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a sentence for bribery and embezzlement. thousands of people urged to head for safety in japan with the threats mudslides after a heavy rate. also ahead an arduous journey, we talked to migrant making a desperate and dangerous jungle trek to panama in search of a better life. and as for leaving, it takes off on friday under a cloud uncertainty. matthews moved to b. s g is impacted the entire spanish league is it continues to real from the departure of one of the world's greatest player. ah, the taliban has made its most significant gains yet in and offensive that's leaving, cobble dangerously exposed. it's captured f canister on 2nd largest. if he kandahar which is the arm groups birthplace, elsewhere in the south, taliban fighters also took control of laska. so in the past week 16 of

afghanistan's 34 provincial capitals have now fallen to the taliban, and the taliban has detained the veteran commander of a militia in western afghanistan. ismael con. he's known as the lion of her routes . he was taken as telephone, fight to seize the city. con is one of kenneth's dan's most prominent warlords. battling soviet occupiers in the 19 eighties and working with us forces to topple the taliban in 2000. and one is the team this our campbell height of in islamabad. and simmons is in london. but we begin with charlotte bellis at the heart of the story, the afghan capital. cobble charlotte, get us right up to speed this out. what's the most vague of who controls what looking like today? well, you just said 16 provincial capitals under telephone control just in the last week . and we may have one more to add to that just in the last few hours, the taliban have claims to the province of logan. the provincial capital,

there is plea alarm. they say that the governor and his immediate staff have lit, have swapped in and working with the taliban. although they say they claim it. but they also say there are some fighting. there are some fighting on going with special forces in that city. we can't independently confirmed that, but we have talked to residents who say heavy fighting is ongoing via now. logo is especially significant because it is directly south of cargo to drive from carville to pull. the alarm is one hour. it's 65 kilometers. it is right on the border of the city. so now the taliban, a knocking on the door of cobble multiple govern is doing this governor in load. according to the taliban, at least swapping sides. but we understand multiple governors have actually done deal with the telephone on the safe passions passage. just yesterday we saw that in god's me where the governor was given even a taliban escort to leave the city. and he was a risk by the government when he came into government territory. the charge when i

asked the ministry of interior was serene during without a fight. so the government very concerning for the government to see these governors starting to flip and move with the telephone numbers wise overall nationwide. it's been 16 in the last week, 6 and the last 24 hours and that includes home and that includes kandahar the 2nd biggest city and i've got a son and an includes herat, which is the 3rd big city. and i'm going to stop and put that into context for youth. the taliban hadn't been able to get a provincial capital in 5 years. and now they have 16 and one week is one of the big problems here. so mr. ghani, and therefore for the ask and military the way that when the taliban takes these regional capitals on the other side away from cobble away from the regional capital, you've got african government forces in effect, then cut off and they can't be re supplied by the opposite numbers in cobble

that has been one of the biggest problems for the security forces is that as they slowly lost rural areas, they slowly lost the roads and then they were unable to resupply by rose, i talked to one person in the high up in security forces here who said we've got full playing and that's how we're trying to reach the class security forces. and it's incredibly difficult when you've got so many different offences and so many different provinces trying to get the menu nation money, basics supplies. it's really been a hamstring for them and they've been relying on special horses and sending them in these elite units to try to secure cities. but now they just have so many cities and they don't have enough special forces to spread around. charlotte understood, stay close, we'll talk to you later. i'm sure charlotte. well, it's not correspondent, never put in life from cobble. well, what's going on in the canister? of course, being judged and reacted to in world capital countries that had an interest historically in afghanistan, the u. k saying it could return to afghanistan. if al qaeda develops any presence

