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coverage the government continues to feel too risky to send all the children back. not only take them from around the world. hundreds of children have been born to women abused by fighters. in addition to social pressure, you can only carry their religion if both parents v on the chaos continues at cobble airport as thousands try to force their way onto evacuation flights off to the taliban takeover. and in the meantime, they're trying to control the crowds and doing that by shooting guns in the air, by using water cannons and by people to push them back. a water or a life from a headquarters in del high, getting navigates,
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also had thousands of indigenous people protest in brazil as a supreme court case threatened to limit their rights to ancestor land and economists war enough low wages on income inequality as inflation in the us jump to a new hi injecting ah, with less than a week to go before the deadline to complete evacuations at cobble airport panic is growing among the thousands trying to access flight before next tuesday. the massive evacuation effort has picked up pace. the us and allied forces have flown out more than 88000 people from of gone on since the taliban. like we understand the you with and the hell of on have a deal that the taliban are only about to make people through here and who has who has these issues and you have paper work that did it. was it going to going to,
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i'm here without documents because a lot of people that went to the u. s. on evacuation flights were civilians. so i thought if civilians are going and i served in the army, i should be eligible to go to think. i think it's an offer on the thought of everybody's going. so going to my house, they won't leave me alone. my wife says get down there. why are you so lazy? i leave the house every day, so my wife stopped hastily in a way to control the crowd and tried to figure this out. they've been looking for people, paper wife says get down there. why are you so lazy? i leave the house every day, so my wife stops hastily in a way to control the crowd and try to figure this out. they've been looking for people's paperwork at different locations around and then putting them on the boxes . these people are actually about to be on the slide and they have prioritize to get through. and in the meantime, they are trying to control the crowds and keep people back from swamping to the fossil can come through. doing that by shooting guns in the air,
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by using water cannons and vibrating people to push them back to the front of them . close to the gate 3 times, but because of gunshots and shouting, it makes everyone scared. since i'm a woman, i don't have the courage to push past them. i'll do my best to get out. even if i get shot, i will continue trying to get inside the airport. that's. now the telephone. say that anybody who wants to get through and wants to leave and has the paperwork that would allow them on the flight can do so. but they also tell us they hurt people. they say that these people, many of them who are highly skilled, would be an asset to the country going forward and that they hope that they say. but in the meantime, with only 6 days left over the flight at the end. and we know that the numbers, the number of flights will decrease and the day is going for that the countries on and a lot of these people are trying their best to get through it into the airport today . or the u. s. embassy and cobble has us american citizens not to travel to the
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airport. it's also advising those are ready there to leave immediately. alan fisher is joining us from washington dc. so what do we know about what's prompted this warning by the u. s. it appears that the u. s. embassy and cabal has received a specific and the cd is threat. and so they've told americans not to gather the 3 gates at the airport, and those are making their way. they are not to come at the moment. the threat comes from isis k, which is the melting groups off shoot in afghanistan. it is kind of a number of attacks throughout the course of this year. and just at the, we can jim sullivan, who's the national security advisor here in the u. s. described i saw k as an acute and persistent thread job. i mentioned them when he was talking on tuesday. he said that that threat is there and essentially saying to the taliban, you need to make sure that this group does not do anything to derail the operation . it's under way at the airport,
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particularly if you want us troops out of afghanistan by august the 31st. remember it's just a few hours ago that the pentagon said it would consider sending the military u. s. military into parts of cabal to try and rescue americans who were stuck. that know becomes a more favored option because they simply don't want americans around the airport because it has long been considered as a potential target for bombing or attacks by any eye on group. and you'll know that joe biden asked for contingency plans from both state and defense. he received that briefing on wednesday morning. that was all about what would happen if the had to extend the deadline beyond august the 31st. this is very much a fluid situation. those plans are being updated. they'll not have to be looked at again, given the see the threat from ice or key to americans and cabal. thank you so much
