heard on the international news channels. one moment i'll be very proud of was when we covered the napoleon wake of 2015, a terrible natural disaster. and a story that needed to be told from the hall of the affected area to be there to tell the people story was very important at the time. on a global wake up, colewell leaders react with alarm to a un report on the scale of the climate emergency signs of those changes are already visible from greece to siberia, to the u. s. bias of destroy and forest and devastating the lives of millions. i'm interested in the north tip of abbey island increase wildfires that have been raging for a week are still burning. ah,

hello and welcome on peter w. a. watching al jazeera, alive from our headquarters here in bo, also coming up canister. and these are displaced from their homes as the taliban plains, the 6 provincial capital. and more than a marriage of convenience, we look at what's behind growing military times in china and russia. ah, well leaders and environmentalists have reacted with alarm to a un scientific report on the scale of the climate emergency. it says there is no longer any doubt that human activity is warming the planet and warns that some of that impact is irreversible. the un secretary general's calling the study a code read for humanity. our environment editor nick clark has more on that report from man. i've got in turkey where wildfires, of course widespread destruction. it is

a bleak picture. this year alone has seen storms, floods, and wildfires. now, according to sciences, it is unequivocal. the humans are largely to blame for warming, the oceans, land, an atmosphere, drop any of coal, oil, and gas. you've been telling us over 3 decades of the dangers of allowing the kind of warm the well listen, but didn't hear the wellness and but it didn't, us act strongly enough. and as a result, climate change is a problem that is here. now nobody is safe and it's getting worse. foster about his being repeatedly demonstrated by the reporting that we've been doing here in turkey and in greece on the devastating wafaa that swept across southern europe . now these wildfires do happen every year, but it is the scale of them and the intensity of them that has taken everybody by

surprise this year and that look set to continue. the 1st you in report issued in 1990, had predicted human cause, climate change would become evident at the time. it couldn't prove with evidence that it was happening. that's now changed on nearly every measurement or climate is more extreme. and it's set to get was causing climate change and making extreme weather events more frequent and severe. second, it shows that climate changes affecting every region on our planet. and lastly, explain that strong, rapid sustain reductions in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions would be required to limit global warming. right now, it's some of the world's poorest countries that feeling the effects that they contribute less to greenhouse gases. there is hope that if the biggest emits is, are able to commit to deliver sha reduction in greenhouse gas emissions,

we may see some positive changes, but it would have to happen within the next 20 years. the kind of in 1900 pounds. emmett briefly reduced air pollution but it did not hold climate change damage. it seems already done. some issues like greenland glass is melted and sea levels rising or irreversible. and unless, as a dramatic change in human behavior, the world should expect an unsettled an uncertain future. nick lark, al jazeera southern turkey. well, the report is focusing the minds of world leaders on what can be achieved at a crucial you and climate summit. in november, the us secretary of state anthony blinkin said government and the private sector must act together with urgency to protect the planets. the u. k. prime minister borrows johnson who's governs hosting the summit said the report makes what sobering reading. india described the study as a clarion call for develop nations is urging them to take immediate steps towards

the colonizing their economies. the european union, however, did strike a more hopeful node since deputy climate chief said the report shows is not too late to turn the tide. the greek prime minister has apologized for failing to properly tackled devastating fires burning across the country. some of the west are on the island of every where hundreds of homes have been lost and thousands of people evacuated. weak officials, the blame climate change for the record breaking heat wave, fueling the fires. but critics say the government should have been better prepared . the bus rob is on the, on the area where firefighters struggling to contain the flames. now, as you can see, the fire behind me like so many we've seen in the last week. these things move very quickly. they go from this relatively small size to a much larger size, very, very fast. the ground around me is covered in dry vegetation,

which is perfect fuel for these fires to grow and spread very, very rapidly. we've been on this location of the north tip of area island for just about 5 or 10 minutes. and we've seen this go from a very, very small group of flames to a much larger fire. and if we look to the right of me, there are more fires burning in that direction. well, along this hiking trail, as it goes deeper into the forest, these fires are burning fast. they are burning hot, and they don't seem to be stopping any time soon. a fire rescue crews that we've encountered driving up and down this part of the island for the last day. for, for the last several hours. they're trying to do the best they can, they're putting out all the fires. they come across. but we've been here for a little while now, and there are no fire rescue crews anywhere in sight, which is a worrying concern since relatively speaking, smaller fires like this can become very large. blazes very quickly. under current

