something they didn't even see the kids, but 2 women are still fighting for justice against some of the most powerful forces in the world. the people versus agent orange on out there on the stage a sense and it's time for a different approach. one that is going to challenge the way you think from international politics to the global pandemic, and everything in between. upfront with me, mark lamont, who on al jazeera, ah, israeli spyware, blacklisted by the us, is reportedly found on the phones of 6 palestinian activists. ah, hello, i'm emily anglin. this is al jazeera alive from dough. hell. so coming up. sedans, army chief promises a democratic transition in an exclusive interview with al jazeera, general abdel father,

albert han says he won't be part of any future governments. we are looking at 5000000 children once took away from starving to do a dai warning from agencies as afghanistan struggles with its worst food crisis. and the u. s. re opens for visit is from around the world. after nearly 20 months of coven 19 restrictions on non essential traveled. ah, controversial spyware, developed by these rally surveillance company in a so group has for the 1st time being detected on the phones of 6 palestinian activists. 3 of the hacked palestinians work for civil society groups, which israel recently designated terrorist organizations, human rights groups are demanding an entire international investigate sion

as targeted organizations, we express concerns of a link between the surveillance and these really occupations. recent as a nation is 6 palestinian and joseph terrorist organization because of the timing of the declaration with the revelation of the spying harry for. so it was following the news, braving in ramallah for weeks. they've been rejecting these accusations that they have been acting as some kind of a front or funnelling money or another way supporting the terry designated group, the popular front of the brace of palestine designated that way by israel and western countries. but they say that this is not the case. and despite that, and despite international pushback against this move by israel, israel is continued on that path. and on sunday, these really military also designated these groups in the same way, may meaning that they could enact various measures in the occupied westbank arrests, confiscation of money shutting down offices and the like. now what they're saying

is it, it around the same time as they discovered that they were being monitored and hacked in this way, or at least some of them that was when this designation was out of the blue made against them. so they're questioning the link in the timing of all this, and they're also pointing out the huge privacy concerns around it. the pegasus software, spyware, invades a phone in an undetected way, can download, all sorts of apps can give chapter and verse on exactly how that phone is being used, and indeed operate the camera and microphone of that phone. so one of the 3 people who allow themselves to be named was talking about this the news conference earlier and saying this was a huge invasion of the personal privacy and security of his family, his friends, and the people who deals with on a day to day basis and adam shapiro is the head of communications at frontline defenders. that's the human rights organization that lead the investigation into

the hacking. he says the n g o is designated is terrorist groups by israel should remain open in order to provide critical life to the palestinian population. is the israeli company. and the so group does not actually conduct the despite they provide this by where to its clients, which are government. and so it is a government that is the one responsible here for conducting by the question. that is which government you've heard the denials from the israeli side. however, they're ultimately based on 2 scenarios. one where the israeli government, in one of the agencies did deployed and use it again shelter to what they can settle along that they can't be used phones or another client and other government . ready somehow managed to infiltrate israel telecommunication system, and we're spying on the phone, but those with israeli phone numbers. this is another step of confirming the type

of total control that these are the occupation has over all tell us in the lives these palestinian vendors who work for these organizations. the 6 in particular have a big or get on their backs. the work that they do to support the needs to be defending their rights. providing services to children, to women for prisoners is all a great risk at this point. and it's really common on the community. so that to speak out, put to take action to ensure that these activists, the defenders, the nation remain viable, open and able to provide critical services to the population. the army general who led a military takeover in sir john last month says he will not be part of the future government. after the transitional period, speaking exclusively to al jazeera abdel sata albert. busy han says he is committed to a smooth democratic transition. once elections are held in 2023. the military took

power last month dissolving the civilian arm of the government, arresting civilian ladies and declaring a state of emergency. a record of her longer remodel. i seated on numerous occasions if things go as planned, i will continue to function until the reins of power handed over to an elected government. i simply wished to serve my people truly and faithfully. after that, i will have no political role. i have no hopes to run any election race. i hope i would be able to deliver on this promise and work together a sudanese until the state of thieves handed over to an elected government. i think we've exhausted nearly 3 years, wasting much time and effort. if they were directed to productivity, our situation would have definitely been different by now. 3 years of blocking roads creeping protests and political fallacies would fail to deliver on the promise change or the desired transition. we failed to fulfill the people's wishes or dreams for justice. and how does eras russell santa, who interviewed abdel fata albert han has this update from cartoon when i asked him

about the elections of 2023. why not now but wait him 2 years more. he said that we do not have enough funds and we need a consensus or it is not the right time to go that with that decision. so here, as i said, there are 2 prominent factors that are going to be determine and what, how the future of susanna is going to be particularly miserable, hands on carrier. so the street and the international community without, after le handled the off the prime minister after hambrick. it seems very difficult for mister albert hand to get the support from the streets, or to use them down and to get the, the, to restore the international relations. and get the support of the international community, because a so far the u and the u. s. a and european union had been quite firm on the, on the demand,

