said they died in calm, but the neighbors and family members, and they were innocent, taken from their homes and executed under pressure venezuela's defense minister by the me to the said the armed forces were obliged to defend that country from irregular groups that added the human rights needed to be respected and that the events at the border would be investigated. ah, officials admit a us drone strike can cobble last month, mistakenly kill 10 civilians. 7 of them children the me know i, mariam, noisy. in london, you're watching al jazeera, also coming up on the program. casualty of the new pacific security alliance,

france recalls its us and australia and i'm back. that is a current sold marine deal a 1000 in russia tech giant bout a kremlin pressure. removing a tactical loading app favoring the opposition candidates, and nowhere else to go off to sling the towel more and more than $10000.00 haitian libraries sleep rock in a tiny texas. ah, welcome to the program. the us military says a drop strike enough galveston last month was a tragic mistake, killing 10 civilians and not iso fighters, as was claimed at the time and 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 cobble airport during a frenzied evacuation asset following the 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 assess that it is unlikely that the vehicle and those who died were associated with k 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 and the evacuees at the airport. but it was a mistake, and i offer my sincere apology as the combatant commander. i am fully responsible for the strike in his tragic outcome. hashanah hall bar is in the afghan capital campbell. he says a senior taliban lead a told al jazeera that us drones a targeted innocent people before that admission from the us. a day before the now

it's meant and it's how cutty, a senior 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 a big mistake by, by, by launching that drew an attack, hearing campbell and said that the attack was targeting civilians and they should have been coordinated in advance with the todd event. think basically that by this act, the americans violated the very essence of the agreement. they signed with the taliban in a cutter and he was very skeptical about and a future refreshment with the american things that by the american was sending a message to the taliban. that it was more about war than about the ability 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 you see. the government is italy about making concrete measures about and inclusive government and ensuring that the country won't be used by any i still affiliate like ice s k or tied as a platform to launch attacks against the united states of america. that totally been so far has been repeatedly saying that there is no, i say, k presence in enough lot is that and that the americans from now onward, if they have an intelligence about the group or any other group operating in the country, should talk to the tally but and therefore they should find a way out about this. so it's going to be an extremely delicate situation for all the parties that's going to and kalika live in washington, d. c. and and what else did we learn from sent com? a few hours ago. about how a miscalculation of this magnitude could have happened. well, i think in some ways this could be seen as a stunning admission,

if not for the fact that when that drone stroke took place on august the 29th. so we're almost immediate reports that the target was not what the us military had said. it was. in other words, i saw k terrorists. so what general mckenzie? the man who is taking responsibility for this attack, he said that he thought this vehicle a white toyota, was an imminent threat that they had followed this vehicle for 8 hours that they had in fact seen the driver of the vehicle loading explosives into the back of a car and it had been seen at a terrorist safehouse. they have now admitted that all that information was wrong. and in fact, the driver of the vehicle was an afghan international aid worker who'd worked with various organizations for the past 15 years. and in fact, they had killed 10 innocent civilians including 7 children, the youngest of which was 2 years old. so mari body is the driver of that car. his entire family is now devastated. those that are left and many of the members of

that family were actually planning on leaving afghanistan to start a new life in the united states because they had helped the u. s. military of the past 20 years of operations in that country. so they are completely devastated. they are scared now because they think the taliban may believe that they are connected somehow with terrorist organizations. and they really have not many options about what they might do next. but an admission of guilt by the us military saying simply that they got it wrong. thank you from washington and a gallagher now and all the developments un security council has extended its mandate of mission and i've counted on for another 6 months. the vote was passed unanimously. they settled on a temporary extension given the uncertainty and the countries in the tunnel and takeover. security council also called on the taliban to create an inclusive and representative government. meanwhile, the taliban has ordered males students between the ages of 11 and 19 as well as

mail teachers back to school from saturday. but the order from the education ministry did not include go raising concerns about restrictions on women. since taking a since taking power. last month, taliban has 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 means that many activities for girls and women were not safe. women and girls were forbidden from attending school and work when the taliban previously ruled the country in the 1990 s. r g l frances recalled, it's ambassadors to the u. s. in australia as part of a massive diplomatic backlash against a new security packed that council of $40000000000.00 french dale. the white house

