take america to try to bring people together and trying to deal with people who've been left behind me. oh, the the town of sweets through large parts of afghan on at 3 provincial capitals fall under the groups control within a few hours. while there is an attempt at reviving talks and initiating a ceasefire, the taliban is warned that a military takeover would result in total isolation. ah, hello, i'm marianne murphy in london. you're watching al jazeera, also coming up on the program. a call to arms from ethiopia is prime minister, be

a civilian to join the fight against rebels in the north facing allegations of sexual hires. mon, your governor? andrew cuomo, resigned but denies any wrong doing. ah, hello. welcome to the program and we begin with the taliban. violent campaign to seize territory and afghanistan, which has now resulted in 3 more provincial capitals coming under that control. far as city in the south west, fully home re the capitol, and largest city of babylon, province in the north. and then in the past few hours, confirmation at pfizer board capitol of the northeast and by the shore province, has also been lost to the group. these latest developments, the taliban continues to expand its territory and influence european union official told the reuters news agency. the taliban forces now control about 65 percent of

afghan territory and emergency talks in doha, us. envoys on a little i'd warn the taliban that any government which comes to power through force would be isolated from the rest of the world. he said a military takeover of cobble would result in a taliban becoming a global pariah. and in a statement you and high commission of human rights, michelle partially said there was a climate of fear and dread across afghanistan with reports of violations that could amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity. or taliban has been seen celebrating in the streets of the newly captured cities, the group success serving as a major blow to the government. in kabul taliban forces engine closer to the capital, taking control of parts of the country's north. government forces are still fighting to control. harass kandahar and hell men provinces. struggling to talk with taliban rapid advance with us troops you to complete that? withdraw by the end of the month. charlotte bellis is in kabul with more.

taliban taking 3 provinces. justin tuesday. evening of s gonna sons 34. they just picked up. the provincial capital finds a bad that symbolic sean in the north east of f. kennesaw. it's actually the 1st time that the group has held back shawn in the history of the movement. they also picked up the provincial capital, political murray, which has been battling up to 2 days of heavy fighting. that is quite significant because it's the gateway to the north from cobble. so the reflectively managed to cut off most of the north from cobble. now they also picked up far a city, which is the provincial type of far in the south waste. this to night, picking up these 3 provincial capitals that now got 9. and to put that into context, the last time they held a provincial capital was in 2016, and they only held it briefly because us forces managed to push them out of condos, which they took at that time to, to pick up 9 over least than

a week now incredibly significant and showing the amount of momentum they have across the country in the north, the city of missouri sharif, which is the 4th biggest city in the country, is now essentially under siege. it is an island of government control, but they are also clash is going on beer and we understand the taliban a pushing very hard for that city. also. not clashes happening, not just in the north, but also we understand. on tuesday evening, there was heavy fighting in daphne in god's ears and also ferrier, so another 3 provinces that the taliban are managing to tackle simultaneously. early today we meet with people who escape some of the fighting him come to cobble and they had her refix stories of what have been happening in these remote provinces where communication is often communication as often week. and it is hard to, to find out exactly what is happening on the ground there, but some horrific stories about the casualties and the cost that civilians are

paying as this flight and continues. all this is happening on the same day that emergency talk started in the country capital dough, han, an effort to stop the violence. us envoys, alma lives out, and others hope to persuade the taliban to return to the negotiating table with the afghan government despite months of little to no progress. mama jim, jim has more on this now from doha. a long 1st day of talk here in doha about the situation in afghan ascentis 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, so i'll make a little that as well as envoys from the u. k. e. 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 de la de la. 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 make a little before he arrived here and door, 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 commitment not to recognize a government imposed by force. that statement seems to indicate that all the assembled 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 african piece process and dialogue back on track. there is a huge push here to respond in

a joint fashion, to what is happening in afghanistan 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. ah, if you appears prime minister is urging all capable civilians to join the fight against rebels and to gray. government launched and offensive in the northern region last year. the rabble group is continued to make gains pushing into surrounding areas, fighting into rise for more than $2000000.00 people from their homes, and more than $50000.00 to fled into neighboring su, don samuel get to choose an independent journalist and it says that prime minister,

