way to the city, we say we need to take america to try to bring people together trying to deal with people who've been left behind me. ah . chaotic things in it couldn't do it through it becomes the latest after city to fall to the taliban. and just the past few days, i looked on santa maria. this is the world news from al jazeera creases. wildfires turned forest to ash, towns and cities of phil under threat of what the prime minister, calling and nightmarish also

a month on and mystery still surrounds the assassination of hatred. president drove normally leaving a fragile nation on edge and took it prepared to close it for the big games under overcast skies. and the shadow of a pandemic emergency. ah, so breaking news out of afghanistan again with the taliban has captured the northern provincial capital of condos. and i know that significant defeat for the taliban television for the government, i should say the taliban 5 is attacked early on sunday morning and captured the city. battling street by street during hours of intense fighting officials and residence in kind is describing total chaos. so in just 3 days, this is what's happened. the regions were marked in red, their provincial capitals have fallen to the taliban. that ranch in numerous province condos, which you've just been hearing about. the government hasn't officially confirmed this, but sources tell us the cities happened. and those 2 regions in grey only the taliban

is claiming to have taken those provincial capitals. that's chevron gun in joseph province. and now we're hearing about santa pole as well in the next province across charlotte, bella think hobbled to take a tour of the shell that i said it yesterday. i think it bears repeating the speed with which this is happening. now condos is quite astonishing. it's happening incredibly quickly. i talked to the telephone even a few weeks ago and they were surprised themselves how quickly they were gaining territory. it really is taking everyone by surprise about how quickly these provinces falling. so if i start with condo, this is incredibly significant. we talk to a local journalists to confirm to us that condos has fallen, that 0 taliban and the police compound and the intelligence compound and the government compound eviction commissions office. they've taken the prison that released prisoners and that they are flying the taliban flag in the center of the

city. the government early denies that condos had fallen to the telephone, but the ministry of defense has just put out a statement saying that they are launching a clearing operation of the telephone in the city to try to push, being out of fighting has been ongoing around the outskirts of condos and recent weeks, but it was this morning with a taliban pushed into the heart of the city. they came from multiple directions and managed to take it quite swiftly. now conduit is significant because of its location. it is on the main highway between if you, if you're trying to go from north east in afghanistan into cobble, you have to go through condos. and if the telephone headquarters that essentially cuts off move east and afghan, a son from car break bosco's, that's going to son in about 2015. 2016 actually fell to the taliban. and it's the only city to fall into the taliban in the last 20 years. if you take the last week out of the equation and then it came back into government hands because us special

forces were deployed and they managed to get the telephone out. but now he was special forces on the grounds anymore. okay, thanks for those updates charlotte bellis in cobble. also in cobble now abil about here, a lecture of transitional justice at the american university in cobbled i don't know if we would say transitional yet, but something's happening, isn't it? and the, as we were saying with charlotte, they had the speed with which it's happening is extraordinary. but i also wonder, we knew the us and nato were leaving something like this was always going to happen . so i guess very important aspect is not to hit the panic button too early. most of the criteria that the world has seen is people freaking out before the fire has actually started the ideas. yet these are concerning development. but this is the tail of story that has happened before.

back in 2001. the taliban did hold all of this territory. and now it's so much more trained upon forces with ariel backing from the united states. so there is hope i just right now it's just taking time for the government to adjust. never been under such an offensive before. so it only makes sense for them to lose certain territory, only to try and get it back. let's just see now what the government reaction is going to be trying to. we're in equal librium with that. so you don't think this is going to be like, you know, a series of dominoes that keep falling. i just as a say for potentially, for provincial capitals in 3 days, does kind of feel like a panic situation. yes, so the idea is that even when you panic, sometimes you have not for your findings,

