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people stranded by land slides and flooding. and, and north korea confirms tuesdays ballistic missiles came from a submarine. the u. s. denounces the provocation, but says it's open to talks. ah, we begin with syria where to bombs on an army bus have killed 14 people, the worst attack in the capital in years. several others were injured. a 3rd bomb was dismantled near by. then a harder has more from a be bought in neighboring lebanon. the authorities are calling this a terrorist attack. there has been no claim of responsibility. this explosion in the heart of the syrian capital. clearly a security breach, a bus carrying soldiers was targeted. so it was the military that was targeted. what we understand the stake media is that there were 2 exclusive devices that went off as the bus was passing. and according to them, there was

a 3rd explosive device that did not go off and that they dismantled it. now, it regime definitely has many enemies when they use the word terrorist, they mean the opposition. now of course, the armed opposition is among the, the regime enemies, but they are largely confined to the north of the country. also there is a iso which continues to operate in the center of, of syria and engage an ongoing clashes with the regime time and time again. and of course, there's also divisions within the security apparatus within the army within the regime itself. so we cannot rule out any of that. we can only speculate, but clearly the regime believes it is the opposition just a few minutes after that explosion was reported. heavy, heavy artillery shelling targets at a town in early hot that's in the southern it live countryside. the province is under the control of the opposition. we believe at least 10 people were killed, many of them children on their way to school. so this is being seen as some form of

retaliation on the part of the regime, even though that this area comes under regular to a regular fire despite the ceasefire that has been in place since last year. meanwhile, syrian refugees who have returned home her face severe human rights abuses and persecution from the government. that's according to a report by human rights watch, is folk with syrian to return from lebanon and jordan. between 20172021. the organisation, documented cases of arrest, torture, kidnappings, extrajudicial killing, fan enforce disappearances. it says return ease, have struggle to meet their basic needs. bill frolic is director of the refugee and migrants rights division at human rights watch. he says there should be a moratorium on returned to syria until organizations like the un can insure refugee safety. what the high commissioner said is that he would cooperate in the voluntary return of refugees to those who chose to return.

what we are saying in this report is to look very carefully at that because people don't have fully informed information. those who have received assurances have those surance hasn't been violated. and know people that we interviewed coming from lack of a particular or under enormous pressure in that country through being forced to demolish their shelters through curfews and other restrictions are really quite discriminatory during the 19 pandemic we're calling on denmark, for example, a country which has declared that damascus and that damascus countryside are safe return. we're calling on them to reverse that position and we're calling for a moratorium on returns of refugees to syria. so we're really

putting some real emphasis on denmark, which has come out of one of many european union countries, but that one in particular has made this announcement. and what we're showing through the interviews we've conducted with people that have returned to damascus and has been persecuted when they set foot in damascus. that, that it's not safe. in fact, for people to return, their russia says that taliban hasn't asked for military assistance during an international conference. and i've gotten his done. delegation is in moscow meeting, representatives of regional powers including china, india, and pakistan. they are expected to discuss security threats from i saw any humanitarian situation in afghanistan. certainly can be the social, economic, and humanitarian problems, the new government and capital have taken on show the current situation in afghanistan cannot be called stable. first of all,

terrorist groups such as idaho and al qaeda have to be stopped. they are again trying to raise their heads and all different parts of the country. and the drug trade remains impressing problem in afghanistan. that's bring in al jazeera charlotte bellis. incredible for charlotte, russia clearly concerned about the security situation in afghanistan and the potential for lot for the wider region. tell us more about what take a lot of had to say 1st at the start of this conference in moscow today. and what is message is to the bash here this, this phrase conference just happened. i'm going to add a little bit more to what you heard there from level if you said that the current situation in afghanistan cannot be described as stable as i met court terrorists. taking advantage of that for the most part he's going to be talking about. i saw who has conducted 3 quite large bombings and that's going to stop since the taliban took over. and that is something that russia and that's kind of stunned neighbors have had quite a lot of concern about. he also talked about that he's met with the delegation the