asking mr. han to immediate return back to the civilian governors. had by mister after le hum duke. the african union is holding an emergency making as if he appears year long conflict against a grind rebels intensifies hundreds of thousands of people rallied on sunday in several ac. open cities in supportive government forces battling a rebel advance. p l s. has captured strategic towns along the roads, the capital, and threatened to move on, either by mohamad doe has more from the capital we are hearing of increased fighting at is about 350 kilometers. at the very least, away from the capital, addis ababa, if european defensive forces will supported by irregular combat on such as them hata militia, some thousands of civilians. school picked up arms in response to a whole by prime minister at b that they all to defend the country. but it came to stop the rebels from coming

any nearer to the capital. so far, government officials are saying their lines are held and the typical of fighters on their end are saying that they were forced to head towards this up by another attempt to break a siege on the, to gray with jim out of a siege, they say that's been cut it out by if you appeal defense forces, something that us render the people of to guy without enough food and most basic supplies. and they say that they will continue doing that until that siege is broken. the african union pieces, a kid at the council is lifting as we speak. they are talking about distortion in ethiopia. and of course, the african union is the key here because it is a considered the organization that is at the front lines and also having its base here. many of the international community filled out. it is best suited to help.

and this conflict diplomatically the un is warning, the number of people on the edge of famine has risen to 45000000 around the world. jump is largely down to food security in afghanistan. more than half the population . that's about 22000000. people don't know where their next meal is coming from. charlotte bellis reports from cobble where agencies say without immediate medical intervention, millions of children may starve to death. hoody sunjay is one of the busiest food markets and to cobble the produce comes fresh from farms outside the city prices a cheap the 3 years resume has been here with his wheel bearer. he is a karate wall men who for a small fee transport shot his groceries. yet for the last few months, his wheelbarrow has been mostly empty. he says shelters can't afford his services.

got a lovely cell 1st thing, let him out. there is no business. he tells his men, we just roam around. he approaches women. hopefully they may need help. but i can't remember if auntie do you need a wheelbarrow? he asks, but they walk away or ignore him. but i generally thought i said, i say he's 5 hours into his work day and isn't only 20 since he used to earn about $3.00 a day enough to pay his rent and feed his family. frustrated, he hits home, he spends his day surrounded by food, but even more frequently returns to his family empty handed. afghanistan's economy is collapsing, under the last government 75 percent of public expenditure came from foreign grants . us and un sanctions made better evaporated upon the telephone's takeover taliban officials say they need sanctions lifted an aid agencies to return to tackle the problem with little money to go around. banks limit with rules,

employers comp pay the stuff and result in his family a paying the price. to day they had green tea for breakfast. lunch is darlin bread . they will rush in the leftovers for dinner was on the scene or what i've, what i've shared with our 11 forgot about the whole valuable stuff. i used to bring a lot of food to the house before the taliban. but now there is no work. and it is pushing me to even more of a crisis. i'm due to pay $22.00 for rent, but i still owe for last month. and the children's health is getting weaker day by day. they're not lorn, 95 percent of people in afghanistan are not consuming enough food. and more than half about 22000000 people a malnourished some so severely they may not make it through the winter. this is what realist trying to avoid. al jazeera has visited multiple hospitals in recent months. the ward swelling with more children being treated for malnutrition. agency

say it's the worst food crisis in afghanistan since records began. they say children are already starving to death. we are looking at 5000000 children who are once tip away from starving to do so that's serious. for me, new children are going on group. did you know to food? yes. if i even one bread and to the diet that really leave the on getting is not is not enough to sustain them. real zola doesn't know what to do. he says the pressure is immense. the days are getting shorter and he wonders if he and his wheelbarrow bring harm just enough for his young family to last the winter. charlotte bellow, soldiers, era, couple still ahead on al jazeera vote counting in nicaragua. president ortega is expected to win a poll than the u. s. is cooling a pantomime? ah

