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respond to a new security alliance with the us and u. k. brush and the poems for bottom line reelections bought many opposition. candidates are excluded from the balance. the u. s. moves closer to introducing coven 19 booster vaccination despite the w. 2 warning, it's unnecessary and irresponsible. and after breaks it, the u. k. now facing some of its most severe food and supply shortages in decades made worse by the pandemic. i'm going to go with the sport as new zealand abandons it's cricket or pakistan over security concerns just before the teams 1st scheduled much impact on in 18 years. ah, china has accused the us industry of colluding to smear its reputation. the latest fall out of the 2 countries joined person in a new alliance. the us secretary of state and defense meant to

a stranger and officials on thursday. the queue of china, of making expensive and illegal maritime claims. many season you security arrangement as part of efforts by the west to contain china's growing influence in the region. australia is prime minister is shrugging off beijing zango. we're just doing what we need to do to keep the straight insights and protect our national interests. i mean, china do the same thing. they have massive investments in the military capabilities, including the in this area and strike doesn't rise issues around that. all countries will take decisions in the national interest. we believe this will lead to the peace instability and security of the region. and that is, i think, a view that is widely shared about the impact of this arrangement. and we encourage all countries in the region to engage in that way. australia will also tear off contracts. the french made submarine favor of subs with us develop nuclear power. and that's riled. paris, which is also angry about being left out as the new alliance,

trying to foreign ministry. and since spacing is focused on regional piece, but others are only interested in provocation. now, i want sugar on the south china sea, taiwan and hong kong, china. the position is clear to us and most really are colluding with each other. and for selfish geopolitical gains are smearing china, their interfering and chinese domestic affairs. as facts of proven china, not only a major engine for economic development and the region is also for stability and peace. china development represents a force for peace in the world and the regions development, katrina, you in beijing says china feel the alliance will cause error versus damage. all relations between by doing camera are in very bad shape. and analysts that i've spoken to here says that this really is the nail in the coffin, that if there was any opportunity for the relationship to improve this really close that often, we do expect the relationship to remain frosty,

for at least some years to come and china's relationship with these other countries through the u. s. and the car also worsening. china has repeated its rebuke. of this security packed accused these 3 countries of harboring a cold war mentality of creating an exclusionary block and of interfering in china's internal affairs. we had a new statement released by the chinese embassy in australia earlier today. and in that statement, it said that a strictly should handle its relationship with china in a genuinely independent manner. meaning to say that beijing series australia is acting as little more than a porn of united states in the region. and it seems that reflected in this trade back in this exchange of this nuclear submarines. let's bring in matthew conic. now he is the deputy director of the atlantic council scowcroft center for strategy and security. he joins us from washington, d. c. thank you for your time. tell me what is the us get out of this deal isn't

just about countering china. like i think it is largely about counter inch. china has become more aggressive in foreign policy in recent years. it has territorial and maritime disputes with almost all of its neighbors, including one that led to casualties on the border with india earlier this year. and so there's a real fear that china couldn't take military action against taiwan that would lead to war. and so the united states and its allies want to make sure that they have the capabilities that could deter 10 against those kind of attacks. and so the united states can't do it all on its own. and so just really submarines to contribute to that, i think could work to deter and the australians have to contribute to peace and stability. and as he said that the us can't do it all on its own. explain to me what the military capabilities are like china compared to the u. s.

well, the real fear in washington right now in the pentagon, is that china could conduct invasion of taiwan. china has said that, ty, one's a renegade, providence has said that it would use military capabilities if necessary to take taiwan. and so the way that they would do that is by sending a lot of ships across the taiwan strait and so, beating us defense officials is that really what we need then to deter, that is the ability to destroy those ships. to make it clear to china that they wouldn't be able to conduct that invasion successfully. so that requires missiles and submarines are also very helpful for this. so these are capabilities for west seen as the most complex scenario in asia right now. so, ministry alia, who don't agree with the government moves are saying, this is the us drawing

