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a report. other news to don recalling it, and pass it to appear as thousands of refugees cross the border to escape the conflict in 2 gripe. clos, ah, wildfires read through parts of greece for 60 straight day in the middle of the worst heap wave in more than 30 years. i am devon asked with for, it was like no other. and now the game saw, especially over. i'll bring you the best is the final days action from ah, the afghan taliban has claimed control of 3 provincial capitals. as of sunday. there are dancing across northern provinces and say they've taken telecom and ferry poll, but by far the most significant gain is the northern city of condos. charlotte bellis has more from cobble rising will come

a store day in a scan. stone, 1st the telephone into condos. one of the country's biggest cities and a gateway to the north. i just don't want to beyond group took that briefly in 20152016 before us special forces pushed in spite is out. now america cannot stand in the way. 353, the taliban, 200. and when the said he fell, so did the entire province captured the main square. it's 2 pm on sunday and the whole area is in our hands. the government is doing false propaganda, saying it hasn't fallen, but you can see our flag. the afghani a force responded with is strikes which lead to fires in the central market. special forces announced they lodged in operation to reclaim the city. been the taliban took sorrowful, also in the eas telephone fight,

whose entering the city's police headquarters. a few hours later attention turned to telecom. the provincial capital of to haul in the northeast afghan security forces had repelled their attacks. we finally, the taliban broke the front. my residency, the fighters were in government buildings, they freed detainees from a prison, the, to the telephone sizes. this is a moment of celebration with each provincial capital they captured. they also got the wider province after 5 years of trying to take control of the province. they have now taken 5 in 3 days. the afghan security forces. this is not being played, encounter offences using special forces and africa and us it strikes. if you focus on a given sliver of time at any given moment,

a problem may have fallen under the telephone control, but i think the situation are completely fluid. the telephone spokesman told al jazeera at the armed group never wanted a war. our response is clear. we want a peaceful solution of the issue that we we waited for for the last one year. but now the taliban has moved into cities. a new stage of urban warfare is on the horizon. if the government wants to take them back, hundreds of thousands of civilians. risk being caught in the crossfire. charlotte bellis, which is era cobble. ok, let's center attention that to southern afghanistan, al jazeera has gained exclusive access in helmand province areas under taliban control, correspondent unified, you're seen with squatted by the groups representatives in ga rush. i

mean, while there has been fighting in lasker god in the recent days or the bars of the hillman province, are firmly under tardy by control. only 20 kilometers separate the city of kandahar from the strongholds of the taliban withdrawals plus signs of recent battle. i arrive in, in the town of garish. the 20 bon fighter asks us to get out of our car. i can know at 1st sight things here do not look different from the government control areas. but then you see the tiny bit fighters, the only ones allowed to use radio handsets are a course tell us there's no telephone service or internet for security reasons. in the town you see totally been flags everywhere. shopkeepers say it's a sign of it are legions to the movement so that we noticed

a clear change before the villagers could not come to the market. now they can on 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 is courted by tiny been presented to the older people we spoke to tend to praise a tiny band and its role in providing security. they will come to implementation of a stomach close in the very conservative southern a funny time. but away from the camera, some young men did not hide the 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 tiny band 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 the unified health law and we were asked to abide by it up this. yeah. i don't see that a district point and the point like it, the tiny band controls things on the ground of why little the african government rules the sky and, and why the tiny been face it once and even 16 it's fighters said they are ready for all possibility of doing a pick up with an estimate of for now they are conducting police and duties, but they know and your battle could be low. 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 capitals. electricity in the area is provided by this nearby down, built by the soviets and restored by the american. like everything else in this town of 70000 people. for now, it's trying to buy the taliban city, teenagers. you're going to kill him and province of connie's time. well, early i spoke to david this ross, she's the professor at the national defense university. he also served in afghanistan, and by asking him if the warlords had been extracted from the equation that is not enough chemist on 10 or 20 years ago with the crisis today, not be happening. so i served in afghans to 2000 to 2003 on the civil affairs task force. and quite frankly, what i saw was a, a military effort that was focused on cobble with very little done in the provinces

