one that's not easily found in a time of deep political partisanship. rosalyn jordan al jazeera washington. ah, this is al jazeera and these, all the headlines. the u. s. has condemned and attacks that killed at least 4 people in the african capital campbell thing. it bears the whole launch of the taliban. a current bombing was followed by a gun attack near the home of the defense minister. it's samantha again sir james bass was driving very close to one of the explosions in couple. we got to the point where there was a junction to go past the defense ministers house and we started to turn to go in that direction. we were between 2 and 300 meters away. when there was a very loud explosion, quite a jolt to the car. then we saw sparks in the air and a big plume of spoke. and what we now know is that that was a car bomb attack, part of what appears to have been a complex attack in the, in the words of those who study these things, which is an initial explosion. and then gunman taking their places and trying to to, to, to, to then carry out a further attack. and it took many hours for the afgh

as the last us troops had at home. 6 patty calhoun, al jazeera washington ah, type of quick check of the headlines here on knowledge of the over the last american troops had left campbell, mocking the end of 20 years of war in afghanistan. the last c 17 transport plane took off just hours ago clearing afghanis space. well the taliban celebrated the us exit with gunfire and fireworks. it says i janice. dawn is now gained full independence. thousands of afghans still want to leave the un security council as adopted a resolution to let them go safely, but it's not done at the taliban will comply on hospitals in the us state of louisiana. been forced to evacuate patients after hurricane either knocked out power to many areas. the store may land for on sunday. it's not been downgraded to a tropical storm. at least 2 people died in california, the entire resort city of south lake tahoe was ordered to evacuate because of a wildfire, the cool, defiant which broke out on august. the 14th has already been through more than 700 square kilometers, destroying hundreds of buildings. so those were

the commander in chief who finally brought america's longest war to an end. jabber times the al jazeera washington and the un security council held another emergency meeting on august on it called for inclusive government secretary general. and so when you get tara is called on the taliban to respect human rights and offer amnesty, he said he is particularly concerned about reports of the violation of the rights of women and girls. heavy rains or lashing parts of haiti, there are reports of flooding in some areas that have already been hit by saturdays, devastating earthquakes. more than 1400 people have tides. for the 1st time, the u. s. has declared a shortage at its largest water reservoir triggering mandatory cuts to some western states. lake mead on the colorado river serves some 40000000 people. the region is struggling with a drought and record high temperatures. miss ellen has reported its 1st local coven, 1900 infection, and half a year. the case was detected and auckland, authorities are working to trace its origins and they warned a face swift down severe lockdown if the highly contagio

rob reynolds al jazeera washington. ah, exactly. how passed the out. these are your top stories. the tunnel button says it's captured a 2nd provincial capital after weeks of fighting in sheboygan, the government's ending reinforcements and conducting ass drawings to try to re take control charlotte bellis with more now from cobble. a government affiliated source has told us that sure the gun has fallen, although it is quite nuanced and fluid. the taliban say that they took control of the city on saturday afternoon. they took control of the police office, the intelligence officers, the governors compound. they even broke into the prison and released a number of prisoners. now the government says that they don't have full control of the city, that security forces remain at the port and that they are planning a counter, a fame to. they have started, it strikes and that they are sending in special forces and reinforcements for this contra fences to try to take the city show. the gun. wildfire is bending north of the greek capital, have forced thousands of people to leave their homes.

mike hanna, al jazeera, washington. >> many have been watching the taliban takeover with dismay. nearly 2000 u.s. service members died in what has become known as the longest war. now many are asking what for. >> the taliban's takeover of the afghan government came as little surprise to many who served there in the u.s. military, but the incredible scenes of people storming the airport prompted strong reactions. >> horror, shame, terror, fear. >> matt remains close to afghans he worked with as an advisor to the afghan army. he continues to fear for their safety. >> this is the chaotic exit they feared and so many of us tried to warn about. no one listened. it fell on deaf ears in the biden administration. they now own this aspect. they were warned and warned and did not care. >> on monday, joe biden defended the decision to withdraw from the u.s.'s longest war, which has cost the lives of nearly 2500 american service members and more than 2 trillion u.s. dollars. he also acknowledged this. >> the scenes we are seeing in afghanistan are gut wrenching, particularly for veterans, di

says his responsible gabriel is on auto al jazeera washington. charlotte bellis. as more now from campbell. i've heard from many sources now that the threat is very, very high number of people told me to do not go to the airport today. we are very concerned particularly about the south gate, which is one of the main entrances which is controlled by the taliban. and also the north west area. they're holding a pension pixel station area. we were down there yesterday where the telephone had taken control of that area just yesterday. and it was very teams. they were very concerned. they said to us, i still, it's still a problem and we're trying to push people back. we're worried about you being here would like to really quickly put barbed wire across the road because they were trying to use it as a barrier to stop crowds getting close. but still still people who are arriving regardless of the threat of isolate and any checkpoints with helemano putting in place. the last, british military flight has left cobble carrying the u. k is remaining diplomats and troops out of

