on al jazeera, there are some of the media stories a critical look at the global news media. on al jazeera government shut off access to social media aah! for us target suspected suicide bombers in a drug strike in couple children among the civilians killed the hello money inside. this is out there alive from doha. also coming up, remembering the fall and the u. s. president received the bodies of american soldiers killed and thursdays attack a couple, airport r k. no, i did pushes inland. hundreds of thousands take shelter from offset to be the most powerful storm to hit louisiana's 1850 slots can have ruled. it isn't,

but that these parts of the point will reach helens in cold will and coming up i'll be explaining why this small fight is one of a number of the trying to be the big players in the commercial space market. ah, we begin in afghanistan, where the u. s. has carried out a drone strike targeting suspected suicide bombers. but according to some media reports, 9 members of one family, including 6 children, are among the dead. the strike was launched in the capital kabul, an american official say those targeted were planning to attack the cities at port . it follows a suicide bombing on thursday at the airport, where $175.00 people, including children, were killed child strap. it has the latest from couple it was late

afternoon where we began to get reports of what them was being described as a rocket attack on a building north of the airport just beyond the the perimeter. some photographs have been released since and it shows what seems to be a vehicle that is has been hit close to that house by the side of that house. we heard that they were casualties as well. it was about an hour and a half later where sent come put out a statement saying that the u. s. military had launched a drone strike against was described as a vehicle carrying suicide bombers intent on carrying out an attack on the airport . that is what we know so far interesting. there has been no comment from the taliban. and they were very keen to comment on the back of the 1st drone strike we saw yesterday, which kills to what was described as high priority targets to i saw members

now that's how the band came out and said that they were unhappy because they had not been consulted by the americans before that strike. we've heard nothing from the taliban about what u. s. military says was, was the strong strike this afternoon? so things are still on clear. what's important to recognize is that this evacuation operation of the 2 weeks is winding down very, very dramatically. we've heard very few planes taking off this afternoon from the airport. we know that there are still many people we understand who want to do get on planes and leave afghanistan. we spoke to a group of people on buses this morning that were intent on getting there. that said that they had all the requisite papers, the passport, some sort of official documentation or, or a visa official invitation or a visa they made. they tried to get into the airport but, but were turned back we understand by taliban security. well,

us president joe biden has taken part in a ceremony to receive the bodies of 13 service personnel killed in kabul. there were among the victims who died in a suicide bombing at the airport on thursday. rob reynolds reports a day of sorrow and promises of vengeance. president joe biden and 1st lady jill biden, attended a solemn transfer ceremony for the 13 u. s. service members killed in thursday, suicide bombing at cobble airport. there remains arrived home in flag draped cases and an air force base in delaware. 5 of the dead were 20 years old, just babies when us troops began fighting in afghanistan after the september 11th attacks. their lives lost in the final chaotic chapter of america. the longest war whiten has pledged at the u. s. will hunt down members of the group that claimed

responsibility for the cobble airport attack. the president will stop at nothing to make isis k pay for the death of those americans service members at the cobble airport. he will ensure that we get the people responsible for this, after killing to senior isis k members on friday, another us drones strike destroyed a vehicle outside cobble airport. on sunday, the pentagon said the car was carrying ice ok, suicide bombers, preparing to target the final stages of the u. s. military evacuation. with tuesday's deadline approaching the us and 97 other countries say the taliban has committed to keep providing safe passage out of afghanistan to foreign nationals as well as afghans with travel authorization. we've rally dozens of countries from around the world to stand with us in saying that the taller bond that if they do not follow through on those commitments, there will be significant consequences. and with a new government taking charge,

official say the u. s. will continue to strike at groups and individuals it deems to be threats in country after country, including places like like yemen, like somalia, large parts of syria. lydia place where we don't have boots on the ground on any kind of ongoing basis. we have the capacity to go after people who are trying to do us harm will retain that capacity and f canister in the us national security advisor jake sullivan says that groups like isis k operating in afghanistan do not have the capabilities to carry out attacks in other countries, at least not yet, rob reynolds al jazeera washington. let's bring in gabriel alexander, who is in washington d. c. gave. we've had a response from the u. s. to these reports that civilians including children, are among the dead. in this latest us try and strike what exactly have they had to say? yes, sent com spokes person putting out

a statement late on sunday in response to these media reports of a family that was killed including 6 children, the the sent com spokesperson saying that they are investigating that they are aware of the media reports and that they are saying that they cannot yet confirm that, but in the statement they are saying that there were powerful subsequent explosions after the drone strike insinuating that the drone strike hit the vehicle. and then there were that caused one explosion, killing those inside. but then there were perhaps, according to the sent com subsequent explosions as well emanating from the vehicle . they say again, they're still investigating, but they say send. com says that if any innocent civilians were killed they would

