several times the program that has been your i to north punitive view of the world today on algae there. ah ah ah. hello, you're watching out to 0. i'm emily anglin, a reminder of our top stories this. our taliban is edging closer to the capital cobble in its sweeping advance. the group has captured me. 10 provincial capitals have fallen in the past week. people love voting and zambia 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. jerry is

beginning, 3 days of mourning up to the number of people killed in wildfires rose to at least 69. the jewelry and red of prison says that more than a 1000 people have been injured. and hundreds of families are homeless. local media in afghanistan facing an uncertain future as the conflict intensifies. a radio station manager and a journalist was killed by suspected taliban fighters this week. now there are plans to evacuate. others to save countries. diplomatic editor james bank has this report. ah, this is going to stop the top rated tv network. tolo media was one of the successes of the country in the last 2 decades are over 200 tv outlet. so over 400 radio stations and over a 1000 newspapers and magazines, but work is getting harder every day is the conflict intensifies. talos needs director, full measure of his order holds his morning meeting to decide on the channels

coverage. he tells me the safety of his team must come 1st. our number one priority is to make sure our colleagues are safe. and then, you know, they're able to go out and do their job. it's all of these journalists. they are showing the most level of bravery and commitment the network, the ones to follow is now a thriving business, but it started as a single radio station. we spoke to the morning d. j. masoud san jose, 15 years ago, he'd previously had a very different life. the young news reader on state radio when the taliban were in control. i've never wanted to go out of afghanistan. the only place i have been was to buy, and that was the 1st of mine out of hopkinson fee. if i go out, if other young people go out, if the other educated people glass or who's building this country,

so we have to work hard to get this country like dubai. that's my dream, really. when we spoke you 15 years ago, you seemed optimistic about the future of afghanistan. are you optimistic now? unfortunately, i would say no. because the 200675. i would say we were seeing kind of stand differently. there were no tele bond. there were no fighting's, there were a lot of money in the market. there were a lot of, i think energy in the country for the progress, which is not anymore. when the taliban ran the country in the 1900000000 tis watching television or holding a musical performance like this was strictly band. stop here or understand to be why not just about the future, but about this safety right now. the son is without doubt. one of the most dangerous places in the world to a journalist or media work in this network tolo. last in one year in

201611, i saw this series of attacks africa photographer fatima his seine has been working to document the lives of when in the country. she told me of her daily concerns. i got so many like messages on my tutor, instagram, and someone else like the talk about members started following me and send me messages. what are you doing and why you are showing them? and like did african women are 9 like this? and especially like my gender and my the city, make me double target the media sector in afghanistan once a success story, now faces an uncertain and dangerous future. james bay's al jazeera cobble helicopter, with 16 people on board, has crashed in russia. it came down in nature reserve in the cam checkup peninsula in the fall raised most of the passengers with tourists. at least 7 feed missing

local report, saying 9 people have been rescued and investigation is underway. britain's most famous police officer says detectives will be reviewing a racing allegations made against britain prince. andrew is being sued in the us by virginia to fry, who says he sexually assaulted her when she was just 17. for more on this story, we're joined by a nice baka who lived for us there in london. hello the nave. what more did the police chief have to say? well, the head of the london metropolitan police service, the most senior police officer in the country stress her force would now review the evidence against prince andrew. this, of course, following the law suit against the prince launched in the united states earlier on in the week. it's important to stress that this is not the same as an investigation that have been to previous reviews of the evidence before. and on both occasions

the conclusion has been the same, not to take the case for any further. the conclusion, this time round could well be the same, given that this is a civil suit last and a different jurisdiction by us all authorities. and there is no risk of expedition being demand by the united states or authorities. the conclusion may well regard when it comes to the evidence gathering gathered here they are just again, not to take this case any further, nevertheless crescent. dick did say that no body was above the law based, suggesting that if new evidence did surface things could be very different. just to give you an idea of the law suit launched by virginia to phrase the legal team on monday at accuses pin prince andrew of the rape of abida. when jeffrey was 17 years old and also allegedly,

the victim of sex trafficking in 3 different locations in london in new york in the residence of the disgrace financed the jeffrey epstein, who took his own life in 2012 in jail and also on private island owned by jeffrey, i've seen prince andrew's team have fiercely avoided facing, or any of these allegations had only been accused of stonewalling and of the allegations made over the united states and prince andrew has been firm to deny all of these allegations even in think that a photograph that surfaced of. busy prince andrew defray, apparently together in the late 99032 thousands may have been dr. that's his view of the situation. interesting, indeed, any word? i mean, i know this is unlikely, but any word from the royal family and the damage that the civil service could have on them. well, the rural families response is always to be completely silent and hope that it all

