that history, it seems, is slowly being raised, adrian brown, al jazeera hong kong time for sports, his m b. thank you so much pizza. well, olympic president, thomas black insist the child care games will be a historic success. his was coming is so care reports its highest number of new curren, of ours cases in almost 6 months. because be meeting with your friends. prime minister actually ready to go with both men promising a safe and secure gang the torch relay will not staying on public roads to limit the possible spread of corona virus and athletes of now just been told to put their own metals on and victory ceremonies to reduce the risk of infection. these will be historical limpy games for many different reasons. first, they will be the 1st ever postponed olympic games are long history. second, they will be historic for the way, how the japanese people overcame it. so many challenges in the last couple of years . now, almost the entire olympic refugee squad has delayed its arrival in tokyo after a team official tested positive for corona virus. on the us say men's basketball team h

adrian brown, al jazeera hong kong. because the film festival is back after taking an enforced break last year for the pandemic, international stars and film lovers. once again in the south of france for one of the world's most glamorous events, as is all correspondence, natasha butler. this sweeping bay shimmering mediterranean sea, red carpet and of course, movie dolls. the cannes film festival is back after one year break because of the convent pandemic american director. spike lee is the head to the jury this year at the arrived just before the cost of the opening film and that the excitement was palpable. the annette is one of $24.00 films in competition for the prestigious palm dual prize. the musical comedy by french american director, los correct mario court. yeah. and adam driver is my favorite festival can. i've always before i came here or we looked at it as a marker of great films. the festivals director says its return is cause for celebration, which are due in january and even february we have no idea if t

adrian brown reports from hong kong. these were high level talks with low level expectations. a trip with none of the trappings of a state visit. the setting was not the capital beijing but a resort hotel in the nearby port city of t and jin. foreign media were kept it a distance, but chinese journalists were permitted on the premises. the fractious state of us, china relations was apparent as wendy sherman met china's vice foreign minister. she phung no smiles for the cameras, at least from her side. according to an official summary of his remarks, phung said the us should stop demonizing china and treating it as an imaginary enemy, and there were other demands too long i turned in may. we express strong dissatisfaction with the us regarding its wrong words and actions on issues such as the origins of cobra. 19 taiwan jones is on the hong kong and the south china sea. we demanded the us immediately stop interfering and try and internal affairs. you talk damaging chinese interest, stop stepping on red lines, and playing with fire, or engaging and provocation during talks with

adrian brown, al jazeera hong kong, about 200 people are now known to have died in flooding in the indian state of matter hush for a 100 villages around the water and hundreds of thousands of people have been moved to safety or india correspondent elizabeth per on the reports now from new delhi both are the only way to get around much of mod, austria stays after. last week's torrential, rain. 900 villages have been effected. 100 anal submerged rescue teams have evacuated. hundreds of thousands of people, many from the rooftops of their flooded homes go of a guy. we have evacuated a covered 900 patient from dani village oxygen level and carried him toward the bridge from where he'll be taken to hospital by ambulance. it's reported around 200 people have died in the flooding and lance live and doesn't remain missing. lots of you. there were 5 people in sight to my mother, my brother, his wife and my brother's 2 children. only the boy's body has been recovered. the rest of the poor family members still haven't been traced. flooding and lance lives a common in india during the monsoon season.

after all, the predictions that we wouldn't, adrian brown, i'll just 0 hong kong. let's return to gentlemen square of coal. so $70000.00 dissembled chinese members of the communist parties in all areas of the country and from all areas of civil society and the military as well as government. because of course, the chinese communist party is celebrating its and tailoring and present changing ping is using the occasion to tightened his grip on the nation in 2018, she removed the to term limit on his presidency effectively allowing him to remain in power for life unless katrina, he reports not from beijing. he since cultivated the cult around his leadership, cause president party secretary, the people leader and to some just papa she she didn't, king is called many things. and as the communist party celebrate, it's 100 year anniversary. the 68 year old is consolidated disposition as the country's most powerful leader in decades strong or the party has united and then let the people in opening a great path, making great achievements, forging a great spirit. she has led

