where the tigris and euphrates meet in southern iraq. tens of thousands of iraqis live in the arsenal. likable hideout and his wife who rely almost entirely on fishing to make their meager living. i don't know a lot as i left i don't know. why then why that what. the tigris and euphrates meets in basra province in the south of iraq where they form the shut the waterway. police officials on one of the trawlers. odd us out of the lead with the defender. said. you know what i don't want to put a god who had a hole in the bit about how to get out of a fight. with. this bass channel flowing into the every guns is iraq's only source of green fish in which the countries want to striving fishing industry with built nothing. on the other. the near here is as follows an iraqi port on the borders with kuwait and iran and the center for nand in optioning never been finished for many decades. this is a region steeped in ancient history and its relationship with water the rivers and the scene goes back thousands of years. the tigris and the euphrates

today's crisis means that iraq. now 60 percent of. its threatens the routes of iraq. between the 2 rivers. and the euphrates. for thousands of years. the small boy and his brother rescued from war in gaza by the red cross i hold this i talk we were 1st released on a red cross truck now a world leader in crisis management and a highly we're going to doctor in chicago who still misses her homeland just one day it's cost around the thinking of returning to jordan al-jazeera wild meats $2.00 successful arab doctors in north america arabs approve the humanitarian and he lands on al-jazeera. it's the u.k.'s biggest hospital with the eventual capacity for 4000 covert 19 patients built inside a london conference center it took just 9 days to construct with the help of army engineers dramatically expanding the critical care bed count and other similar sites on the way the actual london numbers could be much higher than advertised researches say that huge gaps in testing capacity that the government is now trying to close extrapolate that across the country under spread of coro

i behind them cooked it in the marsh nine's and it's often considered iraq's national dish. but that prides itself in making the best my school with the up i know was district almost dedicated to the dish in its dozens of fish restaurants. have been a good cult leader but we live so i live my life. that. i want what i mean and that's enough when. as. a says you really push us i just. so what i. suggested story shows how iraq's great engine troopers are still close to the heart of its people. today's crisis means that iraq one so abundant in water resources now imports 60 percent of its fish. but above all it's threatens the roots of iraq's identity as the land between the 2 rivers the tigris and the euphrates on which the country and its people have depended for thousands of use. a small boy and his brother rescued from war in gaza by the red cross i hold was and we were 1st placed on a red cross truck now a world leader in crisis management and a highly regarded doctor in chicago who still misses her homeland just one day i was possibly thinking of returning to jordan al ja

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today's crisis means that iraq. is now 60 percent of its fish. it's threatens the roots of iraq's identity. between the 2 rivers the tigris and the euphrates. for thousands of years. joggers in new delhi take advantage of the relatively clean air after weeks of toxic small stops people from venturing outside institutions including harvard say air pollution is leading to more severe cases of the coronavirus and more deaths from it and no way in india is the situation would stand a daddy the number of cases auto and record highs and winter a desperate situation of the indian government set up a new commission to monitor sources of and pollution across 5 known from the state's health experts and bod mentioned had been warning for months of the easing of the lockdown would lead to an increase in pollution and the impact that would have on those the core of the 19. hello the weather remains fine and dry across much of australia not too much on the web dry weather up towards the far northeast having said that just around kansas been writing for the bes

that came because we left iraq. they formed safe haven in syria, and they came after the french people. so i would like the world to know, our nato allies, that you're at risk as much as we are. here's what's so sad, i've been called by three major allies in the last month urging me to urge president biden to stay the course, because they would. there is no desire by nato to leave. we're talking about -- we're up to 140,000 at one time, i think. now down to less than five. so i'm hoping they will look at the conditions of the agreement, taliban or not meeting them, and when they realize they're not impose the conditions on the taliban and put back on the ground an international force to make sure afghanistan doesn't fall apart. >> you mentioned you're certain of the military. i was wondering if maybe you can talk about how you're certain of that and -- [ inaudible ] >> i'm saying they'll salute smartly when the president makes a decision. i know there was a big discussion and president biden listened intently. i kno

