political challenges, but the gap between rich and poor nations continues to widen with a lack of china right down on capitalism. counting the cost on al jazeera. oh, i find you say that another prevention capital and of going to continue to 3 through pulse of the country and we go to a path of helmand province. that's on the taliban control to see what life is locked in now. in an exclusive ah. can vanelle this is out there a life from don't also coming up. ominous orange skies above greece,

where wildfires burning out of control would move villages. football fairly and messy fonts back pairs well confirming. he's leaving buffalo knows where he's paid his entire career. ah, we begin with breaking news out. all of us gone as don, where taliban find to say they've captured another provincial capital. the city of telecom, it lives in the north east of true, this would be the 2nd city that was captured in less than a day. as bringing charlotte alice, who has lived for us in kabul. charlotte just bring us up to speed with these license developments in telecom ok sir. we've just been told by the telephone that they have taken this provincial capital of telecom. it is the provincial capital of to ha, in the north we just talked just got off the phone to some resident to confirm that yes, the telephone have taken over government buildings and they are in control of this

city. now that is the full city in 3 days to fall to the taliban. the 4th provincial capital, when you take a provincial capital, the province usually falls with it. to put that into context for you the last time the telephone took control of a province was 5 years ago, and now they had taken 4 and 3 days earlier today. sarah poll and conduce fell to the taliban. they put out a statement. we got hold of residence, the phone lines were down for a while, but eventually when we got through, they confirmed to us that yes, they were on the streets during control of all the government, buildings and condos. they had raised the flag laying claim to the city of condos. condos, of all of the cities is the most significant. it is a large city, is the gateway to the north. the taliban have wanted this city for a very long time. they briefly held it in 20152016 until they were kicked out by us . special forces of the ministry of defense tells us this is not the in planning

operations. they have started some clearing operations. they are trying to push telephone out of the cities, but of course, a very hard undertaking to try to do street the street battles. and now so many different places. we had a meeting with the interior minister earlier today who's in charge of all police forces. as we got through his office, he quickly rushed away. just before we arrive for an emergency meeting with the defense minister, he apologized and said, look, this is an emergency time. and we try to come up with a strategy as these provinces fooling. yeah, that's gone. officials on the pressure a lot of pressure to put it lightly so that some condos and telecomm charlotte, what is happening elsewhere across the country? sort of give us the big picture. so beyond these provinces falling, there are others ride on the calf. jose john, for example, in the north that the taliban said that they had control of it, but there are some special horses in the provincial capital. they're trying to push

them back. so that is right on the costs. but then there's heavy fighting. and so many other cities, kandahar city, the 2nd biggest city in afghanistan, there's been fighting within the city limits and we're talking it strikes and street to street battle for, for a number of weeks now. in helmand capital, they're less car god. there's been intense fighting within the city the residents via saying that they're just on the heavy bombardment from the and they haven't been able to leave their homes in the week and they're awake. and then in the north today, fighting starting in but at shawn in the north a. so the african security forces starting to be spread incredibly thinly trying to counter rugs all these different offensive. now moving into cities, worst case scenario civilians because this is entering a new stage of urban warfare of the street to street fighting, which puts them right in the cross here. all right, thank you for that update. as always, charlotte benefit in cobble will have eva said all the is a member of the african governments piece negotiating team. she says uncertainty

now surrounds the peace negotiations. hello. situation will be worse because than a, you know, from the other side, the shooting and claiming that they are leaving for peace with some of the already from the other hand, every day the i maybe every hour be, are attaching to the city to even to the big city that it was out of a deal with us. so they had them every month we do is to reduce the violence and also not attacking to the big a deal or actually to the big cities like her to hard on of course. and the last month, oh no choice that the order picking to them. basically, i'm not hearing about the civilian. we are not kidding about women and children are are pens of video and, and,

