he is bright as junk stars. ah, what did it take to serve a national propaganda machine? a compelling portrait of the privileged lives of the countries elite, rewind, north korea. cinema of dream analogy around the this is al jazeera. ah, hello, i'm north taylor. this is the news i live from london coming up. wildfires fueled by record high temperature is to 8 people in turkey and 10 villages into burned out ruins. heat wave is also sparked hundreds of fires across greece and italy, driving thousands from their homes. as

a taliban bushes deeper into the capital of helman province, the afghan president claims the security crisis and the rapid withdrew by the us. and this printer who says her team tried to force her to return home to paris, is given a humanitarian visa by phone and asked that i still competing at the games us gymnast. the main bios confirm she will take part in the balance being final, while her teammates jade carry one gold in the floor. final claim has us elim pick meadow. ah begin in turkey were high winds and temperatures above 40 degrees celsius. a finding deadly wildfires along the southern coast. 8 people have now died and many homes have been engulfed by the flames. as far apart as continue battling several blazes. the extent of the destruction is becoming clear for the village and man

i've got. i still said our report, the ones this 4 wheel drive column, there is no, i burned out. the rain that had looked on says harris, his life to see his parents. he succeeded, but their family home was lost. then within minutes, the flames surrounded the village and home while i was trying to rescue my parish, i took my parents out for the speed of the fire, which so far, places came from all directions. i hesitated for 10 2nd and then i was surrounded by fire house that i lifted my entire life, turned to within 10 minutes. the 1st news of the wildfires came from me and i got in the south in the province and stand by the strong beans. they soon spread to surrounding village including clem last but not everybody made it out alive. a german woman and her turkish husband, who had called this will at home for more than 20 years,

were killed. we just fled when the flames coming over us. for that couple went home to take their thing and then we didn't hear from them at all. we kept asking where they are, the phone to off get them on sunday. we found out that they left home but could not get through the fire surrounding the house. we found their bodies leaning against the wall. they were completely burned. and those who survive are now without homes and livelihoods. nearly 60 or 100 houses in this village have been destroyed or heavily damaged, with little to return to but rubble more than half of the people here had been forced to flee. among them is abraham earth by whose home of 40 years perished in the flames. bundled together monday the legion, when the fire broke out, i immediately tried to rescue my elderly mother dearly survive. my home was ruined by the flames. our farms also got burned and we lost all of our life stocks. now,

i don't even want to look at my ruined house, because it's giving me an unbearable pain and we don't know what will happen and what to do with them. since when does they more than $100.00? 30 fires. how broken out, acro south and turkey is cause the regions most of them are under control. but the provinces of moolah on taya and his partner, are still trying to put out the names. the government says it will compensate people for the losses. and support is put in, in from all over the country and abroad with the fire fighting planes coming in from croatia. so pain, russia, iran, ukraine, and john, but so much work still needs to be done for people to once again. corey will, like i said that i was just going italy in greece also trying to contain multiple wildfires, fueled by a heat wave. the great prime minister says,

is the worst is $987.00 coastal areas around the italian cities of katana and miss kara, have been engulfed in flames. hi cruz say they've faced hundreds of fair ups and populated areas over the past few days and bus robbie has more record high temperatures have prompted dozens of wildfires in european countries in greece. cruise have been battling large fires with water bomber plains, and helicopters, fires destroyed homes and farms, and prompted evacuations of populated areas. here's my house. you can see i had nothing left, only the cold i'm wearing, we me and my wife and the child. nothing is like the shop people right now. we need help right away. we have no house, no water, no, absolutely nothing. an estimated 60 forest fires broke out in the past 24 hours, most will quickly brought under control. but local weather service is predicting higher temperatures in the coming days in areas already experiencing some that are

