♪ anchor: hello. you are watching the news hour live from london. in the next 60 minutes, getting out of afghanistan, foreign troops withdraw and the exodus. american forces given sanctuary in the u.s. along with their families. torrential downpours across northern india. a double setback for donald

trump, as the justice department tells the treasury to hand over his tax returns and releases a damming memo. >> i will have your swords. -- sports. the golden slam is over at the tokyo games. ♪ anchor: hello. welcome to the newshour. the taliban taking more territory in afghanistan and violence sweeping the country, growing numbers of people doing anything they can to leave. the united nations migration agency are saying 20,000 to 30,000 are escaping abroad every week, saying 1.5 one million might have left by the end of the year, the first 200 or so of

what could be 50,000 afghans who work for americans who arrived in the united states. we have this report now from the afghan capital on the people leaving everything behind in order to escape. reporter: before you reach the passport office in kabul, you pass administrators, paid to do their paperwork. in five years, this man has never been busier. >> since there has been a lot of violence, people don't trust the security situation. most people are families, applying with their children. reporter: this 26-year-old is not leaving yet, but everybody he knows is preparing for that day. >> [speaking in foreign language] translator: there is conflict and war in every district, so we are getting passports ready to go to a safe place. reporter: he is not alone.

this is the line to apply for passports. thousands are here every day, but the number of people leaving is more. there is a constant stream of afghan refugees crossing into turkey near the iran border. the united nations says to july 15, up to 40% more afghans cleared without passports or visas, some using smugglers. turkey detained 1500 migrants in one week. to make the journey and set up a new life, they need money, so they are selling their assets. the united nations migration agency says 20,000 to 30,000 are escaping abroad every week, and 1.5 million could be headed towards her. for eight years, they have met outside, sitting and talking for

hours. >> [speaking in foreign language] translator: we don't know if we will be alive the next second, so every person is trying to get out of the country. there is no place for afghans in this country anymore. reporter: 30 years ago, he fled to denmark as a refugee. he returned in 2001 when the u.s. invaded. >> [speaking in foreign language] translator: when the americans brought their forces, we thought we are saved in this misfortune is over, but now we think that was the start of our misfortune. reporter: prized possessions passed down through families are being left behind. he faces a conflict of interests. as a secondhand dealer, he profits from the goods, but knows what people are giving up in order to leave afghanistan. he wishes they did not have to. anchor: our editor now reports from the afghan capital on

fighting across the country and the deadly attack on the united nations compound in the west. reporter: the security situation is not going to wait the afghan government for the americans would like, canned are, ongoing clashes in the south, a neighboring province, clashes there. there have been airstrikes again, u.s. airstrikes, but the recent tension is on the west afghanistan, the regional capital, part of the big city closest to iran. the taliban have been pushing around the area in the number of places, and most worryingly for the afghan government is fighting on the road between the city in the airport. we believe the airport is currently closed because of the fighting. we hear the united nations compound on that road from the

city to the airport has come under attack. i am hearing from local sources that no united nations staff have been killed or injured, but guards working for the afghan government, some may have been taken hostage. there are reports some are injured, and one report that at least one person has been killed. anchor: president biden has welcomed the first plane load of afghans who worked with american forces into the u.s. 200 21 people including 57 children and 50 babies were on board the flight, taken to a military base in the state of virginia. 20,000 others have applied for special immigrant visas in what has been a long and complicated process, many are interpreters considered a target for the taliban. >> we are running out of time. we are not doing what is

necessary to save these people. every day we don't do anything, it is a gift to the taliban, giving them time to hunt down these people and kill them. >> we were fighting for the country we have never seen, even in our dream, and all of us have a u.s. flag on our shoulder, and we were fighting for that flag. we thought we were american. we considered ourselves as an american because we were serving this country. anchor: he fled afghanistan in 1999 with his family and found the afghanistan central asian association helping refugees in the u.k. he joins me now from london. you must be in touch with many afghans in the country. we see the taliban increasing their control of territory around big cities and provincial capitals. what are people telling you

about their plans now? >> yes, well, what can i say? i have to tell you that the people of afghanistan inside and outside the country are very anxious to see the situation, the situation is getting worse. they told that after that need to intervention in 2001, the community will have an obligation to bring peace and stability in the country. to help the infrastructure of the country. suddenly in 2020, the u.s. administration announced a withdrawal of troops from afghanistan by september 11 this year. the people of afghanistan have a very serious concerns and they don't know what will be happening in the next few months.

