taken from their homes and executed under pressure venezuela's, defense minister of the me to pipe dream said the forces were obliged to the friends that come through from irregular groups that added the human rights needed to be respected. and that the events at the border would be investigated. ah, the taliban sees yet another provincial capital and i'm going to stop this one just 3 hours so couple. ah, watching all just there are like from i headquarters and hi daddy navigate also had the latest fighting takes place as a 3rd day of talks on i've got a son is underway here and they cut her re capital poles open in the presidential on parliamentary elections during the worst economic crisis in decades,

a tight race is expected for the top job and a surge of new cove. it infection trans governments, across asia, and scrambling. ah . hello, we begin and i've gone on where the taliban has captured yet another provincial capital. the latest the fall is the city of gauss, the strategically located on the main road between 10 to her and the national capital capital. the taliban has now taken 10 provincial capitals and just the past week, including fully camry and fines about in the north and fara city in the south. while in cats are a 3rd day of talks involving representatives from i've got tons, government on the taliban is underway. the us envoy has met with diplomats from china focused on and russia, and other meetings involved diplomats from the u. s. u india and as far are also

taking place. more on the talks in a moment. first less spring in charlotte, bella will give us an update from cobble on the situation on the ground and the taliban gains. got to me as you said, the 10th provincial capital in just the last 7 days to put that into context for you. they hadn't been able to secure a provincial capital in 5 years. and now they've managed to get $10.00 and $7.00 days. so that shows you the amount of momentum that they have not gotten me is especially significant. it is the 2nd largest city that managed to grab this week and it's the gateway to the south. if you're going to leave car, will you drive about 3 hours hitting south and you gotta go through gus needs. and now they've managed to get that, that you can't really get south from cobble without going through there. and it's under telephone control. they managed to do the same by taking the province of glenn a few days ago and cut off the nor so ca, becoming increasingly isolated people here becoming increasingly worried about what

that means as, as the telephone continue the momentum. how close to cobble are they going to get and when will they stop? now, god's knee is also important because of its strategic location. the governor. he decided to do a deal with the telephone to get out safely and we understand that he was given an escort by the telephone exchange for could have had to go for the city and it was video of him going through taliban chick points. and the problem was on his way to cobble and then the ministry of interior confirming to us that they arrested him before he reached cobble for court, surrendering without a 5000. he is not the only place where there has been action today, there is heavy pressure on for other provinces, either side of gas, ne, they pop to an earth gone and then the far west, also in, sorry, up and bed. so the government must be looking at all of this a little bit worried. charlotte, what is the afghan government plan to respond or at least take back some control

were spend the last week with the interior minister to get a better idea of how the government is responding to these tele bond games. they are spending a lot of money, a lot of resources on supporting local uprising movement, working with people say strong man, if you will. local leaders and different government strong holds and delegating a little bit of responsibility to them. to create these kind of local, uprise, and forces to both. so the security ranks, they're also relying heavily on the official forces and us and then it strikes. but the problem is they are finite. so as the taliban takes more and more provinces the security forces, having to decide, do we take the special forces a, moving to another province and risk losing this one in order to save that? so some very difficult decisions being made in the upper levels of government at the moment. thank you so much. charlotte's for that reporting from couple mama june,

june has more from the diplomatic talks. and cats are so far, even on day 3 of these talks very few concrete details about what may have been achieved behind closed doors is emerging. thus far. meetings are ongoing. thus far we have seen the envoys for the us are you in u. k e u, china, pakistan. there's also 2 g cast on turkmenistan and turkey. and even the envoy from germany is here today. but again, very little detail as to what is happening behind closed doors. we are expecting that a delegation representing the afghanistan government will be arriving here. i've been told by that delegation that they are expecting to meet with the assembled on boys. and that that meeting should take place over the course of an hour and a half or 2 hours and that they expect that more details will emerge once that meeting has taken place. i've also spoken with dr. abdullah dollars team. he is the

head of the national reconciliation council in afghanistan, and they have issued a statement with regard to a meeting that they held yesterday on day 2 of these talks with the extended troika countries that's comprised of the us, russia, china, and parker, san. it's a group that gets together intermittently, every few months, to discuss ways to try to solve the crisis in afghanistan, and to try to get those parties back to a negotiation and to try to come together and get some kind of lasting piece in afghanistan. that statement says that a plan was presented to the troika countries that said that they have a plan for ghana, stan going forward and that they do not believe that the taliban is negotiating in good faith. they are only delaying things whilst they take over more of the country. william page is a former british ambassador to have gone to san and he is not convinced the taliban

