tell me something like when magician has been said that you can make an elephant disappeared. i have many of the brazen example i've seen the men who so football just ah me. the taliban takes charge full of a 9th provincial capital and they've got to stop while emergency talks continue to try to end the fighting. a warning that the group couldn't circle the capital cobble by the middle of september. i'm sure that this was a scanner stones and terry administer who tell us how the government plans to fight back against the taliban recently? ah, hello civil rahman, you're watching all their life,

my headquarters hearing coming up in the next 30 minutes haunted by rape and torture. a human rights group says, hundreds of t grind, women and girls have been used as weapons of wool in ethiopia. also battling fires with no end in sight. we follow the fight to save land homes and lives and isolated parts of algeria and desperate for new stoled leaders from across land. in america, discuss the ongoing migration and humanitarian crisis at the panama columbia border . i spoke to the fact we begin in, i've got a song where it's president sheriff connie has slain to the government last stronghold in the north. the taliban continues its rapid and violent assault on territory. across the country, connie arrived in the city of mazata sharif and a bit to rally government troops in the escalating battle with taliban fighters. if

the city falls, the government would lose control of the northern region. the u. s. defense official has told reuters these agency they believe the taliban could isolate the capital cobble in the month. in the past week, the taliban is taken 9 of the countries 34 provincial capitals. meanwhile, if it's to get the taliban and african government back to the negotiating table in doha, have failed. the armed group insist that committed to further talks, but government reference said claimed the taliban isn't interested in a political solution. and an exclusive interview with al jazeera of god, his son's interior minister told us local groups are being given weapons to fight back against the taliban offensive that he says, government forces are pushing to secure main highways, launch cities and border crossings. charlotte bellis has this exclusive report with the minister 5 weeks ago, general abdul sam murphy qual stepped into the role of a scanner, stone's interior minister in all he commands

a force of 130000 people. today he is driving toward a province west of cobble, much of the provinces, controlled by the taliban. for government personnel travelling by road is rear and requires an escort a special forces in the last 3 months. so taliban has more than doubled its territory. and in the last week started to take provincial capital. what's going through your head at the moment about those provinces? how? how worried you and how do you put the room? look, you got to go. we are working in 3 phases. the 1st is to stop the defeat. the 2nd, the re gather our forces, security rings around the city with all those soldiers that abandoned their posts were bringing them back to their posts. the 3rd is to begin offensive operation on these trips or about boosting morale. he admits that is suffered with the advances the taliban has made. also the telephone attempt to assassinate the defense

minister and promised to target other government leaders, security around minutes to move. the quote has never been tied to. a simple task of visiting checkpoints requires this many special forces. you survived multiple taliban assassination attempts, and his previous jobs as the governor of tuna and condos was. i'm a soldier, a soldier never gets frightened. when we wear the uniform, it means we are ready for death. i'm not worried about it and he says a lot of the government's losses are as a result of them losing control of roads and highways. many areas must be resupplied by air. and after the us withdrew, they lost a lot of that type ability. but that's fun. unfortunately, with their withdrawal, the fighting started in $400.00 areas of the country and we have very limited air support. the helicopters have been busy with moving supplies and evacuating our dead and injured forces. so they are delegating to local leaders,

empowering them to recruit within the community to rise against the taliban. billy car miller, fellow mother, there are concerns from the international community about these uprising forces. at the moment, all their members will eventually merge into the afghan national security forces. would ex kelvin says he already has 300 men fighting in one force, but he complained he could only provide weapons for 2 thirds the rest. he said he cannot provide with water, let alone money or arms for the last few months, people are waiting for the weapons. but unfortunately, the promises i made to these people were not fulfilled. but there is no doubt and a loyalty and desire to help get outside the room. the minister's min wage wouldn't police and soldiers joined them. this talk of last night's gains and losses, where they may be st next,

and how the many injuries are healing. some briefly leave to push off taliban assaults. thousands of police officers have abandoned their posts in recent months . the interior ministry says they are returning and will be retrained. been sent back to the provinces. they say 5000 people have signed up for the police force and just the last 3 weeks with another 2000 graduating this weekend. ah, the government strategy is slowly becoming clear, but its implementation is still fraud. and the stakes have never been higher. the telephone, what, what would you say the relevant them to do? i know i'm asking the taliban to stop their brutality. leave killing, sit down with love and we should find solution. i'm asking them not to destroy buildings or are chief minutes and let's come and sit together and make a coalition. government is one that would be acceptable to all sides of the sooner

