hundreds of mostly young people took part in the demonstration demanding action on climate change tony burke has been in the u.s. raising awareness of the human suffering. a 4th person has died after another day after actual rains in southeastern spain hundreds of people have been evacuated from the regions of island and mercia transport networks have seen significant disruptions some municipalities have the ported record rainfall. across southeastern spain streets have become rivers. and many of the rivers have broken their banks. some municipalities have reported the heaviest rainfall on record. we. throughout the night in the last 24 hours almost 200 liters of rainfall or if you put importantly in the last 6 hours alone there have been 120 liters according to experts this will not be repeated in 100 years. present rain continues to soak the region's military units have been dispatched to assist. but there's only so much they can do against the forces of nature. landscapes are underwater the flooding has closed schools and airports roads are the danger zones. 2 people died when their car w

tears climate activists got a tony burke has hit back at critics who have tried to ridicule her at a rally in monterey l 2 in burke said her adversary is a mockery of children so that her climate protection message was threatening their world view and it's just one burgers heading back now a video making fun of adults who attack the activist has gone viral. i'm a middle aged man in an interesting problem. i get racially angry swedish girl who wants to save the planet. luckily he's now a number i can. call the gratitude a helpline if you unfortunately there is no real helpline for middle aged men angry with the environmentalist this is the work of australian satirists but the verbal abuse and mockery aimed at her is real and it intensified this week after she spoke at the united nations this is all wrong. i shouldn't be apia. i should be back in school on the other side of the ocean. just so you'll come to us young people for hope. how do you. since then she's been attacked by some in the right wing media and a canadian lawmaker called her mentally unstable burke has been open about h

tony burke he reports from kabul. even before voting began there were predictions that less than half of the $9000000.00 registered voters will actually turn out to vote that's partly because of the security situation because of the threats by the taliban and also partly because there's a fatigue over politics in afghanistan people don't really believe what they are being told a shotgun he came to power 5 years ago on a ticket promising to encourage ssion to improve the economy to end poverty and to improve security none of that has happened but kabul today is on lockdown this high security here 100000 security personnel are on duty monitoring who comes in and goes out of the city or trucks have been banned from coming in the city because of the threat of suicide bombers coming in with trucks packed with explosives but there are concerns here that taliban will strike so far there been no reported incidents but the taliban has been quite clear they have won people not to vote they were in them to stay off the roads the

incumbent president ashraf ghani his main rival is the country's chief executive officer of delaware tony burke who joins us live now from kabul tony said despite all the security concerns across the country the election still going ahead how worried are people about going to vote. well i have to say it's very tense at this polling station in kabul at the moment there's a trickle of people coming to vote that's either because it's very early or because people are heeding the warnings of the taliban who threatened them and said that they should stay off the roads they're threatened to hit polling stations and they told people not to vote so it could be partly that but also it could be partly because there is a fatigue here about elections people remember what happened in 2014 and how much corruption was involved and how the americans had to step it step in and broker a power sharing doing a deal between ashraf ghani and abdullah abdullah so people are a little bit scarred by that so some people feel it's it's not worth voting anymore but voting has started it's very tense in kabul but we had no

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the next president and our correspondent tony burke he has this report from kabul. a city in lock down the streets of kabul almost deserted on election day because polling stations open the biggest and tightest security operation ever in the capital was under way the taliban had warned people not to vote and it didn't take long before the group carried out its threats. encounters there were attacks around the city aimed at disrupting voting roads were blocked and lines of communication cut a mortar round was fired into the grounds of the school use a polling hospital confirmed civilians had been killed and a number were injured elsewhere the taliban launch more attacks to north of kabul one in helmand and one in one the hard province no casualties were reported but a number of people were injured in a blast at a kandahar polling station it didn't deter some others from voting a lot of them despite all the hardships and violence we haven't lost hope we have to vote and think about future generations this is afghanistan's falls presidential election government officia

the capital kabul 3 men have been arrested in connection with a series of suicide bomb attacks tony burke the reports these 3 men are what afghan security forces say were part of an eyesore terrorist cell has been busting kabul has claimed they are responsible for 29 deadly attacks in the capital. they're been . very from the educated society the. young educated youth and they've been very savvy went to quality and even the ability to to plan and launch attacks they have about a lot of innocent blood on their hand so it was a huge huge bust the hunt for ice or die as it's called locally is not easy for the security forces the group has become more sophisticated and difficult to track down it is a relative newcomer to the afghan conflict but is making its presence felt with a string of attacks and suicide bombings. this is one of their biggest a few weeks ago the target was a shia wedding reception in kabul more than 60 people were killed and 180 injured the largely home base group is relatively small in number but it is developing and expanding into more areas. the people who are fighting

