me the news gaining ever more ground the taliban capture. i've got the stones, 3rd largest city as they advance towards the capital. ah, the ho robin. you're watching on their life. my headquarters here in doha, coming up in the next 30 minutes votes have been counted in zambia, were present at luke, who is seeking a controversial 3rd term. also 22 people are arrested in algeria accused of being

behind some of the most devastating wildfires and the country's history. and no one is above the law, the u. k. please say that they're reviewing allegations against prince andrew. he's accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl in the us. ah, welcome to the program. we begin in afghanistan, where the taliban has made some of its may significant gains since the offensive began. in the last couple of vows, the armed group sees control of her ops, the countries 3rd largest city. it's the 11th provincial capital to fall in the past week. now telephone fight has captured the city of godly earlier on thursday, and there has been an escalation in fighting in the southern cities of kandahar and laska, ga us officials, fer the capital carbon could fall in just 90 days. now the 3rd day of emergency talks between the african government and the taliban has ended in doha, in

a stalemate, or international calls for an urgent piece process. and the u. s. and the u. k. how dispatching of 3600 troops to cobble to help pull out embassy, staff and local interpreters, charlotte bellis begins all coverage from the capital cobble. we can confirmed here that herat has fallen this evening. residence there. we took about half a dozen people who also 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 said my relatives were in the prison and now they're in my house. and they could hear gunfire, but they stayed driving through town that gunfire is not coming from flashes from security force. it is, is, it is celebrate to read 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 and 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 could empowered before my gulf there. her name is male hon to create a local uprising movement who had worked with the a special forces using is trying 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 here that said, heavy fighting has been ongoing in that province. that there are police and intelligence compounds have been captured, but there is some heavy fighting. and the governor's compound is not entirely captured by the taliban. but certainly on the cost of going there is also heavy

fighting in kansas city. now that is incredibly important because it is the 2nd biggest city and going to stop 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 telephone us. it strikes have been ongoing there to, to try and, 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 controlled in 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 are turning their attention now that they've claims these other provinces, they turning their attention to others. tonight i'm told that heavy fighting has ruptured in logo, ferry absorb packed in home,

and they say that they think they are making inroads in the cut 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 bear 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. well, the u. s. has confirmed at sending military into have gone this far to help embassy staff to leave, but says a full evacuation is not taking place. 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 citizen 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. well, david said me as a former us deputy assistant secretary of defense for going to san pakistan and central asia, jonesville and scott from man, a square in new jersey, mississippi. always good to have you on the program. i me, what's your reaction to that price is statements from the state department. and what's the message that the u. s. is sending to politicians on the people of guns, phone the message that the us of sending that to us does not know what it's doing. 30 days ago night states pulled 3000 troops out, its final set of combat groups, now sending more troops back in to help and evacuation. the u. s. claim that it would continue to support the dentist that has been proven false over and over again. united states is engaged gauging in the false and fraudulent so called, he's talked in doha. those talks were never meant to be serious talks about peace, but only about surrender of the united states as heavy as having

a massive failure of its diplomatic, military and political strategist. i mean, the state department is saying that they support the government and the people of afghanistan. so with the assumption of sort of, of no troops on the ground will the us be able to give support to the african army in any of the for if we just talk about the military side of this story so far. know the united states has made clear, it's not going to give any serious support the sending it of the 3000 us troops. and 600 british troops is only to get many people out as they can before they have to leave as well. it's going to be very ironic because after abandoning the afghan forces 30 days ago, they're going to go back in and ask the afghan forces to help them, hold the airport against all of them. and then they're going to say to the afghan forces, we want to get our people, but we're going to abandon you. that's going to be a very tricky move for the us military when they get on the ground. again,

this is an absolute disaster. humanitarian catastrophe. and united states for a large part of the blame icons admit to be able to read your mind mister 70. but you seem very frustrated by what you're seeing and hearing. and 11 does that what your reaction is. i think you've alluded to, it's about the doha piece. talks they just seem dead in the water. they were getting the water and they never were meant to go anywhere. the taliban would wait . the united states. united states was a willing accomplice. it not about itself to be hoodwinked. the doha process was never about peace. it was about delaying things until the tyler bond to win militarily. and that's what's happening. i am frustrated because i and many others told united states government that this is a false hope. the cry and have these thoughts that the only thing that matters to the title bond is a military balance. so let's talk about the wider issues, not because lots of comments coming from the european union, the u. k. and the us about the possibility that they will isolate the taliban,

if any regime in the country takes it by force. while one does where that leaves other stakeholders, such as pakistan, china, russia was back histone well, pakistan has a strong supporter, the bomb the sullivan can see without the support from pakistan. so the pakistani social media right now is full of claims of victory, pride in that, in pakistan, support for all of on and claiming that the pakistan has beaten united states. so pakistan sees itself as a big winner here. the other countries, however, are losers. because the taller bond has maintained its relationship with al qaeda. as taliban come back, more and more foreign fighters are orient us can stand. it will become the nexus of the global jihad that will continue to attack all its neighbors and attack united states kingdom in europe. so this is a mitigated disaster for the united states and trying to in russia, european union and other countries have china and know she might say taken

