the state of new south wells is reported its largest daily spike in corona virus infections this year. such a new cases recorded on thursday. the total number of infections and its latest outbreak is nearing $400.00. governments extended sidney's too weak, locked down by an upper. we've got it's very jiggly and told report. taliban fighters have set up their offensive in northern of stone. they're making their 1st assault on a provincial capital since the u. s. and they to draw down began. the taliban says it briefly took control of call in and by d's for the 1st time since 2001 defense isn't or our capital baghdad have been activated after a suspected rocket. old drone attack near the u. s. embassy, a drone was shut down close to the heavily forced by greenstein this we can, a large explosion is closed. a fire in the middle east, largest port official say the blaze started in a container on board. a ship anchored a device july the port. the fire has been brought under control. no injuries or deaths were reported. washington d. c has followed new york state and suspending the law lice

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now it's proper snow's back to fall or rather windy and cold day for melbourne with rain up in new south wells as well. whereas the res, disappearing from most of new zealand. the who's with bag energy and change to every part of our universe or small to continue change all around the shape, my technology and human ingenuity. we can make it work for you and your business. ah ah ah ah, what you know 0. let's remind you about top stories here. the fallon western, europe's flooding crisis is escalating and spreading further with heavy rainfall now and part of eastern germany and austria. at least $183.00 people are confirmed, said so far that that total is expected to increase as the water level strong for a major cleanup asset is now underway in western germany. chunk langley, medical has called the floods the catastrophe and will visit the western region. on sunday. the leader of the taliban says the group favors a political settlement of the conflict, and that's kind of on, even as it continues to make military advances. representative of the group now meeting an afghan government allegation a

the australian state of new south wells is reported. it reported its largest daily spike in current of virus infections this year. so it's a new cases recorded on thursday. the total number of infections in its latest outbreak is nearing $400.00. the government has extended sidney's too weak, locked out by another week, and the states premier says new cases are expected to rise to to the delta variance . south korea is recorded its highest number of daily infections on thursday. what doesn't turn in terms 5 cases reported over the last 24 hours. the prime minister says a 4th wave of the virus is spreading rapidly, especially amongst unvaccinated people in the twenties and thirties, in an easier hospitals or beyond capacity and desperate people hunting for oxygen, for sick family members, supplies and medical facilities run out. when they was in the country's deadly estate, the pandemic was just over a 1000 deaths. despite new lockdown measures, there's no indication of the outbreak. slowing down. spain's government is wanting young peopl

not, i'm anticipating the numbers in new south wells will be greater than a 100 tomorrow. now, that's what i'm anticipating and i'll be shocked if it's less than a 100. this time tomorrow, if additional new cases. so we can't stress enough. the importance of not only following the rules, but also realizing the risk. and there is south korea, which will impose tough restrictions in the capital after another $1300.00 infections in the last 24 hours. soul and neighboring areas will move to the strictest level of social distancing for the 1st time. from monday, we'll hear more about the situation in south korea from rob mcbride very shortly, but 1st he is 20 a guy ago in london. the government seems to be still proceeding on its mission to unlock the legal requirements on the 19th of july. now this is caused a lot of concern from scientists from across the medical community, as well. with more than 120 scientists writing the medical journals along that criticizing the government, but conducting what it says is an unethical experiment on the health of, of the people in the u. k

alex here blind al jazeera and the premier australia new south. well that says she's disgusted by similar protests on saturday. we saw hundreds of people find for breaking a look. measures the their office. the riley could have been a super spread event, the states to the st. for 40 to more deaths and 19, and 141 cases of local transmission. small demonstrations were held in melbourne, had laid em brisbin, and the covey 19 delta variance is spreading rapidly through asia pacific region. the philippines is fighting travelers from malaysia and thailand to try and hold that people and manila have been hearing up for vaccines. restrictions have been re imposed in the capital region and some provinces until the end of the month and elsewhere in the region. even remote island nations that remained isolated for much of 2020 a thing. infections rise and is toni chang report from bangkok they face a vaccine shortage. grieving relatives watch as the body of their mothers removed from the hospital in fiji. the cause cove at 19. the pacific nation has seen a signi

