new me a rich diverse culture explored through its music. and songs of the city on al jazeera ah the pockets of islands and of gullies, the country marks independence day this year under telephone control. desperate scenes outside cobble ford, president biden says the us troops could remain the on the august 31st deadline to help get people out. ah robin, you want to, you know, they were like, we're headquartered here in the hall. so coming up, clearing the streets of legals,

one of africa's biggest cities imposed the band on begging and flattened homes and lo, 8 in scientology, their travels to the epi center of 800 devastating earthquake. those killed more than 2000 people. ah, welcome to the prego. there have been scanned to demonstrations that have gone on to mark independence day in defiance of the taliban. the took over the country on monday, the gaunt national flag was paraded in the streets. and in some cities the taliban dispersed crowds with gunfire. but in a ram move it did allow shia muslims to commemorate the day of a surer robert bride. as a roundup from cobble a cobble airport's main terminal. this is prime control telephone style. follies of gunfire. scatter people in panic. the another gate,

even more desperate scenes as the airport continues to be besieged. and at the side of the airport, where the us military evacuation is taking place, private defense contract is there. use take us at the british embassy compound, long lines, gather daily to apply for special visas with promises from the taliban of amnesty for those who worked with foreign forces and safe passage to the airport. but many doubt the taliban promises fears, raised bites, treatment to protest is wanting to retain the national flag. deadly classes with taliban fighters have taken place in the city of gyla bad with emotions running even higher. as i got this done celebrates independence day. there have been further confrontations in the city of a sad about the violence if they send dependence day has raised tension in what is

already a very highly charged atmosphere, a bike. oh, incident. it comes on the same day as assure us, the most important day in the calendar. a ritual of the here by the minority has our community i targeted in the past by isolate bombers, the commemoration this year is also overshadowed by the current upheaval and concerns the community may face further alienation and re taliban government. sort of made a lot of that as i see it, if the government is going to be dominated by just one ethnic group, it makes us worried that the country could slip back into civil war and destruction . you will get on the streets of cobbled. there are signs of life returning to something like normal with more business opening and hope for a new start. but now we are on the go that everyone was tired of the previous government. people are hopeful for whatever is coming and the business will be better. but the views of

a nervous population remain make us better for our future if the country is free of all these troubles in his fortunes another in each other. we don't want to go back to the previous television era when young people would have to follow the strict dress code or get with more taliban patrolling the streets. there's also been the return of a familiar site, traffic police in their distinctive uniforms, back on duty. a small comfort for a population, a need of any kind of reassurance right now. rob mcbride al jazeera couple last can leaders who fled to pakistan this week and have held a press conference urging the taliban to form an inclusive government come. all hider has moved from islam about several of our leaders came to buggers on that day . are sure i've run a flight call, but they of course have been holding negotiations rid of august on the military and the government and her dad, a press conference to emphasize the fact that there was

a priority to ensure that they didn't know bloodshed and that they were endeavoring to ensure that did a peaceful settlement of the avalon conflict. they also emphasized the fact that all minority and ethnic groups might be expected. they might be given. representation and inclusive governments are read the avalon leadership ordering a position to dictate having fled the country. their reply was that they still had considerable aboard. there did not deny, indeed 90 nor did important or know that one of the gifts richard of the door i agreement between the americans and the dollar bond. what the red draw. busy of foreign for their word reservations over draw would lead to a political, rac killed. of course, the taliban had been able to fail vacuum that is going to be now that complex job of how the bonds are going to die. the political future of running on, given their bought and their market good. guy words viewed, indeed a complex,

broad day. but budgets dawn had emphasized like the rest of the world. and what the taliban have also promised that this government, whatever form or shape or dig much that at present all the neg group and all the check data in groups to represent the majority of, of, on his don will increase hundreds of people rally to put pressure on their government to do more for us guns, drones, rock. las has been at the protests in athens. well, the key demands by the protesters who are all africans, members of the greek african community. many of them asylum seekers is for the government to speed up the process of approval as ask an asylum application, but also to facilitate the exit and the transfer of asylum africans who are still in canada and who wished to come to europe in order to escape the rule of the