especially not to the enemy. the idea is that there has been a significant change as well with regards to the united states involvement, which with b 52 bombers involved in 2 of the provincial capital. the idea is urban warfare is going to be a bit messy. it's not going to be as clear cut to take back the territory, but there's hope, but i get the government just need shake up with regards to the realities on the ground. and once proper military strategy put into place, they can start pushing outwards. they have the better equipment, they have the larger forces they have the better ariel dominance or the will be on the site out there on the fighting. so hoping that just doesn't replicate for the finance bank, please realize that the defense forces are overstretched as well. there's a lot of territory that they cannot have all their stations at all times. so i

guess now when they plan to how to take these territories back, we'll have to see what the defense forces are capable. ok, other other particular places in afghanistan right now, which you think are particularly vulnerable. the idea is the, the trend of the fighting is going to change with the changing weather. most of the fighting. the thought that but have made it a point to attack areas that they've previously were not that strong in 20 years ago. so they tried to clear up the north to a great extent. i think they will start pushing towards the south more and more with regards to cities like july le bud are going to be really important because then that cuts off the whole out in the city. paul's the whole month and scott guy is already facing very tough fighting. and the idea is these are major cities that

i get keeping him up. out of the taliban comes with the major win. but the smaller cities, even if they might not mean much symbolically the matter, the fact that it makes a headline that for provincial capitals have fallen for days, is problematic. it hit the moral conviction level off their forces. so let's hope that they start changing their fortunes. sooner before, more and more turn over over here is from the american university in cobble. thank you so much for your time. now. funerals been held for a meteor official killed by the taliban in. campbell, on friday our hadn't monopoly lead the confidence press operations. he was shot dead during an ambush. the us is called the assassination on a front to free speech. on 2 other news and 3 large wildfire burning across greece, threatening several towns and cities. and what the prime minister calling and

nightmarish summer people on the 2nd largest island via have been joining fire fight as trying to battle of flames. hundreds of others to leave the area by boat. and thousands more fled to other regions, just north of athens. of the city itself is under threat. i love. i love my. my play my best the nothing will be the same. the next. i am really angry. most people here. disaster, you can drive it. destroyed nothing. lar, from my home. properties and nothing, nothing. nothing. and we were all on on 3 days now where nobody no one, people need to check the last the home. so they need to have the government shooters and heavy rain has brought some relief for emergency

crews fighting to fire in neighboring turkey. have been burning through the vast areas of forest across its southern region for 12 days. tens of thousands of people fled their homes and more than 200 fires have now been brought under control. turkish crews haven't been battling these 5 alone by russell soda. as more on that from the southwest and province of id for different syrians, no tragedy all to well. more than 3000000 people have flat war and destruction. find the shelter here in turkey. and now, as turkey faces some of the worst white wires in its history, some of those refugees have warrant here to help fight the blazes. the ceiling and rescue team includes arabs kurtz, turn, men, answer captions. they come from cities across the country. orginally trained to have other refugees and the way the relief work along the turret to sit in border.

they have joined a wouldn't tears from all over the world to support more than 6000 personnel fighting the fires that have the course sell to turkey for the past 11 days. the steering wouldn't you say turkey has been a safe haven for them and they wanted to return the jester volunteer the sooty, the head cook can and syria when they were helicopters above us we would be very frightened because they were dropped bombs on us. but here, these helicopters are to save the nature and people. we are very happy that we have the chance now to hear people's wounds who have opened the door for us when we needed. the syrian rescue team are joined by villagers from a job where the flames are approaching dangerously close before the fire and several provinces since more than a week. we are now here to stop the blazes. again. we're here to support our turkish colleagues, and i believe that we'll get through this and everything will be all right soon. the other members of the team are spread across the provinces of dana, more untidy,

which has been the worst hit fires across south and turkey. how so far killed people and forced houses of others out of their home menu of which are no longer standing. and the searing wouldn't tiers are doing what they can do to help survivors knowing how it feels to have nowhere to go. christmas out of that, i'll just euro item, while at least 8 people are missing in the state of california is the so called dixie wildfire burn largely out of control. 5 of them from greenville, the historic gold mining town with devastated last week. what's left to some of the homes and other buildings just destroyed by the fire smoke as blanketed parts of northern california and nevada, and triggered at quality warnings as far away as colorado, a one of the nigerian school girls kidnapped by an armed group 7 years ago has been reunited with her family,

