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american military lead from us gaston and faces severe criticism. again, a congress hearing 3 former us intelligence operative secretes pay a $1700000.00 fine for working as mercenary hackers from the united arab emirates of california and so on. whether to recall democratic government, gavin use and has 46 people running to replace it. ah. but 1st, prime ministers, fax, the chief prosecutor after he asked the judge to charge the premier as a suspect in the merger of president jovan and luis. the chief prosecutor had also asked immigration agents to bar area a long re from leaving the country. president morris was assassinated in july in court documents say the prime minister was twice in the hours after his death by

one of the main suspects. or michael divers is an author and journalist, whose covered hazy forms 25 years is leases booth is called hasty will not perish. joyce's note from philadelphia, this is a rather extraordinary story, and rather extraordinary turn of events with the prime minister himself. no implication in this and what exactly is going on in haiti is an extremely convoluted state of affairs. i mean, as you mentioned, the president ordered now little over 2 months ago, and it's quite clear from the circumstance that certainly his inner security was compromised. essentially, to, to be assassinated by, by allegedly, by the mercenaries and what's been swirling around or choosing centrally who in his inner circle, security and political was involved with his burger and who the intellectual and financial offers were. and so the latest development whereby the chief prosecutor

was essentially called. busy a setting crowd minister to be indicted to produce electrical murder and the prime minister sacking that prosecutor as just added to your the tumult there. there was also added to the confusion somewhat. has it know what i mean? if the prosecutor has not been psyched just this, not cast even more days on the prime minister himself and, and where does this leave the prime minister. i mean, does the order to prevent the prime minister leave the current does that still stands not the prosecutor has been sex. well, i think was one of the, the prime minister itself is ruling it can be caught with stream lee. i guess you might say questionable gentleman. he was named by a president many accused of staying over overstaying his term in office and had not back being officially invested in that in that position before job it on ways to

kill. so the, the question of the, of the gentleman i think is really up in the air right now for about 80 and they're more about the investigation overall. i mean, do you think casey will ever find dates who killed juvenile luis? i think there's a lot of doubt among people in terms of whether this investigation will be allowed to run its course. i mean, most of the people have been arrested so far. i don't think anyone seriously thinks that they were the real money man with a real intellectual office crime. and unfortunately, he has this very long history of spectacular political assassination. not necessarily giving up to the presidency, but with a lot of other people that have never really come to satisfactory inclusion in terms of investigation. i think a lot of people might want to see some kind of maybe international body run. ok,

well as grades get your thoughts and analysis. thank you so much. as author and journalist, michael divert joining us from philadelphia. thank you. you are a secretary of state. anthony blinkin has testified for a 2nd day about the withdraw from the gaston and the collapse of the washington banks governments. the biden administration has been criticized for pulling us troops, ice over canister, and taliban fighters gain territory across the country. lincoln told the foreign relations committee that the rapid fall of kabul took us intelligence by surprise. we collectively over 20 years invested as coronary amounts in those security forces and in that government, hundreds of billions of dollars, equipment, training advice support. and based on that as well as based on what we were looking at real time. again,

we did not see this collapse in a matter of 11 days. rosalind jordan has more from capitol hill us secretary of state antony blank and spent a 2nd day testifying on capitol hill this time before the senate foreign relations committee. while the tone of the hearing was not as contentious as it was before the house foreign affairs committee on monday, lincoln still faced a lot of criticism on behalf of the by dent ministration for how it conducted the military drop down and evacuation of us citizens from afghanistan in the last half of august, while blink and tried to put a good faith on what he did say, turned out to be a more chaotic situation than planners had expected. one of the us senators wasn't having it. ron johnson is a republican senator from wisconsin. check, terry, if i were just to read your testimony, not having watched any news,

i would literally think this was a smashing success. but i do read the news as most americans do, and we realize this was a complete debacle. lincoln also faced questions about what efforts are being carried out in order to provide safe passage, not just to us citizens and permanent residents who want to leave afghanistan. but also to help the thousands of afghans who worked with the us military service primarily as translators, and go betweens during the 20 year long war. there was also the question of what the u. s. is going to do to protect the games that women and girls and afghan stan have enjoyed in the last 2 decades. but a lot of the questions that senators from both the democratic and republican party had, couldn't be answered because they were questions about how the military performed. and without the presence of the defense, secretary lloyd austin, it was pretty much impossible for anthony blinking to satisfy the senators outrage