only be possible if the taliban stops killing people and holds talks with the country's leaders tony burke reports from kabul president trump's early morning tweet cancelling the meeting with the taliban surprised many including the afghan government but it has actually welcomed the decision the main goal of our peace road map is a ceasefire and a direct negotiation with the taliban. so these 2 components are very important. the taliban refuses to talk directly with the afghan government which it regards as illegitimate and corrupt but it did agree to negotiate with the u.s. these forces invaded afghanistan 18 years ago after the 911 attacks on america there have been 9 rounds of talks it's october last year but during that time taliban fighters have carried out numerous attacks and suicide bombings and america has also continued its air campaign which is hit the taliban but this year has also caused the biggest number of civilian casualties the latest taliban bombing was in kabul last thursday in which 12 people were killed including an american soldier 2 days later the u.s. president in

expected before october the 17th and final results won't be announced until the following months tony burke live reports from the capital kabul. a city in lockdown the streets of kabul almost deserted on election day as polling stations open the biggest and tightest security operation ever in the capital was under way the taliban had warned people not to vote and it didn't take long before the group carried out its threats. encounters there were attacks around the city aimed at disrupting voting roads were blocked and lines of communication cut a mortar round was fired into the grounds of a school use a polling hospital confirmed civilians had been killed and a number were injured elsewhere the taliban launch more attacks to north of kabul one in helmand and one in one hard province no casualties were reported but a number of people were injured in a blast at a kandahar polling station it didn't deter some others from voting a lot of them despite all the hardships and violence we haven't lost hope we have to vote and think about future generations this is afghanistan's falls presidential el

held a climate emergency summit at the united nations in new york the swedish teenager great at tony burke founder of the fridays for future movement gave an impassioned address she accused world leaders of failing generations to come to generations we are in the beginning of a mass extinction and what you can talk about is money and fame or tales of east.

leaders talking about the climate but they also listened to that 16 year old schoolgirl director tony burkecolding the international community those world leaders in the room and she said the way they were dealing with this issue fayre were the ones who were a mature james braze of the series diplomats had said thank you very much indeed well speaking of historic moves the united nations and eyes that gamma will become the 1st african nation to receive ensor national funds to preserve its forests norway and gabbled signed the accord on sunday on the deal the central african nation will receive a maximum of $150000000.00 over 10 years to fight steve forestation evelyn's forestry minister says the rain forest is critical to protecting by diversity and containing carbon emissions. flooding is threatening to cause food shortages in north western nigeria where crops have been destroyed dozens of people have been killed and thousands of homes washed away amid aegis reports now from. this lush green rice paddy has provided a livelihood for generations of farmers but recently they've watched helple

the capital kabul 3 men have been arrested in connection with a series of suicide bomb attacks tony burke the reports these 3 men are what afghan security forces say were part of an eyesore terrorist cell that's been busting kabul it's claimed they are responsible for $29.00 dead the attacks in the capital . there been. from very the from the educated society the. young educated youth. they've been very savvy with technology and even the ability to to clown and launch attacks they have a lot of innocent blood on their hand so it was a huge huge bust.

afghans peace is what they really want is the only way they lives can be substantially improved tony burke out 0 a couple. at least a 100 people have died in northern india after 4 days of torrential monsoon rains caused widespread flooding relief camps have now been set up for the thousands of people forced from their homes again reports. entire communities under water this is what remains of one home in the northern state of pradesh tarantula rain proving too much for some buildings now destroyed some say what is the most the biggest problem here is that day by day the water level is rising the water has entered houses as you can see the police of. the powerful weather system drenched the state for more than 24 hours affecting close 260-0000 people schools were closed down and thousands of displaced families have been moved to relay for camps it's not knowing how long they'll be allowed to stay. and as the rain came down the death toll went up dozens have drowned while others were killed as buildings collapsed relief efforts are under way with authorities trying to drain flood wall . we'

our correspondent rob reynolds in washington in just a moment but 1st to the afghan capital and tony burke lisa turney what more reaction then. from the news of the cancellation of this meeting and it was a surprise it to a lot of people that this meeting was even taking place. you know it was a big surprise to everybody and since we've been on air we've had a statement from the taliban that was issued on their website fairly short one but they said because expressing great deal of surprise that the meeting was canceled because they said agreement was finalized that's within a go u.s. negotiating team in qatar both sides agreed to all points the statement said and it happened on saturday they talked about then an intra afghan dialogue to begin on september the 22nd and this agreement they said had the support of international and regional partners and the end of the statements by saying that the u.s. will be the ones to suffer more and now trust has been damaged so these are quite obviously reading between the lines they are very surprised that this meeting was canceled according to them e