says his responsible gabriel is hondo al jazeera washington u. k. has completed its evacuations and is varying back its troops. this marks the end of near the 20 years of british military presence. but many afghans who worked with its forces in afghanistan happening left behind him. baba reports her name is however, even english, and she's just entered a world full of hope and uncertainty. her afghan parents were evacuated from couple to dubai where they caught a turkish airlines flight to the u. k. helped by the cabin crew, her mom so man had to give birth on boards as have arrived, the british military confirmed it was ending its flights carrying civilians. frances, on the same shakira, an afghan actress living in france managed to get her mother and brother out of afghanistan at the last minute. as in so many cases it involved days of frantic phone calls to people on the ground at the airport. it was double my 7 in demand of re discovered the smell of my mother, and it's something that i had forgotten. my mother's tears reminded me of the tea. sh

end a global pandemic in the face of local, but understandable priorities. rosalyn, jordan al jazeera washington and indonesia, the number of kevin 19 death house. the past 800000 health officials say the total could be much higher health care facilities on stretch the limits, and many people have been dying at home. china as racing to contain an outbreak of cupboard 19 driven by the delta variance. it reported 85 infections on thursday basing has tightened. the overseas travel restrictions to cub the spread memorials and lebanon have turned into protests on the one year of history, mocking to bay root port explosion. killed more than 200 people, protested, clashed with security forces. now they call to the government to be held accountable. dozens of people have been evacuated from the greek island of e via ablaze has destroyed at least 150 homes. it's one of $100.00 fires, burning across the country. is european has ordered 3 a groups including doctors without borders, to stop all operations in the war 20 gray region. the monetary and chief says, food supplies must be allowed in. european gove

joe biden is expected to address that very issue in his speech on tuesday. gabriel's ando al jazeera washington. well, our white house correspondent, kimberly hockey, joins of live now from washington. d. c. kimberly. so us secretary of state anthony blink. and they're talking earlier about how diplomacy will replace the military efforts in afghanistan. talk us through what more he had to say and what it actually means. right, well the secretary of state took to the airwaves of the united states to kind of convey to americans in the world. what that diplomatic engagement will look like. and it is still a little bit unclear what the main point of the secretary state was. is that the taliban seeks legitimacy on the international stage. and in order to achieve that, it will have to be earned. this is the message that the secretary state delivered, but it's one that the administration has been really kind of trying to focus on in recent days. but i have to admit watching the, the worse than any sort of some of the reaction that we've seen already in the united states. there's a lot of skepticism by

as the last us troops had at home, patty calling al jazeera washington. hospitals in the us say to louisiana have been forced to evacuate dozens of patients. so to hurricane ida knocked out power to many areas, including the city of new orleans. i made land full on sunday, but has since been downgraded to a tropical storm for cost to say it's still poses a threat as it moves ne, into the state of mississippi. phil laval has moved from that. this is what the effort to get power back on in louisiana. it looks like we're actually across the board and mississippi where we've got hundreds of trucks, electricity repair trucks, by all being lined up to go across brackets, louisiana, some of the ready because this is i major, major outage is just a localized issue. all of new orleans is without power, some 1000000 residents. the power went off about 6 o'clock just as the storm came in, and it is being described as a transformation failure at the head of the boss of the power company says that the grid is 100 percent mush buy down power lines down, telephone line, and this is a real issue, this is no

rob reynolds al jazeera washington still to come around or 0. this news out venezuela's economic crisis will tell you about a big gamble, the government's taking, to encourage people to use the local currency, embattled volleyball, and sport. kevin durant makes us possible history as a guide to seem to go ah, north korea, isis, and heavily sanction yet earning billions around the globe bureau. 39 is involved in everything that makes money for you to carry a different passport. say contact the money this year and it goes straight into the conferences. leadership a to park, people empower investigation, bureau, 39 cache for kim park, one on a jesse era. if you were looking at this from the outside, you would really wonder what was going on, what, what is this growth is a religion that they have an in depth exploration of global capitalism. on our obsession with economic growth. this is still the center of capitalism. there is no limits. i view myself as a capital artist we trying to bake as well as smaller and smaller. we don't want to be so reali

end a global pandemic in the face of local but understandable priorities. russell and jordan al jazeera washington, the number of curve at 19 death in indonesia has passed 100000. the epicenter the pan, that making se asia has been struggling to contain the spread of the delta variant, health care facilities on stretch the limits. and many people have been dying at home. let's go to corresponding jessica washington who's live in jakarta with more in the story. so jessica, with so many people dying at home. how hard is it to get an accurate take on the figures of what's actually happening around the country? that's exactly right, and experts you say it may be impossible for us to say with certainty, just how many lives indonesia lot to this health practice. what we do know is that most of the, many of the deaths have happened just in recent weeks, around 40 percent of the 100000 people consent to have most and live those just happened in july and august. we also know that as i have been a search in depth, the home have been an increase in cases with multiple members of the same family. have all die

