[000:00:00;00] ah, now jazeera ah an explosion, it's a home near cobble airport. we live to the afghan capital with the latest it happened as taught a bonfire to step up their presence around the airport with the u. s. winding down its evacuation operation. ah,

i'm having to think of this is just it alive from the coming up chaotic scenes at the airport in new orleans as 1000 sleep hours before hearken. item makes land for at least $23.00 government forces killed and dozens injured in the drone attack. in the latest escalation in the fighting in yemen. ah hello report. say there's been an explosion of rockets has hit a house near cobble airport. smoke has been seen on the city skyline. there are conflicting faults about who is behind the attack. it comes days after suicide bombers killed more than 180 people we have to correspondence covering this developing story in a moment. will go to rob reynolds with the latest from washington, but 1st, charles strafford is lifeforce in afghanistan's capital. charles,

what are you hearing from there? we've spoken to some people who live in this neighborhood, a neighborhood that is north of the perimeter fence stories beyond the perimeter. fence the northern previous offense of the airport locals. they're saying that what they described as a rocky hit a building. they saying that at least as 3 people were injured. no claim of responsibility for that reported rocket attack oversee this comes at a time of incredible tension around the airport as it's ongoing. the last stages of this evaluation operation draw to a close, but perhaps more worryingly reports in the last half an hour or so. the started coming through as reported by the voices use agency saying that to unnamed us officials have said that they've been a us military strike on a target inside cobble. we certainly didn't hear any explosion and we are trying to

chase more information that with our sources. but let's say i suppose the last 15 minutes or so, the association press news agency is closing and the names of spokesperson is saying that there was a u. s. strike targeting a suicide bomber in a vehicle intended to strike cobble airport as a say we are chasing our sources for more information on this attack. but yeah, it comes an incredibly tense time in the capital and especially around the airport, off to these warnings that we and she had us president last night expecting. was he saying that should be expected? it was likely they would be a nother attack in the next 24 to 36 hours. it's holly about have been saying the same seeing, trying to keep people from going towards the airport. we know security around there has been increased certainly by the child. and since those a rifka checks a few days ago, we're more than

a 100 people were killed. those attacks when the southern gates. so there is a general atmosphere of heightened tension here as this evacuation program, one of the largest in history draws to a close. all right for the moment, charles, stress that live for a scene cobble. let's go to rob reynolds in washington, d. c. force rob. what are we here hearing on know your mind about these reports out of cobble? well, just as charles said that we are aware of the news reports from the reuters and associated press news agencies. and we have been reaching out on our end to the pentagon. so far we haven't gotten any elaboration on the news that the u. s. is carried out a military strike in cobble. however, there will be a parent again briefing later today. and hopefully we will get some official word

on exactly what shape or form that military exercise or military strike took if in fact that that is what has happened today. meanwhile, the secretary of state anthony blake and appearing on television news and public affairs show here in washington earlier today, emphasized the dire safety threats surrounding the airport. in cobble echoing what president biden had to say yesterday about specific, incredible threat warnings, lincoln said, this is the most dangerous time in an already extraordinarily dangerous mission. and he added, we will do everything to keep people safe. but the risk lincoln said, is very high. the secretary of state, also the elaborate on the number of us citizens who remain in afghanistan and who are trying to get out. we're doing everything possible to,

to do just that we have about 300 american citizens left who have indicated to us that they want to leave. we are very actively working to help them get to the airport, get on a plane and get out of afghanistan. well, that explosion happened as us forces are in that final phase of evacuations. from a cobble shawna, bellis reports from the airport. the telephone has taken over. the fight is dr. us made humvees laden with us, made wittons around the last us military installation in afghanistan. they look at x like former afghan government soldiers, the white flag, the only indication this is the telephone. it has been 20 years since the telephone controlled, cobble a port fighters into the capital 2 weeks ago and quickly encircled it. the armed group had an agreement with the us, that it would remain outside and secure the perimeter until evacuations came to an

