and another part of the public in japan is that the japan has broken its promise to make these games a success with our spectators. that hardly seems possible anymore. and some japanese people i talked to here are a bit ashamed of this failure. so quite as fit opinion that you might say that over cases are surging there at the moment. japan overall has relatively low cases. audio authorities just being overly cautious where they have a big problem they have promised to a stage secure and save games. and now they have to make sure this happens. so the number of new infections in tokyo is quite low. it's so far below the peak levels we, yesterday we had about $900.00 cases and the death of a ryan makes up to 20 percent out of em. but the prime minister, your sheet is to justify this whole state of emergency for the cat, the region with its almost 40000000 inhabitants by saying that he wants to prevent the national outbreak of the panoramic. and of course, this is being done with an eye on the some of the beaks which begin in 2 weeks to day. and it is imperative to prevent the pandemic

jeff kingston's, the director of asian studies at temple university in japan. he says, was growing concerned. the games will become a super spreader event. and they're trying to put a brave face on this. the i o. c, chairman, bach on television, reassuring the japanese people. there is 0 risk, but clearly there's law skepticism here in japan about these reassurances. and this is exactly what public health authorities have a warning against and why a prime minister su guys chief adviser uncovered 19, was opposed to holding the olympics and insisted on no spectators. so hopefully they manage to contain this. but this is a bad sign as thousands of athletes are arriving this week, and they'll be more than 50000, a limping related guest, also arriving. and just as the delta variant is swirling around the globe, the vaccination here is just 20 percent of a lot of things cannot be anticipated. we don't really know of and the that's the real problem. big question mark over these olympic cents. why about 80 percent of the japanese people did not think it was a good idea

the japan self defense forces had sent teams to help local police and firefighters. japan is prone to mud slides and flooding during its annual rainy season. japan is very much a natural disaster country. i mean there may be no country on earth that has as many natural disasters and smaller is japan. does. you know volcanoes, earthquakes, landslide floods it's, it's gets hit very heavy. and so the self defense forces, one of their missions is to, to go to these disaster zones. and to kind of add some manpower to a situation where, you know, otherwise local authorities might be overwhelmed elsewhere. and she's a prefecture cruiser rescuing people from flood waters rains. are expected to continue in several areas in the next 2 days. inter chappelle al jazeera, indonesia rolled out more restrictions in his capital jakarta and the main island of java, as well as the 2 is have a bali, mosques, restaurants and shopping. malls have been close after a record number of new daily infections and deaths. malaysia is typing pandemic restrictions in color, poor and other areas surrounding the capit

this was supposed to be a huge moment for, for tokyo, for japan. so much effort has gone into preparing the capital to host these games. and now it's going to be a lot of them t stadium, the head of the international olympic committee. thomas bar arrived in tokyo just as a new rules were announced. and he himself will now spend 3 days isolating and his hotel will support any measure which is necessary to have safe and secure will begin paralympic games. the games have now effectively been reduced to a major tv event, which means b. c will still collect around $4000000000.00 from broadcast. is that the last ticket revenue around $800000000.00 will be felt by japan's taxpayers who've already been hit hard by the most expensive games in history. with some reports, putting the overall cost close to 30000000000 still around 11000 athletes from all over the world and making their way to tokyo, ready to compete in an lympics like no other minority sport this oppertunity, the only comes once before years where they can actually compete in arenas which are

after a new corona, by a state of emergency was declared across parts of japan. games will be the 1st and then pick history to be held behind closed doors, and some say they shouldn't happen at all in better late than never some might say, after a long journey through all of japan's 47 prefixes, the olympic flame has finally arrived in tokyo one year behind schedule, due to the corona virus pandemic, rising cove in 1900 cases in the capital. also many members of the public were not there to greet the flame. authorities announced the state of emergency in tokyo for the duration of the games to try to curb the spread of the virus amid fears of the delta various the measure mostly limits alcohol sales and restaurant opening hours to try to stop contagion. but it also means these will be the 1st 2 games without fans in attendance stadiums like this one will be mostly empty. the talk you the government restrictions for tokyo site i'mma. can i go well and sheba briefing, sure would have kept event attendance at 50 percent. the venue capacity up to 5000 people for the d

