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ah, you as media report side that the l chi deleda, i'm an als our hittie has been killed in a week in c. i drop strike in afghanistan. ah, i'm told mccrae, this is al jazeera alive from doha. also coming up attends political confrontation, continues and iraq was supporters of iraqi, shia cleric market how to al sada, occupying parliament, while their opponents protest near by a cargo ship with ukrainian dryden set sail across the black sea. the 1st under a you in brocade deal seeking to ease a global food supply crisis. the us remains tight lipped on with the house speaker, nancy pelosi, who visit taiwan on her asia to her angry words from china warned against her visit

. ah, you as the media report say that the leader of al qaeda, i am in els. our hittie has been killed and a cia drone strike in afghanistan on sunday. president joe biden is due to give a press conference on what the white house has described as a successful counter terrorism operation. it around 30 minutes time will take you to that live as soon as it begins. she returns, though, joins us now live from washington dc. what more can you tell us about where this strike took place? there are reports, it was in the capital kabul. and what does that suggest? it's very interesting, isn't it? because actually now we're all scrambling to look at the most recent intelligence reports noticed. there was one a few months ago from the united nations which had discussed how the taliban was

feeling more comfortable. the taliban leadership was getting more comfortable in cobble and was communicating freely. i rather the archive leadership, i should say, was feeling more comfortable now that the taliban were in control of cobble. let me but let me put it that way. so we would, there is that report the we're now scrambling to look at which we didn't raise many eyebrows at the time. so according to the report that we have there, this took place on sunday in a residential, a residential block in, in cobble. so that would appear to confirm that sense of comfort that was being was being reported by by, by us and lifts. not so not so long ago officially though, we still don't have confirmation. all that has been has been confirmed by several other other reports. but what we have officially from the white house so far as over the weekend, the us conducted a successful counter terrorism operation against a significant al qaeda target. and i've gotten on the operation was successful and

there were no civilian casualties. in fact, jo bite will be addressing the nation from the white house from the blue room balcony, because he has tested a few days ago, positive for coven. so he's actually still in isolation. theoretically, we expect more details to come from that, but this was about because number one most wanting to 25000000 dollar bounty on his had he succeeded a summer, been logged in 2011 for some of the not been was killed by the americans is long and said to be in ill health and were so many rumors of his death in the past, even when he has a pity, he actually appeared on the 20th anniversary of 911 on the video tape message. and there was a lot of speculation. well, wait a 2nd, he didn't mention the of a taliban controller. ralph got a sounds of people. one, maybe maybe this, maybe he was already dead, but apparently not. he was alive and not me that he was alive in kabul. so. so many questions. now i've been raised as to was the end cobble with the knowledge of the

tell about or others with the taliban government and all the different factions and the taliban government. what knowledge did the tell about how this operation? this is the key time for negotiations between the taliban, the us, the taliban, trying to unlock billions of dollars of their national reserves, which are being held up because of the us. go on right now. we do have 2 comments from the taliban from the prestige best, and the security and intelligence agencies will be as nomic emerett investigated the incident and found that the attack was carried out by american drones. the nomic emares of i've got us on strongly condemns this attack. on any pretext, and calls it a clear violation of international principles and agreements, such actions are repetition of the failed experiences of the past 20 years and are against the interest of the us of america. got us on and the region repeating such actions will damage the available opportunities will get more details from the president there in about 25 minutes. as you said,

he was the leader of al qaeda. so how big a blow is this for them will do, you think cripple? will it, will it cripple them? it's so difficult to let me start setting the short term. this means that a succession process has to go into effect all there. if we are to believe that he's been in health and knew you imagine that some but i might be some succession process. we'll see some, some mechanism for succession that's already already in place. but again, we're all relying on some of the reports that without hardly going back to looking at, which was yes, it's true the, the archive was feeling more confident in afghanistan since the tal about took over . but they weren't really seen as a major trans national directly from afghanistan, from the base stuff kind of. so now that i'm off shoots now elsewhere in the world . and actually the main, the main danger was v as i'm a state affiliate in afghanistan. however, they were questions about, well, what does it mean then if, if al qaeda,