we do this, the better yet they need leverage on the battlefield to force the group to make political compromises. and every day, with every loss that leverage weakens. charlotte bellis al jazeera water. afghanistan. robber bride has the latest from cobble this ever changing map of who controls what in afghanistan. really not looking good for the government after. what's been another very heavy day of fighting? you know, more than 25 years ago when the taliban 1st emerged largely from the south of the country, it found resistance to it in the north. what eventually became known as the northern alliance. well, you know, we seem with this latest resurgence that resistance simply being swept away with the gains of these territories and provincial cities really leaving only bizarre sharif ms. ari sharif is the only the city holding out against the taliban in the north. another city can do which is very important in the north bell to the taliban

at the weekend. and now we know that the airport, which had been holding out to conduce that is also full. and their reports are very heavy fighting around conduce. and that is significant because given its importance, the government has promised a will. we take this city and we have been expecting a counter attack. so that's a real test because if it fails that test, if it doesn't, we take that safety. that's going to be very telling on which direction this whole conflict is moving. so you have all of these gains in the north. and then of course, that's the continuing violence in the south in helmand and kandahar the strongholds of the taliban in the city of laska guy which is heavily contested. there has been a massive car bomb. this was a humvee packed with explosives that was trying to get to the main police headquarters. it was intercepted, the was detonated, causing a number of casualties. meanwhile, in neighboring kandahar city, that city has been under attack from all 4 sides. so the fighting in the north and the fighting and advance is made in the south that really puts

a psychological pressure on the center here in cobble. so how do these recent gains by the taliban look in a wider context of the war in afghanistan has come all santa maria with a look at the map and the numbers. the taliban advances in the past week have been quite extraordinary. the speed with which they have gone, but there is a much bigger picture here. we can't look at the last week or in the last month or so in isolation. so got some maps for you from the long war journal. it's an excellent resource for mapping. really the last 20 years in afghanistan, i've decided to go back to january of 2017. so that 4 and a half years ago. and this is what i want you to have a look at here. it's almost like an electoral college tally. we're looking at gray areas which are under government control, pink areas which are contested, and red areas on the taliban control. so yes, lot of government control at this point. we move one year on to january of 2018 and the pictures starting to change. you're seeing more areas that are contested.

another year late january 2019. and actually the contested areas for the 1st time. now more than what the government holes by the end of 2019. again, there are more contested areas. the taliban is increasing its number of red districts, 420 districts we should mention across the dentist. and then we get to this point, april 20, 2194 contested districts in afghanistan and the only real saving grace is the fact that cobble her out can hobbies, big population centers are still pretty safely in government control? so that's year by year i want to bring it right down now and actually go week by week just for the month of june. watch what happens to watch. the red districts keep adding up june nights, june, 16th, june 23rd, june 30th i piled in there to the point where the checkout tally at the bottom there contested areas and taliban areas are even, that's through june. and the reason of stop there is because we need to think about

what happens at the start of july. the united states leaves background air by it's a trigger point. let's roll this with starting on july 10th. and the red districts keep piling in again and again. and as we get into august, you see what's been happening in the past week with that big search of red areas right across the country. it's an extraordinary situation. and let's not forget the big picture as well. yes, right there. we're looking at the taliban in 2021. the same taliban that was removed from power almost 20 years ago. onto the days other news now and, and if you, if you are group says it's struck in alliance to grow forces to overthrow the government. and as of the amorro liberation army says its joint forces with the guy in people's liberation front known as the p. p. ls, which has been fighting the government for 9 months. both rebel groups were added to the government terrorist earlier this year. was a low is an analyst on the horn of africa and seen electra inlaw at keel university

. he thinks the new rebel alliance has a serious threat to the european government. this is enormously significant them. i think while we are looking is probably the beginning of the end of the era in mind who over the course of the last 3 years over the communities noted and understanding just how complex that you're going to see is essentially bought again with the life or the sell lean more evidence and can i find that useful? and he's there's been been lean based on industry and religious, whole bridge and brings you the answer to the find the fraction and devastation that we have. the normal just destruction to some a life and hoping you, but also to the long term vision of the country. so this is a very difficult to beta how government, by responsible for, for the northern,

by the, but also from east south and west by over the relation on what the government is. we need to do now is to defend its position to defend as it by quoting hundreds will talk to people. so from immediately standpoint, i think the government isn't to be in a position before you have any forms for that. no longer significant forces that the government brutal acts of sexual violence have been used systematically as a weapon of war into grey. i'm the scenes national says maybe if you're in an era trained soldiers, right, hundreds of women and girls subjecting some to sexual slavery and mutilation. there is have a morgan who has covered that cry conflict extensively has this report. they faced conflict and displacement, but the women and girls in the gray region of northern european have also been

