And desperate for help hundreds of thousands of people are affected by flooding in sudan. Thank you very much for joining us we begin with breaking news in afghanistans Vice President has survived what appears to have been an assassination attempt at least 6 people were killed when his convoy was bombed in kabul the former intelligence chief is one of the most targeted men in afghanistan and has escaped several attempts on his life a short time after the blast he post said this video goes lot after work about it for i want to assure you in a message that im following unsafe but some of my security guards injured and they are in hospital i do not know about because you are to use about 0 people and once again im sorry about this i dont want to thank all of those who sin the messages about my health i want to thank all the Security Forces were fighting against terrorism and theyre acting as a shield to face these terrorist attacks and im proud of them they saw speak to producer in kabul Massoud Seamus muscles we heard the afghan Vice President saying there that is safe but 6 people have died what more can you tell us about the circumstances of this attack. Well fully as per the. Witnesses. Interior just now the. Number of 2 rises up to 10 People Killed and 50 people. Injured among these 15 people there are 3 bodyguards from other luckily. The large presence of. Which is not. A video message to the media. World. Like last year during. During july of last year there was another attack on locally where he was launching to some point. Was. Running reported running. Under a lot. Of them the politician which. Called for all of 1 terrorist. Attacks happen to him. People are so so will already about this. Too. Ok yes a lot of concern about this attack thank you very much massoud seans for bringing us the latest there from kabul lets now discuss this further with mushtaq right aim was a conflict peace and security analyst joining us via skype from kabul thank you very much for speaking to us as we had the Vice President is a high profile figure this isnt the 1st time that im no less than he has survived an assassination attempt why is he such a target who would want to harm him. Well if you look at the background of mr. He has been. Strong. Against them to our. Northern Alliance Even doing. Stuff. And he has been quite open in. Showing his animosity towards the taliban recently he has been he was talking to a National Television channel a private Television Channel and he came very openly talking about future of. The need but in pakistan lets not forget that pakistan one of the leading nations in the region of the Peace Process and an important. Issues he has been very much openly criticizing the country in its role in. The proxy war in afghanistan because of that then also dont forget that they are certainly spoil making an effort to spoil the Peace Process that is heading into a very sensitive and very important process that is in trouble before that they are in feuding with those who are against the Peace Process by attacking those who are. Coming together makes him a legitimate target for. A man who has a number of enemies do you think that would be a claim of responsibility. Well straight away we heard i was reading through the social media i think i have the knowledge this attack and that has been the case since the signing of the agreement between the taliban and americans on the brink benign before everybody the c. N. N. They havent been taking that is sponsibility of those attacks. Could be a possibility of bringing peace both those are the shadow of these incidents so they have been announced im not expecting any of these that these from taliban quarters you warn expect any sort of taking the sponsibility probably the isis in afghanistan have been that they have had to police the file about all of the course over the last couple of feet and where they have been taking that is most of it if you have such sort of attacks in order to cash in on such kind of incidents in india favor in a bid to show that big prominent actors in the ongoing conflict briefing a taliban delegation as you mentioned has recently returned to doha for more talks a spot of the u. S. Taliban a hope of course is that this will pave the way for direct talks between the Afghan Government and the taliban how will this assassination attempt on the Vice President affect the list talks you think if they were to begin. Well at right now i dont see this sort of this todays attack is going to have any effect on the next phase of the end because everybody is geared towards that and considering the fact that the taliban have been now is this attack i believe this will not have any Significant Impact on the process but of course when you go to the negotiation table the weiss president where the strong wise. And also having an influence on the ongoing Peace Process is certainly going to become much harder in his stance in terms of negotiating with the taliban which is which is expected lead going to have some sort of impact but as far as the start of negotiation is concerned i dont think it will have a heart the process the negotiation process should proceed as the 2 sides agreed to move on because right now that is a slight hurdle that is the difference of opinion between taliban and the Afghan Government under the leaves of a handful of prisoners did not abandon saying that until they have all the 5000. 00 Prisoners Released they cannot go into that ok that dissolved i dont see this attack is going to create any hurdles thank you so much for talking to us about this thank you for your insight Mushtaq RahimFounding Member of the afghanistan a face units joining us from kabul thank you very much. In other world news fire has forced thousands of migrants and refugees to flee their camp on the greek island of les pauls strong winds fanned the flames to offset 4 of several fires at the morea camp the largest in the country reports say some of the blazes were started deliberately to protest newly imposed coronavirus restrictions the facility was placed under quarantine last week after the 1st case was found infections have since risen to 35. 