it seemed to be regrouping and having close, potentially close protection perhaps from it. i've got to start right now, and these are all questions where i'm sure other terrorism analysts will be able to give you a better a better serum. yeah, do we have any more details about the intelligence that lives in the us forces? i'm to find to be an f canister done. we are beginning to get some information which i can't tell you yet. we just having a chat with, with the ministration official give me 20 minutes, i'll tell you all about it. them fair enough. fair enough. what will, can you tell us about him is elidah, how integral will see to the success of al qaeda over the years? well that's, that's the interesting part too. i mean, he was always noted to be less charismatic, a bit of a cat taker, perhaps, if anything off to some been loud and you say, well, you know, he's not, he's no been love nivi. having said that, but well, kinder is still apparently

a force that was, was beginning to be people were security agencies were beginning to be concerned about. so he's held it you've held together up to this point. i certainly have been affiliated off shoots and other countries but. but yeah, he was always thought of, i suppose, as you know, of kind of poor man's been love and really not, didn't have the career, but certainly i'll cut or still i still held together often enough kind of stuff. indeed, you spoke a little bit about the reaction from the taliban. what do you think will be the reaction from us officials to the taliban if he was indeed killed in the capitol? i think that's already where we're saying. welcome from republicans and democrats. actually, it seems to me be, and we're just seeing evidence of this now that actually this was known by some members of congress over the weekends. and somehow they managed to keep it quiet. but we didn't have any inkling of this up until up until the announcement of the job bite and address. but clearly yes, this will be said as i've, as

a major victory for joe by beam. that was, it took 21 years of an enormous war with enormous casualties in order to get to this, get to this position, not dimension, or rather a numerous withdrawal from afghanistan where we're with, with us. well, and truly be, where are you still getting really the full and information about just how damaging this war was? and what exactly us conduct was as ostensibly they were going off to off the al qaeda. but yeah, clearly this will be seen as remember when, when we have the us withdrawal from afghanistan, there was much debate over this time over the horizon capabilities that is now that the u. s. has left, i've got to stop. what ability was that to, to mound counter terrorism operations in afghanistan? so clearly this will be seen as a major victory for the us. the ability to have a handle on what's going on in afghanistan, even though they no longer have a presence for having said that they're clearly he wouldn't cobble indeed, thank you. that is she have returns. we will come back to you later in the,

our joining us live on skype from pittsburgh. pennsylvania is colon clark. he is a senior research fellow at the to found group. thanks very much for joining us. how big employer is this for al qaeda? it's a significant blow look. i mean, a lot of people have criticized while her is saying that he was out of touch, that he was an a leader of the old guard and was not inspirational, the new generation. but he did a lot to keep al, kinda together, and weathered those turbulent years following the arab spring of the death of been lawton, and the rise of the islamic state. he kept b affiliates and franchise groups coherent if he was indeed killed in campbell, what does that tell us about his relationship with the taliban? looks very interesting. the location, it tells us that he's gotten far more comfortable over the past year since the cow than have taken over afghanistan. clearly he feel he felt, ah, you know,

that he had greater freedom of maneuver within the country. and neither the taliban, it's operational security was sloppy, or stories operational security was sloppy or both. because clearly on one side or the other, let their guard up resulting in the intelligence that led to the strike. what more can you tell us? can you give us a little bit of background about what he was like as a men in his rise through the ranks of al qaeda while he was always thought to be the brains behind the operations in many way, many ways in lawton was this wealthy, charismatic figure, but was very serious, very stern, very austere. that's reflected in his many, no media engagements over the year. his audio and video tape releases ah thought to be the kind of strategic mastermind behind a lot of al qaeda's of growth and evolution over the years. and what do you make of the telephones of reaction to this s strike? basically they've condemned the us for a taking on the soil. what do you make of that?

