a new documentary explores the desperate estates of democracy and lebanon lou through the eyes of those who are losing home every day. oh james, i'm going to do it. democracy, maybe democracy for sale on al jazeera. ah, this is al jazeera ah, hello, i'm learned, dana, this is the amazon news are live from london coming up. and he's 20 dead and hundreds injured after an earthquake strikes southern pakistan on most people were sleeping, plus young vaccinated over crown or hospitals over running emergency rooms and intensive care units. president biden continued his push for vaccine mandates, as pfizer sakes cleared to give its covert job to 5 to 11 year olds, so rabbit,

there were 20 kid, now prince lashanda in one day in port prince, us haiti, and boy who resigned over the masterful taishan of migrants reefs, lawmakers on the situation. haitian was a returning to an tanzanian novelist after wasn't governor, wins the nobel prize for literature. his writing on the effects of colonialism and the fate of refugees and in sport, the takeover of english primary lead team. newcastle. united has been completed as saudi led concerning him, his paper reported $409000000.00 for a controlling stake at the football club. ah, 1st years have been searching for survivors in southwest pakistan, where an earthquake has killed at least 20 people. many of them women and children, hundreds were injured and it's,

and more people could be buried under the rubble. the city of hon, i in malicious tongue province, was worst hit by the $5.00 magnitude quake, which struck at a shallow depth of 9 kilometers. famous ravi has more most people were asleep in the early morning hours when a shallow earthquake caused the death and destruction in southwestern pakistan, the gilbert by carrier norma, that is say it was a 5.9 magnitude quake, but i would say it was more than that lots of lives lost and damaged property. the main mosque of the town was also damaged badly. him buffalo believe was view, but everyone including women and children, were running here and there we were. skin didn't know what to do. later. ambulances arrived and took them into the hospital with other people in rural baluchistan, live mostly in mud, brick homes, and as has always been the case across earthquake prone pakistan, poor communities that lack modern construction methods were high build, quality is unaffordable. those are the places where earthquakes exact,

their highest costs are due and birthday is yet so far. we have managed more than $200.00 injuries. we have received 15 dead bodies. we sent some severely injured by broad using ambulances and private vehicles to gret duffel, better treatment. those who are in serious condition that we are shifting them using helicopters. oh, despite axis roads being cut off by sunrise rescue cruise had reached the town of her knight and begun sifting through the rubble. this earth greg, it may not seem very large, but it was shallow. this, the shaking was very strong in the edison area. her name is very close, you are only about 15 kilometers away from the abbey center. and so if you add that to the construction of the hans and structures in the area that will unfortunately cause large damage. the fact that it happened at night when people are sleeping, that even exasperate the damage and injuries that would happen in the area

ah, the quake was felt as far as the provincial capital. quite aftershocks. continuing for hours. the areas mountainous and prone to landslides, that poses another threat that could hinder rescue and recovery operations. rescuers are also trying to reach more than a dozen coal miners trapped under ground. provincial government officials say as many as 100 homes have collapsed so far. and with most people at home in their beds at the time of the earthquake, the number of dead and injured is expected to increase zane bas raphael to 0. come all high days in hon. i city, he says, i've been several aftershocks. we are in our nie, a more district and baluchistan, situated about 5 hours drive from the city of wenda, which led to provincial capital. the authorities that saying that, did it damage or to 500, how did, at least 20 people have been good. the military had to use helicopters to evacuate,

the more seriously injured. most of the injured, of course, include women and children. the idea had received a number of off their shock. and this particular grade was so strong that it was failed. hundreds of miles around the provincial capital of quite a and other major city of baluchistan. the government, of course, responding and dime by david the fear that the aftershocks could lead to more damage. as some of these structures have received considerable damage. as you can see, it is dark, but we can see the rubble from the houses that are mostly built out of mud and stone. and therefore not side make lea a solid enough to be able to withstand a strong earthquake. the people of gods will be expecting relief from the government. they will be expecting danes, so that those people who have lost their homes can be looked after. the military is head and strength and of god, the rescue are deemed have been thing all day long. in order to fight people under