we have been defeated in iraq and syria, but we are growing and going somewhere else. very important -- the point they might use is that they are not going to an islamic country, they are going to a democratic country, and also a coastal country. it is very symbolic that they are trying to hold on and claim that they are controlling a port. so it is a marriage of convenience. hashem: aymenn, we have reached a point where it has become almost impossible to identify the groups operating in africa, those affiliated with al qaeda and those affiliated with the islamic state. there is all this talk about islamic state in west africa, in the sahara, in east africa and in south africa, but when you look at the chain of command, it doesn't make sense. because when you see the way isil has been operating in syria and iraq, it was a different mindset and mechanism. >> that is true, the islamic state really is indigenous to iraq, so to speak, and to a lesser extent in syria, where it achieved marginal success in 2013-2014, establishing control of administration of land. they never

troops had to go back in to iraq. so clearly president biden is aware of the chance of history potentially repeating itself. based on the remarks that he just delivered inside the white house, martha, he believes this time it's worth the risk. martha? >> thanks, kristin. we remember when president obama called isis the j.v. team. we saw what happened after that. so we're told that president biden's motorcade is now rolling. meantime, shortly after the terror attacks on september 11th and we'll pick that up when he arrives at arlington to go to section 60 and give you a bird's eye view of that as well. steve harrigan was dispatched in the days after september 11th to afghanistan. the early days of the war, he was embedded with the northern alliance soldiers for three months and returned many times. >> that was an incoming mortar. this combat outpost is under attack by taliban forces. some of the soldiers here have taken up a safety position inside the bunker. that's echoing. we're trying to ride out this attack by the

iraq has no gold deposits yet it's become one of the country's top exports billions exported to turkey we find out why . was a nation responsible for the biggest share of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere today president biden has pledged more money and made new commitments to fight climate change after his predecessor walked away from commitments to reduce harmful emissions that threatened to wreak havoc to global weather patterns rising sea levels and displacing people washington is making climate change a priority and it once the number one and number 3 big emitters china and india to contribute more to the fight was a pandemic has proven where there's a will there's a way and money is no object in fact the global cost of a transition to renewable energy by 2050 would be $73.00 trillion dollars that's according to stanford university which researchers believe could be recovered over a period of 7 years and there's added benefits the shift to a 0 carbon global economy would create $28600000.00 more full time jobs than if nations continue their current reliance on fossil fuels well n

commits to removing all remaining combat forces from iraq without setting a timeline. and challenges remain but a step in the right direction and efforts by world powers to salvage the 2015 iranian nuclear deal. europe's medicines agency says it remains overwhelmingly confident in astra zeneca is covert 19 vaccine after finding it may cause blood clots in very rare cases now the risk is greater among younger people prompting some governments to restricts or advise against its use among lower age groups jonah hole explains from london. the oxford astra zeneca vaccine comfortable scrutiny medicines regulators in the u.k. and the e.u. have judged that its benefits outweigh any possible risks but they haven't ruled out a causal link between the vaccine and rare blood clot conditions in a tiny number of recipients based on the current evidence the benefits of the covert 900 facts in astra zeneca against covert 90 and its associated risks hospitalization and death continues to outweigh the risks for the vast majority of people. our review has reinforced that the risk of this

green pastures it's a way of life that could soon be just a memory seem wonderful to al-jazeera in iraq smith on the province. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera u.s. president joe biden is set to address congress ahead of his 100th day in office he is expected to deliver a message of hope and the country's recovery despite facing the pandemic and severe economic and political crises our white house correspondent kimberly halkett has more from washington what we're expecting is that the u.s. president is going to make the argument that big government does have a role in people's lives it brings about optimism and future and that's exactly what has does america out of the pandemic woes and pains that it was feeling so far and that he really inherited so this is sort of the overarching message that the u.s. president is going to deliver when he speaks in the coming hours people in india rushing to register for a mass vaccination drive set to begin this weekend this corona virus infection spiral out of control it's another world record with the highest number of daily infections the o