not much. i mean, look, that the taliban has been harboring trans national terrace and fugitives since their inception. so i don't really give that much thought. and just in the us intelligence, how do you think that they discovered that he was in fact then? that's a good question. i am in the, in the midst of multiple conversations trying to discern the exact details of that likely signals intelligence ah, which is interesting because of a lack of human intelligence on the ground. but those details are still forthcoming in an apple victory. is this for by an end and has an end his administration? well, i think it's significant, especially when you think of the timing because we're approaching the one year anniversary of the u. s. withdrawal. the debacle that followed and the taliban take over much of the media and press was likely to be focused on the shortcomings on failures of the administration's approach to afghanistan. this will balance that

out a little. although, you know, the fact remains that the taliban is still ensconced in power in afghanistan and the u. s. has little to no strategy to deal with that country will own that. what is the implication internationally for the telecom? well, i think you know that there's a lot of what s, um, some people have speculated that this could be the opening that the taliban needs to publicly distance themselves from al qaeda. and you know, start trying to garner recognition from the international community. i personally don't think the tell them will break with al qaeda. but again, with the tell that it's, it's more often about optics and public relations. i'm so again, we'll, we'll learn much about that in the coming days and weeks. what, what's the relationship at this stage like between the telephone and al qaeda and how do you think this could affect as the relationship so close evidence by is o r is location. these are organizations that continue to work hand in glove

despite the pronouncements made during the doha deal. look, they need each other. there's a symbiotic relationship here. there's a long shared history. there's overlapping membership and you know, the connie network as another player in this, i'm hearing reports that members of akani network were also killed, which gives you a sense of, you know, look, look who's hanging out together. i thank you very much. that is colon clock. he is a senior research fellow at the su fun group. thanks for joining us. thank you. cameron buccheri is the director of analytical developments and the new lines institute for strategy and policy. he says how a hottie his was believed to be shuttling between hot outs and pakistan and afghanistan. that shows a sense of confidence on the part of the, of the high, the leader that he could actually live in cobble because the taliban regime came to power. i don't know,

and i don't think anyone knows when exactly he might relocated from his height out wherever that may be on both on either side of the african box on the border. ah, but that shows that he was confident that he would remain safe because this is a man that has been below the radar for years and years, especially after he, you know, saw that the us forces were able to eliminate his former boss some been long. so for him to do that, that shows that he had some confidence and he, that he was enabled to relocate to a, you know, of all places the african capital. and that shows that, you know, of the, at least, you know, the general environment is conducive for terrorist organizations under the taliban regime up. but at the same time it would be interesting to know and find out, ah,

how the u. s. government was able to get the intelligence on his whereabouts and considering that we pulled out the united states last august. it would seem that this intelligence would have to come from within tolerable on the you know, elements. so someone from within the taliban, i would have to speculate likely, gave his locations up. so why do you use someone who's been an ally of the taliban for very, very long? which is why this scenario is all the more interesting it would be. it would make complete sense if the taliban, you know, gave up officially, or unofficially intel on the where abouts of an isis leader. but in the cases the winery becomes far more complicated. but i think that the taliban are in a bind to where they realize that they can't continue to govern unless they cooperate with the united states and provide the united states with something that

then washington can reciprocate on or to other news. now supporters of an iraqi political block demonstrated and baghdad against the takeover of parliament by supporters of sheer leader mac tut al serra, his called on a rock, he is to join what he considers a revolution, but which his opponents say is a qu. meanwhile, caretaker prime minister mustafa alcott army was his chair, the security meeting to prevent more confrontation, my mood eval, why he'd reports from baghdad. i protestant and counter protest supporters of iraq coordination framework, gather me about that, the green zone there denouncing what they considered a cool by raven, she, our leader looked at the solder and his followers. well, if our other sherry i like to out and all of us of it, we're here to regain the legitimacy of the states institutions as husband violated by the occupation of the parliament of

a hands pathologists. we try to keep it peaceful. oh, what violence interrupted as they headed towards the green soon forcing security personnel to pull out chanting against kate, taken prime minister must have called the meat. they accuse him of collaborating with a solder to remain in power. there are reports of military units with arrival factions being deployed near by to protect their people. so many fear it could gets worse. opposing groups have been intensifying their campaigns and seem to be pushing for a showdown. sensitive day and so the supporters have, if they did a seat in the parliament building headed amity, a tube leader with the coordination framework has warned of bloodshed and called for dialog. this, this is collation comes against the backdrop of league audio recordings attributed

