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ah, hello, i'm emily anguish mrs. al jazeera live from doha or said coming up. funerals that held for some of the victims of a fire and a cup to christian church in egypt, at least $41.00 people, including many children, died trying to escape at least one person killed and more than 30 injured in a huge explosion in our menus. capital garrison and a mockup with fireworks was stored and wilting sunflowers, parched crops, and nationwide water restrictions. france enjoys it's worse drought since records began. ah, welcome to the program. we begin in syria,

where explosions have been reported in the port city of tattoos. same media says israel attacked the targets in the area, and these we intercepted by syrian ad offenses. there are also reports is riley find jets launched missiles towards syria, from lebanese and bangs series military says 3 soldiers have been killed. tattoos is where a congo ship carrying grain export from ukraine is due to arrive than a 100 has more on this from bay rouge. well here yet stay television was reporting attacks on targets in the coastal city of talk to us and the damascus countryside. it didn't say what the targets were, but it is saying that 3 soldiers were killed in 2 were injured and blaming as well for those strikes. now this will not be the 1st time. they blame israel for such an attack. it's not the 1st time syria reports such an attack and the it's where the response has been. no comment is waiting. military usually doesn't comment on these

individual operations, but it's really connotations have acknowledged time. and again, over recent years, really that they've been targeting bases of iranian allied groups, groups like the lebanese has been which, which operates in syria. and in recent months, they have even targeted the court in the coastal city of a kia and damascus airport. in fact, the runway said damascus airport, we're deemed unusual unusable for weeks. now as well, does not hide the fact that it's cold in syria is to prevent it from entrenching itself apparently. and it won't tolerate any iranian presence on the border, and it also wants to stop and weapons transfer sophisticated weapons to has been in neighboring 11 on this all comes and it's heightening tensions in the region

between iran and israel. such attacks usually can find but the risk of further escalation is there for israel is really that the biggest goal is to prevent iran from creating a base on its border and syria. the way that it's been on has the law now has a very strong position, funerals being held for some of the 41, people killed in a fire and a copy at christian church in egypt and city of gazer. the blind started during sunday mass service, thousands of people were in the building at the time of church entrance was blocked by fame's flames. rather causing a stand paid most of those kills which children investigate and suspect and electrical fault started. the fire vain as rabbit had, who the dozens dead and dozens injured after a fire cause to stampede them. worshippers at

a coptic christian church in the egyptian city of diesel. the the incident happened as thousands gathered for morning mass at the 15 church windows. i saw people jumping from the upper floor, suffocation suffocation. all of them did so many did, and there are children. we didn't know how to get to them. we didn't know who some this is or whose daughter that is as possible. jesus sits at the southern edge of the greater cairo area. one of the most densely populated places in the world. dilapidated infrastructure means accidental fires are common, made more likely due to the record high temperatures across the region. some of the fire and booster fin church thought to have been caused by a faulty air conditioner. but not to go up. we started to see from the outside that the smoke was getting bigger and people were wanting to jump from the upper floor of the building of the church to the next one. then we went inside and found the children and we started to take the bodies out. in the aftermath of the incident,

the president of the sutter of cc announced the mobilization of quote, all states services to ensure that all measures are taken. the prosecutor's office has also opened an investigation. where can i conveyed the president's condolences and my condolences to the religious leaders of the church, the families of the dead and injured people? we need them to know that we're standing with them and standing by them. some of the injured were firefighters, the blaze blocked in exit trapping churchgoers and causing the stampede. according to eye witnesses, most of those killed were children. then basra, avi algebra. sorry kira is the founder and director of the european north african center for research. she says the fire has devastated one of cases, poor communities. the safety measures are not so good if you actually take a look on the location of the chairs, it's in a very small,