adrian brown, al jazeera hong kong hill, ahead on algebra for his largest and most powerful warship, the h. m. as queen elizabeth was confirmed that heads to the south china sea, a large explosion rocks, a chemical plant in western germany, issue and extreme danger. warning, ah ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored by kettle airways. in fact has not finishes potential damage yet is no longer a ty fee, nor really a tropical storm. i put it on here just to show you where it is and the smaller one, the fall tech is almost still naming as a tropical storm. it's winds about $85.00, miss brown. again, it is cause it's increasing wind and rain in tokyo, but most of the damage potential is further north as well in home shape. so china, 1st i think we will see the worst of it. so though in far my stop being identified as the storm, the rain which you see is this orange band, is a long way north and east, and it's falling to some degree overland. this already saw already started. so there'll be more off the same for the south, it's a dry picture. things are slowly improving. so hom

after all, the predictions that we wouldn't, adrian brown, al jazeera hong kong donald rumsfeld, the us defense secretary, who oversaw the invasion of afghanistan and was the main architect of the iraq war, has died. he was 88 years old. his career and the republican party spent decades and who served under multiple presidents. mark jacobson is the assistant dean at syracuse university maxwell school. he says it's not yet clear how rumsfeld viewed his own actions and legacy. i think the challenge is that the, the donald rumsfeld, we see and have seen as the donald rumsfeld, he wanted us to see, he created that narrative. and until we can dig more deeply into his records and have those camden conversations, we won't know whether he was remorseful, let's say in the way that a robert mcnamara was, even if an successfully over the vietnam war, where the rom, so went more deeply. i could even be that room so was not as contract as, as someone like mcnamara and had no regrets. and i think to some degree that that's the rumsfeld we've actually seen for the most part. but again, i think the

and adrian brown reports. it's just the latest in incident, in a turbulent year of protests, hong kong police presented the media with evidence of what they say was a plot to make and plant bombs across the city, helmet, shields, their guns walkie talkies and chemicals. and a list of targets cooling thee across about tunnel where ways caught rooms and even they wanted to lay the bomb in the, in the rubbish been on the streets with a 0 to, to, to maximize the damage caused the to the society. 6 of those arrested all secondary school students. it is a 10th time in hong kong, or you know, it's almost a week since a man died after stopping a police officer and then him so security officials classified it as a lone wolf terrorist attack messages on social media. later, up at condolences to the assailants family, the events of the past few days demonstrate that the anti government protest movement may not have been entirely extinguished. and that se analysts may lead to a new and wide campaign against descent. it's

that history it seems, is slowly being raised, adrian brown, al jazeera hong kong. ah, this is al jazeera and these are the headlines, the afghan taliban says it's.

later this year, adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. always 10000 families have been evacuated in sudan floods. continue to devastate the get out of the region if they only stay to currently affected. but officials expect others to be hit in the coming weeks, including the northern state of river nile because of heavy rains in the area. the highlands, environmentalists say intensive, agricultural farming has made the flooding worse this year. it morgan is live for us in good. our state, it's a situation dia for those affected by the floods, isn't it? yes indeed. now people here who we spoke to say that they've waited for at least a week for any kind of a to reach them. and they say that they've just thought to see government reforms and ada organizations pausing to deliver a just yesterday. and the situation is already dire. they saying that to begin with, they had very little and most of their properties have been washed away by the flash floods. now let's make it clear, it's not what's that coming from the river is that of course the

adrian brown joins been alive from hong kong. adrian, so what are the authorities saying that about this alleged cloth? well, kim, what they're saying is that they have for said what they say was a campaign, a bumming campaign that would have caused extensive damage and death. they say, as you point out, you know, introduction that 6 of those arrested all school children. they are 15 years old, also a teacher as well. so the age of those arrested has really sent shock waves through the community here in hong kong. now they say that they also seized a number of bomb making chemicals, and it also frozen funds, something in the region of $70000.00 us dollars. they say that the children were recruited because they were due to leave hong kong in the next few weeks. now according to the police, the target of this group, we're going to be the cross hob tunnel as well as police stations and courts here in hong kong. they wouldn't go into too many details, got how they managed this particular operation and how long they've been monitoring