so we were in a state of hostility with iraq, not a state of peace with iraq. in 1998 president clinton had actually launched cruise missiles against iraq and the inspectors who were supposed to be keeping his weapons of mass destruction programs under control were -- left the country. so he was different for his having dragged the region into war several times, including us. the fact he was continuing, we believed, to build weapons of mass destruction and, according to the intelligence agencies, had reconstituted his chemical weapons, reconstituted his biological weapons, and was on his way to reconstituting his nuclear programs. he had tried to assassinate president george h.w. bush. he was shooting at our aircraft. he put 400,000 people in mass graves. he was considered the biggest threat in the middle east. as bad as north korea was, as bad as iran was, they were not in a category like iraq where there were 16 security council resolutions that said he was a threat to international peace and security. >> does that also account for the need to focus on the is

we had a pretty good debate on the recent iraq war, what i call the second iraq war for all the reasons i've outlined it was one of the values of the filibuster. it gives people the right to talk and bring home issues and is the only place that there can be a long debate that isn't subject to the majority to cut off debate any time it wants to, which is what they do in the house. >> this is critical to offer amendments sometimes they don't realize that is part and parcel. i will let a member of the audience join. he said he would love to hear your view so kind of looking at your crystal ball, where do you think it is going? >> there are some key reforms that would limit the misuse of the filibuster. to fill in the blanks. we shouldn't allow the filibuster against what's called a motion to proceed to debate a bill. if a majority leader wants to proceed to debate, you can object and if you object and want to talk about it for a couple of days, you can delay the senate for that amount of time and it affects what will get done so that is an abuse that ought to be eliminated. we did it once

so there is a problem with people who were left behind in iraq to help the u.s. military because they asked question immigration visa program that's coast correct . but there's there's about 60 people that are still they managed to get applications in before closed down in 2014 and 7 years later they were not processed for visas and. i have no words there's no explanation for this there are 60 people in there and in 7 years time they have not processed their recess and i am sort of elbow waiting for them well you can't use them on the show you know what the words are to the afghans and iraqis watching this there is going to ever be an american to say this i'll say i'm sorry we let you down we're letting you down right now but these you know some of us haven't forgotten you and are going to keep fighting until we get all of you on to safety. this is well that's i wish the bottom ministration would do the right thing they've got all the right people in place to actually enact the right policies they just need down have the courage and conviction to do the right thi

really is as it were indigenous to iraq. and in lesser extent in syria. where it actually achieved the height of success in 2014 so-called concept of 10 key establishing control administrative land they never actually really had she. never really been able to achieve that level of success they had in iraq in syria in any of the external provinces or just a problem they caught sight of the discourse like libya sinai libya only briefly for a time it. 221516. but you know these are places like mozambique. congo west africa yes it's not the same level our days and there isn't this level of change but i would stress the ideological angle that it. is there is success so safe with 3 big energy companies operating any x.m.l. and total do you see the potential for greater international intervention from not all words well i think so but i think that it is the isis or i see a link that becomes important because if you believe the united states if you believe there's no i saw a link. then that will encourage countries to send troops if you treat this is simply a loc

let's take a look at some of the headlines now doctors in iraq say at least 27 people have been killed after an explosion inside a baghdad hospital fire burn through a ward where covert 900 patients were being treated it's understood an accident caused an oxygen tank to explode fire is now being put out so about a faulty and has the latest from baghdad. the fire has already been put out the surviving patients have been transferred to nearby hospitals but many of them of course have been severely injured and we understand that the death toll may still rise and of course this comes at a time when iraq is battling a surge in covert 9000 infections just last wednesday the country registered the highest number yet with over 8600 new coronavirus cases which was the highest since the onset of the pandemic and the total number of cases have now exceeded $1000000.00 joe biden has become the 1st us president to formally recognize the mass killings of armenians during the ottoman empire as an act of genocide by his intention is not to cast blame but to ensure it never happens again turkey's rejec