which makes a person youngest, peon brown was born in japan and is currently ranked food in the world. and good news for elliptic tennis is that will number one, that chunk of ich and 20 time grand slam champion roger federal will compete info. both men are currently involved at the years, a 3rd major to an admin, wimbledon earlier full seed. alexander very won his way into the 3rd round, the german b, 10 assembly and of the u. s. 875-6263. he will play another american next, either steve johnson or taylor for on the women side fringe urban runner up on the public chunk of a 3 to the 3rd round. the 16 seed was up against christine episcopal of the check republic. on a thursday, the russian winning in for the new really 63631 for the next round of those. she did need a bit of help from hawkeye to confirm the victory. the phoenix ends of reach their 1st n b a finals since 1993. they haven't been la clippers and game 5 of the western conferences to wrap up the victory for games. the 2, david stokes as the action the phoenix tons hoping this magic carpet ride will and in their 1st n b a c

police and firefighters. japan is prone to mud slides and flooding during its annual rainy season. japan is very much a natural disaster country. i mean there may be no country on earth that has as many natural disasters in smaller is japan does. you know volcanoes, earthquakes, landslide floods it's, it's gets hit very heavy. and so the self defense forces, one of their missions is to, to go to these disaster zones. and to kind of add some manpower to a situation where, you know, otherwise local authorities might be overwhelmed elsewhere. and she's over the prefecture cruiser rescuing people from floodwaters brains. are expected to continue in several areas in the next 2 days and are chappelle helps 0 time for a short break here and just here, right. when we come back, i'm just seeing human insight julian, historical building, which has just been refurbished for us to start the process. next, we'll explain how the double threats of fragile wetlands in spain, a local man tells us europe. suppose climate refugees will be from his town more than a hello there. let start in north america an

think in japan, we don't. we still don't talk about mental health. and when now, meal soccer came out with the issue. there's been lots of comments, negative comments on her and i believe that was also kind of exaggerated with the gender issue. after her unexpected loss at these games, i saw her admitted to feeling weighed down by the pressure of playing in a homer. lympics vials may yet compete in next week's individual event finals. regardless, this pair of champion athletes a leading the way in showing the world, it is okay to talk about mental lows as well as sporting highs on the richardson al jazeera, tokyo south korean olympic squads decision to bring its own team of ships to the tokyo games is revoked, control the sea in japan. some people see the move as an insult. and savage, already framed relations between the 2 drum mcbride explains from saul taking over a small hotel close to the athletes village in tokyo, south korean chefs prepare meals for their entire olympic team. it's aimed at keeping the more isolated during the pandemic, but als

police and firefighters. japan is prone to mud slides and flooding during its annual rainy season. japan is very much a natural disaster country. i mean there may be no country on earth that has as many natural disasters in smaller is japan. does. you know, volcanoes, earthquakes, landslide floods it's, it's gets hit very heavy. and so the self defense forces, one of their missions is to, to go to these disaster zones. and to kind of add some manpower to a situation where, you know, otherwise local authorities might be overwhelmed elsewhere. and she's a prefecture cruiser rescuing people from flood waters. rains are expected to continue in several areas in the next 2 days and are chappelle helped 0. to more bodies have been found in the rubble of the apartment block that partially collapse in florida last week. it rings the number of confirmed people who have died to 24 while 124. those are still and accounted for emergency workers plan to demolish what's left to the building on sunday, canada, as many as harry's preparing for evacuation size wildfire spread across british columbia. more