says it regret the decision u. k. u. s. in australia or it announced the defense agreement on wednesday and was it was widely seen as an effort to counter chinese influence in the pacific. under the deal, australia would get help to develop nuclear power submarines. but the pact affectively council, the previous steel wire fronts, would provide the australian government with submarines, a french foreign minister, call it a stab in the back and accused bite administration of behaving like donald trump. and go to phil of al, now, who is live 1st in washington as so some very strong language from frank. this is a very significant backlash. any more reaction? what else have they had to say about why they've done this? yeah, we just had from the french ambassador suit to be departing. french ambassador, who tweeted, i'm quoting, i am being recalled to paris for consultations. this follows the announcements directly, directly affecting the vision we have for our partnerships and the importance of

the endo pacific for europe. now it's probably one of the more diplomatic tweets that we've had over the recent hours and days because the language has been very emotional coming out of paris. i mean, we've had words like betrayed, as you said, stop in the back, lack of coherence, the french foreign minister saying he is angry and bitter, and that the president biden very clear what he was trying to do there. when he said this brutal and unilateral decision resembles a lot of what trump is doing, obviously nobody in the white house wants to be compared to the previous administration. but we understand that this is come from the very top. this is come from president macro, because he is not just angry. he is listed. so the technical term, as we just had from the french ambassador, is that they are being recalled to paris for consultations effectively. that means that they're not pressing the metaphorical red button on relations. the french ambassador will be back at some time, but this is about making a very public dramatic statement. it's the 1st time the french of recorded ambassador in this way in modern history. and we understand that it's not one of

the number of measures that the french carrying out over the next come the next few days. we know that they have also cancelled reception of the french embassy. that was a joint naval exercise to celebrate an event with the americans. that is pretty much being canceled because you know, the french and it's not just that pride that is wounded here. it is their purse as well because this field was worth anywhere between $40000000000.00 to $95000000000.00 with figures of varied. but either way, even at the lower end of that scale, this is going to have a huge economic impact in, especially because the french were convinced that they had this sewn up. they've been talking to australia for 2 years. they be germany, they be japan. and then all of a sudden, without any warnings, this was announced. and what is probably really, really annoying. the french is the fact that there are reports that president biden and prime minister boris johnson, the u. k. actually probably discuss this at the g 7 summit back in june when they were all together and finalized the agreements. we understand the polish johnson is

coming here to washington d. c. next week, and of course, after breaks it after the u. k voted to leave the european union. he and his government is very keen to cement the case place in the world. so that photo opportunity with the american president shaking hands, showing that that so called special relationship is still there. and they are all together is likely to be your rates macro and even what president micron, you can only begin to imagine what the language will be like to have the 4 walls at the least a palace. marin, thank you from washington. fell, avow apple and google has removed a smart phone app, created by the opposition in russia, which told people who to vote for in order to beat the candidates, backed by the ruling party. the crime had pressure the tech giants to take the down . as russians vote in a 3 day election for the state legislature, many candidates opposed to let him preach and have been excluded from the ballot. the president himself voted on line because he's isolating officer cove it outbreak

on it's miss reports now from last guy. 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 parliament. they face an hours long wait on hold moscow. morning they put voted anytime in the next 3 days, the election commission says the military personnel coming off the night shift, a russian independent electric monitoring group goal often pointed out the lack of people in uniform. what the 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 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 voters or small voting can to the idea of smart or tactical voting came from allies of jailed opposition. activists alexi, navarro, ne, 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 the smart voting app where you enter your voting district and it tells you who should vote for. now, the kremlin has told apple and google this app is illegal, and both companies are now taking off their stores. united russia had just 27 percent support in pre election polls. surely there's widespread public dissatisfaction with corruption and paul 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 cove at 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 for 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 made al jazeera moscow. so had for you on the program, a ride compet. welcome for west africa meters in guinea as a demand to return to civilian rule. and no quick cure for lebanon's crisis as well helpful when i say she rushes into prop up a crumbling medical system. ah ah hello good to be with you right off the bat. we'll get your the latest on tropical storm, sean too,

as it slices through southern portions of japan. we've got serious weather alerts in play here. landslide warning for that southwest corner of chicago, and no surprise when i show you the rainfall amounts, we're expecting upwards of 300 millimeters over in q issue. i'm thinking about $200.00, so the ground will be incredibly saturated. and that's why we've got the risk of mud slides and land slides starting to dry out for that se portion of china. of course, a few showers and a batch of heavy range. young joe down to the yangtze river valley, moving west to east on saturday, starting to dry out for central portions of vietnam. and you know, tropical storm constant dropped about 900 millimeters of rain in vietnam. so we know it will take time for those water levels. to come down intense range, south of dang, next up. we're going down under an a vigorous system bracing across the bytes, spreading heavy rain and also gusty conditions. so we'll see wind gusts here about 70 kilometers per hour, and look at perth 20 degrees. may say your temperatures on the rise in the days to

