for the elephant surviving the poachers is a lifelong challenge. now to them without loss or revel militia, elephant pot, a witness documentary on out to 0. me the news. this is al jazeera. ah hello, i'm emily. angling. this is the news our live from coming up in the next 60 minutes and international delegation is holding. told him, jo huh. when they deteriorating situation in afghanistan, while government forces battle taliban fighters across the country. for 55 to prepare for more flare up to wildfire zone for more than a week, we'll have

a live update from the island of britain. prince andrew was fighting a law 3rd in the us accused of sexually abusing a teenager. a canadian child in china loses his appeal against the death sanction, or the straining relation between the 2 countries. i'm trying to get her also with the plan remains at home in spain or report that he's close to deal with. our centureman continue will be live in the french capital. ah. international pressure is building on the taliban to stoppage offensive across f. gaston and negotiate said peso settlement agent talks are underway. here in jo ha, with the u. s. sending east invoice for afghanistan to meet taliban representatives . the armed group has now captured its fixed provincial capital. since friday

taliban fighters launched their offensive in may as the us began withdrawing the last of its forces. rob mcbride is standing by for us in a cobble with the latest on for the taliban games. but 1st let's go to mohammed jam june. here in jo. hi, thanks for joining us mohammed. what more can you tell us about these meetings which will take place over the next 3 days? well, emily, the talks has started about 3 hours ago here in dawn, how they include envoys and diplomats with the us. of course, there's the us special envoy for afghanistan, all my wheels out. he arrived this morning. you also got young boys in diplomats for the u. k that you the you in china pakistan. and it was becca st on the diplomats who have not yet shown up here are the diplomats for russia. they are expected to show up at some point today, but it's unclear exactly when that will be. also. we've just spotted in the last half an hour or so. members of the delegation for the afghan stan government that

includes doctor de la de la, he's the chairman for i can't stand high counsel for national reconciliation and other members of his team. i've spoken to some of them and they've said that they have not yet joined the talks that are ongoing. they expect they will start meeting with other envoys at approximately 2 pm door had time. that's just in a little over 2 hours from now. this comes at a critical juncture, the fact that you have all these diplomats gathering here. they have all told us thus far today that they want to find a way to come up with some kind of joint international plan to get things back on track. when it comes to the intra afghan peace process and dialogue, they also want to come up with some type of joint response to the rapidly deteriorating situation in afghanistan. what's less clear at this hour is what role exactly? the taller bond will play. they have representatives here in doha. we've not been

able to reach in the last few hours when i last spoke with one of the spokes people or the tyler bond much earlier this morning. they said it was unclear yet if they were going to be invited to these talks. if they are going to be participating in mr. meals on statement before he arrived and do it did say that he would be pressing the taller bon to try to come up with some type of a cease fire and to cease their violent activities in afghan to stand. how exactly that meeting is to take place when exactly mister clear out and other diplomats might be speaking with the taliban. that's all very much an open question at this hour. emily mohammed jammed room. thank you so much for that. live up that no doubt will speak to you later on in the day. the taliban has tank in more territory and race in wakes them. it did at any time since it fell from power 20 years ago and in may controlled about 20 percent of afghanistan shaded here in grey, according to the long war journal. but as us and other foreign troops withdraw,

the group has been ramping up its attacks and has made sweeping, gangs in the past week. its tank in the provincial capitals of conduce teller can, sorry, paul shabba gun, the runge and i back fighting to control herat kandahar and hell man continues. it's a critical chance for the afghan government says the taliban advances and surrounds the capital. cobble let's go live to rob mcbride now in campbell, thanks for joining us, rob. the graphic shows just how much ground of the taliban has made. what's the latest from where you? that's why i talk so no towards the violence here continues and continues to escalate. in fact, around half of all of, of african stands provinces on reporting clashes or fight off some sort of burying degrees. the focus still seems to be on the northern parts of the country where