, we got a lot of wet weather coming into japan. at the moment pulsing else is east and china, more heavy rain coming in across the southern half of japan as a good part of one issue. sink further heavy downpours and they're still there. as we go on through sas, they linking all the way back into central china create potential saying, some charlotte, southern parts of china to refine and try hong kong with a top temperature. 34 degrees. ah, ah, the covey, $910.00 to brittany, one of singapore, the most love tradition. it's famous straight to the french, on 18th investigate it, pokers can innovate to survive on how to 0 challenging how mainstream media covers the news. stories like these that should be easy pickings for political reporters out to hold power to account whilst others are breaking among the listening post on al jazeera. oh, i a come back. the main stories now. nice and have you say they've killed 7 suspects and arrested 6 others believe to be involved in the fascination of president jo, families and authorities say they

but the food program has irritated many in japan, which insists all its food is safe. given the long and troubled relationship between japan and south korea, it doesn't take much to bring goals animosities to the surface. and the lympics is offered ample opportunities to do just that. starting with the torch relay month, they got the official map of japan with the relay route showed a tiny group of eyelids which are disputed by the 2 neighbors as being japanese known as dr. in south korea, a banner proudly proclaiming them to be korean, hangs prominently opposite the japanese embassy. and so before south korea is winter olympics in 2018. the same islets were initially shown as being part of the korean peninsula than a possible bridge. building visit to tokyo by south korea as president moon jane was ruled out amid a contract to see over insulting remarks made by a senior japanese diplomat. i'm back in the olympic village of bana, apparently evoking a 16th century korean victoria with japan had to be removed following complaints to old adversaries, proving they are happ

warmer for japan, wet weather coming into japan at the moment, pulsing out of eastern china. heavy rain coming in across the southern half of japan so honshu seeing heavy wars. it is still there through saturday, linking all the way back into central china. southern parts of china, generally dry. hong kong with a top temperature of 34 degrees. ♪ >> the covid-19 pandemic is threatening one of singapore's most famous traditions. >> the pressure is on. >> we investigate if they can innovate to survive. >> challenging how mainstream media covers the news. >> stories like these should be easy pickings for political reporters to hold power to account. >> others are breaking the mold. ♪ >> the main stories now, police in haiti say they have killed seven suspects and arrested six others believed to be involved in the assassination of president jovenel moise. authorities are hunting the perpetrators beyond the operation -- behind the operation. the un security council has been discussing the mega dam being built by ethiopia on the nile. it is the source of a major dispute between

after a new corona, by a state of emergency was declared across parts of japan. the games will be the 1st analytic history to be held effectively behind closed doors. and some say they shouldn't happen at all. it doesn't matter late than never. some might say, after a long journey through all of japan's 47 prefixes, the olympic flame has finally arrived in tokyo, one year behind schedule. due to the corona virus pandemic. rising quoted in 1900 cases in the capital. also, many members of the public were not there to greet the flame authorities announced the state of emergency in tokyo for the duration of the games to try to curb to spread the virus. amid fears of the delta variance, the measure mostly limits alcohol sales and restaurant opening hours to try to stop contagion. but it also means these will be the 1st limpid games without fans in attendance. stadiums like this one will be mostly empty. to go. the government restrictions for tokyo site i'mma can i go well and sheba prefecture would have kept event attendance at 50 percent. the venue capacity up to 500

we've been out on the streets across japan talking to people. many folks telling us they felt like the olympics simply had to go ahead, in a way, japan had no choice, but the prime minister, when i sat down with him admitting that those polls suggested that many japanese folks have been against the games, they've been started to move in his favor but admitting that has been really tough but at the same time saying that canceling would be the easy option. >> many japanese people are deeply worried that there will be a rise in infections. did you consider canceling the games? >> translator: i think canceling the games is very easy to do. however, as i have said before, while facing the coronavirus and also trying to hold a safe and secure olympics and paralympics, this will pose many difficult challenges. but japan made the bid and was awarded to be the host country and as the nation hosting the games, i believe we must fulfill our obligation to the rest of the world. >> we've been out on the streets of kyoto today, made here in japan today and ye

