i have a very basic question. this is their last their home, the us held responsible. i will be fabulously wealthy and i will not pay any price for us to lloyd the men who still work on al jazeera. ah baton, yvonne talk tough announcing day one to accept the extension of the august 31st deadline for western forces to withdraw from afghanistan. the urgent need for a just over a week before crucial medical supplies and food run out. do i sammy say that this is i'll just hear a live from the hall. so coming up

a nation on the brink, government looks for drastic solutions to ease fuel shortages as the economy teter the us is tough. drunk regulated gives its full approval to find this current of iris shots which could open the door new vaccines. ah, we begin and i've got to stand. well, it's not a bond spokesman says the group will not extend the deadline for the withdrawal of western forces. the group is warning of consequences if us and allied forces do not withdraw by the august 31st deadline. thousands of troops of deployed in cobbled to evacuate their citizens and vulnerable ass can. that have been chaotic and desperate scenes at the airport over the last week, least, 20 people have been killed. sharla barris begins coverage with this report on the situation at campbell at 4 the north gate cobble international airport. this is

where most people off to come to and in recent days has been closed because of what the us is, is security threats from isolate. but for most people here, the biggest threat is dehydration is a stand page and it's constant gunfire. to actually get to this point, they have to run the gauntlet. first, we move through how of on special forces they know. and as the battery 313, and they control the perimeter of the if you, if you can get past them and convince them that you deserve to be able to get to the point and get on a flight. one of these evacuation flights. then you in the zone which is held by asking for some of the last campuses in the country, there could be, are ones in the you're to they a funded by the c. i a and they have come to this area as a bridge between the taliban and the mirror and they are also doing checks and holding security. and essentially what is a no man's land. once you get past them,

you end up where we are now, which has no security forces around. and it's just thousands of people gathering weighting and being overlooked by width and security forces, who essentially hold the key to the gate. and we'll decide whether these people need photometry or the pentagon says is determined to finalize its evacuation mission and afghan. this time before the end of the month, but didn't rule out extending the deadline if necessary. we are well aware of of, of the state a desire to buy the taliban to have this mission completed by the 31st of august. i would tell you that we 2 are still planning on completing it by the 31st of august . that is the mission that women signed by the commander in chief assigned to us, and that's what we're trying to execute it. let's go live now to the white house and alan fisher. so alan, we just have this press briefing. sure. want to go by the pentagon. sounds like we're still working to august the 31st right with

a headline from the briefing that ended just about 1015 minutes ago, that they want to get all this done by the 31st of august. of course the deadline originally set by joe biden. he said that when he was taking questions from the media on sunday that that deadline could flip. the taliban said, it's a red line and there could be consequences, new detail and what those consequences could be. and also you would suspect that the taliban who are trying to cultivate international goodwill at the moment, when do anything that would mean attacking us forces while they are in cabal? so that still has to play out. but join kirby who speaks for the pentagon. he says that they are absolutely convinced they will work towards getting this done by august the 31st. that was their mission and the intend to implement it. they're talking about the numbers that they're getting out of the country at the moment. they said that 11000 were evacuated by the us in the last 24 hours,

16000 in the last 24 hours with the u. s. and other allies as well. the problem they've got is they don't know how many americans are in there. they keep talking, but thousands. if you go into a country like half can stand the u. s. embassy would like you to register with them, but not everyone does that. so they don't know how many of the they don't know how many actually want to leave. there may be some people who are intending to stay and so that complicates the whole issue. here's another thing that complicates the issue. they want to get all these people out as quickly as possible because of their safety. also, militarily, it looks good and the want to leave up kind of stand in the way that joe biden said you would. on august the 31st, but every day the kiosk continues to be broadcast on american tv networks. joe biden finds his approval ratings, flipping their 63 percent of americans support the president's decision to pull american troops out of gas to start, but only 47 percent. thank he has done a good job when it comes to actually doing that. the problem seems to be the lack

of joined up government job bite and was elected on the idea that he would be the competent face of american government. so as long as this crisis continues, it hates that image. will it durham damage in the long term? well, you're talking about presidential election in 2024, that's almost 3 years away. so there's a real possibility that this will all be forgotten, particularly if no americans died during the evacuation. but this timeline that he has set and said august, the 31st is incredibly tight. people we've spoken to in cabal itself. they don't think the americans can do it. if he does extend that not becomes another political crisis that he has to deal with, particularly as he has to sit down and negotiate with the taliban, will leave you there. thanks so much. allen, fisher and as attention focuses on the evacuation efforts of the world health organization, it's warning of a wider humanitarian crisis. it says 500 tons of critical medical supplies is stuck

in the u. a because of the hold on a cover letter for richard brennan is the regional emergency director for the leasing office of the world health organization. he says the international community focus on cobbler port is obscuring the monetary in crisis. and that's gonna stand even before the fall of the government, afghanistan was the 3rd largest humanitarian operation in the world with the 18400000 people in native, she had turn assistance. and right now, our ability to bring 8 in to respond to that need. has been a lot because all commercial aircraft have been stopped coming in into the airport. as you rightly said, we have 500 metric tons of medicines and supplies, you know, logistics hub and you buy that. would you to come in last week? even prior to current events and we've been trying for days and days now to to,

