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a ton of bond takeover. lebanon's deepening fuel crisis triggers widespread blackouts and red shortages. the central bank head says no one is running. the country. returning to ruins, algerians displaced by wildfire struggled to pick up their lives. and we harding with sport. manchester united have made a statement on the opening weekend of the premier league. mashing leave 51 with bruno fernandez, wearing a hat trick in front of a capacity crowd at old trafford. ah, hello, a major search and rescue operation is on the way in haiti off to the country was struck by a 7.2 magnitude quick. at least $29.00 people have been killed and officials expect there will be many more casualties in the last hour. hey, t new prime minister declared

a month long state of emergency. ne parker reports was alive and clearly exhausted. a young woman and a child, a pool from the rubble moments of the massive earthquake homes and businesses life. the 7.2 magnitude quake strike at 8 30 in the morning, sending people out to the streets in panic. it was followed 20 minutes later by 5.2, magnitude. after short, the tremors felt across the caribbean and as far away the southern florida. the epi centers in the country's western tip around a 160 kilometers from the densely populated capital. puerto prince, the bore, the brunt of the last major earthquake in 2010. the left hundreds of thousands of people, dead, one and a half 1000000 people homeless. this latest quake is more powerful,

but we don't know how deadly we have a magnitude 7.2 for the 1st break and it is located west of port prince of farther west actually than the january 2010 earthquake, which was a little bit smaller out of magnitude with euro. so that is definitely a positive thing. but because of the size and population density, there probably be widespread damage. is one of the poorest countries in the world to play by worsting instability and violence of the assassination of the countries president last month. haiti's also struggle to control the surgeon coven, 19 cases in a country where a quarter of the population live in abject poverty. and now this al jazeera. ok, well let's go live now to heidi ho castro who is covering the story force from

washington. so as we had there needs report, this really couldn't come in. it was time for a t right now with all the other problems that is dealing with. what more can you tell us about what's happening there right now? why we're hearing reports more about those confirmed dead, which at this point remains at $29.00. 1 of the bodies pulled from the rubble in the city of lake high, which was near the epa center, was that of the city's mayor who also served as a national senator in haiti. apparently he was inside of a hotel when it collapsed. many of these more stories are grim and they are to come as the us geological survey has issued a red alert, meaning that more loss of life is expected and the damage is expected to be widespread. and we've seen those heartbreaking images, shared over social media coming from the south west of haiti in places that have

been difficult to reach for rescuers, who have been hindered by cracks in the terrain as well as mud slides. some good news as a haiti authorities have now revoked a warning for su nami, so it's telling citizens to be alert and still we have tropical storms and hurricanes developing that have haiti in their current a projected past. so just as you said, this is, this could not be come at a worse time for haiti as it's still grouped in its own political crisis. and just 11 years after the last devastating earthquake there from which the country has never truly recovered. alright for the moment hardy. how. how does your castro life is darian washington? thanks heidi. was jeremy dupont is a freelance journalist and phil make and he joins us live now from porto prince by telephone. i thanks very much for being with us. so just tell us, 1st of all,

because i know you were you remember when the, when the quake 1st struck, just talk about that those, those 1st moments what happened and what unfolded? well, it was a really frightening moment. the morning around 8 30 am when when we we felt the quick and, and photo pan i was and i was an industry. i mean when, when i spelt it, it was a very strong and very scary like people was screaming. oh god, oh god. and, and i mean, the traffic was, was what was a matter, you know, like, right away because, i mean, you know, i mean, put a plan since like the worst, quick ever,

11 years ago. and it's it, you know, like that it's, it's very difficult to, to really we, when we recover when people felt it was a very care bonus. so my stuff very quickly. i tried to be like to put my stuff up and there. yeah. just in case, you know, this was like a very serious great until and, and, and some like, you know, our, so i will talk to see what is coming from the southern yeah. of the country. and that's when we, we, we actually the line that the center of the what the and when we 1st spoke to you, which was about, believe

a couple hours ago or more. this was when, when we 1st got word of this square, just talk to talk through what's, what's been happening, what you've been seeing unfold over the last couple of hours and how people have been dealing with the off the map of this. what i need to tell you, i mean this is, i mean the response is very, very slow. the problem is to just now, i mean the government, which is not a really functioning government yet. i mean, just a few weeks. says he via office trying to put together the emergence the comment center. meanwhile, in the state hospital and let it of a low, they have all the capacity,