00 Douglas Herman is a cofounder of refocused media labs an organization that works with citizen journalists inside moria camp he says the increased restrictions led to riots and the fires being sought it. At the current moment there are several fires that are kind of all over the camp. Yes corona has been identified in this camp in recent days and the number of confirmed cases have been rising many of the asymptomatic people have been put into a quarantine area on the far eastern side of the camp and that area earlier this evening was attacked by individuals who seemingly do not believe that corona is actually in the camp and that it is being seen as a reason to continue a 6 month lockdown in the camp some attacks on some vehicles to move people out of the camp or to move them around ensued and some of the people that were in this current team area were fleeing from that violence and in the process of that several fires were set on the perimeter and then now those fires have been set inside the camp also office for the asylum seeking process takes place is on fire our students living quarters are on fire. Numerous people have been evacuated from the area of their own accord or are now by authorities the space that was created for quarantine was for anyone who had recently tested or had been potentially connected to anyone who had tested positive of those cases where its symptomatic and they were just basically quarantining them off to the side for 14 days so once you know once night falls its kind of not necessarily you know aggressively policed and in this area some individuals gathered and started arresting some of the people that were inside and some sort of violence ensued the images and the photos and the stories that are coming back from our students are that you know this violence has just kind of turned into kind of a full scale riot. One of the worlds most advanced funk scene trials has been put on hold after participants fell ill astra zeneca says a patient has a potentially unexplained illness which will need further investigation the pharmaceutical giant is working with Oxford University to develop the vaccine for corona virus late stage testing got underway last week thousands are taking part in the trial in the u. K. U. S. Brazil and south africa is hopes 3000000000 doses can be distributed globally julie fisher is from Georgetown Medical university she explains what this means for the future of the trial. At this point a group of external experts will be consulted and its a normal part of the process theyll be called in to see if any adverse events that were reported and were serious are likely to be due to the vaccine or to be unrelated and their advice will help decide whether or not the vaccine trial continues we are all familiar with my old versa vents that can happen after vaccination like fever or pain at the side of the injection to put a pause it has to the the event would be serious something that was perhaps related to. The heart the lungs the kidneys another system in the body. That was really required medical attention and that was found to be serious enough to merit causing this very important effort to test this vaccine in order to make sure that the vaccine is safe and that the adverse events were not due to the vaccine itself there is a set of expectations to test the safety of any vaccine that will be given to 2 people and that that is that would be tested in a small group of volunteers to make sure that it is safe and has a reasonable chance of being effective before even going into larger groups of volunteers much less the public without that kind of testing we just dont know for sure if the vaccine will protect people from infection i think we would like to see one as quickly as possible all of us but i think its reasonable to assume that it would be at the very earliest the end of 2020 and more likely 2021. Still ahead on aljazeera why Iran Supreme Leader wants to brock the import of apples i phone from the u. S. Hello there plenty of blustery weather across much of Northern Europe fine and calm across much of Central Regions and then across the south particular western end of the match were watching this itll disturbance has some rather strong thunderstorms been coming from the us in fact summer so its it did actually give rise to some warnings across the island of new york ahead all the empty beach them if opposing shows across the area in austria carrying conditions that. Theyre really across this area of the western med Southern France the northeast of spain and in fact as we head off into thursday that system once again regenerating some heavy showers across Central Regions of the certainly sold in your corsica down into Northern Areas of africa and still some winds across the north some more showers heading into all scotland london fairly fine there really over the next few days if we fail with one and 2 bits and pieces of sunshine the time which is close to the average for this time of year any fun quanah some warm in paris although a little bit cloudy for the next couple of days that we had down into Northern Africa to say there have been affecting areas of tunisia and then plenty of activity across the central areas some heavy downpours again through nigeria out across the west i mean watching these 2 storm systems here renee and paula both are moving away from the land but all the while these showers very heavy of those coastal areas of