to transport them in i think it's a combination of issues. i don't think that those who are running the air operation want to have commercial flights coming in and i'm unloading supplies and trucks coming into the airport with the heritage security concerns. but if we, if we can't take advantage of all those empty planes flying in to into couple airport, we need assistance to find an alternative option. we haven't been able to find planes right now to, to land, perhaps in kandahar or missouri sharif. we are shaking many trees we have pursuing as many options as we can, but we still haven't been able to bring those supplies in on. china says it's closely following developments in afghanistan, beijing saying most chinese nationals have safely returned home and prepared to work with autonomy bon to gym case on both. 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. katrina, you has more from beijing now. 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 in the past. separatists have used this border to enter china's she 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 opportunity to criticize the us and point out that this is an example of us failure. and us unreliability in the region. russian president vladimir putin, his warning about the throne of iceland, the scanner stan spoke to central asian leaders at a virtual summit and express concern. the group was still active and could gain a foothold. the leaders agreed to coordinate and secure their borders. iran says it welcomes a peaceful transfer of power. enough can stand foreign ministry spokesman cold for

the formation of an inclusive national government. but the occupation was not a solution. tough guy, stones problems, or the only solution is to negotiate between all parties to achieve a comprehensive piece in afghanistan, we called for respecting the rights of all nationalities and women, and the preservation of historical places. we welcome the peaceful transfer of power in afghanistan and the formation of the comprehensive national government representing all africa and parties. the taliban is considered a part of the future of afghanistan. the head of has, the law says fuel from iran will soon be arriving in lebanon. fuel prices jumped by 70 percent off, so the government further reduced the subsidy on sunday. lebanon is going through, it's worth economic crisis in recent times. fuel imports from iran could ease the problem, but it would be a violation of un sanctions. debit and economic crisis is getting so by the

government has announced students will only be allowed to attend school for 4 days . 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 than the reports on how the shortage of fuel is impacting commuters in beirut. for week 7 on has been experiencing severe fuel shortage as 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 been law, which holds political power along with this allies in lebanon, is now planning to import fuel. from iran. it's a decision that has been criticized because important iranian oils could lead to sanctioning. the state has been just going to let you know that the faith is not involved. but at the end of the day is part of the system. and many are criticizing this as a way to show that they are not part of the problem as well portrays itself as

outside the state. 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 the politicians, agree to carry out reforms to fight corruption, structural reforms needed to resolve 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. will still ahead on al jazeera, severe drought. inferior is threatening the lives of in the people who whole ready endured years of conflict and but a festival goes ahead, ensure lanka, despite the current of virus lockdown. ah, ah,

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the bank you're watching out. is there a time to recap our headlines now? tyler bond says it will not extend the deadline for western forces to leave us count. send us president joe biden is under pressure to keep american troops on the ground beyond august 31st, to continue evacuation effort. china says it's closely following developments enough down the staff is foreign ministry is calling for the formation of an inclusive government. paging says he's prepared to work with autonomy by the world . health organization says 500 tons of medical supplies for afghanistan stuck in the u. a because of the situation of cobb lat. pole. that's printable supplies will run out in 10 days.

us regulators of granted full approval to pfizer by on tax cobit 19 vaccine. the job had received an approval for emergency use in december, since then hundreds of millions of 5 vaccines have been administered globally. go live to andy gallagher in miami. now tell us more about it. so andy, is this just the technicality? what difference does the latest approval make? well, essentially saw me. this is about public confidence. a lot of people have been hesitant to get this vaccine because it did receive that emergency approval. but now that the food and drug administration, i've looked at all the data and tens of thousands of cases, it is hoped that those people have been hesitancy hesitant until this point will now go ahead and get the vaccine. of course, the delta variance is ripping through many states, particularly southern states where the vaccine rates are low. both here in florida

and texas account for almost one in for new cases. we have 50000 new cases just here over the weekend alone. so it is now hope that this approval from the f d a will potentially be a tipping point according to a kaiser family foundation, polar. and a 3rd of the people that will poll said once that f d a approval came through, they won. they would then go ahead and get the vaccine. of course, there are people that will remain hesitant. there are people that will never get the vaccine for various reasons. but at the current point in time with a delta, very causing so many problems in this nation. it is hoped that this official approval, this green light will make a difference and, and the a, so all the processes in place to deal with a ram pump in vaccinations. if now there is the expectation that perhaps more people will want to get vaccinated. well,

vaccine rates have been going up, particularly in those states that was talking about that have been hard hit like louisiana and alabama where i think people are realizing the delta very is a very big threat. but the other thing about this f d a approval is that means corporations employ is local government can down mandate that their employees must get vaccinated before they return to work. some bigger lines are already doing that. some states are already doing that. so i think the hope from health officials across the nation already straining under the influence of the delta vary and is that this f d, a approval might take downtown to people's mind. this is the public confidence boost that has been needed for this, that 5 vaccine. and it is hoped that will be a cascade of mandates now from big corporations and the people will voluntarily go and get vaccinated when before they've been hesitant and suspicious. all right, thanks so much and began to cover new york city will require all public

