paycheck away from being on how's program that open your eyes to turn it if you well today, this is what the picture looks like either. wow, from a different perspective on out of here. oh, this is al jazeera. ah. so i'm fully back to boy, you're watching the news. our live from our world headquarters in doha, coming up in the next 60 minutes. the taliban says he controls 85 percent of i've got his van as the u. s. confirms its forces will be out of the country by the end of august. a t accuses a hit squad made up of colombians and americans of fascinating president of

anomalies. several suspects have been arrested. the also this, our south sudan mocks a decade of independence. that reflects on the pain brought by years of fighting and ox says more people are dying of hunger than koby 19. as the pan demik bush is hundreds of thousands into families. and i'm dissimilar to these 4 things including a cove at 19 outbreak in the us olympic basketball camp and the phoenix suns all now as close as they've ever been to the n b, a title is basic to nothing lead over the movie, but ah, thank you very much for joining us. the taliban plains, it now controls 85 percent of afghan. his son, a delegation, is visiting moscow and in fis it's open to

a cease fire with the afghan government. the group says it will lead and inclusive government with respect for minorities and that it won't let i so operate from its territory. or the taliban has been making rapid territorial gains as foreign forces accelerate their withdrawal. the u. s. military operation in afghanistan is set to end sooner than originally planned. present. joe biden says, troops will be out by august the 31st, instead of the 11th of september. i white house correspondent kimberly hawk. it reports one week after us forces withdrew quietly from boswell air force base. the taliban is making games from the security vacuum left behind us. president joe biden is adamant us forces will leave afghanistan by the end of august. nearly 20 years of experience has shown us and the current security situation only confirms that just one more year of funding that can stand is not a solution, but a recipe for being there indefinitely. as the taliban gave power,

biden is now on the defensive. he had this afghanistan future is tied to a political solution, not a military one piece must be negotiated between the african government and the taliban. but when he was asked if he had any faith in the group, the president had this to say, no, i do not trust. to tell us will keep a small security and diplomatic presence in the country to support african horses keep cobbles, airport open, and protect the u. s. embassy. now we're left with a strategy that less than coherent and bad and in ministration is going to have to scramble to realize what their priorities in the region are. the taliban, rapid advance process. ghana stan has put key cities at risk of being overtaken. still by didn't insist the united states won't be at fault if that happens. no, no,

no. it's up to the people that are going to stay and decide on what government they want. not us to impose the government on them as part of its humanitarian effort. the white house announced on thursday, it will also ship 1400000 doses of the johnson and johnson covey vaccine to afghanistan. but critics argue, afghanistan needs much more, especially afghan interpreters that served and supported us troops and are now in danger with the white house and says it's evacuating thousands of african nationals and their families to a 3rd party country. while their visas are being processed was complete. those who supported the u. s. mission in afghanistan could be offered asylum in the united states. kimberly held kit al jazeera the white house. while as taliban makes more

territorial gains in afghanistan, russia foreign ministry has warned it will take military action. if any cross border aggression takes place, hierarchy has more than that. signs of times, changing the taller bonds, routes lie in the resistance to the $979.00. soviet invasion of afghanistan. now, sending his senior delegation to moscow to discuss the future of its country. the group says it's in control of 85 percent of afghan spawn the delegation has pledged to consider a sci fi with the government and stop its assault if phone going talks. and catherine succeed. box reality on the ground is fall from that. as the group is made, major gains in the last few months, taking advantage of a power vacuum of us and foreign troops leaving it claims to be in control of more than half of the $400.00 afghan districts across more than 20 provinces. including border towns. this week, more than a 1000 afghan troops fed into g cust on after

