led to the assassination of the president and his brother, and of 24 hour period, the center of saigon was zone. the press retreated in effect that the caravel hotel. and many of the story is mentioned we were saying was from the caravel. ah! done is pledge $1000000000.00 in aid for going to be on warm future. economic collapse is still possible. ah, hello molly, inside this is al jazeera light dough. so coming up your bizarre bidding bug room feel live directly to 13 right. range, murdered, cobble. you should resign

a grilling from politicians section of state to the blank and defend the us, pull out off on investigating claims or patrol these in ethiopia, ti gray region a you and report find both sides of the conflict are to blame a decades long dream becomes a reality in landmark get to make over ah, often urgent appeal, defend all for humanitarian crisis. international donors has pledged more than a $1000000000.00 for afghan stone. foreign aid has dried up since the taliban took the last month with poverty and hunger worsening every day. but as our diplomatic edison james bay's report this emergency relief is just a fraction of what is needed to fend off and economic collapse. the un secretary

general came to geneva with the aim of getting the international community to provide at least $606000000.00 to help are going to stop. before the end of the year, the people of afghanistan need a lifeline. after records of war, suffering, getting security, they face, perhaps they're most battles our just over a week ago, the un humanitarian coordinator martin griffith visited afghanistan and met with the taliban leadership. you know that some countries though, will be reluctant to get money because they'll be worried about the money going into taliban hands. what do you say to them? well, i've got to start is not the only place where humanitarian agencies do direct delivery through our national partners. we have 156 partners agencies working enough, kindest, on many, most of them. in fact, africa, at a news conference, the secretary general said he was pleased by the international response to his

flash appeal. but he said there was still real risks ahead. secretary general, how serious now is the possibility of a complete economic collapse in afghanistan? it is serious and economy doesn't work without the blood. and the blood of the economy is cash. and so the, as i said, i think it is important to avoid the collapse of the economy. and i think the international community find the ways to do it without violating international rules and norms. the un says during the meeting, receive pledges totaling more than a $1000000000.00. however, almost certainly not all of that. his new money and some of the funds are being directed not just at the afghan a storm, but to the wider region. james bays al jazeera at the u. n. in geneva. the section of state has defended the handling of the military withdraw from afghanistan and the black can told a congressional hearing the biden administration made the right decision to end

america as long as war. rosalyn jordan has his report from washington. i on monday, those who loved us navy corps min max, sylvia said good bye to him at his high school stadium in ohio, 600 kilometers away in washington, legislators demanded to know why sylvia and 12 other members of the us military were killed during the evacuation of afghanistan, indeed, why the bite and ministration felt now was the time to end its military presence and leave the country in the hands of the taller bon? the anger was largely driven by republican. your bazaar abandoning budrum airfield, lead directly to 13 murray, marines murdered. cobble you should resign, we abandon americans behind enemy lines. we left behind the interpreters who you mr

. secretary and the president both promise to protect. i can summarize this in one word. betrayal. secretary of state antony blanket was the administration official, summoned to be held to account. his message. president jo biden's, hands were tied and president biden took office in january. he inherited an agreement that predecessor had reached the taliban to remove all remained forces from afghanistan by may. first of this year, lincoln said the administration did all it could to get us citizens, permanent resident and afghans who had worked with the u. s. military, out of the country before august 31st, he admitted no one thought, ask and troops would fold so quickly or that president, us russ. connie would flee, and he tried to focus on the positive tens of thousands evacuated as quickly as possible. international agreement,

the tolerable would be punished if it harmed women and girls. humanitarian aid increased. while democratic legislators were largely sympathetic, there was still some skepticism. and it seems absurd, at least in retrospect, to think that the average afghan grunt would fight in the trenches while seeing those who are best connected. desperate to flee in a matter of days blank and didn't satisfy all of the representatives complaints. and that's to be expected blink. and also didn't give the representatives what some of them wanted to hear. a promise that the us military is going back to afghanistan to serve as a chuck on the taller bonds power. on one point, the secretary and the congress people agreed they would make sure the more than 2600 forces killed in afghanistan over 20 years of war did not lose their lives in vain. rosalyn jordan al jazeera capitol hill to ramallah.