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. allen fessor reporting from washington d. c. meanwhile, the us secretary of state and city blink and says about 1500 americans may still be awaiting evacuation from a gun to son. he insist diplomatic efforts will continue beyond august 31 blink and says, america remains engage with the taliban. despite not recognizing the group as the legitimate government, why should the united states even care what the total bon wants to be done at the airport? or frankly, anywhere else in the country since they are not in the us, his eyes, a legally recognized government. our focus right now is on getting our citizens and getting other our partners. afghan partners, 3rd country partners have been working in afghanistan with us out of the country in the safety. and for that purpose, 1st, the taliban,
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whether we like it or not, is in control, largely in control. the country certainly control is the city of trouble. and it's been important to work with them to try to facilitate mature the departure of all those who want to leave. and that has actually been something that we've been been focused on for from the beginning of this operation. because as a practical matter, it advances our interests out there. a senior political analyst matawan, the shadow says u. s. policy failures to words have got to stop, extend far beyond just the bite and administration. there is a lot of blame to be set at the doorstep of job by them at least operationally and in terms of timing, clearly he did not. he did not read well. certainly the, his c, i a did not give him the rights report, but what would happen once the us forces start start to withdraw. finally,
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from getting started. this has been a long time coming 1020 years. in fact, one could say that this whole operation, this whole war, started on the wrong footing. this was a revenge war. the united states wanted to venge the 911 attacks and it carried this war against against town. and within less than 2 years, declared mission accomplished. but it did not. the trump negotiated with the thought with the taliban without eating the pocket government getting involved with that the regional countries getting involved. so trump recognize basically the pilot and surrender afghanis afghanistan to the thought on. so by then basically it's been walking in the hits put in his footsteps because he wants to end the war . and clearly in the united states, if it's going to deal with guns to the future, we'll have to deal with the taliban. yes, the united states will continue to talk to the thought it by. but yes, everything else will be conditional, meaning the next 7 days will be probably the longest,
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7 days in the and the last time of job i didn't was i think now 70 plus years. while the un secretary general says, all stuffs are being taken to keep operations running as have gone on faces, amounting humanitarian crisis. the agency has air lifted some stuff from capital to kazakhstan, where a temporary office has been set up. my kind of reports in the united nations, the un says a 3rd of its international staff have now been relocated from a gun is done to its temporary base in context on. in addition, it says a number of gun nationals have also been brought out of the country. though there are no specifics as to the exact number the store had been told to work from home, unless it's necessary for them to go into un offices to complete their work. you in secondary general health, what is called as a virtual town hall with you and stuff in the course of the day he is said to
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reassure them that the un is doing everything it can to protect their safety. but he also says that it's necessary for the us to carry on its activities and i've gone is done with a view to the mounting humanitarian crisis. the un spokesmen confirms that they will be a substantial staff in country, but would not be drawn on the exact number that is needed for the us to be able to continue its operations. all of that is still being worked out right. we are ongoing with a number of programs that we've talked about, debris of p, unicef, you and h c r w h ho. obviously, as the situation stabilizes are, we will have a better idea of what we're able to do with the humanitarian needs are. and what the staffing is, will be that we need to run those programs. and most importantly, the funding that we will need to run this program that being
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a number of reports about discontent among un staff, about the lack of action in terms of protecting their safety. the un spokesman refuses to comment on the specific allegations, but he did confirm that a number of letters had been received from various unions, which are being considered by the secretariat. some african nationals have arrived in uganda after a deal arranged by the united states. down there for a short while before being re settled and other countries. the group of 51 men, women and children were subjected to security screening and co with 1900 quarantine procedures. uganda has agreed to request from the u. s. to temporarily taken 2000 and afghans fleeing the country and turkey has begun evacuating its military personnel from travel airport. the taliban has reportedly asked for a technical help from anchor us or run the airport. but once its troops out of the
