♪ >> protesters killed by taliban fighters in the east of afghanistan happened in jalalabad after people pull down the taliban flag and replaced it with the afghan official version. there is chaos at kabul airport. foreign powers trying to evacuate staff and citizens. the second evacuation flight arrives at paris. hades death toll rises to almost 2000. the rescue operation has resumed after the passage of tropical storm grace well 30 people have been pulled alive from the wreckage.

there are still many missing. . requirements to be -- the biden administration is set to announce a third anti-covid vaccine booster jab for next month. thank you for joining us here on france 24. eyewitnesses say at least three people were killed in anti-tell them protests in lola bad. more than a dozen people were injured after taliban militants opened fire. the taliban had promised peace following their sweep into kabul saying they will not take revenge against old enemies and will respect the rights of women. at the airport, there have been shots fired. 24 hours ago, the taliban said safe passage would be guaranteed for civilians at the airport. thousands have tried to get out of afghanistan to escape the taliban who seized total control two days ago. our correspondent is in kabul. >> i was able to speak to one

family about 45 minutes ago. they confirmed some shots have been fired into the air. this has become a new reality for thousands of afghans who are waiting for safe passage. there is some law and order. some shops, mobile shops are open, which can print people's application. names are being taken. there seems to be some sort of organized coordination between taliban commanders outside and the americans inside in terms of allowing who can come and who cannot come. this is still very much a big crowd. some people continue to be a very truly for some time. otherwise, they try to climb on the walls that are quite tall. even if you fall down from it, you can rake your legs. we have seen several times the taliban have opened fire from the side. the afghan special forces unit

is working with the americans. they have been doing the same. it is happening. at the same time, a lot of people who are on the settlement schemes cannot simply go to the airport. they are t scared. they have been asking for what they call a humanitarian corridor where safe passage can be facilitated so people can leave. we have to remember. this is an operation at the 11th hour. it is being undermined by artificial timelines. when you hear this will be by the end of august, some people say it will be a few weeks. this is thousands of people. people who are stuck. forget about the fact most people could not get marriage certificates, passports and national ids because of how the situation unfolded. >> our correspondent there in kabul. afghanistan's president will perhaps -- or perhaps

ex-president is now in the united arab emirates. fling combo on sunday as the taliban marched into the city. . it is reported he took with him 170 million dollars in cash in his baggage. he has since spoken to deny taking that amount of money. he is saying he is going to continue to work to bring justice to the afghan people. he has said he is in favor of talks with the taliban and his predecessor, the former president hamid karzai. we will keep an eye on that situation. one of the most influential members of the taliban has returned to afghanistan. he is cofounder of the taliban and head of the political arm. he landed in kandahar where the movement was formed. >> at the airport in kandahar, a crowd gathers around one man. it is a moment of triumph for the taliban because it is the first time one of their leaders

has publicly returned to the country since they were driven from power in 2001. two days earlier, he appeared on social media to celebrate the victory of the movement he cofounded. >> now, we have to try and find out how we can serve our nation and ensure security, comfort, and satisfaction for a peaceful life in the future. >> he was born in the central province of uruzgan in 1968. after the soviets invaded, he fought against them. he founded the taliban movement in kandahar in 1994. he held a variety of top roles during the five-year reign. until 2001 when the u.s. invasion drove him into exile in

pakistan. from there, he directed the taliban insurgency and became the de facto leader. in 2010, he was arrested near karachi and spent eight years in prison before washington negotiated his release on the belief a power-sharing could -- power-sharing agreement could be shared -- could be reached. he signed a deal with the u.s. in 2020, which led to the withdrawal of foreign troops from afghanistan. after peace talks, these amounted to nothing. it is now clear he was simply waiting for his path back to power to be clear of foreign forces. >> we continue to watch for all developments on that story. next, five days after the earthquake, victims are still coming to the hospital in haiti. the quick's claimed almost 2000 lives. some 6000 people are injured. the recovery operation resumed

after the passage of tropical storm race. haiti suffered of the devastating effects of earthquakes on a number of occasions. a quarter of a million people died in 2010 in the wake of a similar quake. brendan is from haiti. brendan is an expert in construction. he explained some of the reasons why haitian buildings cannot resist an earthquake. >> unfortunately, no. it is not surprising. one of the things that happens in haiti was when we first came to haiti in 2010. there waone structure that was completely flattened. when you compare this to the chilean earthquake in 2010,

there were 525 people who died versus 300,000 in 2010. the reasons why really are a couple of things. engineering and construction materials. a lot of the devastation in 2010 was in the port-au-prince area. a lot of those newer buildings have been built with better engineering and better construction materials. the earthquake that happened last week took place in the south. those buildings are of an older vintage where some of the engineering and construction materials used was not up to snuff. it is one of those unfortunate and trag things. there will be improvements made in the future. >> it sounds like the know-how is there. it sounds like the possibility of making it better is there. why were these buildings

