fire will stop when it runs out of fuel, but for the moment, the fuel is everything inside ah, sure, if god he takes to facebook to address. i've got to stop from exile in the u. e. he says he has left to prevent bloodshed plus i'm charlotte, balice and emergency hospital and cobble where adults is treating patients who were shot at cobble international airport. ah, baka, this is all just hear a lie from london also coming up anger and frustration in haiti, a tropical storm compounds, the problems for survivors, but devastating earthquake. and we me to form a child. so we are now trying to comfort everly own sick youngsters,

raising money to save lives ah, kinda stands, former president has defended his decision to leave the country during the taliban, the takeover of the capital. kabul asked rob ghani speaking from the united arab emirates, says he left to prevent bloodshed and denied rumors that he fled with suitcases full of cash. the u. a. he says ghani has been taken in with his family on humanitarian grounds. muscle, human disaster and me should if i stayed, i would have witness bloodshed and couple, couple should not be turned into another yemen or syria over power struggles. so i forced to leave i left with just a waste coat and some clothes. the personality assassination against me has been ongoing, saying i have taken money with me. the accusations or baseless lies. but you can

even ask customs officials, they are basically and i've got a son and just the day after the taliban reassured the will that people will be safe under its rule. it's like this have reportedly open file protest as the 3 people have been set have been killed as a demonstration against the groups. takeover in the eastern city of july about people were marching in the streets chanting and carrying the afghan flag. video of the event later show taliban fighters firing into the air and heating protested with sticks. the gunfire was also being heard during protests in the eastern city. of course, have been no immediate reports of injury. demonstrators raised the afghan national flag over a road in the city. taliban fighters were then seen chasing crowds away. meanwhile, a couple airport us lead troops fight into the air to disperse people who have been

gathering the trying to leave the country. taliban soldiers also fired into the air to control the crowds, but an official says they have no intention of injuring anyone. now in the immediate aftermath of the taliban takeover there was a surge of injuries and hospital admissions and cobble. some of the patients came from the airport where they was short trying desperately to get on flights out of the country. charlotte bell is visited the hospital in the capital where patients are being treated this 10 year old from a scanner stones eastern province of park to you was shot on saturday. it took his family hours to reach emergency hospital and central cobble by been, he was in bad shape. this is the 1st intensive care unit in afghanistan, doctor say they witnessed a surgeon patients after the telephone took over cobble on sunday. they said most were the victims of armed clashes, criminals and chaos at the airport. politic situation that

unfortunately causes many, many of the people by bullets by phone. so 2 days the hospital was slowing. they added extra beds. all admissions were from gunshot wounds. the hospital says it has received about 20 patients from cobble international airport since monday for have died and the rest of being treated for gunshot wounds after the taliban and us forces tried to disperse, crowns that breached the perimeter. be to see if the patient from around bug off they are going to some of the most of most of them that receive as bullet to the through the chest and hate. this hospital is run by emergency in g or an international humanitarian organization with the taliban in charge. they say the operations have continued on uninterrupted. they say the minister of health has remain the same. and fighters have introduced themselves. i will say so far out of

plenty of that we are in the country. we're always we're going to bring you directly now to the pentagon, where lloyd austin in the us defense secretary is giving a briefing. let's listen in rocky waiting americans. allies, afghans who have worked alongside us and also other courageous afghans at special rig risk. and to that, and i'm prioritizing 3 key concerns. first the safety and security of our people and the people that were trying to evacuate. as the chairman will brief you. the final elements of additional military forces continue to flow in the capital with about $4500.00 in place as we speak. they are trained and equipped to defend themselves in their operations. there have been no hostel interactions with the taliban in our lines of communication with taliban commanders remain open as

they should be. my 2nd focus is maintaining security at the airport itself. in concert with forces from our allies, our troops have set up defensive positions around the airport and the airport is able to function safely. now we don't take this for granted, and i continue to be in daily contact with general mckenzie and commanders on the ground to make sure that they have what they need to keep it safe. my 3rd area of focus, of course, is the pace increasing the flow of aircraft and people out of cobble and we flown out several 1000 since the 15th of august. and our goal is to be able to increase our capacity everyday going forward. and as we build out this capacity, we work in hand in glove where the state department, which is leading the whole of government effort to notify and process american

