1000 conference delegates more than $55.00 countries participate in trade and investment deals with $40000000000.00 as business and governments come together to explore business and networking opportunities at the international exhibition boots to you by the african export import back at the premium partners, the atl 2020 was transforming africa ah. under the spotlight, the new in the pacific, secure, she packed it will united fraley, other u. k. and the us. but could it threaten older alliances? it means a $1000000000.00 deal to supply french submarines to failure is now lost in paris. esteem described as a stab in the back. a hello barbara. watching al jazeera life from london. also coming out the taliban. reject claims of in fighting. just days after announcing a government and i've got

a son, ah, and in lebanon, has been delivered a convoy of much needed fuel, but it's been accused of using the commodity as a political weapon. ah, hello, thank you for joining us. a new security alliance between the u. s. u. k, and australia is being met with backlash from both allies and adversaries. the pact named orchestra will help australia acquire nuclear powered submarines while also allowing the sharing of intelligence. the agreement is seen as an effort to counter china's influence in the pacific bay. jing says this severely damages regional piece, while intensifying an arms race top diplomats from the us and australia have doubled

down on the deal. i want to, besides that there is no regional divide, separating the interests of our atlantic and our pacific partners. this partnership with australia in the united kingdom is a signal that we're committed to working with our allies and partners, including in europe, to ensure a free and open in the pacific. we welcome european countries playing an important role in the, in the, you know, specific. we look forward to continue close cooperation with nato, with the european union and others in this endeavor. united states leadership in the in the pacific, remains indispensable. we must compete in order to preserve and to shape the international order that has underpinned decades of prosperity and economic stability. in the pacific. australia's message is that we are an ally. that is looking for opportunities to work together across the region. well,

rosalind jordan is live for us at the state department of rosalind this definitely charts, new waters in u. s. foreign policy. yesterday the announcement was made by the 3 countries leaders. what about this press conference of the foreign ministers? what were the main key takeaways do you think? well, some of the main points were that the united states, the united kingdom, and certainly australia remain the right retain the right to chart their own security course and deciding to how this new was 3 heart alliance focused on the end of pacific region is a key way of guaranteeing all 3 countries security in the 21st century. they also made a point of saying that this was not an effort to destroy all ties all relationships . particularly with members of nato, of which these countries are part. and certainly not in a matter of rupturing relationships and ties that go back decades. and in the case

of the united states in france, going back to more than 200 years. so this is really perhaps a rethinking of us foreign policy in particular, but also a new course as it were for the united kingdom, which after its departure from the e, you certainly is looking for new ways of retaining its influence on the global stage . i mean, you mention this emphasis that it's not going to harm current alliances. of course, we're going to hear a little later later in the program, how france isn't seeing it that way. so tell us of the bit of damage control if you will. the us secretary of state did emphasizing that this doesn't threaten current alliance. well, certainly that was one of the 1st things that anthony blank and talked about at the press conference last year. our here at the state department. the idea that the us with somehow will be trying to stab france in the back as the french foreign

ministers all is whole suggested on the wednesday, is not the case. but this is instead like and argues is a very pragmatic for looking attempt to deal with global threats. and in the us view, perhaps the primary threat is that coming from beijing, we have seen china building fake islands in the south trying to see trying to establish some sort of territorial claim, a claim that has not held up in international court. we have seen the chinese military try to support the free flow of commerce through the south china sea even as far south as near the philippines. we have seen the chinese try to induce poor smaller countries, not just in asia, going west into europe, going south into africa and into a lot in america as well. trying to induce them to inter deals that ultimately

benefit beijing politically and economically. the u. s. has been very concerned about china's efforts to expand its global reach and with this alliance, it is hoped that they will certainly be able to check that in order to do that, they say that they need at the very least understanding from the european allies because it doesn't just affect the us, it affects europe as well. but also jordan with the latest from, gives me the state department thanks. well, as we were hearing, france is furious that australia decided to abandon their submarine deal and sign a new one. instead. the french foreign minister has accused the vitamin ministration of behaving like former us president donald trump. that's one of the passion butler in paris. so pretty strong words there. tell us a little bit more about what the french government has been saying.