the amount of people rounded, you know, people would come with with broken leg bookcase and all the people that's even more political situations. but on the woman and, and children and, but as i said, it's the cd, 1st of all, that is 4 hours away from the capital. and it's very, very limited resources i, i mean, i am not so by, unfortunately, that the, the, with the, with you service that in the rescue. i that even arrived yet. so, but i'm still now the population. they are just trying to help each other,

you know, trying to take out people that we can, you know, under the level and, but now the number of numbers that we are expecting to have like in like you have the number or i could to speak with you, jeremy, do pan, they're joining us on the phone from porto prince william. yeah, he's a research she geophysicist with the us geological survey. national was quick information center. he joins us now from golden, colorado, in the u. s. via skype. thank you for being with us. so we know that this has been declared a 7.2 magnitude quake. just tell us that the kind of damage that a quake like this can do, particularly in a place like haiti, what's, what's the extent of the damage that you've been measuring from this? right. i think you nailed a critical point there. it's location of the like that's really important. so we've

had some time to characterize earthquake. we have a very welcome train back to the 7.2. that's larger than the 7.0 and 2010 killed over 200000 people. i'm all, it doesn't sound like a huge difference in the size of the earthquake us about 2 times the energy release . so it's very big earthquake, but really what's important is also the location of the slip about earthquake. so constrained to be shallow. we know it's on a similar fault system that the 2010 earthquake occurred on and as well, we know ruptured an area about 60 kilometers with but what's really important is the shaking that people feel and the quality of the infrastructure and the region and then how many people are in that region when we assess the impact of it? so right now our impact estimates are catastrophic. i mean, if it's a devastating earthquake potential of 10 to hundreds of thousands of people fatalities. so based on what you're saying that's, that's on a scale similar to the earthquake of 2010.

yeah, exactly. i mean it's a pretty densely populated, regenerate, and it was extreme or large shaking him area. and as well, i mean, we've learned from 2010 the building and restructure is fragile. when shaken. so you know, the potential impact is very, very large. it's going to take time to fully assess the amount of impact. but based off of what we know, the region and what we know about this particular earthquake, we think it's going to have a very large impact. and based on what you know, at this point about this particular quote, is there the potential for, for, for off the shocks, for tremors of some kind. yeah, i mean with any large earthquake, they're going to the aftershocks and different clicks that different productivity in terms of the number aftershocks. but i think you mentioned before others, matthew pie point 2 directly after this event. we've got 2 other things over 9 to 5

. so far, and there's always a slight chance that there could be a larger earthquake following what we 1st consider the main shock. so you know, in any case where people are an earthquake prone areas, they just have to be ready for potential shaking. and remember things like drop drunk cover and hold on. good to speak with you, william. yeah, joining us there from golden colorado. thank you. thank you. oh. not giving up. that is the message by from afghanistan as president as fears rise of a taliban take over the country shop. connie has said his top priority is to re mobilize the military in a rare public address. the group now controls $21.00 of afghan instances. 34 been to capital gains that it made in just a days shot. a balance reports from come back

from the taliban, celebrating its steam rolling of his canister. 7 this is a prison break in the province of petticoat, the telephone, who controlled the capital with the shiranda on saturday. it was the 19th provincial capital to fall to the group in 8 days. in places it holds fighters of flaunting their control from touring, a helicopter hanger and western herat province to hosting their flag in kandahar city. i top a gauge that leads to the governors compound in cobble. the us started the evacuation of its embassy on the mission. critical staff will remain 3000 us troops flying in to support the draw down one kilometer away in the presidential palace and shift ghani, addressed the nation that only can meet the castle. why? i know you are worried, i assure you as your president, my focus is to prevent further instability, violence,

and displacement. as my responsibility, i will try to prevent this war from killing more innocent people. he says he's consulting with local and international partners to avoid the blood. should we understand those negotiations involve his future and whether he will stay on his president. the taliban has always refused to negotiate with the government. as long as ghani is at the helm, and the taliban is circling with every provincial capital, it takes the government's leverage lessons. this video purports to show taliban fighters just outside maiden shop on saturday. a town 45 minutes from cobble. the logo directly south of cobble fell on friday. this president gone in the north concern, grew was fighting, intensified around us, going to stone stood biggest city bizarre sherry. this video shows the telephone, driving a us humvee just outside the city. that was