new south wales, even though the biggest city sidney is now in its 3rd week of locked down. the number of people exposed in the community, not, i'm anticipating the numbers in new south wells will be greater than a 100 tomorrow. now, that's what i'm anticipating and i'll be shocked if it's less than a 100. this time tomorrow, if additional new cases. so we can't stress enough, the importance of not only following the rules, but also realizing the risk. meanwhile, a 2 week locked down has begun and thailand to stop a surgeon cases. they're under new measures gatherings of more than 5 people, a band and all non essential businesses and schools are closed in bangkok and other high risk areas. night time kathy is now in place. thailand isn't quoting more than 9000 new infections a day and moving on, and a former police officer turns notorious gang leader is offering his supporters to join mass protest and haiti. jimmy sher, it's better known as father. you says the president of the south nation is an outrage. he is accusing off the different parties of plotting 7 ways. his mother. he's also lost his supporters to use their weapons and self defense if the police crack down on the ga

so looking rather gray and dull for much of that eastern, sort of new south wells, up towards the gold coast into brisbin. further west to this general drive, we got some wet weather come for the southern parts of w. i suppose. we'll see some rain on friday, the rain not quite as heavy or is extensive as we go through sandstone brightening up by the end of the day, in fact, brightening up to coast at east side of australia. by the end of the day, we'll see that we were started to push towards new zealand. but for the time being they said a lot of the dry and fine. if a little on the cool side tampered are struggling to get into double figures, certainly a good to a warmer than that for japan, we got a lot of wet weather coming into japan. at the moment pulsing else is east and china, more heavy rain coming in across the southern half of japan as a good part of one issue. sink further heavy downpours and they're still there. as we go on through sas, they linking all the way back into central china create potential saying, some charlotte, southern parts of china to refine and try hong ko

new south wales, even though the biggest city sidney is and it's 3rd week of locked down. the number of people exposed in the community. you have not, i'm anticipating the numbers in new south wells will be greater than a 100 tomorrow. now, that's what i'm anticipating and i'll be shocked if it's less than a 100. this time tomorrow, if additional new cases. so we can't stress enough the importance of not only following the rules, but also realizing the risk. and south korea will impose confir restrictions in the capital after another, 1300 infections were recorded in the past 24 hours. how far the say the spike in cases is being driven maybe by younger and vaccination people. so and neighboring areas will move to the strictest level of social distance thing for the 1st time. from monday. the supply of oxygen is dwindling and me and there's more people contract for corona virus, the producer that makes the tanks has been ordered to work at full capacity and to convert industrial grade oxygen for patients. more than 4300 new cases were reported on saturday, a new record for the nation. israel has started giving 3rd booster shots of the 5 bounty covered 19 vaccine to adults with wea

wednesday, but the wet weather will be driving his way further is not quite reaching victoria new south wells las you fine and dry here. not too bad. not too bad up towards north, although straight as well. one or 2 showers just coming in around cans up towards the cape your peninsula. meanwhile, it will improve newseum. so brightest guys coming back in. but an improvement in the weather across japan recently, but we have got more rain in the full cost over the next couple of days choose. it looks like a wet one for the korean peninsula, cloud and rain, making its way towards horseshoe and punching through for wednesday. the weather bang, energy and change to every part of our universe. more small. to continue the change all around the shape by technology and human ingenuity, we can make it work for you and your ah ah, reminder the top stories yolanda 0. the taliban is continuing. it's advanced through afghanistan as the us and allied troops move closer to a full withdrawal. afghan forces in the northern provinces are preparing a counter offensive a day off being attacked by the taliban. prim

the premier of the australian state of new south wells, as has said, she's disgusted by similar process there on saturday. the hundreds of people have been fine for breaking down measures that says the largest riley in sydney could have been a super spread event and typhoon in far as sweet paying towards china, bringing more rain and flossing ports and f a traffic to shut down thousands of people have been told to leave the homes parts of china, so cleaning up after torrential downpours earlier this week, which dumped a year's worth of rain in just 3 days. at least 58 people were killed. and french present ammonia, macro is on his 1st official trip to the overseas territory of french polynesia. he's expected to discuss the legacy of nuclear tests as well as the threat to the islands from rising seas. that's how i feel, approaching japan has made for good conditions as things debut, as a lympics sport at to, sorry, gas hockey, beach and chip up brazil's itala for yerra, came out ahead in the men's 1st round. he had shout local favorite. japan's here, heroic horror. now both surface advan