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which represents the asian wind to really in many places. this one here also gives you the wet season for time. another and still anchor. it's doing that now has been flooding in china and they'll be more flooding in july with the rest of if tics in the north, very settled in court with suppressed amounts of movement in the air. air quality drops is very poor, new day moment is a chance to shout in the everett sometime on tuesday or wednesday and they could be really quite pocky. oh, the weather is spun, sit by casara, always in the country with an abundance of results with great power and want indonesia, his friends. for me, we moved full to growth and frock. we balance for green economy, blue economy, and the digital economy with the new job creation law, indonesia is progressively ensuring the policy reform to create quality jobs. investment. let be part linda. this is growth and progress. invent indonesia. now,

lou. oh no, you're watching al jazeera, i'm emily anglin, a reminder of our top stories this our seeks palestinian rights groups recently designated as terrorist organizations by israel say at least 3 of their activists have had their phones hacked. they claim the spyware to pegasus was used on them for more than a year. sedans and military leaders says he will not be part of a future government, general abdel fata albert han, told al jazeera, he's committed to transferring power to civilian leadership. once elections have been held in 2023 and the u. n is wanting,

the number of people on the age of famine has risen to 45000000 around the world. about half of those. busy at risk are in afghanistan, which is facing its worst food crisis. since records began preliminary results show nicaraguan, president general ortega is on track to win a 4th consecutive term in office. the united states has called the election a pantomime. most of the opposition has been bod, from bunny and some members arrested, and latin america. edison understand human is monitoring results from neighboring costa rica. the government has already put out what it says are the initial results, which will probably be the final result. was saying that president, daniel lord, take a one by a nearly 75 percent of the vote. no surprise there. but the what is interesting is what the opposition coalition that has that monitored the elections from inside

. nicaragua says it says that between 79 and 84 percent of nicaraguans abstained in that election. and that is pretty consistent with what we've been hearing from gallup polls. that, that indicate that president or take this popularity is below 19 said. now the reaction, the international reaction has been swift and harsh. world leader is the same. this was not a matter of who would win about whether daniel ortega has won the election, but rather where he has stolen and grabbed the election. the united, the european union has just put out a statement saying that it does not recognize the legitimacy of elections which were not competitive and that it will consider what moves to take next beyond sanctions against individuals in nicaragua, the united states government was among the 1st is to called the selection of sham and to also say that it would come, would take measures. it did not expect supply which but all that were at the

disposal of the u. s. government and its allies to put pressure on the ortega government to restore quote, democracy in that country. the u. s. has reopened its borders to all vaccinated travelers for the 1st time in 20 months. they can enter with a negative coated test land borders between mexico and canada. have also re opens. john holman, standing by for us on the us mexico border. but 1st let's go to new jersey where gabriel alexander is live at new oak airport. hello gabriel. those 1st passenger flights have landed. this is certainly good news, the tourism industry. it certainly is. i mean, we're here at the international rivals in terminal, be at newark liberty international airport, one of the major international ports of entry, if you will, in the new york metropolitan area. it's quiet here right now, as you can probably tell, but we expect to right coming in within the next 45 minutes or so. one from amsterdam and another one from paris,

paris. so we expect to see more people here within the next half hour. so bottom line though is this is a message from new york city to the rest of the world. welcome back. now, new york city tourism industry was decimated by the lack of foreign tourists over the last year and a half to 2 years. about $13000000.00 foreign tourists visit new york city every year. that's pre pandemic. they spend about 50 percent of all the tourist dollars in the city. come from foreign tourists. and about half of all the hotel rooms during the busy tourist season are filled with foreign tourists as well. that all ended on march 2002020, i should say, when new york completely shut down. so now this is the 1st time really that foreign tourists will be allowed back in to the united states and we expect a big boost of people here in new york city area. the most popular tourist

destination in america course they have to be fully vaccinated with a w h o approved vaccination, as well as showing a negative cova test upon rival as well. already restaurants, hotels, tour groups here, tour guides if you will have already been saying that they're seeing devil to triple digits increases in the amount of bookings they expect people to come back here to new york city and back to the united states. gabriel, it certainly is wonderful news. thank you for that update. let's cross to the us mexico board and now where john home and he's live for us in tijuana. how locals reacting their john to the reopening of land borders? well they're reacting in a, in a way, but slightly different than we pick one authorities expected just behind me see, it's the busiest line border crossing point in the western hemisphere. it doesn't look like it that much right now for one 3rd to expect to be

a 50 percent increase in traffic that we just told us has been 5 percent increase in traffic. what seems to be happening is they told us, is that everyone who's playing a waiting game because they expect it to be so busy that we've already been a year and a half about seeing our friends or relatives during our christmas shopping in the united states. we could wait a couple days until it comes down, as you can see, since everyone's on the same i did. this seems to be the result. but doesn't mean that people across the mexico board, all excited about this reopening, as you'll see in our report. a monday sunday. see that the biggest lab voted crossing in the western hemisphere. went back to something like normal. the pandemic restrictions of us a place on its southern border with mexico were finally aged for international trade that were me much met, case mighty board of factories. the macula told us that already been allowed to cross the goods in the us for the past year. but it's the so called non essential

