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frustration in haiti is heavy. rain hinders recovery teams after the weekends earthquake, the claim nearly 2000 life fuel shortages 11 on the hospitals struggling to cope while many are going hungry. and the countries worse economic crisis injected . ah, hello, the taliban has promised to respect women's rights given amnesty to those who fought against it and make sure i've got this done. doesn't become a haven for other arm groups. but the valves made in its 1st press conference and 2 decades are being met with skepticism from afghans and world leaders. many fear a return to the taliban harsh rule of 20 years ago. charlotte palace begins her coverage from couple after years in the shadows, the telephone spokes 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 telephone coded and historic moment. as i was declared, actually taking the freedom to write the whole nations, the outcome people by using their legal rights after 20 years of war, were able to take their freedoms clean the country of the patient and occupiers. while the group could not reveal who leave the country much ahead, sid talk the ongoing for an inclusive political system and promised all africans 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 with i hit the stomach. emirate is committed to the right of women. within the framework of sharia are we may have the same rights that going to be working shoulder to shoulder with us. we want to assured
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international community that will be not as cumulation against women, but of course we think of a religious framework. but after use for trust is hard to come by on day 2 of taliban rule and cobble. there were few women on the streets as a woman. should i be scared of the telephone? not i don't know what it is. no. why should you be scared of us? you should never be afraid of us. to tell him on his, 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 work to get younger angel is forgiven, 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 television to point out 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. it's very early now it's very fluid. it's very hard to say what is happening exactly. you to tell a bonner in high spirits and defiant as going stones days as a battlefield over your head city. hope people stop fleeing and state to the assets for the nation. the move on to hum. we have pardon 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, i mean, rate of i've got, he's done, does not have any conflict with anybody. we want the fighting to end. would you had stated journalists should remain free and independent to critique the group,
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so i can improve one journalist off. you say you can forgive everyone. what do you think the victims can forgive you? the africans on all sides. there is a lot of healing ahead to charlotte palace to 0 cobble. well, the us as the taliban has agreed to allow safe passage for a civilian struggling to leave capital. the military has evacuated 2200 people so far. meanwhile, american agencies are removing records of africa employees to protect them from retribution. my can i report some washington evacuation operations. i once again underway at couple airport the nato partners of the us scaling up their presence and the u. s. department of defense, as within the next 24 hours, there will be up to $6000.00 us soldiers in place to maintain airport security,
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the pentagon insisting that order has been restored. right now we're looking at one aircraft per hour in and out of h k o. re predict that 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 pulling out of american citizens and drop down of our embassy personnel. so that's what we're focused on, that's the timeline we're on. and it's the secretary made clear to to leaders even as recently is this morning. time is of the essence. and we all, we all share a sense of urgency here. the bite and administration continues to defend the
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decision to go ahead with the withdrawal. arguing that the alternative was escalating us involvement in another countries civil war was unfolded over the past month, has proven decisively that it would have taken a significant american true 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 being 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 cannot jazeera washington u. k. has it down that will be accepting up to $20000.00 african refugees in the
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coming years? opposition? leaders say the targets should be far higher. the plan is on top of the existing scheme to resettle interpreters and other staff who worked for the u. k. and who might be targeted by the taliban? a plane carrying some of those african evacuated landed in oxford. sure. a few hours ago the nato secretary general has called on the taliban to facilitate the departure of all those who want to leave. in thornburg also blamed afghan forces for what is happening in trouble. 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 and leadership lead to the tragedy we are witnessing today. the taliban co founder and political chief has returned to have gone a son or does any bar adar arrive to a crowd of supporters in kandahar the birthplace of the taliban bar. dora led to
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groups negotiators and talks with the u. s. and afghan government, earlier in the day, better as are met with cats are as foreign minister before leaving so far for those talks have been held. he was freed from a prison in fact, the son at the request of the us 3 years ago. we take a closer look at how the taliban we gave became a prominent force in afghanistan and what it ultimately once some a bon jovi, it explains the dollar bon 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 fight is had been fully equipped at times, but highly motivated by their mission to declare what they call an islamic emerett of of guns done. it's all about controlled much of the country from 1996 to 2001. the group was familiar with the guns, thumbs, drug terrain,
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and use this knowledge to outsmart its enemies. right. 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 in our lives. when it was in power, members of the taliban carried out public executions and amputations, commanders ban women from booking, goes from going to school and listening to or playing music taliban the to say the recognize the society has changed. and they've promised to respect people's rights . will send up more ties to not just the like a worth before. we didn't tough 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 and 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 despised and feared in others. the legitimacy,
