to discover the current events with diverse coaches and conflicting politics. ah, when i went on out there ah . but taliban sees yet another provincial capital in afghanistan. this one just 3 hours south of cobble. the latest finding comes as a 3rd day of diplomatic tools take place. here in the contrary capital i hello, i'm emily. angry. this is al jazeera live from jo howell. so coming up a tie, race is expected for the top job bins. ambia voting is underway in the presidential

and parliamentary elections during the worst economic crisis in decades. and communities in algeria say that having to fight the files themselves as a number of dead rises. ah, we begin this hour in afghanistan where the taliban has captured yet another provincial capital in its sweeping advance across the country. the light is character gains by the armed 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. guys me strategically located on the main road between kandahar and a few hours away from cobble. it means that taliban has taken 10 provincial capitals in just the past week, including police comrey and finds a band in the north and ferocity in the south. and fighting continues to control

kandahar and to other provincial capitals, herat and lash. diplomatic talks on the situation in afghanistan are underway here in doha. the afghan government delegation has finished a meeting with international envoys. now taliban representatives have begun discussions with diplomats mohammad jam. jim has this update. we saw rob de la de la, he is the chairman of the high council for national reconciliation. i'm going to send, he walked out with the members of the african government delegation. we are waiting to find out what exactly was discussed in that meeting. we know from a statement issued earlier by dr. de la bell is office that the african government delegation presented a plan. they say can get off campus and out of its current crisis to their hosts here in 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 in high and april 30th. it is a moscow back initiative. they get together to try to come up with solutions for the crisis and afghans and, 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 african dialogue and talk back on track the last time there was one of

those inter africa and piece talks was in mid july here endure at that point that ended very much and still made in deadlock. there really hasn't been much momentum to get those talks back on track. william pavey is a full british ambassador to afghanistan is not convinced the taliban are willing to negotiate seriously, considering their race and gangs telephone. we're willing to engage in meaningful talk to the government of afghanistan, where before us had decided to withdraw the troops, they've got what they wanted from the due process. they've got us to withdraw me the nature of truth with roll. 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, they will try and negotiate if a tow, the only way that negotiate if they get their fought to a stalemate. u. s. defense official has told the reuters news agency taliban fighters could take over the capital cobble within 90 days. the official spoken norman lee citing intelligence reports on tuesday. president joe biden said he did not regret his decision to withdraw troops. she had her tansy live for us in washington. hello, that she had, what's the latest from the bond and ministration, considering now we're at 10 provincial capitals. biden's holding firm. he has been

asked repeatedly whether he regrets this decision, whether he'll back track on the messages constantly. no, the afghans have to fight for themselves. now we've spent a trillion dollars over 20 years and i've gotten this done. we've equipped with modern equipment, 300000 supposedly africa, nationals because we also know that much of many of these figures are very questionable. and when we will have to be africa and papers at the end of last year, which will lead to the washington post, that basically the u. s. has been lying to the world about progress and i've got to start. but anyway, that's the official line. is there are 300000 african troops who is out numbers the taliban? theoretically, that has been a slight shift in tone, which has been there just there. whereas in the past bite, well if you have ministrations would say look, and so we've trained them so they, they're capable of fight of the tal about. now that isn't so much the messages. now look, if they can't fight it well, that's not our problem anymore. if not now, then when is the is the argument from the bye didn't ministration about the withdrawal, but it's clear that even the bite administration has been taken by surprise by the

swiftness with which the taliban has swept through afghanistan. bel, real fear is that about cobble falling, we understand that are all negotiations on the way or the deliberations under way about evacuating the u. s. embassy and cobble of some 4000 american plus know that because, and you'll hear this reframe quite a bit. the one thing to bite administration really wants to avoid all scenes that can be compared to the last choppers leaving the u. s. embassy in saigon in 1975. this was incredibly damaging to the administration of the time. it's, i mean, the argument isn't so much, perhaps, what should the us withdraw that still has overwhelming us public support, but where the republicans may be able to make some in red, even though if any of them support donald trump's. donald trump's timetable and to withdraw is the manner of the withdraw. another way to show the biting is in actually just the last hour. donald trump issued

a statement saying this would never have happened if i was to, if there wasn't a rigged election and i was still president. so he's not necessarily the actual withdraw, but a matter of the withdrawal where they might be some political blow back. and you can see that some republicans, including donald trump, a sensing blood in the water. thank you for that. up update, she have returns the we appreciate that we're actually gonna cross the live now to cobble with some breaking news. charlotte balance is there for us. what are you hearing on the ground there? charlotte? will the taliban have just tweeted that? they have taken kandahar city, we don't understand that to be entirely true, but we do understand that there is intense fighting happening in kandahar city right now. there have been videos starting to see power on, on social media, but cell phones down in the city. this is the 2nd biggest city in afghanistan. it is the birthplace of the taliban. they have been fighting for it for a number of months. the government has st. special forces there to protect the city

