we need to take america to try to bring people together trying to deal with people who left behind me. ah, kind of an app kinda stand continue their push to take provincial capital. the government forces struggling to hold the advance. ah. hello, i'm emily angry. this is al jazeera alive from dough. how also coming up the us flames. a run for a facial attack on and his riley managed tanker in the persian gulf that k. ron denies involvement of l rational. lympics brenton says she's under japanese police

protection in tokyo after tame officials tried to fly her home against her will and close it back saying make his madana and 5 reported to be liking their prices for jobs for the european union market. ah, we begin in afghanistan, where taliban fighters and pushing towards big cities and provincial capitals. government forces are struggling to push back in kandahar afghanistan's 2nd largest city. they've been being a series of rocket attacks on the main airport. flying in and out are suspended, and hundreds of africa military commanders have been deployed to harass in the west . there's heavy fighting outside that city. but the situation for the government is particularly bad in laska, which is the capital of homeland province. the taliban. r. inside part of the city,

the military is launching a counter offensive. when i advocate in 3 provinces, the security situation is critical, especially a nascar guy. the enemy has some movements. security and defense of forces are planning to intercept the enemy's movements. first, then build defensive lines and later launch offensive operations. charlotte ballad has moved from cobbled heavy fighting in and around 3 major cities in afghanistan and lashed cargo the capital of home and province. fighting started on saturday when the telephone into the city residence, if they could see the telephone moving street to street, getting closer to the heart of the city until ask in special forces entered. and since that time they said they had just heard heavy gunfire. and also if strikes from africa and in force and also from the united states, papering around the outskirts of the city via communications have been cut off and left us incredibly hard to get information in and out of the city in for residence

to feel secure. and not knowing what is going on around them. in kandahar city, the 2nd biggest sitting in afghanistan also heavy fighting journalists, the telling us that had constant gunfire for about 24 hours inside the city. the airport to be was damaged by a rocket attack. civilian flights were stopped, but they hoped to resume them on monday, but also usa strikes and ask any force striking via to support the military on the ground. and thirdly, and can in herat city in the waste, that is looking a little bit better from the government perspective that manage to retake control from the taliban. they seem to reinforcements and manage to push the taliban out further and re secure the airport, allowing flights to resume for residents via president ghani. held a cabinet meeting where he talked about the security situation evolving. he said he doesn't believe that the taliban are interested in pace and that securing settings the priority. the taliban has taken more territory and recent wakes than at any

point during the last 20 years. in may. it controlled about 20 percent of afghanistan. but as us and other troops have been withdrawing it, stacy opportunity to ramp up it's offensive. within 2 months, half of the country has fallen under taliban rule. the afghan government is now facing a critical test as the fight, as advance and surround the capital campbell. the city of herat is under pressure after most of its western province found kenneth catman is an expert on afghanistan and the goal for the u. s. library of congress. he says the advancing taliban has no reason to negotiate. paste talks in good faith. the united states has articulated, perfect is started to articulate a policy of providing air strikes support to the african government, the african air force. the afghan air force has been the subject of a lot of us investment and training, spare parts equipment aircraft. they are somewhat effective,

but they need a lot of logistical support aircraft need a lot of maintenance the united states has very, very precise capabilities, precision bombing. and so i think the united states is going to probably step up the use of air power to keep the taliban out of the major cities and push them back . encroached on the major cities. we're not very far along with peace talks because the taller bond feel they can win a battlefield victory and so on. kill the afghan forces are able to push the taliban back, or at least hold them. not making any more advances, the taller man and not likely to negotiate in good faith. so the negotiations are going to be a function of how the battle field is flowing,

facing discrimination and threats from the taliban. that has our sheer minority are among those flaying afghanistan. one woman who worked for the us, an afghan defense ministry, spoke to al jazeera about how she escaped to turkey. it. yes, my name is lisa. i'm 32 and the jose ara from guys in the province and combo. i worked as a taylor for an american company and then at the afghan defense ministry. but i had to leave afghanistan. i go below my been bad man. i received a threatening calls and we were followed even in the car, it was dangerous. one of our staff buses was blown up by a suicide bomber with that m i gave me to my work was in the shock area of cobble where the african into office and the u. s. embassy were also located. i was traumatized when i saw the bodies of the journalist killed in the attack. him the better, but there aren't jobs are good working environment for most women in afghanistan. i was 6 years for the government, but it was hard for me to continue in my work environment. it was mostly men.

