the change is all around the shape by technology and human ingenuity. we can make it work for you and your business. ah . as powerful blast shake central cobble and the afghan army orders residence to leave laska go. the u. s. as it fears i've kind of on could spiral into civil war the most. ah, this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up reports the shippers potentially been hijacked off the coast of the united arab emirates, with several others signaling. they're in trouble. i can disappear, you moment,

understand the exile russians are left feeling even less safe after an activist help people feel better. rouge is found. hanged in ukraine and 1000 street at homes as a large wildfire rages just outside athens, fueled by severe heat wave. ah, how do we begin in afghanistan, where they have been to large explosions in the capital capital? the, the 1st half of near the defense ministers house and a busy market square. it was also close to the cities heavily fortified green zone, which is home to government. buildings and embassies. gunfire followed the explosion. the defense minister treated do not worry. everything is fine. the reports of 4 people have been killed and 20 wounded or talk african army commander has ordered residents to leave. the southern city of laska got ahead of

a major offensive against the taliban. official say more parts of the city fell on tuesday with government forces launching as strikes. at least 40 civilians were killed in the city of 200000 people. charlotte bellis has more on the situation in chicago. lash ca got the capital of home in provence and in the cross hairs of the tele bomb. after fighting government forces for weeks on its outskirts, the armed group could be on the brink of taking its 1st city. since the u. s. began its military draw down the taliban, published videos of themselves in the center of flesh, cargo, and at the main market, asserting they had control of most of the city who the enemy is stuck in some places of the city, like their intelligence, offices, police and governance compound, by our tele bond, or at every corner of the city. now the afghan military is trying a new strategy. after 4 days of fighting with its most elite special forces and

pounding the city with it strikes. it is asking all people to evacuate the city to learn some of my just summer. i'm leaving here. all the people have left. there's bombing from the air and the tell banner on the ground, the army commander for home and made the request in a voice lowers. it was quickly spread among those still in less cargo than no arms misconduct. it will be very hard fighting. we will not leave the taliban life at any cause. i know it will very hard for you and it was very hard decision for me to . i don't want to hurt my people. please forgive us if you will get this place and please evacuate as soon as possible. analysts and car will say the strategy is flawed, telling the population to go and not giving them an exact timeframe, and then bumping the hell out of the place and, and leaving the place as, as a, as a terrible battle ground in the same way that we saw pictures of cab all back in the 1900 ninety's. it's tens of thousands of people in less car guy. he that you

know, warning many will have 3 hours to can to how city the closest city and still held by the government. $150000.00 people have already been displaced off to fighting last month. but it too is contested by the telephone. so many people fleeing the villages confined to place to sleep. not even intent on the situation is so that we want both the taliban and the government to stop fighting for gothic stopped. the fighting in the western city had harassed the situation is equally fluid. special forces arrived to boast of the military and allied flashes. after the taliban cut off the cities airport last week. even then for a brief period, the taliban got within 3 kilometers of the city center. does not know the enemy is close to the city and we are very serious in defending the city. we hope we will push them back. it's i want to sponsibility and we need to step on the telephone pressure on provincial capital just growing every day. the move to

evacuate last got some personal questions about the sol, maybe the best. the best guy is charlotte, felice. i was just 0. your state department has warned the conflict may develop into a civil war. if the taliban continues to use force, we are going to be looking to their actions. they have said that they see the utility of a negotiate solution. they are engaged in doha. but the simple point remains that if they attempt and seek to do otherwise, if they seek to contravene what they have said, then they will be in and out. prior. they won't have the support of their people. they won't have the support of the international community. and the concern on the part of all of us, one of the main, one of many concerns, is that the result will be civil war. will be

a civil war in which the afghan people do not have and won't be in a position to achieve the safety and security in which they deserve. an oil tankers thought have been hijacked off the coast of the united arab emirates, with several other ships signaling they're in trouble. britain's maritime agency says a potential hijack is unfolding of food era. it appears to involve a bit human tanka called the asphalt princess for other ships in the area reported that they were not on the command, suggesting they've lost power and can no longer steer the bushes. news agency reports. iran's revolution regard is denied that renew forces or its allies are involved saying it's a pretext for hostile action against her on last week 2 crew members were killed in the attack on an israeli managed vessel off the coast of amman, during or food as a british navy veteran and former captain, he says iran history in the area is what makes it a suspect that they do have past history on quite

