you see defense secretary lloyd austin speaking there. with him and of course general mark milley, his first comments since what we have heard talk about how there was potential preparation for a possible coup from president trump in the wake of the election. i want to play you a moment. he was just asked about that by a reporter. >> that note is in place. [ inaudible ] >> after august, our focus, as we've said, is on those threats that present -- those elements that present a threat to the united states of america. it will be a counter terrorism focus there. that's currently where we stand. we have not changed that. make no mistake. we remain committed to helping the afghan security forces and the afghan government going forward, and we are doing what we said we were going to do in terms of putting the pieces in place to ensure we can provide that support. >> thanks for the question. i know there's a lot of interest out there in all of these books out there quoting me. i'm not going to comment on what's in those books. let me just say th

lloyd austin instead got the vaccine.still so petrified of coronana that he's got a windshield over his facer and that demands all of his beautiful little minions to the same. entire army of dental hygienists. move against taiwan and we'll strike the tartar off yourft molars! austin look scared for his life. notice how he bumps their hands instead of shaking them. how long until lloyd austin is wearing surgical gloves in the shower and zip tying garbage bags around his feet? the united states military is being run by a neurotic cat lady. the entire government is. 90-year-old nancy pelosi that anyone caught without a paper obedience mask in the house will be arrested. the signs demands this response. no offense nancy pelosi, we should check for ourselves. this is what the cdc said. thank you for your request. the location of this data from the cdc is coming tomorrow. so to be clear, the scientific guidelines that scientists have not explained. your kids will suffocate in class for ten hours a day all next year and no one h

the move for the 9th, during the visit to manila, buying us defense secretary lloyd austin. yes, president joe 5 has a nice list of incenses and restrictions to try to get more americans vaccinated against corporate. 19 federal employees who want to not kill agents, will need to masks regular tests. and other 27 coven infections have been confirmed until cues. and then pick the village and the highest daily number since officials began. and i, and cases among people specifically linked to the game, to athletes are among those and fax it the u. s. congress has passed a bill, increasing the number of visas for african allies in face taliban retaliation. its allies, an additional $8000.00 visas and $500000000.00 for emergency transportation and hi isn't a $2000000000.00 emergency funding bill was passed unanimously by the senate. it also includes legislation loosening some visa requirements for african allies. well, the 1st group of afghans who helps international forces archie arrive in the united states, but thousands of others still haven't been approved to leave under a wai

i mean, lloyd austin is the secretary of defense. and his role is to talk about defense of lives in relationships. but that it always needs to go hand in hand with the secretary of state and other key officials of thinking. there's always a willingness for not just the united states, but as regional allies, to talk to china, to see come a standing to say really what china's vulnerabilities are. and i don't think we often hear enough of that, but there's a sense of what our child is anxieties and a degree of empathy towards them. maybe a wired in some ways deflating the scenes. the china is this kind of inevitable sort of super power that will surpass the united states, both united states and china. i have weaknesses have the vulnerable 80, and we so plenty of the american vulnerabilities that last 4 years. and as i think we understand, trying to more by focusing on it and using our rating, we understand this is a society also with a lot of anxieties and vulnerabilities. it's an interesting new approach that the us have because load o

james base joins been from cobbler and james lloyd austin with them. so bring assessments thereof, the situation, me, what's a reaction that those words getting well, there is some fresh news in the last couple of hours, which still take some confirmation, but we're hearing it al jazeera, that it's more bad news for the government, nor i, district appears to fall to the taliban. we're getting this from local sources and from some military sources who spoke about is there a but don't want to be named now right. district is a mountainous area, but it's important because it's on the border with pakistan. put this into some context. i've got a son is divided into 34 provinces. each of them have a number of districts. the total number of districts in afghanistan is 419 will tell about already control over 220 more than half or understanding is the new telephone strategy is to consolidate their forces to further protect the key urban areas. but that means that rural areas like the district of nor i, more of them are likely to fall. and it's not just the mili

