story for you. we do have this cold front right here, so north of it, we've got warm air, but toward the south, fresh condition. so why don't fairies, 11 degrees on friday. that sure weather thanks for your company. sponsored pay cut on airways. the news this is al jazeera. ah hello, i'm emily angland. this is a news ally from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes. the taliban sees yet another provincial capital in afghanistan. this one just 3 hours south of cobbled. ty rice, he's expecting for the top job in zambia. voting is underway in presidential and parliamentary elections during the worst economic crisis in decades. no one is

above the law says you can police reviewing allegations against prince andrew is accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl. and it's for a child to get a huge booster head of their new english family campaign. and champions like winter as be 0, police older villareal and penalty shoot out when the way ah we begin in afghanistan, where the taliban has captured yet another provincial capital in its sweeping advance across the country. the light is territorial gains by the group is in the city of god's knee, which is just a couple of hours drive away from the national capital. it confirms us officials concerns that cobble could fall to the taliban within just 90 days. god's me is strategically located on the main road between candle high and

a few hours away from cobbled. it means the taliban has taken 10 provincial capitals in just the past week, including police co mri and pfizer, bad in the north and ferocity in the south. while fighting continues to control kandahar and to other provincial capital, herat and lashed in doha 3rd day talks involving representatives from afghanistan, government and the taliban is under way. the us envoy has met with diplomats from china, pakistan and to russia. and other meetings involving diplomats from the u. s. a. u . india and guitar are also taking place. will go to my home a jumped him shortly who's covering those people in. medic talks here in dough. but 1st, let's cross live to charlotte bell as in cobble. hello, the charlotte. tell us about the significance of the light is prevention capital being taken by the taliban? he said 10 provincial capitals and just 7 days. but to put that into context for

year. the last time they managed to get a provincial capital was 5 years ago, and they're only held that briefly. so it really shows you how quickly they are moving to get pain in just a week. that governing is especially significant. it is the 2nd biggest city they have managed to catch this week. behind condos. like you said, gateway to the south. you had to drive through the a to keep going to southern afghanistan. and now they've managed to cut that off. the governor. we understand he may have done a deal with the taliban. there was videos of him going through. got me into the neighboring province of war, death, onto his way to cobble with even a taliban escort. the ministry of interior telling us as soon as he entered government territory, he was arrested the court failing to fight and surrendering without a fight. these the, or the government is not the only place where there was action today, there has been heavy fighting across the country in the neighboring provinces to go new taliban to turning their attention to those that is tactic. and ers gone and

also in the waste in a far yup, and bad geeks and shallow. what is the african governments military strategy to slow down the series of advances? who has seen the last week with the terry administer who controls police forces in afghanistan, about 130000 people under his command. we went to war with him and we for as he met with local commanders and also the local leaders who have gathered min, calling the local uprising forces and the government that she tried to support these type of groups across the country with local leaders in different government strongholds, giving them moms giving them money to help both to the security forces. a lot of people abandoning their check posts, they say they're going to bring those people back and use them to circle the cities and protect the city. so they're really trying to think strategically about protecting their assets at the cities, highways, border crossings. they're also using the special forces and scan and us. it strikes

relying on them heavily in some of these places to keep the telephone out. but as the telephone takes more cities, the decision making process becomes much harder for the government because they may have to move some of these groups to protect one province. they have to move special horses to it and they risk losing another sort of very difficult decisions for the government at the moment. plenty of moving parts to this one. thank you for that update. charlotte bell is joining us live from cobbled. let's head to ma, jump jim. now who's live for us in durham with more and those diplomatic talks mohammad, it's day 3 of 3. has any progress be made at all? the only just in the past 5 minutes, the delegation for the taliban has arrived here at the venue for these talks. they walked into the conference hall, which you see behind me, behind my left shoulder. and about 10 minutes before that the meeting that would be held between the african government delegation and the envoys who've assembled here . that ended,

we saw that crop de la de la. he is the chairman of the high council for national reconciliation, afghanistan. he walked out with the members of the ap can government delegation were waiting to find out what exactly was in that meeting. we know from a statement issued earlier by doctor de la dollars office that the african government delegation presented a plan. they say can get a canister out of its current crisis to their host here in proper the corporate government. and that, that plan has been discussed with the extended troika countries. that's a group that's comprised of the us, russia, china, and pockets on they met on the sidelines of these talks yesterday. and that is a group that gets together intermittently. the last meeting was here and how in april 30th it is a moscow back initiative. they get together to try to come up with solutions for the crisis and half can extend and try to formulate some sort of piece plan going forward. now there's been a lot of delicate difficult diplomacy playing out here over the course of the last