now where a trial for 14 palestinian authority, security officers accused of being an active as to death has just been adjourned. nissan banner died in june hours after being arrested and beaten by security officers. is death lead to demonstrations across the occupied west bank. by that was an outspoken critic of the palestinian authority, often accusing it of corruption as to how he said, who is live outside the court in ramallah. so hurry, the court has been a gen, well, we expecting not. and what happens next? well yes, there were reports that might, may have been an issue with the lawyer of the defendants, that he may have had a coven issue. we understood that he had a negative test and he was expected to appear, but in the end, he did not. and so we didn't even get to the stage of the charges being formerly

read out. it was a gen and very quick fashion. so we expect to have really a replay of what should have happened today next week on the 21st. those charges against these 14 security officials range from not obeying military orders to a beating, leading to death to premeditated murder. the most senior of them is a colonel and the palestinian preventative security forces. however, the family of dissolved by not they had said that the commission of inquiry which led to these charges was not sufficiently independent. there. activists on his behalf saying that really this was a tug that assassination from a much higher level and more senior figures in the palestinian authority should be on trial. nonetheless, we spoke to the lawyer representing the family and he did at least say that the charges with aps more serious than they were expecting. and was hopeful that through this process,

at least more information may come up as to exactly how came to be that this detention led to such a serious outcome and the death of his i've been out as you say, one of the most trenchant anti p a voices in the occupied westbank used facebook profile and platform to attack the p. a senior leaders on the basis of corruption on self interest on setting out the palestinian cause. and this is something that very much got under the skin, and after his death led to very widespread protests, the biggest we've seen in many years, which themselves will put down in very forceful style, often plainclothes, policemen, meeting out violence even sexual assault on some occasions. so this was for a few weeks in the summer, the main issue really going on here in the occupied west bank. some of the steam has gone out of it, but now this process is trial. is it last underway? anything about harry forces that 1st outside the court in ramada,

hundreds of people have rallied in the occupied west bank in solar. darcy with palestinian prisoners held in israeli jails. protest is in jeanine carried banners and posters of recaptured prisoners zachary, as a baby. he was a high profile figure in foster as armed wing, the ox. martin brigade baby was captured over the weekend of he and 5 others escaped from the gilbert prison. 3 others were also returned to custody. and are you in court on sunday for you on human rights chief is calling for accountability over human rights violations, allegedly committed in european t gray region. more than 1700000 people have now been displaced since the conflicts began in november of last year. hippa, morgan reports torture killings and sexual violence. these are just some of the findings of a 5 month investigation by the un human rights commission into a legit at property committed in ethiopia,

northern region. the investigations were launched following reports of work, crimes committed by disputing government as it started to people to grand people liberation fund or both the united nations. and if you are human rights, permission to part in the investigation allegation of here was could have continued to implicate government for offense allies. we have received this disturbing report . the local fishermen found offers of bodies floating along the river, crossing between western degree and so that engine light literally had gunshot wounds and bound will hands indications that they might have been detained and told can before being killed. the report also includes the accusations of the grant being arrested based on smith city, including in the shipping capital, addis ababa fighting has continued unabated and has expanded to neighboring afar. and i'm, i'm having regions together with other pockets of into community violence,

the conflict risks spilling over to the whole horn of africa to take great conflict . started last november after the government launched an offensive against the t p l. f. the group dominated, if you could, politics, were nearly 3 decades before being removed from power in 2018, 3 weeks into the war. if the government declared victory. but the fighting hasn't stopped the queue that the grand different courses. we took the regional capital medically and other major cities, but since then, pompey has spread to other parts of it. with accumulation, the t p less is killing and displacement civilian population. if you, attorney general has called the international community to recognize violations by the t p l f. if he's high time that the world wakes up to the reality that the t p, if he's the aggressor and not the victim. in this project, the work has displaced more than 2000000 people in gray alone. hundreds of thousands have also been displaced in haro. nearly 400000 are facing famine,