while keeping everybody safe and happy. alexia blind al jazeera, the premier, those trailers new south wells said she's disgusted by similar protest. on saturday . we're still hundreds of people fine for breaking your down measures. the they're off is the largest rally and sydney could have been a super spread event. the states reported to more desperate over 19, and a $141.00 cases of local transmission. small demonstrations were held in melbourne, adelaide, and brisbin. and the co 19 delta variance is now spreading rapidly through the asia pacific region. thailand has just reported yet another record day of new cases with more than 15000. the rise that has caused the philippines to band travelers from thailand, people for malaysia will also no longer be able to enter the country. and its reimpose restrictions in the capital region and some provinces till the end of the month. elsewhere in the region, even remote island, nations that remained isolated for march of 2020 a thing, infections rise. and as tony chang reports from bangkok they face bucks in shortages, grieving relatives watch as

they are certainly a state of new south wells as report is reported, its daily spike largest value spiking current. in fact, virus infections this year, 30 new cases recorded on thursday. the total number of infections in its latest outbreak is nearing $400.00. the government 6 is extended sydney's 2 week locked down by another week. the head of the international olympic committee thomas back is due to arrive in japan, 2 weeks ahead of the games. the government is expected to announce another state of emergency to contain a search and create a virus infections. japan is reportedly considering banning all spectators from the lympics. cuba is deploying more medical work has to it's a western province of mac hands, us where the health system is on the brink of collapse. the highly contagious delta variance is still hospitalized and led to a shortage of medical supplies. on wednesday, cuba posted a record of 3600 infections in just a single day. capacity. i have fidelis, i feel we have been forced to create hospitalization, areas and unthinkable places. we've put beds in corridors near bathroo

news. well, in the south bay pyro chefs are back in action at the gilroy garlic festival. this year's festival is a drive-thru set up where you can pre order your meal, pick it up and even sold out on sunday kron four's gayle ong spent the day in gilroy. she brings us the sights and the sounds there. >> people are loving their garlic bread and garlic fries steak sandwiches and shrimp scampi, which is a main dish this year. overall, a great time with friends and family. >> for >> me, ali is alive again. and we're just having a great time means the world to us and we love this community event. it's great to have it back. >> you know where resident danielle brothers is happy. the annual gilroy garlic festival is back even though it looks different. no live music tense. you preorder your meal and drive over to pick it up. actually very organized. and i'm just excited to be my pepper steak organizers say people traveled near and far for the food a family drove from la who broken only on friday. >> got their meals and went back to la on a friday. >> the garlic festival has raise

but before they do start declining, we could well be seeing daily new averages of well over 2000, which is high by south korea standards and rob, south korea. the vaccination program seems to have slowed right down, even though the demand. the jabs is an all time high me and how does that work? there has been an awful lot of criticism about the rollout of the vaccination program here. the government's been accused of being overly cautious of not planning to vaccinate enough people quickly enough. there was some reticence to begin with from people about side effects that seem to not being replaced by a more widespread concern about the impact of this 4th wave and about the prevalence of the more transmissible delta barrier entered cetera. and you are seeing a search for back scenes, especially this week. we are seeing the vaccines being rolled out for the latest target group. it's the 55 to 59 year olds here. it's several 1000000 people at one point after the website here started to take bookings for, for inoculations from those people. it's estimated that at one point some 800000 people were all online

news. well, south florida has already seen the impact of tropical storm elsa.he storm is dropping heavy rain flooding streets in the florida keys it is expected to be at or near hurricane strength by the time it makes landfall. tropical storm warnings are posted for 22 counties along florida's west coast and a hurricane watches already in effect from pinellas to dixie county. despite the wet and windy conditions, some tourists from dallas or looking on the bright side. don't know what it would be like to be worse. i don't know that i'd want that. but this is okay. i can handle this, fox's steve arrogant has more now from clearwater beach, florida with more on the storm's track and how people are getting ready for the storm. elsa gaining strength tuesday. the system lashing the florida keys with heavy rain and strong winds around 60. mph carrying with it the potential for heavy flooding and life threatening storm surge. much of elsa's impact will be felt along florida's west coast. the storm is making its way north northwest and could grow stronger in warm ocean