the robbery, russia has recorded its highest number of new daily corner of ours cases so far. this year, 27550 new infections were reported on thursday. the date of death toll also passed 900 for the 2nd day in a row, reaching 910 authorities as struggling to control a new surgeon cases due to a slow vaccine uptake and limited current of ours restrictions. russia already has europe's highest death toll, with almost 209000 fatalities. pfizer has submitted a request to the u. s. drug regulator to approve its vaccine for younger children. trials for 5 to 11 year olds began in july. dr. to vaccinate, children has been spurred on by a rising infections of the delta variant. after the reopening of schools in may, the u. s. in canada were among the 1st to approve the job for children over 12 years. meanwhile, president biden has been in chicago, making the economic case vaccine mandates. where you want to renew. there is no

other way to be depend demik than to get the vast majority of americans vaccinating . it's as simple as that and to spam or 3 to spread to our children, to spread throughout society or hospitals in the risk of other variances, all dangerous and obvious, but we're still not there. we have to be to see us politicians, a pinch of agree to raise the u. s. debt limit by $480000000000.00 to stave off a potential economic crisis. a senate top democrat says the senate will soon start debate on the bill to raise the national barring cap nearer to $29.00 trillion dollars. without it, the countries treasury would not be authorized to pay its bills in less than $2.00 weeks. whitehouse says it's a positive step forward and we'll give the country some breathing room. this is only a reprieve until december. for my u. s. special envoy for haiti has described the deteriorating security situation in puerto prince, saying massacres and kidnaps for ransom. and now part of everyday life,

daniel foot has been briefing the house of foreign affairs committee after resigning from his position in september of the treatment, haitian haitian migrants at the southern border. thousands were deported without being given a chance to claim asylum. a decision foot called in humane and counterproductive. deportation back to haiti is not the answer right now. i am not saying that intending my roots who are illegal, status shouldn't be deported. but haiti is too dangerous. our own diplomats cannot leave our compounds and board branch without armed guard at the port asian in the short term is not going to make a more stable. in fact, it's going to make it worse as kilometer. and a gallagher who's covered tate extensively for out is era. and what came out of his briefing? well,

this was pretty scathing when you think of who it was coming from. a lifelong diplomat, daniel ford, of course, was appointed a z u. s. special envoy to haiti just days after a job. now mo east was assassinated, the president of haiti, and his main point of contention. here was the treatments of those haitians that amassed on the us mexico border. they were forcibly repatriated when he says that they should have been given a chance to get process, just like everyone else who turns up at the us border. some may have got asylum instead, they were sent back to a country that in many cases, they haven't lived in for years. many of these people have journeyed up through south america. they've been living in places like july and mexico and presumably have children who've never even been back to 80. so he said, sending them back with the situation. and the security being so fragile in haiti right now is not the answer. he was also talking about security in haiti and just how bad things of god saying that in just one they, he knew of 20 abductions and that effectively gangs in airport prince in particular

were running anti neighborhoods. and it was very stinging to the biden administration. it was a direct attack on the u. s. policy towards haiti. he basically was saying that the u. s. must do much better at must at the help haiti a lot more and was talking about things like a equipping the security forces in haiti. something has been tried before, but it really was something that was scathing, but not something i don't think that will likely change the bi demonstrations policy towards haiti. and on that is the u. s. still defaulting haitians. essentially it's slow down a great deal because the traffic at the border is also slowed down. at one point, there were about 7 flights a day, forcibly repatriated haitians back to haiti that's gone down to about war. there were some concerns from republicans here that they, these haitians were being released into the u. s. that is not the case. there was something like $15000.00 asians at that border crossing. most of those have now

been sent back to haiti and remember, this is a place where there really isn't a functioning government. there really isn't a functioning legislator. and of course, biden administration's big pushes to get free and fair elections to happen as soon as possible. now that isn't going that they are going to vote on the constitution before, hopefully holding elections some time next year. but as you heard from daniel foot, the says, the gangs that are running things, the security situation is extremely dangerous. and the u. s. simply has to do more and gallagher, thank you very much. while the plight of haitian migrants on the u. s. border has been more than a decade in the making. as of last week, about 5400 haitians have been sent to haiti. but many years and i mentioned, haven't lived there for years. the 2010 earthquake began a period of mass migration. about one and a half 1000000 people were displaced most leaving for south and central america. the head of the un office there says haiti is currently undergoing one of the most fraught periods of its recent history. the president was assassinated in july.

