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suddenly become connected, the wake up call that can't be ignored on a just from the for villas of correct. so the battle fields around most of our job is to get to the truth and empower people through knowledge. ah, this is al jazeera ah hello, i'm emily angland. this is the news ally from joe coming up in the next 16 minutes . the afghan president rallies troops in the north of the country. as taliban fighters gain and new ground. china sentences, canadian business men through 11 years in prison and was being condemned as hostage diplomacy. 25 algerian soldiers are among the dead and wildfires,
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ravage homes and hills outside the capital. amnesty international accuses easier in and trained troops using sexual violence as a weapon of war, abusing hundreds of women and girls in grind. i'm going to get roscoe with thoughts . lena murphy says, he's hungry when trophies at paris. man. the keenest superstar was officially presented by a new pub in the last hour of finding a new deal will be live in paris like this hour me taliban is making new gains across afghanistan as diplomats from several countries attempt to get into the afghan talks back on track here in jo. in the past week, the taliban taken 9 provincial capitals. the land has being pulled comrey and finds
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in the north and for ra city in the south. the u. n says more than 240000 people have been internally displaced since the offensive again in main. tens of thousands have fled their neighborhoods. as the taliban advanced families have been piling into the country's capital of cobbled living in parks and straits with no resources. oh god, to mohammed jam june for more than the talks in jo, how shortly but 1st, let's go live to rob mcbride in cobble. hello, they rob, thanks for joining us. what's the latest on the ground there? while the map of who controls what in afghanistan is constantly changing and from the government's point of view is changing before the worse. if you look especially at the north of the country at the gains of the taliban has been making in recent days, it's really early, but that is sharif a very important stronghold for the government. that remains in government hands. they still well defended all of the fighting is outside of the city and you would
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have said until recently there would be absolutely no chance of it being overwhelmed. but we do know that many people living in missouri should have been thronging the apple trying to get on several flights without being staged every day to bring people out wanting to leave the city, fill in the know we understand they're still fighting around can do that's a very important safety that was lost by the government. so you have all of this fighting still going on. and then some of the provincial capital is that have been taken by the taliban. although they have been quite consequential in terms of their city size. strategically, the quite important, such as the city of polychrome re, now that is but brings the fighting and bring the pallet and closer to cobble. we understand that today, tuesday, it is like back to normal shops, all reopening businesses. we're opening that once again. but under a taliban flag and be well south of cobble. we understand that just as we came on
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that that, that there has been a tax launched around around kandahar city on all 4 sides. now we've been ongoing fighting in kandahar and neighboring helmand, but we also know there's been an uptake fighting and gas the that's a problem again in the south, but much closer to cobble. so there is this intense pressure, psychological pressure from the taliban to say, look, we are pressuring you, we are making gains and we are getting closer to cannibal rob. those gains certainly sound intense. and what about the human toll? we mentioned that tens of thousands of afghans have fled, been neighborhoods. what do you seeing on the ground there in the capital? it is, i mean, you are getting a steady stream of internally displaced, people reports talk about, but hundreds of thousands have been displaced throughout afghanistan with the uptick him fighting in recent months. many of them had a full cobble because it is still relatively quiet, relatively safe to move away from the fighting beyond the city limits here. so it
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is putting a strain on resources. it is a strain of finding food for these people, the finding shelter and also some of them coming, having been traumatized over physically injured from the places that come from from those conflict area. so it is a strain as far as the government is concerned. that effort now is to try to rally around the strongholds, the urban areas that are more resistant to the taliban populations, but don't want to live under the taliban flag. and that's what you are seeing with the county. the president is making the visit to bazaar sharif really as a way of trying to rally the troops who are increasingly demoralized. it has to be said as a morale boosting to talk to leaders, to try to get them to put up a stiffer resistance to this ongoing taliban advance. thank you for that update. rub mcbride live for us in cobble lives. now head to mohammed jump. jim,
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who is in joe hall with more on the talks that are happening. he mohammed, what's happening on day 2 of these 3 day told well, emily, there's been a lot of uncertainty about what exactly the agenda is as far as today, which is day 2 of these talks in don't. there have been no official meetings that have started yet at the main venue for the talks. i spoke just a short while ago with a member of the can government delegation. and i was told that they expect to come to this venue at some point later. this afternoon, to have more meeting with the various envoys delegations that are here to try to get things back on track when it comes to the situation in afghanistan. now that all being said, some of the diplomats we've spoken with earlier in the day have said that they expect that there are perhaps meetings going on on the side lines of this main event. one of the meetings they believe might happen today before the main meetings start is a meeting of what is called the extended troika,