its advocates will push it forward until it shall being lawful in all states old as well as new abnorth as well as southat's where we are tending. this then begins the great political campaign between lincoln and douglass. which takes its most visible shape in a series of seven debates between abraham lincoln and stephen a. douglass, between august and october of 1858. douglass's strategy is the to play the race card. abraham lincoln opposes slavery. you know what that means? douglass says, that means he want to free all the slaves. when he frees all the slaves all the slaves are coming in and mix in your society and they are going to take your jobs, and they're going to marry your daughters, and that will be just bad. and lincoln has a hard time fending this off. i agree with judge douglass he is not my equal in many respects, certainly not in color, perhaps not moral and intellectual endowment. but in the right, the natural right which trumps all civic legislation -- in the right to eat the bread without the leave of anybody else which his own hand earns, he is my equal. and judge douglass's equal, an

news. many parts of south east asia coped well when covid first hit, in spite of limited resources.emic and several lockdowns later, goodwill among the people is wearing thin. vaccination programmes have stalled and several countries are struggling to cope. in indonesia, the government has appealed for international help to secure supplies of oxygen, a day after recording its highest numbers of daily covid infections and deaths. 0ur south east asia correspondentjonathan head reports. as other businesses flounder, it's a sign of the dismal times we live in that this one is thriving. this jakartan coffin—maker says he's making three times as many these days after the new outbreak of the delta covid variant. indonesians may have thought last year was bad enough. this year, though, is much worse — covid deaths running at more than 500 a day. oxygen is in critically short supply. people have to fill up their own cylinders to ensure that hospitalised family members get it. anwar says his best efforts were not enough. his sister died at this hospital on monday morning. here in thailand, th

so we'll be bringing you all the news from russia's south as it comes in. well, as that comes in, dozens of fire fighters from all around canada are heading to british columbia. and that's because the heat wave and the problem has sparked over a 100 wild fires, claiming the lives of more than 700 people. the ash it's already it's burning and it's a couple feet of. so it's like 6 feet, a wall of fire coming at you steady. ah, [000:00:00;00] the hole that's our bulletin for this hour and that's me done for the day new harvey will be taking the reins out the top of the hour. i know who want you to join us to me. i'll see you soon. oh, i didn't when i was shot the wrong when i was just don't you? yesterday out the thing because after an engagement equals the trail went to many find themselves. well, the part we choose to look for common ground in ah to don't to leave, you will move a toy knew she will tell when she was ready to love me. she knew she too little girl for me to teach julia control the tradition of what she's a she's really pushing. you see the one doin

other countries came as well to help the south vietnamese. australia, newand the philippines. just beyond the village were the viet cong and north vietnamese. the civilians were evacuated before the battle that was sure to come. [ sound of gunfire ] discovered, the prisoners are taken by the north vietnamese and the viet cong. [ sound of gunfire ] [ sound of gunfire ] ♪♪ >> the battle for today is over. the battle for tomorrow is yet to begin. in the night that separates the two, the enemy would resupply and regroup and replan to take the village once again. the day by day price of holding a village was not cheap. ♪♪ ♪♪ in the 1960s, 40,000 americans were killed in vietnam and there were another thousand whose fate was not known. and the wives of the missing appealed to the representatives of north vietnam. >> we are very puzzled about why they won't tell us whether or not the men are alive or dead. it seems a very simple thing for them to do. they have told many wives to come back and demonstrate against the government, against the united states government

how that develops, given that we have that renewed state of lockdown in sydney and parts of new south wales as well a business support package coming through as well. let's take a look at how markets are faring in this midweek session. >> we'll show you what's been going on, in the face of a stronger dollar on the back of the u.s. inflation, we do have korea leading the drop of .5% this morning. check out the malaysian ringgit, as were seeing what would spike in the country, topping a record 11,000 on tuesday. and also seen a move higher for regional bonds after -- lower after we saw treasuries move lower overnight. stocks of note across the region, a buy rating on the company, the content licensing business is growing faster. and the furniture brand founder to sell a majority stake, with a report that apple is working with goldman. >> let's turn to vonnie quinn for the first part headlines. bonnie: warning american companies of the increasing risk of operating in hong kong, sources say it includes beijing and its ability to gain access to data. were told the move comes as washington tried to ramp

