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e c o p s thousands of refugees cross the border to escape the conflict into gripe plus who said, well you know miss, he leaves mc, barcelona of the club says it can't afford him any longer. ah, the afghan taliban has claimed control of 3 provincial capitals on sunday, their advancing across northern provinces and say they've taken telecon and salary poll. but by far the most significant gain is the northern city of condos. video posted by the taliban shows the group in control of abandoned compounds in condos. the taliban last took the city in 2016, but fail to hold it. the city witness the last stand of the taliban during the us invasion 20 years ago. so this us, the battle for alaska and kandahar is intensifying. government forces have been

backed by us air strikes against the taliban advance in a moment's will have an exclusive report from southern afghanistan. but 1st, charlotte bellis runs up a day of fast moving developments from the capital couple. we have just been told by the taliban 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 the government buildings and they are in control of this city. earlier today, sarah poll and conduce fell to the telephone, they put out a statement. we got hold of residents, phone lines 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 flags 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 won't have the city for a very long time. they briefly held it in 20152016 until they were kicked out by us

special forces at the ministry of defense tells us this is not be 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 3 to 3 battles. and now, so many different places. we had a meeting with the interior minister earlier today who's in charge of the police forces. as we got through his office, he quickly rushed away. just before we arrived 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, a fooling ok to southern afghanistan, al jazeera, has gained exclusive access to helmand province to areas under taliban control, correspondent unified, yes. he was escorted by the groups representatives in aggression while there has been fight in english for god in the recent days,

other parts of the hillman province are firmly under tardy by control. only 20 kilometers. separate the city of kandahar from the strongholds of the taliban. we drove past signs of recent arriving in the town of garish. the 20 bon fighter asks us to get out of our car, and i think the 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's no telephone service or internet for security reasons. in the town, you see tiny bone flags everywhere. shopkeepers seats, a sign of their legions to the movement. so that we noticed a clear change before the villagers could not come to the market. now they can,

and the markets a crowded women can shop and there's nothing to both of them. 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 quoted 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 implementation of a stomach close in the very conservative southern part is done 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 a 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. eventually since the arrival of the taliban there has been no change in 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. i don't see that a district point and the point like it, the tiny band controls things on the ground. tell them why little they are going to government rules the skies and why the tiny been phase it once and even 16. it's fighters said they are ready for all possibility of the, you know, most, i do wanna let you know that for now they are conducting police and duties. but do you know and your battle could be low? me? was this the, the phone of the applicant, 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 capitals, electricity in the area is provided by these 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. city of c, h a 0, gosh kilman, robins, county, son sewell. shaheen is the international media spokesman for the taliban. he says the group has always been keen to reach a peaceful solution to the conflicts in the country. 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, a, you may have seen that the, the head of the couple immunization on the day of the this, he announced

a military subsidy for 3 months in 6 months. and after that they started ban bangor, cities, hospitals, clinics, schools in like that of god. they have done all these things and it one bomb the super markets, and that is not the commitment to peace. in the conciliation, when there are announcing the military is taught to g, we have the capability of taking water city's back to we were waiting for them and our policy is via the pc, consolation. but of course, when, when they launched the up in the us, they started bound binding against the weedy after when really acted. we talked to provincial center, but still lower. finally, caesar negotiated settlement on issue man. sure,

jamal is head of international affairs that i've canister. tons, office of the national security council. he says taliban fighters are making gains at least in part because of support from pakistan. the truth is that the taliban have received men, weapons and explosives, but also the direction from across our southern frontier, which is focused on that is why they're able to put a step resistance across the country. if you focused on a given sliver of time at any given moment, a problem may have fallen under the telephone control, but i think the situation remains completely fluid. which means, as we are speaking, ask a national defense and security forces are actually rallying and pushing the top one out of the problems to be similar, actually happening and shiver, phone and similar action is also happening. instead of the other preferences you listed as having fallen in and so on. sure, that's all of them are able to push in or able to grab all the headlines further