as the government continues to block access to take, right, and more than 60000 have fled to neighboring to them. first, the bombing started inside the city. i saw a lot of people killed shot inside my own city. i saw them with my own eyes. i saw people slaughter. that's why i couldn't stay and fed and came to sit down with them . in a few people find themselves caught in a conflict that is expanding. the government has called and all those able to join the fight against the laugh. both sides are unwilling to concede, defeat raising concerns of more atrocities and human rights violations. to come here. morgan august 0. nuclear envoys from the u. s. south korea and japan are discussing north korea's nuclear program. that meeting in tokyo comes a day off, appealing, young confirmed. it's carried out a new long range missile test over the weekend. the invoice considering humanitarian aid to entice north korea to return to the negotiating table. still

ahead on al jazeera, the apple says it's the floor that left i phone users worldwide. thunderbolt spyware made binding to any company. why environmental activists in latin america been killed in rec, hold number. ah, it's another beautiful, sunny day of 35000 feet. the widow spy to buy cattle airways booted world's best airline of 2021. arguably this more rain than sun around the day of the next couple days. you're coming from the atlantic, a massive cloud, particularly to spain and portugal, it stretching out through france towards the british isles. bit of a mess. if you try and analyze what's going on here, but here's the result. it's rainy and it's raining. most of all in portugal, the class can red cross spain. it's not yet very much rain, but it's good news. when it gets there's still burning. you can see from the

already centers, most of it is really in the west side of spain or in portugal where there's probably been 100 millimeters range already. so it's really quite wet. now that line of rain extends and will extend up through france, where the british, how's a flood warning. our potential flood warning, at least easterling did during 2 to the whole lot. moving gradually into this part of europe, which is squashing out what is still a fairly warm part. so you'll notice that for example, eventually western powered and most to germany, temperatures dropped down a little bit in the rain starts to fall. but in vienna it's still $28.00 degrees and vienna south was is still the hot power to be honest. but temperatures here too will be pushed down down to boars average because of that increase in cloud rate and the change wind direction. big range is still falling in west africa, but the main battle is going now off show the weather, sponsored by cattle airways, boated world's best airline of 20. $21.00 has become

a dangerous one on one east and those who refuse to be silent. now his era mm. ah, al jazeera, as a use ah, ah, ah ah, watching al jazeera mind, the top stories that our international donors have pledged more than a $1000000000.00 to humanitarian crisis enough. kennestone follows an urgent appeal

by the un at a conference in geneva. you, i'm actually general says i've got the stones economy collapse. the trial in ramallah for 14 palestinian authority security officer is accused of being an activist to death has been adjust, needs all about that died in june, also being arrested. i home led to demonstrations across the occupied with the ones human rights chief calling for accountability over human rights foundation. allegedly committed in each t gray region show, especially the civilians suffering health and widespread since fighting began on november mud as of environmental activists and land offenders have hit a record high in 2020 that's according to report from the campaign group, global witness. 227 people were killed while protecting land rivers and natural resources. and as i was under reports from columbia,

most were in latin america. despite covered 1900 restrictions last year was the deadline on record for environmental activists. at trail of blood, the campaign group, global witness says killed $227.00 people around the world. like my loan j looks a cast as mother keeley, who was shot dead in her living room for campaigning. about an open cas mine in south africa. my mom was a case for mine. my mom was just a person who wanted to make sure that all the proper person do procedures are followed. so that both the mine and the community to came from this the report painful, harrowing picture of escalating violence against defenders. latin america remains the deadliest place for them. latin america has, obviously it's very rich and that's wonderful. and also very rich and development