a tyler bon offensive in the north. russia has warned it will use force if any cross border violence occurs. then every method we see a steep escalation of pensions on the of con, patrick border. the taliban has quickly taken many board districts and now has control of 2 thirds of the board of the project. as a russian military base in touch is gone, is equipped with everything necessary to help the public in control in the border situation. if needed, additional measures will be undertaken in the spirit of the russian public alliance to prevent aggression or territorial provocation. last week, the afghan government told all does there it's won't collapse as a result. but the tyler bond says it wants to lead and inclusive government that respects minorities, women, and men in education, unemployment, africans, though, are yet to see a peaceful solution to decades of violence. so to hide it, i'll just, sarah. well let's discuss all this with michael sample,

who's the former deputy use special representative to have got his son and currently a professor at queen's university. belfast is joining us via skype from trex in the netherlands. very good to have you again on. i'll just miss a simple let's start with the taliban claim saying that they now control 85 percent of territory. but also say that they're willing to allow schools to continue and respect minorities and so on. promising not to target people who operated would be before and as, as well. what are we to make of their messaging right now? can we trust what the taliban face? this is more marketing than a statement of reality. the job of the taliban political team is to encourage the, the powers in the region the international powers to accept to the rise of taliban as a reality. they are not in any way describing what the taliban are currently doing on the ground or what they will do in the future. they certainly controlled much of

the territory. it has grown remarkably over the past month and a half. but they, they do face a fact which they do not control upon the sun. the still half the population is controlled by the government. the army is intact. the cities are all held by the government. so by persisting with their military campaign they, the taliban basically are risking the civil war. the russians have a job 5 to exercise restraint. how concerned should russia be right now about a spillover of the afghan conflict to central republics? well, i think the, the russian should be extremely concerned, and it's an example of the dilemma or that some of the, the powers in the region of faced, many of them weren't too happy with seeing a us military presence in our, on the sun on the yet they benefited from the, the way in which the u. s. capital lid on the security situation and honest. and

we've had this sort of irony that the u. s. has been taking care of russia off commas times neighbors and security problems. now that the, the american military is out, effectively, the russians have to reassess the risks. of those risks are considerable. the americans are out, as you say, sooner than was expected way. will this all leave the intro afghan talks. they haven't made a lot of progress with the county by making these territorial advances and seemingly having the upper hand right now. is there really any appetite to negotiate and can they be any agreement between the afghan government and the town? no, there's no appetite to negotiate. this is simply the yeah, these are diplomatic games. and again, it's a continuation of the taliban marketing strategy. they're trying to woo people into a sense of complacency, while their military sweeps are on the ground. and that's not a new position, that's actually been a position throughout the to the,

the past 2 years. they haven't made a single concession to their federal funds in the course of those 2 years. i mean, this is, this is something which people have paper over. so as to render the us withdrawal more public, more palatable, but the tell about have demonstrated no appetite whatsoever for any concessions they and they have consistently told their own membership. the men who are fighting on the ground is that they have one on the ultimate goal, which is complete military victory and re establishment of a taliban dominated government without any form of coalition with any other party stops or an unfortunate reality worrying future indeed for i've got to stand. thank you very much for talking to us. michael symbol, former deputy use special representative to have can thank you for your time. thank you. in other world, news or factory fire in bangladesh has killed dozens of people more than 50 reported dead,

but many was still trapped inside. the blaze started on thursday and has been burning for more than 24 hours. several people were injured when they jumps from the 2nd and 3rd force to escape to south africa now where a court has dismissed them. application by former president jacob zoom to suspend his present sentence. rumor began saving his 15 month turn for contempt of court on thursday. he was found guilty of failing to appear before a corruption inquiry. the 79 year old has launch several legal challenges to try to stay out of prison. family. the miller is not correspondent in south africa. she joins us live from b to mary, spoke family to the court has dismissed whom as application. what reason did it give? well, the court gave very little reason and explanation around why exactly it had come to that decision. the judgement was just given in 2 or 3 minutes and that was the end of it. but i don't think that that judgement came at any surprise for many people

