this is bbc news. i'm david eades with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. engineers prepare to demolish the partially collapsed apartment block near miami — before a tropical storm endangers the lives of rescuers. bringing of rescuers. the building down in a controlled bringing the building down in a controlled manner is critical to expanding our search as, you know, in the pile and allows us to search in the area closest to search in the area closest to the building which is currently not been accessible. south africa's former president jacob zuma says he'll defy a court order to hand himself in to start a 15 month jail sentence. he also said that he was not

scared of going to jail, he has been there before. but this time around he refuses to go because he believes it was an injustice to be sentenced to a prison term without having gone to trial. afghanistan's troops patrol their country alone — as all but a thousand troops pull out after nearly 20 years. and mesmerising aerialfootage of sheep on the move goes viral. we will have more on that. in miami the demolition of a tower block has been brought forward due to safety fears about storm ulcer. 2a people have confirmed dead so far, search and rescue efforts for

another 121 are still missing and they have had to be suspended. daniella levine cava is the mayor of miami county. asi as i have said before we will move forward with the demolition as soon as it is safe to do so between 10pm and 3am tonight. safe to do so between 10pm and 3am tonight-— 3am tonight. bringing the buildin: 3am tonight. bringing the building down _ 3am tonight. bringing the building down in - 3am tonight. bringing the building down in a - 3am tonight. bringing the i building down in a controlled manner is critical to expanding our scope of search as, you know, in the pile and allowing us to search in the area closest to the building which has currently not been accessible to the teams, given the great risk to our first responders due to the instability of the building. due to the temporary pause of our search and rescue efforts on the scene there have been no changes in the figures that i have reported earlier to you. so as soon as the building is down and once the site is deemed to secure we will have our first responders back on the pile to immediately resume

their work. let's get some more from david willis. they have spoken about the demolition now for a while so i suppose relatives are accustomed to that. why, my goodness. what an awful coincidence of events here. absolutely. they spoke about it for a while but now their hands are being forced, if you like, because officials fear that tropical stir that make tropical stir that make tropical storm irma which bearing down on the peninsula could ring a heavy wind and rain and that could send parts of the debris toppling down on top of rescuers, search and rescue workers below. so they have scheduled a demolition and are using a technique, a technique known as energetic felling which relies on a series of small explosions at various parts of the structure and gravity itself to raise the

building to the ground. they drilled into the walls over the last 2a hours and pack them with explosive and we have been told that the demolition will take place between 10pm this evening local time and three o'clock in the morning. i should point out that 121 people are still missing. it is interesting _ people are still missing. it is interesting to _ people are still missing. it is interesting to hear— people are still missing. it is interesting to hear the mayor talk about ringing the building down helping to expand their own scope of search. as a layperson is hard to imagine. and they are very keen, david, that the search and rescue operation should resume as quickly as civil once the demolition has occurred. anything within one hour of that exercise taking place, in fact because they are keen to bring closure to those who have loved ones and family friends and so on, family members

missing in the rubble. you are absolutely right. about 200 search and rescue people will be moving back onto that site more or less as soon as the demolition has taken place. it is hoped as well that the exercise will open up new areas for the search and rescue teams to be looked into, particularly the garage area which has been a focus of their enquiries, more or less, since this incident happened ten days ago. they believe it was prone to flooding and it is possible that water from their corroded the concrete which had some impact on this whole event. there is still much to know about how it all came together. you talk about the energetic felling, the demolition technique. nonetheless it is difficult to imagine it would not cause a lot of disruption for the neighbourhood. absolutely. and the mayor of miami dade county who we heard from earlier was warning that

people in nearby areas should close their doors and windows and switch off their air—conditioning units and so on because there would be a lot of the in the area. but there is no forcible evacuation going on of buildings surrounding the stricken complex. that is something but this will happen overnight and it is possible, of course, apart from the noise that those able to sleep through this will awaken to a different landscape in the morning. different landscape in the morning-— different landscape in the mornin:. ., ~' morning. thank you, david. david willis _ morning. thank you, david. david willis in _ morning. thank you, david. david willis in la. _ joe biden has been celebrating the fourth ofjuly holidays that marks the nation's 245th birthday after a holiday in michigan and golfing there is family home. he has been hosting his biggest party yet at the white house, inviting around 1000 people for burgers and fireworks and says he is looking forward to a rebound from the covid—19 pandemic.