it's what that's why i mentioned it's one of the oldest neighborhoods in k row because it's a very small st. safety measure is none, unfortunately, and the building is not supposed to be packed with a lot of a citizens in such a way with lack of safety measures. of course, we are in summer vacations and a lot of children of families in egypt. you know, families in egypt are religious by nature. either most of them are christians, they send their children to the church and the morning just for a little quite to her environment in the house. and that's why it was packed with children, unfortunately. and it's, it's, it's one of the neighborhoods of the poor neighborhoods as well with that. that's why the tragedy is even bigger and well. authorities here have run into that accident place, of course, because such a fires or anything related to the church. it's all with huge importance in cairo

because uh, we had instance of terrorism before and so on. but unfortunately it wasn't an electricity accident and there are still fire men. there are national security course, revising, camera and everything, and investigating and so far, authorities have declared that extend as such an explosion at market in many as capital yerevan has killed at least 3 people. dozens of others have been injured, laughed happened in a building and a busy market where fireworks were being stored. as harry faucet reports a major fire in a busy market about to get much worse. the building, local, say, had been used to store fireworks on a clear sunny day. this peam of smoke was visible across the armenian capital.

emergency crews were soon battling to extinguish the flames. volunteers using debris to clear more of it from the sight. survivors carefully brought to safety. i do like fireworks and smoke everything shafted in a 2nd. their warehouses technical rooms. it's like firework fireworks, fireworks. everything happened in one minute. people could not get out of the stores. the mess office in yerevan said an unknown number of people had been left trapped under the rebel. the sheer scale of this disaster becoming clear to all as desperate rescue efforts continued its been utter shock. this is the 1st time in my memory that such an explosion such a tragedy has happened in the capital city. everybody is glued to social media networks and to the news to try and find out what's happening. rescuers have

been hampered by more firework explosions, as crews tried to make the area safe. the by late afternoon, heavy vehicles were clear in parts of the last zone. elsewhere, rescuers were using their hands to search for any one trapped and stood alive. hurry for al jazeera, the president of ecuador has declared a state of emergency in the country's largest city. why kill after a bomb attack? a blamed drug gangs. 5 people were killed and 26 injured when mental motor banks opened fire and threw a bag of explosives into a restaurant. early on sunday, the interior minister said it was a declaration of war against the state by organized criminal gangs. let us, since we flatter thing, it felt very strong. i thought it was an earthquake. the bed was shaking. i grabbed my son and was going to run out like crazy. but then they said it was a dynamite explosion on the street. people were crying for help. there was no electricity because the power cables were brought down by the blast to ukraine,

where grain has been loaded onto the 1st united nations charted vessel in the port to noon. it will be the 1st shipment to day for drought affected east africa in russia's invasion in february. more than 16 merchant vessels have left ukraine in the past 2 weeks after a deal was broken between keys and moscow, and the un humanitarian coordinator in ukraine says this shipment will bring a much needed relief to drought who regions this shipment and will say more about it is the 1st time we hope many ship them to come to countries that are suffering great difficulties. there are at least 5 who are already in 5, unlike conditions and another 20 that are on the what we call the watch list for famine. so these shipments are going to be shoot, an important to those population. atlanta and a robot is a business development manager at maxi grain and agree boat brokerage company. she

says, ukraine is ready to deliver tens of millions of tons of agricultural products to countries innate, since the war begun around $20000000.00 metric tons of different kinds of grained, and the girls of talking you cree plus, we start to harvest and harvest you crop, which means that we already to supply more than 50000000 metric tons of different cultural products to those who are starving and your brain on supply open. you don't, you're going on for this green quarter. don't mean that. all right. and each life of bread in each part of the world became a little over as ukraine used very important playoff main challenge. my challenge is float in mines. are we show our in the sea. and to is this why she fullness mostly. trying to see the weight, how the source vessel we left,