conversations, but they're not capable of holding the provincial capitals. it's simply not been able to do that the last time they were able to capture any provincial capital was 6 years ago in 2015. and that really speaks to the ability in the old ground and push the solid on out. but the sad reality of this ground changing hands and the course by the taliban to, to enter into these areas that have been peaceful to the, to the moment is that the billions, unfortunately, are really bearing the brunt of saddam is recalling it. sam baset are to neighboring ethiopia and frustration of stones on the, to cry, conflict, thousands of refugees from to cry. continue to arrive in, sit on those who made it to safety. c o, p, and forces of shot at them detained and killed. those trying to leave hipaa morgan reports now from casala in eastern saddam that's why halo is preparing to live as

a refugee incidence eastern casela state. he arrived here 10 days ago from either by and if europe is northern to region, leaving his wife and children behind. he says the deteriorating situation. 40 grands is what 4th him to leave home. you know what to say last. the em horem militias that came thousands of us to grinds and containers. many were killed and their bodies thrown around. i saw many bodies and had relatives who were arrested. they mostly targeted men because they're afraid that to grind defense forces would recruit them. so i had to leave this lie, is one of the few dozens of refugees who have recently arrived to this reception center. less than 5 kilometers from the european border. but not everyone makes it here. last week, dozens of bodies were found floating in the city river, which flows between sedan and if your piano, many had their hands tied behind their backs and suffered gunshot wounds. camp authorities, the refugees they spoke to have confirmed the identities of the bodies as to grants,

who tried to cross the border into sudan. more than 10000 refugees are now here in this center, at least 60000 have left the sudan since the beginning of the conflict late last year. many refugees here had high hope. the conflict would come to an end when the to grand different forces took over the capital mcclay in june. but more people have been arriving from the region in recent weeks and the thirty's have res, concerned with it. they'll be able to return home anytime to the concert integral is now expanding to include other regions of if you appeal the united nations refugee agency says that is causing concern about a potential new refugee and flux for honda. we've had about 200 from july that have arrived. we find this to be quite high because from january to june, the numbers have actually been quite low. in some months we've actually had 0 arrivals. we. we continue to advocate with the government for us to, to get the authorization together with the commission for refugees to be able to

relocate them to designated camps within that's why says he knows the situation in the camp is not ideal, but at least it's safe. he says he now hopes to find a way to bring his family across the border until the conflict ends and become all returned home. he will morgan august 0 hum day it's still to come here on al jazeera wildfires continue to tear through parts of greece in the middle of the worst heat wave. and more than 30 years, one of the most unusual olympic games in history comes to ah hello, here's the situation. weatherwise across the middle east. we are tapping into a bit of a sham ball down the golf at times. so for joe,

we'll see that when northwest, but also shifts toward the northeast when it is the northwest, when it's dryer. so usually by the morning and by night you'll really feel that humidity ramp up. 43 degrees will be the high look at this 46 on wednesday, while above the average. next stop we're going to pakistan and the winds have died down for southern areas of karachi. so i said they're in areas of pockets down including karachi. so that means our risk of sand and dust arms starts to peel back as well, but don't get used to it. because in the days ahead we will see those wind a ramp up as well off to turkey, where crews are battling fires for the 12th day. in a row, a bit of rain rolling through, but look at this, this is concerning toward the black sea region. we do have forest fires, but we've also had flooding there for places like our hobby. and that is certainly not good news. talking about a lot of what weather for bungie, 50 millimeters of rain over the past 24 hours. seen those big storms pop up through the ethiopian highlands. pushing into south sit down further to the south,

scattered showers, transfer from the western cape to the eastern cape, and it will be wendy to use the frank assessments by way. it is a lesson freedom, surprising informed opinions what you saw happening get from market. there was 40 to come up with 2 new critical debate here. it's not between kula and any other group that we have corporate here between 34 years. re running that even people in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on our jazeera all the news