in any way at all that threatens the west. live now to london and our correspondent, following that aspects of this developing story and with them. and so, and what are they saying and feeling about this in white hold that we think? well, ben wallace, the defense minister, has been quite outspoken. it's probably the most sharpest of reactions to the u. s. pull out, and the subsequent pull out of the u. k. which britain says it has to do in light of what the u. s. has decided now spend wallace who said he went public at the time in february last year. when donald trump, than us president signed a deal with the taliban to actually agreement to withdraw us troops around this time in 2021. and now while i said that was a mistake, and it really gives rise to the possibility of the return of al qaeda. this is what

he had to say. the tell about to have a message from the outside. you sell hosting, i'll create a packing, the west or countries of that. we could be back. now this all comes $600.00 troops deployed. these are as an extra deployment to get people out of afghanistan, that you can citizens a larger contingent of embassy staff. now coming out and also former african workers who with the british military in as translators and other roles. now this is an action taking place as a chorus of criticism about the whole situation comes from the military establishment amongst them. the former defense minister, mister johnny mercer who's a former african veteran, he says that this should give rise to unilateral action by britain. although the

british government is really uneasy about intellectual action. it may take some, a responsive measures to any attacks as things go in the, the coming weeks. but at this, this position of going back and actually isn't clear, it is high, be unlikely, and mirth, and says it's an international tragedy which will have massive repetitions in the future and are thank you very much and are simmons joining us live on the news from london, of course, what's going on in afghanistan, crucially important across the region. a border crossing between pakistan and afghanistan has reopened following a fight between guards and people waiting to cross earlier hundreds of afghans waiting to re enter the country through stones at the security forces. they responded with tear gas. people were angry, afteren, africa, and travel died while waiting to return home via the spin bolduc crossing come hider, following that situation for us out of the pakistani capital is,

lemme that come out. we, you and i were having a conversation a few weeks ago about how the border crossings were being taken by the taliban. so who was the fight between here was it between afghans wanting to return home and the taliban or afghan security forces? apparently because the border was closed for over a week and nobody knows why because for that dollar bond and the budget. so i need have been saying that didn't grow dashboard. however, there was a huge backlog and there were people on the budget on the side of the board. what they have to do is to grok by on ford. and i've called several 100 meters in order to get to the wrong side, which is under the control of the avalon dollar bond. now that one particular dentistry and he died of a heart attack. and i've got lead to tremendous anger from doors on the waiting on

the buckets on each side of the board. what started fred? thanks joe, on that day, security for him to think about the boarders now offer it at the open from 8 am local. busy time it will be open until 4 pm every day in order to a congestion regard for one week. hundreds away goes on, both sides were stranded. the trading community render the government and said look of why it's on need supplied. their trade depend on that trade for their livelihood of got that city. come daughter salvage over 400000 people and they did the men logistical lifeline. and 2 of one it's done or i don't know or did and dollar bond, and it is a major car and do it. and a lifeline for varnished on particularly part of the south. that concerned burger son of gods had voiced its apprehension. they lived together the situation deteriorate, insight on his don wickertree, an influx of oregon refugees,

buckets on its already home to $3000000.00 of refugees. and they were concerned that some anti pockets on elements met tried to cross the border by dated business as usual. the bar did it now open business as usual. come all you've reported from that spin bolduc border crossing. is it your sense that it will continue to be a flash point for trouble such as we've been seeing over the past 24 hours? well if you really look at the southern region of honors on, you've mentioned and seen in the report, it had always been a strong board of the dollar bond. the people that are human, that normal life we've even seen on the georgia media traffic policeman, coming back to duty, that dollar bond of god, saying that there will be no retribution chops are opening up by end of business as usual. so. but have him, you may see a relative calm,

but that situation could change that situation and run it on spiders out of control . and that the civil war, like a duration, which doesn't seem to be the case at the moment tomorrow. thank you so much. kim. hi there, reporting live from islam about plenty more still to come for you here on the news . including a potential when the brittany spears in her legal battle over a court ordered guardianship that she says made a victim of abuse. also at braving the crowds. one of the biggest mass gatherings in the us, raises corona virus concerns and in the sport, a sensational season continues for the unity and tennis platform. coming up a little later here on the new ah some, some vice chairman has been released from prison in south korea after being granted through j. y lee was serving a 2 and a half year sentence for bribing

