jazeera, thank umbrella russian sprinter and cocoa. so she's been taken to the airport to be flown home against her will. after publicly complaining about her coaches, christina, to me on a sky, was due to compete in the olympic womens, 200 meters on monday. but she told the reuters news agency that coaches ordered her to pack her bags on sunday. and the richardson has the latest from tokyo. christina team and oscar was, was due to compete here in tokyo, on monday, in the 200 meters. according to the reuters news agency, she was taken to the airport from the athletes village against her wishes by team

officials and said to them, quotes, i will not return to bella ruth. now she's been critical of her team coaches during her time here in tokyo saying that she's also been asked to compete in the 4 by $400.00 to relay an event. she's not prepared for or trained for. and that was because other athletes in bell race had not been put through the necessary anti doping tests prior to that arrival. and so with that for ineligible. so g to, as she described the, the incompetence of the officials in bella. ruth, she was being forced to compete in an event she didn't want to. i've also had a statement from the brothers olympic committee saying, as concluded by the doctor's given the emotional state of the bellows athlete, christina team, and also the coaches. counsel of the team has decided to end the athletes participation at the olympic games, or l g 0 has managed to speak to the police at anita port here in tokyo. now she's confirmed, she is with them. the unclear exactly what it is she wants at the moment. they're

waiting a translator, the unaware if, as it's being reported, she's seeking asylum, but she's not on a plane at the moment. as far as we understand, she's still at night airport in tokyo. also, i still waiting for an official statement from the international olympic committee . controversial changes to hong kong immigration law have come into effect. critic say it will give the government sweeping powers to stop people from coming in or out. thousands have been leaving before it came into force on this adrian brown report 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 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 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 set 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 for the for the future of my child. and i think we need to do with the sex 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 hong kong is for us. we did not plan to leave hong kong. it was 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 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 asylum claims. and that people's right to free movement will not be effected. those who have gone 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,

so head on algebra, indonesia, last generation social workers struggle to find foster care for children, orphaned by the pandemic. 50 years after the dawn raised on pacific islanders new zealand government makes a formal apology. ah hello good to you. it has been nonstop rain for parts of western india, for example, some of the states what's been called chart con, for example, look at these storm clouds here just bringing out their moisture. so an example of this over the past 24 hours keeping up a $170.00 millimeters of rain. this is in the indian state of char guns. now let me show you where the intense rain is falling on monday. see the yellows, the darker the color, the more intense the rain is. as we head toward areas of bangladesh and the west

coast of neon mar. but are danger zone for that southwest monsoon in india, it's really shifted as we had toward rochester and not the pradesh and, you know, this rain is really going to pile up in the days to come easily could see a few 100 millimeters when you consider just look at this pocket right there. ok. next we're going to southeast asia. we've got storms coming and going, but also some sunshine and the best chance for seen that will be singapore and jakarta, jakarta, 32 degrees on monday. next asia pacific and we've got our intense rain falling toward that southeast corner of china steering into taiwan. so we picked up $263.00 millimeters of rain. now on monday, the heaviest pocket of rain will be for southern and also northern areas of taiwan . it will remain unsettled across the korean peninsula. on monday, the news when freedom of the press is under threat in, oh,

you just cause thought genuinely about your thoughts towards the bacon government step outside the mainstream. there has been a implement here, some of access port 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 discovered, soliciting post. all that jazz. ah . the me. with the top stories on al jazeera, there's been intense fighting and last car got the besieged capital of i've got to

stand helman province. yes, gun air force has in place for bombing a private hospital in the area killing at least one person mean mars willing genta has announced the formation of a caretaker government. its leader may not lie, will become the prime minister and has promised multi party elections. 6 months after season power in a cru changes to hong kong immigration law have come into effect. critic say it will give the government sweeping powers to stop people from coming in or out facing impose. that's controversial, national security law. last year. iran has denied any involvement in an attack on and is really operated tanker off the coast of oman. but israel's prime minister insist that his country has intelligence confirming that iran is responsible to people were killed on board the m b mercer on thursday when it was hit by what appears to have been a drone strike with dr. hamid has more on this from west jerusalem where we don't