the move was the 9th during a visit to manila by us defense secretary lloyd austin. he's trying to bolster ties between the 2 nations, which are stagnated during the presidency over trigo deter t. jimmy le alan doug has more. from manila, it's important to look back at why this was unilaterally abrogated by president rodrigo that there in the 1st place. it was at the time when he's long time 8 and former police chief was denied a u. s. visa by the us government, after its involvement into there is so called drug war that has killed thousands of filipinos in without ation. 30 unilaterally abrogated a visiting for this agreement with the u. s. long, probably all this partner, in se, asia, over the past few months, there have been efforts by the defense department in the philippines, by the foreign affairs secretary here to restore that the visit the for this agreement. it's critical because it means that us forces are allowed to continuously be present here, although on rotation, but the also increased operation between the 2 countries. it also means though, that durin

. >> defense secretary lloyd austin and general mark milley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, briefed reporters today at the pentagon. they talked about the afghanistan troop withdrawal and efforts to relocate the military's interpreters to the united states. new reporting that general milley feared former president would carry out a coup after losing the election. >> thanks to all of you for coming today. i would like to start by talking briefly about my trip later this week to our priority theater of operations, the indo pacific. then i will add a few words on afghanistan, which is on all of our minds here. i would like to start by saying

move was announced during us defense secretary lloyd austin's visit to manila. philippine presidential g good 30, had ordered the scrapping of the packs last year. relations between the 2 nations have stagnated during the 30s presidency and austin is looking to bolster ties on this trip. the president survey for his decision or visit a war written are february please raise the final price. and as we do wrong resilience us, the alliance will remain vital to the security facility and prosperity . well, that's good morning from jimmy, the allen dog, and she joyce's life from manila. and jimmy le, this would represent a complete about certain from the philippine president was behind this me then what does it say, but the dynamics in the region why it's important to look back at why this was unilaterally abrogated by president rodrigo that there in the 1st place it was at the time when he's long time 8 and former police chief was denied a u. s. visa by the u. s. government, after its involvement into there is so called drug war that has killed thousands of filipinos in without ation. but th

even after all this, lloyd austin looks scared for his life.g before he wears surgical gloves in the shower? the u.s. military is run by an erratic cat lady. the entire government it. 81-year-old nancy pelosi said that anyone caught without a mask in the house of representatives is subject to arrest. the science demands this response pelosi explained. it's straight from the cdc. we checked for ourselves. this is what the cdc said. thank you for your request. the first pub licakes from this data from cdc comes tomorrow. -- you can be arrested for violating scientific guidelines that science hasn't explained. your kids will suffocate in class for 10 hours a day next year. you have a sense of what is going on. the teacher unions want that to be so it's happening. government by the single worst people in the country. when a book is written congress nadler of new york will play some role in it. he will be a cake. -- character. he is at risk from covid. he is old and likes donuts. we don't judge either one of those things for a second. we are not the

and that's face to face meeting of us secretary of defense, lloyd austin with philip in president d good that they're due late thursday night, has proven to be a critical pivot or a boost that's long been needed to finally convince president barry there to fully restored the visiting forces agreement that's been, you know, left hanging in the balance for over a year since he unilaterally abrogated last year. we can all remember that there they abrogate the de visiting force agreement, which allows for the rotation of us troops in the country. after a long time, ally and former police chief was denied a u. s visa by the u as because of his involvement into the drug wars the today at the press conference earlier today by secretary austin and his counterparts, secretary they'll be, learns on that. they talked about this as a welcome development, hoping also in expecting that that would mean a return of activities that have been scaled down since a president's rodrigo to decided went to office in 2016, to move away from long standing partner, the u. s. and close, closer pivot or closer relat

know, i think in se asia, the region to withdraw lloyd austin will be visiting by tomorrow. first op singapore is to remind all partners here in the region that day should really be more watchful or not take, you know, chinese support that's coming into the region. types of capital, chinese businesses coming into the region for granted the be, you know, the sort of get an agenda behind that and everyone should be more vigilant. at this point in time. it's all up to, you know, both aging and washington and officials and both sides of the fence to not to be you know, sort of distracted from what's really important, what's really common between all parties and to get caught up in these issues about it's all china sea and also of course by espionage and all and, and the like, i mean these things are clearly important. but i think we also need to look at the more, at the, at the areas of which more that cooperation can be forged right now. in terms of these hotspots, i think that's not where i think we'll find beyond for me, migrant workers from me in my living in thailand, borde