a friend of the former president in a merger deal. it's unclear if he can return to work. critic said his release reflects a culture of leniency for corporate bosses. they offered an apology as he left prison. i have cause too much concern to the people. i'm really sorry. the heard. no, i'm listening carefully to your warriors, criticism, concerns, and high expectations about me. i will do my best. robert kelly is an associate professor of international relations and the department of political science and diplomacy at the pusan national university. he says, mr. lee's release is part of a wider approach to white collar crime in south korea. the korean government has a habit of releasing corporate bosses who have been convicted of various crimes. some of that was actually being like physical salt and some, some of this isn't just white collar crime like like leaf conviction but actual assault. 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 not create very largest corporation or mega corporations that dominate the economy. that i have too much influence on, on politics, my own sense. and i haven't been too much from the, from the current government. right. i mean, the president current president got in because the president, of course is impeached right. and leave with great big ghana. 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 left to be gotten from sort of speeding up on the now in peach programs, she's been thoroughly raised right. or approval ratings and she left like under 10 percent or something like that. and you're going after sampling of course, and it's pretty risky, right? so i don't think there's much cause for the government. there's no political advantage. program manager really way in on this either way. he's 21. people have died after heavy flooding and central china scooby province. torrential rain. they're called power concent, landslides, destroying hundreds of homes,

and the 6000 people have been forced to leave the area. 5 cities in who bay province now declared readily. the japanese authorities service, you'd high level weather alerts in western and south west and parts of the country . torrential rain triggered a months like that in gulf. 2 houses in the city of boons, in in the next saki prefecture for people were swept away. one was on death, 2 others are still missing. residence in some areas have been told to prepare for evacuations. studies bellamy has more from tokyo. the weather forecast agency has shown the highest level warning thus level 5 on a scale of 5. it should be 2 or more than $10000.00 people and advised them to evacuate immediately to say, face of the heavy rain now in the queue issue. and also in the south and home through in the mega saki in hiroshima, has rich record numbers in mega. thank you more than $780.00 millimeters during the last 3 days down per day. that's 3 times the average for the whole month

of august. so it's a huge number of rain. and there are also warnings that they're going to revert, which is one of the largest rivers in the area that might float also. so this warnings are now being extended to other regions. not only in south in japan, you sure and to other parts of japan worse than japan. it's also going to see heavy rain during the day during tomorrow, and also they are saying that the heavier it would be, it would stay there until a week. at least so. busy there is a big possibility of long slides, and we have already had the confirmation of the day for one day, gee, and 2 other people are missing from the same family in their psyche. cargo ship is spilling oil into japanese waters after breaking in half the crimson palarez run

aground. while sitting inside had she not, she pours crew managed to partially free the vessel, but then suffered a crack which split the ship into 2. all 21 chinese and filipino crew members have been rescued. officials say they're trying to contain the only stroke. 22 people had been arrested in algeria on suspicion of being behind. many of the countries devastating wildfires the government has been struggling to contain the fires and its appeal to international assistance. 3 days of national morning taking place to one of the 69 people have lost their lives. my heart miss r, he. the journalist has been covering the fire as he says, the surge of solidarity in the country has made a big difference. there are massive quantities of humanitarian aid streaming in from all over the country into the north eastern parts of algeria. yesterday i went to teach with you and i saw 1st hand volunteers that hadn't slept for 3 days. their voices were hor, their eyes were red and they had been working non stop in terms of receiving that

