and with that cannot make drug. this is still the center of capitalism. there is no limit. i view myself as a capital artist. we are trying to bake the world mother and father. we don't want to be realistic in the well, we would rather have a fantasy growing pains on al jazeera. ah, the taliban says it's captured another afghan provincial capital as government forces spike defensive battles across the country. ah, peter w are watching al jazeera alive from the are also coming up with trying to give whatever we got and exhausted firefighters work around the clock in greece to battle flames threatening neighborhoods near the capital plus the

protest across from against the corona virus host, past due to become mandatory for monday, the government has gone to great lengths, great extent to keep this information buried from public and families of the 911 victims washington to make public classified documents that may review more information about the attack. ah. the taliban has taken over a 2nd afghan provincial capital as the un ones. the conflicts has reached a dangerous turning point. kind of an video from the city of ship, a gun shows the arm group has seized buildings, including the police headquarters and the prison. it comes just a day after the southern city of the ranch felt the taliban pictures posted on line,

showed captured military vehicles being driven through the streets, flying taliban flags. and a funeral is being held for dollar con minipaul. the government's top media officer who was assassinated by the taliban on friday, africa and president sash ref. connie says his killers will be punished. doing that, but the enemies of f canister cannot arise, the history of a gun stone. and they cannot take our owners away from us. and clearly my promises that we will find the killers and god willing, we will punish them. every one should know that we are standing in our place, like a mountain. their waists will be broken because they have no message other than evil. they fill coffins with young people and send them like savages. this is not humanity. we stand for the humanity, life and dignity of afghanistan. and this is our village, and yet correspondent shall about us with more now from cobble. a government affiliated source has told us that sure the gun has fallen, although it is quite nuanced and fluid. the taliban say that they took control of

the city on saturday afternoon. they took control of the police office, the intelligence offices, the governors compound. they even broke into the prison and released a number of prisoners. now the government says that they don't have full control of the city, that security forces remain at the port and that they are planning a counter, a fame to. they have started, it strikes and that they are sending in special forces and reinforcements for this counter offensive to try to take the city of the gun back. now, if it is confirmed to be fallen, it would be the 2nd provincial capital to fool and f going to start in just 2 days . and to put that into context for you, the last time a provincial capital fell was in 2015, and that was condos. and that was very briefly the very concerning for the afghan government. we were with the interior minister earlier. you had to rush off for an emergency meeting with the defense minister. and then later president ghani prison

also met with marshall dawson leader from jos jan province. as the government here looks to see what they can do to push the telephone back out of the city. now that is not the only place where there is heavy fighting. there is strikes and a lot of gun fi in the cities of kansas city, herat and also less cargo in home and will. earlier i spoke to omar summer, formerly and african diplomat. he says, well, the taliban is not on the verge of taking over the country, they could be on a path to doing that. it will very much depend on what tony been thinking and what's all about strategy, is it to take as many as provincial capitals and as much terry as possible or at school for the juggler into aim for cobble at the end of the larger cities and full control of the country i, my view is that it's all about also know how much weight and how much power they had and be maybe engaged in some kind of

reinforcement of the political leverage. meaning that you want to gain as much as possible in order to use that. sure. sooner or later, i've been negotiating table. if you go back to even longer to 2010, i remember that the americans and all edge and others were trying to find a political solution. honest on it's been a very long war. all styles are tired, i am sure. even though it's all about me feel the tendency, but at this point there has to be some pressure brought upon boards to call upon as well as pressure on cobble to be ready to compromise and be ready to agree to terms that maybe may not be suitable to mr. honey, but for the sake of the country, they may have to add me to something that is agreeable to most africa and can,

