taken from their homes and executed under pressure venezuela's, defense minister. but i mean, if i said the forces were obliged to defend that country from irregular groups that added the human rights needed to be respected and that the events at the border would be investigated. ah, this is al jazeera ah, hello i. mariam was watching the news, our life from london coming up in the next 60 minutes. a major territorial victory for the taliban in afghanistan. the group captures the city of around the 1st provincial capital control. meanwhile, un security council members at the afghan complex has entered a delia and more destructive phase. and the time to take action is now also coming

off of the program. israel's, i'm done intercept, rocket fide from southern lebanon, group has fall. i said it carried out the strike and full cost of the things strong winds could worse than dozens of wildfire raging across greece. but some residents are refusing to leave their homes. and i'm fine. how much of all the fort? kind of does women when they lympics football title, with the panels, issues out victory in the final ah, in a plea to the un security council, the special envoy to afghanistan is warned that more than a 1000 civilians have died. as the war enters a deadly and more destructive phase, deborah lions told the council that afghan histone was heading for a catastrophe, so serious that it would have few if any parallels this century. on

fridays the ranch and the southern numerous province appeared to be the 1st provincial capital to fall to the taliban. while the afghan government time fighting was continuing. taliban fighters shed images of themselves inside this arrange airport. and posing at the entrance to the city, afghan officials say the taliban now controlled 9 out of the 10 districts of laska gar. this is the besieged capital of hell, man. providence. elite commandos have been deployed to the city along with, as strike support from the afghan and us forces. and then turkey has been trying to prevent african refugees from entering the country via iran. now extending a wall, 295 kilometers along its border with iran to make that entry more difficult. one hundreds of afghans have end to turkey in recent weeks, and the likelihood is that that number will rise diplomatic edits. james bays is in

the afghan capital couple. this is significance around the 1st provincial capital enough kind of stone to fall into taliban control. these pictures released by the taliban ship fighters driving humvees and other vehicles paid for by the us and nato and taken from africa and forces the airport the only one in the desert province, as well as key government offices were captured, were told by eye witnesses with barely a short being fired. earlier the taliban fighters had broken into the prison breaking out detainees which included some of their own fighters. they urged the governor abdul karim brough who to surrender. he released this video saying he would not. but just hours later, taliban fighters were filming themselves in his office. one of them is shouting, you are a law. you said on facebook. the taliban would be unable to fight you. where are you? we've entered your office. the whereabouts now of the governor and other key provincial

officials is not known. there been other important developments to in kabul. the deputy press secretary to president gaudy, and the head of the government media office dot com monopoly was shot dead, the taliban se they carried out that attack. and in the north of the country and giles june, province, there and the provincial capital. the taliban say they taken control of the palace of the veteran commander of the receipt. dost him in the provincial capital of helmand, laska? god battle continue. so the taliban now have taken one provincial capital and to a teetering on the edge of salt and phase e as a journalist who joined us now from the afghan capital kabul. so i want to stop off on, on the point that james is making there about fighting in the city of shed about on which is the capital of the northern province of jazz on. now this is the traditional stronghold of the anti taliban commander. abdur rashid dalston,

is there an effective fight back happening against the taliban? there i have been speaking to the people close to dos to them who are in the city of ship are gone and also some people who actually fled the capital of the city and they saw the refuse into outskirts we're the open areas are actually quite done the city center itself, so the situation is quite bad. now. it has been more than 24 hours that the government forces have carried out several strikes, destroying a lot of homes and houses the civilians live because taliban have used the water canals that comes from southern part of the city. and those can also have

actually, you know, kind of like help the taliban to advance their fronts and push the fronts towards the city center. and the way that the did that it would make the government difficult to attacked him back because you know civilians still all that there are hundreds of families, however, flat the city center. but still it has been challenging for the government forces to fight them back. and the reason is because now the itala bon seems to have changed their strategy from attacking a no more district other than districts. they are now focused on the provincial capitals and this change and their shift is actually kind of like scouring the african special forces that are fighting the taliban. now there are over 30000 out of more than 200000 forces. so they are,

they have been the only group fighting by the taliban. so now ensure but on that i spoke recently to do one that actually stuck in one point of the city. he said that the only 70 people from militia groups that deployed from mazata sheriff had been transferred by helicopters to one of the brigades in jo john province at the western part of the city. and in the, in the east part of the city, other forces laying back. so there is not a very good coordination between the militia groups and pro african force african government forces and also african special forces. and they're expecting that the african special forces will derive any tuck anytime from the diminishes with. right. and so, yes, from what you're saying, it's very sort of fragmented faction lies in terms of the different groups, some of them official government forces and then other militia groups that are in

