scale fewer people are invited and there are many traditions we could not obsess are many parts of karachi are known as wedding districts where main streets are lined with party halls able to hold hundreds of guests at a time the growing trend of home weddings could put them out of business these values would normally be booked up months in advance in some cases even up to it here but they've been empty now ever since the beginning of the corona virus outbreak pakistan's government has started reopening businesses but wedding halls are not a priority a failure owners say to understand how important they are to local economies. back to the nearly 650000 people working in waiting holes nationwide have been sitting at home for nearly 6 months we've tried to help giving them food rations and we've continued to pay salaries to stuff employees but the day laborers who the government said they would help right now they are the most worried and they account for nearly 500000 people. run a month estimates 50 percent of pakistan's industries are linked to weddings. caterers and florists to benefit t

of keeping most people indoors than the partial lockdown being lifted this week the port city of karachi has been the hardest hit by the coronavirus the government says infection rates have dropped nationwide and it's safe to resume public life. but not everyone agrees resign a bill some is a teacher when they called 900 outbreak closed schools he began a free service to supply coronavirus patients with oxygen cylinders to help them bleed. reality. exist at extreme level in pakistan pakistani community population of pakistan the people are not taking it seriously right that they are not picking their reality. he normally has dozens of tanks but in the last week they've all been sent out he's down to his last 2 a sign he says that people are still getting sick and it's too soon to lift the lockdown but months into the crisis even partial restrictions on public life seem impossible to enforce and easy to ignore the government push to ease restrictions is politically popular i want to more make off here and people whose livelihoods have suffered say it's also necessary i don't know on a sca

for the economy than keeping restrictions in place a little longer so in basra the reports now from karachi. even as the country went back to normal the people intrusted with safeguarding pakistan's public health could not afford to drop their guard at a garage the control room this in the government's over 1000 response team is still in play their captain the provincial health minister her message it's too soon to celebrate my concern is that because we have opened up everything people will take it as a sign that covert has disappeared yes and there is covert is still very much there in the community we also have the experience of for previous pandemic which was the spanish know and wish the 2nd surge happened because people thought the 1st that they were over the pandemic and the 2nd surge caused huge numbers of fatalities and that is a fear pakistan's lockdown was never severe many never took it too seriously leaders disagreeing from the start did not help with public messaging and unconfirmed conspiracy theories going viral as they often do in this country made having coronavirus or see

to do it did produce flooding in mumbai start the season it's just come back again this is 100 in karachi the last couple days nearly 140 millimeters of rain doesn't sound a lot in comparison pakistan is a pretty dry country and the average for karachi is 61 so it's borton twice the average forecast wise there's a bit more to come for pakistan even for karachi i think in a couple days time which is unusual peter many thanks will talk to very soon and still to come here on the news out. stepping on the gas in colombia protesters running against the police putting a former president under house arrest. and the n.f.l. introduces new coronavirus protocols after $66.00 players opt out of the coming season peter has the details in about 15 minutes. view exploited men use the killing. burning the word games to make the charcoal that feels the fantasy that forge the steel chain that enriches the trade that exploits the man. penetrates global markets slavery a 21st century evil continues to charcoal slaves on al-jazeera. global food production is wasteful and it's straining our planet. but pioneer

killed and more than 100 injured when a passenger plane skidded off the runway in the southern city of karachi code the india express flight from dubai was carrying $190.00 passengers and crew heavy monsoon brian appears to applied a part of the crash. eyewitnesses describe the plane's fuselage breaking apart as it fell into a file a some 10 meters below. the boeing 737 flight from dubai was repatriating indian citizen stranded by the coronavirus pandemic i disastrous for passengers that had waited months to fly home and reunite with their families. among the victims where the 2 pilots as well as at least one young child. but you could be put behind a child under a box on the plane as soon as i picked her up her head had serious injuries small child one and a half years old i took the child in the car if she was in the ambulance maybe she could have been saved i took her to the hospital but she died so i mean sort of within a bridge. the remaining passengers and crew rescued from the rubble are being treated at several hospitals in the city. many are in critical condition. was. indian prime mi

