i'm pleading for help families in southern iraq say gas flaring is to blame for poor health and what the government is step in. ah, welcome to the program. there are new fears about growing instability in afghanistan after a string of recent military gains by the taliban. its fighters captured the main border crossing with 2 g cust on earlier on tuesday. and the you and envoy for afghanistan says the groups taking control of more than 50 districts in the past month. well, this kind of violence have increased significantly since the us announce plans to withdraw its troops by september 11 to 0. diplomatic editor james base has this report. the security situation in afghanistan has been deteriorating for years. but what the security council heard in this virtual session was the most grim briefing. yet, i cannot over stage to the council. my concern regarding the present situation in afghanistan. in recent weeks, taliban activity has been focused on a number of key provinces. these pictures from conduce in northern afghanistan, where the provincial capital conduce city looks at risk of

people in a small town in southern iraq say pollution from oil production is killing them. they're blaming the process of gas flaring, that's when oil is extracted and then excess natural gas is burned off. releasing c o 2 and methane. the iraqi government is investing billions and an attempt to use not gas electricity. but as natasha name reports from bossa village in basrah, many say it's already too late. people living in the village of butler take visitors here. they say gas flaring from oil production decimated their generations old palm trees leaving behind nothing but trunks. when we met the village elders, they said every one, know someone who is diagnosed with or who has died from cancer. so i know i already have cancer and only god helps me. we continue to be worried about our families and loved ones. the bus for health department in southern iraq says the pollution from oil production is making people and animals in the area sick. the rocky high commission for human rights says, due to the high rate of cancer in basra, it's demanding the government work with oil

the people living near production facilities in southern iraq, cancer rates. why the fight to save the great barrier reef? why a warning from the un has, i'm good. australia's com ah ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored by kettle airways. hello, welcome. so the look at the international forecast still thinks of very heavy downpours across southern parts of china. lots of cloud and rain around here. my, you front just fit the little further southwards as it tends to do. it does wave around though. so more heavy down port coming in into the far south of china, gone, gone problems, for example, seeing some foundry down pools with some flooding. hong kong looking particularly wet over the next few days. that rain, stretching its way through taiwan out into the open waters. it's sunshine and showers for japan, for the korean peninsula, maybe up towards basing as well. northern parts of china seeing some heavy rain and they showers just gathering around the yellow sea as we go on through the day. still a shower is therefore the current peninsula into ja

we continue to be worried about families and love the bus where i help department in southern iraq says the pollution from oil production is making people and animals in the area sick. the rocky high commission for human right says due to the high rate of cancer in basra, it's demanding the government work with oil companies to combat pollution. that stability for 6 or 7 years every year there is some challenge mystical german security challenge. gas is long term investment, it needs some stuff on it and it needs some cash come, which meant the world bank ranks. iraq, number 2 behind russia when it comes to gas flaring, instead of polluting the air, the gas could be recovered and sold or used to generate electricity for millions of people. the bus or gas company is investing $3000000000.00 to do just that. at the romanella oil field, iraq's largest, anything that the iraqi government can do, or it's neighbors can do to create in a stable environment, is good for capturing more gas and for creating a better environment for the iraqi people. the people of butler say the land, their famili

opposition says there's evidence of health worries for people living the oil production facilities and southern iraq of cancer rates rise. and the uncomfortable relationship between cruise ships and the city of canal why venice is at risk of being put on unesco, endangered and famous with all the day forth. new denmark are on their way to the last 15 years of the hammering russia. for one that are more on the way later, the news, our me now a warning of a corona virus vaccine crisis developing and poor nations that desperately need a boost in doses. the wells health organization says of the ac nations targeted under that global sharing skin kovak, more than half are facing shortages. some of run out if now setting up a hub in south africa to try to allow developing nations to make their own vaccines . the could be 19 funding because shown that relying on a few companies to supply global public goods is limiting and dangerous to boost manufacturing, w h a has continued to call for the sharing of know how technology and licenses and the waving of intellectual property rights on a more positive note, c