abba is under pressure to do more to tackle the conflict. it's a 2 page statement he released on his social media page including twitter, a choosing the few p n 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 grade, but has everything to do as t p i left. and the children government was really under pressure to, you know, the fighting started in november. busy 1000, so people have been up, they said no, the culture has no, it's just within the great region. it's in them. the flyers but the conflict again, it's becoming and the national conflict. no longer a conflict that was just within the group region when, when it's begun. new york governor andrew cuomo has resigned a week, often inquiry found he's sexually harassed. several women. the investigation found he groped kissed,

or made suggestive comments to current and former government workers, comma is faced increasing pressure to step down in recent days, including from the president joe biden. kristen salumi reports in a hastily arranged a dress after a combat of defense of his behavior. a surprise announcement from new york's governor. i 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. allegations against andrew cuomo 1st came in march from this woman, a former aid named lindsey boylen, who accused cuomo of making unwelcome advances. that led to more accusations from 11 women and todo. the governor has apologize, but to this day denies his signs of affection or harassment. in my mind, i've never crossed the line with any one. reaction has been swift,

including from marianne wang, an attorney for 2 of corals accusers. she said, my clients steal both vindicated and relieved that corman will no longer be in a position of power over any one. a 5 month investigation concluded last week found he created a hostile working environment for women. governor cuomo, sexually arrest multiple women, many of whom were young women by engaging and unwanted groping kisses, hugging and by making inappropriate comments. a top aid stepped down amid accusations her team retaliated against at least one of his accusers and state lawmakers, including democrats, once seen as allies launched impeachment proceedings against him, adding to the already growing cause for chrome of resignation. are you calling on him to resign? yes, it's a dramatic fall from grace for

a man who last year was being talked about as a possible presidential candidate. while as response to coven was widely praised by democrats, the f b i is now investigating claims, homeless administration covered up the number of coven deaths in nursing homes. i don't see how injury formal, fully recovers politically. from this. the report is long. it includes very damaging details. there is a potential criminal investigation on top of that, and you're almost resignation goes into effect in 2 weeks time with the threat of criminal misdemeanor charges still hanging over his head. it will make his 2nd in command. kathy hoko, the 1st woman in history to serve as the state governor, kristen salumi al jazeera, new york, fill out for you on the program. will bring you the latest on this round the clock battle against wildfires. it's still burning on the greek island of via and biggest crowds in years. ignore rising covert cases to join

a us motorcycle rabbit. ah ah. and away we go with your weather forecasts for australia and we do have severe weather warnings in play for victoria and tasmania is this cold front slides across the bite? we'll talk about the winds right now because you could definitely see why we've got those warnings. right. melbourne, 60 and whole bark could see wind gusts of about 75 kilometers per hour. now did you notice the temperature in sydney look at this 24? so jeff, what's going on here? we've got a wind coming down from the interior hoping to heat things up alice at 28 degrees on wednesday. now that disturbance, it's moving across the bytes. it will eventually move across the tasman see into new zealand, but for now let's focus on the positive sunshine for christ church with the height

of 15 degrees on wednesday. next, we're go into the philippines, where we have seen persistent rain, 86 millimeters in the saki conditions will continue for the northern islands if the country but a bit of subdued rain as we had for central and southern sections. you know, for china pretty much from the gang c river valley rate, down to the south china sea, we've got bursts of heavy rain. could see about $50.00 to $100.00 millimeters of rain in the days to come. and a pretty good swath of rain falling across cambodia on wednesday. that's your weather report. see you soon? the my name's a place where this is the can truly call it home. groups thing you know, wanted me to ones you know, you'll enjoy money. my name is just for the prize in

my name here. yes. yes. who every my nigerian on august the ah ah, welcome back. main story, the salad. 3 more provincial capital is enough. got his dawn of fall into the taliban valley hungry north of cobbled. farah in. the west and now pfizer ball, which is the capital of the northeast and by the shawn province, are all under the goods control, as government forces struggle to stop the town of bonds continuing advance. meanwhile, emergency talks is being held in dough hard and effort to stop the violence with