the bronze medalist japan's food and i k yama was the most senior person on the podium at 16. well, there are signs the japanese public. you may be warming to the olympics more than 70000000 of them watch the opening ceremony. and the hosts already wrapped up several gold metals is we're, we're just hearing, but cope with 19 infraction rates in the city remain high. and the richardson reports from tokyo, the official requests the people in japan see, watch the olympics at home, many at taking any chance they can to witness some action. here a cycling race that went outside official venues can get in my life, but they're not allowing fans. but this road raises happening where we can watch it outdoors. i thought this might be the last chance in my life to see the olympics in tokyo. thank you. so i never got to see the 964 choker olympics i thought, well, this time i definitely have to see it too bad that kate is a band. there's been a rush of feel good stories involving japanese athletes, including a gold for 13 year old skateboarder major nysha. and that's helping to lift onlin

there were more gold medals of the whole nation. japan on monday, and finds public opinion. it may be warming to be lympics more than 70000000 people in the country. watch the opening ceremony. because 19 infection rates in the city were made high. and the richardson reports from tokyo, the official requests the people in japan see, watch the olympics at home. many at taking any chance they can to witness some action here, a cycling race that went outside official venues can get in my life, but they're not allowing fans. but this road raises happening where we can watch it outdoors. i thought this might be the last chance in my life to see the olympics and tokyo. thank you. as it always is, i never got to see the 1960 for tokyo olympics. i thought, well, this time i definitely have to see it too bad back. tate is a band. there's been a rush of feel good stories involving japanese athletes, including a gold for 13 year old skateboarder major nysha. and that's helping to lift online support for the games. the day before yesterday was the best day in the history of this the pla

police and firefighters. japan is prone to mud slides and flooding during its annual rainy season. japan is very much a natural disaster country. i mean there may be no country on earth that has as many natural disasters and smaller is japan. does volcanoes earthquakes, landslide floods it's, it's gets hit very heavy. and so the self defense forces, one of their missions is to, to go to these disaster zones. and to kind of add some manpower to a situation where, you know, otherwise local authorities might be overwhelmed. elsewhere and she's ok. prefecture cruiser rescuing people from flood waters. brains are expected to continue in several areas in the next 2 days and are chappelle helped? 0 counted as military as rang for evacuations as wildfires vast right across british columbia. more than a 100. 5, raging is a record breaking heat wave grips of province around a 1000 people, a fred, the destruction rescue work as it's searching for some people who've now gone missing colson davies as a journalist at radio and l news, a local radio station in the city of kamloops, he says, situation i

host nation japan inspiring with 10 total medals. team usa gymnastics the goat simone biles showing that maybe they're human after all. biles reacted to her performance on instagram posting in part, wasn't an easy day. i truly do feel i have the weight of the world on my shoulders at times. i know. brush it off and make it seem like pressure doesn't affect me but damn sometimes it's hard, she wrote with a laugh. 24-year-old didn't seem to be on her a-game during qualifications. but advanced to the all-around final and clean sweep of the individual events. biles is trying to become the first woman to repeat as the all-around olympic gymnastics champ in 53 years. u.s. men's basketball making the wrong kind of history. upset by france in the opening game of group play. the 83-76 loss snapping a 25-game win streak dating back to 2004, brianna. covid issues, players arriving late, all hurting the chemistry of the team so far and it showed. next up for the americans is iran on wednesday. they're taking a beating on social media. we'll see

>> please stand for the national anthem of japan. the flag will be raised by the representative of the japan self-defense forces. ♪ amy: the opening ceremony of the summer olympics has begun in tokyo despite widespread opposition in japan over holding

as torrential rains cause more landslides across northern india and japan expanded stacy, the emergency to for more areas, following records, spikes and cove. it infections as tokyo ah, come to programs. also is the taliban takes more territory and ask honest on and violence increases. there are more and more people doing anything they can to leave the country. united nations migration agency is saying that 223-0000 afghans on now escaping abroad every week. that rate, it believes one and a half 1000000 people might have left by the end of the year. this is the 1st of 200 or so of what could eventually be some 50000 afghans who worked with the americans have arrived in the us having sought sanctuary. charlotte balance reports now from the afghan capital cobble on the many people leaving everything behind to escape. before you reach the passport office and cobble you pass the stores of administrators, passport applicants pay them to do the paperwork. in the 5 years mohammed s of has done this, he's never been busy. i don't want to get john, go over to them, since there's been a lot of vi

