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jerry is car emergency as the nation begins 3 days of morning with 3 months to go before the 26 climate conference in glasgow on jonah whole here in edinburgh with the creative arts just emerging from the pandemic are turning their attention towards the next big crisis of our time. ah, i know it's been a dramatic day in afghanistan with the taliban capturing yet more major targets. the city of gas, nate, which is just 3 hours from the capital. and the telephone's most significant price, so far herat countries 3rd largest city. now there's fighting in afghanistan, the 2nd city kandaher. 11 provincial capitals have fallen in the past week. and the advance seems to be heading inevitably towards campbell. also the u. k. a. u. s. a dispatching troops to couple to help pull out embassy, staff, and civilians. we begin our coverage with charlotte bellis. we can confirmed here

that herat has fallen this evening. residence there. we took about half a dozen people who all said the same thing that they would tell yvonne in all the streets in the center of town that they had come into town this afternoon. pushed through, they had been trying to get into the city for about a month, but they made a breakthrough cross through the front line this afternoon and they broke into the prison. they got into the police compound. they got into the governors compound, they released all the prisoners residents telling us that that they had prison is one man to my relatives when the prison, another in my house. and they could hear gunfire. but they said, driving through town, that gunfire is not coming from flashes from security force. it is, is it is celebration on fire coming from the taliban. they said from what they could say that security forces seem to, to give up without a fight. now it is a huge price, as you said, for the taliban. the 3rd biggest city in afghanistan and

a huge loss for the government is the biggest city in the west. and, and they had tried very, very hard to hold onto it. they had empowered the former governor of herat, his name is male hon. to create a local uprising movement who had worked with the special forces using it strikes also to keep the telephone out. but the taliban breaking through this evening. it is not the only place that the taliban claiming this evening. they have also claimed a province near that. in the west school bag geese was took to local journalist spear that said heavy fighting has been ongoing in that province. that they are a police and intelligence compounds have been captured, but there is some heavy fighting. and the governors compound there, so not entirely captured by the taliban. but certainly on the cost of going there is also heavy fighting in kandahar city. now that is incredibly important. because it is the 2nd biggest city in afghanistan, it is the birthplace of the telephone. they have been fighting incredibly hard to get and the government has seen

a lot of the most elite special forces to keep the taliban us. it strikes have been ongoing there to, to try and push the taliban out for at least a month. but they, they managed to get into the heart of the city today. we saw the videos of it thought communications are very poor, so it's incredibly hard to stand up exactly where they're at. now i talked to someone at the short time ago who said he'd be fighting is ongoing, but it's hard to tell exactly what the telephone now controlling kandahar city with communications down there is heavy fighting ongoing in for other provinces. so this is not stopping the telephone and not stopping yet they, they are turning their attention now that they've claims these other provinces, they're turning their attention to others. tonight, i'm told that heavy fighting has a ruptured in logan, sorry to absorb, packed in home. and they say that they think they are making inroads in the provincial capital of flesh cargo, which is essentially been on the siege for about 2 weeks. but of all of these places they are fighting,

the most attention will be on can to ha city the 2nd biggest city, hundreds of thousands of people via the birthplace of the taliban. it would be a huge morale, boots for the taliban to get it. and the government of fighting is very hard to keep it online development soon. afghanistan, the u. s. is moving 3000 more troops to cover. let's go to mike hannah in washington, d. c. mike, what are they saying about the deployment? well, let's break this down here. there are 3000 troops being sent to predict. couple pulled. that is 2 brigades of marines, a brigade of army. but in addition to this, 1000 troops, a strife force is being deployed to wait to operate as a quick reaction force. now, this is understood to be in case the u. s. embassy in couple comes on the attack. the quick reaction force would come to the assistance of the embassy in that case. but in addition to this, there's another 1000 us military personnel who will be sent to counter to process

the single immigrant visas for the afghans who have been working with the us forces . but the us state department itself says that despite these deployments, it does not mean that the embassy in capital is going to be closing down. that's not true. this is not a full evacuation. this is not a ration that we're in, and i think it's, it's a very important distinction between planning and contingency planning. right now, we are, the embassy remains open. we will continue to have a diplomatic presence on the ground to fulfill these important functions. now of course, the safety, the security, the welfare, the well being of american citizens serving overseas is of the utmost priority to this president. so of course, we're undertaking prudent contingency planning. that's precisely what we did to lead us here today. what we heard reference there as well to the fact