the cattle market is held at night to skate the scorching heat it's the biggest of its kind in karachi women usually are only here to accompany their husbands but a female merchant many of the usual gunnies colleagues had a hard time with that notion at 1st. government government there are good reasons for this being a male dominated space believe it's only the 2nd time that a woman does what she does and it seems to be a trend and a coup it may well happen more often in the future of all this now that you know. these cows days are numbered around the festivities of. a usual gunnies wealthy clients will pay as much as $700000.00 rupees over $4000.00 for a sacrificial animal these potential buyers are still on the fence but are you sure ghani is a good business woman just this week she sold 34 cows look after a while and those clients talk to me just like they do to the male merchants to me but i also know help us to approach them i get a few dismissive comments but mostly my experience has been positive that's why i want to encourage more women to work here. the much as. i usually ghan

thank you so much, jomana karachi in istanbul. thank you. >>> people are showing uncommon resilience in the aftermath of tuesday's democracy. they took upon themselves to clean up the widespread damage. beneath their resolve is deepening anger that this disaster might have been avoidable. cnn's arwa damon in beirut. >> could there be anyone left alive? it's a hope dozens of family members of the missing cling to. knowing that it's unlikely but not wanting to accept that their loved one could be gone. others are laid to rest. lives utterly shattered in the trail of destruction by tuesday's explosion in lebanon's capitol city. those who survived are trying to pick up the pieces. glass and debris crunch below the feet of an army of volunteers stepping in where the government is not. attempting to clean up the rubble of billions of dollars of damage. for others, it's all too much. the intensity of the emotional roller coaster that is being lebanese has left them. what should we feel, asks one resident? you can't feel anything in leban

say the jets waved violently before it skidded off the runway in heavy rain in the southern city of karachi code at least 18 people were killed in the air india express flight from dubai was repatriating indian stranded by the pandemic. event as well in court has sentenced to former u.s. special forces soldiers to 20 years in jail for their part in an alleged attempt they were part of a group of armed men who landed on a beach near the capital caracas last year venezuelan president hugo last mughal claims it was a plot to assassinate him. hundreds of polish rights supporters have proved protested in warsaw and other cities against the arrest of a transgender activist the activist known as margo has been put in pretrial detention for 2 months after acts of civil disobedience the protests came a day after police detained nearly 50 demonstrators in warsaw. well france is sending teams and equipment to help deal with an oil spill that environmentalists fear could become a major ecological disaster the government of the indian ocean island declared an environmental emergency after tons of fuel s

reports from karachi. summer rain storms in pakistan's most populous city did a better job of keeping most people indoors than the partial lockdown being lifted this week the port city of karachi has been the hardest hit by the corona virus the government says infection rates have dropped nationwide and it's safe to resume public life but not everyone agrees result on a bill simon is a teacher when they called 900 outbreak closed schools he began a free service to supply coronavirus patients with oxygen cylinders to help them bleed ground realities. exist at extreme level in pakistan pakistani community population of pakistan the people are not taking it seriously right that they are not taking it at that reality. he normally has dozens of tanks but in the last week they've all been sent out he's down to his last to a sign he says that people are still getting sick and it's too soon to lift the lockdown but months into the crisis even partial restrictions on public life seem impossible to enforce and easy

the reports from karachi. with even as the country went back to normal the people intrusted with safeguarding pakistan's public health could not afford to drop their guard at a garage you control room this in the government's over 1000 response team is still in play their captain the provincial health minister her message it's too soon to celebrate my concern is that because we have opened up everything people will take it as a sign that govt has disappeared from amongst us and there is covert is still very much there in the community we also have the experience of for previous pandemic it shows the spanish know and wish the 2nd surge happened because people thought the 1st that they were over the pandemic and the 2nd surge caused huge numbers of fatalities and that is a fear pakistan's lock down was never severe many never took it too seriously leaders disagreeing from the start did not help with public messaging and unconfirmed conspiracy theories going viral as they often do in this country made having coro

