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its challenges and the 1st international conference on afghanistan. since i took charge. the gunman who carried out the park and school massacre and florida 3 years ago has pleaded guilty to madam and dozens demanding democratic rights are injured and is for teeny as security forces that cracked down on protests and africa. last absolute monarchy and i'm, he descended with all the de sports news. it's another big night of champions league football fought on champions. barcelona comedy. one miller hated their match against the, the nike is that more coming up later in the program? ah, well, he downplayed the severity of coven 19 and ignored international guidelines to contain the pandemic. and now an investigation by brazil senate is recommending that president j, able to nara,

charged with crimes against humanity for his response. the parliamentary inquiry committee is accusing him of pushing brazil's death told to the world's 2nd highest . more than half a 1000000 people have now died from the virus in brazil. the draft report still needs to be voted on by the senate committee, where it could still be vetoed or altered on the sen. heading the investigation explained why initial plans to recommend genocide charges were dropped to general c de adjustable genocide. as i explained one she's are, let me explain, again, was not removed. it was swapped for crimes against humanity. you will be indicted for crimes against humanity because of the matters on prevents in war. manuel, house and indigenous people. what was removed was homicide. oh, that's nice pizza, monica. yanna caps is across all this for us from one is aries at monica. both scenarios, popularity was also already waning before all of this. what does this now mean for him? especially with electrons next year?

well, it was waning also, partly because of this inquiry because this has been like 6 months that brazilians have been watching this saw inquiry being shown on television every single day. it's become like a, a television must see program. so even if you're not paying attention to it every single night, everybody has been watching. bob ministers being tested, testifying a businessman, accusations of a legit, corruption in the acquisition of vaccines. so and how, how the, the lack of measures lead to the amount of people that died. 600000 brazilians dived by from coven 19. but with this, what the senators say is that it could have been last less that amount had the government, for example, answered the email sent by pfizer,

was offering vaccines and, and they didn't. the president, while pfizer was off for offering vaccines, was saying the people that were vaccinated could become be turned into alligators spreading fake information. so all these up. so the present is being accused of all these crimes and it has already had an impact on his popularity, monica, we actually had anything from boston aro himself? yes ah, in the middle of the while they were reading the report, this is a 1200 page report principals about who said that he was guilty of absolutely nothing that the government did the correct thing from the start. and that on this investigation was moved by people that had a political agenda a year from now there will be presidential elections in brazil. both sonata is running and he is if the elections were to day,

he would lose. ready 2 former president, recent national lula, the silver. so he says it's all politically motivated, so that he will not be re elected next year. mechanic have accosted that for us from when his areas. thanks so much, monica. now the afghan taliban says it needs international recognition to ease the countries humanitarian crisis. representatives was speaking in moscow after an international conference with regional powers there including china, india, and pakistan. and comes after russia said the group would have to uphold a basic standard of human rights in order to get recognition. the taliban also promised to address ongoing security concerns. we had really good meeting all the participating countries. they supported unfreezes, the assets of one of san central bank, which is actually the assets of the oven, people, and it should not be connected with political issues. and also all the participating

countries. this supported close engagement with the new islamic government in afghanistan. and overall, the stomach emitted appreciate the effort and the positions mostly expressed by different countries, entities meeting was all about us. has the nicest for us from the afghan capital. cobble that she just held a press conference and in it they said primarily they want the us who wasn't via today. they want the us to release $9000000000.00, which is being held by america, which is afghan reserve bank funds. so they want that release, they say they want to use it for reconstruction, but guess they did talk a lot about a they said all the countries in these talks in moscow today are we're all on the same page when it came to aid and they said that they supported the taliban. and the telephone's who though very appreciative of that. but the main takeaway was,