this year, july four, today a special celebration where we are emerging from the darkness of one year of pandemic and isolation. a year of pain and fear and harp rake. think back to where this nation was one year ago. think back to where you were one year ago. and think about how far we have come. . . , think about how far we have come. . ., , g ., �* ., come. that was joe biden a few moments _ come. that was joe biden a few moments age _ come. that was joe biden a few moments ago. and _ come. that was joe biden a few moments ago. and this - come. that was joe biden a few moments ago. and this is - come. that was joe biden a few moments ago. and this is the i moments ago. and this is the white house where he and the first lady are doing their bit as they introduce themselves to some of the 1000 guests who are attending this fourth ofjuly celebration. the tenor of the address there was very much one of, well, celebration, getting out of the covid groups and moving on to a brighter future and also pointing outjob

numbers up like never before across the us. those pictures are coming in right now. the former president of south africa, jacob zuma, has fiercely criticised the judges who sentenced him to 15 months injail, insisting that he won't turn himself in. he was handed the prison term on tuesday for failing to appear before a corruption inquiry. hundreds of his supporters have been camping outside his home in kwazulu—natal saying they were protecting him from being arrested. 0ur southern africa correspondent nomsa maseko is there. it has been an eventful day with the spotlight firmly on south africa's former president jacob zuma. hundreds of his supporters lined the streets and gathered at his home saying that they were forming a human shield to prevent him from being arrested. earlier in the day there were some confrontations between the

supporters of that one mac and police who were trying to prevent supporters from going to his house together because that gathering was illegal and the level four regulations here in south africa aimed at covid—19 infections. but later on mr zuma addressed his supporters and said that it would have been a massive confrontation if police had dared to arrest him. he also said that he was not scared of going to jail, he has been there before. this time around he refuses to go because he believes it was an injustice to believes it was an injustice to be sentenced to a prison term without having gone to trial. so as things stand, mr zuma will not hand himself over to authorities because his lawyers have asked the constitutional court to rescind the judgement that they made to say that mr zuma needs to go to jail for 15 months. as things stand, mr zuma's lawyers will go back to

the constitutional court on july 12 where the court has said it is prepared to hear him out. they are trying to manage a political situation more than they were in terms of it being they were in terms of it being the fact that his supporters were flouting covid—19 regulations. mrzuma were flouting covid—19 regulations. mr zuma is still a very powerful man politically here in south africa and members of the anc executive, most of them are still in support of the former president, more than they are of the current president and we also saw members of the same executive of the anc having gone to the homestead today to speak to mr gone to the homestead today to speakto mrzuma, gone to the homestead today to speak to mr zuma, possibly to ask him to ask his supporters to disburse because what was happening there was a direct result of them flouting covid—19 regulations and a few days ago another political party that had formed a gathering and marched about vaccines, their leaders were

going to be charged because that gathering was also against covid—19 regulations. so here, the anc needs to be seen to be doing something to ensure that jacob zuma does not seem to be the person who is above the law. nato's military mission in afghanistan is now all but over. america and its allies, including britain, arrived in the country in 2001, following the september 11th attacks. two decades later, the last of the troops are leaving, save around a thousand that will provide security. but as the us withdraws, the taliban is resurgent — and it's warned that if any international forces, including contractors, remain in afghanistan, they will be treated as an occupying force. from kabul, yogita limaye reports. afghan soldiers now managing what used to be america's biggest base. international forces making a quiet, hasty retreat.

gains made here over 20 years in threat of being lost. people have voted in elections. 0nce repressed by the taliban, afghan women are in school and work. for this woman, an mp, fears the taliban will be back in power. the women are finished here. it would be like black days for afghan women. notjust women, all the people. there won't be any rights, any freedom, any life here. how do you view international forces leaving afghanistan at this time? they are leaving so irresponsibly. after 20 years, theyjust went into an agreement with the taliban and said to the taliban that it's ok, you can do whatever you do. it's a failure. 20 years ago, foreign forces arrived here with a fierce push.

