i'm natasha butler in can with the organizes, are locked in around with netflix. hello, there will be no spectators at elliptic events in tokyo, the organizing committee made the decision after japan declared a state of emergency in the capital as current of iris cases there. surge. the policy for venues outside tokyo will be decided case by case medical experts have criticized plans to go ahead with the games and opinion polls. so majority of japanese, one of the games to be postponed or cancelled the government, and organizers say they're doing everything they can to ensure a safe, olympic and paralympic games. so you gotta go to not use a constant. then, without the pandemic villain pick gains would be an amazing opportunity to unite people. but unfortunately, the pandemic could not allow us to hold events with full spectators. we are very sorry for the locals living near the olympic venues. then or the width is a sportswriter with japan times he says the announcement is hugely disappointing for olympics fans. and for japan as a whole, this was supposed to be o

ok. natasha butler live for us in paris. natasha. thank you. well, let's get more on that story. we heard earlier, a bytes. the flooding in germany stepped fastened, joins to lie from the vulcan book in the netherlands, which is close to the border with germany effect. it looks like the reaching where you are, is also struggling with flood water. absolutely . the whole border region, the south of madeline, belgium and germany is now heavily flooded. i haven't seen a flood like this before in this city here a while compared which is a tourist center in the netherlands. there are hundreds of people at the moment being evacuated from their homes where they had been stuck since last night. continue was down for 3 days, have led to some unprecedented serious flooding. and at the moment the government here are trying to stop the valley fast streaming, small river us and swain that basically fault and all this water to stop there, putting it back. so huge time backs everywhere now. but as i can see here, right behind me this, this current is so quick, it's streaming so quickly. that is

the key, the european officials, is that people remain vigilant. natasha butler. i'll just sarah paris. angle dash has gone into one. we walked down to stop a surge of cobra. 1900 cases driven by the delta variant. thousands rushed home before the restrictions came into effect. under the measures only emergency services on some export firms can continue to operate trans. your child re has more from docker. most of the businesses are closed except for green grocery mark at the fruit shop pharmaceutical and for that export, our industries are open. government and up is open. but under strict guidelines, a lot of the garments workers yesterday on road city as well as i've got, i've got it protested because they don't have public transportation to go to the factories in. factors have their own buses, but not not everyone. so therefore, the major protests outside dhaka and into the wrong yesterday the states are more or less and empty. you can see all the shutters. it's pretty much closed. we saw a few army military patrol across the city, but very few check funds by t

from iran to mexico are able to meet industry insiders to fund their next creative projects. natasha butler has more. it's every direct his dream to come to can and for young mexican phil make a more to her. nie is patel. this visit could be life changing after residency in paris with the film festivals, program directors. martha has the picture movie project produces from france. his film funding body is the 1st time i actually do this kind of thing. and you have to be confident about your projects. and who you are, try not to make mistakes talking. i hope it will be a good experience. iranian bizarre as adi is another young filmmaker from the program can after 6 months, are working in uniform residency. finally, i'm here ahead of the young directors program says it's a golden opportunity twice or 6 directors selected to stay in berries, doing for madison off writing the 1st and 2nd future. and so they receive money so that they can think on the about best street a couple of days later at a club by the see, there are nerves and excitements. so this is where the patron take place. your film

year the feud has been in the spotlight, but then can wouldn't be can without some control fi. natasha butler, i'll just 0 can. thanks for watching. the news are analogy 0. we have you over to our teams in london, they'll have much more off the days news in just a minute. but bye for now. i in brought to you by accenture, that there be change the use me duties by extension that there would be change. oh, well, in an unconventional capital city, ever changing and yet forever defined bytes turbulent tossed, stephanie deck meets bananas and takes you want a journey. exploring the identity and legacy of europe's rebel capital took out his era. the covey 19 penned brittany, one of singapore, the most love tradition, its famous street told the fragile youth on $10.00 and 8th investigate it. poker can innovate to survive on algebra, ah, fear and uncertainty in haiti off to the assassination of president jovan al, noise and operation to find his killers is continuing the me mariam demising and watching al jazeera, also coming off on the program northwest in province, which is now the scene of intense