overlays and find out why there are health worries to people living near oil production facilities in southern iraq. and the cost of looking sharp, she says, are in trouble for letting a local head dress breach copa, american bubbles, coming up with pizza. and ah, now the un envoy on afghanistan is wanting of increased instability after recent military gains by the taliban. deborah lion says the group has taken more than 50 districts in the country just since last month. on monday its forces captured the moms, the heed districts in northern condos province. they've also encircled the provincial capital, fronting many residents to pack up and had to cobble violence, has escalated their since the us announced its plans to withdraw its troops by september. the council has heard me think of the continuing to increase the violence over the past year. even as the peace talks began in doha, in september, the taliban recent advances are even more significant and are as a result of an intensified military campaign. more than 50 of afghan, a stand, $370.00 districts have fallen since the beginning of may. mo

if we all think back to the 1990 s, we saw an almost total economic blockade of iraq. southern was saying then dictator, state in power. but millions of iraqis suffered from the negative consequences of new sanctions and that should never be repeated. that's why we have targeted sanctions as the flavor of the day s i may say. but when we look at what the e u is planning, now we will see the broader economic and also financial sanctions hitting both the regime and the population. because if you hit the sectors of the economy like the 30, like the, or the oil industry, that of course is causing damage at which will be felt by everybody in the country . absolutely. and the logic with the targeted approaches that those implemented members then who are, who are perhaps close to lucas shank. oh, well then maybe influence the situation. put some pressure on it. you've been analyzing, though, some of you know, sanctions and their effectiveness in particular health. what you've been sort of finding in that analysis, i mean the success of sanctions, really heated debate among scientists as well bec

union countries in eastern and b southern europe and it's very same proxies the file rockets and missiles on israel and the kingdom of saudi arabia and u.s. troops in iraqich makes it a national security issue because it's open sand not secure and as long as that persist we are going to have a threat which defines it as a national security that isn what were facing, climate change is something the military has been interested in since 2004 they understand it could create world instability due to coastal floods, droughts, water food shortages, significant population migration which can lead to conflicts, that's why the military has interest in it, they pay attention to what pandemics can cause an weapon i see biotechnology to spread a pandemic because it creates instability and potential conflict. yes the military is interested but it doesn't rise to the level of the major threats of the united states. larry: general kenai have to say global warming is an issue and i don't think it's an exponential threat issue, a lot of distinguished businesses don't think so t either. here is my thought, we'll talk more overtime. if we close down our fossil fuels which

iraq's prime minister. these pictures are present of the southern c. c, with the iraqi prime minister stuff academy. caterpillar is due to lunch shortly on the summit is expected to address economic corporation and security. let's get more . and i for my mood at the heads he's lifers, in bag said mom was just, explains is what the summit is really a bites. what are they hoping to achieve here? well, they're hoping to achieve an economic integration and between the 3 countries, egypt, iraq and jordan. and that includes also establishing get free trade soon between jordan and rack. also to import or to send the product from egypt and jordan into iraq. that also entails energy, energy importing at power of the electricity from egypt through jordan into iraq. but meanwhile, there is a lot of criticism to this summit, as you know, that this is the 4th round of talks between the leaders of the 2. the 3 countries that it started back in march $2900.00 and then and the same year at the margin of the general assembly meeting is in newark in 2019 then in august

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southern florida in a moment, but we're learning the u.s. military carried out air strikes tonight against iran-backed militia groups in iraq and syria. let's get right to monica alba at the white house what do we know? >> late word tonight the u.s. carried out defensive precision air strikes against iran-backed militia groups in the iraq/syria border region. the militias are believed to bebehind drone attacks against u.s. military personnel in iraq. president biden ordered the military action according to a pentagon statement which says the predhas been clear he will act to protect u.s. personnel and given the ongoing series of attacks by iran-backed groups targeting u.s. interests in iraq, the president directed further military action to disrupt and deter such attacks returning here to the white house moments ago from a weekend in camp david, the president ignored our questions on the strikes, indicating he would have more to say tomorrow. the air strikes were carried out by manned aircraft, air force f-15s and f' 16s and a u.s. official tells nbc news they don't expect any additional strikes tonight. kate >> monica alba at the whi

