tony chang, al jazeera, bangkok. ah, this is al jazeera, it's got a round up of the top stories, at least 31 refugees and migrants trying to reach britain have drowned in the english channel near cali after their boat sank. un officials say it is the worst disaster in the crossing since they started keeping records 7 years ago. this disaster underscores how dangerous it is to cross the channel in this way. and it also shows how vital it is that we now step up our efforts to break the business model of the gangsters who are sending people to see or in this way i say to our partners or across the channel. now is the time for us all a to step up to work together to do everything a we can to break these gangs who are literally getting away with murder. 3 white men in the u. s. have been found guilty of murdering armored aubrey, a black man who was chased down and shot dead in their ga neighbourhood. last year, greg mc, michael was found guilty on all charges, including malice, murder, his father, travis, was found guilty

tony chang al jazeera, bangkok ah, how fast they are, these are the headlines. sedans at central doctors committees has at least 10 protest as of now been killed during another mass of rally against military rule. demonstrate is also announced a week long sitting in the capital r to wrestle soda has been out on the streets of the sudanese capital covering the place you are now in the boat, a difficulty capital cartoon. and people have started together here around 1 pm. a lot of time, which is the usual practice for this broadcast over this broadcast today, is taking place on a working. they're usually the broadcast, these on the, on the weekends and the brother, this is the reason that they decided to now gone down to progress on the working days is to mark this is the 4th army to mark the country. so for a while here, this is one of the 3, but there are several other places, a protest of security forces finding, interfering, people. there are 2, we're fighting that to you guys when people are shooting and it did these 1st dam. meanwhile, us secretary state down to the blink and says, su

tony chang, al jazeera banker. ah, iran says it's optimistic after talks resumed in vienna to save the 2015 nuclear deal representatives from russia, china, germany, france, and the u. k. have been negotiating with iranian officials. the u. s. is there, but only holding talks in directly dawson jabari has worn off from vienna. this is seen as a very beginning of what could be really the newly appointed team from iran and from the new government of everything. right. you see, is headed by the iranian deputy foreign minister, alibaba murray, and his team of 38 men who are very well versed in the countries economy. they're all specialties at their specialists in iran's economy, from various different divisions of the government. they are here to find out what the other side will likely do in terms of moving forward. they're trying to gauge the mood from the europeans as well as the americans. i spoken to sources into iran who are looking at the other parties involved to say that they are seeing some members in the neg

tony chang al jazeera banker ah ha, past the hour, these are the top stories protest, ladies in sudan say at least 10 protesters have been killed during another large rally against military rule demonstrate as of announced a one week sit in in the capital tomb vessel said has been out on the streets of the sudanese capital covering the protests. you are now in the district javert, all hard to. and people have started together here around 1 pm a lot of time, which is the usual practice for that. brought us over. this brought us today is taking place on a working there usually is a broad as these on the, on the weekends. and the brought out to say that there's a read. the reason that they decided to now conduct brought us all to working. this is to mark, this is the most affordable army to mark the country. so for a while here, this is a different but there are several other places, a lot of security forces finding, interfering, people. there are a lot of people as shooting and it did these 1st dam. ah, the other headlines, newest secretary of state antony blinkin is pushing for a cease

tony chang, al jazeera banker, still ahead on al jazeera. it's again as well, record stay and we've got some of the more unusual achievements coming up in sports . ah ah ah ah senegal is starting to fall in power stations in response to an energy crisis. the national power company has been struggling to provide electricity to the people. nicholas huck has more from singles capital decay in the course chart, suburb, a 13 year old boy is doing what synagogues government is struggling to do. keep the lights on for his family. and neighbors fed up with a constant power cuts values and uses material found in trash to build solar powered lamps, money. but as well, it was a used batteries in scrap metal electrical wiring, all solar panels and light bulbs. it doesn't take much, we have all the resources we need to power our homes. i don't understand why it's so hard to bring electricity dry with families. almost half of the country is not connected to the power grid run by senate like the state run electricity company. traditional land based power s

tony chang al jazeera bank or white house correspondent kimberly hell, katy is standing by president joe biden is expected to speak about the new variant in the coming hours. but 1st, let's go to join a hall in london for more on the g 7 health ministers meeting hosted by the u. k. thanks for joining us. jona ministers are expected to meet this hour. just how important is this discussion? what it was convened by britain on sunday evening britain holding the rotating presidency of the g 7. it's an opportunity for them to get together and discuss what they know about the new varied what their respective scientists know about what they believe it may be capable of. and how best in a coordinated way to try and deal with it rather than the road rather than the sort of frenzy of restrictions and measures being implemented country by country at the moment. and there'll be noting, of course, that the numbers popping up in countries all over the world now of confirmed cases indicate that community transmission is probably underway. that means it's spreading independent merely of travel from s

tony chang al jazeera banker ah, how fast they are. these are the headlines sedans at central doctors committees as at least 10 protesters of now been killed during another mass of rally against military rule. demonstrate is also.