says his responsible gabriel is hondo al jazeera washington. the u. k has completed its evacuations and is bringing back his troops. this marks the end of the 20 years of british military presence in afghanistan, prime minister boris johnson, has laid out its conditions for the taliban, for any future engagements with western nations. we will engage with the taliban, not on the basis of what they say, but what they do. and if the new regime in cabal, once diplomatic recognition, or to unlock the billions that are currently frozen, they will have to ensure a safe passage for those who wish to leave the country. to respect the rights of women and girls. to prevent a canister from, again, becoming an incubator for global terror. many africa and he worked with british forces in afghanistan, has been less the hines and many organizations in the u. k. are trying to help them in bumper reports. her name is however even english and she's just entered a world full of hope and uncertainty. her african parents were evacuated from couple to dubai where they caugh

one that is not easily found in a time of deep political partisanship. rosalyn jordan al jazeera washington human rights watch says chilly is deporting hundreds of undocumented venezuela migrants without giving many of them the right to due process. they say it's inconsistent with the need to help people fleeing what chili's president describes as a dictatorship. sir newman reports from santiago the vienna garcia arrived in chile from venezuela with her 3 children. 2 and a half years ago was the 38 year old nurse needed help to care for them while she worked. so she paid a migrant trafficker to bring her mother into the country through an illegal border crossing. but on june 6th, a sunday, the immigration police phoned and asked cassius mother to meet them at a nearby supermarket. yeah, maybe you said, maybe they may. i mean, she called me and said they've just detained me and i'm going to be deported. i asked why the police told her she had been notified, but it's not true. she was sent away to venezuela without clothes or anything. since early this year, she has been carrying out summary

the big battle getting some to start with shot one and delta rages on regardless, phil laval al jazeera washington and still had here on al jazeera, tough life lesson for some the vaccine bathroom spills on for us college campuses. woman coming here with children bridges. and the reason why you're accusing, valerie said he's in refugees as political to ah hello, thank you for tuning in. here's an update on tropical storm grace and you know, i gotta tell you, could potentially make landfall as a category one hurricane right through here. and you could tell peninsula which of course is a tourist hotspot. places like can coon, let's try it out as it keeps moving, it may weaken a bit through the bay of can peachy and strengthen for a potentially 2nd landfall. as once again, a category one hurricane along that east coast of mexico tracking the leftovers of fred, their racing through new england, quite as soaking for upstate new york into massachusetts on thursday. in nowhere else were seen some soaking ranges toward the desert southwest. this is mon sooner moister flash flood warnings in play watches i

phil laval, al jazeera washington, israeli prime minister, natalie bennett, is in washington for his 1st official visit abroad. and he's expected to meet president joe biden in the coming out top of his agenda is stopping us efforts to restore a nuclear deal with iran. but it met the secretary of state and defense. on wednesday, the white house correspondent can be helped get join. now from washington, dc, this us israeli relationship is perhaps very different to the one compared and contrasting to the last administration. so which one does how hard the bargaining will be, especially when it comes to issues like iran yeah, there's no question that this is a different relationship. now the white house and the israeli delegation is essentially going into this saying that there isn't, you know, optimism, but it's very clear that there are some key friction points. whitehouse visually saying this is going to be to discuss a broad range of issues whether be climate change of ghana stand gaza and also iran . but it's clear that there are really those latter to issues are what may dominate

they want action now and to get out as quickly as they can. fill of al jazeera washington. as hear from charles ross ed who joined in evacuation mission from castle to, i've got this down heading east towards cobble airport. this flight is part of an international effort to move thousands of people out of afghanistan because they are afraid of the new rulers of their country that has suffered decades of war. for about an hour, which is 2 and a half hours journey from libel. this will see the flight on board or drug coverage medical expected to return to their country. we land on the nato control side at the airport. the situation is calm, far removed from the chaos outside the perimeter. fence controlled by the taliban. long lines of africans wait in single file to bold the plains. these are some of the 10s of thousands of people try to flee. cobble today we arrived here, i suppose about half an hour ago. they're all for military. i crawl civil chinese the loading up with people so they are too afraid to remain in this country. i think this is divine williams by the city th

the commander in chief who finally brought america's longest war to an end. jabber times the al jazeera washington. while emotions enough gun, this dawn, arranging from astonishment to fear of what lies ahead on the streets of the capital arm taliban fighters on now, a regular site. i'll just there is walden mcbride has more than that from couple me the city of cobble has experience. so much up people for decades, and this is another change to get used to. and one that's far from easy to go. most of all of our customers because most of the got the situation for now. no one can say what's happening at all. the people are just lost and confused. in the space of one romantic day life on the streets feels completely different. this is one of the most obvious signs of the transformation that taken place in literally overnight. the whole of the center of cobbled is protected by these 45 checkpoint concrete blocks. various normally guards carrying automatic weapons and humvees with heavy machine guns on this morning. nothing. the people have been getting used to the novelty of a new force in charge. the