conditions here in the hill country that the island emergency crews in northern california have warned, a growing wildfire could take weeks to contain the so called dixie fire has been active for more than 3 weeks and covers an area bigger than new york city. several people are missing, thousands of lost of fled their homes. john henry is in the historic gold rush town of greenville, which has been destroyed by the fire. this was downtown greenville. it burned to the ground on wednesday, and days later remains wreathed in smoke. that gives it an eerie post apocalyptic feel. the heat was so intense, it melted, this lamb post. and the rest of downtown was pretty much leveled. this is the worst wildfire in the united states right now in the 2nd largest in california history. but it's one of more than a 100 fires. in 15 states being battled 526000 firefighters, and they've got their job cut out for them. you can see here this with century old

hotel, and now only the facade remains what's happened is that global warming, his exacerbated the dry and hot conditions that make it easier for a spark to set off a fire. so 2020 was the worst fire season yet. in 2021 is expected to be worse still. well, wildfires are also swimming across bolivia as eastern lowlands, putting a large area known for its rich wild life at risk. the fires have devastated 2 times in the centre cruise region, where they've already burned through more than a 1000 square kilometers of woodland. me the us enjoy to afghanistan. i'll make a little. this heading for cat are to press taliban negotiators to stop the military offensive. the group says is captured at 6th provincial capital since friday. i back is in the northern province of summon gum. the taliban also claimed

to be closing in on mazata sharif. the largest city in the north. hundreds of thousands of afghans fled their homes in the group began as offensive in may. as the us started withdrawing the last of its forces. many of those in the north of heading south to the capital cobble a 10 hour drive away from the worst of the fighting. the taliban has taken more territory in recent weeks than it did at any time since he fell from power 20 years ago. in may, it controlled about 20 percent of afghanistan, but as us and other foreign troops withdraw, the group has been ramping up its attacks and has made sweeping gains in the past week has taken the provincial capitals of condos, telecon, sorry, paul sheboygan is around and now i back fighting to control herat kandahar and helmand continues. it is a critical test for the afghan government as the taliban advances and surrounds the capital. cobble correspondent, robert bride, is there. this is the latest victory being claimed by the taliban. the city of i

back now, this is the city, that's the capital of simon gun, a fairly small providence in the north of afghanistan. pictures which have been uploaded by the taliban, which is con, independently verify. but they do show fight is being greeted in the streets by towns, people, a streets which we are told him, it's video inside i back now this if it's true that this is the 6 provincial a city to be taken in just a few days and it is in this broad sway, the northern afghanistan where we have seen a lot of other fighting and other gains be made by the taliban. like, like back some of those gains are small cities, but it does include, for example, conduce, which is a very big city. strategically very important, it is a very significant victory for the taliban that previously they have taken can do about 5 or 6 years ago. on 2 separate occasions it's fighters occupied can do more as a symbolic gesture of zone, a very temporary and then day where are the 4000 withdrew and we'll retake him by

the government forces. now the government forces base time have pledged to retake many of these areas. it is confirmed that special forces are engaged with taliban inside, couldn't dues, but we are seeing fighting, continuing in the other areas across africa, understand human rights groups urging pakistan's government to drop blasphemy charges against an 8 year old boy accused of urinating in a religious school. come hider has more now from islam about dan, gender running high and southern pon job, and re me our current district over to a district on the border of the province over an incident in which a young hendo boy was killed of urinating inside a religious school. on the copper boy, just a theodore generated by the police and kept in custody for a week. the budget on the prime minister ordered the tiny military deployed troops through that area in order to protect the minority. when the mall by tag to hinder

came in retaliation for the action by that little child. now it is important to know that although the black for me case carried are dead. bending the head and bucket on noise diffusions have been carried out. however, people have been carried in mall while in the boy's family of god. now we're in hiding. he was released on bail the budget i need to pay him. court has taken action, asking as to how such a young boy can be charged red black for me. it has sent shock waves across the legal fraternity. the boy's family had now gone into hiding. and so have many other members of the hindu minority community and data roger con welfare for, for the live day warned action. the people in progress, not enough gods are very sensitive when it comes to the blasphemy issue. but the prime minister has ordered an inquiry. he wanted to release officers who were

responsible for the security in the area to be probe. and of course they had gathered quite a bit of momentum on the social media about day. right. of the minority head and budget on for it will be important for fee. what happens next? but in the tensions are running high budget on government and once again job manda support lied for handling of the black for me. issued the controversial loss, which i've got had been questioned on several occasions. but it is going to important to see whether the country will be able to deal with this particular case and to satisfy the minority community that they're safe in pocket on plenty more. still to come here. now, just including lucas shank, a show of defiance. the president of ellers says countries can quote, choke on their sanctions, and we'll look at the risks facing migrant sent back to mexico. well, to illegally crossing into the united states.