well, there's been a lot of shock, a lot of anger in power as some ministers, absolutely livid over can bruce decision to effectively scrap paper, deal with fraud says multi $1000000.00 submarine deal, which was agreed upon back in 2016. you know, here in for on that contract who's called the deal of the century. and that gives you a sense of just how much it meant to the french, to the french government. and of course, in terms of the many jobs that it was expected to create many minutes to simply call it understand why australia's pulled out this without they say, any notice. and then the fact that it has signed this pack along with the u. k. and the u. s. a packed that the french government says they knew nothing about now. washington, the white house is said that it did inform paris that they was making this defense

agreement. those claims have been strongly denied by paris. they say they knew nothing about it. i think the french foreign minister shall have la trail really summed up the sentiment here when he said that the frauds felt as if it had been betrayed. civil them all both say i could do it is really a stab in the back. we built a relationship of trust with australia and this trust was betrayed and i'm angry to day with a lot of bitterness about this breach of contract. this is not done between allies, especially when there's been 2 years of negotiations for this contract. the french foreign minister also expressed bitter disappointment when it came to joe biden, saying the jo biden's actions creating this pact along with the u. k. and australia were along the same lines of the basically he was basically working on

the same lines as donald trump. it was trump ask in strategy, john leave evil to drill, said that this was simply unacceptable. and what he's saying is that, you know, trump's decisions in the past, the act unilaterally not to consult a key partner's international allies. well, france is worried that, of course, the us may be going along those lines. perhaps joe biden is falling those footsteps . that is something that they will not want to see. but it also feels speculation in the you that the u. s. is becoming an increasingly unreliable part of that is something the many and you believed under the trump era, of course that will be reconciled to feel that that is the same with joe biden. a recent events suggest that could be the direction that the u. s. is taking and that will also bolster some parts of the you. we've heard for example, in the past from emmanuel micro, those who believe that they you simply needs to be more autonomy and rely less on

the united states that hash about live with the latest from paris and that natasha . thank you. i. the taliban has denied reports that its leaders are embroiled in a major power struggle following the announcement of, of kenneth stones, interim government. the group says the claims are aimed at the stabilizing the country and discrediting the taliban after it took power. last month's fashion held by the has more now from the capital capital pledging allegiance to the taliban tribesmen, dignitaries, and members of the former government in kandahar the birthplace of the taliban and the seat of bala, a show of unity at a delicate moment for the group that swept into the capital last month. but the taliban is now denying rumors of a possible power struggle. and in fighting among its senior leadership. reports

also suggested deputy prime minister of the money brother was sidelined as the rumors spread. the taliban dispatched one of his officials and asked how connie with one message to convey the taliban is more united than ever. when le brother later appeared himself in a video explaining why he hasn't been seen in public for the last few days, most apartment or the car, but i was traveling from top to so i had no access to the media in order to reject this news. we assure the dentist on nation mature her dane, elders and you not to worry, there's no reason to worry. but many alons were they fear a prolonged leadership crisis that may create more poverty and uncertainty was wrong on the boot crowd. in the past that was the people had their jobs. now people

are hungry and many are anxious about what may happen next. that isn't and we see what the joined the taliban. 3 years ago, my hopes were prosperous and peaceful. i got to stem. this is my biggest wish. as winter approaches, tens of thousands of people who fled their homes. recently, we need food, shelter, and stove. the un has wound the country may phase a severe humanitarian situation. if aid does not arrive soon, but taliban is now back in power by the challenge is far from over. the group is facing mounting pressure to pool and inclusive government and he's desperate for international recognition and financial assistance at the moment. when 2 thirds of the guy need help hush about the ra capital and still ahead on al jazeera, a court orders in denise is president to take urgent action to curb air pollution

