the reading goes from the stories we don't often hear told by the people who live them. no joy. well, let me get some of the boxes this year on al jazeera, ah, the top u. s. military officer admitted to a strategic failure enough. ganesh, san antonio congress. he favored keeping a small force there. ah, you're watching al jazeera alive from do with me fully by people also coming up. i'm sorry. i'm sorry for what was done to you. and wild handful of

innovation vows to punish staff accused sexually abusing people while working in democratic republic of congo lava for many wrapped in volcano, on the spanish island of luck. tom, i had reached the shores of the atlantic ocean and hoping for your back moviegoers the latest james bond film for me as london i cinema is hope to bounce back from the corporate 1900 found a a strategic failure. that's how a top u. s. military officer has described the end of his 20 year war in afghanistan, general law committee and secretary of defense, lloyd austin, testified at congressional hearings which focus on the key arctic withdrawal of

troops and the taliban take over last month. particle, hain, reports from capitol hill are the ones in unusual move, the top military brows walking a fine line. but if you're into public good question, their boss, us presidents version of events in afghan is dan, how you doing president joe biden had said he couldn't recall any military adviser recommending he keep troops in afghanistan before he ordered the withdrawal. the top military bosses appeared to contradict that won't share my personal recommendation the present. i will give you my honest opinion and my honest opinion in view shaped my recommendation. i recommended that we maintain 2500 troops in afghanistan. the white house responded. i would note today in the testimony that was given by secretary austin by general milly, they made clear secretary austin specifically said if he stayed there at a pot force posture of 2500. certainly you'd be in a fight with the taliban,

and you'd have to reinforce from the senator's duly narratives over which president is to blame for the chaos. donald trump, who made a deal with the taliban to take troops out, or president biden, who set the date for removal. anyone who since the last few months were a failure, but everything before that was great. clearly hasn't been paying attention because of the date, certain rather than a conditions based withdrawal because of a decision that was made by our president. because of that we left american citizens behind. so what went wrong? this hearing didn't produce any real answers, but the military admitted here something did. we help build the state mister chairman, but we could not for donation. the fact that the afghan army that we in our partner strain simply melted away in many cases without firing a shot, took us all by surprise, and it would be dishonest to claim. otherwise, the pentagon is conducting its own review of its action. but some senator say that's not enough. they're calling for the creation of an independent commission

that can look at what went wrong, not just at the end, but during the entirety of america, the longest war particle have al jazeera washington. mark kimmy served as assistant secretary of state for political military affairs. he says it's crucial to understand how present biden mister general's recommendations. the general's made. the recommendation is probably a national security council meeting. the president may or may not have been there, but in any case, his own staff had the responsibility brief, president biden, on the conduct of those meetings and those recommendations that came from his military and secretary defense. so either president biden was not informed for which some of its people ought to be held responsible for. he was inform, misunderstood what the commanders on the ground in the us military was saying,

i think we've got to stand back and realized. so we thought inside about can span for 20 years. we went into file, we defeated all kind of, we brought the log in to justice. but with this collapse that we're seeing in our span right now, candidly, all of the successes and all of the effort that we put into afghanistan has now been reversed. the worst possible outcome would be that the taliban allow the al qaeda isis, k and other terrorist groups to come back into afghanistan and take advantage of uncovered spaces within afghanistan to set up training camps and plot future attacks in both europe and the united states. so that's the greatest change in our ability to control that. i think general milly was saying limits and the taliban have a plan to implement a constitution from nearly 6 decades ago of counting found new rules one to applied only if it doesn't conflict with their version of islamic law. the current

constitution was drawn up with the help of the u. s. in 2004 for the taliban says he doesn't want for an interfere. heroin raheem is an assistant professor of law. the american university of i've got a son. he says this decision is an act of goodwill from italy back. i believe that it was announced to meet an external condition imposed by the international committee or expected by some members of the internet or community. as a precondition or normalizing relationship. basically an olive branch extended to the world community, although the content and the significance of, as i think is based, much in doubt, given all the, all the limit that comes to it. given that a critical review that i've made, given that it would be no been upper right. institutional that would accompany the adoption of the constitution. but it seems like it is just meant to need some

external conditions imposed by some country. and i think that explains why it was made in that context and why would made on permanently in a meeting with one of the major internal policy. and i think we welcome given the, what we know about critical viewed, recognize the right of all citizens including women, the right to be elected, the right to bode derives to education and all that issues that are critical, controversial right now. and so we welcome development. however, we do not understand this document as it limits under power. they do believe that all those rights going to be subject to the limitations of area, but they don't have an institutional arrangement. the way to know before i had to go parisian lives and implement those restrictions in the way that would come, the views of the taking checked on the views of the public would be politically conflict, the public as well. hey,