there was a call to action if you will, with these countries said look, we're going to contribute to monetary and aid. and we're talking china, iran, india, pakistan, central asian countries. but we also want the, you win to convene during a conference. so it's more of a global effort. so they're really pushing for the you and to kind of take the lead on this and keep channeling and fun and pushing as much humanitarian aid into afghanistan as possible because it really is a di situation here and winter is on the horizon. now the taliban also under quite a lot of pressure to day when it came to suppressing, quote, terrorism, the russians was saying that were very worried about groups like i sal ah, staging attacks inside afghanistan against neighbors against rusher itself. and so they were really looking for reassurance from the taliban that they can essentially keep a lid on groups like iceland. i so has been a, has kind of be quite effective by having 3 quite large attacks since the taliban took over in various parts of afghanistan. so the taliban had to really reassure

some of the neighbors and countries like russia that they can keep control of groups like i sold. now moving on and to bombs have exploded on an army bus and the syrian capital killing. at least 14 people not was attacking damascus in years. several others were injured and a 3rd bomb was also dismantled near by. then he has the latest rare attack in the heart to the syrian capital. a military bus was the target. many were killed and injured. when, according to stake, media to explosive devices went off, the bus was at a transport point under the bridge and damascus. these kinds of attacks haven't happened in years, particularly since 2018 when government forces clear that the armed opposition strongholds around the city. though there has been no claim of responsibility, but the syrian regime is facing threats on multiple fronts. i remain on the end

of the declared candidate in syrian early, 2019 by the joint forces of the us. and as the did not mean the end of the year had this organization which still pose the threats and the great the challenge, especially after the change of statutes of the islamic state, which is largely focused on the site attack. the country remains divided along front lines and millions remain displaced. and while some host countries are starting to promote their return, human rights groups are again warning. it is not safe in the absence of certain conditions. in a report, human rights watch said it interviewed 65, return knees or family members, a documented 21 cases of arrest, an arbitrary detention, 13 cases of torture. 3 kidnappings, 5 extra judicial killings. 17 enforced disappearances. and one case of reported sexual violence. this includes people that had clearances,

supposedly before they return, they assurances that they would not be persecuted, a reconciliation agreement since they are called. and i, you know, were given documents to say that that, that they would not be hunted down. but in fact, that's exactly what happened to people. president, the charlotte. such forces now controlled much of syria after military help from his allies, russia and iran help tip the balance of power in his favor. but wednesday's explosion was a serious security breach. and it shows, once again, syria is still in crisis than a hunter, al shahita. how soon after that explosion and damascus government force has bombed the rebel held city of rica in italy, province. at least 13 people were count that including children out there as milan . fidel is that i shuttle don't by not the feel it more than a dozen. people have been killed and others injure tyrann, ari, how city in the id live province. a syrian government forces targeted the city with

nearly a dozen artillery shells about a body of the showing came in the early morning hours when children were on their way to school. as a result, majority of the victims were young children, alert butler or the highest considered one of the most densely populated cities in the opposition held area lay poppy. as you would expect, most of the residents here have been displaced from other areas within syria. it might be very hot upon that la, following the recent bombardment, residents have started to leave the city which is situated on the south end of the aleppo le takia highway. it is a strategic geographical location as it is the connecting point between the opposition held areas in the north with those in the south of it lived general. now the united nation says this is the most significant escalation in syria since the ceasefire agreement of march 2020. we've been deeply concerned about the ongoing

and increasing hostilities throughout the country and, and dead and the impact that that's been having are on civilians. i just mentioned are our concerns about the artillery shelling that happened in the south of the city of id lube. but separately, we're also following with concern reports of a military bus coming under attack in damascus earlier this morning in an attack that kill scores of people are the un strongly condemned all violence in syria. and as always, we urge all parties and those with influence over them to ensure the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure at all times. and that includes schools, markets and health facilities. has plenty more have his needs are including rescue efforts are underway in parts of india to save people, stranded by landslides and flooding. newcastle. united are looking for a new manager after parting ways with steve bruce. he's who will have all the latest for you. and so