and picture that i can show you that how we are cool and how be disobedient. and with women and children. i also spoke with the health shaheen. the tele bonds, international media spokesman, he says they want peace, but government aggression has force them to fight. our response is clear. we want a peaceful solution of the issue. the problem that we we waited for for the last one year. but unfortunately, you may have seen that the, the head of the company is ministration. on the day of the that he announced a military strategy for 3 months in 6 months. and after that they started ban bangor, cities, hospitals, clinics, schools,

alter. there are, has gone behind taliban lines in the province of helmand there calabasas on his control, the majority of territory, as i trying to take over the regional capital, laska gall eunice. i. jesse has this exclusive report from the district of gerson, bradley. while there has been fight in english for god in the recent days, whether parts of the hillman province are firmly under charley bun, control, i only 20 kilometers, separate the city of kandahar from the stronghold of the taliban. we drove past signs of recent battle. i arrive in, in the town of garish. the 20 bon fighter asks us to get out of our car. at 1st sight. things here do not look different from the government control areas. but then you see the tiny ben fighters,

the only ones allowed to use radio handsets or escort kill us. there is no telephone service or internet for security reasons. in the town, you see tiny bone flags everywhere. shopkeepers say it's a sign of their legions to the movement so that we noticed a clear change before the villages could not come to the market. now they can, and the markets a crowded women can shop and there's nothing to vote with what we spoke to. one of the shop customers as well. what was that on the 1st before the taliban it was difficult for us to live under the authority of the government. now we are free, our children feed us and we are safe families. throughout our visit were caused by tiny ben preventatives. the older people we spoke to tend to praise a tiny band and its role in providing security. there will come the implementation

of a stomach close in the very conservative southern parties done but away from the camera. some young men did not hide their resentment, absence of telephone and internet services and their fear of a lack of freedom in the future. at the district hospital, it is business as usual. in this war, $600.00 babies were born during last month. the period that the taliban has been in control, that eventually since the arrival of the taliban there has been no change in our plans. we were received by the health officials and they told me not to change anything. there was a unified health law and we were asked to abide by as of this year. 1 i don't see that a district point and the points like it, the tiny been controlled things on the ground of why little the african government rules the sky and, and why the tiny been sees it once and even 16. it's fighters said they are ready

for all possibility of doing a pick up at the met for now they are conducting police and duties. but do you know, and your battle could below me was this the, the fact that we prefer that they'd be a peaceful solution to the conflict and the current crisis and have gone to some if the government side insists on fighting and does not commit to reconciliation, the next step will be to attack the state capital. the electricity in the area is provided by this nearby, done built by the soviets and restored by the americans. like everything else in this town of 70000 people. for now, it's run by the taliban said you see major 0 gosh kilman province of connie son cruz numbering and the hundreds of fighting for out of control wildfires across greece. and what the prime minister is calling and nightmarish summer. the worst at

the moment is on the 2nd largest island of via the flames, have caught rush across it from coast to coast. i think a section of its north elsewhere. thousands of people have been evacuated from villages north of athens. the crews have managed to control fires with worry about the weather once again, whipping up the flames. with a mr. avi is in northern athens where he's been serving the extent of the damage. one woman we spoke to described, it is feeling like her country was under attack from every direction. and we're seeing under dramatic circumstances, thousands of people being displaced from their communities, from their homes. and seems like this are everywhere. definitely here in the north of athens, but also repeated in numerous locations darting the country. now, if you look around, you'll see this is the town of very bobby. it is one of the most acutely affected places, if not the most acutely affected town in north of athens,

and there's entire areas completely charred and entire destruction by these wildfires. a police are not allowing residents back in there was a reprieve for awhile where people could come and check on their homes and their businesses. but that's all come to a close now because of what you see in front of me. large forested areas completely blackened by the fire. these trees are still standing, but police told us the big problem now is the, the threat from tree fall. a lot of the branches have been coming down, but large trees are still posing a threat to many of the residents in this area. so what the police have been telling us now is that these forests now pose a threat to residents that might be returning to these areas. the prime minister, greece is prime minister, has promised to replant every tree that's been effected by the wildfire to rehabilitate every forest. that's gone through something like this,