the me bank with al jazeera alive from the how your top stores this half hour, the afghan taliban has claimed control of 3 provincial capitals as of sunday, they say they've taken telecom pole and condos. a ton of media spokesman has told al jazeera, the group wants peace for the government's accusing. it's a good faith. one of the story, sedans recording is faceted to neighboring, ethiopia, and frustration. based on some complication, to grind thousands of refugees from that region continue to arrive in saddam for massive fires, out of control in greece. the worst at the moment is on the 2nd largest island of every elsewhere. thousands of people have been evacuated from villages north of athens. seen bas robbie is north of athens where he's been surveying 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 agrees as prime minister has promised to replant every tree that's been affected 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. well, heavy rain has brought some relief for the emergency crews battling wildfires and neighboring turkey fires have been burning through vast areas of forests across its southern region for 12 days. now. tens of thousands of people have lent their homes more than 200 fires being brought under control. more than $200.00 people were killed in germany and belgium last month and some of the worst flooding them across the border in the netherlands. a river defense system kept tons mostly safe and dry, but a step vast and reports from van some. the changing climates is forcing a rethink about those flood defenses. the river most once again, flows calmly through the dutch landscape, only mud colored land, and they, bree remain after dangerously high water levels, threatened throbbing towns and villages just 2 weeks ago. those flat waters to the

village of out, back into an island on the kinda there decided our children asked mom does you really want to stay? you really want to do that? yes, you're saying 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 rather patterns. what diverse 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 lowered water levels with $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 it's our turn into a monument designed to show future generations, the interventions made to keep the sound dry, but the extreme rainfall also expose problems in the dutch defenses,

which were modeled on flat protections made 4 years ago. that led to flooding into tourist town of falkenberg, which could not be projected 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 him in the south of the netherlands, iran has reported its highest number of corona virus deaths since dependent began 542 people. cases have been driven by the mil, contagious delta variant. the governments imposed more restrictions in response. cambodia government has introduced booster vaccine shots as corona virus. casey surge at least $500000.00 frontline workers and their families will be among the

1st to receive the vaccine. cambodia and post a lockdown in the 1st week of august and 8 provinces bought from thailand in a bid to prevent the spread. saudi arabia says vaccinated foreign pilgrims will soon be allowed to visit islam, holier city mecca announcement comes 18 months after the kingdom imposed border restrictions to prevent cooper 19 from spreading. from monday, the saudi authorities will begin assessing overseas travel requests. thousands of refugees and migrants are stuck in the coastal colombian town of nicole clee. they've been waiting for the boats to take them to the border with panama. teresa bow met some of them as they prepared to leave. the go movie now has just arrived at nichol glee on the eastern shore of the gold for food. he's originally from cuba and has been traveling for days. he was living in wine, but decided he wants to join his family in the united states. one, please. we cubans of all suffered. we have sold our homes, we sold a bikes,

the police persecutors. 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 nation's local authorities, restricted the number of people who can take the ferries to the other side. people arrived to the town of nic, okay, with the objective of crossing the gulf of wood about that you can see right behind it from there, they reach another town and then they have to cross the darien gap, which is a very dangerous jungle that connects along with panama, it filled with traffic guards and criminal fis. 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 board macy though julio travelling with his wife. he was living in brazil and arrived here 3 weeks ago. and also german patients who are arriving here and they stay and spend money. they come with their children, i am very disappointed and nobody is doing anything to help us. and 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 that nick oakley, columbia, leon, l messy has broken down in tears as he said farewell to barcelona optimal in 2 decades at the club is david stokes. mess he started crying before he even started speaking, get 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,

standing when 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 kitchen see, to 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 who 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 that there's not have anything arranged with anybody though i'd calls

him several clubs, but nothings confirmed. it's certainly the end of an era but not the end of messy career. the 34 year old argentinian said he's going to carry on competing for as long as he can. david stokes al jazeera ah, it took you olympic games have wrapped up with a short fireworks display over the main stadium. it was one of the most unusual and controversial games in the global pandemic with athletes performing in many empty stadiums. the u. s. top. the metal table followed by china and japan. next game will be held in paris. yes, time will probably be a piece correspondent in so here he says, the tokyo game will be forever remembered the games probably a 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, the athletes who were remaining here in tokyo. and there were not many because most of them had to leave tokyo after 2 days off of the 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 took, it 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 have remained 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, ah, this is al jazeera, these are the top stories. the afghan taliban has claim control of 3 provincial capitals. as of sunday. they say they've not taken telecom study, poll and condos. charlotte bellis has more for us from cobble earlier today. sarah poll and condos fell to the taliban. they put out a statement. we got hold of.