of the free americans never been a real democracy. the black people would never experience that democracy maybe excludes divisions and struggles in america's electoral system. a fight foreign against equal representation. and the democratic process is the country that's learning how to be a democracy, but it's not there yet. one person, one vote on al jazeera. i care about healthy us engaging with the rest of the world . we're really interested in taking you in to a place you might not visit otherwise and feel as if you were there with the syrian military says, israeli war planes of attack, the poor city of tattoos outside damascus of these 3 soldiers have been killed.

ah, hello darn jordan, this is out as they are alive from de also coming up morning, the dead crowds attend the funeral to some of the $41.00 victims of a fire at a church in egypt, whining strength, and unity. india's prime minister lead celebrations for the country 75 years of independence. and one year after the taliban takeover in afghanistan, we look at what lies ahead for a country in crisis. ah, explosions have been reported in the syrian port city of target to state media says israeli war plains attack targets in the area. and these were intercepted by syrian air defenses. there are also reports that is ready fighter jets launched missiles towards syria, from lebanese,

our space. serious military says 3 soldiers were killed, tattoos, where a cargo ship carrying grain exports from ukraine is due to arrive. said a hodder has more from beirut. well area state 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 way the response has been no comment is waiting. military usually doesn't comment on these individual operations, but it's really politicians have acknowledge time. and again, over recent years, really that they've been targeting bases of iranian allied groups,

groups like the, the lebanese has been which, which operates in syria. and in recent months, they have even targeted the point in the coastal city of lots of 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 its border. and it also wants to stop and weapons transfer sophisticated weapons to has been 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 in syria. the way that it's been on has been law now, has

a very strong position. heroes are being held for some of the 41 people killed in a fire, a cockpit christian church, and gypsies city of gazer. the blade started during the sunday mass house of the people who were in the building of the time a church entrance was blocked by flames coordinate stampede. many of those killed children investigates a suspect, an electrical full start on the fire. same as robbie has the dozens dead and dozens injured after a fire caused a stampede among worshippers at a cop to christian church in the egyptian city of diesel. the incident happened as thousands gathered for morning most at the abusive theme. church were not very, 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 father 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, zane basra, avi algebra celebrations of being held across india to mark 75 years of independence prime minister in ramadi. as a dress donation from the historic red ford in new delhi, large crowds are also expected a flag ceremony at the thought was a border with pakistan. the end of british rule in 1947 resulted in the partition of pakistan from india. widespread violence and more than 15000000 people displaced in baton as more from new delhi. this is a landmark anniversary and celebrations have been on for quite some time. in his speech. prime minister movie paid tribute to feed him fighters who made today possible. he also asked people to shed every bit of colonial legacy and said

that he will work towards making india a developed nation in 25 years. now, over the last few weeks, we've seen a lot of celebration around the 75th anniversary. there have been many government programs, for example, a booster dozes again school with 19 have been made free for 75 days. there is one big campaign by the government, and that is to encourage people to hoist the national flag, the tri carlo. and that has been received very well. people have been a buying flag displaying it at home in their offices on storefronts in their cars, on social media, even celebrities, up or seeing over the flags, to be named today is to really get a sense of, of the pride of what has been achieved and also hope of what the country hoped to

achieve going forward. china central bank has trimmed interest rates in an effort to boost economic growth. new figures show industrial out but grew just 3.8 percent in july lower than expected. retail sales of also slow down investment in the property sector has dropped. the interest rate cuts of 0 point. one of a percentage points suggests. the government now recognizes it cannot achieve its growth target of 5.5 percent for a year. a u. s. congressional delegation is holding talks with ty, ones, president as military tensions between the island and china, remain high. the today visits focusing on trade, climate change and regional security. china has stayed several military drills to express its anger at this month's visit to taipei by us house peak and nancy pelosi, the u. s. as china overreacted to the visit and called the drills destabilizes jealous, patrick fox, as more from beijing, of the chinese embassy in washington, said that congressional leaders should act in consistence with the u. s. government

one china policy and also said that this visit proved once again that the u. s. did not want to promote peace and stability in the taiwan straits. and that it was making every effort to stir up confrontation between the 2 sides, the global times called it a sneaky visit, suggesting possibly that beijing really had no idea that this was taking place in at also want of counter measures. quoting analysts, the state run out, lead said that the 5 member delegation would be sanctioned. they are expected to be meeting with tom and his leaders, and they expect to be discussing things including us, taiwan relations, regional security, as well as trade and investment. among other things, and that is expected to include a meeting with president saying one as well. china hasn't talked about any military response, but the military activities or drills have toned down in recent days, whether they haven't ceased altogether. di wants to fence ministry said on sunday

that 11 chinese aircraft had crossed over into its air defense zone. now it's one year since the taliban to power in afghanistan, after the chaotic scenes of afghans trying to flee the country. economy has collapsed. millions of people face food shortages and women have been stripped of their rights. sullivan, j reports from cobble on the tele, ponzio and power. and what lies ahead and re, uh, sound in a blend of fun. a musician driver after his lived in a refugee camp since his childhood. he's under more than 3000000 people, displeased in of ernestine market among carroll 30 at ho before it was good. but now life just passes us by that before we could find some food for our children. but the change in government means there is no work now. a year ago, tens of thousands of people headed for the borders. as provinces fell to the taliban. many in cobbled rush to the airport as the rest and by government collapsed. after taking refuge abroad, sharp gone,

