much higher than advertising researches say that huge gaps in testing capacity that the government is now trying to close. extrapolate that across the country. and the spread of corona virus appears far wider than any one thought. ah, i do. battle for gaston taliban fighters say they now control 5 provincial capitals including the strategic city of condos. the me this is alex here. a live from london. also coming up, smoke and ash block out the sun over one of grace's largest island, desperate residents and firefighters battle wildfire the forced hundreds from their

homes, the refugee crisis, and now a diplomatic spat. she don't recalls that definitely a thousands of people play across the border to escape conflict in to try and leave a message breaks down while saying good bye to his boyhood club, boston. ah, and brutal and rapid offensive by the taliban is overwhelming afghan forces, with the group now claiming control of a 5th provincial capital in just 3 days. the city of telecom is the latest to fall . the groups, most significant gain has been condos where fighters have seized most of the city. conducive strategic prize at home to 340000 people. and provides access to mineral rich northern regions and the capital capital some 300 kilometers away. along with a northern cities of telecom, answerable tower, and also claims control of sharagen and ranch. charlotte business report,

some couple got hung up on the sun rising and what would become a store day in scanned stones, 1st the telephone into condos. one of the country's biggest cities and a gateway to the north, i just 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 3 by street, the television, and when the city so. so did the entire province kept it 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 gun air force responded with is strikes which lead to fires in the central market. special forces announced they launched an 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 ha. in the northeast afghan security forces had repelled their attacks. we've finally, the taliban broke the front line. 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 has not been planning counter offenses using special forces and africa and us

it strikes. 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. 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 are we rated for them 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 there a couple hours here, has gained exclusive access behind taliban lines in the southern province of helmand fighters control most of the territory as they tried to take over the regional capital, laska gar eunice. i'd seen reports from the district of garish while

there has been fighting, enlarged, her god in the recent days, whether boss of the hillman province or firmly under charley, bon control, i only 20 kilometers. separate the city of kandahar from the strongholds of the taliban. which rules plus signs of recent battles. arriving in the town of british, 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 or escort kill us. there is no telephone service or internet for security reasons. in the town you see tiny bit

flags everywhere. shopkeepers say it's 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 crowded and women can shop and there's nothing to do with the 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 tommy been presented to the older people. we spoke to tend to praise a tiny band and its role in providing security. there will come the implementation of the stomach close in the very conservative southern point is done away from the camera. some young men did not hide their resentment at the 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 events 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 were the unified health law and we were asked to abide by as of this year he added a district point and just points like it. the tiny band controls being on the ground of why letting their african government ruined the sky and, and why the tiny ben say it once, and even 16 it's fighters said they are ready for all possibilities for now they are conducting police and duties. but they 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 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 running by the taliban city. if you know, just kellum and province of plenty time affairs over what a return to tell about ruin parts of afghanistan will mean for residence, particularly women and children. i just sandra she is a women's rights activist who left us kind of on at the age of 15. she says, some women have been hiding in basements from taliban fighters. the current all upon or worse than the, than the pre 9 a lot. and then the pre 911, tall upon, as we all know, the pre 911 tall up on head band education have access to the justice for the woman

and knocked down a son. and, and right now, just what was before. and even worse, every tale. as a police, a prosecutor and a judge himself, and a day they can arrest, punish, and kill anyone at any place at any time. of course women being the main victim and they have currently we have stories of women being killed, rapes, and, and forced to marry outside outside her. well, ah, hundreds of 55 is battling for out of control wildfires across greece. the west is on the 2nd largest on end of area frames of cut, right across it from coast to coast, and hundreds of people have now fled. se mas robbie is in northern athens and sent this report. 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 less my my, my place,