that the u. s. had in the past been carrying out as strikes in support of africa and forces. but part of the problem here military analysts are saying is that since the u. s. to becky waited from background at both the principal military airport within counties on it has lost the capability to be able to easily strike a round can to haul in the regions around kandahar, thereby limiting any us ariel aid for the afghan forces on the ground attempting to prevent taliban from taking over kandahar. so this is just one of the many issues being looked at by the fight and, and administration. president biden himself insist that he does not regret his decision to withdraw saying it's up to the afghans to resolve the situation. and up to the afghan generals, to repulse the taliban. why can't i? thank you very much. international invoice that talks in doha of release to final statement, encouraging the taliban and african government to build trust and accelerate the

peace process. i'm a jump room is in the country capital with more. it says participants agreed that the peace process needs to be accelerated as a matter of great urgency. on the basis of the negotiations of concrete proposals from both sides, participants called for a stop to violence and attacks immediately in and against provincial capital and other cities. and i've got to stand. and another point is participants reaffirmed. they will not recognize any government and i cannot stand that is imposed through the use of military force. now there's really nothing to regulatory in this statement. frankly, it really is, as it was expected to be. it doesn't seem that there was any major breakthrough that happened over the course of these past 3 days. i will tell you having attended these talks, they all happened behind closed doors. all of the participants were load to speak to the press on the record about what was going on. and there wasn't much concrete information that was given

on standby and voted for new leader and election showdown between president edgar lou and main opposition. rival i came to hit you lemme looks extremely tight. a result is expected within 3 days or which also has more from lusaka more than 7000000 people were registered to vote in zambia presidential and parliamentary elections. there were long keys and the high turn, not pulling stations in the capital, flatter, and other parts of the country in an election. and let's say, will be very close to the high cost of living poverty and unemployment. a big concern for many voters. we all want to be ready, we're raving. just sun, everything else to come and under the choose to import so that we should be head. if you are not working, it's quite difficult to cope with the standard of life now. yes,

everything is become very expensive. so it's quite challenging. there are 16 presidential candidates, but the main content is, are the incumbent president, it go legal and this plan opposition leader has i, in the layman who's challenging longer, the post the majority of registered voters in this election, a young people in the last 5 years or so the people of them have seen life get more difficult. jobs are more difficult to obtain. business is more difficult to do. it has been the contraction of economic activity and the contraction of opportunities for young people. so this, it appears that the youth have been putting a lot more time and energy to coming, registering vote to them coming to vote because they want to be able to vote for the future that they think will be driven by the candidates that they choose. the president is accused of borrowing from international creditors to find the

various building projects. and critic said that is unsustainable. zambia was more than $12000000000.00 takes dental companies. and lyndon president, it was counting on winning based on the floor plan infrastructure, including road and power station. but its main wible business plan is a good track, record, and finance and its confidence. he can attract investment and better manage the economy. zambian electoral commission, people official results are expected by sunday if there are no delays. but what happens after that, that as many people worried, how did with us or algebra this other algeria is observing 3 days of morning off to the number of people killed in wildfires raised to at least 69. the government is appeal for international help to tackle the blazes. algerian president says most of the fires were manmade and that 22 people have been arrested gillian wolf reports. the jury continues to battle these region wildfires and

a lot of ration is underway on the ground and from the skies. we're watching the fire to try to prevent it from spreading further. but it seems to be impossible and now reached our zone. emergency crews and villagers are doing everything they can with what little they have using buckets of water hoses and branches. the declaration 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 holes. almost yesterday, 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. and if you guy, there is a lot of damage, some of lost their homes, lots of things. nature will not recover soon. given that the here live off their

olive groves, this is only the beginning of the disaster. the government has deployed the army, but dozens of soldiers were among those who died during a rescue operation. and the government is now calling for international help. the european union is lending 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 3 days of national morning. post disaster relief operations are already underway with residence ceiling up with charity organizations to collect necessities for those that are injured and the hundreds of families left homeless. we responded to an announcement asking to collect donations and medicines and that's what we did. but i make here another urgent announcement to all pharmacies and algeria, we need medicine. yeah, i'll, i'll dear, it is just one of several nations battling wildfires as record breaking

temperatures spark widespread devastations. but authorities here believe many of the flames were deliberately lit wolf al jazeera. still to come on out is there a flash floods in northern turkey, killed several people. just as wildfires in the south abroad, under control. and a fresh wave of us infections is ignored by the thousands attending the iowa state fair. ah ah. hello there, let start enough trailers and things are looking largely fine and dry across central and northern areas. we are expecting a few showers to kiss the coast of queensland, the odd storm or 2 as well from north eastern areas of new south wales. but down in

the south, the sun is coming through. we could see a shower or 2 here, and it's a similar story for the west. send you a cloud cover, but the sunshine will break through and the temperature for perth is where we expect to see it for this time of year. for the weather windy weather, we have to look to tasmania. we've got a coastal wind warning in play, and things are going to get wet her across the weekend. but if we hop across the tasman, see, this is where we are seeing the unsettled whether the north island of new zealand seems. mon, there's really wet and windy conditions for the south. the sunshine on friday, but come saturday, that does change. we've got a winter remixed blowing in. there's going to be plenty of snow across those central areas. now we move to east asia. the flood risk is heightened thanks to the may you front. that's pulsing those heavy rains across china and into japan. western parts of hong shoe are expecting to do some really heavy rains and we could see some flash flooding and mud slides. with that.

