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more than 7000000 people have registered to vote in the selection, the highest number in a long time. and the say, the poll i'm going to be caught me contest greeks as government ledges, billions of dollars in aid and tax breaks for people who have lost everything and rampant wildfire. new zealand sets out a roadmap to reopen its borders. the chairs, the priority is completing its vaccine. rollouts. ah, hello, we begin and i've got to start and that's where the taliban is edging closer to the capital capital. the arm group is on the verge of capturing yet another city in its sweeping advance. the latest is a city of gas neat, strategically located on the main road between kandahar and capital. if confirmed that would mean the taliban will have taken 10 provincial capitals in the past week alone. yesterday it took polly cool. murray and 5,

abide in the north and far city in the south. all of this is happening, fighting to control kandahar as well as other provincial capital, tara nascar go continues. and earlier a u. s. defense official told the reuters news agency the taliban could surround capital within a month, the president has flown to the governments last northern strongholds. sharp gunny tried to rally troops to defend the city of missouri. sharif. the biggest in northern. i've got a son. we'll go live to mamma, jump zoom in just a moment shortly who's covering a hot piece talks. but 1st, let's cross to rob mcbride, who will give us an update on the latest taliban games. rob, that's right, this is a significant development and a significant game for the taliban. the city gods. me as there's been extensive fighting around this, if you for some days now. and it was always suspected that if another provincial capital was about to fall, then this would probably be that we understand that the town itself. 3 has fallen

to the taliban but there is still fighting around the intelligence compound. 3 but the governor of gas, the itself has actually left the city. so this is a fairly small provincial city. but just as we saw earlier this week with some of these provincial cities to the north, which has fallen to the taliban, it does bring the fighting ever closer to cobble itself. so strategically, it's quite significant. also it does link of course with the south of the country which are the taliban strongholds of kansas and helman. and fighting continues there in kandahar itself and also a neighboring helman province. in alaska, god, the city is still being heavily contested with fighting in and around the police headquarters. that's where a wednesday that was a, an attempt to car bomb attack, hung be apparently packed full of explosive. that was intercepted destination with a number of casualties. meanwhile, to the west of afghanistan,

that has been resumed fighting around head us, that that is the government stronghold to the west of the country. but there is, while reports of by through that the government he had said it's bought off a tax by the taliban using traditional forces, but also the so called uprising forces. these are the militia res, specifically to try to fight off the talent which they said they have done. but now, but increasingly, the map of afghanistan is looking like the afghan archipelago, a series of isolated for to get $4550.00 urban areas still very much in government control, but increasingly isolated from each other. a rob, we see that the gun president has gone to the north of the country to, to rally the troops there. and one of their strongholds. but how is the afghan government planning to respond to all of this? without waiting. just try to see the sort of counter attacks that the government is

promising. i struck god he flew to mazata sharif, ready to meet with local leaders, military command. that's really the way i tried to different resistance. we also saw another figure who's very, quite prominent in afghan politics and also from the star recall perspective. quite important. marshall received them. he is a former vice president of afghanistan and his career. he goes by decades, he was involved in the solve your talk, your patient was also involved in the 1st resistance to the taliban in the ninety's, the very much the stronghold is in the north. and he has been in miss ari sharif also promising to launch a counter attack at selling saying that the taliban, it is easy to get into the north of the country, but very difficult to leave. these are all very fine words, but we're waiting to see just when they are going to be backed up by actually when there is going to be some real sort of counter offensive. but increasingly,

as these provincial capital continue to fall, you do get a sense of the clock continuing to tick for the african government. thank you so much from a bride reporting from campbell. so while that is taking place on the ground and i've gone assigned over in katara, it's day 3 of international talks that are aimed at ending the fighting in afghanistan. and mamma jump room is coming to talks. how much just talk us through the day and what do we expect to see? well, there, you know, you mentioned day 3 of these talks here and don't have officially kicked off just this hour. the meetings have started, they're taking place in that conference hall. you see the hallway just behind my left shoulder short while ago we saw the us special envoy and popular special envoy walking together into those meeting rooms. and there are other various diplomats and delegations that have assembled here. the delegation we have not yet seen appear here. today, at the main venue for these talks, are the delegations for the african government and the delegation for the taliban.

