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to consider where it comes from and where it'll end up in the al jazeera. when ever use all. ah, the taliban talks amnesty and says it once, women and it's government, just people just to live with the group in charge. the 11 o'clock, this is out there a life and also coming up evacuation flights resume a couple airport, a day off to thousands of people tried to flee the taliban take over. but a different scene along the line border with pakistan and populated by ethnic groups who support, which makes you shelters of shattered people and
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a quick hit and now facing flash floods brought on by a tropical storm. ah . so the taliban is trying to ease fears enough gun. this done a day off to thousands showed up a couple airport and a desperate attempt to get out. the group is declared an amnesty across the country and is urging women to join its government. things seem relatively calm at the airport now. military evacuation flights have resumed in a tv interview, a member of the taliban cultural commission has tried to assure afghans who worked with the government. they will not be at home. tell me i want to stumble kamali, men on the atlantic emerett of a gun, a son with full dignity and honesty has announced a complete amnesty for all of galveston, especially those who are with the opposition or supported the occupiers for years.
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and even recently that in the 2nd is we have repeatedly said that even those individuals who are ministers, advisor, and members of parliament, that if they accept the law mac system and want to live under the rule, they have complete amnesty. let's join roman bridle correspondents in cable. so rob, we're hearing that the taliban and telephone spokesman will be held in use conference where you are in cable, in the next few minutes or hour or so. we're not exactly sure when we will have full cost of that. when that happens, but it's going to be very interesting to see what tone. he said, yeah, we've been expecting and hearing about this press conference for past couple of days now. and it has been sort of heralded as quite a significant event. because this is the 1st time that this new administration and the taliban, which seems to have taken control so quickly. the fact that anybody is expected to
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summary in some regards, i think faster than the taliban had expected themselves. and it seems as though that the whole transition process of taking over the reins of pilot has been something of a work in progress. we've seen them take over control of the streets when the police and the army simply melted away. and when it comes to the actual government of the transition to taliban rule, this, this press conference is quite significant. so we heard it was possibly going to take place yesterday, monday. it didn't happen where you've been, we've heard about it. it will be taking place this tuesday, so it is going to be very important at what kind of message they lay out. we have a feeling, it will be similar to these kind of messages of reconciliation. trying to reassure what is a very jittery, a very nervous public, especially here in cobbled just about what's a new taliban administration will look like, bearing in mind, of course experience. so that's cobble,
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and the greater i've kind of went through 20 years ago with a certain generation here who, who remember that rule with, with horrific memories of what took place. so i think we'll be hearing similar kind of messages about a reassurance about at about time to forgive. that said there won't be any retribution carried out against people who worked with the previous administration or with foreign forces. but it will be interesting and i guess it would also give us an idea of just how the the taliban will now proceed in becoming the new government. because all of this talk of power sharing of some sort of deal where it shares power with the existing regime. well, all of that went out of the window a day or so ago when the previous regime just collapsed. but it will be interesting . people will be looking for assurances and also the possibility that they will fold into this new administration, some of the elements of the old administration to make it more inclusive. so it's
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more acceptable here in afghanistan. but more importantly, perhaps beyond us got this down to the wider international community. and what's the situation on the ground that we had the may him of yesterday, monday at the airport a couple f. what, what's the situation now? well, we don't exactly have the mayhem, but it's, it is still a very volatile situation. a certain amount of law and order has been established. does nothing like the kind of scenes of holds, of people running across the runway that we had on sunday evening and all through monday, people have been cleared from the terminal as well. and a lot of work has been taking place inside the terminal, seemingly to make it workable. once more, it varies about the crowds that are still besieging the terminal building. one of the teams was that earlier today, tuesday to see what the scene was like. that was small groups of people that but certainly the massive crowds that we have seen previously. there were some shots
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fired by the taliban who are guarding the terminal to try to keep people out to disperse people. but it wasn't that aggressive. it wasn't that angry, but then some of our colleagues from algy arabic went along later tuesday and it was a very different scene. again, it was far more heated fall angry at times a larger crowd numbering in the hundreds and really pushing forward trying to get access and try to get in. and the taliban that really firing quite a few volleys of shots as warnings to get them to disperse. so quite chaotic scenes that i think part of the problem might be an expectation that now that we've seen the resumption of military flights over the other side of the airport, there is an anticipation that commercial flights might restock. now there's no, there's no confirmation of this, it's only word of mouth the room. some people see what appeared to be airline stuff, actually going into the terminal,