didn't say that police people would talk about us. the taliban would also follow our staff car or bus from the ministry. so i left recently about 25 girls were taken by the taliban from the milestone district of cousin province, and they were forced into mary did miss gilbert in the 3rd. i arrived in iran on a visa and then we were smuggled into turkey. the journey was very dangerous and difficult. i was thinking at one point i might die, but god help me from iran to turkey. we paid $1000.00 h. then in the middle news, i want peace and prosperity for my country were tired of wars. so ma'am, it should be you, but that's all i've seen since i was a child and i don't expect peace enough. galveston at a time soon. i want to move to a safer place where we can live in peace that it will be better for us. washington

has vowed to make what it says, it will be an appropriate response to the attack on any israeli operated tango of the coast is, i'm on the us, and you can have joined to israel in blaming iran for those days strike. tehran has denied any involvement to people were killed on the n v. most history. when it was, he's what appears to have been a drones strike us secretary of state antony blink and said, it follows a patent of belligerent from iran. how to abdel how it has more on it's from west jerusalem, where we don't have details of the evidence. they are speaking about what israel is saying that is that this was a drone attack, and that that drone effect specifically targeted the bridge of the vessel to cause a human last, or you sort of human human toll on this attack. now, prime minister enough,

daddy bennett, was meeting with his cabinet to do the weekly cabinet meeting to kick off the week . while he said that he had no doubt whatsoever that iran was behind that attack. even though you, ron says that the accusation is baseless. now on saturday, the foreign minister was busy on the phone, he spoke to his romanian counterpart and he also spoke to his british counterpart to give them condolences, but also because he is trying to drum up support. he says that it was going on in the, in the gulf of arabia is not only attacking israel, but is, is to disrupt commerce international commercial shipping. so he's trying to drum support through that. we also know that it is seeking for the un security council to meet urgently you can then iran and is calling for an international

investigation. hillary man lever, it is a former white house national security official. she says, relations in the region are only going to get one. i'm afraid we're in for a period of a glitch or a tension, especially in bobbing iran and israel. there is no real diplomatic channel or framework to discuss or handle these tensions as, as there was when we had the j. c, p o, a before president trump pulled the united states out of it. that has really taken diplomacy out of the picture. and so there are been, there's been, there's been escalation now for, for a couple of years. we've had israeli attacked on iranian target, their nuclear scientists, their new killer installations, various other targets in iran. that israel either claim credit for or quietly said that they don't know who did it. so there's been escalation now for a period of time. and i think it was inevitable that we would see iranian around in

retaliation and, and, and increasing escalation from their part even though they denied that they are responsible for this attack. i think it was inevitable and i think we are unfortunately in, for a period of increasing tension and confrontation. it's a poor relationship between iran and the united states. and one that was really broken by president trump when he tore up the iran new killer deal that the united states had negotiated painstakingly with iran and with our partners. it really put iran in a position where it had to take more of these measures into its own hands. and it had, in that sense, build up its own leverage in the international on the international military scene . and i think we're in for some real escalation on iran part. there, there been some fundamental changes in the international political, economic, and military structure which makes is rarely shipping, in particular, quite vulnerable. still ahead on al jazeera,

