ah ah ah, me the raging well far still by high winds, burned dangerously close to the great capital, were hundreds of far finances and facing a difficult night trying to dose the flames. i'm john henry in northern california where a wildfire has destroyed a historic mountain town. ah, hello. hey deena, this is al jazeera live from to coming up to grow and rebels. take control of the

bella, unesco, world's heritage site, sacred for millions to the few p as orthodox christians. cale phone confusion in the philippines are phones and source to get vaccinated since the cold. it's 1900 delta variance across asia. posing more lockson's and tech giant reveals, plan to scan american i fools for images of child sexual abuse, triggering concerns of i probably the scene ah, we begin in greece where it's worse, heat wave and decades. droughts have led to intense, wild, far as just north of athens with our sphere as the prime minister address the nations and extreme heats has turned the country into a powder keg while there are more than 100 farms burning across greece. as

temperatures have 45 degrees, famous ravi begins our coverage 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 watched 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 airy 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 out these claims. all people can do it seems just watch the hills burn and wondered perhaps if their homes might be next off, 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. so 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 wildfire 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 to 0 north athens. when they bring turkey 2 is spattering, it's worse. wildfires and decades. one of them reached the compound of a coal fuel power plant, which has not been brought under control. it's called fears of severe air pollution in the region. and in the us, california is largest acts of wild, far known as the dixie fire, has raised much fin. historic tone street lights missing, melting in the extreme heats. well, $100.00 is at that time in northern california, with a look at the scale of the destruction. california is largest, active wildfire exploded, engulfing the gold rush, or a town of greenville and threatening several others. a sheriff's office stores

b strows, saloons, gas stations, homes, all left in embers. it's 800 residence appear to have escaped following a mandatory evacuation order. over the last 24 hours, we've had explosive fire growth, driven by winds out of the west and south west. meteor in ologist have given a red flag warning where we have historically dry conditions, low humidity, low fuel moisture combined are those winds that drove the fire as we drove through mountain passage to reach greenville came another evacuation order for taylorsville . then one after the other for clear creek town walker lake and the list goes on. the dixie fires been burning for 3 weeks. fueled by dry conditions and high winds, taking out an area the size of new york city. even with $5000.00 people battling the blaze, it's only 35 percent contained on wednesday. it was the 8 largest fire in california

history by thursday. it was 6 across the country, it's shaping up to be a record breaking fires either out pacing 2020, the worst year ever recorded. 26000 firefighters are battling 100 blazes. in 14 states, we thought to keep our head. and again, because we saw the peak months ahead of us with no indian site firefighters said they're battling the dixie blaze one day at a time. the priorities today are to aggressively attack fire perimeter. north of greenville. greenville still has active fire and a structure assessment going on at the same time. we're still continuing to fight the fire to our firefighters and our aerial resources are working in concert to drop retarded, and water. well, our ground crews and dozers and heavy equipment and engines are working to provide structure protection. some fires were sparked by lightning strikes,

a local utility, pacific gas and electric says its equipment might have sparked the dixie fire, which shows no signs of abating john hendrick. al jazeera, greenville california. i was getting one from dan porter. he's the director of the california forest program and the nature conservancy, and joyce is not from san francisco. it's great to have you with us here on al jazeera, our viewers will be watching these report. the far that's burning for 3 weeks. the pictures are certainly all full. just put this in some context foras. one usual are these far as high battle? are they compared to, to previous world? far as which has to be said or are fairly common in this region. well, thank you for having me and our partners go out to all the california and are impacted by wildfires throughout the northern california. unfortunately,

law sizes here are becoming part of the ever more common trends in california. do a combination of long standing fire suppression, where we excluded fire from from our forest city, fall with frequent fire, as well as the effects of climate change. so would you say this is a lands management issue, or is this a climate change issue? because you mentioned the policy of fire suppression and for, for people not too familiar with this topic. it, it might seem unusual, but you, you wouldn't just put out far as when they happen. so what would you say is behind this is a policy issue, or is it climate change? it's actually it's not, it's not either or so on the land management side of things. we know that

