and we hear more about the situation in south korea with rob reynolds shortly. but 1st i talked to sonya a ago for more on the situation in the u. k. huge crowds expected later today for the year of finals. sonya not a concern, a lot of concerned about bad. what's the government is saying? while 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 to the medical journal, the law that criticizing government for conducting what it says is an unethical experiment on the health of the people in the u. k. and in england, especially where the legal requirements are due to be lifted out, while the vaccines, minnesota deans, the hall. we have spoken about the fact that people who feel be expected to wear masks and crowded indoor situations. the fact that it come down to personal responsibility as the government has been housing really is leaving people and scientists, especially

stay with these life pictures coming to us from mission control and bringing our correspondent, rob reynolds. so rob, they have paused the launch a couple of times in the past half hour or so. is anyone suggesting why? no, we don't have any information from the feed that's being provided by blue origin to tell us whether there is any problem or whether there's some other reason for the suspension of the countdown. but it should be just a few minutes from now that these 4 people, including the world's richest man, will be launched by the new shepherd rocket 3 times the speed of sound above the surface of the earth through 100 kilometers into outer space and sub orbital flight that will last for approximately 10 minutes. and then if everything goes according to plan, will parachute safely to earth in the texas desert, scrub land near where i'm standing right now. this has been a very tightly controlled event. a by basis is a blue origin company. currently a different form of transportation is passing by here and van worn out. so the access to the site was very tightly controlled. no media allo

my 0, washington life not to correspond, rob reynolds who's tracking the launch from the launch site in van horn in texas. hi there, rob. so how long? how high? who's on board? this is really the beginning of space tourism. well, peter, the launch of the new shepherd rocket capsule aboard the blue origin rocket will take place at 13 g. that's just a couple of hours from now. 13 gmc on board will be the multi billionaire jeff phasers and his brother mark, also 82 year old wally funk. as we heard from my canis story just a moment ago. and the 18 year old dutch space enthusiast all over daemon. they will lift off and broke from a remote spot, just about 30 kilometers from where i'm standing. there's no public access and the effects of texas police have blocked the road for media and spectators. so this is about the close the spot that you can get. and the capsule will reach speed of 3 mach 3. that's 3 times the speed of sound as it rockets up, 100 kilometers into the above the earth surface that is considered the actual limit about or space. and unlike richard rants in flight, it will pa

let's go live to rob reynolds, who's at the virgin galactic space. sport in sierra county, new mexico. excitement is building up. rob, how is this all going to go down? the rocket? i understand is going to be carried 1st by a much bigger plane. yeah, that's right. excitement is building here the crew and the passengers including richard branson, are near the plane now that will take them into space. first the, the space plane unity which looks something like a very futuristic private jet will be attached to the belly of a custom made aircraft called eve. eve will take it up above the earth and at the certain point of the space plane will detach. and then will start its own rockets and go into that sub orbital area that you mentioned. there are dangers involved here. this is not just the walk in the park by any means . in fact, back in the 2014, there was a fatal accident and the disastrous mid air destruction of a prototype of this same aircraft that killed one of the pilots virgin galactic and injured another. that was all laid down eventually in the investigation to human error. but

rob reynolds explains from los angeles. in this los angeles park, people are frustrated with the millions of americans who won't get vaccinated. i think they are very selfish and nowhere and ignorant in the only thinking about themselves. they don't care if it affects other people. that's the thing, research shows there's a hard core group of anti factors who just won't budge. there's something like 16 to 18 percent of americans who are not knowledgeable the recalcitrant. they don't want to get it. and they're in without direct policy, any sort of mandate or something specific. that's a much stronger than in urging. they're going to say unvaccinated until very recently, policy makers in public health officials have been relying on the carrot, not to stick to convince hesitant americans to get the vaccine. when you get your 1st dose, you will get a $100.00 incentives, cash payments and other freebies have nudged some procrastinators, but not the most adamant. they tend to be younger. they tend to be less educated, less afflu