2 and a half days. a lot of the diplomats that have gathered here have really been loath to speak to the media, really goes to show just how fragile the situation is. the fact that these talks are happening in any form right now really goes to show just how concerned the international community is about the rapidly deteriorating situation in afghanistan . and what a lot of the diplomats are telling me privately. the diplomats that are here is that they would really like to come up with some way to get the intra afghan piece plan intra app can dialogue and talk back on track. the last time there was one of those inter african piece talks was in mid july here in don't have at that point that ended very much in stalemate. in deadlock, there really hasn't been much momentum to get those talks back on track. and especially now at such a critical time and i've kind of stand when the taliban really seems to have the momentum, they've taken over so much territory and they're continuing to take over territory . there is a lot of concern here amongst a diplomats. they're really not going to be able to exert any leverage over the

taliban. we know that the us special envoy for are going to sends all makes and models are conveyed a message that there would be no international recognition. this mentioned was going to tell him that there will be no international recognition if the taliban were to seize by force the government of afghanistan. but there really have been clarity from the taliban as to what exactly they are prepared to do to try to get the piece process back on track. so really at this hour very much a question as to what exactly can be achieved. there is a huge push here to try to make sure that a piece plan is back on track. but many of the participants really wondering what exactly can be achieved and with a thank you very much for that update mohammed jam. jim reporting for us live in doha. as us forces withdrawal from iraq and afghanistan, the bottom administration is retaining its military presence in north a syria. just under a 1000 troops remained to prevent the resurgence survival. they're fighting alongside the mainly kurdish syrian and democratic forces. as i'm

a being jervey has more from northern iraq. the inbound helicopter is returning from syria, as soldiers are ordered to come home from the front. their mission in the us led coalition will continue in syria. the biden administration is committed to attaining us military presence in ne, syria on the ground. every few weeks us all just very equipment and supplies from iraq to naughty, syria itself is the most important mission for us because it keeps a barrier to help. so that wave isis does come back into another region. we're able to keep them back. just under a 1000, troops are left in syria to see if got oil facilities and continue effort against what's left devices that are finding out obligations in iraq and applied to sun. but inside syria, us troops continue just later, all of trying to secure the area. and this, or the high school,

quite does or not referred to the current vendors and seeing about gone forces in the debacle of us to withdraw from iraq in 2011. as again, put the capabilities of us back forces under the spotlight. you're spotless in ne, syria are mainly could is city and democratic forces, or s d f. in addition to agreements with us forces, the s d f made a deal with russia in december to deploy russian troops to towns near the turkish border. most as the f i t as are from the kurdish people's protection group are right. b, g, linked with the kurdistan workers party, also known as p k. k. it's a complicated composition to be considered the might be g, a terrace group, and the p k. k. is designated as the terrorist by the united states and the european union. the f d. f also controls jails for isolate detainees. last year, a you in commission of inquiry unfair, you said the long term internment of allegedly ice and associated individuals in the northeast by the f d. f demands to unlawful deprivation of liberty in humane conditions. in $2900.00

human rights watch found women locked up without charge in the open air. whole camp test him and he spoke of and mouth guards from the kurdish forces arresting boys older than 12. things have reportedly improved and then use force to say they have faith in f d f, but have no oversight. now as far as for all those, you know, those types of issues, i have no disability of that, right? so because i don't partner with them and again, this is just observing from a distance what, what? because i own that battlespace, right? of ne, syria. and it tells me that they do have the capabilities, conduct complex operations. on the invitation of the coalition elevator tried to enter the area under s d f control. but the us military was stopped by the group. a senior member of the coalition told al jazeera, the sd of said no to your visit to syria, into their country, so oil are,

will comply. we will cancel the theory, a portion. kenneth scott 1st came to the middle east 33 years ago. he now leads 2000 troop spread across 4 countries. the s d f decision to block access game as a surprise to him as well. now if you're asking me if a area continuously, you know, locks down on all its media and preventable, of course, is always concerned about that. i mean, that's, you know, the american concept is freedom of the press. you know, i mean we, we support that and understand it as the type of the gate gets ready to wind down its deployment question, still remain about detainee abuse, media, freedom and human rights in areas under the control of partners they've trained armed and will eventually leave in charge some of the java thousands era or be military base. the international criminal court chief prosecutor is in talks as soon as officials to hand over those wanted for alleged atrocities committed in dafoe or in early 2 thousands. former president or ma bashir is among those sort by