subjected to rape other sexual violence and slavery. amnesty international interviewed more than 60 victims and inner report say, soldiers from the european and returned armies. i'm her special 4th as an militia, as are the main perpetrators. we met to come at the refugee camp in neighboring sudan in me. one of more than 60000 to grands who fled the fighting in northern european. she says she was raped at the thought of the conflict in november maga, for military soldiers from i'm horror got me and took me to a house. there, 2 of them wait me for days. those used to give me food or water. they beat me when i try to run away to the point i still suffer from back pain. i begged them to stop and ask them why they were doing this to me. they said that it's because i'm from degree. was to come told us she still haunted by her ordeal. i miss these reports as the acts of sexual violence constitute work crimes and may amount to crimes against humanity and were intended to terrorize and humiliate the victim and their

ethnic group. some survivors have had to have surgery after being raped, some have since tested positive for h i v. others reported physical trauma including bleeding back pain and immobility . we are now 9 months into, into the t great conflict and really statements to condemn the atrocities no longer suffice. and the un secretary general must send to t grey as soon as possible is a team of experts on sexual violence in conflict. any special representative on the se misuse the conflict integral has displaced nearly 2000000 people and left more than 5000000 in need of 8. according to the united nations, rape has been used as a weapon of war with more than 500 cases of rape and sexual violence recorded between november and made. several reports have been released on sexual violence in particular conflict, some of which also use the to grand people's liberation front,

or t p, a left of atrocities, aid groups working with victims in the refugee camps in sudan. se the known cases are just the tip of the iceberg. you know, and the report thing is everywhere. and you know, there is many parts fixing these, like the feeling of shame of the park thing may be the same way with both know what that is said. will you be able to give you the lessons that com all these talks contribute thing. so and the report thing if u. p. s. government has previously described the allegations as propaganda, but in me it convicted 3 c o p soldiers and indicted 25 others for rape and other forms of sexual violence from any survivors. just as far from being therapy, he will morgan all just the room will still had hail out there a nice by with my that lie,

a british diplomats. the rested in germany on i still on challenges will tell you who is accused of working for the raucous reception for leo massey. he's officially presented as the parish management player, the story after the break. ah hello. notice here we've got our 6 named storm of the atlantic hurricane season. this is tropical storm fred. it is not expected to be a hurricane, but come with me as we track it out over the next 24 to 48 hours so impacting cuba, the palmers, and by friday will push into the florida keys that a major rainmaker we think on the top in about a 150 millimeters, rain through the pacific coast of mexico. and we've got sheets of rain falling for costa rica and panama on friday. okay, next. stop south america. as usual,

our continuous rains through the amazon river basin. but what we're talking about toward the south is a cold friend punch in across months of the day are struggling to get to double digits and a fresh 16 degrees in sao paulo mon sooner moisture has been a big part in arizona leading to scenes like this flash, flooding, rescues taking place. thankfully everyone involved here with okay, but we will see likely a repeat of this weather on thursday as the storms really get going. thanks. and parts of that north american monsoon, it's all about the heat though, for the west and the east coast of the us. but we are tapping into gulf moisture or so for the east coast. new york and d. c will feel closer to 40 on thursday. that's your weather season. the since the celebration ah, the food for reconciliation. ah, and from ancient civilization,

the algae 0 world goes on a mouth watering, cut and re journey from spain to the middle east. to discover the hidden history behind some of the region. bad luck, diffuse favoring the pos on audi. ah, the me. looking back here watching there with me. so the reminder of all top news stories present shotgunning says that a be government's last stronghold in the north. the bid to rally troops against the escalating battle with the taliban in the city of mazata sharif holds the

government would lose control of the country's new efforts to get the taliban and african government. back to the negotiating table and failed filmed group consist that committed to the tools, but government representatives came to taliban isn't interested in a political solution. and any group says that strike can alliance with 2 rifles just through the government and decide the both groups, the amount of liberation army and the ticket i and people's liberation front for added to the government earlier this year the wildfires. now jerry have ripped across his mountainous regions, killing at least 65 people. the l jerry and red crescent says more than 1000 people have been injured and at least 600 families have been left homeless. the president flared a 3 day morning period to on a lives lost which included 28 soldiers officials. they often suspected in some of the fires in the barber region of bail. despite the going heat wave. laura ben

manley reports 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, a fire everywhere. we've not seen the government here. the people are acting as the government long lived, the civil protection team. what algeria kabir region is known for its lush mountains and forests, but scorching summer temperatures have reduced the trees to kindling it's 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 the more we have 3 deaths here and for the village. the hospital is full of jury's present abdomen. she deborah and tweeted condolences to the soldiers, families the interior minister has blamed arsonist the fires. but so far haven't provided details on the field on the people in which i can tell you for beating 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 to 0, by the bar, is holding a virtual summit with the us, central and south american countries to address what it calls the worst migration crisis in the regions history. the country has seen a rise in the number of people heading to the us border of there was treated by mr . de reception center for migrants between the panama columbia border. she says many a traumatized after crossing the notorious darien gap. were here at this reception, centered in the province of panama. this is the money thousands of migrant arriving this year. and they're coming from the gap, which is one of the jungle in the world. people here are being assisted,

