a doing well, house with the stories we don't often hear told by the people who live them. mother is a friend, cathy, this is europe on al jazeera. ah, the u. s. senate votes to raise the debt ceiling and a stop gap deal staving off the possibility of default until december. ah, hello, i'm down, jordan, this is al jazeera, alive from dell are also coming up rescue efforts continue in southern pakistan. opera, at least 20 people are killed and hundreds injured in an earthquake. the painful journey for mexican families as they search for loved ones who have been missing for more than a year. and tanzanian author outdoor, was not gonna is awarded in the band,

which deprives for his uncompromising works on colonialism and the fate of refugees . ah, the u. s. sentences pay the way for a temporary deal to stay above a possible debt default. it's voted to pass a bill to raise the debt limit by $480000000000.00. it will now go to the house of representatives without raising the national barring cap, the treasury would not be authorized to pay its bills in less than $2.00 weeks. or senate democrats want a long term solution to the debt limit, to make sure financial remark, it's remain stable, and our economic recovery stays on track. america's full faith and credit must never be used as a political bargaining chip. i hope my republican colleagues relent from trying to make it one when we read. revisit this issue soon. so now that republican brinkman

ship is relented. senate democrats will focus on passing, build back better agenda. so we can finally build up ladders of opportunity for people to climb up to the middle class. so let's take a closer look at the political and economic significance of the circle debt ceiling . this is a limit imposed by congress on the amount of debt the federal government can accumulate. its been set at $28.00 trillion dollars since august. first, analysts say the debt ceiling is important because if the u. s. defaulted, it would damage the countries credit rating. they say could also plunge the global financial system into turmoil and possibly lead to a recession. the agreement by senators to raise the debt ceiling until early december. now it means to be passed by the house of representatives. my county has more now from washington dc. well, a desire to li, crucial. if the u. s. had defaulted on its debt, the economy would have been entails, it would have been unprecedented. most experts believe that everybody was going to

bow at the last moments, but it's still a tense situation. and this only came about in terms of extending the dead to oh, oh, putting a little bit of money in to allow it to run through to december. that took a lot of shenanigans in terms of what's been happening in recent weeks. in the end . the republicans or some republicans came to deal with the democrats and that they would vote to drop the filibuster on this. now what that means is that it would just need at 60 votes to pass that procedural motion saying that the debt ceiling can be raised temporarily. by a simple majority, the democrats have 50 in the senate at plus the vice president that gives them the absolute majority. in the end, the bill was passed by 50 votes to 48, but this is all about political games playing and certainly coming very close to the brink in terms of just a few days before october, the 18th,

which is the deadline. another injection of capital is put in now, to put this into real terms, you are talking about the debt ceiling being at 28.4 trillion. what the senators voted on is to raise that debt ceiling to f. 24.7 trillion. just for the government to be able to buy it, pay its debts until december. the 3rd, when the whole thing's going to start again. rescuers have been searching for survivors and south west pakistan where an earthquake has killed at least 20 people . the strong but shallow tremor has left hundreds of people injured in polluted. dan's hon. i cities the worst hick region. it's we had many, a still buried under the rubble come, i'll hydro has the latest from the hardest, at error in baluchistan products. we are in our nie, a more district and baluchistan, situated about 5 hours drive from the city of went off with the provincial capital, the authority that saying that, did it damage i to $500.00. 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 god include women and children. the idea had received a number of aftershock and this particular wake was so strong that it was failed. hundreds of miles away and the provincial capital of quinetta, and are the major cities of baluchistan. the government, of course, responding in dime by did it the fear that the aftershocks could lead to more damage, as some of the structures have received. considerable damage. as you can see, it is dark, but we can see the rubber from the how did that i mostly built out of mug and stone and therefore north side meekly. a solid enough to be able to withstand a strong earthquake. the people of god will be expecting relief from the government . they will be expecting games so that those people who have lost their homes can

