well, today, this is what the picture looks like the the world from a different perspective on our near me. this is al jazeera ah, your was in the nissan flood from headquarters in del, primary and obligate, coming up in the next 60 minutes. a site against constant flare ups, emergency crew struggle to contain some of the worst wildfires in turkey's history . ah, the somber reminder of the lead on port bloss chains so many lives a year on. we hear from people the taliban says it's behind a car bombing near the afghan defense ministers home and threaten. there will be

more and how the corner virus and then it has propelled the demand for consumer goods, causing a boom in the u. s. tripping industry. and i'm far as small with your latest olympic news as the records keep tumbling on the track in tokyo. women's 400 meter hurdle time. ah, welcome to the news. our wildfires are stretching, emergency crews, and turkey on southern europe and turkey there among the worst in its history of please 14 fires across 6 provinces are posing a threats firefighters are brought another 160 other fires under control since last week. thousands of people on the outskirts of athens have been forced to leave their homes as a wildfire moves closer. more than 500 firefighters are trying to contain that blaze in an industrial area in

a suburb of degree capital. temperatures of more than 40 degrees celsius on dry when to fan the flames of more than a 100 separate fires. we've got to correspondence on the fight against a fires in bas ravi isn't the greek capital athens where thousands as you've been hearing have been forced to leave their homes on the outskirts of the city. as wildfires move closer, 1st let's cross over to turkey where we're still sorry our is joining us from. my now got to talk us through the destruction and the devastation that you've been seeing where you are while we are, and because of the tone of a minor good, which is one of the most to a stated district, a by the why fi as in turkey, a matthew fire broke out yesterday here and it continued overnight and did this 100 as of the hackers of land have been burned, the rescue team or cooling down the areas to prevent the y fi from spreading

to the other areas. hum, that is off when years had to create their houses and the security forces are blocking the road to a to, to, to prevent the people for, to get back to their houses. as it is too risky. i have talked to the religious here and they have a common wish william back to their houses and to see if there's a team that can be a baby saved. the cause of however, not the only one. turkey is witnessing the humble of similar wildfires since we over 180 why fight had been reported in 38th provinces across the country. a people have died so far and with more than 17000 people being created, many of them have been taken to the hospital for the further care,

the rescue team here where they and not. however, the weather conditions haven't been friendly with low humidity searing that hit and the strong winds hampering their force. that when strong winds are quite critical here, just a little bit ago, the minister of foreign affairs of turkey, who himself is from on taya, said that the strong winds are the main obstacle in the fight against the fire. it's making its so difficult to take the blazes under the control so to keep receiving it from its neighbors and the european union, russia, ukraine. there be john iran question and the pain, how send the the what they carry you planes to 30 ukrainian sandy for more how to cope those which are also able to operate at night. this is the biggest one

of the biggest. why fi as she's sort of of the company and it hasn't been much easy for turkey to bring it on the control so far. ok, thank you so much resume for that. update from turkey, the mr. avi will join us. now. he'll give us an update from athens, and as that wildfire moves closer to the capital, zain, how are people coping well, it has to be said that the fire is, is still going on, but it is not as intense as it was yesterday. there is, there has been some progress, there is some optimism that the fire is being put out, but we were with the rescue workers just earlier today. and their main concern is this, that the rising temperature that the, the intense heat during this heat wave season, as well as the winds picking back up again, will start to rekindle the fire and re start the blaze in places where the fires have already been put out but for now, people here in very bobby,

are being allowed back to their homes, back to their businesses, to try and get a sense of the damage to try to get a scale, a sense of the scale of the destruction from the fire, where we are now here, this is an auto workshop that used to belong to one of the residents i sent used to because as you can see, there is really nothing left of this man's business. we spoke to him and he said this was his home as well as his workshop. you lived on property and he restored classic cars and all that's left are burned out shelves of, of all kinds of classic vehicles, including mercedes, old jeeps, corvettes and all that's left are really just skeletons of the cars and complete and utter destruction of his entire workshop. over here we see his home, where he used to live as well as the workshop reach the operate and on the other end of the property is another dwelling where people used to live and there is simply nothing left. we spoke to him and when he did, he said he just felt unlucky. he felt it was cruel. properties on both sides of