many parts of karachi are known as wedding districts where main streets are lined with party halls ableto hold hundreds of guests at a time the growing trend of home weddings could put them out of business these very years would normally be booked up months in advance in some cases you can do it here but they've been empty now ever since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak pakistan's government has started reopening businesses but wedding halls are not a priority a failure owners say to understand how important they are to local economies. backed by the nearly 650000 people working in waiting holes nationwide have been sitting at home for nearly 6 months we've tried to help giving them food rations and we've continued to pay salaries to stuff employees but the day laborers who the government said they would help right now they are the most worried and they account for nearly 500000 people. run a month estimates 50 percent of pakistan's industries are linked to weddings caterers and florists to benefit the agriculture sector fashion designers the textile mills jewelers the precious

unprecedented storms in pakistan's biggest city of karachi. has left at least 19 people dead from the highest ever daily brain for was recorded on thursday roads have been flooded stores forced to close and homes left without power in the storms . several people have reportedly been killed in a motorcycle bombing in the syrian city of ras al-ain near the border with turkey a number of those injured are said to be in a critical condition the explosions left buildings and vehicles nearby damaged. next with flights grounded and borders close the global pandemics left thousands of people stranded all over the world but 2 japanese honeymooners say it resulted in the best days of their lives. we did expect some media attention as a japanese couple stranded in cape verde but never did we dream of becoming a cape verde olympic ambassadors. invited by get verdi's an input committee to watch the tokyo games and they offered us 3 or even 4 tickets because we might have a baby or twins by then. mother . verde airport is still closed and even if it reopene

of keeping most people indoors than the partial lockdown being lifted this week the port city of karachi has been the hardest hit by the coronavirus the government says. they are alive now to lebanon's prime minister who is making an announcement let's listen in. to. but it was still living around in that catastrophic that hit lebanon a catastrophic a that hit all of us in the heart due to the corruption in politics and administration and the whole state i have said before that the corruption system is deep there all over the place and i discovered that the corruption system is bigger than the state and the state is suffering from that sort of corruption the state and the country cannot face that corruption one of the types of this corruption has exploded in the beirut pulled the catastrophic hits all of us we have so many of the models in every place and the threat is big. fraid of so many other types of corruption that my attempts lebanon within the protection of the elite who controls the fate and future of the gun tray those elites who live on the rift and trade with them bishan zone

unprecedented storms in pakistan's biggest city of karachi has left at least 19 people dead it comes after the high steady rainfall was recorded on the roads have been flooded stores for supplies and homes are being left that power in the storm. and several people have been reportedly killed in a motorcycle bomb in a week to see a pass on the border with turkey a number of those injuries are said to be in a critical condition the explosion left buildings and vehicles also badly damaged. and that brings you up to date with everything this hour so far good to have you companies always more from us and of our. there is no such thing as a fat money and there is no inflation and there is not deflation and the only thing there is to think about are interest rates and interest rate a part of the value of the field money is a poor girlishly goal in that you can keep interest rates near 0 so that if you are a white guy like jacob on wall street your cost of borrowing is 0 if you're a black guy living in the ghetto their cost of borrowing is 2000 percent it's called interest rate apartheid and

