Taliban says it sees control to be spin, bolduc Border Crossing with pakistan. But the afghan governments denying the groups claims it says its forces repelled taliban places. Unrest in south africa has continued into a 6th day. The president s civil run, the person thats hes looking at sending more troops into violence at the 77. 00 people have been killed. Right. In the past few days and iraqs prominent Shia Cleric says the government will be held responsible for sales to ex, after mondays fine at home, and 60 people were killed inside the cobit 19 in the southern City Of nasiriyah. The british prime Minister Boris Johnson has today and i was planning to tackle racism on line thats off to blank football players were targeted with abuse following englands last to italy on penalties in the final of the European Football championship. Mister johnson and his conservative colleagues are being accused of hypocrisy for failing to act earlier from london is not in bob. A statement of solidarity protested that the mural of england football, Marcus Rochefort in manchester, which was defaced off to Sunday Euros final russia. Its well known for a successful campaign for more free school meals during the pandemic. He and 2 other young black players received online racial abuse after failing to school penalties against italy. That was at the heart of wednesdays prime ministers questions. The Labor Opposition accused the government of using anti racism as a political football. The documents have been trying to spoke a cultural and i realized that on the wrong side, i hope that nobodys noted Y L would have concerns the p both that hes not watching his own team. More else with another concert that piece that might say that marcus rushed to spend too much time playing politics when hes actually trying to feed children that the government waived for his johnsons head. He utterly condemned the abuse and would amend football, bending orders that normally use to bar individuals to take part in. For example, races chanting or hooliganism from attending matches. Now theyll cover online racism while johnson put the tech joints on. Notice i made it absolutely clear to them that we will legislate to address this problem, mr. Speaker, in the online home. No, unless they get, unless they get have an racism of the classrooms, they will say fine, im, i think to 10 percent of their global revenue. Johnson refused to say whether he was wrong, not to condemn support, as he booed the England Team before the tournament for taking the ne, an anti discrimination gesture. Previously, he defended the fans right to do so. And hes home. Secretary went further at the start of the euros criticizing the team taking the ne. Gotcha that supports you know, people participate in that type of gesture, gesture, politics, this ethnic. And so when patel tweeted her discussed the racist abuse after the final england play a Tyra Mingo was furious writing. You dont get to stoke the fire at the beginning of the tournaments bY Labeling our anti races, messages, gesture, politics, and then pretend to be disgusted when the very thing we campaigning against happens. Now some conservative politicians say the governments getting its Messaging Wrong and needs to reflect on how that impacts real life racism. Now this man raheem sterling is another England Player whos been on the receiving end of racism. Not just online, but at times from popular newspapers as well. He was included in the team of atonement a selection of the best performers at the euros. His outstanding Contribution And England making the final, may have increased public support for the teams anti racism tactics. But the real breakthrough could be when black players listen to whatever they do or dont achieve on the pitch. Nadine Bob Al Jazeera london, the president of Brazil Julia Bolton arrow has reportedly been admitted to hospital after experiencing abdominal pain earlier in the day. Local Sources Table Sonata has been complaining about persistent hiccups and was taking the hospital to investigate the cause. Hell be under medical supervision for between 24 and 48 hours. A staggering number of americans have died from Drug Overdoses last year. Adding to an already grim toll from the Corona Virus pandemic. There were more than 93000 deaths from overdose. Hes nearly 30 percent more than in the year before. Thats more than 250. 00 deaths every day and about 11 per hour. 3 quarters of the deaths were due to a use of opioids. The majority of being attributed to fentanyl, thats a powerful synthetic opioid. Its 80 to a 100 times stronger Morphine And Heroine is becoming increasingly common for dealers to cut it into their other illicit drugs such as cocaine without the buyer of the cocaine knowing about its overdoses from opioids have been rising for decades now. But experts say the Pandemic Lead to a lack of access to treatment, increase social isolation, trauma, job losses, of course, making the situation for everyone much, much worse. Lets talk to brandon marshall. Hes an associate professor at brown University School of public health. He joins us from providence, rhode island, brenda marshall, welcome to al jazeera. I remember maybe a 2, maybe 3 of the Trump Administration. He was going to war against opioid addiction. What happened to that . Thanks peter, for having me on the show. So, you know, this is a staggering an unprecedented loss of life over 93000 people died of a Drug Overdose in, in 2020. But as you indicated, weve been seeing these increases actually for more than 2 decades now in family, some of the actions the Trump Administration took to try to address this problem, probably made it worse. What we need now are major investments in Harm Reduction, evidence based treatment, and in dressing. Many of those stressors that you mentioned that are affecting people who are suffering from addiction and at risk for overdose, like joblessness, social isolation and threats of addiction. And i suppose when covert hit in the u. S. Just the same as it hit around the world that led to people being alone, people being lonely people sitting at home. People may be sitting at home, unemployed, living off savings. And if youve got an addiction and you are completely isolated, its an easy go to, isnt it, to feed that addiction with the