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take control over the bella unesco world heritage site, frequent for millions of orthodox christians. abraham right, you see a sworn in is runs new presidents, former judge coles for regional unity and the lifting of your sanctions to diplomacy and tech giant apple reveals plans to scan american only phones for images of child sexual abuse, triggering concerns about privacy ah, an extreme heat wave and unprecedented weather conditions of turn, parts of southern europe and see what's being described as a powder keg in green serum. more than 100 forest burning temperatures have hit 45 degrees celsius on the islands of air via this the widespread destruction and of buildings and flames, of perilously close to the sides of the ancient elim,

pigs. neighboring turkey is battling its worse wildfires and decades. one of them reached the compound of a call fuel power plants, which has now been brought under control and it's called fears and severe air pollution in the region. and in the us, california is largest acts of wild, far known as the dixie. far as res, much of an historic type street lights were seen melting in the extreme heat. will john hendern is at the time of greenville in northern california. he joins us live from there. joe, and it looks absolutely devastating over your shoulder there the time. not much seems to survive that fire, it just tell us will things like here will be happening there. me well you can see it looks like a ghost town now, but 24 hours ago. that's when the wind swept in,

winds of about 60 kilometers per hour, and that swept the fire. fire officials actually say it exploded and just overwhelmed. this town. you can see this is a bank or was a bank at one time. and despite the fact that there's nobody here and nothing going on, those are this year in nevada mountains, you can probably maybe make out the top of them in the smoke. but there's so much smoke because those embers are still burning from that fire. took about 3 hours to take over this town. and if you look behind me there, that's the main intersection of the town. you see the sign that says main street, this is one of those towns that has a main street in the u. s. and that was the center of it. next to that is a 100 year old hotel there. nothing left of that. and if we look in the other direction, you've got a gas station. apparently the pumps didn't explode, so somebody took some precautions there. and if you just look a little further,

you can see one building that wasn't touched at all, amidst all of the chaos. but coming back here to the center of down and main street, you can see that there are some trees that haven't been burned, but most of them have couple of green ones. in the foreground. there are 5000 firefighters that have been battling this fire and they've been trying to control a blaze. dixie blaze, the size of new york city. and just to give you an idea of how hard that is just 24 hours ago that was the 8th largest fire ever in california history. now it is the 6 . so this continues any, it's important. remember that this is just one of about a 100 fires. in 14 states that some 26000 firefighters are battling right now. it's happening all over the west side to say that global warming is a cause. and those rising temperatures are contributing to lower moisture,

less rain, and to dry conditions. and that's just a tinderbox replaces like this. where you can see they're just full of all kinds of greenery. and that turns into kindling for fires like the one that just swept past this town. fortunately, all 800 residents are believed to have been ok. there was a mandatory evacuation order in all day long. we've been fielding more on our phones, one town after another being evacuated because after the fire is consumed to town like this, it just sweeps down the road as someone i talked to earlier today says another last california town. there are so many of them. okay, john 100, there live for us in greenville, northern california. joan, thank key. let's get an update from grace now. won't find that has been threatening . the northern suburbs of athens is once again, i have control, explains jumps and cross the major highways, threatening,

densely populated areas. vain. the survey reports now from northern athens. only hours after an announcement that fires north of athens had been put out, the blaze was back and bigger than before, the order to evacuate. the small town below came suddenly, when the church bells began ringing people panic. and all the storekeeper could do was head up hill and watch the fire closing in. today's fire is overwhelming, isn't it? because it's impossible that after yesterday's fire that everything is burning again, burning whatever's left. we came to the high ground to try to get a sense of how bad this fire really is. and for the last several hours, we've watched it get bigger and bigger. spreading wider and faster the water dropping planes and helicopters seemingly have little to no effect on the blaze. as the fire spreads closer and closer to build up populated areas. and now we can see that the town of korean ary is burning on the ground. the fire didn't stop there.