constructed in this way? what is the underlyi reason why this has happened? >> haiti has certain challenges and one of them is and demo poverty. when you are -- is aendemic poverty. when you have to make choices with what you're doing with your five dollars a day, whether you're going to spend it on engineering or you have to take care of your children, there are tough choices that are made. whether -- i know that because i have got kids. when they are hungry, they need to be attended to. choices are made. unfortunately later on when there is a natural disaster or earthquake or hurricane, the consequences become bigger. these are some of the challenges we are trying to eliminate by providing proper engineering and construction for buildings,

hospitals in haiti. >> brendan joined us earlier to talk about the build quality of the structures in haiti and how that is a key factor in the number of casualties we are seeing and the devastation that is shocking. once again from that seen of the earthquake. we will continue to cover all developments. our next story has been confirmed by the white house the bite in the administration will require nursing home staff to be vaccinated against covid-19 as a condition for those facilities continuing to receive federal medicare and medicaid funding. this announced this wednesday along with the need for a third covid vaccine booster shot. this based on data showing diminishing protection from the initial vaccinations as infections rise from the delta variant. >> a green light for covid-19 booster shots. u.s. health officials have

warned over time the vaccine's effectiveness decreases. >> having reviewed the most prime data, it is our clinical judgment the time to lay out a plan for covid-19 boosters is now. recent data makes clear that protection against mild and moderate disease has decreased over time. this is likely due to both waning immunity and the strength of the widespread delta variant. >> health officials are recommending all americans get an extra dose of the pfizer and moderna vaccine's eight months after they are fully vaccinated. the boosters would be administered once the vaccines receive full approval from the food and drug administration, which is expected to happen in mid-september. the move is being driven in part by the highly contagious delta variant. >> higher levels of antibodies may be required to protect against the problematic delta variant.

a booster mrna immunization increases antibody tenfold. >> official say booster shots will go first to health-care workers, nursing home residents and the elderly. meanwhile, the world health organization has criticized the decision to move forward with used or jabs. >> we ar planning to hand out extra lifejackets to people who already have lifejackets but we are leaving other people to drown without a single lifejacket. that is the reality. >> the who says the priority now is to make sure people in poor countries are fully vaccinated. >> cuba has published its first cybersecurity law. a move that critics already creek -- are dismissing as a tool to limit political and civic freedoms on the caribbean island. it comes a month after unprecedented antigovernment series of protests broke out across the country.

the subsequent crackdown left one person dead, dozens injured, hundreds under arrest. havana blamed this unrest on foreign powers into believing citizens through social media. >> authoritarian regimes like cuba often use internet blackouts to stifle dissent. now the government has moved to penalize online activities, which it sees as social subs their version -- social subversion. >> [speaking foreign language] >> legislation lays out a series of incidents that constitute the crime including cyber warfare, when all goofy and calls for public disturbances as well as spreading information the authorities see as false or damaging to the country's image. it has sparked an uproar on

social media with people treating it as treating cybercrimes and voices of dissent as the same. when historic nationwide protests erupted in july, the regime quickly moved to block social media platforms, prompting the u.s. government to start looking for ways to be month centered access -- to beam on centered access into the country. >> [speaking foreign language] >> the regime had limbed last month's unrest on foreign powers manipulatives citizens through social media. >> that reporter brings this bulletin to an end. more news to come here on france 24. ♪

>> thank you so much for joining us today. your film, mariner of the mountains, it is a very personal film charting your journey to algeria for the first time, the birthplace of your father and you document what you see. it almost feels like it is more about your mother. can you explain that? >> it was about searching for a fatherland in that sense. algeria is that fatherland. it is told through my mother. there is a feeling she is always present. she is sort of this absent character who is always with me. it is a personal film but the

biggest challenge of making this film, how can you make something personal that is relevant to others? it is coming from a very interesting moment in history. the 1960's. a lot of hope. a lot of changes were there. the fact that an algerian man meets a brazilian woman in the middle of the united states is something specific of that moment. i think it is about them but it is also about that time and it is about colonialism and the fight against colonialism allowed them toeet and shape the history of their love and my life. >> [speaking foreign languag

>> you point out in the film on arrival and agile your you did not have to -- on arrival in algeria, you did not have to spell your family name. it does raise the possibility of an alternative destiny. what would have happened if he stayed in algeria. >> i don't regret anything. sometimes i miss things i have not lived. i kept thinking when i was younger, it was different. what would it have been for me growing up in the country? i think what happens in north africa particularly in algeria and other countries, there was a liberation from colonial powers. there is this blossoming of utopia in 1960's. after 1962 until more or less 1974, which are the golden years of the revolution. i have come to wondering what it

would have been to have been in the country that was so much fun. there was so much joy. there was so much hope. having the opposite experience of living in a country that was all about the opposite. algeria, the military comes to power in 1964. i was raised in a dictatorship. >> [speaking foreign language]