in the south of france for one of the world's most glamorous events, as is all correspondence, natasha butler. this sweeping bay shimmering mediterranean sea, red carpet and of course, movie dolls. the cannes film festival is back after one year break because of the convent pandemic american director. spike lee is the head to the jury this year at the arrived just before the cost of the opening film and that the excitement was palpable. the annette is one of $24.00 films in competition for the prestigious palm dual prize. the musical comedy by french american director, los correct mario court. yeah. and adam driver is my favorite festival can. i've always before i came here or we looked at it as a marker of great films. the festivals director says its return is cause for celebration, which are due in january and even february we have no idea if the festival would be possible because last year we have to concentrate owing to the demick. so it's usually satisfying to be buying such a pleasure under relief. it's not any the movie industry, i'm fine for the delighted by the return of the festival

natasha butler. i'll just, sarah, can all the news, of course, on our website. there it is on your screen. the address is c o dot com. that's out of here with dot com. ah. top real quick, check out the headlines here, down to 0, thousands of joined rare anti government protest in cuba. the demonstrators are demanding more action from the government of poverty economy and the colona virus panoramic president miguel via mail have claimed the united states for b on rent out here at augusta and, and have an up with.

prize money, they will undoubtedly leave can, richer inexperience, friendships and memories. natasha butler, i'll just 0 can support now with jammah. thank you mariam. it will be a huge day for italian sport on sunday with the national football team playing in the finally you are 2020. and before that scene, he will line up in the wimbledon decider. he's the 1st italian player to reach the fine of the tournament. it's 144 year history and he got that by beating apparel and have a whole catch ever seen. he stormed into a 2 set lead after just 58 minutes. we'll catch it back to the bed on a tie break, but the number 7 said he didn't use his stuff once in the match to the full set to wrap up victory, you know, has the chance become the 1st italian managed to win a grand slam title in 45 years, it's going to be a great atmosphere. my 1st final when boon, it's just crazy to think about it. and obviously for italian people in general is going to be tough funding. but i think we deserve it. it's green gray day grace board day and i'm really i'm really happy that together with football now we are,

let's go over to natasha butler, who's in the age right now in natasha. really the death toll less than germany right now. but in belgium it is slowly rising and worrying the authorities there. yes, the belgian officials are saying that at least 23 people have died amongst them. we are 5 to 15 year old girl who's swept away by the river. there are at least a dozen people missing, but of course those numbers could go up. so i really hope breaking seen fair in this fall of belgium. 1 in the south from the east, but have been hit so badly by days of rain has stopped raining now. there is a little bit of respite, but there's a lot of concern, of course, over the rising water. in fact, i'm going to step out of the way. i'm in the hall to the city of yes, one of the locations has been badly affected. and if you look at the river, this is the river. next to me it is flowing extremely false. we've seen a lot of depth, pretty going among branches, bricks, little bits of concrete, all of that, of course, making the rescue operation even more difficult and putting p

it's meant to make it easier to travel between members states. natasha butler reports in paris at paris is only airport airline staff. can travelers documents, european union citizens mas now shown you covert 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 cobit stiff. good will be standardized throughout the block . it's more paperwork, but we've been vaccinated. we have a p c r test. it's all good. i think it's a necessary measure of it isn't over yet, and we must avoid at all costs the risk of people of any age getting sick and we got the you wants to make it easier for people to cross its borders. after more than a year of coffee restrictions, paris is usually one of the world most visited cities, bought the pandemic as men 13 you, a tourist. the hope for the coven certificate will encourage people to travel again, and i hope i can make recovery from like most european countries has lifted many restrictions