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reminder stories yolanda hera taliban as the control of guzman, which is just 3 hours from the capital. as well as herat african songs. 3rd largest city is also fierce fighting in the country. second biggest city kandahar pentagon is sending 3000 us troops to cargo to help remove embassy staff. post closes ambia off long queues of people job voting centers into the night. the high turn up indicate to type race between president goof and his opposition rival again to his name. is observing 3 days of morning after the number of people killed in wildfires rose to at least 69. government is appealed to international help to tackle the blazes. rain has brought some much needed relief to fire fighters on the greek island of via fires of scorched the northern half of the island. most of the places they have now subsided. the countries prime minister called the destruction the greatest ecological catastrophe, greece had seen in decades,

can cause me to attack his blame the climate crisis. and said he is ready to make those changes. and new way her floods and landslides swept through turkeys, northern black sea region. at least 11 people are dead. one hundreds more evacuated from their homes are still said a report. turkey is still bothering natural disasters is so was 154 weeks. now the note is on the water at 2 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 been forced from their homes, actually running as if we didn't understand what was happening. came in a rush, it took everything twice. now we don't have any belongings or anything. below the waters swept away vehicles and records. many homes and businesses. search and rescue crews were immediately sent to help the standards. but some of them were

hampered by roads that have already called that, you know, be the cause. we are fighting another natural disaster. we are in sanofi, which is last is connecting road in 5 locations. we have also received bad news from testimony and bartender. we are trying intensely to open the road show as much as the worst hid province is custom, one, where several people were killed. every woman in nearby barton is also reported missing rescue helicopter. now try to succeed where the land vehicles have failed. but the meteorologists have warned the region to break for more rainfall. right now, nature's wrath is felt all over turkey. and more so by those who have lost every team rescue said that i'll just stumble. heavy rain has triggered landslides in southern china, several cars were buried under a slope which collapsed near highway in union county. the drivers escaped on hand. torrential rain is also lashed. china is who bay province tracking people in

flooded buildings. massive accusations have been taking place throughout the province. a congo ship is spilling oil into a japanese waters after breaking in half the crimson put run aground while sailing inside at you know, a port managed to free itself, but then suffered a crack which split it apart. all 21 chinese and filipino crew members have been rescued. the carrier ways, nearly 40000 tons and was carrying wood, chips, officials, they're trying to contain new oil. spill the number of migrants being detained, that the us border with mexico has it. and other record high, well the 212000 people tried to cross in july alone. that's a 13 percent increase from june. phillip l as more from the callum, texas. the figures that we've not seen here for more than 20 years. in fact, the average now every day, some 1800 migrants making that crossing. this goes completely against what joe

biden said, not so long ago what he told people, but this was a seasonal issue. the come the summer, those numbers what window. now the reason they said thought is because that typically is what happens. you know, it's hot here in texas, it's hot in mexico that a huge desert in between the rio grande. it's not the kind of place that people want to get stuck in. but these people are still making this trip as i say, $1800.00 a day, and they are making it on the male turning up. and then they are either being arrested by customs and border patrol, or they giving themselves up in the hope that they can claim asylum. what happens then is that they get put onto the buses. they are transported to places like, hey, a mckellar, where they have nothing more than they clothes on that back. that tight work to show that they have a case pending. they go into the care of local charities as well. when people are given shelter, they give him somewhere to stay, but these places can cope either they say they are running out of manpower. they're running out of money. they absolutely being hampered by cove it and it is getting out of control even for them. this is, this is a situation that is being pushed to the very edge and then it's being pushed even

further along. the us was once leading the curve at 19 vaccine race, $1288200000.00 people de, but rates have plummeted since then, despite americans being offered incentive, including free bid donuts and even lottery tickets. and his breakdown of the numbers a week ago, the u. s. reported that 70 percent of adults have had at least one dose of the vaccine missing president drew biden's target by a month. well then half of american adults have had both doses. but this isn't evenly spread across the country. in 5 southern states, arkansas or louisiana, wyoming, mississippi, and alabama. few than 40 percent of people i've been fully vaccinated. arkansas, louisiana, and florida have reported record code 19 hospitalizations in recent days, new infections and bring about a 118000 a day. the highest since february, about 500 people dying from 19 every day of new surgeon fatalities and cases is