he denied that he escaped the suitcases full of cash. more than a 100000 people left during the withdrawal of foreign forces. the economy collapsed and the u. s, for billions of dollars of foreign reserves. the u. s. nato alliance spent an estimated $300000000.00 a day every day for 2 decades. but basics 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 left. human rights watch has accused the 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 that didn't ask them government. these in some other areas, things a good we're trying to improve, but we should also take into account the problems of the corona virus, the suspension of foreign aid, the freezing of money, the problems in banking,

drought. all these together had increased the problems for the people of afghanistan. for those who left life's not easy, more than half the 20000 afghans who reach the u. k. are still in temporary accommodation with the lack of prospects abroad and many 5th harassment and the threat of detention part of our hm. for support. sure. wellness. i lost everything, including my restaurant. i planned to go to europe, so i went to turkey. unfortunately, they captured us deported us to iran. thank god. now we are in our homeland and i will never go anywhere else. in a year, security has improved, but poverty and desperation have increased. in my the taliban thinks international recognition. there are some confessions, it seems and willing to make some guy with other covered not, not, not to come here now does air including wilting, some flowers parts crops, a nation wide water restrictions, france and joseph's worst route on record and sierra leone landscape started by tragedy 5 years on survivors, remember those who died in

a massive mudslide on the outskirts of freedom, mourners. ah, the journey has begun. the fee for world cup is on its way to cattle book. your travel package to day you know the name of the game, this is your update for the middle east and africa will begin this one in the middle east and still seen some more downpours around humans, capital santa. we did have a deadly deluge there, so that is not good news to see some more rain in the forecast. lot of san em dust in the empty quarter of saudi, but i want to take you to pakistan where the rain is still falling. a for a sin province baluchistan, same goes for punjab, is while getting into a pretty good down port there for the or and we're gonna track out this moisture this match coming in for western portions of india. so more rain on the way for

pakistan, foundry, downpours are moving into is stumble. that's going to knock back your temperature a bit to 27 breeze on monday and off to africa, we go some storms bubbling up around lake victoria. and look at all of this rain we have for nigeria that's moving further toward the west, out toward the gulf of guinea. and as we slide toward the southridge, now we had disturbed weather in the western cape. it moved to the eastern cape, kazoo luna tall. but it stained offshore, but still those waves will probably exceed 5 meters and it's flung a lot of cool air into southern mozambique some op who took 23 degrees. cool for now, but give it a few days in your temperature. will climb again. that sure update by for now, kat official airline of the journey new voici. heating up the airway. lot of chinese listeners. we can't really hear what they really think in their own country shifting palate, a case, the rise of citizen journalism has changed everything. how do happen? it happened on social media and the undeniable impact of the mainstream narrative

australians went to the pole with those images front of mine is a war that very much came forth out in the media as low as on the battlefield. they're listening post to dissect the media on al jazeera. ah ah, welcome back. a good amount of our top stories here at this hour. explosions have been reported in the syrian fort city of tattoos, state media says israeli warplanes attack targets. and the area, serious military says 3 soldiers were killed, funerals are being held for some of the 41 people killed in a church, fire, egyptian city of visa. thousands of people who are in the building at the time investigator suspect an electrical fault was to play. and china central bank has

trimmed interest rates in an effort to boost economic growth. new figures show industrial output grew just 3.8 percent in july lower than expected. north korean state media says that russian president vladimir putin is planning to expand ties between moscow in pyongyang, who tim reportedly wrote to north korea's kim junglin and said, a closer relationship would be in both countries. interests a to lead is exchange letters on these $77.00 anniversary of the korean peninsula liberation from japanese rule or both north and south korea, a market that anniversary japan ruled all of courier from 1910, natalie and of world war 2. in 1945. it was followed 5 years later by the korean war as left the country divided. ever since robert bride and sole has more than president putin's proposal. for it is an interesting letter coming at an interesting time. russian president vladimir putin talking about expanding bilateral relations about areas of common interest about north korea and russia. it

seems working together to improve the security situation. he says, a northeast asia, you know it's, it's interesting that both of these leaders a face relative isolation in the international community. kim jung runs, of course, has been long standing for vladimir putin. it's been far more recent, but no less consequential. so there does seem almost an inevitability about the a to lead as being drawn in a closer relationship. and it does come at this interesting time. it on the korean peninsula. this liberation day. it is being celebrated in that the 2 careers were waiting to see from north korea just walked sort of events, they will be staging to mark this day. the north korean state run television is carrying special programming. we are waiting to see whether it's going to be marked by any mass event or march or military display. of course, north korea would seem to have not to celebrate this year having just overcome the