west africa. The latest news as it breaks come away here is the black and indian democratic Vice President ial candidate what happened here reveals a nation with a lot of work to do one criminal justice the Town Congress to be living with the cause. Its a piece for decades and theyre not hopeful itll happen anytime soon and fearless journalism from around the world. To come east. Of any. Individual feed on. The. Comeback youre watching aljazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories afghanistans Vice President has survived a what appears to have been an assassination attempt at least 10 people were killed when his convoy was bombed in kabul. Fire has forced thousands of migrants and refugees to flee their camp on the greek island of les pauls reports say some of the blazes were started deliberately to protest newly imposed coronavirus restrictions infections in the camp have since risen to 35. 00 and 1. 00 of the worlds most advanced Coronavirus Vaccine trials has been put on hold after a participant fell ill astra zeneca says a patient has a potentially unexplained illness which will need further investigation. While astra zeneca is one of the the 91. 00 of 9 Drug Companies that have pledged not to rush approval for vaccines until their prove to be safe the joint statement from the companys c. E. O. Comes as the u. S. President donald trump continues to suggest that a vaccine could be out as early as november just before the election. 2 ethiopian our voters in the Northern Tier gray region are defying a federal Government Order to cast their ballots in a local election it had been suspended due to a coronavirus concerns vote electing the 190 seat Regional Parliament which is part of the general election the government declared wednesdays polls illegal but Officials Say any interference would amount to a declaration of war Prime Minister ahmed has ruled out military intervention but their fears of all it could further escalate tensions and speak to our regional correspondent malcolm webb whos in Nairobi Kenya so malcolm whats a significant 1st off this election. Well the tigre and Peoples Liberation front the tea p. L. F. The party that dominates the state council there integrates widely expected to stay in power and to win this election they have overwhelming support throughout the region but the most significant thing about this poll today is the very fact that its going ahead now this follows a decision by the central federal government in the capital addis ababa back in march to postpone the elections elections would you across all of ethiopia last month they said they needed to be postponed because of the pandemic and in june they said no elections will be able to take place until Health Officials have said that the pandemic is on the control elections they said should take place 9 to 12 months after that now this was seen by the tea p. L. F. Supporters as illegal on constitutional or unconstitutional and as an attempt by president made to extend his rule illegitimately said they said theyre going ahead with their poll anyway now the Central Government says this poll is illegal it wont recognize it theyve tried to ban journalists from traveling from the capital the Federal Capital addis ababa to make a lake to cover these poles but none the head is nonetheless going ahead right there r. B. I. Made has said he will rule out blocking using the military is also ruled out the potentially controversial decision of cutting off funds to the to gray and Regional State where say history behind the feud between the 2 grand People Liberation front and the Central Government in addis ababa. Flutie p. L. F. Once a rebel group played a key role back in 1991 of throwing the marxist the all for tarion communist government rule ethiopia for decades and then they dominated the coalition the rule ethiopia for 2 and a half decades since now in 2015 there were protests from many of the other ethnic groups in ethiopia who felt the t. P. I. Left dominated government was marginalizing them thats what led to a change of power in 2018 that brought president made into power now since then hes been seen by the tepee left to be marginalizing them and pushing them out of their want dominant position arresting some tea p. L. F. Officials pushing others out of key positions and this is part of a kind of broader struggle thats going on in ethiopia where some of the Regional States feel a growing disenfranchisement with the Central Government and its essentially sort of consensus between the different different Regional States that holds a single ethiopia together now there are some parties in the gray who are calling for session for secession and calling for independence the tea p. L. F. Who is expected to win isnt one of them but certainly this growing feud risks in the long run more of those calls for secession and threatens the overall stability and the cohesion of ethiopia itself thank you for that markham way a bad reporting there live from Nairobi Kenya. At least 110 people have now died from city of flooding in sudan and nile river has reached unprecedented levels hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced and as he morgan reports some khartoum desperate for help. This is how never had a man arrived to the door steps of her home these days she comes to see if the water which flooded nearly 2 weeks ago has receded the yard which was once dry and where she used to spend most of her evenings is still covered with water from the mile river which is now steady after rising to levels not seen in more than a century they have slowed down in the senate in ways that we were surprised this year when the waters entered our neighborhood and we didnt know what to do there are no sandbags there is no one to come and help us with whats happening