adrian brown joins me now live from hong kong. adrian, tell us a little bit more about this alleged plot. well the police address the media several hours ago saying they had floated, what they believe was a campaign to carry out a series of bombings in hong kong. the targets including the cross hob, a tunnel as well as course. what makes it so shocking though kim is that some of those arrested are just 15 years old. 6 teenagers, 15 years old, as well as a secondary school teacher. now the police say that during that raid, they seized a number of bum making chemicals. they've also frozen the assets of the group that amounts to about $70000.00 us dollars. now they didn't go into a great deal of information in detail about how they found out about this group. but it's quite clear they be monitoring this group for a number of weeks, if not months. they say that the school children were recruited because it's believed they and their families, what you to leave hong kong in the next few months. now why this is important is that just a fe

let's get more from adrian brown and he joins rely from hong kong. adrian, this just sort of by talking to the significance of this verdict. well, it's significant because of what is in this 62 page summary. essentially the judge is ruled that the defendant understood that the words on his protest banner acquainted with the idea of independence, the hong kong. in other words, the idea that hong kong should break away from the mainland. the judges rule that he knew exactly what he was doing. any encouraged others to feel the same way. the judges set the tongue, who is 24 years old. a waiter will be convicted of this offense of sedition and also of terrorism, but he will not be sentenced until thursday, but it's quite possible indeed, very likely. now that he's going to spend the rest of his life behind bars, see the argument that the prosecution put forward during the 15 day trial was that the defendant understood exactly, but the wording on that phantom. and now let's go back to july. the 1st 2020, that's when those images clash. round the world, show

well, adrian brown joins me live now from hong kong. this is her 1st meeting wendy sherman's 1st meeting. but the comment so far from the chinese one. exactly. encouraging a warm yeah indeed. rom, this is a low key visit with low expectations. i mean, look at the backdrop relations between china and the united states are really at the level they were under president trump, there's been no real improvement in fact under bite. and you could argue relations have actually got a lot worse. so when do sherman has arrived in china to see how the relationship can perhaps be better manage, but they do have a common name both sides. and that is to try and ensure that president changing thing and president job by and get to meet at some stage. the chance for that happening is possible in rome. when the g 20 summit happens in october, the hope is they can meet on the sidelines or perhaps not. this meeting that's happening in t engine today, i think will give us indication in ron as to whether there is a hint of an early reproach month in the relati

adrian brown, al jazeera hong kong. now the january, the 6th, the pac on the us capitol hill was a clear plan to disrupt democracy. that's according to one police officer present. that day is testifying in front of a select committee for officers will discuss the verbal and physical abuse that they say they suffered during the insurrection. the committee was set up by house be commenced policy after efforts for a bipartisan commission failed for president donald trump, who was accused of inciting the writers, remain suspended from major social media platforms for a 100 following event. fords from capitol hill. just talk us through what we know has happened so far, john? well, right now, we're hearing from the 1st of the 4 police officers who are at the capital on january 6, surging aqua lino, good now of the us capital police. he said he was more frightened on january 6, then he was when he was deployed as an army officer as an army soldier in iraq. he said that at one point he asked, he said to himself, this is where i

adrian brown, al jazeera hong kong, a court in south africa, has adjourned. a hearing where a former president jacob zoom is fighting against the prison sentence. a judgment is due on friday. zoom has been ordered to spend 15 months in jail for failing to appear as a corruption inquiry. he defied a 5 day deadline to hand himself in and has accused judges of bias. 28 people are fed dead in a plane crash in rushes far east. the plane lost contact with air traffic control and failed to land as scheduled on the come charts, co peninsula and 26 planes manufactured until 986 have been involved in several accidents. in recent years, his fenton monahan, the wreckage is being recovered far and wide. as russian aviation officials tried to piece together what happened. some debris from the crash was found on the mountain side in the far eastern region of cum shatka. more pieces were fished out of the sea. other parts of the plane were found about 5 kilometers in the airport runway. in the town of pallana. us look at a 3 today, a plane following the read from petro pub l

adrian brown, al jazeera hong kong. still ahead on algebra. versions biggest warship, the h m. s. queen elizabeth calls us concern, is that head to the south china sea, and we have from finnic all the javelin metal hope, who was urging all those not to hide behind that disability. ah, by the edge of the monsoon range, i think is settled down those more or less this line here is rain in some parts of pakistan without many of us has come from man that coming out of europe across the black sea. this more active weather is going through georgia and down towards the north of iraq. that's probably welcome relation heater. it probably will also be fairly windy on the north side of the mountains on which to ron sit. if that is all quiet is still quite hot with us, it was in turkmenistan. and that's the extent of the shabby rain in pakistan for really iran in the middle east and levant. we're talking about hot, dry weather, which is fairly normal. temperatures have been as high as 51 for a couple days and part of eastern iraq. so they're coming down a little bit and 46 in baghdad. the wind

