battle to save him from execution. witness. come madam japan's death row. on a jazzy into the news . the taliban takes charge if an afghan provincial capital is the un warns of a dangerous turning point. the war now scan a scan has entered a new, deadlier and more destructive phase. ah, by money. this is l 0. lie from dough. they're coming up to people are key to plotting to kill me on malta. spoken out against the minute she jumped to a dash to safety. the people flying a greek island with wall 5 right on that doing that. i'm serious. have

all in the town of nick oakley in columbia, worth thousands of people trend and direct him to migrate to north america. ah. in the un security council has been warned. afghanistan is heading for catastrophe as the taliban steps. so it's offensive. the united nations and boys, as a conflict 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 to fall to the group since the u. s. began pulling out the last of its forces entrepreneur to get us a james space has moved from couple. this is significance around the 1st provincial capital enough. going to start 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 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 brow, who into surrender. he released this video saying he would not. but just hours later, taliban fighters were filming themselves in his office. one of them 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. it was shot dead, the taliban se they carried out that attack. and in the north of the country and jo, june, province, there and the provincial capital, the taliban say they taken control of the palace of the veteran commander of the rescue. dustin 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. the you and envoy have gone this don told the security council b international community cannot stand by as the conflict escalades christian salumi reports from the un headquarters in 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 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 the still william louis showing 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 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 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 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 nation will back on the ground off guns shaken by constant asteroids in the city of laska go running out of supplies. unicef says fighting has forced 360000 people from their homes in the past week. charlotte, better reports from couple raising the city of less cars in a bit to control this. telephone fight is billed from 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, residence to leave on tuesday,

avoid civilian casualties. the government says the taliban is relying on human shields and losing people, shocks and homes for food and weapons. on the grounds, these escapades fish forces march into battle chanting. we will punish them and long live scan a star week. they have arrived the way it is, even movie a fighting the tele bond street by street for the man who filmed these videos told us family cannot leave their home because there is constant fighting on his st. after one week stuck inside. they are running low on food and his home is shaking with constant strikes. where worries, and now we extremely were. we know that 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 with the passage to which then 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 call crease here. there is always war. i'm leaving because of war. nothing else. eunice, if says 360000 people have been forced to flee their homes in the last week. half of them a children are you know to you when you said i left my home and won't return until he gets more secure, or until there's peace. 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 tried to assert the control of

the places. the people who home charlotte bellis o jazeera cobble prosecutors in the us have charge to people from me on more with plotting to attack the countries and bass to be un. yeah, more ton has been an outspoken supporter, the democracy movement since me on last minute. she sees power in february, rob reynolds has more than a story from washington dc. you know, 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 ambassador 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 mon, june, is actually a leftover from the previous elected re government of me and mar, which was overthrown by a 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. several countries are sending aircraft and firefighters to greece to help battle. dozens of uncontrolled was still burning across the country. major, blaze just north of athens, as for thousands to flee, the font is moving towards lake marathon. the capitals, main water reservoir, houses have been destroyed on one man was killed by a falling electricity. pining dozens more villages have been evacuated on the badly hit. greek island of e via families watch far as the rocks and flames as they boarded a ferry, taking them to safety residents of being to rush to the harbour of the flames. cut off. all other means of escape saying bas robbie is in the north of the great

capital where firefighters are increasingly overwhelmed by the scale of the fires win, enable him here in northampton, where the sky, 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 like 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 air. you feel if you're a fire rescue teams trying to put out these places because they're simply so many that are done in many parts of north. and there are fires, burning and hot spots everywhere, all over this part of the city and fire rescue teams as well as aerial water drop teams are spread thin and neighboring turkey. tens of thousands of hector, the forests have been destroyed. and while fi is described as the worst in decades,