a straight into its dealings. it's relationship with china. it's tensions walks, you will take on the israeli, losing some autonomy here. i don't think so. i think straightly is position on china has really changed in the past few years and it's responding to chinese actions. china has called australia stuck on the gum of it's you, it's put in place. a big trade embargo against australia, cutoff imports that australian wind, other agricultural products that hit australia, the heart, and so is worried about china and the united states, and then other democratic powers as the best way to advance australia's security. so i think this is a decision that the australian government is taking out of its own free will. thank you very much for your analysis and your chronic there. deputy director of the

atlantic council scar croft center, the strategy and security the u. s. a threatening, more sanctions if violence continues in europe, he is northern to grow regions and you, executive order, opens the door to sanctions, or members of the opium and era trained governments that to great people's depression front and the har, regional government, the button ministration is looking to put pressure on war and parties to end the fighting, thousands have been killed and at least $2000000.00 display since mine. it's broke out into the right in november shepherd on the line for us now washington d. c. she had so it appears the threat goes out to all sides in this complex it's, it's a theme that we've seen from the white house, from congress in the last few months as the crisis intensifies in that range. and that's the bike administration, particularly trying to be seen as being, having an even hound and blaming all sides, even whereas the sort of liberal interventionists and the governments amount of

power usa id for example, have been pushing and have been warning off of ethiopian atrocities. but the bite administration has been, has been talking about all sides in the context. was that a congressional hearing just a few months ago actually way where you could see that being played out how even this executive order, it's a lot less than meets the eye and the reasons a fascinating i'll get get over there in a 2nd. but this yeah, as you said, it threaten sanctions. it empowers the treasury and the state departments to impose sanctions, but it doesn't do sorry, it doesn't name any one and it has a long list of actions that the u. s. wants to see it. once it cools in, all parties, rental facilities, to analysis, and facilitate unimpeded humanitarian access. accountability for human rights abuses, inclusive dialogue to, to preserve the unity of the state, but no action yet. and that's been a big disappointment of a liberal intervention, especially in the democratic party. and it, 71 gets the sense that this has

a lot to do with actually the story you did a minute ago. the u. s. c's easier in the context of china. you f as the vitamin searching seems to see everything in the context of china at the moment. if you has long been the u. s. s. maine ally in the whole of africa and prime minister abbey om. it has been a very successful in sort of playing both sides. china and the u. s. on the one hand, the u. s. is the donor of the most recipient of the most sub saharan aid tv left hand. it also has china on the other side, but the biden ministration doesn't want to be the white house, the administration that loses ethiopia in the horn of africa. so they've been measured in that, in that comments even here, even in this executive order 2 pages of it before or about how close the u. s. as to if you're, so they're still playing, but still hoping that they can actually get it, but they can put pressure pressure both sides in the conflict with the sort of executive order with this action without actually taking any concrete steps to have

a minus sanctions on some of your officials in the past but, but yeah, it's real interesting especially when you think, but, you know, i mean, just last month. so now the power u. s. id, even the, the horn of africa, special representative, the bike was empower. they were smoked, smoked by pro prime minister ahmed polish. i'll be out of it. but, and yet no action was taken. and that's because of china because of the war on terror on the course progress on it. is it actually sort of christian even even just because he has a lot of support in congress as well? i think that shambria towns live for us in washington dc. plenty more head on the news, all including more than just a number options to lation and washington dc draws attention to the pandemic victims and those left behind fee for the survey shows. fan support a more frequent close call pushes on with controversial 500 every 2 years. coming up with jo, enforced ah,

russians across the country are lining up because their votes for parliamentary elections. people have 3 days to constant ballads for representatives, and the duma poll show support for the governing united russia party is an all time low. however, many candidates who are opposed to president putin has been excluded from the elections. and smith joins us from moscow inside a polling station. bernard, what have you been seeing there today? it depends where you go came. we've been to one polling station, another part of moscow with very, very long queues outside it. but thought is unusual. that was a long queue on a friday morning of people clearly working age. the election commission says they were all military workers who turned up after a night shift to get the vote in early. but kidding for several hours and one

