ah al jazeera, when ever you ah, all the the taliban takes charge of an afghan. provincial capital is the un warns of a dangerous turning point. the war now scan, stan has entered a new, deadlier and more destructive phase. ah, my money by this is out there a lie from doha also coming up to people accused of plotting to kill me on more than busta, who spoken out against the military. genta nicaragua,

president daniel will take, i may run virtually unopposed to the main opposition party is disqualified from november's election dash to safety. the people fleeing a brig on and with wildfires right on their doors. and i the un security council has been warned. afghanistan is heading for catastrophe as the taliban steps up its defensive. united nations and voice as the conflicts with government forces has entered a deadly more destructive phase after the armed group sees the provincial capital of the ranch. it is the 1st $50.00 to $4.00 to the group since the us began pulling out. last, if it's forces on diplomacy, get us a james base has

a license from 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 african 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 shot 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 brown, 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 cobble the deputy press. secretary to president gaudy and the head of the government media office dot com monopoly was shot dead. the taliban say they carried out that attack and in the north of the country in giles june, province, there and the provincial capital, the taliban say they taken control of the palace of the veteran commander of the rescue. dost him in the provincial capital of helmand, laska guard battles continue. so the taliban now have taken one provincial capital and to a teetering on the edge. while the un envoy to have gone astound, told the security council, the international community cannot stand by as the conflict escalates. kristen salumi reports from the un headquarters in 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 1st 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. mister william lewis shaking guns cuz 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 with 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 military take over 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 flogging of children with women. at particular risk, afghanistan's ambassador told the 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 hoping tyler one 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 grounds to act. another meeting on the us mission to ganeth stand is scheduled for september, but there's growing concern that will be too late. kristen salumi al jazeera, the united nations. while back on the ground, afghans shaken by constant as strikes in the city of luxury ago, are running out of supplies. unicef says fighting his for 360000 people from their homes in the past week alone shall about us has moved from couple raising the city of less cars in a bit to control this telephone fight to build on friday morning in the central market. but the sort of got out of the, this is less, got a bizarre, the enemy had bombarded displays and destroyed the lives of innocent people. and i think that the telephone says this was the result of heavy air strikes in the night

. and that it's not the civilian area to be targeted inland, ga, ga, us and ask on air strikes, have pounded the city for nearly a week mill holman's army, command the auth, residents to leave on tuesday to avoid civilian casualties. the government says the telephone is relying on human shields and losing people, shops and homes for food and weapons. on the grounds, these escapades vision forces march into battle, chanting. we will punish them and long live scan a star week. they have arrived the way it is, even move fear fighting. the tele bond street by street for the men who filmed these videos told us to family cannot leave their home because there is constant fighting on his street. after one week stuck in size, they are running low on food and his home is shaking with constant strikes.

where worries, now we extremely were. we know the big, big chunk of the relation has moved out of town. but we don't know exactly where they are and we don't have right now. get past due to wish to them. for those who can escape, they travel on dangerous roads, taking with them all they can pack. they look the places free of fighting that every day. those areas shrink with several left my home. i'm going to increase here. there is always war. i'm leaving because there was nothing else you know, see if says 360000 people have been forced to flee the homes. and the last week, half of them are children. are you know, the year when you said i left my home and won't return until he gets more secure, or until there's may there be an end to the conflict?

as they hit towards kendall ha susie, the sounds of war chased them. the highway littered with reminders, there is no safe passage for both the government and telephone try to assert their control of the places the sky, and people who home charlotte bellis, our jazeera cobble prosecutors in the us have charge to people from me on mall with plotting to attack the countries ambassador to the u. n. q, i, mo ton has been an outspoken supporter, the democracy movement since me on most military sees power back in february. rob reynolds has more from washington, dc of justice department, has them in custody now they've been charged with conspiracy to injure or, or kill a foreign official on us soil. we know they are both me and more citizens.

