of sue don's transition. a warning from the countries prime minister, a small protests are called there is a review that's underway has been underway. the last 24 hours. the you k plans, a security over hole for m p. 's after the fatal stopping of the conservative politician, david amos and ah, making vaccinations fun after leading the way with containing the corona, virus. new zealand. gracies to keep up with inoculation. ah. be in this bulletin in afghanistan, who the taliban is struggling to deal with deteriorating security and attacks on minorities. the group has pledged to step up security, yet she a mosques after a suicide bomb attack in kandahar killed at least 48 people on i think i saw has claimed responsibility funerals for the victims of being held in the city. it is the 2nd attack targeting afghanistan. she, a minority in a week after a bombing conduce killed at least 60 people and the u. s. is offered compensation to the families of those at killed in a drone strike. in august. their car was targeted in the belief it was part of an eyesore bomb plot. 10 civilians including 7 children, were killed. stephanie deka is in cobble. she says the taliban is starting to realize the scale of the threat from iso kandahar is police chief vowing to increase security with special police units at chia mosques across kandahar. this attack claim by i so significant in the sense of is the 1st of its kind in kandahar kandahar is the birthplace, the stronghold of the taliban. and i'm really what we're seeing over the last couple of weeks is an increase in pace and increase in geographical scope in these attacks. initially, they were more centered around dallas, about in the east of the country. they moved to cobble, i'm moving to conducing the north and now in the south, in kandahar we've also noticed it here in the sense of the taliban beating up security. we went round a couple of the ministries today and um, the security procedures were tighter and different than before. also a message from the interior ministry a couple of days ago, asking the taliban to look inward at at potential any ice will fight as that could be infiltrated among them. so what was beforehand this? the answer you'd usually get from the taliban when you asked them how much of a threat iceland, afghanistan was, they would play it down. now, it seems that they are starting to take it seriously. certainly these 2 groups have been fighting each other for quite a long time. but now the taliban is having to govern the country and having to prevent the kinds of attacks that they used to carry out themselves. protest as a gathering incidence capital to demand grace a representation in government that has been organized by an alliance of arm groups and opposition. members tension is growing between civilian and military leaders. the prime minister says the divisions are causing the worst crisis yet, and the countries transition to civilian rule the bottom. i would not be exaggerating. if i said this political crisis is the worst and most dangerous crisis that threatens the transition and even threatens our entire country and warns of a terrible evil. this is due to the deep splits among civilians and among the military as well as between the civilians and the military. hipaa morgan with the latest now from cartoon. they call themselves the force of freedom and chase. that's the same name of the alliance that met and pick up one protest against president dominant this year, which eventually led through by the military. but these people, the proof that make up this new f a c, a splinter from the main f, f c. they're mostly on grouping opposition. they say that's because the main medical william political parties prevent them and have a fluid the group and other opposition for both parties from the coalition and from governance. again, this is the joint civilian military government. now when the power sharing agreement was signed in august 2019, it was said to be 39 month to month for the military and civilian component of the car sharing government. now a peace agreement with finding october last year, which we set the clock back again to the starting point against another 39 months. but it was not clear yet what happened with maybe a month where the military was in control. so the civilians are expecting that it would be divided equally between the civilians and the military. but there is a division that has been widening since they attempted to last month. and between the political parties themselves. say that their base should be expanded to include the u. f, f c faction and others who say that because there are groups because they have already signed the lease agreement, which guarantees them and the national government, and nationally completed with somebody in some state. then there is no need to widen the base where the the security of u. k, a m p, 's is being reviewed after the killing of a long standing politician and what the police are describing as a terror incident. so david amos was stab to death at a meeting with constituents on friday afternoon. the home secretary patel says steps will be taken to prevent such an attack happening again. there are measures underway right now. i've convened meeting yesterday. i've been with the speaker of the house and with the police and our security services to make sure that all measures are being put in place for the security of the m p, so that they can carry on with their duties as elected democratic members. the prime minister, boris johnson, and leader of the opposition co star, i went to the sites of the killing to pay their tributes a 25 year old man is being held in custody on suspicion of murder. after being arrested at the scene, rory challenge our correspondence as you k m. p. 