school teachers to be vaccinated when classes start next month. the mandate applies to some 150000 teaching and non teaching staffers. previously public school employees had the option of opting out with weekly cove at 910 new york city has the largest school system in the u. s. with more than a 1000000 students. new zealand has extended its nationwide long down until friday, prime minister just under the and 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 have been 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 require more, my 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. and today's here will allow the partial reopening of restaurants and malls, in some areas, including the capitol from tuesday, it single day, italy of new code. 19 infections is fallen to its lowest level, and more than 2 mon country had just under $17400.00 new cases on sunday. that's down from a high of nearly 50000 daily infections in july. it's a hopeful sign for one of asia. the hardest hit countries in denise, his coven, 19 death rate remains one of the highest in the world, with an average of $1000.00 fatalities each day. millions of people in vietnam's commercial hom hotel min city abad, from leaving their homes for at least 2 weeks. police and soldiers have been deployed to enforce the countries most severe coven, 19 restrictions. yet infections are soaring, and at least 737 people have died in just 24 hours highest. the pandemic began.

severe drought is threatening more than 12000000 people in syria and iraq, 13 humanitarian group say urgent action is needed as people lose access to food, water and electricity. water shortages and rising temperature are causing an outbreak of water born diseases. the war in syria has already created the humanitarian crisis that's displaced millions of people to close. look at the issue on a recent report reveals more than 5000000 people in serial. depend on river water or directly affected by the crisis. at least 400 square kilometers of agricultural land risk, total drought to dams. in the northern part of the country face imminent closure. that means navy, 3000000 people are likely to lose access to electricity. in iraq, we production is expected to fall by 70 percent. and it's none of a province which has a border with syria. some families who live in land with little access to river

could spend up to $80.00 a month on water. from a high did is a head of advocacy for the middle east that the norwegian refugee council. she says the effects of climate change have exacerbated the crisis. this problem facing both iraq and syria is matter. both countries facing the worst route in modern history. and this unfolding crisis, which threatens 1000000 losing access to water, to city and to production of well, is largely cold by climate change by rick low rainfall. but of course, both countries a heavily reliant on water supply from neighboring countries, especially 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 it almost sustainable in ways that millions of people don't reside to water in the future. and we need countries in the region to ramp up to tackle climate change, which is already being a problem and causing huge impact. millions in the middle east. now one of the world's most polluted cities is experimenting with a new technology to improve and quality. india's capital, new delhi opened its 1st smoke tower monday in winter. the cities,

pollution levels often rise to hazardous levels, have limited reports with brightly colored imposing structure in the heart of new delhi is the cities latest attempt to fight air pollution. the 24 meter tall outdoor air purifier has 40 fans which filter the air around it. the pilot project cost taxpayers nearly $3000000.00. and this is result of an order issued by the supreme court in 2019. so gothic order, the copy got written, the smoke dollar will beautify it within $1.00 to $2.00 radius. we had experiment with the new technology here and we'll continue to monitor their dollars. performance delhi has previously taken several steps to address its pollution problem. these include banding chord power plants, limiting the number of vehicles on the road and stopping construction during peak

pollution season. despite this, the city is engulfed by smug every winter as its air quality breeches, hazardous levels doubled. i feel many issues because of the pollution. it's hard to walk on this tree to my health, also, watson. i end up taking many medicines those days. i need a lot of good. i've heard about the smoke towers in china and other countries. i haven't seen one in delhi, but i am glad it was installed. it may bring down the pollution levels here. while the government plan to study the impact of the small town for 2 years, experts warn it may not be effective. you require in the thousands of be, you know, for every nook and cranny of the city and to be able to sort of really make tangible different, you've gone to mean in that amount of money. we shouldn't be popping it in. but on next month, another smoke tower is set to become functional in one of the most polluted neighborhoods. emissions from vickers and industries are the leading cause of

pollution issues that they need to logical innovation, but also social and political will to tactless. talk to him, it's just usually a centuries old, but his festival is gone ahead ensure lanka, despite the 10 day long down nationwide, hundreds of performance and show animals took part. they've done for generations now fernandez and this report from the city of candy a feast for the senses and the spit it this majestic cross does elephant steps out of the sacred temple of the 2 interlock. because 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 se lanka, material of religion. and maybe will they think that these are the

festivals like debate. i haven't done to blister gone to the blessed people of the country and blessings is what the country desperately needs as cool. the 19th spreads rapidly. daily deaths have reached almost 200 new infection more than 4000 a day. after month, warnings for 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 performers, don says, jugglers, musicians, and 5 readers will also take bought. many have done so for generation like us

economics 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 is 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. are just the ra candy? ah, let's take you through some of the headlines here now just here. now the top bond says it will not extend the deadline for western forces to leave afghanistan. us president joe biden is under pressure to keep american troops on the ground beyond the august 31st deadline to continue evacuation efforts from a broad report from cobble.