national and local elections have been postponed. and all this earthquake damaged or destroyed about 70 percent of all schools in the southwest. and then there's that kidnapping crisis driven by gangs who control large parts of haiti. risk consulting firm control risks says kidnaps ransom. in the 1st quarter of this year increased 150 percent compared to the same period last year and many and never reported. and a key factor is economic hardship, about 60 percent of the population live in poet poverty. many plesco as a haitian journalist and member the commission to find a haitian solution to the crisis, and haiti's joins us by skype from water prints. thank you very much for joining us . i wonder if you can give us an idea of what life is like day to day life is like in haiti at the moment. well, day to day life is extremely difficult. thank you for having me, 1st of all, and did just to give you an example. a 2 days ago there was in pitch

on field down the road. there were 2 gang leaders who were shooting it out in town. a last sunday there was kidnapping, in a church as they were coming in a church to sunday before there was oh, so kidnapping. a, as they were coming to church as people were coming to church and one of the people died and then the wife was kidnapped a this morning there were 3 trucks carrying petro to gas stations that were kidnapped. so which means that again we will have problems getting gas. so there is a crisis, they are a dis morning there was shoot out into down my area. so this is what life is like for a lot of us a. and then in addition to that,

do crisis in terms of food insecurity, about half of the population now. so for some food and security and so you have, this is kind of the new normal for us, except the 6 truly abnormal. and it is untenable, and it is not acceptable for us to live in this manner. you really an trolled by gangs. we are big controlled by gangs in power. also. they've been in power for 10 years, just on the matter. the guys went on monday that he just talked to promote code on the un security council for helping and dealing with this issue of the western gang violence and crime. and he said that the existing un political mission needs to pivot towards strengthening security and law enforcement. institutions and haiti, but many people have been critical and, and i think your organization kind of want to see beyond help coming from outside. so what do you make of that call?

well, 1st of all, we don't recognize that there is that government. so we don't even knowing the name of whom he was speaking a so they are totally legitimate him as a foreign minister, as well as a do defect to a doctor lee who sits as a prime minister now. and dave, i don't know help. what do you, when, particularly to political arm, i'm not talking about the development agencies who are very active and who are doing work and do humanitarian side also who are doing a work in haiti and have been in hate for a number of years. i'm talking about the political been, they don't know, achievement, so i don't know why this should continue. i don't know what they have done. i don't know who they are talking to. and so there is nothing so it us,

this is they are not the solution. they have been in power for 10 years and they have bought a legacy is gangs, they are, legacies, hunger, the legacies, dis, functioning a government. so we don't need them. there is a political agreement that civil society has worked on and a so that's a bit of co part is and civil society groups can come together. and the daily is also program of action that is linked to that agreement. tell me just to go back to the, the people who've been defaulted from the u. s. me were saying that to many not lived in hay to before. what's actually happened to them and do you know of people who been deported and, you know, went to go and get that i don't know of people who have been deported, but i have heard news reports. some of them have already gone back to i know of one

a guy. ready who a, the news people had said had gone back already to chile, there was somebody was deported who was actually from angola, the us in such a hurry to deport people. busy that they just took one black person thinking that he was ation. he was actually from angola, some people have gone back to their families. they see very little money. a lot of them have complained that they were put in chains and a day it's almost as if they were in jail. this is totally in human and cool. and we really, a lot of us thought that after chump biden would be better. but this is the same policy that by then the scary. so this is the situation that they are coming back to is really not good and talking about us policy a few minutes ago a, do he put what u. s. policy a month ago,

the u. s. said that they were not sending back haitians who had been in the us for the last few years. they're giving them their extending the t p. s. or the temporary protective a order a month later. did decide that, hey, is now safe. it wasn't safe a month ago for thousands of patients. now i would say for another thousands of patients, it's totally and cal here. it makes no sense. that's why i was saying what us policy. we don't understand it. but meanwhile, here in haiti, we have our own work to do to get the country back to a functioning, honest, non cool up government when you can. thank you very much need for donors here. coming up on this news are from london creation border police under investigation.