are willing to negotiate seriously. considering their recent gains, telephone we're willing to engage in meetings. we'll talk to the government about does where even before the us had decided to withdraw the troops, they've got what they wanted from the doha process. they've got us to withdraw me the natal truth with role. i can't see why they would, at this stage compromise. they think they can take africa stand by force, and that's what they're going to try and do over the next few months. is they resist the talk to many years. when i was enough kind this down, we try to engage the taliban in a meaningful talk. we, we knew that they represented a constituency in afghanistan, places by helmand and kandahar and other places were always contested by the telephone. so there was an effort to bring them in to talk, but they seemed to, they were resistant. even then when we had 100000 troops in the country,

so i don't see when they're made such dramatic great gains of the past few months. they're going to call a halt at this stage as they will. ready they will try and negotiate if a tow, the only way that negotiate if they get therefore to a stalemate. pole is now open and zombie as presidential on parliamentary elections . president darling goes expected to face a strong challenge from his opposition rival, who is facing him for the 3rd time. soaring unemployment and corruption are among voters biggest concern to as you can see, are coming out to vote. are much awesome. lots of latest from one pulling station in lusaka. usually with elections when pulling stations open. you see lions getting shorter and shorter and shorter, but this one seemed different. this falling say, the other polling physically seen in lieu soccer, people still keep dreaming. in most people who register to vote in the selection are young people, people under the age of about those before and more than 7000000 people have races

to vote in the election. the last election you looking at about 4000000 people. so they seem to be some more kind of interest in the killer polls. now people of course are voting for different candidates based on what they think of the interest . for example, those are supporting the opposition either in the he say that he's a business card unless you perform a 1000000 a they think, you know, the thing was who about finances and maybe he's the right man who could turn around this economy that heavily in debt those are the ports, the governing party, the patriotic front bay that they support present along with pro pro policies the fact that he wants to lower taxes. the fact that he wants to put in place policies that could help the poor more not the rich. the fact that they say that he did a lot of time and these last 2 years trying to develop infrastructure in them year . that's why when you move around, you see in someplace the sub, for example,

nice road, nice bridges, public hospitals going up power stations. the guy, people feel that that is a good thing. one thing people ask was relations that is going to be free and the opposition support is offer straight because they say that when they were trying to campaign, they couldn't do it effectively. the general ban on the one general banner campaigning in them. be a part of the coven 19. but the opposition say the government used it as an excuse to try to live with them. we, when they couldn't campaign effectively. they also say that some of their supporters were beaten, injured, and some of them were killed. the governor parties is what hang on a minute clashes. we also had our support winning parts and also killed and beaten written results are expected, maybe friday afternoon, maybe friday evening, but those are the only be announced in a few days time, people and wandering. of course, if we ever lose you listen is going to accept the results and they're concerned

about political violence and the way forward for the country. the international criminal court chief prosecutor is in talk with susan. he's officials to hand over those wanted for a legit atrocities committed and are for in the early 2, thousands for president bashir is among those thought by the i c. c. he rolled a country for 30 years and so he was out there in 2019 sudanese officials have previously said they would hand bashir and other wanted officials to the court. south african president 0 or i'm opposed to testifying for a 2nd. data corruption, inquiry involving his predecessor on wednesday, rob poster said he tried to combat the corruption, he saw as the country's deputy president during jacob's dumas time and power. these on the commission was set up to probe allegations of corruption during zoom. as 9 year tenure, the former leader has been refusing to testify and is currently serving a 15 month prison term as a result. countries around the asia pacific are battling surges of new,

proven 1900 cases due to the delta variance. daily infection. numbers reach new heights and south korea this week. and more cities and australia and the philippines have gone into lockdown. scott hiler reports from bangkok, from south korea down to us trailer a surge of new cobra, 1900 cases, fueled by the highly infectious delta. very, it has government scrambling to respond, australia's capital camera entered a one week lockdown. the city reported its 1st locally transmitted case in more than a year in the estrella in capital territory. a c t. this decision is as the result of i positive cobit 19 case in the territory. a case has been infectious in the community. we also have positive for wastewater detections around the i say tell you to of australia's largest city sydney and melbourne are also seeing high infection rates despite weeks of being locked down for the 1st time in the pandemic