now the world's news ahead of the world health organization is promising reforms and accountability after allegations of sexual abuse by work is sent to find the bowler in democratic republic of congo. the u. an agency has apologized to victims following a report which is described as harrowing and heartbreaking the report detailed, at least 80 cases of abuse. fine, w h o employees and aid workers, separate investigations into the same allegations have been launched by unicef and the international organization for migration. i'm sorry. i'm sorry for what was done to you by people who are employed by w joe to serve and protect you. i'm sorry for the ongoing suffering that this event must cause. i'm sorry that you have hard to really to relieve them in talking to the commission about your experiences.

this isn't the 1st time you and agencies have been accused of sexual abuse. they've been more than 800 allegations of sexual exploitation or abuse, reported in you and missions globally since 2010. the most infamous case was a child fix trafficking ring set up by shrunken un peacekeepers in haiti between 20042007. since 2014 many abuses have been reported in central african republic. former un secretary general band kim was called it a cancer in our system. the code blue campaign by the n g o 83 world is calling for accountability for the abuse. it says the un regularly mis handles cases of sexual exploitation. early i spoke to paula donovan, co director of the a 3 world globe. she says, these latest allegations of sexual abuse in d. r. c. need to be referred to police. the world health organization has no authority to investigate criminal allegations of any kind. and it's preposterous

that they should wait after receiving reports of abuse by their own personnel until their farm dose investigations, to bidders, and hired a firm and appointed their own commission. and done some very basic. what's the commission itself called prima pharmacy, or on 1st impression investigating to determine whether or not crimes had been committed. this is, this was not a criminal investigation, and it should have been from the very outset turned over to, to legal authorities who can actually conduct criminal investigation. there's never been any accountability through a process like the one that w h o undertook and then never will be, because it's simply not possible. the w h o cannot hold people criminally accountable, but also the, the w h o itself has been implicated. so the, these commissioners who were again selected,

the heads of the commission were selected by the head of w h o himself and, and then they conducted their investigation through people. a firm that was hired by w h o lava from con, brave year, have a case on the spanish island of la panama has reached the atlantic ocean. these live pictures, a huge cloud of toxic vapor and gas has been released into the air as the lava mixes with sea water. spain has declared the island in the canaries, a disaster zone, more than a week after the russian. nicholas hark has the latest from the panama. the much anticipated thermal shock is currently taking place with this lava the 1000 degrees celsius, hitting the ocean authorities right now are quickly monitoring the situation and trying to figure out what is this, how is this affecting the population? you have plumes of smoke going up into the air. we were just on the port moments ago. and the spanish, gorgeous he built,

pushed all of the people that were there to watch the spectacle out of the port. i have told people to stay on log down to where goggles cover their mouth stay close as much as possible, not exposing your arms because in the air is north of gas is such as sulfur dioxide . now they're monitoring the level of sulfur dioxide from these toxic gases also is hydro chloride. and in other gases emitted by this volcano had on out to 04 to nation parties. join forces against the president, accusing him of a power grab and warning that he could spark a civil war. proxy showing in cuba as the economy take control of the economy has failed to deliver and made new reforms for business. ah,

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ah, ah, the me a recap, a lot of stories on al jazeera, america's top military officer has called the end of a 20 year war enough, ganeth found a strategic failure. during questioning by senators, the military bosses admitted that taliban forces advance on cobble, much faster than they anticipated. the world health organization is promising reform and accountability after dozens of allegations of sexual abuse by workers and to fight ebola in democratic republic of congo. the agencies head has apologized to victims and lava from the company. they have all came on the spanish

island of luck tama has reached the atlantic ocean. it's a huge crowd of talk, vapor and gas will be released into the air as a lot of cold in the water. spain has declared the island in the can. i use a disaster stone to denisia now, where opposition politicians have warned. l call for widespread protests. and less the president reverses, moves to seize power for political parties, have formed a correlation to force case said they say he lost legitimacy after carrying out what they describe as a qu. bennie smith has more from units whether dina and the presenting united front against the president, they say is illegitimate for political part is a warning chi side, but he must back track on his decision to seize executive power could be or is the president has taken everything he has canceled everything, even the institution for sorting out these problems like fighting corruption. all

