police are trying very hard friends. the scenario that happened last week when thousands were rioting in sitting to us. after some protest i started throwing stones and that's why you were police on horseback. moved in to clear the area i top after military commander order civilians to leave last car got as the army prior to flush our taliban fighters. ah. watering all of their life from headquarters in del heim, daddy navigator also aheads. that use ends reinforcements to turkey as wildfire as ravages, coastal towns forcing 1000 to flee the reach accusations from a right group that the death of bella, russia, activists, and ukraine was

a planned operation. and a huge mission to contain china's comb with 19 outbreak. what it's doing to keep the virus out of the capital. ah, people have in order to get out of afghanistan, southern city, a flash card guy as security forces fight back against the taliban. government troops are set to launch a big operation on the arm group in the capital of helman province, which is home to about 200000 people. the un says at least 40 people have been killed in the past 24 hours in some of the heaviest fighting in the center of the city. the afghan government has deployed its elite special forces and is carrying out air strikes alongside us forces that they have a message to the honorable people of laska listen, brothers and sisters. we will be fighting. please evacuate your families from all

those houses where taliban are even in the neighbourhood, when it will be very hard fighting. we will not leave the taliban alive at any cost . i know it will be very hard for you and it was also a hard decision for me to. i don't want to hurt my people, but i'm fighting for my people. i fight for the brothers and sisters of my homeland and for your future. please forgive us if you get to the place and please evacuate as soon as possible from all those areas where the taliban will come. we will be targeting all of those areas. are the fanatic editor james base is joining us from couple. james, what are you hearing about the situation and the operation taken place last cards off? well clearly this is a very notable announcement coming just before the end of the day here in afghanistan a day which is seen yet more intense fighting in the provincial capital of helmand . in fact, the local reporters, we've spoken to say this has been the most intense day of fighting virtually gunshots all day long. and now this decision, by the military,

to ask people to evacuate the homes clearly is very dramatic. it's something that they've obviously thought about. and decided to do, even though potentially you all are letting people leave the homes and walk into an area which is a frontline was own whether have been so many class she's going on in recent days. it also potentially means there'll be lots and lots of people displaced from their homes, where all of these thousands of people going to go. the announcement was made by somebody who is a general, he's the cool commander for the operations in helmand. he is a young man, but it's become a very notable figure. he's seen as one of the success stories of the military and many people in cobb. we'll see him as a war hero. he's decided to do this. i think it'll be interesting to see how the international community respond,

because already you've had the un putting out warning statements about the scale of civilian casualties in helmand. how all the un agencies and n g o is going to react to this dramatic move to try and clear parts of the city. what i think the problem was for the african military, is that the tell about all in the heart, so that in the heart of the city there in this urban area there in buildings that and it's going to be very, very hard to clear them with st. street fighting going house to house by the african commandos. alternatively to have a major bombing campaign. the results of both could be very large civilian casualties. so i think they decided that the best way forward it was people to leave the homes, to avoid those civilian casualties. but as i said earlier, there are real risks to that strategy to master the displacement of people and people who are now going to be fleeing through an active was that? yeah, james, and there's been fighting in other parts of the country as well. what can you tell

us if the fighting in other parts is also significant? it's significant when there's any fighting going on in major cities in afghanistan . remember the taliban until recently had mainly been controlling the rural areas. but we have seen in the last week or so fresh pushed into urban areas including 2 of the big cities of i've got a song in kandahar, there's been fresh class. she's in the 2nd city in pulse of the city. we know that they have been civilians injured according to the mere wise hospital, which had another 10 casualties in recent hours. 3 of those were told a children then if you move to the west to herat, the 3rd city of i've got a storm. certainly that the african government is saying they're making progress. they've cleared the taliban from some of the areas near the center and push them further out. but it's certainly clear from the videos. talk about the posting on