how face is passage, and then they will make a decision to direct the sheets to ukraine on ports as on today's the 16 vessels over the last people. in the 4th, one of them is new commune, wrestle, and the 2 more vessel which came 2 days ago. now, loading grades, one of them are for united nation program and we expect the current 2 weeks to arrive and not the 15 vessel for the library. the us food and agriculture organization has worn to 8, could officially declare famine in 8 regions of somali and next month, pope francis says the war in ukraine has distracted attention away from the problem of world hunger. the head of the catholic church called for urgent food and to stave off looming famine in somalia. defeated de la shawna, i would like to draw attention to the grave humanitarian crisis that is hid somalia

and some bordering country. and the people of this region who already live in very precarious conditions are now in mortal danger because of drought. i hope that international solidarity can respond efficiently to this emergency. unfortunately, the worn ukraine has distracted attention and resources. but these are the aims that call for the utmost commitment and in the fight against hunger, health care and education. still ahead on al jazeera one year after the taliban takeover. dennis done, we look at what lies ahead for country and crisis, and mixing religion with politics. why the f or a bazillion community fees more persecution at the upcoming presidential election? ah, the journey has begun the before world copies on its way to the castle. book your

travel package today it's still raining in bucharest on and there is more to come have one. here's the details on mondays, so he's still for sin province, baluchistan providence. same goes for punjab as well. look at that down port in the hall and then we've got more activity once again coming from western areas of india . the prediction for pakistan was above average monsoon range for the month of august, and so far it is delivering. now for india, the states must pradesh and shattered scar. that's where we've got the heaviest downpours as is activity moves toward the west. and then where there is no rain falling in. the sun's out that allows the temperature and shy to shoot up to $36.00 degrees. also, high temperature is across the yangtze river valley. so shanghai, yep. i think you're going to do it on monday. get up to 40 degrees. once again. tropical storm has raced away from tokyo. there it is right there. the remnants of it mostly con conditions. 34 degrees, but then we've got this slug of rain across the korean peninsula. pouring into

northern sections of han shoes. so more rain for flight hit areas of sol. we also had flooding in northern in central haunt. you were more than half a 1000000 people were displaced from their homes in temper tokyo. now that the sun's back outs, we've got more days above 35 degrees. ok got to run cas airway official airline of the journey. the 1900 sixty's a decade of change across the middle east and north africa. in the 2nd of a 3 part series al jazeera world explores the explosion of arts and culture of intellectuals. we're building new dreams and ideas because the revolutions of the 964 non political, what's on the mind from music to t v. the poetry of protest and revolutionary for making the sixty's in the arab world. culture. oh, now j 0 lou

ah, hello, you're watching al jazeera, i'm emily ang, when he is reminder of our top stories this, our explosions have been reported in the syrian port, city of tattoos. state media says israel attacked targets in the area, and these were intercepted bites. syrian air defenses series military says, 3 soldiers have been killed. funerals are being held for some of the 41 people killed in a church fire in the egyptian city of keesa. thousands of people were in the building at the time with many children among the victims. an electrical fault is this suspected cause and rescue workers is searching for people trapped under rabble after a blast ripped through market. in the armenian capital yerevan,

at least 3 people were killed in dozens injured. fireworks were stored in the building. monday marks one years since the taliban took power in afghanistan. after the chaotic scenes of afghans trying to flee the country. economy has collapsed millions of people. thanks, food shortages and women have been stripped of their routes. as sam had been job aid reports from cobble on a tele bonds year in power. and what lies ahead. i read sound in a blend is done. the musician and driver. after has lived in a few camps since his childhood. he's among the more than 3000000 people displaced in london on market, among out of the hope before it was good. but now life just passes us by before we could find some food for our children. but the change in government means there is no work now a year to go tens of thousands of people headed for the voters. as provinces fell to the taliban, many in cobbled rushed to the airport as the rest and by the government collapsed.

