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welcome to w watching out of the real life my headquarters here. and there are also coming up arrest storm, lashing the northeast region of the united states, putting roads and even thousands without power. more than 12000000 people in syria and iraq, a losing access to agencies one this might make things worse for the struggling region. ah. ok to afghanistan, where the taliban says us and allied forces must leave the country by the august the 31st deadline. as agreed. thousands of troops are deployed and cobble where they're carrying out the biggest humanitarian lived in history. evacuations have been chaotic, and there are reports that an identified gunman of killed a man at the airport in cobble during a fire fight involving western security forces. the us president joe biden says his

forces have expanded the perimeter around the airport to accelerate the evacuation process. and while the evacuations are underway, the taliban says it has sent fighters to punches to counter anti taliban forces. the group says it's looking to negotiate, rather than fight them for mcbride. jonas's live now from cobble rober, gets the pension valley in just a moment. if it's okay with you, but 1st as to what's happening around the airport, what are your sources telling you? continues to be a volatile chaotic situation throughout the day. this incident, this shooting happened in the early hours. we understand, and it was 1st reported by german forces. they have a contingent there alongside u. k. forces, along side american soldiers. i did apparently evolved that soldiers alongside us soldiers and working with what they call african security forces. and it's amongst

those african security forces that we had the casualties that one dead and several injured. now. it remains unclear exactly who these that can security forces are but weak. they think they could be remnants of the afghan army that didn't want to threaten to didn't want to give up their arms. probably special forces who would be targeted probably anyway. by the taliban. once they take it over despite taliban did out. so they, it seems, have gotten into allied themselves with the us form part of the perimeter, the security code around the airport, on the understanding that they would occupy some of the la seats on the last evacuation plains, out of the airport. so it's understood that those at the casualties could be amongst that contingent and the german communicate merely says that the attack is the run. note a cooper, that the taliban, we just simply don't know, but that continues the usa. they have tried to secure the perimeter further, but also they, the taliban of also reporting that they are trying to secure the chaotic parameter

with a deployment of their own special force. is that called bad re 313. they dressed with the same sort of special forces, outfits and helmets, us and nato special forces and they are slightly more disciplined. they are slightly better trained hope today they would, i think the plan is to try to put some older in this perimeter. but from what our colleagues are telling us down at the airport today, it continues to be extremely chaotic. and despite having the special taliban special forces that there are many taliban regulars who are still firing volleys of shots in the air. well, some other taliban, wandering through the crowds with that whips and short canes, casually whacking people away. and this the, the taliban waiting into whether the deadline is or isn't imminently around the corner. august the 31st. that was the delayed deadline. that job bite and put in

place anyway. is there a worry there that nobody can really safely predict what the taliban might do if that deadline comes and goes and passes. and there are still american or loyal evacuees who need to be got out of the country. i think that is the worry, but you have to put this in some context. i mean, you know, this deadline is something of a movable feast. originally it was set, it may the 1st or that, but that was under the pump administrations piece deal with the taliban last year. now as part of that deal, the taliban agreed to hold talks with the then african government. they didn't whole talk. so joe biden felt justified, i think in april when he extended the deadline to the symbolically very important september 11th. now, since then, they biden in july brought the deadline forward to august the 31st. so he set that deadline in theory, he can now unset it at the taliban,

has threatened before with the extension of deadlines, etc, that it would take action. it would target us troops. i think it remains to be seen . whether that's going to happen. i think at this stage the taliban has far greater concerns. it has to run a country. it has to get a country back on its feet. has to deal with its neighbors. it has to try to seize foreign assets, get funding from the i, m f. there's a whole range of things it has to do. and i think having a scrap with the americans are continuing to scrap with the americans. it's probably pretty low down on that list if it does go past august the 31st by a few days or so as far as the americans are concerned, it may still be before september 11th. so it's no biggie. as far as the taliban are concerned, i think that would just like to see an end to this and have the u. s. and people loyal to the us removed from the airport and they can get on with governing the country. and briefly, rob, if you can, the taliban sending a delegation, contingent, a squatter people to talk to the northern alliance grouping,

