people who came out of afghanistan were africans at risk in one way or another, including a significant number of s i d 's renee. yeah. that you were talking to remain that you were talking about and potentially bring to 3rd come for processing. what does that look like? what are you doing right now to get those? that's ivy's who were left behind. so a few things on that. there are a lot of things happening from the political to the practical to enable us to continue to bring people out of afghanistan who wished to leave, including, of course, any remaining american citizens who, who want to leave, including s i. d 's including afghans at risk, including also 3rd country nationals who may be there. the political i've already touched on, which is to say, working from the commitments that the taliban has made. we have worked intensely across the international community to set a very clear,

international expectation of what the world is looking for from the taliban when it comes to freedom of travel. now enshrined among other things you want security council resolution that by the way, is significant. a number of ways, one of which is that, as you know, the taliban, among other things as seeking sanctions relief, un sanctions. it is seeking the ability for its leaders to travel freely which again under un sanctions they currently cannot do absent an exemption. and if the taliban government is in violation of this latest security council resolution on freedom of travel, it'll be pretty hard to see how they would get, for example, that kind of relief. that's just one example. so that's the, that that's part of the political piece and we're in very, very active coordination with like minded countries around the world. so that we're all we continue to work together and use the leverage and influence. we have to

hold the taliban to the commit, mrs. mate, the practical though, is also very important. making sure that there is the ability for people to travel as a, as a practical matter, the airport in trouble where a tremendous amount of work was done in the last days of the military evacuation operation to make sure that we got and then shared with other countries the very detailed information necessary for how to get the, the civilian airport up and running. once we left, including even bringing the american contractors back, who's been running the airport for 20 years. and we, we've shared a tremendous amount of very detailed information. and some of our apartment countries are not working to make that real 2nd looking. and i'm not going to go into detail here, but looking at different, different ways of being able to travel out out of afghanistan across land. and again, some of that will be will be self evident,

as well as making sure that we have very clear and precise plans to help people as, as necessary, use those routes outside of that can stand. so all of that is being put into place as we speak. thank you. you've been 48 and team, sit here and talked about the 100 americans who remain in those 4 days. has that number changed at all? has been you have anymore. people managed to get out and if so, how and you talk a lot about the conversations that are being had around how to get more people out, whether it's atkins or americans, has that been more solidified. and is there any sense that the, the tell them may re, neg, on their, on their decision to, to allow those people?

yeah, thanks. so a couple of things on this, as i mentioned, we are in very regular contact with relatively small number american citizens who remain it and afghan stan and indicated that they're interested in leaving. and we have dedicated teams assigned to each of these american citizens to be in constant contact with them. we're providing them with very tailored, very specific guidance. let me just say that for their protection. and also to protect the viability of the art tactics. i'm not going to go into any details beyond that for now, just to say that we're very active contact and again, people need to understand the position. so many of this

relatively small group of people are, are in as i said, throughout the show for many months going back many months. going back to march, we issued 19 different notices to those registered with the, with the embassy, as i said, encouraging them. and then urging them to, to leave afghanistan. and then when the evacuation actually began a few weeks ago, there was an intense, our, by our effort to be in contact with those who, who nonetheless remained. and as i've talked about before, i think in the course of those 2 weeks with this small group of people, 55000 phone calls, initiated something like 30000 emails, 6000 americans, we were able to, to evacuate. but part of the,

the reason that some small number remain is that for this particular group, as i said, these are almost exclusively people who have been living in afghanistan for years, for decades, in some cases, for, for all their lives and afghanistan is home. and so it's especially wrenching for them to make the decision about whether to leave or not. and in a number of cases, we were in contact with people who told us at 1st that they didn't want to leave. then decided that they did, or some who said, yes, they did, and have now decided that they don't. my only point here is that we are in very direct active contact with this group and there is absolutely no deadline. on this work, we're going to be in very close touch and as they desire to leave,