later this year, adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. ah, you will see on there with me the whole rom, the reminder of all top stories and his he is president is outside the minister of defense on the acting minister of justice. after dismissing the prime minister earlier and facing parliament for 30 days, the biggest political group, the entire party is calling it a qu, the white house. of course, the common to is that the u. s. government has not yet determined if it was a coup or not. and security forces dressed in civilian clothing so.

he's adrian brown. an image of normality turned upside down. like a giant scrap yard, abandoned cars block a tunnel in central ginger roads transformed into rapidly flowing rivers. where in some areas, boat is the only way to get around. the cities inhabitants are used to typhoons, but they're still coming to terms with the scale of this week's deluge. it was the heaviest rainfall in 60 years. on tuesday, more than 200 millimeters fell in just one hour on stay tv, the images have been more uplifting. rescuers bringing young and old to safety. some of the estimated 800000 residents have been displaced. the emphasis is on the positive work being done, not on those who died. doubtful can are teams of rust in many places. we are carrying out towns like blasting and flood, diversion, flood, fighting and rescue, as well as mass evacuations. the underlying message, the party will protect you. on social media though, there's anger at why local weather forecasters fail to warn residents properly. the city lies in a flood prone area. the provincial gover

adrian brown visited the hong kong exhibition center to take a closer look. a book fair in a city where words now have consequences. it's being held in the shadow of a recently imposed law. but critic say has narrowed this space for free speech here . it's an annual event, but koby 19 forced it's cancellation a year ago. now though hong kong physical and political health is returning says it's leader. all going to europe one day. i am happy that this year's book fair can be how it again seems to. appetite is contained, the organizes insist books have not been invented all censored, but exhibit is no. they must be careful about what they promote and say, all of our focus on the language, learnings, history, and art. we are not worry about it. do you have any books here about recent political events in hong kong, and this is not our publishing term, so we don't have a ton of publish. johnny lau has just written a book about the relationship between china is coming his party and hong kong. but no publisher will touch it the 1st time that's happened to him since

adrian brown, al jazeera hong kong with cases of corona virus, have surge to record daily high in the host city of the olympics. there being almost $3000.00 new infections in japan's capital, tokyo process have been held against the games with concerns that become a super spreader event. foreign minister shahita saga says he's not worried about the games, but his urge people to watch them from home who showed you'll do another day. and under the circumstance, we again would like all our japanese citizens to avoid non essential and non urgent outings and watch the olympics and paralympics on tv. models hang into the tenant due to the limitation of vehicles remote working and all the efforts bio citizen uses, the movement of people is decreasing. so we are not worried that some japanese citizens remain conferred about the effect games may be having on the number of new cases. my mom has the amount of before the olympics began with 600 to 700 people a day. and certainly it's double times that i wondered the numbers were made lower, but i also wonder if it's because of the increasing fore

adrian brown, al jazeera hong kong is more of a thing, right? yeah, i'll just there dot com, or the latest on the unrest taking place there in south africa, they'll be more on that in just a couple of seconds. and of course, a quick update on our other top stories as well. ah, what about a continuing their advance in afghanistan they now came to seize, sees a strategic border crossing with pockets on this is the spin bolduc area which connects the town of welsh effectively. a nearby city of kandahar to chapman and pockets on it's i've got a stones 2nd busiest entry point and the main link to park is donny cords, the afghan government and says that it's pushed to fight his back.