at least 36000 people have been evacuated in the southern province of move la, where major tourists, resorts are located. a huge while far in northern california has become the 3rd largest in the us states. history, emergency crews are trying to stop the blaze from reaching forest towns. the dixie, far as is known, has already destroyed much of the historic town of greenville. john henry 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 contain. 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 in 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 has caused dangerous air quality as far as 3 hours drive away in sacramento. still ahead on al serra reco temperatures in central asia, turning bombs into graveyards and so on. i'll just take it for past the past the and then pick flying. the parents will hear about the french capital plan effective

game i i, it's time for the perfect journey to with sponsored by cut on airways. hello. good. so few, our temperatures have popped up across sullivan, so we're all above average here. aleppo, 39 bay route. 33 and ramallah. we've got you in for a high of 35 degrees on saturday. you know, for pakistan was southern portions of the country are winds have died down a bid, so that includes for karachi. but toward the north we've been dealing with flooding brains, especially long that bordered with are gone. it's done homes damaged and reports of some deaths. here as wall, take you to turkey were fire ravaged areas of antelli, a province, a few spits of rain here, but also thunder storms which could be dangerous. if we do get relief,

it will be short, live back into the hot sunshine, and those winds will be gusty as well, or the next 3 days for areas like man, i've got ok now for the tropics of africa, we've got her storms coming and go in some heavier pulses through that bordered shad sedan spilling into south sudan on saturday. that pictures are above average for namibia and botswana have her own a hive. 20 degrees on saturday. cape town 19. but we're going to disrupt this weather pattern with some rain and when it will move in late on sunday, and persist through monday with a high of 16 degrees. that sure weather updates. we'll see you later. sponsor cut on airways. talk to al jazeera, we roam, did you want the un to take and who stopped you? we listen. you see the whole infrastructure being totally destroyed. we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter. on our sera,

there are some of the media stories, a critical look at the global news media. on audi 0, government shut off access to social media. ah, ah, ah, you're watching al jazeera mine to the top stories this hour. the un security council has been warned that comes on is heading for catastrophe. nations envoy says the conflict has entered a more destructive phase off the taliban sees it's fuss fifties. the us began putting out the last prosecutors in the us have chance to people from me on mar,

wanting to talk to companies and back to the us. your more ton has been out and support the democracy movement since me on last military power in every several countries is sending across to find boxes to greece to help battle doesn't the uncontrolled wall 5 still burning major place just north of athens. it's a wave in central asia is making a severe drought in catholic stone. even worse, reco temperatures in the south west have had a major effect on farm as livelihoods gillian wolf report. the scorching heat has turned these arid fields into a mass grave site. for one of catholic sounds most revered livestock with a little grass left graze on the cost of hay and barley has skyrocketed. farmers have had to resort to using cardboard as food for their horses and even that is

running out movie vendor. we have 23 years of drought. the grass grow. well, although it was not as bad as this year, but there is only black grass as we call it. animals left standing our weekend by malnutrition, making them vulnerable to disease. we have her hanging on ropes because there's no grass outside, nothing for her to eat. that's why without the ropes, she cannot stand on her feet. she falls. here in manga style, hoarse maiden, milgar staples, of the catholic diets surrounded by the caspian sea. the region is becoming more susceptible to drought, with rising global temperatures, causing steel levels to drop. for the last 100 years to see has not reached its old maximum water level. there is an ebb and flow, but it never reached the original level. last month, cause extern president issued a state of emergency. sacking is agricultural minister for failing to help farmers

affected by the drought. low rainfall has left 90 percent of the nation's pasture, unable to support life in areas like catholics than when water problems become acute. not only to get social disruption, but also become major national security issues because so many of the river basins a shed the water is shed. and so this is a problem that's not just an economic problem or a social cultural. it's also potentially a national security problem. and while forecasts say there will obviously be more rain and snow in the years ahead. for these farmers that isn't soon enough. gillian wolf, odyssey ra. the lithuanian president has accused by the rules of state sanction people trafficking to thomas. no say that. told the al jazeera, the undocumented migrants being allowed to cross the shed border so they can enter

