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his wildfire burned dangerously close to a power plant, wholesale nearby villages, to flee by boat and mexico take aim at us. gotten companies in a $10000000000.00 bill 18 months, 200000000 infections. that is where we are right now. that the curve at 19 pandemic continues to grow worldwide. and then while it took a year to reach that 1st 100000000, the 2nd 100000000 has only taken half that time. and start with a virus tracker from johns hopkins university showing in red. he of the number of cases there's you see up now above 200000000, but there is a lot of focus, especially coming from the world health organization right now about vaccinations, the green number, i mean large it for you. they have actually been almost 4270000000 vaccine doses administered worldwide. now will population of 7000000000. most of them needing to shots? we are still away off bots. me look at the total numbers here. nearly 30 percent of

the world population has had one dose. 15 percent of had their 2 doses. and 42 point. oh $1000000.00 and now administered each day. i don't think oh there guys, it's catching up now. $42000000.00 doses each day, but only one percent of people in low income countries have had one dice and you can see it so clearly on the map, it is africa and parts of eastern europe, which are really, really lagging behind. and all of that is why the world health organization is urging rich nations to pulls their plans to administer booster shots. so jordan has a report on that from washington. 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 us and the world health organization, we're arguing whether already vaccinated americans and europeans should get booster

shot, or the w h o wants a more tory him 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 cannot, 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 vaccines, we will have enough supply to ensure if 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 seem 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 progress in 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 in chile that could be online by early next year. so i know what it was. the factory starts 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 and a global pandemic in the face of local, but understandable priorities. rosalyn,

jordan al jazeera washington, let's look at indonesia where large numbers of people are dying at home because they just can't get the hospital. carol medical oxygen with their health system buckling, indonesia is now the epi center of ages outbreak with an official death toll exceeding 100000. a quarter of emitting infections are recorded in the last week alone, more from jessica washington in chicago. as alarming as that figure of surpassing $100000.00 and sound, 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 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 the current death toll 40 percent of those

people died in july and august alone. we also know that as jess 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 crisis is spreading into provinces into remote areas with even lower rates affects the nation with low rates of testing and with health care facilities that struggle under normal circumstances. and japan's government may extend coded 19 restrictions

to 8 more regions. cases in the olympics, host city are rising at an unprecedented right and more than 4000 recorded in tokyo on weapons. there are 6 regions including tow care, which already under a state of emergency. and the starting city of melvin's been put into its 6th lockdown authority to try to trace the source of some mystery cove in 1900 cases. sidney as well, reporting its highest number of new infections. all of a strategy is struggling to bring a filter up, break under control despite snap locked downs. and border closures, the latest measures that mean more than half the threat, its population is now being ordered to stay home onto the news and grief, anger and demands. the justice of triggered st. battled in beirut, one year after that catastrophic port explosion in the lebanese capital. no senior official has been held to account for the tragedy which killed more than 200 people

. this reporter susanna hotel but 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 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 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 level 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 here to fight then went to the court. a had no fear, had nothing but they wanted people, 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 a new 11 on we believe strongly that this is what we have been waiting for. the our next step is the elections and made 2022. we feel that for the 1st time this is showing the, the, our, the political class that people are no longer following dominance. 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 destroy the economy and failed to build

a state. 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. then they're also bailed. and you can see a special program from saying one year on from that port disaster is the full report by roots search for answers. it screens on the channel to day thursday, $1430.00 g m t. it's also down to 0 dot com. just search for the full reports on our website, or head to youtube as well. youtube dot com slash al jazeera english and you can find a pair ah, it's got a stand, a security forces are fighting defensive battles as the taliban pushes to capture.

regional capitals. ground troops have been repelling attacks on multiple fronts. the taliban fighting the on her routes come to her and laska, they've been backed up by strikes in the african air force. now most special forces arrived in helmand where the taliban has been fighting in the heart of the provincial capital. from a diplomatic editor james base, he is incapable the 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 got where the taliban have been in the heart of the city where we have an important new bit of information. and this is source to the army brigade of the african army that are leading the operation in laska god. 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 last. good guy. i have to say we only have that from the coal saying that they have done that. 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 as 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 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 overnight told, pushing in for multiple directions towards the center of the city. and the news, the had the mystery surrounding bodies that are washing up in a river in eastern sedan. wildside for the evacuation of several communities across free plains are engulfing home. ah, ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored by cattle airways. well, completely out of season weather continues, in fact gets worse or good part of europe. this coming in here. it's more reminiscent of an autumn storm and was supposed to be in the height of summer is going to affect all of north and europe. which means is around the edges squashed down to the south, where it's still warm and summary and too warm for many of course,

