africa direct on al jazeera ah, holding the powerful to account. as we examined the u. s. seats row in the world on al jazeera ah the devastating toll of the earthquake and afghanistan rises further pushy rescue teams to break important. ah, hello nicholas. this is al jazeera, like from coming up. this is a decisive moving for the european union to saw a job with 2 choice. the 3 really made sure today with eyes on russia, ladies of the european union, meet to approve ukraine's a you candidate status. the a supreme court rules to strike down nearly a century old law in new york, which limited guns and and climate change,

poverty and conflict, push millions of people to the brink of starvation. any theory ah, the urgent appeals to international help off to afghanistan, most destructive earthquake in 20 years. at least 1500 people have been killed. i've been tie villages have been reduced to rubble. people in pack ticket province, a desperate for food, shelter and drinking water. aid is trickling in, but it's not enough. given the scale of the disaster, as all have been job aids begins are coverage. even at night, the search for the missing continued in east in the blandest on it's a race against time. before the rescue operation turned into recovery of the dead, i did using bare hands and shovels to free those buried under the rubble remote

villages of host and puck, deaker provinces. we were in bed when hundreds of homes and buildings were destroyed by the powerful earthquake. monotonous lowered for the spirit i was sleeping and i felt a strong tremor. the roof fell on us. i hardly got out of the house and when i looked back, i saw my wife and daughter under the rubble in the next room, my nephew, his wife and his daughter. they died. i lost everything in the blink of an eye. ah, as the scale of the devastation becomes clearer, and one is nuns currently does a realizing the challenges in providing relief and shelter for the displaced lords were already in disrepair. and now they are blocked or destroyed by ensuing landslides, after the quake of a guy stun. with its various agencies and ministry is launched a joint operation to assist the injured and dispatched a specialized themes by helicopter to provide medical assistance and emergency meeting was held by the prime minister. and it was decided to provide urgent

financial aid for compensation. the prime minister appealed to foreign agencies and organizations to assist the gunny people in these difficult circumstances of. hi, nathan is already facing a humanitarian disaster. most international aid, dried up and foreign, stafford pulled out when the taliban took over last year. the government, which called it says these la cameras, it accuses wold powers of callous behavior for freezing assets and stopping aid from millions of afghans as you in. we do not have our teams do not see it. you'd miniature take people under the, from, under the rubble of these has to live mostly on the efforts of the defacto authorities. at least $15000000.00 will be required immediately. international and regional head will be crucial, as it will likely take months and years to recover from the devastation. avalon, who feel abandoned and let down by the international community say, all they can do is pray for both the dead. and those who survives from us are my

beloved. i was there, you know, let's hear now from ali lity fi, who has more from the eastern province of practica. earlier today we saw world food program trucks passing by. we know that the international rescue committee has started deploying more mobile medical units, but the assistance is still slow to come. we're currently at the army corps. and here on the tarmac is where helicopters will land and transport, the injured 2 ambulances that will then take them to the regional hospital here. but once we get to the regional hospital here, it's another issue in the hospital, doesn't have proper emergency equipment. and it may not be able to treat head to injuries. and so in that case, they will have to go by land to the city of kabul, which is another 4 or 5 hours away. so again, it shows sort of in this disaster setting, the kinds of shortcomings with which government is currently operating, extremely urgent. you know, we were talking to

a pilot earlier who was piloting one of the aircraft. and he was saying that when he lands unpacked the call, you know, hundreds of people just swarm towards the helicopter, trying to get their think an injured on board. trying to get attention trying to get out and get to a better hospital as much as much possible. and he was saying that as many as the people who come and seek help to, to get out into the city, the city of guys is there just as many still trapped under the rubble. and obviously the assistance was, you know, hindered yesterday by the inclement weather. and then that also impact, you know, the condition of the people that are being treated. a lot of people may have died just they've been stuck under the rubble. other, you know, are facing serious medical conditions because of how long this, taking them to get to a proper hospital, whether that be these or if they have to be transported. so they need helicopters for sure that that's one major issue with helicopters. come and go once every hour or so, but they can only take so many people with them out of time. so the more they are