aid and making sure the distribution goes to the villages that have been most affected by the scars. so there is a real sense of community and a real sense of solid there. that is hard to see. the government did send out several different helicopters to fight these fires, but these helicopters are only equipped with these baby buckets, which have a capacity around a 1000 leaders to sort of scoop up water and disperse it over the fire. it's called on the european union european union, i'm sorry to send over some firefighting aircraft called canada. france sent over to yesterday, and both have a capacity of 6 to 7000 leaders. and they've been much more effective in fighting these fires that are in very difficult places in between mountains and in grow those and so on and so forth. so the european union tend to over to already, and we're expecting 3 more today to from spain. and one from switzerland, people in the town of greenville, in the us state of california, a coming to terms with the wildfire which destroyed nearly everything in its path,

the month old dixie fy. so cold is the biggest in california recorded history and bent down hundreds of homes in greenville residence, returned to find their belongings, reduced to ash, and expressed fears. the time would not be able to rebuild. it's heartbreaking. i haven't been down. i haven't been to the main street where my friends burned. i haven't been able to get down there. but i have been out to some of the other neighborhoods and they're destroyed. but it has to be okay because what's the alternative? i mean sure. i got a cry. sure, sure. i mean, i'm, i'm heartbroken here, but you know, that's not gonna, that's not going to rebuild greenville this week. we've been following some of the thousands of migrants making a treacherous journey from columbia as northern border up to panama. many are hoping to reach the united states. they're traveling through a dangerous jungle area. it's known as the diary and gap. theresa bo reports from one of the communities in panama, that's receiving them. i right through the to quite the river, dipping the jungle in panama shows how thousands i fling poverty in south america.

boats filled mostly with patients, cubans and venezuelan migrants follow one after the other. heading to the united states the arriving columbia across to panama through the daring gap. the arrive thirsty, hungry, and walk with difficulty by federal aid from venezuela travel with his wife and 3 children. he still recovering from the journey. but whatever i can say is small compared to what we saw in one, there was a dead child and in another tent, 2 people drowning in the river and left hanging on trees. i counted at least 8. i'm sure they were more, i don't know. this is the worst i've ever lived. harder with me take. i mean amanda thought his wife, florida to s, as he struggled climbing the mountains and the cliffs in the jungle. because it's horrible because i felt i couldn't any more. before i arrived here,

i felt weak. we hadn't eaten in days, my feet were injured and i was thinking of my children. i thought my baby was not going to make it. florida says they were faulted. a woman from her group was raped and she had to cover herself in mud to protect herself and g. o say, rape has become the norm. most of the people we have full controls that arrived to this camp are desperate. most of them have lost all their belongings, they have no clothes for their children. this group is from venezuela. they say the only thing left are their expired passport. they all arrive at the indigenous village of kito, where there is not enough food and water to help them recover from the trip. the dwarf has just arrived here from haiti. her 4 months old baby is dehydrated and has a fever. look whether or not i left, she lay because we don't have papers. the government doesn't want to give us papers

. so we're going to mexico. around 16 percent of those here are children. they survive the journey. but unicef says most of them are traumatized because i mean your children are very young and they come with serious health issues like everybody else because of the trip. you see diary formats, but also their effect to technologically, because they go to, to magic experiences. in some cases they get lost from their parents. so it's very difficult. all the countries in the region are struggling to cope with a thousands of migrants heading towards north america. they're trying to implement quote, us, but this is unlikely to work for now. in spite of the risks, migrants continue to arrive. this is only a part of the journey, but most of them say it has left ones that will mark them for life. there is, i will, i'll just feed her daddy in panama. there is a potential victory for britney spears in her battle against

a court ordered measure that she says has been used to abuse her, the thing as case to shed light on so called conservative ships in the united states, including her, difficult the art to remove his cateel lopez for the young, the after months of public pressure, jamie spears says he will step down as conservator of his daughter, britney spears, as a state for more than a decade, course have allowed him and others to control the single money career and much of her life after she suffered a series of mental breakdowns, but allegations of abuse, how followed? the 39 year old told the judge she's been drugged, forced to perform, and prevented from having more children. she also accused her previous legal team of working against her interests. the fans have run and increasingly, both like him pain free, britney for a long time. one of the most problematic aspects of this case has been that you