the number of other things including the renewables part of their business energy hub in new south wales as wellroposal has been ongoing with that consortium with kkr in that joint bid. expected to value the business at more than $5 billion and we did sparks -- shares rallying to a two-year high. the sparks coming back, saying that that offer is too low. shery: we will see how they trade at the open in about half an hour but let's turn back to the u.s. bid earnings with su keenan. it was another down day four so i guess investors were focusing on the negatives here? su: there is a lot of concern about what will drive prices for these stocks and again, if the good news is already priced in, let's take a look at how the major bank stocks performed, and it was generally in the red. the story for bank of america and sydney, like jp morgan before it, is a story of stalled lending, and that is just one of the concerns for a lot of investors. let's start with bank of america. again, a solid second quarter profit but it fell short in terms of topline revenue. underwhelming was the word a lot of analysts

but we may well see by that time, daily new infections being well over 2000 per day, which by south korean standards is really quite a high number. yeah, robin. south korea's vaccination program seems to float right down just of the demand for jobs is now at an all time high in the country. there's been an awful lot of criticism of the vaccination campaign here has been for months. the government's been accused of being overly cautious, really not planning ahead enough to vaccinate enough people quickly enough. and it was always known that july. there would be particularly a shortage of vaccines. and that is what we are seeing. the government is hoping that with various batches of vaccines that are in the pipeline, and it being delivered that from august onwards, the supply will increase. but of course, we are seeing this increasing demand of a lot of the reticence that existed when the vaccines were 1st rolled out about side effects. all that has been replaced by the much wider, widespread concern about this late to spike, about the new delta barrier. so we are seeing a, for example, the,

well, that's not brigand, mark decent off. he is a climate solutions specialist and also an honorary associate professor at the university of new south wales. he joins us now from sydney. mach well does watching these catastrophic floods at the same time. these raging wildfires in some places that you wouldn't necessarily expect. often what you've seen an australia, i don't suppose you're surprised by all this. and those also tries climate. science means that wildfires will become fees and more frequent. that climate change also warms the atmosphere and they have to sphere then holds more water. so when it does rain, the rain can come down, but in torrents, and so we can get get floods as well. mark the impact of climate change as we're seeing now becoming more and more pronounced. there have been these warnings that things could happen much more quickly than predicted, especially when you take into account big emission moments like permafrost melts and maintain, and methane emissions. now, i know for us humans to take action. we need to believe that it isn't too late. but is it we can't be sure, but all we can say is we keep on. we

new york mayor. >>> well former south african president jacob zuma is now in police custody.ed himself over just before a midnight deadline when authorities is would have arrested him. zuma was sentenced last week to 15 months in prison for contempt of court. cnn's david mckensey joins us live from johannesburg with more on. this good to see you. why is this such a significant moment? >> well, south africa's constitution was putup a very severe stress test, rosemary, the last few days. jacob zuma for years has avoided facing allegations of corruption and graft and many other scandals. but in the end, it was the contempt of court ruling by the court. he was required by the end of sunday to turn himself in for a 15-month sentence. in the end, just minutes before the deadline on wednesday, where the police were supposed to bring him in, he voluntarily went to the police station, handed himself in and spent the night in prison. a hugely significant moment that a former liberation hero of south africa who spent jailtime with nelson mandela is in prison, and at least for now, the c

news just a few weeks to go until students return to school in the south bay. a san jose unified school district has new rules for teachers when it comes to vaccine. well, the first day of classes for all students is just 3 weeks away in the south may's largest school district. >> as san jose unified prepares to welcome students back teachers and staff are being given a choice when it comes to being vaccinated against covid-19 kron four's rob fladeboe explains. >> always quiet now here at willow glen high and dozens of other schools in the san jose unified school district. but when school starts on august 18th teachers and staff. we'll start to be vaccinated or be subject to testing. suze district spokesperson. jennifer maddox. so we want to make sure that if we do have the virus up here in our schools which is going to happen at some point. >> that we find it as quickly as possible and don't allow it to spread throughout the school because the last thing we want to do once we get kids back in person is have to close a school again, the district says about 90% of its 1400 teachers are already vaccinated. a small number are exempt for health or religiou