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that is comprised of the u. s. russia, china and pockets on that is a group that is moscow initiated that was created to try to facilitate dialogue when it comes to the intra african peace process. and that's something that we've heard repeatedly from the diplomats. the past 2 days is the ones who are here attending this at such a critical time when it comes to our campus. and they would really like to see some type of breakthrough. not just in the international talks, all these international actors who are trying to come up with some type of joint plan to, to address the rapidly deteriorating situation. afghan extent. but also to try to come up with a way for the inter afghan piece process. i would started last september and to continue to see if there's any way that another meeting can be set up. the last meeting in the interact and piece dialogue was done in mid july. and that process has really come to a stalemate. there hasn't been any momentum,
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it's unclear if there will be any woman, some in that direction in the next couple of days. but clearly that is the hope of all the limits that are here right now. this is really at its core, very delicate diplomacy. everybody who's involved is really trying to ensure that something can be done to help the overall situation in afghanistan. okay, thank you mohammed jim. jim, appreciate that update and no debt will speak to you later on in the day. china has sentenced a canadian business man to 11 years in prison after being found guilty of spying. the canadian government has described the case against michael's favor. it was arrested in 2019 as hostage politics katrina, you report from aging. the verdict sentencing canadian, michael spafford to 11 years in prison was delivered behind closed doors in a courtroom in the northeast in chinese city of dun don't. the city had been home to the businessmen who organized tool was to north korea until he was detained in
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december 2018 and charged with sharing state secrets. former canadian diplomat, michael harvard, was also arrested and charged the spying. both men were tried in march after more than 2 years in detention. savage sentence was condemned by candidates ambassador to china. we've maintained from the beginning that miko stabber and michael covert are being detained arbitrarily. and we will continue to call for their immediate release. denouncement came, is chinese executive, one job faces caught in vancouver in a final push to fight expedition to the united states. the former hallway chief financial officer is accused of violating sanctions on iran. relations between china and canada. have soured, considerably more ingenious, should she get mal when jose case is purely politically motivated? these 2 canadians are suspected of engender in china, data security and stubble,
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and cover good attained just weeks after months arrest ottawa has accused paging of hostage diplomacy. canadian prime minister just intruder issued a statement saying the ruling was unjust, and lacked transparency. representatives from 25 countries, including the u. s. u. k and japan appeared at the canadian embassy in beijing and supporters babel. the chinese court says and mike, 11 years in prison and ordered his deep location, but it's unclear when that would happen. canadian officials say it's more likely after the jail tend to search the some say it could be an option used as a bargaining chip with canada. it all hangs on what happens to miss mung and coupe, or perhaps later if she is extradited in washington. the verdict follows the upholding of the death sentence of another canadian rover schellenberg on tuesday, he was jailed in china and 2014 for drug smuggling. it's unclear when the court
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will give its decision on michael coverage, michael spafford has 10 days to appeal his sentence. but in the country, when 99 percent of criminal cases are found guilty, the chances of returning the rulings are unlikely. katrina, you out 0, waiting for more on this were joined by melinda lieu and author, am begging bureau chief for news week. thanks for joining us, melinda. now, the international condemnation doesn't appear to be a deterrent for china, and it's use of hostage diplomacy. so what's the solution if any? well it's, it looks like a pretty dark picture, but there are a few small openings for leverage, both, both by both sides and as, as your correspondent pointed out, there's a question of deportation, which the court ruling in michael's barbara's case mentions. now there's a big difference, whether depending on whether he has to serve his entire sentence and then get
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deported, or whether he might get deported rather quickly, that can make a big difference to him. of course it doesn't. it doesn't make the trial. okay. it's obviously carried out in the end, total lack of transparency and a highly politicized environment. but it is absolutely correct that, that the reason this is all happening now is because the expedition hearing for a long way drove in canada is reaching its final stages. and also some paging point of view there, there are, there are time tables where the, the ability or the flexibility to sort of weight things out has rapidly diminished china has to hold. now that you will, the big or over time has to hold the olympic games in, in the winter, starting in february. and it neat needs to have
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a sort of inappropriate diplomatic and international environment for that to go. well, let me get to you. i'm sorry, melinda, let me just jump in there. so do you think that north america will continue pushing long, long jose case through the courts even at the expensive and citizens? i think that i think if there is a time forward for diplomatic solutions and some creative diplomacy, this is the time. of course the u. s. doesn't want to be seen to be caving to china and either just trying to want to be saved see to be caving to the u. s. i think there is perhaps 11 reason development that it might militate in favor of some kind of diplomatic solution, which is the recent arrival of the new chinese ambassador to washington. he arrived in late july, june gong. he's an experienced official, not that experience in american affairs, but very, very experienced the chinese politic, which is what counts here until he got there, there was no ambassador in either of the other country in either capital. so now