my best. nothing will be the same. and i am really 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 go loose at the at the foot the what then? ok. 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 fire zone or 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. in basra b o g 0. athens. rain has brought some rest pipe for emergency crews battling wildfires in turkey, fires burning through vast areas of forest across its southern and southwestern region. for 12 days. at least 8 people have been killed since the bays broke out and tens of thousands of leather homes and wildfires was broken out in southern peru, more than 500 firefighters battling to extinguish praises in the region of cosca. the flames of devout more than 10 square meters of forest, strong winds have made it difficult to stop the fires from spreading. still to come out, his era will take you to a dutch vintage saved by defense system in recent floods. keep up with climate

change and the current of ours cases, surgeon, florida schools become a new front blind in the states war against mosque mandate. ah hello, a soggy an to the lympics and it all had to do with tropical storm marinate, just clipping the eastern portion of han shoe, so tokyo over the last 24 hours. so pretty close to a 100 millimeters of rain. so you had people sitting up there trying to do what they could to stay dry and it's a bit of a 12 punch, because now we do have tropical storm looping coming up. but the bulk of the energy will stay off toward the sea of japan. winds this time around will be this story for tokyo, got 75 kilometers per hour on monday, persists on tuesday. but then by wednesday,

those winds back off for the philippines still seen those heavy falls of rain confined to the northern islands of the country. manila, we've got you in for a high of 30 degrees on monday, off to us straightly and a barrage of systems will be impacting plaguing western australia in the days. to come pers, this will whip up your winds to about 70 kilometers per hour. polar air really dominating across new zealand. so we saw, it seems like this just west of christ church snow at sea level and about 200 meters higher. we saw that snow pile up and we've got us facing wind. so just a high of 9 degrees for christ church on monday that sure weather up, they catch you later. the news was a bag, energy and change to every of our universe. or small to continue the change all

around the shape, my technology and human ingenuity. we can make it work for you and your business. ah ah, one of the top stories here on out there are the taliban who came control of a face provincial capital in just 3 days. the city of telecom is the nation's to fall. the groups, most significant game, has been condos. my fighters have seized most of the city, hundreds of firefighters battling for out of control,

while flies across greece. claims of contra right across the 2nd largest island of india and hundreds of people have been forced to flee. rain has brought some rest by promotion decrees beckoning. wildfires and neighboring turkey, least 8 people have been killed. the north korean leader kim jong or nurse deployed the military to areas recently hit by heavy rains and concerns over in economic crisis and food shortages. thousands of people have been displaced in the countries north and vast tracts of farmland have been flooded. north korean state to be released which is showing submerged houses and destroyed bridges in hand. gill floods that hit germany, belgium and the netherlands last month, temporarily turned one dutch village into an island. but thanks to a river defense system, its people stayed mostly safe and dry. but a step fastened reports from ransom. the low lying country may not be spared for much longer. 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 there and into an island. once again, the head of 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

verse me is that the speed of climate change is large now, and of course your 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 turned 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 into tourist town of falcon, which could not be projected when a small stream turned into a swirling river. but all our task is still big, so even so predictions might have changed, which 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 false change in climate steadfast and al jazeera. once i'm in the south of the netherlands, sudan has recalled it's ambassador to neighboring if you appear after it's offered to mediate in the conflict integral, i was rejected. this is thousands of to grow and refugees continue to flee. to sue don. have a morgan report some casala in easton,

you don just fly. 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 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 trained 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 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 the grandson tried to cross the border into sudan hunting. we have recorded more than 200 fifties 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 conflicts 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 conflict 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. we've had about 200 from july, that's how 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 camps within just 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. but 10000 migrants are stuck on the border between columbia and panama. many said they are running out of money fast because of transport delays. here is terrible, spend the day with a small group that's trying to make their way to the border crossing. we're here in columbia with thousands of migrant fine like records north america, states,

mexico and canada. thousands of migrant force trying to right at the tone of nickel cleave that's in the gulf. a lot in columbia. many are coming from haiti, others cuba, many were leaving in south american countries that are currently in crisis because of that and they make and have started to make the way up north, during a certain period of time, columbia authorities did not allow migrant to continue their journey and that's why they stand to pile up in one of the towns. well now they have slowly started to come towards the jungle and they're getting ready to cross the jungle. this is darian gap is one of the most dangerous jungle in the world. and what, what people have done if they came to this location in colombia now they're being divided into different groups, around 10 or 15. they have one leader. there's one group, there's another one bare, and that's how they're going to make the 60 kilometers. reckon they have to make