to former prime minister marine mckee for his heart insulting al solder and his affiliates. the services have requested that a medical recordings be condemned as a pre requisite for dialogue o m. and we will remain here, did our leader instructors to leave? it's not just the political dispute is rather a revolution against the case of corruption or oppression. the conflict over forming a government started here among glo makers months ago. but these protest her say the not only follow their leaders, but they also want to change the whole political system of the go ahead l g 0. but let's take a look now we protest as have gathered in baghdad, who would nation framework support as a near the 14th of july bridge. the group is made up of several sheer parties who

want to rock to be ruled by a coalition government that will be made up of various political parties. the bridge separates the counter protestors from the iraqi parliament, which has been occupied by a satirist since saturday. the bridge has been closed to keep the 2 sides to pass. one reason behind the protests in baghdad is the rivalry between 2 of iraq's leading she. a politicians looked todd at al serra and former prime minister naughty aleki. in october, sawdust coalition won the most seats and parliament malec he and others called the result illegitimate. in june, satta told more than 70 in pays aligned to him to resign. that was after a boy caught by malick, his block stopped his coalition from forming a government and, and a sign of the tension between the 2 men, leaked audio recordings allegedly reveal molecule insulting sutter and then he

wounds of a war between the rival shia camps. for the 1st time since the war and ukraine began, a ship filled with corn has legally left the ukrainian port of odessa under you, in brocade deal struck with russia. millions of tons of grain has been stock, ukrainian ports for more than 5 months. and many hope mondays shipment will help stop an escalating global food crisis. john hinton was there in our descent as the ship lift pause. ah, this is a ship that could launch a 1000 others. the rezone is the 1st cargo vessel to carry ukrainian grain through the black sea since russia invaded on february the 24th dogs. they set the law. he was a great feeling. as a man, i felt as if we became free after being detained for a long time. trailing

a pilot ship, the rezone is a test run bound for is dembo vent, lebanon. if all goes well, many more will follow. alexey gone to ranko, a member of the ukrainian parliament, came to watch history in the make. it's valid duration of the black sea from fortune and from russian empire. he tried and did everything he can not to give this ship and other ships possibility to leave odessa port and for almost half year it was like this. but as you see, he failed. the ship departed despite several russian attacks in the region, and on the port of odessa itself. since the un brokerage in agreement between ukraine and russia for the safe passage via is timbo. it's been a long time coming, but this is a ship. every one's been waiting for coursing through war time waters on its way to feed the world. ukraine says the shipments will create jobs and provide money to fuel the war effort. as the 1st of last year's delayed crop leaves farmers risk

their lives for this season's harvest, sometimes led by de mining cruise. sometimes not, this harvester struck an explosive. the danger on the grain trail continues on the black sea journey to turkey through waters dotted with sea mines in an active war's own. it's all managed through a joint coordination center in turkey, and extraordinary collaboration between representatives from the u. n. ukraine and russia. we believe that it's critical to and to ensuring global foot security. so yes, we need, we need to succeed. whether this is the beginning of the effort to avert a global food crisis or the end depends in part on the voyage of the rezone. john henderson, al jazeera, odessa ukraine. well, let's get more from the name casino, glue, an sample now where the ship is headed. we are expecting, thus, the journey is going to be around 22230 see miles. so

the 1st ship left or the support, and we are expecting some more ships leaving their ports and joining with the zone a vessel somewhere in the black sea. and like a small, like a corner of muscles they are expected to reach the shores of its stumble up on the north, the black sea shores of his stumble before they enter the bath. for straight, there is an end garage, a re out, old, ship's old vessels, always anchored there before they get the paperwork's done. before entering the trick is trace, and for this special vessels carrying ukrainian grains, they will be inspected by a un un let. the legation when they anchor off, they're normally in an i, i deal world in a, in an, a salvage system. these kinds of inspections take around 3 to 4 hours, but as this is the 1st crossing of the ukrainian grain vessels,