bruce. now the whole goal was among more than 200 students, abducted by both of her from school in the northeast in town. and she book back in 2014. she was released last week to be as many of the girls happen friedel, rescued by the military. but more than a 100 for grab a break. and then after the weather stranded refugees and mike and celebrate the news, they'll be able to leave columbia. the dangerous journey lies ahead. and the faces of resistance better saw from home expressing better opposition, drew out. ah hello, great to see you this weekend. let's start with an update on the wildfires. this is in scope yet north macedonia. recently the government declared a crisis for the next 30 days in terms of those temperatures in the balkans. 38

degrees for scope or temperatures are coming up. next i want to take you to greece and turkey. there are more than $100.00 wildfires burning across greece. temperatures have backed off some, but they will pop up over the next few days. and we do have a disturbance over the black sea. it's driving down some what weather for parched areas of turkey, but it's going to take much more than that to help battle back against those wildfires. we do have storms rumbling through the help center. poland and eastern portions of the baltic states anywhere in the zone. could pick up about 60 millimeters of rain over the next 24 hours. you know, we still got that weather maker for the british shells. thing in wet and windy weather for that region, but also the low countries into southern portions as scandinavia, on sunday, in o. 4 parts of africa, toko northern areas, scooped up $54.00 millimeters of rain. and now as we look for those storm clouds to gather on sunday, it will be southern areas. so we look toward new nigeria. so go gone right through into the ivory coast. that sure whether updates will catch you later.

the frank assessments, by way, it is a lesson against freedom suppression, informed opinions what you saw happening get from market there was 42. there was also petune is the critical debate here. it's not between kula and any other great companies here between the 2 years. rather than to give them people in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on our jazeera ah ah,

these are the top stories with our on i'll just the or the taliban who's captured. i got a sons northern provincial capital of condos and another defeat. the government fight is attacked early sunday morning and took 52 hours of intense sizing. 3 launch was, finds a burning across greece, threatening several cities. people on the 2nd largest on and a v, as in joining fire fighters, a bunch of flame and heavy rain is brought some relief for emergency crews battling wildfires and southern turkey. fost areas of course, to the region the 12th day has belonged to us on the throne, has warned. the lebanese group will retaliate against any future strikes by israel . whose comments follow? an exchange of 5 between has belonged these ready army. those be their strikes with the 1st targeting lebanese villages since 2006. and how does men had hit yesterday's operation was not in response to the killing about 2 members.

we are not seeking a war, but we are ready for it. and we do not fear it. yesterday's operation was aimed at consolidating the equation of deterrents chose to carry out the operation during the day in order not to scare the lebanese residence. and our response yesterday was directly linked to the israeli as strikes and its object. it was clear, it was necessary for the response to be israeli as strike to be quick, or else i would have lost its value. a month after the assassination of the haitian president jovan annoys and investigators have arrested several suspects. while the new prime minister call for new elections, there are still so many unanswered questions about this killing. daniel trying to report that is creating any further instability. the killing of president jovan and marie shocked a nation already suffering from political instability. rising gang violence and the screen poverty, police immediately detained. more than 20 mercenaries,

mostly colombians, who they accused of carrying out the attack. 3 were killed while a few others remain on the run. but the most important question remains unanswered, who were to be assassination? next shall justice, let, shall justice, let, shall justice be, do not want vengeance nor violence. the head of palace, security has been questioned over the apparent absence of the prisoners protection forth on the night of the attack. while families of the detained colombians say they were hired by agencies in florida to protect not kill him, investigations of focus on a number of figures portraying themselves as well connected, well, finance, power brokers. they have admitted plotting to remove president more used from office, full se killing him, was never their intention. miss young to be on him off that tag the life of the present in all country disconnected with this barbaric practice miss pay for their action. restored re as cause of fresh election the soon as conditions allow,