after my words say, they were beaten looking for peace and answers, we joined the 1st large scale search in mexico. miss your candidate for thousands. we've disappeared there and in sport, the world heavyweight boxing champion, it's back at acquisitions that he's a cheat. ah, the un human rights council has voted to end its war crimes investigation in yemen . saudi arabia lobbied heavily against a resolution which would have seen it extended by 2 years. independent. you investigators have previously accused all sides in the conflict of committing acts that may amount to war crimes. yemen has been devastated by a 7 year contract between the saudi and u. e backed coronation. and who the rebels, which has killed tens of thousands croatia has launched an investigation into the

alleged beating of migrants by it's all. the police announcement came a day after video was published. that was filmed during an 8 month long investigation by journalists and a warning. some of the footage in this report from nor about manley is you may find disturbing. they were on the move from pose near to croatia, hoping to make a better life across the border in the e u. but this is what met the migrants before they were forced back to bosnia. that thick odor than shoes, jacket money. while on the only thing that they can use you see this, you see all of big on ellen, good bit of me thing. ready? barely saw the video just are out of the european union. saw look what it is. we are human, not the animal. the video was released as part of an investigation into the treatment and systematic pushed back of migrants, a long correlation, 1000 kilometer border. the migrants mostly from afghanistan and pakistan,

showed the monks from their violent encounters. they say they were accosted by 16 people who brutally beat them and put them into a windowless ban. they were driven back into bosnia corporation authorities deny involvement and say they are investigating the incident or follicle. so should some kind of exceeding of authority happen anywhere. not just on the border christian police and the interior ministry punishes up to 400 of its members annually. for such reasons, we will continue to do so because it is the right thing to do. according to the law, gratian police have often been accused of targeting and beating migrants, and the scenes national have the keys, european union governments of turning a blind eye. but not this time. some of these reports are, are shocking. and i'm extremely concerned about this reporter, ha, ha, ha populist it, of course this needs to be investigated. but there are,

there seems to be a seem to indicate some kind over orchestration of violence that our external borders rights groups estimates. there are currently around $10000.00 migrants in both via, many are in government, run camps, up asleep, where they can from abandoned buildings to the streets. many have spent months or even years attempting to cross the border from the northwestern part of the country . an effort they refer to as the game. i spent dual and mostly i, i want to put it on to yesterday and to time to what apparently yesterday i forgot how many time i cross the border. either and cone, maybe 25 to the so i'm and did a b, t f return or not under that in the video did on. so this is my 4th unable many of these people dream of reaching croatia. and despite the brutal beatings,

say they'll keep trying. nor about a manly al jazeera, a nobel prize for literature has been awarded to the 10s, an inborn novelist. abdur rose. i could go now. his wife focuses on colonialism and the fate of refugees is the 1st time in 35 years at a black african has won the prize and comes as the swedish academy tries to avoid charges of western bias or race reports from stockholm. it began as a typical thursday for abdul russell gunner, but by lunch time he'd gone down in literary history the 72 year old tanzanian being named the winner of the nobel prize for literature. getting the news on the phone in his kitchen in canterbury, england. and this man says, ah, ah, hello, i am from the swedish academy. oh, congratulations, you have won the nobel prize. will literature and i said,

is this a prank? shortly afterwards, the rest of the world knew as well. but about prize in literature for 2021 is awarded to the novelist fabulous arc. gordon. well, born his algebra active in england for his uncompromising and compression was penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fates of the refugee and the gulf between cultures and continence. some was many drama gunner is the 1st black african to win the nobel prize in literature since 1986, he fled zanzibar after an uprising in 1964 as citizens of arab heritage like himself suffered persecution. gonna arrived in england as an 18 year old going on to rights 10 novels. his work has explored the continuing effects of colonialism on africa and given a voice to the experience of refugees. and there is