rob reynolds al jazeera, washington, columbia, and panama, so they will work together to reduce the number of refugees and migrant stranded at the border. about 10000 people, mostly from cuba, and haiti are stuck in the town of nicole. nicole lee. they cannot be in a panamanian foreign ministers said they'll make sure transport and traveled. routes are improved. i took it up again, finish up tomorrow sunday. which means japan pass the torch to paris which will host in 2024. and as anti richardson reports, the friendship had much to learn from these pender pandemic era games. the tokyo games are still to finish, but already paris is stepping up its preparations to welcome the world in 2024. the olympics will soon be back in the city. the 3rd time simone says, do the whites as our campaign to win the games began the moment to receive the live, to clog has been in our heads. and in our hearts that would mean that after a weight of 100 years, the games are returning to paris. paris 2024 compared to paris. 1924 will be on a very different sporting and financial scale. tokyo's budget has just se

as the last us troops had at home. patty calhoun, al jazeera washington. andrew brockovich is the president of the quincy institute for responsible state croft. he says the u. s. involvement in afghanistan ended in failure. the real significance is not in the evacuation which began as something of a disaster. great confusion on the part of us authorities ended in something of a success if we think about 123000 people being evacuated. but i don't think that's the real story. the real story is the 20 years that preceded the evacuation. the longest war in american history, a war that belonged to 4 different presidents, belongs to the military award that had many meteor cheerleaders, but one which was radically mismanaged and ended in failure. that's the real issue . i think that deserves our attention from the u. s. point of view, it's imperative for us to find a way to work with the taliban. however, disagreeable that may be to us authorities and to the american people. we're now in a damage control mode. we need to try to limit the negative fall out from th

they wants action now and to get out as quickly as they can fill of el al jazeera washington. thank you more still ahead only use our including us vice president come harris is in singapore as part of efforts to strengthen the tale with science . asia will bring you a, an update on that story on lincoln's old a bit of festival, despite a cold with 19 look thing. i'm kale, fixing. the french match is as fans and explain what triggered the trouble lisa in ah, china says it's closely following developments in afghanistan. it's foreign ministry has just held a news conference and said most chinese nationals have safely returned home. the government says is prepared to work with the taliban. ok. so jim, case on poll. we hope it's going to stay and conform and inclusive and open government, which adopts a phone and domestic policy that's prudent and moderate, where we hope elected the will of the people in an international community. let's get one from katrina you. she joins us live from beijing. katrina just explains a bit more about this. the policy china has on afghanistan, we he

rob reynolds al jazeera washington. well, now the evacuation flights rough galveston have ended. western governments are promising to continue efforts, repatriate people at risk. right now there are thousands of afghans in countries such as the u. k, wondering what the future holds. and the bomber is met some of those working to help them. so don't just working flat out to help afghans who just arrived with almost nothing. these volunteers say they've been amazed by the support i getting from the public, not just from afghans, but other members of the wider community here in west london heathrow airport turned up here with while back and so nation i managed to get some neighbors. literally in that hole was we have to box, i think, and then manage to the neighborhood. what's that group link in between us? you know, we've actually managed to get with kinds of response, which is incredible. all these bags, if afghans who are staying temporarily in currency hotels around the u. k, there's been a huge effort by small chariti

end a global pandemic in the face of local but understandable priorities. russell and jordan al jazeera washington, the number of coven 19 deaths in indonesia has passed 100000. the epicenter the pandemic in se asia is struggling to contain the spread of the delta variance, health care facilities have been stretched to the limits, and many people have been dying at home. and other countries in the region also battling to control arise in infections. on thursday time on reported another daily record of nearly 21000 cases. lawrence louis reports the crowds of tourists and commuters have all that disappeared from the streets of bangkok. thailand continues to impose strict cubs on visitors in a bid to contain a search. in corona virus cases, the country has been reporting new highs in infections and death almost every day. what this is a landmark with the majority of those who comment pre are foreigners, chinese, and other nationalities. if you ask, if we've been impacted, we are affected. all the vendors here are affected. we're still here in indonesia, the high case load is taking a toll on health c

rob reynolds al jazeera washington french president emanuel macros says, talks have started with the taliban to protect and repass rate at risk after nationals after tuesday. france in the u. k. will last the united nations to work towards a safe zone in kabul to protect humanitarian operations. and push it convenient, this is a project that we will carry on with. i think that it is completely feasible, frances job and all that of its partners is it do everything to achieve the security of humanitarian operations. if it is within this framework that we are bringing this resolution project to the un security council, i have hope that it will have a favorable outcome. i cannot see who could oppose enabling the safety of humanitarian operations. well, with few american forces left in afghanistan, the taliban is taking control of more areas in and around. cobble airport, u. s. military aircraft continue to land as the final evacuations take place, just misses from taliban fighters. charlotte bennett has this exclusive report. the telephone has taken over, the fight is drive us, made humv