we're going to make sure that we're doing everything we can to help them do exactly that. thank you. thank you to your extra state entity been can recapping efforts the door that at the moment to evacuate, those afghans who are at risk or us citizens were still in afghanistan. he talked about his plan to travel on sunday to doe hon castle for talks on the african crisis. and then from that go into germany. he said also that the u. s. continues to maintain channels of communication with taliban on what you described as issues important to us. and he said that to the expectation for the taliban from the u. s . to see increase liberty in the african government, one that makes good on taliban commitment. so recap there from and anybody can on what next for the african crisis? well, in the meantime, hundreds of families if fled the pension region and that kind of strong of the heavy fighting between taliban and resistance forces for control of the country's

final hold out province. several 1000 fighters from regional groups and remnants of the government's armed forces of massed in the rugged valley region, 150 kilometers north. a couple resisted taliban rule. during the 1990s, number of casualties is hard to verify. as roads are blocked and mobile phone systems cut off, draw, stratford has report from global ha. smoke rises over the town of gould, the hall, the entrance to the punchier valley and northeast af gonna stone. neither the soviets, during the 1980s war, nor the taliban had ever managed to control this mountainous region around a 100 kilometers north of cobble. a shells lands nearby. taliban fighters, ready their weapons. men in this village say they have driven their wives and children to safety. they angry. i'm scared. i'd rather not go down to the americans

betrayed us. president, god betrayed us to you left us under the canons and tank and we can stop either side fighting. how much can they kill their brothers? how much can they kill their fellow guns? they have to stop fighting. it's all about dr. american military vehicles and pick up trucks taking fighters to and from the front line. thousands of men like these are cross off gun his dont have no little else, but conflict and war all their lives. phil jump on a federal mission general and the fighting started 3 days ago. now we've taken a lot of areas up there by the antenna. we have no issue with the civilians. we are here to defend the rights people are staying in their homes. the national resistance front of afghan is donnell and r. f is believed to be several 1000 strong and made up of mainly ethnic tragic fighters and former afghan army soldiers . the group was led by this man led masoud. he's british military academy trained,

and the son of a sharma suit who fought against the soviets. and the taliban was assassinated by uh, clyde a 2 days before the $911.00 attacks in 2001 off the suit is demanding the taliban foreman, inclusive government, which guarantees the rights of all afghan histones, ethnic minorities, including ethnic tactics, who make up around a quarter of the country's population. the fighting started off the 2 weeks of negotiations with the taliban collapsed. we have a lot of equipment with ourselves. we will descend from our relief from our territory until we have won one drop off a lot in our buddy. so we will resist, will be modified here. turn it on, flight is edge of a slope along tracks. they say a heavily mind as we were getting ready to go live, another shell landed close by the taliban. his block phone networks in the valley.

there are growing fears about the estimated a $150000.00 people living inside and many entirely bound controlled areas around gold. the hall. the big concern is that most suits forces are coming round on the mountain ridges. trying to surround this area in order to isolate global ha, love them, they can make we left and go to the heart. but now we are leaving. today i came from cobbled to collect our belongings. i already took my family out. the fighting is ongoing dental shelf. he think people's homes on both sides shutting, call them on the wall. i've got families, flea for their lives in one of the last pockets of resistance to holly bond rule. charles stafford al jazeera, near gould, the hall. i've gone stone officials from cutters, far mystery of landed in cobble. it seemed as another step towards getting the airport ready to receive much needed aid cutter and turkey have already sent

technical teams to help restore operations. we hope our efforts will speed up the full or at least the gradual re operation of the facility. this will help more flight into cabal airport to the diplomatic course. we need to continue to talk with the taliban to iron a certain political issues, namely to ensure the peaceful transition of power, comprehensive political reconciliation, and above all, to restore the countries peace and stability. the 2nd issue is providing humanitarian car doors, and we hope to see this in the coming 24 to 48 hours. the 3rd issue is to ensure the freedom of movement. the british foreign secretary is in islamabad for talks with his august on the counterpart, dominic robbers visiting us kind of sounds neighboring countries to discuss the incoming taliban government. august on foreign minister sha mahmud krishi said his country would support any african government that's backed by the people barcus on his head. it's of hands to decide about the future. we will engage