the scale of devastation is emerging in turkey. the most intense law 5 in recent years. and why a holiday cruises through the historic canals of venice could soon be a thing i i, it's time for the journey. the winter sponsored my cattle airways. hello, good to see you. it has been nonstop rain for parts of western india, for example, some of the states what's been called chart con, for example, look at these storm clouds here just bringing out their moisture. so an example of this over the past 24 hours scooping up a $170.00 millimeters of rain. this is in the indian state of chart guns. now let me show you where the intense rain is falling on monday. see the yellows, the darker the color, the more intense the rain is. as we head toward areas of bangladesh and the west

coast of neon mar. but are danger zone for that southwest monsoon in india, it's really shifted as we had toward rochester and not the pradesh and, you know, this rain is really going to pile up in the days to come easily could see a few 100 millimeters when you consider just look at this pocket right there. ok. next we're going to se asia, we've got storms coming and going, but also some sunshine and the best chance for seen that will be singapore and jakarta, jakarta, 32 degrees on monday. next asia pacific and we've got our intense rain falling toward that southeast corner of china steering into taiwan. so we picked up $263.00 millimeters of rain. now on monday, the heaviest pocket of rain will be for southern and also northern areas of taiwan . it will remain unsettled across the korean peninsula. on monday, the sponsored pay cut on airways. the journey to work can be a challenge on its own. but for some peruvian villages,

traversing one of the world's most dangerous way is a risk that comes with the job. we follow the journey of the people as they get the all to survive, risking it or peruse on allergies, 0. ah, ah ah, watching al jazeera, i'm emily and when a reminder of our top story is our afghan forces are fighting straight battles against the taliban in 3 cities can to how a port has been hit by rockets,

government reinforcements has been deployed unless canada and the us and u. k, our choosing iran of attacking in the israeli oil tanker without providing evidence . they say a drawing was used on the coast of mine on thursday, killing 2 people hello ration track sprinter. christina timmons sky has lived tokyo is hernida airport police station. according to a japanese law may come, the 24 year old alleged her olympic tame, tried to remove her from japan. she was due to compete in the women's 200 meters on monday. but she told reuters news her coaches ordered her to pack the bags on sunday after she complained about them in public i'm asking the international olympic committee for help. there's pressure against me and they're trying to get me out of the country without my permission. so i'm asking the i o c to get involved in this. the head of the bell russian sport solidarity foundation says

christina, is safe and police officers are looking into her case. she also explained why action was taken either because because christina showed indignation that she was put in a really something that is absolutely not in her program. and because the leadership of the federation, let's say, screwed up. she spoke about this openly, that they should have at least given some warning to allow them to prepare an athlete not competing and her discipline in her distance can get injured. anything can happen for nat, via choker, as a political commentator, and advise it to the bell. russian opposition figures flip lana, taken off the sky, and he says targeting a young athlete is the act of an insecure, later ever since started few days ago when she criticized on her instagram account, the management of dollars in the limbic team. and she was supported by many, many been recent, thousands of comments came in support of her on social media. and then suddenly she

was taken by representatives for billers and i'll pick team probably also by representatives for some k g b and brought to the airport. oh, of course luca shaka, the regime was trying to take revenge on her for criticizing lucas and personally and management of olympic team. it's a revenge and we should call it as a revenge if you're self confident. and if you are in control of the situation, you don't need to arrest athlete. just for post on instagram, it means you feel unsafe, and you are trying to eliminate all sources of potential on the rest. because the week before he destroys more than 50 and jewels and human rights organizations. it doesn't mean your self confidence. and also when, when he does these, it also, it also means that there are some processes within the system. and some of this low inforcement agencies are out of his control. i would, i would say that look,

shameka is trying to make some patch work on his system, but he doesn't. but without structural change, it won't help him much. me 2 of the biggest co, 19 vaccine manufacturers, pfizer and medina, are reportedly increasing the price of jobs. the market may backer, has the details is perhaps an unwanted reminder of all the cash flows in the business dealings that underpin the global vaccine rollout. but it is a reminder, of course, that this is essentially a business that needs to be kept afloat and pharmaceutical companies all out to make a profit, whether it's a large profit or small small profit. and of course, that raises a whole raft of different ethical questions as well. but according to the latest contract between pfizer medina and the european union, they will be a price hike for the shots in the imminent future,