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which might be an indication that they're getting at getting some of the checking counters up and running. but we have no evidence of that, but this is the kind of place given the nervousness of people here, where rumors spread so quickly and people are so desperate to get out. they are prepared to act on rubies, and in fact, our colleagues were talking so many of the people who are besieging the terminal earlier today. and quite many of them have simply nothing, no ticket, no papers, no passport, but simply has to be that on the off chance that they might get on some flight somehow. as i mentioned that military flights have we started the u. s. as both stood, it's contingent at the airport by a 1000 extra soldiers that has resumed, but they still have thousands more people to clear. and there's also been a resumption of charter flights and flights by the other military's who have have had a presence here getting their own embassy people out. and also people connected with their missions here who, who feel bundle,
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who feel that they would be susceptible to to retaliation by the taliban if they stayed here or thinks about roman pride with that update from a couple let's say now from the native secretary general that jens dolton beg, who's called on the taliban to facilitate the departure of all those who want to leave afghanistan. so beg, also playing the afghan forces for what is happening in couple right now. the african political leadership failed to stand up to the taller bomb. and to achieve the peaceful solution that africans desperate they wanted. this failure ask, i need to ship, lead to the tragedy we are witnessing today. we're taking grease fair, being at the forefront of a nother refugee crisis and thousands of afghans look to flee taliban rule. turkey is already building a ball long, it's border with around to stop people crossing legally or greece. i said it cannot become a gateway into the you for africans. grace course was on the front line of years,
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migration crisis back in 2015. when nearly a 1000000 people fleeing conflict in syria, iraq and afghanistan landed on its island or the european union is calling for europe to create humanitarian corridors for african refugees, general has this now from london. for the moment, of course, the focus is on getting foreign nationals out about going to stand along with africa and support staff. some countries in europe are going further. the germans are adding human rights activists. lawyers, other people deem to be at risk from the taliban to their list of evacuees. the british government is later due to announce details of an emergency resettlement scheme for those most in need focused a thought on women and girls in afghanistan. but not all countries are going to be quite so willing and eager to help. the greeks have already said this morning, they are not willing again to be a gateway country for refugees making their way from turkey across the water,
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water, and into europe. austria, for instance, as we speak, is still continuing with deportation plans for failed afghan asylum seekers. back to afghanistan as a means of deterrence for new arrivals and doing so with the support of 90 percent of the austrian public. so it's all very well for people like the french president, the manual micron to stand up as he did on monday and call for a joined up european approach to ensure the safe passage of people coming if they want to come. but this is an incredibly thorny issue in europe. it's led to the downfall of governments in recent years. it's spawn right wing movements in almost every country. governments, i think will certainly be on their god, if not all of them actively preparing to accommodate what may soon be coming their way. well, there are huge parts of africa understand where the taliban enjoy support from certain ethnic groups. the talking border crossing with pakistan is it's one such place and it's now reopened and there's no rush of people trying to flee that
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school higher now explains the main border crossing red drain. i'll run it on and pockets on the door from it. now open for business struck have been travelling and board direction. they were apprehension that as the taliban at once across the country, tens of thousands of refugees read for across the border and to budget on. but the ground reality is ready. different people are living close. it up august on the border, all the way from hillman province to noticed on up in the north. i'm mostly push don't drive. they are got ready to come to dollar bond. they have cleaned a dollar bond rule and bought. and what we saw at this border crossing that instead of tens of thousands of on coming across the border, we saw hundreds of ones eager to cross the border and go back to the country. most of the people that we spoke to a half are elated and uber learned, read the fact that the taliban up back and follow. they on the other hand,
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do not agree with the international community. and they see a ray of hope for the last thing of launch settlement among norm on for god to the what we welcome to taliban. becky, knack and it's done as they are the true heroes of the country. and none of them can bring a lasting peace to this water country destroyed by many tumble among the shallow with the last canister in ruins from the last 4 here. firstly, we were made homeless by russians and then the americans. but thank god, finally we've got freedom from their invasions. we trust the taliban and hope they will bring peace, stability, and progress to this country. while the ration on the border was not returning back to normal, they have a frantic diplomatic effort. you're trying to port the of on later on the same day, but read the dollar bonds. the former foreign minister of honors don allowed in rob bonnie, it didn't bug it's done along with, you're not gonna need a head of the polymer and an auto mall amongst that group. it presents