commander in chief who finally brought america's longest war to an ends. jabber times the al jazeera washington. for afghans both at home and abroad, the pace of the taliban take over has been shocking. many outside the country say they feel helpless and anxious for their loved ones at home. and these pictures show some of the desperate moments of people doing anything they can to leave the country. the u. s. has resumed operations to evacuate, people hundreds have already flown out. over in washington, there was an emotional exchange between an afghan journalist and the pentagon spokesman, now 0 creamy, broke down a she asked about the whereabouts of her president and question the future for women in her country. i'm very upset because i've got women that didn't expect that overnight all the time. they took off my flack, this is why i flag they put this luck. where does my former president, danny people expected that t by the people? nobody here to pentagon is happy about the images that we've seen coming out in the last few days. and we're all mindful of the kind of govern governance that the

in his speech on tuesday. gabriel sandow al jazeera washington. well, our white house correspondent, kimberly hockey, join us live now from washington, d. c. kimberly. so you effective state, anthony blink, and talked earlier about how diplomacy will replace the military effort in afghanistan. what more do you have to say, and what does it mean? well, what this means is essentially the secretary state was kind of carving out what this relationship will look like moving forward, because it's not just africans who might be confused, but also the american public. so this was both an international domestic audience and the main thrust of this message was not only that, this is a diplomatic mission moving forward, but also sort of outlining the relationship with the taliban. given the fact that the united states heavily relied on the taliban kind of in the closing hours of its withdrawl. but morden area, american, see the taliban still is america's enemy, not a friend. and so there is some confusion about how this diplomatic process will work . moving f

phil laval al jazeera washington. let's bring in some other world news and peruse. new presidents is facing his tough as test yet less than a month after taking office with a razor thin election victory. petro kasteel saw his cabinet off from the government palace before they headed to the opposition controlled congress. they are seeking a confidence vote to support the administration's policies. castillo's decision to select ministers from his marks us free peru parties for concerns for the economy. marianna sanchez has more from lima. well, the prime minister, you go to you, went to congress, to ask from legislators a vote of confidence for the next government message of being inclusive and conciliatory, especially taking care of the most vulnerable peruvians around the country. he said that the government will support farmers with credits and technology. he will also support popular kitchens. we're thousands that were millions, really. of peruvians eat every day, prove your wor, extremely poor. now the priority, however, will be to fight the pen demik and to reva

have the capabilities to carry out attacks in other countries, at least not yet, rob reynolds al jazeera washington. let's bring in gabriel alexander, who is in washington d. c. gave. we've had a response from the u. s. to these reports that civilians including children, are among the dead. in this latest us try and strike what exactly have they had to say? yes, sent com spokes person putting out a statement late on sunday in response to these media reports of a family that was killed including 6 children, the the sent com spokesperson saying that they are investigating that they are aware of the media reports and that they are saying that they cannot yet confirm that, but in the statement they are saying that there were powerful subsequent explosions after the drone strike insinuating that the drone strike hit the vehicle. and then there were that caused one explosion, killing those inside. but then there were perhaps, according to the sent com subsequent explosions as well emanating from the vehicle . they say again, they're still investigating, but they say send. com says that if any innocent ci

says his responsible. gabriel is hondo al jazeera washington. the last british military flight has left trouble carrying the u. k. 's remaining diplomats and troops out of i've done it's done. it brings in and nearly 20 years of british military presence, last plane for afghan civilians left earlier on saturday. thousands of people who are entitled to resettlement in the u. k. have been left behind. hundreds of afghans are protested outside the banks in capital, while others formed long lines of cash machines. government employees were among those marching, demanding their salaries. they say they have not been paid for the past 6 months. it's almost 10 days that i've been waiting here to get my salary. i am an employee of the government. we have a patient at home. we have problems, we cannot take our salary is out. a few days ago the banks reopened, but closed again. give us our salaries so that we can be able to solve problems. hurricane ida is gathering strength as it approaches new orleans. it's expected to make landfall on the u. s. gulf coa

phil laval al jazeera washington. or he asked john gulls robotic team as arrived in mexico after leaving an uncertain future home on the taliban rule. the students from the city of herat, one internationally claim for their engineering, some hope to return to afghanistan to help shape their country the future. or by mommy spoke to a group during the 1st stop in doha noon for their innovation and ingenuity . the can girls reports team has competed around the globe on projects including building offense later with carport or far right part is about solving the communities and our community problem. and i'm so interested to in the future, to serve my people and help my people. they had left couple days before it was taken by the taliban speaking from doha, they said they hope to return. it's in normal that everyone altree that i hope that and they can continue on. i wanted from the new government that lived over new generation with the gills and boys to continue their education. although we'll take us about what they wan