all the e countries. through lithuania, european union says it's a deliberate move in retaliation for sanctions. the banker reports 500 kilometers of razor wire line, the eastern edges of the e. u. this is lithuanian border with bell ruth. and these new defense is a response to the so called hybrid war ways, by men's against his e neighbor, a conflict where migrants from iraq, syria and other countries are being used as political weapons to lift you a new government says minsk, is deliberately flying in people from abroad to send illegally into the european union in retaliation for you. sanctions against president? look a shank of leadership this year. more than 4000 people have entered lithuania from ballerina a 1000 in july alone. those who promise people and ease at festal,

the european union from belarus ah, lying people are being simply deceived and let into a trap to the bay falls on some dollars for nothing more. but the europe in you and in mid rush, we try to do our best in order to assure to guarantee sufficient living standard living conditions, especially for them and for children for elderly people. but unfortunately, due to limited resources, the can not have to guarantee sufficient favorable living conditions for every one. the bell irrational authorities are accused of state sanctioned people trafficking of using social media to lose people into traveling to bella ruth. in the hope of reaching the you. there are dozens of facebook forums in arabic, allegedly created by bella, russian internet trolls offering detailed instructions on how to make the journey

and who to pay some talk of roots into lithuania, others into poland, and i can be more lithuanian hip back with a social media campaign of its own discouraging people from making the journey. the countries also approve the mass detention of migrants for 6 months and curb right of appeal. and at the border itself, people are now being turned away, sparking outcry from humanitarian groups, including the red cross pushback of people seeking asylum, said the committee and not compatible with the geneva convention or refugee status . the you charter fundamental rights and other human rights instruments. with you and he has held high level talks with several countries to find a solution with iraq. now, considering bonding flights between baghdad and mince can, meanwhile president lucas shanker ordered his defense agencies to stop people from returning from lithuania to bela ruth. as the diplomatic crisis deepens,

vulnerable, people are being jostled between countries that do not want them. their hopes and miseries exploited for political means. the far came out, jazeera, columbia, and panama say they will work together to stem the flow of thousands of migrants stranded up the border around $10000.00 from cuba and countries as far away as gone . a molly and target was stuck in the small board of town choked cheese. teresa bows near the ferry terminal unexplained the challenges people facing what went wrong is that there's not enough both 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 found that we

know that only 200 people were allowed to cross, but they sold over a 1000 tickets only for today. and more people are expected 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 a ria that she's concerned about the situation that they're in right now. because 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 a safe passage home 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. what 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. nicaragua, electrodes tribunal has disqualified the main opposition party from november. presidential election. citizens for freedom is accused of violating election laws. it is the latest move and cracked down on the opposition by president daniel will take his government. he set to run virtually unopposed as he seeks a 4th consecutive term. argentina is relaxing corona, virus restrictions and reopening schools, even as it passes 5000000 cases. the government says infection and mortality rate

have dropped for more than 8 consecutive weeks. and it's predicting the economy will grow by 7 percent this year off to a 3 year slump made west by the demick town and has reported another daily record for a new cove in 1900 cases and death. it registered more than $21000.00 new infections. over $200.00 fatalities. strict lockdown measures in bangkok and dozens of provinces have so far failed to slow the spread. japan's capital reported a reco number of corona virus infections this week, but the government calls for people to stay home and avoid gatherings is largely being ignored. the limpid coast city is on the state of emergency ba, thousands, all still commuting on, pack trains. experts say the sense of urgency around the warning path faded for the take your games finishing the sunday japan passes be elim pick flag to

france and the richest and report the tokyo games are still to finish. but already piracy 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 as our campaign to win the games began. the moment received olympic flag 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 fact that he took care of games has officially topped $15000000000.00 and is expected to go even higher than already the most expensive summer 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 pandemic. and without the presence of spectators were taken into accounts, we can not get down our profit. and maybe just, we know to hold olympic games makes the only so the basis for the new infrastructure for spark and the national stadium would 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 build quite

a lot of facilities that will offer you port 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 are 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 al jazeera, these, your help stories. the un security council has been warned that afghanistan is heading for catastrophe, nations and voice as the conflicts of and to the more destructive phase.