the aircraft that have been dropping water over the fires, i've only about another hour to go to be able to operate safely to try to put out those claims. but the heat is so high over the fires that the water has been evaporating before it's been hitting. the ground to the helicopters have been flying lower and lower to try to get to the fires to try to get as close as possible to put up each claims. all people can do with themes is watch the hills burn and wondered perhaps if their homes might be next of the bush and vinny thought over what is happening now is crazy. there were a 10800 fires in all of greece yesterday. if it crosses the national road, it will spread to the other force there. the severity of the situation was brought into sharp focus on thursday night. international address, prime minister to jago smith's talkies warned the worst was not over that people in greece must brace for dry, difficult, and extremely dangerous days ahead. by nightfall reports confirmed the worst. the fire had jumped the highway spreading to both sides of the national road. the

wildfires seemed to be everywhere. everything at the moment seems uncertain. one person said it feels like her country is under attack. was in basra, v o 0 north athens. if you, if you see growing rebels, the seas control of the ancient turn of the bella in the north. in recent weeks, tpa le fighters are targeted these strategically important follow region as well as on horror, which is where the type of non the bellows located for the rebels that say some bullets victory and also significant incursions south while the bellows, the unesco world heritage site and sacred for millions of ethiopian orthodox christians, its themes for its 12th century rock hewn churches. the u. s. is calling on the to grow and rebels to protect the cultural heritage of the time. mark web has been for when development for us from the ruby in. they bring kenya,

resident and others have told us the fighters from the gray region of entered the historic town lolly, better. there were rumors that they were closed and local residents over the last week, some of the residents that they've had gunfire at night, but they say it's normal to to have some gunfire at night there. but then just in the last few hours, resident said they could see the gray and people's liberation from finances getting close. and then just to show a while ago, they've taken control of the town to town with a population of 20000 people. but it couldn't be of greater religious and cultural and historical significance a 100 years old, full of ancient church and in a holy site, 4 years millions of orthodox christine. but it is also, as will appears to be a significant incursion on the part of the grand people's liberation funds from the north, coming into the territory of the enemy. they've been fighting with

a mar of militia to the south, and now it seems they have taken control of the town as well inside the enemy territory. but it, careful to remember that in this conflict, the wrong contingent front lines to speak of people control the town here and other, other control the town that we can't, we can't get it how much surgery is taken. but certainly this is as far as we've known, they've take taking the town into the enemy's territory so far that conflict could have been spreading into the m r afar regions in the last few weeks. let's take a look at the timeline of the current conflict. fighting between the national army and the to growing and people's liberation front began in the vendor last year. that's one prime minister. abby had sent troops against the t purelife, as he claimed the taxonomy air bases. by the end of november, i'll be announced the military operation into gro was, completes the governments of taken over the regions capital mckelly,

but the conflict tickets her and 7 months later, to join forces, we took mckelly and force govern soldiers to withdraw. since then, the rebels oppressed into a far region in the east, and i'm horror in the south forcing over 250000 people to flee. well, david shin was a us ambassador to ethiopia, and a for the chief mission at the american embassy done. he explains why the t p less may have wanted to targets this particular location. i don't think there is any particular military value to the capture of la bella, by the grand defense forces. the town is not far from the gray and border, sorry, it's not a long distance for them to go to me. the only explanation would be the fact that very early on in the conflict back in november of last year, the militia and the sample government forces captured the world

heritage site of ox, which is the location of the, the auction, former oxen kingdom, inside western te gray and they, they still hold that location up to the present day. it is very difficult for the to grand forces to know apparently recapture ox. so i think they probably made a decision to take a lot of bella and are using this as a tit for tat mode that we will need long. bella, if you got us back. ok, so the 2 grand defense forces are great. they have to be very careful if they decide to go much outside of the region, i don't think they have any particular interest in remaining for any length of time outside of t gray that they are interested and retrieving as much of western

t gray as they can and i really see this move into la bella was an effort to do that. iran, as the president says, pledged his country's nuclear program will always be peaceful and won't produce weapons. ibrahim race, he said he would take steps to lift the sanctions which and devastated the economy . shortly after he was inaugurated, says ron's 8th precedence of a hush of reports from her on this was a brilliant use, his final step to becoming the new president of iran, the ceremony, and early indication of what his foreign policy might look like. there was only one delegation representing to us from the european union. what many leaders and officials from south america and africa, and more significant to the countries out on iran, racy says that's a priority. they're going to be gone. i've got a man said he was getting torn interference in the region weren't resolved any

problems. it's a problem itself. i extend the hand of friendship and brotherhood own regional countries, especially our neighbors. how many lazy criticized us sanctions on his country up to former us president donald trump pulled out of the 2015 nuclear leal? what he stressed iran's nuclear program is completely peaceful. that's the policy of threat and sanction. can't prevent iranians from seeking their legal rights, including the right to develop nuclear energy sanctions must be nullified and we support any diplomatic effort that fills that goal. sanctions are adding to your own hardships, andres, he says rebuilding the economy is a main priority. is appealing for cooperation from all iranians to get the country back on its feet and says, his government will wage a war on corruption. it's not going to be an easy task for, therefore, engaging others. it's difficult to what he aims to achieve is submitting his

