the center of saigon was a war zone. the press retreated, in effect that the caravel hotel. and many of the story is mentioned we were seeing was from the care of me. the news talks around away hearing joe hire on the deteriorating situation in afghanistan, where the taliban have now seized 7th provincial capital. ah, hello, i'm emily anguish. this is al jazeera alive from joe. how are also coming up? great. 55 is prepared for move. flare ups after wildfires been for more than awake the report from the island of britain's prince. andrew was facing

a low susie in the us accused of sexually abusing a teenager mfc makes. he's moved. the former barcelona star arrived in the french capital to join paris saint germaine. on a deal. me the taliban have claimed another provincial capital in afghanistan. farrah in the south with is the 7th to fall under their control since friday. urgent talks are happening here in jo. ha, the u, as in boy for afghanistan, is about to make taliban representatives. international pressure is building on the group to stop it's offensive across afghanistan and negotiate a peaceful settlement. tell them fight has launched their offensive in may as the us began with during the last of its forces. mohammed jam june has been covering

latest in doha for us now. mohammed the taliban. ernie ride for the talks about half an hour ago. does that show their family holding their cards in with these discussions? well, emily would certain certainly suggest that we've been told is that just in the past few moments, the taliban delegation has begun their meeting with us special envoys. i'll make those out as well as the envoys for the u. k. the u. n. e. you are china pakistan and was beckett's don. and although it's unclear at this moment how long that meeting will last, there was a statement that was issued by his i'll make a little before he arrived in the quarter in which he said in several planned rounds of meetings over 3 days. representatives from countries in the region and beyond as well as for multilateral organizations, will press for a reduction of violence and cease fire and a commitment not to recognise

a government imposed by force. that would certainly suggest that one of the messages currently being delivered to the taliban is that there will be no international recognition for a government in afghanistan that the taller bond has seized by force. now, most of the diplomats that are here have not been speaking on the record today, and that really goes to show just how delicate things are right now. just the fact that these talks are taking place right now really goes to show how much of an international push there is to try to get things back on track. and afghan is stand at a time when things have really been spiraling out of control. this is a country hosted event, it's an international meeting and everybody who's here once to try to respond in an appropriate way for a rapidly deteriorating situation in afghanistan. now, in the last hour there was a meeting with these envoys and the afghan overman delegation that ended. we don't

yet know how that meeting went. and it's on clear right now. what exactly is going to happen over the course of the next 2 days? there have been some suggestions that perhaps the diplomats who are here are the envoys and the delegations might press to have another session of the intro. ap gan piece talks that dialogue that is really stalled out. that hasn't gained much momentum. the last meeting that took place in that process was in mid july here into how many would like to see that get back on track. but at a time when the taliban continues to take more territory and they do seem to have the upper hand, nobody really knows what their response is going to be. how much leverage they are going to claim that they have in these meetings and how exactly these diplomats as much impetus is there is right now how exactly they are going to be able to get this system, this dialogue, this process back on track. emily, plenty of moving parts to this one. keep us updated mohammed jam jim de, in doha,

for the taliban has taken more territory and raised in wakes then it did at any time since it fell from power 20 years ago. in may. it controlled about 20 percent of afghanistan, shaded here in grey, according to the long war journal. but as the u. s. and other foreign troops withdrew, the group has been ramping up its attacks and has made sweeping games in the past week. it's taking the provincial capitals of condos. tele can very poll shabba gun that runge and isaac fighting to control herat kandaher and helmand continues. it's a critical test for the afghan government as the taliban advances and surrounds the capital cobble. rob mcbride has more from the capital. the conflict here is wide spread across afghanistan continues and it continues to escalate around half of all of the provinces. here in afghanistan, reporting some sort of ongoing conflict. some of the faces fighting has been taking

place in the relatively small city of fara in the west of the country. now the taliban has been uploading videos on the 5th street battles in that city. it claims to have overtaken the governors compounds and also a security compound there. and there's also claim now to have taken the city. well, that is now being confirmed to us by sources that say the taliban are in control. but this is yet again, a nother provincial capital that has been overwhelmed by this continuing conflict and violence fighting has continued elsewhere in the country in the south and the taliban stronghold of kandahar. the afghan defense ministry is claiming that it's as strikes have killed $47.00 fighters that for example, and up in the north. that's where we've seen some of the toughest fighting in recent days. the focus is still on the very important strategic city of couldn't do that. the taliban has taken the government, given its importance,