>> as well as your personal family history, this film is a bit of a snapshot of contemporary algeria by the encounters in the street. the observations you make. from that contact with the local people, what was your overriding impression about what they had to say to you? >> i think there is a sense of pride, which is great. i remember being in cuba and having that sensation. there is a sense of, this is ours. we have earned it. there is also a sense of wanting things to change and i think that was very interesting. it was not in the movie but the time i was in algeria it was the same time as the prizes for the change of the regime. it is called the movement in arabic.

it was beautiful to see this country that had burned its history. this is a country we have earned. this is our place. this place had been stolen from us. now it is back in our hands. it has been 50 years. certain things have been mismanaged. other things have been fine. there is a sense of they need change. they need to liberate themselves from this weight. this beautiful but bloody passed. >> when you arrived in 2019, there was a youth uprising happening in algeria and got a little distracted by what was happening in algeria. you met a woman. and followed her. made a film with her. what was so compelling about her and what she was doing? >> it was mind blowing to not have been in a country which was somehow mine for 54 years. literally three days later, it

is the first demonstration that takes over the streets of algiers but also around the country. i was blown away by it because it is the feelings -- i wish this was happening also in brazil that people could take the streets and could claim for something else. i was moved by it. i decided there is an accompanying piece. this other documentary i did completely shot on my smartphone where i followed this woman. i did not know much about her. it was about her charisma and the fact i wanted to follow somebody through the demonstrations. when i found out -- she was embodying the history of what i told you in the last 15 minutes. her grandparents were freedom fighters. her father traveled with the new regime shade there she was in the streets claiming and

shouting and reclaiming her own history. >> [speaking foreign language] >> political discontenis something that today is bubbling up in brazil as well. we have seen thousands take to the streets and a various cities against the current government. do you think we are on the verge of major change? >> i hope we are on the verge of major change. i think what happened in the last year is proof of it. we are getting to a limit of a system that is leaving a lot of people outside. leaving a lot of people frustrated. leaving a lot of people angry. lester, there were things happening in chile. there were things happening in hong kong. they don't necessarily have anything to do with each other

but there is something in the air. it is a different virus may be a virus claiming for change and social justice. the biggest aberration during the pandemic besides what we have been through and the death and the loss is how much the rich people became richer. that is a huge problem. i think that is also a huge source of anger for a lot of people. >> looking at the cultural landscape in brazil, things are very complicated the cinematheque has been closed for a year. is that the solution, being an artist in exile? >> i think what is under the surface is yes. a lot of people have changed. especially people who work in cinema. either they have changed the field of works or they are working something else, either they are providing services for big streamers or they are leaving. i think none of those three things are good things happening. >> i believe your next project

is focusing on hand historical one. henry the eighth's final wife. can you tell us more about what drew you to that? >> it was the fact i want also to have new adventures and challenges in my work. i've been making films for 25 years. i thought it would be interesting to understand what it is to make a movie in a that is not mine but a language that is widely accessible, english, which is also a language i have been speaking for so many years. what attracted me was that context and the geithner -- the character. what blew me away with catherine is her resilience, which is something i cherish very much in anyone. her resilience against a guy who has always been pretrade as this incredible monarch but actually was a cruel man. also the fact she was interested in education. she published the first book in england. she educated elizabeth who

became a great monarch. she became an incredible figure in english history and world history. i was interested in this combination. how she had the strength. we talk about the wives that henry killed or got their heads cut off but we don't talk about the one. >> we are excited to see when it does finally come out. thank you so much for your time. ♪ >> they are braving the rain looking for a place to set up their small tent in a regional park in the french alps. >> this is what it is all about.

no matter what the weather, you have to have the right equipment. as much for the weather is for the temperatures to -- whether as for the temperatures. >> here, it is against the wall to camp in motorhome or trailer but campers are allowed to pitch a small tent at dusk as long as it is taken down at dawn. for them, it is something they do whenever they get the chance. >> you cannot see this kind of landscape in a hotel. here, you are alone and free. you can disconnect from city life. >> dinner is prepared in just minutes with a small gas burner. >> one of the rules is to leave the site exactly as you found it. >> the rules are followed. officials patrol the park making sure campers do not disturb the natural environment could >>

here in the mountains, you are always i a place that belongs to someone or something. when you pitch a tent, it is important to remember that. sometimes there are too many campers in one area and the animals have trouble finding places to go. >> although this kind of camping is permitted, there are certain places off-limits like pastors where sheep graze. >> we see there is a mark here. the grass is partially pushed down so it looks like campers were not here last night but probably a few days ago. if you see this kind of thing across the pasture, the shepherds will not be happy. >> for their part, they spent the night far from the pastors and animals. >> how was the night? >> it was a little difficult with the rain but we wake up to this in the moment -- the morning and it is priceless. we areeally ve lucky. for them, camping is just

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08/18/21 08/18/21 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democracy now! >> government offices will be activated soon and all employees, including women, will return to work and work in areas permitted by sharia law. amy: the taliban holds its first news conference since seizing control of afghanistan, about to form an inclusive government. thousands of af