for telephone fighters were killed when the vehicle had a roadside bomb and done to district or mike hannah joins me now live from washington d. c. and mike concerns about these gains by the taliban really being expressed at the most senior level for the military and senior levels. indeed, the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff who spoke to the media in the course of the day. they say that withdrawal is going on as scheduled. some 8000 troops have already been moved out of a gun. he's done. they also made specific reference to locals who were employed by the us military, such as drivers and translators. a number of them have already been removed from the country as well. but the main point that they were making all the games that kind of bond has made in recent times, the chairman of the joint chiefs the stop mark, milly saying that as of last month the taliban controlled the son 80 of a gun. he stands 419 district, but this number has now doubled i would tell you that as of today, more or less, i guess it's about 212232 in that range. 2 hundreds of the distr

while vaccination rates appear to have leveled off at lower than 50 percent, mike hannah's in washington dc and says mandatory vaccinations for federal workers . what impact millions of people. they have been some states that have already introduced a vaccine mandate, new york, for example, new york city, as well as california has now introduced a vaccine mandate. now in both of those areas, the mandate is there, but at the same time, there will be no action taken against workers who refuse to have the vaccination, but it will be made difficult for them given that they will then have to agree to very regular testing. they would also have to wear a mask whenever they were indoors and in contact with the public. the world trade organization is discussing demands for a waiver of vaccine. payton said it's meeting in geneva, the u. s. south africa and india have led calls for the suspension of intellectual property rights to our local production of vaccines. are us congressional committees had emotional testimony from police officers present at the january 6 attack on the capital building in

is mike hannah. there are all this is where the journey began. altitude for the moon landing that inquired. they've been 5 year old kid to dare to dream. it's no surprise that the launch of the new shepherd is planned for the 52nd anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing. so he definitely wants to tie the legacy of his new company to the sort of aura and the mystique of the accomplishments of nasa during the space race. i want to go on this flight because it's the thing i want to do all my life. it's an adventure, it's a big deal for me. i invited my brother to come on this 1st flight because we're closest friends. i really watch it. come with me. would you? are you, sir? all right, you're hurting your joining the base us brothers the both the new ship. it will be an 18 year old teenager. out of a damon missionary replacing the original and identified when we paid $28000000.00 at auction. and it was given up to see because of what is said to be a scheduling conflict. you're in 0 gravity performance.

okay, mike hannah in washington dc. thank you. ryan grim is the washington d. c. bureau chief of the intercept and investigative news organization, he joins us now on scott, thank you for your time. give us you will take, how serious are the charges that he's facing? they're very serious. and in fact, as you know, that he is considered a flight risk by prosecutors. you know, you know, as you are saying, which, which means that this is a, this is a billionaire used to moving in some of the most powerful circles on the globe who was, it was going to remain in prison. you know, for the foreseeable future, unless he can persuade a judge to somehow let him out until his, his trial. but the main question is going to be whether or or not baracus this has information that could, that could get him a reduced or non existent sentence. that would implicate people higher up the chain and brock was so high up the chain that there are very few people that, that, that label would apply to. and jared cushion or, and donald trump or are among the few that i think would qualify.

mike, hannah, i'll just 0 washington families in the same city of rock up are living in ruins and dire conditions for years after it was recaptured. from iso report from save, the children says there is limited access to attic tricity and clean water leading to an increase of waterborne diseases. rocca was the self proclaimed capital of ice on the latter kingdoms, carrying out his most extensive naval deployment in a generation aircraft carrier, h. m, as queen elizabeth as being accompanied by 6, while navy ships a submarine, 14 naval helicopters and a company of oil marines. but its presence especially in disputed parts of the south china sea, could lead to tensions with china. long sleeved reports from calling them for the british navy, the biggest and most powerful war ship. the h. m, as queen elizabeth aircraft, carrier is leading the tiller of navy ships on its maiden deployment, the largest concentration of british and maritime power. in years. prime minister boys, johnson says that deployment will help to strengthen british soft power, such as belief in democracy. and the rule o

mike hannah, out 0, washington, a journalist and activists there among 15 people killed in a spade of shootings in haiti's capital. just a warning. this story contains graphic images that some viewers may find disturbing theories of bo reports for weeks now. violence in haiti's capital has been out of control. gangs are now said to be in charge of entire areas of puerto prince. on tuesday, at least 15 civilians were killed when the police allegedly responded to an attack that had left an officer dead. local residents are shock. i heard this terrible news. i told my mom, i'll go see if any relatives died in the massacre. i was shocked to see my cousin died for nothing. i asked myself where this country's going. among the dead were journalist view, shaft, an activity. and when do claire? many theories fellow actively strike francois says they were executed for speaking out against the government. she was an activist and she was very, she had a very strong message against the government about the whole situation actually. so we believe that was targeted and me personally, i believe like