we've seen some of the toughest fighting, especially this very important city of couldn't do this, which remains probably the tyler bands biggest achievement of recent days to take that city. but it does seem as though the government is determined to retake the city. there is talk of a counter attack. we do know that there are guns for domestic on the edge of the city. and there are continuing clashes at the edge of that city. but in the city itself, the taliban seems to be asserting its or 30 the taliban of mary unit. this is the organization that looks after the civil administration. it's been telling people that it's safe to go back to their business. is we open the shops, they are in charge, it remains to be seen if that will still be the case. but there is also focus on the north of afghanistan on an equally important strategic city. and that's bizarre . sure. week. now this has been held by the government, but everybody knows the significance of this city and there are reports of increased fighting around mazata sheree. and in fact,

out there has been told that the indian consulate there is planning to evacuated. diplomats from that city on a special flight on tuesday, along with any other indian citizens in and around the city because the situation is deteriorating. meanwhile, in the west of the country where we've seen the taliban make some of that early, a games that that's the most important provincial city that remains in government control. but then the neighboring province, that of farrah. there are reports now of fighting in the provincial capital of that province and the taliban has uploaded the video which purportedly shows fierce fighting in the center of farrah that the government says that that seems to confirm that the fighting is going on. but it claims that he has turned back that initial attack, but all of its, of course, the continues to put them mounting cost on the civilian population of

afghanistan in terms of deaths injuries and also continuing anguish. and we are seeing increasingly large numbers of internally displaced people, people leaving that provinces looking for safety and increasingly coming to places like cobble which for the moment, remains tense, but relatively quiet. but it is having to deal with larger numbers of people seeking refuge here to get away from the fighting beyond the city limits, rob, yes, that humanitarian constantly is. hi, thank you for that update. rob mcbride live for us in cobbled southern use now. and wildfires continuing to ravaged large parts of the greek island of $500.00 is and now into the 8th day of baffling the flames. it's the most severe of hundreds of fives which have scorched slaves of the country in recent weeks. the prime minister is describing the situation as a natural disaster of unprecedented proportions, saying and as robbie joins us live now up from every thank you so much. tell us

a little bit about the conditions where you are. well, we're here in the town of epic, so it's a deep sauce, excuse me. and it's on the northern tip of your island. and we drove the length of the island from the central part of the island all the way up north criss crossing through different areas, different towns and villages to arrive here. we saw far fighting crews along the way that were putting out fires. we saw the fires that were uncontrolled, and those small fires that we saw along the way overnight, they got bigger, and they spread and they burned all through the night. now that in and of itself is absolutely a tragedy, the logical disaster. the forest is unprecedented and really difficult to understand the scale of the devastation so far. but just to give you a sense of how bad that is in terms of the pollution and the air quality, and the visibility here around the island of every,

i'm just going to get out of the way and show you the horizon is completely swallowed up by a cloud of smoke, you'll see that those fairies are basically carrying people off the island back to the mainland for safety. those fairies usually run both ways. right now they're only going one way. they're only leaving the island. no one is allowed to come to the island on those ferries, and those are the emergency rescue boats. in case there's an evacuation in this area. but if you look across the water on any other day, the coastline from across from us would be absolutely clearly visible. right now because of the smoke from the wildfires, you can't see a thing. and the horizon just ends in a cloud of smoke. so those are the conditions we're seeing. we're seeing as the, the pollution level has soared across the country in the last week. and it is only, it is simply only getting worse and the predictions are the forecasts are that the heat wave is going to return. and the conditions are going to remain challenging. and then we mentioned that the prime minister had apologized for not doing enough

