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rises, a tight race expected for the top job in zambia. voting is underway in presidential and parliamentary elections during the worst economic crisis and decor ah, fighting is intensifying for afghanistan, 2nd largest city of kandahar tyler bond continues to gain more territory across the country earlier. it captured another major provincial city, rodney, which is just a couple of hours drive from the national capital. it confirms us officials concerns that cobble could fall to the top bond within 90 days. rodney strategically located on the main road between kandahar and cobble it means the top one has taken 10 provincial capitals in the past week,

including fully camry and fears are bad in the north and ferocity in the south while the fighting continues to control kandahar and to other provincial capitals, head up, and last got gone. well, the 3rd day of talks on the situation in afghanistan, wrapping up here in doha. international envoys have been meeting with government and tyler bond delegations, hama jim. jim has the latest we are trying to find out exactly what is being discussed, but many of the diplomats that have been here have been load to speak on the record just yet. what we do know is there is a great push here to try to come up with some sort of consensus, some sort of an international plan to not just deal with the situation, the rapidly deteriorating situation on the ground in afghanistan, but also to try to formulate a way forward for the intra afghan piece process, that dialogue has been taking place in durham since this past september. and if

you'll see, actually just now, right behind me, that's members of the taliban delegation. they have just emerged from that meeting with us special envoy. i'll make those out as well as the other envoys that have assembled and we are going to try to find out exactly what was discussed in that meeting. so that meeting just lasted a little over 2 hours when we reached out to the taliban earlier in the day to try to find out what their position was thus for. they have not given out any details. they have not given out any information. we did get a statement earlier in the day from dr. de la de la, he is the head of the supreme council for national reconciliation in afghanistan. and in that statement dr. abdullah said that they had presented a plan to the host country. of these talks about that, as well as to the troika countries essentially proposing what they believe would be a solution for the crisis in afghanistan. and in that statement, it also included the fact that doctor de la had said that the african government

delegation believes that a mediator could perhaps play a facilitating role in any negotiations going forward. what the response might be from the taliban. with regard to this proposal, we just don't know yet, it's been a real open question mark hovering over this process as to what exactly can be achieved such a delicate time. this is a critical time for us kind of stand, especially at a time when the taliban seems to have so much momentum as are taking over more and more parts of afghanistan. and that's really one of the reasons diplomats are privately so concerned because they don't feel as though they have much leverage as far as to try to get the taliban back to the negotiating table. but everybody involved here wants to see that inter ap can piece process back on track. the question is going to be how exactly will that be achieved? mama jumped june there with the latest on those talks in door. but let's go back to developments on the ground in afghanistan. now, charlotte bellis is joining us live from cobble with some late breaking news out of their charlotte. what are you hearing?

well the taliban have just tweeted in the last 10 minutes saying that they have taken the city of herat and her off the 3rd biggest city in afghanistan. this is a huge development if it is proven to be true at the moment, residents are just telling us that the telephone are in the heart of her off. but we cannot confirm with the government officials. i just got off the phone with the ministry interior. they said give us some time as we are trying to confirm whether this is true or not also, but the telephone and the tweet thing. we have taken the police headquarters, we have taken the prison. we have taken the governor's compound and soldiers are surrendering to us. now i have seen videos in the last half hour, the report to show these things. you see people gathering outside the prison. you see them in police vehicles that they've taken over. common dears, driving around the center of town outside the citadel in the heart of herat. so this is incredibly significant. the 3rd biggest city, if it is proven to be true as the telephone claim,

they have taken one of the biggest cities and ask understand the seasoning. and unfortunately from a government perspective, it is not the only place under pressure kandahar also, which is the 2nd biggest city. heavy, heavy fighting via video is coming out showing the telephone at the center of the city. the government. not saying much about 10 to the moment, but on the communications. a very pull there at the moment, it's very hard to get through to anyone to confirm that the telephone making big claims about progress in kansas city also. now, earlier in the day we had the teams provincial capital to fall to the telephone. that was god's need. his that report. professor taliban fi, she's overlooking land. that would soon be there's the group tried to take got me 3 years ago, but failed. this time it had control. in a matter of hours. you can see our fighters with tank from the city. we're doing an operation heading towards the police headquarters. there was