and curiosity. 3 former us intelligence offices of admitted providing sophisticated hacking technology. so the united arab emirates, the us justice department, says the to have a great agrees to pay near the $1700000.00 to resolve the charges. they must also cut all ties with any u, a intelligence or law enforcement agencies. a man are accused of conducting hacking operations for the u. e. working as managers that a firm in the gulf states its alleged, they illegally access protected computer systems in the us and elsewhere. let's head know to washington movie to the seat with mike hannah. mike, what, what key tell us about this? well, the details of this case had been revealed by the papers filed by the justice department in court. essentially, it is saying that 3 individuals, mock by ryan adams and david gary,

were operating as essentially most and re hackers for a hacking into computers around the world. but also importantly into computers in the united states. now, mom was a member of the n. s a at one time. the other 2 were members of various military intelligence agencies, but a significantly prosecutor say that they will drop the charges if the 3 continue to co operate. if they paid back some $1700000.00, which is understood to be the amount that they received in the salaries over the period and also accept the fact that they will never again receive a security clearance. now this is essentially a, the bargain. i don't charge us like this. it's quite significant that the prosecutors have agreed to that. the reasons for this, perhaps the murky area to do with the law surrounding computer hacking within the united states. as well perhaps as the sensitivity of the relationship between the u

. s. and it's close to ally the u. e. and mike, i was this, this unusual story was discovered. well, this is where it gets very interesting indeed and reveals that it is not something that is in the recent past. essentially it would appear. the prosecution is based on a report done back in january 2019 by the reuters news agency, which reveals most of these details about the u. a computer hacking project, alleging that it was using this project to hack into human rights. that didn't seem to governments into corporations around the world and within the united states, all of the information was based on details given by a whistleblower within the u. s. e company and she left the joining the company back in 2014. so what does indicates is that this is something that has been going

over a lengthy period of time, essentially the us, according to the investigative running a most. and we computer operation within the united states and other parts of the world for a period approaching a decade. the sheer length of this operation is staggering. ok, thank you so much for that, mike canada, bring us the lesions, lie from washington, d. c. let's stay with this, which i know, but glen call. he's a former type c national intelligence officer for transnational threats at the cia and joins us by skype from boston. and it's good to have you with us here on al jazeera, the men who agreed to pay the sum of money. they claim they thought they were working with the u. s. government. is that a plausible scenario in your view? well, it's not that plausible to me. you know, it is true that there are many americans who work for

a companies that provide intelligence and national security related services to foreign governments. but those circumstances should always be with clear contracts, approval and authorization from the us government. now they claim the 3 individuals who have been charged this time claim that they did. but when you read the circumstances the, their defense becomes more flimsy. the they were working for a company called dark matter, i think, which was a private company set up specifically by the way, to avoid the american laws and to make it easier for them to claim that they were not doing anything that would get the birds in trouble, but since it's a transparent attempt to avoid getting in trouble, then clearly they're doing something that should get them in trouble. the point

that you are corresponding made that this is a long standing kind of activity is true there. i know many, many companies and many individuals who do this, but the difference is the changed one. there has been an increase in the number of americans doing this. but to the u. a, he has clearly, in the last several years, at least are become more aggressive in hiring americans to do things that are intelligence related and may be cow her to american policy. so the u. s. is sending a message as well. be sending a message, but you've just said it yourself. i mean, how widespread is this when you have former american spies, you know, right? freelancing for certain companies. and if they don't do the due diligence and say ok, this is sanctioned by my government. you know, it's, do you think it's plausible that it could be other scenarios like this with individuals who are cyber hackers, contracts for

a government spying on citizens of your country. i actually don't have any doubt that this is happening and the both kinds of activity that you touched upon are occurring, the more traditional and more acceptable from any government's perspective. kind of activity where the u. s. says to the u. a. e, for example. we understand that you sign a contract with a company x to provide training on various things. now, the obligation legally for any former intelligence officer, united states, or national security officer, is you, you must not share sources or methods. if you do, you're committing treason. espionage you, you should go to jail. it's a very strict line. and here they are quite clearly transgressed. so that's the, the change from the more straightforward and benign kind of,

although still murky cooperation has gone on for decades. ok, glen call. we're out of time to thank you so much for joining us on. i'll just be appreciated. fell head on al jazeera, be un delivered 20 tons of medical aid to afghan. a son after agencies raised alarm over shortages over supplies. the u. k. government lines with the plan for dealing with the coverage of virus. those cases source. ah hi there. here's a headlines for the america. we had nicholas make landfall as a category one storm toward the texas gulf coast. we saw a storm surge, but a 100 more than a 100 millimeters of rain leading to scenes like this is the situation on when

