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cause sign a no matter where it takes a police fin here guys my i empower and passion. we tell your story. we are your voice. you knew your neck out here. ah . the taliban promises women's rights media. freedom and abner steve government officials and it says, news conference after taking charge of cobble and evacuation clients resume off the coyote scenes. on monday, the us says the taliban agreed to allow the same package to be a portion i hello. i'm emily anglin. this is al jazeera live from joe, how are coming up,
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anger and frustration in haiti as heavy rain from the storm. emphasis the response to the earthquake. this claim, nearly 2000 lives and fewer shortages in lebanon have left many going hungry, and hospitals are in critical condition. ah, the taliban has bound to respect women's rights. he gave those who fought against this. and ensure afghanistan doesn't become a haven for other armed groups and made the promises in its 1st news conference and seizing control of the entire country. but that's being met with skepticism from afghans and world leaders who fear a return to the taliban hash rule of 20 years ago. shall at bellis begins. l coverage from cobbled after years in the shadows, the taliban smokes and face was finally revealed. w hulu. much ahead fronting for
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the 1st telephone press conference in 20 years. and 7000 us forces scrambled to evacuate americans on military plains. the taliban coded and historic movement, as always declared, actually taken to freedom is the right of all nations. the outcome people by using their legal rights after 20 years of war were able to take the freedom to clean the country, or the patient occupiers. while the group could not reveal who lead the country much ahead, sid talk the ongoing for an inclusive political system. and promised all afghans rights will be respected. there's a lot of concern about whether women will be allowed to work. that girls can still go to school. what assurances can you give to women and girls that their rights will be protected without his stomach? emerett is committed to the right of women within the framework of sharia, or we may have the same rights that going to be working shoulder to shoulder with
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us. we want to assured international community that will be no discrimination against women, but of course we think of a religious framework. but also use a for trust is hard to come by. on day 2 of taliban rule and couple. there were few women on the streets as a woman. should i be scared of the telephone? not, i don't know what that is. no. why should you be scared of us? you should never be afraid of us. to tell, yvonne has asked everyone in carville to continue their lives as usual, and keep going to work. it is also declared an amnesty for all those who were younger, a list given and the embassies and foreign nationals should feel. the telephone has sought to portray itself is more moderate than during it's in 1900 ninety's rule. yet people are wondering if this really is the telephone 2 point or what the situation in council is really good. now, the taliban,
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here we have taken control of security and we will hold it until the end of the telephone have made a number of statements that on the surface, the reassuring. but that actions so speak deeper than words submit. it's very early now it's very fluid. it's very hard to say. what is happening exactly. you the taliban are in high spirits and defiant as gonna stones days as a battlefield over your head city. hope people stop fleeing and state to the assets for the nation. the move on. we have part on everyone. all those who have fought against us. we don't want to repeat of war. we want to do away with the factors of conflict for these law, make me read off. i've got it done. does not have any conflict with anybody. we want the fighting to end. would you had stated journalists should remain free and
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independent to critique the group, so it can improve one journalist off you say you can forgive everyone. do you think the victims can forgive you? the africans on all sides. there is a lot of healing. charlotte palace to 0 cobble. the us says the taliban have agreed to allow safe passage for civilian struggling to get lifted from cobble. but president jo biden's, national security advisor did acknowledge reports. some afghans were being turned away or even beijing by the taliban. meanwhile, american agencies are moving records of afghan employees to protect them from retribution. my can reports from washington dc. evacuation operations are once again underway at couple airport. the nato partners of the us scaling up their presence, and the u. s. department of defense says within the next 24 hours,
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there will be up to $6000.00 us soldiers in place to maintain airport security. the pentagon insisting that order has been restored. right now. we're looking at one air graph per hour in and out of h kaya re predicted our best effort could look like 50029000 passengers departing per day. we have had no ha style interactions, no attack, and no threat by the taliban. the deadline for complete withdrawal of forces and civilians is still the end of the month, a date set by president biden. earlier this year, the commander in chief made it very clear that we were to complete this draw down by august 31st. and that which now includes the drop down of american cities, the pulling out of american citizens and drop down over embassy personnel. so that's what we're focused on. that's the timeline moran. and as the secretary made clear to, to leaders even as recently as this morning at time is of the essence. and we all,
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we all share a sense of urgency here. the bite and administration continues to defend the decision to go ahead with the withdrawal. arguing that the alternative was escalating u. s. involvement in another countries civil war was unfolded over the past month, has proven decisively that it would have taken a significant american troop presence multiple times greater than what president biden was handed to stop a taliban onslaught. and we would have taken casualties. american men and women would have been fighting and dying once again in afghanistan. both republicans and democrats, subbing highly critical of the manner in which the withdrawal is being conducted. arguing that the chaos that has ensued constitutes a huge failure of intelligence. thanks so much everyone. the criticism and the questions are likely to continue for months to come. my can i just era