as the last us troops had at home. patty calhoun, al jazeera washington spring and steve clemens, he's in paris. he's the host found his there is the bottom line at large of the hill. many thanks for joining us, steve. so the americans, they've done it, they've met the deadline of august 31st to pull out of ghana don off to, to decades. but it's come at a cost, doesn't it? well, i think it's kind of a staggering cost, but those costs weren't just this past. you know, couple of weeks of seeing desperate people trying to get out of this nightmare. they are the cost they've been building up for decades. there's been a lot of people who have been warning that, that eventual moment where the united states would leave would leave such a deep gash in the country. and it was something that had not been fought through properly before. you know, we know it's pretty cool. hey just said in 2010, 11 years ago, we were spending upwards of a $120000000000.00 a year on this afghan, a stand effort. and the g. d. p of the country at that time was just $13000000000.00. so there's a lot of costs on, on ma

and a global pandemic in the face of local, but understandable priorities. rosalyn, jordan al jazeera washington, let's look at indonesia where large numbers of people are dying at home because they just can't get the hospital. carol medical oxygen with their health system buckling, indonesia is now the epi center of ages outbreak with an official death toll exceeding 100000. a quarter of emitting infections are recorded in the last week alone, more from jessica washington in chicago. as alarming as that figure of surpassing $100000.00 and sound, it's only a partial picture of the situation on the ground. some months ago, the indonesian government pledged that it would seek to scale up p. c. r, testing and endeavor to test around 400000 people each day. and that still has not happened. so the reality is, is that at this point, we cannot be certain how many people died as a result of the virus. in particular, as more deaths have happened at home, what we do know is that 40 percent of the current death toll 40 percent of those people died in july and august alone. we also know that as jess at home

one that is not easily found in a time of deep political partisanship. rosalyn jordan al jazeera washington. ah, the taliban is warning laure tanks against top as can government officials cobble has been shaken by another explosion near a defense facility and 3 people were injured. well, the taliban has came responsibility for tuesday's car bama tank that followed a gun battle near the home of the defense minister. full people were killed. last happened. close to the cities heavily 45 green zone where government buildings and embassies relocated. well, the un security council says it's deeply concerned about human rights abuses and escalating violence. and in a statement it condemned deliberate attacks on african civilians and on un compounds and harassed province. last week, one member, hvac and security forces was killed in an attack. all his fighting intensive eyes in lacquer gall and helman province, where the army has asked civilians to leave. the city shall about his life was now in the capital. cobble is beginning. cobble, charlotte, where those explosions have happened. and now a cl

have the capabilities to carry out attacks in other countries, at least not yet, rob reynolds al jazeera washington. well hearken either as may land for along the gulf coast as a powerful category for storm, as hundreds of thousands of people in the us take shelter. far as is a warning of extremely dangerous storm surge and catastrophic wind to predict it to be the strongest harkins hit the region since 18. 50 storm is threatening new orleans some 16 years to the day since it was devastated by hurricane katrina, which killed more than 1800 people out there is phil laval is live for us in new orleans. now. what's it like there? very, very windy and very, very wet because ida is well and truly here. now she is open your lane and those winds are incredibly strong going down here. this is the french course, new orleans. this is the kind of policy central area. this is where everybody piles favor the weekend. a drink be sociable. there is not a soul about a call from the person that you say running to get from door to door. the road is like a river so much ryan has fallen down. it is coming down the str

one that is not easily found in a time of deep political partisanship. rosalyn jordan al jazeera washington ah, this is al jazeera and these, all the headlines. the u. s. has condemned and attacked, killed at least 4 people in the african capital campbell thing. it bears the hallmarks of the taliban. a current bombing was followed by a gun attack near the home of.

the big battle getting some to start with shot one and delta rages on regardless fill of al jazeera washington. while the push for boost of vaccines in the united states follows a new study from researches at the university of oxford. it found that the pfizer estrogenic vaccines offered good protection from the delta variant, although efficacy does drop off for a few months. let's get more on the research that took place, joining for months with his her a walker, who is professor of medical statistics and epidemiology at the university of oxford and chief investigative for the code 900 infection survey. so good. see that? thanks for joining us. what in your view is the chief takeaway of this report as far as the public's concerned, they really important for me, but even though the vaccine don't doing quite as well as they did again. for the 2 days, she's going to take all still giving good protection against the class, and that's true whether or not you've hard coded before. so even if you've had code before, you'll still get after protection. if you have to back thing. now you all right, so w

rob reynolds al jazeera washington, the leader of hezbollah has warned of a response to his really air strikes on lebanon. after a flare up at the border, the lebanese group fired rockets towards israel on friday. the following is really strong air rates on southern lebanon. the day before thursdays is really air rates for the 1st time. planes were used since the 20064 and how that men had hit yesterday's operation was not in response to the killing about 2 members. we are not seeking a war, but we are ready for it and we do not fear it. yesterday's operation was aimed at consolidating the equation of deterrents. chose to carry out the operation during the day in order not to scare the lebanese residence. and our response yesterday was directly linked to the israeli as strikes and its objective was clear. it was necessary for the response to be israeli, as strike to be quick, or elsie would have lost its value. now, but the u. s. a slammed nicaragua was upcoming election as having lost all credibility. that's off to the electoral tribunal, disqualify the main opposition party for novem

