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between top is railey and palestinian leaders of the prime minister. natalie bennet returns from the united states. the global nuclear watchdog raises the alarm north korea, reportedly restarting operations at its main nuclear plot. ah, us evacuations are in the final hours as it winds down. it's 20 you mission in afghanistan, the last few flights. so taking off from cobble airport, several rockets were fired towards the airport. a few hours ago i schools wing enough chemist on has claimed responsibility some way intercepted by an anti missile defense minister miss system. us troops are the last to leave among the international forces, more than 110000 people, including afghans at risk. i've been flown out in the past 2 weeks, but dozens of afghans remain there stranded. a looming humanitarian crisis there

has set in motion a flurry of diplomatic moves. secretary state us secretary, stay anthony, blinking will hold a virtual meeting with several allies and regional powers, including copper and turkey of france and the u. k. will urge the un security council to protect civilians and ensure a safe passage for those who want to escape. we have 3 correspondence covering all the latest developments on afghanistan. alan fisher is in washington, d. c. for us, christian salumi at the united nations. the 1st live to rob mcbride's in cobble. so rob, what is the latest we're hearing on those rocket attacks? yeah, i mean, these rockets were launched early monday morning and it has to be said it must be. it's a troubling attack psychologically for the us in that final stages of this evacuation . although it seems that the actual damage was done,

that islamic state affiliate here, and i've kind of stand, has claimed responsibility. they say total of 6 could choose to get style. rockets were fired at school from the back of a car, a vehicle. we have seen video uploaded of a vehicle on fire. that presumably was the vehicle from which these rockets were lodged. now the us had been warning about some sort of attack in particular a rocket attack that mentioned that specifically. then they have an anti rockets defense system in operation at the airport. they use that and it seems to have been effective according to the us. although it does seem as though one rocket managed to get through. but as of this, our, the evacuation operation continues. and as it does so, we've been hearing once more us warplanes overhead. now they've been flying high altitude patrols for several days now. but interestingly, on this monday evening, here they have at least one or 2 of those jets have been flying low,

maybe 5000 feet above the ground, which makes them louder and also visible. it's not often that you see these jets but they are visible. and if they are visible, that's probably because the americans want them to be. so this is really, i think a show of. 3 us as to peer reality, a projection of that, and it has a twofold purpose, it's, it's a booster morale boost to us forces on the ground because whatever joe biden has said, this is something of a withdrawal, a defeat of sorts for the u. s. as they complete this evacuation, but it also sent the message to the sort of groups who been launching these attacks . the american as to peer reality remains very much in play here. and it is a warning to anybody else who's trying to launch attacks of the lethal consequences that can be delivered from on high and was saying they're already a rob. these evacuations coming down to the final hours. now these lifts out of cobble airport has that been going they have been

continuing throughout the day here. we're getting into the hours of darkness. now it is sunset here. the main most behind where we have a cold surprise at the evacuation flights of being continuing from the international airport over to my left. and in fact, you see these big c 17 lumbering off into the sky behind a hill really regular intervals throughout the afternoon into this evening. so it is continuing a pace i just when it ends that the americans will surely know when exactly that will be presumably sometime between now and this deadline that has been set of august the 31st, which is tuesday midnight our time. but as they do reduce, of course the civilians african civilians being taken out have been told that there will be no more places for them on these flights. really concentrating on the u. s . military at this stage as they draw down the us garrison, the others they do,

of course, sent the taliban under agreement with the taliban take over more parts of the airport as the u. s. counts down the hours until they are finally out of cobble and out about dennis. done. rob, thank you. rob mcbride in cobble for a so to washington, then alan fisher is at the white house for us. so alan, what are you hearing from your end about those evacuations and in particular, the u. s. coordination such as it is with the taliban. well, just remember the u. s. a said that those evacuations will go on until the very last minute. so it could be the very last flight either even has people that need to leave the country, but mainly it will be the military. essentially, everyone in washington would like to be able to close that. i wake up on wednesday morning and realize that it's all done. the evacuation is over the united states involvement and i've can extend over the last 20 years has come to an end. and there has been no more loss of life either of american service, men and women,