now i spoke with one member of the afghan government delegation, who said that they expect that they will be meeting with these envoys who assembled here in this hall for a meeting at around 2 pm local. today they expect that that meeting will last a little over an hour if so that would replicate the meeting that happened on day one, between the african government delegation and the special envoys who have assembled here. the sense that we're really getting from all the diplomats is that they are extremely concerned about what's going on. and i've kind of some of their trying to come up with some type of joint plan in order to get the situation under control. one of the main pushes here is to try to see that inter african piece dialogue, those talks as it started in doha last september. get back on track. the last time there was a session of those talks was in mid july, they ended without really any momentum gathering for the process to go forward. the diplomats would like to see those piece talk to continue with like to achieve some type of consensus for

a cease fire. but also they're very much aware that at the moment the taller bon really has the upper hand, they have a momentum, they keep taking more and more territory. you're not going to stand. it's really unclear what exactly the taliban is going to be doing today. who exactly, they're going to be meeting with. they've not responded to any press queries thus far this morning, but it is expected that they will be meeting as well with these assembled on boys at some point today. and at some point later in the evening, perhaps we expect some type of a statement as to what to expect next when it comes to this very difficult and delicate diplomacy. that is so much momentum, june reporting from how all the interior minister has sold al jazeera but afghan forces are also trying to secure main highways. large cities and border crossings to slow the taliban. rapid advance charlotte bell as has this exclusive report. the 5 weeks ago general abdul sat murtha quelled, stepped into the roll of it's going to stones interior minister in all he commands

a force of 130000 people. today he is driving toward deck a province west of cobble, much of the provinces controlled by the taliban. government personnel travelling by road is rear and requires an escort of 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 off. what's going through your head at the moment about those provinces? how? how worried, and how to use the room and look, we are working in 3 phases. the 1st is to stop the defeat. second, regather, 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 with him and 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 minister murder 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 colonel 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. he says most of the governments losses are as a result of them losing control, roads and highways. many areas must be resupplied by ear. and after the us withdrew, they lost a lot of that paper ability with our spanish. 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 for they are delegating to local leaders,

empowering them to recruit within their community to rise against the taliban. billy car millions, paloma they. there are concerns from the international community about these uprising forces at the moment that all their members will eventually merge into the afghan national security forces. would ex governor says he already has 300 men fighting in one 4th, 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 around outside the room. the minister's men winked . wouldn't police and soldiers joined them? this talk of last night's gains and losses, where they may be seen next and how the many injuries are healing. some briefly

leave to push off taliban assaults. thousands of police officers have abandoned their post some recent months. the interior ministry says they are returning and will be retrained in st. 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 at watching. what would you take them to do? i know last. 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 our chief minutes. i'm happy. let's come and sit together and make a coalition government and 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 warder, afghanistan zombie and sir voting and parliamentary on presidential elections. campaigning was dominated by the struggling economy and the fight against corruption. president at dar logo is expected to face a strong challenge from his opposition rival, whose facing him for the 3rd time. how much also reports from the sancho. the candidate again, the lemma is promising to create jobs for them as jobless youth unemployment, his tenure, high last year there's been anger and frustration about the economy. that's why support will be to limit opposition. united party for national development are confident he can beat incumbent president. it's so he's scared of the day to do because sonny is going to the dentist kind of these days. we have committed some

benefits. it's been too much for the cases. so they are scared to handle the power . but does that mean people little bit better? pipper will make sure that they handle the power the president lose batches, say they are not worried. they candidates plan to increase their control of the minds as well as the development projects built by the government and paid for by debt. zambia has more than $12000000000.00 of external debt, as well as an unknown amount of debt to china. but legal governing party supported believe the new roads, bridges, power stations, hospitals, and airports a with it or that people don't in the position is to accuse us of put up to actually us of stealing because of the things that they cannot even 25. so they're losing us pretty much in level cabinet because we've tested the ground, we've read what people think. corruption is another issue for voters waste and donors have suspended age to zambia,

saying they are concerned about financial mismanagement. if we do not tackle corruption, then you find that we've got a distortion within the economy. and we have seen this in the last years that the people that seem to have the resources in the country. i'm not the private sector who run businesses, but people who fill the aged to political parties. and this is speaking to corruption, which is really negative 3 going to make. the country is relatively calm, but endless. predict this is going to be a hotly contested election. after a vote, if no can get a to kill is an outright majority in the 1st round in iran with has to take place. 5 years ago, president edgarland narrowly defeated his rival. lemme resolve the opposition. it was rig, but they failed to overturn it in court. there has been some incidents of violence by governing party and opposition supported across the country in the run up to the vote. that's why president lucas said he deployed the military to maintain peace.

