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which have been denied by the ruling party. and a child is killed in oman as tropical cyclone shaheen, moves across the gulf country about peter, similar to the sport, will look ahead to summer blockbuster in the premier league one in spain. barcelona coach. royal cumin is one step closer to me. it's a doctor. another disappointing results ah, where we begin. this news are worth breaking news from afghanistan. at least 5 people have been killed in an explosion in the capital kabul. the bombing targeted the entrance to a mosque. let's get more form out to cirrus of summer, been javits. he joins us live from kabul. osama, what more do you know about this attack at this stage?

hello. this was the 1st time that it's all of on gathering of supporters and leaders has been targeted in the capital cobble. this was a condolence meeting where people were coming in to a condo. busy with the spokesman for the taliban, the viola giant who's the deputy minister information and culture as well, whose mother passed away a couple of days ago. and there were hundreds of people at this gathering just a few minutes before the blast. some out there, a team members were also there and they described to us that there were multiple rings of security around this site where at not just a buttery brigade, but other taliban d. the other thought about forces were trying to stop people, search them, and they were only letting them be letting people go inside to words. the area where people are meeting the spokesman after a thorough search. but because there were so many people that there were hundreds of people exiting the venue or from the location as well. it is not clear exactly where this blasted place, but we're fearing that there's been multiple casualties. we've heard from donovan

sources that at least 5 people have been killed and others have put the number a lot higher. but this is significant because fall of on hot been speaking about security, a safety in this country, unprecedented piece. and it appears that those attacks which have been happening on the outskirts in july, alabama, in other areas, have not come to the capital couple. and we'll just talk us through some more of the significance of this attack. because as you mentioned, it's the 1st attack in kabul since the taliban came to power and a lot of the taliban is big sale to the population is that we are the ones who can keep e safe. so what does this attacks do in the minds of people who are in the country looking and hoping for security was what the taliban have been telling the people of afghanistan is that now they are in power. there is unprecedented peace, there is no corruption and they are going to build upon that. everything else that

the rest of the world has been asking them to do. and now dis attack in the heart of the capital at a very secure location tells the world that there are certain threats that the taliban have not been able to overcome. the bill on which i had has been a very vocal advocate as spokesman for the taliban had been in the shadows, only came to light after the taliban took over and just minutes before he left for this venue, we were with him and we were asking him about what is the situation like, why are we seeing such a high number of attacks in july but in an under hard problems on the outskirts of cobble. you have to remember that in the last week or so, there been multiple raids at homes where i thought about have said that these are isolate ice fighters. these are iceland renaissance of put is the were members of hidden cells and the meal homage i had was very adamant that i sal is, does not hold any territory, but it does pose a threat. here's some of what he told us just minutes before he left for that venue where the ab lost a place that i should move. caterpillar i sal is not

a visible thing here. they are in hiding. some disturbances have been seen in kabul and gyla bad, but they are not present and other places we are paying close attention and we will not let them create and wrist. and our suggestion to them is that they don't instigate fighting inside afghanistan or this. this is an islamic country, there is an islamic government here. foreign forces have withdrawn from the country to has been a major jihad done against foreign occupation. so every one must respect us. and if they don't respect us, they will face a very powerful reaction from afghan citizens and also our forces. we will filter them out and will destroy the hot outs. we have to make it very clear that there has been no claim of responsibility of the attack here in cobble. but this is a group i saw in forest on islamic state of the iraq and it off and levant in horace on province, which is the wider of grandest on central asian region, which has been carrying out these attacks in july about and anger har. balaban have

been insisting that they are going off to them and they say they're going to be true to the pledge to the rest of the world. that afghan soil is not going to be used by any group against any other country, let alone off gone. people, so it is hugely significant that this attack in the heart of the capital cobble at a gathering which was secured by taliban fighters, has taken place. and now taliban are going to have to tell, not just the act on people, but their supporters as well about the significant of the threat they face. and what are they going to do about ok, osama bin jarvis. they bring us up to date from the afghan capital f and i was, i'm a thank you very much deeds. well, let's get more on this snow from a far hudson. i bill there. he joins us from islam about who's the security analyst and researcher on a militancy is good to speak to you. i'm just going to repeat what our correspondence said. there has been no claim of responsibility for this attack, but given the context of the situation that we're in now,