these entities have been closed by the president. there's no parliament, there's no committee for overseeing laws. there's no government. yeah, demonstrations have already been held against president saeed. who last week announced he'd rule by decree and ignore parts of the constitution. but after he, the prime minister and suspended parliament in july, on monday, june easiest, foreign minister told the un general assembly that the president was acting with the will of the people that were in was unhappy, too dangerous situation. threatening our country and community is attribute to a deeply rooted political polarization and associate comic and health crisis. this is why the president of the republic had to interfere and take a series of exceptional resolutions and measures based on our constitution to put the contra back on the right path towards democracy and all the largest political party. and nada says the president should call elections to prove, he has

a mandate. why should one person says that he can embody the will of the people? so if he is with the, with the will of the people and if he is expressing their will have people, he has a lot of people or for elections and then people decide local and international human rights groups. a warning of a slide towards authoritarianism. while the development in july were broadly popular to month own, people are growing frustrated by what they see is a lack of progress. analysts say that could work in the new coalitions favor with the different crisis that we are going to see. the ethics of it's in the upcoming weeks and months they would seize maybe the opportunity to show that unfortunately, even by a power grab even by the gathering or the powers prison fight is unable to find the real crisis of the technicians that are social problems. economy, etc, in the 2 months since case fight seized power,

political parties and civil society groups here, say the president hasn't approached any of them. now they say they're reminding him again that they're here and that he should talk to them. and listen. bernice smith al jazeera julius hey tease prime minister says he plans to call presidential and legislative elections for early next year. on a does all the electro council responsible for organizing a voting november. instead, he says a referendum on the current competition will take priority and dismiss delegation, his attempting to cling to power. haiti was plunged into a political crisis in july, following the assassination of president juvenile louise. louisa has had been ruling by decrease in 2019 leaving the country without an elective president of parliament, france and greece have signed another military deal for the sale of 3 war ships. the deal is seen as a booth to the french defense industry after the loss of

a multi $1000000000.00 submarine order from australia. natasha butler has more from paris, the french president, emanuel my call and greet prime minister carrier kaufman. we talk is a greeted booth military corporation after meeting at the lisa palace and called for the you to be more or thomas when it comes to defense. mids or talk is said that athens agreed to buy 3 frigates from paris, with an option for a 4th mast year ongoing tensions between greece and turkey, and the eastern mediterranean sea fled up over disputes about maritime borders and gas exploration. you have to be a europe is obliged to have the capacity to independence. me defend its own national geographic trends, european interests. and that is something it can only do if it is able to operate without necessarily anticipating the contribution of nato or the united nation has

. the sale of the war ships comes less than 2 weeks off to australia, pulled out of a multi $1000000000.00 submarine contract with france off the cambra assigned to defense packed with us and u. k. for the indo pacific, sparking a diplomatic route with paris, addressing the route for the 1st time publicly, my girl said australia as action would not alter the fact that from because they enjoy pacific nation with citizens and troops in the region. he also emphasizes really held belief that when it comes to defense and start to g, you can no longer rely on the u. s. and he's hoping europeans must stop being naive when we are under pressure from powers who harden their approaches. reacting and showing that we to have power and the capacity to defend ourselves does not mean giving way to escalation means making ourselves respected. we must admit that for more than 10 years, the us focus is lost on itself and has strategic interest. that of pivoting towards

china and the pacific is micro regards the aka steel. as a wakeup call for europeans, athens clearly agrees the u. s. u k had also bid to build warships for grief. but mid so talk is said frances vessels were chosen not only for their technology, but to support an alloy and european interests. natasha butler. i'll just sarah paris. almost all of the group of 30 minus 939 minus trapped on the ground since sunday in eastern canada have been rescued. cruise at the nickel mine in ontario, use rogues and ladders to get them out. they became chopped after an accident, damage or elevator system. none of the men were injured. you have a minus, were still underground or in the process of being rescued. now cuba, one solid wall of state control is cracking as a country phase. it's worth economic and political crisis since the collapse of the soviet union. new laws have gone into effect,

allowing small and medium sized private businesses to operate and trade with the world. for the 1st time, the c, anyone has our report. for more than half a century, cuba communist economy has been frozen in time and not running nearly as well as these iconic vintage cars digging back to before the 1959 revolution level of the phone. but now at last, the government is opening the door for cubans like carlos miguel british to start small to medium sized private companies with up to a 100 employees. when he, our business is the director and founder of the lenny. a software company that until now has been unable to expand an exported products login of the one who really this will give us legal status as a company before we had to use our own name and capital. now we can have partners and hopefully access loans and trade internationally as a private company. 53 years ago, fidel castro eliminated all vestiges of private businesses. eventually as the