a child security situation in the city is getting worse as a young person who's been living here for 18 years. i was peace and stability. the fighting should be stopped. most of the north has already fallen to the taliban, missouri sharif is the last government bestier and in one president gone. he can't afford to lose if he wants a political settlement as opposed to a surrender charlotte bellis al jazeera cobble. or i want to tell you about some breaking news just coming to us now on afghanistan, we can confirm that mazata. surely the city of mazata should have, has now fallen to the top of that city, seen as the last bass, the and against the taliban in the north. then it's last represents a major setback for the government. all security forces are reported to have left the city, rob mcbride to join us live on the phone now from cobbles. so rob,

if these reports ought to be believed, this is a huge set back for the government and its efforts to defend cobble yeah, this was a huge shock. this is developing this saturday evening. courts came through quite recently, maybe up to an hour or so ago that defense is crumbling with our issue refit. the last may just stronghold of the government in the north that taliban has been making, as we know vast games the territory and provincial capitals all across the north which was traditionally a defined stronghold. a style was against the expansion of the taliban. the resistance is crumbled really very quickly. amazon week would be almost like a full truck define that the taliban is heavily defended that been ongoing fighting for a number of days. in fact, it was just 2 days ago the president johnny visited was to refund and then attempt

to try to boast the confidence that to try to steal the, the defendant to try this different the result to defend this city. when so many other 50 they gave in relatively easily that was even talk with some some senior figures that from the government that previous governments, people like received have done the coma vice president and the wall. or devote that . that would be some sort of fight back. that was problem the series that that would be a long way to the wrong talk about counsel attack. well, it seems as though didn't be defined. so the defense is a very crumbled very quickly. this says that today there is talk of some of the forces heading towards the apple leaf. there is also talk according to the barrier still sees the, the local council members what the security security. so it's it,

and of course the taliban themselves do often make you exaggerate to very exaggerated claims. but there was also told of some of the full states from the, to rec, heading toward the border with pakistan, which is relatively close. but it does appear this saturday evening that the defenses of the cities in the town in the city itself, at least do seem to have crumbled. it does seem to tell about is claiming and taking control of the city of nevada city and for all a told that we heard rob from, from president shelf. connie, earlier on, on, sat today that, that the government would remain steadfast and would step up its efforts to defend the country. we've seen little evidence of that this point have we and it looks as though you know, those predictions about cobble falling within a matter of weeks, babbs, it could be maybe even a matter of days the way this is going. i mean,

well it has to be said that some of the outpost was out of the series with the collapse of the other provincial sent. it really was out on its own. it was, it has to be said considered to be a strong hold of the government. but when you look at its position, it was increasingly isolated. there's lots of these other posts, word, provincial capital in the database you read was really on its own. in the fast expensive northern afghanistan, it would have been difficult to resupply and keep a garrison supplied with food supplies, ammunition, and know the rest which may be may have impacted that result. but yesterday that has been a lot of talk about counsellor attacks and results. and we've heard that again from ash west ghani is the address that's today. but he also spoke interesting be about ways of preventing further bloodshed and about negotiation continuing as though there may be behind the scenes,

some sort of political the do brings that or then we talks about 12 and continuing the efforts and so on. they made the attempts that we don't quite know about behind the scenes to try to get some sort of negotiated settlement that remains to be seen because talks obviously still ongoing. then you would have to also look at the as fighting doesn't crunch. so that had to was, it seems the cargo great to cobble area and loads already the taliban is bacon. roads certainly to the west in the north, but also you know, to the south of congo. there are a number of towns and cities which are considered to be extremely loyal to the government. whether government does have control and the cobble itself would not want to be overtaken or surrendered to the taliban. you have a 56000000 people. medi people here,

remember the previous blue by the taliban. they do not want to go back to a time when the taliban flag is flying over the capital here. maybe there is different results here to try to fight off, resist any advances by the relevant. all right, we'll let you go for now rob, but we know you'll know that i have lots more to tell us on this breaking news story and this development that mazata surely has now fallen to the taliban. rob mcbride on the phone for staff from campbell. now, hardin or he is an assistant professor of law at the american university of afghanistan. he says, president gone. he will find it difficult to keep his promises. he's not in control anymore and it's not about prison gunny anymore. it's about making the transition as blood. lastly, as orderly and absolutely as possible. the fight is at the doors of cobble. i mean you're reporting show that the cobble is being in circle and the time is not undergo and the government the government,