which groups would you say would be among the 1st that you would suspect? i mean, who do you think would be attacking? it looks like the taliban themselves are being attacked. well, one cannot gulard the possibility that slung state horizontal, whence might possibly be the anger survey colors so far they haven't not offered chicken to survey. but there's a strong likelihood that there might be behind the civic. and in terms of the significance of this a, this is the 1st time the taliban have been attacked. it is the 1st time since the afghan capital was attacked since the taliban take over. what do you think the speak since terms of the threat level for, for civilians in afghanistan? because again, the, the taliban are meant to be ensuring security and with bomb attacks and mosque attacks. it looks like come in this will have many people on edge really. it almost

seems like that the war isn't over o ever since the belmont to take or we have seen a surge of activity, most lundstern or soccer wins. oh, this is the 1st high profile, a texas the goblin greg, west lancaster or a sons. so these are dates that continue or frequency of these attacks is really will bring a serious question on the communities of alpine federal law to protect not only a cabin, which is the capital r lacrosse of medicine as well. and so what, what would you assess the taliban ability to, to protect civilians and to protect themselves from the type of attacks which when they were at war as part of the civil war they were carry. gates, does this give them an advantage if they're using the same as their adversaries? now we're using the same tactics that arguably they used is definitely one kind of an office, the fin tray, which they used to pulls to the appliances forces or the foreign troops in one is

that. so it is important for them to realize the state that they have to move from this insurgency. more do not go in this world, but they have to ensure they have to isolate located. the sleeper says of us langston was uncle as that had been an operation or a few days ago in kabul. so they had to continue to look it. i slid the elements of closer horizontal as in order to deal with district. and do you think they will be able to deal with that? they obviously have a country to yvonne which they're learning how to do very quickly they've been thrown in the deep end. if you like, when it comes to running the country, do they have the resource, the ability to undertake the 2nd mammoth task, and it comes to tackling in sergent groups like this. it is a very difficult doves for one 3rd one because it does not have this be a did did did were in the going to small back in the late ninety's our this time around the 10 inches are different. they have this fact office and i was still horizontal and which uses the same techniques which of law, of one kind of and i've been using the past. so it is very important. and they're

just profess to reading issues as well. but they do also faces them off for an a mutant groups in of one is done, which the neighboring could be then other extra leisure. can these have been asking them to take action against them? so they're out of his dilemma. the who go and take action against those for a 1000000 groups and why they have this possibility of those groups joining slang, jefferson police and, and just how, how powerful are i so, okay, again, we're not but we still don't know who carried out this attack, but as a group, i mean, are they more powerful than, than perhaps people have felt to be or is there a chance that not just the taliban, but other world parents are underestimating how strong this group is as low. so for example, in south for a few years back, there were downgraded a lot by the efforts of one security forces. the foreign, secretive for senior appoint by itself. but over the past 2 years or so, it has risa has a witness or we have written as

a resurgence of their activities. so it continues to poses a threat and it, when can say that the, the 3rd of slang to her son, poland has been largely under estimated. ok if i had not be a, were i this time that great to get your thoughts. thank you so much for joining us from islamabad. thank you. libya's coast guard has intercepted a bullets carrying around 500 refugees and migrants traveling to europe and has returned them to live in shores. well, this comes one day after security for since detained. thousands of people in reeds . the un says one was killed at least 15. others were injured in the migrant cracked and officials described as a security campaign against to legal migration and drug trafficking, or garger rash as an hub for migrants and refugees. i think china is in lib tripoli for as it was the latest malik or howard, just as soon as you said the,