or of afghan civilians. because of course, at the 13 bodies of those who died in the suicide bombing return to the united states on sunday. your bike went to that service in delaware, and of course there was the attack on what they thought was a car bomb drawing strike right in the heart of the bill which killed the number of innocent civilians and children among them. so the u. s. one space to be over, it has been a political disaster for joe biden, in years to come, they will pick upon who made the mistakes and when, how much blame is to be laid on, on the decision by donald trump, to reach an agreement with the taliban but there's no doubt at the moment the american people are focused on the fact of what happened over the last 2 weeks, and it has not played well politically for job bite. and so the white house would like this to be done and done soon. but there is this understanding though, that the u. s. can continue to take people out off to the 31st the u. s. saying

that it has some leverage on that. what, what exactly does that leverage involve? that's right. the us or the number of other countries saying that the taliban has agreed that people can still leave after august the 31st. if they have a passport, if they have the necessary papers. sullivan, who is the national security advisor, then give details on what that leverage was. but it's clear that the taliban need a lot from the west. first of all, they need a to make sure that the country continue to what they need financial help as well. and also they want diplomatic recognition to have any success of an uprising volt that has to be popular support. and certainly the color bon got that according to the list i've spoken to because at the government incapable was seen as crime ridden corrupt. but the lives of audrey afghans was not getting any better while they felt the least were doing much better. and that is why the taliban got so much support. and so they would not have been difficult job of running the country to do

that. they need aid the access to financial instruments and they also need diplomatic recognition. now it seems that the taliban are saying one thing, but those on the ground on following through that because there's no clear line of command if the taliban is to use joe biden is what a bit of a rag tag army is successful, right? tag army. but a rag tag army, and so sometimes the leadership say one thing and it doesn't happen on the ground, but people being turned back at the airport even though they have the papers. and so they will want to make sure that what the taliban is saying they actually deliver and people will be able to leave after august the 31st alan. thank you alan fish in washington for us. let's go to chris the salumi, who is live at the united nations and kristin, we're, we're hearing about this un security council meeting that's happening later. monday between the 5 permanent members. what are we expecting? yes, we are expecting a meeting of the false security council in

a few hours time with the withdrawal of us forces imminent, the united kingdom and france have been pushing a resolution that will guarantee the unimpeded access to the airport for agencies and civilians alike in cobble the un has been sounding the alarm, very worried about a growing humanitarian crisis in the country, particularly after us forces leave and international attention is diverted. just earlier today, the 1st shipment of medicine and surgical supplies from the world health organization made it into afghanistan. but it was only able to do so by flying into mazar, e sharif. a lot of steps were taken in order to get that 8 in because of the security situation in cobble the resolution would allow that we would call on the taliban to guarantee that safe access. we also know that unit south,

the children's aid organization is expected to brief later today about the increasingly dire situation for children in the country. the high commissioner for refugees, filippo grande's has pointed out that there's 3 and a half 1000000 displaced people within the country. a half 1000000 of them just from the last year. so the real concern is that as the americans leave attention does not get diverted and help does not get in. so that's what this resolution is designed to prevent. and we are expecting a vote on that in a few hours time. kristen, thank you. kristen salumi at the united nations. how pakistan's army says 2 of its soldiers were killed in an attack along the afghan border. the military saying attack is from inside afghanistan. fight at a military post in your district, bach has gone, says it retaliated and killed some of the attackers, and it comes at a time when thousands of afghans are

a border crossings trying to enter pockets done. come, aud has more from the tor hum border crossing between afghanistan and pucks on board the border door. hum, address screened, boys that got open. and the avalon rela didn't aren't able to crush into pockets. on an august i need going to a virus dog or a family wishing to go back to the widest on crossing that border. however, that hideous incident along the border and budgets dawn of god condemning that and strong job saying that they expected the president government and the future government of one is done to ensure that the that dag do not take place. because that would be undertaken, given by that dollar bond, that they will destroy will not be used against any other country. now, also important to know that the air traffic comes through a hard the oil light will be on the border because there is still