a considerable past history in this area. whether it's planting mines on the side of ships by the bank or, and also underway over the years, shooting it ships that are passing through the straits homeowners. and then of course, has been the arbitrary arrest of u. k. f. like vessels quite recently. going through the straits of home is some of it's very novel. some of the, like the, the, the arresting of those u k. f like vessels was not an i was all the radians, did it quite plainly. if this is something connected with wrong, then there's going to be some kind of so state intervention there in, in dealing with the iranians. if it's some sort of private hijacking along the lines we've had previously with a similarity hijackers, that it will be a massive for the ship owner and the insurance companies to sort out ah,

a merger investigation has been launched off the vehicle been russian activist was found dead in ukraine, italy sheesh off lead a group that helped people fleeing persecution from president alexander lucas shank has government paying tribute to him in london next. alt opposition leader said she knows she could also be targeted. anytime under simmons reports was on the italy she shoves life ended here, his body hanging from a tree. he set up for a run near his home in kiev, but didn't return. police believe it could be murder disguised as suicide. that may have been a struggle in this office that says there were marks on his face, left me head and chest chauffeur dedicated to political opposition to autocratic rule in his home country of better cuz he was working with an organization helping to get housing, food, and work, so people fleeing persecution there. he knew he was under surveillance so that his

friends for the card board lamb. this was an execution vile, nasty execution of a person who deserves more than any of those people who served the regime of alexander lucas shank, 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. lucas shanker, dubbed by his enemies, the last of europe's dictators, has ruled the 27 years. but since a disputed election a year ago, he's been cracking down on a physician support. in may a protest lead a roman protest, a which was detained after a passenger plane, heading to vilnius in this way, nia was forced to land the capital of beller, whose security agents had effectively hijacked the plane. the leader of the opposition's fet, lana, taken off. gaia has been on a world tour, trying to read night. the western outrage that follow that arrest the u. k. prime minister barak johnson said he was the 1st to impose sanctions and vowed moral

support for the opposition. diplomatic niceties. aside though, the opposition leaders said none of the people was safe, least of all her. i can disappear any moment, i understand that. but i should do what time do i cancelled because i'm supposed to be listed for future of my fans with the same as all those sense while fighting the moment field they were supposed to be said longer taking the sky was in washington before arriving here in downing street messaging in both capital with the same that more action was needed. but there was no concrete response either by the president of the united states, or indeed the u. k. prime minister. at as far as the president of better, ruth is confirmed. it appears from events in ukraine, said he seems intent on continuing his deadly messaging. if security agents from

bella, ruth did kill 26 year old vigilance shove, it is indeed a dark warning to opposition activists. andrew simmons al jazeera london still to come this half hour. i never touched anyone inappropriately governor's denial, as he's accused of sexual harassment and urge to resign. and the syrian refugees showing the gratitude to germany by helping with cleanup efforts after last month, devastation flood. ah ah hello, thanks for tuning in here sir. whether story for australia we had that disturbance push across southern areas. the cold front you can tell right it knocked down your temperature as adelaide, melbourne, hobart all below average. and well, we're on the scene with temperatures, look toward the interior, the outback,

alice just a few days ago. you were 32 degrees now. we've got you in for 18 on wednesday. some fierce winds across the north island of new zealand, auckland, the harbor bridge saw the windows of 87 kilometers per hour. trees toppled the electricity cards and we've got it south facing wind on wednesday. so single digit temperature is for christ church. and you see this coming your way on thursday, we'll play both islands as we head toward asia pacific, we've got some tropical trouble in the south china sea. it's going to throw some heavy rain, not only for hong kong and kwan dung, but also fuji. and as wall and taiwan, and then we'll keep tabs on this disturbance, east of taiwan to see if that also develops into some tropical activity. as we had further north, it's unsettled across the korean peninsula. and we've also got a scattering of showers for a hunch you on wednesday. well, in this weather report in india where a system is parked over northern areas, bringing heavy rain for rochester and lots of pradesh on wednesday.

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one of the top stories yolanda 0. i've been to large explosions and heavy gunfire and the african capital campbell with reports of at least 4 people killed. a 1st class was near the defense ministers home. under the south africa, john civilians are being ordered to leave laska as security forces prepare a major offensive against the taliban. and all tankers thought have been hard drive off the coast and the united arab emirates, several other ships signaling they are in trouble of food. murder investigation is being launched off for vocal been russian activist was found. hanged in a paul. can ukraine return the shelf lead a group that help people fleeing persecution from president, alexander lucas. shank, because government villages have been evacuated as a large wildfire creeps closer to the outskirts of the great capital, more than 300 firefighters trying to contain the blaze, which is currently near an industrial area in