independent observer groups that they didn't see anybody in the military uniforms. many of the polling stations, i like the one where i am. it's very, very quiet. they've had maybe about 100 people voting here since paul's open to 8 o'clock this morning. opposition groups about that support is actually not to vote until late on sunday because they say that any earlier than that the vote could risk being interfered with. being asked to leave it as late as possible, the currently wants united russia to do well is the party that supports flooded mir putin is low in the polls. about 27 percent support russians are very angry with a crumbling infrastructure falling quality of life. 20 percent living below the poverty line and the fear is they'll take out that frustration on united russian bennet smith in moscow for thank you for that. china's president is using, paying as calling for a smooth transition in afghanistan and urge the new government to follow what he

called moderate policies. asian leaders, a meeting in tennessee sounds capital to shomberg to discuss the ton of take over the shanghai cooperation organization is the 1st major summit of regional countries since the group seized paul last month. number, thanks of express concerns about an influx of refugees and the risk of attacks as trying to move to engage with the taliban. it's setting the sides on of cornerstone . vast mineral resources. the interim government wants chinese recognition. so mining can begin. those shall stradford reports from miss isaac. the plans could threaten some of the nation's archaeological treasures. the we follow the heart of on guns on the motorcycle up through the gorge to a platter high in the mountains of low golf province. this barren, isolated place in eastern afghanistan is believe to hold the 2nd largest copper or deposits in the world worth at least $50000000000.00. the chinese flag

flies over a make shift mining camp. in 2007, the former afghan government signed a 30 year lease with a consortium of chinese state own companies to start mining work here. it never did . and the taliban is in control now. that ed morgan, who of the yellow i'll country is economically very weak. we hope the mine will help the whole country. if the work is not beneficial for all that guns will restart the process and give the contract to someone else on the tunnel on fighters that is through the gate. but a guard working for the chinese companies refuses to let us film. coming said i look, look at the camp, but you can record the last chinese stuff to flee. what became a fast deteriorating security situation left in early august. but years of fighting between the taliban nato forces and the afghan army is not the only reason why excavations have not started yet. this valley is absolutely full of history,

buddhist zoroastrian archaeology, se stretching back to 2000 years, the taliban say they're going to do all they can to protect the archaeology. here, before mining for copper on the other side of the mountain starts, these ancient ruins were once a thriving city on the silk route between china and europe. its inhabitants were mainly buddhists with gerald. thou art with our nomads. when we were traveling through these mountains for years, says this man, the surface was smooth and we had no idea. there was an ancient city beneath. come yet a local taliban official guides us into tunnel is to show where afghan and foreign, archaeologists have been working for years to remove artifacts before the mining starts. but just like the chinese minus the archaeologists also fled when the

taliban arrived. we walked to hot, so on a cliff where he reveals one of the estimated 500 buddhist statues, was carved into the mountain side in 2001 the taliban caused international outrage by blowing up giant buddhist statues in the clips of bombay on. so we'll do something like that here to that for a long layer rather get back to 1000 years old. the chinese made an agreement, the artifact, they have to be taken away and protected. if we wanted to destroy them, we would have done as when we took control, but we didn't protect them really. when its unsure when the archaeologists will return an expert say, until china recognised the taliban government contracts signed with previous afghans administrations are all on hold. these mountains could unlock immense wealth. afghanistan, taliban says the archaeology will be moved and protected 1st,

afghans and the world watched to see if the new rulers of this country keep their word. charles stratford al jazeera. miss isaac, i've gone to stand with austria, his government has been taken to court, accused of not responding quickly enough to cause it 19 outbreaks in ski resorts. the civil war suits is the 1st of 15 such cases. more than 6000 people from 45 countries say they were infected during a viral outbreak in the resource of issuing the mccain as life crossed out in berlin. don't just explain this to us. so who exactly is bringing this case? what's it all about? this case is being brought by a group of different people all who have a grievance against the forces both locally in ish girl from last march from march