with a, a government that has the backing of the people of our farthest on. our focus is on the pillows. i'll try to stan, we want to help the people of the stock because we feel we have suffered and the urban union as foreign policy chief says it's ready to engage with the new taliban government in kabul to borrow announced that you countries have agreed to establish a joint presence in cobble, if security allows who have been basket pretty concealed on coordinate in the context with tell events with the telephone with the new government vanish. then including with jain, you presence, ink of all coordinated with that. and i to service if the security conditions allow

for it from that, we should support the departure of nation nosy to be a nation, not that i still there. and i've gotten and risk. and a short time ago we had from the secretary of state antony blinkin, who said he will travel to doha for further talks, rosa jordan was at that briefing and join me live from washington d. c. so it seems as a diplomatic push it in there for the getting with the aftermath of the evacuation . not only is there a big diplomatic push, but there's also going to be a concurrent tom military. thank you. not only will secretary of state antony blake can be traveling to the region in the coming days. but the defense secretary lloyd austin is also going to be in the region in order to thank u. s. military, as well as regional military leaders, for their assistance in the recent evacuation from afghanistan. now the main point

of antony, blinking trip to doha, is to consult, not just with the members of the u. s embassy, who are temporarily working out of that city. but to also consult with cut re leaders who are very keen for among other things, to reopen the airport in cobble so that humanitarian aid can get in. and so that those afghans who want to leave the country will be able to leave. there had been some talk in recent days that perhaps the main airport could have been reopened by friday, but that is turned out to be perhaps a little too ambitious. but certainly the secretary of state wants to be in close coordination, not just with kataria officials, but also with turkish officials who are working on this project to try to keep that all important lifeline between this landlocked country and the outside world open. thank you very much indeed, wasn't jordan, this are

you as president is in the state of louisiana for a 1st time. look at the damage wrought by hurricane ida drove. arden met louisiana governor john bel edwards and other local officials before plan fly over of areas hit by the storm. to rain brought widespread flooding and power. $2000000.00 homes and businesses was cut out a storm hit the gulf coast. at least 9 people were killed in riana, but it's cause more flooding as it moved. ne, with it is 46 people killed across new jersey, new york, and pennsylvania. let's go to christine salumi, who's in elizabeth new jersey. so it's been a pretty terrible time there for people. tell us what's happening now. well, here in new jersey, the death toll has risen to 25 people. and 6 people are still unaccounted for. so it could get even higher than that for of those deaths happened here in elizabeth

new jersey. and to give you an idea of what people were up against, i just want to point out some of the things behind me here. you see the, the cars stacked on top of each other. that's because the water was up to the roof of these vehicles and obviously cars were floating away. they were completely submerged. and this is something we've seen all around the city, cars washed into the streets. now incapacitated, covered with dirt and debris, clearly you can see that the water was over the top in this particular apartment complex. it really caught people off guard and in fact, everywhere we've been today talking to people, they said that they were really caught off guard by this because there were some flash flooding warnings. but they came at the very last minute and, and people are not used to that in this area. so if you were living an apartment building like this one, people didn't really know what they were supposed to do or where they were to go. and neighbors here told us that the water, you see the doors that are boarded up,

the water went as high as the top of those doors. and we spoke to people who live on the 2nd floor here. and they told us that they were getting calls from neighbors on the lower floor, but they couldn't get out to help them because the water pressure against the door was so much that they couldn't even open the door. and so luckily, most of the people here got out, but sadly for people didn't, they were trapped in one of these lower apartments as the water levels rose. in fact, all of the fatalities in the northeast have been because of flooding. people either trapped in and low apartments or basement apartments like this or in vehicles as the water level rose and swept them away. and its interesting to note just behind the building, here is the river that overflow its bank, so they are very close to the river. but i spoke to people live here for 20 years or more, and they said they never had flooding like this before. even during the last big