whether those conditions which would difficult before the president's murder, remain volatile up in the moon. he know what was this, you know, many people from the opposition and the stinking bourgeois z joined together to betray the president. it's a national and international conspiracy against the haitian people. i ask that all gangs mobilized, take to the streets. it took me more groups campaigning for peaceful change in haiti, civil store, which is a persecuting them for their views. we don't believe in this investigation. this is a political persecution. those who are directly involved in killing the president should be prosecuted when others say haiti's problems are more deep, rooted and blame. the smaller leap is long run the poorest country in the region. when it's true, we have poverty, it's true or not organized, it's true. nothing works as it should. but look for the reasons why nothing works

now, because that suits certain people who want to keep most haitians where they are. it's really time to change haiti as requested. united nations help with the investigation along with what they already receiving from the united states. because one month on there, not much closer to confirming who is behind the killing of president coven envoys. or the reasons why daniel shambler out to 0. hey t is that will haitians are among about 10000 stranded refugees and migrants? they've been stuck in the columbia and coastal town, the nickel plate, waiting for boats to take them to the panama border, where they hoped to keep travelling. theresa bo has met some of them go we marina has just arrived at nichol glee on the eastern shore of the gold for food. he's originally from cuba and has been travelling for days. he was living in white but

decided he wants to join his family in the united states. one. so we cubans of all suffered. we have sold our homes, we sold a bike. the police persecute us when they see you have a chance and that you're doing well. they stop persecuting. it's a dictatorship. and what's happening is an example, migrants continue to arrive to the small town, not just from cuba, but also haiti, bangladesh. and now the nations local authorities, restricted the number of people who can take the ferries to the other side. people arrived to the town of nick oakley, with the objective of crossing the gulf of order. by that you can see why behind it from there they reach another town and then they have to cross the dairying gap, which is a very dangerous jungle that connects along with panama. it filled with traffic guards and criminal. just people are extremely vulnerable, but they say they're ready to go. they have covered their items in plastic bag. they've got water. they say that the only thing they need is to be allowed to get

on the boat to go to the other side. but many do not have resources to sustain themselves. that's why they sought shelter at this construction site on the void may see though julio travelling with his wife. he was living in brazil and arrived here 3 weeks ago. not german patients are arriving here and they stay in spend money. they come with their children. i am very disappointed and nobody is doing anything to help us. we don't know what's gonna happen. migrants are desperate to continue with our journey. some of them have negotiated with local authorities, looking for a way out of the situation. the number of people here is having an impact on local communities. health care and security are concerned for the mayor of nick oakley. 3 recommendations, you have to wear face masks, don't hire miners along the way to help you with bags and the faster you get out, the faster people behind you can continue. oh yeah. people here celebrated the

news. they will be able to continue with their journey. what awaits them is still a true filled with danger and uncertainty. they say they are willing to risk it all to improve their lives. there is, i will, i'll just see down, nick oakley, columbia. saudi arabia says vaccinated foreign pilgrims wilson be allowed to visit islam. holy city, mecca, that announcement comes 18 months of the kingdom, imposed border restrictions to prevent curve at 19 from monday, not the authorities will begin assessing overseas requests for the pilgrimage. us doctors say the delta, very though is spreading like wildfire in states with low vaccination rate. florida has reached 3 records for daily infections in just this week. that state and 7 others represents 41 percent of americans, total new hospitalizations,

one florida woman who refused to get back to those speaking out after she and her family felt critically ill. we were nobody to need it. and you know, it's been very, a lot of information. some people said are, those are some people say there are no, you know, it's a lot of a lot of things going on. you know, now we, we mean like reading a little bit more and finding out that are actually people that has been but c nady even if they got call we, they got, they don't get it as strong as we did. ok. so definitely i recommend everybody to go actually i'm telling all my friends and my family to go and get but needed. ok. i don't want people to go through what we have gone through the