taliban either because they are people who work with allied forces and that's all for other reasons. they're extremely worried about their relatives and that's the key tomorrow. they don't hold out hope of the taliban taken over the road. they can not to both the minister and the migration minister has appealed to europe to good loins, if it were to prepare to support the frontline state like greece, which has often in the last 6 years been the main conduit or asylum seekers from asia into europe. and to protect and support countries like greece, but also to throw a direct line of assistance to the african people. possibly allowing them to apply for asylum from safe countries. and not to have to go undergo the ordeal of walking across turkey and then taking boats across the us. president joe biden says he's

committed to keeping us troops in afghanistan until every american is evacuated in an interview with a b. c. news he was pressed on whether he'd be willing to extend the deadline at the end of this month. all chips are supposed to be up by august 31st. even if americans in our afghan allies are still trying to get out, they're going to leave. we're going to do everything in our power to get all americans out and our allies. does that mean troops will stay beyond august 31st. if necessary. it depends on where we are. and whether we can get ramped these numbers up to 5 to 7000 a day coming. now if that's the case, they'll all be out because we've got like 10 to 15000 americans in the country right now. right. and are you committed to making sure that the troops stay until every american who wants to be out? yes. you know the news. a bulb in buckets on punjab province was killed at least 3

people left dozens more injured. it happened in the south eastern district of behalf of luggage, shia muslims in the area were talk said, while observing the 2nd day of a sure the group has yet claimed responsibility in the rocky cities carver le security as tight as thousands of worshippers commemorate the assure a holiday. the annual gathering of the faithful is the 2nd biggest source of income for iraq mood, otherwise it has more. yeah. she muslims work towards the shrine or the moment we're seen in the city of karbala, 80 kilometer it's out of doug. this is where he was killed in battle, 1300 years ago. his fight against the injustice is inactive. he by men and boys, flagellating themselves, recalls the agonies suffered by the man i visited from several countries take part in the procession most from iran. said it

came with her husband from the city of mush had regained to pray for an end to plank seeing the world especially calling 900 condemning so that the faithful can salvage their freedom and pay only to without fear or restriction shia cleric had urged the faithful to get the needed ahead of the city moneys the influx of visitors this putting a train on facilities and services hitting car. well, the city collect millions of dollars every year from religious tourism, which accounts for the 2nd highest source of iraq to income oil and construction projects on expanding incredible la to accommodate several 1000000 visitors annually. more hotels are being built in the city to accommodate the millions of people who visit every year. this season,

those around the shrines are fully booked up. why are for us this year's visit has created several job opportunities. not only for the people that car below, but also for people from other cities. several businesses across the city has doubled their work volumes, including our hotel, out of joshua, los for 40 days. its significance for muslims in iraq. c economy, highlighted by tight security. brewer had al jazeera carol going up to haiti know where the prime minister has from his not to repeat past mistakes as concerns grow over the slow pace of aid meant to victims last weekend's powerful earthquake. more than 2000 people are known to have died. some aid has arrived in the hottest city of la k, but it's yet to reach rural communities near the quakes api center. as john holman reports,

this is the as yet little known center of haiti's dissolves design to i was from the city that captured attention following subsidies. earthquake things, a worse. we drove through 10 kilometers of countryside in which most of the houses were simply destroyed. we still when we saw this building in the village of florida, how's the community's hospital church and school for 50 for years on saturday, in a heartbeat it was gone on sunday fell out. now we're trying to find to at least find the 10th to help the kids back to school. so they don't miss the year. the for on district chief says 90 percent of the houses have went down to. judith was washing clothes just like when we met her, when her house collapsed behind her i saw the us moving and we started running. there were 2 people inside. fortunately they managed to get out. now she and her family of 9 homeless, just like most of the community here. some lives have been lost to rahman. and so