you know the story fire raging from pass bitterly through greece to turkey. his temper has been very high. it's been very dry. these were yesterday's temperatures and they were down a half to one now to be the day before, so we don't breaking records, but that's easing. about $43.00. however, there is some good news, and talia should his last hottest day to day thursday than the wind becomes an unsure breeze. i mean all along the way along that south coast down to average temperatures or below. and if you're lucky for the end of friday or even saturday, we start to see thunderstorms break out. of course, that should be good news, the tackling fast, not everywhere. they're not guaranteed, but it is definitely a change in the weather type. the heat elsewhere isn't extreme through sicily through italy and spain. as i said, much of northern and central europe is enjoying just a word windy and wet, and sundry weather sponsored pay cut on airways.

ah, i'll give you all i a b without just there and these are the top stories. the number of recorded cases of code 19 worldwide is now past 200000000. it took

a year to register the 1st $100000000.00 infections. that number has doubled, just 6 months. the police in lebanon had used t again, again, protest about the parliament in the country marked 2 years since the massive explosion at the federal court demonstrated that demanding justice for the more than 200 people die. they weren't responsible to be held account and african government ground troops have been repelling a tax on multiple from the taliban fight to develop on her rough counter. and lush kicked off. they've been backed up by strikes from the ask more special forces on our helmet as well as the television and fighting in the heart of the provincial capital. excuse me, let's look at the wildfire and turkey, which are now burning near a coal fired power plant on the se in coast. the facility and nearby villages have been evacuated. the government says hydrogen and other explosive materials are

stored at the plant have been removed. will up at least 8 people have been killed in the dozens of wildfires across turkey. president reject typo who describes them as the worst in his country's history. let's talk to russell soda, who's live in mila. i believe, wrestle that is close to that power plant. what's the situation there now? well now we are in medicaid in the town of mil us and where the terminal power plant is just a couple have been couple of days that the name is we're getting closer to this power plant and it was a huge concern by the water t is particularly the local authorities, but yesterday the claim got to a very critical distance to the to do the plant. the only in the morning. no authority is reported that the fire is under the control but afternoon as found by

the strong winds. the flames raised over the, the power plant and the fires just returned back then the water bomb been planes and the helicopters there on the water to the wooden peaks and the residential area surrounding dense public plans. but at night the, the strong wind 3 good. the flames again, and it came to the law, the distance of this power plant here for now. no authority says that the flames are under the control, but it doesn't mean that the danger, there's no way because we can, you can hear that the helicopters and the the water won't be in plain or steal, carry in the water from mediterranean sea ro, pin all over the wooden pigs and the residential area surrounding the power public . but i do will talk to said that the hydrogen tanks that were used to cool the

plant had been removed. all of the stuff are created and the tanks are filled with the water as a precaution, but there is a free the people here also read that in case of any explosion because if it's working both on it runs both on the oil and the cool. if in case of an explosion, it wouldn't only cause i a and then what mental disaster, but also humanitarian one know over $187.00. why 1st report that since last week and 172 of them were still burning? what had been taken under the control and 15 of them are still burning, wrestle the, is the criticism of the turkish government for the way it is handling these 5? are they responding to that well, be the position part of you here are criticizing the government based on some of

the tracks. one of them is that the government have had ignored the importance or the churches over net to go. jason says that there are reasons that they ignore that association which has the water bomb being fully . it's not a technical one, but a political decision hold on. one of the governments, the bible, the government says that the planes that the associate and has, are outdated at technically are not able to fly or to carry this kind of the operation. the position also says that the government acts very much slowly in terms of accepting the international aids, while the government says that no, actually, from the 1st they won't be accepted the international aid. so turkey is politically a very divided company, and each time the company faces a crisis, we can see that there's the wish and there's the region becomes more and more patterns. thank you. russell soda with that update on the wildfire in turkey. now

dozens of people have been evacuated from the greek island of a via where a wildfire is burning in the forests. private boats helped get evac curious to the mainland. the fires destroyed at least a $150.00 homes on that island bent fire. one of more than a 100 burning across greece, a wildfire on the outskirts of the capital, athens has now receded bought it, destroyed homes and businesses, same bus robbie as our report from athens. one of the most dangerous wildfires of the season so far it 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, coord anxious residents 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 caught 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 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 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 fires were extinguished, people were allowed to return to see what was left for 35 years,