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we've got some top potential channels for communication it's, it's a big question mark though, whether one can, can bridge the vast gap in trust that still exists between the 2 countries. and it's not just an issue for america and canada. i mean, these sorts of tactics are being used by the chinese also for streaming as well, including astronomy. in generalist chung lay, she's awaiting her verdict as his canadian man michael cove coverage. i mean, is this a sign of what's to come for them? i'm actually this sort of this sort of hostage diplomacy, quote, unquote has been going on for quite some time is years ago business people would sometimes find themselves embroiled in a local business just built in china and then suddenly they're either in detention or caught in some kind of a limbo like
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a kind of city arrest where they can't leave the city where they live. but they, but they're not actually officially fried either. so this has been going on for a long time, but of course it's been ramped up and the stakes are much higher now on the backdrop for all this of course, is the extremely toxic relationship between china and the us. china see some of these other countries, canada, australia as being the lieutenant, the loyal new tenants of the u. s. and then possibly easy or targets in some cases . so they are, they seem to be just blindly stabbing in all directions, but there's actually quite a bit of consistency if you, if you, if you buy into the, the rather suspicious. and some would even say paranoid worldview, or some chinese officials,
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while we'll watch this space very closely. thank you for your insights, melinda lira, the author and beijing bureau chief for newsweek. plenty morehead, on the new sound. why? including, we look at how this turkish light has gone from being home to dozens of species of animals to looking like these just month. also, these are people that need our support. they know nobody chooses to be on my grand panama, how it says summer to address a growing migration crisis is people from, from columbia, and hating to a dangerous stretch of jungle and in sport where live in paris, where missy has had his medical and completed. he's moved to jane ah, wildfire a burning
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a cross in northern algeria where at least 42 people have been killed. the prime minister says 25 soldiers died during the rescue operation in the mountains. laura and manly report. it's a desperate situation from branches to plastic containers of water locals using whatever hand to smother the flames. kobuck you to we are fighting fire to protect at least the houses we evacuated the elderly and we stayed as you can see. well no, it's like okay, mama catch michigan as you see there are 5 everywhere. we've not seen the government here. the people are acting as the government long lived. the civil protection team said what? i'll jerry, as kabir region is known for its lush mountains and forests, but scorching summer temperatures have reduced the trees to kindling it's
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one of 16 provinces in the north african country that's been hit by wildfire since monday. but many villages are isolated, difficult to reach and suffer from severe water shows just as home burn and cause disintegrate. many people have escaped to shelter in hotels and schools. some soldiers sent into help were reportedly cut off from safety by the fires. answer comes to the flames. others badly injured with burns? for more? well, we have 3 deaths here and 4 in the village. the hospital is full of jury's prison abdomen. she to boon tweeted condolences to the soldiers, families. the interior minister has blamed austin as for the fires. but so far haven't provided details. no coffee will and in which i can tell you for beating
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the fire, we're fighting it with all that we have as a thick blanket of smoke consumes could be as mountains and the skies tint amber residents via crew and soldiers continue to battle the destructive force of the fires, nor by the manly out 0. turkey has been seeing the growing effects of climate change in recent years, especially in its length than region like goal which used to be home to dozens of species of animals including flamingoes, has dried up. the situation is rising concern among people who live in the area seen him can also has more from the east and event. if you came to this area 2 months ago, you would have found the 407 hector like a good. instead, there is now a giant, dried up land were dozens of species of fish,
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and fleming goes once made their home. grout has been a major problem here in turkey, especially in its eastern city is like one of the zillow's family has lived near like a go for more than 70 years. he's not happy with the change. the wall of each mess . we don't have drinking water, we have access to the city water. but even before we topic, they cut off. you see the animals, you see the grass, we have no barley, no grass. if it continues like this, we will all die. our animals will die. we may need to leave this village, but go where we are waiting for god's mercy lake. i was on the migration path of various types of birds and featured several suspicious of flamingoes, like many other lagoon and lakes in the space and watching them used to be a visual feast. aka lake has a mind kilometer coastline, but after this years lego frayne, the lake has shrunk and dried up. here is a closed basin,
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meaning there isn't any other water source to feed the lake. experts warn after this years dry up, the lake may never be full of water again. professor moran to ensure rec is head of the agriculture faculty at the university of van. he says less and irregular precipitation and higher temperatures are the reasons for the drought in the basin . we'll alicia mother take longer. i'm characteristically, the temperature is $3.00 to $4.00 degrees higher this year on the lake van basin, generally wheat and barley, a dry farm tier, plans that are supposed to be 60 centimeters long, came out as only 20 centimeters this year. we used to have big harvest, but this year it's down a lot and all of it became photo we'll ground water in aquifers is an important resource for crop irrigation and turkey. but crop production could be threatened if drought conditions persist. livestock raising will also be effected some irrigation methods in this part of turkey caused 60 percent of water loss. how do they study