new vaccine. at ucsf. dan kerman kron 4 news. >> well, going out to the south and the largest school district in san jose is getting ready to welcome all students back to in person classes. the school district is giving the teachers and the staff. an option to be unvaccinated that those who choose to remain unvaccinated. they'll have to under covid-19 testing twice a week. the school district says about 90% of its 1400 teachers and staff are already vaccinated. >> so we want to make sure that if we do have the virus up here in our schools which is going to happen at some point that we find it as quickly as possible and don't allow it to spread throughout the school because the last thing we want to do once we get kids back in person is have to close a school again. >> it's not clear how many students in the district of been vaccinated, but they are mandating that all the people. to wear masks. they want them to wear a mask regardless of their vaccination status. >> san francisco mayor london breed says the city will not hire anyone who is not vaccinated against covid that new policy began today. all 35,000

news. >> well, flower shop owner in the south. bay's asking for more police after someone tried breaking into his businesses. it happened at blooming boutique in san jose, someone smashed the store's window on and try to get inside. fortunately, someone else on tap and call 911, police showed up and arrested the suspect. but the owner says this is not the first time his business has been targeted. >> it's just really sad to see what this city has come to be. from being the most. you know, the the most beautiful. so the combine the of the country to come to this point in making us business on as on safe. >> well, the owners now asking city leaders to put more resources into public safety. thefts of catalytic converters in the city of san leandro are up 65% in 2021 that's leading with thousands of dollars in repairs. ocala converters helped cause control their exhausting mission and replacing them can cost anywhere from 400 to $3,000. the san leandro police department says a 142 catalytic converters, a reported stolen in all of 2020

new policy. san francisco health officials say 74% of the city's residents have been fully vaccinated. well, cal trains news station in southncisco will not open until november. that means the project is 2.5 years late. it's also 50% over budget. in addition to the covid 19 pandemic, caltrain blamed the latest delays on. unforeseen conditions. that's the quote there under cal trains, tracks and low productivity by the contractor. caltrain originally said the project would cost $61 million and be completed by summer of 2019, the transit agency now says it will cost close to $96 million. it's not a fool. there's drop offs. um you know it things happen here. well tens of thousands of people will be at lake berryessa for the holiday weekend, but two drownings in two weeks. have authorities concerned. they show us the hazards at the lake next and it's been cloudy and drizzly, but will it last for tomorrow's fireworks shows. meteorologist right now, she's not thinking about her work or her schedule. hi baby. -hey ma, how are you doing? i'm doing good, how are you? good. we are just on our way back from the beach. she's not thinki

pattern that we've really seen establishes this 4th way, but is really taking a hold in south career of well over a 1000 new cases. a day. there are predictions that we are going to go well over 2000 new cases per day before the authorities get this under control. that's assuming now that they do get this under control as they plan to the south korean capital sol, area and surrounding area is now under the highest level of restrictions. they've also been extended to other parts outside of as of sol, especially some of the tourism destinations. which are getting very busy with some a traffic, but there are warnings from experts that the authorities here i've really underestimated the virulence of this a delta variance. it's, thankfully, we are not as nearly as many hospitalizations or deaths that we saw with previous waves. that's because with vaccinations being rolled out, some of the more vulnerable groups, like the elderly and seeing homes have a level of protection now around a 3rd of the population had had at least one job. but that does point up the fact that there are 2 thirds of south koreans who sti

new south will come and advisor to the world health organization. mary-louise: stay safe. kathleen: coming up, australia's high commissioner to singapore discusses steps to strengthen canberra's trade relationships in the new pacific region as wellat delayed singapore travel bubble. let's get the first word news with vonnie quinn. vonnie: thank you. sources tell us tiktok owner bytedance is working to comply with data security requirements after meeting with chinese government officials earlier this year. bloomberg has been told bytedance's decision was in flux even before beijing's regulatory backlash. versus say bytedance meets regularly -- sources bytedance meets regularly with them about a range of issues including data security. lawyers for the ousted myanmar leader say four charges of corruption have been filed against her. she has been in detention since the military coup in february. she is on trial for sedition. lawyers will hear the new charges later this month. merck has learned janet yellen's pick for her department's top international jobs has been withdrawn. sources say the white house told economists that she will not be nominated. offering no reason. she is a former obama era appointee who works for hillary clint