mike hannah, out to 0, washington, me. mars military genta has released around 2300 prisoners from a jail in the larger city and gone. official said journalist activists were among those freed on wednesday. tens of thousands of prisoners were released in april, but jailed activists were not included. a monitoring group says more than 5000 people have been detained from the military seas power in february. 2 former serbian secret police chiefs have been found guilty of war crimes in the former yugoslavia and the 1919th. the when's international criminal tribunal convicted your because tonnage and franco? the amount of which for their rule, and financing and supporting sir militia and judges sentence both men to 12 years in prison. it's a court longest running war crimes case status search and see lots of us were 1st and dated in 2003. they were previously cleared of chargers before we trial in 2017, a journalist and activists there wrong 15 people killed in a spade of shootings in hastings capital for the warning. this story contains graphic images. some viewers may find disturbing. h

mike, hannah has more now from washington. he himself is still in custody. the prosecutors say that he is a flight risk, given his immense wealth, access to a private air crop. deep relationships with countries like lebanon and u, a saudi arabia. so we have heard nothing from him and unlikely to until he actually appears at possibly a bail hearing. prosecutors refusing bell at this particular stage because he's a flight risk. but all in all this 7 indictments, again, thomas barrack, very serious indictments, indeed among them that he lied to federal agents during a interview in june 2019 about these specific events. but one must look to at the why the context of this is that the prosecutors say that between the dates of donald trump's innovation for the next 3 years, the u. a. e and saudi arabia, it's close allies, put some $1500000000.00 into racks, suffer and wealth fund a vast amount of money indicating that they were paying for services being given hey, t has a new prime minister after 2 weeks of uncertainty following the assassination of its precedent,

mike hannah has more from washington dc . the infection rate has now doubled within the last 3 weeks today, there was some 23000 new cases reported as opposed to roughly 11000 on june the 23rd. there are a few reasons for this. firstly, delta barian has created a massive problem within the united states as it has in other countries. but what you've also had in between 2 is the july, the full holiday weekend, where they were large numbers of gatherings. so these are coming together to create this as flare up in infection rates within the united states. on the brighter side, perhaps, deaths are running at about $250.00 a day. to put this into a context they were running around 3 and a half 1000 a day earlier in the winter. so clearly the vaccination has a massive impact in terms of restricting the number of this, even of those who contract the virus. but what is be problematic? to is the discrepancy, the geographical discrepancy within the united states, nationally, some 55 percent of americans have had at least one shot to the

that's mike hannah in washington dc. the world trade organizations discussing global demands for a waiver, a vaccine, peyton set a meeting in geneva, the u. s. south africa and india of live coals for the suspension of intellectual property rights and several jobs. they say it would allow local production of vaccines and end the pandemic more quickly. but it's being opposed by some wealthy nations including the u. k. and the european union. last cabinet visiting professor of law and director of the global health policy and politics initiative at georgetown university is joining us live on zoom from washington dc. good to have with us on al jazeera. just if you can clarify one thing for me to begin with. when we talk about a waiver, what exactly do we mean? so 1st it's, it's important to remember what this wouldn't do, right? this is not a move that would cancel any patterns or prevent any country in the world like the united states or switzerland from implementing patents on covered vaccines. instead, it would give count

if those other 100000000 people got vaccinated, we meet a very different mike. hannah has more from washington d. c. there are some 4000000 federal workers within the united states. as to that, the contract is that that raises a figure to some 10000000 people. now we understand that president find and it's going to be announcing new vaccination guidelines or new attempts to increase the amount of vaccinations on thursday. this is expected to include a mandate for all federal workers to be vaccinated. now already in some areas there has been such a mandate put in place, new york city, the state of california. in each of those cases, there has been a complete mandate for vaccinations. however, those who still refused to be vaccinated will either have to come to regular testing as well as where mosques at all times when they are indoors. a official within the white house saying that this is likely to be the line that president biden will follow to mandate vaccinations for federal workers, but at the same time to allow some room for exceptions to be made. but they will be some pushback. no doubt.

later on monday, let's say that to mike hannah, who's following the story forth from washington, d. c, the u. s. 70 pointing the finger really at china, but what more do we expect it to do? this will us has come out to the very strong statement from the 2nd international country making very clear that the us whole trying to responsible for this massive pack of microsoft servers. what the u. s. is doing at this particular point, it's informed microsoft about the nature of the hacked. it has launched an investigation into the nature in a rare occurrence, the f b, i obtained a search warrant to go into corporate servers and remove elements that were left behind to prevent further hacks and also of course study how the heck was made. so the u. s is sharing all of the information with private entities in a bid to blocked any future attempts at hacks of service, such as those of microsoft. but it must be noted to as well that this is the 1st time that has been such a broad alliance formed what the u. s. has done is created a massive alliance, ranging from australia, new zealand, japan, b,

okay, mike, many thanks, mike. hannah correspondent brings about developing story out of washington. still to come here on out to sierra under intense public pressure. the u. k says it will live quarantine restrictions for fully vaccinated people from the united states. and the european union except from ah, the fires are still burning in the western states as nearly starts the season is going to be a prolonged season. this is just one of many dixie saw a big fire about 30 percent contained. the problem has been of course, has been very dry. there is a change that taking place live at the clouds is going across the rockies and turning round. that is part of the monsoon system. north america, plenty of moisture brought in daytime heat lists. the showers didn't get flash flooding all the way to arizona may be in new mexico. beyond, on the shelves are reaching north into idaho, not quite into where the dixie fire was with this hope in the next day or so. not so much of british columbia, the father bidding here and the smoke is being brought across in that flow. you saw on the satellite