a backseat in the negotiations because they obviously see the u. s. has failed in its foreign policy here. and they quite happy to see the united states embarrassed yet. russia and china could have put pressure, possibly on the taliban, possibly on pakistan. saudi from china's point of view, to try and find a peaceful solution to the impasse that i've got his town has seen for decades. well, the russians have been working to play both sides. they've been supplying the taliban arms. and at the same time saying, they want the government to succeed. and so when you play a double game like that, you're a double looser. the pakistani said the chinese have deferred to the pakistani. and but the problem for that is, many of these foreign fighters there in afghan stand now a rigorous who's amos, the stabilize china. so there's a lot of complex currents going back and forth here. but again, everyone's a loser except for pakistan. we should see what happens,

certainly in the coming months, david 70, thank you for joining us. so much tremendous coin in new jersey. thank you. it's actually envoys that talks in doha hover least a final statement, encouraging the taliban and african government to build trust and accelerate the peace process. mama june, june has the latest after the conclusion of 3 days of african talks, here in doha, a final statement was issued by the envoys from the us, copper, china, pakistan, and other countries in attendance. and it said that the peace process in afghanistan must be accelerated as a matter of great urgency. now, the envoys also reaffirmed that they will not recognize any government in afghanistan that is imposed through the use of military force. over the course of 3 days. the envoys here in doha met separately with both the delegations of the afghan government as well as the taliban delegation. this was difficult and

delicate diplomacy. very few concrete details emerged from the meetings that were all held behind closed doors. and many of the diplomats who were present were load to speak on the record to the press about exactly what had transpired during those meetings. there was a lot of concern that the participants had about trying to formulate some type of path forward for afghanistan at such a critical time for the country. and there was a lot of concern about how exactly the countries might have leverage over the taliban at a time when the taliban is taking over so much territory. throughout the country of afghanistan, they have been counted in zombie as presidential and parliamentary elections. president gillum who is seeking a controversial term, it was thought to be an extremely tight race, however, was hasa, has more from the capital lusaka. more than 7000000 people were registered to

vote in them because presidential and parliamentary elections. there were long keys and the high turn out polling stations in the capital, fucker, and other parts of the country in an election unless they will be very close to the high cost of living poverty and unemployment. a big concerns for me, voters. 0 one. so why, why we're raving this son. everything else to come under the houston port so that we should be head if you're 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 men contenders, are the incumbent president edgarland go and this man opposition leader has i in lima, who's challenging longer. i suppose that the majority of registered voters in this election, a young people in the last 5 years, also the people of them have seen life get more difficult. jobs are more difficult

to obtain. business is more difficult to do. that's been a 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 as voted, and 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 various boating projects. and critics say that is unsustainable. zambia was more than $12000000000.00 takes dental companies and linda, the president. it was counting on winning based on the floor plan infrastructure, including road and power station. but it's main. why will be a man, how guy in the city is a good track record in finance and his 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 to my daughter algebra, the sucker will still had hill l to the heading north. we look at why a record number of micro so registered at the us mexico border last month with 3 months ago before the comp 26 climate conference in glasgow. 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, ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored my cattle airways.

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ah, welcome back. you're watching all just there with me to hear the reminder volatile stories. the taliban has captured have got us on the largest city of herat. it's the 11th provincial capital to fall over the past week. build group gain control of ga the earlier on thursday as it pushes towards the capital capital the us. and you can also sending at least 3600 troops to cobble to help pull out empathy staff and local interpreters. but washington, it says it's not a full evacuation of the embassy will remain open under those being counted in zombie as presidential and parliamentary elections present at dylan and seeking a controversial 3rd term. it was thought to be an extremely tight race. as it was full of president could soon be in the hands of the international criminal court.

is chief prosecutor is in talks with sudanese officials to hand over those wanted for atrocities committed in duffle in the early 2, thousands a mile bashir rule. the country for 30 years until he was ousted in 2019 regarding an individual but former president omar bashir. i have not discussed dates. i had discussions with the various parts of the government, which they are aware of. they know their responsibilities and they will not simply made when decisions are taken that become public in terms of the room statute i mentioned. i was informed that a meeting of the joint council is scheduled for next week. we'll see what that brings. automatically the decision to cooperate and how to cooperate is one to be decided by saddam not by me. rein has brought so much needed relief to fire

fighters on the greek island of area. 5 of schools, the northern half of the islands. not most of the places have not subsided. the countries prime minister has call the destruction the greatest ecological catastrophe. greece has seen in decades. well, 22 people levels have been arrested in algeria suspected, have been behind dozens of the countries, devastating wildfires. the government has been struggling to contain the blazes of appeal for international assistance. gillian wolf reports as a jury continues to battle, these region wildfires and a lot of ration is underway on the ground and from the skies. we are watching the fire to try to prevent it from spreading further, but it seems to be impossible and now reached al zone. emergency crews and villagers are doing everything they can with what little they have to use in buckets of water, hoses and branches. the desperation is clear as people raise to save more homes