to tackle these devastating fires. what has been the public's reaction to his comment? well he's it, his government is definitely received a lot of criticism, but at the same time, he's also emerged as a somewhat sympathetic figure leading a nation at a time of crisis. he's been saying all the right things and his priority has been to put human life above all else, especially after the experience of the country in 2019, when more than 100 people were killed in a wildfire on the east side of the attic, a base and so the prime minister prioritized preservation of life and whether or not people appreciate how things have played out that goal has been accomplished by the government to the death toll has been very, very minor. there have been injuries, but there have been no serious losses of life so far. having said that, for people on the front line that are fighting these fires for this community volunteers, for people like the president of

a forest co operative that we met yesterday. the talk is cheap, all of those words simply aren't enough. they feel that more should have been done . they feel that they're on their own trying to fight these fires, trying to save their communities and they feel like they're losing the fight. and as long as this ecological disaster continues in parallel, there has to be consideration given to the economic disaster even for people who haven't lost their home, is one village or told us. it's fine. it's great. we haven't lost our homes grateful for that, but the fact is that many people in these areas made their living, made their living off of the forest. they would harvest resonant sap from the trees for cosmetics. they would have olive groves and all of that has been burned up. so people are telling us that they have no food, they have no money and they will have to leave their homes because they have no way to sustain life in these areas anymore. thank you. for that update zang beds, robbie, joining us from the island of evey in grace emergency crews in northern california,

have warned, growing wildfire could take wakes to contain the circle. dixie fire has been active for more than 3 weeks and covers an area larger than new york city. several people are missing and 1000 for their homes. john henderson is the, in the historic gold rush town of greenville. the fire has destroyed much of that town. this was downtown greenville, it burned 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, and 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 was

a century old hotel, and now only the facade remains what's happened. is it 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 . funding morehead, on the news hour, including the striking a cold with voices. politicians in germany begin campaigning ahead of next month selection. we've just 2 days to go until exam year's presidential election. candidates try to subscribe. vogis, i can turn around the struggling economy. and in florida, the strategy is cricket, as it falls out for the lowest score in p 20 cricket jar will be here with almost a down i

britain's prince. andrew is being sued in the us for alleged historic sexual abuse . virginia defray says the prince assaulted her when she was 17. she says she was trafficked by the light convicted sex offender jeffrey. abstain. laura bird and manley has the story. prince andrew is the 2nd son of queen elizabeth, the 2nd and 9th in the line to the push throne. but after accusing him of rape and sexual abuse, virginia geoffrey says she no longer wants him to be protected by his power and position. the australian american, his father in law suit in new york, accusing the royal of sexually appeasing her when she was a teenager in the statement, she said, i hope that other victims will see that it is possible not to live in silence and fear, but to reclaim one's life by speaking out and demanding justice. jeffrey says she

was traffic for sex by jeffrey obscene. he's a convicted sex offender who took his own life in new york jail cell in august 2019 . a month after he was arrested on child sex trafficking charges. geoffrey says up seemed forced her to have sex with his friends, including prince andrew on 3 occasions in 2001 in london, new york and an ap scenes private island. slight logs release after absence. death show that jeffrey was with prince andrew at the time of the electorate assaults. jeffrey was pictured with a prince anchor lane maxwell, who's in jail in the us, awaiting trial and challenges of recruiting, grooming and sexually abusing andrea girls as young as 14 for epstein and she went on to have sex with you in a house in bell grave. you belonging to girl maxwell, didn't him in

a 2019 in the prince. andrew firmly denied all allegations. he also couldn't recollect having met jeffrey a year later, and after public backlash, andrew resigned from all public rolls. buckingham palace has not responded to jeffrey's lawsuit, but in the past it's firmly denied the allegations against the prince. as categorically untrue, jeffrey has been one of the most outspoken women to accuse prince andrew, an up scene of sexual abuse. the f. b, i has been investigating the claims, but jeffrey is now suing the prince in the civil case. she hoped to get justice saying the damage from the abuse was severe and lasting lore by manly out 0. let's get more in the story with poll brennan lie for us in london. hello there, paul. can prince andrew actually be extradited to answer these allegations. there are conflicting legal opinions on this. i have to say the overwhelming