we decided to act on our own lives and bring sandbags but we found the water coming in from all directions as much of a heads neighborhood in the southern part of sudans capital khartoum is now flooded some homes have collapsed as a result of the force of the water as the river which was once nearly 3 kilometers away became one with the area the levels of the nile started rising 3 weeks ago causing destruction as it flooded its banks and flowed into villages and towns more than 100 people have died in the past month as a result and more than 100000 homes have been damaged or destroyed more than half a 1000000 people have been displaced most left their homes with the help of their neighbors who also lost their homes there by. The people here are struggling despite all the difficulties were helping each other out because we cant abandon each other we grew up together so we cant just turn our backs on each other and we have to make sure that everyone here gets out so i flee because were part of one neighborhood one neighborhood in the midst of dozens that have seen the same devastation those affected by the flood they most of the response so far like the building of this makeshift barrier using sandbags has been their own volunteers have also formed groups there is this helping with food and collecting donations and all have criticized the government thing considering floods from the mild happen every year its response has been far from enough sudans government declared a 3 month state of emergency days ago and now its the country is now a Natural Disaster zone it says that. Plans were put in place to respond to this years floods the levels exceeded expectations. Than one who are using sandbags to block the areas that are being swamped however we cannot use them along the whole river over the past few days water levels reach records high even bridges were flooded residents in affected areas have been evacuated and warnings were sent to those exposed after the destruction and loss of lives the early slowly starting to recede but hundreds of thousands of people are now desperate for shelter and they see they hope the government will soon get them out of this crisis he will morgan on his their own hearts own for less now speak to tina go or chico to his deputy head in sudan of the uns office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs he joins us from skype from khartoum by skype thank you very much mr chico toll for speaking to us on aljazeera these fries as we saw in his report have had a devastating impact on sudanese families what are their most immediate needs right now and what sort of assistance are they getting. A real pretty direct no. But said that it was more so in your show that people. Were going to have shelter but also how we are now hearing about stories over the course of people having diseases and we know that in such cases if you dont. Start coming out so that things are really putting it in even what you want to those issues but it may be because well i too is affected is there is other countries also affected the number one in 5 people that think that when you look at the total number of 560000 in there that are part of the country are looking at close to 200000 people affected even in the worst of all so its double. Trouble so to speak because theyre likely going now but will it come in other parts of the country and we expect this to happen there. September so expect unfortunately people to be affected and help you get wired right in those areas but also look at that right and its important that you point out of this not just about other areas that are also facing a very critical to to ation why has it been particularly bad this year you think and what sort of help are the people getting right now what is the government or or your organization and others that are on the ground providing them with. So you might tear apart the suburban 1st focusing on the city. If your daughter goes its your. Symptoms that are going to looking like that but we have a lot we plan to do support over 250000. 00 people because if we apply that standard for. People its in the top class were. Going to be using stocks by those talks i mean not so we need the percentage that talks to support the government because when the company. Declaring an emergency this is no means for the government is activated it also means that. The mechanisms and hands and we are supporting. The supplies and also exporting nation ok thank you so much for speaking to us tonight go chico to a country deputy head of chad joining us there from khartoum and telling us about the situation with those floods in sudan thank you very much for your time. And don isnt the only country in africa suffering record rainfall and floods areas around senegal capital de kock under water after several days of rain the Water Ministry says saturdays downpour exceeded what would usually be expected in 3 months of a rainy season present maki sonce of ministration has been criticised for its handling of the floods even after an emergency aid plan was announced and the floods are affecting Food Supplies more than 500000 hectares of farmland have been flooded in nigerias main rice growing state local media estimate that at least 50 people have died as a result of the heavy rain this year now britain says new charges by iran against a woman with dollar nationality are indefensible and unacceptable as a means of Gary Radcliffe was told she faces a new trial on sunday for an unspecified indictment the end of a 5 year sentence she was arrested in 2016 while visiting her parents and denied prodding to overthrow irans clerical establishment. Iran as you know is suffering from us sanctions but demand remains for American Products one of the most sought after is the apple i phone but there a consensus government could stop imports for some terror. Its a global recognized brand the i phone is seen as a luxury item here in iran but the political and spiritual leader of the country seems to have taken issue with the company voted go to be right here excessive imports a dangerous sometimes import is a luxury product meaning there is no need for of heard about half a 1000000000. 