closing ceremony of the talk in a bit games is coming up in the next few hours. the same will go out to the ceremony. begins at 8 p. m, local time, camping, 2 weeks, civil and big action watched by tens of millions around the world. very few in person because of the pandemic game. so to deliver plenty of memorable moments. also though, well the 400 covered 900 cases connected to the games. i'm sorry, let's go despite opposition. i think we have reached the closing ceremony because there are people who have thought of and supported the athletes who have worked hard for years for the olympics. i got the despite the fees of not being able to hold the games in the end for us to see the leaves perform and compete on television was very moving. and i think it was very good jules bike off played for the us national football team and wrote 4 books on the politics of the games and says tokyo 2020 will have a mixed legacy. well, it's very much been

a split screen olympics on one screen. we've seen remarkable athletes overcoming extraordinary odds. i mean this has been a very difficult olympics to participate at. you don't have your family there. you don't have your spouse there. you don't have your friends there cheering your on. there's nobody cheering you on. on the other side of the split stream, the world has really gotten a straight ahead look at the people that organize the olympics. that is the international olympic committee. and many scales have fallen from many eyes because they have seen that the io c as they're known, have rammed ahead with an olympics pretty much for the sake of money. because they are perfectly happy to have a made for tv event because the broadcast fees and corporate fees come in. there is no question that the athletes have managed to thrive under tremendously difficult conditions. but if you talk to people inside of japan, a lot of them are wondering why didn't we just postpone this for one more year? yes, thank goodness that there weren't more cases of corona virus inside of the olympic bubble. no question about it. but could things have been done better?

yes. could things have been done worse? yes, but here we are with now we're looking at japan with a rising cases of corona virus across the country. the olympics have definitely structured permission for people in japan to flout the state of emergency rules. this is veronica just in japan talking, not me here about this. they said out loud that the olympics have actually harmed the corona virus situation in japan. if not directly, then certainly indirectly, and that is something that is going to be one of the legacies of these olympic games is going to everyone in japan is going to have to live with on the bill. everything's across europe have been marking the anniversary of last year's disputed presidential elections in the netherlands. people have expressed their continued opposition to an exhibition, said voss, and reports now from the hague. their faces young and determined girls locked up in a detention center and bella rooms fainted by your fellow detainees once since the country each day, i guess a new girl was coming in or moving to another place. and you can see that they are

profession like software test. my su, photographer sales assist and lawyer. yes. it shows me the strength of human spirit to serious a sad of these. but looking at the faces of the girl, so i feel hope a but the hopeful change route by hundreds of thousands of barrow should one year ago seems far away now. alexander lucas. shank, i was accused of rigging his reelection as the assembly and power mass demonstrations against this rule has died down. no matter we both have here, but messages offers this case in a different form. while many valuation voices might be silence one year after the fuse unprecedentedly lecture, these are to say that despite their fear, the spirit has not been broken. this is another artist who went through the jail.

he. afterwards he scratched the gold from his bill or rational passport. so this is his passport and with all the gold with removed, this young artist does not want her identity to be revealed out of fear for reprisals. bella russian activists suspected to have been murdered, was found dead last week in the ukrainian capital here. and she feels unsafe new york here this past year feels like one very long tiring day. but people like me who is still outside prison, have a responsibility to show gratefulness to those who have risked their lives and their freedom and human rights. i believe we can change things by doing little steps every day. estimated 600 people are still being detained since last year's protest. the names and faith has shown during this march in the hate all the scourge, although of course still goes. yes,

because my friend i am the reason and that's all what can i do now? to be here and to talk and say the names like 600 age. he's the owner for the gallery, where i worked for 10 years and he's the reason already for one year. the future and location is actually in prison, screams of the silence to have become a little less silent by expressing their feeling to art that fastened al jazeera in the hate. ah, ah, off the r and these are the headlines. the taliban is captured down, stones, northern provincial capital of condos, another defeat the government. fight of the taxi sunday morning and took the city off the hours of intense fighting. he is more from cobble with charlotte bellis.