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a global audience becomes a global community on al jazeera. oh, the me. 16 minutes past the top stories here on out to the world leaders and environmentalists to react with alarm to a un scientific report on the scale of the climate emergency. it says there is no longer any doubt that human activity is warming. the planet warns that some of that impact is irreversible. the greek prime minister has apologized for failing to properly tackle devastating fires burning across his country. officials to blame the climate change for the record breaking heath way,

fueling the destruction. critically. the government should have been better prepared. one of the story of the us envoy for again, a son is heading to cat onto press taliban negotiators to stop the military offensive in afghanistan, the taliban says, is captured at 6th provincial capital since friday, as the military struggles to stop the groups of bonds. a court in china has rejected an appeal by a canadian man sentence to death on drug smuggling charges his robert schellenberg . he was given a 15 year jail term in 2018, but he was re sentence to death. 2 months later, after a top chinese tech executive main, one job was arrested in canada in relation to charges in the united states, canada and basset to beijing says it's no coincidence. the verdict has been handed done, while mang extradition trial is ongoing life. now to paging and alto serious corresponded there. katrina, you katrina,

any chances schellenberg can appeal this verdict while he can technically appeal one more time to china's highest court people's court. but it's extremely unlikely that his sentence will be changed. china's criminal cases and 99 percent of the time they all found guilty and baiting has a notoriously harsh approach to any drug smuggling cases. now his case is separate, but it's not totally unrelated. to another case by canadian, michael stable, who faces espionage charges. now these cases are unrelated, but both of them have very strong political elements to them. at the moment, the relationship between also and beijing is at an old time law. and the latest blow to that bilateral relationship was earlier this year, when the canadian government voted overwhelmingly to label the treatment of wages and china's northwestern sions. young province, genocide. also there are very strong ties,

as you alluded to earlier to the case of the chinese executive, the hallway executive, mung, wander, who was arrested in december 2018. now. as you mentioned earlier, robert schellenberg was he was originally arrested for drug smuggling charges in 2014 and then sentenced to 15 years in prison, but after lung was arrested, he was re tried and his sentence was changed to execution. and of course, after mon wonder was the rest of the office or saw the detention of 2 other canadians, michael stable, and michael covering, who've been charged with espionage and de cases which tried earlier this year. now, beijing denies that there's any relation to these cases that there's any case of hostage diplomacy, but it is highly coincidental that the michael covered and michael pe spaby were both detained at the same time. we also have long window, currently facing court again in canada. now now michael, stable, his sentence is expected later this week, possibly as early as tomorrow. his trial was routed in secrecy. canadian diplomats

were not allowed to enter. and also he was given very mitted access to lawyers in the lead up to that. now as michael stable and michael conflict found guilty, both of them can face very lengthy prison sentences. katrina, thank you so much. katrina, you. they're reporting live from beijing, with us in the final weeks of its withdrawal from afghanistan, russia and china are preparing for any regional security threats. china shit is a border with canister on and is increasing cooperation with russia in a series of military drills. but there's more to the strengthening relationship, as adrian brown now explains from hong kong, nearly half a century ago, these 2 neighbors for a brief, portable, but the latest china, russia military drills showed that how still it he is now in the past. in this mock battle, the enemy is unnamed. it's a military partnership that's strengthening, thanks in part to both countries,

worsening relations with the united states. if you say it's a marriage of convenience that underestimates the depth of their shared interests. and of course, the biggest one is opposing america, and i'm the mining america and the west. and that's extremely important in explaining the strength of the current chinese russia relationship. $10000.00 soldiers are taking part in the exercise which will last for 5 days. the 30th such wargames since 2003, russia is president vladimir putin and china's leader shooting. paying recently boasted that that countries relationship was now unbreakable. and moscow in beijing appear to be an agreement on afghanistan, both while highly critical of the decision to withdraw all us troops. my september with concerns that have canister on which board is china, could again become a haven for armed groups like al qaeda when china's foreign minister,

when he met taliban officials last month, he urged the delegation to distance themselves from what he called terrorist groups . analysts say it's signaled concerns that china and other countries will be left to deal with the fall out of the rapid us withdrawal. why did biden push this so suddenly and so severely and within chinese circle is also russian and some other places. they believe that this was, you know, basically saying, okay, we broke it, but it's not in our backyard, it's in yours, russia, china, chic or stan, all the rest of the sounds. more ball games also involving russia, but this time with a force from pakistan, a joint special forces, drill close to the afghan border, preparing for whatever scenario that may unfold from the taliban rising gains in the battlefield. adrian brown,

al jazeera hong kong in corona virus cases, and hospital admissions across the us are continuing to rise, fueled by the spread of the delta of air. and the number of new infections reported has reached 100-0043 days in a row. now that say 35 percent spike in the past week. this uptake in case he comes as the pentagon is set to make vaccinations mandatory for all us military personnel by september the 15th white house correspondent, kimberly how kit has more now from washington. what we know is that the u. s. president put in place a direction that the defense secretary should really look at figuring out how to ensure that the military can continue to operate during the pandemic in the national security would in no base be at risk. and so as a result, he directed the defense secretary to look at implementing this type of