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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 understand the world is watching and waiting to see how it will govern the country and its people. some of the jobs are there in the united states, many veterans soldiers who served and i've gone to san have been watching the taliban take over with dismay. nearly 2 and a half 1000 u. s. service members died and what's become known as the longest war. and now many are asking what it was all for christmas. salumi reports from new york. the taliban . quick takeover of the afghan government came as little surprised 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,
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and continues to fear for their safety. this is v k 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 in 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. and more than 2 trillion us dollars, he also acknowledge there's been missteps. the cesar scene in afghanistan, the 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 in september 11. the goal of dismantling al qaeda was successful. but removing from
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power the taliban gave them pe haven fruits. 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, 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's 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. i've gone to stanz neighbors are closely watching developments. russia has begun
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a months long joint military exercise, which is done near its african border about a 1000 soldiers use tanks, artillery and helicopters. russia has promised military assistance to ex soviet nations in central asia. if they face attacks by arm groups from of gone, it's done. because exxon curtis done antiques on our old part of moscow lead security pack survivors of a devastating earthquake in haiti have been hit by a tropical storm heavy rain last makes shelters in the southern city of the k, one of the worst effected areas. officials have worn that damage, buildings could collapse due to the storm. nearly 2000 people were killed and saturdays, quake, thousands more have been left homeless with many, still waiting for help. i got your power now, ma'am. got it's not good here. my home was destroyed. i have nothing my home yesterday, they distributed aid,
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but i wasn't able to get anything. it rained last night. we couldn't sleep, we have nothing to eat. john holmes has this update from porter prince. we've been speaking to people on the ground, including our colleagues over in the car, which is one of the major cities that was hit by this. 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 mention, 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. 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. 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 at close to port to print. i'm not smith, it's really hard to get down that road since that it's being flown in. we've seen
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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 pool. and then it's been taken out by the fall in shop, as helicopters for a place to try and get to that region. gunman have killed at least 37 civilians and a village attack in south west and share. the attack happened on monday in a town near the new jeremiah the border. this area has been repeatedly targeted by our groups this year and violence, and this whole region has killed thousands and displaced millions in recent years. still ahead on, i'll just euro for many people are trying to flee, i've got to stand up, not the case. a long part of its land border was passed on. first, despite widespread vaccine access to the us health care system, our buckling under the number of over 1900 patients. ah,
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it's another beautiful sunny day of 35000 feet. the weather sponsored by cattle airways booted world's best airline of 2021. hello, good to see you. hot check, sunny check and high temperatures check. that's what we've got going on across the middle east. but we also have a shamal blowing down from a rock impacting q 8. and also the country of cats are on wednesday, but this is a dry wind. so that lowers your humidity. think the higher the humidity, the more saturated the air is and the more uncomfortable it is for you and i star, humidity, 70 percent. heat index, $51.00, but the winds will shift around on friday. that's an east wing coming off the golf . sorry, heat index will dial it up to 54. you know, around the arabian sea. we have an on sure of flow here. so that's going to swirl up descending, does for huge swats of mine on wednesday, for pockets done largely finding dry here. and that's allowing the hot sunshine to
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come through. the hor, me even hit 40 degrees on wednesday off to turkey, and it's looking dry here. thankfully, which will allow a for the recovery efforts that we have going on through the black sea region, just a few scattered showers at ward, that ne, portion, tropics of africa. heavy rain has been falling through the central african republic and we will see some more strong storms for bungie on wednesday and further toward the south. what and wendy for cape town season, the weather, sponsored by cattle airways, boated world's best airline of 2021. joined the debate, do not have vaccines reaching those who are most of the needs and amplify your voice. it allowed a diverse community and how an array of different stories. no topic is off the table. it's such a tough ethical debate where there is obvious discrimination and systematic discrimination of play. people are thursdays for new, wasted. the stream where a global audience becomes
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a global community on al jazeera. ah, the hello again. the top stories on al jazeera in its 1st press conference and taking over a gun. the taliban says it will respect women's rights and forgive those who fought against it. the claims are being met with skepticism from many who fear a return to the harsh rule of 20 years ago. the us as a taliban has agreed to allow safe passage for civilians struggling to get flown out of capital. evacuations have resumed a day after a chaotic theme on the runway. survivors of saturdays are breaking, hazy,