social media. it's all about remain in control of urban areas in herat. certainly the, the ongoing battles in a rush aren't necessarily over. i think the taliban clearly are testing the afghan forces on the and number of different places. the afghans have the numerical advantage, at least on paper, they have the power and the special forces. so if there's one area to deal with potentially, that is something they can normally try and manage. but i think it's all about trying to spread them thin at a time where there is certainly one real focus for us. even though we've got rats in canada, which is laska. i think we're going to have to watch very, very closely. what's gonna happen in laska got the coming hours. thank you so much . james bass reporting from couple a bell. russian activist who was reported missing has been found dead in ukraine's capital. kiev vitale. she saw

a letter of based nonprofit organization that helps by the russian fleeing persecution. the n g o has call his death a planned operation. he was reported missing by his partner or failing to return from a run. the police have now launched a murder investigation. by the ris, offer edition leaders, atlanta tech and sky, i'm is waiting on the investigation, but believe she shot death could be a crime. i understand that. you know, i can, i can disappear, change moment. i understand that. but i should do what i'm doing. i cancelled because i'm supposed to be listed for future of my fans with the same as all those the fight and the moment feel the responsibility. i know that even if i disappear one day, this movement will continue without me. peter's i'm. i am the executive director of the razor democracy initiative. he says vitale, sean death, may have been to send

a message that indication that that physical science of some sort of a soul, jim. so that might rule out suicide. it's not plausible. i knew him and does, does not seem credible to me. and also what is kind of cruelly ironic about as though he had a bell rushing housing ukraine. it was large of a few minutes area organization that help those who left fellows headed in ukraine . she was not the most visible so activist such but i think his routine, his jogging, which he was so well known today i was watching. and if we assume that this was murder, that he was just in the target. and i think it's the malec. it's a signal that shows that if he's in his regime are guilty of this, once again, he's sending to the rest of the exiles in ukraine and elsewhere to sit low, give them our shot. because this is what's gonna happen to you. this is an intimidating signal to the rest by the russian athlete. christina, tomorrow,

we'll leave japan for poland later after being granted a humanitarian visa. the runner responding to seek refuge in europe after accusing her teams officials of trying to force her to leave the tokyo games early for criticizing her coaches, the international olympic committee says it's launched an investigation beyond the store. they made it clear that upon my return home, i would definitely say some form of punishment, and that if i refused and ran in the 200 mates race, i would be fired and kicked out of the national team. there were also thinly disguised hints that more would await me. the key phrase is when they said that the decision to return home was not taken by us. it was taken by other people and we were ordered to follow through. at the moment, i just want to safely get to europe. i would really like to continue my sporting career because i'm only 24. and i had plans to participate in at least 2 more

olympic games. firefighters and turkey are working round the clock as wildfires continue to spread in coastal resort towns, winds and temperatures above 40 degrees celsius are fanning 7 fires along the mediterranean and a g and coasts. at least 8 people have now died in the region in the past week. holidaymakers have been forced out of their hotels. thousands have been evacuated from their homes, are still started following developments and turkeys and tell your problems. now we are in the, the village of a seller in tone of good domes and untidy province. and it is also one of the, the worst here districts in turkey. as of yesterday, this is the house support because at different locations in this town, the fire fighters are fighting against the flames and the blades as if this will edge and this was, did the fire started yesterday at 4 am after midnight,

and since done the help of the willis had been turned into the ruins. so the soldiers are, keep in the take him to the villagers out of the will. it's because it's quite risky, but the emotions are very high. people are suffering because they see that the houses that they had the tie of life and as just burning down the soldiers, the security forces are blocking the road to the main town of the good, almost so far there being 156 different locations that reported the wildfires the forest fires and the minister will afford it says that 147 of them are under the control. but as of now, 9 active zones are still suffering from the from the the, the fires. wildfires are also ravaging the italian coastal cities of cataneo and pest gara, residents and tourists have moved to safer ground as the fires continue to burn.

cruise say they've battled hundreds of flare ups and populated areas in the past few days. adam rainy is following the story. joining us from the coastal town of or toner item was the situation where you were well, where i'm standing just a few hours ago, there were still some fires burning. we followed a fire brigade to this point were in this overlooked you may not see behind me, but behind these olive trees is a pine forest. and from there a hill overlooking the sea. and there were smouldering fires here up until the middle of the day, and we followed the brigade as they pay. they douse the final flames. here we spoke to a fire captain. he said, pretty much the region of a brute. so that's this central region. italy is under control because they've had a break in the weather. they put out that fired a pine forest and pest got it. it was still smoldering earlier on on tuesday morning. and now attention is focused on region south of here. that would be pool.

