pressure from the streets has been building for months in pakistan. supporters of the radical islamist group. aged at what they see as their government's failure to response of blasphemous comments last november by the french president. their main demand has been for pakistan to expel the french ambassador. an escalation of violence over the last week has led to casualties on both sides. and a crackdown on the t.l.p. by the authorities. but on tuesday the government of pad to change its position. after a long talks the government of pakistan and terek a law back have decided that a resolution for the expulsion of the french ambassador will be presented in the national assembly today. among the tactics used by the extremist a.l.p. to force the government's hand was a call for a nationwide strike on monday many businesses comply to show solidarity with the protesters and to demonstrate the strength of feeling when it comes to perceived insult to islam. rather horrible other things for the protests must be recorded the world should know that what is happ

to pakistan after a long talks the government of pakistan and terek back have decided that a resolution for the expulsion of the french ambassador will be presented in the national assembly today. among the tactics used by the extremists to force the government's hand was a call for a nationwide strike on monday many businesses comply to show solidarity with the protesters and to demonstrate. the strength the feeling when it comes to perceived insult to islam. the protests must be recorded the world should know that what is happening in the western world is not right i think it would be better if this matter is taken up at a higher level. that pakistan's prime minister fears the protests will damage not just the economy but also international relations job a home for unskilled if we expel the french ambassador and cut ties with france it means we would cut ties with the european union is half of our textile exports go to europe that means a 50 percent reduction in those exports which would mean unemployment and factory closures. because got a factory about ordering. now the government i

there pakistan after a long talks the government of pakistan and terek a law back have decided that a resolution for the expulsion of the french ambassador will be presented in the national assembly today. about. among the tactics used by the extremist g.o.p. to force the government's hand was a call for a nationwide strike on monday many businesses complied to show solidarity with the protesters and to demonstrate the strength of feeling when it comes to perceived insult to islam. the other organizations for the protests must be recorded the world should know that what is happening in the western world is not right i think it would be better if this matter is taken up at a higher level. but pakistan's prime minister fears the protests will damage not just the economy but also international relations job harm for our own skin if we expel the french ambassador and cut ties with france it means we would cut ties with the european union is half of our textile exports go to europe that means a 50 percent reduction in those exports which would mean unemployment and factory closures discove

there pakistan after a long talks the government of pakistan and terek a law back have decided that a resolution for the expulsion of the french ambassador will be presented in the national assembly today. among the tactics used by the extremist g.o.p. to force the government's hand was a call for a nationwide strike on monday many businesses comply to show solidarity with the protesters and to demonstrate the strength of feeling when it comes to proceed insults to islam. rather horrible other things that the protests must be recorded the world should know that what is happening in the western world is not right i think it would be better if this matter is taken up at a higher level. but pakistan's prime minister fears the protests will damage not just the economy but also international relations job harm for our own skin if we expel the french ambassador and cut ties with france it means we would cut ties with the european union as half of our textile exports go to europe that means a 50 percent reduction in those exports which would mean unemployment and factory closures discover th

the discourse of pakistan has changed. there was a security conference in islamabad where the talk is really significantly about harmony and cooperation. to expect that china, after the great covid reset, and the significant adverse impact will get involved in regional conflicts directly, i think it is remote. furthermore, we have a lot of positive relationship with china, and the growth of china now is going to be the factor as is the growth of india for regional prosperity. all of us, i think, are strong stakeholders not to get involved in a war in afghanistan, we do not want a replacement in terms of seeking to replace the united states and nato with some form of patronage. we want to have multi-aligned policy where we are friends with everybody and not part of their quarrels, and hence our neutrality that will benefit everybody. >> thank you president ghani for that important conversation. for more of it go to cnn.com will you will hear president ghani's eloquent message to america and specifically to the americans who

kharaj pakistan's largest city with a population of 20000000 is brought to a standstill. a sufi heat wave strikes the southern port city in june 25th day with temperatures as high as 45 degrees celsius. unaware and unprepared around 1500 people across kharaj perish from dehydration and 8 struck. memories of 25th dane continue to haunt karate to die but as dr rozza from a buffy shockey hospital tells us now people are better prepared. in the last 201-5216 is helen gaining movie day trying to find. models who make a good awareness program of their news it knew we didn't need no warning this soon but so easy to have. it's a destructive piece and a few reports come with all the llama i who. move among whom the modification needs to have it was slow but. this is the new normal in karate. environmentalist's a pakistan is particularly vulnerable to the impact of climate change. and in megacities like karate lack of trees molls of asphalt roads and toll buildings are increasing heat absorption. the growth of poli planned it densely populated settlements is making matters worse ag