's, all unites in their reaction to the murder of david amos, forrest johnson, an kiss tom a both came down together. 2 men who are in their day jobs are on opposite sides of the divide quest. of each other's motives, question each other's integrity. today they put that aside and i think that's the message that is coming loud and clear from westminster. this has transcended it's overcome those normal divisions that you see in british political life. forest johnson said that david, i misses one of the kindest, nicest, most gentle people in politics. and that's the kind of message you're hearing about him from all parties and friends from old people who knew him. the messages in the tribute sort of being left have a very similar tone to them, essentially saying that he was a kind man and a dedicated public 7 man who was killed essentially doing something that was integral to his job. he was going out there and he was meeting the public face to face that, that the police, the saying this is a terrorist investigation. now it's harry investigation is the metropolitan police that is looking after the investigation. the early investigation, they say, has revealed a potential my situation, links to islamic extremism, but that's as far as that goes with that at the moment. if politicians, if m p 's ought to carry on meeting the public face to face, it's an activity that is so crucial to their jobs. it's crucial to how they operate as public servants bots. it makes them vulnerable. the french president has condemned a crackdown on algerian protests. ers that happened 60 years ago in paris. emanuel mac wrong was marking anniversary of the event in 1961. algerians have been protesting against french colonial rule when the police reacted violently and dozens of demonstrators were killed. speaking on saturday microns at the crackdown was inexcusable. the president of central african republic has declared a unilateral cease fire with armed groups forced in our charge toward to our data says he hopes it will protect civilians from more violence has been ongoing fighting since the former president francois was easy was deposed in 2013 and laughed more than a 1000000 people displaced. the coalition of patriots for change is an alliance of arm groups. it says it will respect the ceasefire. the c, p. c. control some 2 thirds of the country. last december, it launched a major offensive and tried to capture the capital bungie. the attack was designed to unseat president to dera, and prevent his reelection. that month after his re election, he called for national reconciliation while seeking support for his flagging army from russia and rwanda. 2 of the countries are the main rebel groups, rebirth of the central african republic and the union for peace have refused to respect the truce. offer. man, oh, i couldn't say is a lecturer at the university of aberdeen. he is also the author of inherent and contemporary challenges to african security. he says the agreement of a ceasefire by a major rebel group is a significant development. this particular group, this e, p c, is actually one of the largest. so they are, compliance is a significant i'm whether it's a north was another question, but the fact that you have the government site and the c p. c group agreeing to some sort of a, a ceasefire is significant for a significant portion of the country. so the, the, what the president said is that the ones to allow in some, a humanitarian aid and a space or dialogue so that it can resolve some of the issues. so yes, these 2 groups agree to assist for fire hoss us significant potential. it's clear that a former president francois was easy once power, but a lot of these groups are already controlling areas that have some minerals that it can make money from. so date to have the ambition to did defend the territories idea control and the minerals that day control that they are people within these boots or want to take power. the government in new zealand has held a one off nationwide vaccination days trying to get as many people immunized against cobit 19. now, the country had been lauded for his handling of the pandemic. but the vaccine roller has been slow and is now struggling to contain an outbreak of the delta, a variant. he has wayne hay. ah, it was called super saturday and was designed to entice new zealanders to get vaccinated against coven. 19, the goal was to administer 100000 doses in one day, which was easily surpassed. main issue is gone hard to finance on, and i have just made really lazy, maria. this definitely helps. why my, this isn't. yeah. as coven cases rise mainly in the largest city, oakland giveaways and gimmicks will use to persuade people to receive the pfizer jab, including a vaccination center sit up on an unusual and plane. there was particular focus on pacific island and indigenous multi communities where vaccination rates are lower than others. overall, jezzlyn wants to have 90 percent of the eligible population immunized. it was 62 percent before super saturday at the beginning of the pandemic museum and adopted an elimination strategy. and for the most part it's been successful. but at the same time, it's fallen behind much of the rest of the world when it comes to vaccinations and with delta probably here to stay. the government is now racing to