but we're talking about rehabilitating vast areas of land all over the country. and environmental groups are now criticizing politicians across the political spectrum for speaking wonderful words now for a lot of political rhetoric now during the height of a crisis. but not doing enough ahead of time, not doing enough when they had the chance to legislate good environmental policy and try to keep an extreme climate event like this from being so severe and happening in the 1st place. heavy rain has brought some relief for emergency crews that wall 5 neighboring turkey. over the most part, it's been falling in the wrong places. fires have been burning through vast areas of forest across a southern region for 12 days. tens of thousands of people have fled their homes. more than 200 fives, have now been brought under control and emotional in our mercy broke down in tears at a press conference as he confirmed that he is leaving barcelona of more than 2 decades

at the club. he's now and talks with paris. thank you ma'am. but nothing has finalized yet. they've had stokes for both the, you know, mess he started crying before he even started speaking at his farewell ceremony. 3 days after barcelona said they could no longer afford to keep him. he confirmed, he was leaving and was given a standing ovation by the media and several of his teammates past and present a do up and so on these last few days i was thinking about what i would say to day . but to be honest, i couldn't come up with anything. i was blocked like i am right now. i was convinced that would stay thousands of fans gathered at barcelona stadium to say good bye to the hero who joined them 21 years ago. at the age of 13, since then he won 35 titles school club, record 682 goals, and has been crowned the world's best player. an unprecedented 6 times. the messy had agreed to take a pay cut to stay,

but barcelona still can't make it work. they say, because of salary cat rules in the spanish league. no, say, we don't go to cation see, don't, i cannot talk for the club. the president says they cannot renew my contract due to legal. i can only say that i did everything possible to stay here. now without a club or a contract, messy is currently the most sought after free agent in history. paris centureman, one of the few clubs you can afford him, and our favorites to sign him for reported $35000000.00 a season. one french newspapers saying he's in paris for a medical within 48 hours. when i, when i was really asking settlement the p. s g is a possibility. there's not have anything arranged with anybody though. i'd call him several clubs but nothings confirmed. it's certainly the end of an era, but not the end of message career. the 34 year old argentinian said he's going to carry on competing for as long as he can. david stokes al jazeera,

though head on algebra, the netherlands rethink decade, the flood defense panic in the face of rising tide and to changing climate. and the most unusual and the big game, the history of a hello, a great to see you. here's an update on the south west monsoon. you know the indian states, the rochester and west not pradesh. the rain has been piling up because of this disturbance parked over the area, but it's now starting to slide away so we will see some relief here. heavy it's rain really relegated now. it's award at the him a lands and through the west coast of india. now, northern areas of bangladesh, we could do almost $200.00 millimeters of rain over the past 24 hours. and again, this is where some of our most intense rain is as while along the bay of bank on

the west coast of myanmar on monday. next got to go to asia pacific and we're talking about what tropical storm loop it did on the island of taiwan. look at these hundreds of millimeters of rain within a short span of time. roads turned into rivers and holmes just flooded out. so we track where the energy is going rate now headed toward japan, but the bulk of it will actually fit toward the sea of japan. so we thought maybe some heavy rain for tokyo, that's not in the forecast now. but winds will really be the big story. after tropical storm marinate grazed tokyo that dropped about 90 millimeters of rain. so again, this time it's going to be a wind story, 75 kilometer per hour winds on monday. that will persist on tuesday that your weather up, they catch you later. the news . a multi $1000000.00 online sec scam, and the philippines is black mailing men from around the world. 11 east,

uncovered. how small time syndicate became a criminal empire on al jazeera. ah be the hero, the world needs right now. washer. ah oh. the me here what's going on there? a reminder about 12 stories, telephone 5, you say that's captured another provincial capital in the city of telecom, ne, earlier on sunday, the capture the northern provincial capital of coolers, and another significant feed for the government. hundreds of crews on are battling