watching the story unfold. the application to the high court always was based around jurisdiction. and even during the arguments given by human lawyers at the time, was that the curious diction the, the high court potentially would not have the jurisdiction to make an order or a judgement which was previously done by the constitutional court. the high court wouldn't have the jurisdiction to challenge what the constitutional court, the highest court in the country, one that can't be appealed. it wouldn't have the jurisdiction to make any changes to that order. so this judgement largely was expected. and for now, it means that the former president remains behind bars when he had turned himself in on wednesday evening. now he does have one of the legal challenge pending that's to the constitutional court. specifically, next week we're asking them to resend that judgement to at the very least listen, his sentence. legal experts say chances of being successful at the constitutional

court are very slim. but we also know anything can happen. the courts have maintained that this is around the, the rule of law and the position it has so far is that the president, the former president contempt of court charge stance. and that's why he's in prison for at least for potentially 15 months. thank you for that family that made a lie for us. in peter, mary's spirit, south africa police in haiti say to haitian americans and more than 20 colombians behind the assassination of president of anomalies that on the us government. phase early investigation suggest that some of the men involved where retired members of its military marie was shot dead during a raid at his home on wednesday. some of the suspects have been identified by the officials are still looking for at least 8 others. tactical hain has more the

a very public display in puerto prince police load 2 men into the bed of a pickup truck. same day may be a part of the arm gang that allegedly assassinated president jovan in mo, either later paraded in front of the press. the outside of the police station were several suspects are being held in angry crowd gathered demand in the suspect be turned over to them. those guys killed the president. we are going to make them suffer now that the police have found them and taking them to jail. we want them to burn today. the haitian police, you said the 28 attackers have been identified. 26 colombians and 2 americans of haitian descent. he said 8 were some of the run and 3 had been killed. and in a surprising turn, the colombian defense minister, acknowledged some of the suspects, had been in the colombian army in response to the assassination of the haitian president. today, interpol has officially requested information from the columbia government and the

national police about the alleged perpetrators of the fact. so initially, the information indicates they are colombian citizens retired members of the national army. we've given instructions by the national government to our police and the army to collaborate in the investigation. to clarify these facts immediately. public force is fully at the disposition of the sister republic of haiti. this is all unfolding among a political backdrop of confusion about who is actually in charge. well, 1st i would say that it is still, it is our view and we continue to call 4 elections to happen this year. and we believe they should proceed. we know that free and fair elections will facilitate a peaceful transfer, a power to a newly elected president. and we certainly continue to support haiti's democratic institutions. movies had been ruling by decree after the majority of parliament was dissolved in january last year. now both claud, joseph and ariel henry,

bow senior politicians claim they are in charge. haiti a desperately poor country where the corona virus is spreading, violence is surging and political uncertainty rules the day. and now international mystery of who assassinated the 53 year old president. and why had to call him al jazeera washington? still ahead on the news, our egypt. a nation of over 100000000 sold is facing an existence. so threat. the un security council needs to hear regional concerns about ethiopia, brand renaissance, running on mt families in indonesia, search for oxygen as the country struggles to contain the latest corona virus outbreak. and with 500 days to go until the wild card, katara prepared to welcome a 1000000 fans to the tournaments

on egypt tends to don, have the un security council to act against the controversial mega dom that ethiopia is building on the nile river. they say the ground ethiopian renaissance dam limit their access to fresh water, but he says the us shouldn't be involved in the dispute. diplomatic editor james spades reports from the united nations outside un headquarters ethiopian protest has gathered. they didn't want this meeting to take place to demonstrate that point . unlike egypt and sudan, ethiopia didn't send its foreign ministers in this meeting. instead, it was represented by its water and irrigation minister. the african union is seized of the matter and is emily facilitating our negotiation? that is why it is regrettable that she steadily countries of the 2 brings

a matter to the security company. it was to don and egypt that had demanded this meeting, saying the fact that the peer is again filling the damn amounts to a threat to international peace and security. does not an overstatement to affirm that for egypt the girl is an existing show threat. this is a situation that egypt cannot and will not tolerate. later i pressed the foreign minister on what action his country was prepared to take. so all their circumstances where you would consider military action. the matter of egypt, the protection of the rights of a citizen is inherent and is a matter that necessarily any responsible government would apply itself to clearly growing tension between 3 countries. 2 of them with a population of more than 100000000 people and another with