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a minority community. what buckets on i've been telling the dollar bonds that they've been in their government, which include all the ethnic groups, run it on their board. it offered a rail vote for the 1st time and 2 decades. for the last $31.00 conflict, what the budget needs have been think or that dollar bond it that it has to be an inclusive government. that dollar bond volter. and now i'm there and said that there will be no retribution, even for those people who've been working with the american well girls in the western africa and city of harass, of attended school just days after the taliban took over the groups as it will ensure inclusiveness for women, despite its strict guidelines on how they should dress, the un united nations dodge the taliban to keep its promises. gimme a glimpse at the scene. i think this is the media center interval that was
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previously used by the afghan government and it's now about to be used by the taliban. here we're going to hold a press conference. you can see the assembled press just setting up their microphones and so forth. and waiting for a telephone spokes person to come forward to hold that use conference. the message, i guess that the taliban will try and put across is what they've been emphasizing so far to try and reassure as nervous and just re public in afghanistan and across the world. indeed, what a new administration will look like in comparison to 20 years ago. when people lived in fear of this, how about will it be different this time? be very interesting to see what happens as and when that press conference starts. and we will of course, go straight to it when it does. in the meantime, still had no bread, no beds, few shortages in lebanon has left many gay, hungry, and hospitals in critical condition. and the fight, you know, the mainland because top of the agenda as regional leaders meet
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ah ah, hello, we're gonna begin here with an update on the southwest monsoon. we're starting to see some storms light up across the moon by on wednesday through the western gods. but it is dried toward the northwest that includes new delhi, but i want to take you where i think the most intense rain will be. it's for the indian states of odessa and tailing, gone on on wednesday, but heavy falls still for northern bangladesh and to nepal. and baton as well. and you know, where we have just seen continuous rain sheets of rain falling for southern and coastal sections of japan. check this out. the city in queue to $364.00 millimeters of rain over the past 24 hours. that is double what you should get for the entire month of august. and once again, we're still seeing that rang you chicago,
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and haunch you just think the darker the color, the more intense the rain is falling. so almost guarantee we will continue to see more land sights going a bit further south. and i've got to tell you, you know, toward glen dong and fuji and province's. we're starting to see that rain pick up. and if we get a closer look now for se, asia is supposed to be the dry season across java, but we're still seeing some storms here. so that includes jakarta on wednesday with a high of $33.00 degrees. and some jolts and bolts in the sky. that sure weather update. see you soon. the join the debate. do not have vaccines reaching those who are most of the needs and amplify your voice. it allowed a diverse community how an array of different stories, no topic. it's off the table. it's such a tough ethical debate where there is an obvious discrimination in systematic discrimination of play. people are thursdays for new, wasted, the stream where
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a global audience becomes a global community on al jazeera. oh the me. but again, you're watching out 0 reminder about top stories this and the taliban is trying to ease fears enough, kindness down 2 days after took control of the capitol. the group is declared an amnesty across the country and is urging women to join the government. the native secretary general has called on the taliban to facilitate the departure of all those you want to leave. afghanistan, jones told back also blame the afghan forces, what's happening in campbell. now, after monday scenes of desperation,
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the situation that blackboard is stabilizing with military evacuation flights resuming the taliban has sought to assure africans who work with the government. they will not be home and let's move on to other well news for now. survivors of a powerful earthquake and haiti, i'll have to go with a tropical storm. heavy rain lashed, make shift shelters in the southern city of like one of the west terrace, 1400 people known to died in saturday's earthquake. thousands more were left homeless. many say this still waiting for aid from the government to arrive at my budget, what the situation is very hard. i have many children and we're in the rain. i don't even other piece of plastic to cover us to sleep. we are in the rain. we have no place to go to school shelter is not open. where are the authorities? or a letter from john holeman who has more from puerto prince, haiti, still reeling from subsidies earthquake. every day, more bodies have found and the death toll continues to rise. but even in the
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country moons those ready last another potentially ruinous problem has arise tropical storm grief with the risk of flash floods, landslide, and yet more obstacles hampering the search the survivors. it's a fresh challenge for the government and aid organizations. rudy struggling to get help with disaster area down the road, gangs battling over the view and is allocated $8000000.00 to help or humanitarian colleagues are telling us that access to the southern peninsula where the quake hit is challenging because gangs are controlling movements haiti's prime minister did make it to the sea front town of like ty, one of the worst effected cities, then even on food. when i arrived in the south of the country, resorted destruction. many houses are streets, rescue teams are working to find victims and survivors in the rubble. one thing i noticed was the dignity of the people despite the situation. they are affected book resilience, they fight to survive. but even before the storm,