adrian brown reports from the city. you know, the 1st 2020 and one of the last big protests in whom come a gathering held in defiance of social distance rules and sweeping new national security law. the same law under which tonguing kit has now been convicted. it was the day disobedience accelerated, these images capturing the moment tongue drove his motorcycle towards a group of policemen attached to his machine, a banner proclaiming liberate home coma revolution. about times that was a cry heard constantly during the unrest. tones that pleaded not guilty to both charges on which he was convicted. his trial happened without a jury. instead, the verdict was delivered by a panel of 3 judges, appointed by hong kong chief executive carry, alarm. the reasons the judge gave their verdict runs to more than 60 pages, but in essence, they say the tongue fully understood that the words on his post has spanner acquainted to a call for independence. and that the slogan was capable of inciting others. he'll be sentenced at a later

adrian brown, al jazeera hong kong. now the trial of austria, form of vice chancellor heinz, christians thrash on corruption charges as begun. and vienna staunch is also the leader of the right wing freedom party. he's accused of offering to change a law to help a party don't a secure public funding for his private hospital. part of what's known as the visa gate scandal. the supreme court in the netherlands is upheld the hate speech conviction of far right populace, politician. it will this phil, this is known for his anti slam rhetoric. he was convicted by an appeals court last year for insulting moroccans. builders had demanded a re trial of his case over remarks made during a campaign in 201428 people fed dead in a plane crash in russia's far east. the turbo prop lost contact with our traffic control and failed to land as scheduled. on the come chart, kapinsky lar, a in $26.00 plains manufactured until $986.00 have been involved in several accidents in recent years since monahan has more, wreckage is being recovered

adrian brown, al jazeera hong kong. while other correspondence katrina, u, as in she g yang, in hanna province with a look at what's going on there. the rain has used, but millions of people are still struggling to deal with a devastating flooding, which is what many cities and towns san i'm student chung as city on the north and on and 2 rental rain hit this region on wednesday. just passing the provincial capital of young joe in the space of just 2 hours. 26 centimeters of rain was dumped in this area. now, many houses in the rural areas in the northern outskirts of this region collapse as a result of the torrential rain and half a 1000000 people will live, relocated to safe areas. now we're just standing the beginning of a highway which leads to the main area of downtown job. this area has been unable to get rescue workers and teams have moving parts to try to clear the area. and they're also getting food and water. people will be stuck in their cars, our authority, say $3000000.00 people have been affected by the se

adrian brown reports from the city. reporter: one of the last big protests in hong kong.athering held in defiance of social distancing rules and a new law. the same law under which he has been convicted. it was the day disobedience accelerated. attached to his machine, a banner proclaiming liberate hong kong, resolution. that was a cry heard constantly. he had pleaded not guilty to both charges on which he was convicted he was heard without a jury, and he was -- the reason the judge gave runs to more than 60 ages, understood the words. the slogan was capable of inciting others. he will be sentenced at a later date faces a life term. reporter: more than 120 people have been charged under the legislation, including the publisher who was in court on tuesday. he too faces spending the rest of his life in jail. anchor: about 200 people are known to have died in flooding in an indian state. 100 villages are underwater and hundreds of thousands of people have been moved to safety. our indian respondent reports. reporter: boats are the only way to get around after last week's rai

adrian brown, al jazeera hong kong. ah, this is all. these are the top stories. chinese is largest political party says it's ready for elections a day after the president dismissed the prime minister. unfroze parliament, but the enact parties warning against an autocratic regime. us president joe biden says all federal workers could be required to get vaccinated against covered 19 cases continue to climb, driven by the delta variant. while vaccination rates appear to have leveled off at lower than 50 percent, mike hannah's in washington dc and says mandatory vaccinations for federal workers . what impact millions of people. they have been some states that have already introduced a vaccine mandate, new york, for example, new york city, as well as california has now introduced a vaccine mandate. now in both of those areas, the mandate is there, but at the same time, there will be no action taken against workers who refuse to have the vaccination, but it will be made difficult for them given that they will then have to agree to very regula

they been unable to do the same at some of the other dams, that circle, that city are meant to adrian brown, live person in hong kong. adrian, thank you. me not one day until a start of the summer. lympics in tokyo, an organizer say to more athletes that they limping, the village of tested positive for october 19. they are among 12 cases linked to the games and out on thursday, bringing the total to $87.00. tokyo itself is saying it's highest number of cases in 6 months. the city remains under a state of emergency with competitors facing unprecedented restrictions on their movements. south korea has hit another dagger record for its number of new corona virus cases. more than 800100. the more contagious delta variant of the virus is fueling. the surge, the latest numbers include 270 sailors who have flown home from an anti piracy navy . destroyer of the coast of africa authorities and now considering expanding restrictions in the capital soul and its neighboring region, the rob mcbride joins us live now from so rob, so this is south korea's highest ever daily increase in cases the authoriti