in combating colbert 19. despite the real political risk of being accused of federal overreach, mike hannah, i'll just 0 washington. a former associate of president donald trump has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of undeclared lobbying. somebody says that he's innocent of charges that he secretly served as an agent for the united arab emirates. kristen salumi has more from outside the court house in new york. the judge and the court house behind me spent a lot of time looking for assurances that tom barrick, a wealthy businessman, and long time associates of former president donald trump, would not flee the country while waiting for his trial. he asked a lot of questions, and tom barrack himself pleaded not guilty to the 7 charges against him that are related to violating us lobbying laws and obstructing justice, essentially lying to investigator, to say that he was secretly trying to influence us foreign policy. while at the same time serving as the chairman of president trump, the non duration committee, essentially raising money for the president. at the same time, he was pushing

mike hannah, i'll just sierra washington us defense secretary lloyd austin is kicking off a week long trip around the indo pacific region. it's a secretary, 2nd trip. so what he has called the defense department priority region. austin is set to speak and singapore today, before traveling on to vietnam in the philippines. he's expected to call for joint effort against what he calls his chinese aggression. in the region the united kingdom is carrying out its most expensive naval deployment in a generation. the aircraft carrier, h m, as queen elizabeth, is being accompanied by a flotilla of navy ships. and its presence in disputed parts of the south china sea is causing concern florence louis reports from calling them for me. the british navy, biggest and most powerful war ship, the h m, as queen elizabeth aircraft, carrier is leading of the tiller of navy ships on its maiden deployment, the largest concentration of british and maritime power in years. prime minister bars johnson says that deployment will help to strengthen british soft power such as belief in democracy. and the rule of

and we'll have more of that and moment with mike hannah, he's there in washington, d. c. let's start though rob mcbride in, sol, as i say, restrictions high there. but the even more concerning thing is that numbers are rising in other areas of the country. that's right. they see they hear in the greatest. so metropolitan area, this council, around half of south korea, is population. the highest level of restrictions have been in place since the start of this week. it means, for example, in the evening time after 6 pm, that can be no social gatherings of more than 2 people outside of which to the many parts of the city is virtually curfew. but the reason increasing concerned about areas outside of sol with the numbers of new cases more than doubling recently. so we are seeing the, these new restrictions coming into both tomorrow, thursday, but much of the provinces outside of sold at the 2nd highest level of restrictions that will mean, for example, no gatherings have bold and 8 people. there's a real concern here that as we get into the peak summer season this summer as l

mike, hannah, august era. washington for rank, as government says, it's repaid a $1000000000.00 bond before tuesday deadline, but concerns continue to mount over the nation's financing and its ability to meet major foreign debt. sir lang, because economy was already struggling before the pandemic, but lockdown measures and border closures have caused the vital tourism industry to collapse. and that's led to a shortage of foreign currency. government now only has enough to pay for 3 months of impulse. it's cut back on bringing in some items from abroad. pushing price is higher for consumer goods. payments of $500000000.00 and $1000000000.00 a june next year. but now funders has moved from columbus. the shank and government painted a confident picture. they said they have never defaulted on any of the international debt before, and they don't intend to stop. now. this, despite the fact that their foreign reserves had fallen to $4000000000.00, which was just enough to cover up to 3 months of import. now, having p

mike hannah has moved from washington d. c. what's the concern to the cdc in particular is that there are massive differences in the rate of vaccinations in various areas of the united states in vermont, for example, more than 80 percent of people in that state awfully vaccinated on the other side of the coin in mississippi, less than 30 percent awfully vaccinated. the cdc is isolating what it says or potential hotspots, particularly with that regard to the delta variant, which is accounting for about 25 percent of new cases in the us. and as well, what the tdc points out is that there has been a 10 percent increase in cases of corona virus in the past week. as compared to the previous 2. they are greater amounts of hospital admissions as well. these are principally in those states that have low vaccination rates. now the big concern is the fact that if, if the body had wanted to be vaccinated, they would have been vaccinated by now there are enough shots vaccine out there. in fact, there are too many in many areas, but the con

mike hannah out 0 washington. fremont i had in the news are including my standard at sea. we hear from some of the hundreds of thousands of theaters who, being abandoned ownership because of the pandemic. journalists and activists are among the targeted and spacious killings and the capital gains are taking charge. and in sports, one of the best football players in the world is available for free details. coming up with peter ah, travel to europe is becoming easier for people who've been vaccinated. you as introducing a digital covered 19 pass from thursday in the hope of reviving its economy. but a rise in cases of the delta variant is prompting calls for vigilance. natasha bought a boat from paris at paris is only add port airline staff. can travelers documents european union citizens mas now shown you cove, it's certificate to travel on paper or in digital form. it shows if a person is vaccinated or has a recent negative p. c r. test member states can adjust the entry rules according to the health situation. in the country bought the cobra to tip good will be standardiz