[000:00:00;00] ah, walter passes 200000000 recorded cove at 19 infections. as wealthy countries are urged to hold their vaccine boots to shop. ah, i learned from joe when i came out santa maria, this is the world news from algae. the protest descended to st. battles in a route one year after the explosion that killed them $200.00 people. also turkey's wildfires burned dangerously close to a power plant full thing nearby villages to flee by boats and karate makes its

lympics debut in the spiritual home, japanese and marshal. so 18 months? 200000000 infections. that is where we are right now, that the coven 19 pandemic continues to grow worldwide. and while it took a year to reach the 1st 100000000, the 2nd 100000000 has only taken half that time. so let's start with the buyer strike of johns hopkins university, which i'm sure you're all familiar with by now. the read number is our headline for today that upwards of 200000000 infections cases worldwide. but we want to stop focusing on the green number as well. in fact, i'll enlarge it for you. here, the number of vaccine doses administered that's nearly 4270000000 doses worldwide. now of course we've got 7000000000 people in the world, and most of them will need 2 shots. so we're still a long way off. but it's a fairly impressive number. and when you look at it and break it down

a bit further, as we do from the world in data, nearly 30 percent of the population has had one dose, maybe 15 percent fully vaccinated. there are upwards of 42000000 doses administered every day. but on the 1 point, one percent of people in low income countries have received at least one dose. and when we put it on the map, it's so easy to say, if you think of all the blue countries as being up in the tens and hundreds of millions worth of doses, that's huge area right in the middle, it is africa and parts of eastern europe with a not even breaking the millions or 10 millions at this stage, there is a huge, huge vaccine disparity. and all of that is why the world health organization is urging rich nations to pull their plans to administer the booster shots. we'll start with this report from roslyn, jordan in washington, dc. one of the major problems of the cobit pandemic. some countries have more vaccine than they can use. others have none. that's why as covert cases reached

200000000 on wednesday, the u. s. and the world health organization, we're arguing whether already vaccinated americans and europeans should get booster shots or the w h o wants a moratorium on booster shots through september 30th. that's so poor. countries can vaccinate 10 percent of their citizens. i understand the concern of all government to protect their people from the delta von and but we can not, and we should not accept countries that have already used most of the global supply of vaccines using even more of it. while the world's most vulnerable people remain unprotected white house officials rejected the w h o 's call. we also in this country have enough supply to ensure that every american has access to a vaccine, we will have enough supply to ensure if they get the decides that boosters are recommended for

a portion of the population to provide those as well. we believe we can do both and we don't need to make that choice. that's one of the reasons why it ministration has really worked hard to not only donate supplies of doses to the rest of the world, but more importantly to work with other countries to increase and build up manufacturing capacity. so they can produce an effect seen to ensure that the rest of the world is protected. but other health officials say the biden administration is missing the point. the best way to use it if the price is donating. now, this is not too loud, they counted it to prague, asking the vaccination to protect their population to save your life as for building capacity, it was the chinese firm since vac biotech. that announced on wednesday, it's building a vaccine factory and chile that could be online by early next year. so, what was the factory start producing vaccines? they'll be able to export them to latin america. these countries have had

difficulty obtaining vaccines. and obviously, we want to help them trying to end a global pandemic in the face of local, but understandable priorities. russell and jordan al jazeera washington. we're going to focus in on that asian now large numbers of indonesians are dying at home, unable to get hospital care. all the medical oxygen they need is the health system, basically buckles indonesia. now the epicenter of asia is outbreak with an official death told exceeding 100008 quarter of a 1000000 infections recorded in the last week alone. more with jessica washington, who's outside of vaccination center in chicago. so jessica, if so many people are dying at home, that looks like it pretty hard to get an accurate figure of what's really happening and indonesia. well, that's exactly right. come on as alarming as that figure of surpassing 100000 sounds. it's only a partial picture of the situation on the ground. some months ago, the indonesian government pledged that it would seek to scale up p c r,

