 Hello and welcome to the International Daily Roundup by People's Dispatch where we bring you major news developments from around the world. Our headlines? Millions at risk of losing their homes after US Supreme Court ends eviction ban. Historic protests against Jared Bolsonaro's anti-indigenous policies held in Brazil. Dead toll rises in Kabul airport, explosion as evacuations resume. New reports say 70% of worker deaths in Qatar are unexplained. In our first story, the US Supreme Court has ended the ban on evictions put in place by the Biden administration. After a 6-3 conservative majority vote, the ruling was announced on August 26th. The court has stated that any extension of the moratorium must be authorized by Congress. The ruling was passed under the emergency docket with little time for a hearing or briefing. It was based on a lawsuit filed by landlords and realtor groups from Alabama and Georgia. The moratorium was extended on August 3rd and was supposed to last till October. It covered nearly 90% of the population. Around 6.5 million households or nearly 15 million people are currently behind on rent. In our next story, around 3.5 million people are under threat of immediate eviction. Congress had allocated $46.5 billion for rental assistance. However, according to the Treasury Department, only 11% of the money has been distributed. The eviction ban has been lifted amid a surge in COVID-19 cases. The US record a 7-day average of over 150,000 daily cases. Moreover, additional unemployment aid of $300 per week is set to expire on September 6th. The cancel the rents movement has called for a protest outside the Supreme Court on Friday. In our next story, since August 23rd, 6,000 indigenous people have been protesting in the capital of Brazil. Called a struggle for life, the historic mobilization has brought together over 170 communities. It has been organized by the articulation of indigenous peoples of Brazil. They are protesting the theft and destruction of their lands under President Jair Bolsonaro. Invasion into indigenous lands grew by 135% in 2019 alone. Recorded violence against indigenous communities nearly doubled during this time. Bolsonaro and his allies are also pushing a number of bills including PL 490, 2633 and PDL 177. This will authorize land grabs and deny recognition of indigenous peoples. Bolsonaro himself has not approved any land demarcations during his term. Bill 490 establishes a time frame to determine territorial rights. Only those communities that were present on their lands in October 5th, 1988 can obtain legal recognition. The bill was passed to the lower chamber of parliament this month. The Supreme Court is about to decide if rights to land occupied before 1988 should be recognized. The case is related to an appeal filed by the Zockling people against the Santa Catarina State. If the court rules in favor of the community, it could impact about 800 land claims. Thousands of people marched to the Supreme Court ahead of the key ruling on August 25th. However, the decision was postponed twice and will now take place on September 1st. Meanwhile, protesters also marched to the Justice Ministry on August 27th. The struggle for life protest has also denounced the widespread deforestation of the Amazon. Here is a video by Brazil de Fatou on this issue. The main target of President Jair Bolsonaro's government. The legacy of environmental preservation left by Chico Mendes has been reduced to ashes. The result of this is the destruction of a sanctuary that bears the very name of the rubber-taper leader, bordered in 1988 for his struggle to preserve the Amazon rainforest. The Chico Mendes extractive reserve, in the Brazilian state of Aki, was the second most deforested among the legal Amazon conservation units in July. Data from the Amazon Institute show that 30 square kilometers of native forests were cut down. The area is equivalent to approximately 4,200 soccer fields. The reserve, created in 1990, is home to around 3,000 families who extract rubber and collect nuts. Nowadays, the set of trees are many, it has multiplied, and on top of that we have to continue with loggers, ranchers and land grabbers insensibly exploring the Amazon. However, today there are legislative bills which affect precisely these territories. And the National Congress, bill number 6024 of 2019, proposes to reduce the limits of the Chico Mendes extractive reserve by 222 square kilometers. Chico Mendes' daughter explains that the processing of the bill alone has already caused damage to the families. They talk at a lot, a lot of rumors, and people began to slice up part of their areas to sell them. So we are in a situation where we really need to think of collective solutions to face all this. The bill, which has interest in mining, also proposes a change in classification that would diminish the rigor in preserving the place. The pressure comes from within the Commission for National Integration, Regional Development and the Amazon. Of the 11 parliamentarians elected by the state of LACRI, only two spoke out against the proposal. Those who are invading and deforesting the Chico Mendes extractive reserve are part of the same organized group that has been causing more invasions, especially during the Bolsonaro government, responsible for dismantling the entire inspection and monitoring system. In our next story, Afghan officials have said that at least 169 people have been killed in the Kabul blast on August 26th, at