those places and a lack of coordination there. and of course you've been speaking about the city of orange, the 1st provincial capital to now be on the taliban control. how important is it that there wasn't any resistance mounted in there on that the, the city fell without a fight. well exactly, that was also that city was lacking commander or special forces. what i heard that the special forces arrived all 3rd to taliban entered the gates of the city and also entered the compound of prevention, governor. and also, as james bade mentioned that taliban were at filming footage of the airport in the orange. that was, that was all sound after you know, the special for then special forces arrived after those incidents. and it was too

late for the african special forces to, to, to, to actually, you know, go and fight back to, to, to free to provincial capital. so they only made some evacuations. a isolate some evacuations in the city of the range, just to make sure that the, you know, more damages could be prevented as taliban over the city itself. so it was quite significant for the taliban strategy because it was the 1st province that collapse under the fall under the taliban. and there are more a warning because at the level of intensified clashes especially it's a and ship of on or in. but i found that i recently heard that taliban over run more than a dozen districts within the past 24 hours. so this is quite a warning signal for all those north. nino old norton lines and, and then in the northern part of the country,

but also for the government because the government is not capable of sending these p 30000. i'm kind of busy. and so time is more concerned about the taliban and deliberately targeting these nor than provinces and districts that are traditionally anti taliban strongholds. but then we also hear about very fierce fighting happening in the south of the country. so how bad now is the situation around glasgow, gar, what alaska about alaska has been witnessing this intensified level of fighting general. somebody saw out who is now leading to fighting that and cargo. he has been all the time on the media or posting on the social media somehow trying to connect people that you know, they will actually take the control over. but unfortunately, the city have shattered a lot of civilians have evacuated their houses and homes and peoples

investments have been looted somehow because the government forces have urged people to leave the city because they want to resist and fight back to taller bond . so it was the government made the call to of, to the citizens to leave the city itself. so it is quite a bad news because if the 5 things actually continue into this, you know, important key prevention capital, it means that this could happen anytime, anywhere else. so, you know, a couple itself could be on the threat somehow because the change of the strategy in foot, in the tolerance front, if that actually could not be somehow encountered by the african government forces, then it means that it could be more dangerous for, for, for actually key or strategic areas that the still government is trying to hold. thank you have for that full, a very comprehensive roundup of what's happening in the country. so 10 phase of

joining us from campbell, when you mentioned the head of the un mission in afghanistan, is saying that the situation will descend into catastrophe. security council members don't take action. the council did convene a special session on friday to address the escalating violence christian salumi reports on that now from new york thing. the country is at a dangerous turning point. the un special representative for afghanistan called on the security council to act and act quickly. first, by demanding an end to taliban attacks against cities to attack urban areas, is to knowingly inflict enormous harm and cause massive civilian casualties. nonetheless, the threatening of large urban areas appears to be a strategic decision by the taliban, who have accepted the likely carnage that will ensue. russia said the emphasis should be on restarting stalled political talks between the afghan government and

the taliban. achieved the still william louis machine guns. it is clear that there is no military solution to the afghans situation, but in the current situation, given the absence of progress on the negotiation track, the prospects of afghanistan slipping into full scale and protracted civil war. unfortunately, is a stark reality. the united states whose withdrawal of forces precipitated the escalation put the focus on the taliban. the taliban must hear from the international community that we will not accept to military takeover of that began a stan, or return of the taliban islamic emerett. in addition to the worsening humanitarian situation, many speakers described grave human rights abuses from summary executions to the flooring of children with women. at particular risk, afghanistan's ambassador told a council that their own report suggests more than 20 foreign terrorist groups, including al qaeda,

are operating in afghanistan. let's not forget that. these fighters are there for a reason for reciprocity. they will be demand. they are, they are helping taliban today. tomorrow they will be demanding a favor from the taliban. so we, our, our concern is afghanistan. once again, if not prevented, turn into a terrorist hub. with more and more people fleeing afghanistan, the situation there is already affecting its neighbors and could be stabilized the entire region, giving the security council rounds to act another meeting on the un mission to get a status scheduled for september. but there's growing concern that will be too late . christian salumi al jazeera, the united nations, or turkey, meanwhile, is ramped up its efforts to protect the eastern border with iran because of concern about a possible influx of people coming in from afghanistan. him because he only reports now from the city, yvonne,

just by the turkey iran border. another sleepless night for the turkish border security and the migrants, thousands of personnel have been deployed to the mountain of border with iran, old, ready to put an end in the cat and mouse with the smugglers. who cross mostly africa, migrants into turkey city. but the southern us withdrawal from afghanistan and telephones expanding influence in the country pushed turkey into extra measures. 500000 migrants are smuggled through this border. every day. the mohammed family failed this time as they had to slow down because of their baby fall of blood the tale one second. then we had to leave a gun. this time we followed ross family to the repair creation center in van city . his wife citicard worked in a bank in afghan stone. she says, the war to get this one person from every single family. women couldn't even go shopping. she wanted to go to europe after saving some money in turkey. nice,