rob reynolds al jazeera van horn, texas. jim green is chief scientist at the united state space agency, nasa. he believes these private space flights could be the 1st steps in a travel revolution. what we see was richard branson and of course, jeff bezos, his attempts to reach space returns safely, is the beginning of an era of space travel on a more global phase. you know, once you're in space in 90 minutes, you can circle the globe. therefore in 30 minutes you can go from washington d. c to tokyo. you know, the concept of space travel now becomes an element of our thinking for the future. and there is marie, is an associate professor and physical geography at university college london. she's researching the environmental impact of rocket launches. there's a lot that we know about buckets and the potential impact that they can have in the environment. we know in general about the kinds of fuels that the major players in the space tourism industry are using. we know when these fuel burn, what kind of chemicals they produce,

rob reynolds reports. oh, with the sound of drums and prayer, songs the remains of 9 see congo or yacht, a laconia children returned home to their native land. the. their story is a long and painful one, stretching back over 140 years, be a lot of sadness here today. beginning in 1879 native children from the la cota and other tribes were sent to government run boarding schools. the 1st group embarked on steamships from this point on the missouri river headed for a government school in far away carlisle, pennsylvania law. the kids involved with this is the last place, this parents here and go tens of thousands of native children entered boarding schools. the project was meant to assimilate to destroy native language, culture and religion, and to turn the young people into model christian americans. but many did not survive the schools harsh regime of maltreatment, neglect, and disease. for decades, the little cota children lay buried in carlisle cemetery but they were never forgotten. after years of effort

rob reynolds al jazeera van horn, texas. ah, a quick check of the headlines here on the air. haiti has a new prime minister. the 2 weeks of uncertainty. following the assassination of its president ari, lori was chosen by president governor louise to take on the job. but since his death henri and the former interim prime minister closures f both claim to be in charge under galico monitoring developments from miami. now what we have as a prime minister who's already put his cabinet together with.

rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles. will health organisation says corona virus infections worldwide have increased by 80 percent in the past month. in africa, the number of deaths has doubled over that period. w h o is warning countries against the spread of the delta variance now detected in more than 100. 30 countries or regions ought to risk. but none morsel than africa. on current trends, nearly 70 percent of african countries will not reach the 10 percent vaccination target by the end of september. around $3500000.00 to $40000000.00 are understood weekly on the continent, but to meet the september to get this months tries to $21000000.00 at the very least it week. many african countries have prepared well to roll out by scenes. but the buttons have not arrived. kenya is extending it's night time care if you and banning all public gatherings as it struggles to control the surgeon coven, 19 cases. the health minister is warning. hospitals are overwhelmed. and people who for sake will not get a bed. the country has no

rob reynolds al jazeera van horn, texas. while i'm at the top ago, she's from nasa's mars exploration rover mission. he says the flight was more the marketing exercise and a test of new technology. what they did today is really very, very little. i mean, they are there for maybe 260 miles. the people regularly go to the space station which is 250 miles. people stay at the street station, what 3 months biggest stay for 3 minutes. but what they really did is this is the, this is the book of an industry. a whole industry. you know, it is lay there trying to sell this to the common person to see whether there is a di bond. so for example, you know, you and i spend a certain amount of money going to a beach vacations or see to barbara or to serenity will be spend, maybe a little more money to go to streets. and so that is what the, what to do is take was about and the other thing they're trying to insert here is the aspirational value. so, so before you know, de beers point that, that a diamond is forever or that how do you make