end. now, with only 2 days to go, the u. s. footprint is shrinking. when did you get ahold of this area? and to have 2 hours ago. yes, we come here on sunday. so they've evacuated. clutching the us, made in full rifles of commandeered. telephone fighters, watch is american troops move inside the perimeter, destroy equipment and bus in evacuation. behind that door is america. let's just go to the me to go on and rivers. i told him and you tell him and they are. and this watched how also the so it is also to me because this is all the know, you know, due to the sizes

counts, the number of c 17 across departing from the end of the runway. itala bon, secure the commercial side of the a port almost 2 weeks ago, but only pushed into military areas on friday nights. the version of special forces, known as the battery, 313. and victoria strike force are in charge of security. we are not here to protect the american doesn't we are here to prevent looting of this place in the military equipment. the promises we made into her, we are standing by them part of the cell. so these taliban officials are walking from the neighboring ministry of interior a compound they now control as the us evacuated, the telephone is taking control of more areas inside the airport. they say they are very happy, but they wouldn't express that on camera because they say i am a woman and not traced appropriately. in state, they discuss among themselves how to secure the area and survey the territory. they

now controlled the, shall we have been in war for 20 years and we believed the one day we would get up . going to stand back. the foreign forces who came to have gone to star could not stop us from getting our country back. the how did you good? patiently. they wait for the last american plane to take off during the after 3 days and with the permission of our commanders, we will push fully inside the airport. after 20 years, thousands of people killed and billions of dollars state the us is leaving afghanistan. these are the find allowance of americans longest. charlotte bellis o jazeera to us president joe biden is visiting an air base to pay tribute to service personnel killed in cobble is receiving the bodies of the $13.00 people. they were among the victims killed by suicide bombers at the airport. on thursday,

i saw k claimed responsibility, the u. s. target of the group would drone strikes and none go ha, province. the u. k has completed its evacuations and is bringing back his troops. this marks the end of nearly 20 years of british military presence. by mister boyce johnson has laid down the conditions for the tyler bond for any future engagement with western nations. we will engage with the taliban, not on the basis of what they say, but what they do. and if the new regime in cabal, once diplomatic recognition, or to unlock the billions that are currently frozen, they will have to ensure a safe passage for those who wish to leave the country. to respect the rights of women and girls. to prevent a canister from, again, becoming an incubator for global terror pockets. dan's army says the situation of the border with afghanistan is in it woods,

fairly normal despite the taller bon take over. it says 17 border crossings are open and people with valid documents can travel pucks down is already home to most of the 2200000 afghans registered abroad. thankfully, we've been spared, if rejected conflict and bloodshed, the way things have evolved in a fun is done. there hasn't been that protected country with all about of literally walked in. and so there isn't it. if you crisis on on board is, thankfully, there are 20 to 25000 people who cross every day anyways, and many without documentation which is something focused on has been agitating against, as asked again and again for the international community to help men the border. it has never happened. we've been a boss, but that is one of the issues that buckets on has to face. but unfortunately, we haven't gotten much support. that is not if you crisis at this point, come on reports with more from his lemme where they have a report that there is a number of papers that are crossing the border has increased. we've been in touch

with the united nations high commission for refugees who don't see that at the moment. then one of the primary reasons for that. and that there was hardly any bloodshed and wonders on most of the people living along the contiguous area of august on our ethnically. we're still why didn't those good nor did that. thousands of ones come to focus on for medical assistance, despite the fact that the international community has invested millions of dollars . there no problem, facilities, medical facilities and forces thousands of other ones to come and seek and focused on a fill ahead on 05 flies put on an epic display in central mexico find out why they're under threat next. ok can rule. it isn't, but that this part of the point i'm reach helens in cold will come off. i'll be explaining why the small side is one of a number in the u. k. trying to be the big players in the commercial space market.