ben son was out in the fields with his dad when he was killed by a landslide, set off. by the way. i feel terrible every time i'm taking care of the animals, i think of him because he enjoyed doing that. yesterday would have been he's 14th birthday. they showed us a photo of him and abruptly it caused an outpouring of grief. 7 6 we continued the villages wanting to show us all they've lost. i asked a nice cast stone by the ruin of her house if the community got any international aid. no, no vocal urgency. there's many a teams flying into haiti and heading to this region, but it seems the help has yet to filter down to here and it's needed. you go from house to house in this community. there's 123, and $4.00,

and then mostly destroyed. and what people hear, it's telling us is that this time round, they're unable to help each other because they're victims. the district head is very clear about what floor own requires. then then stop pulling water and foot 10. so the most important thing, he says that he's already talked to the prime minister, who asked him to wait. meanwhile, fresh off the shots, continue through the town. a powerful one while we visited this frightened crowd into the street. they already have little left apart from each other. john home and l just either thrown hated, both still had hail known they're located case in the new zealand. but the breakthrough in tracing the origin of the outbreak from sunflower to peanuts. we meet the halcyon farm and trying to adapt to changing climate story after the break to say i

hello from dell, how we'll start your forecast in the middle east, but hang tight, we'll get to africa as well. so over the last a bit we were talking about a small wind blowing down the gulf. but what, what's up in the wind has switched direction coming out of the east. so humidity is going to bump in big time for countries like weights. and cats are, though her has a height of 38 degrees on friday, after pakistan and mon sooner moisture sneak straight back in toward the north, but see up against the foothills of the himalayas. on friday. next up, we are going to turkey and we had a bit of rain roll through its stem bull. it's now transferred to the black sea region, but this is just the scattering of showers. nothing major, like we have seen over the last little bit where storms happen, major is the capital of ethiopia at his ab. about these are the scenes that are

playing out, and it all has to do with those storms falling toward the ethiopian highlands. and then draining gushing right down to ground level. we also know it feeds into the blue and white river now's in heart to me, we're water levels have risen rapidly. further toward that south sun settled for the eastern cape, spilling into durbin and southern booth and big, but there is some sunshine to be found. here we looked toward our botswana. ha, baroni, a high of 29 degrees, and now you're up to date season. the bo guerria, the poorest nation, the european union rock by allegations of corruption, seemingly linked to the upper echelons of the countries political in the aim of our ruling class was to get the excess to repeal money to your phone. people empower investigation where the country goes from the area at the crossroads

on a oh, the me you're watching on there, lisa whole rom, the reminder of all top stories. at least 2 people are being killed in the atkins city of a south of us rally within 3 months countries independence day. that's not clear. the death recalls by stampede all by telephone fighters opening fire over cobble apple children will host to the both crowds of people trying to flee. u k says it's unable to evacuate other company children. 100, the demonstrators of rallied in the great capital calling on the government to do more for the guns,

the demanding rapid assigned them approvals that i was trying to get to europe. and for those already in greece, nigeria, the biggest city legal says laws to campaign, declare its streets of beggars. the state government has imposed a ban on begging at hawking. that's informal selling on the streets. now police report to the already started making arrest. officials say bag isn't hawkers, are being traffic to legal spy, criminal gangs, and that many have been linked to crime michelson, baylor, his, the founder and executive director of the legal, sued bank. he says, the government should address the root causes of poverty. when you try to fight from appeal fight, when it was pushed to the survive our limits, bill will do anything, even when you put the line please. there was to fight it back. there are safe where if bands to begging, like you know, who jeff, for instance and cardinal. what this does struggle with this because we are dealing with so via are here people who need to survive in one way or the order. and. 5

