the change is all around the shape, my technology and human ingenuity. we can make it work for you and your bill ah added a legal and the names of more than 200 victims a read aloud as beirut marks a year's support explosion that told through the heart of lebanon's capital. a tragedy is amplified a deeper economic unsocial crisis in the country for test taking to the streets to express the fury and anguish. ah,

i'm sorry, i'm loving. watching al jazeera, also coming up on the program, heat wave pushes temperatures to record highs in southern europe, warnings. the wildfires across several countries. and the batter. washington, christina, team and sky arrive safely in poland just days after defying orders to return home . ah, welcome to the program on main story this now lebanon has been commemorating a year since the devastating explosion at bay routes. port. hundreds of people were killed, thousands injured in one of the world's biggest non nuclear explosions. and they began with solar memorials, but ended with protests outside the parliament building. as people demand justice and accountability from a government that's broken down. st. honda reports from the capital barret

but left in the us. they marked the minute their city exploded. they read the names of the victims of one of the largest non nuclear blasts in history. a year on a route remembered the port explosion that destroyed so many lives outside the blasts site, where thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate blew up families of the victims. the survivors gathered to demand justice and accountability in the justice isn't just the demand of the families of the victims. but of all of the lebanese people, we want to know who brought in the explosives to the port. we want to know who allowed for their unloading, who withdrew quantities of these explosives from the port and where it was sent. we are here to launch an appeal to the countries of the world. we urged the international community to come and save lebanon, because the world cares not our own officials. the world is beginning to listen to

the pain and suffering of the lebanese people are not our own officials. it's been difficult making sense of their loss more than 200 people were killed among them children. so far, no one has been held responsible for unsafely storing ammonium nitrate with flay mobile materials at the port warehouse in the heart of the city for years. at the fire department, a kilometer from the port, the families of the 1st responders believe their loved ones were sent to their almost certain deaths. they weren't told of the dangerous when called to put out the fire rather than to fight them to the port. a had no fear, had nothing but they wanted. they wanted to help everyone. and this is what you're trying to do to move all these politicians criminal, killed our brothers attempts by the lead judge in the case to be taught to start

the process of prosecuting some of those believed responsible has been delayed by political interference. but some have hope that change is coming. i think today isn't the new start. start for new living on. we believe strongly that this is what we have been waiting for. the our next step is the elections in may 2022. we feel that for the 1st time this is showing the, the, our, the political class that people are no longer following dominant. following the ceremony, protestors headed to parliament to demand parliamentary and other official. immunities are lifted to allow formal questioning to happen. this is not just about justice and accountability. many lebanese have this and you say they believe the political class has not just destroyed the city but destroyed the economy and failed to build a thing. there is anger. the port explosion was one of the most traumatic

experiences for a country with already a dark past. it may have exposed the decades of corruption and mismanagement, but lebanon will not wake up to a new country. the battle for justice hasn't been won. the battle against the accountability has at least for the time being center for the data base. and then we'll have a special program on the for the explosion that is called a root search for answers it'll at $2330.00 g m t on wednesday. you can also catch it on our website and it will be on youtube as well. one man who survive the explosion spoke to algebra about how it left scars on the city and his life as mary leeham on today can get on tina. my name is lima. i'm from the current teen neighborhood. i've been living here in this area for the past 30 years here. we had a lot of challenges in this neighborhood in the past,

like wars and so many other things, but august, 4th was worse. it was a day of destruction with sadness and ruthlessness. and the get the head will bit assassin him, established little, believe me. i always sit here and drink my coffee before heading out to work. and i'll give a shout out there on a day minute. so i came out here on the day of the blast. and saw smoke coming out of the port and i thought there was a fire. how do you own the how they are as to how to fit on. then i came back into the room is always going inside. the blush happened. now it's going to decide what a huge rock slammed into the ceiling here and broke its way down to the 1st floor that i went through. the pi flores had my family. i've been here, they would have been casualties. and yes, i was injured right here. one of my eyes,

my arm by the my entire body is enough gettable day. august 4th is so forgettable. i'm an honor. we're now suffering financially. you know, what's become of the economy. everything is way more expensive. there are no jobs. are used to work during the day, but now i'm going to show the stocks. so i don't have an income about the whole and then shall like what the hell for a better future. but i, i can see it being better than before. every once in a while, something huge shakes the core of this country. we don't have a promising future. ah . our southern europe is a blazes. countries grapple with some of the horses, wet weather on record temperatures reaching into the high forty's, villages along the mediterranean have been evacuated. several people were also