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washington, a plane carrying a british nationals and afghans landed in oxford a few hours ago is come to see you came down st. it will be accepting some $20000.00 african refugees in the coming years. opposition leaders say the tab should be far higher. the plan is on top of the existing shame to resettle interpreters and other staff in afghanistan, who worked for the u. k. and might be targeted by the taliban. the head of the taliban political office in katara capital jo. hi is back in afghanistan. mila abdul ghani barava led the groups negotiated in peace talks with us and african government. he arrived to a crowd of supporters at the time back in kandahar the birthplace of the taliban, earlier in the day or rather met with the foreign minister before leaving. so let's take a closer look at how the taliban became a prominent group in afghanistan. and what it ultimately once some of in jade has
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moved the taliban 1st emerged in the early 1990 s pledging to improve security and fight corruption in god fearing its religious traditions were the threat. it also promised to protect them at any cost enforcing its version of islamic law. its fighters had been fully equipped at times, but highly motivated by their mission to declare what they call and islamic emerett of guns done. the taliban controlled much of the country from 996 to 2001. the arm group was familiar with the gun, astounds drug terrain and use this knowledge to outsmart its enemies. re why. when the us forces were through the taliban 20 years ago, it managed to survive and continue to launch attacks again, i've gone forces and the rest and allies. when it was in power, members of the taliban carried out public executions and amputations commanded ben . women from booking goes from going to school and listening to or playing music
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fell upon the to say, the recognize the society has changed. and they've promised to respect people's rights most and up more than that. i just had the like a worth before. we didn't have as much responsibility as we do today because now we are all tested by god. day by day we will get to the fault of the service of our nation in providing them with security and hope for the future not yet largely funded by taxing landowners and opium. the taliban has been welcomed in some areas of the country while despise them. feed and others, the legitimacy the on group wanted was denied time and again, but peace negotiations in this capital gave it a seat at the table. now with the taliban, fully in control of honest on the world is watching and waiting to see how it will govern the country and its people. some of the job aids are there. in the united states, many veterans who served in afghanistan have been watching the taliban takeover
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with dismay. only 2 and a half 1000 us service members died in what's become known as the longest war. now, many are asking what fall to zeros christian salome report. the taliban, quick takeover of the afghan government came as little surprise to many who served there in the us military. but the incredible scenes of people storming the airport prompted, strong reactions, horror, shame, terror fear, mat zeller remains close to afghans. he worked with as a combat adviser to the afghan army, and continues to fear for their safety. this is the arctic exit that they feared, and that so many of us tried to warn about, and just no one listened. it fell on deaf ears and the by the ministration. and they now own the asco. they were warned and warned, and warned. and they just did not pay attention, they didn't care at the white house. on monday, u. s. president joe biden defended the decision to withdraw from the u. s. is longest war which has cost the lives of nearly $2500.00 americans service members.
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and more than 2 trillion us dollars, he also acknowledge there's been missteps. the cesar scene in afghanistan, their gut wrenching, particularly for our veterans, our diplomats humanitarian workers. for anyone who has spent time on the ground working to support the afghan people. the u. s. withdraw was time to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the attacks. and september 11th. the goal of dismantling al qaeda was successful. but removing from power, the taliban gave them a haven for trickier. taliban would have waited and waited another 20 years if we had stayed there even longer. as a marine miles lagossi videotape these scenes of combat for the military as well as us troop involvement with afghan civilians, more than 47000 of whom were killed. in addition 266000 african military and police,
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after leaving the military lagossi, made a documentary with the footage, calling us objectives into question dark and you know, ominous and uncertain as afghanistan future is right now with the child and taking back over. it's important to remember that it was just as bad while we were there. nevertheless, it seems like this play out. surveys show that support for the withdraw. once widely supported by americans is slipping. kristen salumi al jazeera new york survivors of, of half le quank in haiti. and now having to cope with a tropical storm. heavy rain lashed to make shift shelters in the southern city of la k. one of the worst areas in the 2000 people were killed in saturdays, quite thousands more, have been left homeless and many say they're still waiting for aid from the government to arrive. i got your pipe on, ma'am. it's not good here. my home was destroyed. i have nothing my home
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yesterday, they distributed aid, but i wasn't able to get anything. it rained last night. we couldn't sleep, we have nothing to eat, john home and has this update from the airport in haiti's capital port a prince. we've been speaking people on the ground, including our colleagues over the u, which is one of the major cities that was hit by this great. and in the end, it seems that that was and as far as we know so far, too much flooding or land slides, which was the big worry about this. but we still have, as you mentioned, a lot of people sleeping out in the open even because they're worried about what might happen in terms of off the shots for because that house is with damaged and destroyed. we've also got a lot of people in hospitals about 6000 people injured apart from the more than 1400 people that side in the quake. so the relief efforts ongoing, as you want to tell you as well, we're actually at the airport now in full to print and we're here because this is basically the hub of everything that's trying to get to that region at the moment.