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the scenes with desperate football fields, bruce with survivors for the shelter with the few belongings they have left well enough earthquake. i didn't feel well where the football field, our home is destroyed, we can drink the water, and many people are staying here. crisis on top of crisis. last month, the country's president was assassinated. gang violence continues, and in the midst of decoded, 19 pandemic. eighty's only just begun it's vaccination campaign. many heroes, so still traumatized by events further but the 2010 of the killed hundreds of thousands of people in for to prince. i mean the cup so many people have been sleeping out in the street. worried about the off the shots from this quite well, they're not going to be able to do that. now. the so me here is suffering and the bad news people coming home and how does it for the fighting,
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ignore them as and because expected to be top priority security meeting malory, lead us from the southern african development community, a gathering in long way. soldiers for wenda and my son because recaptured some areas as more troops are expected to arrive from other countries in the region. it's enough for me for me to mila. after months of fighting, hundreds of people in north eastern mozambique has begun. returning home fighters had captured the port city of most border prior more than 2 years ago. dozens of people were killed and tens of thousands displaced during that attack. it's one of several areas recovered by muslim beacon and wondering government forces as part of a regional stand by for you on a not present that we came here with the muslim beacon police for a confidence building patrol. we want to show our presence, the population is coming back, but they are still very scared and they are not feeling safe. we are telling them
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that the war is over. but some of those returning say they don't feel safe under the protection of them, wasn't beacon police after then this is not all i and they are not protecting us. they are killing us. if they were protecting us, then we would be living in peace. but that is not the case. we are tired of fleeing and we are tired of our children being killed. but the guy in march fighters linked to isis attacked the northern town of palmer forcing people to sleep. the attack of left a trail of destruction and the most be konami struggled to push them back. in the last 4 years, the fighters of extended their influence in the area. the conflict has killed more than 3000 people and displaced at least 800000. and according to the united nations, nearly 1000000 people now need urgent food aid. for me. the miller al jazeera, i just a reminder, we are awaiting a taliban spokesman to come into the 3 in which we believe is the media center and
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couple that was previously used by the afghan government is now going to be used by the taliban. for the 1st time to hold a news conference that you have what you're looking at there is an assemble journalist and government and so forth. waiting for that to happen. they've been playing around with a microphone to setting everything up just in expectation of this impending news. conference from the taliban. we will join that just as soon as it start in the meantime, firefighters in north america trying to stop to fire it destroyed launch sways for us. they started on saturdays, a heat wave scorched the country. temperatures of reach $49.00 degrees celsius, already say they've managed to prevent the foss reaching residential areas so far. in spain, as a scramble to extinguish dozens of for, as far as triggered by a record breaking wave there. the central problems of vs or some of the west fires crews are also battling to new fire in the greek capital. several villages have
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been evacuated to the southeast and northwest of athens. hundreds of wealth devastated vast areas of land this month and what the government has called its worst ecological disaster. in decades, what a russia forest in siberia being destroyed already say a 163 wildfires burning in your area. smoke has covered the region and drifted as far as the north pole. loved and seal shortage is paralyzing. life and endangering, endangering patients is hospital. struggle to businesses have been forced to scale back or shut down completely. as a country goes through its worst economic crisis in modern history, then how to as more from parent there is bread only when there is fuel. a resource that is now scarce. lebanon's economic crisis is getting worse. the state barely provides electricity. many bakeries that can't afford the rising cost to power generators have had to close local,
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but they've been seeing them as there is no bread. few diesel electricity, no madison, but the official 2 are fighting for their interests. live in homes that are lead, their generators are working. they have humiliated to people a lack of fuel when there are difficulties pumping water and distributing it. every aspect of life is affected by what is being described as living on words, financial and political crisis. but there is no work in the country you work one day and sell a couple of things that as other days we sell nothing. and nearly bankrupt state is failing to secure people's basic needs. there isn't enough imported fuel and a corrupt system is blamed for allowing what is available to be smuggled across the border into syria. even hospitals rely on generators. a few days ago, they almost ran out of fuel further stretching the little medicine and resources.