from burning to the ground and prevent further loss of life. people have died, schools and houses down the villages of lift their homes, take refuge in communal hold. almost yesterday. the hardest hit area is a mountainous region of ca beale, east of the jury and capital as many as 18 provinces and total are affected. and if you go, there is a lot of damage. some of lost their homes, not the thing. nature will not recover soon, given that the people here live off their olive groves, this is only the beginning of the disaster. the government has deployed the army by 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 its plains that were used to battle the wildfires in greece. algeria prime minister has visited to the issue one of the effected regions announcing the president's plans to compensate those who have been effected as

a country enters 3 days of national morning. post disaster relief operations are already underway, the residence, healing of charity organizations to collect necessities for those that are injured and the hundreds of families left home. 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 here. i'll, i'll dear, it is just one of several nations battling wildfires as record breaking temperature's spark widespread devastation. but authorities here believe many of the flames were deliberately lift julian wolf, al jazeera. but heavy rain is caused landslides. in southern china, several calls were buried and a slave which glanced nearer highway in young county. the drive is escaped to her harmed trench rain, also lost china's hu bay province shopping residence in flooded buildings. the

cargo ship is spilling oil into japanese waters after breaking in half the crimson palarez run aground while sailing inside hutch, you know, port it managed to free itself for the other crack, which spit shifting to all 21 chinese and philipino crew members have been rescued officials say they're trying to contain the oil spill. some, some vice chairman will become a free man in the coming hours after being granted parole. j. one of these been serving a 2 and a half year prison sentence for bribing, a friend of south korea. the former president is unclean. if he can return to work . on thursday, he appeared in court over separate charges of stock price manipulation. the u. s. says agent that the border with mexico registered a record of 212000 people in july, us secretary of homeland security and a 100 mailed cas says about half of the migrants are single adults. it passes the

previous record of 188000 june. and he lays arriving off from central america thing, crime and poverty worsened by a series of natural disasters. fill of l. as in the calendar in texas, with more on the crisis. 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 and this goes completely against. well, joe biden said, not so long ago what he told people, but this was a seasonal issue. the come, the summer. those numbers would dwindle. now the reason he said, thought is because that typically is what happens. you know, it's hot here in texas. it's hot in mexico, there's 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 a day. and they are making it on the male turning up, and then they are either being arrested by customs of 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,

and mckellar, where they have nothing more than a close on the back that have work to show that they have a case pending. they go into the care of local charities as well. people are good, they give them shelter. they give him somewhere to stay, but these places con 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. since this is a situation that is being pushed to the very edge and it's being pushed even further along all of the largest annual gatherings in the us as open, despite concerns about rising cove. in 19 cases, thousands of people are expected of the iowa state fair and event, but more than a 1000000 people attended in 2019 that it was counsel last year, the 1st time since world war 2, no masks or vaccination is required to attend 1000, also gathering and neighboring south dakota for the sturges motorcycle rally. canada's prime minister is expected to call a federal election on sunday. the 30 day will reportedly be on september. the 20th

making the shortest election campaign permitted just intruder is hoping to turn his minority government into a majority writing on the success of canada. as high vaccination rates, opposition leaders have criticize the prospect of a snap election during pandemic. now, britons may see the police officer says detectives will be reviewing allegations made against britain's prince andrew. he's being sued in the us by virginia ju fray, who says he sexually assaulted her when she was 17, the father of following developments from london. what christ of the day, the, my senior police officer and the country head of london's metropolitan police service, given the civil case that had been brought against prince andrew, the united states, the force would now review the evidence against prince andrew. it's important to clarify that this is not the same as an investigation and 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, but crested did also stress that nobody is above the law. that suggestion being, if new evidence services of the outcome could well be very different. prince andrew faces accounts of, of rape of. busy 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 electra had a close friendship with now performers that the world's largest art festival is shining, a light on one of the great crises of our time. climate change should hold reports not from the edinburgh fringe festival in scotland. i you ok. i got pretty into him

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. 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, so he was her tough substitute for the 1000000 to to please try. this storyline is about species of aliens that have come from that time. it's been destroyed by the climate. so we've come to this planet, come to to help people make a change and 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, like i'm going to make 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 in glasgow. the got solving claimant crisis. that was good to say like,

a fun way to engage in that environment. i hope something happens in november when you know they will meet here to talk about the future of our 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 just go back. so call to action on festival stages, both real and virtual. as the performing arts make a come back to the messages. it's not too late for the earth to bounce back to go to whole al jazeera, edinburgh. ah, what you just said. rom, the reminder of all top stories, the taliban is captured, has got his phones, the largest city of her art is the 11th provincial capital to fall over the past week. the armed group gain control of gauze the earlier on thursday as it.