let's cross over to natasha butler, who's in the belgium city. very close by to the asian natasha, we sort of, we knew the death toll would rise as the days progress. and the recovery operation continues. mean, was the authority saying about those figures now? those that have died and the displaced what belgian authorities all saying that they could firm the 27 people have died in these floods . in fact, some victims were found overnight. a one of the latest victims found right here in this neighborhood of angler in the city of the edge, this is in the hearts of really the worst affected region in belgium. now, what belgians, emergency services have been saying is that what they expect over the next few days is that could be the victims because as the waters have receded, emergency work is now able to access areas that were previously completed castle because the water they can now access some of those roads, they will be going from house to house to find perhaps survivors, people who are unable to communicate before and attract them at home stil

the hope here though, is that they'll find survivors. natasha butler al jazeera. yes, belgium said on his era, the memories of an africa were unknown. if one of the 1st mass killings happened at the start of the conflict and gripe and cube is present hills a pro government rally the fake news online helped few last weeks. unrest. ah ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored by kettle airways. there is rain in the middle east in july, but it's usually confined to her mom for thunderstorms in the mountain or stella, where's the cast and drizzly for 3 months? the subsidy as a man clad is quite unusual and the results have been quite unusual to. this is denise, no man, this is what you see. a big thunderstorm. the dark underneath and, and out of it falls $200.00 many pieces of rain. okay. is that extra? yes. yeah, average for, sorry, is 3 millimeters. and then the extended the full cost sherry raise right up through the middle of saudi arabia too, was rear towards the average rainfall in doha, in july is 0. so to get any, a toll is going to be unusual. that la

year the feud has been in the spotlight, but then can wouldn't be can without some control fi. natasha butler al jazeera can . ah, the headlines on al jazeera, there'll be no spectators at limping events in tokyo. the organizing committee made the decision after japan declared a state of emergency in the capital is kind of iris cases they're search. so you gotta go to that, you can think of then without the pandemic villain pick gains would be an amazing opportunity to unite people. but unfortunately, the pandemic could not allow us to hold events with full spectrum.

it's accused of being complicit in crimes against humanity. natasha butler has more from paris. the factory, and ne serial. once run by french, the ment giant lafarge 2017. the french judges have been investigating whether the force paid armed group concluding, i saw $50000000.00 in protection money to keep the pulled running between 20122014. at the height of serious civil war, also lethargic fluctuated. its foreign staff, syrian employees, including mustafah, had to keep working, kept the. we asked the company to stop the work, but they didn't stop. the company berth responsibility for all of us were arrested, kills and argued that this man blames the company for his nephew's death. yes, in the home several. michelle. my nephew, yes. it worked for the, the hours you went from here to good to his work and i sit, arrested him and put him in jail. after 4 months we went to see and asked about us in the opened his file and told us, executed him by john. the fall is also accused of selling cement, for i saw an obtaining war materials for militants. the company which merged with swi

but as natasha butler reports, the new system is not being welcomed by everyone. lingering on a terrace is one of life pleasures for many people in france. but soon only those were the covert parts showing that they are fully vaccinated. will have a negative p, c r test will be able to enjoy the experience. so we'll have to check customers. part is something this restaurant says is i'm thankful we consider that this is not our job to check your id and your family. we understand that this is certainly something necessary that we are not fully men. the path which is now mandatory in cinema theaters and museums will be extended to large shopping centers and some transport. the french government hope it will reduce health risks and encourage people to get vaccinated, ga, not be in no doubt. our goal, as always, is to take measures that are proportional to the health situation to guarantee public freedoms while assuring the sanitary security of our citizens. the french president, the manual macro, announced the new covey path through last week. and since then, there has been a surge and the

his and natasha butler al jazeera. can one of india's most well known and respected actors didn't come on, has died. b 98 year old bollywood star was nicknamed. the tragedy of king had been ill for some time. it was one of the big 3 names who dominated the golden age of indian sim from the 1940 to the 900 sixty's. among his most remembered rolls was in the lavish historical romance movie alazam based on the life of one of india great movable princes. ah tough. a quick check of the headlines here on out as they are in denisia, is importing emergency oxygen supplies from singapore to treat a rising number of corona virus. patients. on tuesday, the countries daily counts of cases hit another record high. more than 31000. the government says that number could double hospitals in sort of bio are turning away patients and the health care system in jakarta is at 90 percent capacity. the biden administration has defended the us military withdrawal from.