a suburb of athens. temperatures of more than 40 degrees celsius and dry winds are found. the flames of more than a 100 separate fires. prime minister says it's the worst heat wave, the country has seen in more than 30 years. out there is a mr. avi has more from northern athens. it's been a very long and busy day here in athens. i've got a few figures i can give you. there have been a total of $81.00 fires in the past 24 hours. and many of them like the one behind me and the one to the east of us are those of the 40 that are still going. the crews are still trying to put out. no officials had said that they were hoping to get more of this area under control before nightfall, but the ground crews have been going in for the past several hours and are still pressing through, trying to suppress the blaze. a total of $315.00 rescue mission nationwide by police and firefighters, according to the government to rescue people trapped in the fire zones, still no reports of casualties. thankfully,

the prime minister has said that the priority now is to preserve life as much as possible and people who lost their homes will be housed in hotels at the government's expense. so the fact is that especially with the heat wave expected to get worse and coming weeks, the wildfires here also expected to continue to get worse. many of the wildfire long turkey's southern coast have now been extinguished after killing at least 8 people. but one forest far near budrum is closing in on 2 power stations. strong winds and scorching temperatures have been fanning the flames. may hit difficult for the authorities to bring the situation under control. russell said our reports from a village in good goodness, where many have lost everything. oh, he was watching his memories in the moon oligarchy is helpless as the place he wants cause home is being reduced to ashes. i have 4 kids. what do i do

now? news of the religious said on monday, so we have carried the flames from the florida me a by any just one night. more than half of the $250.00 houses in the area either suffer severe damage or were completely destroyed. locus from the village of center was as the flames surrounded the village. unable to contain the blaze, they were forced to flee their homes. out of the we hope people to flee, took people out right after the fire broke out. because what if the authorities that allowed us to put out the fire, we could have saved our houses with a force to evacuation. the houses were burned down as the fire spread, gaston and some of the houses began to other people rushed back home to remove

the fed called down the grand far would not have raised over the hazard. we tirelessly tried to extinguish the fire to morning soon. the fire fighters howard tirelessly on the ground and in the air to put out the remaining blazes. but low humidity, strong winds, as ceiling here are hunting. they force with 3 fires, steel burning, nearby. almost the entire winter has had to evacuate the local, say, the government's health came late and that things would be worse if they hadn't done what they called themselves to stop the fires. were cool when the fire grab the houses, the fire trucks didn't take action. the time they just asked people to leave it to where life is disappearing in front of our eyes. it's late and went into the hill. this is not enough. helicopters applied trust. all the efforts were in vain, and we just had to watch our village as it was taken by flavors. love the fires continue to rage in the south and province. this of talia moolah, dana iden,

and the sparta live in many with no choice other than to move to safe ground. this was sad that i was just going to wish chinese horses are working to contain an outbreak of the delta variant of code 19, which is spread to half the provinces in china over the past 10 days. and the 6 regions have competed mass testing, and people are being told not to leave their home city. khatri, you reports from beijing. the highly infectious delta variant has broken through china's strict curve, 19 defenses, closed borders. strict locked downs and mass hasting has not been enough to prevent the country's worst outbreak in months. hundreds of cases had been found in more than 30 cities. in 16 provinces, china's leaders say the capital waging must be protected at all costs. several neighborhoods aren't locked down after and sections were discovered last week.

flights trains and buses from the affected areas have been suspended. residents have been warned not to leave the city to. we quarantines have been imposed. large scale events has 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 the or what places or local community, etc. and then the outbreak originated, early last month in the southern city of non ging, airport janitors 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 jungle jet 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 quoted the record of our cases. the apparent success had been a sort of national pride. but this latest flare up of the delta. very interesting and into question, megan corbett, 19 strategies, and put more pressure on the nation's attacks. the role that china is current strategy of 0 tolerance shooting, prove, we must learn to co exist with the corona virus. we need to accept that 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 won't be 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 buttons, 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 and the capitol and 2 dozen other provinces. as the delta variant pushes up the number of cases there, 29 provinces of being classified as dark red zones. people in these areas, a band from traveling to other parts of the country. and mr. bay is strict curfew. thailand is also experiencing a major vaccine shortage. the democratic governor of new york state is under great pressure to resign. after an independent investigation found he's sexually harassed, at least 11 women found that andrew cuomo engaged in a pattern of sexual harassment of women inside and outside the state. government allegations range from unwelcome physical contact to groping and sexually suggestive comments. president biden has called on him to quit and in the past as

the leader of the state assembly, who has the power to bring impeachment charges says the governor can no longer remain in office. the independent investigation found the governor cuomo sexually arrest multiple women. many of whom were young women by engaging and wanted groping kisses, hugging and by making inappropriate comments. climmer denied touching anyone inappropriately in a long and detailed response to the findings. i never touched any one inappropriately or made inappropriate sexual advances. i am 63 years old. i have lived my entire adult life in public view. that is just not who i am. and that's not who i have ever been. on wednesday, it's a year since a deadly explosion rocked the lebanese capital killing more than $200.00 people and