adrian brown joins me alive from hong kong. adrian really unprecedented. whether in some parts of china, how are or thirty's culture? well kim, i think that the flood control measures and now at a critical stage, i've been looking at pictures on state control media in the last few minutes showing thousands of proofs now being deployed in towns and cities in the affected area. the p l. a has had some success in stabilizing the situation as a damn, which had a 20 meter breach in it. they managed to divert some of the flood waters that were threatening a city of 7000000 people, but also plenty of images showing people still traumatized and weary and still coming to terms with the scale of the deluge and the devastation is left behind. we know that some 209 millimeters of rain that's about more than 8 inches, fell in just one hour by comparison in cologne. last week, a 154 millimeters of rain fell. so that shows you just how heavy the deluge was in central china. the government says that every effort is being made to ensure that people who need to get to high

adrian brown, al jazeera hong kong, and there's been more severe weather in china, a tornado route through a village near about the city and northern hope. a province killing at least 2 people, and talk through houses and scattered february, a call. several roads relief workers are trying to restore power to the area. a home concord says jailed 7 then for their rule in a 2019 attack on pro democracy protested more than $100.00 people dressed in points attacked civilians and reporters with fix and pulls at a train station or accusations. the police conspired with the attackers and in another hong kong court hearing for employees from pro democracy newspaper. apple daily have been charged after their arrests, under the cities year old national security law. the former registers and prices were charged with conspiring to collude with a foreign country or in danger. national security, apple valley calls last month and in the papers $26.00, you're wrong. media outlets have been under pressure from a new national security law that restricts criticism off the government's cove with 19 cases in au

adrian brown, al jazeera hong kong. ah, this is how to do it. these are the top stories. chin is, is largest. political party says it's ready for elections. are they off to the president dismissed the prime minister unfroze parliament. but the enact parties warning against an auto.

adrian brown, al jazeera hong kong of course, and bell, or sentence, the former presidential contender to 14 years in prison on corruption charges. victor barbary call has been convicted of money laundering, bribery, and tax evasion. he was arrested last year when he tried to register his candidacy against president of extender shanker, a correct and on anti government protests followed the votes and has led to sanction. so peter is on my of is executive director of the eurasia democracy initiative. he joined us by skype form kids in ukraine. i could you have thought of explaining to our international viewers or perhaps not familiar with the man who is victor, bob rita, mister bob rica was, in fact, a business man. you know, he was in charge of a bank, a subsidiary of a gas from bank, russian gas from bank in bella. luce and he was really outside of politics. up until as you said last year, when he decided to throw his log with the opposition declared his presidential candidacy and was arrested last june on the way in fact to register his candidacy. you know, and what distinguishes thi

that history it seems, is slowly being raised, adrian brown, al jazeera, hong kong people all over france and celebrating a national holiday with fireworks and parades. steel day marks the fall of the best deal. prison in 1789 that led to the uprising that help spot the french revolution. this year's events has been scaled down to 10000 attendees because of koby 19. ah, recapping your top story. so you, so far today, the afghan taliban saying is he's control of these spin bolduc border crossing with pakistan. but the afghan government is denying the arm groups claims that says his forces repelled taliban fighters. charlotte bellis is incredible for us with the latest. this isn't the 1st border crossing they have taken. it is the largest, but it isn't the 1st they have taken in the last few weeks. they've taken some smaller ones up on the northern border of afghanistan, minnesota to g custom. and also on the iranian border, they took quite a large border crossing called is lum color. now we've talked to truck drivers who have come through there since they've taken the crossing. and they sa

later this year, adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. ah, you want you to there with me the whole realm, the reminder of all told stories, tennessee, as president of the minister of defense on the acting minister of justice. after dismissing the prime minister earlier, i'm thinking parliament for 30 days, the biggest political group, the entire party is calling it a qu. the white house of calls to come into it that said the u. s. government has not yet determined if it was a coup or not. and security forces dressed in civilian clothing store the offices of al jazeera in tunis. the le staff were told to turn the phones off and with an removed from the building, press freedom advocate to condemn the false pleasure vouchers. there is offices, as did the spokes person for the un secretary general were dismayed by these reports. and we hope that all reporters, including the ones that al jazeera will be able to go about their work without harassment. and we want to make sure that as we have the situation on the ground in tunisia, that press fr