has been planning. it seems to counter attack it. it said it will take back the city once more. we know that there are, it's fighting on the outskirts, but inside the city, the taliban is basically telling the residents that it's business. as usual, it's safe now to reopen businesses and shops we are in control, it remains to be seen if that will still be the case. fives. have continued to burn in every hour throughout the night and smoke as may be a, in some parts of the island and readable them as robbie has more from every island on. grace's a jane coast through pesky was a quiet seaside town at the northernmost point of area now of vital part of the fire fighting operations on the island. helicopters fly in low refill their water bays and head back to the fires. any other year. these beaches would be packed with tourists. now the boardwalk is deserted because the hills are on fire. the terrain

on area is uneven. the forest dense roads wind through valleys between towns and villages where smoke has made visibility so poor. much of it is to unsafe for aircraft to go and ground crews find themselves in a seemingly endless race against time and my social will because we're trying to save what can be saying. that's what we're doing, nothing more a month. this is our life. this is our home. we're trying to save it. and fortunately, we're losing, we're losing every day. unfortunately, we cannot win because we're fighting alone. it's very difficult. the government left us alone in the beginning of the brought us food. it's best that they take it back. there are not enough people for the task at hand. the few crew there are, can't be everywhere. at the same time. we drove the length of the island and came across several fires with no firefighters inside. the fear for

a lot of fire rescue teams is that fires like the, the ones they're not able to spot quickly enough. are the ones that continue to burn just as this one is burning now, and they will lead to larger, far as re igniting all over the island. creating the similar scenes that we've been seeing over the last week. many of the fires we saw would continue to burn and spread throughout the night. thanks villagers and agree or vote on a live off the forest harvest increase up growing all those selling firewood of diego. this will be a bit is the whole you, this disaster affects our village. first of all, economically these people will not only be unemployed. they have to leave this place. where are they going to go with? they've been completely destroyed. they have their homes. ok, but do they have food have work but they have nothing. ferry boats have been a lifeline for people. on heavier evacuations happened again. ships along the western coast will be the last resort to get people to safety. climate skeptics may

be hard to find in greece these days. environmental devastation once troubles in far off places. now on greece's doorstep to deny or do nothing, no longer seems like an option. but it may not matter. the climate has already changed and there is no going back in basra, v o g 0, every island increase. russia has launched a criminal investigation against to all the opposition later, like say no voluntary allies. rational authority, the cues, the pair of helping fund organizations, the country james extreme. it's very boy, by something i use in prison, of only serving 2 and a half years on fraud charges, which he denies where it ends. prince andrew is being sued in the us for alleged historic sexual abuse. virginia your phrase says the prince assaulted her when she was 17. she says she was trafficked by the leg convicted, sex offender, jeffrey,

abstain. laura bed and manly reports. prince andrew is the 2nd son of queen elizabeth, the 2nd and 9th in the line to the british throne. but after kissing him of rape and sexual abuse, virginia to fray says he should no longer be protected by his power and position. the australian american, his father law suit in new york accusing the royal of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager. in a 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 to fray says she was trafficked for sex by geoffrey epstein. 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 to fray says f seen forced her to have sex with its friends,

including prince andrew on 3 occasions. in 2001 that's in london, new york, and on epstein private islands, flight looks release of the f seems death show that jeffrey was with prince andrew . the time of the alleged assaults to fray was pictured. but the prince angelina maxwell, who's in jail in the us, awaiting trial on charges of recruiting, grooming and sexually abusing under age girls as young as 14 for app seen. and she went on to have sex with you in a house in bell gravy. belonging to caroline maxwell, didn't him in a 2019 interview, prince andrew firmly denied all allegations. he also couldn't recollect having matched to frame a year later, and after a public backlash, andrew resigned from all public rolls. buckingham palace has not responded to your phrase lawsuit, but in the past,

it firmly denied the allegations against the prince. as categorically untruth defray has been one of the most outspoken women to accuse prince andrew, an f scene of sexual abuse, the f. b. i has been investigating the claims to phrase now suing the prince in the civil case, and she hoped to get justice saying the damage from the abuse was severe and lasting, nor about a manly outrage. 0, still ahead on al jazeera canadian jailed in china, loses his appeal against the death sentence for the straining relations between the 2 countries. and become all rally anti government protested. jammed the strength of bangkok as the nation faces its worst wave of clothes at 9 pain infection. ah,

hello good news. we have dropped our amber weather alerts for the indian states of rochester, and lots of pradesh. heavy rain has now shifted further toward the east, but now be har is under those excessive rainfall warnings. you know, really, the bulk of the rain here has shove toward the handle layers, but we are getting a good run of rain through bungler dash into the west. coast of myanmar on wednesday. next stop, i want to take you toward asia pacific and we've got a brace for what and windy weather once again for tokyo. so we'll put this in motion as this disturbance. whoop, saying it's going to drop your temperature down to 31. and that unsettled weather is still playing at the korean peninsula on thursday. you know, for china pretty much from the yangtze river valley rate, down to the south china sea. we've got bursts of rain here, and we can expect anywhere from about 50 to a 100 millimeters of rain over the next 24 hours. the philippines, saki conditions continue $86.00 millimeters of rain,