tony chang, al jazeera banker, the 1st time more than a 100000 people have died from a drug overdose in the u. s. over 12 month period. a center for disease control and prevention estimated 100306 people died in the 12 months to the end of april. that's $22000.00 more than for same period the year before. it's a comparison in the same time period about 509000 people in the u. s. died from coven 19, and the death toll is almost twice the total number of years deaths during the vietnam war. the overdose is primarily down to opioids at the number of deaths increasing from out 56000 to more than 75000. the synthetic opioid fentanyl was involved in more than 60 percent of the overdose deaths, and there were increased deaths in all but 4 states. the states were the highest increase were vermont, west virginia, and kentucky. dr. daniel at stick around is a professor of addiction medicine at the university of california, san francisco. he joins us live by zoom. thanks very much for being with us. oh, what do you think of the main causes for this big rise in overdoses? oh, well, we've had a 2

tony chang, al jazeera, bangkok, now land walk pace trees have between the state and fog rebels assigned and columbia 5 years ago. but the promised peace is yet to be achieved on the window for doing so may be closing summer. and yet he travelled down to the calico region and the country southwest to speak with former fighters, struggling to integrate into society as new armed groups. now fight for control of the territory. fuller fight grabel william marielle is rightly proud of is speak farm. it's one of 3 projects. he started with hundreds of other demobilized fighters investing the roughly $2000.00 each. they received this part of their agreement to design. we're selling an average of $160.00 pigs a month, 40 per week of around 100105 kilos. we hope that with the 2 new sites will reach 10420 a week. william says, reaching this point has been very difficult approval for the project arrived only a year ago, after long fights with bureaucracy says was set up to fail them in logo. you know, katie. oh, i see. that is, this government has done everything possible to make the deal fail if i

tony chang, al jazeera, bangkok. ah, this is al jazeera, it's got a round up of the top stories, at least 31 refugees and migrants trying to reach britain have drowned in the english channel near cali after their boat sank. un officials say it is the worst disaster in the crossing since they started keeping records 7 years ago. this disaster underscores how dangerous it is to cross the channel in this way. and it also shows how vital it is that when i step up our efforts to break the business model of the gangsters who are sending people to see or in this way i say to our partners or across the channel. now is the time for us. oh, i have to step up to work together.

tony chang al jazeera, banco for u. s. government has announced a new u. f o task force. the agency will work to identify unknown aerial objects and determine whether they pose a threat. it comes after the intelligence community released a report earlier this year. admitting they have been a series of u. f. o sightings particle haine. as more from washington dc. this all goes back to those videos. we've seen most of them taken by military pilots cut a grainy on their radar. and you see these objects far from the distance, weirdly shaped flying ways. it don't seem possible that it speeds it don't seem possible. so back in june, the department of defense released some of those videos and said they were to come up with the task force to look into this because they looked into what unidentified flying objects and came back out and said yes still and identified. we don't know what these are could be, could not be. so they've been having this task force. now, this is just another part, bureaucratic step. they're moving it into a working group. so what that does is it sort of fi

tony chang al jazeera banker. how, why has corresponding kimberly? how kit is standing by president joe biden is true to speak to this hour about the new variance. but 1st, let's go to join a holly in london for more on the g 7 health ministers meeting hosted their join. how important are those discussions given what's unfolding across the world? well, it's an opportunity for the biggest economies in the world to get together and compare notes on what they know will think they know their scientists think about on the chrome and what sort of threat it realistically poses. and to try and come up with some of the coordinated response rather than the sort of frenzy individual responses going on at the moment. they would have noted, of course, looking at the numbers of confirmed cases being reported in countries all over the world that this in all likelihood it represents community transmission that this variant has gone global beyond the scope of sort of individual travel bands to be able to prevent it. they did release a statement, praising the exemplar

tony chang, al jazeera bank of the u. s. congress is being asked to take stronger measures to protect taiwan. an influential advisory body has released its annual report, detailing the threat of chinese aggression. the report says congress should increase funding for tie one to purchase defense equipment from the u. s. and boost surveillance. washington is increasingly concerned about china's military buildup and it's push to develop nuclear capable missiles. alan fischer has mona from washington dc. if you're asking for the headline, it is that this group believes that the chinese communist party and that the people's liberation army are now equipped and ready to invade taiwan. but the do acknowledge that that would be a high risk strategy for the chinese. at this stage in that form is the basis of one of the recommendations more on that in a minute. but this report highly critical of the chinese, it says that china is engaged in a systematic effort to attack or press a raise. and marginalize people whose opinions and so