this lot are completely untouched. and he said it was simply his poor luck that the conditions were such that his property is the one that went up completely in flames . the man was trying to stay calm. he was trying to keep it together as many residents here have been trying to cope with the disaster as best they can. i asked him to try to put a price on this level of destruction to try to put into some kind of a tangible figure. what the loss has been, and he just put his hands on my shoulder and he said he had simply no idea. okay, then thank you so much for bringing us that story from athens. well, hot weather has also been driving huge fires over in italy and tourists. san residents have been evacuated from coastal cities like atanya and pest gara firefighters. say they faced hundreds of blazes and populated areas in the past few days, but they are starting to get some under control. item rainy has more from puleo in

southern italy. authorities in the last few hours, they were able to finally, totally put out this fire and poorly in the south of the country. and they say it's a sign of the progress they're making and other regions, sicily and calabria, both nearby, both of those regions still have a few sporadic fires that are blazing, but they're not really putting anyone at risk right now. if they were 48 hours ago, with a bit of measured confidence authorities here in italy, say they think that they're out of the worst days of this crisis. i'm like turkey and greece. they didn't have these massive individual fires, but instead, more small ones spread out through half the length of the country. we've traveled from the center, the country prescott on the coast down here to pull you to get a sense of what these fires look like. and what we saw are fires that were discrete in size, and sometimes in certain small areas, but didn't spread across the whole countryside that perhaps allowed firefighters to get control of the situation faster than they have done in neighboring greece and

turkey. the taliban is warning of more attacks against top afghan government officials. earlier on wednesday, campbell was shaken by another explosion near a defense facility. the taliban claim responsibility for choose a car on a task that followed a gun battle near the home with the defense minister. 8 people were killed that bloss happen close to the city is heavily fortify green zone, where government buildings on embassies are located. while the un security council is saying it's deeply concerned about human rights abuses and escalating violence in the country. and a statement that condemned deliberate attacks on afghan civilians and on a un compounds in here. i province. last week, one member of the afghan security forces was killed in the attack. all this is fighting has intensified and last car, god and helman province, where the army has asked civilians to leave the city. we'll get an update with our diplomatic editor james base who's joining us from capital to 1st discuss the

situation in the capital where you are, there were the explosions and then a claim of responsibility by the taliban. and i think not significant. this was the biggest loss to take place in the african capital for almost 4 months. the taliban said they did it. but also i think most importantly the taliban said that this was part of a new campaign that they were going to undertake in the african capital targeting high level afghan officials. this particular balm did not do what the tell about how the hopes, i think because it was targeted near the home of africa, defense minister, and he was not there at the time, and he was uninjured, but it did kill 8 people and it shows, i think that taliban prepared to use unconventional warfare here in cobble while in other parts of the country, they using more conventional fighting. they're not trying to to conquer territory and they have got capital right now. i think they're trying to the population of

the capital and the african government. certainly some people in cobble not on the buy this because there was a show of solidarity at the same time as the attack, a pre plan show of solidarity people supporting the african government, saying god is great. they took to the streets and they were waving african flags. i think also important to see how this new taliban campaign and cobble that they've announced is going to be greeted by members of the international community who have been meeting this all about the russians. the chinese, the, you, they've all been lining up to meet the taliban to discuss the future of afghanistan . how are they going to feel about the tell about announcing a new bombing campaign in the africa and capital targeting key african officials. and then we've been speaking over the past few days about the fighting that has intensified in and around last, car, gall and helman province. what are you hearing about that situation today? well, when we speak to local journalists every day,

they are telling us it is getting worse, the fighting is intensifying. one local we spoke to said even though the african, she told them to leave the homes. he can't leave his home because there's fighting on the street right outside. and he says that his family running out of food at this stage, the taliban still in control of the heart of the city, a couple of updates. few in the last few minutes. as i said, the african military, i've told people to leave the homes and commandos have been gathering on the edge of laska god. these are the spokesmen in the last few minutes is that the operation is being carried out is quote, slowly and accurately as the taliban are using the civilians in the town, he says as a shield he says tens of taliban, their being killed every single day of course it's the civilians in many ways we need to worry about the most the un calling for a mediate cease father. so concerned about the situation in laska and i have an update from the ground in just the last few minutes from the emergency hospital

