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update the best way i can help now is if i step aside. new york's governor resigned. andrew cuomo faced the barrel of sexual harassment allegations c o p as prime minister abbey, just all capable citizens to join the fight against rebel forces in the northern region of t drive on gemini. and i have more on the story that dominating today for the wave and a smile for me. fans lino messy, have positive medical in toronto, close to completing its me its a powers flash me hello. we begin this news, enough canister with a ton of bonds, advance shows no sign of slime. the groups captured its 8th provincial capital.

this time the city of poly home re in babylon, province, north of cobble. it is the 2nd to fall on tuesday. early up fighters overran the southwest and city of fata, after a fierce come battle. afghan forces are battling to save the provinces of hell, man kandahar, and head out from itala bon onslaught. rob mcbride just live now via skype. so rob more evidence of territorial gains in, in afghanistan, by the taller bond, as the afghan forces continue to struggle to defend provinces in every corner of that country. that's right. this has been a significant development. the fall of this 8th provincial capital in the province of baghlan and the capital poly couldn't re now there have been reports of fighting around this city to the past couple of days with claims by the taliban that they had dislodged government bosses. well, that's now been confirmed 2 sources to us and in fact,

the video from the taliban purportedly showing its fighters celebrating in the center of that city. now this is part of this northern, sway the canister that is seeing this uptake in fighting of the past week or so with the full, a very important senses from, from the government. but significantly, this actually bring the fighting a lot closer to cobble itself. and that is a concern for the government. it's one of the small the provincial capital. but it does bring the fighting a lot closer to home. in fact, a statement from the taliban as says, but with the capture of the city, it now cuts off cobble completely. it says from the north of the country and in fact i'm going to sleep. it said that the now paved the way for the be a balance of its forces south onto cobble itself. this all coincides with an up tuesday in fighting across the country. we are hearing reports of increased

activity, increased fighting around 5, about getting a very important sense in the north of the country. and then interestingly, also i think, creasing fighting in god's thing. now this is a province just to the south of cob will be an awful lot of fighting in the south of the country, but fighting and guns, the also now brings fighting closer to cobble from the southern direction as well. so the government says it has plans for counter attacks. it is i promised to take on the taliban to regain all of these small that provincial centers that have been taken up. but you have to say, given the increase, given the rapid pace of the by the taliban across the country, it will also be looking to prioritize to defend the really important provincial centers that are still in its hands now across the country. and also looking at the defenses of cobble itself. yeah. afghan forces were the real fight on their hands right now. rob mcbride, live foreseen,

cobble of the setback for the afghan government comes just hours on talks. it began here in doha to stop the violence. the top us diplomat for afghanistan is in the corporate capital for those discussions. how much am june as the latest from the ha, a long 1st day of talk here in doha, about the situation and afghan sanders ended without any statement being issued and with a lot of uncertainty as to what exactly is supposed to happen next. now, throughout the day, you had the us special envoy for afghanistan's. i'll make a little that as well as on boys from the u. k. the, you, the you, when china pakistan was becca stan and copper all assembled here. first, they met with a delegation from the afghanistan government led by doctor on the lab dela, he's the head of the national reconciliation council for afghanistan. those meetings lasted for about 2 hours. not too long. after that, you had

a separate meeting between the envoys who are assembled here and a delegation from the taliban. it's not clear what was discussed in those meetings, but if you look at a statement that was issued by all my colleagues are before he arrived here, i don't how, which stated 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 the commitment not to recognize a government imposed by force. that statement seems to indicate that all the symbol parties here were trying to convey a message to the taliban that it will be no international recognition of any government that is seized by force by the taliban in afghanistan. as i said, it's unclear what exactly is going to play out over the next 2 days. there was a huge impetus here to try to get something done to get the interest afghan piece process and dialogue back on track. there was a huge push here to respond in a joint fashion, to what is happening and i can attend to

a very rapidly deteriorating situation. many of the diplomats here they are not yet speaking on the record. they are not yet speaking on camera. they're not yet sure how exactly this is all going to play out. but there is a huge push to try to get something done so that the situation on the ground in afghanistan can improve. the european union says about 400000 and afghans have been internally displaced in recent months. as more provincial capitals fall to the tyler bond, thousands of fled to cobble. but charlotte balance reports now 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 ha 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. it was some fire and they rugged to find a way to do fighting one bullet,