a kind of meanness, i think in this response to um, people who want to come from elsewhere to europe. it's not like they're coming empty handed or anything like that. it's not like the coming saying, here's my begging bull, please fill it. the swedish academy has promised to become less western centric, as well as less male oriented good is when follows. to female prize winners in 20192020. his books including after lives and the booker shortlisted paradise were written as he worked as a professor at the university of kent. demand for them could now go through the roof a half on the same as he how clear? oh, we don't have any more clue than any one else who's going to win. and then when it's announced, people are excited and want to buy the books is often a shortage. so we have to be ready to order. they mean, as soon as the announcement is made of governors, when breaks ground for african writing, although he still in a small minority of non western literature laureates. the swedish academy has faced

questions over the prevalence of europeans and americans in its previous choices. and over the relevance of this a 120 year old prize in today's world, the sudden fame that has fallen on abdul rosin gern and becoming the 2021, no bell laureate, in literature answers both of those questions for this year at least polaris out is era stock? i don't bashir, i'm human a is the head of the school of english inversely of kent, where he was a colleague of abdur isaac gunner, he joins us by skype from london. thanks very much for being with isn't own it does a bit more about his reaction bill. so at the reaction of people in the university was absolutely delighted by this. i mean, we've known of that as a career long time of the logic has been at the university of count and the school of english for over 30, for decades. others as a student, but also has had of school as a, as a professor of postcolonial literature. so he has many friends there. many colleagues,

he's dearly much loved by the community by his colleagues and by the students as a big fan fan club student frank love to follow them on the university interested in his courses. and what he has to say as a literary critic and also as a novelty. so this is a great day. this is a great day for literature. this is a great day, but there was a good now. this is a great day for literature, global literature from literature from around the world. this is a great day for of, for of, for literature from, from small countries, from, from small islands on the edge of africa. so, it's absolutely wonderful that he got this much deserved prize. and it's great that the academy was able to acknowledge the richness. exceptional writing is writing craft and also the big stories that his darkening the big thought is that he's dealing with. he has been dealing with for the last 3 decades. not yet. and the nobel committee praised amongst other things as his air, dedication to truth, and his aversion to simplification. what do you think is his biggest strength in

his novels? i think his ability to link the individual with why that historical processes that affect everyone. his ability still both an individual story, a very private story, a story about feeling on that level of engagement, and at the same time, to contextualize it, and to show how history has impinged on the individual, sometimes empowering them, but also many times are pressing them. and taking away their freedom. i think if you, i was amendments to his approach is or in if you and to recommend someone who's just starting and hadn't read any of it was which one would you pick? i think i would pick paradise was published in 1994 and short listed for the booker prize. i think it's an incredible story of, of a child going through this, a huge historical transformation between pre colonial van to colonial times and thinking about his options and feelings, and relations and separation from his family. and thinking at the end about how there is no freedom at the end of the story because of the arrival of colonialism to africa and german oppression. so i think that's a,

a story that weaves together all the themes that are the logic is interested and has been talking about themes of displacement of violence, of belonging, of colonialism. and the absolute yearning for justice which informs his work on that in the initiator traverse. is after he did been awarded it to he said to the currently that the government in the u. k, that is, is rather nasty about people seeking asylum, or people sitting in miss admittance into this country. how much impact you think of an award like this will, will have on, on people's perception of, of, of migrant refugees. you think it, it can make a difference at all. of course, i mean these are it, his story is a story. all of a refugee was forced out because of political torn one from zanzibar and came to the u. k. in 1968 and became part of british society learned here, studied here, grew here developed here, fulfilled his academic career and his intellectual life here. so this is a story about not only refuge and not only belonging, this is

a story about how people contribute to the countries that they end up in. people come equipped to pursue happy life, come equipped to contribute to society. here and after all like as a great example of this, i was struck by the comment he made to the bbc about the nastiness of the discourse on that if you use it is absolutely ungenerous and absolutely. the government has created the hostile environment against refugees, and after that is epitomizes the value of telling universal stories and being committed so our commonalities rather than our differences and what divides us. so it's a great success story for a universal writer who seeks to articulate individual freedom and contempt society database. however many thank you very much for talking to john. okay, thank you. thank you laura. that's more still to come this hour.