tain hello band members who have traveled to moscow and talk to them about forming an inclusive government, which is quite interesting. we haven't heard much from the international community . still pressing the telephone on creating an inclusive government and to be interesting to see what they mean by inclusive, how do they define that? how representative of afghan society do they hope that it will be? and i also talked about that a tearing to dear. i think conditions and get this done on a humanitarian level and also the economic situation is just getting worse and worse. and of course that's exacerbating situation on the ground. and then of course the winter is coming. so it is a big concern for everyone. they have invited about 10 countries to this meeting and moscow. they've invited china, iran, india, pakistan and also central asian nations. and they did say this, they would be focusing on security mainly i thought. but then also the kind of

humanitarian situation and how they can be of help. they have promised to continue providing aid to the tele, but levels are taken off the table any talk of giving the tell about any legitimacy or recognition as a government. yet russia, russia has history in afghan, his son, of course, at a time when the taliban is seeking international recognition. what can you expect to get from moscow? how much influence as russia have on what is going on today in afghanistan? and can it fill the void left by the american withdrawal? it's certainly stepping into that void. they've been on the sidelines for a couple of years now as a u. s. taliban, of whom afghan government rule and these kind of talks over, over the withdrawal. and what the future would look like. now russia stepping, stepping into that place and kind of hosting these types of this kind of dialogue. interestingly, though, the u. s. c is not in moscow, and usually in this type of format, there would partake

a u. s. special representative, zelma and leo's ed stepped down from his role after many years yesterday. and a man named tom west stepped into his role in the state department. really didn't provide much explanation as to why they wouldn't be involved in these talks this week. other than saying course, we're not in a position to take pot shots. thank you very much for that shannon bellis lie for a sarah in cobble asked. right. so hit the capital of ethiopia to gray region for the 2nd time this week. at least 3 people were killed in mckelly on monday. the government initially denied those strikes, but later the state used agency reported an air force re saying communication equipment was hit. the conflict in the northern region has been going on for nearly a year now, and thousands have been killed that speak to independent journalist samuel get at you was joining us via skype. from out is samuel government forces are stepping up there offensive on t grade. bring us up to speed with what's been happening to day. and in the last

few days, this happened approximately 2 hours ago. it was confirm to us an hour after. and it's, it's been described as much heavier than what happened on monday, which as you said, 3 people died and many, many people were injured and from the images were able to watch but cannot verify. it seems to be a heavy target. and there will be many, many victims from this strike stuff happened and mccully when they were asked strikes earlier this week the government initially denied and they saying anything about this latest ones. 2 will lead to open government likes to react on social media. we've been watching their facebook pages, twitter pages. they haven't said anything, but we expect them to be later hours of the day. but as you said, on monday, they denied it. then they confirmed it. but the target this head is communication

equipments to try to slow down the success that we've been watching from t p i left in terms of capturing towns outside of to go into the ends up party. we just, meanwhile, agencies, sammy l, including doctors in the region, has been denouncing what they're saying is a government siege on mckelly, the regional capital of to try the humanitarian situation very dire. what is the government thing about that about allowing access to aid into the region? well, from the get go, the chicken government has been clear in terms of pointing their fingers against a t p. unless they've been saying that it's cheap enough government that has been stealing resources and using it or to perhaps provide support to their soldiers. doc superspeed to barbara, if you're getting the t p a left, they would say the opposite. so this is a conflict. so we'll be in

a challenging position to verify what's being said, because we have no access for the state to guard. thank you very much for that, samuel. thank you for bringing us up to date with the latest there integrates. and we'll get there to joining us there from attis. thank you. in nigeria, demonstrations are under way to mark the one year anniversary of protests against police brutality. a stream of cars pass through a toll gate in lay gus, which was the epicenter of demonstrations last year. and he's 12 people were killed during the protests after being shot at by police activists. c promises of reform have been hollow. sit ahead on al jazeera reports, brazil's president could face criminal charges over his handling of the corona vice pandemic. and farmers on the spanish island of la panama. tell us they are worried for their crops as the erupting volcano shows no sign of slowing