be looked after. the military is head and strength and of god. the rescue teams have been working all day long in order to find people under the robbery. so let's bring in mohammed, are you? he's the head of the pakistan, red crescent, in baluchistan. he joins us from quite a mom, a good job with ascentis 9, a son you've been to the site of the earthquake in baluchistan. tell us briefly what you've been seeing in terms of damage to homes and buildings. i mean, just how bad are things that thank you very much. and i'll just tell you that when this incident occurred yesterday, so abruptly take time. yes, yes, move. i want to piece including frustrated disaster management team meetings, including ready scheme rescue team automatically teams and then we send them to how can i add the distribute to the food, non food items, including medical assistance, all of that and, and some of the area,

100 is very remote, isn't it? so what help currently is the team giving to people on the ground and what challenges to they face because the damage looks pretty bad. yes, exactly. so this is it actually that he more area a station is really not that big, but the need for this time, especially temporary shake the food non food items. so besides these things that people need that medical assistance and bases. yeah, because i'm going to ask you about about what is it as a priority people need? i mean it presumably it's, it's, it's food medicine, shelter, water. the very basic necessities are this time the need a non food items because

a really long a. busy house is, might be, i'm says for let's do a dance and the other non smooth. i jones, mom a just a final point to you. what about the pakistan government and other agencies? what help are they able to bring into the area? yes, a government a g r a v, a ortiz, because the mines and people struck in miners and government is also distributing the necessary items mom and i, you thank you very much indeed. her giving us your thoughts. thank you very much

for you. a special envoy to haiti, a slam, the worsening security situation in port apprentice saying, massacres and kidnappings are now part of everyday life. daniel foot has been briefing the house foreign affairs committee after he resigned from his position in september the treatment of haitian migrants of the southern border. thousands were deported without being given a chance to claim asylum. a decision that foot cold in humane and counter productive and gallagher has more from miami. 6 this is frankly a pretty scathing briefing from the for, but us special envoy to haiti daniel foot. he of course, was appointed in july, i just days after president job. now luis was assassinated, which largely explains the situation in haiti right now. but his main points of contention with the, by them ministration was the treatment of those thousands of patients of the mast at the us mexico border saying that they should have been treated more fairly and perhaps given a chance to get processed through the immigration system. he also said that

forcibly we patch, rating haitians back to the country at this point in time is counterproductive. let's listen to what the former us special envoy to haiti had to say. deportation back to haiti is not the answer right now. i am not saying that that the intending migrants who are in illegal status shouldn't be deported. but haiti is too dangerous. our own diplomats cannot leave our compound and board bridge without armed guard and the already failed. essential services delivery. the haitian government is really overwhelmed in places like c d . so the biggest slum ma'am this year i've seen pictures of waste and stuff. so deportation in the short term is not going to make a more stable. in fact, it's going to make it worse. daniel foot also talked extensively about the security situation in haiti saying that essentially porter prince is now been run by gangs,

and he was aware that in one day alone, there were 20 abductions. that's the point he makes about, asians going back. the security situation is extremely dire and there really is no functioning government at the moment at now. of course, the biden administration's main policies for free and fair elections that and as soon as possible, but that isn't going to happen until some time next year. meanwhile, the effect of daniel foots words, a lifelong diplomat on the by the ministrations policies remain to be seen. you are special forces, and marines have been secretly training taiwanese troops since 2020. that's according to media reports. it comes as tensions grow between beijing and tie, pay with tie ones defense minister, calling them the worst in more than 4 decades. let's bring in, rob ryder, joseph life from hong kong. rob. so then what more do we know about these reports of us special forces training, taiwanese troops? what being said about this i have these reports are being reported and are