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look at the main stories now. and us officials of admitted the drawing strike in the afghan capital combo last month. mistake me, killed civilians and not iso fighters. an investigation found the august 29th strike killed an innocent aid worker along with 9 members of his family, including 7 children. frances recalled, it's ambassadors to the u. s. no strange response, a massive diplomatic backlash against a new security back the capital of 40000000000 dollar french deal, the foreign minister in the bag and accused of bind and administration of having like donald trump. and russians voting in a 3 day election for the state legislature known as the duma many candidates opposed to identify who should have been excluded in tech china,

apple and google have removed and government technical voting up from that doors. now thousands of migrants are gathering under a bridge between mexico and the u. s. state of texas. they are waiting to be processed by us in the gratian. local authorities estimate more than 10000 people is staying in the make shift camp us border agents. say that providing basic services for the migrants who are mostly from haiti, cuba and venezuela. and more people are expected in the coming days. almost $200000.00 migrants are arrested at the mexican border last month. john home and is in mexico city force. and he says that the authorities are calling for more help to deal with the situation. and also for sections of the order to be closed. 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 of del rio has said that this could be a historic crisis, is saying that they need more help to deal with this huge come that sprung up so

quickly under the bridge on the u. s. techs inside of this crossing the governor of texas as called for the boot, it 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 sort of massing of haitians on the mexican side of that border and then going across to then try and off the asylum in the united states. what we've been told by those local journalists is people are going across, getting a ticket that means with a number on it, which means that they put their place in the line to be processed by american authorities. and then heading back across to mexico because there is no food in 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 quite wheeler, which is the neighboring mexican state, has said also that they're going to off for the national guard to try and process people in an orderly fashion. because it's the moment, it's a bit of a free for all their town on the other, on the mexican side of this a coon you can't cope with it. will the u. s. is threatening more sanctions of violence continues and in europe has no integrity region. it's intended to pressure the if you open government and the take people's liberation front to begin talks, thousands of people are killed and at least 2000000 displaced since violence broke out in november, algae there is shop, or tansy has more. this is not the imposition of sanctions but another threats of sanctions. president biden's 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 and a few on all sides. but no deadline has been announced if the government of ethiopia in 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 be honored will want to declare a victory over the to crow and peoples iteration from when he's sworn into office on october. the 4th. they also fed the t p. i 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 parks are occupied by many cannot 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 release in the suburbs despite the presence in the administration of those 9 to

be open to us interventions that are samantha power, 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 as main ally in the strategically important horn of africa and key to its projection of power across the region. if you or is also important to us as war on terror, an important component against our bob in somalia, now that us troops officially withdrawn permanence abbey, i'm. it is also deregulating and privatizing 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 portland 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. denise military rule is say they want out of pressure from the west, african lines eco, us over demons. to let president of

a condo, a leave the country. it's been detained since the army of the through his government, and a coo earlier this month. in co athlete is a carney in guineas capital, conic cree pushing for a time to civilian rule. i might interest reports now from conic re record lead a hope that the functions targeted of the military and their families, as well as the pressure to quickly handle power in 6 months will force the military gear to continue. among those confessions they want to see is a quick release of support president and for connery who's been in the custody of the military since he was divorced about 2 weeks ago. now, one launching dialogue in the capital is going to be cool. lead monday we said before the deadline, but that was the deadline by the gideon people. he said the country cannot because or run into taking has 2 decisions. now on the streets of concrete. so there is a sense of relief of the sanctions actually targeted those in power and their