going with the n s. if it was a nightmare last night the situation was really bad. the area was inaccessible and with strong winds it was not easy for help to reach the area because of the disaster that's happened here is tremendous for the fire. this area was an exceptional green lung of the earth. in italy, extreme weather brought floods to the north and fires to cities. across the south, dozens of people have been relocated from coastal towns and firefighters. on the island of sicily battled dozens of wildfires. there all this is temperatures continued. decline in basra. the junior item range has this update from this kara on italy's eastern coast firefighters have gotten this fire under control and the c plus scada in the region of a boot. so it took them a better part or 2 days to control this blaze in this pine stand that stand very close to the sea. we're in the heart of a very touristy region resort. they had to evacuate hundreds of people here on

sunday, but now monday night, they've got this under control. you can see the fire brigade putting up the final embers here. they've had a break off on the weather in a boot, so it's now under 30, they're going to see temperature like that in the coming days, firefighters say that was going to help them fight the remaining 20 or so fires in this region. but temperatures remain high and poorly in sicily to the south of here . and there's still more than $120.00 fires raging there. and there's no break in the weather predicted in the coming days. so firefighters are concerned that if that weather stays hot and the winds don't cooperate, they're gonna have a big fight on their hands. but for now, here in a boot, so in the city of fest gotta they feel confident that this fire is no longer a big risk in the nearby ones in the city of kit. they are also coming under control. coming up on the use of london. you slap sanctions on the nicaragua and need his wife after a crackdown on most of his potential challenges in this year's presidential

elections. as us 8 officials, samantha power visits, if you can refugees into john holidays with their hands tied a found in the river that runs between the 2 countries. from puerto rico who went from a little bit heartbreak to gold medal winner story coming up later. and ah, continues to advance on major cities. i've got phones president ash, ross county has bring the deteriorating security crisis on the rapid withdrew by us troops. he told parliament his government has a plan to things under control within 6 months, but didn't give any details. now deborah had to james bay's reports from cobble as fighting has intensified and moved into 3 of afghanistan's main cities. the

president, ash raf ghani, has again been addressing his people. he spoke to members of parliament. the 3rd speech gun is made in a week. each time he's talked about the grave security situation, but there's been no fresh action announced no details of his plan to reverse the taliban advance where we need a moment that we are aware of current problems and dangers, god willing security and defense forces will be getting stronger day by day in the coming 6 months and we will reach an optimal situation again. so a 6 month time line to turn things around. but with absolutely no detail. things are moving very fast and they're not going the government's way. and some diplomats getting impatient with gone is approach. they believe he needs to rally his people around a new detailed military plan. now, as the taliban makes advances, their hand is strengthened in any future negotiations. it's expected talks in doha

will resume in the next 2 weeks. the taliban former finance minister now living in cobble says it's time for the president to accept the groups demands to release a further 7000 troops in exchange for a c spot. but they're out of door much. i must say this to stop all fighting and to bring and implement the cease fire. both sides of the conflict is a government and that should take steps to build trust. it's clear the afghan government needs not just a plan to turn things around on the battlefield. but also to change the national mood, there's a perception, even among some government supporters that the taliban is now winning james bay's al jazeera cobble. in the past 24 hours, the taliban has moved from the outskirts to the heart of major cities, africa, and kandahar situation. and i particularly fragile with the on group moving closer to major government buildings and also been asked, strikes and fighting,

inherit the countries, 3rd largest city and in anger hall in the east who cover charlotte bennett reports on the taliban. the push into helman province. not really chunky was us doing. this is a square inside the city and we just captured, it says this tele bond fighter. the video was recorded unless cargo the capital at home and problem the canada and pushed into lunch on today. people have reported seeing tele bonsai who's in the city center and entering people flesh because main hospital emergency food communications frequently being cut off with mobile phone videos offering a real insight into what is happening in the city of 200000 people. the afghan government has responded by deploying the most leaked of its special forces. it's also conducting air strikes alongside us forces. i like this audio was lead