yeah. that would be collaborative in sicily, where temperatures are still above 40, and there's still a few fires that the fire brigades are tackling right now. it's pretty high hot weather conditions. they feel confident that in 2448 hours, they may have them under control. they're throwing everything at it, plain helicopters, dumping water on these fires. they're trying to corral them as well. but with this heat, it's not clear if they're going to get a break by the, by the end of tuesday here. so we'll be looking into the night in the early morning to see how that turns out for these firefighters in italy. and how concerning is the situation and the rest of some southern europe? well that, that heat wave that is still felt and sicily is still over. grease receive fire still being fought there. they're scrambling to get control those during what's called a record heat wave. the highest heat where they've had in 30 years, particularly an island of rhodes, which is near turkey, which we have seen so much damage. and the stories we heard in that report from

turkey aren't so different than some of the stories we've heard here of people losing their whole home just where i'm standing about half a kilometer away. we spoke to a young woman who returned here this morning and she said on tuesday that is fine and all of grove her family has cultivated for 3 generations. some of those trees dating back to 100 years. she said she didn't know if any of them will live, so we're seeing across this region, the mediterranean, scorched by temperatures scorched by these fires. and people struggling with the same thing. loss of life hasn't been as, as high here in italy as elsewhere. but we're seeing this heat wave that hung over the center of italy has now passed here. it's now still in sicily, and greece is struggling because they haven't seen a break in those temperature. so we'll see in the next 2 days, perhaps how that turns out for greek firefighter stream. thank you so much. adam rainy reporting from italy fill ahead on al jazeera iran, new president. excuse me, every se pledges action on what he calls to radical sanctions imposed by the us. on

the richardson at the tokyo olympics, west among biles has returned to competition and want a bronze medal at a final event. these gangs, ah, the seasoned rains, the stay should have had their time, but they broke it up again. and most of the heavy rain the next 2 days is sugar. so from these was circulations, are tied massage. china see this one has turned into a tropical depression. it might even strength. another one appears to be trying to form the ne of tie one of the re, you q chain of japanese islands wrapped around them. not so much the strength of the wind is the slow moving nature and this persistent rain, the orange cause the heavy straight to paste, be mostly over the water, but it won't stay that way. east in glendora including hong kong and food general

risk from further studying from further rain. they will be heavy, right, and tie. we're not as bad as it was, but wet entire i'm at least a still at risk for further lance lies or flash flooding. now, coincidentally, the rest of the station isn't quite in that seasonal rain grip. we seen a few big showers in south kerry recently. they've got a band of writing coming through beijing and then hanging around, there were a few showers in the still humid japan, but his area to focus on. and he does extend, i think, to the northern philippines. but be on laugh is just a few sunshine sherry outbreak for malaysia and indonesia for the monsoon rain still look to east rochester on and western monte pradesh. ah. a year ago, one of the largest nuclear blast and history killed more than 200 people and injured 1000. the victims, families still need answers. we want to compute just how did dangerous chemicals

end up in maybe sports. let's be professional. it was not invented for me was on the and was the whole soft file unloaded from the ship, the missing amal and it wasn't all in one way or another in an illegal way before join me for their, for the full report. on else with me . ah, hello again. the top stories on al jazeera, i've gone security forces are expected to launch a large scale operation to clear the southern city of lush car, gone from taliban fighters. at least 200000 people living in the capital of helman, problems have been told to leave the city when the temperature is about 40 degrees

celsius are fanning 7 wildfires and turkey along the mediterranean and a g and at least 8 people have now died in the region in the past we've a bela russia activist who was reported missing has been found dead in ukraine's capital vitality shot lead based nonprofit organization that helps well the russians fleeing persecution. the n g o has called his death a plan operation. a wrong new precedent is promising to lift oppressive us sanctions, but not at the expense of giving into foreign demands. it i have said has been officially endorsed by supreme leader on harmony at a ceremony and to run the conservative cleric takes power with iran in the grip of a severe economic crisis. the 60 role has also pledged to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. not mann middle, we are going to make sure the sections are listed,