killed. the opinion is promising assistance, including firefighters and water, dropping planes to those countries that need it. at least a 100 fives of broken out across italy in the past 2 days, including 250 on the island of sicily and a 130 and 800 people were taken to safety when 5 iraq did in nature is of and the scar as well, the fires burning through croatia, montenegro and albania, and then also into greece, which is experiencing it's was teen waive in decades. some places recorded the highest temperatures on tuesday when more than 47 degrees. at least 78 forest fires were recorded in the past 24 hours. and then 5 also stretch north, pushing into bulgaria and north macedonia will carry a plans to san dozens of fire fighters and trucks to its neighbor to help with the fires there. and then in turkey, the emergency is now extended into its 2nd week about 95000 heck as have been

burned. the intensity of the 5 has reached new levels. according to the use of observation program, panic, us algebra or suicide, to reports to us. now from now got in antalya province, we are in cuz ill that in the town or for me and i will got, which is one of the most do i say to districts caused by the wildfires in turkey. a message for us fire broke out yesterday here, and it continued overnight. hundreds of hackers of land have been burnt. the fire fighters continue to cool down the areas to prevent why fi from spreading to other areas. hum that as well as yours. how to create their houses and the security forces are blocking the roads to prevent people from getting back to their houses. as it is too risky. i have talked to the winner jurors and they all have one common

wish. when back to their houses and to see if they can save anything. because of the however, is not the only one that has been homeless off several wildfires across 30 since last week. more than 180 wildfires how been reported across 38 proven, says in the country, a people have died so far with more than 70000 people being recreated. menu of this has been taken to the hospitals for further care rescue team, emergency crews work bays and knives, but the weather conditions haven't been much friendly with low humidity, searing heat and strong winds hampering their food. turkey has received support from its neighbors and the european union, russia, ukraine. iran,

are there be john krisha and paying send the plains to turkey. the 8th ukraine is sending for more how to cope there's, which can operate at night. this is the biggest wildfires of the more than history of turkey and it hasn't been much easy for turkey to bring it under control. same as of now into a thermal power plant. facility near turkey, southeastern coast, planting may last near the resort town of boardroom has been fully evacuated according to the towns mayer. but it is cold powered, and that's leading to fears of severe absolution. if the fires reach its coal was one blaze that tore through a forest on the outskirts of the great capital. athens has now receded, but its last homes and businesses destroyed. greece is facing its most severe he way than 30 years, and the risk of move fires is high famous ravi reports now from athens.

one of the most dangerous wildfires of the season so far they took 501st responders working around the clock and countless area sort age to bring this blaze just north of the greek capital under control volunteers working alongside police and fire rescue teams managed to keep the flames from spreading to more populated areas of athens outside the police coordinate anxious residents waited on able to go home. me, let me get that sort of thing. it's a total catastrophe because my neighbor's house burned down and i called him and he was distraught. we're talking about complete destruction. maybe my house has been down also. i don't know. i'm assuming this because my neighbor's house burned down . we have been destroyed as a family financially. we finished. we have financial garner as night fell helicopters and planes stopped. their water drops and ground crews took over the task of keeping the flames. at daybreak roads reopened to reveal the scale of

devastation. dozens of homes and businesses completely destroyed. 24 hours after this fire started, the ground here is still smoldering here in this tree line with fire rescue teams are worried about now. is that the record high temperatures, the ongoing heat wave as well as the wind picking up again will begin to rekindle the flames and restart the fires that they've already put out. as remaining small wires were extinguished, people were allowed to return to see what was left for 35 years, monsieur lease mikayla lived in a house he built with his own hands. next to his workshop where he restored classic cars. the collection was priceless. the fire took everything heavily by the name for the annex lisa there. i 1st saw the fire around noon. at that point. the fire was high up on the mountain left for a little while to do some jewels and i came back and the police wouldn't let me get through. i was waiting for 4 hours and i kind of had police let him back sooner. he says he may have been able to save something of value to help him rebuild,

asked to put a price on the damage. he says he has absolutely no idea how the weather is forecasting, which seems like this are likely to play up again. even as a situation north of athens improve record high sports and dozens more wildfires across greece that are still out of control odors 0 when all the better i shall and pick sprinter, christine as human of sky says that she fears returning home though she has now arrived in poland on a humanitarian visa, 24 year old says team officials tried to force her to leave the tokyo games early after she was critical of the people who were coaching. hot polish official say she is now afraid of family. don't. when it came reports, this is the latest part of christina tim on of sky as journey from athlete to dissident her dreams of winning olympic metals for belarus. a long gone. now the