but we see subdued rainfall amounts towards central and southern portions of the country. but still a burst of rain toward the north can be expected. and you know, for cambodia very what weather on, tap for you. on wednesday, one country over in bangkok we've got a height of 32 the join the debate. do not have vaccines reaching those who are most of the needs and amplify your voice. it allows a diverse community and how an array of different stories, no topic, it's off the table. it's such a tough ethical debate where there is obvious discrimination and systematic discrimination of play. people are thursdays for new, wasted. the stream where a global audience becomes a global community on al jazeera. oh

the the me. hello, are you watching? 0, i'm emily, angling a reminder of the top stories this hour. we've afghan talks underway here and the taliban has captured its 7th regional capital in friday. in the provinces, several u, as in boy, full afghanistan, is holding those talks with television and that representative wildlife. the continuing to ravage large parts of the great island of the firefighters and now in their day of baffling the flames. the most severe of hundreds of 5, which is scorched at large areas to become trained. britons, prince andrew, is being sued in the us for alleged sexual abuse. virginia phrase says the prince

assaulted her when she was 17. dufrane says she was traffic by the light convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein. a chinese court has rejected an appeal by a canadian man sentenced to death on drug smuggling charges. robert schellenberg was given a 15 year gal term in 2018, but he was re sentence to death 2 months later, after top chinese take executive among one, joe was arrested in canada in relation to charges in the us. canada's ambassador to shy says it's no coincidence. his verdict is out. while munger, extradition trial is ongoing. katrina, you has more from biting. he can appeal one last time to china's highest court. that's the people supreme court. but it's very unlikely that he will be able to reverse this death sentence in china. 99 percent of all criminal cases are found guilty, and beijing has an a tourist lee hod stance when it comes to any drug related crime

. but there is a very important political dimension to all this as well. china and canada, the bilateral relationship, has reached an all time law. and it was worse. and earlier this year, when the canadian government described the treatment of the muslim league population and she's young as genocide by the chinese government. now of course the main sticking point. the main point of contention between beijing and auto is the rest of chinese. while way executive mung one. joe, she was arrested in december 2018 and she's currently facing court in canada. fighting extradition to the us. now being denied that these cases are linked, but the canadian government has described schellenberg just sentence as arbitrary. and it's really important to look here at the timing as well. schellenberg was arrested 1st in 2014, but in 2018. he was initially sentenced to 15 years in prison, but shortly after among wanders rest,

he was hurriedly re trialed. and then we saw the subsequent change in his sentence to execution me. since it began a year ago, thailand utilize pro democracy movement has faced many challenges. its top ladies have been arrested and the pandemic is keeping most protest is off the streams, but it's got hyde le reports from the capital bank called the movement appears to be regaining its mention. jamming the streets of bangkok pro democracy protestors out in strength to show their support of the growing call for the resignation of prime minister. praise general char. this is rooted in their deep criticism of how the government has managed the cobra. 1900 crisis, the nation is now facing its worst wave of infections and deaths of the pandemic bond on the whole, the government has to be felt when they looked at the people who does the c. i would the same countryman,

your job is to sell the people you see the value of the people. one year ago, a youth lead movement kicked off calling for changes in the long established power structures here in thailand. centered on the monarchy, the military and the lead connected to them. the prime minister is an ex army chief who 1st came to power in a coup with a list of 10 demands. they called for deep reforms in the monarchy. a taboo subject here in thailand were harsh, laws aim to protect and preserve the crowns. powerful position, but discussion of what was once taboo changed with the protest. oh my god. i think the discussion on the ty monarchy movement is moving in a better direction. the issue is deep rooted in our society and we should be able to discuss it in public. earlier this year there were arrests of the top protests organizers and a crackdown by the police. the protest became less frequent, and fewer people came out to regain momentum law over the last several months. mainly because of the protest leadership have had to become creative with their

gatherings like this car mob here in central bank. but they have also had to re focus their messaging to appeal, to a broader audience, as some don't fully support reforming the monarchy right now, organizes have focused on their call for the prime minister's resignation. not abandoning crown reform, just tapping people's frustration with the government. but the more with the move men are seeing an opportunity to try to give a new flame into that struck go by using the government's failure to provide efficient seen to provide efficient health care. and the flame appears to be growing with the steady increase of cobra, 1900 fractions each day, and no indication that the shortage of vaccines will be corrected soon. people will likely have more reason to come out and call for change. got either out jazeera, bangkok to some sports news now in line on mess he has arrived in france after