to the commanding general of the regional army cool. encourage his men to keep fighting all our friends, our colleagues should stay on the checkpoints. if any bad person tries to enter the city, we have commanded there and they will respond. there are strikes on going by the americans and by our opposed to don't worry. but there is growing concerned about civilian casualties from a strikes now happening in urban areas. this hospital was hit on saturday. the taliban also published these videos of soldiers. it says surrendered unless car got in recent days. the shuttle out of more than 20 times, they asked the government to help us and resupply us. i know they can't help. so that's why i surrendered and came to the taliban. they kept saying on the radio, we will come and help you. but it never happened in the neighboring province of candor. her fighting is also intense. the taliban has moved inside the limits of

kandahar city again, a 2nd largest in the group form a strong holt. we've seen an increase in the number of engine we have 30 to 40 engine people here at the fighting increases during the night. so we might get more patients later. the more than 150000 people have been displaced in kandahar in the last 3 weeks. most flayed from rural areas to kandahar city. but no, even that not. so. when the fighting started in our village, everyone was seeing the we also ran from our houses to we didn't bring anything with us, just we didn't save our things, just our lives. the cities are not the only ones under pressure in the past most the time about taking control is much less damage, meaning more provincial capital to be on the charlotte balanced era the us and britain are among countries calling for an immediate cease fire across

afghanistan. there embassies, highlighting allegations from afghanistan independent human rights commission that the taliban quote massacred civilians in the town was spin, bolduc on the border with pakistan. taliban fighters took control there on july 14th, posting on twitter. the embassies said that if the accusations approved, they may amount to war crimes. united states says it will take in thousands war african refugees who been working with the us because of the increased threat from the taliban. expanded refugee program will include africans linked to us funded projects, as well as non governmental and media organizations. rosalind jordan has more from the state department. the announcement from the us state department comes after weeks of public pressure from n jose and from us based media organizations, asking the u. s. government to protect those people who helped them do their work during the 20 year long afghan war. this is the secretary of state antony blinking

. today. the state department is announcing a new resettlement program for afghans who assisted the united states, but who do not qualify for special immigrant visas. we created a priority to or p 2 designation. granting access to the u. s. refugee admissions program for many of these afghans and their family members. a great deal of hard work has gone into this already, but even more lives ahead. now while this might sound like great news, and certainly there are those on capitol hill and within the human rights community who are praising the u. s. government for taking this step and making this offer to afghan citizens. the hurdle that they have to clear in order to take advantage of the process is going to be a very difficult one. the u. s. government already is not providing transportation album, afghanistan, for those who were working as interpreters for the us military. by the same token, they're not going to be providing any assistance to help these additional afghan

citizens leave their country in order to apply for refugee status and eventually resettle in the us. these tens of thousands of people and their immediate families have to find their way out of the country themselves. it's an expensive process. once they get to what their country, they will have to wait at least 12 to 14 months to actually go through the screening process and then possibly then move here to the united states. it's not a done deal. it's a very difficult road ahead for these tens of thousands of afghans who came to rely on their relationship with the americans during that 20 year long war william page is a full membership matter to a to ask us johnny joins us now. thanks very much need for being with us. so i should have gone. he has said that the security situation going on at the moment is in part due to the speed of the withdrawal, the u. s. forces what kind of plan do you think he has and was there any of planning on behalf of the,

the u. s. and other countries in bold enough kinda storm fought for this period after the withdrawal? well, and i agree with them that says the, the current situation is a result of a rather persistent withdrawal. and i'm quite sure what planet could have other than to rally the troops ensure that well supply secure, vital supplies from his allies, the americans, british other, other nato allies continued commitment to providing the logistics support and financial support to see what he, what he can do and how likely that they have kind of posted will be able to regain control. and particularly in areas where the telephone is now threatening provincial cities. i think their priority will be to hold onto the cities. i mean, it's relatively easy for the taliban to secure the countryside because there's nothing much to secure in the troops or tend to be garrisoned in