price she wants is asylum in the e. u. by criticizing her team's decision to make her run an offense, she'd never contested before. she says she angered team officials beyond the store . she done why they made it clear that upon my return home, i will definitely face some form of punishment. and that if i were to refuse to return home and would run into $200.00 me to race, i would be fired and kicked out of the national tame. there were also thinly disguised hints that more would await me from doing that. it was the fear of reprisals that forced her husband to flee to ukraine and with that child, once the situation became clear. now the polish government has given him a humanitarian visa and made clear his wife and child also welcomed. because many b russians have taken the past opponent since president alexander lucas shanker claimed victory and elections last year. oh,

the elections which observers both inside and outside, be, say, were fraudulent. weeks of popular protests prompted president lucas shanker, to crack down on dissent with leading opposition figures arrested despite criticism from capital cities across the continent you, sanctions, and worldwide condemnation. his government has continued its suppression of dissidence. now one analyst says this case shows, but even athletes are under scrutiny. the problem with that you don't have to be a politician and you don't have to be in activists to, to become political. everything is political if it's just if it's public, if it's in the street or online, she openly criticize the taken off the pic team and they tried to do it and done, which is of course and, and nowadays,

impossible. tim, on of sky i had originally planned to fly directly to warsaw from tokyo, but a polish government. sol says she changed her plans almost at the last minute for security reasons. tim and sky a went to the olympics to run fib yellow roof. but now she and her family are on the run from it. dominant came al jazeera berlin, still had the taliban twin targets. and i've got to start speaking to disrupt the capital in plain territory in the regions and pandemic purchases lead to a global supply backlog. how online shopping will for some prices? ah

hello, nice to see you. come with me. we'll track out tropical storm loop it as it makes it's landfall project. it landfall on thursday, anywhere between one dung and fuji and province's in that southeast corner of china . it's going to throw intense and heavy rain in the days to come. now if we go further toward the north, we've got a run of rain through north korea and you know, across japan, 40 out of 47 prefecture or under excessive heat stroke warnings just because of how high the temperatures have been. low temperatures. however, in australia were still above or below average adelaide, melbourne, and hobart meantime, for western australia, perth, basking in the sun after coming off. it's what is july in more than half a century for the active weather, we got to go to new zealand. this system swooping in from the tasman, see we'll get there in effect, but 1st we got to talk about those powerful winds in the capital region. it was enough to disrupt travel there. and here's the system as it moves in on thursday. it's gonna bring us some rain and wind,

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the ah, welcome back. i'll main story. events have been hell to mock year since the devastating explosion at bay roots caught. 200 people were killed when a chemical stockpile ignited. and there is still a comma for on to large groups of protective clash with security forces early any of the parliament building, calling for justice and accountability. and around the top story this, our wildfire is continuing to sweep across several countries in southern europe. in turkey, there is of a larger disaster for plays, reaches coal, which is stored in a power station. ah,

now the taliban is warning of more tags against tall afghan officials. there was an explosion near defense facility and cobble on wednesday, just hours after a car, bomb blast, and gum battle in the house of the defense minister. in the last monday, the taliban says it was behind that attack on diplomatic editor james bay's reports now from campbell. in recent hours, the taliban have shown that currently pursuing 2 very different types of warfare. in cobble, this blast targeted. one of the men leading the government's military can best friend of the monitor him home button on it as a defense minister and veteran command abysmal. the con was not as his home when 8 and buildings around it in the most secure part of cobble were targeted. but his body guards were among those injured in the bomb blast, the biggest in the capital in almost 4 months. these pictures filmed by the government show the scene immediately after the blast. the interior minister abdul

sutter mac, while directing commandos, who we are told, secured the area after a number of hours. this is what experts call a complex attack. first, the car bomb was detonated, then attack has made their way into the building. there was a fire fight. last thing, several hours. the taliban say this is the beginning of a new campaign targeting senior government officials in the capital. the taliban of fighting a very different battle in the south african it's done aimed at conquering territory rather than causing disruption. their focus right now appears to be the provincial capital of helmand laska. gov. the days they've been fighting in the heart of the city. the african military has called on people to evacuate the homes, but one local resident told al jazeera he can't leave his house because there's fighting on the street outside and his family is running out of food. we're very

worried. situation and last car got into the warfare he's going right now in oregon city among the civilians. civilian population is known to target schools, medical infrastructure, hospitals, housing facilities are no other place there. the military activities should take place. the un calling for an immediate cease far, but the opposite is happening. the violence is intensifying. james bay's al jazeera, cobble, or international concern is growing about the humanitarian situation, and ethiopia is water integrity region. as a groups have been forced to stop with our work, the u. n. c monitoring chief, the saying that food and supplies need to be allowed in urgently, because thousands of people are facing fanning. if your government has refused saying the corridors exist in all the areas. meanwhile docs and doctors without borders and 2 other organizations. and i've been told to stop all of that work in