but main exam bins, fear that could be more political violence if the legend results are disputed. well, let's bring in her now. she's joining us from lusaka. so what is the mood like as pulls open her well, with some elections when polling stations are open, you see the lines getting shorter and shorter and shorter, but not this one. people keep streaming in the lives are getting longer and longer . most people who register to vote in the selection are young people under the age of about 34 more than 7000000 people have registered to vote. in the last mix you looking at about 4000000 people and the people who are voting, of course, the voting for different candidates, the ones the voting for the opposition, the rock in the you to say that he's a business man. he's an economist, he's a self made millionaire, they assume he knows a thing or 2 about the economy. he said he's going to reverse government policy of

nationalizing state owned mind. so they think he may be the best person to turn around the stagnant economy. those who was supporting the president say for example, they love the pro poor policy. they love the facts that he's going to try and know what taxes they're saying that they really appreciate the infrastructure development that they seeing so far. which of the public hospitals, the road which is etc. a lot of people are wondering will be selection briefly and figure out what this is about to say the frustrated campaigns of law being bad in this country. partly because of course the diag seen, but the opposition feel that is the government excuse to try and limit them from campaigning effectively across the country. the opposition, i've said that some of the people have been beaten up while they're trying to put a post. but what they might be killed, the government responds like say, well, in these clash of ruling parties is mostly being killed and some of them have also

believed they deny all of these allegations. we should get provisional results, possibly late friday afternoon to the evening. for the final result will only be in a few days time. and of course, the big worry people buying the if we have a loses, does the accept the results. what are we the way forward for the country? ok, thank you so much. her mikasa reporting from lucy. still heads on algebra to job or not to job. why help workers in the us or at the center for debate over vaccine mandate? the hello. thank you for joining in the rain is starting to pile up in turkey's northeastern black sea region over the past 24 hours, 84 millimeters of rain scooped up, and i think it will get worse before it gets better. and it's because of this

disturbance in the black sea, almost like a tropical cyclone, just throwing buckets of rain to an area and turkey that is already still trying to recover from devastating flooding. ok, i want to take you to i b area where temperatures are really starting to dial up cordoba 41 degrees on thursday. but if i show you the 3 day forecast, ok this saturday, 47 degrees, you could break your all time temperature record in cordova. next up, or go into a northwestern europe and we've got a disturbance sweeping across the northern areas of the british shells. but don't worry, london. we've got sunshine in the forecast for you with the high 24 degrees. look at paris, 30 degrees. and we do have unsettled weather, continuing for areas of the baltic states on thursday when this weather broadcast in africa were storms have really been given us a lot of rain toward cameroon and southern sections of nigeria. but really we see those storms move east to west along the gulf of guinea. and the senegalese capital

of that car picked up more than a months worth of rain in 24 hours. the north korea isolated and heavily sanctioned yet earning billions around the globe bureau. 39 is involved in everything that makes money for you to carry different passwords, say, contacts, and the money this year. and it goes straight into the conferences. leadership a to park, people empower investigation, bureau, 39 cache for kim park. 2 on a, jesse. oh, the me

again, the tough stories on i'll just do other sour. taliban says it's captured a 10th provincial capital from government forces. the southeastern city of guzman is just 150 kilometers from travel, fighting to control kandahar and other provincial capital continues. holes of opened in danbury presidential and problem entry elections. president a girl group seen voting, right. they're expected to face a strong challenge from his opposition rifle chasing him for the 3rd time. greece is government has pledged billions of dollars in aid for people on forrest hit by the devastating wildfires those who have lost homes. we'll get cash payouts and tax exemptions. but his name is rob reports from every island. it may not be enough to dispel public discontent. the new hope you can let me know, my buddy, god,

they're going to put the ball. there is anger and regret in every when wildfires began greece's prime minister kitty customer to talk. yes, said houses can be rebuilt. now is the time to save your lives where the fires have stopped on the island. there is a clear picture of the price people paid to heed his words give anything to be the case for beth. i want to see the government hanged from that pine tree and burning . that's it. that's what the government did. of a going to give me back the house as it was, what i'm going through now. can they give everything back to me? my happiness, my joy. right now? no amount of money seems like enough compensation. most can i spoke to the law office to say, you bet and i'm going to tell you what the government's mistake was. they told us to evacuate the villages and towns, so there were no casualties. i remember in the past when there was a fire, the church bells would ring. all the people in the nearby towns and villages would go to the fire and put it out themselves with their own hands. men young kids,

so the fire doesn't spread the mama now with the evacuation the people left. so there are no victims. and the evacuation was obligatory. whoever's homes were not burned, they saved their homes because they were hiding under their cars. so the police could not find them and tell them to leave these other people who saved their homes and the wildfires in heavier happened at the same time as the ones in the north of athens residence blamed the decision to divert rescue teams and water dropping aircraft away from, for the severity of the fires. many who followed evacuation orders lost everything. one woman who was told help is on the way, said her form ended up burning down. and she is still waiting for the firefighters to show up the speed it will be to my house caught fire. everything was burned, detractors, agricultural equipment, animals are warehouses in food. that's what we lived off. we asked to help and