stepping down because of health issues 19 people have been confirmed killed in pakistan's biggest city karachi after unprecedented stalls its highest daily rainfall ever was registered on thursday the flooded stores have been forced to shut down and hundreds of homes have been damaged with power supplies disruptive and several people have reportedly been killed by a motorcycle bomb in syria city of ras our eye in the turkish border they're also going to pick seems country in a critical condition the explosion damaged vehicles and also building this. hour flights grounded and borders closed the global pandemic has left thousands of people stranded over the world but 2 japanese honeymooners do say it has resulted in some of the best days of their lives. we did expect some media attention as germany's couple stranded in cape verde but never did we dream of becoming a cape verde olympic ambassadors. maybe balloon boy to get birdies in the committee to watch the tokyo games. they offered us 3 or even 4 tickets because we might have a baby or twins by then. the cape verde airport is still closed and

edge effect of the monsoon is this circulation of cloud in the arabian sea it's produced rain in karachi there is more to come for the south of pakistan and there's more to come just into iran and probably a mom if not on such day then on sunday and it may well stop the hot and dry dusty breeze that's coming out of iraq or down into the empty quarter it diverted away from doha for example which means the 43 could turn into a more humid 43 rain proper there were shots over the mountains of amman and a hearty still blowing from the south coast now the northern extent of the rains has probably been reached now through eritrea and sit down the sudden extent is more or less like victoria which breathes showers every night and every day stores and westwood's interwar under the coastal when this particular moment the forecast for mortgage issue is not exactly a wet one a study 25 and breezy so the showers are in land alone the moment southern africa should be largely drawing apart from the passing showers or occasional winter fronts to go through cape tumble a moment the wind is a northerly is

the port city of karachi has been the hardest hit by the coronavirus the government says. they are alive now to lebanon's prime minister who is making an announcement let's listen in. to all live in these. what we're still living around in the catastrophic that hit lebanon a catastrophic hit all of us in the heart due to the corruption in politics and administration and the whole state i have said before that the corruption system is there all over the plays. and i discovered that the corruption system is bigger than the state and the state is suffering from that sort of corruption the state and the country cannot face that corruption one of the types of this corruption has explode.

bring pakistan it's a similar seed of devastation after days of torrential rain in the largest city karachi polluted water from clogged priests not streets spilling into homes. i was promised iran conses troops are being sent to help pump water from flooded neighborhoods of the bombing the other day i want to jump you can see there is chaos people are annoyed no vehicles can pass through the streets as all the roads are inundated we appeal to the government they must do something to clean the storm water drains. but the monsoon floods in both afghanistan and pakistan are common at this time of the year and so is a threat to life and property with outdated drainage systems and poorly constructed homes adding to the danger. al-jazeera. this is all just there and these the top stories are just there as a vestige of unit has obtained the cyprus papers acacia confidential documents the sting thousands of people who bought citizenship in cyprus salma criminals are seeking a safe haven away from their own governments and names of good hundreds from china and the middle east cyprus is interior mini

neighboring pakistan it's a similar scene of devastation after days of torrential rain in the largest city karachi polluted water from cranes flood streets spilling into homes. i was promised iran conses troops are being sent to help pump water from flooded neighborhoods of the bombing the other day i want to challenge you can see there is chaos people are annoyed no vehicles can pass through the streets as all the roads are inundated we appeal to the government they must do something to clean the storm water drains. the monsoon floods in both afghanistan and pakistan are common at this time of the year and so is a threat to life and property without data drainage systems and poorly constructed homes adding to the danger. al-jazeera. has forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights in south korea and strong winds are battering the southern island of jeju in the typhoon is expected to make landfall in north korea early on thursday hears from right in seoul. typhoon babie is the 8th typhoon of this season to come out of the western pacific and it is shaping up to be one of the strongest ever to hi

lure about among the al-jazeera 6 people have died in floods in the pakistani city of karachi the city's infrastructure has been struggling to cope with heavy monsoon rains many roads have been submerged causing sewage to see from manholes into homes more heavy rain is forecast for next week. now unprecedented summer rains in central china are threatening the livelihoods of fish farmers and fishermen in neighboring south korea rob mcbride traveled to the island of jeju in the waters separating the korean peninsula from china's east coast to learn more about a summer phenomenon that's being made worse by climate change. on the island of jeju those who depend on the surrounding waters for their living have reason to look anxiously out to sea and ocean expert koch your home has been studying the source of that anxiety unprecedented rains far away in central china sending surges of fresh water flooding out of the yangtze river here depicted in green reaching towards j juice coastline knowing that this year we have seen our president in the rainy front right across the korean peninsula and ch