there is a serious situation inside and outside, as i was hearing journalists, people want to find a way how they can leave the country, although there are some programs run by others to bring translators and interpreters from afghanistan, but the biggest problem is not just translators and interpreters have been working with the military in afghanistan. there are millions of other people who doesn't have any -- anchor: have you been contacted by anyone inside the country? >> we have already received a number of messages through the social media, as well as hundreds of emails but the past one month, asking us as an organization how we can help

those people who contact the others, but the problem is they normally have their own policy. they are only capable to support people in the third countries rather than inside afghanistan. sorry. anchor: forgive me, does that mean we are already seeing in exodus, people trying to flee the country? that we will see a large proportion of afghanistan citizens fleeting to iran, pakistan, then try to make plans from there? >> the migration has already started to iran and pakistan. there are already 5000 migrants from afghanistan already entered into her, then -- into turkey,

then to greece, greece to italy, then italy to the u.k. but looking at the bill introduced by the home secretary , which make everyone very concerned, that the human rights organizations, saying people are leaving their country because of torture and persecution, and the new bill introduced by the home secretary makes the new arrived people very tough. anchor: thank you very much for joining us from london. appreciate it. >> thank you. anchor: you are watching the news hour live from london. more still ahead on the program. the united nations is warning 100,000 children in ethiopia could die in the next 12 months. the first person convicted under the hong kong security vault is jailed for nine years, in a case

that could define the future. in support, track and field competition gets underway at the tokyo olympics. ♪ monsoon rains have triggered landslides in northern india. at least seven people died in this landslide, with others still missing. in cashmere, this was the damage caused by bridge collapse and roads caved in. 160 across the country have died in the last week because of torrential downpours. >> [speaking in foreign language] translator: i am 58 years old and have never seen such a severe flood in my life. it has caused a lot of destruction. we used to live without a bridge, and now the flood has

washed it away. anchor: news from hong kong, a 24-year-old activist has been jailed for nine yearsrs under te controversial national security rules he is the first person tried under the law imposed by beijing last year. he rode a motorbike while flying in independence flag. he was found guilty. china says it has a right to security just like any other country. the chairwoman of the international affairs committee of the hong kong democratic party says this will not stop the fight for civil rights. >> of course if it is a heavy sentence in the chinese government wants to send a signal to the people about not breaching the national security law, they have done it quite successfully, and many people are being intimidated, but i want to tell you, the game is

not over. we will continue to fight for civil and political rights, and in a way it is distressing that there was little mention in the judgment of the protection of civil and political rights, which are in fact in the national security law, so now people don't know whether these rights are protected all. the boundaries are not very clear, and hence it may be even more fearful. anchor: japan is expanding its state of emergency with restrictions in place in tokyo until the end of next month. the prime minister says the virus is spreading at an unprecedented rate mostly because of the delta variant. we have this report now. reporter: with cases biking,

tokyo has no choice but to extend its state of emergency through the end of august. >> [speaking in foreign language] translator: with unprecedented speed, the infection is spreading. the delta variant is spreading, and if this does not slow down, it will lead to a major medical health system crisis. reporter: japan is struggling. the increasing spread of the delta variant, accounting now for three quarters of all new cases in tokyo, versus growing pandemic fatigue, with noticeably more people failing to stay off the streets than they did after state of emergency announcements in the past. >> [speaking in foreign language] translator: with the state of emergency and for so many times, i think people are not taking it seriously, and because of that, there have been more cases. >> [speaking in foreign language] translator: at this point, there is not much you can do. there are a lot of people who

cannot afford it -- avoided. reporter: states of emergency will be extended to three more prefectures, including one area hit by an earlier wave of the pandemic and spring, where hospital resources were stretched near breaking point. the fear is unless this wave can be brought under control, other prefectures will suffer a similar strain. >> [speaking in foreign language] translator: it has been recognized the infection situation and the pressure on the medical care provision system is extremely severe. reporter: and still as these games finish their first week, protesters continued to demand their cancellation, taking their message to the office of the prime minister. in this election year, he may find that pushing ahead with these games will cost him politically, with deep uncertainty over what price japan will bear in terms of public health. anchor: elsewhere, china is

backing its first covert outbreak in months, with a lockdown for one province. it has spread to five other provinces and to beijing. officials believe the search -- surge is related to the delta variant. in thailand, efforts to revive the tourism industry that was devastated and the past 18 months, and thailand itself was mostly unscathed until recently, but on thursday, or than 17,000 infections and 165 deaths, both record daily highs. as those cases rise, the thailand government is warning people about spreading damaging information.