there are because the roads are so difficult to get to. and because yesterday, you know, there was rain and hail that there would be flooding and landslides and things like that. they really need air support at the moment. un secretary general, antonio terraces, all agencies are fully mobilized to help you have come. people view ends deploying health teams and sending food aid a few hours ago. the unsecured counsel observed a moment of silence to one of the dead. they were discussing the monitor and situation in afghanistan. the u. s. supreme court in a made a ruling has struck down limits on carrying guns in public and new york state. the decision which overturned nearly a century old law has wide implications and it comes at a time when a series of mass shootings of renewed the debates on gun control in america. a majority of the bench rule that restrictions on carrying concealed handguns in public are unconstitutional. new york's governor immediately called the decision, absolutely shocking and a dark day. as governor of state of new york,

my number one priority is to keep new yorker safe. but today the supreme court is sending us backwards in our efforts to protect families and prevent gun violence and is particularly painful that this came down. at this moment. we're still dealing with families in pain from mass shootings that have occurred the loss of life, their beloved children and grandchildren. today, this free court struck down in york law that limits who can carry concealed weapons . well, this is the supreme court 1st major expansion of gun rights in the u. s. in years president joe biden says he's deeply disappointed with the ruling kristen soon. we now pals at issue in this supreme court ruling is a law in the state of new york that requires anyone who wants to carry a gun outside of the home to show what's referred to as proper cause. gun laws vary by state, new york has some of the strictest in the country. and anyone who wants to carry

a weapon, a hand gun in particular, must show that they have a heightened need to do so for self defense. and traditionally, that has rarely been granted here in new york, the 2 plaintiffs who took the law suit that this was based on a, had a license for a weapon, but were restricted and where they could carry it. they can only carry the hand gun to a shooting range or to hunt. one of them was a security guard and they could carry the weapon to and from work. but otherwise, in the new york state, they were not allowed to carry this weapon in public. even if it was concealed, the court has found that that is a violation of the 2nd amendment and the 14th amendment of the constitution. it was a 63 page decision written by clarence thomas, a known for his staunch support of gun rights. and in it, he writes that the, these amendments protect the right to carry

a handgun outside of the home for self defense. so americans are entitled to carry a weapon for self defense. even outside of the home, european union leaders are meeting brussels, whether its way to, to prove ukraine's candidate states as to join the block, gave host the support of all 27 members states. maybe it's bid is likely to get approved. we're getting full membership that could take years. this is a decisive moment for the european union to saw a job with digital choice that we will make sure today and am trying to feed into that today. we will grant the things it's to, through, through the ukraine and to maneuver and express are clear and storage perspective for you work in perspective for you, chris georgia and turned and went over with a future membership of western balkan states was also been discussed today. peter

markovich is montenegro ambassador to the ear, and he says, a member state should adopt a unified approach. when considering you candidates, you can see in some neighboring countries that the support for your membership is plummeting down to 3540 percent. luckily, montenegro is an outlier again because our support for your membership full you membership mind you is constantly between 70 and 80 percent unwavering support and brochure montenegrin citizens to become a the 1st next to member state. we want to help the you go back to being a 28 member state formation and the us citizens are not going to give the so we definitely support the candidacy status for ukraine. we also support the candidate status for moldova. we are very thrilled that the georgia is also been given the european perspective, but we also ask a european partners not to forget about or leave the western bolton's behind. if you give can be the status to what of up until a week ago were countries without

a european perspective, then you should consider giving the candidacy status to countries like the like was name had to go vina or visa liberalization to kosovo, or to finally unlock the forces so a negotiations for albania, north mosquito, minimize asked lita uncensored. she has been placed in solitary confinement in a prison compound and 77 year old has been under house arrest since her removal from office in a cood last year. so for to say it's an intimidation tactic. the unexplained move comes as a, you're an expert. describe the human rights situation in mamma as catastrophic melon durcan houses after interviewing doesn't so refugees. witnesses and defectors, a un special wrapper tour, has described the human rights situation in myanmar as the bus traffic. the hunter has carried out a campaign, a violent oppression and terror against the people of me and more. counter forces

have killed more than 2000 civilians. arrested more than 14000, displaced more than 700000 driving the number of internally displaced persons in me a more to well over 1000000. the military's attack on the people of me and more constitute crimes against humanity. and war crunch. tom, andrew says that children are particularly vulnerable with nearly 2000 detained, and at least a $140.00 tortured. he says the honda is holding dozens of children and has warned 33000 young people could die of preventable diseases because they haven't received a routine immunizations. the military seized control in february 2021 after elections. that unsung su, cheese national league for democracy, one in a landslide victory,