major northeastern weather event, which was hurricane sandy. by the time it got to the north, it wasn't a hurricane. it was super storm sandy, but most of that flooding was coastal and due to title issues. and so a lot of the improvements that were made to infrastructure after that were done in coastal areas. so this has people and certainly the governor of new jersey, the governor of new york, saying that we have to get better prepared for storms like this. given that climate scientists are saying these extreme weather events are going to become even more common. so today we're seeing lots of people warning the dad 1st of all, trying to get their vehicles off the road, emptying out soggy basements and low level apartments and houses where everything's been flooded with water and hold. the toxicity of the water is in question. so also power outages and 6000 people in this complex alone

had to be relocated. so pretty grim situation and the clean up in the assessment continues. christianson me? thank you very much. indeed. yes, present, joe biden has ordered a review of all classified documents related to the september 11th attacks. and documents which can be declassified, will then be released to the public within 6 months. whitehouse correspond, can be how kit joins us live, can do what's the significance of this decision? well, the significance of this is that it's been pushed for and it's been a long time in coming. essentially, as we approach the 20th anniversary of those attacks on the pentagon and the world trade center in new york, september 11th attacks, the families of the victims of about 16 to 1800 of them. depending on which count you use have been pushing for the classification for quite a while. and what they were saying is in the recently released letter, is that they don't want president biden to visit new york city to commemorate that

20th anniversary of those attacks. unless you feel fills a campaign promise, and that campaign promised that he made was to essentially kick off the investigation. the review would allow for the release of documents. the family of allege could potentially expose saudi arabia in some form or fashion to the september 11th attacks. so in advance of the 20th anniversary, the president has now signed this executive order. what this does is essentially a direct the f b. i begin this declassification process related to the 911 attacks that again, the families allege has a link to the saudi government, or at least saudi officials. now i in terms of how this move forward, what we know is this will allow for at least an access to what until now has been kind of secret department of justice files that have the investigation of federal

investigation but have never seen the light of day by the public. so what does effective order does is it will essentially begin that review process that will allow for these documents to potentially be released over the next 6 months. but it's important to note, it's not just the families of victims that have been pushing for this. increasingly we've seen members of congress including members of the presence own democratic party, in fact, top sen. bob menendez recently saying that the u. s. government needs to know who is a friend, who is a foe, and they are also alleging that there are connections to saudi officials and the 911 attacks. and that's why this really start to gain momentum. so we'll be watching very carefully to see what comes out of this review of declassification process the next 6 months. but for now, joe biden has made good on a campaign promise in advance of that. i 11 attacks the 20th anniversary by signing this executive order that could potentially reveal documents. families have been

pressing to see for a generation. kimberly how could thank you very much. indeed. 3 people remain in critical condition not being stabbed in an organ. supermarket, eden dorothy, she said the attacker who was shot and killed by police was being closely monitored by intelligence agencies. when hey, at the latest and afternoon shopping in new zealand, largest city was interrupted by a burst of gunfire and sirens. i'd soon emerge that police shot and killed a man who had walked into a supermarket in the west of oakland and detect shoppers with a knife. this woman came out. okay. and then i went down to the other end. there was an old gentleman in the main line on the ground. he said it didn't take long for the police and the prime minister to label it terrorism. and to reveal details about who the attacker was. the sure lincoln came to new zealand 10 years ago. and for the past 5 years had been

a person of interest to security and intelligence agencies. and because of that, police say they were able to stop the man before he attacked more people. the attack began at $240.00 p. m, and was undertaken by an individual who was, i know, one threat to new zealand. the individual was under constant monitoring. and it was the police surveillance, tame and special tactics group who were passive, that monitoring and surveillance that shot and killed him within. i'm told the spice of roughly 60 seconds of the a take starting. there were also restrictions in place in oakland because of the cove at 19 outbreak, meaning they were few as sharp as inside the supermarket. the normal new zealand has been on alert for attack since march 2019 when australian white supremacist brenton. terrans killed 51 people in 2 mosques in christ church. the prime minister said it wasn't clear a friday stabbings in oakland were revenge for what happened in christ church. but

