counting the cost on there. a lot of the stories that we cover a highly complex, so it's very important that we make them as understandable as we can, as all just correspondence. that's what we strive to do. mm . this is al jazeera ah hello, i'm mariam nemiah's, the welcome to the news our life from london coming up in the next 60 minute. officials admit us to draw a strike in campbell last month. mistake can be killed, 10 civilians, 7 of them. children. first casualty of the new pacific security alliance, france recalls it to us. no straining, baset is cancelled submarine dale thousands vote in

russia tech giant found to kremlin prussia were moving a tactical loading up by ring opposition candidates and nowhere else to go. after fleeing the turmoil at home than $10000.00 haitian migrant sleet rock in a tiny texas boarded town. and it's for the daughter of brazilian football engine pad. i says he's recovering well off day was reported. he's been resubmitted it to intensive care following surgery, to remove the cima. ah, hello, and welcome to the news. our top story, the u. s. military says, a drawing strike in afghanistan last month was a tragic mistake, killing 10 civilians and not iso fighters. as early claimed an investigation found the strike on august. the 29th killed an innocent aid worker along with 9 members

of his family. the youngest victim was just 2 years old. it happened days after a suicide attack, a cobble airport during a frenzied and chaotic evacuation effort following a taliban sudden return to power. i am now convinced that as many as 10 civilians, including up to 7 children, were tragically killed in that strike. moreover, we now assume that it is unlikely that the vehicle and those who died were associated with ices or were a direct threat to us forces. i offer my profound condolences to the family and friends of those who were killed. the strike was taken in the earnest belief that it would prevent an imminent threat to our forces in the evacuees at the airport. but it was a mistake, and i offer my sincere apology as a combatant commander. i am fully responsible for the strike in his tragic outcome there. hashanah how barbara joins us live now from the afghan capital. cobble any

reaction that to this it's now an hour and a half past midnight. no immediate reaction from the taliban so far about the us announcement but day before the development. and it's how cutty, a city, a member of the taliban told al jazeera when he was asked about the future of deals with united states of america. he said that the americans made the big mistake by, by, by launching that, drew an attack hearing cabinet and said that the attack was targeting civilians. and they should have been coordinated in advance with the tardy band thing. basically that by this act, the americans violated the very essence of the agreement. they signed with a taliban in a cutter, and he was very skeptical about and a future refreshment with the american things that by this attack, the american was sending a message to the taliban. that the will more about war than about based and

stability. and this could be one of the biggest issues of the international community. and the americans in particular, would be wrapping with in the near future, which is basically the americans have been saying that they won't recognize the taliban government until i let they see the government of italy about making concrete measures about and inclusive government and ensuring that the country won't be used by any i still affiliates like like ice s k or tied as a platform to launch attacks against the united states of america. that totally by so far have been repeatedly saying that there is no, i say, k presence in enough lot is that and that the americans from our own word, if they have an intelligence about the group or any other, the group operating in the should talk to the tardy but not that for they should find a way out about this. so he's going to be an extremely delicate situation for all the parties. will the tale that hot bang for more international recognition and

more financial support and for the americans who are still grappling with the fallout from the natalie by take over and we'll likely get into here from governments most versus that whole lot, which i had to model about this acknowledgement by the government about the drone attack in cobbled i mean, obviously the us was saying sent home in that briefing saying that the vehicle that was targeted and destroyed and not drawn strong cache and was based on intelligence that was quote, wrong relating to the presence of ice, this k, but of course very still a great deal of concern on the part of washington about what an i c k present and i've kind of stone could needs or how is that going to work in, in terms of the taliban denials well basically this is an extraordinary moment for all the parties who are waking

up to a new political reality on the ground. no one was expecting such a sweep take over the tale bad and therefore many people now left with many questions about what happens next. what's the all the issues at stake, a particularly instability, the need for the taliban to form an inclusive government. and the need to tackle terrorism and reign in groups that have been operating or using a lot. it's n as a base in the past for that to happen. first of all, people are waiting to see whether the taliban will be able to build bridges with the international community. the problem for the time being is that the international community is saying, we're not going to engage with a tale that a less the events under strong signals that they are changing. our normal the taliban of 19962001. and one of those brit equities for the international community and the americans in particular is