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blow some more, lifted dustin sand coming out of iraq who way to the side of saudi arabia, across here and cancer. hot and dry down towards the southern end of the peninsula as well in that dry weather stretches across the horn of africa. we have got a few showers just around the opium highlands and one or 2 showers, that just across parts of the democratic republic of congo, easing over towards the gulf. any that's where the majority of the west weather will be over the coming days. northern parts of nigeria office seeing some heavy rain from time to time. they're not too much right in the full cost across southern parts of africa. but we have got some showers, longest spells of right across the western cape and date across the southern cave. and we'll continue to just drift in here as we go on through wednesday. and thursday, just wanted to share was for central mozambique. the most people will never know what's beyond these doors. the deafening silence of 100000 for how it feels to touch danger. every day, most people will never know what it's like to work with. every breath is precious. with fear is not an option. but when most pe

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iraq in a forceful way we were unprepared to confront. the police in basra recently launched a major drug operation with for southern provinces. there are also calls for the rocky government to launch a national anti drug campaign and build more clinics for addicts, so that young men like hussein don't end up dead or in prison. natasha name al jazeera bus route iraq. while that's now returned to our top story, the russian and us presidents have just ended talks in geneva. a 2nd round of negotiations has just wrapped up moments ago with large delegations on both sides. let's speak to our white house correspondent kennedy how, cuz he's following all of this forest in geneva. kimberly did i suppose a thumbs up from biden as he left the well, all we know is that the us president lingered a little bit. he left officially at about 34 minutes past the hour, but the meeting itself wrapped up about 30 minutes prior. we're not sure what happened during that time, whether or not the delegations were consulting each other independently, but you're right there. in fact, joe biden did leave for about a minutes, drive to the hotel on site wh

about drugs and suddenly drugs entered iraq in a forceful way we were unprepared to confront the police in basra recently launched a major drug operation with for southern provinces. there are also calls for the rocky government to launch a national anti drug campaign and build more clinics for attics. so that young men like hussein don't end up dead or in prison. natasha name al jazeera basra. iraq saudi arabia has executed a man for fences that rights group say were committed while he was a teenager. most of our older wish was arrested in 2015, allegedly taking part in protest during the arab spring rights group say that he was 17. at the time his execution comes a year after saudi arabia said that it would abolish the death penalty. the crimes committed by under eighteens. the us attorney general has unveiled a plan to combat the threat of domestic terrorism merit garland seeking a $100000000.00 to funded alan fisher husband from the white house after a violent more attack, the us capital on january the 6th, the bite, the administration which so called domestic terrorism, a top priority resources and f b. i field officers to be moved. more federal la

about drugs and suddenly drugs entered iraq in a forceful way we were unprepared to confront the police in basra recently launched a major drug operation with for southern provinces. there are also called for the rocky government to launch a national anti drug campaign and build more clinics for attics. so that young men like hussein don't end up dead or in prison. natasha name al jazeera, basra, iraq. more than a 1000 people in the state of illinois have had to move out of the homes because the fire at a chemical factory 5 fighters had been battling the place since monday when there was an explosion at the plant. they've dug a trench around the site and have installed a zone and material along nearby river to stop chemicals escaping into the water. hey, there and algebra action from the roses, things get a little tasty between france and germany. coming out and sport with jack. ah ah ah ah ah ah me oh the a china is due to launches for a space mission with the crew many 5 years on thursday. the 12 will take 3 men, including china's old disaster node. he's 56 to the countries new space station for 3 months day 11 more missions are planned over the next

iraq in a forceful way we were unprepared to confront. the police in basra recently launched a major drug operation with for southern provinces. there are also called for the rocky government to launch a national anti drug campaign and build more clinics for attics. so that young men like hussein don't end up dead or in prison. natasha name al jazeera bus route iraq . saudi arabia has executed a man for offenses that rights group say were committed while he was a teenager. mr. for aldo wish was arrested in 2015 for allegedly taking part in protest during the our spring rights group say that he was 17. at the time of the alleged defense, his execution comes a year after saudi arabia said it, it would bullish the death penalty for crimes committed by under eighteens. columbia. as defense, ministry is blaming dissidence of armed groups for an explosion that's injured. 36 people, a car bomb went off at a military base and computer. that's where the near the border with that whaler. 2 men had driven into the base of the selves. office officials, a similar attack in march left, 40 people injured in the car state, or province. the go