be deeply saddened by by that just to back up again. or what al jazeera has been able to to confirm from our sources at least as 6 people killed in, including 3 children. but late on sunday, there were more media reports coming out of the u. s. and elsewhere identifying that it was actually 9 members of one family, including 6 children that were killed al jazeera, still working to independently verify that information, nevertheless, still sent. com responding and saying they're aware of it. they're continued to investigate. okay, many thanks for that update. gabriel. and as on down in washington, hurricane ida has made land fall along the gulf coast as a powerful category for storm. hundreds of thousands of people in the u. s. taking shelter authorities a warning of an extremely dangerous storm, such as well as catastrophic winds. it is predicted to be the strongest hurricane

to hit the region since the 18 fifty's. the storm is threatening new orleans, 16 years to the day since it was devastated by hurricane katrina, killing more than 1800 people. the most important thing i can say right now is that everyone, everyone should listen to the instructions from local and state officials. just how dangerous this is to take it seriously. it's not just the coast, not just norms, is north as well. the rainfall is expected to be exceedingly high. the people were gulf coast. i want you to know that praying for the best planning occurred for the worst. has heard from phil laval, who's in new orleans. it was being described earlier today as a mom, and that is what it is. you know, you can feel it. you can hear it and we're hearing and saying the effects. now we've got things falling off building to the side of us. i'm what you might see here. what you've other you see here is all the lights have gone out. we've just

lost power here. this is the french course, this is holly central. we're hold, the power never goes out here. this is one of the places i always keep on. and it's just gone out. and this is what's happening across your lives. now we'll have a report. areas where they completely lost paula. as expected, withholding somewhere is a 911 emergency lines are down so people cannot call the authority of one. i see you hospital that is treating co patient has also lost power. so now they're scrambling to try to get people to safety, what they call, they call god, sorry, because you cannot go inside outside in the winds off. so strong, restoring 40 kilometers an hour. so rain is coming down in absolute case. i mean, this road is like a river, it is flooding. there are some areas where they all really creating the effects they already being flooded on the problem. they've got it. so this tool is not moving in the way that many had predicted. you say, what happened with with this is as i have it towards the southern shores of the

united states, i gathered pe, he went through this rapid intensification process. it is why it's a very big, very quickly because it feeds off the war war is in the gulf of mexico flight for a gasoline to apply. it just makes it go up very, very quickly. but what happens is the saw moves over lambs. i'm sorry to lose some of its intensity, so it hit as a category for and it's supposed to then move in london thought who whistles out a little bit, but it's not. it is still here. it is growing by the looks of things according to the map because what it's doing is it is reading off the wall. what was i remember that there was a lot of fun here. not only that there is so much rain that is fully. it is also feeling feeling of was a lot of course and huge concerns as all the concerns about infrastructure. we have sewage funds put it down because they pump and not able to drain the water. we have concerns about 2 euclid plans which are very well protected,

but this is intense. the oil refineries to self reduction. the exploitation of natural gas. it's not the salt reduction. and that is before we get to the subject of people who are trapped in the still ahead on al jazeera, seeking south korean pockets on display south gowns arriving on foot, hoping for a better life as one of the deadliest attacks in yemen, civil war and the soldiers killed in the latest escalation with the fight. ah, ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored by cut on airways. hello. that is more heavy rain on the way for central parts of china. as we looked to east asia, you can see the cloud cover showing the may you from the pushing those torrential

rains across to the east. but to the north of this and to the south. that is looking a lot dry, a beijing seeing a lot of sunshine and it's in the story for shanghai, but central pots of china, in particular he non problems and shang, don't province. like you to see some very heavy, torrential rains. we are expecting more flooding in these areas and come choose day . it's going to be the korean peninsula that once again gets us soaking. and we could see some flooding and possible mat mud slides with that. for now, japan managers to say relatively dry, the wet weather is coming to the north. later on in the week and i was moved to south asia. it's looking very wet across the north eastern states, as well as pots of bangladesh in a pole and tanned that thanks to low pressure in the bay of ben gall, that's fueling those monsoon rains. we seen flash flooding in central northern parts of bangladesh. we could see more as those rains continue to for now central parts of india are expected to be inundated with rain. and as we get to choose day, it's going to be on by that sees the thunderstorms with wet weather all the way