well, green, when the us secretary of defense lloyd austin, arrived late thursday. in manila, he met up with president rodrigo the 3rd day for 75 minutes. it was a critical face to face meeting between representatives of 2 countries, the highest official of the by the administration to ever visits since president biden was worn into office. meeting with the president was basically beside that since he was foreign into office in 2016. but he, the country was going to distance itself from its long standing. i like the united states and pivot closer to china. as we can remember, president rodrigo, the very, unilaterally abrogated the visiting for disagreement last year, which was originally signed in 1998 after his own light and police chief was denied the un visa for his involvement in the war on drugs in the philippines. now during a press conference between secretary austin and his counterpart secretary lorenzo. and here in manila, they spoke about the prospect or renewed partnership. they talked about about $300.00 exercises over the next year between the 2 countri

the move was on june, a visit to manila by us defense secretary lloyd austin. he's trying to both the ties between the 2 nations, a chance stagnated. during the presidency of rodrigo, $230.00 jimmy. the allen dog has more from manila, this agreement, this restoration would actually mean that all of the activities that have been scaled down to the president, the legal office, since he decided to pay, but the china will be restored. more importantly, these are, you know, u. s. s participation in the modernization of the philippine military, 300 bilateral exercises boosting of counterterrorism. operations in the southern region of mid the now and more importantly, maritime corporations in the south trying to see involving the philippines specifically because it holds the biggest number of territory in the south china sea. now, being threatened by china's expansion in many islands and reefs in bas bradley's, group of islands, the u. s. congress. as pastor bill boosting the number of visas for local allies who worked alongside american forces in afghanistan. it's fe

the move was announced during a visit to manila by us defense secretary lloyd austin. he's trying to bolster ties between the 2 nations which are stagnated during the presidency over trigo deter t. jimmy le alan doug has more. for manila, it's important to look back at why this was unilaterally abrogated by.

thought bon advance, which has seen the group make launch. tauriel gains. us defense secretary lloyd austin says he believes the government plans to consolidate. security forces will help qual latasha bond search. i think the 1st thing to do is to make sure that they can slow the momentum and then and then be able to put themselves in a position where they can re take some of the games that the taliban, that some of the ground that they've lost so i think, i think from my engagements with the afghan leadership, they are committed to that and. and so we look forward to, to them making progress, they have, they have the capabilities, i have a capacity to, to, to make progress and to, and to really began to blunt some of the taliban advances. turkey says 2 of the soldiers have been killed and 2 others wounded in northern syria. the vehicle was attacked in the bab area. the defense ministry says turkish forces immediately fired back. the leader of australia's new southwell state says she is disgusted by protests on saturday. hundreds of demonstrations were fined for breaking lockdown measures.

troops to train in the country, move with an ice during the visit to manila by us defense secretary lloyd austin, is trying to bolster ties between the 2 nations, which is stagnating shoots. fact makes its during the presidency of rodrigo tirty and the headlines to stay with us. people emperor is next. talk to al jazeera, we roam, did you want the un to take and who stopped you? we listen. you see the whole infrastructure and being totally destroyed. we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on our sierra the most military regime entities flirtation the democracy in early 2021 is celebrated by killing several 100 anti cooper testers and detaining thousands more. so some activists now thinking beyond street protests, they've joined forces with the ethnic insurgents who have been waging the own on a whole the firm. he's giantess, we've been behind the scenes a secret training camp to find out more me the . ah, it is secret location near me and most chinese border we've gained access to a training camp run by ethnic insurgents. the but the trainees are not hard and guer