and european countries of pledged life saving support as grief and anger in iraq after a hospital fire claims dozens of lives the country's health minister is suspended. and an oscar ceremony for the time scale back though because the pandemic list of this year's nominees achieves what previous awards have struggled with. or began in the somali capital mogadishu with been reports of gunfire and explosions that follows violent clashes between supporters of the president and those who opposed his plans to extend his term in office security forces want president obama to up to life are modular to step down and he's been given a few more hours to do just that the united nations has sides to reject violence and resume dialogue catherine soy reports. these are images many people in somalia don't want to see a political and security crisis is threatening to destabilize the country once again and now security forces are taking sides the soldiers arrived in the capital mogadishu from frontline positions in here in the south recalled by this sector commander who's opposed to the extension of pre

returning to iraq to follow this saga.ow a seed of hope grew from so much suffering. >> what are you going to be, malak? going to be a doctor? >>> plus, curtains up. for the first time in forever. ♪ for the first time in forever ♪ >> safely reopening theaters during the pandemic. we go behind the scenes. >> it was this moment that i'd dreamt about, literally dreamt about, for months. >> when it comes to restarting broadway, what america can learn from our neighbors from oz. [sfx: thunder rumbles] [sfx: rainstorm] ♪ comfort in the extreme. ♪ the lincoln family of luxury suvs. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> thanks for joining us. tonight, president biden walking a fine line, hoping to prevent a resurgence of isis in iraq. as the u.s. and iraq continue talking about drawing down american troops in the middle east. now the journey back to iraq by abc's ian pannell, reuniting with two sisters, searching for hope after surviving the horrors of isis. >> reporter: for the musa family, home is now a painful memory. they fled baghdad alm

medical facilities and the infrastructure in iraq maybe not specifically this hotel. hospital i know but tell me about the state of the infrastructure. well iraq's health care sector is extremely underfunded if you look at the health expenditure capita it's among the lowest in the region and what it looks like on the ground in hospitals is that they lack a very basic supplies even like such a sutras for example and this particular hospital like many others doesn't for example have a centralized oxygen system where patients can. basically put on masks and inhale oxygen as they're needed so you have these oxygen cylinders that must be placed next to the patients which are of course also stored inside the hospitals and we understand that was the source of the explosion so of course this incident has reignited anger among the public about the poor state of the health care sector especially during the pandemic there have there's already been outrage about the delays in iraq receiving the covert 19 vaccines that they have also been criticism of the health ministry in terms

on the rush for iraq's gold we'll look at how a country with none of its own has made billions. george lord's girlfriend has told a story of how they met and how they both struggled badly with an addiction to opioids courtney ross testified at the trial of the former police officer accused of floyd's murder drug use is expected to become a major focus of the trial defense lawyers for the accused cross-examined after she was put on the stand by the prosecution. it was your belief that mr ford started using again about 2 weeks prior to his death correct. and it is the change in. you that's when you noticed the changes in his vision. and you described some of those changes in his behavior in that time frame right. here do you recall telling the f.b.i. that there would be times that he would just be up in bouncing around and then there would be times he would be. unintelligible. i don't know if there. would you disagree if i said that in the transcript about. well could ross also detailed how george floyd suffered a drug overdose in the months before his death i went to go pick righ