that the talent and g o. this operated in laska gar with a hospital, particularly for war trauma victims. they tell us that now the fighting is just a few 100 yards from the hospital. they say that recently they've got 6 further patients who have been admitted in a critical condition. and one of those is a woman in her 7th month of pregnancy, james base. thank you so much for that. have to update from couple there were the news our on all to 0, and here's what's coming up. if you go to send authoration to, to international aid organizations and the conflicts warrantee dry region and india records a sudden rise up more than $40000.00 quarter virus cases. we look at how people without medical insurance are faring and also coming up and we hear from the young best friend is writing their way

in focus. i but 1st, remember ration have now begun in lebanon to mark one year since the bay route port explosion. it killed at least $200.00 people. it left thousands injured. the blast was caused by a huge stockpile of ammonium nitrate and was one of the largest non nuclear explosions ever recorded. it destroyed thousands of homes and force the government to resign. but one year wrong victims are still waiting for answers. meanwhile, the french president of 91 my call has pledged a further 120000000 dollars worth of emergency aid and 500000 doses of cobra. 1900 vaccines, 411 on mccall, also renewed his call for the country to form a government. he's visited beirut,

twice since the port bloss one year ago. zanna heard the reports from beirut. the got to silos at the roots port still stand as a symbol of a tragedy. i see 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 4, 2020. we saw her thinkers that her running shoes, we didn't expect, or imagined that he will be at the point where we will wolf 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 patient and had to move them to the secured area which turned into a 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 very sense of the floor and that does not reflect on dish or ability dishes, ability to conduct effective investigation, and to insure accounts our ability for the abuses that committed. it's still not known but cause 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 that dispute, but it's also not clear if most of the stockpile within 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. we spoke to tatiana her through to earlier on whose father

of a son has whose he was one of the casualties of the court blast. she says that the victims must keep fighting for justice. i believe this anniversary should never be forgotten. the blasters never before gotten. we demand justice and we demand that everybody is going to be held accountable for that action. now we have nothing because they are not listening and unity so we can not like he was the trial or proceed with anything there. have to wait until the judge to god does the investigation. so we can proceed with the trial and choose who we want to do. the tire of i do believe that our position and everybody wants to see the people. and if we do so much pressure on them, we can acquire justice. we just have to ask for it all over and over again until they give us what we want. we are scared that if they live in unity, they would be

a counselor or we can do it. process owners, let them feel us more. and i think it's working, they are scared of us. they are scared of what's he might do. so we should protest always to get our i, we want justice, we demand justice. we don't want them to control us anymore. we don't want any politician was responsible for the last to be in the government anymore. we want to get rid of them and we won the international community support to do so because they over colorized and did they fear us. so we want your support in order to get rid of them because just as for all the victims, all the people who had injured and for le bon on a plane carrying the bell russian olympic sprinter, christina tomorrow, sky has now landed in vienna. she travelled from tokyo after being granted a humanitarian visa in poland. the 24 year olds as authorities and bell ruse made

it clear as she would be punished if she returned home to choose for teams. officials was trying to force her to leave the tokyo games early after she criticized her coaches while a murder investigation has now been launched, after a vocal bella, russian activist was found dead in ukraine vitality. she shall lead a group that help people fleeing persecution from president alexander location because government and her simmons reports from london, italy she showed life and did hear his body hanging from a tree. he set off for a run near his home in kiev, but didn't return. police believe it could be murder disguised as suicide was. there may have been a struggle in this office that says that were marks on his face, left me head and chest. he's got the show feels dedicated to political opposition to autocratic rule in his home country of better was he was working with an