. >> defense secretary lloyd austin and chief milley briefed reporters at the pentagon. they talked about relocating interpreters to the united states. and also a new book reporting that general milley thought that

defense secretary lloyd austin n and general mark meli the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff briefed reporters today at the pentagon. they talked about the afghanistan troop withdrawal and efforts to relocate the military's afghan interpreters to the united states. and also a new book reporting that general millie feared president trump would carry out a coup after losing the election. >> thanks to all of you for coming today. i'd like to start by talking briefly about my trip later this week to our priority theater of operations which is of course the indo pacific and then i will add a few words on afghanistan which is very much on all of our minds here and i'd like to start by saying i'm looking forward to my second trip to the region as the secretary defense. this time we are headed out to southeast asia and i'm glad to have the opportunity to engage in person with leaders there. especially looking forward to making keynote remarks and singapore about how we are strengthening one of our unmatched strategic assets in athe region which is our powerl network of allies and partners. i

secretary of defense lloyd austin. korea's economy has had its steepest decline in more than 20 years due to harsh covert restrictions and you and sanctions. that is according to an assessment from south korea's central bank which says it contracted by 4.5% in 2020 two levels of poverty not seen since north korea suffered a famine in the 1990's. north korea was the first country to close its borders to china in january 2020 following the coronavirus outbreak. china is also its biggest trading partner. the senior director at the korea economic institute joins me now. thank you for making time to talk to us. tell us a little bit how significant this decline actually is and why? >> i think the bank of korea's assessment of 4.5% is probably on the conservative side. we have seen trade between chi and north korea has dropped about 80%. china is its largest trading partner. we have also seen domestic restrictions put in place, similar to other countries. market stalls have been restricted to hours. likely to see more decline

and us defense secretary lloyd austin was cautious about the african armies ability to stop the group. i think the 1st thing to do is to make sure that they can slow the momentum and then and then be able to put themselves in a position where they can re take some of the games that the taliban, that some of the ground that they've lost so i think, i think from my engagement with the afghan leadership, they are committed to that and. and so we look forward to, to them making progress, they have, they have the capabilities, i have a capacity to, to make progress and to and to really began to blunt some of the taliban advances. he was, attorney general says 59 people who took part in anti government protests, have been prosecuted charges included public disorder and closing non serious injury rights groups. say that more than 600 people of been detained. and that's how i found approaching japan as made for good conditions for certain things, debut as olympic sport, brazil, itala fear came out ahead in the men's 1st round. those other headlines. the news continues here on. i was there aft

secretary lloyd austin and the chair of the joint chiefs of staff met with reporters about the afghanistan troop withdraw and efforts to relocate the afghan interpreters to the united states. also a new book reporting that general milley feared former president trump would carry out a coup half-truth loosing the election. esident trump would enter into a coup after losing the election. >> thanks for coming today. i'd like to talk briefly about my trip later this week to our priority theater of operations, which is, of course, the indo-pacific. and then i'll add just a few words on afghanistan, which is on all our minds here, and i'd like to start by saying, i'm looking forward to my second trip to the region as secretary of defense. this time we're headed out to southeast asia, and i'm glad to have the opportunity to engage with leaders there. i'm especially looking forward to making keynote remarks in singapore about how we're strengthening one of our unmatched strategic assets in the region which is our powerful network of allies and partners. i'll follow up -- i'll follow that up with s

prosecutors the riding his motorcycle into a group of police officers last year. us defense x ray lloyd austin has arrived in singapore this as part of a week of a long, long tour of southeast asia. austin is expected to rally for a joint effort against what he's described as regional chinese aggression. his deputy secretary of state, wendy sherman, visited china relations between the 2 largest economies as an all time low explosions taking place in the germans. that he lay the keys and killing one person, leaving at least 4 missing. it happened that a tank farm as an industrial facility, at least 2 employees with seriously injured germany. central office for civil protection and disaster assistance says the explosion is an extreme threat. rainy olympic gymnastics champion simone biles has pulled out of the team finals event in tokyo with an apparent ankle injury. the 24 year old american considered to be the greatest female gymnast of all time, left the full with a team doctor after london. her 1st volt files will still receive the metal. if the teen finishes on the podium, the americans are