a prison break and the prisoners are released. the taliban are here and we're moving forward to capture more places. keep watching. the governor governor don't lead money. is accused of doing a deal with the telephone. the safe passage to escape to cobbles. about the telephone yell. the governor has run away, flaunting trucks and equipment. claimed in recent conquests, the tele bomb was seen escorting the governor through its new territory as can police arrested him shortly after, for surrendering without a fight. gaffney is the change. prevent you capital to fall in 7 days prior to this week, the last time the taliban had held a provincial capital was 5 years ago, and that was only for a matter of days. its location is also significant, as a gateway to the south. of the provincial capital that have fallen golf news the

closest to cobble just 150 kilometers away. the telephone now hold about 2 thirds of the country, including much of northern afghanistan provinces in the west, and rule areas in the self. all now leverage they taking into negotiations with the afghan government. they've got what they will take from the dual up 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 up kind of stuff by force, and that's what they're going to try and do over the next few months. here in the capital, concern is growing about the possibility of a telephone takeover about a machine. we worry a lot when we see the taliban capturing the provinces. it's natural for us to worry about. it was always get shuttled. i don't know, we are asking the taliban not to destroy cities. they should do a peace agreement. they should agree to

a government. they can be in power and we can be in power together on that is the government is bringing some special forces back to cobble to bokes to security. it means risking the loss of more provinces to the telephone. sir, all lives tonight on the 2nd and 3rd biggest cities of afghanistan, herat. if it is proven to be true that the telephone do have full control of that city now also in canada and i should add all flights of food in and out of kandahar some follow up. i guess the, the amount of fighting in and around that city to see whether or not the government can hold off the telephone in that city tonight. and then also in the province of helmand and muska ga, the provincial capital, big, heavy fighting, the telephone banking more claims about games and that city also. so the government, looking at 3 prong situation as they hit into the evening, shall a bell a lie for us in kabul. let's get reaction from the united states. now defense officials reported to be increasingly concerned by the total bonds advances. she

have a chance, his life was in washington, so she have the bite administration has been sticking to this line that this will role will happen as she had you. but they've got to be worried about what they're seeing enough canister. not just the, the taliban advanced, but the speed of it. that's what seems to have taken everyone by surprise in washington. and we've had these several intelligence estimates over the last few days as to when cobble will be cut off from the rest of the country. and potentially will, for those estimates ranging from weeks to month. clearly as the main, the main concern. now we understand deliberations run way about whether to evacuate the u. s. embassy and cobbled or about 4000 personnel in the embassy, which about a 1500 are americans and other travel advisory was issued by the state department to ask you all americans to leave. i've got to stop. clearly what that thinking is

. if, if there is a need to have a massive accusation of us citizens trauma got us done. that at least it will just be to be from the embassy and not no one else. in enough southern case, in case various parts of the country, simply inaccessible. it's interesting, we were just looking at those talks in doha. there's a new york times report that among the items on the agenda for as i'll make an it is i'll be the u. s. envoy that was trying to get the taliban to make a commitment. not to attack the u. s. embassy in cobble should they take, should they take cobble, so that's rather interesting. but in the meantime, joe biden, he's been asked repeatedly, not whether he's having 2nd thoughts and the answer is constantly. no, he says this is time now for the afghans to take the fight to the taliban to fight for themselves. he says that a trillion dollars has been spend enough ganna. so there are 300000 us trained. ask our military personnel now with state of the art equipment because these things are complete. nonsense. do we not know because of the, the, the leak of the african papers of the washington post a couple of years ago,