and the african government doesn't respect women. and the taliban wants us to wear the book and isolate they will kill the women who worked for the government. and the government is too weak to control the country. the city of one has a 295 kilometer border with iran where they were and, and physical barriers. earlier official figures suggest the number of illegal migrants this year isn't bigger than last years, but the measures are tighter. good. need to the walls built in the south and north foster to increase the pressure on the border. and all former commodity smugglers in this area became migrant traffic. because our depletion ties our hands with punishment following the syrian civil war. on the start as a seal, it's border with syria and iraq in 2016. this is the border between turkey and iran once the smallest completed with razor wires on top, cigarettes, official, soap. it will prevent illegal crossings. but criminal groups may still find

a way to smuggle migrants and refugees across the border. experts say any migration wave anywhere near turkey turns it into a migrant. the boat will not insure us in the. we need to classify whether irregular migration is due to economic reasons or asylum. see, we must find the similar migration deal with iran, as we find with the you around must be supported to as it has a border with us, kind of and it's all live on success is expected to trigger a new way of, of migration from afghanistan by the end of august, which is during such sudden migrations, we expect people to flee to neighboring countries. we hear from the newcomers that iran is not willing to host such a migrant group. and they do not stop afghans from crossing to turkey. but encouraged them. this stud log may create more human trafficking and more human misery, sienna, because all the al jazeera van turkey. well, in all the top stories this, our, israel's, i don't defense system is intercepted,

10 rockets, fired from southern lebanon. the irish founded in northern israel and the occupied girl and height after they were fired. as paula said, it was buying a strike. israel responded with artillery strikes in southern lebanon on wednesday . israel conducted as strikes against targets and lebanon. again in response to rocket fire. 100 abdul hamid is in carry. ouch mana in northern israel and has more on the response. what we're hearing really from there is really leadership is the usual rational reg is reserved, it's right to respond whenever he's flipped. but we also do know that defense minister, but again, they have a phone conversation with prime minister enough tele bennett. he then also had a meeting with his chief of staff and other top people from the military. now you

do get read an impression that there is no desire to escalate this situation. make no mistake. israel is obviously making its preparation militarily here in the north of the country. but there is a realization that this border needs to stay calm, because whenever this border ignites well, you do also have another border in the south of the country to border with god that it also sometimes ignites at the same time. israel has just come out of a war. the fire talks are still ongoing, so certainly maybe not a desire to go any further than that. but that said, this is a very, very volatile area. i think whatever happens, whatever will be incoming from lab, i don't was certainly have a reaction. immediate reaction just yesterday is rate israel use its air force for the 1st time in 7 years striking yes, of what it called rocket launcher sites inside lebanon. but probably it was empty

field, the not causing major damage, but certainly escalation, militarily and here, the commanders on edge watching the news, our life from london, arizona, till i had for you on the program. we look at the blaze that just keeps getting bigger. california, as dixie fire continues to burn its way through the state migrant crisis. only edge of europe. lithuanian presidents accused batteries of state sanctioned people trafficking. and then in sport find out who comes out on top off the crash filled 1st as women's olympic madison final. ah, thousands of people continue to flee. defies that are incinerating great sways of greece and turkey. the head of the coast guard in the great town of i didn't sauce

describe the situation situation areas apocalyptic because got patrol boats as well as fishing and private vessels have been used to rescue more than 650 people from the island as the temperatures of drop below 40 degrees for the 1st time in nearly 10 days in many parts of the country, but high winds are full costs. 5 fighters of have been going door to door just near athens, urging people to leave the area. well, that's in greece. meanwhile, in turkey, the far emergency there is in it's tense day. 36000 people were taken, say taken to safety across the province of mowgli. 6 neighborhoods were evacuated near the town of mila and fire breaks, of being created in an effort to prevent the flames. from reaching the n acoya power plant, this is the 2nd facility to be threatened this week. at least 56 wildfire funding across greece. these images from the town of coronary north of athens, a 38 year old man, was killed by a falling electricity vital nearby. and

a public official in the capital was also died of being found unconscious in a factory, switzerland, romania, and sweden, all sending 5 fighters and trucks to help with a situation or some residence in east africa are refusing to leave a say they want to defend their homes that's what i have been here since yesterday. i don't know where my husband is. he works the fire safety and had been sent somewhere else. my house is behind here. i'm not leaving. i've sent my kids away. this is a life work. you can't leave it. right, you know, it's a catastrophe. thought came around the day with swirling wins and burns. a lot of animals burned to death with shaped dogs. everything. now if you put up that guy, the 5th him leave and go where and let my house. if we had left this place would have burned. we told the women and the elderly and kids go and whoever was able to help state to help. however, they could out, there is