either getting going on your weather forecast for thursday, october the 21st. but 1st it's probably not the type of record that you would want . we saw a new record set for hail stones in australia. these ones measured about 16 centimeters in diameter, similar to a mango or a grape fruit. and this happened in queensland seen a repeat on wednesday, and the potential on thursday is while storms brisbin rate through 4 coastal areas of new south wales. but toward the west, things are looking good temperature, it's dropping in the outback. and look at all this wet weather over the solomon at sea right into fiji. it's going to dive down toward the north island of new zealand . already we start to see the effects of that through auckland, but you'll get a bit of a breather. as we head toward friday, then the rain kicks in toward sorry, afternoon, and heavy bouts of rain on sunday temperature,

a rate where it should be for the sub, the year. heavy concentration of rain still lingering over borneo more western parts and toward the north. this wall and for indo, china were seen more wet weather dive down into northern in central parts of vietnam. we certainly don't need this land slides. and both of these areas, more than $1300.00 homes destroyed and still heavy pockets of rain for southern sections of vietnam, including hutchins city on thursday. that's it too, sir. ah, in the country with an abundance of resolve. and want to leave here, his terms, boom, we move to grow and fraud with balance for real economy, blue economy and the digital economy with the new job creation law, indonesia is progressively ensuring the policy reform to create quality jobs,

invest literally partly his growth and progress in with now, ah, blue ha ah, a recap of our top stories on al jazeera this hour, at least 14 people have been killed in an explosion in serious capitol. it's the worst attack in damascus in years. 2 bombs went off in an army boss, while another one was found nearby. russia is hosting the taliban at an international conference on afghanistan. a delegation is in moscow meeting representatives of regional powers, including china, india, and pakistan. and as rights have hit, ethiopian t gray region for the 2nd time this week,

at least 3 people were killed in the regional capital mckelly. on monday, the government initially denied those strikes, but later the state news agency reported an air force rate saying communication equipment was hit. now more than a 100 people have died in widespread flooding in landslides and launch lives in india and nepal, triggered by several days of heavy rainfall. the majority of deaths are in india, where floods are affecting its northern and southern states. rescue operations are under way to save vill stranded, flood waters have inundated farmland and swept away bridges. al jazeera elizabeth brandon has more from one of the worst hit states kara, the nations, another said the man size organized on the tuesday. and that was in the district on the modem, which a known to the district of johnny kate remained completely off by the landslide, which was blocked or at least 6 people had lost them on over the past 2 days and

living a missing 300 had been rescued have been now most of those who have died in the district of maine on which school cloudburst visa, what describes ultra pins surges of grade. we return to what day and which is one of the was to take it in canada by the flooding over the past week will be here on monday and 2 days later, despite the respite from the rain over the past few days, much of this village was critical it is still covered in mud. people are still trying to be enough to clean up their homes, the homes, which is still standing because most of the homes along the river have been reduced to rubble. people living along the petty river and its tributaries on high alert and increase the number of shelters because they are expecting that they will be moving back to asia. there is heavy rain. the un security council is said to hold

an emergency meeting on north korea a day after young test fired, a ballistic missile from a submarine. it's the 1st under water test launching 2 years. washington, sol and tokyo have condemned this latest launch. david sidney is a former u. s. deputy assistant secretary of defense for east asia. he says north korea is sending a message to the us senate i think it's quite wiring, not just for south korea and japan, but actually for countries throughout the world. the ability to launch ballistic missiles armed with nuclear weapons from a summer rain gifts north korea much greater reach than many people had believed it had before. now of course they haven't moved that summary far from their coast yet now they haven't shown the full capabilities. but when, when mercury has shown over the years as the ability to do what it says. so the continue or testing of nuclear weapons expansion of their ballistic missile arsenal . and now this additional summary blanche ballistic missile. i show that that was