projects. and that full potential conflict between communities living in and around those resources in digits, people's group and those companies who want to undertake development projects and very often don't consult with those communities twice. meditations happy that these people who are taking a piece will stand all met it. columbia stopped the list with 65. that's more than doubled in mexico in 2nd place and murderous trains. that is only worse and since the signing of a peace deal in the country in 2016 that has opened larger parts of the country to extract of industry and new fights for resources. gloomy and human rights groups. place the blame on the government for feeling to protect activists and siding with the companies. exploiting the resources environment allow them to help only because it's the lack of a policy of guarantees for those exercising, social,

and environmental leadership. and we see it when politicians fail to ratify international agreements like s because the fail to passing congress people on the front lines like mexican activist, my ts valensuela, who fights criminal groups controlling illegal mines in the sonora desert says he knows his life is on the line, i do feel afraid that i will, i will be harmed, i could be murdered, i could be harmed physically or harm, spiritually. and those, those are certain things that those are realities that i have to face in my, in my stance, in my, in my stance and in protecting our lands. these activists see themselves as the last line of defense against the exploitation of resources in a worse and in climate. and they know all to well that there is a long way to go before they can see an end to the impunity. that allows them to be killed. allison and jesse, i've gotta yes,

president joe barton is pushing for more resources to fight climate change. as he visits western states hit by devastating wildfires, he met firefighters in idaho and toward the merger. the offices of california governor bought in his trying to drum up support for extra spending on infrastructure to better cope with the impact of climate change. we know that decades of forest management decisions have created hazardous conditions across the western fars, where we can't ignore the reality that these why are far wildfires are being supercharged by climate change. it isn't about red or blue state, it's about fires just fires. my county has moved from washington. oh, he's hoping to discuss with the local authorities how to better lee, come back to the ongoing wildfires that have been occurring in the west coast. but

there's something else as well. and that is, he's seeking support for his trillion dollar infrastructure bill. now, as part of that bill, he sees the combating of climate change as a very critical imperative that the baffling of climate change, he argues, can only increase the and better the economy. but it can also come to the type of wildfires that one has been seeing in recent months. it's exactly the same message that he gave during a visit to flood ravaged areas on the east coast last week. basically saying that this is a consequence of climate change. my infrastructure bill is an effective way to counter climate change or to begin to do it. so support that bill and we will help to begin to deal with climate change. hurricane nicholas has made land for along the texas coast, lashing the us state was powerful winds and heavy rain. the tropical storm came

ashore near the eastern part of massa gold the peninsula picked up strength in the gulf of mexico on monday, reaching category one hurricane level, with winds of 120 kilometers. and our apple has released software to fix a security flaw that allowed hackers to infect i, phones and other devices without a single click from users such as say, they captured the malicious code from pegasus spyware, made by israeli company, was east hack the phone of a saudi arabian activist, it all targets i phones and all the apple devices through i message no way center left oppositional lines has one parliamentary elections. the labor leader, jonas goth, steerer says he aims to form a coalition. government guy stations are likely to focus on oil policy and always relations with the european union. dora opposes plans to move the economy away from lucrative oil with immigration will be

a key issue when germans vote for a new parliament later this month. for the center on the left, migrants are widely seen as a solution to the problems of an aging population before the right, the arrival of more than a 1000000 syrian refugees in 2015 was too much dominant cane reports from belin. a moment of relief for these afghans safe in germany at last and now with their minds on the long term. until recently german government policy would have seen most of these people sent back to afghanistan. but with the taliban in charge and cobble that has changed. and to some of the far right of politics here, that change is a step too far. i'm going to start him off the visual heights, while other states focused on security and raw materials in the region. german politicians are primarily interested in the evacuation of afghans who want to leave the country. i dug in the failure of the asylum and migration policy will go down