while the political battle over the border rages on rob reynolds al jazeera mission, texas. ah, what you'll do there with me the whole robin reminder of old hope stories present cheating, things as the era of china being bullied and abused by other nations is gone forever. the country marks and tina of the communist party, hundreds of thousands gathered for a ceremony to celebrate the occasion. the canadian bill cosby has been released from prison after pennsylvania's supreme god overturned his conviction. the 83 year old served more than 2 years of a tenuous sentence on charges of drugging and assaulting a woman in 2004 miles village into hers released around $2300.00 prisoners in the largest that he yanked on official st. j. and listen to this amongst those fatal wednesday, tens of thousands of prisoners are released in april, but jails activists were not included. the rub salt, the us defense secretary, who i was all the invasion of afghanistan and was the main architect of the iraq who has died at the age of 88. his career in the republican party, spent decades, he serve

rob reynolds al jazeera van horn, texas ah, type of checking the top stories here on just 0. haiti has a new prime minister up to 2 weeks of uncertainty following the assassination of its president. i real already was chosen by president governor more used to take on the job, but since his death already and the former interim prime minister approach as f both claim to be in charge or is a former interior minister will lead the response to haiti's cholera epidemic is calling for unity in the middle of the countries escalating political crisis. galaxy is monitoring developments from miami. now what we have as a prime minister who's already put his cabinet together with one real goal in mind . and that is to take haiti to new elections. remember that hadn't been elections in a t since 2017. that's when you have. now, mo east was elected the elections in 2019 was so problematic that they basically fell to pieces. so this is a certainly, from the international communities point of view, the necessary next step for this impoverished nation. ordinary haitians have been extremely scared over t

rob reynolds al jazeera van horn, texas and ally and friend or former us president donald trump has been arrested on foreign lobbying charges. thomas barrack chad trump's inaugural fund, helping him to get elected us justice department says barrak and 2 others were charged with acting as an agent to the united arab emirates. are accused of seeking to influence public opinion in favor of you, a interests. several rockets have been far towards i've got a songs presidential palace in campbell county. the we had is president of sheriff county was needing eidolon, her pres, 100 new cobbled most popular mosque, another behind its biggest shopping. there were no reports of death or injury. follies into him, president se me, go to if you scrape on home doctrine attempt on his life in the capital. co officials, an unknown man tried to stop him during pres in the cities. great mosque, go to is a special forces colonel who led to cruise in the past year. you paid on national television hours after the attack out there. well, for the cultural barriers and funding problems faced by the somali womens

rob reynolds al jazeera in sierra county, new mexico. ah . type of krycek at the headlines here on $20.00, thousands, i've joined red anti government protests in cuba, demonstrators demanding more actions and the government of poverty economy and the corona virus done demick. president miguel kennedy has been the united states for the unrest at augusta and it didn't happen with more does the process with hundreds and hundreds of people a various points throughout havana and other cities. so what underlining these are the biggest political process and i can pick up the last 3 decades since 19 ninety's. all me has been just away from, from where i can see as young. and i'm a good income child is on the t shirts getting, getting all my bills and mobilized for this. the highly contagious delta variant is being blame for a rapid rise in corona virus infections, in se, asia, indonesia, as recording more than $35000.00 cases a day was thailand down south korea have both impose tougher restrictions. italy have beaten england to win football. european

the new space di coons may not have the right stuff, but they've got all the bucks, rob reynolds al jazeera. ah, they're with me. the whole rom reminder of our top stories. if you, if you as prime minister ahmed the ruling party as one of the majority of seats in parliament, insuring him a 2nd terminal 5th. but the vote was overshadowed by the opposition boy caught on the conflict into ice. the remains of 900 victims of the 1995 shepherd eats a massacre rubbing later as on the anniversary of the genocide, the burial in bosnia herzegovina, amongst 26 years since serbian forces killed more than 8000, mostly mostly men and boys. the widow of haiti is assassinated, prime ministers of an animal ease as accuse political enemies of organizing his killing to stop the democratic change while team louise who was injured in the attack, is receiving treatment in miami. in less than 24 hours. south korea will impose tougher restrictions in the capital, so after another sharp rise in new infections, sole and neighboring areas will move into the strictest level of social distancing . schools and balance w