the us envoy for afghan stone that down below that is one of the taliban, that any government which comes to power through force would be isolated from the rest of the world. and our top story this out, if your prime minister is urging all capable civilians to join the fight against rebels integrity, the conflict is spreading beyond the northern region now with the rebel group pushing into surrounding areas. oh we go now to northern algeria, where is 42 people have been killed in forest fires there. this includes 25 soldiers deployed, help put out the flames and to the was the region east of the capitol. algiers homes have been destroyed, and families are seeking shelter in hotels and university domes. the governments, as it believes arsonists, are responsible for this smaller fires of ravish forests and at least 16 provinces . since monday or $55000.00 residents are battling to extinguish,

blazes raging for an 8th day. now on the great island of elvia. and now the village has been ordered to evacuate on tuesday. greet prime minister says the countries enduring a natural disaster of unprecedented proportion. same basra reports from yes 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 an even 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, this was a, we're trying to save. what can be say that was that's what we're doing, nothing more 3 months. 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 and 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 burn 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 google. this will be a bit is the whole will 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.

is in basra, b o g 0, every island in greece. meanwhile, in the united states, this is wildfire season, his own pace to become the worst ever, and it's only just begun. the dixie fire in northern california has been burning for almost a month, destroying dozens of homes. i'll just here is john hendrick spoke to emergency workers in the town of quincy 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 a 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 with 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, 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 fuel by high winds, turn greenville into a char 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 hour 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. hundreds of thousands of visitors are expected in the u. s. state of south dakota for the annual sturgess motorcycle rally spike arise, and corona virus cases. 10 day event began on friday and the visual say the 1st few days have been among the busiest they've ever seen. last year gathering became a super sprite event with about $500000.00 people attending, even though the rally was officially cancelled. gabriel elizondo is in just for us

. well, welcome to main street in the town of sturgis, south dakota, and welcome to the sturgess motorcycle rally. as you can see behind me, there are motorcycles, for as far as the i can see if there's any sort of motorcycle that was ever made. it's year in sturgis, over the next 10 days, they're expecting $700000.00 participants this year. that's a record. and they come from all over the united states and even a couple other countries as well. it's a huge event that goes on for several blocks in the small town, a small town that is only has a population of about $8000.00 people. but for 10 days, every august, since 940, this rally has been held here. it's a little after noon right now. you can see how busy it is already. and this goes on through the evening. there's people that are writing through town, there's rock concerts at night. people go out to eat. there's all sorts of different venues, but it's made basically

a place for modal motorcycle enthusiast from around the united states to come and gather. but of course, gathering now certainly is difficult. now because of the spread of corona virus, there are no sort of social distance seeing or any restrictions in place. what so ever hear you can probably tell a lot of people here say that they're not so worried because at least now it's outdoor events. a lot of them that reduces the risk. however, at night, there's a lot of indoor events with a lot of people, thousands of people, shoulder to shoulder. it's been called the pandemic of the unvaccinated in the united states, or vaccines are readily available. much of the countries facing another such and infections. this time it's impacting children at a much higher right. patty, cocaine has more. it's bad and it's getting worse. the us now seen 124000 new covered cases every day. the highest rates since february. and

once again, hospitals are filling up in mississippi monday not a single available intensive care, but dozens of hospitals in texas ran out of space and in the entire state of arkansas. i just ate bed left as cobra cases for stephanie lopez. it's 11 month old daughter and texas had to be airlifted to find about 241 kilometers away. there was a very, very overwhelming, heartbreaking more and more the cases are involving kids nearly 94000 cases just last week. about 15 percent of the people getting sick, our children, 1st of all were sort of doing more stuff and having more contact and that includes kids. unfortunately, kids under the age of 12 can't be vaccinated yet. and that means that they are more likely to get that we're seeing larger numbers of infections and children and those larger numbers. and it's actually been a greater number of individuals going to be hospitalized. the worst outbreaks are