organization helping to get housing, food, and work for people fleeing persecution there. he knew he was under surveillance so that his friends, for more or less 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, keep their mouths shot, because this is what's gonna happen to you. lucas shanker, dubbed by his enemies, the last of europe's dictators has ruled 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 her people was safe, least of all her. i can disappear any moment, i understand that. but i should do what i'm doing. i can't talk because i'm you know, i feel this responsibility for future my phones with the same as all those sense while fighting the moment. feel the responsibility said long taking those sco walls 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 bit allies, she shut off. it is indeed a warning to opposition activists. andrew simmons al jazeera london time for a check on the weather has rob the weather in china. the moment is all focused around the south. in this clump of cloud here is circulation and i've been named as tropical storm new fit. it's heading towards the coast of properly for jan. might just catch grand on and it may were high onto that coast for another day. so how dangerous is it? it's not going to categorize as a tie food winds about $85.00 can be spread. so be some wind damage that stops severe. it's moving roughly speaking northwards at the point of makes contact. the lamp shall be during thursday, so it will bring the a storm surge on a big 1. 5 me 2 ways. yeah. they're quite big. but this is probably not that unusual. on the coast. 27000000 people have

a will be impacted by this wind. and more especially i think by the amount of rain that will fall in glendora and fujitsu, he's already quite soaking on the ground that is going to be widespread flooding. the edge effects may well cause more funding in tie one as well, more likely during friday that on thursday. now beyond that, we have another tropical depression for me and the other 3 crew chain of odds in the science of japan. japan itself is 40 out of $47.00, perfect chairs are giving a heat wave warning. there is some rain in the korean peninsula and some in northern china still ahead on the orders. there were news, our why se asia continues to struggle to contain another devastating wave of covered one to just fight fight for friction. allegations, surely as reporting hundreds of undocumented done as well in migrants without respecting their legal rights. i'm anti richard kennedy. co. carolyn picks,

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years re running to keep them people in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on al jazeera o. a hello again. the top floor is on the news hour. please. 14 fires are burning across 6 provinces in southern turkey, firefighters, abroad, and other 160 other places under control. and last week. the wildfires are among the worst in turkey's history. the taliban is warning of more attacks against the afghan government officials. group claimed responsibility for to face car bama

stock that followed the gun battle near the home of the defense minister. collaborations had begun and let in on tomorrow one year since the roof court explosion, it kills at least 200 people left thousands injured. the blossom caused by a huge stockpile of ammonium nitrate. if u. p. o has ordered 3 humanitarian organizations, including doctors without borders to stop all work in the war torn t gray region. the un humanitarian chief is also pleading for access to t gray to allow desperately needed aid into the region. but he's here with us. government has refused because it says corridors already exist in other areas. you and figures show hundreds of thousands of people are suffering from famine. in that region, we need the should access routes by land, as well as of course our own flights going in and out of mckelly. and frankly,

we need the water and we need the conflict to stall the needs that have been spoken about. integrate are indeed what they have been advertised, that they are huge. they are urgent. they are important. montgomery joining us from my robi. so why does the government say that these 8 organizations have been suspended? the government put out a statement on this just a couple of hours ago. and they said that the agencies live, who have been suspended, had been disseminating propaganda. on social media, there's very much information was going on around this conflict as well, and the government shuts off the internet to telephone the attic to the most part. it's a great the duration of most of this conflict which is made unrestricted access to the press. that's made it very hard for information to get out those aid

organization. do take it as part of the mandate that the world know, the kind of crises that, that dealing with not something that the government clearly found objectionable. the government also said that one of the reason was that doctors without borders, that imported satellite communications equipment without the license, but of course, and all the phones and the internet are off. the way that the humanitarian workers can coordinate with each other is using devices such as satellite phones. just a short while ago, doctors that photos put out statements in response to this saying that trying to get to the bottom of exactly the reasons why the government suspended their license . that they pointed out that there are very few health care providers remaining in the t gray region. this is a context where hospitals be looted and so on. m. s at doctors without borders m s f, as they will say, no one a few players left on the ground. and they say that any reduction in their services could be very severe, could be catastrophic. indeed for the

a great many of whom was in need of medical assistance and help. so malcolm, as any aid reaching the people who needed the most un humanitarian chief anthony griffin, saw speaking just a couple of minutes ago. you speaking in the cap so obvious about us on tuesday he was saying that a 100 truck, the day need to be getting into the region to big food and other supplies to those people. hundreds of 1000, of whom, facing famine conditions according to the us. and he said that just the fraction of those trucks getting in now the us government, a chief, samantha power, spoke about this also just a short while ago. she's saying that also the.