but we are not going to connect our economy to lifting the sanctions. there are a few issues that the government is facing right now. the budget deficits investment and the stock market and also controlling the inflation corona virus, and many other basic needs. so i appreciate what the 12 government has done, but we need a short term immediate program to resolve the issues we are facing today. holly hudson has more from to run it's clear from several coats from, from right, easy or even from the supreme either before the the ceremony. today. it's clear that the nuclear talks aren't a priority for them. they're looking more inside the looking more for the regional talks, may be regional security and then comes the nuclear talks. now as we know that from, from different sources, maybe about actually the head of the nuclear team is going to continue his his task as a nuclear negotiator. things for sure. are going to change in the foreign ministry

. mama jobs are not going to be the foreign minister anymore. there are several names right now into ron speculations over a former deputy foreign minister and someone who was in the national security council. what does it want to do? we don't have clear or at least confirmations regarding the names and some people are saying that this might be the government that's going to face the most difficult challenges since the government of hashem fin jenny, that came after the iran iraq war after $989.00 families of victims are still demanding answers almost a year or officer. an explosion rock the lebanese capital, the bloss at the bay root port killed more than 200 people and injured thousands, nearly 300000 were left homeless as a result of the devastation. the explosion was triggered by a large stock pile of improperly stored ammonium nitrate. i am

a zoom in lebanon and battery and researcher human rights watch. she says government officials tried to cover up their knowledge about the explosive material . before the last, every official has tried to muddy the water of what actually happened in the lead up to august for. so we decided to collect all of the documentation, hundreds of pages of documents, some of which has not been published before to really piece together what happened . and we supplemented those documents with interviews with he judicial government and security sources as well. and what we found was incredibly timing. we found that various ministries, including the ministry of public transports, which he provides of sports, as well as the ministry of finance, which provides of the customs, administration, and lebanon. not only had knowledge of the dangers posed by the ammonium nitrate, but miscommunicated those dangers and hit those dangers from the judiciary. we also

found that the lebanese armed forces rushed off responsibility for this ammonium nitrate even after they found out that the nitrogen grade in the ammonium nitrate meant that this was material used to make explosives. and therefore, should have been under the supervision of the lebanese army. we found the president and the prime minister, both of whom were aware of the stockpile of ammonium nitrate. aware of the danger that the ammonium nitrate posed well before, at least 2 or 3 weeks before the blast still failed to take any action. all of this evidence together, really pains an incredibly disturbing and very damning picture of the kind of mismanagement corruption and incompetence in lebanese state institutions that allowed something like the baby last one of the largest non nuclear explosions in the world to take place our correspondence and her husband, looking into how the explosion happened, you can watch that program,

bay roots search for answers on wednesday at 2330100 hours, gmc us has returns more than 17000 looted treasures to iraq, dating back 4000 years. most of the artifacts were stolen after the us led invasion of iraq in 2003. the return follows the iraqi prime minister's visit to washington last week. i'm. it allows him as a professor of middle east history and anthropology at our university. and he says the problem of looting is being made significantly worse by social media. looting is a very old. busy and well established form of illegal activity, but more recently and i would say from 201112 onwards, particularly when social media and platforms like facebook have become so popular. the intensity and the scale of this trade has, has skyrocketed thousands upon thousands of objects are ex, you know,

displayed so bored, exchanged on social media platforms like facebook like e bay and so on, so forth. and this has made this problem really, really, really difficult to, to control. organizations like the one i co founded like, are spend a lot of time basically going through social media platforms, trying to basically gather information. sometimes the only glimpse we ever have of this item was you did, because someone trying to sell it, put it up on facebook as part of their repertoire or items that they have for sale . other ways to do this is to work with local communities, local stakeholders. we work with people inside syria, inside libya and trying to basically identify fights that are being looted and try to track down that kind of activity. it's a painstaking process. it's very slow and you know,