you and hcr are earlier said that 500 a migrants and refugees were brought back to libya. and this is an ongoing situation here in libya, libya's long been a transit hub for migrants trying to reach european shores. or just to give you an idea. over 25000 migrants have been returned to libya, a just in 2021 alone. now, or on friday, over 4000 a migrants and refugees where were arrested there'll be put in detention center scattered across western libya. of course, the $500.00 that were brought back from c today will also be put into the system. now i spoke to a senior official in the ministry of interior earlier today, and he told me quite frankly, libya is in a catch 22 situation. there's a lot of pressure from european countries to stop the flow of migrants you are reaching europe. but when they do that, they're put into these detention centers where,

where human rights organizations are saying that there's a lot of abuse. that there are overcrowded, that they're not, that they're not safe and abuses occur. so the libyans are really sort of in a, in a, in a very challenging situation. when they bring back these migrants, aid organizations are, are criticizing them. when they do not european countries are putting pressure. there been up there, the libyan coast guard, their beefing up there, there as their coastal security. and when you talk to experts, they say that the europeans aren't really moving in the right way. rather than beefing up, you know, the coastal security libyan coast guard. are they should be focusing on investment in the countries of origins for these migrants. now these migrants are living in extreme poverty famine war to come here to risk a very dangerous and treacherous journey to libya. and yet another journey across a mediterranean, very perilous and dangerous any. so experts will say that the european union and,

and, and the international community should be focusing on investing in, in, in creating jobs and opportunities for these people in these countries of origin. so they roll risks. are these, these long and treacherous journey's, but you know, in libya so far, i mean, this situation has been ongoing for years, especially the number of increase, especially after or the 2011 opera uprising that toppled more mortgage duffy and the country has been engulfed and chaos and conflict ever since then. so the numbers are, the numbers are likely to increase until libya can, can be able to of, of find a path ward towards stability and peace. ok malik chain of their life, or as in tripoli. thank you. malik. algeria has closed its aerospace to old french military flights, heading to the sa hell region. and a growing diplomatic dispute. on saturday, algerian president of the measured magid to boston,

recalls the ambassador from france. it was in response to french president emanuel macros saying algeria is ruled by political military system, which provoked outreach in french military says it doesn't anticipate the air space closure. will have any impact on its operations against armed groups in the sa hell . it's more heads or less use are including the u. s. war and sit down that failing to move toward a civilian life. government could put economic and political support at risk. another day sees small red hot lava spew from love power. most volcano authorities advice people to limit their time outdoors and as sports turmoil in the us national when and soccer league later, we'll hear from the presidents of the countries federation. ah,

moving to itchiness in our thousands of people have been demonstrating in support of the president ah, who on wednesday k. so you'd named a jew physics professor with little political experiences, the country's 1st female prime minister nozzler buddha. and there is no working to form a government. however, the opposition, who accused said of carrying out a crew after suspending parliaments in july and announcing his plans to rule by decree will bernard smith is in the capital sooners and joins the snow. birds, there are what's the process happening? we're also hearing about arrests taking place as well. what were key tellers? hello. well the main pictures, those thousands of supporters for chi side present guy said 2 months on from his

seizing power. thousands of on the streets here in tunis and in other towns and cities in tunisia to endorse what opposition supporters of called a qu. they actually think the president has not gone far enough in suspending parliament and he should just dissolve it. and that's what they've been calling for in the attempt to show that there is still support for the presidents actions. and it's fair to say when he suspended parliament and seized power a couple of months ago, there was genuine support because there was enormous frustration that 11 years on from the arab spring, little had been done to improve the economic circumstances of most chin indians. so they wanted to see the president being given a chance to try and do something different to months on though there is still no economic plan. there is still no way forward. it's presented by the present. out of the economic crisis. you seen the most criticism is facing is from the opposition groups and civil society groups and political elite who are saying the president is

refusing to consult more widely. and he should do that. there has been an arrest of a journalist, a television presenter. he's a television presenter and an m p. this was after the m p allegedly accused the presence on a television program of committing treason. it has to be said that generally, journalists to credit journalists have been able to freely go about gathering news . and there is still a critical media here, so the hasn't been a crackdown on those outlets of expression of opposition. but those civil society groups at the present were here, please talk to us. this is the only way we can find a way out of the crisis junior finds itself in. okay, bernard smith, there live from a chino spanish, from a thank you very much indeed let. let's stay with this air also in the capital. at mac, i law, he is a member of the executive committee of the anna. their party is great to have you