ah, ah. hi, great to be with you. here's an update on the summer rains across the sub continents . we're going to see them pick up in intensity really from the northeast rate through to my harass drive. and that's because we've got a disturbance actually in the northeast. it's going to amplify those rainfall amounts. heavy falls for turn, that's got, and also careless states as well. when take you to me more right now where this was the impact of monsoon rains, a deadly landside here in the man delay region. so the central part of the mar and again, through the baseband goal, we do see these heavy falls of rain aggressive falls right there through i'm jamar and also bangladesh. next soft, we're going to take you toward asia pacific and we've still got this pesky front through the yellow river valley. but the bulk of the energy will actually stay out

toward the yellow sea on monday and mostly drive for the korean peninsula. rain will always be near for tokyo, but we're eventually going to kicks that humidity. so things will be a bit more comfortable. thursday, you're still above average, however, for september as we now welcome the month in the days to come. se, asia cross borneo, we've got about 50 to a 100 millimeters that we've picked up there. and if we go in for a closer look for the philippines, we're going to see aggressive rain both for the northern islands and also toward the south. devout, a high of 33 degrees theater. the in 2009, a torture victim of the brutal argent time the delivery gene confronted his interrogator . torture? no, no, no, no. i wasn't trying to, i was interrogating. has justice now been served for the atrocious crimes committed decades earlier i do. you were telling like an investigation into the dark history

of argentina, or why didn't they told me in the end 3 wind interrogating a torture on al jazeera. ah ah. again, you're watching. i just need a reminder of our top stories. a rocket appears to have hit a house near cobbles airport and there are conflict doing reports as to who was behind it comes days after a suicide bomb attack kills more than 180 p. the us evacuation mission from cobble is in its final phase before the deadline on tuesday, caught up on us taking over parts of the airport and says, it's ready for

a swift handle. a hundreds of thousands of people in the us are sheltering in places as hearken. ida is due to hit the gulf coast as a powerful category for authorities, a warning of what they say are extremely dangerous storm surge and a catastrophic winds. and it is expected to make landfall in se, louisiana. it is forecast to be the strongest hurricane to hit the region since $850.00 sunday also marks 16 years since hurricane katrina, which led to the deaths of more than $1800.00 people. philip l is live force in new orleans. so fil, where things stand right now. how, how prepared is the city there right now? well, i mean, it is sunday morning, hey, there is barely a person on the street and this is the french course. normally this time of the week, you will not be able to move here, but this is the thing. now we've got a bit of rain. a bit of when this is the,

the proverbial call before the storm because things are going to get really bad in the coming hours. either is spiraling towards the coast. she was upgraded overnight from a category to. so a category for contra before she went through this process called rapid change. now you can tell what that mean just by the words of it. but basically what it means is things get very bad, very extreme, very quickly. because as the storm intensifies, it passes over the gulf of mexico, it hits those warm waters. i'm not, it's the equivalent of pouring gasoline on an open fire and it wraps things up to another not, not the moment. the winds are steadily at about about 240 kilometers an hour, which makes her a category for but they are only 11 kilometers an hour from making a category 5. and to give you some context when katrina heads, she was later upgraded to counter be 5 when she 1st hit land, she was category 3. so ready? either is way more powerful. now she is due to pass over a number of oil rigs, hundreds of oil rigs off the coast of louisiana. i'm not

a big problem for obvious reasons. so 90 percent of oil and gas production has completely shut down. the path of the storm is due to go to the west of new orleans . katrina went to the east. that's a problem in itself because that puts the city on the eastern side of the storm. and it is east and winds that really are more ferocious, more dangerous, which is why people have been told to leave that within the city itself. the metropolitan area, it is a voluntary evacuation. lots of people have left but what has changed since katrina is by you have extended the flip defenses. so when the storm surge is come, they feel that the city will be relatively well protected. the problem is when you get outside of those areas, those suburban areas, those areas closer to the coast, remember you will, ins is already below sea level. you get to those areas that are way below sea level . that's where you are likely to see more and more flooding and those areas are under mandatory evacuation or that they have been told that this is quote, a life altering store, which is basically another way of saying you need to leave. you need to leave now