have details of the evidence. they are speaking about what israel is saying that is that this was a drone attack, and that drone effects specifically targeted the bridge of the vessel to cause a human last, or you sort of human human toll on this attack. now, prime minister enough, daddy bennett, was meeting with his cabinet to do the weekly cabinet meeting to kick off the week . while he said that he had no doubt whatsoever that iran was behind that attack. even though you, ron says that the accusation is baseless. now on saturday, the foreign minister was busy on the phone, he spoke to his romanian counterpart and he also spoke to his british counterpart to give them condolences, but also because he is trying to drum up support. he says that it was going on in the, in the gulf of arabia is not only attacking israel, but is,

is to disrupt commerce international commercial shipping. so he's trying to drum support through that. we also know that is your is seeking for the un security council to meet urgently you can then iran and is calling for an international investigations. i saw fighters have ambers, the checkpoints in egypt, sinai peninsula killing at least 5 soldiers and aton ships the waves. 6 other troops are wounded. egypt army says a total of 8 soldiers have been killed in recent days during offensive against the iso and almost 90 of the groups fighters have been killed in 2 of the biggest curve at 19 vaccine manufacturers, pfizer on there, and i have reportedly increase the prices of their jobs for the new market. new

barker has details, is perhaps an unwanted reminder of all the cash flows and the business dealings that underpin the global vaccine rollout. but it is a reminder that this is essentially a business that needs to be kept afloat, and pharmaceutical companies are out to make a profit, whether it's a large profit or small small profit. and of course, that raises a whole raft of different ethical questions as well. but according to the latest contract between pfizer medina and the european union, they will be a price hike for the shots in the imminent future, according to figure seen by financial times, the new price for a short will be $23.00 up from 18. but then i will go up to $25.50, up to up from $22.00. 60 this, of course the countries are very keen and anxious to stamp out the spread of the delta vary. it also comes at the time in which countries in the you and beyond me,

you are mulling the possibility of administering a 3rd dose, a bruce job to improve efficacy so far. only israel has approved use of a 3rd dose, a booster job in the over sixty's. we know that research is happening here in the u . k. in britain and other countries may well follow suit. and all of this, of course, means the potential windfall for both and pfizer as well off the phase 3 trials. both of these vaccines have been proven to be more effective than the rivals than the astrazeneca job and the johnson and johnson jobs. so essentially, both of these companies have a captive audience in the european union. european commission, just to remind you, of course, was accused early on of not acting quickly enough when it came to the vaccine rollout. and what it's doing now is proving that it's willing to throw an awful lot of money buying

a premium product that is proven to work across the board. according to one figure, he was close. the negotiations said he says that the company to capitalize on their market power and deployed the usual farm rhetoric. essentially, the vaccines work time to ramp up the price. sweeping corona virus restrictions have come into effect and pakistan unvaccinated people are now borrowed from government offices. schools, restaurants, shopping malls, on commercial flights. under 3 percent of pakistani is i've received 2 jobs. biggest city karachi is subject to a one week partial locked down. after a sharp increase in coven 19 infections. come hider has more from outside of vaccination center in islamic bonds. progress on is now reporting over $5000.00 cases daily. are the wage, the bulk of them are in the southern province of land and particularly, and the city of karachi and our just to give you an idea. a month ago,

a friend was regarding 500 on your vacation on our daily basis. that has now gone into thousands, and of course data is concerned that the delta where we are richard far more dangerous and also the fact that it's more can gauges. i've gotten that order did what it did going to be. i hear mongers start to try to stay with dog restrictions and to enforce the door restriction. we have heard reports from karachi that a large number of people are now congregating outside the waxen nation centers. there's been some pushing and shoving, even breaking of glass and doors because the people are no frantically grandfathered vaccinations after the government announced the word stop people from traveling within the country and that industry that did not have 100 percent. right . they did work good. would not be allowed to function thailand as announced. it's