we have more on this from bangkok. reporter: this is, i think, something of a shock to people who are wishing the government would concentrate its efforts on trying to resolve the dramatic rises in infection rates and ducts over the past three weeks -- deaths over the past three weeks. the government has said people who publish misinformation, using the term fake news, but as it is described in the law, anyone who creates panic amongst the public by publishing information regarding covid-19 crisis. they have had these since these measures were introduced two weeks ago, but have decided to t tighten them up. they have asked internet service providers to shut down the isp of anyone they feel is guilty.

i think basically there is an indication that there is a lot of criticism out there. anchor: moving to africa, uganda , the president is extending restrictions to contain the virus after the death toll increased sixfold since may. nighttime curfew will be enforced in places of worship will be closed for 60 days. pools will stay closed until the country completes its vaccination program. only about one million of the population of 45 million have been vaccinated so far. in kenya, the government is extending its nighttime curfew and banning all public gatherings as it tries to control a surge in cases. hospitals are overwhelmed and people who get sick will not have access to a bed. kenya has been under some form of perfume since march last year and has reported more than 200,000 cases in nearly 4000

deaths. we go to italy now, the country y has fully vaccinated more than 50% of its population over 12, but inoculated undocumented migrants is proving a challenge. we have this report from just outside rome. reporter: on a recent evening in rome, a couple dozen of people get their jobs and a pop-up covid-19 center, some homeless, others immigrants. clinics like this are the only chance they have to get vaccinated. >> [speaking in foreign language] translator: you can't get a vaccine appointment, a health card or visit a doctor if you'd like me in your residency is not sorted out. reporter: across italy, there are more than 600,000 people who live and work without documents. many of them migrant farmworkers from asia and africa. for months, italy has struggled

to find a way to reach these communities. it was made more difficult because the delivery of care is handled by italy's 20 regions, each region coming up with its own plan. >> [speaking in foreign language] translator: it is a public health and political challenge. the goal is to provide a service to the last ones in line, migrants who have been totally exploited, and at the same time, we help ourselves by vaccinating them? reporter: now regional health officials are partnering with agencies and charities and going directly to these communities, making appointments for people, whether they have national health insurance or not. they are also setting up mobile vaccine centers, like this one on the edge of a large immigrant community. officials have vaccinated more than 1100 people in three days, all of them migrant farmworkers,

and 20% have no legal papers. we asked some here if somewhere afraid of being caught without documents and sent home by taking the shot. through a translator, one undocumented worker told us he was not scared. he just wanted to be safe from covid-19. many migrants are given a single johnson & johnson dose, and acknowledgment they are hard to track down for follow-up appointments. some officials are hoping this is a turning point for italy. at the pop-up clinic in rome, national health cards are issued. >> the vaccination becomes an entry point to some form of health assistance to people that do not have the opportunity. reporter: italy relies heavily on foreign workers to pick its fruit and vegetables, although regions are trying to vaccinate as many people as they can, there is no national database of how many undocumented migrants

have received the shot, posing a risk to the migrants themselves and italians. anchor: israel has become the first country to offer a third shot of the covid-19 vaccine. the president and his wife were the first to receive the booster. the extra shot will be for people over the age of 60 who received their second dose more than five months ago, and attempt to curb infections caused by the delta variant. in other developments, israel's foreign minister is calling for a harsh response to an attack on an israeli-manage oil tanker off the coast of oman which killed two crewmembers. they died in an incident at cold suspected piracy on the vessel. the iberian-flagged tanker is owned by one wealthy family. the u.s. navy is escorting the vessel to safety.