which basically said the u. s. military, the u. s, administration off us administration bush obama, have basically lied about progress. got this done for years, but she's not his line. for now, at least there is overwhelming popular support for withdraw from afghanistan. but i think when the biden ministration is getting more word is about the optics about being seem to have miss handles the withdraw, we keep on hearing comparisons. potential comparisons to the last, chapa from the u. s. embassy in saigon and 75, which had a huge impact on the u. s. psyche, the u. s. sense of exceptionalism. although here we are not a failed us war. and so this year. but that's what the bite, the ministration really wants to wants to avoid. and that is a sense that even though donald trump, his supporters and the republicans, do support a u. s. withdraw that starting to sense that might be scope here to, to criticize the way that bite and have handle this. donald trump, in the last years issuing a statement saying, look, i negotiated the withdrawal,

but i would have said it would have been conditions based. this is all going terribly wrong. she haven't fancy life, a stair from washington. thank how the great prime minister says the recent wildfires are his country's biggest ecological catastrophe. in decades the government is pledged billions of dollars in aid for people hit by the fires. and those a lot of times we'll get cash payouts and tax exemptions. zane bus robbie has more on the prime minister's news conference from athens. he says that there need to be a fundamental shift and how not only the government, but individuals carry on with the day to day life of living under these new climate circumstances. he said also warning his countrymen, that the danger is not done yet. he also crucially double down and defended himself where, where it comes to a controversial policy of mass evacuations, of mandatory evacuation of communities that have been affected by these fires in

government. come under serious criticism for using evacuations as, as simply a blanket solution and for not doing enough to save homes and properties. he said in this press conference, there was nothing for it, but for the government to prioritize human life over everything else. now we've gone all across the fire zone in the north of athens on the island, one of the worst hit areas, the worst hit area of grease from forest fires. many people are very critical for firefighting crews, for the government, for not being prepared well enough in advance, and for not doing enough to try to save, not only their homes but their livelihood. these people have no way they're living now. many of them in those communities live and work locally in those areas and now they say they have to leave. and there's been a mass displacement of communities all over the country. and a lot of the people we spoke to said, all these promises are fine. when a catastrophe of this magnitude is fresh, but a lot of politicians simply don't keep their promises in the long term. so

a trust deficit there as well, that greek politicians will have to contend with. and the crisis isn't even over yet. algeria, as president, has promised funds to support communities affected by wildfires, at least 69 people have been killed and 3 days of national morning. being observed, the red crescent says more than a 1000 people have been injured, and hundreds of families are homeless. mad mazar, he is a journalist in the province of his use. he's been covering the forest fires. there . i see a bunch of trucks here of young men and young women with shovels, water tanks, dirt, anything they can put the 1st message that will continue the fight or the next 3 or 4 days, both through airplanes, but the funds government are funding over. it will also be here, help him put all those fires with the capacity 6000 meters that they can mix with, retards, and salt water to help with the fire builder and know terry have also put some helicopters than the populations before. so both have especially 1000 meters source

is going to be quite into far as 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 lots 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 of that is not new but never struction. and i think that is what people find suspicious. and that is i think why even the government into 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. a new wave of floods and land slides, his sweat through turkeys, northern black sea region, at least 11 people have died, while hundreds of others had been forced to leave their homes. russell said dar

reports. turkey is still bothering natural disasters. if so, was 154 weeks. now the note is on the water a to they don't for has taken hold of the black, the region. amount of the floats and lance lice killed 6 people in the area. almost a dozen people have now being forced from their homes, actually wanting us to. we couldn't understand what was happening. came in a rush, took everything and went away. now we don't have any belongings or anything. below the water is swept away vehicles and record many homes and businesses. search and rescue crews were immediately sent to help the standard. but some of them what hampered by roads and police have already called out, you know, be visit because we are fighting another natural disaster. we are in sanofi, which is lost, its connecting road in 5 location. we have also received bad news from testimonial . bartender. we are trying intensely to open the road,

shows. the worst hid province is custom on where several people were killed. every woman in nearby barton is also reported. missing. rescue helicopter is now tried to succeed where the land vehicles have failed. but the material inches have warned the region to break for more rainfall. right now, nature rat is felt all over turkey and more so by those who have lost every team rescue said that, i'll just stumble still ahead on, i just hit a new zealand sets out a roadmap to reopen its borders. but says the priority is completing its vaccine rollout 1st. ah, ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored by cut on airways.