for us. so this year in nevada for example, historically before we settle this part of the country used to burn. ready naturally, or because of native american ignition every 10 to 15 years. so fire was very frequent. and because of the frequency of natural and cultural fire, the level of fuels the small tree isn't the fuels on the ground surface will matter if you will call them. we're, we're much lower back then relative to what they are today. in about 1910, we started putting out while fires actively at the policy of the us for service. and that policy is fairly steady for the last 100 plus years. and the trees have continued to grow. and so what we have now is many,

many small trees to make small trees and lots of fuel on the surface of forest for which may be combination with when we met at the high temperatures, the whole force, very combustible. so how, how would you say policy makers to try and tackle this because the planet, it's not going to get any cooler for the next couple of years. so this is where to the solutions to this lie. how do we stop these monster fires ripping across the country? because it's not just us facing this. it's also we're covering this in, in europe, and the mediterranean isn't time to stop putting out fires and manage the land differently. it's a great question. it's the nature conservancy and our partners are working across the western us in fact, across north america and canada and other countries on this specific issue. and

again, it's a boat and sort of situation far as depression is by necessity essential part of protecting people's lives and property. so it will continue to be part of the equation. however, we do need to more actively manage. so quantity is up fuels where those fuel levels are very high and where the chances of ignition by campfires are by road related sparks from cars are very likely. the other thing that the nature conservancy is known for leading on is the use of control, burns. otherwise known as prescribed fires and these are intentionally ignited fires and predefined areas under very careful weather conditions.

those conditions that won't let the fire spread aggressively that are explicitly intended to reduce the fuel by letting us flow gentle fire consume the fuel on a hillside. ok is a fascinating topic and one i imagine we will be revisiting is the as the planet continues to warm, but we already have time down ports of the thank you very much indeed for joining us here. and i was just here and we appreciate it. thank you. if you can see grey and rebels have seized control of the ancient time of labella in the north of the country in recent weeks t p fighters targeted these strategically important a far region as well as i'm horror. where the bell is located for the rebels. it's a symbolic victory and also significant speakers. and so the tanza unesco world harrison sites and the sacred for millions of e. c o p and orthodox christians. it's known for its 12th century churches,

carved out of wrong. the u. s. is holding on the rebels to protect its cultural heritage. malcolm web is following developments from they will be in, they were in kenya, residence, and others have told us that fighters from the degree region of entered the historic town labella. there were rumors that they were closed from 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, 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 for 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 could taken control of the town as well inside the enemy, parents. even careful to remember that in this conflict there on contingent front lines to speak of the people control the town here and other other control the town that we can't we can't get that how much surgery is taken. but certainly this is as far as we've known, they've take, they've taken 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. so hes on al jazeera, the u. n. is under pressure as concerns, right? civilians caught up in the fight between taliban and afghan forces and the

brazilian president 1st to change the voting system offers a major blow. ah, ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored by kettle airways. hello there. we're watching a rush of tropical systems in east asia. the 1st one we're looking at is tropical storm loops. if we take a closer look that's already made land for along the coast of south east china. now we're talking powerful winds, really rough seas and high waves. and of course the flooding rains across one down problems. it's moving across few jang into tie one. so we're going to see some really intense amounts of rain here, 202300 millimeters with the potential of 500 millimeters in isolated areas. and

that usually costs a spell for land slides and flash flooding. so we'll keep an eye on that. we've got another one that's moving towards japan. if we take a closer look at its path, 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 and to the olympics this weekend now was a move 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 for here that you whether update sponsored cut on airways yugoslavia disintegrated. war descended on its inhabitants amidst the death and destruction. one man created a peaceful microcosm for boys whose fathers faced each other in battle. episode 3