donald trump has been hit with two legal setbacks courtesy of the u.s. justice department. the first could reveal more about his tax affairs. the second shines a light on his attempts to overturn last year's elections. let's get more on this now from our reporter in washington. what are we seeing with the tax return specifically? what does the treasury department have to do now? reporter: it appears the treasury department will comply with an order to hand over six years of donald trump's tax returns. when they were first requested as part of an investigation in 2019 as part of donald trump's alleged conflicts of interest, the justice department decided the congressional committee had overstepped and did not have the legal right to get these tax returns. it went to court to challenge that. now the office of legal counsel

has decided it does have the right to see those tax returns, the right to see anyone's tax returns if it wants to. that does not mean they will necessarily get it. donald trump can go to the courts and challenge this order to hand over tax returns, but suddenly another dent in donald trump's attempts to keep his tax return secret. we know that the new york district attorney had access, but her secret as part of a grand jury investigation. anchor: what about these attempts to overturn last year's election results? what action against donald trump might be taken on that matter? reporter: it is not clear. the department of justice has handed over what have been presented as contemporaneous notes from the deputy attorney

general of the telephone conversation between donald trump and the attorney general in the deputy attorney general. it was mutually leaked to the new york times. here we have it. the stunning bit is you can see that it is presented as the accounts of the conversation by the deputy attorney general and documents over and over again donald trump pleading with them to look into an advocate that there was plenty of election fraud. there was no evidence of that having happen. according to this contemporaneous note, trump says i understand you can overturn the election. just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me , and this is he would be, it would be up to his republican

allies to run with any statement from the doj about the conduct of the election, trying to carry on that narrative that the election was corrupt. it is raising some eyebrows, because ordinarily the doj would not release notes from officials, because it sets a precedent. the doj says this is an extraordinary circumstance, the right to confidentiality is to the benefit of the nation, and in this case, a sitting president, so it is ok. the doj also allowing officials to give what they're calling unrestricted testimony to congressional investigators looking at donald trump's conduct after the election. anchor: thank you very much for reporting on that from washington, d.c. i want to bring you developments

with amazon. the eu has hit him with a fine for breaking data processing rules. the tech giant said it will appeal against the fine. european regulators are taking a tough line against tech companies. this case was launched in 2018 with a french privacy rights rupert. you are watching the news hour live from london. still ahead. >> they found out were it not for my mother's assassination, it would have been transformed completely into a mafia state. anchor: the family of a murdered maltese journalist finding the state bears responsibility, but sing the fight will go on. we explore the lakes and rivers of iraq and why they are drying up. and in sports, a massive

announcement about one cricket players future -- player's future. ♪ ♪ >> hello. conflicting picture across europe. wet and windy in the west. in the east, the heat. first, unsettled weather plaguing the northwest. that storm is now moving away from the british isles, bringing wet and windy weather to germany and denmark. low-pressure dominating scandinavia, keeping things cooler and wetter. we are watching this band stretching from northern spain across the knees, alps, heading east. it will intensify sunday. if you take a closer look, not

just northern italy is inundated with heavy rain, but switzerland and austria and slovakia. some flash flooding where the rain is heaviest. the heat is on in the south. heat advisories for parts of the falcon. turkey, hot and dry continues to fuel wildfires in the southwest. the heat continues for greece, and cyprus with the temperature in the early 40's for much of the weekend. ♪ ♪ >> the farmer pursuing his passions. >> my passion is finding young artists and keeping traditions alive. >> nurturing the musical talents of his community. >> i tried to bring music to the outside world. >> and tending to the land of

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>> now. ♪ anchor: welcome back. the main stories. escalating violence in afghanistan, triggering an exodus which could see 1.5 million people lead by the end of the year. also, an attack with at least one person killed. joe biden welcoming those who worked alongside u.s. forces to the u.s., 221 people on board that flight. the monsoon rains have triggered landslides, sweeping away bridges and roads in northern india, killing at least seven. 160 have died across the country because of torrential downpours in the past week. unicef is warning more than 100,000 children could suffer life-threatening acute malnutrition in the next 12 months unless aid is allowed