because you could die here, but many people are refusing to leave, and that's for a number of reasons. first of all, they might not have the means to leave, they may have no way to go. secondly, you've got covey, which wasn't an issue when katrina was around. and the problem is people go to evacuation centers. they are going to be and confined spaces. louisiana is a real mass. me. this is one of the worst places in the country. the vaccination rate is around 40 percent hospitalizations are through the roof, so people are putting themselves a risk of cope it. if it goes to evacuation senses many people just don't want to leave their homes, they spend a year recovering from hurricane laura. hurricane isa they fill their lives back up, but it want to leave the best scared of losing. but the problem is when the water is right, you get 1.2 meters of water coming into your home. that is, that is a problem. but what we're expecting to see here, it's between 2.7 and 3 meters coming in. now if that happens, that's an entire floor so much. what do you do then? you move to the next level. if you have another level and lots of these homes are

single level. so that's the only thing you can do is go to the roof and we saw those pictures. george george, katrina people clinging to their rooms. desperate for help your forums. he's upset here. you know, for the 1st 72 hours, you're pretty much going to be on your road because we're going to lose power. everything's going to be overwhelmed. so these people are facing a whale that i'm really an enviable choice to leave. or do they say they stay and risk death from hearken? so they leave and potentially risk hospitalisation or death? cobit or do they stay? i just hold out and hope for the best, but everybody knows that this storm is coming. it is being referred to as a monster and things are going to get very bad in the next few hours. we will wait to see what happens for the moment. fill of our life 1st there in new orleans, thanks. and syria government forces have renewed attacks on the southern city of that are the syrian army fight a barrel of missiles against some neighborhoods, but was unable to advance on the ground. thousands of civilians fled the heavy sh,

yelling and fighting between government truce and rebel forces. the city was put under a blockade by the government in june. off the people refused to surrender weapons and allow forces to search houses. a humans who the rebels have attacked the country's largest air base in the south with drones and miss off at least 23 soldiers were killed at the end of the military base in large province. the airbase is used by saudi u. e. back. yet many government forces dozens of people were injured and some are being taken to hospitals in aden. had a lack. na is an associate researcher at so as university in london and also of yemen in crisis autocracy, neo liberalism, and the disintegration of the state. she says the attack is part of a series of events that have been unfolding in yemen before we guarantee that it's the who sees so it's very likely that he was the who sees it. so are so important

to note that they haven't claimed this yet. and that they play the base is in the south and it's also a base whose actual management is not entirely clear because although it's officially the internationally recognized government, it's also got southern separatists involved in it. so i think this, you know, is this the package part of the set of other events that are taking place in the men at the moment? it seems important for us to, you know, regret the death of so many young men who presumably launch most of whom have only been involved there because they're trying to enter money. and it's also important to not freak pre conditional preclude, you know, the actual way this fits into the em. any struggle at the moment a young man has received his 1st batch of johnson and johnson's code. 19 vaccines. more than 151000 doses arrive to be an apple,

through the global kovak scheme. humans expect to receive a total of more than half a 1000000 jobs from the us. more than 1400 yemenis of died of the virus. so 5 and 6 years of civil war of left the countries, hospitals, and health care and ruins. australia is reporting a new record of more than 1300 corona virus infections a day. the price started in mid june, and there's no sign of it slowing more than half of australia has been locked down for weeks. as the largest cities struggle to control the delta variance, australia is rushing to vaccinate its population and aims to have 80 percent inoculated by mid november. new zealand corona virus outbreak is growing with another 83 new infections reported on sunday. the total now stands of 511, with 2 people in a critical condition. the whole country isn't locked down until tuesday. the police in peru have rated the offices of president pedro kasteel,

the ruling party offices have been investigating the campaign. finances of the left wing peru, libra, the rated, came a day off. the custio's cabinet was approved by congress that dominated by right wing parties came in yesterday. we celebrated the victory the party by approving the cabinet, which is the cabinet that's going to take proof forward. now they come the next day to carry out a raid. we haven't to august the 30th to register all the candidates at national level, and they come and take even the documents we have in the other 2 months. a year, tens of thousands of visitors flocked to the forests of the scholar in central mexico where the fireflies put on a vivid display, but visitors, sand. the tourism industry might be putting the luminous bugs they've come to watch on the threat john home and reports a symphony of light in the force of plus gala central mexico. these 5 flight posts and seats in unison, great groups participating in

