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we'll have a live update. lp as prime minister abbey urges or capable citizens joined the fight against rebel forces in the northern t gripe. greek fire fighters prepare for more flare ups off the wildfires burn for more than a week. we report on the island of evian, i'm joining us rosco with the for the away even if miles so he's new found lino messy touches down in from the beginning next chapter 3 with parents. ah, i would begin in afghanistan where the taliban has captured a 7th provincial capital in its aggressive push for control of urban areas.

the fight is over ran the city of fata, in the south west after a fierce gun battle. afghan forces are also battling the taliban to say the provinces of helman, canada hall and head out. but they are struggling to stop the on goose rapid advances. us troops complete that pull out by the end of this month, or the set back for the afghan government comes just hours after emergencies. my emergency talks began here in doha to stop the violence to top us diplomat for afghan austin is in the corporate capital for those discussions. we'll have the latest on the fighting in a bit the 1st and how much am julian don't have more on those talks. so how much it's just going to 6 o'clock here and we understand the taliban turned up just about to just under a couple of hours. ago, the optics of that, together with the gains that they're making on the ground in afghanistan,

would suggest they're not really in a hurry to, to reach a negotiated settlement with this does certainly appear to be that way. has them. i mean, throughout the day up until as you mentioned just a couple of hours ago, we were not sure if the tall man was going to be attending these talks. we weren't hearing directly from the taliban. the diplomats that were here who were speaking to us off the record, they were unclear what role the taliban would be playing. and that really put a big question mark over what exactly could be accomplished at a time where there is such a big international push by all the players here, including as you mentioned, us special envoys. i'll make those out as well as the envoys for the u. k. the you in the, you caught are china pakistan and it was pakistan to try to come up with some type of a solution to get things back on track in afghanistan. and to make sure that the inter afghan piece talks and dialog continues in some form or fashion going forward,

there is a huge amount of concern. this is a critical time. and the fact that all these international players are here today, indoor ha, a discovery hosted event really goes to show just how much concern there is on all their parts and trying to come up with some type of a solution, some type of a path forward for the rapidly deteriorating situation in afghanistan. now what we know at this hour is that the taliban delegation is still meeting with the envoys, including us, envoy, as i'll make those out. and the other envoys i mentioned just a moment ago. we don't yet know how long that meeting is expected to last. earlier, there was an approximately 2 hour meeting between the afghan government delegation, which is led by dr. de la de la and those envoys. but we weren't told after that meeting what exactly transpired now there has been some discussion throughout the day, some diplomats you're hopeful that perhaps in the coming to days,

these are supposed to be 3 days of talks that perhaps in the coming to days there might be some type of an announcement that they could try to get a meeting of the intro. ap can peace talks, another meeting because the last meeting was held in mid july here and don't ha. and again, those, those efforts have really just been stalling. there hasn't been much momentum. as you mentioned, it seems right now. the taliban does have the upper hand. you see the gains that they've made of late in afghanistan. and the fact that it wasn't clear if they were even going to show up the fact that they weren't responding to media queries throughout the day. now they are here. there was a statement that was issued by all my lives out before he arrived and in which he said in several planned rounds of meetings over the 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 recognize a government imposed by force that would indicate that one of the messages being delivered to the, to the taliban at this hour would be that these international players would not

formally recognize a government that was led by the taliban. if the taliban which sees the african government by force. but again, everything right now, very much a fluid situation and a big question mark as to what exactly can be achieved in the next 2 days here in the house has indeed for the moment, how may jim jim live 1st there, where those talks are taking place in doha, now rob mcbride has the details on the latest and the fighting from cobble. the conflict here is wide spread across afghanistan. it 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 of the 5th street battles in that city. it claims to have overtaken the governors compounds and also its security compound. there

does 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 why 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 has 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. or the european union says about 400000 afghans have been internally displaced in recent months as more provincial capitals for to the taller bomb thousands of fled to cobble. but charlotte, bella reports from the afghan capital they have arrived to find little support. thousands of people have arrived at this cowboy hall to majority had come from northern afghanistan, predominantly the provinces of to ha and can do both of which the provincial capital fell to the telephone over the weekend. people here tell us that they were bothered with strikes with fire and they rustled to find a way to deal with fighting one bullet. but the government forces were fighting hundreds of them what i had. and then i said to my wife and just leave everything and just run out here. you had destroyed people who are running fuss, dead bodies and not stopping. and people have told us it was