they are living. we're living in new york, just north of new york city and they apparently hatch this plot according to the justice department, which says it has recorded tell of phone conversations between the 2 and a 3rd party talking about hiring attackers to, to go after the ambassador to injure him, try to force him to resign his position and then if he refused to do that, according to the complaint against the 2, they said they would have, he would have been killed, the master would have been killed. one of the 2 men who is in custody now use the wire transfer services over the internet to send $5000.00 to in furtherance of this alleged plot. now, the ambassador, as you mentioned, joe, joe moore, june, is actually a leftover from the previous elected government of me and mar, which was overthrown by military junta in february. he is still on the job there in

new york at the un, even though he's been fired by the hunter, because the us doesn't recognize this military government. now back to the 2 individuals who are in custody. if they are convicted, found guilty and convicted, they could face up to 5 years each in prison. nicaragua, as an actual tribunal, has disqualified the main opposition policy from november. presidential election, citizens for freedom is accused of violating election laws. it's the latest move in a crackdown on the opposition by president daniel will take his government. he is now set to run virtually on the post as he seeks a 4th consecutive term. eric farnsworth is vice president for the council of the americas. he says western powers need to do more than impose sanctions to ensure free and fair elections in nicaragua. i'm not sure what kind of an election you

could even call it other than just the coronation of a president, who frankly has now created conditions where he can't lose it will be a vote that will be taken, but it won't be an actual election. i thank you for the elections were held in a free and fair way. there's a great chance that he would lose because the nicaragua, people are frankly sick and tired of his role is a precious protesters have been thrown in jail and in some cases killed and the president of the show no real desire to compromise or to negotiate. so i think there's also another element here too, and that is life rosario maria, who is the vice president of nicaragua and run in and of course on the same ticket . and there is a lot of speculation that she is really for one string fear and really wants to make sure that in fact he wins because it's also her ticket to continued power. and you know, as of age does its thing and takes its course. there is no guarantee that the

presidents were taken will be around for eternity, and so she would presumably be the successor. so she wants to continue her own will as well. in fact, every time the us or europe announces sanctions the government, the vicar, we don't care and takes the next step. and in fact, just today, the united states announced another visa of a restriction on 50 more, nicaragua, not officials, and family members of nicaragua and officials. but that's been the problem because to this point, the action for this been taken have primarily been designed to punish, but they've been relatively limited visa restrictions, travel restrictions. but at the end of the day, if ortega and maria don't want to travel to the united states to europe anyway, what good does the visa restriction do? and they don't want to travel to the u. s. a. europe. so it's, it's a lot of symbolism there. i really think that the next steps are going to have to be much more significant. huge while fi in northern california is become the 3rd

largest in the states. history. emergency crews are trying to stop the blades from reaching forest towns. the dixie, far as it's known, has already destroyed much of the historic town of greenville. john henderson is in quincy in northern california. the dixie fire has grown tremendously. it's now the largest wildfire in the united states, and it's gotten there fast on wednesday with the 8th largest wildfire in california . history on thursday, it was the 6 and by friday it was the 3rd and it's only about 35 percent contains. so after it burns up trees like this, it just moves on firefighters say it covers an area of a $175000.00 hector's. it's about 14 times the size of the city of san francisco. and they tried to save property. that house behind me had the deck burned off, but firefighters managed to keep the fire away from the structure itself. but they

say their top priority is preserving human life. we will switch to helping law enforcement. evacuate and rescue some of those people. if that fire gets to that point, so we may be able to save your life, but that may be at the cost, saving your home. the air quality has changed dramatically. it's gone from an identifiable plume above the fire to a kind of hazy london fog. that's because the smoke has descended to the ground and that his cause danger is air quality. as far as 3 hours drive away in sacramento, cilla head on al jazeera take care will officially pass the olympics, flying to paris the sunday. and we'll hear what the french capitals planning for what it says is a new era cost effective game. last, i'm very subtle in the town of nick oakley in columbia, where it's thousands of people are stranded in the red temple. migrate to north america. ah.