re as a threat again, not just to the region but to the entire world. oh, they've been very direct about their message. both of these launches and displayed new missiles earlier in the year. what they're saying is they don't trust the united states. they don't trust the rest of the world. and they are prepared to use nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, in case they feel threatened, they're trying to use what people, some people call it hedgehog strategy to try and get the rest of the world to resume what it was doing in the past, which was paying north korea to not be a threat. us congressional committee investigating january's assault on capitol hill has voted unanimously to approve a contempt charge against the van. and it was a long time aid. our former president, donald trump. the committee says it was shocking ban and refused to comply with subpoenas seeking documents and testimony. this phase, the waiver, a full vote by the house of representatives later this week and that could lead to a criminal case

a mutation of the code 19 delta very and as being closely monitored in the u. k. as genetic sequence has been detected in a growing number of new infections, but as yet there is no evidence to suggest that spreads more easily than the original delta, which is already highly contagious. u. k. infection rates have been rising despite strong vaccination numbers. brazilian senators met late into tuesday night discussing a report which will apparently recommend president j boss. narrow face, criminal charges is under said brought, nor will be accused of bungling the coven, 19 response, and pushing brazil's death told to the well 2nd highest. when he came back, every force the last day of hearings and the most painful of all outside brazil's congress, hundreds of white handkerchiefs, a symbol of tears shed for the victims of the pandemic. they were hung in rio de janeiro iconic up up on a beach when brazil reached the tragic milestone of 600000 deaths by povey,

19 the world's 2nd largest. the handkerchiefs were then carried in a box to the capital brazilian by taxi driver. my student asi mailto, whose son died more than a year ago. he spoke on behalf of thousands of resilience, who lost their loved ones and blamed the government for their suffering, specially president j able so model who denied the severity of the pandemic, scoffed at social distancing measures and delayed the vaccination campaign. it was tomorrow's museum bridge. yahoo to school. i think we deserve an apology from the highest authority in the country. them out. this is not about politics. it's not about belonging to one party or another. we're talking about people's lives in for leach gertrude rock job scheduled muslim fall under view bush risha. he's not alone . ok, evolve. my nurse might a beatty's that was working in my now's brazil's gateway to the amazon rain forest

. when the city ran out of oxygen, her brother and sister died leaving 4 children in her care. he put their young a bit of common sense in humanity on the part of those who govern us could have helped avoid such tragedy. in the amazon stood and giovanna gomez mean. gish spoke on behalf of brazil's 120000 coven 19 orphans, georgia. she lost both parents within 2 weeks and was left alone with her 10 year old sister and no means to support themselves. we had friends and family who helped us, but many do not. giovanna said that government she claimed should be financially responsible for them. females the result of the 6 month parliamentary inquiry of the government's handling of the pandemic will be a $1200.00 page report, asking for the indictment of at least 70 people, among them presidency both sonata and his sons. men in brazil believe it will have

no impact on my report of the law group with this investigation will lead nowhere report needs to be examined by brazil's attorney general, and it will probably end up in a draw ah, the vice president of the senate committee in charge of the investigation told us they will try to get justice for the victims. by all means, even if it means turning to the international court, mike, he says the probe has already produced a change burge that, oh, it's not comfortable. i'm at. i didn't care who put us before the pro began president j. annabelle sonata was the only person who had to say in brazil he acted in the worst possible way and there was no response. you know, the senate was the 1st institution that reacted to the atrocities he committed and investigated his crimes and tore a surprise, re unveiled corruption scandals involving the acquisition of vaccines. but from you, the investigation has already taken a toll on ball sonatas, popularity, more than half of brazilians reject his government. monica and i give all jazeera

hundreds of migrants as stranded in the western colombian town of nicole clay there trying to get on boat to reach to border with panama. where thou hike through the jungles of the darien gap towards the us. it's one of the most dangerous for sin welt. panam only accepts $5500.00 people per day, but more than a 1000 arriving in oak in nic, hopefully creating a huge bottleneck. and then mostly from haiti, you are secretary of state antony blinkin has a reinforce washington support for ecuador is cranked down on drug trafficking. his been meeting present, guillermo law. so in the capitol. they also discuss regional security. theresa ball re for some kito. it's the 1st official visit by a u. s. secretary of state. in 11 years, antonio lincoln arrived to acquire the order to talk of our drug trafficking on migration topics that have become a major concern when it comes to security. when it comes to dealing with with narco