a bus rob is reporting on the story for us. he is in coronary in greece when a neighbourhood here in north, where the sky is thick with dark black smoke, every direction you look in there seems to be black, smoke rising over neighborhood high into the sky. and that's because of situations like the houses have been burning for more than 24 hours. now, much of these areas are still very much on fire and there are fewer and fewer helicopters dropping water from the fuel. if you're a fire rescue teams trying to put out these places because they're simply so many that are darting many parts of north off in 0 fires, burning and hot spots everywhere. all over this part of the city and fire rescue team as well as aerial water. drop teams are spread thin or tens of thousands of factors of forest have been destroyed. and what turkeys president,

type every one called the countries was ever wildfires. drone for it shows scorch land and charred homes around the tourist resort. town of mar morris, $55000.00 act as have been, but more than twice the area destroyed across the whole of turkey last year. and croft, including helicopters, playing a crucial role in fighting fires in turkey, correspond russell. sergio takes a closer look at what being done. yeah, looking up thought i'm on the moon bow. couple of weeks ago. we will have a different will be this one of the month, of course, but the bombs of them all right. in the russian making the same type of a, this gravity to so do i mean depth fargo botanic book, the proven while you go there flight engineer it up up, up to a point 1st,

don't go up water at 1 o'clock. this will be a field for never to make them aware of this in just one hour, which i don't know if at all, another 55 up the top in deploy, with all the worth. 9 more joining them, ukraine or russia. i'm john joined by dozens of hundreds of thousands of personal as well as well and but seeing how work one day to hand out on the double flame steel region in the region. but would you say just one step closer? look at them. well, firefighters in the western united states say they are

a long way from defeating a huge blaze that devastated large areas of california over the past 3 weeks. the dixie fine now covers more than 1700 square kilometers, making it the 3rd largest in the state history. mainly bind remote areas so far, but it has destroyed more than a 100 homes and it's threatening many more. so that's close to john 100 in the northern california in town of quincy. tell me what's happening there and roughly, how far you are from the sort of at the center of the worst of the dixie fire. well this fire has grown rapidly and that is this story of it in the past 2448 hours. as a matter of fact, over the past 24 hours. that was the fastest day that this fire has grown yet to give you an idea of how big it's got. and it's a $175000.00 hector's. that's about 14 times the size of the city of san

francisco. and it's only about 35 percent contains. so what that means is it continues to spread to the north, firefighters are doing their best or 5000 of them more than at any of the 100 major fires going on in the united states. and they're doing their best to keep it away from property. they're doing their best to try to save what property they can. but in a sense that can be a losing battle. we lost the town of greenville just a day ago. these firefighters, by the way, are here at the headquarters of the dixie fire eastern division. they've come from all over the country. you can see those trucks are from santa clara, that's in silicon valley here in california. and the continuation of this fire, i mean it could go on for any amount of time. i asked a firefighter early or on how long this could last. she said there is simply no

telling it's going on for 3 weeks so far. and what's happened in the past day or so is there used to be a definable plume of smoke above the fire. and now as you can see, it's kind of dissipated and there is a kind of london fog that descended to the ground. that's good in the sense that it cools off the area and heat is one of the things that helps generate these fires. but also it's really diminished the air quality. so 3 hours drive away in sacramento, there is dangerous air quality there firefighters say their prioritization is to save human life. so what they're trying to tell people is when they issue a mandatory evacuation order, those people should leave because the effort that goes into saving their lives might cost them their homes. all right, thank you very much. from quincy, california, john henderson. you went the news now. there is more than i had left in limbo on columbia border. tens of thousands of people stranded as they search for a better life in sport,

a special day for you. gander on the track for action from toko 2020. that's coming up and sport. ah hello, good to see you. we have wildfires exploding around athens degree prime minister has warned that this situation is going to get worse. people doing whatever they can to protect their properties. a bit of a glimmer of hope here as temperatures have come down in athens at 34 degrees, but it's going to take much more than this mean time for turkey. we do have some scattered showers in fire ravaged parts of on talia providence. but again, it's going to take much more than just a few spits of rain. we really need that concentrated rain. next, i want to take you to the bulk in temperatures have lowered here as well. but the situation still dire, in fact, for north macedonia, the country has declared

a crisis for the next 30 days. where across europe, we are watching energy bubble across the alps, particularly for eastern portions of france into switzerland. and you know, for the british house, we've got a weather maker swirling around. it's giving us what wendy and stormy conditions. and that is also slamming into portions of the low countries and southern scandinavia. off to africa, the southwest corner of molly has scooped up more than a months worth of rain in the past 24 hours. we have our storms along the gulf of guinea, but they are really dialing back as we head towards saturday. that sure weather update catch you later the yugoslavia disintegrated. war descended on its inhabitants.