a lot of wind to wishing to leave the country. some of them may choose to come across into budget on and you will learn borders, read budget on north still ahead on edge the arkan ida basses the us state in louisiana. we live in new orleans where tens of thousands of people are without out. millions of people in china are struggling to cope off the losing their jobs in a crackdown on the education sector. ah. hello there. let's thought in south asia and for india, which seems to be flooding across a some states in the northeast. that's thanks to heavy monsoon rains. we've had more than 250000 people affected by the flooding, but not just here. it's also in bangladesh. we've got rivers above danger levels

and we've seen flash flooding in the north and north central areas. we could see more of that as those rains continue to fall, but they really do pick up across the west coast of india. on tuesday we've got amber alert, thought for good, you're right, state and con, can and go well, we could see some flooding as those torrential downpours kick in. but for the south it is looking a lot finer. we got a few showers coming into sri lanka and up in the north is wet weather for new delhi. and it is looking west for the north of pakistan from when stay. now it's looking very wet as well across the central areas of china as we move to east asia . the may you front is passing those pockets of torrential rain to the east. so shangdorf provinces likely to see some very heavy falls. we could see flooding here . and by wouldn't say the korean peninsula is going to be inundated with rain. that is going to move towards japan. there was sunshine ahead of this, but the wet weather is going to kick in from the mid week. the

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you're watching, i just had a reminder of our top stories this out. several rockets, i've been fight cobble airport as the last us flights take off before tuesday's departure deadline. i so case says it was behind the attack. un security council members are meeting to discuss the continuation of 8 efforts in afghanistan separately. the u. s. is holding a virtual meeting with allies and regional partners, turkey and contract to discuss the future of the countries. for the 1st time in a decade, palestinians and israelis have held high level talks. palestinian president mahmud that bass spoke to israel. defense minister benny against for over 2 hours in ramallah can says they discuss security and the economy and the supply west bank and gaza. that follows israeli prime minister, enough totally bennett visit to the united states where he met president joe biden . natasha when he is in western whistling. prime minister natalie bennett is already down playing the meeting. he's saying there was no quotes diplomatic

process with the palestinians, nor will there be one home asked. the group that governs the gaza strip, is condemning the meeting, say that is or characterizing it as a political failure. we've reached out to the palestinian authority or the p. a for comment. we have yet to hear back from them. it's this meeting is happening as there are nightly protesting clashes between palestinians in the gaza strip and israeli soldiers since last week to palestinians have been killed. and israeli soldier shot in the head. anger is simmering over the fact that israel has been slow to allow desperately needed aid and reconstruction materials into the gaza strip. so while there might be a pivot in terms of engagement, been a decade since mahmoud abbas, the president of the palestinian authority, has met with such a high level member of the israeli government. do not expect

a pivot in terms of policy. rather, it's in keeping with what this new government in power since june has said it would do. the syrian government forces are increasing the number of attacks on the southern city of there are activists there, posted these images showing the moment a number of missiles hit, one of the main masks in a residential neighborhood. thousands of people have fled the heavy shelley in the past days. city was put under a blockade in june. there a size north korea has restarted its main nuclear reactor to produce weapons fuel you want to make agency says it observed the discharge of cooling water from the plant indicating it's in use the u. s. official. say the development on the scores . what they say is the urgent need for dialogue and diplomacy on the nuclear ization. a robert kelly is a professor of political science and diplomacy at tucson national university. he believes north korea is taking advantage of political changes in the us and

elsewhere. and then our friends don't really tell us very much about why they make decisions. they don't print documents and things like that. the doctoral statements for us to push through, you know, so that's kind of criminology. i would say that the north koreans probably are thinking that negotiations with the americans are over right. donald trump is out of office. you may recall that trump met kim jong and several times, but now he's gone. and the bio team is looking at a lot of other things besides north korea. and so the americans aren't particularly pushing hard and north korea one way or another. i think the buying people would like to have conversations and some have negotiations for the north, but fairly pushing forth where the trunk people did. so i think if you're the north koreans, the thinking is, you know, look, i mean there's nothing going on. the americans are offering us anything. the current south korean president is lane keep out of office in 6 months. right. so why don't we serve, restart this and keep making weapons right? because the weapons are, would give north korea leverage, right? and they've got, you know, 30 instead of 20 or 100 instead of, you know, 50 or whatever. we don't know how many they have been. this gives them more