an area is controlled by iso natasha butler has moved out from paris. the factory, and ne serial. once run by french cement giant la fall 2017. the french judges have been investigating whether the false paid armed groups, including i saw $50000000.00 in protection money to keep the pulled running between 20122014. at the height of serious civil war. also, lafond effectuated its foreign stuff. syrian employees, including mustafah, had to keep working, kept the mobil asked the company to stop the work, but they didn't stop. the company burst responsibility for all the sweat arrested keels and argued that this man blames the company for his nephew's death. yes, in the home, several bishop my nephew. yes, it worked for a 1000. you went from here to good to his work and i said, arrested him and put him in jail. after 4 months, we went to see you and asked about us in the open file and told us executed him the fall. she's also accused of failing cement, for i saw an obtaining war materials from militants. the company which merged with swift, firm wholesome. in 2015 has admitted some mi

in a moment, we're here from natasha butler. she's in belgium for his 1st alger. there is stat voss and has more from the german town of arshad, where people are desperate to return to their homes, to assess the damage. what we're seeing now is that the relief efforts are actually picking up quite a bit here and stop. i'm here now at an ethical ation center where our base basically volunteers are handing out clothes, which is a very important item. people are really looking for right now to have been cut off from their homes because 2 days ago, early in the morning there was a huge land slide here in the f stop. so houses were covered completely by not hundreds of people have been taken out of that area and they are not allowed to go back. which really angus and frustrates them because they really want to see how the condition of their houses. but they also want to get their belongings. they want to get important documents. it's sort of really desperate. this morning i spoke to a mother who actually told me that her son was covered under the month and didn't survi

the hope here though, is that they'll find survivors. natasha butler al jazeera. yes, belgium delegation from the afghan government on the tele bond, a meeting for negotiations and the go 3 capital as violence continues to escalate, to have honest on both sides of it and been engaged in hopes for months. in doha. they say the only solution is through dialogue. however, the taliban is taken advantage of the us troop withdrawal. launching several offences and capturing large parts of the country. as it has more from the top from the as they were concluded of the talks between the taliban and representatives from a bonus on a number of issues were discussed, including the release of prison as the listing from united nations list talk. there was talk about amending the constitution and all inclusive government and political roadmap to words piece the taliban, insisting that before the talk there's a discussion about if ceasefire across the right. it's on the needs to be an inclusive government, which represents all segments of the gun society, not specifying how they'

but when it comes to raising awareness, what happens in can gets noticed. natasha butler, i'll just sarah, can. billionaire richard branson has flown to the edge of space fulfilling a lifelong dream and making space tourism a reality. the fight reached ac kilometers above the surface of viet robinette is that the spaceport and new mexico with more julian air. richard branson has earned his astronaut wing the lifetime. ah, the flight went off without a hitch. the space plain unity was lifted skyward. attached to a double fuselage, mothership called after branson's mother released release relief at high altitude unity separate from eve, then fired with powerful rockets blasting branson, 3 virgin galactic executives and a pair of pilots to a height of 88 kilometers above earth. complete that is not exactly outer space, the international scientific body that decides such thing says space begins at 100 kilometers. but that hardly seem to matter. as the passengers and crew enjoyed the incredible views of the earth below, with the darkness of space above. they also experience several minutes of

areas controlled by iso, and its being accused of being complicit in crimes against humanity. natasha butler has more from paris. the factory and naughty serial, once run by french, the meant giant lafarge, 2017. the french judges have been investigating whether the false paid armed group, including i saw $50000000.00 in protection money to keep the pulled running between 20122014 at the height of serious civil war. also lethargic fluctuated. it's foreign stuff. syrian employees, including mustafah, had to keep working, kept the, we asked the company to stop the work, but they didn't stop the company berth responsibility for all of us who were arrested, killed or kidnapped there. this man blames the company for his nephew's death. yes, you know the whole instead of michelle, my nephew, yes, it worked for the 1000. you went from here to good to his work and i said, arrested him and put him in jail. after 4 months, we went to see you and asked about us in the opened his file and told us, executed him about john. the father is also accused of selling cement, for i saw an obtaining war materials