they're giving shelters to prepare for their jerry and most of the people we have to tell. we also during the year of what they had in your we hear stories of those who had to leave the relatively behind their friends behind of those who were injured and had to be left behind of how some people were taken by the river and disappeared. we just spoke, for example, with a group of cubans were traveling together and they were rob. we're also hearing lots of record of women working great across the journey. they are saying that there's family military group, among other things, $88.00 women have reported that they have been raised on the trip from columbia, cuba and other countries card crisis. and that's why the panamanian government is trying to talk to the regions to try to talk about what's happening here. they say

that a humanitarian approach is needed in order to cope with a crisis to control the flow of migrant so they can be effective. but i mean, and you say that they want to give shelter just to get some medical treatment to factor assisting migrant to get to the border. most of the people we have focus fibers of the guardian gap. they're getting ready to continue with their journey with all the assistance that they're receiving in the centers that are located close to the border with columbia. pollings government is pushed through media ownership bill that many se threatens press freedom. the bill passed with a narrow win in parliament with $228.00 votes. in favor and 216 against the decision was strictly postponed by the opposition to say the law strengthens the ban on non european media ownership could accept it'll lead to the closure of a us own broadcast. a critical of the government. a british national has been

arrested in germany after being accused of spying for russia. he allegedly said documents obtained from the british embassy where he worked to russian intelligence . now the rest was the result for joint investigation between the u. k and germany . dominic cane has moved berlin. well, the man concerned a 57 year old british national engage here on a local hire has been accused of infringing to different parts of german law, specifically in so far as it concerns espionage and the accusations against them all. but he received money to pass on the fence about his confidential information to a representative of the russian intelligence services. now the man has been reminded in custody. so now the authorities here half the time that they will need to build whatever case they are able to build against. the presumption of innocence applies to this individual, but he is in custody. asked the forward to continue investigating with making the

point. this was a bilateral investigation by the british and the german forces with the german authorities in the leave. what makes this interesting is that the person concerned working in the embassy here behind me. well, let's be clear, the russian embassy. in other words, the representation of the government that he was, if the accusations are correct, that he was allegedly receiving money to provide information to will there and just the 100 meters down the road from here, the man concerned this david s was picked up by the authorities in his department, in potsdam, the former western ice coats of his apartment is such that so has his office here in the british embassy. the power associations president says they're the most competitive football team in the world. and i'm just finding little messy know, many would argue with that the full bathroom installs determined to help the club left, their 1st champions lea trophy full wreath has more from the french capital. this

was the moment leonor messy, turned the page after the tears of his barcelona exit on sunday. the world's biggest football style was all business focused on the job of winning a 1st champions league title for his new club. perry sounds your mouth wash and then i've come to help to get my maximum. i come with great enthusiasm with more desire than ever. many times i've said it that my goals and my dream is to win the champions league again. and i think this is the ideal place to have more opportunities to achieve that people had been gathered outside the park to prom since the weekend, but it was the arrival of the altars. that was a demonstration, not just of p s g spending power, but the fervor of their supporters after the days of waiting during calling us tells us that little nothing has finally come out here. they brought to me the party from the mercy circus will now to the country for the legal season,

bringing superstore them on another level. 2 provincial towns messy part of a dream line up, including the likes of brazil, stall, naima, and spain's sergio ramos would be crazy. everywhere he would go, it would be like the, the hot him go plus is the times 10 even. you know, the c p s yourself is not just messy. actually. you saw the others you put impressed and loyal never so they would have a see then or miss you play live and now they have that chance. so. busy it's going to be special for the people to imply because while we did that you're going for ph . d. and she wasn't that the next season receiving the that before the going to massey was offered the number 10 shirt. he wore a boss, a loaner, but took 30 instead. his 1st squad number 2 decades ago. p s g. hope his arrival will mean that number 7 front strike a kilian and i also stays both only for the future to live. killian is very competitive and creates the mentality to when he said publicly that he wants

a competitive team. and now i don't think there's a more competitive team than this. and that means that he doesn't have an excuse to do any other thing. the formalities of the medical, his $41000000.00 contract and his unveiling over now it's time for messy to step on the pitch. he should do that the training this week in a much for real by the end of the month pull race. i was his era, paris. ah, what you were there with me? the whole rahm, the reminder on top stories, i can present a shift. donnie has visited the government's last stronghold in the north and a bit to run the troops against an escalating battle with the taliban. if the city of missouri show re falls, the government would lose control of the countries north of gun sons. interior minister has told us there that government false is all pushing to secure main highways. large cities on border crossings.