2020. and the austrian government is a wide level, specifically from some of the relatives of people who died having court cove. it in ish go during the time that this case refers to. that's the 1st week also of march 2021 of the sons of one of the people who died. a man called tennis shops, has his son foolish, says that this case is about justice for his father. effectively. what is happening here? the plaintiff's people bringing the case, they say that the authorities in austria nationally, but also locally, were aware of the fact that there had been covey cases in ish good at a specific bar, a bar called kits law in the town of michigan. i remember that issue is a ski resorts renowned as the visa on ice. in other words, a place where many hundreds, if not thousands of people would come not just for the skiing,

but for the appraise sky for the partying season element. and the argument put forward by the plaintiffs by the people bringing the case is that the authorities knew about it. they were hazard chaotic in the way they tried to enforce a camp down in that town. so that what happened was that when people found out that cove, it was there, they didn't know what to do. they all congregated in the same places and the same venues, and then in the same coaches and buses, hours on and coughing and sneezing, catching cove, it passing it to other people. and then of course, leaving ish go, leaving austria going to other parts of europe. and with its spreading cove, it around the continent. that's the case being put forward by the people bringing this case. the austrian government has rejected that version of events and into denying what it's being accused of in this civil court. and dominant care. it's not just austria, is it this cases it's prompting questions elsewhere. yes,

that is the point here. this is, as it were, the 1st one might go on to be many different cases around or certainly around the alpine region, which includes austria, switzerland, germany, france, italy, other countries too. but it's, it's broad and it's broadens out what you have to look at here is this principle of, or foreign is being brought to book. is it worth what they did or didn't? and what they knew about cove it back at the start of the pandemic from a european perspective. take france, for example, that there is the case of a former health minister. and yes, visa, who in 2020, at the start of the pandemic, was saying, although not very many cases in france, who don't have to worry too much, that's what she was saying publicly. then having resigned from that position to pursue a different electro position. she was then crosses, as having said that, she believed the soon army of cases was coming. she's under formal investigation in france, and you have this happening in australia now,

which shows that people are starting to ask questions of the authorities and is reaching a formal investigator re or court process. dominic came in berlin. thank you. the us food and drug administration is due to hold a meeting on whether to approve the booster shots produced by 5 pound tech. a panel of independent vaccine advises will vote on whether there's a need for additional doses for people aged 16 and all the top health officials have warned that some fully vaccinated people may not have enough immunity to cover 19 the united states leads the world and the number of covert 900 deaths in art installation in washington, d. c is trying to put the number in perspective and give those have lost a loved one and outlets. the grief i'll just 0100 euro castro has more. this is the heart of the american capital. beneath the tall shadow of the washington monument, stretching toward the white house,

rows of white flags cover an area the size of 11 football fields, standing century to a national tragedy still unfolding. each flag represents one person whom we've lost in this pandemic, now numbering more than 660000 in the us. maryland artist suzanne 1st and berg says her installation seeks to recapture the dignity of each person who's died of cove. it. you know these down to become 2 numbers and the number is become so large as to be inconceivable. and so i want you to make the number understandable. anyone can combine to write a personalized message. william, as berlin ski bill, dad pop up pops, gone. surely would anders you were less than 2 weeks away from the vaccine being available in january when you can. i'm so sorry. a dedication can also be submitted

online. then they're brought here transcribed by volunteers, and they're planted. and then we g, a. locate them and take a photo of those flags right in place so that people who aren't able to get here can still experience the feeling they can see their personalized flag and be a part of the grieving of this country. mama, you did not deserve this faith to die alone. confused, afraid you will give your heart to anyone. mine is broken without your how does that hit you? straight to the got? you know it's just so sad, so many live. these lives, which is the interrupted, just interrupted one in 500 americans has died of cove it and that number continues to grow with nearly 2000 more people dying in this country. each day.