a generous day for glamour, infant captivating film certainly offer some welcome escape isn't natasha butler al jazeera can. ah, hello. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines. the biden administration has defended the u. s. military withdrawal from afghanistan as taliban fighters continue to claim more territory. washington says it to draw down not retreats, and is pledging to support the afghan government from a distance. it is not just.

it is a way of hopefully avoiding another lockdown. natasha butler. i'll just sarah paris claim he will, whether his car, hello there. india is feeling the full force of the monsoon rains. you can see the cloud cover in the satellite image, particularly heavy across west areas, but also up in the north and cities are becoming waterlogged as those rains continue to for what you go into thursday. it is going to ease lightly on the west coast. it's going to be more central areas that see those torrential rains. you can see the yellow peaks there, but it's not only here. it's also in the northeast northeast northeastern states of india, seeing some of those torrential downpours and low pressure in the bay of bengal is keeping those winds ann raines pushing into bangladesh. and in simian muscle, we could see more flooding, where those rains are going to for heaviest. and as we move to east asia, we're watching 2 systems here. we've got chem packet which has been downgraded to a tropical storm, as well as typhoon into which is making its way towards ty want

without some control fi. natasha butler al jazeera can. ah, hello. the headlines on al jazeera, there will be no spectators at elliptic events in tokyo. the organizing committee made the decision after japan declared a state of emergency in the capital as current of virus cases, their search. she does not use to consent with you. without the pandemic villain, play games would be an amazing opportunity to unite people. but unfortunately, the pandemic could not allow us to hold events with full spectators. we are very sorry for the locals living near delane picked venues. be 2021 south east asian gain due to take place in vietnam had been postponed until next year. the olympic council, malaysia, made the announcement during a meeting and qual, i'm for. we're all members agreed. the current covered situation is not safe enough for the games. police and haiti say they've killed 4 suspects, believes to be involved in the assassination of president john m. o. e 's police also arrested other suspects but does not provide any information about those in custo

generous dose of glamour and from captivating films certainly offer some welcome escape, isn't natasha butler al jazeera can? ah, talk quick check of the headlines here on here where the biden administration has defended the us military. withdraw enough, janice don, as taliban fighters claimed yet more territory, it says if a drop down and not a retreat and is pledging to support the african government from a distance, it is not just the government, afghanistan, it is not just the united states, it's not just a broad swath of the international community that recognizes that there is no military solution to this conflict. the fact that the taliban continues to engage in doha to engage in intra ask in dialogue is itself most likely a reflection of the fact that the taliban to understands that only through diplomacy? can they garner any sort of legitimacy? a drone attack has hit the international airport in the northern iraqi city of bill explosives were aimed at the us based on it sounds, goods, but no casualties are reported. there's been an increase in rocket attacks on us troops, which washi

it's really horror natasha the butler's in the ash in belgium. the latest on the search and rescue operation in that country nichols, emergency workers continue really to search for survivors. but as you can see behind you, it's really sort of rescue and recovery of goods and property. what is the situation for those people that have to leave their homes and look for help elsewhere? yes, well, hundreds, thousands of people have actually had to leave their homes forced out by the flood waters. and then there are those people who tried to hang on and stay in their homes and they didn't want to leave and go to shelter. but they've had to leave anyway because some emergency work and the thing, some of the homes are simply not safe enough. they've been too damaged by the flood waters for them to stay. many homes have collapsed. other homes have been severely weakened. so what emergency work is all doing is really going from house to house. they are trying to see if they can still find survivors. there is still a possibility, they say we know that a le