. south korea posted more than 2000 new daily cases earlier in the week. it led to a plea from the government for people not to travel this upcoming holiday weekend. we do government journeyman court on that. if we don't stop corona virus won't stop . i would like to say to the public that we ask you to refrain from traveling to stay at home during this liberation day holiday. as many of the new cases are outside the heavily populated metropolitan soul area, officials are concerned that those returning to the city could bring cobit 19 with them. this week, the 1st of more than 1000000 rank refugees and bangladesh started to receive cove in 1900 vaccines. 20000 infections and 200 deaths have been recorded in the cox bizarre district location of the refugee camps. we came here with happiness in our heart. we have received a shot after coming here. it's good to see that they are treating everyone equally and managing to process lawfully the usually bustling streets of the philippine

capital manila reduced to a trickle of traffic. only those with authorization can leave their homes. the government impose the heavy 14 day locked down this week, as like many of the neighboring nations, it work to stem the rapid spread of new cove at 1000 infections and a spike in depth from the virus. scott, either al jazeera, bangkok, still ahead on algebra, living in limbo, we talk to migrant, stuck between panama and columbia, with little more than the loads on their back to job or not to job why. health workers in the u. s. or the center for debate over vaccine mandate. ah, it's another beautiful sunny day, a 35000 feet. the weather sponsored by cattle airways booted world's best airline of 2021. hello, nice to see you. right off the bat. we've got to start with the flooding situation

in north korea. there have been days of rain as of late and it is just piling up. so we see rivers rise rapidly. and you know, as we head toward thursday, we still have some showers lingering, round the korean peninsula, but a bit further toward the south, our plum rains are really getting going here. these are training storms, basically parked over one area, bringing out its moisture right through a huge swath of japan. so you have 29 degrees on friday. now if we go a bit further toward the south, the southeast corner of china, so one dong providence, over the past 24 hours is scooped up almost a 100 millimeters of rain. and it's still come in as we head toward friday. okay. for the philippines really from the top and to the bottom, and we are soft into saki conditions. here. manila will get up to a high of 30 degrees, checking in on the be a big goal. in our heavy, it's monsoon rains have really now shoved up against the himalayas and you know, for india is himalayas. we have seen some deadly land slides. meantime,

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a pillow top stories on al jazeera. the taliban is edging closer to the capital capital in its sweeping advance. the arm group is captured, gafney. 10 provincial capitals have fallen in the past week. people are voting in zombie on presidential parliamentary elections. president and carly scene voting here is expected to face a strong challenge from his opposition rival was facing him for the 3rd time. the delta vary interest surging across the asia pacific region. south korea, malaysia have reported a record number of cases. australia capital camera has gone into lockdown, panama and columbia has struck a deal aimed at managing the growing migrant crisis of their shared border. thousands of people mostly from haiti on cuba,

are hoping to make the dangerous journey through the dairy and gap and eventually reach the u. s. there is about hospice report. they have been living in this reception center in panama for 2 days. but this group of cubans says, what they experienced over the past week was like a nightmare. they ventured into the dairying gap, a jungle that separates columbia and panama, and managed to survive. on the journey through the jungle and cut, amanda says they were robbed and short had by criminal organizations. and i'm a little got to us. we were on 60 people when a man was mosse and weapons, asked us to give them 100 dollars each month. many of us didn't have the money, we escaped that situation because on the other side of the river, somebody started shooting and we were in the middle with pregnant women and lots of children. and then they says, the group lost all their belongings and still be the scars of the jungle. they tell you one thing, but you see another imagine you walk through

a trail and you start seeing bodies. thousands of people are daring to make the crossing. they come from cuba, haiti, and other countries around the world. there's over 300 people in this reception center, most of them call themselves survivors of the area and gap in this place. people are giving some shelter, some food they're treated for their injuries, and this is the place where they get ready to continue with our journey video center is era by migrant show. people trying to cross the mountains and cliff in the jungle. nobody knows how many people have died this year. there are only the tales of those who saw them go missing. rescue operations have become an everyday show. this video shows a team of panamanian border patrol agents rescuing co migrant force. bolt was destroyed by car rent. countries in the region i trying to address the ongoing

crisis. by now my fast, it would like to help the migrants, but insists needs to organize the flow. by now my, my husband receiving 1000 migrants a day which surpasses our capacity and the capacity of our neighbors. so we are now to quote, to attend the crisis. we will start at $650.00 and then go down to $500.00. controlling the entrance to panama is a major challenge. people here don't know how or when they will arrive, but they're determined to reach north america. despite the dangers they faced along the way. they said, well, i'll just see their daddy in panama. griffin's government has puts billions of dollars in aid for communities hit by the devastating wildfires. those who have lost homes will get cash payouts on tax exemptions. rein overnight help to improve the situation in some areas. but flareups continue on via the arcade region. fires have been ongoing for 2 weeks, fueled by the worst droughts in over 30 years. and at least 69 people have been