neighboring pakistan it's a similar scene of devastation after days of torrential rain in the largest city karachi polluted water from drains flood streets spilling into homes. i promise to run conses troops are being sent to help pump water from flooded neighborhoods of the bombing the other day i want to challenge that you can see there is chaos people are annoyed no vehicles can pass through the streets as all the roads are inundated we appeal to the government they must do something to clean the storm water drains. the monsoon floods in both afghanistan and pakistan are common at this time of the year and so is a threat to life and property with outdated drainage systems and poorly constructed homes adding to the danger. al-jazeera. top stories on al-jazeera this hour iran has agreed to give the u.n. nuclear watchdog access to 2 of its suspected former atomic sites leaders in teheran announced that joint statement with the international atomic energy agency the president hassan rouhani also promised to continue cooperation and therefore as months of deadlock though as a setback now reports. th

well in fact northern pakistan has seen some trench poles leaving scenes like this in the streets of karachi you can see just how deep the water is in many places there is some more rain in the forecast not as heavy as it has these that you know the pakistan we will they see some very heavy rain work its way again across the southern pakistan but really it's going to be mad out towards ra just on and on across into drought and then through sunday the rain again very heavy through much of bangladesh and out across the west of myanmar. bottles in cameroons rivers. on england st. plastic is everywhere. but if bottles can be fishing boats. and bubble gum wellington boots what more can be done with this plague of paul innes. earthrise reimagining plastered. on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera i'm peter dobby your headlining stories a doctor at the hospital in the city of success the russian opposition politician alexina could be stable enough to travel in the next few hours he's in hospital there recovering from suspected poisoning his wife appealed to the russian president vla

monsoon rain spun off a little tropical depression of sorts that went through the south of pakistan karachi's had her 100 surge and i'm going to be as nasty as compare that with the average for some sort of perspective far more than twice the average but that's quite an down and other parts of pakistan will see significant rain that's true through the middle of the northern indian plane rather lesser maharastra while i'm also in kerala. the curve in 19 is seen a war of words escalate between the u.s. and china all challenge us general robert spaulding and british diplomat and also kerry brown on whether the west is entering into a new cold war with china in a special edition of head to head you want to travel ban on china to match the muslim is a quite stock proposal we need a strict vetting process is to tide finally turning against beijing we have a china centric world and then a world which is not china centric head to head on out his iraq. or. ok michael wacha officer with me cell run the reminder of our top stories search and rescue efforts are still underway in beirut 60 people are stil

as well in fact northern pakistan has seen some polls leaving scenes like this in the streets of karachi you can see just how deep the water is in many places there is some more rain in the forecast not as heavy as it has things that you know the pakistan we will they see some very heavy rain work its way again across the southern pakistan but really it's going to be magic out towards ra just on and on across into drought and then through sunday the rain again very heavy through much of bangladesh and out across the west of myanmar . jump into the stream and julian on global community this generation will have to create its own democracy with social media on hand will online be part of the debate any could come in steal you when no topic is off the table it's taking on all the systemic problems that people of color have suffered not only now but for decades we are going to transform lives the way to see which way to get business if we're going to adapt to climate breakdown this stream on out is the. you're watching are just there on her mind of our top stories this hour the view is war a