happened and fans remain fenced off, but the grown a virus emergency is getting worse inside and outside japan. coast city. ah, a new life is beginning for hundreds of afghans who worked alongside us led forces during the war. they've been taken in buses, along with their families to the fort a military base in the u. s. state of virginia. 221 people in all including 57 children and 15 babies have left their homes out of fear of telephone retaliation. $20000.00 others and their families have applied for the special immigrant visas. right now people who worked for the u. s. government omitted trade for at least 2 years are eligible. that threshold may be dropped. us says, and joe biden says that the groups is the 1st of many who will be relocated. he says today is an important milestone as we continue to fill out from us to the thousands of africa, nationals who served shoulder to shoulder with american troops and diplomat. so over the last 20 years and have gone on, most of all he said, i want to thank these brave afghans for standing with us. and today i am proud to say to them welcome home.

i'm an impressive drone display above the olympic stadium in tokyo will have more from japan. and as far as the games officially begin, ah hello, nice to see you from an abundance of sunshine and high temperatures to now some rainstorms and low temperatures. you knew it had to happen, right. we've got a weather maker moving into the british shells impacting the southern portion of the united kingdom. it's also moving into the bow countries, and this is not good news for already water logged areas of belgium into germany where we saw a debit stating flooding. there is now more rain on top. we're hanging onto the heat for spain. look at some of these temperatures, cordova, 39 degrees, but we do have some instability rolling across the northern portion of spain on saturday. we've had some continuous rain for the black sea region of turkey. it's led to scenes like this were about 200 people have been forced from their homes and some rescues underway here in the black sea region. and you know, the forecast is calling for more rain in this corner of turkey, where the southeast of th

and similar scenarios on already playing in japan. the preparation is very, very difficult for me athletes. and of course that experience is not playing similar with the viruses impacted some countries in a devastating wind hubs. handshakes and high fines are open that the athletes village competitors have been told. they could be kicked out of the games if they ignore regulations, aimed at preventing the spread of corona virus. the not all likely to concern by the restrictions that they focus on winning olympic gold. you can congregate in big groups in the dining or you get a stan, you a little bubble of 4 or 5 people the whole time and baby room and all of that. that's exactly how i've always treated on but games like it hasn't been a big sociable experience for me. it's all about the competition. and so it's going to be pretty routine. that sense of isolation is set to continue into the fan las empty stadiums that will surround and lympics like no other. and the richardson al jazeera tokyo. earlier in the day, some of the football

of course, because japan is a crucial ally and the third biggest economy in the world. so i wanted to pres the prime minister over whether he considered just canceling the games. >> many japanese people are concerned if there is a rise in infections, and did you consider canceling the games? >> translator: i think that canceling the games is easy to do, but as i said before while facing the coronavirus and while trying to hold a safe and effecttive olympics would be perilous, but japan won the bid, and i feel that we must fulfill our obligation to the rest of the world. what worried me the most is that the public opinion was divided, and i also wanted the japanese people to understand that the games will be held safely and securely. >> reporter: there's a huge weight on your shoulders. your political career perhaps depends on these games. are the olympics worth it? >> translator: as i mentioned before, over 4 billion people across the world will be watching these olympic games, and in that context, overcoming the hardship of the coronavirus and to be able to hold the ol

you've got new zealand, australia, japan, nato, b, u, all joining the u. s. protest against these actions. and this is the 1st time you had as an action on such a why the basis against china. and this though, is part of president violence problem in that some of those allies would be reluctant to impose sanctions against china, given their massive reliance on china in many areas. so the president is attempting to walk a fine line here, keeping his alliance together. but at the same time, not allowing any of them to leave because the u. s. unilaterally imposed sanctions that others don't agree with. the white house says it's aiming to close the call economy of a prison. as follows, the 1st prisoner released on the job binding administration and white house correspondent kimberly huck. it has more. he was held for almost 2 decades without charge at guantanamo bay detention facility in 2016 review panel recommended abdul la teeth monsieur b repatriated to his home country. but it didn't happen until this month. the 1st release says the us president joe biden