killed and wildfires across algeria as a country commence is 3 days of morning. julian wolf has more on the story. as a jury, a continues to battle these raging wildfires, and a lot of operations is underway on the ground and from the skies. when you're ready to jump, we're watching the fire to try to prevent it from spreading further, but it seems to be impossible. and now reached our zone. emergency crews and villagers are doing everything they can with what little they have. using buckets of water, hoses and branches. the desperation is clear as people raise to save more homes from burning to the ground and prevent further loss of life. in numer, 2 people have died of schools and houses down the villages of lithia homes to take refuge. and can you tell me the hardest hit area is

a mountainous region of ca beale, east of the syrian capital as many as 18 provinces and total are affected guy and bodily. there is a lot of damage, some of lost their homes. lots of things. nature will not recover soon, but given that the people here live off their olive groves, this is only the beginning of the disaster. was the government has deployed the army, but dozens of soldiers were among those who died during the rescue operation. and the government is now calling for international help. the european union is lending its plains that were used to battle the wildfires in greece. algeria prime minister has visited to the do one of the affected regions announcing the president's plans to compensate those who have been effected as a country enters the 3 days of national morning. post disaster relief operations are already underway with residents teaming up with charity organizations to

collect necessities for those that are injured and the hundreds of families left homeless. we responded to an announcement asking to collect donations and medicines and that's what we did. but i make here another urgent announcement to all pharmacies and l g area we need medicine. algeria is just one of several nations battling wildfires as record breaking temperatures spark widespread devastation. but authorities here believe many of the flames were deliberately let julian wolf al jazeera wave, as also fanning wildfires into his ears. western mountainous region temperature is on wednesday. reach highs of 49 degrees celsius demand for electricity to run. air conditioning has led to power cuts. 6 people have died in floods and turkeys, northern black sea provinces. the area was hit hard by heavy rain this week. several homes have been destroyed and vehicles were swept away. doesn't have been

injured and at least one person is reported missing. amnesty international. so sexual violence has been systematically used as a weapon of war and te gray. in a report it says hundreds of women and girls have been raped. mainly by if your pin and era tray and soldiers have morgan reports. they face 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 laboring. amnesty international, interviewed more than 60 victims. and in a report, say, soldiers from the european and returned armies. i'm harris, special forces and militia, as are the main perpetrators. we met were 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. for military soldiers from the heart got me and took me to

a house there. 2 of them read me 4 days there refused to give me food or water. they beat me when i tried 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 t gray. i get a book and told us she still haunted by her ordeal. i missed these reports as the acts of sexual violence constitute where 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 expert on sexual violence in conflict. any special representative on the se misuse. now 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 may. several reports have been released on sexual violence in particular conflict, some of which also accused to grand people's liberation front or t p less 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 pastors fixing these, like the feeling of shame of report thing may be said, why don't know what that is said, will you be able to give you the com and all these talks

contributing to and the report thing if you p as government has previously described the allegations as propaganda, but in me it convicted 3 european soldiers and indicted 25 others for rape and other forms of sexual violence from any survivors. just as while from being therapy . he but morgan all just the room. a helicopter with 16 people on board has crossed, and russia came down in a nature reserve and become shatka pen until on the far east. most of the passengers worth tourists of the 7 are feared missing. local reports say 9 people have been rescued and an investigation is underway into the cause a fat accident hospital workers across the u. s. a found themselves at the center of a national debate on covered 1900 vaccines, their coals to make jobs mandatory for all health employees. but many are refusing to get the vaccine while continuing to care for sick patients. john henry 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 at risk. 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, or at least partly vaccinated recovered 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 percent. were 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 rushed and 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 states like new york, california and washington is issued vaccine mandates for health here 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 gotten vaccinated. and since france began requiring a similar help, fast food and bars, restaurants and most indoor venues, millions more people signed up to get the shot. and that's crucial to reach the kind of heard immunity that those new variance from popping up. still some are saying, no, we're not elation. and there have been protests across the country by thousands of vaccine wary health care workers. 7 you have every right not 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. it r 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, hello again. the headlines on al jazeera, the taliban is edging closer to the capital capital and it's sweeping advance. the arm group is captured, gafney, which lies on an important highway. 10 provincial capitals have now fallen in the past week alone. charlotte bellis isn't capital with more on the african governments respond.