in the history books at the crater failure of chancellor angler term. you're through shop, i'm the among the mainstream parties. the view is different and closer. standing for the social democrats in central berlin. she says, germany should be looking to allow skilled refugees to work as soon as possible. i think what is really important that we drop all the rules that say right now that people cannot work from day one. equip that is very important to us that people should be able to work from day one when they come here, no matter what, just the title at the moment. but of course it should be regulated. what almost all political parties agree on in the germany face is a growing shortage of workers caused by an ever aging population. many economists believe that as many as $400.00 fires new migrants every year on needed to fill the

gap. but if not, then we have a tremendous problem with all our social security systems. first and foremost, the pension system. then we face a tremendous issue. how many people pay into the relationship of how many people have entered the pension h? and that means if this problem is not solved by a migration, people will have to work longer or the pension has to be reduced even further. in 2015 angular medical opened the board is the syrian refugees in a humanitarian gesture saying germany could do it. she even post selfies at the time with syrian citizens like an us more money. now, 6 years on he lives in berlin and he's hoping one day to become a german citizen. he says he will miss mackerel in office when we are polish or i am very sad and worried about the future. she is going now and won't be around anymore, but she has her private life. and i'm worried now about the refugee policies and

many other topics to see what will now change and whether things get better or worse. and if the current opinion polls are accurate than a left leaning government is the most likely result of this election. but with polling day drawing nearer, there are few certainty. dominant came al, jazeera and kind of a paras landmark has been turned into a piece of modern art. off the play on wrapped, was the brainchild of the bulgarian artist christo and his wife is young claun. i never lived to see the project become a reality. attach a butler. this report doesn't have climbers. 25000 square meters of recyclable cloth, and 3 kilometers of red rope. one of paris is the most recognizable monuments. the arc de triomphe is being transformed into a shimmering art work, the creation of bulgarian artist, christos, who 1st imagined wrapping the napoleon era arch 60 years ago,

but died last year before seeing his dream become reality. his nephew vladimir is overseeing the project, means already many different things for many different people, the one to drop and becomes a work of art. it would add another meaning, but also was going to be amazing with the fabric. it would have this issue ality, this project will become something different that people want to touch it. you can see the wind and christy was born in bulgaria in 1935. as a young man, he fled communist rule for paris, where he met john claude, his wife, an autistic collaborator until her death in 2009. the couple, dozens of building monuments and even islands in 1985. they worked on paris as paul nough, but the of the thrills remained that go the artists believe the by wrapping the all the tree on would were feel what they called. it's the essence and draw people's

attention to its beauty throughout their career. a couple said that the aim with their work was to bring people joy said best that because it's a temporary installation. it's a unique and intense experience. christo and jean claude wrapped monumental projects. in urban areas, there are 3. we can factor in. so as many people as possible can see it. it's not the artist skipped to the public. chris so sold his drawings to fund his projects. he said financial independence was essential to his vision. despite the scale of the work, fled to me says the technical aspect and logistics are not his biggest hurdle, the rigorous hours for me, the course we missed them, and this is a criticism. his excitement, a symbol of france and back job for military grade celebrations. and protests, the og to trail for being out work for 16 days, daring and intriguing. some will admire it. others will find it pointless. but

increase those world, creating the unnecessary with the ultimate expression of freedom. natasha butler. i'll just sarah paris. i one of the fast, well, the biggest events, the gala has returned with a bang after missing the year because of demick, hollywood stars musicians on the well top names turned out in style for the annual charity event in new york are quite where mass than be fully vaccinated us wrap a little math, ex, sell the show with 3 gold outfits for this year's dallas theme, american independence, us congress, woman, alexandria occasion. cortez also made her debut gonna ah, this is al jazeera, these top stories. international donors have pledged more than $1000000000.00 to

try to avert to humanitarian crisis. and i've kind of done and fall is an urgent appeal by the un at a conference in geneva. the human sex.