concurrent risk of overdosing . Correct, using alone is a major Risk Factor for death. If no one is around to intervene in the event of that overdose, no overdose needs to result in death. We have tools that work like Lock Zone, which were versus opioid overdose. And if someone is around, they can call 911, and all, and receive that person to receive emergency care. So all of that is probably and was probablY Less likely during the pandemic when people were experiencing social and physical isolation and using drugs alone. Ok when you talk brandon about a lot because own give me a sentence, please just one sentence. What is a Lock Zone . No walks sown, also known as nar can, is an opioid overdose. Antidote. It can be ministered internationally that is through the nose and effectively reverses the symptoms of an opioid overdose. Ok can be minutes at this medication. Could be administered by high standards or by medical professionals. So that is, that sounds like a wonderful thing, but it sounds to me like its 5 fighting thats you know, somebody phones 911 and says, oh my god i, i think ive taken an overdose. Please help. Thats what happens. That person, that situation. Whats the lessons from youre saying the front administration actually made the situation worse. So what are the lessons that we can learn from what the Trumpet Ministration did or didnt do, and how can that be applied now moving forward to deal with the underlying issues. We have millions of people in this country who are currently experiencing Substance Use disorders and treat. We do not have a robust, easily accessible Treatment System in this country. Many communities, particularly black and brown communities, experienced major barriers to accessing treatment. One thing weve seen during the Colon Pandemic is that federal regulators haverlacks some of those restrictions and improved access to these therapeutic via Tele Medicine for example. So thats a good start. I think we need to do a lot more now. What id like to see this administration tackle is greatly expand access to evidence based treatment for people who are not currently receiving at very briefly. Brandon, that sounds like its going to take an awful long time. Yes, and im afraid were going to be with this problem for years potentially decades, if we dont make major investments in recovery supports Harm Reduction programs and our Treatment System in the united states. So we have a long way to go. I think were seeing some initial investments, which is good at the federal level, but we need to see a lot more focus in action on this problem to start to bend that curve of overdoses in our nation. A disturbing story. Thank you for coming on to talk to brandon. We do appreciate the Marshall Thats talking to us from rhode island. Thank you. Us Vice President , come, harris met a group of democrats from the state of texas. Today theyre hoping to stop a republican bank to build that would make it harder for people to vote. More than 50 democrats who to washington to deny the State Legislature the numbers it needs to vote on the bill. Its called a quorum. Commer harris praise to move, comparing them to civil rights activists. Well, texas, republicans, a calling for their arrest republican state politicians around the country have imposed or they are trying to impose a variety of restrictions on voting rights. In the 1st 6 months of this year, 17 states, most of them republican lead inactive new laws, restricting access to the votes. Now those include changes to the rules from mainland boating and 12 states making it harder for people to cost the balance that way. And at least 8 states seventys laws making it harder to vote in person of those 3 brought in a new or harsher boat to id requirements. And they could be more around 60, more bills are still in process in 18, State Legislatures, republican say, all this is needed to fight election fraud. But after the u. S. Election last year, theres almost no evidence at all to show that any fraud actually took place or exists. Democrats say the real purpose is to keep people who usually vote for them away from the voting booths, a sweeping Election Reform Bill that would have blocked many State Level restrictions past the us house in march. But senate republicans blocked it with a filibuster. Royce west is a democratic texas state. Senna said he was at that meeting with Cala Harris on tuesday. He told me earlier, the state democrats have no intention of returning and the white house is firmly on their side. We have a president that is committed to make certain that elections voting is accessible to every american. He understands exactly whats going on in this country. As youve said, the 70 states that have passed harsh laws to suppress the vote. And theres not a team thats attempting to do so, so thats a national issue. Im glad to have a president thats committed to doing everything in his power. In order to get something done. Congress does have the power and right now they dont have the means in order to get it done. Were going to have to prevail upon and make certain that democrats in the senate understand that were on bar time in texas right now. And if they fail to act, then obviously we may very well end up with Age Or County and Voting Bill that is acceptable and repressive and suppressive to persons in the state of texas. Be they ethnic minority, be they now disable. Be they elderly persons, women. The reality is, is that weve had a Attorney General for a truck basically said it was most secure election that weve ever had. History. Thats number one at the federal level. And at the State Level, we had a secretary of state, was nominated by the current governor to be secretary state, the chief administrator of the elections. She said the same thing are radically her nomination was ever called up by republicans and the state of texas using denise the predicate. There is no issue of fraud or false identification of persons coming to the polling places in order to vote. Therefore, if there is no issue based on current id laws that we have in the state of texas, why do we need additional ones . Royce, were talking to us just a little earlier. Now the number of refugees and migrants dying in the mediterranean has more than doubled from this time. Last year. At least 1146 people died trying to reach europe by see in the 1st 6 months of 2021. Thats compared to the 513. 