can end the war in the carnage and put a lot of stuff back on a peaceful track. they have been massive accusations. north of athens as wildfires tear through vast areas of pine forest and get closer to the great capital. thousands of people have not fled their homes while others have been fighting to put out the flames. zane bus robbie reports now from north athens, the to know where the fires are and where they are going. greeks look to the sky. in a worrying sign, helicopters have been getting closer to major towns and cities on the ground. this is what the business of fighting fires looks like. holding back, the inevitability of mother nature's fury is dangerous and exhausting work. right now. it's an endless and uphill fight. one that has already taken its 1st life. a firefight. anthony tucker on us was there when the 38 year old volunteer suffered

a head injury. he says they tried but could not save him struggling to recall the incident, i would try to give me whatever it is that is a difficult thought. if it runs out to feel the fuel, in the words, the houses, everything around, can you describe how you're feeling right now? i know it's emotional and i'm so sorry. what you see, so much distraction. it doesn't help you. why you trying to work that for me in say, i'm sort of there are too many fires and to few firefighters spontaneous uncoordinated efforts like this one are trying to make sure rescue cruise as well as civilian volunteers on the front line. have plenty of food, water, and 1st aid when they needed. despite these efforts, though,

smoke clouds seem to have become a permanent fixture in the skies over the attic. and it's because of scenes like this homes all over the area have been burning for days. several areas along the base of the pardon, the mountains are still on fire. fire if you can hear north of athens are doing the best job they can. we've seen one water tank to team as well as far fighters. put out a bush fire and a house fire just over in that direction. but 20 seconds of that far been put out. this one has just a rough it and become much bigger. and if you can see by the train trucks, the fires climbing up the hill just behind us, the hope is the fire will stop when it runs out of fuel. but for the moment, the fuel is everything inside. the fire moves fast and fills the air with smoke quickly. many forced to run for their lives, had to leave friends behind on the gotten going to feel there's not one station i'm

here with my daughter were just trying to help animals that are in need from the fire gave us. we found so many, so far better. i came here after watching what was happening on television, and i couldn't just sit back and do nothing. in the face of the fires greeks, we spoke to said right now, every life is precious and they in joins is lives. jane give us an idea, give us a sense of how close these fires are to properly build up urban and suburban areas there. well we're here in the attic, a basin just north of the attic based in north of the capital athens. let me give you some context in 2019 east. on the east side of the arctic basing. there was a fire, a wildfire in 2900 killed, a 100 people. government and officials are, are very keen to not let anything like that happen again. and that's why we have police coordinates like this here on the bridge that is going into very bobby, we are here, there's police that up here. there's red cross workers as well as firefighters. and

they've set up this road block to make sure that the only people able to get in and out of the fire zone beyond me, just beyond the court. and there are essential personnel, no one else. now people can drop off a relief and food and water for people that need it here, but no one is being allowed inside, not residential, not people living. there are not people with businesses there, and that is simply for their own safety. and you can see why if you look up, what point the camera just to the hillside, the hill country up there, the foothills of the part neetha mountain. there is still smoke rising from fires that are still ongoing. helicopters are still dropping water in those areas in the government here, the prime minister has made it clear that at the moment there is a premium on human life. let's hear what is some of what he had to rebuild. all of the priority of these last few days has been 1st and foremost the protection of human life. and so we must protect property. we are trying to prevent great

damage, and of course we must protect a critical infrastructure. now is noble. a position as the prime minister might appear to be taking the factors that there is anger. there is frustration. greeks are upset at the fact that the government simply wasn't prepared well enough in advance with more firefighters to make sure they could protect human life, as well as property and people's livelihoods. many greeks we spoke to said that massive accusations is an easy solve that these are, these are simply not good enough and don't go far enough to protect, not only lives, but they need to protect their livelihood. some of the criticism we've heard from people is that if you end up with a large number of displaced people with communities who've lost everything, then that could spark its own national crisis. so people who are very upset and frustrated. many of the greeks have been refusing to leave, have told us that they simply can't go because the firefighters are there aren't