the moment in 2001 when the hardline islamist taliban regime was driven out of kabul. america's response to the 9/11 attacks, with the uk and other nato allies. the united states military has now begun strikes against al-qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the taliban regime in afghanistan. years of fighting followed in provinces across the country. this is helmand in the south, where some of the fiercest battles were fought. hundreds of british and foreign troops died here. thousands of afghan soldiers. the taliban were kept at bay. but not defeated. finally, the us signed a deal with the militant group last year. agreeing to fully withdraw foreign forces. they are leaving amidst

rising violence. this is one of the roads that leads out of kabul. in the province just beyond, the taliban are battling afghan government forces. that's how close the fighting is to the capital. battles are being fought in more than half of the country's provinces. hundreds are dying every day. thousands being displaced. every day, more areas are falling to the taliban. but the group says there is no violence. it told the bbc that hundreds of afghan soldiers are defecting to the taliban — a claim the government denies. from their political office in doha, a taliban spokesman also told me that residual foreign troops would be considered an occupying force. all foreign forces should withdraw from the country, whether they are a contractor, adviser or trainers. because they were a part of occupation. that's a violation. we will react.

but that reaction will be based on the decision of our leadership. he said embassies and ngos would not be targeted. the foreign war in afghanistan has ended. its legacy will be determined what happens here next. yogita limaye, bbc news, kabul. christine phair is professor for security studies at georgetown university and joins us now. thank you very much for your time. is there anyway this could be described as mission accomplished for us and nato forces? , ., ., ., ~ , ., forces? first of all, thank you forces? first of all, thank you for having _ forces? first of all, thank you for having me _ forces? first of all, thank you for having me and _ forces? first of all, thank you for having me and the - forces? first of all, thank you for having me and the short l for having me and the short answer is no. i have been a very long—standing and vocal critic of just about everything that the united states has done

in afghanistan. you know, to call it what it is bluntly, this was a defeat and it was a defeat that was purchased on the instalment plan stopping at every point along the way over the last 20 years, we made decisions about what troops would or would not do in afghanistan, how many trips there would be, where they would be, what their mission would be, what their mission would be, what their mission would be, but at the core of this, israeli pakistan, the taliban are not independent at is to call this an insurgency, it's really a proxy war, and without an effective pakistan policy to punish alice done for continuing to support the taliban and other militant groups that pakistan uses to prosecute as palestinian afghanistan, we're pretty much doomed to see a return of the taliban. , ., , i. taliban. sorry to interrupt you there, taliban. sorry to interrupt you there. but _ taliban. sorry to interrupt you there, but you _ taliban. sorry to interrupt you

there, but you probably - taliban. sorry to interrupt you there, but you probably know| there, but you probably know joe biden has said that he sees the whole thing is justified in as much as afghanistan can't once again become a base for foreignjihadists to once again become a base for foreign jihadists to plot against the west, as you put it. ., , , �* ., against the west, as you put it. honestly, i'm a democrat, i'm it. honestly, i'm a democrat, i'm really _ it. honestly, i'm a democrat, i'm really glad _ it. honestly, i'm a democrat, i'm really glad that _ it. honestly, i'm a democrat, i'm really glad that we - it. honestly, i'm a democrat, i'm really glad that we have l it. honestly, i'm a democrat, i'm really glad that we have a rational president at the helm, but he, like every other president, since george w bush, has really misunderstood the problems that, in this case, afghanistan is already a century for international terrorist groups and unlike previous presidents who may or may not have actually known that, i actually think he does know that. back in 2009 when he was vice president i had the privilege of having a very small dinner with him at his residence and we talked about afghanistan and pakistan's role and he actually was very clarity on on this issue ——