a mandate. and now that memo going out to all members of the military in order to prepare them for what appears to be an imminent decision and implementation of that . and that is to see math vaccinations of the u. s. military. now, the date is september 15th, but if infections continue to arrive, there is the possibility we understand of moving that date up even sooner. but one of the problems will be given the fact that this is one of the world's largest employers, there are millions of people that will be affected. and as a result, it will take time. since the beginning of the pandemic, the united states has been turning back, undocumented migrants across into its territory. many have been left to fend for themselves in cities in northern mexico, which are in the grip of organized crime. john holeman reports now from reynosa with hundreds and i camped in one of the worst effected areas. a migrant camp out in the open,

and one of the most dangerous cities in mexico. this is very no sir. it's known across mexico is a black hole where several criminal groups battling and even new struggles to get out. it's one of the places where us authorities ascending but people that they've caught trying to get across the border. and you say more arrived every day. when it was in the day we are ok, but when the night comes, it's terrifying. reynosa is very dangerous. we've heard shoot out for reno says into years violence just a month ago, a group of men drove down the town streets randomly killing i. stunned is when i was actually kidnapped in a nearby town. my son nathan will lessen. yes. i have the scars a lady burnt me, but i didn't tell the police. i just healed myself the best i could. i was held for more than a month and a half. there are more stories like dot com as well as those years sent back across the bridge through. so those who were trying to cross for

the 1st time through the front, the asylum seekers. green told us that its inhabitants have got organized. now men get together and around 40 of them petrol, the perimeter each night. conditions a tough basic need to hard to me. koby the constant threat. and food mostly comes from donations. the numbers of fluid with around 600 people that currently and joe's and government authorities are trying to relocate them into shelters and made up the home language, migrants who is be a target. unfortunately, they are one of the vulnerable groups. people who don't have an address or own the problem is that as soon as authorities and civil society groups move people into an available space more arrived either through mexico or across the bridge from the state. your home and i would just say to mexico,

britain's prince andrew is being sued in the us will lead sexual abuse of a woman who says she was trafficked by the late finance. he a, jeffrey epstein, virginia jeffrey says the prince assaulted her when she was 17. the lawsuit filed in a course in new york, says the abuse happened between 1999 and to pass men to one of those occasions was in london at the homer shilling. maxwell is also facing charges relation to the abuse of underage girls prince. andrew denies the accusations. the final pay adds, have been made from a fund created for jeffrey epstein, victims more than $120000000.00 in compensation was awarded to nearly $140.00 claimants cheese. de mark's 2 years since epstein killed himself in a new york jail while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. the president, by the rule says, told western powers to quote, choke on their sanctions after another round was imposed on his government by the us, canada. and the u. k. targets include the country's national olympic committee,

which washington accuses of money laundering. the moves coincide with the 1st anniversary of alexander cushion because disputed election when his under simmons was good. alex and lucas shank because the conversation event was still going on when the consequences of his actions in the past year started to play out on the world stage. new sanctions, the u. k. first on out them, his reaction, the point that is just where you can choke on those sanctions in the u. k. we haven't had even the faintest idea for a millennia about this great britain. your america's lapdogs later came new sanctions from the united states and canada as well. because shanker said, the election was free and fair describing the opposition protests as an attempt 235000 protested were arrested 600 opposition supporters are in jail now. the crackdown even reached the olympics in tokyo athlete, christina, similar news gaia had shown dissent to her coaches. she was being sent back to

bella ruth, but escaped her minders. she's now fled to poland. lucas shanker says she was manipulated by outside forces. then last week, 26 year old activists vitale, she shelf was found dead. the ukrainian capital, kia police, say it may have been murder disguised as suicide because shanker denies. any involvement to talk to was he for me? and for valerie in general. okay, well, only me a president, and i could not know him, but i'm sure that only 3 or 4 people in this room, you him. he wouldn't know one to us. what madmen could hang him in bella. ruth, the opposition leader exiled and living in lithuania, says lucas shank must be pressured by the west to stand down. know dealing with this regime, it's impossible to talk to elite tomato president who keeps power on the thanks to violence and torture. and that repressions just if you need to talk to

somebody, there are reps, representatives in barrows who you can deal with, but not with the criminals. a year ago, self expression was a weapon of the better route of position. now it's a movement living in fear and dependent on foreign support. andrew simmons, al jazeera, london's who is marking world lion day with a special meal for his newest, big cat area, a 4 year old, a sciatic lioness had her breakfast, served in edible, peppy, mushy globes. while lying day as an independent organized campaign to raise awareness of lion conservation. ah, for 30 gmc, you're watching out 0 live from the. i'm peter toby. let's just recap your top stories, world leaders and environmentalists re.