ah, now the man accused of killing 17 people at a florida high school back in 2018. has pleaded guilty in court. nicholas cruz was expelled from audrey stoneman, douglas high school, just days before the shooting. and a jury will now decide whether he should be executed or sentenced to life in prison . i am very sorry for what i did, and i have to live with it every day. and i, if i were to get a 2nd chance, i will do everything my power to try to help others. and i am doing this for you, and i do not care if you do not believe me. and i love you. and i know you don't believe me, but i have to live with this every day and brings me nightmares and i can't live with myself sometimes. but i try to push through because i know that's what you guys will want me to do. i hate drugs and i believe this country we do barrier ever will stop smoking marijuana and doing all these drugs and causing racism and violence out in the streets. oh,

that's now speak to andy gallagher. he's following this hearing for us from miami, and yet was quite the statement from cruise. can you talk us through what this play means for him? well essentially, when nicholas cruz in his legal team decided he would plead guilty to 17 charges of murder and 17 of attempted murder. he waved his constitutional right to a trial by jury. essentially. that means he now has 2 options. he will die in jail or he will be executed. those are the 2 options under florida law and life in prison in this state means a you don't leave until you've died. so those are the options that he has. now as for the reaction from the survivors of the margery stoneman, douglas high school, some say they forgiven. others say they never can. some of the parents have lost a daughter on that day in 2018, said it was the most difficult thing they did being in court, besides having to hug their daughter's body. now. at what we have to remember is

following the margery stoneman, douglas high school shooting. there was a political movement led by young people, many of them survivors from this school. and they actually got some gun laws change in this state. you have to be older now to buy an assault rifle, and that is what they want to focus on. at this point in time, in a statement they made, they said they would only say cruz's name once. and they went on to say that the only closure they'll ever get is if children never have to live under the danger of gun violence ever again. and certainly this country as a long way to go before that happens. and he cannot get across that forest from miami, thanks so much. and he on more than a 100 people have died in floods in india and nepal. many of those deaths have been in india to tara con state where thousands of people remain cut off after landslides. they blocked roads. meanwhile, the southern states of carola is on highlands even more heavy rainfall after 39

deaths just in the past week. from the elizabeth per item or for an aerial survey of the northern state of author dot com shows large areas of farm land submerged. heavy rain in the past 3 days has led to flooding and lance lives which have destroyed homes and bridges and killed dozens of people in northern and southern india. more than 300 people have been rescued and 1000 relocated in americans. all our rescue forces have been deployed to several stud affected areas on draft and rule. the national disaster response force has also deployed several teams. we are working on clearing several roads that have been closed due to flood damage. thousands of people remain cut off in the districts of armada and granny kate, after landslides blocked roads. the was defected, region of co mom recorded its heaviest daily rainfalls since records began a 124 years ago. komatt was on the border with maple way around 50 people have been

killed and 30 a missing after flooding and landslides there. meanwhile, in southern india cleanup operations are continuing and kettler wood dozens have been killed during the past weeks to wrench rain. local authorities have been releasing water from dams, which were nearly full, 3 days since the worst of the flooding and cadillac. thousands of people are staying in relief, can't like this one. the government has also doubled the number of shelters since sunday, as it instructs people living in low line areas to move. flooding from monsoon rains is an annual occurrence in cadillac, but people living in one of the was defective districts goddamn told al jazeera, they have never experienced anything like it. but on the same day, she's one of many people living in relief camps after the haunts were destroyed. and i, we had to learn a bar in my life. i never thought something like this could happen to was because our house is on high ground, was a little safer than the people living further down. earlier when there was

a small flood of the water level rose, the neighbors used to come to our house to stay there until the level went down. that's how safe our house was. so i have no idea how this happened. what i found on cadillac or an opposite ends of india, climatology say both states are experiencing more extreme rainfall events because of climate change. they're also an ecologically fragile regions with rock under the himalayas and kettler and the western gods, mountain range, environmentalists se, meineke construction projects and deforestation in mountains which are prone to landslides, leading to more disasters. elizabeth per annum al jazeera khattab kettler. now air strikes have hit the capital of ethiopia as t gray region. for the 3rd time this week, the government said it was targeting facilities used to make and repair weapons. but a spokesman for the rival to grind forces deny that at least 3 people were killed in those tribes on mac allay. on monday,