but the government forces were fighting hundreds of them what i had and then i said to my wife, just leave everything and just run out. destroyed people who are running fuss, dead bodies, and not stopping people here have told us it was a real challenge even just to reach because they really struggled to try and transfer 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 cobble and if they had to come to the bathroom where there is a big battle between the government and tell me, like i said when i when i was leaving the city i noticed the families were gone from their homes. they look their doors, there will women on the streets running and they will look for the strikes. i saw one woman who was hurt and the injured maybe with a motor. when i saw that i cried for hours was to commit to to 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, all the people arriving here are you in this situation is not surely. they say that in the 1st week of august, they have counted 70000 people who have led to use a conflict and are in need of their support. they also say 2000 people fleeing the country every week. charlotte bellis? just there are a couple of the top bon has taken more territory in recent weeks than it did at any time. sits in fell from pilot 20 years ago in may controlled about 20 percent of the gas done shaded here in grey, according to the long war journal. but as u. s. and other foreign troops with join the group has been ramping up its attacks and has made sweeping gains in the past week. it's taking 8 provincial capitals, the latest being poly whom re in babylon, province fighting to control head at kandahar and hell man continues. it is

a critical test for the african government as taliban advances and surrounds the cobble capital. but julie norman is lecture at the university college london, specializing in u. s. foreign policy. she says there's been no meaningful movement on the talks. what the us is hoping to do really over these next 3 days, is to have some meetings. first with the taliban delegation that's based in doha, as well as bringing in 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 kind of breaks on the rapidly deteriorating situation that we see an african samantha 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 held, 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 to certainly this with 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 median 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 this news out the age of

69. the names are 30. the bill as amended is past. the u. s. senate passes a one trillion dollar infrastructure bill after president joe biden's. cornerstone agenda. ramp, bipartisan support. greek firefighters, preparing for more flareups with wild fires burning for more than a week. and they're rolling out the red carpet in parish to welcome leonor messy. the latest on his move to p. s g r g. all that's going to have the 1st in the us new york's governor, andrew cuomo is resigning after an investigation documented allegations of sexual harassment by 11 women. comma denies the charges, but has apologized for in his was offending. his accuses. think that given the

circumstances, the best way i can help now is if i step aside and let the government get back to governing. and therefore that's what i'll do. because i work for you and doing the right thing is doing the right thing for you. because as we say, it's not about me, it's about way lives now to kristen salumi in new york's a question. these allegations 1st surface months ago just took us through what caught us to this point. yeah, well the 1st allegation came out in march when a former aid of the governors said that he had tried to kiss her and did made inappropriate harassing comments and actions in her presence that led to other

women coming forward and investigation by the state attorney general who last month released a 165 page report detailing some of these allegations and finding that there was evidence that the governor had harassed these women and using inappropriate language touching them in ways that they did not desire. a and the governor, while he has apologized for making people uncomfortable, still to this day denies that he crossed the line that he did anything illegal or said it was a misunderstanding. but the pressure had been mounting in recent days since that report came out. another woman who's a current staff member of his when public said that he had groped her on 2 occasions. she filed a criminal complaint against him. a top aid of the governor stepped down. and crucially, members of the state legislature, including those in his own party,

said that they had lost faith in his ability to lead and launched impeachment proceedings against him. now these proceedings were expected to take a couple weeks, but it seemed pretty clear that it was not heading and a good direction for the governor. and with all of that as the backdrop. he after vehemently denying and fighting the charges against him today. and now that he would step aside saying it was better for the voters that the impeachment process would be too much of a distraction. yes sir. andrew cuomo seemingly seeing the writing on the wall there . well, what happens next then? so lieutenant governor cathy hoke, all the 2nd in command will take his place in 2 weeks. that's when the resignation goes into effect. she will be the 1st woman ever to serve as governor of new york

state, but the governor himself still faces the possibility of criminal charges. this criminal complaint was launched and if the evidence is proven or there's not even to fall charges, the law enforcement in that district say that he could pay misdemeanor charges of harassment. christmas salumi life 1st there in new york. thanks christian. are britons prince andrew is being sued in the us for alleged historic sexual abuse . virginia you fray says the prince assaulted her when she was 17. she says she was traffic by the lake convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein, who run reports. cassandra is a 2nd son of queen elizabeth england and 9th in line to the british throne. but his friendship with the convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein, has destroyed his royal prestige and it could yet get worse for him. but junior, jeffrey has previously alleged the 20 years ago, she was the victim of sex trafficking by epstein and his close associate glen

maxwell. but now in a 15 page, civil lawsuit filed in new york, your frail ledges at prince andrew, sexually assaulted and raped her. knowing that she was still a minor under 18 years old, he knows what he's done and he can attest to that. so 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. jeffrey epstein had previously been convicted of child prostitution offences in 2008. he was found dead in his new york jail, fell in august 2019 a month after he was arrested on child sex trafficking charges. jeffrey says she was one of those traffics, and that epstein forced her to have sex with his friends and associates, including with prince andrew on 3 occasions in 2001 flight logs, released after abstains death, appeared to support the claimed that jeffrey was with prince andrew at the time of the alleged assaults. and this now famous photograph shows jeffrey with the prince and glen maxwell in maxwell's london home. and she went on to have sex with you in