testing and endeavor to test around $400000.00 people each day. and that still has not happened. so the reality is, is that at this point, we cannot be certain how many people died as a result of the virus. in particular, as more deaths have happened at home, what we do know is that 40 percent of that, but the current death toll 40 percent of those people died in july and august alone . we also know that as jets at home has increase, as people were turned away from hospitals, we've seen more cases of multiple deaths within the same family. now, some local groups, some independent data groups, are trying to get a more accurate picture of the scale of the crisis on the ground. and according to some estimates, they put the confirmed death toll in recent weeks at around 3 to 5 times higher than the official numbers indicate. now the government is keen to stress that they are seeing signs that the crisis is easing in some cities,

in particular in the capital, but epidemiologist say it is too soon to be optimistic. and in fact they are concerned that fall from the situation easing. they are seeing signs that the i says is spreading into provinces into remote areas with even low rates of vaccination, with low rates of testing and with health care facilities that struggle under normal circumstances. jessica washington, updating us with the kevin fish rice and it's you ation in indonesia. now, japan's government make stand, it's covered restrictions to 8 more regions. cases in the lympics host city are rising at an unprecedented rate. more than 4000 of them recorded in tokyo. on wednesday, 6 regents including tokyo, are already under a state of emergency. and straightly the state of new south wales is reported its worst day of locally transmitted infection. since the pandemic began more than 260 new cases and 5 deaths,

sidney and surrounding regions have been locked down for weeks. ah, let's move on to other news. asking security forces are fighting more defensive battles against the taliban, which is trying to capture regional capitals. the air force has hit taliban fighters advancing on head up can ha and lush gone with ground troops repelling attacks from multiple fronts. more special forces have also arrived in helmand province. more with james base out diplomatic. it is a reporting from cobble so much of our focus is often on cobble, james, but this is all happening elsewhere. yes, a lot happening in the south and in the west of afghanistan, and as has been the focus for some days, the province of helmand where so many so much of the fighting involving international forces took place over 20 years. now they have gone. the fighting is continuing and it's continuing in the provincial capital laska,

where the taliban have been in the heart of the city. well, we have an important new bit of information and this is source to the army brigade of the afghan army that are leading the operation in alaska. god, the 21, 5 may one call and they tell us that there they have carried out their strike the african air force and they say they've targeted senior taliban leadership in laska, i have to say we only have that from the call saying that they have done that we don't have any other information from local sources. we don't have any information from the taliban at the moment on that claim, but certainly the local genesis providing us with a lot of our information says heavy fighting is continuing in the center of laska gar. moving from helmand to the neighboring province of kandahar. and there's still fighting inside the 2nd city we understand. in the last 24 hours strikes to have

been carried out by the african air force. we've got news of casualties from near weiss hospital, which is the main hospital in canada. they say that 22 people have been admitted over night and this morning they say 20 of those civilians. they say that there are among them 5 women and 4 children moving to the west of afghanistan and herat. that is where the african military felt that they made some progress pushing the taliban back. but i can tell you that has been fresh fighting in herat in recent hours. the taliban seemed to be over night. we're told, pushing in for multiple directions towards the center of the city. the african forces tried to repel them, were told that they were as strikes, so also mortars being used in the city of harass. we also hear from government sources and local journalists as well. one police commander was killed in the

battles will be going on in the herat. thank you. jane. base for like updates across afghanistan returned to the limpid games, briefly karen to making it so and pick you in took here 8 gold medals up for grabs . and the host nation is set to dominate the events, but back as of the sport are concerned that it may not return at future games at richardson has not report karate means empty hands in japanese. it began hundreds of years ago. as a form of self defense in a region where weapons were banned. after a decades long campaigned fritz inclusion, the japanese martial arts is making the 1st olympic appearance in tokyo. i believe there's a lot to, to be learned in the spirit of competition, friendly competition. and that's how we evolve as human beings, we evolve play ourselves individually through self reflection. we also evolve

through interaction with others l, g 0 1st film. hey, corey gp, in 2016, 5 years on karate remains central to his life. horrible budget and the heart is everything, no matter what the situation is, how hard it is or who your opponent is. you can't fight without a strong heart. it is the most important thing about karate says childhood. i have always been focused on this sport, karate has ever thing to me. 2 types of karate will feature at these lympics committee, which involves spar and with an opponents and cutter, which is a so low discipline. the venue that karate will use was originally built for the 1964 olympics. then it was judo, making its 1st appearance competitors for more than 30 countries, will be looking to see what could be a unique opportunity. there are no plans to karate to return a future olympics. metal contenders, hope their efforts in front of