the un says civilians including women and children were injured on wednesday. the convict has been going on for nearly a year now and thousands have been killed. now, tanzania is high court, has ruled the criminal case against the leader of the main opposition party, can go ahead. freeman and bow a is charged with financing terrorism and conspiracy. conspiracy bow a was arrested with several other party members back in july, head of a meeting to demand constitutional reforms out dozens of pro democracy protesters have been injured and a security cracked down in this retaining the southern african country. formerly known swaziland demonstrations have broken out again and 2 cities with activists demanding an end to the monarchy in the kingdom shut down. access to the internet. after images of the violence began circulating on social media, schools and shops had been forced to close kingdom swati. the 3rd has ruled the country since 1986,

making it african last absolute monarchy. well let's bring in christopher van dome . he's a research fellow at the chatham house, africa program, and also co author of swaziland, southern africa's forgotten crisis. he joins is now from johannesburg, a neighboring south africa. christopher, this isn't the 1st time we've seen protest they been going on for years and then really escalating since june. since then at least what 28 protesters have been killed with the little if any accountability. where do you see this or going you know, young evening and you're right to say that this has been going on. but what is different about what's going on this year is the length of time that the presidents have been going on and the way in which they have mobilized. so initially, this protest was box around by the death of the student, the circumstances around that was suspicious to lead to a,

an initial protest that was mobilized by young people and young people using social media. then the pro democracy. we've got the pace with it for the 1st time. i think we're seeing a change in mind that people in, for the change in the rural areas around kind of what they want to see in terms of political structures in the country. and all of this was happening at a time where the restriction, because of play to really kind of tough role on the people as far as the london on the economy. so you've got this toxic mix with seemingly little and in science. i've seen with kind of renewed protest and renewed resistance from your 30 today all at sun talk about support for the king if the mindset so changing, he's allegedly given orders to shoot to kill protesters himself. and peas,

who are viewed as disloyal, i believe, have been disqualified from standing. and now he's even, i believe arrested the 2nd in command of the police power military. when does he actually have a nice of water left? because he's does, and he has support level in, within the structures of power within the country. good. be some of the arrest that you mentioned. these people are scratching their heads around this and you know that clearly a lot that we don't know around his decision making and his thinking on this, particularly as you say, the 2nd in command of the police structures. i think what we can say is that he has lived in the past on a very traditional kind of mindset within the population that wants to have. and there has been for some years considerable support for the change. but this is changing, and this is changing due to social pressures changing j demographic changes as

a younger people who have access to internet access to regional international education. who would see things done differently and has been done by a population who i think i've seen development taking place in other places in the region. and it's lagging any subpoena and there's a real question. not just around kind of the absences, but it also around kind of the delivery of development for the people and delivering on direct me to expectations that can take a lot more resistance from your therapy to quash so well. it also looks like the king has become increasingly isolated, including from members of his own royal family. do you get the sense that his day is a potentially numbered and i'm curious what his down for also then be the downfall of the entire monarchy. yeah. well, did the, what we've got to look for now is,

what are those exit options? you know, where does it go from here? there are clearly some streams that he can still call and clearly, you know, when you look at what happened today, you know, there's a, there's clearly a resistance in this isn't a regime on the brain. but what it is, is a regime that has, there is a, a chasm now between the regime and the people are the longer, if this goes on for the more difficult it will be to find a progressive solution away from. and of course, the, some of the leading opposition parties in the country are still our goal, makes any form of dialogue, particularly difficult for because it would, by the nature of that dialogue, legitimize some of those groups. so clearly i think that the pro democracy clearly wants to say that dialogue taking place. and in order for that to take place them along binding of those organizations, utility have to be

