down examines links between these 2 crises and asks why it took a panoramic to bring on changes that should have been made long ago. all these things, we would tell him a complete, impossible, suddenly become connected. the wake up call that can be ignored. on a just a gaining more ground, the taliban captures that kind of some 3rd largest city that advancing towards the capital. aah! hello. come all santa maria here in doug. how this is the world news from al jazeera, samsung's vice chairman j y lee walks out of a south korean prison on parolees been released early from a sentence for bribery and embezzlement. also the votes have encountered in zambia,

where president ed galandes is seeking a controversial 3010 and no one's above the law. the u. k. police say they are reviewing allegations against prince andrew is accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl in the united states. ah, friday morning and i've got to stand the taliban making some of its most significant gains since this most recent offensive began. it is now seized control of high rats, which is the country's 3rd largest city and is the 11th provincial capital, the fallen just the past week. town fight is also captured, the city of caused me on thursday. and there's been an escalation of fighting in the southern cities of kandahar and lush, gar, us, officials from the capital campbell could fall in. well, just 3 months. the 3rd day of emergency talks, meanwhile, between the african government, the taliban has ended here in doha. stow my, their,

our international call is now for an urgent piece process. and all of this leading the u. s. and the u. k. to dispatch 3600 troops to cobble to help pull out embassy stuff and local interpreters will talk about all of this with rub mcbride, joining us from cobble now 7 30 in the morning. their morning rob take us to the territory, gaines. first of all, it is quite extraordinary since sundown thursday here in afghanistan to what is now daybreak here friday morning. the dynamics in the country seem to have changed once more. do have to say its immediate future, especially given events down in the south of the country and the storming by taliban fighters, right into kandahar itself. this kandahar is afghanistan's 2nd city. it has. it is right down in the hot land of taliban country in the south of the

country, a kind of providence and its neighboring province of helmand. because of this is basically become a fortress. it's very important for the government to hold onto that. even though much of the rest of the provinces gradually fallen away to the taliban. the kandahar was heavily defended. it had some of the better units that defending it special forces and so on. there's been increased fighting in recent weeks and with the afghans call again, not only their own support, but also the support of the us because they still have been providing that even though there are the u. s. boots on the ground. so if this was heavily photo, but it was hugely symbolic that the government holds on to can to high. and that the moment we simply don't know it's fate. we started hearing the evening that taliban had breached through the out to defenses. we also heard that a prisoner had been overtaken with thousands of prisoners being released then there were reports of fighting in the center of the city. and then started coming claimed

that the taliban had actually taken important government buildings and including the governors office. now this hasn't been confirmed until recently, our sources now say that the governor's office has been taken. there are other reports being carried on agencies that the governor and his officials have left the city. i mean, this is a very large city. it has lots of different compounds of military police, intelligence, it's really unclear at this stage who exactly gets in to the city. so not surprising then given what you described, that the u. s. and the u. k. r, announcing plans to send in personnel to get their people out, as i say, not surprising, but it doesn't help, does it that feeling of abandonment, that afghans must feel it has been called extraordinary. the rates of the collapse of government possessions all across the country. also it's worth mentioning, of course, that had that it has been confirmed that that did fall during the hours of doctors here that was the last major stronghold of the government out in the west of the

country. it again had been on the siege for a number of days that had been reports that it had fallen off successive attacks by the tyler by using not only its own forces, but also these so called uprising forces. these are local militias that are raised by cities and by governments to fight against the taliban advances. but it seems as though after days have resisted the collapse that came very quickly. there were reports of the taliban overrunning police stations of police, fleeing the posts or surrendering. in some cases, we have, we seen reports of police personnel putting on civilian clothes and simply trying to escape so that there's been another big blow you. you start to look at african style, where is now we've been talking thus far about the violence is made by the taliban . what did the taliban, what they taken? and then late, just advance. we have to not start talking about what does the government have left, but it is increasingly desperate situation for the government here really looking

now it's a couple the cities and towns surrounding it under control. and it does seem as with the u. s. and the u. k sending troops to secure their own nationals and secure their own culture, letting you to embassy people to extract them safely from the country. that international confidence in the situation here certainly seems to be lacking. okay, rob, you and the team stay safe there. rob mcbride in cobble. so let's expand this as we hear american and british troops on their way to help their embassy staff and local interpreters to get out. washington still insisting this isn't a full evacuation, and that the embassy will remain open. this report is from mike hannah. it was just a month ago that the top us general and i've gone is don returned to the united states. his mission, apparently over me since then the taliban has made huge gains throughout. have gone, is done. and now the us is read deploying troops to assist in the evacuation of