outside of carville province. i mean the taliban talking to people like the northern alliance. that's another 1st in a week of 1st. so i guess well it does follow the new look if you're like, you know, it is this more softer, more considerate, more inclusive taliban. we've heard so much about in the past week. so it's, it's all the same of that. everything is unclear just how serious this resistance is. it is in the pantry valley, which is traditionally the, the hope of resistance to the taliban. but there are reports that this force is maybe a couple of 1000 strong. and the roles also reports that the taliban now have the pantry valley pretty much surrounded so they can get into negotiations. but if the resistance force wants to resist, arguably it doesn't look as though that chances are very good right now. rob, many things for mac, right? they're getting this right up to date from his vantage point. the in cobble you as president joe biden saying,

the list of americans and vulnerable africans has been accelerated, more than 20000 people have been lifted from cobbler airport since the taliban took control. is phil laval. he was supposed to be concentrating on a hurricane, but all the journalists wanted to know about was this. discuss a lot with the tale bond. that's the question he's been asked again and again. i think the august 31st deadline, will you extend that deadline assign from president biden? got a movable site, might not be a movable. after all, there's discussions going on among us and the military about extending our hope is we will not have to extend. the pictures have been dramatic and heartbreaking. babies born on planes as families flee some dying as they cling to jets, taking off others trembled to death outside the airport. a massive, logistical, and humanitarian nightmare. we are approving, we can move the thousands of people

a day out a couple. and a lot could still go wrong to move out 30000 people. and just over a week, as a great testament to the men and women on the ground and campbell and arm services domestically, president biden is being hammered from those who prefer donald trump. this was a complete and total surrender and embarrassing failure to believe that those who really didn't terrorist organizations that want to attack the united states now have an entire country as a sanctuary from which to do so. i'd even by his own people pose out here showing president biden's approval is down to 50 percent. another poll say he's dropped 8 points on last month. the general consensus among americans, they do approve at the withdraw. just not the way the president is handling it. 26 countries have now agreed to take refugees and once they leave, cobble and efforts are really pressure on the current processing centers which are reaching capacity before they brought to the us. i've been

a personal contact with the leaders in many countries, including cutter, germany, spain, italy, you a and others. they're making vital contributions for many traps in carbo with no way out. that seems a long way away. my heart vague for those, those people you see those terrified of the taliban are less interested in sympathy . they want action now and to get out as quickly as they can fill of el al jazeera washington. china says it is closely following developments in afghanistan. it's foreign ministry is just held a news conference today and said most chinese nationals have safely returned home. the government says is prepared to work with the taliban. so again, kind of funk boat. we hope it's going to stay and conform and inclusive and open government, which adopts a phone and domestic policy that's prudent and moderate where we hope elected the will of the people in an international community. staying with that story, katrina,

you know, with more from paging, china has been maintaining close communication with the taliban in the lead up to its takeover of afghanistan. china is really concerned about how this is going to play out for china and for the region. it's looking at this as one possible opportunity for aging, for example, looking at maybe expanding its economic investments in the country, looking at some minerals or resources in the country that wants to really stay close to the taliban in case it can make the most of those opportunities, but at the same time, china is really very anxious about this situation. it doesn't want to see the country become a hot bed for extremism and for terrorism, especially because china, she has a very small border with i've gone a son. and in the past, separatists have use this border to enter china's shin young region. so trying to really wants to look at what it can do to play a role in afghanistan reconstruction,

so that it might help to maintain stability in the region, but also so it can protect and potentially expand its or an interest. and at the same time, while china says it's looking to work with the taliban, it's also looking at this opportunity as basically a p oppertunity to criticize the us and point out that this is an example of us failure and us unreliability in the region still to come here on out. here are the us vice president common harris's and singapore. as part of the app is there to strengthen ties with asia who bring you an update for lincoln holding a book as festival. despite the cobra 1900 lockdown there. ah, ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored like cattle airways.