. and basically, the warlords retained a lot of power even while the central government sought to move out there. i think part of the reason why the situation looks so bad is that the warlords, who really have a lot of the fighting power in these provinces, are stepping back, waiting for the central government to reach a point of crisis, where they empower the individual warlords and then they'll move in. i think that's probably the case in conduce, in, sorry, paul and taluk one. the taliban is clearly playing to strength if you will, in its heart land, in the bits of afghanistan that we've associated the pallet bandwidth in the context that i've got to stand for what more than a generation. but it's also taking other areas. apparently, that's what we're seeing, unfolding almost hour to hour. how much of a surprise is that? well, so it's not a surprise that lasker guy, and is,

you know, kind of under tell him, and that's always been hard core taliban lamb. when you look at the raj province, you know, that's balloon and durante pack tunes the taliban is overwhelmingly a pash tune movement. and so areas that have large passion populations like conduce province, you know, you can see them active there, but it's also important to bear in mind the taliban is not as unitary as we think it is. everybody who has a beef with the central government and afghan sand calls themselves taliban to get attention and to quite frankly, frightened, demoralize their opponents. so i think that a lot of this success we're seeing here for the taliban will be fleeting. will be very hard to sustain basically what they're doing right now is disrupting and attacking and over extended central government force. and i think that once there's a little bit of a consolidation in a counter attack, we'll see the taliban sort of move into its heart lands on the pakistan border areas in the past to heart does what you've just said. david therefore,

partly explain the relationship where it says at the moment between the pakistani taliban and the african taliban. because my understanding of the pakistani taliban was it was distinctly a different organization under operating under the same name. but if the pakistani taliban is giving the african taliban either real or tacit support, doesn't that mean that the african taliban is in effect opening that border controls between kennesaw and pakistan to allow pakistani taliban fighters to cross and to work with the afghan taliban? that's a really good question. so the amount of pakistani influence in afghanistan is something that we've never quite put our finger on. you know, there's, there's clearly, you know, in the early days you saw people coming out of pack sending the dresses fighting in afghanistan. and lord knows, you know, also like exiled whose back militant organizations, things of that nature. i think that so all things being equal, the taliban,

whether they're afghan or pakistan, you know, these are people who oppose central government in either country and are happy to capitalize off an opportunity. i don't think that there's a formal command control structure. i think it's a transactional relationship and i think that right now there's also, you know, the, the ability to see customs revenues and to see control the narcotics traits. so there's a lot of impetus for people to attack the afghan central government right now. but i don't think it's the basis of a lasting military like organization. david ross talking to us a little early at last more still to come for you here on the news are including a new un report, ones about the mounting climate crisis and time is running out and wheels of empowerment migrant women in australia becoming the insecurities. also had this can athletes achieve something that hadn't been done for 41 years? jemma explain more in the sport in about 30 minutes.

i dont has recalled it's on basset to ethiopia after officials and at a setup a refuse cartoons offer to mediate. and the ongoing conflict into crime, the c o p is under regional and international pressure to in the fighting. and it's northern region relations between addison car to massively strained overland disputes and ethiopia as graham renaissance, dam construction project. meanwhile, refugees from the to grey region in northern europe. you are continuing to arrive in sudan, those who made it to safety say e c o p, and forces of shot at them detained and kill those trying to get away. so far, dozens of bodies have been retrieved from the river. hill. morgan now reports from catalogue in eastern saddam. that's why hi lou is preparing to live as a refugee incidence eastern casela state. he arrived here 10 days ago from either

by and if you appears northern region, leaving his wife and children behind. he says the deteriorating situation. 40 grands is what for him to leave home. you know what, the last the m 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 test. why 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, se refugees, this book to have confirmed the identities of the bodies as the grandson tried to