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country before the august 31st deadline, turkey has been part of the nato is mission and i've got a son and has hundreds of troops station there. hundreds of afghans are trying to enter pakistan at the busy tour. come border crossing, but without proper documents, many are unable to get through. some i've been job age reports in the past on i've got a son border from 3rd from atlanta son i've just entered the door on the box is fine . if i, this is the main border crossing between the 2 countries for trade and for people. as you can see, taliban fighters are manning all the border post across the country with neighboring countries, including central agents, states, market fun and iran. and these fighters have been telling us that they're allowing everyone to cross the border. now the problem here, as you can see, hundreds of people have been gathering every day since double came to the control of the taliban. on august the 15th. and these people have been trying to get inside pockets on the box on your car. do you say that they will only allow people who
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have the right documentation to make sure that no extremist elements, no terrorist groups are no infiltration of focus on can take place? you are a lot of my family and kids are cross in pakistan and we have been waiting at the sport of crossing for one week and will be here until we are allowed to go on the truck to go back and forth, trying to earn a living in this area, for humanitarian reasons, the soldiers have not been stopping them, but they've been carrying cigarettes and other things that they've been trying to smuggle across the border and make a quick buck. and people have been seeing the desperate not just to cross into focus on for safety, but because they have tribal ties on either side of the line which divided the country. and they want to visit their families. they want to go and meet people who are sick and who passed away, but so far, if they don't have the right documentation, they're not going to be allowed inside bucket still has on al jazeera monk on the front line, why some high buddhists are taking matters into their own hands is covered 1900 cases continue to search south africa's unemployment races among the highest in the
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world. and there is concern, things will only get worse. ah ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored by kettle airways. hi again, hope you're doing well. our summer rains a bit subdued across parts of india, particularly toward the northwest. this includes new delhi, but still getting that mon sooner moisture go down to connecticut and careless states on thursday. so for new delhi, we've got an abundance of sunshine for the next several days. your temperature at 36, but we are locked into high humidity here. the heaviest falls of our southwest monsoon will be toward the northeast of india. indian states like west bank all and be har . see the yellows popping up there. the darker the color,
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the more intense the rain is shoving up prate against the foothills of the himalayas. se, asia, we've got a concentrated pocket of rain toward the southwest corner of borneo, drive out across the java island. so this includes for jakarta over the next few days, a mix of sending cloud, your temperature at $32.00. your next rain risk i think, will come on sunday. heavy rain have has also been falling across indo china in particular toward the northeast vietnam where we have seen some deadly landslides. heavy brain continues on thursday into laos as well. or plum rains. they really get go in across the yangtze river valley on thursday. give you a wider view because all of this weather lands into south korea. as we head toward friday, see soon sponsored cattle airways. a tail of 2 presidents, venezuelan military defectors, me american mass, and reese, ah, and to bizarre,
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he told daisha attempt at regime change in the bonus republic of venezuela. people in power. the bay of pigs on al jazeera ah the color again, the top floor in the western countries are racing to evacuate. people from going to start with less than a week to go until all foreign troops lead the taliban of urge off guns to stay. all saying those with permission to leave will be allowed to depart once commercial flights. in the us embassy and capital was asked american citizens not to travel to