according to figure seen. but like financial times, the new price for a funny shot will be $23.00 up from 18. but turn, i will go up to $25.50, up to up from $22.00. 60 this of course the countries are very keen and anxious to stamp out the spread of the delta vary. it also comes with a time in which countries in the e u and beyond the e. u. a mulling the possibility of administering a 3rd dose to bruce the job to improve efficacy so far. only israel has approved use of a 3rd dose, a booster job in the over sixty's. we know that research is happening here in the u . k. in britain and other countries may well follow suit, and all of this, of course, means the potential windfall for both much and pfizer as well off the phase 3 trials. both of these vaccines have been proven to be more effective

than the rivals than the astrazeneca job and the johnson and johnson jobs. so essentially, both of these companies have a captive audience in the european union. european commission, just to remind you, of course, was accused early on of not acting quickly enough when it came to the vaccine rollout. and what it's doing now is proving that it's willing to throw an awful lot of money buying a premium product that is proven to work across the board. according to one figure who was close to negotiations, said he says that the company to capitalize on the market power and deployed the usual farm rhetoric. essentially, the vaccines work time to ramp up the price. anthony fountain, the chief medical advisor to us president george biden has warned more pain and suffering is ahead. as cases of coven. 19 rise is also criticizing some republican governors, who he says are unwilling to implement more mosque wearing. so

a person's individual, individual decision to not wear a mask, not only impacts them, because if they get infected, even though they say it's my decision, if i get infected, i'll worry about that. but the fact is, if you get infected, even if you are without symptoms, you very well may infect another person who may be vulnerable, who may get seriously ill. so in essence, you are encroaching on their individual rights because you're making them vulnerable. democratic leaders in the us house of representatives, calling on the bonded administration to extend a pause on evictions. but the white house says he doesn't have power to do so without congressional action. after a recent supreme court ruling, the phrase was imposed last year to help slow the spread of coven line tain by easing crowding and shelters. some states have chosen to extend the measures,

including california and new york. more than 600 people have been arrested in berlin after anti locked down, protest 10 violence. police say some protests is harassed and attacked them. authorities did not approve the demonstration, citing rising code 19 cases, but 1000 to find the ban. germany intelligence says it's examining possible links to right when wing extremism. supporters of brazil, president j a both scenario talk to the straits across the country. on sunday, it was a show support for his proposal to replace the electronic voting system with paper ballots for next year's election. monica yanna kit reports from rio de janeiro. the thousands of brazilians rallied in support of brazil's president jane bull, some out of their backing. his plane that brazil current electronic voting system is not to be trusted. they will don't feel like i believe both scenario was elected

president in the 1st round of the 2018 elections and not in the 2nd round. like the official result, say, low make isn't just must respect the will of the people who want paper ballots, not just digital one, washington going awesome. the follow the president has offered no evidence of problems with the current system that has been used since 1996. but his supporters believe him. they want a paper print out of every digital ballot cast. and they're putting pressure on congress and the supreme court to change the system. but 11 political party in many brazilians question both. so natalie intention was getting versus the people want to change the x running quoting was the paper side to ask what the majority of brazilians wanted. it wasn't, this is just the government's way of distracting the people from what is really going on. i'd like to more than 500000 did by covered 1900 recent polls shobel. so

amount of faces defeat by former president with the master ruler, the silver. if the contest next year's election in both scenario has repeatedly said he will not step down. if he thinks there is fraud had any idea. this is happening after the opposition has stage 4 nationwide project calling. 7 for president right above but not as well. so not as popularity has waned in the face of increasing inflation, unemployment and poverty race analysts believe he is following in the footsteps of former us president donald trump. most of our trying to do the same thing that trump has gone on in the election united states. he wants to have the elements necessary to claim that 2 actions were read and tried to validate them. resilient still have to wait more than a year to cast their votes, but both so now to supporters and opponents already testing each other on the st.