citizens who are leaving and to urgently identify and process as african applicants as well. we've dispatched small military teams to to of the airports gauge to assist state the state department counselor efforts as a evaluate and process individuals seeking injury. and we expect to be able to augment that capability in the coming days. this is truly a team effort across the interagency and throughout all of this, our us service members are making exceptional efforts under challenging circumstances and showing their humanity and their compassion. so i want to thank them for their skill and their professionalism is not lost on me. that even as we conduct this very important mission, we also continue to help our fellow americans deal with

a new surge in the pandemic. and the citizens of haiti deal with an anthem at the aftermath of an earthquake. let me also thank general mackenzie and rear admiral vaguely who is a commander of us forces forward and major general donahue or the 2nd airborne division and brigadier general sullivan for their leadership. at this critical time, it is making an enormous difference. they know, as i do, that there's a lot of work to be done yet. now, all of this is very personal for me. this is a war that i fought in and let i know the country. i know the people and i know those who fought alongside me and as i said we have, we have a moral obligation to help those who helped us and i feel the urgency deeply. so i want to in what the word for the force and our military.

i know that these are difficult days for those who lost loved ones enough ganna, stan and for those who carry the wounds of war. especially now we more of those who made the ultimate sacrifice in afghan. stan, let me say to their families and loved ones. our hearts are with you. and the u. s . military stands as one to honor those we've lost. now, afghan war veterans are some monolith. i'm hearing strong views from all sides on the, on this issue. and that's probably the way that it should be. what's important is that each of us will work our way through this in our own way. and we need to respect that, and we need to give one another the time and space to help do it. our greatest asset as a nation is extraordinary men and women who volunteer to keep us all safe and their

families. we honor your service, we understand your sacrifice and we will never forget it. and so with that, i'm going to turn it over to a general milly who can talk about where we stand operationally. good afternoon everyone and thank you miss secretary. what i'd like to do is give you an overall situation update as of today. you've been watching a lot of briefing from the pentagon by the us defense secretary lloyd austin, who said that lines of communication are strategically open with the taliban. as the u. s. continues it's evacuation of us, possible holders concerns though, for the many thousands of africans who have worked alongside the us. over the past 20 years, 22000 afghans are apparently applied for special visas concerns so that they may not be able to reach the apple because of taliban checkpoints. hundreds of us soldiers, he said, have arrived in the last 24 hours. more than 500000 afghans have

been internally displaced since the beginning of the year. young eglinton, the secretary general of the legion refugee council. he says his main concern is for those people who will not be able to leave the country, our focus is on the internally displaced the hundreds and hundreds of thousands of on top of the millions before this latest emergency in the country. i mean, the international airport, which has all eyes on it now, will be organized by american forces is a lot of attention on what's happening. there are concern are the millions and millions who are now standing, who are very afraid of, of, of their existence in the future. hundreds of thousands where displaced because of the pricing because of the cross tire. but others will also to space by fear of what was now coming, and that could be less bloodshed. now,

that could be because the, the, the conflict between the taliban and the african army, the previous african army and the international pulses seem to be over. and that should enable people to return to their homes. we're doing a lot of work in and which reps counsel to secure house, land and property for the displaced and poor returning refugees. if anyone not coming so that they can have a new and durable solution to flight. but at the moment, most operations are in hibernation. there is, there are new rulers, it's really a period of a tremendous, you know, make changes. but since prime minister boys johnson says the u. k, will do all it can to averting humanitarian crisis enough going on. but critics, including the opposition labor party,

say he's already falling short. with the home office restricting the number of afghans allowed to just 5000 over the coming year. shown a whole report from westminster. the collective anguish of parliament and peas brought back from some recess to debate the failure of a mission that claimed 457 british lives make bars. johnson described what the u. k . would do. in the aftermath, our efforts will be focused on supporting can people in the region itself, particularly those play in conflict, or the threat of violence. we therefore call on the united nation to lead a new humanitarian effort in this region. the government has announced a new refugee resettlement scheme, instantly called an ambitious by critics that aims to bring 20000 of those most in need to britain over the next few years. and despite promises to evacuate up to 10000 people who worked with the u. k mission afghans, resident in the u. k protested outside. we just want some things to put them on do

for our families by home. they serve for them for last 20 years and they can't leave them behind this picture speaks for everything. do you feel the government is doing enough to help the people who helped know back in the house among questions about the failure of u. k. intelligence and the prime minister's absence on holiday is that christ unfolded last week. there was a powerful indictment of the west's withdraw from a military veteran on the government's own back bench. nation is mobilized and muster. nations determine and have patience. and here we've demonstrated, sadly that we, the western united kingdom does not. now this is a harsh lesson for all of us. i mean, sometimes emotional interventions,