trafficking, this is a shared shared concern and shared fight. we have, as, i think, you know, a number of agreements already in place that established new programs to try to strengthen counter narcotics. mon foresman cooperation between the united states and an ecuador trafficking money laundry, other trans, national, organized crime. the arrival of us secretary of state anthony billing can happen just as the unprecedented, yet more last so declared the state of emergency in this country, following a wave of violent crimes related to drug trafficking, the state of emergency we left for around 60 days a period in which the armed forces will be allowed to participate in arms and drug confiscation operations annually say it was or has become

a distribution hub for drugs with trafficking increasing killings and robberies to weeks ago. a fight between rival gangs left a 119 prisoners dead in the city of was jacky. it was one of the deadliest riots in this country's history. that is, i, if we had never seen this before, ecuador was a country and between 2 giants that were involved in drug trafficking business, but we never saw what's happening now. it's not a transit point. any more, pressingly or more lasso is also facing a political crisis. he has threatened to shut down the national assembly and call for elections because he has been unable to pass laws to introduce the market friendly reforms he says, are necessary to jumpstart the economy. labor unions and indigenous groups have been taken to the streets to protest. rice in the price of food and petrol. lasso is facing an investigation because his name appears in the recently released

bundled papers with allegations. but his link to at least 14 offshore companies. ah, secretary said, lincoln's visit is seen here as a show of support to an ally in the region during difficult times. there is, i will, i'll just cedar kito, a volcano in japan's main southern island. does q shoe has erupted its few to ash more than 3 and a half kilometers into the sky, mount a so started erupting early on wednesday morning. if they no immediate reports of casualties or major damage. it's been one. msn see. com or if you have okay, now, on the spanish island of la palmer erupted in scientists say there is no indication that it will stop any time soon in that time, more than a 100 or 1800 buildings have been destroyed, mostly houses about 7000 people had to have had to leave their homes. the agricultural sector is among the industries hardest hit. alexander lurches on the

island ways met with banana. farmers will say they're worried, they won't have anything left to homicide. for more than 4 decades, hosea alvaro has worked his families plantation near the western coast of la palmer . but he says the month long volcanic eruption is no affecting his health or visiting vivian. no, i don't feel good. i don't want to work or eat. i don't want to do anything, but this is the situation we are now leaving on. we have to continue in a typical year, alvaro could expect to harvest more than 13 tons of the islands, much prized bananas. but the eruption means the fate of this season's harvest is uncertain, is my last, i don't know if it, but those kind of effects everything because of their, when it's everywhere, reduce production and income. we are washing their bananas with water and below where the net is extra work. yet in the end we get practically nothing. when we try

to sell them, it looks like their banners have been funded down inside the same state. but on the outside to the eye, it doesn't sell that the lava has destroyed more than a 133 heck tiers of banana farms. scientists warned the erupt could continue for several months. but say a lesson may be drawn from the islands history to the plantation. here we're going to talk to what blended be because the transport saw from other from other places, why and they put this on the lava flows on isolated options. so probably the future will, they will do the same. i mean, they will transport thousands of do we meet this and they covered a lot of flow so they will, they will have new plantations. i mean, the only way to recover once the lava has cooled, there is a chance that some of the land may be reclaimed in the coming months and years. but

for the farmers, all they can do is wait for the option to end. while they hope that the help provided by the government is enough to see them through the year. the bananas or the engine of the economy on the canary islands accounting for 30 percent of jobs. the spanish government has designated more than $16000000.00 in financial aid to help farmers recover. local officials say the government should do more. the you let me see where they've got the 14000000 euros of a to been provided to the community is a start, but it's only equivalent to what the affected areas produce, interest one. yeah. after sunset, the glow from cobra vicar lights up the landscape yet again. and the threat of the love of becomes visible from tens of kilometers away. all alvaro can do is watch and hope his farm is spared. alexander lurch.