consensus. is that a cons at the moment? and there's a couple of reasons for that. understanding the understanding of the american legal system is that criminal proceedings have to complete before any civil case can proceed on the same allegations. and in this particular case, of course, federal investigators and federal prosecutors are still looking at to get a maxwell allegations. jeffrey epstein, case criminal case, obviously fell by the way after he died in prison in 2019. but glen maxwell remains on bell, and his case is very much active. the other thing is that although prince andrew does not enjoy diplomatic immunity, it is, it is very much felt that he would not be required. it's not a felony case. it's not a criminal case. this is a civil case brought by jennifer and as a result,

extradition doesn't seem to apply in this case. so that's the, that's the consensus of the legal opinions that we've been hearing this morning. what about in the court of public opinion poll, what, what spend the public's reaction? well, it's all the same massive news. here in the u. k, i have to say that the important a level examination results. these are exam results for 18 year olds, which dictate whether they go on to university, they've been released today, and that the top story that fed print foundries, predicament is certainly 2nd story and it's being it's headline news around the world as well as far as the quota, public opinion goes frankly. well, it's 2nd trending story on twitter here in the u. k. on social media, it's pretty high up in read it as well. the aggregate of the internet's from pages and conversations opinion seem to be well spread across the whole kaleidoscope. as many people who have a massive amounts of sympathy for jennifer roberts and,

and her status as a victim. there's also a lot of sympathy for the queen in all of this. you know, prince andrew was said to be have favorite son, and his fall from grace has no doubt pained. the royal family and the queen in particular. and so there's a lot of public sympathy for the queen and all of this. and the other overriding sentiment is that look at it, prince andrew, who has denied any impropriety. if he really has nothing to hide them, he should cooperate with prosecutors. and with this case, the other 3rd strand of public opinion that i'm detecting is a distinct sort of trail. it's going to be fascinating. see how it turns out. thank you for that update pull brennan live for us in london to germany now. and 2 leading parties have launched their campaigns ahead of next month's general election. the vote will decide who succeeds anglo miracle as chancellor. the grains in the right wing i. f, t. a boy promising change with the pandemic and the environment,

top of the agenda to mccain repair reports from berlin. the election season has come around again. soon. it will be time to replace angular medical and her government. and alina bell book believes she should be germany's 1st green chancellor at the launch of her party's campaign. on monday, she explained why voters should choose her posture by these or via gauges. this election is really about something. it's about l. future. the future doesn't just happen, the future gets made. and that's what we're running for. on september the 26 cats making done, but these are testing times for that book. just a few months ago, she and her party were riding high in the polls. now those numbers are down and she is being scrutinized as never before. she's been accused of committing plagiarism in parts of this book that she wrote earlier this year. she has admitted making

mistakes. when compiling this work, kristian democrat counterpart unless it has also to admit and apologize for doing something similar in this book that he wrote more than 10 years ago. his poll ratings to have suffered as a consequence. as half those of his party. a glance at the latest poll shows how the c, d, u. c. s you are in the lead on 26 percent, some way below their performance with angle imaculi's leader 4 years ago vying with each other for 2nd place of the social democrats and the greens on 18 percent. the center, right, free democrats have 12 percent with the far right, a f d. one point behind for them to monday was campaign launched day in 2017 and anti islam mt. migration message one, the more than 90 seats in parliament. this time around that campaigning against the

current covey rules before them through the infill an absolute 5 in the sky. does this, i'm individual and child, we demand the vaccination be absolutely voluntary. it's an individual choice. no vaccination pressures should be exerted on citizens, especially not our children. the epidemic situation must be lifted immediately and we never want another lockdown. finding the fight against cove it and combating climate change or 2 of the dominant issues in this election. although more than half the population has now been double vaccinated against the corona virus, there are still many millions who have not. while in the aftermath of the recent floods in western germany, many people say they support tougher climate change policies in a close election. however, the parties can appeal to these 2 different groups of people may hold the key to success or failure. in september dominant cane al jazeera earl in