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a century old resident, say, street life, the scene melting nick stream sheets and you feel peons to grind. forces was seized the ancient time as lady bella walking churches are a world heritage site and secrets ethiopians. millions of orthodox christians, the un security council meeting later on friday to discuss the rise and violence enough ganna sun as the taliban makes for the games, pressure is main thing only un to do more to help resolve the conflict. kristen salumi has more with hundreds of thousands of afghans being displaced by the taliban. recent offensive against government forces, un aid workers are sounding the alarm on human rights abuses in afghanistan as civilians. not to mention more than 1000 un employees get caught in the crossfire.

unicef today is outraged by report that a 12 year old boy from sheer into gob district in far province, suffered a brutal flogging by a member of an anti government group. women in particular are at risk from violence and the loss of basic write a letter signed by prominent feminist and rights activists calls on the security council to authorize a peacekeeping force. under resolution 1325 which demands the protection of women in armed conflict. women are at risk, we're being women. and we know many of the things that are happening. i will not repeat the litany of what has happened to women during the advance. so the primary thing is to get a cease fire. betty riordan, who work to get the resolution passed in 2000 says it also promises women a seat at the negotiating table. the protection of women, an armed conflict is not just some lofty un ideal. it was enshrined in

international law right here by the un security council, which is under increasing pressure to help stabilize the situation and afghan, a stan. but the council is unlikely to authorize a peacekeeping force, given that any mission would have to be approved by the 5 permanent members who all have veto power. there is now a real danger of sprint of extra prism and terrorism in countries surrounding us. there's no doubt about that. chi ida is a former un envoy for the region. he says with the withdrawal of us forces, the taliban needs extra incentive to negotiate. he's calling on the secretary general to appoint and the security council to get behind a single un appointed mediator for peace talks, has been fed for a long time that you should be going to live on only goes here some way that doesn't work. you know, you have to put somebody else in charge here. council meeting on friday to discuss

the situation. but civil society group say it's action not dialog afghans need the most. christian salumi al jazeera, the united nations, iran, the president has pledged his country's nuclear program, will always be peaceful and won't produce weapons in him. right. he said he would take steps to lift the sanctions, which have devastated the economy. shortly after he was inaugurated, as iran's h precedence hush and reports to her on this was a brilliant right. you see the 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, but many leaders and officials from south america and africa, and more significant countries out on the wrong racy says that supply oddity. 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 deal. but he stressed iran's nuclear program is completely peaceful. that's the policy of dread 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 iran hardships, andres, he says rebuilding the economy as 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. that's not going to be an easy task for. therefore, engaging others is physical to what he aims. cheap, submitting a cabinet and

a few days and then the parliament will have to give each minute stuff a separate company. i should just do it on that on a congressional committee in brazil has voted against the returns of paper ballads at next year's election. it's a major blow for president gyre. both so narrow in pushing to an vail internet voting, claiming it's open to frauds without providing any evidence. both scenario, who's trailing in the opinion, polls the threatening to reject next year's results unless the system is changed. we more than 30, the 1000000 people in the philippine capital are headed back into a 2 week locked in as a friday to slow the spreads of the delta variance of the corona virus. the chaos across middle on thursday is thousands past vaccinations centers trying to receive

shots before restrictions came into effects. the philippines, the seeing se, asia, the 2nd worst covert i break after indonesia has been reporting an 8000 cases a day or a militia. these, the infections took 20000 for the 1st time on thursday cases, a doubled in the past 3 weeks, the slates and national lock. soon. the worst thing i break has both truly public hanger or the prime minister's handling of the pandemic. before us louis standing by and colon purchasing this up to date on those lines. but 1st, let's get all the latest from manila with barnaby. lo barnaby. it just explains as what was behind those chaotic scenes. the people trying to get the vaccine and was the general picture like in the philippines. ok, holler. so we, the philippine government has now imposed a 2 week hard lockdown on the philippine capital metro manila, it's called