cabinet and a few days and then the parliament will have to get each minute stuff. a separate company. i should just, you know, a congressional committee in brazil is voted against the returns of paper ballads of next year's election. it's a blow the president jerbill scenario. he's been pushing to end electronic voting, cleaning machines or low voter frauds. while this comes a day after brazil's talk court ordered an investigation into the president's unproven claims over electoral fraud, he says the move is unconstitutional, but critic sable scenario and his supporters were trying to cast down on the system in case mrs. still ahead here in alta, sarah convicted, open battlements, american who is the biggest foreign investors in russia. says it's a political fit shop and the drive to count emissions in the us, joe biden, and sales plans make half of all cars, electric by 2030. ah,

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it is gaining speed and it is rather unpredictable, but it's expected to bring some really wet and windy weather to southern islands of japan as well as southern horseshoe. and it could be a very wet end to the olympics this weekend and was moved to south asia. it's very wet as well for india across those central areas. we've seen flooding in east rochester as well as madhya pradesh. and we are expecting more of that as those intense rains continue to fall here. that weather update sponsored call cut on airways, a crime that shook japan, or people get killed on one occasion in as bloody a massacre as this was, attracts a lot of report. there was just a current drum. who did it? who did it? who did it? have the conviction that led to the world's longest hell that's ro, frizzy. and his sister's 47 year long battle to save him from execution.

witness. how come adam? japan's death row on a jazzy data. ah, ah, the me this is just a quick reminder of the top stories for, you know, what temperatures enjoy winds are finding one far as across the northern hemisphere . historic town in california has been decimated from in europe. greece and turkey continued to baffle flames, driven by the heat wave in decades. if you appears to brian forces scene, stage 10 of lonely bella, rocking churches are in the world heritage site. secrets is millions of orthodox

christians in iran, the president says appealed for national unity and reconciliation changes. and you ration speaking just don't scorn in him. right. he also said that countries, nuclear program is peaceful the us is offering a temporary, safe haven to thousands of hong kong citizens currently in america. in response to china crackdown on human rights, it will allow the visa to be extended by up to 18 months present. joe biden says, china has continued its assault and hong kong autonomy including undermining democracy and press freedom. last month, the u. s. supplied sanctions on chinese officials in hong kong was and jordan has more from washington d. c. from its 1st days in office, the by the ministration has been very critical of the way that china treats the residents of hong kong damaging in the by that ministration view,

hong kong experience with democracy. now, the administration has decided to allow those hong kong residents who happen to be here or the united states, to live and work here for the next 18 months. the state department spokesperson, net price explained why on thursday p r c. authorities seek to use the tools that they have given themselves and that includes of course, the national security law and other legislation to make arbitrary arrests, politically motivated prosecutions, of opposition candidates, and politicians, activists and peaceful protesters with the goal. it seems, or certainly the end result of creating an atmosphere of fear of self censorship, of repression among the general populace. and our measures to day are a response to these and other actions by the peer c and other hong kong and hong

kong authorities to undermine again what was promised to the people of hong kong. and that is the high degree of autonomy state department officials awhile that this may not be the only time that this program is put into effect for hong kong residence. and they also say that people who come to the united states after august 5th could possibly be added to the scheme. but they say, what's really important is trying to ensure that beijing does not continue its repression of political opponents and hong kong or crush hong kong experience with democracy. thousands of people have sought refuge and come to her city as taliban takes territory in southern afghanistan, security forces nor control, just 3 of 17 districts in the province. st battles are being supported by strikes by the african air force. and many more civilians are fleeing fighting in neighboring hellman province. the un is warning,

the health system is struggling to cope with casualties. i can tell you that we're deeply concerned about the safety and protection of people in large cargo in the south where tens of thousands of people could be trapped by the fighting or humanitarian colleagues also tell us that in helman, in kandahar they are reported, increased civilian casualties, destruction or damage to civilian houses, as well as to critical infrastructure, including hospitals, hospitals and health workers are becoming overwhelmed by the number of wounded people. one of the most prominent foreign business men in russia has been found guilty of embezzlement, spinal school courts. american michael canvie was arrested in 2019 on charges. his support to say were brought spine a politically connected business rival, the vertex and sentence in proceedings will continue. on friday, july home reports michael. calvin once flew high as one of russia's biggest foreign