. >> it has been very stringent in japan. we have been here five weeks, we take on the responsibility, not likely. -- lightly. we have daily temperature testing, we wear masks at all times, and the girls have been in good spirits. ros: it will clearly be a different olympics to the ones the athletes are used to, but that is something they will have been preparing for. here is the mental skills coach for the new zealand olympic team. >> some sports are affected by -- are not affected by crowd noise at all. summer in the ocean. you have the 100 meter crowd which is quite integral to the experience. the athletes have trained and competed in these sorts of environments that perhaps don't have crowds, so i guess they are finding ways to adapt and maybe not need the adrenaline that they may have gotten from the crowd. most of them have been working on ways to get themselves where they need to be psychologically to be able to deliver their best performance without some of the stuff they are normally used to in those big events. ros:

think in japan, we don't. we still don't talk about mental health. and when now, meal soccer came out with the issue. there's been lots of comments, negative comments on her, and i believe that was also kind of exaggerated with the gender issue. after her unexpected loss. at these games, i saw her admitted to ceiling, weighed down by the pressure of playing in homer. lympics biles may yet compete in next week's individual event finals. regardless this pair of champion athletes a leading the way in showing the world. it is okay to talk about mental lows as well as sporting highs. balance go back to andy richardson, who joined says once again from tokyo and andy, what's been the response from athletes competing in tokyo? i think it's been really challenging. i think in the past, it's not plated. pulled out 7 of unlike this. she may have expected for saved a lot of criticism, the overwhelming sentiment towards simone balls as being one of support from athletes around the world. and also from within the u. s. l m pick chain. let's have a listen to some o

he compares the parties confidence to germany and japan before world war 2. how much is that parts of g? they paint a picture of an ascending global power whose rise is inevitable. it is the kind of fanatic nationalism that the world saw 100 years ago. the communist party is completely incapable of introspection and to reflect on itself, fascinatingly, all over the country. historic party locations are turning into pilgrimage sites. here in shanghai, the party found as convene before fleeing to the lake parties, selves from all over china, happy organizing, visits to the site. the exhibition has received a complete make over with a prominent role for president seeds in p. here to party history is a carefully engineered narrative. to jazz is tori and the party history institute, which is supervised by the center committee. there are materials we can not publish . this has to do with our position on our uses or communication have to serve the party, the people. i mean, that is our standpoint of lindy's aging is pulling out all the stops to celebrate the centenn

the same goes on for fans at the tokyo olympics, japan, a current of ours pace of emergency, and organized as announced a bad on the old foreign and domestic fans. also coming up president joe biden says the us military operation in afghanistan will end next month, insisting the afghan people must decide their own future causes. as a taliban gain more control and hundreds of dead marine animals are washing up on too long because beaches weeks after ships. frank off the coast conservationist on our funding. ah hello, i'm really 100 organizes of the tokyo olympics. have announced a total ban on the spectators to help flow the spread of curve at 19 foreign fans and japanese spectators are told to stay at home. a new state of emergency has been declared in tokyo as cove a case of supplies. the games will be the 1st and then picks in history, held behind closed doors. b olympic torch continued. it's a long journey towards tokyo to open the games. later this month. while there were plenty of fans cheering on the torch barriers as they passed through the site on the prefecture writing covert case