generous dose of glamour, infant, captivating films, certainly offer some welcome escape, isn't natasha butler al jazeera can. ah, hello. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines. the biden administration has defended the u. s. military withdrawal from afghanistan as taliban fighters continued to claim more territory. washington says it to draw down, not a treat and as pledging to support the afghan government from a distance. it is not just the government us can stand. it is not just the united states, it's not just a broad swath of the international community that recognizes that there is no military solution to this conflict. the fact that the taliban continues to engage in doha to engage in intra ask in dialogue is itself most likely a reflection of the fact that the taliban to understands that only through diplomacy, can they garner any sort of legitimacy. saudi arabia is back in egypt and to dawn and their dispute with a theory over its controversial giant hydropower. them, the kingdom says it supports the countries in preserving the legitimate water rights. meanwhile, ethiopia say

would be the 1st time that a company in the european union would face such an investigation. natasha butler, i'll just sarah paris. ah. typo krycek headlines here on out to 0. the number of corona virus death in argentina as the past 800000. it's the 5th country in latin america to reach that figure. but infection rates have been decreasing as more people get fascinated. malaysia government is increasing the number of hospital dedicated to covered 1900 patients. it's buying more beds, and oxygen tanks has daily infections reach a record high brazil, a president jebel scenario has been rushed to hospital for treatment of a blocked intestine. it suffered days of chronic hiccups. if the latest health complications from a stab wound he received 3 years ago. monica, you know, it has the latest the doctors have examined him again and have decided for the moment not to submit him to a new surgery. they just said in a statement that they are born, he's going to undergo conservative treatment. and so tonight, nothing more will happen. we must remember that this isn't the 1st time that he's had surge

the feud has been in the spotlight, but then can wouldn't be can without some control fi. natasha butler, i'll just 0 can ah, hello there. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines. the un security council has discussed the controversial mega done that ethiopia is building on the river nile. egypt into dante l news access to fresh water and trinity, and saudi arabia, demonte and international resolution. here is water minister says his country is building a down for the people. it is also unique because the construction of this $5000000000.00 of done is find offered by the blood pearson, the suite of ordinary. copious there got these done built at the right place for the betterment of people in a broader region. our unfortunate inability to utilize and reverse so far is deeply embedded in the psychology of our pupils. us president joe biden says american troops will leave afghanistan by august 31st. he insists the u . s. has achieved its objectives after nearly 20 years of war. but the withdrawal comes as the taliban continues to seize more territory. police and hazy, say they've ki

would be the 1st time that a company in the european union would face such an investigation. natasha butler al jazeera paris. ah, this is al jazeera and these are the top stories, an afghan government negotiate. it says the taliban is proposing a 3 month ceasefire and exchange for the release of $7000.00 primitive. it follows rapid telephone gains in recent weeks. on wednesday it's fine who took control of the spin bolduc crossing with pakistan? shaw labella has more from cobble i just talked to the telephone about this. they said that they actually gave this proposal to the americans in doha, who being handed it on to the cobble government. they say that this is actually part of the original agreement that they signed last year with the americans, that state as part of the withdrawal that and in order to get a cease fire inside a political process with the government that they would need this prisoners release and that they wanted the, these names of the blacklists, indonesia has recorded its biggest daily increasing corona, virus infections with more than 54000 cases. health authority say

prize money, they will undoubtedly leave can, richer inexperience, friendships and memories. natasha butler, i'll just 0 can. ah, the headlines on al jazeera, it's all about a claim that now controls 85 percent of gun. it's done. legation from the group has been visiting moscow and insist that is open to a cease fire with the afghan government. the group says it will lead and inclusive government that won't allow isolate to operate from afghan territory. russia says it's received assurances that there will be no cross border aggression. didn't have enough mission, but if we see a steep escalation of pensions on the of the project border, the taliban has quickly taken many board districts. and now has control of about 2 thirds of the board with tajikistan, a russian military base and tajikistan is equipped with everything necessary to help the public in control in the border situation. if needed, additional measures will be undertaken in the spirit of the russian public alliance to prevent aggression or territorial provocation. the un security council has approved a deliveries from turkey in