travelers can locals and tourists. we've now been clear to visit, as long as they are fully vaccinated. in is, is one of many and one who's been counting down the days. the 1st thing that i'm going to do is cross credit with my kids and they, they continue to do it back commission for them in mexico. we don't have that opportunity. there are many people in your family as well. the old friends that have been waiting for the opportunity to cross the border for whatever reason, as well, seeking glad. yes, of course. all of my friends want to go shopping and many people who have family. they want to see them again and have the life we had before. it's really exciting. a california board of businesses will be so like to see them again to without limits. can customers hundreds close down during the pandemic. but in tiquana,

it's been quite the opposite. restaurants have benefited from americans heading across the dine in the country where restrictions are not strict people. i think word fire of eating home and they start coming over here to the one because they're free to see over here what the now so you and the restaurant twos are hoping the us visitors will keep coming and the locals won't abandon them. now they're free to head to the state. there will be a 50 percent increase in traffic heading across the border. tiquana authorities believe the many waiting on the streets or intent for the chance to cross won't be able to join. that rush is the camp of asylum seekers who want to get into the united states to be easing of the time they make restriction on going to make any difference for them. and it's a reminder, the cove it isn't. the only issue is that there's also migration and it will

continue to be so even when the pandemic is long gone, these people are stuck at the only crossing points, the u. s. and p wanna which remains closed while the rest of the border gets moving again. so a little complicated issues here on the us border is always the case. i mean, we touched on that report is the big picture here, which is international trade between mexico and the united states, but huge for both countries. just a one day in 2020. that's worth $1.00 was worth $1700000000.00. and that only briefly stopped, and that's why the sunny seeds are full and other ports of entry have remained busy . but now it's open to everyone else basically. so that this cross for the lifestyle, the people and people can take that up again. we appreciate the update. thank you very much, john, home and live for us on the border. poland has accused valley rows of trying to

spark a major confrontation and says it's mobilizing additional troops at the border. this is after footage on social media showed hundreds of migrants walking toward perimeter. the polish brought a gun, says several people attempting to force their way through bond. why then the you said president lucas. shank is administration is encouraging people to cross in retaliation. again, sanctions imposed, so mccain has the light, it's from the german, poland order. the significance of this particular story right now is twofold, because representing the 2 border issues with which the e u has to wrestle. the 1st one is in borders within member states. the 2nd one out of orders between member states and non e u countries where i am right now trying to put under order on the other side of the bridge. here is the polish town of sloop. it's the odor river forms the natural frontier. and as you can see, traffic coming and going across the border as it pleases, there is

a very discrete police presence here. and they've told us that they stop only people whose behavior is such that warrant them being stopped for control to be performed. but generally speaking, here, this is example of an inner border which is wide open, which the e. u wants to keep that way, but that's totally different juxtaposed that as it were with the outside board or the one between poland and yellow ross. the one between the baltic states and, and countries such as yellow russell, those are the ones where the e. u. wow. certainly in the shape of poland has tried to close as much of that border as possible or at least put a fence that certainly lithuanians have done that with a b l, a russian border. so that's a significant fear. the e you wants to keep these borders within its members state wide open, but some of its borders, particularly with us. why want to keep that very much more firmly under control?

time is running out. that's the message from former us president bronco bama. speaking at the cop $26.00 summit in glasgow and a bomb a prize, the progress made since 2015 the paris climate deal. but warned is not enough. he said only portia from voters in post governments into committing to more ambitious climate plan collectively and individually. we are still falling short. we have not done nearly enough to address this crisis. we are going to have to do more. and whether that happens or not to a large degree is gonna depend on you, not just those of you in this room, but anybody who's watching or reading a transcript of what i say here today. and out his ear is andrew simmons, he's at the summoning glasgow and says a bomb, his speech was well received. he is speaking in the private capacity. he has

nothing to do with the negotiations here. but he is a key figure in terms of a climate control, because he did sign on behalf of the united states, the paris agreement in 2016. of course, donald trump had other ideas without agreement and pulled out of it when he became president. but now, under joe biden, the u. s. is back and as a bomber was saying, it's back and it's strong and it's taking a leadership role along with others. now this address, as i say, does have no bearing on the proceedings here, but it has certainly encouraged a lot of young people because he did single out this issue of youth leadership. and how old are people if they're not engaging? if they are in denial over over climate climate control of global warming, then they should get out and make way for the youth. because that,

that generation was the one that was, is threatened with what he called a catastrophe. so he spelt it out in not in optimistic terms at all. he did refer to progress being made, but the lack of initiative. the lack of, of ambition by many countries are a failing to make the mission targets of 6 years ago. ah, hello, are you watching out his ear and these are the top stories the sour seeks palestinian rights groups recently designated as terrorist organizations by israel say at least 3 of their activists have had their fines hat, they claim the spyware to pegasus was used on them for more than a year, sedans, military leaders says he will not be part of the future government. general abdel fatter albert handheld al jazeera. he's committed to transferring power to civilian

leadership at once. elections are held in 2023. huh. record lumberjacks are remodel .