injuring thousands. nearly 330-0000 lebanese were left homeless as a result of the devastation and families of victims. still demanding answers and a 100 reports and a route. the gutted silos at the roots port still stand as a symbol of a tragedy. i feel what the building behind us collapse and 4 people were killed. i was strong to the ground unconscious. we will never forget that explosion. it began with a fire at warehouse 12. it's believed to have blown up the ammonium nitrate that was unsafely stored with label material. the neighborhoods were destroyed. more than 200 people were killed on august for 2020. we saw her thinkers there, her running shoes. we didn't expect or imagined that he will be at the point where we will, will saw her that her sister,

jessica worked at one of the roots hospitals. many were badly damaged in the explosion. all the hospital teens ran to the patients and had to walk them to the secured area which turned into battlefield. we had a few minutes and then because after a few minutes came the came, came the patience which were wounded and that no one has yet been held to account. families of the victims are up against the political and security establishment, accused of hiding behind immunity. that defeats the very purpose of the various sense of the ruling floor, and that does not reflect where on a, dat dish or ability judiciary is ability to conduct executive investigation and to ensure accountability for the abuse that's committed. it's still not known what caused the initial fire. what is also not known as if the ammonium nitrate was

intended for bay root? the ship that carried 2750 tons of the chemical made an unscheduled stop here in late 2013. the cargo was offloaded after a death dispute, but it's also not clear if most of the stockpile was in the warehouse, when the explosion happened throughout the years, top officials, military and security officers knew about the dangerous chemicals and did nothing about it. human rights watch says they also mischaracterized the danger posed in communications with the judiciary. we found that the emissions and actions of lebanese government and security officials constituted a violation of the right to life under international law. and there appears to have been an attempt to disguise the true identity of the owners of the ammonium nitrate . i'm the ship and why the ship came to lebanon in the 1st place. a year on a route is still a broken city. yet to recover from one of the largest non nuclear explosions in

history that there else is eda, beta, and as the one year anniversary of the port explosion approaches, all correspondents in order has been looking into how it happened. they were search ross's as on wednesday at 2330 g m t 3 weeks out at least 180 people were killed in devastating floods. in western germany, survivors say they were lying on the help of volunteers. among those bringing assistance or refugees from syria, you said they want to give something back to the nation that welcome them, stepped bus and went to meet them at a church in about, nor enough deep in the basement of a centuries old church. they are cleaning up one bucket at a time. for the past 2 weeks, the syrian refugees have picked up shovels and how to clear tons of debris left after the worst flood this historical town has ever seen. so i'm very proud that i

can help people here and religious institutions. true for me, there is no difference whoever i help and what their background is. this is likely the last place, these feelings thought they would end up up asleep there was recon pounds back home here in the darkness of his love, the roman catholic church showing dead gratitude and the spirit of to get an eye given hope to don't feel suffering from the loss and destruction after the class, most of the syrians came to germany in 2015, when more than 1000000 who fled the war in their own country were accepted by uncle american government. there responded to an appeal on social media. after seeing the scale of destruction caused by the flats on television, germany gave us the shelter, give us education, give us food and a place to evolve and drive in this country. and they considered us as one of them. so we felt that we are fond of this society and when we feel

this, we feel that we need to help and get those trophy nearly 3 weeks after torrential rains called flooding and north way must finally and rhineland, but latin 8th, the clean up as well. on the way survivors say this is not because of government help, but solely thanks to the volunteer. just. this is an indescribably strong feeling that people from all nationalities came and helped that every hand helped even when it maybe was not exactly the right help at that moment. what matters as they help and otherwise we would never have managed to do this. church lead us hope tolerance towards refugees and migrants will increase. i'm not ok, but here are people who experience paid because of their religion or that color. and i think that's a good sign in. but knowing that this doesn't matter at the moment, having experienced hardship themselves, the syrian refugees feel they can offer the right help. some i've been working for

2 suede weeks, leaving their families and jobs behind is get and will you and throughout. there are 1000000 syrians in germany, and we are one with the german population in good and bad time. they plan to stay off the other volunteer, have long gone, hoping to rebuild these historic towns and making friends for life steadfast and algebra era. but know in germany ah, one of the top stories are now desert. they've been to large explosions in the afghan capital capital. the 1st happened near the defense ministers house and a busy market square around the $45.00 green zone.