. it is a huge asset for the government and a huge priority for the government to hold onto that city. hundreds of thousands of people lives via cell phones. went down there earlier today. we understand that the telephone had been pushing, but it's only just now that we've started to hear little bits of information about the taliban being in the heart of the city have be fighting ongoing. some videos of convoys of security forces coming out on social media, showing them exiting the city. so there's a lot happening there, the telephone claiming it. but as far as we are aware, there was still a heavy fighting ongoing via and fighting around the government. if i go to the west, we also understand there was heavy fighting happening. been also and it is a city and this is also just happening in the last few hours. this starting to come out. i've seen one video of gunfire being her just a few 100 meters from the governors compound in the center of the city pro

telephone account on twitter a saying that they have claimed the police headquarters there. although we cannot confirm that at this point. and also a 3rd city last chicago, which is the provincial capital of home, and that city has essentially been under siege for about 2 weeks now. we've been talking to residents and they said they have been under heavy aerial bombardment that they have just listen to constant gone fire with the taliban in the city and urban warfare between security forces and, and the telephone in that city. we are hearing now from the taliban. they are claiming that the prison is broken just in the last hour or 2. but we also cannot confirm that we are trying to stay up, although they did manage to take over the police headquarters in chicago. i guess today after they, they actually just drove a cobble into the front of the police headquarters to break the barrier and into it . so this is incredibly significant, the 2nd biggest city, and it's going to stand the 3rd biggest city in afghanistan under a heavy attack, as we speak with taliban seen in the center of those cities. we understand that

there are special forces in kansas. ha. but we understand that they are at the airport and it's unclear what kind of experiences they may be trying to mount at this point. okay, well keep us updated then no doubt, we'll cross back to you later on in the day shall at bella reporting for life. the international criminal court chief prosecutor is in talks of sudanese officials to hand over those wanted for alleged atrocities committed in dafoe in early 2 thousands former president omar bashir is among those sorts. busy by the i say say he rode the country for 30 years until he was allison in 2019 sit in a the official have previously said they would hand the she and other wanted officials to the court. polls have opened in zambia as presidential and parliamentary elections. president ed got longer, longer, rather is expected to face a strong challenge from his opposition rival, who facing him for the 3rd time. soaring unemployment and corruption are among

voters biggest concerns. how route tessa has delayed it? from a polling station in a 2nd, usually with elections when pulling stations open, you see lines getting shorter and shorter and shorter. but this one seems different at this falling station and other pulling 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 no more than 7000000 people have races devoted miss relation. the last lecture you're looking at about 4000000 people. so they seems 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 heat level say that he's a business going economist, super false, 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 with pro pul 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 even rossi is trying to develop infrastructure in them via that's why when you move around, you see in some places in the south, for example, nice road, my bridges, public hospitals are going up power sessions, people feel that that is a good thing. one thing people ask was a solution that is going to be free and the opposition support is offer straight. say that when they were trying to campaign, they couldn't do it. the fits to the general ban on the 10 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 limit them when they couldn't campaign effectively. they also say that while they're supportive were beaten, injured and some of them were killed. the governor parties is but hang on a minute dream these clashes. we also had our support from the ruling party. also killed and beaten. written results are expected, maybe friday afternoon, maybe friday evening, but i was also only be a mouse in a few days time people. and now wondering, of course, if we have a lose, you listen is going to accept the results. and they're concerned about political violence and the way forward for the country. the great prime minister says the reason why fi is his country's biggest ecological contest fee in decades because of him and has pledged billions of dollars in aid for people who find the 5. those who have lost homes will get cash pads and tax exemptions. algeria is president, has promised funds to support communities effective by wildfires. there at least 69

people have been killed and 3 days of national warning. and being in the red crescent says more than a 1000 people have been injured and hundreds of families, a homeless my, her mazata, he is a journalist in the province of to the loser. he's been covering the forest fines there. i see a bunch of trucks here of young men and young women with shovel water tanks, dirt, anything they can put on the 1st message that will continue the fight or the next 3 or 4 days, both through airplanes. but the french government are sending over it will also be here help and put all those fires with a capacity 6000 meters at the can mix with retards and salt water to help with the fire builder and military have also put us some helicopters than the population disposal both have a specialty of 1000 meters source is going to be fighting too far as much as possible. unfortunately for the rest of the week, what needs to be in the forty's with your perfect chance of facilitation. so i'm not looking good. i've never seen anything like this. there are really whole

valleys, whole slots of land that are completely christian. they're carbonated, never seen anything like this. i've never heard of wildfires causing 70 deaths, however, welfare is happening on a yearly basis and all that is not new but never to this destruction. and i think that is what people find suspicious. and that is, i think, why even the governments into the arson, however, the governance of to date so far has not presented any evidence for the quinn's have arrested 3 people in the province of medea and one person in the province of another. still ahead on al jazeera, a surge of new cars. it infection has governments across asia and oceana scrambling and living in limbo. we told to migrant stuck between panama and columbia for a little more than the clothes on there. i