commander in chief who finally brought america's longest war to an ends. jabber times the al jazeera washington. the german chancellor has criticized the way the u. s. to withdraw was handled. germany had the 2nd largest military presence in afghanistan after the united states in figuring enough on a sunday stop on a 2 week off baton deutschland, the development and i've given us down is bitter for germany and the other allied nations. under the leadership of the usa and nato fought after the terror attacks of september 11 for 20 years against terrorism and for freedom on the bidding and cobbler sent over extreme should really we have to realize that an independent role of germany or other european forces during the nato mission in afghanistan was not possible. we have always said that we were fundamentally depending on the decisions of the american government stuff. well, afghans who worked for the us and nato forces are worried for the safety of their family members. a former interpreter who now lives in france, says only a miracle, can save his relatives in afghanistan. i am a realtor of jus

robert shields al jazeera washington will join us now to talk more about the current situation in afghanistan . is michael sample visiting with such professor queens university, belfast and a former deputy e special representative to afghanistan and join us from dublin. thank you for being with us. let me ask you 1st of all, then is the taliban up to the security challenges in afghanistan, right? now, particularly given what has happened around cobble over the last couple of days. originally the taliban having fought for 20 years against the u. s. and the u. s. back to government in kabul now inherits many of the challenges that, that government faced. so i don't think the tyler bonds are going to have an easy job of stepping into the shoes of the government. they face multiple security threats only the 1st one of which is the i s k p which we have seen heading out against them. and the, the population over the past few days. i want to ask you about that as well. how would you assess the threat from, from ice. ok right now? well, there are much smaller groups done by the taliban and they don'

rob reynolds al jazeera washington masses latest miles rover histone, who collecting rock samples, pictures from the us space agency show a whole drilled by the perseverance rover into the martian surface. nasa plans to launch a mission and coming in to collect the samples coming up and forth with far so care to policy in the flag to paris will here help friendship planning for a more cost effective game. ah, the u. s. has withdrawn the majority of its troops from america the longest war, leaving the battle for control. the african military be able to hold its ground against the taliban, and the afghans to help the american war effort relocated to the u. s. the future hold for that special coverage for not going to song on al jazeera release. the hype of english football lies in elicit market for the rich and powerful i'm one of the leading specialist work undercover. just yours investigative unit exposes the inner workings of key players in the murky underbelly of football finance. for me to tell, some people going, in addition, has been said that you can make an elephant disappeared. i ha

phil laval al jazeera washington. phil ahead on the altar and his own. i'm so interested too in the future to serve my people. they left stuff gone a song just before the taliban took over, find out what the young assigned says, the thing about their country, future 11 on health of them on life support medicine, the border leaving the most vulnerable for the treatment. ah hi. there are a lot of ground to cover, get you up to speed with some tropical trouble that we're tracking. so 1st outsourcing mexico's pacific coast. we've got this disturbance throwing what, whether it's word acapulco, let's press play, see where it goes. this could strengthen into a hurricane as it eyes the baja peninsula. of course, a popular tourist destination there of couples and lucas, next award, the caribbean sea. and we have seen cascading brain for.

another search in this pandemic of the vaccinated petticoat haine al jazeera washington, the world's largest art celebration, the edinburgh fringe returns this weekend. but this year's edition will be scaled back after it was cancelled last year. due to corona virus should have reports now from edinburgh. did everyone have a good print? them? it? yeah, good doesn't make it difficult. i thought, isabel, far as one woman show ellipses is a journey through grief via stand up comedy. what happens when? oh, so panic or excited that you kind of, i just said, you don't like either the member for all the song in a musical like many of the acts at this. he has edinburgh festival behind it is a story of endurance. i didn't know who i was anymore last year and exhilaration. amazing, honestly, absolutely amazing. and for me, so everything opened up again for like 4 months from may and it just completely changed how i feel like feel completely alive again. hello. hello. i am in my family show dormant for 18 months. there are signs of life in the arts. the streets are filling up the stages on lit,

the commander in chief who finally brought america's longest war to an end, jabber times the al jazeera washington. on the discipline, i think from the united nations security council held an emergency meeting on afghan. this dan secretary general antonio terrace cold on the tale bound to respect human rights and offer an amnesty. he said he is particularly concerned about the rights of women and girls. the international community must be united and to see lies all available instruments to ensure the following. first, we must speak with one voice to oppose human rights in afghanistan. i call upon the tale abandoned all parties to respect and protect international humanitarian law and the rights and freedoms of all persons. receiving chilling reports of severe restrictions on human rights throughout the country. and i am particularly concerned by accounts of mounting human rights violations against the women and girls of afghanistan, who feared to return to the darkest days. still ahead on al jazeera, the fighting in know the most and big is top of the agenda as regional leaders need find out what

phil laval al jazeera washington of vaccinations against ebola are underway in the ivory coast. health officials here a 2nd person has contract. the highly contagious disease doses are being administered in the city of a job where the 1st patient was staying before she was treated in hospital last week. neighboring guinea, which had its own recent outbreak of ebola, has sent 5000 vaccine doses to the ivory coast. tens of thousands of protesters have rallied in argentina to demand work for the unemployed and better living conditions. crowds brought traffic to a standstill in central bun osiris, oregon. i just say more than 70000 people took part across a 100 locations. they want to pressure the government to do more and tackling raising poverty. the country struggling with an economic downturn made worse by the current of virus and demi therapy in union has a q is bella rues, a fusing vulnerable people for its own political purposes. by encouraging migrants on refugees to cross its borders into you states. the block has promised more assistance to the way near latvia and poland.