families and not the entire populace or the economy. there was war is call the summit of the course of states in across the functions. blanket functions could cause seriousness in a country that is suffering from huge economic problems, unemployment, and also crime. the world health organization says it will help lebanon find solutions to its health care crisis. the group's director general is visiting by a week after the formation of the new government. lebanon is close to bankruptcy, and the country is running short of medical supplies and equipment, and 100 reports. now from beirut. basic services are crumbling, with lebanon's health care system, particularly affected by its worsening financial crisis. there is little hard currency to buy medicine and supplies. it's hard to find life saving drugs before out of 5 people who are now poor, can buy them from abroad. and the un is paying for the fuel needed to power

hospitals. it's not a sustainable solution. according to the world health organization who is high level team assess the impact of the crisis firsthand, they warned the population's health is at risk. i'm deeply concerned by the impact of the current crisis on the health and well being of live on an people. i don't know if there is any country in such a situation which is really dire and that's why on so the prime minister put it very boldly saying that countries in an emergency situation. but the un kept to replace the system, the world health organization plans to send a team of experts to assist in preparing a strategic plan for much needed reforms. dr. ted ross and his team told us they felt serious and commitment on the part of the new government to make changes. this

visit by the world health organizations delegation comes at a critical time, 13 months, so political deadlock has worse than the economic crisis. there is now a new government, but it's the same political parties blame for years of corruption and mismanagement . international donors say, assistance is linked to changing past policies. health care services is now out of reach for many 80 percent of health facilities are private and the public sector has long been neglected and underfunded. many rely on agencies. i cannot say that we have filled the gap. we have close to the shortage. it is not enough because the needs are huge and unfortunately it needs it needs. it needs a whole government approach. and that may take time for now. international assistance is what is keeping living on on life support center who there is eda baled a panel of independent advisors to the united states. food and drug administration

is voted against coven vaccine booster shots produced by 5 bon tag. the f. d. a will take the panels recommendation into consideration before making a decision. many committee members were critical of the boost the plan, arguing that the data presented by pfizer and the s t a is incomplete, and at the request for approval, for people as young as 16 years old is too broad. most of them said they would support for older americans. now the government and australia is being taken to court accused of not responding quickly enough to cover 19 outbreak in a popular ski resort last year. it was one of the earliest super spread to events resulting in the infection of 6000 people from 45 countries. this civil lawsuit is the 1st of 15 such cases. dominant came reports over the shops takes his place in a v n e courtroom for a trial brought about in part by the death of his father. hannah's from cove. it he had been staying in the ski resort of michigan when the virus emerged there in

march. 2020 ish good. his noted both for skiing and it's a play ski party venue, which in pre covey times would normally attract hundreds, if not thousands of people at any one time. it was at one particular venue, the kids where the 1st case in the town was diagnosed in the 1st week of march last year. many hundreds of people spent time in that bar, as well as other venues in the town. at that time, the austrian authorities were away cove. it might be spreading in good back then. after a few days they did initiate a lockdown in the town. but all the shops lawyer says it was too little too late. he authorized the out the puts now untie, stopping people from leaving and arriving in the pulse now. valley or at least issuing and travel warning. the authorities fail to do that. that resulted in a tourist shifting change on the weekend of march. the 7th and 8th. com, thousands of people left the palestine valley unhindered. thousands of people

arrived without a clue that they were in danger. the austrian government rejects this suggestion and is contesting the case. and it's back flow of people to and from issue which some believe help cause the virus to spread like wildfire across the continent. many of the people act, special events with germans who brought covert back here with this country has reported more than 4000000 cases of the virus. since then. and despite mass vaccination programs, even hundreds of new cases are still being reported here in berlin. every day video up to an important to us if we don't dramatic increase vaccination rate, the current 4th wave may see massive momentum in autumn already. but number 19 patients requiring hospitalization is increasing intensive care and occupancy by cape patients in any doubled in the last 2 weeks. the county more than 1300 patients being treated. it's not just in austria,

that officials are facing questions over their decisions. at the start of the pandemic. the form of french health minister and yes, is now and a formal investigation for her handling of coven cases in france early last year. but so far, at least it is only in austria where those officials are having to account for the actions or inactions in court. dominic came al jazeera berlin. ah, look at main stories now. us officials of admitted the drawing strike and combo last month, mistakenly killed 10 civilians and not i sell fighters. an investigation found the august 29th strike killed an innocent aid worker along with 9 members of his family including 7 children. the strike was one of us military final acts in afghan.