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had been hit by a tropical storm, linear homeless and in temporary shelters. and so far, nearly 2000 people are now known to have died in the back to our top story and turkey and pockets on have agreed to work together to help bring stability to have gone on. turkey is also been taking measures to prevent and inflect the migrants arriving through iran, including this wall on the border. before a minister has said the turkish government welcomes what he said were the positive messages given by the taliban, and has proposed to meet with the arm groups leaders for talks. there are parts of have gone a study where the taliban enjoy support from certain ethnic groups. the tour come border crossing with pockets on is one such place. it has now reopened and there's no rush of people trying to flee as come on either explain the man border crouching red rain of ron at dawn and buckets on the door is now open for business truck. have been travelling and board direction. there were apprehension that as to the
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dollar bonnard wants 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 living floated up august on the border all the way from hillman province noticed on up in the not a mostly push don't drive. they have got red, come the 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 were half elated and uber learned read the fact that that's all a bond back and follow they on the other hand, do not degree with the international community. and they see a ray of hope for the last thing of one settlement among norman, for god. that what we welcome to taliban back in african is done as they are the
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true heroes of the country. and none of them can bring a lasting piece to this water country destroyed by many tumble among which i live with. you can stand in ruins from the last for here. firstly, we were made homeless by russians and then the americans. but thank god, finally we've got freedom from their invasion. we trust the taliban and hope they will bring peace, stability, and progress to this country. while the situation on the border was not returning back to normal, there were frantic diplomatic effort. you're trying to port the leader on the same day but read the dollar bon, the former foreign minister of honors, dance aloud in rob bonnie: it didn't budget on a long way. you're not gone, no need ahead of the bottom and, and go walk amongst that group. it presents a minority community. what buckets on i've been telling the dollar bonds that could
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be in their government, which would include all the ethnic groups of run it on their boarded, offered a rail vote for the 1st time and 2 decades. what a lot did was 31 conflict. what the budget done is i've been saying that dollar bond debt, it has to be an inclusive government dollar bond. i've also been amnesty and said that there will be no retribution, even for those people who've been working with the american in well, after months of being virus free and other 2 new cases of cover 19 have been confirmed in new zealand. it brings the total this week to 7. the 1st triggered a 3 day snap lockdown starting tuesday. the government says the infection is linked to an outbreak in australia and all are the delta vary and strain. the zealand has closed its borders to travelers and its last lockdown was more than
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a year ago. the united states continues to battle, a surgeon covey cases, particularly in southern states with low vaccination rates. the governor of louisiana has warned the state health care system is approaching breaking point with a number of comb with patients and hospitals reaching record highs. how do you cast your reports from baton rouge, louisiana, one of the worst effected states? my school has been 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, louisiana staff have nicknamed him there miracle patient. most havent been leaving the i see you alive. i feel really well. maam, breathing has really gotten uncontrolled. burdette was never vaccinated and says he still has no regrets. his wife also tested positive. they're part of a dramatic surgeon co cases in louisiana. only 39 percent of the state is fully
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vaccinated. that's strictly individual decision, the governments and ain't anybody else. but there's, according to the louisiana health department, the unvaccinated make up more than 90 percent of hospitalized covert patients. 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. have 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 a man doesn't have his brother any longer. so big brother to turn to and times i thought a heart wrenching. would coven patient billing hospital bed? 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 every. we continue to
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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, 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
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where i can start seeing people and hugged a heck i'm margaret time left with family. a gift denied to some 700 people were day who continue to die of cove. it in the us. hydrogen castro al jazeera, baton rouge, louisiana 11 on fuel shortages, endangering patients is hospital 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. then that has more from beirut. 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 have to close. lack of lesbians
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in them as there is no bread, few diesel electricity, no medicine. but the officials who are fighting for their interests live in homes that are lead their generators are working. they have humiliated to people. a lack of fuel means 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 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 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. to make sure that
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we have identified 3300 critical items that are critical for life saving and 25 percent out of stock and the count 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, left the god of love. sometimes there's no diesel for private generator, so we can't work on windows 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 collapsed, so have basic services, yet politicians continue. the struggle for power 11 on has been without a function in government for more than
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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 balte. ah hello again the headlines and i'll just 0. and it's 1st press conference and taking over of gone is done. the taliban says it will respect women's rights and forgive those who fought against them. but all within the constraints of law, the claims are being met with skepticism for many who fear a return to the harsh rule of 20 years ago. reports of human rights abuses and cities captured during their advance in ready cause concern. rob mcbride has more from couple it was very significant. i mean this really was almost.
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