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watching out a 0 mind of our top stories. this, our us forces have launched a drug strike enough gun. the stones capital kabul targeting would be suicide bombers. they say plan to attack the cities port according to some media reports, 9 members of one family including 6 children are among the dead. us president joe biden has taken part in the ceremony to receive the bodies of service personnel killed in couple. there among the 175 people who died in a suicide bombing at the f o. r k. neither has made land for along the gulf coast as a powerful category for storm. hundreds of thousands of people in the us have been taking shelter for she's the warning of xtreme lea dangerous storms, edge, catastrophic wind. while ida is forecasted to be the strongest hurricane to hit the region since 1850 many all ferrying

a repeats of the devastation caused by katrina's 16 years ago. gillian wolf has his report on the 16th anniversary of hurricane katrina and even more powerful storm has struck the louisiana coast. hurricane i'd up pummeling down on the city of new orleans. thousands of people across louisiana state have left in a mass exodus with many fearing history could repeat itself. we decide to take all yeah, because just like we heard, katrina will not be here for the so we are taking a chance, leaving business owners boarded up shops and vehicles. jammed roads as officials warn people to evacuate immediately on this airport scenes of cale with all flights in and out of new orleans cancelled. others chose to stay, put with wait it out and see what happens. you know, when they today we do,

we did all right out, you know, pray to god, you know, we stay safe. thought we already sending a warning to those baffling down. you need to be prepared. prepared for damaging when power outages, heavy rain tornadoes. what i'm told is that this storm in no way will be weakening. president joe biden has ordered an emergency supply of food, water, and other essentials to some states already struggling with the pandemic. with deployed 503 mer, emergency response personnel in texas and louisiana. in day, in addition to 2000 fema personnel already supporting our covered response in the region seen from space and in the skies, the storm has grown rapidly and as packing winds of 225 kilometers an hour, the this plane feeling at 1st hand as it flies into the eye of the

storm on the ground flood, gates are shocked. it's feared a possible title surge of up to 3 meters. could put much of the louisiana shoreline under water and billions of dollars spent on protecting the region. since katrina may not be enough to withstand this storm gillian wolf al jazeera. meanwhile, hurricane nora has been downgraded to a tropical storm as it moves its way up mexico, pacific coast. torrential rains and heavy winds of course, flooding fell trees and damaged power and roads. nor made land for as a category one hurricane on saturday. last week, hurricane grace killed 8 people off they had hit their crews. us return now to our top story off gowns who missed evacuation flights, something in cars by the west to try to leave by land borders authorities and neighboring focused on denying media reports of unprecedented numbers entering via

spin bolduc and talk and borders. somebody divide has moved to come every day, thousands of up guns and purchased on east cross the border here. it's been boulder since the taliban stake over upon the sun. their numbers have increased significantly. among them are members of the has our ethnic group from central of understand. they told out there that some fans are trying to find the flight of like a son to other countries. while it is a seeking refuge with families in the city of quarter, the for the north people appealed to officials at the door hum crossing to be allowed through some desperately want to be united. the family members are there's a seeking medical care focused on says only those with valid passports and visas are allowed to cross. the taliban says it's not blocking people from leaving that have guns must have the correct paperwork valid, and officials at the border. acknowledge people are suffering economic hardship and have gone is done. but say things will get better over time. as you saw,

the 2nd there is it's all about inflation at the door from crossing. he says the country's new rulers have restored peace and ended lawlessness. but between professionals like engineers inducted, leaving many are convinced where he's at the border to greet his families, returning from the sun. he also wants to go to the united states. no one can actually the damn thing because everyone has has experienced the 31 government previous 20 years before. so no, no one can. no one can. yeah. i also really don't testimony. the united nation fears up to half a 1000000 people could leave a gun on in the next few days. and be like funny officials on this side of the board to say that they're already hosting millions of africans and a further influx. but further post challenges, not just for aid, for security as well. there are 222-5000 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 man, the border. after the, i've gone army with away with all of on to go over without much resistance and has made promises of peace and forgiveness. the next test is to convince people to stay under its rule because i'm a majority down to 0 or some border crossing. hardin, lying is the vice president for programs and policy refugees international. he says the concern about a looming humanitarian crisis, enough kind of stones for some months now. many of us sort of the refugee rights community have been concerned about what we would see as the sort of top on marched north and surgical remarks, shanks, a territory, what the implications would be for those afghans we'd be seeking safety. as we see, the end of the us evacuation us lead evacuation effort out of the airport and cobble it's just no surprise that we're seeing increasing numbers of people trying