investors. now the u. s. businessman stands convicted of embezzlement, the verdict of moscow court. so far, the judge as the prosecutor did earlier has simply repeated the phrases and arguments from the december 2019 preliminary accusation. ignoring hundreds of documents, testimonies and expert witnesses that were presented during the trial over the last 7 months. but it's not over yet. i hope tomorrow the judge will address the real facts. hope dies laugh as they say in russian counties arrest and free trial, detention in 2019 shocked rushes business community already reeling from western sanctions and, and economic slump supporters claimed the charges against calvin company bearing vos stock lacked evidence. and that the country's judicial system was being used by

a politically connected rival. even prominent russian business executives voiced concerns that the jailing of one of russia's few remaining major foreign investors might deal a fatal blow to business confidence in the country. a sentiment echoed by calvin himself as the trial war on in march. i think it raises a lot of questions because people who know me know that i've been one of the most positive foreign investors about russia and always defending rush does image in the international investment community. and so many people felt like if this happened, michael calvin could happen to anyone. but question mark over the case and it's motivation window bar to success. it was backed by president vladimir putin himself, who publicly supported cal. these opponent in the banking dispute, the form, the background to the case. during the trial,

michael calvin had said he hoped to remain in russia, and that he was positive about the investment environment. a view that will likely now have changed. jonah, how al jazeera to members of the bell russian olympics seem involved in trying to force a spencer to return home from the talking games have been stripped of their accreditation . that's according to the voices news agency. christina, seen in the sky, took refuge in poland. this week she says she was taken to the airport and took you against her will on sunday. some of the sky ahead publicly criticize her coaches and says she feared for her safety. if she were to return to bella rous, me, frances constitutional court has ruled that mandatory covert 19 health passes, largely comply with the republics fund and charter, what doesn't

a protest is gathering site the courts. they say it goes against civil liberties. the parcel of access to public venues like cafes and restaurants, those who fully vaccinate is recovered or have tested negative for covets will be health possible coming to force across the country from monday. the number of new corona virus infections in tokyo shows above the 5000 marks. for the 1st time, cases in the olympics, host city are rising faster than ever. fueled by the highly contagious delta variance, japan's governments as extended emergency measures, she ates, more regions, large numbers of indonesians dying at home, unable to get hospital care or medical oxygen with the health system buckles on depression in denisia is no. the epicenter of asia's outbreak with an official death toll exceeds $100.00 thousands. apple says the

next something to its operating system. ios 15 will include new safety measures to protect children from predators. it will enable technology on the device itself to scan and dine dense fi images may contain child abuse, report them to authorities in share as editor at large. with c. net ceases. the company has plenty of questions to answer, but how it plans to protect privacy. i don't know whether apple knew it was waving into this debate when it did this, but what makes apple an interesting company is that it is sold itself as kind of a bastion of privacy amid a mess of the tech industry. right. and so part of the question that we're all asking is if apple's definition of privacy includes the ability to peer into my photos app, where does that end? right. and also, even though right now, yes, they're using a database from the national center for may for missing explain children. what if

suddenly they're convinced by the chinese government to add the gentleman squared tank man to that list. and suddenly those people are being reported. that is where it starts becoming a problem. half of all cars and trucks sold in the us will be electric bonding 2030 . if you target set president joe biden are met. well, there are many hurdles of kimberly hawk. it reports the. it's an announcement geared towards changing the way americans drive their vision to the future. that is now beginning to happen. a future of the automobile industry that is electric. the executive order signed by president biden sets a target for 0 mission cars to account for half of all vehicle sold in the united states by the year 2030 biden's goal to shift americans toward cleaner electric vehicles and compete with china. right now. china is leaving the race is one of the

largest and fastest growing electric vehicle markets in the world. electric vehicles accounted for just 2 percent of car sales in the past 3 years. in the united states, china has more than doubled the number of electric vehicles on the road. auto companies in the u. s. are also unfailing similar goals for electric vehicles to account for at least half of all car sales by 2030. but biden's electric vehicle revolution faces a big problem. infrastructure. it's a priority and biden's, $1.00 trillion dollar bipartisan infrastructure bill still being worked out in congress. the legislation includes 7500000000 for a network of electric vehicle charging stations. but it's just half of what fight and called for and fall short of what's needed to support so many electric vehicles on the road. we haven't had the, in the investment in infrastructure that we've really needed to,

to grow the market. and to really demand that the vehicles are available for, for consumers, but it is under pressure to act. you set a goal of reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. wildfires on the west coast of the united states are only highlighting the problem on track to burn big again in 2021. as a result of historic drought and heat waves, president biden's executive order also rolls back trumpet era emission standards. the environmental protection agency's new standards will reduce 200000000000 metric tons of carbon pollution. kimberly help hit al jazeera, the white house. ah,

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