a 1st step. so that's the direction that this has to go. if it's going to go in a positive direction, well, be watching that saturation very closely here on out as he requested a van down there. a research fellow at chatham houses africa program. thanks so much for joining us and sharing your insights with us here on out there. and you so much. now moving on to the pandemic and the white house has unveiled plans to vaccinate millions of children between the ages of 5 and 11 against coven 19 as centers for disease control and prevention advisory meeting is now scheduled for november. second month, the panel gives its formal approval. vaccine shipments will be sent out with an hours, and they'll also include smaller needles needed for injecting kids. we have more than enough vaccine for every child age filed through 11. that's $28000000.00 in total. as soon as the vaccine is authorized by the eft years for the 1st step in the process, that's when we will begin to ship

a pending. the cdc's decision will ship, about 15000000 doses out nationwide in those next few days, with millions more going out each and every week to make sure that we're matching the doses with where they're most needed. on the mar, britton's health minister is wanting that coven 19 infections there could rise to a 100 a 1000 a day over the winter season to eat is urging people to get vaccinated. and also to take a booster shots. he says, the government won't employ, impose its plan be yet, which would include locked downs or mandatory mask wearing. we've always known that the winter months would pose the greatest threat to our road to recovery. the dark skies. the colder weather provide perfect conditions. not just full, coven 19 to thrive. but for other seasonal viruses to like flu or nor of ours.

and ahead of winter, just as we expected. we're starting to see this impact cases arising. and yesterday we reported 43738 new cases across the u. k. up 16 percent from the previous week. and they could go yet as high as a 100000 a day on are russia is giving work is a week off with pay to curb an alarming rise, and coven 19 cases and deaths. their present latimer person has approved a government proposal for a week long holiday at the end of this month has been hesitancy among russians to get the loki produced sputnik vaccine. and putin is urging the public to show responsibility and get vaccination to closer. the situation related to the crone of ours, pandemic is difficult in our country. the pace of the spread of the epidemic in many regions has significantly increased recently. you dear colleagues, have just told me the statistic numbers. in the meantime,

the vaccination rate of citizens remains low. unfortunately, hostile had here on out as era. negotiations for the release of 17 kidnapped missionaries, dragon and haiti as gangs dominate the strings. i'm to call reporting from the east coast to greenland were underneath the glass. you can see evidence of extraordinary . yeah. of i smell and a moment forget for this. go hiipaa and the asian champions lee. but did it cost his team a place in the final fund? absolutely. ah. hello, good to see. here's your weather update in a minute 15. we're beginning in the middle east where some of this energy through the caspian sea. i think it will seep into tater on and we'll see some showers on

thursday with a high of 90 degrees. we've got a wind coming down from iraq through the gulf states. so i'd so how 35 degrees on thursday. but i think we'll see wind gusts here of about 55 kilometers per hour and places like doha, next stop pakistan still looking good. plenty of sunshine to go round karachi, 36 degrees. islam about 33 butts. prepare for it. your temperatures are gonna fall in the is to come wendy, conditions on saturdays. thunderstorms may be on sunday, and there we go. only 25 on mondays. so below average here, we have been dealing with some heavy rain around turkey's northeastern black sea region, but that's gone on thursday and really right across the country. we've got full on sunshine tropics of africa, not the case. plenty of storms, democratic republic of congo as we headed toward cameroon, in southern sections of nigeria. lycos has a high of 31 degrees. further toward the south, we've got said twice, 3 degrees in port elizabeth, but look at all this rain come down from angola, namibia, botswana, into the western portion of south africa, capetown,

a hi of $22.00 degrees ah, on air or online. be part of the debate or pacific people. the ocean is our identity as the source of will be. we are the ocean when no topic is off the table, it's a shoot inside atmosphere. people are demoralized, they're exhausted, and many health care workers are experiencing p t s d like symptoms jump into the street and julie, not global community appeal on line on each and right now you can be part of those conversations. wealth this street. oh now to sierra it's the ones. 2 most populous democracy, diverse dynamic and undergoing momentous, seen context, india dixon in depth look at the people and politics of india. exploring how the coven 19.