the move was announced during a visit by the defense secretary, lloyd austin, in a big house counter. japan has expanded its state of emergency after reporting a record number of code. 19 infections. restrictions will continue on to the end of next month in tokyo, with the games are being held. the organizers say there were $27.00 new infections linked to the event, which is the highest so far more china is battling its 1st major cove at 19 outbreak. in month, hundreds of thousands of people are in lockdown in junky province. a cluster of cases was 1st detected in the regional capital, non ging, but has spread to 5 provinces and the capital aging. only 200 people have been infected since early this month. officials believe it is linked to the delta variance. normal israel is offering a 3rd shops of the find the curve at $900.00 vaccine president issac hertzog and his wife for the 1st to get the booster. the extra job will be 4 people above the age of 60, who got their 2nd dose more than 5 months ago. it's an attempt to curve infections caused by the delta variance. and an internal rep

. >> effects of extreme weather followed by defense secretary lloyd austin and chair general mark millerte on the u.s. troop withdrawal from afghanistan and other priorities for the defense department. later tsa officials testify on the summer travel season at this stage of the pandemic before house, insecurities subcommittee. climate research before the house science subcommittee about the impact of certain weather related events on public health. lawmakers heard about ways to address extreme heat, drought and flooding with upgraded infrastructure and emerging technology to more accurately predict weather patterns. this is one hour and a half. >> good morning and welcome to y'

but 3 of the countries $34.00 provinces will be subject to new restriction. us defense secretary lloyd austin says he believes the afghan government's plans to consolidate. security forces in major cities could help stop the taliban advance. and i think the 1st thing to do is to make sure that they can slow the momentum and then, and then be able to put themselves in a position where they can re take some of the games that the taliban. some of the ground that they've lost. so i think i think from my engagement with the afghan leadership, they are committed to that and. and so we look forward to, to them making progress, they have, they have the capabilities. i have a capacity to, to make progress and to and to really began to blunt some of the taliban advances and diplomatic editor james, that he is in cobble where he reports, the taliban has been gaining momentum. it seems more bad news for the afghan government, nor i district in tune. our province in the east of asking the stone appears to follow to the taliban. no official confirmation from the government side or the taliban. but which is

atalla bonnet, vance, which seeing the group make large territorial gains. us defense secretary lloyd austin says he believes to africa, government science to consolidate security forces and major cities could help. well the taliban search. and i think the 1st thing to do is to make sure that they can slow the momentum and then, and then be able to put themselves in a position where they can re take some of the games that the taliban. some of the ground that they've lost. so i think, i think from my engagements with the afghan leadership, they are committed to that and. and so we look forward to, to them making progress, they have, they have the capabilities. i have a capacity to, to make progress and to, and to really began to block some of the taliban advances. thousands of protested in several brazilian cities calling for the impeachment of president j at both scenario. the angry about his handling of the current of virus pandemic and allegations of corruption. the leader of australia's most popular state says she's disgusted by protests on saturday. hundreds of demonstrations will find f

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it was an ounce during a visit by us defense secretary, lloyd austin. the agreement future had been a doubt to the philippines president, rodrigo de tirty, abruptly counselled it last year to me that linda has more. from manila it was a critical 75 minutes, a face to face meeting in manila between the us defense secretary and philippine president. 3 good 30. it resulted in the full restoration over the fence backed that governance and secures the presence of us troops in the philippines. that brought us the alliance will remain vital to the security. and prosperity of the 2 countries signed to visiting force agreement in 1998. but last year president there to cancel the agreement after his ally and former police chief was denied to us for his involvement in the government's drug war. i know the reason behind that is the department before in the united states have been actually working for the since president to carry the took office in 2016. he has been vocal about his criticisms of the us and promise to distance the philippines from its long standing.