let's go to rob reynolds, who live at the virgin galactic spaceport in sierra county, new mexico and rob. we've had that that, that high point, i guess you like everything seems to be going off without a hitch. flawlessly, folly, at the moment everything seems to be as you say, going off absolutely perfectly. the separation went, the went flawlessly, then the, the engine burn, bringing the unity spacecraft up near to space, the 88 kilometers about the surface of the earth. that went perfectly well. just about 30 seconds ago, we heard that double sonic boom. that the announcer on the virgin galactic live stream mentions which we carried on our air and we heard it off to the, to the east in that direction. so it is now as you probably just listen to richard branson normally answer this and say well you got to say and just like that, he's gone back. right. so we'll have to catch a little live broadcasting from several but all space is how i guess i can sympathize with the poor mr. branson because i've had my share of audio problems as well over the over time. but they're having a little

others to have the experience of beautiful stay for everybody. crating such suitable beautiful rob reynolds as live at the virgin galactic spaceport in sierra county, new mexico and rob this bailey went off without a hitch. kim, it really did everything went flawlessly from the take off of the the mother ship eve with unity strapped to its fuselage to the separation, which is always a very tricky part in this kind of an operation. technically tricky. and then the firing of the rockets on the unity space plane that brought richard branson and company up to the edge of space earning richard branson, his astronaut swings, and then the plane came gliding in for a perfect landing. it is now being towed over through another area. so presumably all of the passengers are now off and rich with richard branson, describing this as you just heard kim as the experience of a lifetime. that's really say something for a person who built a $1000000000.00 business empire. i had so many different sorts of business enterprises of flu balloons, across the atlantic in the pacific. set speed records for various t

the texas launch sites, he could be heard describing the fripp as the best day ever live now, to rob reynold sous, near that lone site for us in van horn, texas. sir rob, just walk us through the events of the past 60 minutes. well, peter, it was a pretty exciting time for people watching all around the world. and for us here to be able to see the con trail of the rockets shooting straight up into the air was really an amazing sight. the blast off came after a couple of delays, but when it did come, it was without incident. the rocket by jeff has been developed by jeff bezos. his blue origin corporation, with the shepherd to cap soule on top, reached an altitude of about 100 kilometers above the earth. the speed of the ascent was 3 times the speed of sound, mach 3. so they were really feeling the g forces, i'm sure, as they were strapped in in that capsule then the booster rocket detached, floated back to earth, where it landed intact. and after several minutes of waitlist this a lot of shouting and gleeful noise from the 4 passengers in the fully automated capsule. it too began its descent

go toward moon and long missions. inspiration for will take 4 days to return back to live, to rob reynolds in new mexico forest, where the big launch is happening very shortly at 1430, which is now what's going to happen, rob? well, this is the culmination of 20 years of richard branson's. the dream of starting a space company developing all of the technology to accomplish visits, to at least near space or near near space. and it hasn't been a completely easy road. it costs a lot of money. there have been some setbacks, including a fatal mishap when the space plane disintegrated in mid air in 2014. that was on a test flight and that was attributed to pilot error. but the all system seem to be go today. branson ever the showman tweeted out a slickly produced video of himself, riding bike up to the spaceport area around here and then reading his fellow passengers. 3 mission specialist employees, the virgin galactic. they've now got their space suits. they're getting gathering near the plane that will take the spacecraft called unity high enough for unity to break free of the plane and then b

rob reynolds al jazeera in sierra county, new mexico. ah . type of quick check of the headlines here on 0, thousands of joined red anti government protests in cuba. demonstrators are demanding more actions in the government of poverty, the economy, and the corona virus pandemic. the president miguel diaz canal by the united states for the west to zeros at augusta. and i didn't have an up with more does the process with hundreds and hundreds of people a various points throughout havana and other cities. so what underlining these is the biggest mythical protest, and i can pick up the last 3 decades since 19 ninety's. all my husband just took away from, from where i can see the youngest. and i'm a good income child is on the t shirts getting, getting all the mobilized forces behind. contagious delta vary and he's being blame for a rapid rise in corona virus infections in se, asia, indonesia, it's recording more than $35000.00 cases. a day thailand has gone into locked down for 2 weeks, while south korea has imposed tougher restrictions. washingt