this may take longer. so we don't know when those vessels will literally enter the bus 1st rate, but as they entered the bus 1st straight and cross the mind, maurice see through the dark now straight, these vessels are going to sail towards the agency and then towards sat down south of the mediterranean and hopefully will carry the corns and grains all foot materials to their 1st destination triple lebanon. the white house has criticized chinese rhetoric strongly opposing a possible visit by us health. speaking to taiwan, national security council spokesman john kirby says the us will not engage with sabre rattling and any potential that is consistent with us policy. pelosi who's and singapore on top of asia has historically been critical of the chinese authorities. several media outlets in taiwan reporting pelosi will visit, but it hasn't been confirmed. china has repeatedly warned against it by she

considers the island a part of china halo hearing, you know, google foot. how speaker pelosi goes to taiwan. it will be a gross interference in china's internal affairs. it will seriously damage chinese sovereignty and territorial integrity and trample on the one china principal. seriously threatened the peace and stability of the taiwan strait and seriously undermine us relations lead to a very serious situation and very serious consequences. well, mike, hannah has this update from the white house spokesman for the national security council. john kirby has addressed the possible a trip of nancy pelosi to ty one. he says this is not unprecedented. pointing out that in 1997 that then speaker newt gingrich visited taiwan without any incident. and even this year, some members of congress have travel to the island that john kirby makes absolutely clear that any decision whether to visit taiwan or not is up to the speaker herself

. and any confirmation must come from the speaker or 1st officers. this is what kirby had to say, or constitution beds a separation of powers. this is well known to the p r. c. given are more than 4 decades of diplomatic relations. the speaker is the right to visit taiwan and the speaker of the house has visited taiwan before without incident. as have many members of congress including this year, john kirby emphasized though that even should not c pelosi decided to visit taiwan . this in no way represents any change in us policy. the u. s. one china policy remains, he says, and this was addressed during president biden's phone call with president she last week in which president biden made absolutely clear that the u. s. policy is unchanging when it comes to taiwan and also unchanging when it comes to its relationship with china. nevertheless, john kirby says, china is adapting a threatening posture and he is express concern about any misunderstandings as he

put it that could arise out of this heightening of tension. the head of a runs atomic agency says his country has the ability to produce a nuclear bomb. that doesn't plan to bahama to salamis. remarks came hours before the us announced frish sanctions on entities involved in a rounds, oil and pitcher a chemical tried, and a hush reports. it was a rare announcement from iran's atomic agency chief mohammed, his slummy comments, which i could those made recently by another senior government figure it so by the it is no secret that we have become a nuclear threshold state and this is a reality. it is also a no secret that we have the technical capabilities require to manufacture a nuclear bomb. it will be an advancement of iran nuclear program, far beyond the limits outlined in a 2015 deal the west. i am announcing today at 11 dentist by former us president trump at the united nations conference for

a nonproliferation us secretary of state anthony blinking, criticized iran nuclear policy on nonproliferation around remains on a path of nuclear escalation. although it publicly claims to favor return to mutual compliance with the j. c. p. o. the joint comprehensive plan of action since march around has been either unwilling or unable to accept a deal to achieve precisely that goal talks aimed at returning to the do you have installed since march. earlier this week, you for the policy chief justice burrell in college to both sides to the stock negotiations, putting a new proposed text on the table, bad us about the pay after reviewing the draft text, it is possible that in the near future we can reach a conclusion regarding the time table for the negotiation, we'll probably see a new round of negotiations. negotiations to salvage the nuclear record began april 2021, but have been in deadlock since february. iran wants the us to lift all economic

sanctions and an assurance that the next administration one's back out of the court . but the by the administration says, guaranteeing the d a survival beyond 2024 is a buffering. and it once confirmation that iran went enrich uranium to military, great hashem jessia or ali via the director of iran project at the international crisis group. he says, the statement from to run as a warning to the us. iran has never been as close that it is today to the virtue of nuclear weapons. i think ryans are reminding us of their advance capabilities only because they're seeking to put more pressure on the us in order to extract concessions at the nuclear negotiating table. we are in a cycle of mutual escalation right now because the negotiations have been deadlocked. so the us as.