american nationals and f gans who worked with the us. this is a temporary mission with a narrow focus, as will all deployments of our troops into harm's way. our commanders have the inherent right of self defense in any attack on them can and will be met with a forceful and an appropriate response. $3000.00 troops arrive at cobbled airport in the next 24 to 48 hours. the support team of another 1000 is being sent to cutter to process the single immigrant pieces that are being given to african personnel. yet another brigade is being deployed to kuwait to operate as a quick reaction force. should the u. s. embassy and trouble come under threat, but the state department dismisses reports at the embassy make close. my response to that is, that's not true. this is not a full evacuation. un secretary general, the new york has expressed great concern about the situation, but still holds out hope for

a diplomatic resolution. we are continuing to engage with the taliban. in doha, i mean we are continuing to believe that there is a political solution that can be had. this doesn't mean that we also blind to what is going on in the, on the ground. we are not blind to the suffering of the civilians were caught in cross fire in, in urban environments. and the u. s. president insist it's f guns who must deal with a situation saying he does not regret his decision to withdraw us forces. african leaders have to come together. we lost thousands at last death and injury. thousands of american personnel got to fight for themselves, fight for their nation, but i radically, with the latest deployments. the american presence will be back to the same level as it was for the past 2 years. of the u. s. is longest running war. my kind of

audience era washington onto other news and the vice chairman of samsung has been released from prison in south korea after being granted parole. j y lee was serving a 2 and a half year sentence for bribing. a friend of the former president over emergent deal unclear this search, whether he can return to work or not. but critic say this release, just reflect the culture of lenient. see the corporate office with us on skype. now from verizon, robert kelly, associate professor of international relations in the department of political science and diplomacy at tucson national university. good to see you, robert, is that a fair assessment of the situation that there is lenient c for corporate bosses in south korea? i think it is, this is something that's actually been debated a lot and career for several decades. the korean government has a habit of releasing corporate bosses who have been convicted of various crimes. some of that was actually being sort of like physical salt and some of the,

some of this isn't just white color from like, like least conviction, but actual fault. and there's been a fair amount of criticism of that. and this is sort of a part of a large debate about sort of whether or not korea is very largest corporations for a mega corporation that dominate the economy, that i have towards influence on, on politics. my own sense will be yes. to play devil's advocate then samsung is pretty important, isn't it says how, sorry, i mean that the, the, the perception of the company, the, the amount of money it brings in the workforce it's, it's, it's important. yeah, that's right. and that's the usual counter argument. i get when i actually teach issues like monopoly and i trust my students, i partner with some because if it's your side, right, we actually go through it like what would happen if you actually broke up an song or in some way sort of tried to reduce that size, or you spin offs or something like that. and the students on my, my student, my korean students almost always fine. or you can do that. you know, samsung isn't sort of the math and corporations are leading. the korean economy, non employee would skyrocket and stuff like that. i don't actually believe that. i actually think there is arguments that could be sort of smaller and broken into

various bits and pieces and it wouldn't sort of being closed. but some potential use, i think in part to defend itself against anti transaction. this case, a conviction of bribing, a friend of the former president wasn't a part going hey, what does the current leadership say about it? do they, do they tread carefully on this one? you haven't been too much from, from a current government, right? i mean, the president current president got in because the biggest president courses and pete straight and leave with that great big scandal. i think the current president moon has been content to sort of allow that process to play out. right. he got what he wanted. if you will, politically from this years ago, and i'm not really sure there's too much less be gotten from sort of beating up on the now in peach programs. she's been thoroughly res, right? or approval ratings, and she left for like under 10 percent or something like that. and you're going to sampling of course, and southbridge. pretty risky, right? so i don't think there's much cause for the government. there's no political