while still ahead on the program pakistan is looking to join at the ranks of countries making rushes a coronavirus job as demand in the country grows our correspondent will report from the country later in the program. in the meantime we've spoken to a top vajrayana the professor who traveled to china with the world health organization to probe the origins of the pandemic domenica wired told r.t. he's going underground it's been hard to get to the truth for many reasons you can watch the full interview right here throughout the day or go to our. what did you find because as far as though we've seen in the media it's kind of inconclusive you can't even conclude it came from china clearly it's inconclusive i mean it was easy we wouldn't have had to go there in the 1st place of course this is terribly complex of the science is complex the politics is complex but look we went through a large amount of data provided by the chinese you know a number of different areas and made a number of conclusions really about what further work needed to be done clearly we can't figure out a patient 0 i

pakistan has entered a new era in vaccinating its population against covert 19 while free government subsidized vaccines are still only available to the senior population and while doctors the groups of risks private companies have now also been allowed to sell the vaccine to everybody willing the price is steep it stands at about $80.00 per 2 jobs of russia's would need to be but well despite that despite the average salary here in pakistan being below 5 $100.00 a month and we've seen q. was especially among younger pakistanis and lines to get russia's sputniks be we were vaccinated to even sell seats acosta so everyone seems very happy very says is it the overall experience of good in the sputnik vaccine is very good. it's a very easy process without any pain we will need it in up to 21 days to get the 2nd dose to finish the process. my motive is to protect myself and my family when we feel safe and secure it will start a trickle down effect there is talk about herd immunity my message is that those who can afford it should be vaccinated as soon as possible. because being offered t

go without say still to come pakistan is looking to join the ranks of countries making one of russia's coronavirus jobs as demand in the country grows our correspondent is that what explain hold after the break. you remember monopoly it's great to have a telephone boardwalk and park place. while we're entering a big monopoly. or get a guest on is pushing to manufacture rushes sputnik vaccine hospitals report massive demand for the job it goes down of reports from the capital islamabad pakistan has entered a new era in vaccinating its population against covert 19 while free government subsidized vaccines are still only available to the senior population and while doctors the groups of risks private companies have now also been allowed to sell the vaccine to everybody willing the price is cheap it stands at about $80.00 per 2 jobs over russia's could be but well despite that despite the average salary here in pakistan being below $500.00 a month we've seen cues especially among younger pakistanis and lines to get russia sputnik be we were vaccinated to in seoul city costa so everyone see

pakistan has an interest in stability in afghanistan. if you see chaos and war erupting, you have refugees coming. you have pointed out in your public comments that the government of pakistan has helped to facilitate your negotiations with the taliban indo hall. how would -- in doha. how would you categorize the support of the effort with the government of pakistan now? >> phase been supportive of our effort to press the taliban to reduce violence, to enter negotiations with the government of afghanistan, to be an active participant in peace negotiations, including istanbul, turkey, the conference that the turks have had in cooperation with the u.n. pakistan has a special responsibility given its influence over the taliban. we appreciate what pakistan has done so far, but we are not there yet. we look forward to working with them to get them to a peace agreement between the taliban and afghan government in the coming weeks and months. >> i think it is important to continue to pressure the government of pakistan to be a constructive playe

long queues form in pakistan as the country runs out of sputnik v with clinics pushing for local production of rushes in demand vaccine. a black teenagers rushed to hospital after a brutal police arrest canadian officers admits they got the wrong suspects we speak to his family who think this is a case of racial profiling. he was injured and he was driven to hospital but. he remained. so we knew it wasn't really looking for. a very warm welcome and good morning to you 88 am here in the russian capital you're watching r.t. international with me here aaron. there are fresh questions have been raised linking the astra zeneca cova job to blood clots a senior official from the european medicines agency says there may be a link and it's still unclear exactly how it causes medical problems but relatives of those who have died after getting the job want justice we can go live now to r.t. correspondent shallow do good to see you good morning so just the latest to cloud gathering over astra zeneca it seems. yes that's right as those fresh diets of been raised by a top official at the european medicin

and the unique and i breed it's taking the gift of reading to children living in pakistan's remote just regions. places cybiko april showers coming in the cross u.k. over the next couple of days they have been few and far between so very welcome this i suspect somewhere whether that is this area of low pressure just spins its way down across scotland sinks further south was central parts of europe last find a dry over towards the southwest yeah we have still got some showers rolling in the cross by and coach hill southern parts of france also seeing some of that west weather a little push its way into the north of italy as we go on through choose day maybe want to see showers too across the hungary in plain ukraine see some showers western parts of russia also scandinavia on the other hand still looking a lot of the driver the next couple of days some dry weather trying to push his way back in the cross the british isles as we go through wednesday as shallow sinking a little further south would sneak long awaited rifle's been a very dry april for the way of rainfall coming down across a