and anger on the streets of windows with claims the president has failed to deliver his economic promises ah, ah, hello there, let's have a look at the weather in europe and it's a rather wet end to the week. so many areas we've had a weather system clinging to central parts of europe. that's boots and thunderstorms and heavy downpours. it's going to sweep across to the east weather on the way for much of ukraine and into beller roost. we've also seen some heavy rain across parts of italy, sweeping into the balcony and up north. we still got that wet and windy weather, clinging on to denmark and pots of scandinavia. now from the north west, we're going to see the arrival of the wet weather on friday. plenty of cloud cover

coming 3 for the british isles on saturday, but we will see some sunshine breaking through in areas of the south. for the i barian peninsular, it have dried up. we are see some wet weather sweeping across northern areas and into france. that's not going to help the south where we have seen flooding the ground is already saturated. there's more rain to come. now it is looking very wet in the east, but for the southeast we are still seeing some heat, clinging on not a fine and dry weather for turkey. and for greece, if you look at the 3 day for athens, we are going to see the temperature rise about 10 degrees, well above average, with lots of sunshine coming through. and that should weather update. the news, the al jazeera recounts the shocking story of the assassination of count full cabana dot, the 1st un envoy trying to bring peace to the middle east. how is negotiations with

him? la health, save thousands of jews from nazi concentration camps and how these mediation skills put him at the vanguard in the quest for peace in the middle east. killing the count on algebra. oh, the me. reminder now of the top stories on al jazeera, the u. s. u. k and australia have defended their new security alliance under which the australian government will be able to develop nuclear powered submarines if seen as for the counter china's influence in the pacific. but the aging says it's

severely damages regional piece and intensifies on the product. affectively cancels a $1000000000.00 deal for a french company to build submarines for failure. frances government has reacted to the fury, accusing australia, fabbing it in the back at the vitamin ministration of acting like donald trump. taliban insists it's more united than ever after report spread that its leaders are embroiled in a major power struggle. following the announcement of a scanner stands, interim government. the group says the claims are aimed at the stabilizing the country. best burly, needed fuel has arrived in lebanon. p e's the country's crippling shortages. the 1st of several truck convoys carrying iranian fuel from syria was arranged by his bhalla, which is backed by iran. but the shipments violate us sanctions imposed on iranian oil sales. and i've got a mixed response in lebanon, then

a 100 reports now from the capital b to the us sanctions. iranian fuel arrives in lebanon, brought overland from syria, also under american sanctions, has below which arranged the shipment to help alleviate the widespread fuel and diesel shortages in the country sees the victory against the united states. and if we assume we have enough supplies for september and october, and then we decide if there is a need for 5th, 6th, and 7th ship importing fuels from iran, risks us action under the current sanctions. that is why the iranian backed lebanese armed group says it chose to offload at a port in syria and bring the supplies through illegal crossings. so lebanon won't have to deal with sanctions related complications. but politics was also at play. has paula has managed this current crisis very well by presenting itself as opposed

to trying to protect the human population in our country. and this role is really difficult to challenge, or even the united states to oppose the vitamin administration which considers has a lot of terrorist organization has chosen not to respond. some say it is because of efforts to restart negotiations with iran on a nuclear deal. lebanon is entangled and the regional conflict and fuel is being used as a political weapon, as the law is being accused of trying to expand iran's influence here, the response of the united states has so far been muted, but it is supporting another alternative, despite sanctions on syria, it is showing flexibility to allow lebanon to import natural gas from egypt and electricity from jordan. this is part of daily life in lebanon. fuel is scarce and a nearly bankrupt state. the lebanese government has not commented on the deal to