least 200 others could have been injured. The death toll could rise with the possibility that some relatives may have carried bodies home. The attack was claimed by the Islamic State in Khorasan or ISILK. It said that translators and collaborators with the US had been singled out. 28 Taliban members and 13 US troops were also killed. The Pentagon stayed on August 27th, yet the explosion was a result of one suicide bomber. The agency does not believe that there was an attack near the Baron Hotel. The blast took place after warnings by NATO officials of a potential attack. Here is Prabir Purkhaisar of NewsClick talking about the Islamic State's presence in Afghanistan. Taliban has said from the beginning that they do not like ISIS, then have no sympathies with them and they will not allow their territory to be used against other countries. So I think that issue had been settled long back. It's only the media campaign that Taliban is a protector of ISIS and a protector of al-Qaeda that's been going around. And I think Taliban from the beginning has made this issue clear. Whether they will also behave better, will they also be a new Taliban is an open question. We are not getting into this today. But this was never on the cards and they have been warning the United States, the NATO allies of the United States that the situation is becoming dangerous in this evacuation because ISIS as a force is there, ISIS-Korastan, all this is basically various names for very similar outfits and therefore they did expect the terrorist attacks of this kind to take place, particularly because other parts of Kabul are at the moment under their control and it seems peaceful. There are no crowds over there, but there are large crowds over there and plus the United States forces are there. Therefore, there are also targets which they could then be considered for attacks by ISIS. So given all of this, they had been warning of this for some time. And it is also now clear that the United States was coordinating with Taliban on this issue. They also had received warnings as we know the CIA head, Mr. Burns was there in an undisclosed meeting with Taliban. So they seem to have known about it and preparing for it. But at the same time, if there are a huge number of people which there were outside Kabul airport wanting to be airlifted the last days of the NATO presence on Afghan soil, which is the Kabul airport, then it is difficult for anybody to control that situation in terms of security. There is no security perimeter that you can set up like this in such large crowds. So Taliban wasn't happy about this call for evacuation of all Afghan nationals who have been a part of the NATO, maybe various social outfits, whatever it is, NGOs, working with their embassies. One thing is very clear that ISIS or its offshoot ISIS-Khorasan as it's been called is something that worries Taliban. And of course, worries all the neighbors because they have been from the beginning worried that can these things spill over to their territories. And ISIS-Khorasan, ISIS being something which is destabilizing for the region as a whole. All of them are concerned that they should not find any place in Afghanistan. But of course, as we know, the control of Taliban over Afghanistan has to be firmly established. They're still negotiating in Panjshir Valley. So it's clear they don't want to go into offensive in any of these places. They would like all forces to come together so that they can try and isolate ISIS. What their internal policies are going to be towards their own people, towards women, education of girls, all of this is an open question. And I don't think we can conclude on that. But it is the common interest of both countries outside Afghanistan and for Taliban within Afghanistan to see that ISIS does not take roots in Afghanistan because if that is allowed to grow, then it's a threat to all over. And finally, Amnesty International has stated that nearly 70% of migrant worker deaths in Qatar are unexplained. The government has not examined these cases despite evidence linking premature deaths and unsafe working conditions. Amnesty analyzed the death certificates of 18 workers issued between 2017 and 2021. It also interviewed the families of six victims. All were men between the ages of 30 and 40 years when they died. 15 death certificates provided no information of the underlying causes. Most are ruled deaths by natural cause or vaguely defined cardiac failures. Similar phrases are used in over half of the 35 deaths recorded as non-work related since 2015. Amnesty argues that it is unlikely that these deaths were properly investigated. It examined the deaths of four construction workers, one security guard and one truck driver. All of them were exposed to severe heat temperatures due to their jobs. None of them had any underlying conditions and their families have not received any compensation. The Guardian report has shown that 6,750 South Asian migrant workers have died in Qatar since 2010. 69% of the deaths among Indian, Nepali and Bangladeshi workers were classified as natural. While the Qatari government has expanded heat protection for workers, experts argue that this is not enough. They do not include mandatory rest periods proportional to the climate and type of work. Instead, workers are given the right to self-pace. That's all we have time for today. We'll be back tomorrow with more news from around the world. Until then, keep watching People's Dispatch.