hello there. let's start in east asian. we are expecting more torrential rain to effect parts of china. we've already seen flooding across he 9 province after alerts were issued for those torrential rains. but it's not any here that we are seeing these conditions. we're also seeing this in western china. we've had mud slides and landslides in the trend province. and we could see more of those as those rains continue over the days to come. but there are some very heavy rain indeed, on the way for parts of the korean peninsula, you can see those range sweeping up to the north east and not thanks to tropical storm or mice. it is weakening, but it's joining up with that front to bring those wrenching down pause, we could see flash flooding, land slides and mud slides with that to go into wednesday. it's going to push up for farther north, east to northern areas of japan. we are expecting to see some very heavy rains here . now was we moved to south asia for india. we've got the monsoon down port across

much of the country. they are going to be particularly heavy across the north eastern states. they will also affect and a poor bu, tan bangladesh and me and mom and we could see some flooding in those areas there. but it does clear in the north west with fung shine in new delhi that should weather update sponsored call cut on airways. the taliban has reclaimed but us withdraw began news earlier in 2013 and 14 witness follow the unit of the afghan national army as they commenced the onerous part of confronting with taliban without native support of a trail of young men fighting for their country while knowing each day could be their law. i've got to stand own battle on a j. o . i

the me bank you're watching else with the are a reminder of our top stories this our, the taliban says it will not extend the deadline for western forces to leave. afghanistan, us president joe biden's under pressure to keep us troops on the ground beyond the august the 31st deadline to continue the evacuation efforts. mr. bivens says the lifting of americans and vulnerable afghans have accelerated. he says, discussions are taking place to also be extended deadline for evacuation is beyond next week. china says it's closely watching and following developments enough canister on it, foreign ministry is caught in the formation of an inclusive government. paging says it's prepared to work with the taliban. the us vice president. com la harris's and

singapore to reaffirm washington's alliances in the asia pacific region. harris has met the singapore in precedent and the prime minister discussed a number of issues including disputed islands and south china sea. the crisis and me and my and situation in afghanistan. there is no question there will be and should be a robust analysis of what has happened. but right now, there is no question that our focus has to be on a vacuum waiting, american citizens, afghans who worked with us and vulnerable afghans, including women and children. that has to be our primary focus and where we are placing our attention on the issue of f canister. and to that end, we have seen a successful draw down of the embassy. and thankfully, without any american casualties. the south china sea and competing local claims of

the countries around it on the agenda of florence louis now explains from quite a long path us vice president, kamala harris's visit to southeast asia, is part of a u. s. outreach to asia. now in a news conference on monday in singapore, vice president harris talked about the u. s. his commitment to a free and open india pacific region, and particularly to maintaining freedom of navigation in the south china sea. this is a body of water which is important, not only because it's a trade route, but because it's resource rich and china has laid claims to large parts of it. there are also several countries in the region that have competing claims over the south china sea. and it's increasingly turning into a security flashpoint, partly because china has grown more certain in its claims. and partly because china views the freedom of navigation operations conducted by the u. s. navy, in the south china sea as provocative. now come a la harris,

his visit is intended to signify 2 countries in the region that the u. s. is committed to keeping a rule based international order and in keeping the south china sea open. now part of the u. s. policy will be about strengthening ties with countries in the region, so the u. s. can be seen as a counterweight to china's growing influence. now, how is china viewing this visit? while china's official sin one news agency portrayed harris's visit as a drive to contain china. and it also describes the us approach as outdated cold war thinking intended to create division and confrontation. now one of the things that harris will have to contend with during her visit is answering questions about of gonna start collapse and answering questions about us as credibility and commitment and keeping its foreign policy promises. now to the united states where at least 22 people have been killed during flooding in central tennessee,