more of a potential flashpoints. florence louis al jazeera, qual, important us defense secretary lloyd austin has arrived in singapore as part of a week on tour associates asia. austin is expected to rally for a joint efforts against what he's described as regional chinese aggression. p. c. section state 20 sherman just visited china relations between the 2 largest economies is as an all time low friends in a corner is from sydney university's united states studies center. he says the trip is part of the bible administration plan to strengthen ties between the 2 nations. i think it's been important for the united states to show its allies and friends in se, asia, and he stays, you're in general and a strategy as well, where i live. that america is listening that america wants strong alliances. that america is not just going to get drawn in, in this region of the world, into a us versus trying to conflict that it's, if it's involved is going to be involved with a range of like my big nations and nations want to share particular sort of interests and this is i think, necessary to visit after th

between south korean president min jane and north korean leader kim joan, us defense secretary lloyd austin has arrived in singapore as part of a week long tour. the south east asia often is expected to rally for a joint efforts against what he's described as regional chinese aggression is deputy secretary of state, wendy sherman. let's just visited china relations between the 2 largest economies that an all time low and cases of corona virus. a surge to record daily high in the city of the lympics with been almost 3000 you infections in japan's capital. tokyo protests have been held against the games concerns. it could become a super spreader event. i'm not few up to date, keep it here and i'll just 0 inside story is next me. ah, ah, the birthplace of the r spring is in crisis and he is president, stuck the prime minister and put a freeze on parliament the 30 days. the biggest political parties calling it a qu, what triggered the turmoil and his democracy. now at risk, this is inside story. ah, ah, ah, hello there, i'm kim all santa maria, when a president dismisses the prime minister and

s. climate on boy earlier in the us secretary of defense lloyd austin's in fact on a tour of asia right now, visiting cinnapool, philippines and vietnam too. but just as importantly, this visit as being seen by both countries as the us seeking to reassure india, a key partner in asia as they would draw the military out of, of gone, the sound of guns is set to top the agenda. in fact, for both countries, because india has very, very deep concerns about regional security with the u. s. and nation restore on the phone and u. s. government officials speaking to local media have said that india will be seeking, will be asking us to maintain pressure on pockets. again, what india says, you know, as pockets on providing, not only funding, but also safe havens to groups as just holler, bond is gaining grounds and has gone to the phone with the u. s. withdrawal. so in issues like china and coven dominating talks will happen to other issues like minority, right, press freedoms, and so on. and they're going to be put in the back seat. now while us officials said ahead of me saying that anthony bla

sea more of a potential flashpoint. florence louis al jazeera qualify for us defense secretary lloyd austin has arrived. and singapore was part of a week long tour of southeast asia. austin is expected to rally for a joint effort against what he's described as regional chinese aggression deputy secretary of state when sherman of visited china relations between the 2 largest economies is at an all time low bridges. kona is from sidney university's united states studying center. he says, the trip is part of the binding administration's plan to strength and ties between the 2 nation i think has been important to the united states, to show its allies and friends in se stager and he stays, you're in general in a strategy as well. where i live, that america is listening, that america wants strong alliances. that america is not just going to get drawn in, in this region of the world, into a us versus trying to conflict that it's, if it's involved, it's going to be involved with a range of like minded nations, a nation to want to share particular sort of ventures, and this is i think, necessary to

telephone advance, which is seen the group make large territorial gains. us defense secretary lloyd austin says he believes yes. can government plans to consolidate its security forces in major cities can help quell the taliban? fudge, and i think the 1st thing to do is to make sure that they can slow the momentum and then, and then be able to put themselves in a position where they can re take some of the games that the taliban, that some of the ground that they've lost so i think, i think from my engagements with the afghan leadership, they are committed to that and. and so we look forward to, to them making progress, they have, they have the capabilities, i have a capacity to, to make progress and to and to really began to block some of the taliban advances are there for me to get to james vegas, his life for us in cobble, james, what do you make of law often comment? well, what is absolutely clear is that the african forces on paper should have the upper hand. they have more people, they have more sophisticated weaponry. they have in recent days still have the support of the u. s. air