tony chang al jazeera banker went to hell has one hour from london. the cases that are popping up now everywhere from scotland here in the u. k. 2 countries all over the europe in union are not just a people stepping or fly from south africa, but that the variant is actually spreading within communities beyond, beyond simply the scope of travel and the scope of travel bands to be able to prevent it. so that we've seen 6 new cases, as i said in scotland, 3 here in the u. k. 13 in portugal, 13 in the netherlands and cases popping up in france, germany, the czech republic, denmark, and so on. and all of that would suggest, as i said, that the travel bands implemented are not the answer to stopping the spread, or even substantially slowing it once the virus is out there. and countries of course, reacting accordingly, if not in everyone's view appropriately by slapping on new restrictions here in the u. k. for instance, in addition to the travel bands, we've got introduced from tuesday, much more strenuous checks at borders for people arriving back from ol

tony chang al jazeera banker, well as hell african doctor who raised the alarm about the new variant says her patients have actually shown many mild symptoms so far from me. the miller reports from janice bank angelie good sir. it's the south african doctor who 1st to take the new symptoms in patients who had contract cove at 19. well, she says the symptoms up until ya cases so far have been mild. so what is interesting is that, that the clinical symptoms or not the same, that with delta, extreme tightness and fatigue, and the young people that was how we 1st detected with a bit of her body, a campaign and headache. very, very similar to what you will normally see with any viral infection. so the africa has to take to just over 50 cases of the new variant and enabling, but swan or 900 people have been infected. they've also been cases in belgium, israel, and other countries. so i to say it may take up to 2 weeks to better understand the variance to determine how easily it spreads and how well vaccines work to protect people. because these more than 30 mutations, that might, it might

tony chang al jazeera banker, now synagogue, his turning to floating power stations in response to an energy crisis. the national power company has been struggling to provide electricity to the people. nicholas hark asthma from senegal, capital tucker in the cars. char road suburb, a 13 year old boy, is doing what synagogues government is struggling to do. keep the lights on for his family. and neighbors. fed up with a constant power cuts values and uses material found in trash, to build solar powered lamps, monitoring volatile elements. i used batteries, scrap metal, electric or wiring all solar panels and light bulbs. it doesn't take much, we have all the resources we need to power our homes. i don't understand why it's so hard to bring the electric to draw with families. almost half of the country is not connected to the power grid run by senate like the state one electricity company. traditional land based power stations are costly and take time to build. busy up, blood won't, are very smart on a really good day. we need $2000000000.00 to provide electricity to all, but our nation

tony chang, al jazeera banker, plenty more ahead on this news hour, including china promises a 1000000000 doses of current virus and vaccines to african nations. as a summers on economic cooperation gets away in san ago. she was more she jeffrey seemed poor or accomplished galle maxwell. 6 traffic in trial begins in new york and will tell you why defending champion novak jokers which his father is critical of the astronomy and government more ins forced. ah, iran says it's optimistic after the 1st day of resumed talks in vienna, and it's salvaging the 2015 nuclear deal. representatives from russia, china, germany, france, and the u. k. met with iranian officials, the u. s. is there, but only holding talks indirectly discussions stoled in june after the election of a runs president abraham rising tehran, one sanctions to be lifted in return for limits on its nuclear program. tulsa jabari is covering the meetings from vienna. this is seen as a very beginning of what could be really the newly appointed team from iran and from the new government of every racy is headed by the reigning deputy

tony chang al jazeera banker ah ha, past the hour of these are the top stories purchased ladies in sedan say at least 10 protesters have been killed during another large rally against military rule. demonstrate as of announced a one week sit in, in the capital, a tune vessel said has been out on the streets of the sudanese capital covering the protests here now in the border district for fear chapel.

tony chang, al jazeera banker for months, scientists have been warning that the corona virus will thrive as long as vast parts of the world lack vaccines. the inequality is most evident in africa, where under 70 percent of the population is vaccinated. the u. n's kovacs scheme was supposed to help the developing world get more doses. but if it is to achieve its target of distributing 1400000000 doses, by the end of this year, it must shape more than 25000000 doses every day. and at the moment, an average of only 4000000 doses are being delivered a day. and one more than 60 countries are offering booster shots just 12 percent of promised donations to kovacs have been delivered. the less which blocked vaccine sales overseas and exports of key ingredients for months, as donated more than any country, $275000000.00 doses and all but that still less than a 3rd of what the by them administration pledged. well, earlier i spoke via skype in south africa to professor mark mendelson. he said of the division of infectious diseases at hoops kia, hospital university of cape town. i asked them how he