the i say say he ruled the country for 30 years until he was asked of in 2019. so denise officials have previously said they would hand over the sheet and other wanted officials to the court. paul's have openings ambien presidential and parliamentary elections. president edgar longo is expected to face a strong challenge from your position rival who is facing him for the 3rd time. soaring unemployment and corruption are among voters and biggest concerns. a room or tessa has the light. it's from appalling station in the 2nd. usually with elections when pulling stations open, you see lions getting shorter and shorter and shorter. but this one seemed different. this falling face and other pulling physically seen in lusaka, people still keep dreaming. in most people who register to vote in the selection are young people, people under the age of about 54 and more than 7000000 people have races devoted

this relation. the last lecture you're looking at about 4000000 people. so they seem to be from more kinds 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 heat level say that he's a business economist, super false, a 1000000 a. they think he knows the thing to about finances and maybe he's the right man who could turn around this economy that heavily in debt. those of the ports, the governing party, the patriotic front bay that they support present with pro pul policies affecting the 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 even rossi is trying to develop infrastructure in them via that's why when you move around, you see in someplace the sub, for example, nice road, my bridges,

public hospitals are going up. power stations are going to be will feel that that is a good thing. one thing people ask was relations that, is it going to be free and opposition report is frustrated. they say that when they were trying to campaign, they couldn't do it effectively. the general bad outcome was 0 ban campaigning in them be a part of the proven 1900, but the opposition say the government used it as an excuse to try to limit them when they couldn't campaign effectively. they also say that they're supportive 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 i was also only be announced in a few days time, people and not 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. plenty more head on the news out way, including communities. now jerry is say they're having to fight the fight themselves as the number of dead prizes. new zealand sets out a roadmap to reopen the borders, but says the priority is complaining. it's about same rollout and light. it was a true gesture of olympics chip cut machine and told to algebra about who shed golden moment. a 6 people have died in floods. in turkey's northern black sea provinces, the area was hit hard by heavy rain this week. several homes have been destroyed and vehicles was swept away. doesn't have been injured, and at least one person is reported to be missing. at least 69 people have been killed in wildfires across algeria as the country commences 3 days as morning.

julian wolfe has more on the story. as a jury, a continues to battle the raging wildfires in a what a ration is underway on the ground. and from this guys we're watching the fire to try to prevent it from spreading through that. but it seems to be impossible and now reached al 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. people have died, schools and houses down the villages of lift their homes and take refuge in communal hold on. 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. there is a lot of damage,

some of lost their homes last the thing. nature will not recover soon. given that the people here live off their olive grove, this is only the beginning of the disaster. 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 issue one of the effected 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, the president seeming of charity organizations to collect necessities for those that are injured and the hundreds of families left homeless. that we responded to an announcement asking to lex donations and medicines. and that's what we did tell

you, but i make here another urgent announcement to all pharmacies in l. g area. we need medicine here. i'll dear, it 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 lift, gillian wolf, al jazeera. joining us from the province of tis, it was who is my her ms. i he, he's a journalist who's been covering these, forrest 5, thanks for joining us. mahar we've seen in julian's report, those devastating sayings, but there really is a sense of community in fighting these 5 isn't there. yeah, absolutely. today i went through the center of teacher with where there is a sort of makes the distribution center set up where donations of drew mandatory. and it seemed in from all corners of the country, anything from bottles of water to baby diapers, to note to juice. and these were being loaded into trucks and this is different villages in the province of teaser was the hardest buddy wildfires. and what more

can you tell us about how the public is reacting to the government or the lack of help from governmental authorities get there? there's a lot of desperation, a lot of anger and a lot of sadness. i'm not sure if you can see behind me, but there is a massive wildfires just down in this, in this little valley. and behind me there's sorry in front of me. there is a road where people are evacuating their homes because these wildfires are spreading so rapidly it is dry. there are very high winds. i'm not sure if you can hear them upwards of 20 kilometers per hour and people are really desperate to find a solution. but unfortunately, they feel like the government has been equipped to deal with site solutions, and they're all waiting. funnily enough, i just spoke to someone there waiting for the french aircraft that are supposed to be coming. and one of them joke and he said perhaps he lost his airport. sorry, left the passport. so. so it's a desperate situation. at least i can find some sense of humor in that desperate situation. what, how do you see the next few days awakes unfolding?