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the airport. it's also advising. those are already there to leave immediately us sectors. they'd anthony blink and says about 1500 americans are waiting evacuation from the country. indigenous activist and brazil are waiting for the supreme court to make a crystal ruling on rights to their ancestral lands. members of a 170 groups are in the capital, brazil. yes, a here, the decision, a rights group appealed against the state of view that tribes can only claim land if they lived there, or made their claim before a law came into force 30 years ago. but indigenous people say many of their communities were expelled from their last decade before monica and was outside the supreme court. in brazil you it's been a very, very long day. there was this green set up here behind me where they were listening to the supreme court justices vote. but instead of voting on the indigenous issue,
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which is which should have been addressed today. early in the afternoon, they started talking about the central bank and a proposal to make it independent from the government. and so during the whole afternoon, you had all these different indigenous people. just camp out here listening to this, to this long session in keith. but they were chanting, they were praying, they're waiting for it to end because next in line comes the decision on, on their, their, their issue which is who have the right to claim indigenous land. only those that have that were there until 988. so what happens to those that were expelled from the land before that? this land is, is tied to also the environment because by allowing a commercial agriculture, illegal mining by making it easier for land grabbers. it also contributes to
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deforestation. also, even if people don't occupy the indigenous lands, they're encroaching these reservations and they're poisoning like the water. the fish are no longer the can no longer eat their staple food, which was fish because it's poisoned with mercury. so they're all these different issues which are dress u. s. federal appeals court has upheld the conviction on death sentence of dylan, roof for racist murders. black church, 9 people died. one roof who is wide open fire on worshippers at a church in charleston, in 2015. his lawyers appealed his death sentence in may, but judges ruled that his crimes qualified him for the harshest penalty. roof is the 1st person in the us to be sentenced to death for federal hate crime. a rapidly expanding bus, fire, threatening homes, and businesses and san bernard geno in the u. s. state of california firefighters. se wins are making it difficult to contain. people living in little creek have been
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advised to evacuate us, vice president as acute china of bullying, it's southeast asian neighbors. commonly, harris made the comments in vietnam. she's in meeting the president's in hanoi harrison. there's part of a tour aimed at countering china's growing influence in the region. learn. so we have more from qual, i'm for, for us administration has described rivalry with china as the biggest jo, political test of the century. and common harris's trip is about convincing nations in the region, in se asia, but the u. s. can be a counterbalance to china, is rising influence. now the 2 countries have already traded accusation several times during harris's visit. here, harris has accused china of using collision and intimidation in pursuing its territorial claims in the south china sea. same countries should find ways to increase pressure on china to make it abide by international laws. in china has hit
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back and editorial in a state one day. he has described harris's visit as a way to contain china and accused us of trying to drive a wedge in relations between southeast asian nations and china. a chinese foreign ministry spokesman said the situation in afghanistan is an example of the u. s. as selfish foreign policy. now, events and i've got this done, have overshadowed harris's trip. she will have to work harder to convince friends, partners in the region about us as credibility. and so her speeches have emphasized the us as commitment to not just southeast asian nations, but to the broader endo pacific region. the us administration has framed harris's trip as not just about strengthening ties, but also about broadening the scope of engagement in the region. and that's why we're seeing her meeting not only government officials and singapore and vietnam, but in singapore. she had meetings with businessmen to talk about keeping supply chains open and in vietnam. she officiated the launch of the u. s. a. centers for
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disease control and prevention, southeast asian office in hanoi, and as, as an example of the u. s. as interest in public health infrastructure in the region in highlands government says it will receive $61000000.00 doses of the austrian seneca vaccine later this year. for many, it can't come soon enough. just 9 percent of the population has been fully vaccinated against co, with 19, and the slow rollout has led some time to take it upon themselves to help the most vulnerable skyler reports from bangkok. his saffron robe disappears beneath the white of his medical protection suit. as prom or ha prom punk prepares to head out . the buddhist monk lead a volunteer team organized by his ben cox temple to one of the many poor communities suffering from thailand's worst cobra in 1900 outbreak. since the start of the pandemic book, why?