a government that includes the different ethnic groups enough lot. is that a group that includes members of the form of government, a government that is inclusive number 2 strong measures taken by the taliban to ensure that this country won't be used as a platform by any i cell or high. the city of growth in the near future to talk of the americans to do that, you need to have a strong operating government here enough that is done. but for the government to operate in these international recognition, it needs money to be able to run the different services a country. this is a country that faces delicate, delicate choices in the near future. so we have to wait and see what happens. but i have to tell you that over the last few days i've been talking to senior taliban officials here. and they are basically all the things that we do understand that would take over over is not going to be the. and this is going to be a long journey and that's one of the biggest challenges the taliban faces is going to be to run the service to provide money for the people to build

a strong economy and restore some sense of hope for the people. number 2, it will be to go to the international community and say, you know what, the, the taliban of 2021 is not the same as the taliban of 1996. but this is going to be an extremely delicate, a task ahead who's going to make the 1st move is going to be the taliban by making more further confessions in the near future to convince the americans that the are genuine about the need to answer. most of the concerns of the international community or it is going to be the americans and the international community. that's going to be the biggest challenge facing all the parties as the are grappling with this new evolving political landscape in atlanta. stan. alright, thank you. ashley. laura reporting to me afghan capital combo. thank you. hi shim. well, we can now speak to come on the hardy, a director of analytical development at the new lines institute for strategy and policy joins is leih from washington by skype. immediately after that drone strike

on august the 29th that com issued a statement saying that us sources of conduct today a self defense operation against an imminent threat by isis k to the airport in campbell. and then they said later that they were confident that it had successfully hit the target, no indication of civilian casualties. now the statement was slightly amended when they said they were aware of reports of civilian casualties. would we have had the investigation and the conclusion and the mission we've had today? we're not for the, the extensive reporting and analysis in the aftermath of this strike. of course, you know, the media conversation applies pressure on the united states government in this case the department of defense to investigate. but i mean this is natural.

you conduct an air. busy strike and from your vantage point, the battle damage assessment that comes shows a certain outcome. now in this case, the problem is you can't have a battle damage assessment because us forces were withdrawing. and there was chaos and the modem at the time as every one will recall. so it was difficult to do that . so of course, only in the light of the evidence from the media. you know, what did we have this change of perspective on whether it was isis and the acknowledgement that it wasn't and that civilians were unfortunately killed. what does this mean for one of the implications now for the way in which the u. s. will handle or manage the risk from isis k in afghanistan because at a time it wasn't clear when this strike happened. if the us was relying on the

taliban for intelligence information in preparation for this strike. but the suggestion now from the taliban is that, well, they're saying that they didn't know anything about it and there are increasing questions as to how they might respond to drawing strikes, being carried out unilaterally on afghans soil. well, that's a great question mark him. look. i don't know what the source was exactly for this drawn strike that went very badly killing many civilians. but in moving forward, we do have a problem. the problem is that you don't have human sources that are reliable. there's a lot of talk about, you know, how counterterrorism cooperation will happen with it's all about ready to what extent can they be trusted?

is this something that you know has not been done before? it's one thing to sign an agreement. it's another thing to say, ok, we're going to rely on their information to conduct strikes that assumes a certain level of trust that's just not there. and so i think that this is going to be a problem. and if they're going to be unilateral strikes, then the question is, what kind of intelligence are they being based off of? because a drawn strikes by their very nature or intelligence driven operations. and in the past, the u. s. had an extensive presence with lots of local partners, the afghan government, and its various subsidiaries. but that's not the case anymore. so that this remains to be seen as to how the united states will be able to conduct the operations. for the moment it seems like everything is being built on, not the tall above the intentions, but the fact that the tall bond as president biden pointed out a few weeks ago,