a house in bel gravy belonging to darling maxwell didn't happen in the 2900 interview prince. andrew firmly denied all allegations and said he couldn't recollect having met jeffrey and the aftermath of that controversial television interview. buckingham palace announced that prince andrew would be withdrawing from all public duties and he's now a permanently known active member of the british royal family. no surprise them that has been no comment from buckingham palace or from prince andrew's representatives in response to this civil law suit. but withdrawing from public view, does not mean escaping from public scrutiny. and this civil lawsuit only intensifies that pull brennan al jazeera buckingham palace or us senators have a proved a one trillion dollar infrastructure bill. a major priority of president joe biden . the a's or 69,

the nase are 30. the bill as amended is past. the vote comes off the months of negotiation between democrats and republicans. it is the largest investment in the country's roads, bridges, and railways in decades. it also includes financing for water, broadband, and electric vehicle infrastructure. the bill must be confirmed by the house of representatives, which has a democratic majority. white house correspondent, kimberly how could his following developments force from washington. other presidents have tried and failed the recent memory, donald trump and brock obama in order to try and repair america's crumbling infrastructure. so joe 5, it has just cleared a very important hurdle because this legislation is now passed in the u. s. senate and it's done so with some republican support and divided america that is notable, but the problem is it's just one hurdle because attached to this is another piece of legislation that many people are calling kind of the human infrastructure bill.

this was were $3500000.00. this is now being debated, still is to be passed in the senate. and even though it's separate, it's politically intertwined. why? because in order for things to become law, they have to pass in both the senate and the house of representative and the house speaker, nancy pelosi says that that chamber will not take up the legislation, disgust, and pass unless there is also the other part. this being debated now attached to it . in other words, she's not taking up one without the other. it's a way of forcing the hand of republicans who don't particularly like this human infrastructure bill. the president has been backing or the office of ethiopia, the prime minister abbey atman has called on all capable citizens in his words, to join the fight against rebels in t gray ivy launched a military offensive in the region last year, but the rebel group has continued to make territorial gains in recent weeks, violence broke out in november when abbey had sent troops to fight the t great

people's liberation front or t p l. f. the good dominated national politics before abbey came to power. by the end of november, the government had announced its forces had taken control of t guys regional capital mckelly. but conflict took a stunning turn in june. when the 2 grind forces look took back, the mckelly and government soldiers withdrew. since then, the rebels oppressed into a far region in the east and harder in the south, displacing more than 250000 people. samuel get the true is an independent journalist in ethiopia. he says, prime minister abbey is under pressure to do more to resolve the conflict. it said to pay just teeth when he released on his social media page, including twitter, choosing the t p level. once again, being a terrorist 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 with p p i left. so this comes as p p and that says no just fighting within its own borders, but also going as far as capturing the historic city of law, which was a significant achievement to them. and the children government was really under pressure to 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 the 1st year, which is in november a year since this conflict begun november 3rd to be specific. thousands of people have enough faith. now the conflict is not just within the region. it's in the far as you mentioned, 250000 people are being displaced. so this is really becoming a nationwide company with. busy issues and resolved in

a country that has very limited resources to help this many people. but the conflict again, it's becoming and the national conflict. no longer a conflict that was just within the gray region when, when it's begun or us, while our season is on pace to become the worst ever. and it's only just begun. john, henry talked to 1st responders of 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 and 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 departments 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. but 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 hindering al jazeera quincy california of eyes have continued to burn on the greek island of area throughout the night and smoke has made the air in some parts of it. unreasonable vein bas robbie has more from heavier on the g and 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 was long and my social disposal were trying to save what can be saying that was 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. now that 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 mouth, and they will lead to larger, far as re igniting all over the island. creating the similar things that we've been seeing over the last week. many of the fires we saw would continue to burn and spread throughout the through the villagers and agree or vote on a live off the forest harvest increase up growing all those selling firewood of dig . this will feel it is 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? well, they have nothing. ferry boats have been a lifeline for people on every. if evacuations happen 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 as 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, b o g 0, every island in greece, still ahead on the canadian jail. the in china loses his appeal against the death sentence. further straining relation between the 2. we look at the re bowl a light virus now being seen in west africa for the 1st time and it's 4

plus a loaner. remove little message image from their stadium. they prepare for life without their cap. ah ah 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 after pockets done. 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 have burned down here so we can really see in the aftermath and there is rain falling across 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 the heart tomb, where residents are on high alert. as those water levels rise toward the south, an abundance of sunshine, johannesburg $23.00 degrees. but prepare for joe, your temperature are on the way down. only 17 degrees on saturday that your update will see you soon. the if you are looking at this from the outside, you would really wonder what was going on, what, what is this right? is it a religion that they have an in depth exploration.