bargaining chips when eventually negotiations take place again. and of course that they don't in the north and the weapons student or korean security and other more the better. so i think it's really just sort of a, a reflection of the stalemate. negotiations of the last 6 months or people on the u . s. gulf coast are waking up to damage towns flooded streets and no electricity at south harkin. ida may land phone in new orleans as a category for storm late on sunday. either has since been downgraded to a tropical storm. the forecast is warning. the danger is not over, more flooding is expected. as the storm moves north will fill of l is life force in new orleans. so fill just what's the situation there right now? well hey, it is. it is morning after the night before the proverbial morning of the night before the winds only stopped a few hours ago. it was 9 20 in the morning here. we had them throughout the night

. and so, and so now people are waking up that's surveying the damage, i mean, have in the french quarter. there isn't a huge amount of damage, things of forums and buildings between a few people out and seeing where the bricks a fall and slates a fall. and that kind of thing, but the big problem is those people who are trapped and the other issue is there is no power. so the electricity went down had just as the storm had, just around sunset around 56 o'clock in the evening. probably the worst time for that to happen, and this is not just a local outage. the entire city of new orleans is without power. that is a 1000000 plus people in the city and the surrounding areas. now it's being called a catastrophic transmission faded up to technical time. although the boss of the power company has said my quote, the grid is 100 percent. smashed that blaming. hundreds of snaps telephone lines. power lines which came down on the whole thing just went completely could put and this is a big problem. this is not just an issue of people waking up the next morning and they call and turn the tv on the corner charge that phones. people are stranded in

their homes. it is hot, here it is human. this is louisiana in august. so people can't keep cool if they need to keep cool because maybe they have medical conditions and they couldn't leave that as a really big problem. they can't keep their food safe because the food is going to spoil very quickly in this heat. and we were told by the authorities, but every person who was staying needed to have supplies for at least 72 hours. it also means that people call called con, contact the emergency services. we know that yesterday during the storm, the 911 system went down, its been coming up sporadically. people were given an alternative number to call. but how do people know this that they call watch tv because they've got no power. so we're getting these emergency alerts, but they're few and far between. and the other issue is that a hospitals also lost power. now some of them have generators. you could probably hear the distant home in the background because some this is do have generators. but these are hospitals that are also treating people with kobe, because louisiana is now and it's for the wife infections of through the roof. so these people need medical attention and they need power. so they are trying

frantically to get power back. but we're told that this might be a situation where power is restored for a number of weeks, not a few days, a number of weeks. we've got people who are trapped in their home. so using social media to try to alert emergency services as to where they are. but remember, they don't have power once again. that's a problem because one thing that phone batteries do not work well with is heat. and when they're trying to latch onto a cellular service, the sally cellular, how is all down? and huge area is one of the major carriers is down in this area. another one is failing so that batteries aren't going to last so long. then it becomes a situation where people are trying to identify from which homes have people. and we saw drilling, katrina, people clambering through the tops that they roofs. we're probably going to see that again because lot of these homes are single level, so people have only the roof to go say the areas are submerged in terms of similarity. so we don't seem to have too much in terms of flooding compared to katrina. but it's still a pretty bad situation here. all right,

thanks for that. phil phil of l. life for us in new orleans. i p o p as prime minister abbey. and that is meeting regional leaders as international pressure is building to end the conflict in the northern te gray region is the latest trip to come to wanda, where he met with president pul, gummy. earlier he met the uganda in president. you're where he was 70, united nations sector. general. antonio gutierrez is calling on all foreign troops to leave e. c o. p. content urged all parties to push for a last thing, sci fi in t grey. well, homo has this update from neighboring, kenya. we don't know whether the prime minister is any close to agreeing to wall pots with the ticket rebels, something he has been refusing for a while now, despite lot of international pressure on him and the war as a prime minister, football refusing to take off the people's liberation from rebels from the