a real challenge. even just to reach cobble, they really struggled supply transport to get them from the more they had to take the seats out of boxes to pack more people. and they said it took them about 10 to 12 hours to reach cobbled, and they had to come through batler and where there is a big battle between the government and tell me about going to give me a buzz when i when i was leaving the city i noticed the families were gone from their homes, they look the doors, they will women on the streets running and they will look for the strikes. i saw one woman who was hurting the injured maybe with a mortar. when i saw that i cried for hours, was committed to the capital she's going to show when the taliban came, they looted everything. they burned our house and we just ran. we left our clothes and left the front door open and just run. now we live in this town, so please help us. the government is offering some handout. people in cars are offering donations. but as you can see, there is very little support, shelter, food or for the people arriving here. are you in this situation is not you may say

that in the 1st week of august, they have counted whether she fell, some people who have led to use the conflict and are in need of their support. i also say 30000 people a fleeing the country every week. charlotte bellis just there? a couple of the taliban has taken more territory in recent weeks than it did at any time since it fell from power 20 years ago. in may, had controlled about 20 percent of afghan. it's dawn shaded here in grey, according to the long war general. but as us and other foreign troops with join, the group has been ramping up its attacks and has made sweeping gains. as you can see there in the past week, it's taken 7 provincial capitals. the latest is the south eastern city of fata, fighting to control head out can the hall and how man continues. and it is a critical test for the afghan government as the taller bon advances and surrounds of the cap to cobble with julie norman is lecturer at the university college london

who specializes in u. s. foreign policy. she says there's been no meaningful movement on talks. what the us is hoping to do really over these next 3 days is to have some meetings 1st with the taliban delegation that's based in doha, as well as bringing and other international actors along with the u. s. there's also representatives from the u. k. from the you, from china, from russia, from pakistan, from, with pakistan. and all these actors really focusing on 2 main goals 1st to try and put some kinds of breaks on the rapidly deteriorating situation that we see in africa at the moment. and secondly, to try and get things back on track for negotiations between the taliban and african government with the u. s. is really looking to do right now is the hand over most of the operation to the africa and forces and trust the training that they've provided to them. but so far that hasn't really hold and the african forces

for the most part have been overrun or have surrendered to the taliban. and most of the cities and provinces that we're talking about, the humanitarian cost really can't be understated here. the civilian loss of life and really tens of thousands already displaced and really with very few options with anywhere to go with the taliban just spreading their offenses their widely. so certainly this was a consideration for the biden administration when they decided to withdraw. they knew that they would probably be a spike in violence in the short term, and also potentially rollbacks of games made by civil society and by civilian groups in the mid medium to long term as well. again, the hope with that there would be some movement more quickly to keith talk to piece negotiation that would obviously encompass the civilian needs as well. but so far, we're not seeing that move forward in a meaningful way. plenty more ahead on the new zone, including a canadian job in china, losing his appeal against the death sentence,

further straining relations between the 2 countries. it does take a special kind of person who runs to the fire. then away we speak. your emergency crews battling northern california biggest was by decade and it's for we're live in paris where lino messy has agreed to join the superstar line up a c, a g ah, all that's going to have the 1st the office, the least the o p as prime minister abbey aftermath has called on all capable citizens in there was to join the fight against rebels in te gray abbey launched the military offensive in the region last year, but the rebel group has continued to make territorial gains in recent weeks. of violence broke out in november when abbey had sent troops to fight the t gray people's liberation front or

t. p. ls the group dominated national politics before abbey came to power. by the end of november, the government had announced its forces had taken control of the grice, regional capital, mckelly. but conflict took a stunning turn in june when the 2 grey and forces took back, michaela and government soldiers withdrew. since then, the rebels have pressed into a far region in the east and i'm hot in the south displacing more than 250000 people. a samuel a get a true is an independent journalist then joins us via skype now from the p o p. and capital out of thanks very much for being with us. let me ask you, 1st of all, your reaction to this announcement by the prime minister's office, essentially rallying or all ethiopians who are able to, to join the fight against the t gray forces. how significant is that in the general scheme of things? it's a 2 page statement he released on his social media page including twitter,