7 to 7 year old suits. he has been under house arrest since then convicted of incitement and several minor offenses. she denies all charges. on wednesday, a hunter spokesperson announced the noble laura yet had been moved to solitary confinement in a prison compound. the un wrapper to has spoken to dozens of refugees who made it to malaysia, members of a resistance group. the civil disobedience movement, who were detained by whom to force a say they were beaten, starved and tortured. malaysia has urged ozzy and to re examine its position and me and mar, the foreign minister says this southeast asian, there again is asia needs to shift from a policy of non inter ference to in his own words, one of none. indifference jamal alan dog n. i'll g 0 still ahead here in out zeros, flood waters, receipt and parts of bangladesh, fears rise of disease and

a shortage of drinking water and iraq. declare the state of emergency in the north after around colorado. ah, how i welcome to look at the international forecasts. we have got clearance guys now coming back into afghanistan. karen rain pulling out of the way weather will quiet down. it will be largely try for much of afghanistan if a little on the breezy side. so no side of any wet weather to go on through the next couple of days. temperatures could bolt picking up to around 31 celsius by sas the afternoon. much of the middle east stays dry. we have a little bit of lifted. dustin sat across the raving peninsula here and caught our we will see the humidity picking up a touch. shouldn't be too bad over the next day or so. feather. nor still some showers in eastern parts of her turkey,

up towards the caucasus. still some showers to into the north west of africa, but largely dry was much of north africa. cassius area cloud here. the larry of low pressure just pumping its way out across that western side of the mediterranean central air of africa, while others showers just hugging the coastal fringes of west africa. where to weather just coming up towards the gambia, senegal as well. maybe some wet weather there to kill fossil as well. why the showers? there is a central parts of africa on the easterly ways. semi muchly the right for coming into south africa at present. we could do with a little more that where to where the grassy makes his way further north and east was this weekend. ah frank assessments. it sounds like you don't expect anything changed. their problem in lebanon is actually structural lebanon needs. and you of contract order for it to solve this problem informed opinions, international communities on the goal of this my security, and thus creates

a government that has no legitimacy in depth analysis of the data global headlines . this is can be very hard to explain to the public that instead of pushing back. no, it's actually got 2 members inside story on al jazeera lou . ah, and again, you're watching out there are, might about top stories. is our agenda pills for international help off to afghanistan, most destructive earthquake in 20 years. at least 1500 people have been killed in the eastern province of practica. entire villages have been reduced to rubble. the u. s. supreme court is handed down at landmark retreat to gun rights advocates. it

ruled that restrictions put in place by new york state on carrying concealed handguns and public unconstitutional. european union lead is a set to announce their decision on whether ukraine can become a candidate to join. the blog keeps bait is expected to be to receive resounding support for gaining full membership. could take years iraq's parliament to sworn in dozens of new legislatures, strengthening the power of rival iran, back politicians in the assembly. it follows the recent resignation of $73.00 and peace from the influential shia cleric, mac tod, outside his block. it was the biggest winner in last year's general election, but no progress has been made in the formation of the government since then. and iran has dismissed the powerful chief of the revolutionary guard intelligent service. state tb reported her st types dismissal, but gave no further details. tape worked at the office of iran's supreme leader alley, how many before becoming the god. intelligence chief in 2009 relief

efforts are underway in bangladesh for millions of people cut off by flooding in the north. east. dozens have been killed and hundreds of thousands force from their homes. the u. n. is worried about the threat of water born diseases. can fit charge re reports now from silicate. 50 year old charlan rescued. 20 of his extended family members. when the flash flood hid his village about a week ago, you will see for the funny i see the rush of water kimbler suddenly along with heavy vince, the water was up to the neck. most of the horns got submerged and we had no place to go. so i had to bring them here, one by one in a damaged dinky boat among the rescued his ne her begum shall sister. what if my number is my elder brother who rescued me when the water almost signature to my home? we didn't have anything left shar recalls the dreadful day was asking for you to be to know you are going to come up again. how do you everything got washed away