hello, thank you for tuning in. i want to take you to in northern california. this is the dixie wildfire. it is a largest wildfire in california and it has destroyed the town of greenville. the flames were found by winds of about 65 kilometers per hour. you can see them rolling through right there, and there are no signs of relief in your tinder dry conditions. continue even for the south west desert, where we won't see any months, you know moisture in the days to come across the gulf states. we have instability, hugging the shoreline, some heavier bursts of rain across florida, but i want to take you to the great lakes now because we have seen hazy and smoky conditions caused by wildfire, it's worth the northwest. but this cold front slicing across should help queer and freshen out the air, you know, for western canada as well. this is much needed. rain for the lower mainland.

vancouver has went. it's dry a stretch in about 35 years. ok next we're going to central america. we do have some concentrated rain along that pacific coast of mexico impacting areas like i can poco on saturday, still heavy bouts of what weather for a costa rica and panama. and you know, 4 areas of south america are, temperatures are bouncing back quite nicely after that cold snap. also be on 33 on saturday. the news a multi $1000000.00 online sex in the philippines is black mailing men from around the world. 11 east uncovered house, more time syndicate became a terminal empire on al jazeera. ah, you want to help save the world? sneeze into your own. ah,

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power back in february. nicaragua, electric tribunal has disqualified the main opposition party from taking part in november presidential election. it is the latest move in a crackdown on the opposition by president daniel will take as government several countries are sending aircraft and firefighters to greece to help battle dozens of uncontrolled wildfire since burning across the country. a major blaze, just north of athens has forced thousands of people to flee. the fight is now moving towards lake marathon. the capitals main water reservoir houses have been destroyed, and one man was killed by a falling electricity pilot. dozens more villages have been evacuated on the badly hit. greek island of eva, families watched forest erupt in flames. they boarded a fairy taking them to safety. residents of being to rush to the harbour of the

flames. count off or other means of escape. same bizarre, avi is north of the great capital where firefighters are increasingly overwhelmed by the scale of the wilderness. when a neighbourhood here in north athens where the sky is, it's 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 situation. the causes 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 team trying to put out these places because they're simply so many that are darting many parts of north south in there are 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, neighboring turkey,

tens of thousands of hector's force have been destroyed in wildfires, described as the west in decades. at least 36000 people have been evacuated in the southern province of moolah, where major tours resorts are located. as far fighting operations in turkey, and today, 11th day, across to playing a crucial role in trying to bring the places on the control resource center takes a look from above almost a decade ago when spaniel martine was an exchange student turkey boost province. she had no idea, she will be flying planes over to the age, of course, like to have combat last buyers. and i was here for days living with our family. so i have many friends from the side and i to very food because they are now there's been me for fable. a

thing for the war that we are going here is one of us doesn't tie fighters who arrived from spain to come to fires. that how eaten up for us and pastors along turkeys, a gym and mediterranean coast for a couple of the spaniards have been joined by specialists from ukraine, russia and john, who have flown into them on international airport. no harbor for relations to come to the flames. around 200 wildfires have struck turkey in recent weeks and i'll say support has how to bring them under control. have craft like this page on your own. russian meet 17 sharper had become essential tools. one thing i'll be closed book book like this today. it was to have well,

the tone was so good to go. in the distance helicopters refilled the empty bucket and other go at the fires though many are now contained, others have stubbornly spread due to changing rain craft. how played a white role in this place? because they can cover long distances in a matter of minutes, especially in mountainous terrain along turkey, south, and caused no matter what the distance and the cost below my team there seems student transpired by the pilot said, she's willing to go to distance for turkey in it's our need wrestles out of that, i'll just that on israel says it's ready for an escalation on the lebanese border. often exchange

a fire with has below israel on defense system intercepted several rockets fired from $711.00 on rainy impact has been lost as the barge is in retaliation, israeli as strikes which targeted southern lebanon a day earlier. this rarely, military fine. back with aunts, hillary messaging service whatsapp has criticized apples plan to scan us. i phones and other devices for images of child sexual abuse. apple announced the launch of new software expected later this year. that will help report sexually explicit images of children to authorities privacy experts say they are concerned columbia, panama, they, they will work together to stem the flow of thousands of migrants stranded on the border around $10000.00 from cuba, haiti, and countries as far away as gone up molly and toto are stuck in the small boarded town of nicoli. to raise bo is near the ferry terminal and explains the challenges