wed there, or that 50 minutes activities, sorry programs where people can actually leave and some of or where there are more economic opportunities for people to send more for themselves. well, i've left the district begging on. this is why i feel good mission. go to the route to the root causes of why this is then the 1st place. i'm not necessarily putting that data direct number in place for to push people be back in it, but we understand the rest of the government most cities to, to, to reduce the new south and the criminality that comes with st. they get all of that. but of course, we have to balance both the needs of the people and the fact that they need to survive one way or the other. and, you know, we can do monday going to come. but now we are going to vision and use of course sectors. you know, to reach out to these people because we are close out to them in our communities

and use that to people who need so much partnership with them would subbed image of this people goes out to the communities and with that we'll see less less, less people coming on district back malaysia's former deputy prime minister is likely to lead the government after securing a parliamentary majority ish miles. summary. cope's appointment is as prime minister as confirmed by the king. it would mark the return of the long ruling and no party it govern malaysia for 6 decades after independence, but lost power in 2018 because of a corruption scandal. the hong kong place has made the biggest struck bust of the earth. they seize crystal, math, and heroine worth $25000000.00. and 12 people have been arrested after an investigation that lasted several months. were now the number of code 19 cases. a new zealand has more than double to 21. the 1st

locally transmitted infections and almost 6 month prompted a nationwide locked down this week. now the cases of the delta variants being linked to an outbreak, it straight here as wayne, hey, explains cove at 9 teens. reemergence in new zealand means the streets are empty again, the government ordered a nationwide locked down following the discovery of the delta strain and the largest city auckland's. the prime minister jacinta rod during his testing shows that it was brought into new zealand from australia. i can now report from the how genome sequence analysis that our current positive cases are a close match to a recent return, a from sydney. it's likely to have leaked from a quarantine hotel and investigations around the way to find out how you feel in decision to lockdown after just one case of the delta, very intimate headlines around the world. but the prime minister said they only had to look to australia to see what could happen if they didn't go hard. and early on

thursday, australia recorded it's worth numbers since the pandemic began with 754 new cases most are in the state of new south wales where the government opted for a slower, softer lockdown to try to contain the latest outbreak when it's 1st case emerged on june, the 16th it took 10 days for the state to introduce restrictions. i appreciate what we're going through is difficult, but every site in australia will have to come to terms of the fact that when you get to a certain level of vaccination and start opening up, dale to crepey in australia and new zealand are among the slowest in the developed world to vaccinate the people you zealand is trying to speed up the process and it's decided to make defies of vaccine available for 12 to 15 year olds. this is not a decision we have taken lightly. many of us appear in south south and take this judy of making decisions about other people's children extremely seriously. but it is safe. and it's the right thing to do. new zealand, which still only has a handful of cases, is now in

a race to try to contain the new outbreak while vaccinating as many people as possible. wayne, hey, al jazeera towed on a new zealand runs. goodbye. was outbreak. has no claim lies is more than a $100000.00 people, but a radiant medic say the real toll is likely to be far higher. the country has been battling his 5th than west wave of infections fueled by the delta buried. at least 31000 infections have been confirmed to the last 24 hours. and $564.00 deaths firefighters in southern france are hoping to drop it. a windsor and a cooler temperatures will help contain the country's largest sub a wildfire crews have been battling the blaze and the var region for 4 days. the fire has killed at least 2 people and forced about 10000 people to evacuate more than a 1000 fire fighters as well as helicopters. the water dropping aircraft have been deployed. i don't know if i see that even on the night was relatively calm due to the significant drop in wind and the constant humidity. but we mustn't relax

because today we'll have a light breeze of 20 kilometers per hour, which is enough to create more problems in a field. now wrinkled heat waves and droughts of spot fires across italy. the summer. a local farms associations of agriculture is at risk and climate change is making it worse. many trying to adapt quickly to severe weather as rainy reports now from the area of tuscany, medical rattling, he grows an unusual crop for a tuscan farmer, peanuts. when fellow farmers ask him why he plowed under sunflowers to grow plant more common to parts of africa or the u. s. south. he tells them the choice was clear. it is bad to of india and the find more of your c cool compared to 20 years ago. this area has gotten dryer and hotter in town due to climate has become ideal subpoena. they thrive in dry, sandy soil, magdalana. we have to follow nature. we can't force our will on the right. yes,