with us on the news or your party. more sir, is one of the largest parties suddenly elected in the last round of elections. we've just heard from our correspondent that there are significant numbers of a protest is, as in supports of the presidents, a, your supporters aren't out on the streets. why not? you intimidated by just seeing the level of public approval that sir. are presidents, okay. say it has well learned, they go for support for hardiness or i am disappointed because what we can see to day is a decrease in the number of supports from the so i say if the pores are right than that missile, i say that 70 percent of her public opinion supporting him than we should see to day more than 60000 people in supporting him and her there are just the 2 thousands to day. and the number which is there,

shall be brought to gibbon. the avenue is less than the numbers which was that on the 18th of this month. and it is less than those 20 thousands, at least, which were there on the 26th of this month. even there was a lot of restriction, not allowed them to to reach the street. however, however, in order to get out of this to lloyd, we need to set out rules and for and, and how to, to do to decide who is what, what is a support. and there is no way to get out of from this discussion, but through democratic news, if there is no the right time to be holding elections that the president has taken these powers. he says it's an emergency right now. he needs to rule by decree to fix the significant problems your country is facing. there's an economic crisis. the treasury is running out of money. is this the time to hold elections or not time to fix what's going on? well, i mean, he can basically head us or get out of this problem. he can have

a government, he can, 1st of all, you are in government for 11 years. these measures every year, a year to little years in governmentally, i have, let's say, well, that, that we were in government for the lebanon fixed, and it suppose that we were in there. i mean, there is no way or no excuse for having a dictatorship or making a cool. if the people who are not happy with us been, they are more than free to go to other elections and not to elect us. so we cannot give an any excuse, or legitimize any coo or any illegal actions both though let's accept that. so the presumed dead governing for 11 years. the lawyers will accept that. let's do it according to the law to the constitution. but the people and many people in shanicea who supports what the president is doing are saying that you have had 11 years to, to, to get the country. or there has been 11 years, let's say, since the arab spring and economically they are no better off the problems that are

brought about the arm spring are still there and they're getting worse. why would your party be part of the solution? if you'd fails to fix anything up till this point? let the people decide it's easy. did the people was how are we going to know that the people have decided there is no way but going for the ballot books and democratically allow the people who say no to us. okay, what you will discuss that if now we do not, we do not have a legitimate process and we can not legitimize what is happening. so do you accept the appointment delivers the prime minister in her campbell at to you view the prime minister as illegitimate in that case? when right now in this process, yes, it is illegitimate. but mr. k side can allow her to become illegitimate or prime minister had of government by stopping these. these measures proposing her to the,

to the parliament, which we will encourage the parliament to vote for her government. and in this way, the public litanies in people will have a government and we will have long time to discuss about constitution or, and other measures. but we need to do that. they are an inclusive dialogue which excludes no, no nobody. and we cannot guarantee or be happy with what mr. christ id is doing. if we right now see that he is putting a lot of pressure and stopping people from expressing that abuse wouldn't people in prison of pressing civil liberties? this does not give us a good view for the future. it doesn't benefit edward city. you think the priorities getting the constitution sorted or sorting at the economic situation which people on the strange nicea might are you is more of a pressing concern? yes, that is the other, the problem that you the issue for the teams and people in order to deal with that,

we need to have a government, a working government that government needs to go through the parliament and it needs to have a budget and it needs to work according to the law. if we do not have that, then we will there, the crisis will basically worse and, and it is our already worsening that during the less the last 2 months. okay. so in order from a so i say it to succeed in order for the proposed lady to succeed, he needs to allow her to work within a legitimate context, according to the constitution. ok. after that, the political it will have enough time to discuss whatever she wants. okay. we're out of time afraid, but i had got a little great to get your thoughts. thank you so much for joining us on the user. george is opposition is alleging voter fraud after official results and saturdays election showed the governing party georgia dream. well ahead of all took place the day after a former precedence mikhail, that 2nd philly was arrested. he had returned form excel to support the opposition