police and firefighters. japan is prone to mud slides and flooding during its annual rainy season. japan is very much a natural disaster country. i mean there may be no country on earth that has as many natural disasters in smaller is japan. does. you know, volcanoes, earthquakes, landslide floods it's, it's gets hit very heavy. and so the self defense forces, one of their missions is to, to go to these disaster zones. and to kind of add some manpower to a situation where, you know, otherwise local authorities might be overwhelmed elsewhere and she's ok. prefecture cruiser rescuing people from floodwaters brains are expected to continue in several areas in the next 2 days. and are chappelle al jazeera. at least 43 migrants have drowned off the coast of tenicia, 84 others were rescued after their boat sank. soon after leaving the libyan port of laura, it's understood the engine broke down and then capsized. the boat capsized migrants from sit on a retreat and bangladesh or among those on board. still ahead on the news, the volcano in the philippines continue to check things, have toxic ga

all it's commercials in japan associated with the games. ah, look into the news of the 2nd phase of filling the controversial grand ethiopian renee salt is complete. the issue has res, tensions with its neighbors. egypt answered on want a binding deal over the filling and the dance operations and of approach the un security council to intervene. ethiopia says the project is essential to its development, but kyra and cartoon, it could restrict their water access. well, we have a team of reporters covering the story will speak to hipaa. morgan in saddam's capital caught him shortly. but 1st that's cost over to katherine. so who's in at his ad? and catherine, really these matters seem to be coming to a head. the tensions have been raised significantly over the past few months. yes, they have, and it really depends on who you talk to. both all the countries have been taking very hard line positions. we have hard in the past. it saying that it's going to take to do whatever it takes to protect its territorial integrity. the beginning of the mont

there is growing concern about japan's current, a virus crisis. running dry iraq find itself sort of water after iran diverse what were once reliable supplies ah well come home. the words of us president joe biden, who's called the 1st evacuation of afghan interpreters and their families. an important milestone for the u. s. is carrying out a huge operation to relocate off gun interpreters and their families who are afraid of taliban retaliation. now we don't know the specific numbers, but thousands of people could be flown out in the coming weeks under operation allies, refuge, 221 off guns including children landed in virginia early on friday, or 20000 and others of applied for a special immigration immigrant visas and those who worked for the us government or military for at least 2 years are eligible. but the process has been long and it's been confusing. on thursday, the u. s. congress is some of the requirements allowing more visa for afghans and provided emergency funding for their transportation as well as their housing. but the crossover, it's hard to get her to a james base

terror in a current of virus crisis in the lympics host countries getting more worrying by the day. japan is now extending a state of emergency and restrictions will remain in tokyo until the end of next month. prime minister yoshida, so guess as the virus is spreading at an unprecedented speed, mostly because of the delta variance, the one 1st seen in india. more now from robin brought with cases spiking tokyo, it seems, has no choice but to extended state of emergency through to the end of august. because then you're going to deal with unprecedented speed infection is spreading in the capital and can cy area the delta variant of spreading with strength. and if this doesn't slow down, it will potentially lead to a medical health system crisis. japan is struggling with competing trends. the increasing spread of the more transmissible delta variant accounting. now, for nearly 3 quarters of all new cases in tokyo versus growing pandemic fatigue. with noticeably more people failing to stay off the streets than they did off the state of emergency announcements. in the past with the seat of em

the for more let's bring in cnn's blake esik, who is joining us live in japan. blake, so many loved ones unaccounted for this hour. what more are you learning about the search and rescue effort there? >> reporter: you know, on rosemary, the search and rescue efforts started early this morning. and have been nonstop. helicopters flying overhead from you our vantage point, outside the disaster area, you can look down and you can see crews from, you know, whether it's the police, firefighters and japan's self defense force. they are all out there on the ground looking through partially collapsed buildings. combing through the mud, there's also also a coast guard ship patrolling the coast line. looking for any signs of life and potential debris. but, you know, the good news is so far 25 people who were stranded inside structures have been rescued. which truly is incredible, given the devastation caused by the massive sland slide that swept lou the resort town of otami, skpefrp rescue does continue. there's still dozens of people who have either been reported missing