maybe 430 millimeters of rain fell on saturday. shattering a previous record rescue crews a searching for dozens were still missing, but parker. hampering those efforts the floods have washed away roads and destroyed homes. tropical storm on re is battering a stretch of the northeastern coast of the united states, just hours after being downgraded from hurricane. millions of people are bracing for flash floods, violent winds, and power cuts. john henry reports now from montauk new york bond re rolled into rhode island on massive waves making a rare and raucous landfall, and new england downgraded from a hurricane on sunday. henri skirted new york before becoming the 1st tropical storm to land in the smallest state in 30 years, threatening the north east coast of the us on re reserved the brent of its fury. for rhode island, snapping trees like twigs in kent, exploding electrical transformers in newport and battering in beaching boats in

jamestown. president biden declared a state of emergency in new york, connecticut, and rhode island. and while new englanders are used to dealing with some tough weather, the storm has potential for widespread consequences across the region with significant flooding power outages that could affect hundreds of thousands of people. and so we're doing everything we can now to help those states prepare, respond, recover for a broad swath of the atlantic coast. that process has already begun. the storms spared the worst for a long island, which fear to direct hit, but it's still whipped up high winds. and high waves and here is elsewhere, it's the water that's causing concern. storm water is flooded streets from hoboken, new jersey to western rhode island, and left tens of thousands without power. still some in its wake say it might have

been worse. today we've got a direct hit basically from hurricane henry or tropical storm and re winds are pretty high this morning. power stayed on almost all the way through. we just lost it about, i would say about an hour ago. but other than that, we have no property damage at our place. we got very lucky, but on re isn't finished yet, as it slowly winds its way up the new england coastline, leaving a path of torrential rain, wreckage, and ruin. john hinder and al jazeera montague, new york city drives, and water crisis is threatening more than 12000000 people in syria and iraq, 13 humanitarian group, say urgent action is required, as people lose access to food and electricity. water shortages and rising temperatures are also causing an outbreak of waterborne diseases or in syria has already created a humanitarian crisis as displaced millions of people. let's take a closer look at this growing su. recent report reveals that more than 5000000

people in syria who depend on river water are directly affected by the crisis. and at least 400 square kilometers of agricultural land risks total drought, 12 to dams, in the northern parts of the country face imminent closure. that means nearly 3000000 people are likely to lose access to electricity in iraq. week production is expected to fall by 70 percent in the name of a province, which does share a border with serial or some families who live inland. little access to the river could spend up to $80.00 per month on water. some deed is the head of advocacy for the middle east and the norwegian refugee council. she says the effects of climate change may have made this crisis even worse. this problem facing both iraq and syria is matter. both countries facing the worst route in modern history, and this unfolding crisis, which threatened 1000000 losing access to water tricity and to production of well,

is largely cold by climate change by rick low rainfall. but of course, both countries heavily reliant on water supply from neighboring countries, especially the water supply through euphrates river, which originate in turkey. and we have seen over the past month, a severe reduction in that water flow from the freight and also the tigris group that flows through iraq. and we really urge the international community to raise the alarm about this issue, which is largely being on notice at the moment. we need also turkey and tardies in the region to find a solution to sharing water resources and quantities and most sustainable in ways that millions of people don't react to water in the future. and we need

countries in the region to ramp up the exit to climate change, which is already being a problem and causing huge impact. millions in the middle east. lebanon's economic crisis is getting so bad. the government has an students will only be allowed to go to school for 4 days per week. the rising cost of fuel puts petro and diesel out of the reach of many people. the central bank recently said it couldn't carry on. subsidizing fuel costs will be management has that must be the result of failure to make fuels available in the subsequent soaring prices. it is decided to allow schools to open 4 days a week, only, especially as the educational system. so permits the 5th day of the week will be dedicated to online school and to follow up with those students who are supposed to do more educational task. for most people, that means the cost of fuel has gone up by on average 66 percent in