ridges start off terra organization as something that will pay the way for talks between his government and the rebels who seem top is certain in the past couple of months by the smaller groups in the venetian will go much region as well. as the for the oral regions joining rungs with them on 2nd, the war to the government causing even more problems for civilians across the country. and we are seeing a lot of shuttle diplomacy in the past few days. the president of can, you can now to the south to that he says, and so, but q paid a visit to prime minister. i be trying to convince him to hold the stock love to continue and was appointed for judy and president of global fund, or something that's already been rejected by the rebels will calling the african union biased. so at this point in time,

we do not know whether these talks will be held off total, but that despite all the fighting continues, and many, many people have been uprooted from their homes in the past few months as the war in europe. and in this region, they sign up for coverage, and they real and culpable fear that any out all out war in, if you will have them, if occasions flop, you want it's borders. as amby, as newly elected president has made some big changes, again that he g, lima, has appointed new military chiefs and replaced or police commissioners. he said he hopes to pave the way for a new era for zambia, by restoring the rule of law and respect for fundamental freedoms for me to mila, has more from johannesburg, zambia as newly elected president, icons, hytcher. lemme says the new appointments have been made to replace what he calls the previous governments. heavy handedness rights groups had criticized his

predecessor in lieu of cracking down on descent and opposition parties, including at that time now president teacher had been arrested several times as leader of opposition party in the u. n. d. and they also continued to be some tensions during election. earlier this month, on sunday he spoke to church leaders and attendees saying no one would be sent to jail, criticizing the u. p in the alliance government. and also that he plans to fix problem areas. the in the new government, which include tackling poverty, hunger, joblessness, and a lack of business opportunities regarding the new commanders which include the army and the it was chief who chill. emma says they should restore the rule of law . and there's also indicated that more changes should be expected in china, many teachers and education workers have been banned from tutoring, students for profit. the government hope the band will ease financial pressures on

families and reduce the cost of raising a child. katrina, you reports from beijing wolf street english once or private tutoring session to chinese students, keen to improve through extra steady. ah, now it's one of more than $1000.00 companies, forced to close their doors. following sweeping education regulation tutoring companies can no longer teach compulsory school subjects teach during school hours . not earn a profit. thousands of foreign juices like catherine peterson, have suddenly found themselves redundant. the american has taught english and critical thinking skills in china for 5 years. this is going to impact the industry a lot and especially now with cove. it is so hard for foreigners to come into the country to. i think it might mean a huge downsizing of the industry. many parents invested in chooses to help their

children boost their results in hyper competitive exams known as cow cow that they need to pass to get into universities. but many say john is tutoring industry that was once worth an estimated $140000000000.00 is now decimated. can you shop lost her job as an administrator in one of china's biggest tutoring companies? and is now struggling to find work to sure. yeah, you know, the how does hierarchy got his name? is she just because of the huge demand this industry was blooming, but it put a lot of pressure on parenting because extra tutoring is not the chinese government. it's cracked on private tutoring, reduce the cost of raising a child and ease pressure on family. china's birth rate is knowing and authorities a desperately trying to encourage couples to have more children. but analysts say this isn't the only goal. authorities also want to encourage investment in more innovative areas of china's i t industry's to create greater competition with high

tech companies in the west. amazon the nothing. how lee in the space technology is the country mars budge knows the i t giants in china and they are making money of parents and dieties. but some worry that the government badly just lead to a black market in private tutoring, just because the government has banned or is trying to cut back on a certain kind of education. i don't mean that was thought parents from trying to pursue it. the government says it's offering support to thousands of people affected by the measures, but that may not be enough to help all of those reeling from the shock of seeing that teaching career in china. suddenly at an end, katrina, you are the 0 aging. ah, it is actually get around them now. other top stories, several rockets have been fight cobble airport as the last us flight to take off

before tuesdays departure deadline. i see. okay, says it was behind the attack. rob mcbride has more from cob. these rockets were loans.