clarion. so this was never, this was not a war that he wanted to remain engaged in, so he is basically effectuating the policy of 0bama. i5 he is basically effectuating the policy of 0bama. is your view, the policy of 0bama. is your view. then. _ the policy of 0bama. is your view, then, that _ the policy of 0bama. is your view, then, that the - the policy of 0bama. is your view, then, that the nato i view, then, that the nato forces, the us forces should remain in afghanistan at least until a harder line on pakistan is taken and affected? bill is taken and affected? all riaht, is taken and affected? all right. so. _ is taken and affected? all right, so, this _ is taken and affected? fill right, so, this is kind of a chicken and egg problem, because the two countries that really matter most when it comes to pakistan is quite frankly the united kingdom and the united states, albeit for very different reasons. neither the united states or the united kingdom has had any stomach for this, and the reasons are different in the united kingdom, pakistani britons are an important vote bank. both the united states and the

united kingdom press to not give pakistan which is basically this terrorism financial watchdog which is kind of obscure, both have pressed that pakistan not be given the blacklisting, it so much deserves, because they blacklisting would mean that it would be cut off from funding, so we are in this really strange place where the united states, particularly the united states, particularly the united states has been waging this war in afghanistan, we have been treating pakistan like an ally even though while it was taking our money with one hand, it was shifting it to the other hand to give the taliban, and everyone has known this. there is no delusion. if they don't want to confront it and draft according policies that will make pakistan's behaviour change and without that, pakistan is doomed. it change and without that, pakistan is doomed. it seems it is re pakistan is doomed. it seems it is pretty much _ pakistan is doomed. it seems it is pretty much all— pakistan is doomed. it seems it is pretty much all but _ is pretty much all but complete. thank you very much indeed, thanks for your time. thank you for having me. find thank you for having me. and thank you _ thank you for having me. and thank you for _ thank you for having me. and thank you for being with us

here on bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the mesmerising aerial footage of sheep on manoeuvres — that's gone viral. china marked its first day of rule in hong kong with a series of spectacular celebrations. a huge firework display was held in the former colony. the chinese president jiang zemin said unification was the start of a new era for hong kong. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly that was cloned in a laboratory using a cell from another sheep. for the first time in 20 years, russian and american spacecraft have docked in orbit _ at the start of a new era of cooperation in space. j cheering and applause challenger powered past the bishop rock lighthouse at almost 50 knots, shattering the record that had stood for 3h years,

and there was no hiding the sheer elation of richard branson and his crew. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: engineers prepare to demolish the partially collapsed apartment block near miami, before a tropical storm endangers the lives of rescuers. south africa's former presidentjacob zuma says he'll defy a court order to hand himself in to start a 15 month jail sentence. israel says it is talking to other countries to unload its surplus of pfizer biontech covid—19 vaccines. about a million doses are due to expire by the end of the month. a plan to transfer them to the occupied west bank fell through last month and a deal

to swap them with the uk is not going ahead. mark lobel reports. israel set the pace on vaccinations last december. it secured early deliveries of the pfizer vaccine, agreeing to share its medical data along the way. but recently about1 million excessive doses have built up after a slower youth drive. so who else could they go to? so far around 30% of eligible palestinians in the occupied west bank and gaza have received at least one vaccine dose but last month the palestinian authority cancelled a deal to receive them, saying they were too close to the expiry date, thought to bejuly 31. in the past few days, the uk has also turned down a deal to swap them for doses manufactured later on. there is a humanitarian _ manufactured later on. there is a humanitarian imperative - manufactured later on. there is a humanitarian imperative that| a humanitarian imperative that these vaccines end up in somebody�*s' arms and preferably somebody�*s' arms and preferably some people who are at high

risk of being exposed or dying of covid. 0ne hopes that in the international stage, similarly, the right people will make decisions swiftly.- the right people will make decisions swiftly. israel says it is in talks _ decisions swiftly. israel says it is in talks with _ decisions swiftly. israel says it is in talks with other - it is in talks with other countries to offload its surplus vaccines and that pfizer would have to approve any deal. a pfizer spokesperson says the company is happy to discuss potential donation requests of the pfizer biontech covid vaccine on a case—by—case basis particularly if this helps ensure the vaccine is used to protect people from this disease.— this disease. the countries that have _ this disease. the countries that have the _ this disease. the countries that have the financial- this disease. the countries i that have the financial muscle to do so have ordered many more doses of vaccine than they actually need, and there is clearly a need for agility and ensuring they don't go to waste when they haven't got people available to give them to. the world health organization has been crying out for donations to the covax facility, which

would be one mechanism to ensure these vaccines are swiftly distributed. researchers are considering whether vaccines can be viable for longer and israel may need some of these vaccines is the more anxious delta variant pushes up case numbers where. but with time running out to find countries with the ability and desire to receive and distribute hundreds of thousands of vaccines in time, there is a growing fear such a valuable resource could simply be thrown away. an israeli photographer has captured an unusual view of sheep. the mesmerising and rather soothing aerial footage was shot by drone above a farm in peace valley in northern israel. just following the sheep around, obviously this has been sped up, of course.