agreeing to do with paris. saint germain is being reported. he's been given a 2 year contract with an option to extend until 2020 full, full race joins us live now from paris. we saw some amazing pictures of huge crowds gathered. what's the atmosphere like the the boy yes. some of those crowds are here at the park, the price, the home stadium of our phones, your big crowds, laportia apple, where he's arrived in the last hour or so. some of those people camping out since the weekend. we're also hearing that i've been lots of crowds near the american hospital in noey, where he's about to have his medical big police presence that trying to keep people away. i mean, while the 1st little messy is a legend in football, just to give you some context when he scored his 1st goals about later in 2005, it's been a one club man since then. our phones, your mom were on my way to

a 9th place venetian league. they were the 15th and 16th a couple of seasons later. and finally, since they were taken over by that category, younger that they started winning the legal title at nearly every year. what they haven't, one which every big european club wants to win is the champions league. and they'll hope, having a little messy alongside the likes of the name of junior long side like security. and they can finally bring the prize one of the biggest in club football and the prestige that plan like little messy will bring to the club. let's find some big plays in the past 10 years or so. you know, on as big as massey, who is arguably the greatest player in the world, certainly up that alongside the, the greats of pilot diego myra on. so huge news full p. s g, but also huge news for spam. how about learn a fans reacting and, and football fans in general?

wow, we've heard a lot of fans. as you might understand, club icon who's been there for nearly 2 decades aren't exactly happy with this. they see this is the latest episode in that club going through a crisis ball. so i did not expect to win titles every single year. expect to win the champions last not well, not for 6 years. and they've got some pretty dreadful capitulation along the way. and not competition, which little much he's been a part of course, you know, massey is 34 years old and i, we don't know exactly what he can bring the table at p. s g, but he's certainly still a great football asset. i'm the great asset off the pitch. huge interest in that globally, that we're more than $100000.00 fans just tracking his plane online is it arrived from boss loan its powers? and i think the interest is only going to get bigger over the next few days when he is unveiled, possibly tomorrow. i'm certainly on the pitch when he asked play strasbourg. he

should be unveiled before that module or not played on something. we can certainly the fan there, it sounds like having a good time. thanks for the update. full res, joining in the line from parents to us now and up to a 1000000 people have begun gathering in the us state of south dakota for the annual sturgess motorcycle rolling. the 10 day event began on friday and is being held despite the rise and coven 19 cases. across the country. last year's reli became as became a super spreader event, with around 4000 400000 attending rather a u. s. government scientist who was removed after criticizing the trump administration. corona virus response has reached a settlement with the department of health. the biologist, rick bryan, resisted the president's push to use the anti malaria drug. i drugs the chloride quinn as a queue for over 19. it says that's why he was demoted from an important role. may mall the pentagon is set to make vaccinations mandatory for all its military

personnel by september 15th white house correspondent kimberly holcomb has moved from washington dc. 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. the national security would in no baby 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 us military. now, the date is september 15th, but even factions 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 effected. and as a result, it will take time. one person has died in guinea of the mob. the virus in west africa is 1st reported case. what health organisation describes a virus is a highly infectious life threatening illness similar to abolla. it's caused by coming into contact with infected body fluids and tissue. dabby as president ed longer will seek to fend off and opposition challenge elections on thursday. the countries facing huge debts and a possible by loud so younger voters are likely to play a decisive part in the poll room. most stanza reports from lusaka. this elaine mcknight says, shopping for bass goods has become frustrating. prices keep going up, but people salaries stay the same, like minis, ambiance, she's had to cut back on luxury for herself and her son. i definitely don't go in

big stops and buy expensive rents 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 activities 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. zambia has more than $12000000.00 of external data, as well as an unknown amount of debt to china. and last year became the 1st african states to 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 as 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 on countries which are broken and 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. the lingo is promising more development if he is re elected. but some economists warn against adding to the debt 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 is being where the shortcoming has been

longer, main rival opposition leader. her guy in the he, lima said he's going to tackle them, use 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, ah, this is al jazeera and these are the top stories with afghan talks underway here. and joe ha. taliban has captured its 7th regional capital since friday in the province of pharaoh. the u, as in boy for afghanistan, is holding those talks with taliban representatives. bahama jam, jones has moved from jerome. it's unclear at this moment how long that the meeting will last. there was a statement that was issued by, i'll make a little.