news. >>> well, in the south bay, bta says it hopes to resume light rail service.actly six weeks ago today because of the shooting massacre in the main rail yard, welcome news for the thousands of people who rely on it to travel around the south bay. back on may 26th, a vta employee killed nine of his colleagues and light rail shut down for the investigation. since then, vta has been short staffed as employees mourn and try to heal. a special meeting with the board is set for tomorrow where vta could set an exact date on when light rail will reopen. >>> well, californians deserve to know, that's why the state attorney general promises transparency in a new state law. it requires the attorney general's office to review all police involved shootings. the new law took effect july 1st and today a.g. rob outlined how it will work. >> we're formally launching two california police shooting investigation teams. these teams will initially be staffed by 27 special agents total, based in both northern and southern california. >> the teams will deploy to a shooting scene and

well. some wet weather there also into sydney that east side. new south wales looking particularly unsettled. not too bad in these aliens telling dry them has been recently winced. not to pick up when picking up a cross japan over the next day or so. lots of wet weather coming through here. cloud and rain from seasonal front. the menu from pulsing out of central china pushing across south korea. good part of japan sing somewhat by the river. the next couple of days. a human 27 celsius, their pets. ok. the an extra judicial killing and a north african capital. i heard someone breaking into our house. that's my 100 people shouting so full masked men for not only the eyes and hair showing. 0 will his red eye witness accounts of the dramatic story of the assassination of major p l. o. figure kelly was here in a secret israeli operation. assassination in tunis on al jazeera. ah, this is al jazeera. ah, hello, i'm barbara sarah. this is the al jazeera news, our life from london. thank you for joining us. coming up in the next 60 minutes device shaken by an expl

south africa. well, that's been a new victim of can sol culture, the one and only william shakespeare are now and creative writing course in the u. k. is to be the colonized which includes dropping the works of the english pe. right. the move was immediately ridiculed with many brand to get anti academic. now it comes off that some students are the university of east anglia complained. the course was dominated by privileged white male experience. so now a new module will focus on quote, the emergence of modern english from a multilingual medieval society and its colonial expansion. that essentially means the bonds being booted and alters. born in africa, asia, and south america will now top the reading list. well, we did ask people in britain for their thoughts today, everybody must bring their own political suspects around to, thanks to chase that this is imposing people use on it, and basically finding it it's censorship. because if you think some of the attitudes don't correspond to your own things, absolutely short term isn't completely misguided, obviously that each of them might find it offensive. w

south bay. we'll get a look ahead to our weekend forecast in a few minutes. what's that breaking news? >> bad news for the freeway as well as for a person killed as a result of a crash south 880 closed right now just after 2:30 this morning, a deadly crash or at least a crash res run investigation going on, south 880 at winston avenue. folks you see by the sign that sans winton avenue exit. you can exit the freeway, not take winton and get back on. it's a bypass lane right now and that's how they've been managing since 2:30 this morning. expected to clear by about 5:30 this morning. we've been in touch with chp another closure east 80 asou get into vallejo. >> we'll keep checking back with you. >>> this morning new phase in the war against covid. a bombshell news report suggests the delta variant is as contagious and deadlier than chicken pox. an internal cdc document states, quote, we must acknowledge the war has changed. here's what the document revealed. infections of the delta variant may lead to more severe illness and spread by vaccinated people just as easily as unvaccinated. those who are vaccinated are three tim

you south wells. premier has warned that she may tighten restrictions even further. as we suspected, new south wild type came last night had 97 cases of community transmission. unfortunately, at $29.00 of those we understand were infectious the all of the time that they were infectious in the community. and this is the number that is concerning, that number of people being infectious in the community keeps going up. and we really, really want to stress to everybody place died. hon. follow the orders in particular . now the number of people infected with k 19 is rising in parts of africa because of the rapidly spreading delta variant with oxygen in short supply synagogue health ministries, investing in mobile oxygen facilities to be deployed in health centers. nicholas sack reports from docker. 4 year old who me one is getting her tonsils removed, they normally routine operation. if it were not for coven 19 oxygen has become a precious resource. and this the ologist could just cannot afford to waste. she'd minister's it with caution. if someone has no oxygen for just 3 minutes, they will

that's as a new current of virus wade grips the well from the us to south africa to indonesia . ah, hello, i'm darling jordan. this is al jazeera life and also coming up 1000 struggle in central china to cope with the worst flooding in decades. will have a live update from one of the worst.