4 major wildfire across greece. and what the prime minister is pulling a nightmarish some of the worst on the country. second largest island of the area where fires have now cut off the island from coast to coast football. the now missed he broke down in tears at a press conference. if he confirmed he is leaving a loaner more than 3 years now, talks with our essential man, nothing is finalized yet has left. the house on the rolla has ward. the lead. nice group will retaliate against any future strikes by israel. his comments fall and exchange of fire between his below and these rarely ami thursdays and strikes for the 1st targeting lebanese villages. since 2006 us 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. i won't israeli prime minister in a fairly bennett, had this to say in response. hello, he says lucky ron should understand that they cannot continue raging without paying a price. it is less important to us whether it is a palestinian organization shooting or independent rebels. the state of israel will not accept firing into its territory in the lebanese sector. there is a very important awakening of many citizens in the country against his villa and reigning involvement in the country. which in the severe economic and political crisis there around in his blood, also complicate them on the front with israel. how that, that i made is in west or westland, with more certain name is not valid,

but it has had some harsh words. he did say that at the end of the day, regardless of who is launching these attacks from southern lebanon, he deems that the lebanese government and the liberties army are responsible for whatever comes out of this coming. also, at a time where they're fairly met, it knows very well that the government in lebanon is under pressure, or he did actually that he was hoping that the, the, the reaction of the lebanese people will keep his vala in check. now he also talked to how miles they have been these balloon scaring sort of had made petra balls being launch across the board defense into southern israel that don't cause any that usually fall an empty field and called fire. well, at this point wouldn't necessarily, but it is saying that he holds this fully responsible for what ever comes out

of god as well. whether it's a rocket launched by another faction, or, as he said, it, whether it's frustrated people who are launching these air balloons. last month when parts of germany and belgium were ravaged by floods, a river defense system in the netherlands kept towns mostly safe and dry. but a step boss and reports from one from the changing climate is forcing a rethink about these defensive the river most once again, flows calmly through the dutch landscape. only mud colored land and debris remain after dangerously high water levels threatened throbbing, towns and villages. just 2 weeks ago, the flood waters to the village of out, back into an island. kinda there, decided our children asked mom does you really want to stay? you really want to do that? yes, you are staying. we're not going anywhere. beat bon. yay state. because he feel safe behind a new dike that was constructed following the last major flood 25 years ago. as

a volunteer he patrol throughout the night to make sure the high water did not cause any correct. it was a close call for people in the south of the netherlands, while hundreds died in germany and belgium. these dikes did what they had to do. they kept the water out. but the question is, can the dodge keep up with the pace at which the climate is changing? climate scientists say the average temperature in the netherlands has risen by one and a half degrees in the past 50 years, causing at least 10 percent more rainfall. and more extreme weather patterns will verse me is that the speed of climate change is large now, and of course we're on a course is we article so that's not notified with the speed. so yeah, one and we don't know the future temperature. exactly. it depends much of our behavior across the border in germany and belgium, and equivalent of 18 buckets of water fell in one square meter in 3 days, causing destruction on

a scale not seen in years. the southern part of the netherlands avoid that fate. thanks to this flap prevention project, what we did was to create space for the river. so we removed hesitation and revived a 1000 year old river arm of the most villages we protected by building dikes around to this all lower water level. so it's $35.00 centimeters, which is a lot if you know that a difference of a few centimeters can cause large damage to achieve this, essentially old city hall was demolished and its power turned into a monument designed to show future generations. the interventions made to keep the town dry by the extreme rainfall also exposed problems in the dutch defenses, which were muddled on flapper. addictions made 4 years ago that led to flooding into tourist town of falcon birth, which could not be protracted when a small stream turned into a swirling river. little crowds oscars still big, so even so predictions might have changed, which he would finish 1st. what we have promised to make adjustments along the way,