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they have patients' lives are at risk. if machines stop working to make sure that we have identified 3300 critical items that are critical for life saving and 25 percent out of stock and the country. and we cannot find any of those items in the country. we cannot treat people without energy. we cannot 3 people if we don't give them the right medication. what is happening now is totally unacceptable and unbelievable. businesses and factories have also been effected on left the god of our love sometimes is no diesel for private generators, so we can't work. and when there's diesel, we only get 3 hours of electricity today and with the united nation says at least 78 percent of the $6000000.00 people are now poor. the economy has all but collapse, so have basic services, yet politicians continue to struggle for power 11 on has been without
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a function in government for more than a year. so there is pressure to address the financial collapse. people have started to attack officials, homes, incidents of violence are becoming more common. as lebanon's tragedy continues to unfold. the fear is worsening conditions could lead to a security breakdown that there else is eda bailed in india reported nearly 33000 new coded 19 infections and 417 deaths on monday. more than half are in the southern state of carola poverty missile reports from the capital of you delhi. do apologize for that. we don't actually have that report right now, but will let me move on to yes, in fact, we can actually hear from probably right now. so let's the major
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shopping sheet in care. a lot. i love what our district is unusually deserted for this time. of the state is in the middle of them, its biggest festival and shopping season been the crishna is leaving america garland used for own decoration. after months of closure, vendors like, oh, we'll finally allowed to set up shop. but celebrations have been muted, and demand has been slow because of rising, coven 19 infections across. got it. the amount of let me do a government should decide sometimes allows to open. sometimes they want us to close to poor people like us to, if they ask us to shop shop off to own him, will be in great trouble. once praised, we're controlling the pandemic, carola has now become the cobra, 1900 hotspot in india. the local government has eased restrictions with the festival and state police have been deployed to enforcement mandates and prevent crowding. there are rules requiring shop us to either get
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a negative p. c r test or show proof of vaccination. but shopkeepers say, these are hard to implement and that affecting business during peak season, the business is becoming really difficult. since the band to make started, we have been forced to shut our shop even when the markets open. the police come soon and we have to request them to let us run our shop so we can make some money with a high number of infections. experts say carola and india as ne austin in 2nd wave of the pandemic, which could lead to a surge in other states. roughly 9 percent of all indians have been vaccinated across the country list. we see about 60 percent of the population vaccinated and 80 percent em blue red. we cannot really say that india is safe because in large pockets of and back to the population in different parts of india independently
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would actually be better. there are variance with this but despite a high vaccination rate care loss, positivity rate is above 15 percent prompting the central government to give more than $30000000.00 to strengthen its health services. pardon him at the al jazeera new delhi are about to the ongoing situation in afghanistan. let's have a look at the scene in the media center in cocoa, lots of journalists and photographers hustling about no sign of the taliban, at least not the spokesperson yet. there was a tweeter live from the taliban spokesperson and debbie hoola magid, who said that he will be held in a news conference. and that's why you got all the journalists and media representatives assembled from afghanistan itself and for right around the world. indeed including our own report.
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