russia has launched a criminal investigation against 2 of opposition later alexi navarro named allies. rational sar. he's accused pair of helping fund organizations. the country dames, streaming the boy's face up to use and present. navarro is saving soon off. he is on 4 charges, which he denies zombies, president edgar longo, we'll seek to fend off an opposition challenges in elections on thursday with the country facing huge debts and a possible by loud young vote is likely to play a decisive pause in the poll a room which has the reports from lusaka i. elaine mcknight says shopping for bass. goods has become frustrating. prices keep going up, but people salaries stay the same. like mini van bins, she's had to cut back on luxury for herself and her son. i definitely don't go in

and buy expensive brands anymore because you definitely have to look at the price difference on what you can afford me going up and him going up. we had more tv tv when i was like, really expensive. plan out like the weekends and where to take him and what not was what was cheaper for me when i was younger is expensive for him now. unemployment hit a 10 year high last year. the local currency, the quarter keeps losing its value. van via has more than $12000000.00 of external date, as well as an unknown amount of day to china. and last year became the 1st african states default on a day during the cold. with 19 pandemic. the presidential candidates are trying to convince voters they have what it takes to turn around the economy. the, the incumbent president at the local is campaigning and development projects built by his government and paid for by debt. speaking to his supporters,

he condemned the recent election violence that saw him order the deployment of the military. what we have seen happening in the last few days of killing people hacking them like animals cannot be allowed to continue. countries which are broken into felt state stuff like that. the politically motivated murders we have seen recently must be condemned to the stronger extent, and all culprits must be booked and punished. legal is promising more development if he is re elected. but some economists warn against adding to the death load that the infrastructure development that you actually put must also be spread between social and productive. so that the productive one is able to give you a return. even though the social one is like giving you the immediate return and this we didn't do, or the infrastructure that we have done does not seem to be generating revenue that is required to meet the repayment. and that has been where the shortcoming has been

. long as main rival opposition leader huck i in the he to lima said he's going to tackle them. you used it. his campaign promises include jobs for the unemployed youth by attracting foreign investors with voting just days away. and they say the selection is too close to call. how do mcarthur algebra the 2nd still ahead on al jazeera, more than a marriage of convenience. what's behind strengthening military ties between china and russia? and dallas? do the deal with don't change, jo will have details of a big money contract extension with one of the up and coming stars, the b and b a. a hello good to see you. we are talking about potentially historic temperatures for northern africa. so had kept rate to look at this on to stay tunis, 50 degrees,

your all time temperature record is $47.00. so yeah, we could smash that on tuesday. also keeping tabs on the potential for record breaking heat in spain. so we're narrowing in on cordoba starting to see it hot up on tuesday, but i show you the next 3 days. we could tie the august temperature record on friday and tie or exceed the all time temperature record on saturday at 47 degrees . here's an update now on greece and turkey, and we've got rainfall in all the wrong places toward the black sea region over a 100 millimeters of rain. that's more than a month's worth of rain in 24 hours. we see it persist on tuesday for the black sea region, if only it could fund further to the south to help fire ravaged parts of the country at temperatures popping up in athens at 37. next, we're off to northwestern europe and look at there's some sunny spells for london $23.00 degrees. that's right. where you should be the sum of the year unsettled,

low countries into scandinavia and bowl. and back in africa. again, we've got our storms moving east to west along the gulf of guinea. that sure weather update. see you soon. ah. my name is all can truly call it home the different groups bringing ones to me to ones you know you'll enjoy pretty money . man, i do a 1000000000 and is just for us to rise in my name is where we know my niger on. i'll use their i believe the hype of english football lies in elicit market for the rich and powerful. what are the leading specialist undercover? just years investigative unit exposes the inner workings and key players in the

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