cooking pots, food stuck, and even old clothing items. absolutely have nothing left anymore that we are helpless when they lost their children. no one knows how many got drawn to night and who lost their farm animals. there is no account of all these things. and what happened that day and how many actually died, sil, at city mirror, ari from the hawk say's his concern about the future as things could worse him for the will to live. honestly speaking, we were not fully able to reach the strain of people in the flood affected areas which up so far we have received only 30 tons of rice from the government for distribution from the city corporation. we provided some dry, puffed, rice, and molasses. but it is very inadequate. ambrose some local media has reported data, showing government relief, effort is inadequate. many volunteers and charity organizations are taking the lead in helping out flood victims in remote areas. it is really grammy and money. this

is a personal initiative taken by me along with my friends and colleagues, we donating food items to the affected people, miles and miles of water. as you can see, among those trees are hidden our homes. you can see them, but they're submerged. it's a logistical challenge to rescue people or bring food to these rural areas. the flood situation has improved insulin, but water has not received it in the rural areas. many are still stranded and in desperate need of fresh food and water. the u. s. children agency warns that are on 4000000 people, including 1600000 children in bangladesh is northeast, have been cut off by floods, and are without fresh drinking water, putting them at risk of water born diseases. turnville chaudhry al jazeera shirley shock on the silhouette in neighboring india, or at least 7 people have died in floods, in some states, in the last 24 hours. that brings the total number of death to $81.00. how the service, poverty, metallic reports now from a see project in durham district,

biddy, the raj bung, she and her daughter had been staying in the relief council for days. they were forced to flee when water gushed through a window and flooded their home. she says she got an infection from the dirty water . what did i say at them when we are facing many difficulties? i have barely slept since we moved to this relief. come, i mean we are very tense. even others are also losing their sleep. hundreds of thousands of other people have also been displeased by heavy flooding in some states in the northeast. that our district is one of the was effected more than 4 and a half 1000 people. he'll are living in relief cam heavy rainfall in the his is bringing more flooding in a rush like these flood waters of blocking major roads and preventing trucks bringing supplies. people here say jeff, struggling to get food and medicine. the authorities are distributing food and other essential dissenter is serving $700.00 families. funny when we 1st received

gum in relief, mathias for days after the flood be brought more from the local administration office. today we have formed a committee at the community level to distribute relief media. rescue operations are under way across the state. people are being evacuated on military boards like b, but worsening floods, or hampering rescue record. that may be issues that we have some engine boats on the part of the district. but those that cannot be taken here because of the water that i've done, no gap in digital reviews on this, one of the gap is very minimum. so we can't afford them. so we have been procuring books from other districts also. well, it sounds like every year during the monson season record rainfall and what releases from down have called widespread devastation who are ready struggling to survive, are anxious about where they will go. if water levels rise again, party metal al jazeera, see by child in north east india,

or heavy rainfall in in the administered kashmir is also triggered, landslides and flash floods. the, the regions largest river has breached its danger. mark and flood warnings had been issued for the regions lodge. a city of trigger, cut a lip as haughty on as wall. what streets and holmes partially submerged this community in indian administered kashmir? this trying to stop things from getting worse. heavy rainfall caused the canal and boot camp district to burst its banks. now this neighbourhood is bearing the brunt . is there to wishing to wail gilbert we were sleeping and hurt people's cries were flawed. mortar started coming in. many houses are damaged, uneven potty fields are under water. damaged crops will meet a huge loss for us. robina says she feels helpless. all her belongings are damaged. going to bite you took my girl of one of those love. what rest you. nothing much is left now my nephew had a close call but he was somehow see from the flood waters. it's so high. you can't

even take out items from inside the house. heavy rain and snowfall has triggered flash floods and landslide and recent days. roads are blocked and course stranded rescue team. so started moving people from below lying areas to say for locations. yeah, the garage has told me that one of the land slides covered in area of about a 100 meters. if it doesn't rain in the next few days, it will take at least 2 days to clear the debris until that happens, families are doing what they can, stacking sand bags and putting a barriers to try and save what's left. caught cielo priscilla young hodges era. and hundreds of thousands of people have been false from her home is records floods, threatened southern china, heavy rains, push water levels in the pole river, delta 2 is highest and nearly a century. gwen don, province and manufacturing a logistics hop is among the worst hit by the flood. water has inundated shops and