the, in the cities. so they'll be trying to protect the main main arteries, the roads in and out of, of us kind of stand there. want to recover, spin, bolduc and may be a priority or the border with pakistan. but we are likely to see sometimes fall to the taliban because resupply will be an issue. you can, the u. s. spent lots of money over 20 years and lost many lives. enough kind of thought. they simply going to watch it disintegrate. whether they will watch just integrate, but they have, they have certainly contributed to the current crisis. they basically gave up on the, on direct military support to the government before the taliban, and even begun political talks. the, the smart thing to do would have been to maintain support for the african government for as long as the taliban refused to get into political talk. the

american agreement with the taliban until he was all about american troops withdrawing. and very little about future political settlement, enough canister. and so the taliban a feeling in bold and the there they will feel the negotiating position is very strong and they me feel that they can win the whole price through military means. i think they would be mistaken, but that could be part of their thinking. i mean, presumably people are watching what's happening now with renewed interest and perhaps with the idea that they might need to change the plan a bit. what would your advice be to avoid kind of santini into another failed state? well, i think we need to continue support the legitimate government. going to start to defend it. citizens of defendants, people, military support. i would, i would hope that the, that the us can maintain the support for or long as the african government need it to provide logistic support resupply. these are important components of the support

of the government and financial support. obviously, as the african government stopped paying the military, then more of them will defect to the defect, to the, to tell them what impact thank you very much indeed fertile and as long as they are . thank you. my pleasure. at least a 100 people have been killed in flooding and landslides in the african province of ne, on rescue operations is still underway with dozens of people missing days after heavy rains overwhelmed the region, the district is under taliban control, which government says makes it difficult to provide assistance, food and shelter. to my sleeping in my house. in a minute the floods came and it was drawing everything. 10 members of my family were killed. we've just found a child and a woman. the others are still missing. 302 people are now known to have died in recent floods in china. 3 times the number. the authorities originally reported.

they had non provincial governments as a further 50 people are still missing. the majority are enjoying joe the provincial capital, which saw a year's worth of rain in just 3 days. last month. streets were turned into rivers and the subway system was flooded economic losses. they have reached $18000000000.00 with more than $580.00. hector has a farmland affected value. russian sprinter has been issued a humanitarian visa by the polish embassy in tokyo, after seeking political asylum on sunday, christina team and sky accused batteries of trying to force her home on a plane. after she publicly complained about her and coaches or about natalie has more. christina terminal, if sky unlikely expected this kind of media attention while competing in the 200 meters sprint at the olympic games. but instead she found herself seeking asylum at the polish embassy in tokyo. that solved. she criticized her coaches for trying to

place her in the 4 by 400 b to relay without her consent. it's an event she hadn't trained for. she says she was then forced to go to, to kill, had he to airport and sunday was she all japanese police to help her seek us? finally, 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. and the i o. c did intervene, spoke to the virus athlete. christina simon simon, new sky. directly last night, she was with the apple store. it is the airport and was time accompanied by a staff member of tokyo. 2020. she assured us and has assured us that she feels safe and secure. the problem began off to the bell. russian athlete was drafted into the race of her team members were ruled ineligible. the berries national

olympic committee hadn't fully protocol in its drug testing, bought her head coach and some of the team members say, timothy guy left the competition because she suffered from mental health issues. and then we did our school. she stood out for her behavior. we have known her for a long time and there was something wrong with her. she included herself sometimes, and sometimes she didn't wanna communicate. we have a young team who are very hard to cheat. we were getting some signal was that something was happening to the go with your, with them. we have seen her anxiety some chaotic move. something was bothering her in the beginning of the limpid games. she was keeping quiet and calm. but then there was some actions which disappointed all of us, all the supporters and when the country with the bell, russian government has not commented on poland decision to help similar skies. but right to say many athletes, bel roost,

have been detained. unexploded from national teams. yeah, it follows laws his mass protest against president alexander lucas shanker, disputed election victory back in tokyo. tim last guy said she was deprived of her right to compete, but at least for now she saved in the polish embassy and she hoped they can help to secure her future. norbert among the outer syrup, european union has imposed sanctions on the wife of nicaragua. his leader was also the country's vice president and 7 other nicaraguans comes on the deadline to register as a candidate for november's election, 75 year old incumbent. daniel ortega has registered to run for a 4th term, but almost always challenges have been arrested in recent months. mr. being held on treason charges you may know positions is named the form of usually queen and a former gorilla fighter.