we do what we can. but really the scale in this and the size of the trade is it's very, very expensive. we are strong as prime ministers, rejecting proposals to pay people to pay people to get vaccinated against coven. 19 the opposition has promised to pay anyone who's been inoculated more than $200.00. if it wins next year's federal election. nearly 20 percent of australian also been fully vaccinated by ministers. scott morrison says the offer of payments is insulting. while chinese authorities are trying to contain an outbreak of the delta variance of co, with 1900, which is now spread to half the provinces in china in 10 days, at least 6 regions have completed mass testing and people are being told not to leave their home city, katrina, you reports from beijing. the we changing the highly infectious delta variant has

broken through china's strict curve at 19 defenses. closed borders. strict locked downs and mass testing has not been enough to prevent the countries worse outbreak in months. hundreds of cases had been found in more than 30 cities. in 16 provinces, china's leaders say the capital paging must be protected at all costs. several neighborhoods aren't locked down. after infections were discovered last week, flights trains and buses from affected areas have been suspended for residents have been warned not to leave. the city to weak. quarantines have been imposed. large scale events have been cancelled, and public venues ordered to limit capacity. contact tracing teams have been mobilized, where a d, v. d confirmed close or secondary contact will be current in those who leave and work with them will be banned from joining any gatherings. and also subject to close loop management by their workplaces or local community, etc. and then the outbreak originated early last month in the southern city of non

ging airport janice's tested positive after cleaning a flight which arrived from russia. the cities more than 9000000 residents underwent 3 rounds of testing. in 2 weeks. authorities have identified a possible supers better event in the tourist hotspot of john georgette was several cases were linked to a theater performance, attended by 2000 people. the attraction has been shut down and tourists told to stay away. up until july, much of china had reported the record of our cases. the apparent success had been national pride. but this latest clara of the delta, very interest in question, begins corbett, 900 strategy, and put more pressure on the nation's attack, seen rollout. the chinese current strategy of 0 tolerance shooting, prove. 2 we must learn to co exist with the corona virus. we need to accept that it's impossible to be completely free of the verizon for

a long period of time. health officials say more than 1600000000 vaccines have been administered so far, but they've ward being vaccinated may not be enough to avoid catching the delta strain. the government has begun vaccinating children and is considering offering booster shots to vulnerable groups. the outbreak tightens china's economic recovery and its ability to horse spectators during the 2022 winter olympic games last year president, she didn't pain, declared victory over carved 19 a declaration. it seems that was premature. katrina, you al jazeera aging thailand has extended locked downs in the capital and 2 dozen other provinces. that's as delta very and pushes up the number of cases there. 29 provinces have been classified as darth red zones. so people in these areas are banned from traveling to other parts of the country and most and must rather obey a strict curfew.

ah, well, after taking a break to focus on her mental health you esther nastic star simone bowels has now returned to action of the tokyo olympics to win a bronze medal be 24 year old finishing behind 2 chinese competitors in the balance being final. after pulling out of 5 earlier events, she leaves with a silver and a bronze to go with for gold medals from the 2016 rio games. and the richardson has more from tokyo. not quite the, the golden finish, we might have dreamt silver written about. if we were making it into a hollywood movie, but nonetheless, she put in a close to flawless performance in not balanced being final worth remembering it's not one of her strongest disciplines. she want a bronze medal in that discipline in rio, in 2016 when she was at the absolute peak of her powers worth remembering what, what she's been through. i mean, to pull out of that said all around teen final,

to be brave enough and candid enough in that press conference tried afterwards to not say i had a slight injury, but to say, i'm going to go and focus on my mental health. it's something that sent us a really positive message to lots of other athletes that visa lympics and subsequently she has been active in talking to fans on social media about her bathroom to get her mind and body back in sync cache. she's also been very visible around the athletes, religion of the competition venue, supporting her other teammates. and now he's, she's back doing what she needs, what she does best winning that bronze medal in what could well be the final olympic performance of her, of her amazing korea. ah, the headlines on al jazeera, off gone security forces are expected to launch a large scale operation to clear the southern city of las scar golf from taliban fighters. at least 200000.