to make their way to the pakistani border to try to get across. we heard the same thing happening in the border the wrong. in essence, this is the natural thing for folks to do in the challenges that the evacuation itself really only got the tip of the iceberg of afghans who will be feeling vulnerable or at risk under a telephone regime. so we absolutely anticipate these numbers are going to increase in the short term and then growing over time. not only because of telephone repression potentially coming, but also because afghanistan is in the heart of a pre severe humanitarian crisis, will have the population needs, humanitarian assistance. and the ability of the nation to me to provide that assistance be temporarily has had a major obstacle with these are avenue of the taliban control, the country several palestinians happen injured during process along the border separating the strip from israel, israeli army, fight at demonstrators who was setting move fires and throwing rocks and explosive

devices at the fence. approaches to place ours off to israeli war plains carried out a series of strikes on the ledge. thomas told him on saturday, who the rebels have attacked yelman's largest air base in the south with drones and missiles at least as the soldiers were killed at a nod military base in large province. the base is used by many government forces backed by saudi arabia and the u. s. e. dozens of people were injured and some of being taken to hospitals and aiden. 5 of an explosion happened at the end of the military base. it says to myself, hit the barracks, and there were more than 50 people inside. after 20 minutes, a 3rd mis, i'll hit the base. and then around 20 more minutes later, drones came, but we were able to put one down. many people were killed and injured. had a lot knows associate research at so us university of london and the order of yemen in crisis. the road to war. she says the attack is part of

a more complicated series of events that have been unfolding in yemen. the base is in the south, and it's also a base whose actual management is not entirely clear. because although it's officially under the internationally recognized government, it's also got southern separatists involved in it. so i think this is the, this, the package part of the sect of other events that are taking place in the men at the moment. it seems important to, you know, regrets the death of so many young men who presumably lounge most of whom have only been involved there because they're trying to, i'm some money and it's also important to not creek pre conditional cree clued, you know, the actual way this fits into the em, any struggle at the moment. they have not been any serious discussions on

negotiations now since december 2018. and the whole of the last year or the last year and a special envoy was spent trying to set up for sci fi, and he has now moved on to another position. i think what is really important with respect to the future is the fact that the new you and special envoy is coming into his position next week. well, on the 5th of september, and that unlike his predestined since he is not a british, and he's not closely related to the brick in any way. and if you repeat in and, and on top of that is from a neutral u. p. s. country. so this is actually an opportunity for europe and europe pm's to start with a new and different approach to the situation which would be more realistic and would focus on the actual reality of the current situation in yemen.

meanwhile, yemen has received its 1st batch of johnson and johnson's coven. 19 vaccines, all the 151000 doses, arrived at abe and aiden applewood under the global kovak scheme. the country is now received about half a 1000000 doses through the us back to initiative. when a 1400 yemenis have died from the virus so far, israel is offering booster shots of the code 900 bucks, seen to any one above the age of 12. the country began administering said shots that defies the job to the elderly last month. health officials say a booster is needed because the effectiveness of the vaccine weakens. after 6 months. thousands of people in greece have rallied against mandatory curve, noisy vaccines for health work. at least 5 pay gas and water cannon to despise crowds like gathered outside parliament, demonstrated through fled that offices poll show. the majority of greeks do support the proposal. now

a volcano and these helen island. if sicily has erupt, it again, sending ash and love it into the mount, is the largest of italy's 3 active volcanoes last iraq did back in february. the display could be seen by residents in the nearby city of catania extension. rebellion protests as in london have rallied against the climate exhibition that's being sponsored by the oil john show. the exhibit is apasetti science museum, demonstrate to say the sponsorship agreement damages the reputation of museum. the protest as a q shell of being the 4th most punishing company in the world has been more than 6 decades since cold war rivalries. fueled a space race between 2 superpowers, the u. s. and the soviet union. while these de space has, of course, opened up more than 70 countries,

now have space programs. and increasingly private companies happened leading the way. or each helens has this report from cornwall. 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 satellite to space and space for cornwall. the new key airport expects this to happen for the 1st time. next june. getting here hasn't been easy. it's been a long journey locked with up and downs. we've had funding issues. we had breakfast, we've had changes and administration. we've had a panoramic, we've had this airport almost having to be shut 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 orbit will use space for 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 old jain to 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 flights. the government's considering license applications from several contenders. besides spaceport comb, will they include space hub sutherland, a vertical rocket launch site on the northern tip of scotland. the shetland space center on the scottish audit of ernst and spain, sports know donia 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 parted, to have a space 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 hugh and become the 1st european country to launch a space rocket from its own soil on the continent. although the coming commercial space era will be much less geopolitical than the 1st space race, last century, international rivalries do still feature, reach helen's out his era, comal. ah, era, these are the top stories. us forces have launched a drones.