monsieur lease mikaela lived in a house he built with his own hands. next was workshop where he restored classic cars. the collection was priceless. the fire took everything the heavily but the near foot younique's 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 to come. seems like this are likely to play up again. even as a situation north of athens improve record high, he sparked dozens more wildfires across greece that are still out of control. st. basra b o 0 and the bodies of ethiopian are washing up in

neighboring sudan. it is believed they are victims of the war and ethiopia, secret region where rights group, se atrocities have been committed. here, morgan has our report from one delux for almost a week. now deborah, tim psychological rosters. and if you can, farmer incidents, eastern casela state has been playing the role of grave digger, the banks of the city river that flows between the 2 countries has been carrying the bodies of europeans. he says are from home era, in tig i where a conflict has been reading for nearly a year. now, the letter that nathan audible had about, we're going to, we were called in about 5 days back when the 1st bodies started appearing. since then, we've been burying people nearly daily, most come with their hands tied behind their backs. some had gunshot wounds in the head, others in the back. we buried more than 40. so for the bodies were found at the end of last week, a few days after dozens of new refugees from take. i arrived at the reception

center income home near the border with sudan is one of the few areas still under the control of the fuel government. and her militia, but the 2 grand defense forces took over the capital, mickely, and other major cities. weeks ago. some of the new arrivals they witnessed hundreds trying to escape home era and were killed and thrown into the river. legacy says he was part of the group that found some of the bodies and buried them whirlwind and in a hurry, we were told by refugees that people were being killed and thrown in the river. then we found the bodies hands tied behind their back. some shot in the chest, somebody on the head, we knew there were 2 grains, from whom error. most of the graves were done, just meet us from the river. there are several burial sites like this one along the city river, each with different numbers of bodies. but people here and would then hello say not all those found in the river were pulled out. and while the bodies of those who die trying to escape to great buried here, there are reports of similar graves in the region where the death toll is unknown.

since the thought of the conflict in november last year, there has been accusations by rights, groups of atrocities, by the wearing parts of the motor, many to grant have reported being targeted for the committee, raising concerns of ethnic cleansing and genocide. at least 2000000 people have been displeased and 60000 have fled to sedan. a communications blackout continues and humanitarian organizations say more than 5000000 people are in need of aid. 7 if you pm here, including the right hand side, said the hope their work would now be over, but he knows as long as the conflict continues into gray, they'll be more bodies to bury on both sides of the border. he but morgan august era would that helio finally, mexico government is suing us gun makers for negligence, and a $10000000000.00 law suit. it says reckless business practices, of course countless deaths. john homan reports from mexico city. the streets of

coolio can north mexico and 17 for october, 2019. when the sinaloa cartel turned out like an army, the battle and defeat, mit can security forces. the gunmen who said they were dead, but they told us that they were using us make guns. other criminal groups across the country that told us the same firearms a heavily restricted emit scope that the government says an ion river, legal weapons is heading across the us. border and adding to the violence here. now it's trying to stop the saw. on wednesday it announced an unprecedented law suit against the 11 arms manufacturers among them famous names like cope and smith and wesson. i don't get you got me. he got, well, isn't look a deal. what is mexico looking for with this lawsuit? remember that the company's compensate the mexican government for the damage caused by their negligent practices that they developed their payables strategies to monitor and discipline the distributors. because accompanies argue though,

when the guns go out, they don't have any responsibility they do. in this case, the government says arms manufacturers should include security mechanisms in their guns to track and check who's using them. they should also pay for media campaigns and programs to stop trafficking. at the moment, the government says that doing just the opposite, knowingly profiting from a lucrative trait is sanders have yandell. they are developing models for medical, so they use them for knacker trafficking. they're designed for that they have different, aesthetic and functional features. and that's compet mexican officials. no, they might not succeed. a 2005 us give gum make is widespread protection against civil liability claims, govern hoping this time things might be different because their claim comes from outside of the states. and with at least 17000 murders in the country from guns trace to the us, they say they have to do something. but the government admits the gun makers or any

part of the issue. mexico also has a really porous border with the united states and traffic because have told us that it's really easy for them to get their weapons across it and into the country even under the noses of mexican officials. so until that border has toughened up, guns are still going to flow into the country and was on those lines with the foreign minister towed out to 0. that's something the government's also working on . it will need to. the lawsuit won't be enough on your home and i'll just sit a mexico city log on top off. they are. these are the top stories. the number of recorded cove in 1900 cases around the world has now passed 200000000 according to the johns hopkins university tracker. it took a year to register the 1st $100000000.00 infections, but that figure has not doubled in.