another edge of fact as the monsoon is this circulation of 5 in the arabian sea it's produced rain in karachi there is more to come from the south of pakistan there's more to come just into iran and probably. if not on such the then on sunday and it may well stop the hot and dry dusty breeze that's coming out of iraq or down into the empty quarter it diverted away from doha for example which means the 43 could turn into a more humid 43 rain proper that will show us over the mountains of amman. still blowing from the south coast now the northern extent of the rains has probably been reached through eritrea and sit on the sudden extent is more or less like victoria which breeds showers every night and every day stores and westwards interwar and the coastal way in this particular moment the forecast for mortgage issue is not exactly a wet one as a steady 25 and breezy so the showers are in land alone the moment southern africa should be largely drawing apart from the passing showers or occasional winter fronts to go through cape temple a moment the wind is a northerly it's quite warm in both cap

pakistan had a pretty bad peak in karachi, but now they look like europe. those numbers come down.ia is still, sadly, in a growth phase as is lots of south america. africa, we know south africa is tough. the rest of africa we've been funding a lot of testing there because it's a bit opaque what goes on. and the lungs in africa, you're more exposed to indoor and outdoor p outdoor partic lar late so you can get a disease compared to a rich country. >> do you worry about just how bad it's going to get for these poor countries? not only do they face, of course, the health care issues with a weak health care system, but then they are inevitably going to be -- the loss of economic activity. i think they say india is going to have a 5% shrinking of its economy this year, then the debt they'll have to take. it seems like there's going to be a cascading set of crises here. >> yeah, it's crazy because you have so many of the developing countries having these setbacks. not only do you have the direct death and sickness from this disease, but their health systems have no extra capacity. and th

british pop as mr jinnah governor general of the new dominion arrives at the constituent assembly in karachi. august 947. a century of british rule over its indian empire comes to an end guest of honor in the muslim capital while older laid him out of bed carrying out one of our love viceregal guilt is the fall the partition of india took effect. the new nation of pakistan is cool. meanwhile a deadly stage will set all british roll to give place to the dominion of india. a day later across a newly drawn border leaders celebrate the birth of the republic of india. freed from colonial rule the creation of these 2 countries completes a long struggle for independence years ago we begun but it didn't. and now. i'm calm when been shown to be my baby. but even before the celebrations are over chaos iraq's. panic and fear sets in as neighborhood turns on neighbor unleashing mass violence. millions leave their homes. the celebrations were or was marred by the blood they took place against the backdrop of perfect violence. and. people who a year before we tended to each other's wedding parties drink e

and cnn's jomana karachi is following the story from istanbul. joman jomana, one person dying of covid-19 every 7 minutes is staggering. why is the virus surging again and what's the government doing about it? >> reporter: well, that is a very grim statistic, rosemary, that we're hearing from state media including the health ministry. now if you compare this to the start of the pandemic in iran back in early march, then every seven -- sorry, every ten minutes a person in that country was dying from coronavirus. now we're looking at every seven minutes. more than 200 deaths are being registered every day according to the official figures. you know, as you mentioned, iran does have the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the middle east. it was the epicenter of the outbreak in this region and, you know, it did seem at one point, rosemary, that they got the situation, pandemic under control in the country, but like so many other countries, you know, they were faced with a struggling economy. they could not afford to keep the country sh

turning into chaos and fear as the bride can be seen being with the way into a building to money karachie. >>it was a picture perfect wedding shoot the glowing bride posing for photos a short walk from the luxury wedding venue in downtown beirut. this is smiling doctors thrust the glam you looks down at her bouquet. horse trials. a big day blown away in an instant. the couple and the video crew run for cover. destruction all around them. >>at that moment. well one thing i i was about. now i was in my life, i'm losing my house bid, i'm going to be a very and they're building. now i'm going to die. i'm wait, i'm not i'm wendy the moment, how how long that site. is there going to be says i'm i'm going to feel it. i want to be near. >>29 year-old sublime us president came back to her native lebanon to get married. the original plan was to have the wedding party in the united states. the husband commit span says he's been waiting for his us visa for 3 years with immigration laws getting stricter by the day under the trump administration. the couple says they didn't want to be apart any longer