cross the border into sudan hunting. we have recorded more than 250 arriving, and then the bodies started showing up in the river. most refugees we have interviewed, have come from whom error. they came with emotional distress. more than 10000 refugees are now here in this center. at least 60000 have let 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 in june. but more people have been arriving from the region in recent weeks . and their stories have raised concerns whether they'll be able to return home anytime soon. the concert integral is now expanding to include other regions of the united nations. refugee agency says that is causing concern about a potential new refugee and flux for him that we've had about 200 from july that have arrived. we find it 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 camp 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. hello. let's talk to jonas horner. he's deputy director for the horn of africa, of the international crisis group. he joins us from new york, jonas wanna week to week, month to month. the refugee crisis in this region gets worse. not better. why is that? summary? sudan in particular, is very concerned about the spillover of this refugee situation. you know, i think what perhaps was, was left unsaid in your package. that was,

that you have an increasing and higher refugees moving across into sudan. and that, you know, that as a result of ongoing violence in the cart, or between sudan and the job in between the gray and, and sudan and, and the concern for sudan is that those population, the 2 grams already been displaced about 556-0000 of them may begin to shoot class with her who being displaced sedans each, and so that is unstable on its own. without this, this him. how significant is it jonas, that this offer of mediation has been flat out rejected? usually what happens in this particular region indeed across broader parts of africa is that the offer of mediation is accepted. it may not go any place. it may not produce anything positive, but it is accepted and people begin the process. but here they just said no straight away. yes, yes, i think the heart of the deal is that as of this concern over historical times

between today and the last, it's a grains or now that to to great expense forces, you know, they fear. i think that sudan may not be an impartial locker here. i think, you know, there's also been persistent conflict over the farmland area on the border between sedan and again, we're just seeing ongoing local level clashes and you know, there's concern, i guess any get that then that has been concern since the start of the conflict integrate that sedan may indeed weigh in on the side of the ground in this complex, it must be said though, to date that there is no sign. zahn is directly interfering in this conflict. and i think sudan cartoon has been at pains to, to, to illustrate that this part of the density of this crisis make it difficult for anyone outside of this triangular relationship. get involved from a point of view of mediating some sort of lowering of the temperature seems to be we got concentric circles of crises here. we've got the dam projects,

but you haven't talked about yet. we've got the land issues that you have talked about and we've got the conflict integral as well. yes, look, i mean that there's a very complex set of dynamics that are one here. and you know, it's, it's the, those mediation efforts that have taken place to date have generally foundered on how interlocked all of those, those are, you know, for example, the marashi attempts to solve the issue, foundered on it's inability to really move forward because there were no egyptians in the room and the, the, the girl a, she was of course, includes egypt to that and it was so key to solution that questioner and it was very hard to move ahead in the technical technical terms. prime minister, hum duncan sudan had been pains to consult with the leaders when he had reached out and offered this mediation solution as so that he tried to build a bit of a base there. but again, sudan is still seen process as not being an entirely trusted after as yet by this

and you know, i, b, b and b, m handbook have spoken increasingly less over the course of this conflict. i do understand those relations have been improving in recent weeks. which is perhaps some sign of goodness, such a dense as we say, jonah such a dense, complicated story to get our heads around. thank you so much at join us on us. welcome to us from new york. for massive fires or to controlled in greece, the worst at the moment is on the 2nd largest island of evian. elsewhere, thousands of people have been evacuated from villages north of athens. his amos robbie. the island of elvia has been burning for 6 days. while the fires around athens have subsided, areas inferno is cutting across greece's 2nd largest island and dividing it into the sky in places is stained, dark and red would be save years,

come from the air with plains and helicopters to douse the flames. and from the ground were fireplaces, get as close as they can with the hoses. but people have been fleeing their homes. by early sunday, 350 more people were moved from the islands, northern beaches joining more than a 1000 who've already been ferried away. i left my home. the last my i lost my, my place my best. nothing will be the same. the next. i am very angry. most people hear this elderly woman walking to safety did what she could to stop her home from

meeting a similar fate. it's not clear though, what will be there when she returns you close. all the windows will lose at this at the foot. the what then? ok, i don't. it's on the outskirts of athens, where the flames have recently died down bone dry forest have been left chart and covered in ash, authorities, or warning of the possibility of further flareups. while temperatures continue to sol. everyone has been affected by these fires in some way. those living in the fires owner near it are feeling the direct impacts, but those living elsewhere are feeling. the indirect impact of these wildfires smoke and pollution warnings have been in effect for days. and ash clouds from ongoing fires across the country are hanging over the capital is in basra, b o g 0 athens. well, heavy rain has brought some relief for emergency crews battling wildfires and