the new space tie coons may not have the right stuff, but they've got all the bucks, rob reynolds al jazeera. ah, they're with me. the whole rom, the reminder of all top stories, ethiopians prime minister ahmed, the ruling party, as one of the majority of seats in parliament, insuring him a 2nd term in office. but the vote was overshadowed by the opposition boy caught on the conflict into ice. the remains of 1900 victim.

rob reynolds al jazeera. ah, this is our desert, and these are the top stories. the party of if you have yes, prime minister has won a landslide victory in the june 21st selections, assuring him a 2nd term in office. the vote was overshadowed by an opposition boy caught ethnic violence, and the conflict in northern ti gray region. she gro, was one of 3 of the few pieces, 10 regions where the voting didn't take place. catherine, so he's in the capital, i just have a book with go. this announcement really come as no surprise prime minister obvious be amid as far as the party has been.

rob reynolds al jazeera. ah, there was lisa who run the reminder of all told stories. it here is prime minister abbey ahmed, the ruling party. that's one of the majority of seats in parliament, insuring him of a 2nd time in office. but the vote was overshadowed by boycott from the opposition ethnic violence and the conflict.

rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles, chillies government says i, he percent of all adults have now been vaccinated against covered $19000.00. it's just says the country has the highest vaccination, right. per capita in the world. but health experts i heard immunity won't be achieved until younger people inoculated. the world health organization says corona virus infections worldwide have increased by 80 percent in the past month. in africa, the number of deaths has doubled over that period. the w h o is warning countries against the spread of the dance variant now detected in more than 130 countries or regions honor to risk, but none more so than africa. on current trends, nearly 70 percent of african countries will not reach the 10 percent vaccination target by the end of september. around $3500000.00 to $4000000.00 are administered weekly, on the continent, but to meet the september, to get this months tries to $21000000.00 at the very least it week. many african countries have prepared well to roll out vaccines. but the buttons have not arrived. tennessee is political crisis, has tak

the new space tycoon may not have the right stuff, but they've got all the bucks, rob reynolds al jazeera. ah, there are these the top stories. the party of his prime minister ahmed, has won a landslide victory in the june 21st elections, assuring him a 2nd term in office. the vote was overshadowed by an opposition boycotts at think violence. on the conflict in northern te gray region, he gro was one of 3 of his 10 regions where voting didn't take place. catherine's always in the capital, i decided, but with more.

rob reynolds al jazeera in sierra county, new mexico. ah, hello, this is al jazeera and these are the headlines. thousands have joined ran anti government protest and cuban demonstrators are demanding more actions in the government around poverty, the economy, and the corona virus pandemic presidents miguel diaz canal has been the united states to be on read and go to august in, in on up with the process with hundreds and hundreds of people of various points throughout havana and other cuban cities. so what underlining these is the biggest mythical protest, and i can pick up the last 3 decades since 19 ninety's the all me husband just took away from, from where i can see as young as i'm a good income child is on the t shirts getting, getting all those and mobilized forces not actually have peace in england too. when footballs. european championships for the 1st time since $968.00, the final in london finished in a $11.00. draw even off the extra time. it was actually who then held on to then up to triumph in the penalty. she found all th