economy floundered, individual entrepreneurs world to open family restaurants and rent rooms, which could be opened or closed at a whim. but in july, unprecedented mass demonstrations against economic hardships convinced communist party leaders to finally move forward with wider reforms. a recognition that their model of total state control of the economy had failed to deliver the goods. you're going to get sick sick. i mean, i think that of kiva really wants to achieve concrete results, has to move towards a vietnam style mixed economy. we aren't vietnamese, but it's what we're able to deliver the goods and services and jobs that people are waiting for. it's a novel idea in cuba, but entrepreneurs like catalog miguel pit place problems, such as obtaining finance in a country that bankrupt by passing red tape. and above all, increasingly tough us,

he cannot make sanctions ever ok or not somebody gonna know solomon, do us economic embargo doesn't just punish the state sector, even as a private businessman, no us bank will transfer money to me here. i can't use online platforms that are vital for the development of my business are fledgling private sector is, is blocked by us sanctions, as cuba state run sector. so we're at a tremendous disadvantage. but despite all the difficulties, he's counting on the same cuban ingenuity that has kept these cars going to so long to help his eyelid nations swim through these unchartered waters to see in human al jazeera, the british foreign minister says the fuel shortage in the country is improving the army was put on standby to help with deliveries. many stations were forced to close after running out of petrol. the government says a shortage of truck drivers triggered the crisis which has been made worse by panic buying. we now starting to see the situation improve,

we're hearing from industry that supplies coming back onto the for court and in the normal way. and i would just really urge everybody to just go about their business in the, in the normal way and, and fill up in the normal way when you, when you really need it. and you know, things will start to improve young climate activists from across the world. have been criticizing global leaders for failing to address environmental issues that are attending the youthful climate summit in milan. then they'll send their recommendations to you and comments some schedule from next month in glasgow. quite a thunder of accused world leaders of being all talk and no action. this is not about some expensive politically correct, green as bonnie hugging or blah blah blah build back better, blah blah blah, green economy law blah blah. mid 0 by 2050, blah,

blah, blah, net 0, blah, blah, blah, climate neutral, blah, blah blah. this is all we hear from us, so called leaders, words, words that sound great, but so far has led to no action or hopes and dreams drown in their empty words and promises. russia has recorded its highest number of daily corona via fatalities since the pandemic began. 852 people died in the past 24 hours and more than 21000. you infections were confirmed. daily cases thought is climbing earlier this month after millions of russian students went back to school . and university health authorities say the titan controls around mosque wearing to try to stop the 4th wave. pfizer has submitted initial data from itsco and virus. maxine trials for children aged between 5 and 11, the drug make a says it'll ask for emergency approval from us regulators within weeks in order to

offer the jobs to young children. 5 is covered, 19 vaccine is already authorized for those age, 12 and over infection rate among us children have spike in schools. reopen this month, not be long delayed premier of the 25th james bond movie. no time to die has taken place in london. bon, dr. daniel craig is the star attraction in his 5th and final outing as the famous secret agent. the premier was postponed 3 times because of chrome of eyes. with him as being shut down by the pandemic, the industry is hoping this fate is installment of bond, will help it recover in the grand scheme of things and to load down the list of priorities. thought this is really, really needs to be said in the cinema and i'm just incredibly grateful to m g m and about the whole and we hear while cinema ticket fails me in 2020,

we're 12000000000 dollars. that's just over a 3rd of box office earnings the previous year. film critic rebecca perfect says the popularity around the bond film franchise will give the cinema industry a much needed both people from lots of different generations of grown up loving bones that always interested to see what the next bond will be. and obviously this is daniel craig, final outing as well. but i think robbie malik who stars is the village mislaid in french. i just said that at the premier, the bones read you the backbone. when it comes to historic franchises is what we look to as that kind of stella movie. but lots of people go, they love, they're excited about. so it's everything from the gadget to the actors, the new actors that come in the front of the celebrity. oh, my direct visit take on the role as well. it got the whole package. really, even before the pandemic, we would be some form of decline and sentiment because there's just was there and was the money in a lot people's opinion. now the positive thing is, is that

a lot of the u. k. cinemark association is being quoted as saying that the biggest consumers of online home content for movies are also the most frequent. been them all go is as well. so, you know, we're not going to lose cinema streaming or anything like that, but i do think that you know, you can go and feel that your way to get your money back. we're going to bring more people back into the cinemas. ah fleur, again, i'm fully back with the headlines on al jazeera, america's top military officer has called the end of the 20 year war in afghanistan . a strategic failure during questioning by senators on capitol hill. defense officials admitted that taliban forces advance on capital faster than anticipated. prodigal haine has more from capitol hill. determined during chief of staff, mark milly say that there was an intelligence failure. and he said one reason for

that could be could be that they withdrew advisors from those units 3 years ago.