00 was spent to import one type of american cell phone in the last year of course the private sector does it but the government must prevent it the average wage in iran is around 300. 00 a month the cost of an i phone is out of reach for most iranians this i phone cost around 1000. 00 in the us but here in iran youre likely to pay at least 40 percent more for it sanctions the cost of importing phones and the weekly rate in currency are all factors in the high prices if people coming into the country bring in a phone they still have to pay for the registration again increasing costs but thats not putting everyone off for 4 months i have a pro max i chose it because its high quality and you can use it for years unfortunately we have lots of fluctuation in the dollar rate so if you want to buy a knife and the seller should make phone calls and check the price and then sell it to you its very expensive now apple makes up 5 percent of the phone market some think its loss wont have a great impact for the whole scenario bending i phones will make no change in iran since american sanctions tighten 2 years ago apple restricted access to some of its products here many i phone applications dont work its difficult to get an apple id or buy software were in the middle of an economic battle with the United States based on an official report last year 700 to 800000000. 00 was spent on i phone imports but the share is only. 4 to 5 percent of the market its not logical economically under the current circumstances were giving our money to the American Workforce talks of banning new imports of the i phone have already driven up prices and criticisms from some here the supreme leaders russian language account tweeted his statement on objections to look american cell phones from an i phone is also blocked in iran but political officials routinely used a platform to get their message across its led some to accuse the political establishment of double standards for now iranians can still buy i phones but in the future they may have to turn to other brands for a touch of that sherry i said big aljazeera to her and as always more news on our website at aljazeera dot com the very latest on all of our top stories on their own just here dot com. Hello again im fully back to go with the headlines on aljazeera afghanistans Vice President has survived what appears to have been an assassination attempt at least 10 people were killed when a convoy was bombed in kabul also our after so think about that after i want to assure you in a message that im fine inside but some of my security guards injured and they are in hospital i do not know about the casualties about our people and once again im sorry about this and i want to thank all of those who see in the messages about my health i want to thank all the Security Forces who are fighting against terrorism and acting as a shield to face these terrorist attacks and im proud of them. Fire has forced thousands of migrants and refugees to flee their camp on the greek island of les pauls reports say some of the blazes were sought it deliberately to protest newly imposed coronavirus restrictions infections in the camp have since risen to 351 of the worlds most advanced coronavirus oxymorons has been put on hold after a participant fell ill. The Company Behind the vaccine says a patient has potentially an unexplained illness which will need further investigation. More astra zeneca is one of 9 Drug Companies that have pledged not to rush approval for vaccines until their prove to be safe the joint statement from the Company Seals come as u. S. President donald trump continues to suggest that a vaccine could be out as early as november just before election day voters in ethiopias know they integrate region are defying a federal Government Order to cast their ballots in a local election the government declared whens is polls illegal but to grow Officials Say any interference would amount to a declaration of war Prime Minister mate has ruled out military intervention but they often is the vote could further escalate tensions at least 110. 00 people have now died from severe flooding in sudan the nile river has reached unprecedented levels the government has declared a 3 month state of emergency hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced and more than 500000 hectares of farmland have flooded have been flooded in Northern Nigeria nigerias main vice growing state local media estimate that at least 50 people have died as the result of the heavy rain. Those are the headlines ill have more news for you in under 30 minutes time coming up next on inside story to stay with us. I care about how the u. S. Engages with the rest of the world i cover Foreign PolicyNational Security this is a political impasse heres the conflict are we telling a good story. Were really interested in taking you into a place that you might not visit otherwise and to actually feel as if you were there. A mockery of justice saudi arabias criticised for reducing the sentences of those convicted of murder and you know the case is now closed so will we ever find out the truth about the journalist this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program on iran come on saudi arabia is facing International Criticism after closing the trial of those who murdered the journalist Jamal Khashoggi a court overturned 5 death sentences reducing them to 28 prison terms instead of 3