have an interest in fighting ices. and so i think that the, that's the starting point can evolve into a counterterrorism cooperation arrangement, but but to the u. s. and how of, on the same page regarding that is the starting point. the same because the u. s. obviously sees a threat from isis k in various parts of the country and actually have done for many years. but if the taliban is, doesn't agree with the us on this then what does that mean for even short term tactical cooperation? that's, that's, you know, there's a problem, but you just put your finger on the heart of the problem. so let's say for example, that the intelligence that the u. s. receives about isis k activity involves people who are actually have connection to the solid one. because this is a fluid battlespace,

how can you tell the difference between column on elements and isis k. assuming these are 2 neat categories that can be distinguished and then everybody else in the middle which is in the grey zone. so that poses a problem. and then of course, as i pointed out in my wall street journal these few weeks ago the, the isis is, is waiting for the taller bond to engage in more and more diplomatic and international engagements. so as to make the case that they've given up on the cause and they're, there is already shatter within, you know, power on circles as to the, moved by more lobrado to meet with director william burns, of the cia. and so in this kind of situation, the taliban are constrained in the extent to which they can openly align much less cooperate with the united states. the more they do that,

the more the signal goes to their fighters that you know, they have given up on the cause. and i just wants to capitalize on that and bring within its context, these various disillusion fighters and elements. so this is a huge problem because of that fluidity that runs from the hollow bon to isis k. all right, how long the harding? thank you or just want to bring you some of the developments now from afghanistan and the you unsecure. the un security council is extended, it's monday to mission and i've gone on for another 6 months now that vote was passed. inanimate lea, a fat old on a temporary extension, given the uncertainty in the countries since the taliban takeover security council, so called on the taliban to create an inclusive and representative government. and then autonomy is ordered. male students between the ages of 11 and 19 as well as male teachers back to school from saturday. but the order from the education

ministry did not include girls raising ongoing concerns about the restrictions on women. since taking over since taking power loss along the telephone is allowed some primary age girls to resume their classes. and female students have also been allowed back to universities. but lecture rooms have been segregated. taliban has previously said the security situation meant that many activities for girls and women will not face women and girls were forbidden from attending school and work. when the taliban previously ruled afghan asked on in the 1900 ninety's. well, let's move now to the top story. this our front is recorded ambassadors to the united states and australia as part of a massive diplomatic backlash against and new security pack that canceled a 40000000000 dollar french deal. the white house says it regrets the decision. the u. k. u. s. and australia had announced the defense agreement on wednesday and was widely seen as an effort to counter chinese influence in the pacific. now,

under that deal, australia would get help to develop nuclear power. it's submarines but the pac effectively council, the previous still west france would provide the australian government with submarines, the french foreign minister, call it a stab in the back and accuse a bite and administration of behaving like donald trump. let's go to phil laval now in washington, and he father reaction from france. well, i mean, the french had a lot to say about this. me, we had this tweet from the french ambassador here in the u. s. suited to be leaving a french ambassador who said, and i quote, and you have to figure out my french, pronounciation error, distorted. probably one of the have missed phrases we've heard over the last few days. we've had phrases, and i'm quoting here, betrayed as you said, stop in the back. lack of coherence, the french 4 minutes to say he is angry and bitter. i'm not dig out president biden . you know exactly what he was trying to do. that when he said this is a significant defense, sorry, this is a brutal and unilateral decision resembling a lot of what trump is doing. obviously,

very keen of the people in the white house, very keen to make sure there are no comparisons between the current administration and the previous administration. now this order has come from the very top. this is coming from president micron. this officially, the hub being used is that they are being recalled for consultation. but what does that mean? that means that the metaphorical sort of red button is not being pressed. this is not going to end relations forever. this is the french saying we are not happy. in fact, we are livid and we are going to show the americans just how angry we are. and we understand that this is one of a number of measures that the french are planning on imposing over the coming days in the coming weeks. we know that a big reception that was due to be held here at the french embassy that was scrapped. we know that a major naval exercise between the french and the americans. that is also pretty much being scrapped because this is about more than just pride. this is about a huge amount of money. i mean, biggest of ranged from $40000000000.00, all the way up to $95000000000.00. so this is about a huge economic dance on the french purse. and that is why the french are so