the children live in baluchistan pakistan's poorest province. literacy rates are low and education is chronically underfunded. small wonder that the children clutched their little treasures as they head home and wish roche on a fond farewell and a speedy return. she did i mean news coming up next indeed news asia on the file for its hind leg of the worsening corona virus outbreak in the country india's government costs twitter to block some tweets critical of the government response is the government trying to quash dissent. and indonesians i'm holding off the company's military comes from the deaths of all 53 crew members of the navy's sunken submarine. that's sawyer and a lot more coming up after the break with us biology state chief. len thanks will. enter the comfort zone for sour kelly. i put the tough questions to those in power challenging the key players face to face so it's real and concrete in debate that goes beyond the jargon and helps us a better understand what's really folks holding the powerful to account getting to the truth. th

still ahead on al-jazeera violence in pakistan during protests by a bad and right wing group. and we'll tell you why world football bosses though waving the red flag. it's time for the perfect jenny. sponsored point qatar airways however got more warm sunshine coming in across the middle east no great surprises here a little bit of cloud tell you notice just around that western side of saudi arabia of the fair weather nature a little further north getting up into the thirty's once again for beirut's 37 there in damascus in the 36 there for jerusalem 40 in baghdad very very hot weather and it is early in the it does cool off around the levant as we go through a choose day bag that does stay hot hot enough to in kuwait city into the mid thirty's across costs aren't pushing across into central parts of saudi arabia just want to showers possibly wintry nature of the high ground of afghanistan but elsewhere slushy dry and find the be a few showers to creep into the north of pakistan live the showers to around the therapy and highlands at the moment you can see the clouds just bubbl

banned political party in pakistan releases police officers it had taken hostage during protests demanding the expulsion of the french ambassador. world football bosses wave the red flag as many of europe's biggest clubs announce the formation of a new breakaways separately. ok we're going to begin in india where corona virus infections of reached record levels since the start of the pandemic nearly 274000 cases were recorded on monday and more than 1600 deaths and the government has just announced a week long curfew in the capital region of delhi the search has put a huge strain on hospitals with many around the country already struggling with a shortage of beds the demand for oxygen has forced the government to divert supplies meant for industry to medical use several states are running short millions of pilgrims have been ordered to quarantine for 2 weeks if they return to the capital more than 3 and a half 1000 people tested positive at the comella festival india's vaccinated more than 100000000 of its 1300000000 population but there are fears a new double mutant variant could have an

plus pakistan's courts the authorities and even the prime minister have attacked activist in the women's rights movement. i'm melissa chan thank you for joining us we want to take a closer look at thailand today the ongoing civil unrest in the country has not gone away and in fact many of the leaders of the pro-democracy demonstrations throughout 2020 are now in court facing years in prison and amnesty international's big annual report out today on the state of human rights around the world the entry for thailand talks about widespread repression and the use of enforced disappearances this includes the case of one she lay on sussex it who disappeared while living in exile last year he's yet another suspected victim of the thai authorities assault on dissent. save one chile on the demand this was june 2020 days after one chilly arms not socks it approved democracy blogger was abducted in cambodia. c.c.t.v. footage captured 2 men stopped in their tracks as they reportedly watch one chilly arm being bundled into an s.u.v. . he was targeted one day after uploading this video mocking thailand

a ban political party in pakistan releases police officers into taken hostage during protests demanding the expulsion of the french ambassador. and world football bosses wave the red flag as many of europe's biggest clubs announce a new breakaway superbly. corona virus infections have reached record levels in india nearly 274000 cases were confirmed on monday and more than 1600 deaths the government's announced a weeklong curfew in the capital region of delhi britain's prime minister has just cancelled his visit to india that he had been planning for next week scientists are studying a new variant with a double mutation to see if it's behind the rise in infections victoria gave me reports. india is in the grip of the 2nd wave of caveat 19 and nowhere is that being felt moved that it is hospitals there are shortages of beds supplies and medicine and doc to say this time they've seen a change in who is being admitted to hospital what we're seeing and this is all on . a personal experience is there are younger patients who are being admitted to hospital. and are most strict in the type of

. >> neighboring pakistan reported a new daily record of 201 deaths on wednesday. there have been more than 5000 new infections with the rate of people testing positive rising above 10%. the rate of people dying from the virus has also risen above 2%. officials say health care facilities are at risk of being overwhelmed with oxygen and ventilators in short supply. soldiers have been deployed to enforce restrictions in cities with high infection rates. we have more from islamabad. >> there is a constitutional clause in the pakistain constitution that says the civilian governmenni can call in the military in times of emergency. inll aid of the civil administration which is exactly what has happened. 16 major cities in pakistan have now got troops fanning out to ensure that people continue to observe the, wearing masks, closing shops on time. the military of course is also ready for any other contingency, given the fact that the situation across the border in india is getting from bad to worse. pakistan, of course, has to be very careful, because last time, during the