state moves further toward the east. this becomes a story for the wheezy, anna, with some heavy pockets of rain to be expected here toward the eastern portions of north america. some big storms that were over, the great lakes now pushed into the board the northeast. and a few days ago we had some tornado worn cells in here when they were over in northern ontario, places like sudbury, for example, off to the west. we're just talking about rain here. it starts to dry out for vancouver with a high of 17 degrees. are also starting to see a dry out for large portions of mexico. you could time will have a few showers and we can see some concentrated rain for the pacific coast of mexico in and around acapulco top and south america. you get state. we've still got our storms fallen through the amazon basin here, but further toward the south, a vigorous side disturbance, a cold front here, it's gonna slide its way into rio de janeiro dropped the temperature. so if i show you the 3 day forecast, look at this, we go down to 24 by the time friday, rolls around. that's it for me. see, it's in the

take the worst possible material uranium grind to dust comparable to flour and make a whole lot of it and put it into place where people live, taking the call often bad idea. for many pupils, this is a silent killer. what does it make you feel like you feel like a murder? we have created an enormous mental disaster and investigation. south africa, toxic city on al jazeera. oh, the me.

this is just a quick reminder on the top stories for you know, ac is prime minister. has the chief prosecutor after he asked for the prime minister to be charged for the murder precedent for success. and if it in july, could talk to say the private if there was cold after his death. by one of the main suspects. 3 former us intelligence offices of admitted providing sophisticated attacking technologies. the united arab emirates, us justice department, says the men have agreed to pay the $1700000.00 to solve the charges. the secretary of state has continued his testimony of withdrawal forces for my kennesaw people in control, the senate foreign relations committee, the alternative to withdraw. continuing the fight. the taliban has promised to distribute more than a 1000000000 dollars of age directly to africans who needed. the money was raised

to you and donors conference on monday. i've got a son is heavily reliant on external help. and tolerance. takeover has height and fears of economic collapse. we assure the international community that we're pleased to hear about the pledge committed to afghanistan. at the same time we promise on our part. but all the relief fate reach both deserve it. it's our responsibility to hand out the really fade to all africans all across the country. well, here's what we know about the money that has been pledged so far to help us canister on the u. s. said it's providing new the $64000000.00 and humanitarian assistance. france the said it will contribute 118000000 to the us flash appeal. norway has pledged an extra 11500000 of all bay. ching has promised $31000000.00 worth of food and health supplies of both health organisation has delivered the 1st batch of

$4.20 tons of medical aid to afghan. a son 5 in java, it's has more from couple therefore it's. this is some of the 1st medical aid arriving from the world health organization about 23 metrics on essential supplies, including insulin consumables, surgical equipment, and much needed help for hospital. has organizations says that it is trying to build a bridge with which it can bring in much needed a for the millions of people who need it desperately. so these do shipment essential supplies will provide medical help to about 1500000 people in have done this on to a number of hospitals across the country. but there were there though that i vision said that this is not going to be enough. it is a 1st branch of the must needed help that the people of a planet by need unless that help is provided on a regular basis. and that's, as we heard from the united nation. this is become

a regular feature. it is not going to be enough for the people of abundance on. and as we heard the united nation appealed to other nation that they don't need to just provide aid. but make sure that understands economy does not collapse and the people do not fall below the poverty line. as the projections are, that by the time the next, if the situation does not improve more than 90 percent of the population, all of them it's on. it's going to go below the poverty line. voters in the u. s. state of california are deciding the face of governor gavin uses in a recall election. the republican lead push to hold. the votes was fueled by anger over new some handling of the corona virus pandemic. critics also blame him for high taxes wise and crime on the surge in homelessness. he needs at least 50 percent of the state office, otherwise he'll be replaced by the challenger. with the most support, farrah hill is an associate from lisco professor professor rather political science

and california state university. she joins us from phyllis and in california. and it's good to have you with is just a nervous shoots, gavin nice and b, this are the appalling that we have. that's very recent. and we have several poles that are consistent, actually show that he doesn't need to be too worried. he's doing very well at this approval rating have been consistently high. the thing that it's important to remember here is that this recall is new by folks who are definitely upset with governor newsome. but it actually is a minority of california. most california voters are actually pretty happy with how he's doing right now. paul, show him getting maybe as high as 60 percent of the vote to keep them in office. so he's looking pretty state perhaps so, but there have been problems with polls. the recent elections in the united states, most notably the most recent presidential election and given the complex nature of

this election itself, it's not so much. i mean, this is really dependence on people turning out to voices it. no, because if people might support that. but if they don't go to the ballot box, i mean the governor could be real danger, kidney. that is certainly the case. he has been working very hard and he's had democrats from throughout the country coming to help him get out the vote just yesterday he had president biden here last week. he had our vice president common le harris. so democrats have been working very hard to get out the vote. and what we actually think happened was this summer, some of the polling did show that it was going to be close, but that it was very close that he might be recalled. and we think with that said, was actually encouraged voter turnout, as democrats in the state realize, he might actually get recall. but this might actually happened. we think that's actually cause an improvement in turn out and it turn the polls in his favor. the other thing is polling in california actually has been very good for the