i see a bunch of trucks here of young men and young women with shovels, water tank or anything they can put this far as i suspect that they'll continue the fight or the next 3 or 4 days, both through airplane. but the funds government are funding over it will also be here helping buyers with a capacity of 6000 leaders that they can mix with retards, and salt water to help. but all the fires, filter and military have also some helicopters, the, the population disposal both have a capacity of 1000 meters source is going to be fighting as far as, as much as possible. unfortunately for the rest of the week, temperatures will need to be in the forty's with your percent chance of precipitation. so not looking good here. well they've, they've actually been described as the most destructive 5 or some of the most destructive fines in the country's history. what is your experience on the ground? what are you actually saying?

i've never seen anything like this. there are really whole valleys, whole slots of land that are completely chris. they're carbonated, i've never seen anything like this. i've never heard of wildfires causing 70 death . however, welfare's do happen on a yearly basis and all of that is not new, but never to be construction. and i think that is what people find suspicious. and that is, i think, why even the government arson, however, the government dates so far but presented any evidence for those plans. you have arrested 3 people in the province of medea and one person in apartments of i'm not but thank you for your comprehensive report. there my, her ms. he voting for us live there. the great prime minister says the reason why 5 or he's country is the biggest ecological, catastrophic catastrophe. rather, in decades, the government has pledged billions of dollars in aid for people and forests hit by the fires. those who have lost homes will get cash pads and tax exemptions named

best robbie joins us live now from athens. hello, the greek ladies who spoken today and what do they have to say? that's right in a press conference earlier this morning, greece's prime minister, as you said, describe these wildfires as the worst technological disaster, his country, a scene in decades. and he also said that the threat from wildfires is still not over the danger continue to exist because the wild far season is not over yet. and crucially, he doubled down on a controversial policy for which he has been criticized of ordering massive accusations of affected areas. he said there was nothing for it, but for the government to take that action into prioritize human life over property . but we spoke to people in some of the worst effected areas of brief on every island who said that letting properties burn has created a crisis of its own. then i hope you can let me know my buddy. god,

they're going to put the ball. there is anger and regret in when wildfires began greece's prime minister kitty, accustomed 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. if you've anything not even get back with me, 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 for us to say. thank you. very interesting. 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 are the people who saved their homes. even the wildfires in heavier happened at the same time as the ones in the north of athens. residents blamed the decision to divert rescue teams and water dropping aircraft away from area 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 to speed the leader in my house, co fi. everything was burned, detractors, agricultural equipment, animals warehouses in food. that's what we lived off. we asked to help and nobody

offered it. my husband was to this tractor in the other villages to help fight fires and now house burned down. what can i say? what else can i say at this church or community center and rub? 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 it 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. government surveyors have started assessing the damage and though money has not changed hands yet, the men in charge hope a government relief plan will help to lift morale and quell public anger. but there is a trust deficit issue as well. we spoke to people who said, promises made when a disaster is fresh,

are rarely kept. and 10 days in may be too soon anyway. to put a price on a crisis that is still happening. zane bus robbie: oh, jazeera grove, yes. village on greases area island. it's time now for the weather. he's jeff. hello, good to see. once again, we're talking about a blast of heat through europe this time on the southern italian island, a sicily look at this 48.8 degrees. that is now good for the all time temperature record across europe. so likely no surprise and that southern areas of italy are under an excessive heat, warning, red weather alert. we refer to it as not only there, but also areas of croatia and northern spain as well. so let's go to spain check on the conditions. they're core to about 42 degrees on thursday, but by saturday you could be up to 47, crank up your temperature there, and that could be good enough for an all time temperature record. meantime, scenes of flooding for turkey's northeastern black sea region, we've got rescues going on there. and this is all because of

a disturbance over the black sea, almost like a tropical like psych loan, just throwing buckets of rain for places like our hobby on friday. meantime, for northwestern europe, we've got a disturbance moving over central in northern parts of the british isles. a mix of sun in cloud, though, for london and unsettled for the baltic states, with some jolts and boards for western areas of russia. when this broadcast across the gulf of guinea, where we've got our storms going pretty good, and some storms for engine mina on thursday. that's your update. see soon, still ahead on al jazeera, a surge of new coven infections, has governments across asia and oceana scrambling. and our number one priority is to make sure our colleagues are safe, the news and entertainment enough. get this done feeling under threat from the taliban takeover and in support. these former, well, number one's come back, didn't quite to plan details with for later in

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the several time program that has been your i to, nor punitive you today on algebra. oh, a hello. you're watching out a 0. i'm emily. angling a reminder of our top stories. this. our taliban is edging closer to the capital cobble in its sweeping advance. the group has captured and guides me. came provincial, capitals, have full, and in the past week people are voting exam b as presidential and parliamentary elections. president ed go longer scene voting here is expected to face a strong challenge from his opposition rival facing him for the 3rd time.