choosing the t p level. once again being a terrorist group that's colliding with enemies, he called them internal and external. without being specific, he said this fight has nothing to do with the people to guy, but has everything to do as t p i left. so this comes with a p p and that says no just fighting within its own borders, but also going as far as capturing the historic city of molly but not which was a significant achievement to them. and the children government was really under pressure to and this is the response that we received today. took a little bit more about that. why? well, why, why the, the, if you, if you open government, as you say, felt they had no other option. him well, they were under pressure, you know, the fighting started in november. the prime minister said is going to be short lived. the mission is going to be accomplished faster than expected. but this

is pushing to its 1st year, which is it, november a year since does conflict begun november 3rd to be specific? thousands of people have been up. they said, now the conflict is not just within the grade region, it's in them. the applies to mention there are 250000 people are being displaced. so this is really becoming a nationwide conflict was. busy issues and resolved in a country that has very limited resources to help this many people. but the conflicts, again, it's becoming and the national conflict, no longer a conflict that was just within the great region when, when it's begun. and how will the nation's in east africa be looking at this? i mean, how, how important is the stability of ethiopia in that region? well, there are thousands of people that are still heading to the su,

done. you know, if you look at terms of international aspects of it's month power. busy ahead of us aid, an organization that supports that money. people weren't that close to $500000000.00 wasn't in the town. she highlighted the problems that the ongoing, but she wasn't able to speak to the prime minister. but there's a sense from the hilton side that the u. s. has really siding with left and they've been having there been voicing the concerns from day one could to speak with you, sir. thanks so much. the un is holding a briefing on to me and mon nationals who've been arrested on charges applauding to attack man most un ambassador choir mo, tune who was appointed by the deposed civilian government as openly criticized the

military hunter. since it sees power in february, nan was military responded, saying it has nothing to do with it. the question salumi is that the united nations live for the christian. the 1st of all, what more do we know on the efforts to deal with the political situation in the ama well, here at the united nations, we did have a briefing from the special envoy to me in mar, christine schraner, burden or earlier today. and she responded to the latest allegations that to man, to man for me and mar, here in new york, were arrested on friday and accused of plotting to kill me and mars, and bassett, or to the united nations. john took mo tune. they are pacing charges, the government of miramar, the military got in me and mar, now is claiming that they had nothing to do with that plot. but they have asked for

the same and basset, or to be replaced here at the united nations. they have requested that he be replaced by a former general at their request, and this request is now pending before the united nations bring the united nations in a difficult spot where they have an ambassador who is not in line with the people who are controlling the government there and whether or not to recognize this and basset or trainer burden or says now comes down to the un credentials committee. it's up to you and members state. so she is continuing to deal with this and bassett, or as a representative government, as is the united nations. but the military is asking for someone else to be and in control. and this is coming to a head the september when the credential committee will meet ahead of the general assembly and must decide who is the gentleman representative you and in the past is

said that government that was seized by force which should not be recognized by the international community, but what the international community is going to do and, and how it's going to handle that will come down to world powers, including the united states in china. and russia, who may have different views on this, and traditionally sit on the credentialing committee. but shock here at the united nations that bassett are here in new york. apparently the target of 2 men who were paid getting payments from a arms dealer and thailand who has a relationship with the military in me and mar, or a christmas livery live. first, there the united nations a wildfires are continuing to ravage large parts of the greek island of area of firefighters and now into the 8th day of battling the flames. there's a bas robbie joins us now from the island of area. so the water conditions like

that right now, well has in the situation here is still very, very serious, very, very severe. we are on the northwest side of the island to get here. we drove up from the central part of the island. we drove the length of the island up north and over and the roads we came down just yesterday are no longer accessible. they are closed off because the wildfires have cut access to those roads and those wildfires are still burning. the small bush fires we saw yesterday, our overnight continued to burn and spread. and now they have basically spread to different parts of the island. and rescue teams are still trying to put out blazes in several parts of the northern areas of the island. and here's our report. thought pesky was