enough of them to help them try to protect their property. so they wait till the last minute to try to do so themselves. we've seen angry people here at the police court and trying to get in being stop from going and still even though the preservation of human life, they understand that that is most important. they are frustrated by the fact that more wasn't done in advance to legislate better to combat climate change and more wasn't done in preparation for what many say was a knowable fact that people knew that this was going to be a very difficult wildfire season. they thank you very much saying bas robbie correspondent, they're reporting live from athens in tens of thousands of people in france of join protest against the new cobit 19 health pass. as of monday, they needed to get some cinnamon restaurants, bars and other public places opponent say it's an infringement of their civil liberties. frances constitutional court ruled last week that the pass code largely

does comply with the republic spending charter, the french president and manuel my hopes, the new will, will encourage people to get the vaccine. and elizabeth would take is a french journalist. she says the new measures appear to be universally disliked. you go tell you extreme right wings warranty axes you've got left wing goes war against the attempts your tax against the liberated and who also coalescing the kind of a position that the french atom mind left cannot create. it's sort of outside the traditional ring bosses, but if the government has completed them, that would be an event proven. i think that's wilful. they hope that is their hope . they're not seeing the demonstration that it is not working, but so they have yield in them. they say that the measures of president has introduced and they'll be introduced or being considered in every countries,

most notably in the united states in germany. but there's more of them that you have measures. and that's the fact that my call is now facing a difficult reelection. in next year and does unrest to people who really would like to see the phone because she sort of diminished the part played by traditional additions, additional ball to the way those. the opposition will express itself on my side. plenty more still to come for you here on our to 0, including the gas and the rest. and the capitol protest is angry at the government's pandemic response and they're calling for reforms. and venezuela's economic crisis will tell you about a big gamble, the government's taking to get people using the local currency again. ah,

ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored my cattle airways. hello there. the monsoon rains across india have caused rivers to overflow in the northern states and we've seen scenes like this streets flooded. they are likely to remain like this as the rain is expected to continue to for, for east raj. a san a does ease but for east madhya pradesh we are expecting some of those heavy falls over the next few days. new delhi is expecting to see fun the storms all the way through to choose day before things do dry up. and it's not just here that within the wet weather, it's also in the north east, as well as in bangladesh, me and my and the poll we are expecting to see floods in those low lying areas for the west coast. it is still a wet picture. and she is expecting to see some shot the funder storms to kick in and we could see some flooding here. but for the really wet weather we have to head

to east asia. we've got 2 tropical storms, either on their way or nearby in japan. we've got a tropical storm mirror, ne, that skirting to the east of horseshoe, and that's bringing some really wet and windy weather to toko, as it wraps up the olympics. hot on its heels is tropical storm loop. it. that's bringing some really wet and windy weather to key show island, and it's going to take that with it as it moves up to the north east. vatcher update. sponsor cut on airways. mm. welcome to do. from every one of us. even those working quietly behind the scenes so you can relax and enjoy a break in your journey. ah, and when you leave with a smile, we know our day's work is done. katara always welcome to our home.

ah the me. you're watching out here, your top stores the top, the taliban says capture the 2nd provincial capital. after weeks of fighting and ship gone, the government sending reinforcements and conducting as strikes the tribes should we take control? tens of thousands of people in france of joint protests against new cobra, 1900 health for monday. so we needed to get them to send them an restaurant bars and other public places the food and say it's infringing on their civil liberties and wildfires, burning north of the great capital, athens or spouses, people to the phones vast areas of pine forest and now on fire,

as the places are getting closer to residential areas, several people have been arrested now for us to turkey with tens of thousands of facts. as far as there have now been destroyed by wildfire. they've been described as the worst in decades. at least 36000 people had been displaced from their homes and the southern province of maria, where there are tourist resorts, heavy rain, as cause more flooding in sudan, 90000 people have now been affected by the deluge. most of them are in your heat and canal in john glenn state. this is the 2nd time since may sudan has experienced widespread flooding. the u. n. has called for urgent assistance, saying shelter medicine and access to clean water is needed. thousands of people in thailand have taken part in anti government, processed in bangkok, calling for the prime minister to resign. in addition to the demands for political