bye and fees, and despite the government's best efforts to talk up some of the successes of the past 20 years in afghanistan, there was no disguising the fact that it simply hadn't foreseen or been prepared for the speed with which i've gone to stan fell to the taliban. that in fact, this was all around the grand scale humiliation the leader of a leading member of the nato alliance, forced to admit to parliament here that its nationals and support staff were only able to leave cobble at all because the taliban was allowing them to we can the end the debate a simple motion that we this house consider the situation in afghanistan? could achieve little more than that, jonah hope al jazeera london, ah. a tropical storm in haiti's hampering search and rescue efforts after saturday's earthquake. storm graces brought heavy rain with warning, some damage, buildings could collapse. the 2000 people were killed and thousands more. have been

left homeless with many still waiting for help on home and reports from the k. one of the worst affected cities. the aftermath of storm grace in the south west of haiti down pool wasn't quite as bad as fit, but some spent the day bailing out their houses and getting the water out because this is the only space we have to do. if the thing we can't live in water, when we feel after shocks, we have to be able to move out of the house quickly. those were the ones who still handhelds. others had spent the night in the field in the rain, victims of saturday's earthquake. first of all, the earthquake, then this and i can't even get a tarpaulin. i asked god to take my life. there still, there. still more in hospital. the quake left more than 9000 injured. this young man was in too much pain to talk. marie was with her young daughter. her leg got

sworn up but not broken. i've been with her. she's saturday. yesterday she was going to be operated on, but they wanted to amputate the lake. i don't want that. if there was a government, she wouldn't be suffering the way she is. she's talking about the late president assassinated in july, a political crisis. the preceded the quake. it came at the worst possible time, international laid organizations trying to help national authorities with the relief effort. now we've been here but it's been hard to get aid m personnel to the earthquake zone. that's because the stretch of the only road into the area is being fought over by gangs. and then the same way, again helping the way my way and coming by. but i can already do the flow simple for the softer areas and help is needed at the rubble of one of the main hotels in

town. a crowd of people gathered reuben, some victories telling me that in the 2010 of the quake block felt and permanently injured his hand. in this latest one, he says, his house fell down. these 2 brothers hope to try and pull people out of the rubble, despite the fact that their house to have been destroyed. we are victims as well, but they were the worst off. i have a chance to be alive, even though i'm injured. thanks to god, we didn't get badly hurt, so we could help out the others. local authorities and international organizations have commented on the resilience of these people. but there's a sense of disbelief over the long series of misfortunes to so many the question comes when we'll have to get a break john home, and i'll just get a located in

the current of our booster shots will be offered in the us from as early as mid september, as the delta variant drives up cases, health officials say people will be eligible 8 months after getting their 2nd job is off to find the protection offered by the vaccine wayne's over time. but the world health organization has warned wealthy countries against giving booster shots and 2 more people vaccinated worldwide cove at 900 cases and hospital admissions are increasing almost in almost all us states. well, let's go to mike hannah, who's law for us. the white house, mike, was prompted the u. s. administration to take this measure. while the has been weeks of research into this, and the cdc produced 3 reports which were discussed at the meeting of the coven task force after the white house in the course of the morning. and those reports found that the fix c of the existing vaccines were dropping sharply in some areas. the report quotes a nursing home, for example, where the pick

a c of the vaccine dropped from some 93 to 5070 percent. now that was a unique figure, it is not the same figure around the country, but it was enough to cause this concern. one of the main reasons for this dropping efficiency, research is believe is because of the delta variance, the exceeding the strength of the delta variance, which provides greater problems for the vaccine to deal with. so the upshot of all of this is that come september, the 20th, all americans will be eligible for a 3rd to boost shot should they have taken pfizer or the other forms of explanation. the covey act is that they have got to wait for 8 weeks out the, the 2nd boost, the 2nd does before they can get the boost shot. but certainly the, by the administration, deeply concerned about the impact of the delta vary and, and trying to get ahead of the situation. my,

i'm bearing in mind that many countries in the world is still struggling to provide that 1st job. never mind, the 2nd or 3rd house, if news been received, be on the united states. well, the world health organization has been critical for weak self nations. introducing a booster shot while so many in the world are not vaccinated at all. and in the hours before the cobra task force released its report here and its recommendation, w h o repeated its position, the director of the merchant, the director of w h o me crying, issuing a tweet, which stated very bluntly that like people who have got to live jackets getting another one while some on the ship did not have any life jackets at all, but the bite and administration pushing back saying it's already shipped out some 115000000 doses. it intends to end up shipping out some 600000000 doses to some 80 countries saying that it is possible for americans to get