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them as it will lead the food prices to increase? this means costs will go up for livestock raising an agriculture and a couple of months. what we as citizens need to do is 1st of all, save on water. the local authorities also should reuse, surface borders for irrigation damage. lake van is the largest body of water in turkey and the 2nd largest, and the middle east is switch, and sodium carbonate and other salt. according to nathan earth observatory lake van is evaporating because it has no outlet to release water c. now, because all the al jazeera from turkey, the future of poland, right. when coalition government is uncertain, after the prime minister fired his deputy, the united right coalition has been at odds for a while most recently over tax reform that the prime ministers party has been arguing the reforms or punish hollins, middle class, and stark inflation. the government, the future is still live in
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a new confidence vote by parliament. panama is hosting ladies from costa rica, colombia, the us and other countries to discuss the ongoing migration crisis out of border with colombia. and there are thousands of people stock on the colombian side, some planning to take a dangerous route through the diary and gap to raise a bose, but to panama is foreign minister about plans to contain the influx of migrants. they're vulnerable and trying to cross one of the most dangerous jungles in the world. the daring gap. thousands of people from haiti, cuba, and other countries, are crossing from columbia to panama to make it to north america. panama. following minister, erica martinez met without da 0 to talk about how to guarantee people safety on the journey. you have been very active in trying to talk to other countries involved in this migration. what would you'd like to see happen? i humanitarian coit or that's something i've heard you say, i mean,
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how would you implement something like that? the 1st thing is it has to be a humanitarian approach. these are people that need our support. they know nobody chooses to be migrant. those are external causes. it is very difficult. they are hard breaking stories that you hear about the families, the children die, go through this process. and a lot of people that are taking advantage of their situation. a going through their routes that they go, it can happen without somebody orchestrating where they go and profiting from from, from this route. so what we want, we want 1st with the humanitarian approach to make sure that everybody is following the same standards that we have in terms of care for the migrants. the 2nd one in nor to support migration, it has to be control. it can get out of control and this is not just to this
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continent. you see it another condoms, it is the same situation where if it goes uncontrolled and unchecked, it. ringback becomes a problem. so we are trying to raise awareness to get other countries to understand and to cooperate. pressure from countries likely us or canada to try to control the flow. no, we have not been pressured. and i think right now the main focus of attention has been the northern triangle migration. i think that there is been which we think is positive at the end. every type of migration should be dealt with, ideally, from the root causes, so that you're helping what, what is creating the, the concern or the need to migrate rather than just control or try to block it. they do benefit as mexico and even as all the other countries because if you think
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about it, i don't know on duress or micro or all the countries where they have their own migrants going towards the us. they're also receiving this type of migration. so this is an added consideration are problem and top of the one that they're already facing. so i think it benefits from multiple fronts to try to confront the situation and to come up with a more holistic approach in terms of solution are governments in the region struggle to find solutions on how to cope with a crisis. the migrants continue to arrive, need is greater than fear of the dangers they will face along the way. there is, i will, i'll just eat up by now. my city. still ahead on algae 0. the whole thing job for the job. job lose. how's ambia is opposition candidate aims to win. in the election, brazil's president puts on a show of force outside congress, but politicians go against him in a crucial vote. and
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a force to be reckoned with. the los angeles, like his add yet another star today and line up to the new phase. and that's all coming up in full with john. ah ah. hello greg to see you on this wednesday. we've had some historic, he blast through northern africa soon as setting a new all time temperature record at 48.9. and the old record was 47.4. temperature is that backed off a bit on wednesday, a high of 40 degrees. we are also dialing up the heat across siberia. so cordova $42.00 degrees on wednesday, but check out the 3 day forecast. you could break your all time temperature record on saturday with a high of 47 degrees. we do have some concern over this disturbance across the
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black sea could form into a tropical like sy clone pushing some flooding rain to turkeys, northeastern black sea region, an area still recovering from devastating flooding northwestern europe. we have a disturbance over the northern portion of the british shells and mixed of hunting cloud. however, though, for london at 23 and some storms rolling through the speaking of storms, you know, the senegalese capital of dot com had more than a month's worth of rain over the last little bit. and storm clouds have been squeezing out a lot of rain for cameroon and southern sections of nigeria, lego, so $29.00 degrees, and we will see that activity continue on wednesday. that's a snapshot of your weather. see you soon. the if you were looking at this from the outside, you would really wonder what was going on, what, what is this is a religion that they have an in depth exploration of global capitalism on our
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i hello, i'm emily. angry. you're watching al jazeera reminder of the top story. the taliban has taken another 3 prudential capital chemist on that 9 andrew week. the light is probably cool. worry and finds a bad in the north. and sarah did he in the south me, mom talks continuing doha for a 2nd day. a chinese court has sentenced to canadian man to 11 years in prison after finding him guilty of buying business men. my food was retained alongside another canadian citizen in 2018 candidate. these cases, as politically motivated, wildfire have killed at least 42 people in algeria 25 of those were soldiers who.
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