the photographer is lior patel from haifa he admits he was shocked when his images went viral on facebook. when you go to nature and you see a random flock of sheep, i always wondered i started doing research, where can i find a large enough, mega hill? 1700 at its peak. you go to visit and shoot then you try to be super creative with the movement and they go that way, you assume the other way and then they decided to base it for the rest of the shots from a top—down view. let the sheep to the movement by themselves. i'm not surprised it went viral, amazing pictures. let me just remind you of the latest developments in miami because engineers are preparing to demolish this partially collapsed apartment block which we have been watching the rescue efforts on for well over a week now. there will be a

partial demolition and it is expected anywhere from an hour and a half from now and the hours ahead of that as well. we will be across it here on bbc news. thanks for watching. hello, sunday evenings showers brought some flash flooding to edinburgh, for example, we had widespread thunderstorms for a time and that is because we have got low pressure sat on top of the uk and it is with us through the day ahead. we are also watching this developing area of low pressure to bring some more persistent rain and later. still plenty of showers get going on monday morning, perhaps a few in the south and east as well as those close to the weather system needless to say a pretty mild start to the day but it does look as if we will see more sunshine compared with sunday across the southern half of the uk, still plenty of showery rain across northern england, northern ireland, north wales and scotland as well, misty low cloud never coast and some of those will turn out to be quite heavy again with some thunder around,

can't rule out the odd one further south but fewer than we saw during sunday. strong sunshine but look at is coming through during the mid afternoon to the south in the west. with more sunshine, strong sunshine, high levels of pollen, grass pollen this time of year so that is something to be aware of you are heading off to wimbledon for the day. i think quite a lot of dry weatherfor think quite a lot of dry weather for the think quite a lot of dry weatherfor the most part think quite a lot of dry weather for the most part but come the evening, we are going to start to see those clouds thickening and the rain rolling and so that is a risk for tuesday as well, would like to rule out showers wednesday or thursday but this is the low pressure we are watching, clearly we got the scope some intense and torrential downpour is with localised flash flooding and then system comes in, sweeps its rain and across england and wales across the course of monday evening and overnight, so several hours of quite heavy rain but also some unseasonably windy weather, some gale force winds and even 40-80 mild some gale force winds and even 40—80 mild an hour and land so thatis 40—80 mild an hour and land so that is unusualfor this 40—80 mild an hour and land so that is unusual for this time of year and it could well, combined with the rain, cause

some disruption further north and west as you can see, still some showers around on tuesday, that low pressure makes its way into the north sea, dragging rain across the east coast of england and scotland with showers following behind, so the pattern remains really quite unsettled, some sunshine in between, 18 or 19, so not quite as high as the day ahead. that low pressure then starts to drift and fill further north and east so the isobars open up, not as windy by the time we get wednesday and thursday, of high pressure starts to build and so that will quieten down the shower activity but there is still some in the forecast until late in the week. bye for now.

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the headlines: engineers in florida are preparing to demolish a partially collapsed apartment block near miami. the operation is being carried out because of fears that an approaching tropical storm could bring down debris onto rescuers. more than 120 people are still unaccounted for following the disaster. south africa's former president, jacob zuma, has fiercely criticised the judges who sentenced him to 15 months injail, insisting that he won't turn himself in. he said the country was �*sliding back to apartheid rule.�* the term was imposed after he failed to appear before a corruption inquiry. afghanistan's troops have raised concerns about patrolling their country alone — as the final nato forces pull out, after nearly 20 years. resurgent taliban forces have already seized hundreds of armoured vehicles left by departing american forces. it's feared they could be used in a bid to regain power.