a global audience can force a rethink or indicator not will go up. well, i'm determined to become olympic champion. i think that karate w. lympics is a big step, not only in japan, for karate, because all over the world, we're making a new history that will inspire a new generation of kids with or without elliptic recognition, karate future looks to be in safe hands on the richardson al jazeera. so q will update the world whether next to and then from a struggling economy to global isolation. we're looking at the challenges facing iran's new president, as he proposed to take office. i hello, great to be with you. we've got storms racing across the alps into austria, the czech republic, into poland. we'll come back to that in

a sec. but i want to take you to the british shells because we've got another storm system swooping in. you know, the name of the game, right. this one's gonna circulate some powerful winds around it. look for gus, about 60 kilometers per hour over the next few days, and another storm system waiting in the wings. ok, now let's go to northern italy where we see those storms rumbling across the eastern shores of the adrian. see right through austria, the czech republic. so vacuum and poland. and you know, some of these storms making their way across the bulk in. so it's going to help freshen up the air. for example, in sophia bulgaria, your temperature is down to 30 on friday, but it does bounce back quickly. sunday, a high of 35 degrees, you know, across greece and turkey. we've been setting new record temperatures with this heat wave that we've got going on. and you know, there is a wildfire burning north of athens. hundreds of people have been forced from their homes just because of how tender dry it is here in town, across africa for the west coast. it's all about the rain. duck are scooped up. 91

millimeters of rain, we see those storm clouds gather as we head towards the leone and liberia on thursday. that sure weather update. the news in 2011 al jazeera gains rare access to the young gang film academy. and some of north korea's brightest young stars. what did it take to serve a national propaganda machine? ah, a compelling portrait of the privileged lives of the countries elite, rewind,

north korea. cinema of treme analogy 0. ah, the, the, the top, sorry, our on al jazeera, a number of will be number of recorded cases of code 19 worldwide is not the past 200000000. took a year to register the 1st 100000000 infections, but that number has doubled and just the late 11. and have you p again. again, protest is outside parliament in the country one year since a massive explosion in the port of bay root come straight is gathered to demand justice for the $200.00 people killed. one authorities responsible for the bus to be held and wildfire. kentucky have not spread too close to a coal fired power plant on the se in the government, because the main unit of the chemical plant have not been damaged. phyllis even off,

has been evacuated. so let's look at that story out of lebanon, where grief, anger, and demands for justice of triggered st. battles in beirut, one year after that catastrophic port explosion in the capital. no senior officials been held to account for the tragedy which killed more than 200 people in her report. but the look of 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 bay route remembered the port explosion that destroyed so many lives outside the blast site, where thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate blew up families of the victims. the survivors gathered to demand justice and accountability in the low 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, 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 flame 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 he had a fight that went to the court. a had no fear,

had nothing but they wanted to say they want to help everyone. and this is what you're trying to do to move all these positions, 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 a new 11 on we believe strongly that this is what we have been waiting for. 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. 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 the soy, the economy, and failed to build a safe. 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 in this management, 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 ocean data base route . and you can see a special program from one year on from the port disaster. the next screening of the full report search for answers is today. thursday 1430 gmc and of course he conceded out 0 dot com or on on youtube channel. now the wildfires and turkey which are burning near a coal fired power plant on the southeast in coast the facility and nearby villages

have now been evacuated. the government says hydrogen and other explosive materials is stored at the plant have been removed. these 8 people have been killed and dozens of wildfires across the turkey president ridge up typo on describes them the worst in his country's history. dozens of people who are evacuated from the greek island of via where a wildfire is burning in the forests. their private boat helped get evacuees to the mainland. 5 destroyed at least $150.00 homes on the island. also surrounded a monastery. local politicians have complained about a lack of resources ablaze on the v as one of more than 100 burning across greece, a wild foreign outskirts of the capital. athens has now receded on after destroying homes and businesses, and with more extreme heat forecast. there is, of course the risk of more 5 than bas ravi reports from athens. one of the most dangerous wildfires of the season so far it took 501st responders working around