into the ethiopian region. it is saying half of all pregnant and breast-feeding women are acutely malnourished, leaving babies prone to sickness. fighting between the ethiopian government and the people's liberation front has intensified since they captured much of the region last month. most of the aid is now blocked and agencies are warning of a catastrophic humanitarian crisis. >> tens of thousands of people have been displaced. food stores have been looted. without sufficient humanitarian assistance, malnutrition will rise above the already alarming levels, leading to mortality among the vulnerable population. unit seven is dispatching -- unicef is dispatching supplies to meet the need. >> a convoy of over 200 tracks is on its way now. this is a drop in the ocean. we need at least 100 trucks to

be making their way every day into the area if we are to stand a chance to avoid the catastrophic situation we have today. anchor: tunisia's president said he will not become a dictator. this is after security forces arrested a member of parliament who described the president seizure of the government as a coup. there is also violence outside parliament on monday after the president announced emergency powers. they include the bodyguard and speaker of the now dissolved parliament. members also described his actions as a coup, and held a sit in that descended into clashes with supporters of the president. the funeral procession has turned violent in the occupied west bank as israeli soldiers clashed. they fired rubber coated steel bullets and tear gas at people mourning the death of a person.

some could be seen throwing stones. the person died on thursday after being caught in similar scuffles at the funeral of a 12-year-old boy. hundreds of syrians have demonstrated against civilian deaths in the south of the country. protests across the northwest, including idlib as well. they want the government to stop its bombing campaign. 18 people were killed in the latest on thursday. syria is trying to crush a rebellion by attacking with missiles and artillery shells. the family of a maltese investigative journalist, finding the maltese state has to bear responsibility for her murder. the independent inquiry said it bred a culture of impunity, but stop short of blaming it for her killing. her family says it is not enough

to stop there campaign for justice. we have this report. reporter: she shook the state of multitudes foundations with the revelations of corruption in government, business, the banks, and police, but she was silenced by a car bomb in 2017, murdered for which she knew, and now after a tireless campaign, a public inquiry has concluded the state has to bear responsibility , because it created a culture of impunity. it said there had been a breakdown of law and order. >> the inquiry found this to be the case, identifying a web that prevented state authorities from protecting my mother and from acting on her findings of corruption in the government. reporter: under the pressure of protests, the prime minister resigned, but denied wrongdoing. before the murder, she had

effectively caused an early election, exposing the use of tax havens by the rich. she also published allegations of links between business and government, allowing criminal dealmakers into the country for passports in residency. the family's legal team save the whole of multitude be grateful for her actions. >> it had to be the assassination of a brave journalist to stop this country from becoming an entrenched mafia state. reporter: this is not the end of the story by any means. one of three men charged with murder has been jailed for 15 years, but the others have yet to go on trial, and possibly to say the bombing was organized and financed by this man, a businessman alleged to have government context, pleading not guilty to complicity in the killing. >> my mother's death was a trauma inflicted on the entire country. i think it is essential that

that trauma be transformed into something meaningful, something positive. reporter: in an emergency parliamentary session, the prime minister, who took office last year, has apologized for what he called the serious shortcomings of the state, but they say that campaigning won't stop unless a nonpartisan panel is set up to implement reforms recommended by the inquiry. they don't trust the country's political system. anchor: now to peru, the new prime minister is trying to calm worries after the president gave key cap net post to members of his marxist party. he told reporters that everybody will be fine, but that failed to reassure the market, as the

celebration went on, the currency weakened to an all-time low against the dollar. he pledged to distribute wealth more evenly during his election campaign. we are now live. president has only been in office for a few days, and many are not happy, especially after the appointment. why is he so controversial? reporter: that's right. 48 hours since the president took over the government, and there are a lot of problems. he was appointed as the prime minister, a man who is very controversial, because he is misogynist, homophobic, and has

given an apology for terrorism, which is a crime in peru. it is anything related to the armed conflict that took place between 1980 and 2000, and apology for terrorism is a crime in peru, so much so that one person was banned from participating in the defense and intelligence committees of congress. being a prime minister or cabinet chief as we call this posting peru, he has access to that information. also, it is his party, a member of the left-wing extremist party that he represents, he has been appointed in a very important post. now the question is who is going to rule? what happened to him with all this talk about being moderate, and inclusive government? then what happens is this man is