catch up. in the meantime, there are concerns the outbreak of the delta variant could get out of control. oakland is still largely locked down, but the government has abandoned its elimination strategy. the numbers continue to rise in the australian state of victoria 2, with almost 2000 new cases confirmed on saturday and 7 debts, including a 15 year old. but next week the state government says stay at home, orders will be lifted. if the vaccination rate reaches 70 percent over $5000000.60 victorians are now at least the 1st most vaccinated, that means that it off the sense of the over 16 population. i'm has now had her 1st dose. and 64.3 percent of had that 2nd us restrictions are also being eased in many asian countries, including vietnam, where people can dine in restaurants for the 1st time in months. but the new freedoms are having a negative effect on the manufacturing industry. coven, 19 locked downs, and hotel men. city meant many factories that supply. some of the world's biggest brands couldn't operate. now that they can, they don't have enough work is because many have left the city to return to their home provinces. the government estimates more than 2000000 may leave dealing another set back to vietnam's economy and the global supply chain. wayne, hey, al jazeera toner, eland still come here on out a 0 sum of hong kong. most vocal activists are jail sending shock waves through the pro democracy me 321 and nasa launch is a new mission to learn more about the origins of our solar system. ah, it's another beautiful sunny day, a 35000 feet. the weather, sponsored by cattle airways, voted world's best airline of 2021. i think the both the vietnam and me and my, the next 2 days are gonna be pretty nasty from the point of view, a potential for flooding. that still the tropical system that goes round the world . this is feel like among soon trough on his where he started, but he stole the time being and south that through borneo, java, sumatra, plenty, malaysia. the shower is becoming more frequent and more intense. but as everything's moving south, they're all static. we have got wind to try to come in here. this normally breeze were dropped temperatures by good 10 degrees through japan. and central parts of china. shanghai is down to 17. for example, it is what middle twenty's to day or so ago, and this will keep funding. sas through hong kong committee will drop here, for example. but over india, the aren't, it's happening. he should all be going south. but you got this rain curling back up to the western side and me and my west bengal and then right up throughout pradesh and beyond, i think we'll see snow. not many people are living where it's going to snow heavily, but it's studying all the same. and it's raining, may be in delhi, and the whole now it shouldn't be doing that. it is tommy, this is out of season rain. now elsewhere into your in pakistan looking like it should do. and in the middle east is coming back down to more like normal. even baghdad is below 40 degrees. the weather sponsored by cut all airways voted world's best air line of 2021. incarcerated the over half his life convicted by a non unanimous jury for a crime in which no one was hung or blackmail making eye contact with the white parson could cause him to lose his wife. and in this particular situation, it caused him to lose his freedom. why did the law deemed unconstitutional by the supreme court still keep people behind bath in the state of louisiana being incarcerated. there's just another farmer, right? the jim co convictions on al jazeera ah ah, 1616 gmc, these are your top stories, the afghan taliban, promising to increase security at she a mos tough to another major attack. funerals are being held in kandahar following a bombing on friday. the killed at least 48 people i still and afghanistan claimed responsibility protest is a gathering incidence capital to demand greater representation in government. the made up of an alliance of arm groups and opposition members. in the u. k whom secretary has ordered a security review after the killing of an mp david amos, the prime minister held tributes alongside the leader of the opposition. police are describing the stabbing as a terrorist incident. 7 activists in hong kong have been sentenced to prison for their part in pro democracy protests last year. their sentences range between 6 and 12 months, they had been accused of inciting others to take part in unauthorized assemblies. rob mcbride reports from hong kong. there were a total of 7 defendants in court, found guilty of the charge of inciting others to take part in an illegal assembly. now this dates back to a protest on july 1st of last year, which is traditionally a day of protest here in hong kong. it's the anniversary of hong kong handover back to the chinese rule. but it came at the height of the kobe 19. pandemic them were restrictions were in force to stop people gathering in numbers. so this was in contravention of that 5 of the defendants arrived here in court in prison vans. they were already behind bars and some of them denied bail. others already serving lengthy prison sentences for their part in other demonstrations last year. and the year before, as sentences that and it will now be extended in some cases with the handing down of these at since it's between 6 and 12 month, 2 of the defendants were out on vale. they arrived at this court in the one chide district of hong kong to be greeted by supporters. there was some chanting, some speeches as they went in. one of the