rock, we look into the sure on the thought according to a new report, one 5th of italy is at risk of dessert. if occasion farmers from the ops in the north to sicily in the south are adapting to climate change. and those who manage water resources are having to adapt to like this damn that channels water to farmers in 7 tuscany. the man in charge here says seasonable rains are less reliable now, mostly the fatty, and that iran people were always forced to keep going with the little water that we have. we're trying to teach farmers to consume less. i'm very worried because this part of tuscany needs a loss of water, and p. c will be doing the it's not just tuscany. 2 hours south in the hills of lat . c. o 2. nino shani prefers to keep growing. what italians have cultivated since ancient times? wine grapes, but he too is embracing change with fewer water resources. his hilltop vineyard is

especially at risk now cuz shiny works with a team that maps his land with multi spectral images that help him make complex subtle decisions about when to water and how much he needs to irrigate. seattle go through the other the body. we were forced to use the system because without it, a lot of land would be unusable. with this technology, we're able to keep this land productive. otherwise we'd have to shut down shutting down his families. vineyard just isn't an option whether reinventing ways to 10 traditional crops are market new ones. these farmers are coming up with strategies to face and uncertain future adarine algebra mentored in italy. while far burning out of control in the us state of california has increased to 8 times its size and just 24 hours. the candle fire is near the state. capital sacramento, its scorch more than $21000.00 hector's and it started on france

a day for that all the cycle. dixie fall continues to burn is the 2nd largest ever recorded in california. now india is home to more than 1300000000 people, more than 200000000. that them live in the northern state of butcher pradesh. that is considering discouraging people from having more than 2 children, the experts they have proposed bill is unfairly aimed at las adams and will be disastrous for women, poverty, mental reports, it's lunchtime, and good genes and re cause household. the copier works as daily ridge owners and say they had 5 children to help and more money. they also wanted more boys. they live in the police in most populous state, which is drafting a bill to promote a to charge policy for probably $5.00. the policy will benefit the government, less russians, less subsidy, and those are 2 kids will get. what does the government? it's none of their business does the payden's job to feed the children? this is a weird way to the states to

a child policy by families from several welfare schemes, including food subsidies in one of india poorest states. the government says this will improve development, but our position parties believe the aim is to deepen the community divide ahead of next year state elections. the state is governed by prime minister and arrange modi's pottage and party whose members have promoted. the idea that muslims have too many children threatening india. hindu majority just reached out for comment, but our request was denied. those behind the bill want to bring down with the provisions store this paternity way to 1.9 by 2030. but government data shows the state paternity rate has already been calling licensed costs as india and would have achieved those levels in the next decade without the controversial to try to policy. levy were saudi whose patients include poor andrew women advocates if you

are children. but says that a restrictive policy could make things worse. what can happen is since our country is a male dominating country, so it might, might lead to include isn't illegal, abortions, which i feel we need to check on because everything is illegal, but there are places there not everybody knows the fact about experts believe this bill good hom, women, poor communities and minorities. what we need to do for them is to provide the families serving family planning services close to their doorstep with good quality and choice. education will take time. it is a magical one to factor for women's future. they grow their environment. the bill has gain traction in other b, g p government states, a sam has already passed it thing. it was the only way to bring down illiteracy and

poverty among muslims. but families like the genders who depend on subsidies to feed their families. believe this law release, people like them was off. pardon him at the, i'll just the ra valencia her with the dish. that of course you can find out more and all the stories are recovering. maybe 3 of the taliban, an independent say that it's going to stand on all what i want to know is there with lisa hill rahman and joe hall. reminder of all top news stories, at least 2 people have been killed in the city of a son. a rally was being held marking countries independence. they clear the desk for some peace or by canada and find that opening fire over at campbell adult children have been hoisted above, crowns, as people tried to escape.