early reports suggest the blast was caused by a poorly handled oxygen cylinder the incident comes as iraq faces a record number of codes in 1000 cases with nearly set. 1000 new infections registered on saturday some out of all teen reports now from baghdad. a neighborhood struck by grief after an explosion ripped through a crowded covert 19 ward lost his father who had been a patient at the hospital as well as his brother who had stayed by his bedside to care for him. my father was about to recover they even took him off the oxygen and in the hospital burns down i lost 2 of them we couldn't rescue them the explosion and but that's even possible where around a 120 patients were treated for cope with 19 was likely caused by a poorly handled oxygen cylinder doctors say the facility lacks basic equipment including a central oxygen supply system and that patients relatives often handle oxygen cylinders because of a shortage of medical staff was there to attend to his elderly on 20 blast went off but he couldn't save her. everyone left behind the patients and just ran out in a few seconds the e

iraq has received more than a quarter 1000000 astra zeneca vaccine through kovacs the u.n. back vaccine alliance led by the world health organization the government aims to inoculate 20 percent of the population of 40000000 by the end of the year but that goal could prove difficult as it were to fall to reports from baghdad. after months of delay at contradictory messages from the ministry of health iraq's covert 19 vaccination campaign has begun. with now received 336000 vaccines in the being distributed according to plan to health clinics across iraq the priority health workers security forces the elderly and people with immunity disorders. that prioritize ation plan has yet to be implemented the government 1st asked people to register online but because of limited uptake it then opened the doors to everyone including young people like myself there isn't enough in cord went from the government to take the vaccine so i don't have the priority to take the vaccine but i know if i don't come and take it maybe it will get expired and nobody's going to take it indeed this batch

another lockdown after reporting more than 30000 covert 1000 infections in one day and the secret behind iraq going in a country with no mines calls for marches ons to ensure more is done to protect a centuries old industry. and it's for germany to lose their 1st world cup qualifier in 2 decades the 4 time world champions were stunned 21 at home behind you want to macedonia. it's been 2 months since mia mars military seize power from its elected leaders unleashed a violent crackdown on some of the largest protests in decades now the un special envoy for me and maher is warning of a civil war that's unless the security council acts to restore democracy on the ground despite the increasing bloodshed a diverse group of protesters is keeping up the pressure on the generals to give up power and copies of a 2008 constitution which allowed the military's role in politics were burned on wednesday a group of deposed politicians scrapped that document entirely and promised to set up a federal government the military is also under pressure from its regional ally thailand that's where hundreds of refugee

he broke -- he spoke briefly to reporters about his son who served in iraq.

military presence in iraq was top of the agenda. and the 2 sides agreed that there would be no american military bases in iraq and therefore there will be no foreign bases this is what was agreed upon today at the end of the 3rd round of the strategic dialogue relations between the 2 countries have been fraught particularly following the u.s. airstrike in january last year that killed top arabian general custom sort of money and an iraqi militia leader near baghdad airport. in the wake of the attack iraq he lawmakers passed a non-binding resolution on u.s. led coalition forces leaving the country and the relations have improved slightly off to mr. took over as prime minister some parties like the iran backed fatah bloc continue to demand u.s. withdrawal. the calls for the field after president biden ordered an air strike on a militia base on the syrian side of the iraqi border in january. u.s. soldiers and contractors are the targets of regular attacks by militia groups and the biden and ministrations says it will not hesitate to re

so much of the conversation at that time was iraq.had 150,000 troops in iraq, and in afghanistan we only had 17,000 troops. when i went to afghanistan, people said, at least you're not going to iraq, but not knowing what was going on with the fighting in afghanistan. within the first few days i saw -- i begin to see the fighting in afghanistan. >> how long were you over there? >> about a year. i came back from a mission one night, and he said, i want you to apply for this thing called the white house ownership. it is important for people in washington to get an understanding of the year you are having right now, so you -- so they can see what is going on in the desk on the ground. i was -- i applied for the white house fellowship and was blessed receive it. it was an unbelievable experience for me. >> after the white house ownership and with condoleezza rice, what you decide to do? >> i started thinking about the things i was interested in and the skill set that i had, and then i decided to give finance a shot. i had the pleasure to w