defendants jenkins seeing is a very well known activist. his nickname is the ball. he was not optimistic about his chances. he was not optimistic about hong kong chances given what is perceived here as the restrictions in free speech in the last couple years will come today and been sent to jail because of the freedom of speech or home congress or finding themselves in this prison without them or chrissy or freedom built by the judges and the government pro democracy group say the situation is deteriorated very quickly, especially since the introduction of the national security law in july of last year . given that it now covers so many possible offences, such as succession subversion, colluding with foreign entities, all things which they say can be so broadly interpreted. now the chief executive carry lamp the prob, aging pro, administration groups and parties here. so it's thanks to the law that a sense of normalcy has returned sanity now prevails once more in hong kong, i'd say, and it is true that there are no longer riots on the streets via bombs, sub boy stations being trashed. but according to many people here, it is come with a terrible cost for hong kong in terms of the rolling back of many of the freedoms that they used to enjoy and basically ending up with an emasculated city. ok, richberg is the director of the university of hong kong journalism and media studies center. he says, many don't have any hope of a future in hong kong. these sentences today were not very surprising. we expected now that everybody who's been arrested on something we'll be facing jail time. they've pretty much come down. the courts have come down with a pretty heavy hat. and the interesting thing about these protests that, that they're accused of which happened last july. first, they were really kind of the last protest and protests just on the david national security law came into effect and they were relatively peaceful protest as well. so doesn't matter if the protest was peaceful or not, if it was so, so called unauthorized protests, meaning it didn't have an official police. okay. they're really going to lock like the organizers when the defendant showed up, they were pretty pessimistic. they knew they're probably going to be sent to jail time, and they were, you know, on congress or voting with their feet. many of them have left hong kong as last something i want to know, what i have presented to population 1000 people have left many of them to the u. k . it's people who don't want to put up with this or just kind of walking away with their feet or deciding to leave or thinking about planning, leaving or planning to leave moving companies or are full now with people trying to get out. because people don't want to live in a place where they can express themselves where the protest or people protest that we were used to are now basically outlawed. the lebanese prime minister has indicated that he will not intervene to remove or defend the judge. she was investigating the explosion at the bay route port area last year. 7 people were killed in sectarian violence on thursday. after hezbollah. call the process to demand the replacement of the judge. after meeting the minister of justice, the prime minister, nigi county, said his government would not interfere with the work of the traditions of the police of detain. 19 people in relation to the violence. a growing number of children are suffering from severe malnourishment in ethiopia to gray province hospitals. they're a grappling with the wills, worst, hunger crisis in a decade. and we're chappelle reports wise, 4 years old and being treated, persevere, malnourishment, her family has managed to get her to hospital in a region where many can't while there's some baby formula available today. there's no meat, eggs or milk o. since the evening of june 28th 7, people have died of hunger here at the either hospital. swelling in people's limbs is an indicator of malnutrition, and it's searching and te gray, according to unicef. mison brought her child here. oh, when she got sick, she didn't get the proper to eat me now. village. that was because of the situation there. he didn't get proper medical help. it's been like this since june. when fighters from the te grab people's liberation front or t p, a left captured the capital mcclay and ethiopian federal government put its population of half a 1000000 under blockade. 14 percent of much needed aid has entered the region since then. according to the un and no medicine. the number of children being admitted to hospital has doubled this year, as their families run out of food, water fuel and the cash they need to survive. andrew chappelle al jazeera relatives of venezuela's, former defense minister, who died in jail on tuesday or demanding information on the cause of his death. the authorities say raoul boutwell suffered heart failure, triggered by coverage, but his family denied that he had contracted the virus, but well was arrested in 2009 on charges of corruption. after falling out with the then president hugo chavez. when a better, well, sons is also in jail over allegations of conspiracy. good old lady said our son being, i want to reiterate that we will not rest until there is justice because god and the world know that my father was murdered. i want to point out for the integrity that we have for my brother who is still in the hands of his tortures and murderers of my father. he's still imprisoned and in pain, because unfortunately he saw my father die. he repeatedly begged for medical