a population of more than 40000000 is very concerning. but the security council is unlikely to take any direct action. diplomats tell me they hope this meeting will force the 3 countries back into african union, lead mediation, james bay's. ouch is era at the united nations? as spring in katherine, so we now who is in ethiopia? capital artist. out of katherine, what is the government saying about this un meeting? is it at all willing to consider un mediation? at some point while a press conference was just held by a spokesman in the midst of foreign affairs and basset, dina murphy, who tom, the outcome of that un security council meeting. as a diplomatic victory for the field. he said that the council members look indifferent to him or but all to would return to those talks led by the african union. you know,

previous african union mediated talks have failed. but the spokesman here, just like the government has been saying, i said that said what this need is an african solution because we're talking about an african problem, an african issue, an african reba and african dumb. and only an african solution can create long lasting and long last agreement. so really calls on the to downstream can countries egypt and to down to recommit to both talk so that a binding agreement can be reached. that 2 countries also hold the position that you feel you should stop the ongoing filling of the dam to allow for this negotiations and a binding legal agreement by doesn't appear that the government is willing to compromise on that. take a listen logical consequence of the

construction of the you do, you constructed them to fill it with the food, very simple. so that is there. and so there is nothing of that sort which rejection normally would try to budget by calling in lateral measurement than nothing unilateral. actually, we informed them where advised them, whereby them, because under the international tons of, under the rules and regulations, the virtual navigating is that is something that we want to avoid. that is very informative. what this is a project that many europeans are very passionate about. millions of them contributed raise money to bike. i've been born towards the construction of the dumb and has been speaking to several of them in the last few days. and they're saying that they're eagerly waiting for the completion of it and the benefits that they're going to get from it. one man, in fact, told me that this is

a matter of life and death up to 65000000. if you can, the not connected to the breed and the prime minister has said before, this is not acceptable. thank you. catherine. catherine story live for a saint august about south saddam's president has promised not to return his country to war. during a ceremony mocking a decade fence independence, faster don became the walls. youngest country when it splits from saddam in 2011. but a civil war soon followed, which killed about 400000 people in disgrace, more than a 1000000 others. the oil rich countries also suffering from a famine from you by heart, which has to report john cox. it is, people voting overwhelmingly to the seed from sudan 10 years ago, wasn't a mistake. it's what happened to south to don afterwards, broke in the war in 2013. when another round of fighting in 2016 has left him traumatized. it will not only do as had been

we had our collect, my brother, we get even during the stuck with my brother. they were also killed. when it repeat itself, it was audible. things are now relatively calm. i like previous t steals that failed. some people hope you didn't, he government set up last show will hold it for former rebel either react. michelle fornia, the 1st vice president, along with for other vice president, president salva kit, and michelle, i once again trying to work together and to the elections in 2023 politicians. hope this transitional period encourages refugees and internally displaced people to

return to their homes. thousands of people live here and this is just one of many can cross out the door. there's no running water and not enough food, meaning fat. and you said they don't know how long they going to be. and going home for several of them is not an option because i've been to kick in some parts of the country. i act that flood drought and into communal violence. children born often dependents have never known peace age was to say the mediterranean crisis is listening. these are some of our greatest concern, certainly there's a food insecurity. crisis in south sudan. $1400000.00 children are going to be male . nourished this year, the highest number in years. the key parts of the peace agreement are still to be implemented. these include established a unified national army, made of opposition and government forces. the people of south done telling the leadership that look, we tired of war. nobody once will any more. if there are some feel political leaders who are saying that they would go and mobilize some of our