that means with each sun up and sun down the sea, a flag grows in size and in grief. hard enough just to out of why knowing that someone else has died because of this panoramic. but at this point, knowing if people protected themselves with vaccination, that they would be safer. that's heartbreaking. the artist and volunteers work daily to keep up with the numbers a grim task, but one they see as important to help americans visualize the pandemic toll and to pay tribute to those who are gone. heidi joe castro al jazeera washington. cuba has expanded its mass vaccination drive for children as young as to it's the only country in the world to vaccinate children that young. it comes with health officials, reporter search and delta infections among young people. cuban authorities say the locally produced covered $900.00 vaccine is safe for children. the world health

organization says it will help 11 on find solutions to its own health care crisis. they've been owns economic problems of course. widespread choices of medical supplies and equipment, w h o secretary general tedra, south tongue ever use this is visiting by a week after the formation of a new government. serious challenge in lebanon. a shortage of medical supplies, shortage of fuel, of banking problems. also, problems with water provision and electricity, which actually affects the health condition of the people of lebanon. and we have agreed on what we can do in the short term. and what can also be done in the long term. and based on the government's vision, we would be happy to support you in any way possible then how to joins us now live

from bay road zayna. what was the point of this visit from the chief? well, it's at a critical time. the country is in a deep economic crisis. all sectors of the economy have been affected. the state has all but collapse. basic services are collecting, including the health care sector, the world health organization, saying that the population health is at risk and the needs are immense. and that international organizations like the united nations cannot fill the caps any longer because the needs are only increasing. so they went, they met the officials, there's a new government in this country. i spoke to the world health organization, delegates on the sidelines of the press conference, and what they said was they sense this seriousness and willingness on the part of the new authorities to change their ways not to follow past policies if you'd like, because successive governments really have been blamed for underfunding and

neglecting the public health sector and more and more people rely on the public health sector because the people are just poor you and says 80 percent of the population is now poor. 4 out of 5 people need assistance. there are medical shortages in this country. there's a lack of hard currency to bring and supplies. there's a lack of fuel if there's no electricity. diesel shortage has the united nation has stepped in to pay for diesels in order for a hospitals to continue providing services to the lebanese people. so it is really a critical, critical time. but the international community has made this very clear time and time again. if the new lebanese government does not carry out structural reforms and fight corruption, them, they will not unlock international aid, emergency assistance is still forthcoming. but like i said, it just won't be enough. lot of pressure on the new government to make some move. thank you very much for that then a honda in beirut. alright,

let's get an update now on the world. whether has jeff. hello, good to be with you right off the bat. we've had some exceptional heat through parts of australia. we're talking about alice up to $37.00 degrees over the past 24 hours. we haven't seen a temperature this high this early in the season in 80 years, but look at there's a front slices through sphere, 25 to crease on saturday. also, we're seen some friends raced across the bytes out. we've got wind rain which will be heavy at times as while and gusty conditions has mania. hobart we could see those winds were up to 70 kilometers per hour. perth, we've got nice conditions at 20 degrees, but watch this. so show here up to wednesday, you may touch 30 degrees off to new zealand and we've got a bit of a reprieve before next system races across the tasman temperatures here doing pretty good and we've got some sunshine in the forecasts starting to dry out for south eastern portions of china, but a batch of rain from young joe rate down to the yangtze river valley. and i do want

to get you the latest right now on tropical storm shawn to as it crashes in to southern areas of japan. we do have some very serious weather alerts that we need to talk about. so landside warning oper that se portion of q issue and southwest areas of chicago on saturday, a sock has got a high 29 degrees c soon. still ahead on al jazeera, living in fair migrants and southern mexico desperately tried to avoid deportation . and we'll hear from 7 times simple women, tom brady, on whether or not he thinks he can play until the age of 15. find out what he says with joes board. ah frank assessments by way it is a lesson freedom surprising informed opinions. what you saw happening is come on to the 140 to come up with 2 is the critical debate that we have here is not between

kula and any other than we have concrete here between the 2 years.