advantage for president manager really way in on this either way. was another little side note on this story on thursday. i believe it was that samsung announced that it signed these agreements with for labor unions. tell us about the difference of that. and i, you know, some of the, the things i've read about calling it as a symbolic move more than anything else. yeah, that's right. so $700.00 come under criticism for years. but the treatment of its workers and stuff like that, right? samsung has begun sort of off shoring in the sense on actions of a lot in southeast asia and china and other places, those and actually build much capacity in korea anymore. even though it has this sort of enormous reputation here. and there's been sort of a lot of effort, a lot of concern in the papers that, you know, when you come back home again, it's green company. it's, it's or, you know, negotiate and talk to green workers and bring them in and stuff like that. i think to a certain extensive the fact that right, you know, we're going to be getting out of jail on them. some wants to look a good corporate citizen. and so it struck the field, you know, whether or not it's not, i don't know. i mean, the long term issue for samsung and it, it, it, use the labor is,

is moving overseas. that's the real core issue, right? isn't sampling to produce that much here? a more. it doesn't cheaper place to all very murky. isn't it? robert kelly? always a pleasure. talking to you. thank you. thank you for having me grab a break when we come back. flash floods in northern turkey until more than a dozen people. just as the wildfires in the south abroad, under control and braving the crowds, we will look at why one of the biggest mass gatherings in the u. s. is raising to run a virus concern. ah, the hello there. danger is heat is once again building across north america, not just in the west coast, but also in the east coast. we got a heat warnings and advisories issued. and this was the scene in portland, oregon,

where they've opened cooling centers to try to cope with those conditions. so we are expecting temperatures to rise well above 40 degrees celsius, not just in the west, but also on that east coast. you can see new york city and washington d. c, edging up into the high thirties and we are expecting a lot of heat and humidity with that. we are expecting some thunderstorms to roll into the north east. not just here but up into eastern areas of canada, and the weather continues in the south west of the us. we seen flash flooding across arizona. we could see that happening in new mexico. as those monsoon rains continue to fall and the deep south is also looking rather wet, we could see some heavy rains trigger floods here as well. things are also looking west for much of the florida peninsula. that's thanks to tropical depression. fred, it's moving its way across cuba and by the time we get into saturday, it's likely to bring the wet and windy weather to the florida keys.

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top stories this our own our just the or the taliban capture that's got the 3rd largest city hit the 11th provincial capital to fall in the past week, and also gain control of the early on thursday that pushes on towards the capital capital the u. s. and the u. k. are sending at least 3000 to kind of troops to cobble, to help full empathy staff and local interpreters out. washington though, insisting it's not a full evacuation and that the empathy room it will remain open. sometimes vice chairman's been released from prism in south korea up to been ground payroll, j y lee serving a 2 and a half years sentence for bribery critic say his release reflect the culture of lenient. the votes have been counted in zombie as presidential and parliamentary elections were president edgar longer seeking a controversial 3rd term. it is thought to be an extremely tight races. hanuman

council reports on the suck. the more than 7000000 people will register to vote in them as presidential and parliamentary elections. there were long keys and the high turn out polling stations in the capital, tucker 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 many voters . we all want to be ready with breathing. 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. it the longer. and this plan opposition leader has i, in the layman who's challenging longer to pose 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 . 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 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 various building projects. and critic said 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. rival, businessman has a,

he says he has 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 it's what happens after that that has many people worried how to my daughter algebra, the sucker sedans, former president could soon be in the hands of the international criminal court. its chief prosecutors and talks with sudanese officials to hand over those wanted for atrocities committed in done for in the early 2, thousands up. she ruled the country for 30 years until he was asked in 2019 regarding an individual, the former president omar bashir. i have not discussed dates, i had discussions with the various part of the government, which they are aware of. they know their responsibilities and they will, you know,

nonsense 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 out mclee. the decision to cooperate and how to cooperate is one to be decided by saddam not by me, an employer into a newspaper in nicaragua has accused the government of president daniel ortega, of trying to hide the truth. this is after customs officials refused to release paper. is important for la pensa, forcing the suspension of the newspapers, print edition from friday publications been critical of the president who has been cracking down on his opponents, forsaking a 4th consecutive term in november's election. i suppose. 22 people have been arrested in algeria. suspected of being behind dozens of the countries devastating wildfires. the government's been struggling to contain those fires and is appealed

for international assistance. gillian wolfe festival. the as a jury, a continues to battle these raging wildfires, and a lot of ration is underway on the ground. and from this guys we're watching the fire to try to prevent it from spreading through that. 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. using 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 and take refuge in communal hold on. 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 guy. there is a lot of damage,