citizens so that they cause a fight because they want to be leaders of this country. i don't think they will get the audience from the property. the new coalition government is trying to rebuild, focusing on various developmental and infrastructure projects. as new buildings go up in some parts of the country, uniting a bitterly divided nation building trust and making sure it's safe enough for everyone affected by conflict to return home is going to be much more difficult. and how are we joined just now live from south surround capital to by harold presidents, have a care has addressed the nation on the 10th independence anniversary of south don. what he ought to say. and what's the mood like among soft food needs on this important day? well, visit and tell the kids spoke about the economy, which isn't doing very well, civil servants having been paid for a long time. the problem is to increase the salaries with in the state. but people are asking ways the money going to come from the country isn't pumping as much oil

as it used to. he talks about the unified army, the country is trying to for me, say that the 1st law to train me. i'll go into graduate sometime soon. but he said the challenge and they don't have uniform, these are managed by other things that is also added arms embargo, which means the country con, by weapons from abroad. so how we set to, is this army going to be people also notice that when you do a nation, he was standing next to the 1st 5 pagans react. my saw people were hoping that the 2 middle east side by side and seem like trying to work together to move this country forward, all the care of the presidency that he committed to maintaining peace, insulted on. on my part, i assure you that i will not read, then you will that work again later on where to recover the last decade and put our country back

to the path of development. in this new ticket the government canceled celebrations this year because of the coven, 19 bad pandemic. but generally the mood is quite done, but many people read on feel like they're bracing 10 years ago. and just so he thought is where the flag was raised when the new kinds was born with thousands of people. yeah. people waving, it's like still waiting, hopeful that a new beginning was starting for this country sense in the, the conflict and other things that are affected people is lack of basic services. a lot of tools are going to school many people up for many people con, find jobs. so the general disillusionment, they're hoping that the recent sci fi agreement, this coalition government is going to hold that so that maybe there is hope that the country has some kind of positive future. thank you very much for that. how much live for his fair in job? let's speak to alan bowles while about all this, he's a senior, i'm this,

i've been national crisis group and joined us here from dough. hi, thank you very much. allen for, for being with us. hopes were high in 2011 for to don after decades of war with the north. and i understand that you are actually in juba during the celebrations, the international community board, millions and millions of dollars into propping up a new government. what went wrong? well, like you said at independence day, 10 years ago, i mean, the jubilation was very dark. i remember at midnight south to the knees, started pouring out into into the streets. i felt something like a catharsis. after, after so many decades of struggle. but to your question, what went wrong? it's almost more of a question of what didn't go wrong. i mean, the country started a brief border war with sudan within its 1st year of independence. and then it fell into the very brutal civil war and your, as your correspondence said, i mean, the brief answer is that instead of joining hands together and building this nation

amongst all the different groups. and in different that we've unstated, the country immediately fell into a power struggle. it was, it's politics and the army and everything was just far too fragile. it's really big . be able to withstand that so quickly and, and quickly just descended into what was really some atrocious blood blending. and now the countries is just, unfortunately in a much worse spot than it was even 10 years ago. right. so one of the problems still affecting the country today and have the div cedar issues been address? well, the unity government that was set up last year. will it hold? yeah, so he's been selves are asking this question. like i said, the country has been set back from even where it was, and those challenges were incredibly stark, using it into independence. and the country basically doesn't really have roads that connect. there is not really state institutions at all. and for historical

reasons, it's terribly divided along ethnic lines. how to move the country forward. amid all this, when the leaders themselves are still sort of locked in, deadlocked politics is an open question. and south me sounds are incredibly frustrated because they feel like they do need better leadership from their, from their leaders to move the country forward. and to probably give the country something like reset something like starting over again and going back to the drawing board and agreeing on how they can share power a mice each other. but instead that is not what's taking place. the government is incredibly dysfunctional. hardly any of the piece deal has actually been implemented. yeah. what, what about the international community? sorry to interrupt you. what about the international communities role and i mean, it spreads supports continuous support and fund to present topic here. but should be international community continue propping up the government when they hasn't been real progress in implementing the piece deal.