furious about this. they have said that this is a significant dent on their defense on economic impacts. gonna have a significant impact on the defense and economic budget. because remember, the french felt like they had this phone up face. i've been talking to australia for 2 years. they had this deal to provide 12 submarines. there is a theory that perhaps president biden of president prime minister boris johnson this garces and finalize the details at the g 7 in the u. k. in the back in june. and because of that, we also understand now that prime prime minister boris johnson is coming here to d. c. next week. so now we have this triangle of trade. the french are not invited . the americans are the british or the austrians all but you to diplomatic term. the french are persona non grata my room. thank you. phil laval with the news. our life from london, phil ad on the program officer is government in court, accused of not doing enough to contain the sprite of corona virus at a ski resort,

now considered europe's ground 0 red carpet. welcome to west african leaders in guinea as they demand a return to civilian rule. and in full find out why magic pacific manager was on the defensive in his latest press conference. ah, thousands of my going to gathering under a bridge between mexico and the us state of texas awaiting to be processed by us immigration. local authorities estimate more than 10000 people are staying as make shift camp us border agents, say that providing basic services for the migrants who are mostly from haiti, cuba in venezuela. many more people are expected to come in the next few days, almost $200000.00 migrants for arrested of the mexican border last month. well,

let's go to john home and now he's live in mexico city. what's the situation there now? what we're hearing from local people who are on the scene on the mexican side, but also from officials on the us side. the men were you had said that this could be a historic crisis. he's saying that they need more help to deal with this huge come that sprung up so quickly under the bridge on the u. s. tex inside of this crossing . the governor of texas has called for the buddha to be close at 6 different points to stop people getting across. and we've been speaking to local jonas on the mexican side. who said that basically this has been a point in the river in which people have been crossing for some time because it's so low so they can get across. but lately, over the last 2 or 3 weeks, they've been a sort of massing of haitians on the mexican side of that border. and then going across to then try and ask for asylum in the united states. what we've been told by

those local journalists as people are going across, getting a ticket that means with a number on it, which means that they put that placement line to be processed by american authorities. and then heading back across to mexico because there is no food and much of the camp and sort of using the river almost as a foot crossing between those 2 countries to get what they need. mexico and the state attorney for what we love, which is the neighboring mexican state, has said also that they're going to ask for the national guard to try and process people in an orderly fashion. because it's at the moment, it's a bit of a free for all their town on the other, on the mexican side of this couldn't you can't cope with it. john, what can you tell us about when many of these people from and why they are crossing what being towed is, as you mentioned, there's been as wayland says cubans amongst these people, but the majority of them all from haiti. now these people, a lot of them have come into south american, have just had a pretty horrendous trip to get this far up. there's

a place called the duddy and gap which is basically an area of jungle between columbia, panama, and some awful things happening there. right now, rate murder, a robbery of a lot of the people that head through there. it's just a bit of a lawless area. then they've gotta get through central america, mexico. we're obviously, they've gangs in call tell was operating so suffolk, quite a bit to get this thought. now i seem has just got back from top to la and correspondent, money rappel was talking to me about what they saw on top of tudor, which is the border between mexico and guatemala. so further down the route, he said there's about 40000 people that a lot of them from haiti as well. and that meant can government forces trying to contain them? they're trying to stop them getting any further, but smaller groups getting through that sort of filter and making their way up through mexico, towards the border with the united states. so what that tells us is that this wave of people, especially from haiti, isn't going to be finishing anytime soon. especially when you take into account

that haiti a month ago had a major quite which devastated the southwest. they've got gangs, and a lot of political instability. so what's happening now in this camp and this crisis point, this could be a situation which doesn't go away overnight at the border in general. thank you for mexico said, hey john hollan. now, apple and google has removed a smart phone, created by russia's opposition, which told people whom to vote for in order to be candidates, backed by the ruling party. the crime had pressured the tech giants to take me down as russians in a 3 day election for the state legislature. many candidates opposed to legitimate prison has been excluded from this ballot. president himself voted online because he's isolating after a cove it outbreak burning. smith reports on this now from the russian capital mosque. the kremlin will be hoping this long line of voters can be relied upon to by united russia. the pro vladimir putin party wants to hold onto the super