00 migrants were known to the ground in the 1st 6 months of last year. Those figures are believed to be much lower than the actual number. There are hundreds of cases of so called invisible ship wrecks reported by organizations in direct contact with those on board or with families. But they are difficult to verify international organization for migration which tracks the data says. There are insufficient Search And Rescue operations in the mediterranean and on the atlantic route to the canary islands. Andrew garcia as a Data Analyst for the missing Migrant Project to the international organization for migration. She explained to me earlier, why its that difficult to determine the true number of people last, lets see on. Yes, i wanted to kinda re, oh, get lost that be because they run out of your and then they just straight off or weeks at the sea. So people usually pass away from dehydration and so on, in the mediterranean, its more likely that big ships actually, but there was a shipwreck, right . So people around, so the, it depends on the route what happens to the people. But the problem at the end is that, that from the available data, the central me to your random risk continues more dangerous for people crossing it. However, we know though we have larger data gaps yet plan roots. So it might as well be that one is the most dangerous one. We just dont know it yet. I think that long Term Solution requires many things, right . The 1st thing that requires a more practice Search And Rescue operation both in the mediterranean and in the atlantic. It should be a Lead And Restriction on both should be lifted, but also there. And the long Term Solution requires better Migration Management and better policy, both in Origin And Destination countries. So in europe, more solidarity would be maybe to iranian countries. Its also the cerebral the European Commission has revealed its latest plans to tackle climate Change And Cut Carbon Waste emissions in half. Within the next 9 years, it introduced a Dozen Draft proposals in an effort to push the block towards go and becoming carbon neutral by 2050. They include plans to tax Jet Fuel and ban the sale of Petrol And Diesel powered cars is all filled subjects for approval by the blocks 27. 00 member states and the e. U. Parliament. Russian military aircraft are trying to contain massive life threatening wildfires across siberia. The hardest hit region of katya has been in a state of emergency for weeks now. And the potential long term impact is race concerns about climate for climate experts. Nearly 800000 hectors of land are on fire. Eastern russia has been experiencing as dry a summer for a 150 years. Relations between jewish communities and palestinians living in israel are still strained. Months after the si, fi with us in garza now during that conflict. Several so called mixed cities experienced riots. The pity the 2 sides against each other. But as hotter abdel hamid reports now from a car in northern israel, the unrest to had an economic and social impact to i know its supposed to be a model of coexistence the Port City of aka in the north of israel, a place where jews and palestinians usuallY Live together. This should be the high season. The put should be buzzing with tourists, especially now most go with 19 restrictions have been lifted in israel, but my mood old is restaurant is empty. His family has owned a business since 972 and has a solid reputation, has the right time because we know the clients dont return because the image of the city is tarnished. A regular clients didnt come back and it will take several months for them to return. Its longer than we expected. But since their rights in may at the start of the 11 days, garza war, i can this market remain empty. The loves of angry young people took to the streets, carrying out vandalism and ransacking building. One person was moses of food as Art Gallery was damage. He just reopened a few days ago. But few people are walking through doors. He blames former prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu because the government didnt give an education. They didnt put a lot of money. The government put money on the for stone. The mic like the big for the fix. Everything at the Museum And Everything building. They need to give, you know, supporting to the people that sense of neglect. Its something method member. Ruth bassett, Mon Lender heard about doing her tour of this ancient coastal city. An effort by the new Coalition Government to be more inclusive. And i wanted to see with my own eyes, what is the feeling of the people, both arabs and jews, and, and what can be done to help. And a lot of the perpetrators were actually underground people crying that are also making the lives of the arab population within the very, very difficult. The people are, you know, are not satisfied by economical the social situation. A want in every opportunity to to you know, to tell other people, please notice us, we are here. You are not noticing us. You are not dealing with us. You are ignoring us for many act as being boy quoted as punishment for the acts of a few eventually to it will start trickling back. But for co existence to take hold palestinian grievances need to be heard. Put up that honey edges either in northern israel. Suppose news just next year on the news, well hear from you limping president who says the tokyo games will be a historic success ah, brought to you by accenture. Let there be change the news. Mm. Brought to you by accenture. Let there be change. Oh, a plan for thoughts with andy. Thank you so much pizza. Well, olympic president , thomas black insist the tokyo games will be a historic success is whats coming is tucker reported. Highest number of new current of ours cases in almost 6 months or backs. Been meeting with japans prime minister, she had to go with both promising a safe and secure games that sort Trade I. Well, that is thing off public roads to limit the possible spread of Corona Virus and athletes will, theyve just been told theyll have to put metals around their own next, at victory ceremonies to try and reduce the risk of infection. Please will be historical in games for many different reasons. First, they will be the 1st ever postponed olympic games in our long history. Second, they will be historic for the way, how the japanese people overcame so many challenges in the last couple of years. Well my, the entire olympic Refugee Squad of delight the arrival inside care that stuff the same official tested positive for Corona Virus. Some better news for the usa, mens basketball team, whos back in the prelim pick will months with this picture of argentina, af, after they suffered bank to bank to face against non G Area and australia senior say hip Beating Origin saying i want to white to ac ill be continuing the lympics preparations on friday with a 2nd match up against australia. Now, as you had a little earlier in the program, people in the u. K. Found guilty of targeting football is with online abuse, could face banning orders which prevent them from attending future matches. 