shots?ted and who is callg the will it be castillo, the leader of the party, or what has happened with castillo? did he lie about what he was going to do for the next government? anchor: how are people responding to that? we know the currency is weakening, a sign of investor concerns and contention -- continued uncertainty. how did the peruvians feel about this? reporter: well, i think peruvians are very worried about what is happening. like you were saying before, the markets have dipped. the stock exchange has dipped. the price of the dollar has increased. in the past few weeks, nearly $12 billion have left the

private bank accounts of people who are afraid of what might happen in peru. so there is a lot of uncertainty , and a political crisis in the making that is deepening by the hour. anchor: thank you very much. armed vigilante groups say they have been forced to provide security for communities in southern mexico being ignored by the government. one group is saying it is the only protection they have against two massive drug cartels. we have this report now from mexico city. reporter: tensions are high in this village in southern mexico. local say violence linked to drug cartels is worsening. with no effective police presence, it has given rise to unarmed vigilante collective. >> [speaking in foreign language] translator: there is no security, peace, tranquility, on the crime, fear, intimidation.

reporter: this week, government office buildings, businesses and homes were set on fire. locals say the arsonists were protesting a lack of action by the government to address the worsening violence. in recent days, members of the armed vigilante group kidnapped 21 people reportedly they say belong to criminal organizations operating in the region. >> [speaking in foreign language] translator: we entered the municipal seats to bring justice ourselves, to raid the houses of the murderers, drug traffickers come and not the innocent people. reporter: so-called self-defense collectives are not unique to this region. worsening violence in many parts of the country has led to the creation of armed self-defense forces in other states. experts say the prize of vigilante groups in mexico is muddying the waters in an already difficult fight between security forces in organized criminal gangs, making it harder

to tell the difference between the good guys and the bad. it is unclear who the leader of the group is, but the collective has attracted the attention of top mexican officials. >> [speaking in foreign language] translator: for starters, we do not agree with the self-defense groups and except him to be armed and calling themselves self-defense. it is the government's responsibility to guarantee peace, and that is what we are doing. reporter: but indigenous communities say that is not the case, pointing to governments who have ignored their concerns for generations. since june, confrontations involving vigilantes have become common in the region, where two cartels are vying for control of territory considered prime for drug smuggling and human trafficking. human rights observers say thousands of people have been internally displaced by localized fighting in recent months. and with no obvious signs of government support, the

vigilantes say they are alone in defending them in their livelihoods. anchor: now to turkey. wildfires have killed at least four people, burning all week along the coast. they have burned down homes and force the evacuations of villages and beach resorts. we have this report from istanbul. reporter: deadly, terrifying, destroying everything in their path. firefighters have been battling blazes in this coastal town, homes, hotels, and area popular with tourists, evacuated as the fires continue to rage. the inferno has been its deadliest here, claiming the lives of an 82-year-old man and married couple who died in their home. dozens of fires across 17

provinces have been burning across southern turkey for the past few days, stoked by temperatures and fierce winds. it is a challenge for the more than 4000 firefighters in the fight to control the flames, aided by international efforts. >> [speaking in foreign language] translator: we are fighting the fires with 45 specialized helicopters and five airplanes from russia and ukraine. azerbaijan will send another plane that will be useful and work quickly to extinguish fires. drones are being used for reconnaissance. reporter: officials say the blazes are being brought under control and investigations are underway into how the fire started. the authorities have not ruled out sabotage. the fires are one more natural catastrophe for the country, which has had to contend with

drought and marine waste on the coast. it will require swift and serious actions. anchor: iraq relies on rivers for water to drink and to keep animals alive, but after damming and rerouting by its neighbors, many water sources are drying up. we have this report from one province where it could change ancient ways of life. reporter: this is not a field, it is a lake, except there is no water, so grass is growing and feeding the sheep. like other water streams in eastern iraq, this lake has been drying up since iran's started diverting the river flows near its border with iraq, in our life is all about drought. once the water, now they are

filled with rubbish. orchards and farms are withered. 65% of the residents relied on agriculture. many of them have now left. dead roots are all that remain of his orange and pomegranate orchard. he said some of his neighbors have had to take on construction jobs that pay daily. >> [speaking in foreign language] translator: only a few farmers managed to dig wells to irrigate their land. we buy underground water for household use, and it is costly because we have lost her main source of income. reporter: tankers provide the water for many areas now, but in some remote villages water from wells is not for drinking. basic cannot be sustainable. >> [speaking in foreign language] translator: we can't rely on well water for a long time. we have suspended all