presidential election in 2020. the polls were pretty accurate in california. so other parts of the country, we might not be a sure, but things have been very consistent. so it does look pretty good for him right now, but that's definitely what he's been working on is getting out the vote. there is precedent for this though, is, isn't there? i mean and are of schwartzenegger is the famous example, the movie star who became the governor after a recall election. and there are some rather famous people running against the 4th year old people who are taking on a governor, newsome, the among them caitlin geno reality tv star. and also a very famous talk show who is not a cause for concern. it's not what we're seeing. so there was another recall on the ballot in 2003, and in that case the governor was recalled, but it was sort of the reverse of where we are today. what happened in 2003 was

governor gray davis was recalled. but at that time, he was very unpopular, even with democrats. democrats were really upset with him because california budget was in big trouble. we just had rolling blackouts, and he was getting blamed for a lot of problems in the state. what we see today is democrats are actually fairly happy with gavin newsome. so the governor is not as unpopular as what we saw in 2003. the other side of the coin is just as you said, who's the alternative? and that's one of the big questions. if gavin newsome is recalled who's going to replace them in 2003, it was arnold schwartzenegger who was the replacement. and he was very popular with voters, especially moderate. and he got some democrats to vote for him. so he did well, today the folks who are most likely to replace got a new some are not as popular as arnold. schwartzenegger was caitlin jenner has not hold while she's never really taken off with voters. so she's not seen as really a viable alternative. the alternative who pulling the highest is larry elder,

who is a well known radio talk show hosts, but she is very far to the right. he's a republican along the lines of president trump, and that does not do well in california. president trump did not do well in 2020 or 2016 in california, and voters have realized that he's the leading alternative. and he's not popular with the majority of voters. a governor to oh, i'm sorry to jump him a lot, but well, we'll have to wait and see what the polls suggest was room for surprise. of course . the great to get your analysis of the, the state of play, the political situation in california. we do appreciate that sarah hill, they're joining us. and so it's in, in california me. russian president vladimir putin, his self isolating after members of his, in a circle,

tested positive for call with 19 you said counsel a trip to said you keystone this week. but the kremlin says he's in good health and has been fully vaccinated with the russian major sputnik. the job country is struggling with high infection rates, and widespread vaccine hesitancy the case. prime minister boris johnson says, a booster job will be recommended to all over fifty's as part of government school with 19 plan for winter vaccinations will also be extended to include 12 to 15 year olds under simmons reports from london. more vaccinations, no loft downs is a message from the u. k. prime minister. along with the admission that this time last year, the rates of infections was much lower in one way. opposition today. he's actually more challenging. we have higher levels of daily cases, thousands more. but in many other crucial respects, the british people,

all of us collectively and individually, are incomparably better placed to fight the disease. over fifty's will get boost of vaccinations, school children between $12.15 can now be vaccinated. the government believes this will be enough to bolster and already successful vaccine program that has greatly reduce the rate of people dying from cove it. the number of people dead now stands at 834000. while an image like the national memorial wall, should ensure no one forgets the scale of losses to cove it in the u. k. across the river thames, the government is projecting a new freight. living with coven, it's the new normal amount comes with lifting many restrictive laws and dropping plans for copays, passports, for major events and nightclubs, showing full vaccination or recent negative to say huge mistake. yes,

it's typical of them boys over that. when you said freedom is what we fight for my for should up while england is dropping, the passport plans scotland is imposing one and in europe despite sometimes fierce resistance countries such as france, germany and belgium are using passports to good effect. what we've seen throughout this time next is that britain, england in particular, stays as an outlier the many months while other countries guess what to do, the right thing, only in the end, to relent and do the same thing ourselves, could well be the vice team pos bruce accessed in other countries, and eventually the take government entities of the england as well. the government says a locked would be a last resort, but a plan b would mean coven passports and other measures. however, there's some unease about not using face masks and other risks inside buildings. i certainly think that some venues are riskier than others, and we should, i think somebody still be requiring distancing. and i also think we should be

investing in much better ventilation systems. and the fact that more cautious countries in europe have lower infection rates than the u. k. doesn't, can, when some, the death rates won't stop climbing again. andrew simmons al jazeera london and finally, one of new york's most popular tourist attractions as back in business. broadway is reopening at full capacity for the 1st time since the pandemic force theaters the close 18 months ago. the lion king hamilton and wickets will be among the 1st productions to play in front of a full house run 30 shows are expected to welcome full capacity crowds. by the end of this year. the news i'm how am i getting with the headlines on al jazeera, katie's prime minister ariel re his sack, chief prosecutor after he demanded only.