the bridge is shrinking and there is heavy fighting and happen happening in missouri. if missouri falls and if cobble falls under pressure, then the all hope for a political settlement, all hope for a publishing agreement will be lost. these are critical moments. these are moments that will turn up on them into chaos. capital the home of more than 5000000 people and how's them into that place people into chaos? lawlessness. and it's going to turn the situation into an organ urban warfare that cornerstone and cobble in particular experience in the ninety's. or will have orderly transfer a power where people's lives at least will be say people's property will be let, will be safe. and the future government, you have to think we have to have foresight here. the future government have to have some sort of literacy otherwise, if mil, if upon get to a military takeover or they can force the government class without transition

a government in place, then we will have a government that will have come to power by new force. so he will not have international embassy and it would not be seen as them. and in the eyes of athens. so it just going to prolong this, this cycle of violence and destruction. a carter is urging the taliban to reduce escalation and accept to cease fun cuts us foreign ministers met the telephone delegation in doha for a follow up on the talks being held. they're aimed at finding a political settlement to the conflict. i was growing concerned about what the taller bonds advance means for women. thousands of them have been displaced by the fighting photography. lonnie is the director of the afghanistan women council. she says, african women are worried about their future. i've done it on woman is very, very upset from some cards to be especially from us go out of money because the hard take our so just give us guidance on what's on the problem with

all now go home and you know, honest on and every where is money to know is not, not about i like to model what i'm going to model in about a future and many other many months is coming to come to each place is big. so i live on the people is coming to college and they are in the park in the come that can be good. we have no walk. good. you have no place to sleeping . they have no food. no meg, no, i need most people cheated on. and now i told him on this done, he did take care about them. some people about that going on and be honda and deal going to got a piece away. i'm to walk for peace and to be nice with the people,

especially with the woman i could from them to take this thing. very easy. and because a put in the next, we are looking what to bring with the people. i hope this time thought about his listen to the ask them people book and we need is to the possible to stop this. what are the stories now? lebanon's central bank government says no one is running the country as he defended his decision to hold fuel subsidies. the bank had refused to use reserve funds to continue the subsidy, saying it will be illegal to do so. governor yard salam, a says politicians are acting irresponsibly. the president is calling for an emergency session. to discuss a few crisis. of the world bank describes lebanon's economic crisis as the worst

anywhere for 150 years. more than half its population is now living in poverty, lebanon's currency. the pound has lost about 90 percent of its value. since the end of 2019 tens of thousands of people have lost their jobs, pushing the unemployment rate to 40 percent. and food prices of sold, staples like milk and cooking oil are no longer affordable for most people. patrick martini is president of the lebanese institute for market studies. he joins us now live from bay rude via skype. thanks so much for being with us. so the, the central bank governor is saying these fuel subsidies should need to be cut is he writes. absolutely. and he is, i totally agree with this position because more than a month now people 11 on ever been suffering from outages because government is

subsidizing fewer. and some of the lead to our, to just people arguing against asians. busy for out of every day hoping to to fit their bank and interested the have when you are having a lot of the outages because once you and fuel is unavailable because it is subsidized, right? people are getting poisoning because no activity you cannot have bridge. people are closed, companies are closed, thinking about all of that is due to subsidy. so the wisest thing to do is to actually repeated subsidies as long as mundane. ready them and to the government continues to maintain those subsidies we would have from outages and people who are on gas station and they were suffering from it. but when you look at the effect, the cutting fuel subsidies has, has had on, on,

in other countries. it's been devastating, at least in the short term, because the prices are immediately go up and people, 11 lebanon as we've been pointing out to our ready suffering. so what do you feel the same thing? what, what will happen in lebanon? absolutely. so we have 2 different items that we need to we need to have available in the market and the only way to make it bailable for cars. for the fact that is companies and field people to go back to business is that we need the whole, the, the gas station. the only way for making this fuel available is by nothing but exactly the way you see it. when you cut some of these, we expect practical fuel and impatient increase. however, in level we have been suffering from or the year because of the sharp, the valuation of the current. so the only way to control the inflation is to

actually trans and deliver this is to stop that evaluation. that's how you can contain the impact subsidies and weekend stopped at the valuation of that. even if we put in place a board meeting, if we don't want to be for as long as the government use us to do the work, we will have a vision going on countries. and as long as the government been maintained subsidies, we will have subsidies and these that will reduce the people who knew a thing going to be in line or get into that. so let's just take a step back then for a moment. if we could, if we go back to the port explosion that happened in bay router more than a year ago. and of course, lebanon had plenty of problems before that. but all of that, the talk back then was this, this should be a huge wake up call for the lebanese government. they re.