blows over. but this is a scandal that clearly isn't going away and print very much. cutting a lonely figure at the moment. the rest of the whole family appear to be closing. rank saying that prince andrew is laying low up in scotland. queen elizabeth residence in the moral his legal team have $21.00 days in which to respond. doesn't say this isn't as if he's been accused or faces charges by the likes of the f b i. so he will not be extra to the little one lawyer representing jeffrey have him says that the prince could face the charges of millions of millions of dollars. should the case go against him? i think the chances of him travelling to be nice states anytime soon will be very, very slim as well. and there have been some line circulating in the british press. coming from people close to the next in line to the throne, prince charles suggesting that he feels that when it comes to his little brother's

hopes of returning to public life, that could be no way back for prince prince andrew. this scandal casting a long shadow over the prince and the royal family as a whole. indeed, thank you for that update needs back a live for us in london. countries across the asia pacific are battling searches of new car. the 19 cases due to the delta variance daily infection, numbers waged new heights in south korea this week. and most cities in australia and the philippines have gone into locked down. got hired la reports from bangkok, from south korea down to australia, 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 stallion 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 to 2 of australia's largest cities, 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. would you government journeymen quote 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 in bangladesh started to receive cove in 1900 vaccine, 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 lockdown this week, as like many of the neighboring nations, it work to stem the rapid spread of new cove at 900 infections and a spike in depth from the virus. scott, either al jazeera, bangkok he zealand has outline plans to re open its borders next to him. but 1st wants to prioritize. it's an occupation campaign, a low vaccination, right. and the highly infectious delta variance a causing concern when hey,

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 cove at 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 fixing 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 cobra, positive crew. all the port workers tested negative, but it exposed

a vulnerability in new zealand defense. you zealand has been able to stay cobit free for most of the panoramic 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 the lens, international isolation will come to a partial end next year. wayne, hey, al jazeera toner, new zealand is rallied re imposing corona virus restrictions to curb a surge in infections fueled by the delta variant measures include a limit on mass gatherings and the implementation of a digital bank. same passport. the health ministry reported more than 5700 cases on wednesday. mexico reported close to $23000.00 cases on wednesday. it pushed the total number of cases past 3000000 since the pandemic began. for the 1st time, this year, old brazilian states, using less than 80 percent of their intensive cabins, as the country finds a 3rd wave of curren virus infections. scientists say vaccines and reducing the number of serious cases, infections and deaths are in decline. all their daily numbers remain high.

panama and columbia have struck a deal aimed at managing the growing migrant crisis, that there should border thousands of people and making the dangerous journey through the dairy and gab, hoping to eventually reach the us. teresa bo has this 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 daring gap, a jungle that separates columbia and panama, and managed to survive on the journey through the jungle. and you can remember says they were robbed and shorter by criminal organizations. and i'm a little guy. we were on 60 people when a man was mosse and weapons, asked us to give them $100.00 each. many of us didn't have the money. we escape the 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 imagined, you walk through a trail and you start seeing bodies that 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 in the gap. in this place, people are giving some shelter, some food they're treated for their injuries. and this is a place where they get ready to continue with our journey video center 0 by migrant show. people trying to cross the mountains and cliffs in the jungle. nobody knows how many people have died this year. they're only the tails of those who saw them go missing. rescue operations have become and every day shall. this video, so that team of panamanian border patrol agents rescuing co migrant course bolt was

destroyed by current countries in the region. i trying to address the ongoing crisis by now my fast. it would like to help them 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 and now to quota to attend to crisis, will start at $650.00 and then go down to $500.00 us. 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 face along the way. they will, i'll just see their daddy and panama hollins parliament, his back to controversial media reform build. the legislation would strengthen a ban on non european firms, controlling polish broadcast, as the opposition says that aims to silence in american news channel that's been

critical of the government for brennan explains. the free media is a chance of thousands of demonstrators in dozens of polish towns and cities have taken up the call that convinced that the right wing government a prime minister, much as of yet ski, is trying to silence the channel t. the 24 whose flagship news program is watched daily by millions that's exhibit. gotcha. so if that happened we would have party propaganda from the possible bosses . no, that would be no democracy, no freedom of speech and nothing for the new law would stop non european own us from having a controlling say can polish broadcasters t v n is owned by the american group discovery, the prime minister said it will protect poland from foreign interference and disinformation, but many see it as late and censorship of a critical media outlets. a move reminiscence of poems communist past bags of what

we're going to be that the source is imposing us. what we have to watch on there has to be in principle, a diverse agenda for every one of the issues of interest. and i'm scared that they will be sent to ship that it will be followed by a lack of democracy. basically a totalitarian state. democracy itself seems in crisis that was outrage on wednesday after the opposition won a vote to postpone the matter until next week. and the speaker to set aside that result and order the vote to be re run by you mean intense political arm twisting and horse trading. the government won the re run and then push the media ownership through by 12. that's the cost of victory, is that the prime minister's justice and law party has been left without a stable parliamentary majority the form of pm donald tusk, as seen by some as a potential leader of a rival coalition near the engine it. oh boy. yes, we will not be indifferent. we are not resigned, we will shout,

we will fight. and we will. we the justice law party has been accused of repeatedly defined democratic principles during its 6 years and passed their ongoing with brussels on the p and course. but on issues including judicial independence and l g b t. right. and the white house says president vital is taking a keen interest in the fate of tv and for now the prime minister is pressing on. but a snap election looks increasingly likely. the whole brennan al jazeera still head on al jazeera ah, a field of dreamers. if you build it, they will come. major league baseball is said to take over the field of dreams. war on that story in just a few minutes. a news