even though the river has retreated and the dangerous subsided, he hopes the flats will be a wake up call for the government to take action against the fast changing climate steadfast and al jazeera once um, in the south of the netherlands, ah, they took care of the big games, have wrapped up where the short fireworks display of the main stadium. the games of course, took place right in the middle of and amec and the athlete performed in most places in the state. the theme of the closing ceremony was, well, 3 share and to make everyone think about the future. and the next game will be held in paris in 3 years. for cross it is the a p correspondent in tokyo. he says the tokyo olympics will be forever remembered as the pandemic games, probably closing ceremony unlike any other as well. very subdued,

much like the opening ceremony was as well. we just had a very, very short fireworks display, as was to be expected from a closing ceremony. that wasn't really a celebration of what had gone before is a little bit more reflective and was very respectful actually towards the athletes . because after all, the athletes were pretty much the only people inside of this lympics stadium alongside some officials and journalists of course, the athletes who were remaining here in tokyo. and there were not many because most of them had to leave tokyo after 2 days after their competitions. well, they got together on the field of play here in the olympic stadium. and they were essentially feeling the gratitude from organizers for turning up and performing these olympic games and token will always be marked by the corona virus pandemic. first of all, simply because we had an olympic games here called toko 2020 taking place in the year 2021. they were postponed, of course, by a whole year and that still didn't really do it because not a single person. not

a single spectator was allowed to enter a vessel and pick stadium or any other sporting venue here in japan, in the end that a limping bubble as it is cold, that a group of athletes, coaches, officials, and journalists who are not supposed to have any contact really with the local population that the limpid bubble appears to remain intact. there was no major outbreak new outbreak. i should say of positive cove in 1900 cases though they have been going up steadily here in tokyo with that very much the backdrop. if not the centerpiece of these olympic games here in tokyo attention will now shift to the winter olympics in february, will be hosted by beijing, which will become the 1st city to host both the summer and the winter games means the pressure is on chinese athletes to earn more gold medals and it will be even greater adrian brown reports. it was important for china to excel at the tokyo games because they coincided with another cause for celebration. with 100

anniversary of china's communist party. having to see is f las to excel in these games will validate the ccp leadership as it shows china have the capability to win and to excel in the olympics that will boost the national confidence and strength, and unity for chinese leaders. limpid go. metals represent an important projection of power, which is why so much money is invested in finding the very best in china. there's so many people that the goal is to, to weed through the many people that are going through the system and find the one that they think will best represent the country. and is that more wind at all costs than another model? it's hard to say but, but then when they don't, they're not there to come 2nd, that's the show. on the eve of the tokyo games, the head of china is olympic committee said he wanted his country to win as many gold medals as possible. that added to the pressure on china's athletes, and that same pressure will doubtless be there when china host the winter games in

just 6 months. some of that pressure was evident when china's table tennis team last to japan, we lost the gold metal in the mixed doubles match, but our 2 teammates, lucia, when and she sang, tried their best winning silver was not good enough though, and the g o were attacked on chinese social media with some bloggers accusing them of failing the nation. the human story of somebody trying to do their best to win a match gets caught up in historical or political events that have nothing to do. the athletes like japan, china is tackling a resurgence encoded 19 along with its variance. winter games organizes also face other challenges. corporate boycotts and protests. presumably there would be athletes protested against the china's human rights issues in relating to sensitive topics to china like t bed sion jones hung pawn, et cetera,

and also others may politicize public health issues during the protest. it's exactly 13 years since paging hosted the summer games a moment seen as a high point in chinese. soft power. china is leader sheeting thing will want to ensure that same euphoria can be repeated in 6 months. adrian brown, i'll just 0 hong kong. ah, i'm kidding. but i'll go with the headline on al jazeera telephone fight has said they've captured another provincial capital, the city of telecom and the ne, earlier on sunday, the group captured the northern provincial capital of commerce and another significant feature, the government. shanell bells has more from campbell earlier today. sarah poll and conduce fell to the taliban. they put out.