a 25-4 win over japan. also olympic record for margin of victory. the americans are heavy favorites to win their third straight olympic title as they haven't lost a single major tournament since 2013. we asked them what makes this team so good. >> our team is the most dominant team on the planet because we never really take on that title. we always view ourselves as the underdog. >> the past is the past so a motivator for us is how can we be better in the future? how can we be better now? and reminding people that the now is where we're going to be our best. >> reporter: first lady jill biden got to see another red hot american team, the softball squad now 3-0 thanks to their queen at the pitching circle cat osterman, 38 years old, came out of retirement, back with a veng vengeance. she threw six innings of one-hit ball, pitching the shutout. they have yet to give up a single run in tokyo. australia is up next tonight at 9:00 eastern. >>> and tough times make us tougher. 27-year-old american chase can a lease advanced to the 400 individual medley fi

i'm a japan, it's economy as hemorrhage to really, really badly and, and, and stage and games like this cost. it's an absolute fortune. now we see much with how the, you know, even in some of the, the, your bet wrong best games in my memory you're, here's what it is. all even daddy huge cost, huge difficulties trying to re purpose different and so forth. tokyo had been very unfortunate. i think we should, we saw today in 2032. the olympic bass will be in grid. it will be only 3 are on the city building. i think that is gone. gone. you know, coffee, look, it's a whole. the games will be great. people who are poor, old hope, you're as the last, you know, tourists, there's been so much extra money on trying to bring in color coded wrong. maybe quicker. and worst of all, we're really going to kill them most. nearly all, all the was sold and they can't be sold. so they are basically paying penalties to investors to buyers for property. i still know you'll be happy. so it's huge. i think we're best reading by through the journey. yeah. as you say, i mean there are massive economic implication

and group b is a tough one with japan, up against australia, saudi arabia, china, oman, and vietnam. the top c finishes in each group will go through with the 3rd place teams facing each other to decide who advances to be into the confederation. playoffs to girl solver a tough, you know, so, but this is a price to go to the war to 2022. we asked to be ready, dominates was a very i'm what the vision i use and some nice from the years right now we build up for the quarter finals. they thought the morrow will ukraine booked a placement authentic whenever sweet them and they prime minister showed the support by wearing a teen jersey to a cabinet, anything in it, all the other government ministers in the payment, those at the end up in the teams color. that's where we'll leave it for most for the coming up again later on. great, thanks very much indeed. an asset from me, rob matheson, for this news, i will be back in a moment with more of today's news joint if you can, devise ah, for some a robot is a mechanic along or even that self driving train of the apple. but androids today can be o

you've got new zealand, australia, japan, nato, b, u, old joining, the u. s. protest against these actions. and this is the 1st time you had as an action on such a why the basis against china. and this though, is part of president violence problem in that some of those allies would be reluctant to impose sanctions against china, given their massive reliance on china in many areas. so the president is attempting to walk a fine line here, keeping his alliance together. but at the same time, not allowing any of them to leave because the u. s. unilaterally impose the sanctions that others don't agree with. so to come on the new ass, on flirting with freedom or don't seem of danger, england relaxes, almost all current of ours restrictions. anger across germany as people who lost everything demand to know why they weren't warned earlier. and spoke about the international olympic committee urges athletes to get behind the big truce. ah, indonesia has reported a record number of crone of our death in the past 24 hours. nearly 1400 people have died due to the virus.

hey, in tokyo test is saying they're going to conduct around $5000.00 tests during the games here in japan. perhaps more importantly in the build up $25000.00 test had taken place in countries all around the world, targeting not just truck and failed, but all of the olympic sports. and it's normally the most pre competition tested to bring more positive cases in the test that actually take place here in japan. of the code 19 has created a lot of challenges for testers. we're talking to the athletics integrity and it's in the build up to the games. and they said at one point during the peak of covered the testing rights with down 75 percent because of difficulties of accessing athletes. but that is now that situation is now improving. also with mentioning for the 1st time at these games, it won't be the host nation in charge of the testing operation has been done by an independent body international testing agency. so to the sanctioning that's not being done by the international olympic committee will be done by the court of arbitration for sport. so a huge effort to try and the politicize,