extending stricter measures as it battles of forth, wave of infections driven by the delta variance. the restrictions will be implemented in bangkok and other high risk areas until the end of the month. they include travel curves, mol, closers, and curfews. on sunday it reported more than 18000 infection, john to 178 deaths. both record daily highs. as in denice or struggles with the worst cove in 1900 outbreak of asia, the number of orphans there is rising. some have no relatives and are left with little support. charity groups say the children says for needs to be done to help the most vulnerable. jessica washington reports from tango rang in indonesia, east kelly mountain. a young boy prepared to say good bye to his mother and father ah, okay, is june 13. his voice shapes as he recites the call to prayer beside his parents

grades. those 2 victims of covert 19 in another village, a young boy reminisces about his parents. i often went fishing with my dad says 2 weeks ago, his mother died in hospital from cove at 19. she was 5 months pregnant the next day his father died to like if we try to be strong for him. but it's devastating for us . for those 2 weeks, the 10 year old has been living alone as he to tested positive for cove at 19. now he's in the clear and will say move in with his grandparents as covert 19, just around indonesia, social workers are reporting an increase in the number of children left orphaned around the country. and they're cold from right after it urgent performed to ensure these children get the support they need say fear for the children who miss out on help. because their parents deaths went unreported. also to go for

a month to support those and strengthen the support system at the community level where we can get the information authority say it is difficult to support all the children in need numbers on the locker because we have more problems when a child doesn't have any relatives and has no place to go in tongue wrong. on the outskirts of the indonesian capital, i should have been living with her foster family for 6 months. her last memories of her mother are of her hallucinating and struggling to breed. now she hopes for a future where she can honor her mother's life. to get a think i want to achieve my dream. so my mom will be happy with me. i want to be a doctor. each day indonesia cove with 900 death toll rises by thousands and more children are left to plan their futures, but without their parents to help them. jessica, washington 0 hunger. now,

zealand prime minister has made a formal apology for raids on people who overstayed their visa nearly 50 years ago . the often violent raids were racially motivated because police mostly targeted pacific islanders for deportation, while ignoring people from other countries from auckland years wayne. hey, these experiences with the tears flowed as pacific islands, community leaders, and those affected by the dorm raids, gathered in oakland town hall. they came to hear new zealand prime minister jacinta rod durn say the words that been calling for for decades. 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 the events of the dawn rides the immigration quick down in the 1900 seventy's targeted pacific islanders who had

been brought here because of labor shortages. the often violence don't rage, which the government has now apologized for. so police searching homes, businesses and even churches looking for august as to deport response from the place was welling. it was very reactionary, and it was very violent. 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 his rare and use the london has to meet strict criteria, including the victims being definable as a distinct court 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 answered generational leaders in new zealand. polynesian communities, welcome the apology, and they hope it will help people of the pacific islands move on. the l. a. stand 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 hawkins, italy has bound the largest crew ships from the venice lagoon in an effort to protect the cities ecosystem. and heritage. the move comes after unesco, threatened to put italy on a blacklist for not banning the vessel from the world heritage site. residents have

been urging the government to take action for years. the measure is officially coming to force on sunday. i'm rainy's in venice with more down like many other cities during the pandemic. and people kind of pushed this issue to the side because there were no crew ships coming in here. the whole industry closed down for more than a year. and then in june you had this very large 90000 ton cruise ship come right through this canal. the deck can out past san marcos, saint mark square or perhaps us and marco what you might see behind me and waiting for that ship were hundreds of protesters of this. no big ships protest movement. and they really capitalize on this moment to remind people how there's this large movement here to ban the ships. this threat from unesco to take venice or at least put it on this endangered list, was taken very seriously by prime minister. my dear doggie and other members of the government. now, most people you come and speak to here in venice, they,

they don't care whether not dennis is on this list, but it clearly worried the powers that be that venice faith, some really serious repercussions if they didn't finally say no more, we're not going to have these big ships which turn up a lot of water and perhaps damage the foundations of the city, passing through this canal. ah, ah, hello. the headlines on al jazeera, there has been intense fighting and lash car guard, the besieged capital of gun, astound tillman, province. the gun air force has been blamed for bombing a private hospital in the area killing at least one person. and rockets have struck kandahar airport in the south, while flight in and out of the city are canceled. charlotte, bella has more from couple.