about drugs and suddenly drugs entered iraq in a forceful way we were unprepared to confront the police in basra recently launched a major drug operation with for southern provinces. there are also calls for the rocky government to launch a national anti drug campaign and build more clinics for addicts, so that young men like hussein don't end up dead or in prison. natasha name al jazeera, basra, iraq and colombia is defense. ministry is blaming dissident members. of arms groups for an explosion at a military base. 36 people were injured when not kaba, went off in cocoa. tar. that's near the border with venezuela, and similar attack in march to 40 people injured and count province. and sandra and petty has worn out from columbia capital during the afternoon of tuesday afternoon through the person. the address as public officials managed to drive a wife toyota. this all according to me as minister of defense inside a military base in the city of cuckoo down the border with venezuela minutes after there were 2 explosions. the 1st one and then a 2nd one. follow that 2 minutes later and at least 36 soldiers soldiers. i've been injured and we have there that

southern england could be close to 30 celsius. this is bbc news, the headlines: the us military and troops from other western nations are facing a new threat in iraqplosives. commanders say the drones are a game—changer. iran denies involvement. hundreds of suspected criminals have been arrested in a global sting operation organised by the fbi. gangs used what they thought was a secure messaging app developed by the authorities, who were able to monitor messages about drug dealing, and planned murders. a number of leading websites were taken offline for a short time on tuesday, and so far there's no official explanation as to why. those affected included amazon and the uk government website. issues had been reported early by the cloud computing provider fastly. now on bbc news — hardtalk.

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southern england could be close to 30 celsius. this is bbc news. the headlines: armed forces from the us and other western nations are facing a new threat in iraq.ice in 16 countries have arrested hundreds of people after intercepting millions of messages by suspected members of organised crime groups. those detained had been tricked into using a messaging app run by the fbi. a un court has rejected ratko mladic's appeal against his conviction for crimes against humanity and genocide, for his role in the srebrenica massacre. a un war crimes tribunal jailed him for life in 2017. that's been upheld. the us vice—president, kamala harris, is in mexico.

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southern china costs more dates on locally made vaccines. ah hello winds continues to be the big story across the middle east. we've got our northwest swain coming down from iraq. that's a shame ball and it's really giving us some powerful wind gusts. we'll talk more about that in just one second, but also fierce winds across the array, b and c. so for coastal sections of oman will see wave heights up to potentially 4 meters. and there's that brisk wind down the golf. so we look at those in the days to come, we could see when got 60 to 70 kilometers per hour. you know, june as the windy something katasha so definitely shows here and temperatures are running a just a bit below average on take you to turkey. now we have been dealing with some downpours of rain. this is impacting central areas of the country. so the capital on cra, we have just seen businesses and malls flooded out here with that. deluge just swamping this area and we do have a pretty good batch of what whether we can find is mir through the c resort city of antalya on friday. and the risk we may see some hail for eastern parts of the country. is symbol of sunshine though for you with a high of 2

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southern flank. they have always been very concerned about that. that is the one reason why he may support president biden. brian: general, we have seen this movie before. it's called iraqstand up on their own. we left and iraq was more ready than afghanistan we knew we had to go back in. is it going to be that easy going back in like iraq. >> no. >> we have difficult. the iraq situation is a wonderful corollary. the administration at the time when we pulled out over everybody's objections the military's objections and certainly the government of iraq. when we pulled out, we said look it, we are not leaving you. we are just pulling our troops out. we will be here for you and support you and take care of you. didn't happen. and we got isis a few years later. conducting significant invasion into iraq we are making a lot of promises now, ryan, it rings hollow to me based on what we have done before. we have to belly up and support them with what they need to be able to sustain themselves even though our troops are out of there. brian: general, i don't have the military contact you have. i do have some. they have all expressed to me they are extremely worried about the peop