buildings in several areas. meanwhile, large sections of italy's longest river have dried up. the river po is experiencing its worst drought in 70 years. water levels are so low, the wreckage of a boat that sunk during the 2nd world war has come to the surface. their affairs, northern italy could lose half of its agricultural produce because of drought. emergency crews and turkey are battling with a wildfire in the southwest. their tackling the flames from the air, from the sea and from land as it spreads to surrounding areas. strong winds and high temperatures of making the job difficult. the affairs of repeat of last year's fires devastated thousands of acres of land across the aegean coastal region. millions of people in ethiopia, they are in urgent need of food aid. the country faces is worse, droughts, and 40 years in the conflict and the northern to gray region is effecting a delivery humanitarian organizations say they're running out of money to provide

relief in morgan. as this report this classroom in a day my had my day school and if you has not been to grow region now host people displaced by conflict with the test flight is a farmer who was forced to flee his home when his village was attacked during the start of the, we're in november of 2020. he and his family members now live here, along with other families and rely on food aid to survive. now, we fled our homes and came here because the militia started killing and destroying idler, even in our land. they started killing people and looting homes as we witnessed that happening, we were shot out, but luckily we escaped. but take great conflict, has displaced millions of people and left many more in need of aid aid organization have been able to access to great in recent weeks, the hundreds of thousands are facing families. and more than 20 percent of children under 5 are malnourished. the conflict has spread beyond the gray into neighboring,

i'm horror and afar regions. hundreds of thousands there have been forth from their homes and are now facing food shortages. and climate change in the horn of africa has worth the humanitarian crisis. in parts of a few young floods last year in on dated most of the grazing lands in southern and insufficient rainfall this year has resulted in drought killing livestock and displacing thousands of pastora lessons, who relied on him for living the world. food program says it doesn't have enough money to provide sufficient help and it's food and nutritional supplies may run out by next month. the agency says it's already reduced some of its assistance programs to focus on those most in need. people have been severely affected by the people have been displaced, they've lost everything. people are trying to go back. and this is a very, very crucial moment because people are expecting any people and not be in the field. if they cannot dedicate the time energy resources to take care of

the fact that we are headed towards another disaster, with those in conflict areas unable to go back home and farm. and those displays by drought losing their livelihoods. millions more could be at greater risk. he by morgan archers, iraq health officials in iraq's northern kurdish region. a warning of a cholera outbreak is putting more pressure on a health system that's been under strained from cobra. 19 murmured ottawa reports now from baghdad. hospitals in iraq's kurdish region on high alert. and i would break of cholera has led to hundreds of people coming for treatment every day. all have the same symptoms. aladdin is had with severe vomiting and diarrhea, a wide spread, partially due to cholera infection and due to guest writers and other germ infections that usually spread during the season every year. it differs from one

year to another. health officials in the kurdish region are worried by the raising number of cases. so many an air bill provinces have been hit the hardest, and several people are reported to have died. emma, how cut the legal sort of boonies muddy. we are trying as much as we can to contain the disease by providing hospitals with more medicine and medical equipment. but the number of infections is on the rise and we need additional supplies. expert say vegetables are we gated by sewage water or behind the outbreak authorities in the kurdish region have been to produce an old address trans, violating the measures to close. here in baghdad. many are alarmed by contamination of drinking water and more reliance on sewage to re gate certain visible fars. that is caused by water shortages in the countries live lying twin rivers, the tigris and euphrates. a number of duces have also been reported in the southern

province of am within no concerns or grown that a major outbreak of the disease could put additional pressure on a national health system that is already overstretched. man would abdougla had algebra baghdad. ah, so this is our desert, these are the top stories and a search and rescue operations have ended in some major regions of afghanistan up to the countries worst earthquake in 20 years, at least at 1500 people have been killed. the taliban government has made an urgent appeal for international help survivors, a desperate for food shelter and drinking water. you as president joe biden says a u. s. supreme court ruling.