neighboring turkey. but for the most part, it's been falling in the wrong places. fires have been burning through vast areas of forest across the southern region of the country. for 12 days now, tens of thousands of people who fled their homes more than 200 fires have now been brought under control. as devastating wildfires burned across the world, a new report from the united nations is expected to show the trouble we're in because of climate change is warning that extreme weather events will continue to worsen costing billions and displacing millions or environment editor nick clark reports now from southern turkey where the fires have been sweeping through that region. it is an apocalyptic scene. skeletal trees with a fruit chard, as they hang. no one has ever seen fires like these before. they came with little warning, leaving people stunned with everything lost. even the dead went sped from the

flames, home and half fit now, only for demolition. these are the consequences of an overheated world. a children's playground melted by the intense heat. those who played here may well wonder what the future holds in this changing world. this will be the future, say the scientists, unless something is done. and this they say is just a hint of what could be to come. humanity, his lit the fuse and humanity was put it out before it's too late. i talked to 65 year old farmer below couldn't. he tells me the only clothes he has left are the ones he standing in has have we lost everything. there is nothing left of our house . if the same for our neighbors, 0, the tractor, the whole, the shovel, every tool we had is gone. everything we built up in 70 to 80 years is gone. high of all of it disappeared in 20 minutes. it came and went like

a c wave. from turkey to grease its been a furious fight against the fires, extraordinary temperatures, sparking the tragedy in all these regions. wildfires happen every year but never on this scale. it's the same in northern california where fires blazing over hundreds of square kilometers destroying communities. across the world, extreme weather is building and ferocity just last month, unprecedented floods in germany, in belgian devastated towns and swept away roads. more than 200 were killed with many still missing. and the science shows its fossil fuel emissions that have made these events worse. manmade climate change. the truth is, this is a story that people that really want to hear the reality perhaps too much for people to deal with to take in. but what's becoming increasingly clear, is it the consequences of doing nothing at all? is infinitely worse for everybody whose gen dugan has been helping with the rescue

effort. here in southern turkey, he says the fires response after months of drought followed by an intense heat wave on to lays famous for its long lasting rain. and the last few there is no, is in this year in mos in opera on the may, there was clearly no sign of rain and this is the result. and then just like that, as we're heading back from filming this happens. and the sky opens. a deluge of rain cascades down dousing apart, land the rain just as unpredictable as the 5 and 2 weeks too late. nick clark al jazeera southern turkey will staying with what nick was talking about there during his report from southern turkey, more than $200.00 people were killed in germany and belgium last month in the

really bad flooding that swept across those 2 countries across the board. in the netherlands, however, a river defense system kept tons mostly safe and dry. however, a cit varsity reports from once from the changing climate. there is forcing a rethink about those flood defenses. the river most once again flows calmly through the dutch landscape, only mud colored land and debris remain after dangerously high water levels threatened surrounding 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 flap 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. what verse is that? the speed of climate change is lashelle. and of course we are, course is, 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 and hears. the southern part of the netherlands avoid that fate. thanks to this flat prevention project, what we did was to create space for the river. so we removed hesitation and revived

a 1000 year olds, river arm of the most villages we protected by building dikes. around to this all lowered water level 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 town dry, but the extreme rainfall also expose problems in the dutch defenses, which were modeled on flat productions made for years ago. that led to flooding in the tourist town of falcon birth, which could not be projected when a small stream turned into a swirling river. but all crowds asked was 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 awake up called for the government to take action

against the false change in climate steadfast and al jazeera once and in the south of the madeline. plenty more grounds still to california here in the news are including stranded refugees and migrants. celebrate the news. they'll be able to leave columbia. but the dangerous journey lies ahead. schools are opening up again in the us, but not all parents are happy about sending their children back to the classroom. and the cyclists becomes britton's. most successful olympian the final day of the olympic games that's coming up with gemma in sport. when we come back a hello, here's the situation. weatherwise across the middle east, we are tapping into a bit of a shim all down the gulf at times.