a joint courtship ritual that coordinated displays. what makes this species 14 as plus your c special and in the last few years, they've had never increasing audience. this is a present for guy l from his girlfriend, erica. they've come all the way from france. they felt that it was a nice idea for his where they already know ladia and different it was a surprise and to today's state authorities say the number of visitors to see the 5 flies doubled in the 6 years before the pandemic level. and that's a cool celebration, but also worry for scientists like carlos called darrell fil, as almost have it in a moment or relevant critique or this is we're going to see them in a critical moment in their lives. and if we disturbed that we disturbed the relationship between them and therefore their reproduction and torchlight phones both distract them sound too if tour is straight from the path. they can also

trample the females who can't fly on. the concern is that if tourism operators here don't take care, they might lose what attracts their clients in the 1st place. we had an up to see the fall flies right now, right? she was quite smooth tool group and each tour operator has a number of people that they're allowed to take up to see the 5 flies each night. we're being told is that the problem can be, is that to operate, to sometimes exceed that number for people that haven't got a license to just take people up anyway and plan to sign tools. it's a problem in a region with a law of economic necessity. 92 months a year to make money from the luminous b $2.00. but many are aware. i'm regulating themselves in quanta lucas in columbus like i like and a lot of the education we give to people is about what not to bring repellant white clothing to be silent for

a waiver to begin. let's just begun oxley go. i'm paying recycling local materials to reduce the environmental impact on mass. so on the, on the sun industry, these platforms are from an industrial part of tough, scala. there is wood not only for the platform, but also for the bed bases. we use this wood that was in place for these quite rustic tape and all the while he's trying to reuse would others, the chopping down trees all over the forest? it's perhaps the biggest threat for the fireflies logging which squeezes their living space. the now every june through august, the visual symphony continues. the challenge for the future is to keep the lights from going out. john holman, audi ozetta plus gala mexico. it's been more than 6 decades since cold war rivalries fuel the space race between the united states and the soviet union. these

days space has opened up and is much less ideological. 70 countries now have space programs and increasingly private companies are doing lots of the heavy lifting world. challenger ports from cornwall in the u. k. in a modest hanger on the scruffy edge of a regional u. k. airport lies a new chapter in space. exploration. this is virgin orbit launch, a one, a rocket deployed from a plane that will take satellites to space and space for cornwall. the new airport expects this to happen for the 1st time. next june, getting here hasn't been easy. it's been a long journey. lots of up and down, we've had funding issues. we had breakfast, we've had changes in administration. we've had a pandemic. we've had this airport almost having to be shot because of the pandemic . we've had a lot of challenges, but we've overcome all of them to get to the point where we're so close to launch. for the 1st of these virgin o bit will use spaceport cornwall as little more than a runway to take off from that construction is underway to build

a facility for loading the satellites. next will be a hanger for the specialized plane. even when this is all finished, that would actually be that much more to see here. certainly nothing to rival the kennedy space center in florida, the united states. but that small footprint is a defining feature of new spaces. the inside is call it nasa the giant is stepping aside. small project conscious commercial operators are a big part of the future. the u. k is trying to position itself as one of the main players in commercial space flight. the government's considering license applications from several contenders. besides, spaceport como, they include space hub sutherland, a vertical rocket launch site on the northern tip of scotland. the shetland space center on the scottish island of ernst and spaceports. no don't in wales, the past decade or so. as soon as the explosion in the desire to have access to space, and that means that having launch access,

having the ability to actually support launches is a very potentially lucrative endeavor for any country to be taking part in. have a state sought in the u. k. does make a lot of sense because we want to be a part of the streaming space sector. there are other motivations. breakfast britain wants to beat the you and become the 1st european country to launch a space rocket from its own side on the continents. although the coming commercial space era will be much less geopolitical than the 1st space race, last century, international rivalries do still feature rory talents out as era combo. ah, this is 0. let's get around on now. the top stories rocket appears to have had a house near campbells, apple. there are conflicting reports of a who was behind. it comes days after a suicide bomb attack killed more than $180.00 people. cha strafford has more from

common locals. they're saying that what they described as a rocket hit a building,