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but when it comes to taking care of patience and access to basic public health, this is something that should have been taken care of by the government. we all know the coven 19 situation entirely, and is very severe. not everyone has had their inoculations. many people have fallen through the cracks and have not received any help. his team administers wrap a test for those who can't afford them. 2 lines means positive in this crap household. 6 of the 12 people tested positive for cove at 19. but it's not just those being neglected by the governments cove in 1900 medical response plan, who are suffering the economic impact and some of thailand, industries is so deep. they are turning to the court to hold the government accountable. vas massage parlors are big business and thailand, at least they work before the pandemic. the industry used to bring in over a $1000000000.00 a year, but now more than 80 percent of the businesses are closed for good putting more than $200000.00 people out of work. in the repeated times, the government has tightened. cobra,
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1900 restrictions spots and massage parlors. top the list of closures they've been closed for most of the year without any compensation from the government. a group of massage parlor owners and misuses by the class action suit in civil court seeking $6000000.00 in compensation. who's your high? yeah, this case is very many victims have been damaged by similar actions and the people damaged by these actions of the governments should be compensated at the same time . this is sold, they don't have to risk filing individual suits and possibly getting different words. the prime minister's office and the ministry of public health both refused our interview requests. as the government tries to keep up with its delayed vaccine program, new infections will continue to increase and the lockdown will likely remain as well the reliance on volunteers to come to the aid of the communities that need the most help. got either al jazeera, bangkok, south africa, as unemployment rate has had
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a record high of 34 percent with more than 7800000 people. the situation will only get worse with the economy severely affected by the current of iris pandemic. i mean, the miller reports on your hand is burg despite being african most industrialized economy. so africa has had an unemployment rate of more than 20 percent for the last 2 decades. and now it's at its worst at the 24.4 percent. so africa last more than half a 1000000 more jobs in the 2nd quarter of this year, taking the total number of unemployed to 7800000 people. and they are concerned that that's unemployment grateful only worse than as the year continues. so africans, now it's 5 hundreds, they all of a national lockdown because of the covert. 19 pandemic. many businesses have been badly affected, and more jobs have been lost. economists are concerned about the slow pace of
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recovery, and they say that if it's a job creation, most likely won't have an impact in the short term. as south africa continues to battle a shrinking economy. so africa, the economy is really shrunk by at least 7 percent adding to south africa's bowes is large scale corruption according to estimates. it costs the country, at least $50000000000.00. it's severely impacted. state owned enterprises, the economy, as well as investor confidence. this is alexandra township, in the north of johanna and communities like this one poor community where the high number of job losses of the most in july, they will riots and looting in alexandra and other places in the provinces of halting and was going to tell. and be economic impact was devastating. many people lost their jobs. there are stores on the streets which remain close. people
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here, shop owners trying to rebuild, but it will take some time, informal traders outside saying that their business has been decimated. they're now making less than half of what they made before, and they're struggling to make a living. they say they don't know when it will improve its estimates, so that south africa last at least $3000000000.00 due to that, andre. and while economists say they are signs of economic recovery, it's woke up and they take some time before people in communities like this feel, the benefit of that inflation is on the rise in the u. s. reaching its highest level in decades, that's forcing the price of living fun is hitting lower wage earner is particularly hard. gabriel is on there has the support from east brunswick in new jersey. it's another day heading into work for brian coo us. and it's no easy commute to get to
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his job as a banquet server. it's 160 kilometers, almost 2 hours each way from his home and east brunswick, new jersey to his job in atlantic city. he doesn't do it by choice, but at a necessity it's the only job he can find where he makes enough income to survive each month, but barely people, i don't always think realize what it's like to have to live on half a penny. you know, i call it sometimes splitting penny. brian is one of an estimated 125000000 americans who live paycheck to paycheck. it's now even made harder by writing inflation. for many years. the inflation rate in the u. s. hovered around 2 percent, but it's been steadily increasing this year to where it's now about 5 and a half percent. the highest. it's been since $990.00 food, rent, energy, new cars. those are the sectors that have seen the biggest price jump. and
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economists say, it only takes a slight increase in inflation, cause a huge impact. the perception that inflation is a problem could lead us to make some very bad choices in terms of the economy. if we god forbid, raise interest rates right now, while unemployment is still elevated, that could be a real economic disaster. anti poverty advocate say inflation is only a small part of a bigger problem. the income inequality that has been growing over the last few decades is really that the key concern. we've had wage stagnation in this nation since the early 19 seventy's and wages have for decades not kept up. we have the high increases in cost of living for brian, he faces a new challenge. his landlord raised his rent. he can no longer afford it, so he'll be evicted next month. like taking the well, because i can't afford to lose. i don't belong. you know, it's a really nice place,
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but now you know, only because i can't afford it. he says if he can't find anywhere else to live, that car he drives to work will also then become his home. gabriel sandow gc to east brunswick, new jersey. ah, hello again. the headlines on al jazeera western countries are racing to evacuate. people from of gone it's done with less than a week to go until all for entry sleeve. meanwhile, the taliban have urged afghans to stay while saying those with permission to leave will be allowed to depart once commercial flights resume the us and allied forces have flown out more than 88000 people.
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