some of lost their homes, lots of things. nature will not recover, given that the people 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 the 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 resident healing of charity organizations to collect necessities for those that are injured and the hundreds of families left homeless getting 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 in l. g area. we need medicine here. i'll dear, it is just one of several nations battling wildfires. as record breaking temperatures spark widespread devastation. but authorities here believe many of the flames were deliberately lift, gillian wolf, al jazeera. the italian health ministry is issued warning for 8 cities of the heat wave sweets, the country, temperatures of 40 degrees celsius in rome, and in the sicilian city of the cruz local meteorology, school service registered, 48.8 degrees on wednesday. could be a european record. while rain has brought so much needed relief to fire fighters on the greek island of f via fires of scorched the northern half of the island. most of them have now subsided. the countries prime minister is calling the destruction the greatest ecological catastrophe. greece is seen in decades as a new wave of floods and land slides that sweat through turkeys,

northern black sea regionally. 17 people have died. one, hundreds of others have been forced to leave their homes. russell said our reports turkey is still bothering natural disasters. if so was on 54 weeks. now, the note is on the water a to they don't for has taken hold of the blacks, 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 running as if 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 swept away vehicles and records, many homes and businesses. search and rescue crews were immediately sent to help the standard. but some of them were hampered by roads and breeze that have already called out of it because we are fighting another natural disaster. we are in sanofi,

which is lost, its connecting roads and 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. now try to succeed where the land vehicles have failed. but the material ages have warned the region to brace 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 in i didn't. he has begun distributing its 1st batch of locally made sputnik vaccines more than a 1000000 doses of the russian jap of in ships to vaccination centers. about 6000000 people are waiting to receive their 2nd dose. argentina was the 1st country

in the region to approve the vaccine. one of the largest annual gatherings in the united states has opens despite concerns about rising cove cases. there are thousands of people expected at the iowa state fair. more than a 1000000, attended back in 2019 pre pandemic. now people will not be required to be vaccinated or to wear masks, capillaries under has more. it's an american tradition. the state fair and nowhere do they do it bigger or better in iowa. it's opening day at the iowa state fair and it's full of rides. and who do want a giant turkey leg? this is the place and there are plenty of big midwest farming trucks on display. kathy green, he has been coming here all her life. i have been coming since i was born, and i have been a just fair for 66 years here. it's all fun and games, but the truth be told i was going through a surgeon corona virus cases just last week alone. more than 6000 confirmed cases,

a 50 percent increase from the week before hospitalizations and deaths also trending sharply upwards. so outside the spirit ground, it's not about what ride to go on or what food to eat. that concerns are much more serious. here at the biggest medical facility in de moines, they're so concerned about the delta variant and the surgeon corona virus cases that the childrens hospital has decided to cancel all elective surgeries, including biopsies for children that could have cancer. organizers in state elected leaders refuse to cancel this year. masks are not required. social distancing, and temperature checks aren't happening. fair gore's have mixed feelings about safety. i was concerned about it i vaccinated vaccinated, but i still think the mask is a safe thing because we're very close to people doubts about coming. did you kind

of talk about or was never any we all but especially where we're going to bring our grandchildren in that. no, it's not where we want to bring the young kids because of course they can't be vaccinated. other health experts say that many of the people attending the fair this year are doing so with a false sense of security. it is the perfect mixing pot for people to gather together bread coven, 19. and especially the delta via various to get back home and cause even further outbreak. we actually have one model that came out of polk county public health department that shows that they'll be about 600 people who are walking around positive for code 1900. each day of the fair with affairs spreading the fun, but also possibly the virus. gabriel sancho al jazeera de moines iowa. britain's most senior police officers as detectives will be reviewing allegations made against prison. britons prince andrew, being sued in the u. s. by virginia. jeffrey,

who says he section the assaulted her when she was 17, may bank of following developments from london. what cost of the day, the, my senior police officer in the country head of london's metropolitan police service said that, given the civil case that had been brought against prince andrew, the united states 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 but crescent 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. 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 disgrace by nancy a who took his own life in prison. in 2019 a man who prince andrew is alleged to have had a close friendship with the lawyer for pop. star britney spears says her father has agreed to step down as conservator of her estate. jamie b, as is controlled, much of his daughter's affairs since she suffered a mental health breakdown in 2008. the american sing has been in a legal battle to end the arrangement, calling it humiliating and abusive. the case sparks the global free brittany campaign and debate over potential abuses by legal, gaudy ah time to check the headlines for you and i'll just say or the taliban.