iraq's holy sites are no exception millions of pilgrims leave behind tons of trash in karbala. a lot of it gets dumped in the streets with an army of workers employed to clean it all up. for the municipality it's a major challenge the stockmen center we have seen kabul receives 50000000 visitors every year about 2000000 pilgrims friend of research and the rest for weekly gatherings it's a challenge for the small city which doesn't have enough roads and services we need the help from citizens n.p.o. grams plastic is more than 50 percent of the waste we have 200 acres allocated for a project to better manage dumping trash but we are white and grisman and there are fewer visitors due to the pandemic but garbage continues to mount and this is where it all goes the stench is unbearable and it goes on for miles in the absence of recycling facilities garbage collectors sift through it with their hands they sell to a number of factories which reuse the nylon and plastic about $100.00 kilos sells for just over $15.00. it can take up to 3 days to collect that amount of dust. i collect pl

three days of mourning have been declare in iraq after 82 i have been declare in iraq after 82 peoplee died and many more have been injured in a fire in a hospital in baghdad. the fire was reportedly caused by an exploding oxygen tank and patients on ventilators were unable to move. our correspondent in beirut has been giving us more details. it is really horrific news. as you said, the prime minister has called for three days of mourning and an investigation into this negligence, as he describes it. this hospital is dedicated for covid—i9 cases, so imagine the situation with lots of people are trying to recover and are on ventilators, but the fire broke out and they were out of breath. many accounts claiming to say that people were running out and jumping out of windows trying to escape from the fire in the smoke. many ambulances rushing into the hospital and iraq is known, there were at least i hospital and iraq is known, there were at leasti million coronavirus cases and lots of debt as well. it is a really bad situation in iraq as well. on top of that, to have the fire where peopl

quality and legal imports the organization for quality and standards monitors goldsmiths all over iraq also we have offices of border crossings and airports to guarantee quality and reduce smuggling deep rooted corruption and a weak economy makes it easier for black market operators to move things across borders diplomatic sources told al-jazeera the due to lack security of crossings and more listeners is gold being smuggled from neighboring countries. and iraq's economic uncertainty leads to increased local demand despite the current coronavirus pandemic. this bar of gold costs about $55000.00 in today's market because of iraq security many families are investing in precious metals rather than keeping their money in dollars. from glittering religious sites to important social occasions iraqis have had a centuries old relationship with gold and the precious commodity is now a major economic and.

how to camp kurdish region of northern iraq. ever wonder what it would feel like to disconnect from the world and hide away in a cave for a few weeks well 15 people in front's have found out a group of french scientists and explorer explorers have emerged from a cave up to spending 14 days in size they went deep isolation without any sense of time under schapelle has more in story book with a jeweler an anesthesiologist a security guard and some scientists walk out of a cave and back into the world. they spent 6 weeks in isolation deep inside the pyrenees mountains in southwest france as part of a scientific study the 15 men and women lived in a humid cave in partial darkness without phones watches natural lights nor any other indicator of time. the deep time experiment is led by swiss french researcher and explore christian close to studying how extreme isolation affects people's cognition and emotions. close widely known for carrying out expeditions alone to remote reaches of the planet and this study focuses on how people can

i'm simona in iraq close to the border with saudi arabia were nomadic tribes struggling to cope with the facts of climate change. hello severe weather for the u.s. continues to be a factor today we've seen tornadoes in texas and it is all because of this frontal system this cold front moving across so it's helping to break near record heat these are very serious storms from michigan rate through to texas you're pretty well in the line of fire you run the risk of seen some hail winds will whip up and just severe thunderstorms so we have to be on the lookout for that as this system continues to migrate further east and drop down temperatures for just a few days ago washington 30 degrees so we can just see how powerful this cold front is for central america we're dealing with some heavy bouts of showers in particular toward puerto rico and that will move to his spangler so let me give you a closer look now at exactly what is going on there is that heavy rain for puerto rico impacting both the dominican republic and haiti take you a bit further south right now we're both the southern por