import fuel from iran, but experts say energy sources from iran, egypt and jordan are temporary solutions that won't fulfill long term need. we need to base you power plants. we need to resort to god. we need to invest in a new verse as we need to have a good governance has well as part of the system as well as not any form of entity that is willing to do the form for his balance is not doing anything in the government or anything in the parliament who for the crisis of the energy for now has belong, accuse of exploiting the weakness of a state mired in corruption is celebrating the geopolitical implication of what appears to be the pro iran alliances growing power. elisha zita, beirut, a group of west african leaders is meeting to discuss their next move with the military leaders who lead the guineas crew. the economic community of west african states suspended guinea last week after the army. the post president of the leaders

are expected to discuss strong measures, including possible functions, the force, the military to step aside and allow civilian rule. many dressed as the latest now from guineas, capital, kentucky. they confirmed that they have received the report of their mission or delegation sent to con crew last week, which was led by the gun in foreign minister. and they also received an os tidying the report of nigeria from a precedent good like jonathan who had the cause mission to molly. these are 2 cases that the leaders in the region afraid could replicate in the region. in the last 2 years, we've seen 4 incidence, 3 questionable changes to constitutional amendments in west africa, a leading to, to cause military cause molly and here in guinea. so the leaders are discussing issues of a possibility of sanctions and other measures that they feel what force guinea in

a military genta to quickly restore constitutional order in this country. the biggest worry for them is that these cause, if allowed to continue, probably will punch the region into another cycle of military cause and instability across that region. meanwhile, the leaders demand for the release of the post president for con days still being resisted by the military you into here. they want to use him as a bargaining chip for whatever reasons or whatever actions the course would want to take. i guess guinea connor chris france has suspended around 3000 health care workers for failure to comply with mandatory kovacs phoenician orders. inoculation was made compulsory for health workers by president manuel mccray in july with a deadline set for september 15th. the measure was one of several designed to boost

flagging vaccination numbers and included the roll out of a cobit health pass to access, social and leisure venues. but 84 percent of french adults are now fully vaccinated . they telling government is reportedly taking things even further and making its cova passport mandatory for all workers. that's according to the voters news agency from october 15th employees and both the public and private sector will need to show proof of vaccination and negative test or recent recovery from infection. it's meant to persuade more people to get vaccinated. italy was one of the worst that countries in europe, with more than 130000 deaths recorded german green pasco. the green pass is an important tool to deal with this serious situation. in such a serious situation, we need effective solution. in my opinion, it's not fair because if i'm a free citizen, i can decide whether or not to get a green pass when there is no obligation, we no longer live in a democracy, put in

a dictatorship. so i do not agree. meanwhile, health officials in the country with a corona virus was 1st protected to say that they fully vaccinated more than a 1000000000 people. that's around 72 percent of china is 1400000000 strong population. the world's most populous nation hit the milestone while battling a new outbreak of the delta, very and in the southeastern province of john. or far as he's of locked down neighborhoods, closed schools and entertainment venues and restrict the travel. 200 cases have been confirmed in the last 6 days. indonesia, president and 6 other officials have neglected people's right to clean air. that's the verdict from a court in jakarta which has ordered the government to improve air quality. 32 people had sued the authorities in a last ditch attempt to force them to tackle pollution cut the lopez hold. a yan has more move with them. it's a landmark ruling,

a panel of judges and indonesia says top government officials have failed to set proper standards to curb air pollution. there are negligence. the court says is partly to blame for jakarta as poor air quality, often ranked among the worst in the world. 32 residents filed a lawsuit against the officials saying pollution is affecting their health, livelihood, and life expectancy i'll be left out by been that if the defendants who are also government officials decide to appeal the ruling, they could continue with their negligence. it could put millions of people's lives at stake. the citizens lawsuit was filed 2 years ago and 7 politicians, including 2 carters governor, aneice bus wait, and he's now been ordered to monitor emissions from old vehicles and trash burning . and the court says president joker, redondo should strengthen indonesia air quality. sanders, it's a problem he has raced before and 2019. he admitted pollution around your carto was