reform protest as an angry at the government's response to the most severe wave of corona virus cases. florence louis has the latest i define cove at 19 restrictions on gathering anti government. demonstrators faced off with police just 500 meters from the prime minister residence in bangkok. police fire tear gas and rubber bullets, but said it was in retaliation to protest is throwing fire crackers and other objects at the why the police have been doing a strictly follow up police major abilene operations based on domestic law and the lot that goes down dead protested had gathered around victory monument on their bikes earlier on saturday afternoon. a youth lead protest smoothman for democracy rose up last year. but last momentum often increase in proven 9 to cases and the rest of several protest leaders. but people are once

again protesting, angered by the government handling of the pen debit. people are out on the street because they are suffering. the government shut down the economy, but we didn't get any kind of compensation from the government to opt out. i mean, it's just that you must leave right now. people need a good vaccine. what we see, people die every day. people have to fend for themselves because the government can't help much. tyler has been reporting record highs in new infections. and death is this week. it's vaccination campaign has been sluggish. the protesters are also calling for part of the budget for the monarchy and the military to be redirected to fight the corona virus search in the country. florence louis al jazeera, columbia and panama se 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 is gonna molly and toto

a suck in the small boat. a ton of nick took necropolis, foreign ministers of both countries. they will improve transport and travel routes from migrants. panama is to host the regional summits on the migration crisis next week. theresa bo choices live now from nicole police in columbia. theresa, give us a sense of how dangerous that crossing of that was a way might be for these people who try to make that journey. well, the migration is not new for this coast. so town of nick oakley in columbia for years, migrants have been coming here. it's a trend said point towards central america and towards the united states. many of those who arrived here have to cross the gold for food about, which is what you are seeing right next to me. this is about 2 and a half hours on a boat in order to make it to another town. and from there, my grants have to walk around 6 or 7 days, depending on the condition of the road and try to make it to panama, and then to central america, mexico. and then the united states to very,

very dangerous road. not totally because there's a jungle, there's animals, but also there's lots of criminal drug traffic or migrant face. for example, the threat of drowning because there's rivers across. we have seen some video people using a rope and other things to try to cross the river. so it's a very dangerous, so what has happened here because of the thing that made many of those migrants were being held back in the country because of the borders were close at the time. and now they're trying to make a come back. and that's why thousands have been arriving to this place where we are right now. many have been able to leave. i may have been able to make the crossings, but others are stranded here and they have been here for weeks and more continue to arrive. where we are right now is an watch that's been taken over by many of the people that were supposed to leave on friday. and they were not able to because the community that lived on the other side of the both imposed a restriction to allow only $200.00 migrants to cross the goals about per day. but

over a 1000 tickets have been so so many of them are camping here. right now, let me show you a bit of what we're seeing here. people are carrying the few belongings. they have . you see some backpacks that are covered. in plastic. you can see lots of women and children. many of the people, this is a 2nd chance for them. they were living in countries like sheila and brazil. and because of the economic situation in many of those countries, their migration start to come on, the other kids here are playing. they decided to leave, and that's why they're here right now. so they're getting ready to leave. they don't know when they're going to be able to do that. we're being told right now that there's a negotiating underway, negotiation under way for them to be able to cross the gulf once again. and that is why there's a summit plan for next week, a summit work of columbia. i'm kind of mostly going to be discussing operation. i

don't peroration solution to what's happening here. trying to choose a trans said point. for example, i want entry point port of entrance towards friend of mine. and i type of protection that mean authority to give to people in order to make it safely towards fine. and then continue with our journey to the thank you very much theresa. on the colombian border in venezuela, the us dollar is fast becoming the currency of choice for those who can get it. the local currency has been made in effect, worthless because of hyperinflation of the government, as a plan to try to change that he has latin america editor, the sea, and human. just like you can't judge a book by its cover, you can't calculate the value of in israel as currency by the number of zeros that are added or subtracted as of october. first, this 100 boulevard of note will be the highest denomination equivalent to today's 1 . 100000000 boulevard note. that means 6 zeros will be removed from