hello, thanks for tuning in. it really is the catch $22.00 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 hot of rain, the island of sumatra has just been locked into

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the me again, you're watching. i just reminder of our top story this now the taliban is claiming control of both kandaher and iran. heavy fighting has been going on for weeks early as a group captured, advise me 10 provincial councils for the past week. algeria is observing 3 days a morning after the number of people killed in. wildfires rose to at least $69.00 more than a 1000. people have been injured and hundreds of families at least 9 people have died in floods. in turkey's northern black sea provinces, the area's been hit hard by heavy rain this week, demolishing homes and bridges and sweeping cars away oppose the closing in zambia presidential and parliamentary elections, president edgar longer is being challenged by his opposition wible for

a 3rd time. zombie is electro agency says it expects to declare a winner within 72 hours of poles closing. lebanon's can't take a government says fuel subsidies must continue. despite opposition from the central bank. the bank had refused to use reserve funds to continue the subsidy saying and be illegal to do so. rising fuel prices, risk deepening, lebanon's economic crisis, the currency last 90 percent of its value since 2019 and half the population now live in poverty and use eland has outlined plans to reopen its borders next year. but 1st it wants to prioritize its inoculation campaign. a low vaccination rate and the highly infectious delta variance causing concern wayne 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 temporary measure in order to keep cove it out before a vexing was developed and administered. but just days before the announcement from the prime minister, new zealand is suffered, escape dozens of unvaccinated work is that the country's largest port were allowed onto a ship that had come from australia carrying coven positive crew. all the port workers tested negative, but it exposed a vulnerability in new zealand defense. you zealand has been able to stay covert 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 or had only had one. and then they want young adults neglected actually around the world, including using them. if they refer the 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 covert free and as many people as possible vaccinated than usual, and international isolation will come to a partial end next year, wayne, hey, al jazeera toner, new zealand. israel is re imposing corona virus restrictions to curb

a search in infections fueled by the delta various. the measures include a limit on mass gathering and implementing a digital vaccine possible health ministry reporting more than $5700.00 cases. on wednesday, mexico reporting close to 23000 new corona virus cases. on wednesday, it's pushed the total number of cases there, past 3000000. since the pandemic began. for the 1st time this year, all brazilian states are using less than 80 percent of their intensive care beds, as the country fights a 3rd wave of infections. scientists say vaccines are reducing the number of serious cases, infections and death, sorry, decline. although daily numbers remain high, hospital workers across the us have found themselves at the center of a national debate on cobra. 19 vaccines that cause to make jobs mandatory for all health employees,

and many 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 addressed. and even though the risk of transmitting covert from health care worker to a patient is low, it's not 0. there are strict exemptions or religious or medical reasons, but in general, health care workers are now required to practice what they preach about 70 percent of us adults, 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. rush stands, the vanguard of a growing movement, nearly 15000 hospitals, about one in 4, across the us, now require staffers to get the coven vaccine, according to the american hospital association, and states like new york, california and washington have 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. 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 there's 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. 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 or the international criminal court chief prosecutor is in talks with sudanese officials to hand over those wanted for alleged atrocities committed in the for in the early 2, thousands for president of a she is among those sought by the i. c. c, he ruled the country for 30 years until he was ousted in 2019 sudanese officials have said in the past that they would hand bashir and all the wanted officials to

the court, britons most senior police officer says detectives will be reviewing recent allegations made against britain's prince andrew, he's being sued in the u. s. by virginia du fray, who says he sexually assaulted her when she was 17. and the book is following developments forth from london. what cost of the day, the, my senior police officer in the country head of london metropolitan police service said that, given the civil case that had been brought against prince andrew, the united states of force with now review the evidence against prince andrew. it's important to clarify that this is not the same as an investigation and that there 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 accounts of, 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. ah, it says address here. let's get around up the top stories. the top bon is claiming control of both kandahar and how heavy fighting has been going on there for weeks early as a group captured as me came. provincial capitals have fallen in the past week. charlotte bellis has more from common will the taliban have.