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ah. it's time for sport, he's borrow emily, thank you so much. after a spectacular reception and unveiling little mouse, he has gone down to business, taking part in his 1st training session at paris. danger man on thursday. the former bar sloane captain has been out of action since winning the cope. america with our turn tina in july massey's mission now is to bring the champions league to the french club for the very 1st time. the 34 year old will likely make his debut for p. s. gene next month. chelsea have given themselves a huge booster. how does the new english premier league season? they beat villareal when the way for supercop comes, the ash for the champions leaseholder is one no lapse in the 1st half. but the spanish teen hit back after the break through gera moreno, besides,

couldn't be separated and extra time. so it went to penalty. chelsea went on to quench a $65.00 victory against the ro believe winters. the blues play, their 1st premier league match on saturday against crystal. how do we continue preparation phase and use this match to be ready for set to day? and then we decided, no, we use this match to win it and, and nothing else. so we went with the team, he played already again, godson played already again, taught to him to be in the best shape possible. i'll be 100 percent of our capacity . no, absolutely not, but we are ready to play football matches on a, on a certain level. hey, john champions, mona halla has been knocked out in the 2nd round of the montreal opened by danielle collins. the former was number one, was making her come back from a 3 month injury layoff good thing. didn't go to plan last in 3 facts in an epic match. last thing close to 3 hours. american collins is now extended,

her winning streak to 12 calling. we'll be joined by her copatrick, cocoa golf. in the 3rd round golf was leading qualifier. anastasia, pope of 5 love in the 1st sat before the russian retired an ankle injury because i already hi, john star moot has a subarus bar. shame says the tokyo games will go down in history as one of the best, the lympics for many reasons. the 30 year old was involved in one of them was talked about moments of the games or shame, and his old friend, john marco temporary of italy agreed to share the gold medal rather than compete in a jump off for the title. it was the ultimate act of sportsmanship, and for the tare, it was finally a chance to add the olympic title to his world champion ship crown. i'm sure there is some news caught up with the athlete as he discussed his incredible journey in tokyo. brothers, any one moment, me my friends,

martha decided to share the gold and the we did the great competition. first of all, we have really good friends about those that would be competing since junior years . and then we went to senior at a professional level together. we did a remarkable competition that was the strongest hodge on campus in the history. and we did a great job both from starting high all the way up to 237 and the circumstances that we've been through. he was almost a dream come through. and i just hated for him to be on sort of our of course, for myself as well. so when we end up and $237.00 before $29.00 and the jobs come to us, i'm trying to explain. guys, do you need to jump off or? and i just looked at him as they kind of have 2 goals and he's like, yes, the rest is history because of the fan demick, you know, it was really a special moment there. the, the restriction was you can literally feel it is not the same. i would say the limbic spirit, if you have, for people that did the 1st of the 1st time,

the lympics, they don't know what's the real feel was when it was with audience. and you can go out and explore. so was it a bit different? but actually for us, we need before we come there, we expect is what's going to happen. so we know it's not going to be normal, but we just don't know what's going to be. i just have to give it to the japan 2020 . they did a very good job on terms of organizing the games. they did the maximum to make sure the school and safe and the when we actually get into the village and start to see the athletes coming in. i really start to feel the experience, of course, and the track is not the same without the audience. but we've been waiting for 5 years. we've been around for 5 years and we didn't want. we didn't need actually audience to hire us. we were happy ourself. you can see all the actors really wanted this to happen. it's history really like if you look at old, 820162012 previous games where we come, where we stand and ambition to just get hired on high on winning 2 goals and 24 hours or less. so that was,

wasn't saying was amazing. everyone was so happy goal definitely achieved. and now we just saw that as possible. and major league baseball history is about to be made in a small rural american town of dyer's phil iowa field of dreamers. the organic is the way the chicago white sox next to cornfield made famous in the late eighty's. we're the classic movie. the field of dreams with filmed fans and players will walk through that same cornfield to get to the baseball diamond. it's the 1st time a majorly game will be held in the states has the chance to it's just spectacular. yeah, i got the same tingles that i got when i came here in 1988, and drove down that long driveway for the 1st time. and saw that perfect baseball field at the end of the driveway. and, you know, i've been here many times over the years and it's always special and magical. but there's something about having this new structure, you know, something that's starting memories of their own in a whole new way. okay, and that is all your support for now. i'm going back very much. all right, that,

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