rob reynolds al jazeera in sierra county, new mexico. reports of big protests in cuba, capital, havana, and other cities with people demanding an end to the countries. 62 year communist rule and august in georgia on the phone from havana at tennis, the latest on those purchase. so i just got back from driving through about how much because part of the city changes, depending on what your go on. i was driving up and i saw some people getting arrested. at least i saw the army, some in the army, out of it in other parts of the city. i still people, government organize to come out for the think keeping blocks for a mix of both. i'm just reaching can just look. you can recall that things that keep one place drive. it's very tranquil books. there's more people. what i can confirm today and have hundreds of people out in the city calling for an end to that. they say about hundreds of people out in support of the government . and how unusual is it to have this level of, for all the scale of protests in cuba? it's very unusual. i've been reporting. this is the biggest part says either. yeah . d

rob reynolds al jazeera in sierra county, new mexico fill ahead on al jazeera in force, english primarily clubs respond to the racist abuse to their plays. following the euro 2020 final far it will be hit with that story. heard. ah, ah, use use with me. oh, i italy or beaten england to win footballs? european championship for the 1st time since 1968. the final in london finished then draw after extra time. it was italy who held their nerve to triumph in the penalty. shoot out at the richardson reports on an england team, backed by impassioned home support at london's wembley stadium, and italian side on a mission to take the european championship trophy back to rome. ah, england couldn't have dreamt of making a better start from new york, putting his country ahead just the 2nd minutes went to talk to him to school his 1st international go the fastest ever, and the euro final unbeaten in the last 33 games. italy wrestle by way back into contention. federico keep going close to me. tell you the 2nd know, began with rahim sterling, taking its humble in the italian books, the referee deciding

rob reynolds al jazeera. ah, what deals with me said, robin doe, hot reminder of all top news stories ethiopians prime minister of elements ruling party has won a majority of seats in parliament, insuring him a 2nd time in office. but the vote was overshadowed by a boy from the opposition ethnic violence on the conflicts in t grier region. the widow of haiti's assassinated presence of the more ease of accused political enemies of organizing his killing to stop the democratic change. martino ease, who was injured in the attack, is receiving treatment in miami, in less than 24 hours, south cray will impose tougher restrictions and the capital. so after another sharp rise in new infections. soul and neighboring areas will move to the strictest love of social distancing. schools and balls will be closed and restaurants are only allowed to limited seating. the latest search is being blamed on the delta variance with cases of the stream tripling in one week from brian has more from sol. i think what's really worrie

rob reynolds has more now from near the lawn sites in van horn in texas. sure, it was in part ego driven by the world's richest man in part, an attempt to launch a lucrative space tourism enterprise. but the lasting impact of this may be to get some people a little more excited about the idea of journeying beyond earth and seeing what possibilities there might be for mankind. in doing so. not simply as a stunt, but as perhaps some way of finding lasting scientific discoveries and contributions for the people of earth that have been 3 rocket attacks in the afghan capital cobble they could be heard as president ref ghani was leading the ead prayers of the presidential palace, molly's interim president, as the me going to has survived an attempt on his life in the capital bama co appeared on national tv to say he's doing well just hours after a man tried to stop him during prayers and the city is great mosque. a french prosecutor has opened an investigation into the use of spyware that can hack telephones is known as pegasus. a data leak of tens of thousands

rob reynolds al jazeera in sierra county, new mexico. ah, hello, this is al jazeera and these are the headlines. thousands have joined ran anti government protest and cuba. demonstrators are demanding more actions in the government around poverty. the economy and the current of iris pandemic presents miguel diaz canal has been the united states to be on read and go to augustine's in has gone up with the.

rob reynolds al jazeera van horn, texas. still ahead on algebra. molly's interim president, who orchestrated to cruise in the last year escapes a stabbing attack during a prince. and i'm step 5, record them from bottom. so i will wait a small or for came up for me for high washed away, leave free, and a maximum clean up on the way. ah, ah hello there, let's look to north america and it's all about the unrelenting heat that's continuing across western areas of the u. s. and western areas of canada and those hot and dry conditions are continuing to fuel wildfires that are burning across many states. this is the largest one burning in oregon. they are struggling to contain that thanks to the erratic winds and the hot and dry conditions. now, temperatures here are expected to continue to rise, particularly across the northern rockies, and a lot of the smoke from those wild 5 stretching across into eastern areas. so there's a lot of hazy, sunshine and bad quality as we move to the north east. it is a wet picture for new england.