only be possible if the taliban stops killing people and holds talks with the country's leaders tony burke the reports from kabul. president trump's early morning tweet canceling the meeting with the taliban surprised many including the afghan government but it has actually welcomed the decision the main goal of our piece is is a ceasefire and indicted negotiation with the taliban so these 2 components are very important. the taliban refuses to talk directly with the afghan government who she regards as illegitimate and corrupt but it did agree to negotiate with the u.s. these forces invaded afghanistan 18 years ago after the 911 attacks on america there have been 9 rounds of talks it's october last year but during that time taliban fighters have carried out numerous attacks and suicide bombings and america has also continued its air campaign which is hit the taliban but this year has also caused the biggest number of civilian casualties the latest taliban bombing was in kabul last thursday in which 12 people were killed including an american soldier 2 days later the u.s. president in a tw

there's still so many things so overcome in this very complex situation thank you very much for that tony burke lee live for us in kabul. in other world news a senior british cabinet minister has resigned in protest over prime minister boys johnson's breaks it strategy arrived who was work and pensions secretary quit from the government and the conservative party she objected to johnson's commitment to leaving the e.u. even if it's without a deal rudd voted to remain in the 2016 breck's it referendum. the move comes a lot of work going on tonight if i'm not off going in to get it. and then on top of that have seen 21 like good strong concerns to please try to moderate progressive values excluded from the party indicating to the conservative party the such a source for good income in this country no longer has a place to sleep. and i can't. meanwhile on saturday breakfast at protests became violent outside the houses of parliament in london on thai europe demonstrators fought with bernice as they try to reach a rival on time bret's at ronnie offices blamed most of the violence on a far right gro

men have been arrested but there are concerns that other groups may be waiting to be activated tony burke he reports from kabul these 3 men are what afghan security forces say were part of an ice all terrorist cell in kabul it's claimed they're responsible for $29.00 dead the attacks in the capital. they're been they've been recruiting from very from the educated society the young. young educated youth and they've been very savvy with technology and even the ability to to to plan and launch attacks they have about a lot of innocent blood on their hand so it was a huge huge bust the hunt for eisel or die as it's called locally is not easy for the security forces the group has become more sophisticated and difficult to track down it is a relative newcomer to the afghan conflict but is making its presence felt with a string of attacks and suicide bombings. this is one of their biggest a few weeks ago the target was a shia wedding reception in kabul more than 60 people were killed and 180 injured the largely home base group is relatively small in number but it is developing and expanding into

washington well let's get more now on our top story those elections in afghanistan al jazeera as tony burkejoins us live now from the afghan capital kabul tony so several explosions being reported across the country what more can you tell us. details are a bit sketchy but the we were told that there's been a big attack in inside a polling station in kandahar we don't know if it was a suicide bomber or a mortar attack but we're told the agencies are reporting 16 people have been injured there also been 2 attacks near polling stations in the north of kabul and also one in helmand province where a mortar was fired again no details about casualties or exactly how these attacks took place but it does show that the taliban is following through with its threats to attack polling stations and disrupt voting and tony the voters have been experiencing some problems and some frustrations at polling stations what's been happening there. well we're getting reports that some people turned up to vote and their names are not on the register getting reports that some polling stations haven't opened because

president donald trump canceled peace talks with the taliban tony burke has the full story from kabul. the suicide bomber struck in the afternoon at an afghan army special forces basic risk or 25 kilometers from afghanistan's capital kabul the taliban claim responsibility for the last week there has been apprehension on the streets of kabul that the taliban would launch a violent backlash in response to president trump's cancellation of peace talks so far a major response hasn't materialized inside the city one rocket landed close to the u.s. embassy in the green zone there was little damage and no casualties the lack of attacks is being seen by some as a positive there are still thinking that there is a possibility for resumption of talk so if there are war attacks in kabul there will further exasperate the situation we did not want to sign. that. trumpet said the talks were dead but secretary of state mike pompei always indicated the u.s. is still interested in striking a deal and the departure of the national security adviser john bolton who opposed the taliban talks is seen as ano

wounded dozens more it happened in an area close to embassies and government buildings more from tony burke in kabul. it was carried out by a suicide bomber 10 people were killed and $42.00 injured including women and children and also 2 of the resident support troops one of them was an american this underlines that even though peace talks are going on a draft agreement we understand has been drawn the taliban is still exercising its military might and showing that it can strike at will wherever it wants this time it was in the capital a few days ago. 300 kilometers north of the capital where they held the center for a number of hours before being pushed out but it showing that there is a peace agreement peace talks going on but still there's a war being fought and unless they come to an agreement it will carry on the draft agreement we understand is raising concerns not only in the afghan government which is not party to the talks but also from the european allies who are a bit concerned about what is being agreed some people believe that the americans are adopting a cut and run policy and

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