common enemy of covey 19. it didn't report his 1st cases of what a you, for mystic, the cold fever until mid may. since then, there's been a rapid expansion of the sickness through the population. millions of people it seems becoming infected, but very recently announcing that it has been defeated and also using that opportunity to blame south korea for the initial outbreak for introducing cove it into the north, which has done nothing to help frosty relations across the dmc rescue workers searching for people trapped under rubble, laughter, blast ripped from market in the armenian capital year events, at least 2 people were killed in scores injured. the building have been used to store fireworks, harry force that reports a major fire in a busy market about to get much worse. the building local say, had been used to store fireworks. the 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. why do they 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. let's spend 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 fi with 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 still alive. hurry for al jazeera grain has been loaded onto the 1st united nations chartered vessel and the port city of pe, denny and ukraine. the 1st shipment of food aid for drought affected east africa since russia's invasion in february. more than 16 merchant ships of left ukraine in the past 2 weeks after the deal was broken between keys and moscow. and frances, during its dry summer since records began waters being restricted across most of the country crops, withering wildfires raging and rivers running dr. bennett smith reports him to lose in southwestern france. certainly hoping for rain it was in the forecast, but today, but we've got mainly blue skies is a bit of cloud covers,

taken the edge of the extreme temperatures that they've been enjoying here for the last few weeks. but still no sign of rain is predicted. now perhaps a bit later on in the week. but even if it does, when it does come, if it comes in those big summer thundering summer storms, it's going to hit drop rock hard, dry earth and run off. and that's one of the big fears here at the moment, but without the rain crops a dying before farmers can harvest them and rivers and reservoirs a running dry. well, these are the genovius. i've never seen the river as low as this is stephane, 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's 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 us compared to 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 in hydro electric dams, in the parent mountains has been released into the garage to keep it flowing. just he weighs in europe or increasing at a faster rate than almost anywhere else on the planet. and global warming increases, but likelihood of drought drying out soils and vegetation lie even for a 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 the forecast is for 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. apostrophe the mangled. if we don't get enough water in this region, there will be no viable agriculture. even today, the kettle 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 no, i think we will. we will work on it. we will train turned and cake and we will work 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. i'm standing on the bed of the

river garen, and obviously in normal times i shouldn't be able to do this. every part of france is under some sorts of water restriction. and 2 thirds of all french departments are at crisis level a most severe level. and there is no particular concern for the underground water tables because they are being used up more quickly because there isn't enough snow melts and rain water to refill them. officials say a large fire ne spain is spreading rapidly, forcing 1500 people to leave their homes. the forest fire and forgot that province burned the long, 50 kilometers in less than 24 hours. hundreds of fire fighters are working to protect homes and put out the flames. and hopes of controlling the fire depend on the weather. the fears of strong gusty winds forecast for sunday. now the survivors of a devastating mud slide in sierra leone 5 years ago are gathering to remember those who lost their lives. in the disaster, more than 1100 people were killed, and a pot of sugarloaf mountain broke away, sending rocks and daybreak downhill. as many address reports from the community of

pentagon, not many lessons have been learned from the tragedy. i attributed to the dead as emotions flow freely. a small group of families and survivors 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 . 20 people lizzy, a thankful to alton. go until i miss the counsel 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 after the much slight people are still building on the slopes of mountains and hills around freetown, despite a government band. and ex, we'll say it's only a matter of time before there is a similar disaster. 8 year old my 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, she now faces homelessness. again, i'm not heal mikey, 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. some are saying, we are the day go our, that any vision for may look as shown. if you government want to take me

out from this place, or there provide me any ah, bliss or mint of me to go look it's sarah leon is one of the world's top disaster preowned countries environmental to 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 authorities in norway say they had no choice, but to put down a 600 kilogram walrus. the true crowds of spectators in the oslo fjord, the mammal and his freya had been seen clambering on to small boats, sometimes damaging them. she'd become a popular attraction in the norwegian capital. but officials warn that people were getting too close to her. responding to criticism, they said the animal had to be put down to protect public safety. stories about identity and belonging are always plentiful at the edinburgh festival, and this year is no different the war ukraine is providing

a rich new seam of materials for performance at the freight and just the whole discover but it is made. the identity is an edinburgh festival. perennial with shows a plenty about migration and refugees, safety and belonging. never more so than in a year of war. someone comes along to sort it all, i'm you know who he is. he's, he's been called when you think of russia. imperial delusion cast a shadow across the post soviet optic in night lands a psychological thriller about russia and the rise of letting me put in what happened decades later rushes invasion of ukraine is the fabric of check ukrainians,

circus, and dance act boom, a show of youthful resilience in the face of adversity. it goes but it's your fortune of young gunners. you also have a lot of physicians in, in the show check and you're going into the issues pretty much. it's about like all freedom they're a journey tales across land and borders of discovery and self awareness. the ultimate audience journey though, is simply deciding what to watch in a bewildering sea of choice. then you come across a guy who's a british irish palestinian working doctor, who's also a comedian and a cloud. my dream is to be able to make a show that will make anyone anywhere in the wild laugh. that's really what i want to do. yeah. yeah. i kind of wanted to explore my own identity a little bit,

and that identity is very complicated. you want to show it was for me, it was a 1st hand experience of how different the, the differences in the people who make up this country. well i don't think it's unique to the people being british. i think it just.