b enhanced community quarantine, which is the strictest form of lockdown does be imposed here in the philippines. and this is not true only for metro manila, this has been also been imposed on a couple of other areas in the philippines. in other words, where the philippine sees or the philippine government sees a risk of a cobit 19 case surge. that's where they would impose this enhanced community quarantine. of course, this is already the 2nd time that the philippine capital is going through this enhanced community quarantine. what this means is that only essential workers will be allowed to go out. only essential businesses will be allowed to remain open. only one member of each family will be allowed to go out to buy essential goods. now what you saw there, what happened on thursday here in metro manila, it's

a little bit of a situation where people where misinformed president deterred in his last speech had said that he wanted and vaccinated people to not be able to go out. and if their go out, they would be escorted back home. but a lot of people, especially essential workers, they have to go out, they have to go to work. and so yesterday, thursday people were scrambling to get back. so you needed. the problem is there is a supply shortage of vaccines here in the philippines. so there were limited slots and people were worried that. 6 they would not be able to go out, would not be able to go to work and they would not be able to get the financial aid the government promised them. so that's what happened on 1st, on, on a be low that brings us the leases from manila barnaby. thank you. let us head across to call them per we speak with florence louis florence the case summers is

still going up in the fill in the, in malaysia, and that's putting pressure on the country's leadership isn't that's right now, malaysia for 2 straight days. recorded rec, or numbers of new infections hovering. more than 20001 was near 20000 on wednesday . now, in terms of how effectively it's handling the pandemic, malaysia now rank $50.00 to $53.00 countries in bloomberg covert resilience ranking, which ranks the best in west places to be in the world during the pandemic. it's a monthly snapshot of how effectively the virus is being managed with the least social and economic disruptions. now, not only is laser seeing an increase in the number of new infections, but much of the country has been locked down since june. and that is set to continue indefinitely despite causing economic hardship to so many people. many people have lost jobs. they're relying on a to feed themselves and their families. and there's also

a very severe strain on health care resources, the intensive care units operating at over capacity. so there's a lot of anger director that the government because they're saying that the lockdown is notion, the not effective. and yet it's causing so many hotch, so much hardship to people than the colds for the prime minister to resign. and these calls are coming not just from the opposition, but from within the ruling coalition as well. now malaysia strategy is to rely on vaccination and achieving her community to get itself out of this crisis. it managed to inoculate about 24 percent of its population in full and its given conditional approval to another vaccine. but because health care resources are over the under such severe strain and because the delta various of the current of virus called as much more severe illnesses in cove at 1900 patients, many health experts that are saying that things here i expect to, to get a lot worse before they get better. ha. okay, for the life for as in column for florida. thank. well, it's truly

a is struggling to contain it's cool, with cases of more than half the country know unlock time and most popular states. new south wales reported a record 291 cases on friday. the state of victoria and use the 6 looked into the process in melbourne. tough restrictions are also in place long, much st. louis, east coast. you cases in the us of reached a 6 month high reported more than 100000 infections 3 times this week. the white house says 7 states account for half of the cases. we have some of the louis vaccination rates of specializations and deaths are also rising. china is also struggling to contain it's worth a break of coven. 19 months driven by the delta variance is reported ac. you locally transmitted infections in the past 24 hours. mass testing is underway and the government has imposed you restrictions. apple says the next bill date to its operating system. ios 15 will include the safety measures to protect children from

predators. it will enable technology on the device itself to scan and identify images that may contain child abuse and report them to authorities. you know, since has alarmed privacy, advocates and security researches use a broader implications of hope such tech could be used. and finally, after months, speculations, spanish football, giant sponsor, lunar of announced that leonor messy will not be staying with the club. the 34 year old arch and sign has been a free agent since the 1st of july, when his deal expired nicely. spend some incredible 21 years at barca. managed to greet you contracts with club, barcelona, says financial obstacles. got in the way. ah, this is al jazeera, these own the headlines more than 100 far as a burning across greece.