in the municipal vote. successfully was convicted in 2018 for abuse of power, but insists the case against him was politically motivated. robin forest, your walker is in sibley c 4. as a robin the accusations then our old voter frauds are coming from the opposition. oh, seriously, can we take those claims of also frost or sac issue the who's been jailed? does he have appoint with the a the o s c observer mission and has given its own preliminary verdict a little earlier this afternoon and send it to note is certainly a lot of irregularities, sir. throughout the day yesterday, we were getting reports of voter intimidation and that means the ab governing

party members or people claiming to represent the governing party trying to find out who the people were, who were entering a polling stations. and we've been hearing about how the governments are misused, its own resources to tilt results in its favor. putting in calls to a bureau to, to the bureau, to bureaucrats. the people working in government said to stay in state agencies, people being under pressure to vote a certain way. so i guess so overall, the observer mission pits be saying that it was not a level playing field and that may have impacted the result. the question is, by how much i i as i see it in terms of the results emerging, what the opposition wants, it was a decisive ah no vote from george and voters. if that's what they wanted, they didn't get it because the georgia dream is significantly in the lead with

about 47 percent of all votes cost. however, the opposition has managed to secure electro a run offs for met merrill or can at merrill positions in 5 major cities, including here in the capital city. so there is the chance of an important price for them if they can. i succeed in the 2nd round run offs. ok, thank you so much. robin forest here. walker lie for as in sibley see lebanon's long troubles public water system is close to collapse agency. se taps could one drive for 3 quarters of the population. so to hide art has more from bay routes. john dark lives in bayville and his 1000000 suffering during lebanon's water crisis . if she didn't pay for supplies from private companies, had taps would run dry. water has been in short supply for decades, but the situation is now critical. not enough is being purified and pumped due to

electricity blackouts caused by fuel shortages. the state is nearly bankrupt, so as much of the population didn't and not be nearly the same as it used to cost $90000.00 lire. now it costs 700000 lire to have water delivered twice a week. some of our neighbors can afford it, so we cover the hudson asked the government what it's doing and if the situation has become unbearable, we don't even have electricity anymore. i follow, i should live private supplies are too expensive for mice. at least 70 percent of the population could run out of water in the coming weeks. with long ruthless, re admire that of them like hospitals and businesses we are unable to get hold of. you will easily maintain is costs are also high. so we are forced to increase our what appraisal, we get about 90 calls a day from those needing water, but we can only respond to about 10. we are providing a service that the government isn't in should be doing, but unicef warns the sanitation system could seize altogether if millions of

dollars aunt invested the cash drafts government can't afford to import chemicals needed to keep water clean. we have been supporting the water establishment for their maintenance for the past year, but it has come to the point that they are our support each not equal enough. so therefore we started 30 our lobby international community to really get the boy more that the water is the life of people. if we don't act now, this good point where people nampa can right even up to the nantucket water infrastructure is widely blamed on decades of corruption and mismanagement of funds and increasing land development and water pollution is making it much worse. levin on that 4th is so pop thick, you can't even bring it in the infrastructure to deliver that. is that breaking point? i absolutely smells here. not because natural sources of water like this one. so

believe that was the one disease is a common, especially among children aid agencies warned that vulnerable communities, including hundreds of thousands of syrian and palestinian refugees in lebanon, are most at risk. water is already being rationed in the worst effected areas. once that runs out most people and likely to go thirsty. so to hide it, al jazeera ladle. a child is among the 3 people killed in oman. as tropical cyclone shaheen, hits the gold state authorities urging thousands of people to flee coastal areas and had seen emergency shelters, or flights to and from the capital. muskets had been postponed or canceled. shaheen as bringing heavy rain and winds of 120 kilometers per hour. well, let's say get more weather news now. here's kara.