the new space tie kuhns may not have the right stuff, but they've got all the bucks, rob reynolds al jazeera. ah, there and these are the top stories. the policy of, if you have his problem to be met, has won a landslide victory in the june 21st elections, assuring him a 2nd term in office. the vote was overshadowed by an opposition boy caught at think violence on the conflict in northern t gray region. here i was one of 3 of if you have is 10 regions where the voted didn't take place. catherine, so he's in the capitol. i decided that with more this announcement really come as no surprise prime minister obvious be amid, as far as the party has been leading from the very start. and it's also an election really that has been voice portal was point quoted by some of the country's biggest opposition parties in the lead up to the election. some opposition leaders was arrested also, voting does not take place at all in dozens of constituencies because of security problems. luanda has started deploying a 1000 soldiers to mozambique to help combat the violence and the gas rich northern cub d

rob reynolds al jazeera in sierra county, new mexico for a short break here. now to 0, when we come back, kidnapped one of school in niger area. we meet this student who is determined to pursue his education despite the risks involved. and the silver screen goes green, will tell you what this years can film festival is doing to help the environment more in that i i, it's time for the journey the winter sponsored by cut on airways. hello there. it's a hot, dry picture across the middle east and quiet as expected up in the north. we've got our temperature sitting slightly above average q weight could see the temperature touch the early fifties as we go into tuesday. but further south things are looking a lot cooler. we've got a southerly wind kicking up into yemen, anime on that's bringing temperatures slightly below what we expect for this time of year and look what that does. on tuesday to guitar, the temperature is going to drop by about 10 degrees. with that change in the wind, the 3 day for doe has showing us that we're gonna be sitting at high thirty's as

rob reynolds al jazeera in sierra county, new mexico. ah, you'll see on there with lisa hill, rahman, and doha. reminder of our top stories. the highly contagious delta variant is being blamed for rapid rising current virus infections, in se asia thailand has gone into lockdown for 2 weeks. while south korea has imposed tougher restrictions to any change is monitoring developments from bangkok . the government has asked that only people who work at unnecessary industries, like food production or medical services come into the office as everybody else should be working from home. people don't seem to be following that to strictly they were being asked. this isn't a rule which is going to be enforced, although there are potentially jail sentences for those people who the government feels are infringing the rules. nonetheless, they don't appear to be any reports of that as yet. keep it as seen as biggest anti government protests in decades as anger over government. mismanagement of the pandemic. and the u. k prime minister boris johnson has

rob reynolds al jazeera in sierra county, new mexico. ah . this is al jazeera, these are the headlines. thousands have joined red anti government protests and cuba. demonstrators are demanding more actions from the government around poverty, the economy. the corona virus pandemic presents miguel diaz canal has same united states to be unwrapped and august in is in havana with me. does the process with hundreds and hundreds of people, a various points throughout havana and other cities. so it's one of the learning. these are the biggest political process and i can pick up the last 3 decades since 19 ninety's the all me husband just took away from, from where i can see it is as young as i'm a good income child is on the t shirts. got it, getting all my bills and mobilized for this. the highly contagious delta, very, and has been claims rapid rise and current of ice infections in se, asia, indonesia is recording more than 35000 cases a day while thailand and south korea had now imposed tougher restrictions. italy has biesen england to win footba

private flights will go toward moon and mars missions inspiration for will take 4 days to return to rob reynolds, his life for us at the virgin galactic space. fort in sierra county, new mexico. rob, what has the atmosphere been like bid today? well, i think there's a lot of, you know, figured al, biting, hoping that everything is going to work out well. there were some problems with the live stream the, the internet stream that virgina galactic wanted to put up there. they had some issues there that may have disappointed some people who are watching from home. but so far as we know, at this moment everything is going well. last we heard the mother plain eve that is carrying the unity space plane had reached about 40000 kilometers, 40000 feet. that's a 4040, but yeah, 40000 kilometers. so it will be shortly in the zone where it can break free from eve and go and try to reach that near space area that, that you described. volley is interesting is one of your guests was saying that although these are new and these are very expensive, multi 1000000000 dollar ventures, but a lot of technology involv