the clock and countless aerial source 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 residence, waited unable to go home. me, let me get that sort of thing. it's a total catastrophe. 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, so we have been destroyed as a family financially. we finished. we finished. as night fell helicopters and planes stopped, their water drops and ground crews took over the task of keeping the flames at bay . 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 the tree line with fire rescue teams are worried about now is that the record high temperature is 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 fires were extinguished, people were allowed to return to see what was life. for 35 years, monsieur 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, but the name for the next eliza there, i 1st saw the fire around noon. at that point, the fire was high up on the mountain or 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 so the head 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. it seems like this are likely to play up again, even as a situation north of athens improve record high spark dozens more wildfires across greece that are still out of control. st. basra b o. d 0. overloaded van is crashed on a remote stretch of highway in the state of texas, killing at least 10 people. and another 20 are injured, happened near the border with mexico. and the police said most of the victims were migrant work. now iran's new president abraham rice, he will be sworn in later on thursday he comes into office facing multiple challenges, not least of which the tension in the gulf and a resurgent corona virus outbreak. this report from us a big i during the election campaign, the state of the economy dominated the debates. it's been effected by

a combination of us sanctions and mismanagement in the past years. despite the promises that have been made, the problems won't be easy to fix. more at mann middle that we are going to make sure the sanctions lifted, but we are not going to connect our economy to lifting the sanctions. there are a few issues that the government is facing right now. the budget deficits investment and the stock market and also controlling the inflation corona virus, and many other basic needs. so i appreciate what the 12th government has done, but we need a short term immediate program to resolve the issues we are facing today. has not been much detail on policies or how they will be implemented. and the continued mistrust of some western governments could be an issue in future talks. they bream race, they want with anxious listed that the only way they're going to be lifted. and i assume that means the oil and banking factor sanctions, as if the talks in vienna continue. and right now they've been installed since june

20 as and if they really want to see things change, they're going to have to sit down with the remaining signatories of the nuclear deal and make some hard compromises. because right now the iranian economy is in shambles. sensation and national debt, or at all time highs. recent protests of a water shortages in the sun. i've seen solidarity protests in the capitals thereon . and as i mean, what the actual, which the presidential mandate that was given by the supreme leader teresee had 2 major points support for domestic production and increasing the value of the national currency that depreciated over recent years. both of these issues are related to government, revenues, and economic prosperity. economic policies should be relevant with methods used to resolve economic problems. that in return would lead to increasing prosperity, family income, employment, and enlarging families, food baskets. pensions in the region are still high as iran and israel engaging shad

a war. several tankers have been attacked most recently. one of the coast of oman that killed 2 crew members. israel, the u. s. and the u. k. blamed iran thereon denied it was involved was the last year has senior ron's nuclear facilities attacked the country's top scientist assassinated and a conservative leg parliament responding by restricting international inspections on the roads nuclear facilities. braimer is seen as the chosen candidate of the political establishment. oh, but if he cannot address the immediate and pressing issues of the economy and sanctions, he's picked up, future and ascendancy could be effected. i said big i just 0. funny the bellow, wrist in lympics sprinter. christina team of sky has arrived in poland on a humanitarian visa. the 24 year old refuse to be sent home early from the games, saying she feared for his safety. criticizing a coaches dominant came as report. this is the latest part of christina tim on the

sky as journey from athlete to dissident. her dreams of winning olympic metals for belarus are long gone. now the price she wants is asylum in the e. u. by criticizing her team's decision to make her run an event, she 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 would definitely face some form of punishment. and that if i were to refuse to return home and would run into 200 meter race, i would be fired and kicked out of the national team. there were also thinly disguised hints that more would await me from doing, but 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 welcome the cause. many b russians have taken the path to poland since president alexander lucas shanker

claimed victory and elections last year. o 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 use 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. 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 season of the pic team and

they tried to do it and done, which is of course and, and nowadays, impossible to min 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 of 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 out, jazeera bullying. ah, up the, our on our of the are, these are the top stories, the number of recorded cases of code 19 around the world is now more than 200000000 . according to the johns hopkins university tracker. it took a year to register the 1st $100000000.00 infections,