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basically the main road out of pull to print, to get the air in the south west of the country. there's 2 gangs baffling over it, close to the print. and that's meant it's really hard to get down that road since that it's being flown in. we've seen the u. s. coast guard. we just saw actually quite a big playing coming from the air force of chile. so different countries of bringing their right into the apple. and then it's been taken out by the apple in shop, as helicopters for playing to try and get to that region. still ahead on al jazeera, the u. s. to claim the 1st water shortage on the colorado river. we look into what the implications and american health care system buckles under the number of code 19 patients cases have reached levels. not st. seems the winter of 2020 ah,
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ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored by kettle airways. hello. we're going to 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, and it's for the indian states if odessa and taylor 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 q, chicago, and haunch you just think the darker the color, the more intense the rain is falling. so almost guaranteed we will continue to see
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more land sides going a bit further south. and i've got to tell you, you know, toward glen dong and fuji. and providence is 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. sponsored cattle, airways, bulgaria, the poorest nation, the european union rock by allegations of corruption, seemingly linked to the upper echelons of the country. political in the aim of our ruling class was to get the 1st 3 repeal money to europe in front of people in power investigation where the country goes from the low guerria at the crossroads on a oh
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i hello, you're watching 0. i'm emily, anguish, reminder of our top stories, the sound in its 1st press conference and taking over afghanistan. the telephone says it will respect women's rights. and even though she's born against them, the claims are being met with skepticism from many who fear a returned to the high school that 20 years ago. the us says the taliban has agreed to allow safe passage, but civilian struggling to get flown. cobbled evacuations have reviewed the day after county st on the runway lated have also a great to hold a virtual g 7 meeting to discuss a common strategy for african survive is
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a saturday earthquake in haiti, and now having to cope with a tropical storm heavy rain lashed, make shift shelters in the southern city of luke. hey, one of the worst areas. for finally, 2000 people have been killed in the number of americans admitted into intensive care has raged levels last same during the winter wave. more than half a year ago. the surgeon new corona virus cases has been fueled by the more infectious delta strain, lightest government data shows 20 percent of hospitals have nearly all of their i. c. u beds occupied heidi joe castro reports from baton rouge, louisiana, one of the worst effect and staying up a little bit 62 year old bobby burdette has just emerged from the coven intensive care unit at our lady of the lake hospital in baton rouge,
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louisiana staff have nicknamed him there miracle patient. most havent been leaving the i see you alive. i feel really well my breathing has really gotten under control. burdette was never vaccinated and says he still has no regrets. his wife also tested positive. they're part of the dramatic surgeon co good cases in louisiana. only 39 percent of the state is fully vaccinated. strictly individual decision, the governments and anybody else. but there's, according to the louisiana health department, the unvaccinated make up more than 90 percent of hospitalized cove at patients. on 3 nurse, laurie douglas has been carrying for them, many of whom are young and otherwise healthy. she says most do tell her they wish they'd gotten, the vaccine is to know that this was preventable and that this didn't need to happen. and that, you know, there's a girl who without her mother anymore that
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a man doesn't have his brother any longer. so big brother to turn to and times like that, it's heart wrenching with cove and patient filling hospital beds. major hospitals in louisiana are no longer accepting transfers. emergency rooms are seeing weights of up to 10 hours and patients with other emergency conditions, even heart attacks, have sometimes been turned away. we're already rationing care and every day we continue to admit the same amount of people, if not more. so we'll get to a point where we are unable to patch it together. a federal disaster team is working with the state hospital to relieve the strain, but doctors say what they also need are more people getting the vaccine. a recent uptick in vaccinations as promising but not enough. every person who comes into the hospital and is not vaccinated is a failure. on our part. it is our job as medical professionals to educate people and we haven't gotten our education out. and in the absence of that,
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there's misinformation, misinformation distrust and government and misplaced confidence are all hurdles to getting the vaccine among louisiana as fiercely independent population. as for burdette and his wife, even a near death experience in the hospital, hasn't convinced them to get the shots. for now, they'll focus on recovery kit will eventually get to where mommy and systems up to where i can start seeing people and hugged a heck, i'm great time left with family, a gift denied to some 700 people were day who continued to die of cove it in the us . hydrogen castro al jazeera, baton rouge, louisiana. after months of being virus fray another to new cases of coven 19 have been confirmed in new zealand. it brings a total there this week to 7. the 1st trigger,