as well about this with our latin america edison, you're seeing human news, i 1st in santiago and here so many potential candidates arrested who has registered apart from or taken out for the election as i understand or take a still hasn't registered yet, but he is expected to do so within the hour unless i'm wrong, but he's never really says when he is going to do so. but he and his wife are willing to run. that seems to be a given. the interesting thing is the fact that the vast majority of the opponents are now either in prison or in exile 8 of them to be exact. and so what are the more astonishing aspects of this election or wouldn't be election? is that earlier today? a former contra leader, oscar, so bad girl who was an opponent not only of ortega's politically, but also in the battlefield in the 1980s he has registered and on his ticket. it is a former miss. nicaragua,

a beauty queen at running for the vice presidency. now they are running as the candidates for the citizens, for freedom parties whose more popular candidates have been imprisoned. as we said earlier to get them out of the running, he says, and so did the party that he had to step up to the plate to that they couldn't be somebody to oppose. daniel ortega, i'm just calling on nickel rollins to take his candidacy seriously. although he is really not very well known, i would say that the mis nicaragua is better known than he is. apart from him, there was a well known business leader from the nicaraguan liberal party. it's a conservative party that has had a reputation for making duty deals with the government over the last 10 years or more. but that candidate says that know that the party has been cleaned up and that they too are going to offer an alternative to nicaraguans. however, we have to keep in mind that the electoral counsel and the courts are all

controlled or at least in favor of the presidents and they to sanctions have much of an impact. probably not the sanctions against mrs. ortega for samuel moody. you probably won't have any impact because it's more than likely that if she did have any assets in europe, she would have already have taken them away as this was already kind of in the cards. the other 8 people are high ranking members of the government, but they to this that have had a chance a long time, in fact, to would take what to sell or withdraw any of their assets in europe. also divine administration has slapped sanctions and about a 100 members of the nicaragua, government, or close allies by withdrawing their visas to the united states. but this is going to be, this is really much more symbolic. it has nothing. it doesn't measure up to, for example, to the sanctions that have been slapped on venezuela or cuba,

both allies of nicaragua, which would include very, very strong economic sanctions on the country. but so far, neither europe nor the united states has wanted to build that far within human. thank you very much indeed. look more still to come this hour. why a poll asking mexicans if full of presidents should be put on trial has failed. britain considered as a commercial stick approach to get more young people vaccinated. but is it fair if you don't want a shot? and it's not always graceful, and then pick diving. just ask the canadian on that nation. ah. for thunderstorm watches, it's been a wonderful time in the out see to all as well as some a thunderstorms rumble around. but there's bit of a difference to further ne,

you get these lows wrapped around the baltic states into southern scandinavia. indicate weather is particularly wet weather. there is tail and sherry stuff which is the thunderstorms going through better worse. however, this is really not particularly summary terms as even down as far sciences, northern germany or in the low twenty's. they're pretty charles has not been much sunshine seen for days. it's not much better. i have to say on tuesday, it's all incomplete contrast. what's happening further south starts a warm though not hot and longer. in spain. it's hotter the further east you go, particularly in the tip of italy and in greece. temperatures, for example, in athens at 42 degrees are approaching record values. the record is actually 42.6 . we don't think it will get there, but it's getting down close. and that last for the next 3 days, it's been the case in turkey to as you well know. one of the reasons why the father so bad withstood around about 40 runtime, which is about the same figures. athens close to its record,

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