so what we will talk to after it, i'm sure rob reynolds in texas today launch site of jeff isaac is blue origin. well, space travel was rob was pointing out until recently the sole domain of wealthy nations. but private billionaires reaching for the styles could pave the way the strict rules, outer space treaties, 1st adopted by the un on the late sixty's set out principles for exploration by nation states. as broad agreements call for space travel to be pursued in the common collective good and for countries to bear responsibility for their activities. now though, as we've heard, we have these 3000000000 s competing stakes in space, mosques, space, ex richard branson's, virgin galactic, as well as blue origin, which we saw today from jeff bezos and exports calling for new clear rules to be drafted. to ensure space is protected from environmental hom and commercial exploitation. let's talk more about this with john logston, who is the professor emeritus at george washington university space policy institute. he's with us from bethesda, maryland today. good to see you, john. on that point

rob reynolds al jazeera in sierra county, new mexico. ah . what's going on with lisa hill, rob linda hall? one of our top stories damian court has sentence to former officials to 15 years in prison, plotting a coup against the monarchy. they are accused of pushing form to the throne. prince hands are as no turnitin to king abdullah. a woman been this bit and would you remember? well regarding the 1st criminal bass in our dela, the court has sentenced him to temporary imprisonment for a period of 15 years for the 1st charge. and 15 years for the 2nd charge. only one of these 2 rules applies to him, which is temporary work for 15 years, starting from the date of his arrest in april with, with regard to the 2nd criminal sharif hassan been said, the court has sentenced him to temporary imprisonment for a period of 15 years for the 1st charge, and 15 years for the 2nd charge, he shall be subject to any one penalty which is 15 years of temporary imprisonment . cuba has seen its biggest anti government protests in decades. thousands march to as an ec

let's go live to rob reynolds, who's the virgin galactic space, 14 sierra county new mexico. so a lot of excitement, rob, how is this all going to go down? when's take off expected? well, if everything goes according to plan fully in about 90 minutes, the unity space crap will be taking off. it is a bright and sunny morning here in new mexico. it looks like a perfect day for a job in the space. and the crew, along with richard branson, consists of 2 pilots and 3 executives from his company, virgin atlantic. this will be the 1st time that the unity space plane has had that full complement of 6 people on board. now i want to just tell our audience, this is you're not going to see a rocket going straight up into the atmosphere. branson, it has a space plane. unity looks a little bit like a really futuristic version of a private jet. so a specially designed aircraft called eve, will take the unity up to about 15000 meters above the earth. at that point, unity will break free from eve, and it will engage its own engines and fly up to the sub orbital area. just shy of space. as you

the new space tie coons may not have the right stuff, but they've got all the bucks, rob reynolds al jazeera. ah, you'll see on there with lisa who run the reminder of all told stories ethiopians prime minister abbey ahmed's ruling party, as one of the majority of seats in parliament, insuring him of a 2nd time in office. but the vote was overshadowed by a boy called from the opposition ethnic violence and the conflict in the t cry region. the widow of haiti's assassinated president of an elmo is a, has accused political enemies of organizing his killing to stop democratic change. martinez is a who was injured in the attack is receiving treatment in miami, in less than 24 hours. south korea will impose tougher restrictions in the capital, sol after another sharp rise in new infections. sol and neighboring areas will move to the strictest level of social distance thing. schools and vars will be closed and restaurants only allowed limited seating related searches being blamed on result of area and with cases of the strain tripling in one week. brian has more from sol. i think what's re