people are facing. what went wrong is that there's not enough boats to take them all to the other side. and the government on the other side just announced that they would be only allowing $200.00 people to cross because they declared what they say is a state of calamity because of the amount of people that are crossing this part of the country. and that's why there's hundreds of people that are being friend. good . we know that only 200 people were allowed to cross, but they sold over a 1000 tickets only for today. and more people are restricted to arrive. we're seeing lots of children of pregnant women. many of them are telling us to be brought the little savings they had are now running out of money because they have to pay for food. they have to pay for a hotel or a place to sleep because they kind of stay here. we're just talking to a mother, for example, that she explained to her 10 month old baby has their ria, that she's concerned about the situation that they are in right now. because to how

ready spent all that money that she brought here. the flooring ministers from columbia and kind of my metrics today in order to try to find a solution to their ongoing crisis. they are now back on monday. they'll be having an operational meeting. the objective is to try to implement them a safe passage, whole words, panama, and later on the rest of central america, mexico and the us. and to establish a one point of entry in panama. provide assistance along the way when we have seen so far with very little assistance from columbia authority, we have not seen water distribution is extremely hot here, extremely humid. there's no bathrooms, water, and other sanitation items that people here desperately need is quite a bit. what they say is that all this hardship is worth it, that they're willing to risk it all because they're trying to find a new life. argentina is relaxing corona, virus restrictions and reopening schools,

even as it passes 5000000 cases. the government says infection on mortality, rates have dropped for more than 8 consecutive weeks on its predicting. the economy will grow by 7 percent this year off to 3, a slump made west by the and that make carline has reported another daily record from you, covered noisy, in cases and deaths. it's registered more than 21000 new infections. and over $200.00 fatalities, straight lockdown measures in bangkok and dozens of provinces have so far failed to slow the spread. japan's capital reported a record number of corona virus infections. this week. the government calls for people to stay home and avoid gatherings is being largely ignored. the olympic coast city is on the state of emergency, but thousands are still commuting on. pack trains, experts say the sense of urgency around the warnings has faded. what would the take

your games finishing on sunday? japan passes the olympic flag to france and the rich and reports now the tokyo games are still to finish, but already paris, who stepping up its preparations to welcome the world in 2024. the olympics will soon be back in the city. the 3rd time simone says, do the whites is our campaign to win. the games began the moment to receive. the limpid clog has been in our heads. and in our hearts that would mean that after a weight of 100 years, the games are returning to paris. paris 2024 compared to paris. 1924 will be on a very different sporting and financial scale. tokyo's budget has just set an unwanted new record. the price back to the poker games has officially topped $15000000000.00 and is expected to go even higher that already the most expensive some games ever staged. and more than half the bill is being picked up by the

japanese taxpayer olympic critic, se tokyo was onto a loser even before the extra costs of holding the gangs during a panoramic. and without the presence of spectators were taken into accounts. we can not get the non profit and maybe the just we know to hold olympic games makes the only so the basis for the new infrastructure was for new national stadium, which will be good. but the big problem is it's putting nothing for the people, games in the very heart of the city. the french capital is aiming to start a new era of cost effective olympics with most events being held at preexisting venue organizes claim private money will account for 97 percent of the budget. the head of the parish organizing scene told me any new facilities designed to have a lasting impact. we have in san antonio territory, which is very young,

but very poor. so, and we will built quite a lot of facilities that we offer for unity for people to do sports after the games, we build also houses for this territory because there is the big need and 10 more for houses. so the legacy will be when they get the useful for the population. harris games hoping to prove it is possible to light the olympic flame without burning a hole in the public's pockets. and richardson al jazeera, tokyo ah, this is algebra, these your top stories. the un security council has been warned that afghan install is heading for catastrophe. united nations and voice says the conflict has entered a more destructive phase after the taliban sees the provincial capital of that orange. it is the 1st city to fall to the group since the you.