a boost shot. and at the same time, to provide vaccines to part of the world that do not have it might live or the white house. thank you. new zealand has reported 9 new cases of cove and 19 taking its active total to 10. the government announced a 3 day locked down from tuesday when the 1st case was announced. before this week . there be no local infection for almost 6 months. all the new cases are the delta vary. instead of being linked to an outbreak in australia. i need everyone to think about what it would be like to receive a call. if you do, we need you to be at home, not out putting others at risk. we very unfortunately need only to look at new south wells who today have reported 633 cases. 92 were active in the community while inflicted level 4 restrictions. the to protect everyone, firefighters in spain are still battling

a major forest. fire authorities are using drones to help them track down hotspots in avia and catalonia, the blaze for several 100 people out of their homes on the hottest weekend of the year. while fires have recently swept across the mediterranean, badly affecting parts of grief, turkey and algeria experts they climate change is largely to blame. thousands of people have been forced to evacuate their homes, hotels and camping grounds on the french riviera. as a wall fire burns out of control for, for ice is a battling the blaze which covers an estimated 50 square kilometers close to the resort town of center pay. one person has been confirmed, killed with several more suffering, injuries and smoke, inhalation maltese businessmen. juergen fennic has been formerly charged with the murder of journalists. daphne car, one can see on the island 4 years ago, friend who is one of multis rich's men was arrested in 2019 as he tried to leave maltese waters on his heels. he's accused of ordering the car bombing that killed

carolina alysia and 2017. she'd been investigating corruption in government contracts including want awarded to phenix business empire. emergency workers in the southeast of russia are assessing the damage from heavy flooding. teams of touring, the vast and remote, a more region which runs along the border with china. more than 300 people were evacuated ahead of rising waters. 19 towns and villages are still cut off by the floods, with some only accessible by boat. the us government says, for the 1st time and ounce plans to the water, it supplies to the arid west of the country. the states of rezoning and nevada will receive less water in the coming month from shrinking reservoirs along the colorado river. reynolds reports from the hoof at them on the arizona nevada border. this is hoover dam, built on the colorado river in the 1900 thirty's. it created the country's largest

reservoir, lake mead 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 to like phoenix and las vegas. san diego and los angeles water supplies to cities

will not be caught, 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 up 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

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. a project led by a former child soldier of sierra leone civil war is helping save the lives of children with life threatening illnesses. the project raises money to send kids abroad for treatment address. met some of the volunteers on the streets of free town. c volunteers from the sick picking project working the streets of frito looking for help. 3 times a week, they hit the st. visit wash centers, bus stations, and market, soliciting donations to help be the medical bills of children or serious element

was conditioned, cannot be treated by local hospitals. the project is co founded by a former child soldier for fort jordan saturday. a civil war is a condition that requires a minimum of $15000.00 united dollars in a country where the average income, you know, on a very, very low, less than a $100.00. a lot of my colleagues was for less than $100.00. and so you can imagine, if you have to raise a $150000000.00 in the union amount, which is $50000.00, it will require a very long time. he admits that raising funds for the children was hard and personal cost for many volunteers. here his team is trying to raise $16000.00 to fly out 9 year old janet coloma. janet is suffering from many gilmer, a slow growing tumor that threaten him to cover her face and head. the jaws mother

is delighted, but how for her daughter could just be month away after so many years. good mother, good to go. although her siblings go to school and janet doesn't. we pulled her out because we realized she's subjected to taunts and bullying by other schoolmates because of her condition. and she can't walk that far. round in the past 4 years, more than 60 children have been phone abroad for treatment by the fundraisers. one of the success stories is 2 year old id, bussey was had to cardiovascular operations in india and condition change. his condition has improved like i labored, breathing is gone. i really think the improve downward for that. the organization says it wants to do more. but success is limited, and those who need help our committee was struggling to treat come on elements like

malaria. many poor families look to organizations like the picking for the help. but it takes several months to raise enough funds to take one child on many occasions helped him too late for some children. how many read, alexandra? so you tell ah, the top stories on al jazeera, afghanistan's former president has defended his decision to leave the country during the taliban take cover of the capital kabul. connie, speaking from the united arab emirates, says he left to prevent bloodshed and denied rumors that he fled with suitcases full of cash. the u. a says connie has been taken in with his family on humanitarian grounds.