monitor and give just 0 rio de janeiro. at least 2 people have died in 5 that have raged across turkey for the past 5 days. seen him cause learn has more from assemble. the one square hills of maurice had turned into this hector's, a scorched land and smoke everywhere. as 5 fighting helicopters, dallas, the flames. the fires here are mostly contained now, but the damage they left behind is immense. it on solid man. i've got this strict. this farmer found a newborn baby goat. his named it miracle. picked out of him. john. i'm really worried about these animals. if i died, it wouldn't matter what i was really just being evacuated. i couldn't leave. and i asked my parents if we die, he shall we die together with these animals. and they said yes. so we stayed. i wish those animals survived and i was dead and his date and i don't know,

they innocent kicked out of the more volunteers i joined the firefighters working across the southern region like college student re. honda and natalie has accepted district. great, thank you. all seniors in our village survive the fire except for my 82 year old grandfather got poisoned by the smoke trying to put up the fire. i don't want other senior di tories said to be moved from some of the hotels in mall as popular district of boardroom as the fire spread down the hill towards the sea shore. the government suspects arson, but experts believe excessive heat and strong winds are likely to cause climate change is also crucial factor turkey, so devastating floods in its northern black sea region earlier in july, who could finish how many years the mediterranean has never seen such dry weather as in the last 20 days, meteorologists have actually worn fires,

unavoidable in the next 15 days, and may continue until september. the fire was started and mar marriot has now sprach other locations. the government has been criticized for a shortage of fire fighting aircraft. other bay, john iran, russia ukraine, has sent a cook meant in personnel. but turkey's forester minister warns the humidity level is going down in the coming days, which means more attention and measures are needed to put out the fires in turkey, southern greenhouse, and is the pain of those who have last ever thing. seen. i'm go solo al jazeera. i stumble. lodge cruise ships are now banned from entering the center of venice. environmentalists have been pushing for the move fee use. adam rainy reports from the city. picture postcard perfection. tourists are back in venice, but they won't be arriving anytime soon. on large cruise ships it follows years of

debate about banning mega cruise ships to protect venus's lagoon ecosystem that that bait became much more heated with the arrival in june of a towering 90000 tons ship. the government finally announced the ban in july, after threats from unesco to place venice a world heritage site on its endangered list. the italy is promising to cover last wages for thousands of workers who rely on the cruise industry to keep them afloat. nobody movie, we hope the government comes up with a way for us to continue a subsidy might last a year or 2, but this decrease has ships won't pass through any more. we need certainty for our future to decades now. which cuts right through the heart of venice passing by mark square. and it's this very artery to which the huge ships will no longer be able to pack. but that doesn't mean they'll be completely block from the venetian lagoon.

the plan is to have large cruise ships into the lagoon through a back channel and dock at the mainland industrial port of margarita. the problem is the port isn't ready to receive crews. passengers like city counts or medical gas by the net. they grew up along dennis's canals. he welcomes the band but sees it as a distraction. because the visible part of the iceberg, visible deeper is the big ships, about many other problems and the pictures are not the only one. and what are the problems that the city is dying them in terms of being living the place where the tickets are living in side and not having to commute there to get the job which can not give it a chance to lead them to see where we are just that to me that may cultural as part of an organization that lobbied for the band. she seated as part of a larger push to focus on long term sustainability. all of that would be done not to ship to focus away from accommodating tourism to really fulfilling the needs of

the local residents who flip and also on the value of the versity of the lagoon and on the well being of the whole environment. here the venice rose as a commercial powerhouse centuries ago to the great benefit of its people, finding a balance that keeps coffers full and residents from fleeing will take more than banning cruise ships from its waters. adarine al jazeera venice. ah, this is al jazeera and these other top stories. afghan forces are fighting straight battles against the taliban in 20 cities. kandaher airport has been hit by rockets . government reinforcements have been deployed in laska and do i advocate in 3 provinces. the security situation is critical, especially a nascar guy. the enemy has some movie.