3 of englands blank players became sac, him, markers, rush, but in Jayden Sunshine was subjected to abuse. After missing penalties in the shootout. Defeat against italy in Sundays European Champion final the u. K. Prime minister. Now promising to try and change the law will online abuse isnt just an issue for a late male plays with many female football is also being cognitive. Weve been talking to jane, purred and had of the u. K. Organization women in football. What happens after the European Championships . Final was unacceptable. It was unacceptable and its, it was a stain on this country. And of course, we were re facing another major Sporting Event that the, if any body to watch have a reason at some found some were takes issue with them for whatever reason. They didnt reach that metal talk, i had a bad game or whatever that going to get it to. And nobody should talk to face going into playing the sport theY Loved doing that. And equally, we know women who have had taken their accounts private or you can come on social media altogether. And this is one thing that really frightens me, that women are effectively being silenced. Weve taught so hard for so many decades to make sure that womens voices are heard and but on social media, many feel and my voice comprehends because i just get bullied abused, harrassed, etc. As for people who are being banned for football, of course, they should be bumped from football for life. Frankly, they should also be in jail. You know, it shouldnt just be a football faction. They get, it should be a criminal function under the law that they get as well. Cuz this is a hate crime why he champions cats are missed out on victory and the opening match. Should the gold come 3 times castle, the lead in this game against panama, but the mattress to end in a 33. 00 jewel thats worth taking part in the north. And central american championship is invitees. That preparing for next years woke up the funnel gulf made of the guests on the way on thursday, with the open championship in england operating under strict coded guidelines. The head of the organizing committee, conceiving its probably inevitable that such protocols will result in issues. But when asked if apply would be disqualified if they break the rules. When quite able to provide a definitive answer. I think he get, he would be at risk of being disqualified. Yes. Difference. Theres always, you know, ive learned being good officiating and rules doug that you want to understand the circumstances. But, you know, i dont think that be an issue with the players. They know the risks, they know what will impact theyre all responsible. They dont want to put that fellow plaza at risk. Now englands Lee Westwood is paid off in the last 25. 00 open championships. And if he doesnt win this week, Hell Break the record for playing 88 major tournaments out of victory. Nice the record. You know, it shows have been a good player for a long long time. Was not many people played in as many major championships as may the best buy in between a major long term. But another accolade. Yeah, i love it. Thank you. An incredible full well records, a full and on the Opening Day of a free Diving Competition in the bahamas. None more impressive in this plunge from russias, alexis, all kind of in the free immersion category. Here he goes down unbelievable. 126 meters in a dive that lasted all minutes. And 45 seconds. 42 competitors from around the world are competing at the sports most prestigious, free Diving Competition. Its called vertical balloon for obvious reasons. Ok, that is a sport is looking for now. More for me in a couple of hours. Peter. Bon cars and a thanks very much, Mary Mc from lunch in a moment from the team. Thanks for watching. We will see you very soon to the moment, but ah, news news, news, news, news, im in or central to the quest for clean energy. A key ingredient for the production of electric car batteries, cobalt extracting. This is dangerous, profitable. With global demand set the skyrocket. People in power investigates, claims that industrial mines contracting the precious material needed for cleaner energy, are in fact, poisoning the environment with dia, health consequences for those living in their shadow. The cost of coal, both people in power on and just escaping a war. Finding a new identity, confronting the reality of racism, religion, and the struggle to be accepted, al jazeera, tells the story of what its like to be lebanese and color strangely a home. Once upon a time and punishable on al jazeera, its the case. Biggest hospital with eventual capacity for 4000 covet 19 patient built inside a London Conference center. It took just 9 days to construct with the help of army engineers dramatically expanding the critical Care Bed Count and other similar sites are under way the actual London Numbers could be much higher than advertised researches say that huge gaps in Testing Capacity that the government is now trying to close, extrapolate that across the country and the spread of Corona Virus appears far wider than any one thought. Ah, taliban flags fly on the border between afghanistan and pakistan on group take control of a major strategic Border Crossing. Ah, hello, im sorry. Im to live in london, youre watching al jazeera, also coming up on the program. Concerns the ongoing Violence And Discontent in south africa could eventually disrupt the supply of food and medicine