attention for my father, and they ignored him. after an 8 months delay because of the global pandemic africa's biggest film festival kicks off this weekend, the much anticipated pan african film and tv festival of og dougal will be attended by top african film directors. nicholas hawk now from the capital of booking of fossil for film over isic aquanda bad blood sounds like an enticing title worth watching on the big screen. the $2.00 ticket he purchased to watch the cameroon in drama is a luxury for broken abbe artist. but he says it's worth it to experience the magic of african cinema cielo from him. a bo, i love going to louise because when the quality is good, he can teach you something and question your believe religion. it also allows me to observe the world from inside the cinema here more rare with the opening of the pan african film and television festival of walker dooku, also known as feste barco. quando will have plenty of movies to choose from. 200 selected films are playing across dozens of venues in the capital. among them, an angle in fiction, in which air conditioners stop working and start falling from the sky, leaving the port to find ways to cool the rich. then they're spread out you a, he should coming of age, moving a dark drama from las auto to dental clinic in documentary, from labianca to burkina. faso in competition are all so science fiction, movies, animations, comedies, as well as movies from the diaspora. and on the red carpet, famous producers, actors and directors will gather to promote their cinema, but also to reach out to their audience. right here in the heart of the continent, the festival was delayed for 8 months due to the coven pandemic. it's taking place in a country facing an armed insurgency with over a 1000000 people displaced due to the violence for jury member and brooklyn ebay director at pauline co. he, the festival must go head as an act of defiance. arts is also a weapon, is to tell you that the world that we still exist to tell her world that i'm, although everything is going like that. it is important for us to continue and natural tool tool agonize our self and protecting night. everything is, is, is so bad and we can't do anything. so that message is very strong for us. i think for every booking ebay and to infant sparkle is a message that culture can also help on war. for a sick on kwan done going to the cinema is a shared experience, and fest becca is an occasion to spark a conversation in which african films bring the continence world view on to the big screen. nicholas hawk al jazeera while good to go. 3 chinese astronauts have successfully dr. china's 1st permanent space station. the crew will spend 6 months working on the new platform, the longest. any of the countries astronaut, suspend in orbits. the 1st section called san he launched in april and this mission will focus on testing the living quarters. it's the 2nd or 4 flights to complete the space station which china hopes to complete by the end of next year was expected to be nurses longest and most extensive mission has blasted off from florida. lucy will be the 1st spacecraft to study jupiter's ancient trojan asteroids. it aims to help explain the formation of the solar system and one of asteroid threats to earth is andy gala. 321. nasa says this is a trail blazing mission to seek out answers about the dawn of our solar system. over the next 12 years, the lucy space crack will travel more than 6000000000 kilometers to the giant gas planet. jupiter. once there, the tiny craft will study the so called trojan asteroids caught in the planets, gravitational poll. these things really are the fossils of what climates form from right we understand, formed, formed as these things hit each other and grew and competed. and these are the leftovers of that. so if you want to understand where the solar system came from, you have to go to these small bodies. this is nasa's longest exploratory mission to date with t members preparing for more than a decade. if all goes well, lucy will reach the 1st swarm of asteroids by august 2027. before unfurling it's unique array of solar panels. they will be the largest solar res, flying the largest distance from the sine. ah, and so lucy will be the 1st spacecraft that flying to furthers on solar power. it will be years before we get any answers about these ancient roxanne space, but scientists say understanding them will help protect our planet against rogue asteroids that may head towards the earth. it's happened before most famously in 2013 when an asteroid crash through the earth's atmosphere over russia, producing a shock wave that caused mass injuries and structural damage. it's a scenario scientists of long talked about this mission may be vital in protecting our planet. that's easy, crucial component of understanding what that that goes to our old plan of the earth . we can't defend our self from objects which we don't know anything about next month. nasa plans to launch it's dark spacecraft with the intention of deliberately colliding with an asteroid. it's all part of a planetary defense strategy, even as lucy begins, it's years long. search for answers and gallagher al jazeera miami, florida. ah, exactly half past the hour. these are your top stories, the afghan taliban is promising to increase security at sheer mos after another major attack. funerals are being held in kandahar following a bombing on friday that killed at least 48 people i saw in afghanistan has claimed responsibility. stephanie decker has more from cobble.