after taking refuge abroad a shotgun, he denied that he escaped the suitcases full of cash. more than 100000 people left during the abrupt withdrawal of foreign forces. the economy collapsed and the u. s . rows billions of dollars of foreign reserves. the u. s. nitro alliance spent an estimated $300000000.00 a day every day for 2 decades. but basic such as roads, schools, hospitals, are either non existent or in poor shape. since the taliban took over, that money has stopped coming in. and thousands of professionals have less human rights watch as it used to taliban of a long list of abuses, restricting the rights of women and girls, suppressing media feed him and detaining, torturing, and executing critics, and perceived opponents all allegations the taliban denies. didn't motivate them. covenant activities in some other areas, things a good were trying to improve. but we should also take into account the problems of

the corona virus, the suspension of foreign aid, freezing of money, the problems in banking drought. all of these together had increased the problems to the people of afghanistan. for those who left life not easy, more than half the 20000 enough, gone to reach the u. k. are still in temporary accommodation. there's a lack of prospects abroad and many 5th, harrison and the threat of detention cut over home for support. true. i lost everything including my restaurant, atlanta go to europe, so i went to turkey. unfortunately, they captured us and deported us to iran. thank god. now we are in her home and i will never go anywhere else. in a year, security is improved, but poverty and desperation have increased by the taliban. 6 international recognition, there are some concessions. it seems unwilling to make some job done to 0. couple, frances, enduring, it's dry summer since records began. most of the country is now facing water restrictions. crops are also withering and nuclear power plants are operating at

reduced capacities and with is running dry me. and it's me to reports from to lose . i was all, these are the geometry. i've never seen the river as low as this stuff, and marty tells me he's a fisheries officer. in a normal year, the level of the garage here would be above our heads, the river cuts through to lose. if the city is life blood providing drinking water, irrigating farmland and cooling a nuclear plant, stefan has had to take fish out of the river and put them into special tanks because the water is too warm to come to give compared to video. it's complicated, everything is connected, there will be less snow in the mountains. the glaciers will melt sooner. this year there has been much less snow, so less water in the mountain lakes. so pumping of the lakes is lower to keep the water longer. over 3 weeks, 40 percent of the water held in reserve and hydro electric dams, in the pyrenees mountains has been released into the koran to keep it flowing. just

heat weighs in europe are increasing at a faster rate than almost anywhere else on the planet. and global warming increases, but likelihood of drought drawing out soils and vegetation lay even fund was minimum. so, to me, you may couple for the whole company, so we need 60 millimeters of rainfall to be able to replace the soil. crystal comp n j tells me forecast is the 3 millimeters this week. it's not enough. know the corn harvest across france is expected to be 18 and a half percent lower this year than last that already a global shortage because of the war in ukraine. even the sunflower of turned away from the scorching sun where there is access to water. there isn't enough to go around. crystal says she'll lose more than 30 percent of a crop this year soon. apostrophes among gold. if we don't get enough water in this region, there will be no viable agriculture. even today, the cattle farmers here have no grass on their fields. to day we own

a land where it's crucial to develop irrigation. if only to be able to achieve minimum profitability. francis, worst route, since records began in 1958 has affected so many aspects of how people live here. and i think we really we reward or not. we rely train the end of cake. and we reward because there is not enough waterfall for the foot in july rainfall across france was down 84 percent compared to normal. according to the french weather service. the summer isn't over yet. bernard smith al jazeera to lose southwest france is have ivy's of a devastating man slide in sierra leone 5 years ago. i gathering to remember. busy those who lost their lives in the disaster, more than 1100 paper were killed when part of sugarloaf mountain broke away, sending rocks and to break down hill at his arm and interest reports from the community of pentagon. not many lessons have been learned from the tragedy. i run

to people i attribute to the dead as emotions flow freely. a small group of families as of ivers gather to remember as a yes, pause their numbers dwindle, but not their problems. on august 14th, 2017, more than 1100 people died. as this phase of sugarloaf mountain broke free. was it a huge boulders and tons of debris cascaded down hill, sweeping away homes and people? it was said alliance worst single day. disaster. almost or i lost his entire family, trained to people. lizzie, a thankful to alton. go until i miss the council of my family that died on that day . i'm so scared of what may have happened to them. moses was only 6 weeks old at the time that miraculously survived the disaster. but his father did not. 5 years