the region. it comes as the conflict continues with the u. s. in sudanese governments now pressing for talks to reach a cease fire, we need the should access routes by land as well as of course our own flights going in and out of mckelly. i frankly, we need the water and we need the conflict to stop at the needs that have been spoken about. integrate, are indeed what they have been advertised, that they are huge. they are urgent. they are important. thousands of people marched and gone as capital a crime, demanding government reforms protests as part of the hash tag fixed the country movement, demonstrations, waves placards, calling for economic changes and better living conditions. last protests were in march. when a top court dismissed the main opposition policies challenge to president nona for those reelection several. meanwhile, several countries in se asia,

a struggling to control a rise in coby to infections thailand is reported more than 20000 new cases on wednesday. this is the highest a rise so far. and then neighboring malaysia also reported a large rise despite strict lockdown measures there, which has been in place for 2 moms, florence louis housing the crowds of tourists and commuters have all that disappeared from the streets of bangkok. thailand continues to impose strict cubs on visitors in a bid to contain a search. in corona virus cases, the country has been reporting new highs in infections and death almost every day. this is a landmark with the majority of those who comment pre are foreigners, chinese and other nationalities. if you ask, if we've been impacted, we are affected. all the vendors here are affected. we're still here in indonesia. the high case load is taking a toll on health care workers. give us

a call. we are overwhelmed. the number of patients is beyond their capabilities. we used to to 300 percent of our energy every time we're on shift. many medical workers have also fallen sick, and more than a 1200 have died from the virus. indonesia had its deadliest day last week, but has been reporting slightly lower numbers since the government has extended a partial lockdown for further week. much of malaysia has been locked down since june. the country has also ramped up its vaccination campaign, but new infections keep climbing. on wednesday, it reported nearly 20000 cases, a record high in the chinese city of who han authorities attesting all 12000000 residence after authorities confirmed 3 new cases of the delta variant on monday. will hon had reported no local corona virus cases since may last year. the other cities in china have begun limiting movements as the country reported the highest

number of domestic cases since january. china had in the past been able to cut the spread of cases with quick locked downs and mass testing. but the strategy may not be as effective against the more highly transmissible delta variant of the virus, which is driving the surgeon cases throughout asia. florence louis al jazeera to bit of news from southern lebanon. israel is launched as strikes in the area in retaliation for 2 rockets that will fide from lebanon that landed inside israel. those rocket plans in the area of carry out shawn, there were no injuries. people in northern israel have been told to stay at home. know the rockets were fired from an area of southern lebanon, which is under the control of hezbollah. now the online spending spree prompted by covey lockdown has led to an unprecedented backlog in the supply of goods global supply chains on the strain. and the cost of shipping

has skyrocketed. as ro, bernal's reports, ross angelica effects of being felt from corporate boardrooms to kitchen tables. it's a container ship traffic jam, the twin ports of los angeles and long beach. the biggest in the western hemisphere are packed with giant ships, bringing a flood of consumer goods from asia in terms of the amount of cargo coming in. we have not seen anything like it. we've broken records here, month after month after month that the port of los angeles ship traffic here is up 50 percent over 2019. and it's not just here in california all around the world from rotterdam to singapore. a surgeon exports is putting a major strain on global supply chains and it's network of ships and containers. it's crunch time really in the container terminals as they struggle to get imports out when the exports in the reason cove at 19 per month,

us consumers were under lockdown, cooped up at home with nowhere to go. so they went online and started buying stuff like crazy. instead of going to the movies or using their discretionary income on travel or airline tickets for vacation, baseball games, americans started spending the spending spree was supercharged by trillions and u. s. government payments. and there was really a few 5 minutes provided by the american politicians to the american and humorous that the set. basically, the transportation trailing on fire, people are buying ports are busy economically. that seems like a good thing. but as with everything else in life, there is no such thing as a free lunch. the search has led importers and ex borders to compete with one another for scarce vessels and containers. driving up the price of shipping prices

are up 300 to 500 percent across the board. and who do you think will pay in the end? you've probably guessed it. it's really a significant increase in there's going to be a trickle down effect from this price increase into the consumer prices pandemonium in the ports and in the supply chain. better get ready for higher prices and scanty, or supplies. rob reynolds al jazeera at the port of los angeles. ah, just a quick look at our main stories now. and events have been held in lebanon to mark a year since the devastating explosion of a roots ports. of sophia, 200 people were killed.