down to the delta varied. but the vaccinations are picking up again. rising 250-0000 people daily this week. possible reason may be compulsion as more states government agencies and businesses make the job compulsory. where despite their numbers, the iowa state fair, one of the largest annual gatherings in the u. s. has opened. it was horses close last year because of the code 19 pandemic. the last time it was on was in a 1000000 people attended. the room is under, has more from de moines. it's part of a state fair season here in the united states at the opening day of this 1111 day state fair. this has been going on for over a 160 years, so it's just full of all sorts of tradition. and last years, we know it was cancelled because of the corona virus pandemic this year, against the advice of many health officials, they decided to hold the event and the repair. and it really couldn't come at a worse time given that in the last couple of weeks, the delta,

very inches arrived here in iowa. and we're starting to see the beginnings of another. corona virus serge here in the state. the number of positive cases has gone up 50 percent just in the last week here in iowa. and just in the last week, more than 600 people were confirmed to be positive with the virus that's the most since february. so there are a lot of concerns. nevertheless, there is no mask mandate whatsoever here at the fair or really anywhere in iowa. you're free pretty much to do whatever you want. most people hear that we've spoken to re spoken to many of them. they say many say we've been vaccinated, we feel that we're safe. others say it's just personal responsibility that people need to take. others are telling us as well. they feel that they feel that sense. a lot of this is held outdoors which it is. as you can see, there's a lot of natural social distance and that's why i'm not wearing a mask is no one's within about 10 feet of me right now. countries around the asia

pacific battling new covered 19 outbreaks due to the delta variant. danny infection numbers reached you highs in south korea this week. and more cities in australia and the philippines have gone into lockdown. got hardly 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 and more than a year in the australian capital territory aisd. this decision is as the result of i positive cove at 910 tice 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 panoramic. 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 coordinate if we don't stop? corona virus won't stop either. i would like to say to the public that we ask you to refrain from traveling to stay at home during this liberation day holiday. as many of the new cases are outside the heavily populated metropolitan soul area, officials are concerned that those returning to the city could bring cobit 19 with them. this week, the 1st of more than 1000000 rank refugees and bangladesh started to receive cove in 1900 vaccines. 20000 infections and 200 deaths have been recorded in the cox bazaar district location of the refugee camps. recruiting we came here with happiness in our heart. we have received a shot at the coming here as 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 oppose the heavy, 14 day lockdown this week. as like many of the neighboring nations, it work to stem the rapid spread of new cove in 1900 infections and a spike in deaths from the virus. scott, either al jazeera, bangkok, a slim down version of the world's largest arts festival has begun in scotland as well. slowly emerges from the pandemic, creative artists at the edinburgh fringe, a shining light on the other great crisis of our time. climate change journal reports. remember i, you ok. i got 3 and this is to be on the when a deadly wave in gulf, the city of dublin to friends must try to survive and reckon with the guild, trapped on the top floor of a city skyscraper. deny of the world. so powerful renewable resource

afloat is an online production co written and starring eva o'connor at this year's pare down edinburgh festival fringe. i'm not sure if ours in and of itself can absolutely change the world. but it can start really interesting conversation. dublin lost forever, and we never appreciated. while we had, you know, in a way that is a call to arms on it. i would hope a call for us to organize on math. and rather than sitting at home feeling it, the pandemic may have eclipsed climate change as the wills number one threat, but only briefly with the next big climate conference happening in glasgow in november. it's perhaps fitting that art and artists themselves emerging from months of locked down, turn their attention now towards that other great crisis of our time turning stuff, he was a tough substitute for the 1000000 to to please try. storyline is about species of

aliens that have come from that planet. it's been destroyed by a climate. so we've come to this planet, come to us to help people make a change in making us better. but we're trying to put it across in a very positive, joyful way rather than keep people down about it. so trying to convey a very important message, but the people li, feeling like uplifted in like, i'm going to make a change and it be exciting. and it be helping the planet with it that we're living on. rather than, you know, telling someone about it. world leaders are gathering here in november and glove. got solving claimant crisis. it was good to say like, a fun way to engage about environment. i hope something happens in november when you know they will meet here to talk about the future about planet. i've never seen anything like it and i really like the connection with united nations and cope. 26 . that's great. follow up action. i'm show, i wish i could go back. so cool to action on festival stages,

both real and virtual. as the performing arts make us come back, the message is, it's not too late for the earth to bounce back to joe al, jazeera edinburgh. when you can catch up any time with all stories, we're reporting on by checking out our website out a 0 dot com. ah reminder, talk stories on how to 0. the taliban disease control of more major cities in afghanistan county, which is just 3 hours from the capital, became the tense provincial capital to fall in less than a week. they also claimed her up to the 3rd largest city, and also fierce fighting in the country. second biggest city kandahar advanced seems to be heading inevitably towards cobble. the pentagon, descending 3000 us troops to help pull out some embassy staff. charlotte.