nobody offered it. my husband who did talk to you in the other villages to help fight fires and now house burned down. and what can i say? what else can i say see at this church or community center and rove? yes, 8 has been coming in from all over the country, food, water, all kinds of other supplies. and it is available here for whoever needs it. the overwhelming message from the people that we've met here is that now is the time for solidarity. now is the time to help and support each other because of as many of them have said to us, they feel there is no other help coming across greece. communities like this have had hard days and the road to recovery looks long. zane bus robbie: oh, jazeera grove, yes. village on greases area island helicopter, with 16 people on board has crossed and russia. it came down and in nature reserve and they come chapter peninsula and the far east. most of the passengers were tourists, at least 7 or feared. missing a local report, say,

9 people have been rescued. an investigation is now under way into the cause of the accident. in new zealand has outlined plans to reopen its borders next year. but 1st that wants to increase vaccination rates with just 26 co debts. new zealand has been widely praised for its handling of the pandemic, but a low vaccination rate and the highly infectious delta variance are causing concern wayne hay reports. while the corona virus pandemic continues to affect many countries life and new zealand goes on largely as normal. there hasn't been a case of coven 19 transmitted in the community since february, thanks to the borders, staying closed. but from early next year, the government plans to reopen to vaccinated travelers from low risk countries. we cannot keep border restrictions on for ever and to be absolutely clear,

we don't want to do that either. and neither did the experts we talked to. border closures were only ever a temporary measure in order to keep cove it out before a vexing was developed and administered. but just days before the announcement from the prime minister, new zealand is suffered, escape dozens of unvaccinated work is that the country's largest port were allowed onto a ship that had come from australia carrying coven positive crew. all the port workers tested negative, but as exposed a vulnerability in new zealand defense. new zealand has been able to stay cobit free from most of the pandemic because of good management and good luck. but what happened here is a reminder of how quickly things could change. and when combined with a low vaccination rate, how dangerous it could be. just over 17 percent of vaccinated, one of the lowest rates in the developed world. new zealand prime minister says everyone will be offered a vaccine by the end of the year. barbara plumber has or had only had one.

and then they don't. we don't like to do next thing a round the world including you do that and if there are further outbreaks of the virus, the government says it will move quickly with an aggressive locked down. the won't be 0 cases, but when there is one in the community we crushes. but while it's coded free, and as many people as possible vaccinated then use eland, international isolation will come to a partial end next year. wayne, hey, al jazeera toner, new zealand hospital workers across the us have found themselves at the center for national debate. uncovered 1900 vaccines. there are calls to make jobs mandatory for all health employees, many refusing to get the vaccine while continuing to care for a sick patients. john 100 reports from chicago. to work at rush university medical

center, there's a new rule. get the jab, or get another job. i think it's the right thing to do. we are in health care, we should be maintaining how and we shouldn't be putting our patients addressed. and even though the risk of transmitting covert from health care worker to a patient is low, it's not 0. there are strict exemptions or religious or medical reasons, but in general, health care workers are now required to practice what they preach about. 70 percent of us adults are at least partly vaccinated for covert 19. it's 60 percent if you include the children under 12 who are not eligible for health care workers. the numbers are similar, though at rush they've now reached 85 present. we're trying to decrease transmission of the delta variance, so you come here and everybody's vaccinated. done. you're less likely to leave with

the virus. rush stands, the vanguard of a growing movement, nearly 15000 hospitals, about one in 4, across the us, now require staffers to get the coven vaccine, according to the american hospital association, and state like new york, california and washington is issued vaccine mandates for health care workers like it or not, vaccine mandates work. since chicago began requiring a vaccination or a negative test to attend most concert, more people who've gotten vaccinated. and since france began requiring a similar help, fast food in bars, restaurants and most indoor venues. millions more people signed up to get the shot, and that's crucial to reach the kind of immunity that those new variance from popping up. still some are saying no to, we're not elation. and there have been protests across the country by thousands of vaccine wary health care workers. you have every right now to get vaccinated, we're not gonna force you to get vaccinated,

but you may have to find another place to work. that's exactly what happened to workers that are w j born of his health in new jersey, which recently fired half a dozen senior employees for refusing to get vaccinated with more companies in and out of health care. requiring the vaccine to enter the office doors each day. that leaves anti vaccines with increasingly few options. john henry and al jazeera chicago ah headlines on al jazeera, the sour. the taliban is edging closer to the capital capital and its sweeping advance. the arm group is on the verge of capturing yet another city. this time it's got me. if confirmed it would mean the taliban will have taken 10 provincial capitals in the past week. rob mcbride has more from couple and the city got.