them with one leader that is going to make them show them the way filled out a very, very young what's happening here, a crisis, a regional crisis for you to try to find out who the migrant christ because we're seeing in south america right now, we're just trying to put up an operational planning place to try to guarantee a humanitarian corridor where we are right now, one of the most dangerous areas in the world. the diary of gap with criminal traffickers and other dangerous. but when you talk to people here, they say they're willing to risk it all because they're trying to find a better life where their children, the state of florida are recorded almost 24000 cases on saturday. a record high and near 7 fold increase in the past month. despite that, the debate over a masked mandate has continued, particularly with schools set to reopen. when the parents have been left confused

and angry by contradictory guidance and politics, undergo reports where you're going. it was hoped this would be the academic year that children returned to schools without masks. rapid spread of the delta variance has changed that with the official guidance once again, recommending face covering in person learning regardless of vaccination status, we will not have reinstating mask mandates in schools is as controversial as ever as parents, teachers, and politicians face surgeon cases. we know that math will help kids from becoming a distance for cobra. and we know that even though kids farewell often end up in the hospital and we don't want that to happen to any your injury or in children with having to wear and mask a schools do with conflicting advice. some republican lead states a banding mass mandates leaving educational leaders facing the choice of losing

state funding or breaking government guidelines here in florida, which accounts for one in 5 new cobit cases. the governors find an executive order barring school district from putting mask mandates in place. that goes against the advice from the centers for disease control and prevention. governor de santis says it lacks a well grounded scientific justification. the florida education association has criticize the move, but santa says the freedom of parents to choose is more important. i have young kids weren't my wife and i are not going to do the mass with the kids. we never have, we want, i want to see my kids smiling. i want them having fun. in arkansas or another republican run state. the governor wants to overturn a ban on math mandates. he put in place. it comes after an explosion in cases among the young, between april and july of this year. there's been a 517 percent increase in the number of cases under 18 years of age.

there is nearly a 690 percent increase in cases in children 12 and under the stakes for children returning to school a high particularly among the under 12 who aren't eligible to get vaccinated. young children a less likely to get severely ill, but they're all concerns. they could spread the virus to more vulnerable populations, divide the ministration is pushing vaccines harder than ever. now it's facing yet another wave of upon demick might and politics misinformation, and growing frustration to galka al jazeera football superstar leon, unless he has broken down in tears at a news conference as he confirmed he's leaving his boyhood club barcelona. after more than 2 decades. he's now in talks with parents as rama. nothing is finalized yet. they've stokes report. the, you know, mess, he started crying before he even started speaking at his farewell ceremony. 3 days

after barcelona said they can 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 and to have been 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 i would stay thousands of fans gathered at barcelona stadium to say good bye to that hero who joined them 21 years ago. at the age of 13, since then, each $135.00 titles, go to club record $682.00 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. the no say we don't read ok. sure. see, you 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 went to the 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 matthew's career. the 34 year old argentinian said he's going to carry on competing for as long as he can. david stokes, al jazeera atoka and in big games, the wrapped up with a short fireworks display over the main stadium. the games, of course, that took place right in the middle of a pandemic. the athletes performed and mostly empty stadiums. theme of the closing ceremony was worlds we share meant to make everyone think about the future. and the

next games will be held in paris in 3 years. quick mind you can catch up any time with all the stories we're covering on our website. the rest of that is our dot com . and you can also watch a slide by clicking on the orange live icon out of there. dot com. ah, top stories alondra 0, a brutal and rapid offensive by the taliban is overwhelming. african forces with the group now claiming control of a fixed provincial capital in just 3 days. the city of telecom is the latest to fall, but the groups, most significant gain, has been condos by fighters have seized most of the city. it's home to 340000 people and provides access to mineral rich northern regions capital couple some 300 kilometers away.