let's get more now from our correspondent natasha butler, who joins us live from paris. natasha, what do we think might come out of this meeting with monsieur macro? while since these allegations emerge on tuesday, we have heard extensively from the lease from the french prime minister cath stacks . he will say, of course he's allegations or something that cannot be tolerated and that full investigations are being launched into these allegations to see whether or not they are verified. so it's in that context that the french president is holding this meeting with the cabinet to discuss, of course, these obligations. the main one being that the french president actually had one of his mobile phone selected as a possible target by american intelligence services. a target that could be put on the survey and now the, not only the french president phone, but also his former prime minister at watha leap and more than a 1000 ministers. a very serious allegations. indeed, as you can imagine, we can imagine that the french president is talking about these is talking about how to put in pop str

prize money, they will undoubtedly leave can, richer inexperience, friendships and memories. natasha butler, i'll just 0 can ah, i know that this is out of there and these are the headlines, hazy senate has nominated joseph lambert as the new interim president after the fascination of president of and ways and also back the replacement for the interim prime minister plunging the country further into political uncertainty and also growing security concerns on the government has off the u. s. and the u. n. to send troops to help stabilize the country. meanwhile, the un security council has improved 8 deliveries from turkey and to rebel held northern syria for another year. russia had threatened to block that operation, preferring aid rather be directed through damascus, but a last minute compromise was reached out to promote again. james bass has worn out from the un for months now, people have been concerned that russia might actually decide to use its veto and stop this. only one humanitarian crossing into syria. some had wanted that again to be more than one crossing potentially 3 crossing

but when it comes to raising awareness, what happens in can gets noticed. natasha butler, i'll just, sarah, can well show you some nice pictures from new mexico once again waves count down to take off in just some matter of minutes. now british being there, richard branson will be blasting off on a mission to kicks, thought space stories, and we'll have a live report on algebra. stay with a football from spain trading. battling opponents on the biking, fascism at home and abroad. the bowling legend edit. canton introduces stuff the nino in the battle are wanting to use the beloved game to help himself and others survive the horrors of a natural concentration. i football rebels on al jazeera and then are central to the quest for teen energy. a key ingredient for the production of electric car batteries, cobalt extracting it is dangerous. profitable, with global demand set the skyrocket. people in power investigates claims that industrial mines contracting the precious material needed for cleaner energy. are in fact poisoning the environment with dire health consequences for those livi

there's also a concern over access to clean drinking water. natasha butler is in the age with the latest on search and rescue efforts in belgium. hundreds, thousands of people have actually had to leave their homes for stouter by the flood waters. and then there are those people who tried to hang on and stay in their homes. they didn't want to leave and go to shelter, but they've had to leave anyway because some emergency work is saying some of the homes are simply not safe enough. they've been too damaged by the side waters for them to say many homes have collapsed. other homes have been severely weakened. so what emergency work is all doing is really going from house to house. they are trying to see if they can still find survivors. there is still a possibility, they say we know that least 100 people are missing, but it could be that some older frail move on. people took shelter on higher floors in their home. and then they're still sug that because communication went down in some parts of this region off the flood waters, kids and perhaps they haven't been able to contact the outside

travel on long distance trains, we'll have to show proof of vaccination or a negative cova test. natasha butler has more from paris. when a manual macro said the vaccination is the only way out of the health crisis, the message in his speech was pretty much the people in france need to go out and get vaccinated. now about 40 percent of the population have been immunized, but a matter of micro says that is simply not enough to get out of this health emergency. so he announced a series of measures to encourage people to get vaccinated. one of them in fact, is going to be mandatory vaccinations for health workers who work with particular vulnerable people. say people who work in care homes for example or in hospitals will have to be vaccinated by september. that will be controlled and checks the macro to make sure that they are properly immunized. the government will also extend its so called a coven certificate, his national cove, its as if because if this is the, the application on people phones on a piece of paper that shows whether or not somebody has been vaccinated fully, or shows whether or