out of control. he recommended moving the capitol to another city to ease overpopulation traffic and pollution. the gap? yeah. ever since my daughter started kindergarten, she's been suffering from nosebleeds. now i know this isn't normal. she's really sensitive to pollution and those nosebleeds can last for about an hour, up to 3 times a day. 30000000 people live in and around indonesia, capital jakarta, and air quality report ranks that the night most polluted capital in the world. such levels of pollution can reduce people's life expectancy by up to 7 years like that. when i'm out in the city, i can see how much smoke comes out of our city buses. maybe they haven't had an emissions check. a lot of the time i have no choice but to inhale the terrible smoke and it hurts my eyes. many people in the capital, welcome tighter government restrictions to reduce pollution. and i

hope everyone including the government will work something out. i support more regulations. so vehicles and factory it's a legal battle for the right to breathe, clean air one there could set a precedent for other citizens and environmental groups. the focus now turns to how and when the new court ordered measures will be implemented. patty, a little bit of the young al jazeera for, for more folks, vog and executives have gone on trial for their role in the emissions scandal known as diesel gate. the men are accused of using manipulative software in millions of v w cards that allowed them to cheat emissions tests. it was exposed by regulations in the united states 6 years ago, and that already costs folks bargain billions and fines and compensation to car owners. though mccain has more from berlin, its the central theme is this. what was called a dedicated defeat device that was put into the cause which allowed folks fog and

to suggest during tests that it's the emissions from these calls were in line with the protocols that they had agreed to when they knew all the time. that in fact, no, that was not the case and that these calls were far more polluting than, than would be believed if the tests were to be believed in so far as this particular case is concerned. what we have here is for executives, people who were in charge of the elements of the vehicles where the testing elements would be seen would be use those people for people in charge of that element of folks foggins drive train team. well, they are in, in court today, they've been in court and they are being accused of tax evasion and fraud effectively. because tax credits were available to people who use these cars. and because therefore, the cheating was involved here than that said, the prosecutors is a criminal offense. the question will be,

what sort of defense will these people put for the suggestion that has come from some parts of the defensive of these 4 individuals? is that they intend to say either they were not aware that this dedicated defeat device had been installed in the vehicles. all that they were aware that they had been installed into these vehicles, but that they had passed on that concerns to their superiors. and therefore that they should not be as it were, brought to trial because they had passed on their concerns. thousands of protesters in argentina have been marching in the capital, one of iris, demanding jobs, and an increase in social aid. there is anger over rising poverty and high inflation. the government of president a better fit and on this has been blamed for failing to deliver on promises to improve living standards. it suffered a heavy defeat, him sundays. midterm primary elections that isabel has more now from when, as iris. well,

there's thousands and thousands of people that have come to the center of what site is, where the ministry of social development is located there. marching for jobs, their margin for more government assistance. many of the people are coming from some of when a site is poor, it's terry, as most of the ones we have spoken to say they're currently unemployed and they cannot make ends meet argentina, is in the middle of economic crisis. currently trying to negotiate a 40000000000 debt with the i in a math, there is a how you lation unemployed unemployment on the rights of poverty. also on the right, those are definitely a crisis going on. there was the ruling coalition last primary election last sunday . it was the 1st she to defeat in the pair nice party history, the paris party, the current party, empower they lost in 17 provinces, including and the province of what site is. most of the people we have spoken to say that the government is failing to deliver on their province,

that they need much more assistance. so protest like this one are examples of a, b, and happiness and dissatisfaction that exists on the streets of argentina today. you can find out much more on that story and everything else that we've been covering here, and i'll just there are on our web site. there it is. the address i'll just run dot com. ah and now the top stories on al jazeera, the u. s. u k and australia have defended their new security alliance under which the australian government will be able to develop nuclear power submarines. it's seen as an effort to counter china's in.