a currency that has been sold to valued by hyperinflation. that it's become practically worthless. garments. this is only for the bus we want to come at the boulevard. now i run a usa for public transport or nothing else. everything else is paid with us dollars . been his when his currency costs much more to make than what it's worth. inflation in the 1st 4 months of this year was nearly 300 percent as last year. it was 3000 percent. that's why the country's de facto currency has become the us dollar. but millions of venezuelans don't have access to it. by slashing 6 zeros offered currency, the government hopes to reinstate the widespread use of its own coin, initial frame, but also been it has certain advantages, but these advantages don't generate benefits from a strictly economic point of view. that would require a series of measures to control inflation, to avoid more re conversions of the currency. the socialist government flashed 3

zeros from its currency in 2008 and 5 zero's 2018. so deal he'll kill is not optimistic that 6 will do the trick. when i look at it, this is going to become what it's already become. as all the counties here have become, if they have all become worth the saw, it is willa has been experienced its worst economic crisis in history, reducing bills to single double or triple digit denominations, rather than millions will certainly make prices easier to calculate. but unfortunately, it won't make the embattled believer more valuable. she and human al jazeera people living the forest in northern california, having a weekend on edge as the 3rd largest wildfire in the states. history threatens to burn towards their homes. it's one of those dixie fires. so called it's already mostly destroyed, one historic turn. greenville, heat waves and droughts which scientists are linked to climate change. i mean wildfires,

hundreds fights in the western united states. preparations are underway in the us for memorial events marking 20 years since the events of september. the 11th relatives of victims continue to demand answers as to whether the saudi government was involved. they want us president joe biden to are these documents long held from the public. rob reynolds, now from washington. my, some family members of the nearly 3000 people killed in the september 11th 2001 attacks on new york. the pentagon and pennsylvania say president joe biden should stay away from the 20th anniversary memorial observances. unless he agrees to declassify documents, they believe may show links between the attackers and the saudi arabian government, brett eagles, and father bruce was killed in the world trade center attack. 20 years is far too long for anybody to wait for information on murder of loved ones. the united states

government has documents. they admit that they have documents, which show complicity on behalf of the kingdom of saudi arabia. the government has gone to great lengths and great extent to keep this information buried from public . the classified materials they are demanding include an unread acted version of the f. b i's report on whether saudi nationals living in the u. s. provided help to the 911 hijackers under orders from the government in re on the 1800 member families group released this public message saying that as a candidate biden promised greater transparency and pledge to release more documents, but has failed to do so. the bush, obama and trump administrations all declined to declassify the materials, citing national security interests. the families have no way of keeping biden from attending memorial ceremonies, but hope to bring moral pressure to bear so far. the white house has not responded

publicly to the families groups letter. this is an outcry for help from, from the administration. he has a storage oppertunity to do what previous administrations before him failed to do. a bipartisan group of senators has proposed new legislation to force the government to release classified 911 investigation documents, or given explanation on why it cannot. the american people should be outrage that their government continues to conceal this evidence and information without any explanation or justification to them. if cause is bigger than these family, even though it is justice for them that is immediately at state, the saudi government ought to be held accountable in court. and in the court of public opinion. 15 of the 19 hijackers on 911 were saudi nationals,

the 911 commission concluded in 2004, if there was no evidence to support claims of a high level saudi roll in the attack. the commission revisited issue in 2015 upon discovery of new evidence, but did not change any of its conclusions about official saudi involvement. rob reynolds al jazeera washington. ah, exactly how passed the out. these are your top stories. the tunnel button says is captured a 2nd provincial capital after weeks of fighting in sheboygan, the government's ending reinforcements and conducting asked ranks to try to retake control charlotte bellis. with more now from campbell, a government affiliation source has told us that sure the gun has fallen, although it is quite nuanced and fluid. the taliban say that they.