hello. thanks for tuning in, it really is the catch 22 for the southwest monsoon. let me show you what i mean. so for the west coast of india are monsoon is less active and in fact for places like new delhi over the next few days, we're going to get into a mix of sun in cloud. but for the indian state of b har, up toward the himalayas. this is really where our buckets of rain are falling, and you know, india's himalayas has seen some deadly land sites triggered by the intensity of this rain asia pacific. we've got to be on the lookout for flash flooding all because of our plum rains falling here across the yangtze river valley, shooting out toward the east china sea and covering a huge swath of japan. the darker the color, the more intense the rain. and you know, we've also seen some saki conditions for the southeast corner of china, gwen dung province, over the past 24 hours is scooped up a 100 millimeters of rain. and we still see those heavy falls on friday. and

speaking of a lot of rain, the island of sumatra has just been locked into a soggy pattern, picking up 61 millimeters of rain over the past 24 hours and will end in the philippines where from the top and to the bottom. and we've got rain falling and manila high of 30 degrees on friday, that sure weather season. the who's joined the debate, do not have vaccines reaching those who are most of the needs and amplify your voice in allowed a diverse community and how an array of different story, no topic. it's off the table. it's such a tough ethical debate where there is an obvious discrimination in systematic discrimination of play. people are thursdays for new wasted. this stream, where a global audience becomes a global community on al jazeera. oh,

the me. hello, you're watching villages here. i'm emily anglin, a reminder about top stories this hour. the taliban is claiming control over dentist on 2nd big city canada. heavy fighting has been going on for weeks early. the group captured god's me 10 provincial capitals have fallen in the past week. people are voting in zambia as presidential and parliamentary elections. president ed got longer the same voting here is expected to face a strong challenge from his position rival, he's facing him for the 3rd time. g area is observing. 3 days of morning, up the number of people killed and wildfires rose to at least 69 more than

a 1000 people have been injured and hundreds of families are homeless. in countries around the asia pacific battling surges of new coven, 19 cases changed to the delta vary and daily infection. numbers reached new heights in south korea this week, and we'll see these in australia and the philippines have gone into lockdown. scott, hi la reports from bank home from south korea down to us trailer a surge of new cobra, 1900 cases, fueled by the highly infectious delta. various 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 1000000 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

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. would you government gentlemen 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 cody 19 with them. this week, the 1st of more than 1000000 rank refugees and 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. that we came here with happiness in our heart. we have received a short 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 imposed the heavy 14 day locked down this week. as like many the neighboring nations, it work to stem the rapid spread of new cove at 900 infections and a spike in depth from the virus. its got either al jazeera bangkok hospital work is across the us have found themselves at the center of a national debate on coven 19 vaccines. there are calls to make jobs mandatory for all health employees. many are refusing to get the vaccine while continuing to care for sick patients. john hendrick 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 as low as 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 covered 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 vaccinated, then 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 covert vaccine. according to the american hospital association and state like new york, california and washington 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 gotten vaccinated against france begin requiring a similar help fast food in bars, restaurants, and most into or venues. millions more people signed up to get the shot. and that's crucial to reach the kind of food immunity that was 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, britain's most senior police officers says to take these will be reviewing races allegations made against britain's prince andrew. he's being sued in the us by virginia defray, who says he sexually assaulted her when she was 17. jeffrey says she was trafficked by the light convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein. from all on the story we have need back a live for us in london. hello the nave. what more did the police chief have to say about the civil case? of the day? my senior police officer and the country head of london metropolitan police service,

given the civil case that had been brought against prince andrew, the united states, the 4th with now review the evidence against prince andrew. it's important to clarify that this is not the same as an investigation that they have been 2 reviews of the evidence in the past. and the conclusion is always being here in the united kingdom, not to take the case any further questions. i did also stress that nobody is above the law. the suggestion being if new evidence services of the outcome could well be very different. prince andrew faces account solve. busy of rape of virginia, jeffrey in 3 different locations here in the united kingdom in new york. and also on a private island owned by jeffrey epstein, the disgraced by nancy who took his own life in prison in 2019 a man who prince. andrew is alleged to have had

a close friendship with prince. andrew has been tamed, that he does not know defray, appears to be in his view, some holes in the account, the evidence that she has given about a parent relationship. his legal team have been accused of stonewalling the investigation sofa remaining completely tight lipped prince andrew insisting, for instance, that a photograph that surfaced of him and defray with him with his arm around may have been doctored. but this is the 1st case. now a pin. sundry being directly in the cross hairs investigation, his legal team have 21 days to respond to this legal action. it'll be interesting to see how it unfold. thank you for the update and needs backup for us in london. panama and columbia have struck a deal aimed at managing the growing migrant crisis, and they shared border thousands of people and making the dangerous journey through

the darian gap, hoping to eventually rage the us. teresa bo has this report. they have been living in this reception center in panama for 2 days, but this group of cuban 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 you can remember says they were robbed and shorter by criminal organizations. and i'm a little closer. yes, 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 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 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 sent to i just 0 by migrant showing 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 migrant. 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 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 and now to quote, to attend the 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 said, well, i'll just see their daddy in panama. ah, it says al jazeera and these are the top stories. the taliban is claiming control of afghanistan's 2nd biggest city can to be fighting has been going on there for weeks earlier. the group kept.