from a number of different media sources in the us. but interestingly, similar reports to these 1st appeared last november in taiwanese media, and that would have been if these stories are true at about the time that these are us special forces, who are met to none, but maybe as many as 20 would have 1st arrived on the island of a taiwan at the time, the u. s. military set. the reports were inaccurate. this time around the pentagon, at while not commenting directly on the reports has issued an interesting statement, saying that a support for thailand's military will be gauge depending on its defense needs, which does seem to give these reports some credence. the u. s. of course does support taiwan military in terms of hardware, the latest air jets, jet fighters and so on. it has for a number of years that is always an good china. if these reports are true, of having a pretty much a permanent, a presence military presence on the island of tra, foot very boots on the ground as it were. that would

a give china further cause or to be angry and that they haven't been a u. s. military presence permanently on the island of taiwan since 1979 and a u. s. could argue that these troops, if they have been there for nearly a year, are merely taking part in an ongoing training exercise, but it does have an air of permanence about it. yeah, robin. as we were saying this, revelation comes against the backdrop of recent, increasing tensions in the area over taiwan. that's right. we have, are they, there's a very sensitive time at the moment. we just had the october 1st national day in china. we have coming up this weekend, ty, one's national dane, of course, between the 2. we've seen this incredible increase in air air activity coming from china with nearly a 150 air craft in various waves spread over several days. crossing into the straight of the taiwan strait,

heading towards the island of taiwan. it has been condemned by the u. s. has been a provocative act, accusing china of destabilizing the area we've heard in the last couple of days or so from taiwan itself that relations are now the worst. they have been with at the level of tensions they have with the mainland, the worst i been full 40 years, arguing that at the that the rate of the china's military expansion, it would have the military might to be able to invade and take over the island of taiwan within a few years from china's point of view, of course, they regard taiwan as being a renegade breakaway province. that will be one day united with the motherland. and all of this military activity i think is their, their way of sending that message out that they, it's a heard loud and clear by the taiwanese. all right, robert, bride life and hong kong. rob, thank you, soccer. so break out al jazeera when we come back, pfizer asked the u. s. government to authorize its cobit 19 vaccine for children,

but in the age of $5.12, and the super heroes and villains who have banded together. one of the largest culture conventions in the us more than ah, it's another beautiful sunny day at 35000 feet. the weather sponsored by cattle airways voted world's best a line of 2021. the remains of the psycho sheehan are visible only in the former funds storms in western yet, but otherwise it's a dry picture. the sure miles forget that normally wind blows out of iraq and down through the gulf states. usually removing the humidity settles when there's no wind drive picture otherwise, but there are fairly obviously winds around the edge and they will come to show a difference. so that shamar keeps blind. look at the top right hand corner, zoom in on the top right hand corner, which is tajikistan. give yourself and the hindu kush northern pakistan. it's

starts to rain that it starts to snow temperature start drop by time you get the end of sunday looking rather more like winter than late summer or autumn. 10 degrees below. no one is temperature. regime stress you right away back to my shot . but otherwise, it's a dry picture, and the cold wind does not extend through the caspian. all blacks is not a cold wind, just a wind. at the moment. the rain frayed through greece wood just of our agents, the western side of turkey by the end of friday. the winds are not strong in the eastern part of the med. so enjoy your sunshine in gaza at about 29 degrees. although recently there is very heavy rain around the r congo. the next few days, i think not just regular rates, but daily lake victoria breathes overnight, produced a shower and spreads them out. during the day, the weather sponsored by cattle airways voted world best airline of 2021. the latest news, as it breaks, free democrats and the creams are talking to each other, trying to ionize that differences. because together they form

a large block in parliament with detailed coverage behind the world's largest producer of low to sleep. but children being used to beat the rising demand from around the world, the island has increased in land masses, as if to rivera with this corruption is pulling the island of la paloma out of the ocean. ah ah, welcome back. okay, come on about top stories here. this out, the u. s. senate is pay the way for temporary deal to stay over a possible debt default exposure to pass a bill to raise the betsy by $418000000.00. now come to the house of representatives. rescues have been searching for survivors in southwest pakistan