and states with low vaccination rates like texas and florida, and their governors have decided right now. the biggest issue is masks ordering that people cannot be told to wear them. and here's what we can get into the efficacy of this to me, it's an error. slides virus is a piece of cloth. going to start, we can get into all that from an engineering perspective, but i can tell ya, kindergarteners. everyone admits that whatever efficacy a mask you have yet to where it fit it properly and tight. do you honestly think these young kids are doing that? so i don't think it's really doing much. and so as a parent, i think parents should love to say, you know, it's doing more harm than good faith now are in fact no harmful an expert say they are needed. dr. spread of a virus that spread in the air. and is schools begin to reopen, the leading infectious disease expert says they need to be in the classroom. you should have everyone be wearing a mass. we know how that can be uncomfortable, but you'd rather have in a somewhat uncomfortable situation with a will child,

been temporarily comfortable and a child in, in see you. that's why we want to avoid an ongoing political fight. but now more and more children are paying the price with more than a 3rd of eligible americans, still refusing to get a shot. another search in this pandemic of the vaccinated petticoat hain al jazeera washington was a math vaccination driver started in bangladesh for thousands of her hunger living in the world's largest refugee settlement. that infections arising throughout accounts in cox's bazaar home to nearly a 1000000 wrangler, fled from neighboring me in march 2017 government, along with un agencies of vaccination. more than 65000 people in the campaigns. first stage, a work of one of a potential humanitarian disaster if there is a significant outbreak. meanwhile in guinea, one person has died after contracting the marble virus. this is the 1st reported

case in west africa and the world health organization describes the buyers as a highly infectious and life threatening illness. similar to a bowler, it spread by contact with infected body fluids and tissue. patient is treated at a clinic and guineas glassdoor district, just near the borders of the library and ivory coast. more than a 150 people are being monitored in connection with the case. leon l massey, assigned for power sandra. man, after spending his entire professional career, a boss, elona present hope the 34 year old argentinian can finally win them. the champions league a deal could have more far reaching consequences for the balance of power in european football. pull race reports on this now from paris. landing in a new city and with a new job to do. 17 years after he made his day b for boss alona lino messy has finally switched clubs. these funds outside the

pumps they passed and laborious. a airport waited all weekend. the news that came in on tuesday. the argentinian agreeing a deal with parry function, my on flying for the french capital, and a move that may indicate the final shifting of power in european club football. the big picture is that new money is taking over for the big decisions. but all morning we'll just moan, moan, moan, but us man that they'd be left behind basically. but i don't know for a while for too long. i've been trying to behave for see if they were new money as if they had more money than actually they did it. p s. you comply with financial for plate. they've done the job. the ones who haven't been doing the job is don't know who been pushing the weight, and now they have to realize that they cannot afford to friday. so they're gonna have to look into having to see it's instead. this is just the latest bit of good business by p. s g. in this window, they've signed boss a captain. messy says you're ramos, the rail, madrid captain george wine alden,

the netherlands captain, and the winner of the euro. 2020 best player award young. we've done a rama all on free transfers. messy will cost p. s g and other ways. his contract is about $41000000.00 a year for 2 years with an option of a 3rd good timing when from his delayed financial restrictions come into force. with the audience union now 34 parish don't have a lot of time to cash. and believe the magic sport, even if you have the best players, it doesn't mean you are going to win. of course with name are probably within the bit if he's station. now with missy, this is for me, the best practice, the 3 best front of the history of football. but it doesn't mean they are going to win champions league. it's the end of an era in barcelona, where from the questioning how they recover from a series of setbacks in recent years. in paris they hope this is the latest thought on their journey to the top. players like why barry and super star george wyatt were in the team. when are you signs your mom?

when the french league in the mid ninety's, but then when nearly 2 decades without winning the title until catherine money and superstar signings likes lots on abraham of it. now by signing, arguably the greatest player in history, little messy. they hope to bridge the gap and when the best trophy of all the champions league on perhaps become the best and most glamorous team on the planet polaris. i'll use era paris. ah, the main story this out, the taliban violent campaign to see start tree and afghan astonish resulted in 3 more provincial capitals falling under the groups control on tuesday. they've captured far out city in the south west, fully home re in northern babylon province. and our 5 that bought that which is capital of the northeast and by the sean foreman's afghan government forces.