a harder reports on how that is having an impact on commuters. in the capital city . they route for week 7 on has been experiencing severe fuel shortages. it is paralyzing the country and the economy. people wait for hours in line outside gas station, most of the time fuel is not available. the reason for this crisis is that living on is an economic turmoil. a few months ago, the government decided to subsidize fuel in order to avoid a social explosion. but now the central bank says it has run out a foreign currency reserve. the government subsidies policy has been criticized because what has happened is that a black market has been created and many are smuggling cheap. fuel anti is built into neighboring syria. the government is trying to call the crisis by gradually lifting a subsidies, but it is not working soft. yeah,

measures are not the solution has the law, which holds political power, along with its allies in lebanon, is now planning to import fuel from iran. it's a decision that has been criticized because important you around in oil could lead to sanctioning. the state has balance if justice is going to allow that the state is not involved. but at the end of the day is part of the system. and many are criticizing this move as a ways to show that they are not part of the problem as well portrays itself is outside the safe when along with its allies, they control the state. many will say the only way for the sustainable solution is for those who hold the little part to politicians agree to carry out reforms to fight corruption. structural reforms needed to resolve 11 on the economic crisis. but doing that would mean that these political parties, in one way or the other are committing political suicide because they lose their

control over the states. new zealand has extended its nationwide lot done up until friday, the prime minister just into our dern says more certainty is required. now as the country struggles to contain the spread of the delta variant, she says it's unlikely. new zealand has reached the peak of the outbreak. 107 infections in recorded since the 1st case was identified on tuesday. delta has changed the rules of the game, but we've changed our approach to with hot and dilute levels. why didn't our contact tracing required more man squaring? and we are testing more people? it is absolutely possible to get on top of this. we just need to keep it up and ensure that we not restrictions any longer than we need to be. engineers see a single day tally of new cobit 19 infections has fallen to its lowest level in more than 2 months. the country had just under 17400 new cases as of sunday at down from a high of nearly 50000 daily infections in the month of july. it is

a hopeful sign for one of asia's hardest hit countries. now a centuries old buddhist festival has gone ahead in sri lanka, despite a 10 day nationwide locked on hundreds of performers and show animals to taking part as they have done for generations anxious heroes correspondent, l fernandez census this report in the city of kennedy a face to the senses and the spirit this majestic cross stuff, elephant steps out of the sacred temple of the 2 intra lockers who capital candy on his back. a casket housing a relic, said to be the tooth of the founder of buddhism delta. no good. there is a big class in lanka, material of religion and the material if they think that these are nice festivals like that, i have a hard done to blister gone to the blessed people of the country. and blessings is

what the country desperately needs as cool with 19 spreads rapidly. daily deaths have reached almost 200 new infections more than 4000 a day. after month, warnings were medical experts. the government has imposed attend a lockdown nationwide. but the festival is going ahead, as he did centuries ago, having been written about by the chinese pilgrim for him in the 5th century. the only thing missing the thousands of people who usually flocked the parade route every year. this time, 55 elephants are taking part in the 10 day parade. to honor the sacred to hundreds of reformers, don says jugglers, musicians, and 5 readers will also take bought. many have done so for generation like us economic at the money, how they can go amongst i put in,

going to can i do this task happily. i really enjoy taking part in the festival. the joy i had being involved as a 12 year old. i still have today sunday marks the final stage of the festival known as the up arrow, as it draws to a close, many hope that it's brought some respite from the misery of corbett 19 fernandez. just the ra candy ah, exactly half past the hour. these are your top stories from l 20. the taliban says it will not extend the deadline for western forces to leave afghan stop us president joe biden's under pressure to keep us forces on the ground beyond august . the 31st to continue the evacuation. rob mcbride is incapable this deadline is something of a moveable feast. originally it was that it may the 1st or that,

but that was under the trumpet, ministrations piece deal with a taliban last year.