where north quakers killed at least 20 people strong. but shallow tryna has left hundreds of people injured in boucher status on my city. the worst hit region on the former us special envoy, the 80 says security porter prince is worse me. masters kid. nothings are not part of everyday life. daniel foot total congress, america's policy of deporting thousands of patients would help me make things worse . now, parents up and down the usaa debating whether or not to get their children vaccinated comes off to pfizer, requested permission from the us food and drug administration to offer it's cobit 19 job to children. age 5 to 11. the pharmaceutical giant says it's vaccine. perform well in the clinical trials for that age group with no serious side effects . how does your castro asthma aussie so do so do a walk to school in california this week turn into a confrontation between anti vaccine protesters and parents. harassed for having

their children where masculine guy seems like this are playing out across the country as tensions flare over how to protect children from the pandemic. this is the backdrop to pfizer by on tax application submitted thursday, asking the f da, to authorize it's covered vaccine for children. ages 5 to 11. i think it's, it's the next step forward and, and moving us towards having a safe and effective vaccine for our youngest children. one to 3. you did great swavay, pfizer says in its clinical trials, children developed a strong immune response and no serious side effects. when given a 2 shot regimen at a 3rd of the adult dosage level, 8 year old sebastian primal was among the $2200.00 trial participants. i erased me very happy that. oh, i am helping other kids get the vaccine in. like honestly,

if i had to get this shot again, i with children now account for one in for new cove, at cases in the u. s. and more than $500.00 have died since the start of the pandemic. why are we losing any children to cove? it if we have a very simple fixes of masking social distancing, and now a vaccine. but according to the kaiser family foundation, only one in 3 parents in the u. s. plan to vaccinate their young child as soon as the government allows listen particular has some allergies. that may be very concerned and you know, i just, i don't, i don't trust it. california was the 1st state to announce a covered vaccine mandate for public school children pending the da's full approval . doctor said that's no different from requiring kids to be vaccinated against other routine diseases. this is an axiom, like any others and, and i think our steeps in our school systems will have to think about how that fits

into the broader, you know, their broader immunization fans. oh, the f. d, a will likely decide within weeks whether to authorize the pfizer vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11 who number about 28000000 in the u. s. health experts say that will bring the country another step closer to defeating the virus. but only if parents get their children. the shots, heidi jo, castro, al jazeera, not 20 years since the 1st u. s. s. strikes and missile attacks were carried out against al qaeda and taliban linked targets in afghanistan. since the taliban takeover in august, businesses are still struggling to stay afloat. a severe cash crunch and soaring. food prices are keeping customers away. a solid ben j visited a fly market and cobble with trade is far from rosie. in cobbled famous flower street, there is very little business now. after 20 years of the us led invasion,

more than 2 trillion dollars spent thousands of us led coalition and fighters lives lost tens of thousands of afghan civilians killed. the only thing that has remained constant is the suffering of the afghan people. shopkeepers here have been telling us that there is very little business for them these days. since the thought of bon takeover. they say that there has been some semblance of security and safety. but they are not sure what the policy of this new government is going to be on this street. people used to deck up cards, they used to a set of flower beds for reading readings. and they have been telling us that they can't do it anymore because people just cannot afford it. people have not been paid for months. the banking system is near collapse and those who are actually have had some readings are saying to us that it is very difficult for them to organize those parties to feed their guests to figure out what is going to happen to the bride and groom once they get married, will they be able to enjoy their lives as a family? so the biggest concern that people have now under this new government 20 is on is

what happens next. and what will be the future of their economics. in this new regime, the taliban says the international community should not use aid as a political tool and as a tool to put pressure on its government and rather help the afghan people. we've been hearing statements from the united states as well as nato allies, seeing that understand was lessons learned. yes, there was the debacle in going out of this country, but the risk was that if they continued, it will be an open ended conflict. so all in all, 20 years on the international community has spent trillions of dollars and replace the taliban with the taliban. the people of afghanistan are now waiting for this government as it continues to make statements that it is going to live up to the expectations that people have, that it is, they do serve the people there is going to be noble corruption. there is going to be peace and security, and everyone in afghanistan will be included so far,