a quiet seaside town of the northern most 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 disposal. we're trying to save what can be said. that's what we're doing, nothing more a month. this is our life. this is our home. we're trying to save it. unfortunately, 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 our 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 bird and spread throughout the night. the villagers in agree or vote on a live off the forest harvest increase up growing all those selling firewood of diego. this will be a bit the whole deal. 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 every. if evacuation 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. every island where we are now is the worst effected of all the areas in greece and there are several very serious ongoing fires even today, all over the country. every island is still the most worst affected, and there is no place that really showcases that better than where we are now. if,

if you just look at the hills, they continue further back behind us and everything that we have driven through is completely charged black from the fire. this really does show how intense the fire was and how bad conditions were on every island as people had to evacuate and flee, and, and just get away from the fire as quickly as possible. and the fire was unrelenting . and the destruction here really gives you a sense of how serious those conditions were for people that were fleeing. and as you can see, the fire continued out of control as much as fire rescue efforts were able to douse flames in certain areas. the fact is, if, if you just read the landscape that's in front of us now, the fire did not stop. it could not be stopped. it did not stop until it ran out of land to burn until it got to the coastline zane before me. thanks very much.

i us the u. s. wildfire season is on pace to become the worst ever and it's only just begun. john henry talked to 1st responses at the dixie. fine, northern california, the worst in the country about the commitment the keeps them going after a record breaking 2020 wildfire season american firefighters are battling more and bigger places this year. and it's taking a toll. a lot of times we're on the lines, we're very stressed there, but we don't realize when we're back home, we haven't had a chance to really process about 26000 firefighters are battling more than a 100 blazes. in 14 states, many of those fighting northern california dixie fire, the largest active blaze in the us live and sleep in its dense smoke often intense, but this isn't a typical you get to go home, sleep in your own bed kind of deal. the very challenging and rewarding career,

but it is also very strenuous in tough job. and it is not something that everybody can do. and the people that do it really commit themselves and their families to do it, which smoke, sometimes grounding the planes and helicopters that drop water and flame retardant . the men and women on the ground often have to go it alone, driving through fire and battling the flames. it does take a special kind of person who runs to the fire, you know, been away. and, you know, those are the types of heroes that we meet. they can't save every town. fires fueled by high winds, turn greenville into a chart ghost town overnight. there are 5000 people battling the dixie fire. they come from federal, state and local fire department near and far. some were 24 hours shifts and they live in this parking lot. it's a rugged lifestyle, but the ones we've talked to say they have no complaints. you're away from your

family for quite a few days. and it's a lot of hard work. we love doing this, so really, it's something we love doing. the dixie fire his burned for 4 weeks and is now only about one 3rd contained 1st responders say they expect to have it fully contained by august 20th when they can let it burn out in battle. the next blaze in a fire season that can last through november, john henderson, al jazeera quincy, california, or i still ahead on i just you see a stick. the climb along the 1st 5. starting with the 6 man. it's 6 percent a month. why israel wants to give us a good chance to those above the age of 60, against the advice with w h o me i would just 2 days to go and to exam v as presidential election candidates trying to persuade both that they can turn around in trouble because i like to and support australian cricket as

are all down for their lowest score. every 20 cricket jo be it would be a hello. no major changes to report. send the weather across the middle east. we do have some readings of 50 degrees. so let me show you where we can find that it's a war back that as we head toward wednesday. now if we look at the next 3 days at times the winds will be a bit breezy here, but we're really locking our temperature in to that 50 degree threshold off the pakistan. and we've got mon sooner moisture still played in northern areas anywhere from the hor to islamic bad rate up against the border with afghanistan. i want to take you to turkey now and show you some before and after pictures. look at the lush vegetation here. and that is the aftermath. we also know,

unfortunately some homes had burned down here. so we can really see in the aftermath, and there is rain falling across the turkey. but it's exactly where we don't need it toward the black sea region where folks are recovering from devastating flooding . they're off to africa and we are keeping our eye on those big storms through the e t o b in highlands because it feeds into the blue and white river. niles in heart to me, were residence on high alert. as those water levels rise toward the south in abundance of sunshine, johannesburg 23 degrees. but prepare for joe. your temperature are on the way down . only 17 degrees on saturday that your update will see you soon. ah. since this celebration ah food for reconciliation. ah, and from ancient civilization.