one that is not easily found in a time of deep political partisanship. rosalyn jordan al jazeera washington refund for all domestic flights being offered in china as authorities work to stop the spread of the delta variance of co with 19 the countries ramping off. that thanks the moonlight, some areas have been locked down and large events have been canceled. felt spread to half the provinces and china in less than 2 weeks. at least 6 regions have completed mass testing, and people are being told not to leave their home 50. china has reported with 500 new crew of virus cases. in the past week, thailand has reported the records of code virus infections and deaths on wednesday . there were more than 20000 cases and 188 deaths. the country has reported $356000.00 cases, just as months of more than half of total infection since the source of the pandemic last year looked then for extended in the capital and 2 dozen other provinces. as the delta very pushes up the number of cases there, does the country experiences in nature? thanks and shortage. its been one years since a huge explosion devasta

the commander in chief who finally brought america's longest war to an end, jabber times the al jazeera washington. well, it's not just gonna stop which is coming to terms of the taliban in couple countries around. the landlocked nation are also concerned and they're cautious. the taliban has taken control of all border crossings with neighboring pakistan. that's what can hide or is joining us from. he's standing by a tour, come to tell us what's happening there. but 1st over to cobble charlotte bell is joining us and there is charlotte. so what is the scene right now at the airport? or just got off the phone with the head of the civil aviation authority. he says that no flights are taking off and weren't be taking off today. as despite some conversations that military flights would restock. but he's saying no, everything will remain grounded for today. no evacuation flights commercially or with military aircraft. we understand he says that some of the terminals have been damaged in the chaos yesterday. although he also said that the know people on the tarmac, these images from yesterday just show

the commander in chief who finally abroad america's longest war to an ends. jabber times the al jazeera washington survivors, a powerful earthquake in haiti, and now having to cope with a tropical storm. heavy rain lashed, make shift shelters in the southern city of luck. hi, it's one of the worst areas. $1400.00 people are known to have died in san today's quake 1000 more or less homeless. many say best. still waiting for 8th, the government to arrive on monday. the situation is very hard. i have many children and we're in the rain. i don't even have a piece of plastic to cover us to sleep. we are in the rain, we have no place to go to. school shelter is not open. where are the authorities? john holman, has more from puerto prince haiti still reeling from subsidies earthquake every day, more bodies have found on the death toll continues to rise. but even in the country, moon, those ready lost another potentially ruinous problem, has arrived. tropical storm grief with the risk of flash floods, landslide, and yet more obstacles hampering the search for survivors. it's a fresh challenge for the gove

have the capabilities to carry out attacks in other countries, at least not yet, rob reynolds al jazeera washington. now one of the most powerful, hurricanes to ever hit the u. s. has knocked out power to the city of new orleans, either slammed into the area as a category for storm. but since weaken at least one person has died, it may land for 16 years to the days of hurricane. katrina struck and killed the 2000 people. phil laval has more now from new orleans. they were warned to prepare . but how do you prepare the bis water pouring through this hope? and all the odor can do is helplessly watch a live feed on camera. hurricane ida has well and truly a right now, bringing 240 kilometer an hour winds and chaos to louisiana. the storm is a life threatening storm. that big one hits the big, easy, 16 years to the day since katrina arrived in new orleans, kelly more than $1800.00 people cause they billions of dollars worth of damage. now a story that hitler with even more power, to give an idea that is a picnic table between those poles, the water just pouring over the top of the skies. this flight ta

rob reynolds al jazeera washington. all right, let's get more now on those explosions in the afghan capital and speak to charlotte bellis to join us on the phone from cobbled. charlotte. so this appears to be a rocket attack near the airport. what more can you tell us? well we've got various reports between 3 rockets and 5 rockets being fired towards couple it was we've seen imagery the. 5 building to the waste of the port in an area known as lab square, which is about 4 kilometers. i would say waste from the in the wrong way of hama, cause i international. it looks like the real quick to find from the trunk of the car. 0 and that car has since burst into flames. we can see one of the buildings quite a high residential building next to it was damaged by a rocket. the report to the rock is having the ground, whether or not it's that building or another location. it's not clear, but we also understand that some of those real quick to intercepted by an anti missile system known as c ram. that was actually only installed ea