of town, much slight. people are still building on the slopes of mountains and hills around free town, despite the government band. and ex, we'll say it's only a matter of time before there is a similar disaster. 8 year old mom been to kamara fight back tears. she survived that terrible day because she had gone out for doing prayer. 5 years after the much light sheed our faces homelessness again on that hill, maggie i, i've been asked to leave the construction site where i live with my grandchildren. i don't know where else to go or what to do. enforcing the law here is week summer saying what did i go about any provision for may location if you government want to take me out

from this place? are they provide me any ah bliss or me to? well look, it's sarah leon is one of the world's top disaster prone countries. environmentally say, unless official corruption is stucco, such disasters will reoccur, and people will continue to be killed. i'm at edris al jazeera pentagon, sierra leone pakistan has been celebrating its 75 years of independence, with the indian national commemoration taking place in less than 2 hours time. in karachi, a serum ceremony was held at the memorial for the countries at founder mohammed ali gina, british colonial rule ended in 1947 with the partition of india and formation of pakistan's. religious intolerance in brazil has been a growing problem in recent years. as october's presidential election approaches sama concerned, the campaign has become a fight over beliefs when it can,

you not give, explains. ah, this is a condom. blair. ritual or religion brought to brazil by african slaves. it survived centuries of persecution and discrimination before gaining acceptance. but as october's presidential election approaches, many of its followers feel like they've become targets in a holy war. upolu screen hostilities increase when you mix politics with religion or temples have been attacked by the growing number of radical evangelical christians. it's a battle for souls for power and for votes or protestant christian evangelicals are brazil's fastest growing religious group. they have become a strong force and politics and the media. the of angelic was include president j, a bull sonatas, wife we shadley, and say they're defending the bible and traditional family values. and our whole

sanara was chosen by god, fall words of actual brazilian faiths, save evangelicals are also driving a culture of intolerance as the election approaches. the 1st lady share this video on social media. it shows bull sonatas, main adversary, former present whizzing last rule of a silva, being blessed by a priestess and compares him to a devil worshipper. on last year, brazilian authorities receive $586.00 complaints of religious intolerance. 141 percent more than in 2020. in 9 out of 10 cases, the targets were followers of afro brazilian religions. this woman was forced at gunpoint to destroy her temple. wanted to just add, so is a condom black practitioner. he makes his living as a noble driver, catering specially to people who feel oppressed because of their faith though gracelle him. but i i know how my passengers feel because i've been there. i've had

to obey riders, council, the right. when they saw me trust in missouri, one you're close in the bus. people make you uncomfortable by inching away from you . he drives fellow candle bluff faithful to their ceremonies and shows them sanctuaries, like this park where they can feel safe until recently was common to find offerings to spiritual entities of the afro brazilian religions like this one on the cross roads. ron beaches of rio de janeiro and other urban cities. this one has food and it has perfumed and candles. but every time more, the followers of these religions are going to secluded places like this forest, because they're afraid they'll be persecuted or that their offerings will be destroyed. meanwhile, followers of after brazilian religions continued to beat their drums and call on their st. asking for protection and peace, monica inactive, al jazeera, rio de janeiro authorities in no way say they had no choice, but to put down

a 600 kilogram walrus that drew crowds of spectators in the low fjords. the memory known as freya had been seen clambering on 2 small boys, sometimes damaging them should become a popular attraction in wage and capital. but officials warned that people were getting too close to the wild creature. responding to criticism, they said the animal had to be put down to protect public safety. and also there you are doing. it could have been avoided if people follow the recommendations we've given. but of course, it's complicated when you have a large wild animal in one of the most densely populated areas of norway. after all, this is a walrus, it's a stray. it's far away from its natural habitat. to many high risk situations arose and we had to take the steps we've taken ah

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