remains as promises. abortion clinics in the u. s. state of texas have reopen falling. a federal court ruling suspending a law that effectively banned the procedure. wednesday's tempered judgment criticized the legislation as an offensive depravation of such an important right. some texas clinics are wary, they could be shut down again with the possibility of an appeals court reinstating the law in the coming days. the legislation impose last month was regarded as the most restrictive on abortion control in the country. the nobel prize for literature has been awarded to the tanzanian born novelist, abdul, rosin gunner, his work focuses on colonialism. man the fate of refugees. it's the 1st time in 35 years that black african has won the prize and comes as the swedish academy tries to avoid charges of western bias. maurice reports from stocker it began as a typical thursday for abdul ross at ghana. 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. latricia and i said, is this a prank? shortly afterwards, the rest of the world knew as well. the rebel prize in literature for 2021 is awarded to the novelist verbal rosin. gordon well, born his answer, burn, active in england for his uncompromising and compressions, penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fates of the refugee and the gulf between cultures and continence. some men, dra gunna is the 1st black african to win the nobel prize in literature since 1986

he fled zanzibar after an uprising in 1964, a 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. there is a kind of meanness, i think in this response to um, people who want to come from elsewhere to europe is not like they're coming empty handed or anything like that. it's not like the coming saying, here's my begging goal, please feel 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 book of shortlisted paradise were written as he worked as a professor at the university of kent demand for them could now go through the roof

. he had from the c. m. at he ha cornea, we don't have any more clue than anyone else who's going to win. and then when it's announced, people are excited and want to buy the books. there's often a shortage, so we have to be ready to order. they mean, as soon as the announcement is made jonah's 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 rough at good in becoming the 2021. no bell laurie. it's in literature answers both of those questions for this year, at least polaris out his era stock. i no new york comic con is one of the biggest pop culture conventions in the u. s. on bits back in business off of the corona virus forced it took

a virtual last year. christian slim reports from new york and superheroes and super villains, joint forces to celebrate the return of comic con, where a culture once considered under ground goes way over the top. the people, the people are really what make comic con, so special. it's everyone that's just like the annual comic convention is back in new york after the corona virus pandemic forced it to go virtual last year and fans could not be happier. it's definitely great to be back because i haven't been to a gone in like 23 years. so this is definitely weren't that an amazing from russia to this is was that's a relief. that's a real is to be around all these people. even if coven safety requirements, pose costuming challenges. i'm happy to back and but you know, at the same time that we had the whole faith in order. a little cramps use out

a little bit, but yeah. all attendees must be vaccinated as well. artists are just thrilled to have the business back. it's great with everyone's looking for the ones just to get out. like a true super villain. cold in tell comic on in 2020, for the pandemic was actually good for comic book sales and graphic novel sales. which taught a record setting $1200000000.00 in north america last year. comic con is where fans and publishers come to discover the next big thing. it's so exciting to hear feels like coming home again. all of the artists are kind of friends with each other. this is the way we all get to see each other. it's amazing to get to see our family again and to see the fans again after so long away. it's also a chance to see some old favorites. you can count on the old franchises to spin off new shows and story lines, not to mention merchandise and video games,

which are also a big portion of the event. but ultimately it's the presence of the fans that is giving this long awaited return of comic con. it's happy and do. kristen salumi al jazeera new york. all the news, of course, on our website. there it is on your screen. the address on to sierra dot com, that's onto sierra dot com. ah. type of quick check of the headlines here on al jazeera, the u. s. senate is pay the way for a temporary deal to stable a possible debt default. it's voted to pass a bill to raise the limit by $480000000000.00. it will now go to the house of representatives. senate democrats won a long term solution to the debt limit to make sure financial remarks remain stable . and our economic recovery stays on track. america's full faith in.