the morocco denies those reports from natasha butler now in paris. while french president, in my micro, held quite a lengthy cabinet meeting with his ministers to discuss these allegations that had merged earlier in the week. that moroccan intelligence services may have tried to target one of the french presidents mobile phones and not only his mobile phone, but bath of his former prime minister at wal felipe, and also more than a dozen ministers and dozens of journalists in france. now the least they put out a statement after this capital meeting, they say that of course, the least say in the presence of taking these allegations very seriously indeed. but they are urging caution because they've launched a full investigation to try and see and verify exactly what the situation is. the present we are told is following this investigation very closely. indeed, the lease. i also think that the president has exchanged and changed his mobile phone numbers and the security has been stepped up. now, india has denied it, is among the government clients all va

that total is expected to increase as water levels drop. natasha butler is in the edge with the latest on search and rescue efforts in belgium. it has been no rain now for a couple of days and the water has receded and more that is meant is it. emergency workers have been able to access many areas that were previously inaccessible because of course the water met, the roads were blocked, vehicles couldn't pass. and what the emergencies have has been doing is basically going from house to house and from the worst areas to see if there are any survivors. now that could be possible, they say, because you could have some people, a frail, often the elderly who rushed up to the 2nd or 3rd floors in their home and have been stuck there ever since. often without communication because electricity was caught in many areas in many villages and in many neighborhoods. well, meanwhile, lance lives in india's financial capital have caused several houses to collapse, killing at least 25 people rescue as fear more people could be trapped in the debris. in one bye and one neighborhood, half a dozen shack

but when it comes to raising awareness, what happens in can gets noticed. natasha butler, i'll just, sarah can ah, there with me. it's a whole rom, the reminder of all top stories you can forward. he's a warning against large gatherings as cases of the cave in 1900 delta, very dr. but london, hosting a massive sporting event on sunday. 65000 people are expected at wembley stadium for the euro. 2020 football final south korea will impose tougher restrictions in the capital, sol after another sharp rise in new infections. so neighboring areas will move to the strictest level of social distancing. schools and bows will be closed and restaurants will only be allowed to have limited seating. roper brian has more from so i think what's really worried. the forty's here is just the speed all that this surge, that pretty much overnight. we've seen almost a doubling up new cases being recorded in the last few days received over 1300 new cases per day. a lot of this seems to be have to do with people. premise show the it's the letting down that god in part, it's partly due to the delta variance

people here for much longer, that fastened al jazeera syncing in the western part of germany and natasha butler is in leon belgium's worst hit region. she says people, they are in shock and say they've never seen floods like this before. where is this neighborhood long? in the facility? oh, yes, it is one of the worst effects today or is in the city and want some residence. i've been telling me that even though they've lived in the decades, they've never seen anything like this. they say the water basically flows down this street and there was such a force that it food furniture along with it and call surround cause, as if they were small toys. well, the water level rose for about 2 meters. people now are simply trying to clean up their own salvage what they can. they're obviously extremely shaken. if we go through it was so scary to see the war to rise. my car in the carriage is totally destroyed. there was water all the way up to here. your left will some streets in the area are still flooded. roads are still inaccessible to cause into vehicles. and that is why the only way of accessing some

year the feud has been in the spotlight, but then can wouldn't be can without some control fi. natasha butler. i'll do 0 can ah, talk to the headlines. hey, this security forces i hate to say that arrested 2 people in connection with the assassination of president jovan movies for other suspects were killed in a gun battle. south africa, former president jacob zoom in police custody, turning himself in late on the wednesday night. a court sentenced him to 15 months in jail offending to show up the corruption. and while the last several countries in asia struggling to cope with a record number of cove in 1900 infections, it's believe the jaime transmissible delta variant is responsible for spike in cases. governments are scrambling to secure and distribute vaccines. japan has declared a state of emergency in an effort to slow searching code 19 infections. the rise in case it is being blamed on the delta variance. it comes just 2 weeks before the opening of the tokyo olympics games organize it will be meeting shortly and are expected to decide whether to allow spectators at the event. the afric