new cases being reported in the last few days. it's been consistently well over a 1000 new cases per day. which is very high for south korean. now, part of it is being blamed on the war transmissible delta of area. but it.

widespread protest led to a referendum in which a majority supported a new constitution, a 155 member assembly is drafting the documents. well, south africa is former president, jacob zoom has avoided starting a jail term thanks to the supreme court, duma with them since 15 months in prison for refusing to attend to corruption hearing. the court has now agreed to hear his appeal like this month, while hundreds of his supporters had gathered outside his home room as 9 years in office were overshadowed by corruption allegations. and let's go straight to g. w correspondent, christine manuel, who joins us from and con la. that's where is zoom is rural. hi, ms. hi, christine. tell us please. what is the situation today with jacob zooming? is he likely to go to prison now at all? well, jared, at least he doesn't have to do that today. we know that much. he has had to make an application in a separate court to request the day of his race pending. of course, this review off the constitutional court ruling as well as the sentence. so that is going to happen on tuesday and depending on the outcome of that particular hearing, he could have to

new case has been reported in the last few days. it's been consistently well over a 1000 new cases per day, which is very high for south korean. now, part of it is being blamed on the war transmissible delta variant, but it also combines, i think, with a general complacency here and from the government and admission that they've got some of them messaging wrong. what's happened is that as we've had the vaccinations rollout, we've got a round, a 30 percent of the population here of now had at least one jap. and there's a way of encouraging more people to get vaccinated as their numbers come up. the government has been announcing the lifting of restrictions as more people get vaccinated. so if you've had one job that the government says, you won't be required to wear a mask in public if you're fully vaccinated, you'll be able to meet in large numbers. not all good use, but it has had the effect of creating the illusion that we are emerging from there . so people haven't been taking the kind of precautions that they normally do. take that we've seen a large number of clusters arising in the greater sol area and affecting people i

weather system just to the south of that will continue to drift that heavy right across the upper midwest over towards the appalachians, big down pause. they are into well upstate new york up towards new england as we go on through saturday. that cloud of rain running all the way down into the deep south is seen some flooding to just around the arrazola passes. doesn't southwest? seeing some live a storm still very warm hot in phoenix, 40 degrees celsius on saturday afternoon and going on into sunday as well. central out of the us, seeing some showers look spell surprise and what, whether that to just around the mid atlantic states, no sign of any wet weather where we could really do with it just along that to west coast of the u. s. o lead. notice you could capture a shower to them towards nevada, possibly you'll chad to southern parts of california and also the border welcome showers a little cooler than of late into that western side of canada. western parts of mexico seeing some rather wet weather at present we got an area or a cloud hess, typical system just off shore, some heavy showers coming in across a good part of central america sunshine. and she was the

south dakota. well, phil, ahead here, home the news, peters, hey with sport and we'll have the latest from tokyo, where yes, ball code 1900 cases have been reported inside the olympic village just 5 days before the games began. ah, me each and every one of us has got a responsibility to change our personal space for the better or we could do this experiment and a lot of us could increase just a little bit that wouldn't be worth doing. but he had any idea that it would become a magnet, always incredibly recipe for women to get 50 percent representation in the sum switched to somebody here and getting this pick up to collect the segregate to say the reason this is extremely important service they provide the city we need to take america to try to bring people together trying to deal with people who have been left behind me. o. a. welcome back. so these are peter's here with 4 to 5 days to go. and that's quite a bit of a headache in tokyo. that's one way of putting a 35 day that from the take you lympics and they have been a for the 10 go the 19 cases inside the olympic village, including 2 athletes. they