agricultural activities. the two countries much come up with an immediate solution to the crisis. reporter: iran and iraq had a 1975 agreement for shared water, but that fell apart when the two countries went to war in the 1980's. the lake used to hold more than 2 billion cubic meters of water, but because of iran's program, it has lost that capacity, resulting in the river drying up, seriously affecting the tigris. iraq has been suffering significant shortages in other regions, with flows of the tigris and euphrates rivers, the lifelines are obstructed by dams built by turkey. experts say unless a deal can be achieved on water supplies, hundreds of thousands of hectors that cultural land could disappear, and that could cause a major population shift in the region.

anchor: you are watching the news hour live from london. still ahead. >>, am at the tokyo olympics, where organizers said some people working on the games have been breaking strict covid-19 safety rules. ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ anchor: time now for sport with peter. peter: thank you. the quest for gold is over.

he was defeated in tokyo. djokovic was aiming to become the first to win all four in the same year. to make matters worse, he lost in the semifinals of the mixed doubles. the first track and field gold has been won by a 21-year-old winning the men's 10,000 meters. it was an all african podium. south africa has their first gold-medal, winning the women's 200 meter breaststroke, in a record time. the 24-year-old party took silver on tuesday, and finish .97 seconds ahead of her american opponent. women's world champions usa

survived a scare to reach the semifinals, scraping past the netherlands. the u.s. is looking to win their first title. olympic organizers have acknowledged that people within the protective bubble had been mixing with the wider japanese population, but they insist there is no link between that and the record spiking coronavirus numbers. we have this report from tokyo. reporter: this was a date when fan should have been queuing up at the national stadium to watch the first track and field defense. instead, a view from outside the venue is the best i can hope for. due to concerns over the spread of coronavirus, the japanese public is being kept away from the athletes. organizers insists they are tested more often for covid-19 than any other community in the world, and say there is no link between the games taking place

in infection rates hitting record levels in the city. but olympic officials have admitted for the first time that not everyone connected with the games is following the rules about minimizing contact with the wider population. >> there have been some cases where they were suspended. we are not giving specific numbers today, but there has been a certain number of cases we have addressed. reporter: tokyo is officially under a state of emergency. it is a request, rather than a law. it relies on public cooperation. government critics say carrying on with the games is sending the wrong signals. >> it is hampering the message of staying at home by the government by the olympic games, so it is producing an atmosphere

of optimism that nothing is going on in japan is happy, hence it is linked to the current increase of the infection, i think. reporter: 27 olympic-related cases of covid-19 were reported friday, and three australian athletes are in isolation after coming into contact with an american poulter who tested positive -- olympian who tested positive. >> it was brief. again, we can understand how these things occur, but a reminder that this are games that are different and we can afford to take those risks. reporter: it means a once in a generation sporting event for most japanese has been reduced to a brief photo opportunity. peter: england cricket, the

latest high profile athlete to prioritize mental health over competition. he is taking an indefinite break from cricket to focus on his mental well-being and fully recovered from a finger injury. the news follows simone biles pulling out of olympic events and naomi osaka taking a break from tennis for mental health reasons. barcelona, rialto madrid, and you vintage pursuing a breakaway super league. a court ruled on friday the governing body terminate disciplinary proceedings against the breakaway league. they were among a group of 12 clubs that first announced the super leak in april. however, the other nine teams quickly withdrew following a backlash. arsenal have completed one of the english premier league's biggest of the summer so far, signing a defender for reported $70 million.

the 23-year-old joins on a long-term contract, as they look to rebuild. the site finished eighth last season and are embarking on the first campaign out of europe for 26 years. that is where we believe it for now. more sports news later. back to you in london. anchor: nasa saying the international space station was briefly thrown off course after a newly arrived russian module malfunction. three hours after the module latched onto the space station, jet thrusters fired, causing the station to pitch out of position more than 400 kilometers above the earth. the flight director declared a spacecraft emergency, but crews were not in any danger. russia blended on a software failure. we have our experience that in some way shape or form. that is the news. i was soon a couple of minutes. -- i will see you in a couple of minutes. ♪

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