majority in the state duma, the low house of problems. they face an hours long way on a cold moscow morning. they put voted anytime in the next 3 days. the election commission says the military personnel coming up the night shift, a russian independent electron monitoring group got pointed out, the lack of people in uniform. what bluetooth thing is that more more russian citizens don't believe in the legitimacy of these elections. it's just to show, nobody actually believed in free elections in the soviet union, just became accepted for the communists to get 99 percent of the vote will boot and wants to create the same status quo that united russia will always have a super majority. and people will make peace with that. the only entree now is whether it's only the kremlin that can influence photos or smart voting come to the idea of smart or tactical voting came from allies of jailed opposition. activist alexa, nevada, me, they've drawn up

a list of candidates most likely to defeat united, russia. and so at least to deprive the party of its super majority, but not voting up where you enter your voting district. and it tells you who should vote for. now the kremlin has told apple and google that this app is illegal and both companies and now take it off their stores. united russia had just 27 percent support in pre election polls. surely there's widespread public dissatisfaction with corruption and all living standards. but the russian president still enjoys around 60 percent approval. vladimir putin, his isolating after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for covey . 19, he voted online. as you can see, under sanitary constraints and quarantine, i did my civic duty online in electronic format. such voting system is used in many countries of the world and has been used in moscow several times. many falling stations in russia like this so much of friday. quiet opposition groups say they

want their supporters to wait until as late as possible on sunday to vote. to reduce the risk of the ballot being interfered with. boats may al jazeera moscow. the u. s. is threatening more sanctions of violence continues and if you, if his northern tegra region intended to pressure that if you can government on the take right people's liberation front to begin talks thousands of people have been killed in at least 2000000 display since violence broke out in november out there, as chaper tansy has more, this is not the imposition of sanctions, but another threats of sanctions. prison buttons executive order empowers the state department of treasury to be able to sanction those seen in the future to be standing in the way of a negotiated piece in the future on all sides. but no deadline has been announced if the government of ethiopia and the to great people's liberation front, take meaningful steps to enter into talks with out preconditions and allow

unhindered humanitarian assistance. the united states is prepared to mobilize assistance for ethiopia to recover and revitalize its, its economy, and build a future for his people. wow. state department officials say they fear prime minister abbey ahmed will want to declare a victory over the crowd and peoples with the ration from when he's sworn into office on october. the 4th. they also fed the t p a that will do all it can to prevent that. the u. s. does have a great deal of leverage over the fuel government that so far it hasn't used much success in the past has been in terms of trade. it's industrial parts occupied by america, not multinational. it's benefiting from this tax benefit, those that introduced 2 decades ago. and there was a fear that would be withdrawn. but that did not happen. and there's a relief in the sub a just like the presence in the administration of those 9 to be open to us interventions that are samantha power at u. s. id. it hasn't imposed punishing

sanctions on the if you can government. and let's say there are multiple reasons for washington's caution. ethiopia is the us main ally in the strategically important horn of africa and key to its projection of power across the region. ethiopia is also important to us as war on terror, an important component against our bob in somalia. now that us troops officially withdrawn prime minister abbey, i'm. it is also deregulating and privatizing the economy after decades of central planning, which is beneficial for us multi nationals and perhaps most importantly, even as if you're pure received hundreds of millions of dollars from the u. s. it's a key trading public and investment destination for china. and as the biden administration is clearly demonstrated, this is not a white house that will take a further integration of addis ababa and beijing. well, she every time, see al jazeera washington. everything is our life in london much more and a had a quick kiss for lebanon's crisis. as the world health organization rushes in to profit crumbling medical systems. speeding ahead in the new space, race,

chinese astronaut was returned to helping build a brand new base station. and pockets dom downtime security concerns from new zealand to also they cancel that cricket toll have those details coming up later with jam. ah so no sir. here's her weather forecasts for saturday, september 18th. most of the action will be around the eastern portion of the atria, see some intense thunderstorms here and we do have weather alerts in play for just how bad they may be. also a run of rain through central parts of ukraine. but next i want to take you around the mediterranean. we've got some exceptional heat here in athens at 37 degrees. so the next 3 days and where are high fridge temperature should be about 30 and we're going to keep that.