adrian brown, al jazeera hong kong attacks on doctors by men miles, military or threatening countries, fight against coven, 19 health care workers have faced violence, arrests and killings by security for assistance protest against february's qu, began, the janitor is accused of targeting them to undermine their support frantic who protested force in clinics to operate on the ground. speaking anonymously, one fugitive dr. described as ordeal with security forces, all the medical equipment confiscated and michael leach and on for doctors and enough to warranty a theme depletion, public call on adulthood. huge fuels due to all actions in the damage. but we have become criminals overnight. find a military men mar is now one of the most dangerous places on earth for health care workers. there were $240.00 a tax on medics this year. nearly half of the 508 globally tracked by the world health organization. the military is issued arrest warrants for $400.00 doctors and the $180.00 nurses. they're charged with supporting civil disobedience. 12 health care workers have been killed with 32 woun

that history it seems, is slowly being raised, adrian brown, al jazeera hong kong people across from celebrating their national holiday with far works and parades best the day for the fall of the best fuel prison. in 1789, it led to an uprising that helped spark the french revolution. it has become a yearly tradition for thousands to celebrate on the shows the thing. this year's events has been scale down to 10000 attendees to, to the pandemic. phil aheads, or to 0, find out why they're calling it this baseball star, a once in a century, talent, that story coming up after the break. ah ah ah, ah, ah ah ah ah oh the a. it's time for the sports. here's faro. hello, thank you so much. majorly baseballs all. star game has made a long awaited return. having been cancelled in 2020 because of the pandemic. they shelby's march was also a landmark moment for japanese sensation. show, hey o, tony, for whole malik reports should cancel due to the pandemic channels. there were also huge expectations on show a autonomy who was making history as the 1st of a 2 way old song. and as expected, the an

there is one mistaken message we survived, after all, the predictions that we wouldn't, adrian brown, al jazeera hong kong on talks are continuing in doha, between the african government and the taliban. but as they discuss the piece process back and kind of stand violence has intensified just among sucks from the deadline for the u. s. to withdraw. most of its truths, hundreds of afghan civilians are being killed and injured. is the start of the year as the security situation there deteriorates. well, the taliban has been steadily taking control of districts across galveston. odyssey era has confirmed that more than a 100 districts and now in the taliban control, you can see them and read spread across the country in 20 provinces. ok, let's go live to a some things of it. who's been following those talks for us in doha or sama throat . all of this, a lot of the emphasis should be placed on discussions in agreements that have been made between the us and the taliban. there must be questions i would imagine over what role the afghan government can play in all of this. but that was the

adrian brown is there more well in the heart of hong kong, a busy street has been sealed off by police. and the reason for that is that traditionally, this is the place where the annual july, the 1st march begins, and we are rallies and rule so held with but the 2nd year running police have denied permission for that to happen fighting cobit 19 and warning. but anyone taking part in a process that is not authorized risk violating the new national security law, the police have been stopping people wearing black and checking their ideas. meanwhile, on the other side of town, john lee, who is the security secretary and currently standing in the carry land. the chief executive davis speech to an audience to the ceremony on thursday morning saying the national security law had brought stability back to hong kong. after a long period of calles, young sir highway will walk out. therefore, as we safeguards the national security citizens can still enjoy freedom such freedom of speech, press assembly and protest in accordance with the law on what around? 10000 police are on duty here at the mome

a claim authorities rejects adrian brown has moved from hong kong. too many book fairs are a great festival of words, but in today's hong kong would have consequences. this is the 1st book fair to happen here. since the imposition of a wide ranging national security law more than a year ago, a law that has had a profound impact on this territory in the past few weeks, one of its most popular newspapers has been forced to close. now the government assist the organizers insist the books on display here and not being vetted all censored but they say the exhibitors have to comply with local laws. the national security law. we spoke to one author who said the mood at this festival was very different from the 12 years ago when books on display touched on things like the pro democracy movement and even independence for hong kong. i have a new book talking about the relation between the chinese communist party and hong kong in the past century. but it cannot appear this year. i don't know why. there are lots of reasons, but it represent a low pressure in pol