the police say that confident this was a one off and that the attacker was acting alone. wayne, hey, al jazeera toner, new zealand democratic republic of congo, says it seeking compensation after leak at an angle and diamond mind produced drinking water. kidding. 12 people as was more felt ill when part of the mines, wastewater dam ruptured. in late july, the car took a mind, has acknowledged that tailings then leaped into a tributary of the congo river. officials say they immediately sought to repair the breach, which was fully sealed by august, the 9th. good luck with the fact that the goal in government recognized what happened that could taca and that can talk to mind and also recognize the spill. for us. it was good. now we are at the assessment stage. i can't give you the costs now because of the limitations of my mission, which was sampling and research advisory. japan's prime minister shahida suga says

he won't seek reelection as leader of the governing party this month. it sets the stage for him to be replaced after just one year in office. he took over after for many to be resigned last september, fighting for health shooters approval rating. as since dropped as a nation struggles with its worst wave of coven 19 infections, a general election is expected next year. the you been union and astrazeneca have reached a deal ending a legal battle over the flo delivery of coven 19 vaccines. the pharmaceutical giant says it will provide 300000000 doses by march next year. as originally agreed, shipment delays initially hampered the use vaccination drive and officials launched legal action against astrazeneca. earlier this year, the block accused the drug maker of acting in bad faith when it provided doses to the u. k. from plants in europe before fulfilling its own orders.

australia has its record levels of new kevin 19 cases and death. new zealand has seen numbers decline after delta variance surge. meanwhile, south korea is extended social distance in curbs ahead of a holiday, and taiwan has received its 1st batch of 5 vaccines. hey scott harlow, with a look at kirby 19 in the asia pacific region needed vaccines arrive in australia, new south wales state, as it marks its worst day of the pandemic with a record 1431 new cove in 1900 cases. and the most deaths in a day, at 12, the half a 1000000 pfizer jobs arrived in sydney, the country's largest city. the shipment came from singapore in a swap, arrangement. australia will deliver the same amount back to singapore in december. a similar deal has been struck with the u. k. that will bring $4000000.00 more pfizer vaccines to australia this month. the next for not is likely to be worth in terms of the number of cases. but as i've said, it's not the number of cases we need to be focusing on,

but how many of those cases end up in our intensive cables, hospitals, and how many people we have vaccinated as quickly as possible. more than half of a stella is under a stay at home order, along with sydney, melbourne in the national capital camera have been in week long lockdown. and in new zealand, some progress in its battle against the outbreak. fueled by the depth of variance, a large drop in new cases from the previous few days. we need to continue to keep those testing rights up to give us the confidence that we catching any kind of that, that may be in the community. and then finally decide that these results today are encouraging. but as dr. michael ne, his seed the job is not done. we must continue to be vigilant and get on top of this ap rec, this low cobra, 1900 outbreaks across south korea. officials there have extended social distance in curves for a month. this ahead of the thanksgiving holiday, later in september, the toughest curves are in the greater sol area. we're many small businesses are suffering or, you know,

we barely see people on the street. the profit was about $1700.00 per day. now it is about a half. we can barely pay the rent and don't think social distance measures are affected. my family has been running this business for more than 40 years over 3 generations. and we're facing the war situation now. it's so hard. taiwan received its 1st shipment of the 5 biotech vaccines this week, 930000 out of 15000000 doses acquired by tech company and a charity. political pressure from china has made it difficult for taiwan to strike deals directly with vaccine companies. beijing views self rule taiwan as part of its territory. the recent deal was made with a china based distributor. after months of negotiating, scott either al jazeera, one of the therapy is most celebrated thing is alma year, who shitty has died at the age of 80. going to say became popular in the 900 sixty's and was known as the sci fi. and elvis

presley installed, influenced modern ethiopian pop music. she had a long history of heart disease and died in hospital in i just have a quick reminder you can catch up any time with all the news recovering on our website out here or dot com ah top stories and 0 fighting has escalated between the taliban and a resistance group in the pantry valley, the region 125 kilometers north of campbell has been the only province to hold out against taliban rule. even though it's now entirely surrounded several 1000.