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a 3 day snap lockdown starting tuesday me. the government says that infection is linked to an outbreak in australia. he zealand has closed in sport as to travelers . its last lockdown was more than a year ago. the us health agency suspects there might be a 2nd case of a bowl in the ivory coast, after confirming its 1st infection in 25 years, the country's health minister confirmed a woman who travelled from a neighboring guinea was infected. she's believed have been in contact with 9 people. the 18 year old has been hospitalized in the capital. the world health organization has sent a bowl a vaccines to the ivory coast. gun men have killed at least 37 civilians in a village attack in southwest missouri. the attack happened on monday in italy and then michelle and molly board. this area has been repeatedly targeted by armed groups. this violence in this a hell region has killed thousands and displaced millions, invoicing,
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horrors of foreign minister has resigned less than a month after the new president. pedro castillo was born in hiccup. the head quit amid outrage over comments. he made about an armed group that kill tens of thousands of people during the 19 eighties and 19 ninety's during protest on sunday . opposition support is also called for the president to resign. they say his cabinet is full of inexperienced ministers. christy as back as say the cabinet represents the marginalized poll. lebanon's fuel shortage is endangering patients is hospitals struggle to cope. businesses have been forced to scale back or shut down as the country goes through its worst economic crisis in recent years . zanna harder has more from they wish there is bread only when there is fuel. a resource that is no scarce lebanon's economic crisis is getting worse. the
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state barely provides electricity. many bakeries that can't afford the rising costs to power generators have had to close. lack of lindsay in them is all there is no bread, few diesel electricity, no medicine, but the officials who are fighting for their interests live in homes that are live there. 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, worst, 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, it's 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
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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. they have patients' lives are at risk if machines stop working, 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 treat people if we don't give them the right medication. what is happening now is totally unacceptable and unbelievable. businesses in factories have also been affected. luffy got about sometimes there's no diesel for private generator, so we can't work. and when there's diesel, we only get 3 hours of electricity today with the united nation says at least 78
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percent of the $6000000.00 people are now poor. the economy has all but collapsed. so how basic services? yes politicians continue to struggle for power 11 on has been without a function in government for more than a year. oh, 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 balte. the us government has for the 1st time and ounce plans to cut the water. it's applies to the arid west. the states of amazon and nevada will receive less water in the coming months from shrinking reservoirs along the colorado river. reynolds has this report from the hoover dam on the arizona nevada boredom. this is hoover dam, built on the colorado river in the 1900 thirty's. it created the country's largest
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reservoir lake need water and hydro electric power from here made the modern west possible. but look at the light colored bath tub ring around the shoreline. that's how far the water level has receded. scientists say the lake is at 35 percent capacity. its lowest level ever scientist say, global warming has contributed to a decades long drought. that's drying up the west. this is the 2nd worst. 19 year period going back 1200 years. that's a mega drive. the us government's declaration of a water shortage on the colorado river is unprecedented. the fact that we are seeing the 1st separation is quite significant. historically, 40000000 people in the region depend to some degree on this water in booming city like phoenix and las vegas, san diego and los angeles water supplies to cities will not be cut,
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but agricultural allocations will now farmers like will. the lander in arizona face a crisis lose about half our deliverable water potential next year. so can have to come back on a lot of acres that we're having production right now. government officials say climate change is at the root of the water shortage. and it's not just here at lake mead. in recent months, the punishing effects of global warming have been made brutally clear all over the american west. unprecedented heat waves have hit the normally cool pacific northwest monster wildfires have ravaged california and oregon. the water level in one of california is biggest reservoirs, lake orville is so low, the damn can no longer produce hydro. electric power in the columbia river are huge numbers of migrating salmon sick and then died because the water simply became too
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hot for them. on tuesday, the southern california water authority issued an alert calling on consumers to voluntarily conserve water and prepare for continued drought, all of which raises questions about sustainability as scientists predict the dryness and the heat will continue rob reynolds al jazeera at hoover dam. ah, this is al jazeera and these are the top stories and it's 1st press conference in taking over afghanistan. the taliban says it will respect women's rights and forgive those who fought against them. the claims are being met with skepticism from many who feel a return to the hash role of 20 years ago. rob mcbride has the latest from couple it was very significant. i mean this really was almost like a key note, i think setting out the tone and the.

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