group in pakistan releases police officers into taken hostage during protests demanding the expulsion of the french ambassador. it's time for the perfect gentlemen. sponsored point qatar airways. who is set farah cross japan over the next couple of days clad in the rain in the process of pulling out of the way clear skies coming through that sunshine stretching right across the korean peninsula into a good parts of china western parts of china will see some wet weather easing into central areas as we go through the next day or so but look at the warm sunshine to seoul 23 degrees 26 in tokyo as we go on into well where to stay similar values and lovely weather coming through then it will cloud over will turn a little wet a little when the over it's was that eastern side of charge of some outbreaks of right south of that generally fine and dry town towards hong kong dry and find across a good parts of in the air we have got some showers around the fall north east of in the air pushing up into bhutan the pole could see want to 2 showers notice some wintry flowers just around the foothill

in pakistan women are facing death threats following their participation in a march for equal rights on international women's day the taliban has threatened activists and 2 courts have even ordered investigations into whether women committed blasphemy that they spoke ill of the prophet muhammad based on clearly doctored video clips prime minister imran khan was then asked in a question and answer session with the public about the rising incidence of rape in the country to which he responded by blaming the victims he said it has to do with what women wear the response at least on social media has been fierce by the study human rights lawyer remember omar called khan's comments ignorant dangerous and condemn nable another woman deal obeid posted it's hard enough being a woman in this country we honestly deserve better than this and in my own sign up my theory has here tweeted the only place where blame rests is with the rapist and the system that enables him we have. joining us to talk more about this penis we just saw some of the tweets in response to the prime minister's comments can

in pakistan women are facing death threats following their participation in a march for equal rights on international women's day the taliban has threatened activists and 2 courts have even ordered investigations into whether women committed blasphemy that they spoke ill of the prophet muhammad based on clearly doctored video clips prime minister iran khan was then asked in a question and answer session with the public about the rising incidence of rape in the country to which he responded by blaming the victims he said it has to do with what women wear the response at least on social media has been fierce by the study human rights lawyer remote omar called khan's comments ignorant dangerous and condemn nable another woman deal obeid posted it's hard enough being a woman in this country we honestly deserve better than this and in my own sign up my theory has here tweeted the only place where blame rests is with the rapist and the system that enables him. we have. joining us to talk more about this penis we just saw some of the tweets in response to the prime minister's comments can y

in both pakistan and afghanistan. so just think about that in terms of what that means for strategy. in terms that what that means for the point of what the american government american military is doing in afghanistan. there's a big u.s.-led war next door, against the taliban, in afghanistan. except that enemy that the u.s. was fighting in afghanistan, had another place they lived. and worked in planned most of their work. it's like if you are trying to lose weight, and so you kept dieting and dieting in cutting back on your portion sizes and your meals, being super disciplined all day long about eating well and never snacking, but then it turns out every night you sleep walk into the kitchen engorged on everything in the fridge. doesn't necessarily matter what's happening during the day of that's what's happening during night. same thing strategically in drastically oversimplified terms, in this 20 years of war. knocking the taliban out of power in afghanistan, defeating them in some kind of larger war, preventing t

since not in the snow line in northern pakistan has receded by 1 point one plummeted. what sancia still wasn't possible in 1000 years has happened within 30. if global emissions remain at current levels future generations may never see eyes in south asia. these glaciers are also important who are. these comments who are living here who depend on these and if that's true and for the livelihoods so it's not for civil the doubts that watters on these glaciers. leaves these village communities nestled in the mountains highly vulnerable. and less than. than you did a levy less can feel the. lakes forming within the glycine is often burst causing flash floods destroying life and property downstream. shall cut ali a local resident and tool god takes us to the good kinglake one of the largest in northern pakistan. as the sun blazes only we see streams of water running down the crew passes. the water is collected into a massive like within the glazier shall cut says it could burst today any time and flood the village below our cars getting our job up on a. dying by a supporter

after just one week they took him and his colleagues across the afghan border into pakistan. that's where they kept him. they kept them in a series of different houses and hovels in pakistan for the better part of a year before he was able to escape. they kept he and his colleagues in a taliban safe zone basically in pakistan where as he observed from captivity he could see that the militant group, the taliban basically did as they pleased, basically ran the place. and from which they ran all their operations in both countries, in both pakistan and in afghanistan. right? so just think about that in terms of what that means for strategy, in terms of what that means about the point of what the american government and military is doing in afghanistan. there's this big u.s.-led war next door against the taliban in afghanistan. except that enemy that the u.s. was fighting in afghanistan had another place they lived and worked and planned most of their work. it's like if you were trying to lose weight and so you kept dieting and dieting, cutting back on your portion sizes and your