defense secretary lloyd austin is also on board and says he will work with congress to amend the military's code of justice. >>> now to massachusetts and the tense standoff between state police troopers and a group of heavily armed men dressed in military-style uniforms. residents temporarily ordered to shelter in place. law enforcement even shutting down part of i-95. after 9 hours, 11 men taken into custody, the fbi now investigating. here's abc's janai norman. >> reporter: tonight nearly a dozen arrests in massachusetts after a tense nine-hour standoff that prompted police to order local residents to shelter in place and shut down parts of i-95. just after 1:30 a.m., a state trooper spotted the group dressed in military-style uniforms with tactical gear on the side of the highway allegedly armed with rifles and handguns, the group telling law enforcement they were traveling from rhode island to maine for, quote, training. the group calling itself "the rise of the moors" and claiming to not recognize our laws, then many of them fleeing into a wooded area. that's when the standoff began. a

the movers announce during a visit to manila by the us defense secretary lloyd austin, an internal report by the us centers for disease control and prevention says the delta variance is ass, contagious as chicken pox. a copy of the documents obtained by u. s. media outlets shows the variance is more transmissible than the viruses that cause ebola. the common cold, the seasonal flu, and smallpox depends government has proposed extending the current of virus data for emergency in tokyo until the end of august and expanding it to several other regions. it will apply to a 3 prefecture near the olympic o city. on the western prefecture of sako daily cases, nationwide have top $10000.00 for the 1st time. those are the headlines inside story is up. next, bye bye. oh with sandy beaches. gigi, free shopping, and low taxes could probably go island of high non become china's new hong kong. one 0, one east investigate. on just 0. the hills president, we shuffled his cabinet, hoping to show up his popularity. but there's joint public discontent. job both sonata was trans accuse of mishandling the cove

the move was announced during a visit by us defense secretary lloyd austin, olympics host country. japan has expanded its data for emergency after reporting a record number of proven 1900 infections restrictions will continue until the end of next month until 2, where the games are taking place. organizers say they've been there been $27.00 new infections linked to the event. that's the highest so far. shina is bodily. it's 1st major over $900.00 break and month. hundreds of thousands of people are locked down in jang. zoom province. an internal report by the us centers for disease control and prevention says the delta variance is contagious as chicken pox. copy of the document shows the variance is more transmissible than the viruses that cause ebola. the common cold and the seasonal flu inside story is coming up next on al jazeera. thanks for watching. ah, ah, ah, ah ah, ah, this is president. we shuffled his cabinet, hoping to show up his popularity. but there's growing public discontent. job both sonata was trans accuse of mishandling the covered 19 times and angry protestors say he

but the taliban very much own the night. us defense secretary lloyd austin, says he believes the afghan government plan to consolidate its security forces, and major cities could help called the taliban serge. i think the 1st thing to do is to make sure that they can slow the momentum and then and then be able to put themselves in a position where they can retake some of the games that the taliban, that some of the ground that they've lost. so i think, i think from my engagements with the afghan leadership, they are committed to that and. and so we look forward to, to them making progress, they have, they have the capabilities, i have a capacity to, to make progress and to, and to really began to blunt some of the taliban advances. ah, that was hyphen approaching japan as made for good conditions for certain things, debut, and pick sport at so he gets hockey beach and ship brazil. it's hollow. fair yes, very eric came out ahead. in the men's rounds, he edged out local favorites. he retail horror by service advance to the 3rd round . and it's also the 1st time skateboarding is being cont

. >> reporter: and by his side today, defense secretary lloyd austin, who while in uniform served withley for decades. >> i'm not guessing at his character. he doesn't have a political bone in his body. >> reporter: and, david, no surprise, donald trump said there was never a coup attempt. >> martha raddatz live in washington. martha, thank you. >>> now to that big test vote in the continuing bipartisan efforts to agree on president biden's $1.2 trillion infrastructure plan. not one republican vote for this today but as rachel scott reports tonight that doesn't mean that this won't happen. she's on the hill tonight. >> reporter: tonight senate republicans unanimously blocking an effort to move forward on a bipartisan infrastructure package. >> collins, no. >> reporter: republicans say they needed more time to finalize a deal but senate majority leader took a gamble. >> the deadline has moved them far more quickly. >> reporter: working on a $1.2 trillion package. how long are you willing to give these bipartisan could see a repetition of what we saw with the affordable care act where di