haven't been able to fly to an attorney. and i don't think that the attorney she had previous to this was, i know that he hasn't been advocating for her interest because we know that brittany has asked and multiple times out of this. and apparently he never told her how to do that. once again, want to thank britney spears for her courage. the case has brought attention to conservative ships in the us critic say the legal guardianship measures are open to abuse and terminating a conservatorship isn't simple. to get out of it. you need to then prove to the court, i've regained my capacity. i've been in therapy, i've been taking medication. i've worked on myself and now i'm able to make these decisions. so it's not just standing up and saying, i want to be out. it's proving to the court that you're ready to be out. there is no time lying for when brittany's father will step down. he denies any wrong doing, and he's calling for another conservator to take his place. the fingers fancy, it's

a step in the wrong direction. but the battle they argue is far from over cost a little. so the young 0 still to come here on the news for you heading north. we look at why a record number of migrants who registered the us mexico border last month. and in sport, major league baseball, guess its own field of dreams are over here with more coming up in about 20 ah hello. there is more exceptional heat on the way for southern areas of europe and will not need to see more. seemed like this as spain sweltering under another heat wave that's expected to last for the next 4 days. so on friday and saturday, we've got heat alerts out for southern parts of italy and southern parts of spain. but up in the north, it is looking wet and windier. we've got

a weather system bringing the cooler wet weather to the british isles, to scandinavia, the baltics and to western parts of russia. but it's down in the south east. we are seeing some unusual weather. we seem to wrench in rain, caused flash flooding in northern parts of turkey. that's after $41.00 millimeters fell in 24 hours. and that thanks to this weather system, that seems to be a tropical storm sort of these conditions. and those are expected to continue over the next few days, affecting georgia as well, but down in the south, it is looking hotter and dryer. and as we move over to the beery and peninsula, we're expecting a lot of heat come through in the next few days. here just here, all going to touch up into the high forty's, we could see a national record set in spain and talking about records to nicea set a possible highest record as temperatures edged up to 50 degrees on thursday. and that heat is going to continue. the long

before the covert crisis broke, the world was grappling with another global crisis. the climate breakdown, destruction of nature can lead to destruction of all hail the lockdown 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't be ignored on north korea. isolated and heavily sanction yet earning billions around the globe bureau, $39.00 is involved in everything that makes money for korea. they carry a different passport, take on the money this year, and it goes straight into the coffers of leadership a to park, people in power investigation bureau, 39 cache for kim park to on

a jazzy data. oh, a welcome back approach and help your top story so far here on the news, the taliban has captured against on 2nd largest that he can do, which is the good birthplace. elsewhere in the south becomes on fighters, also took control of laska, 16 of afghan songs. 34 provincial capitals have fallen in the past week and some, some vice chairman has been released from prison and career. i've been granted parole. j y lee was serving a 2 and a half year sentence for bribery. it's unclear if you can return to work and the authorities in japan of it's you high level weather alerts in weston and south west

and parts of the country. torrential rain triggered a mudslide that engulf 2 houses in the city of putting them in the prefecture of a sacking the taliban capturing 16 provinces enough. ghana stone. let's talk now to fight him. set up the head of international relations with the department of cod. on the university he joins us from cobble for he. welcome back to the news out. why has everyone involved in what's going on there? apart from the taliban, he had been caught off guard not to do with what the taliban are trying to achieve and achieving. but the speed with which they are doing it, it seems that the government could not make it out of the shock of the withdrawal. and the security plan announcement is back knobs. defeated in picturing the taliban. and the time the band are still having this, the momentum and capturing 16 preventatives out of 34 provinces. they have

strike a balance in symbolic balance in terms of 3 being controlled in nevada. and now it's almost $5050.00 annual strategic momentum. militarily, we bond, they have room to have an upper hand. now in any affairs related to the politics also there is an incorrect preconceived idea, i guess outside the immediate region that says the taliban is and always has been a homogenous organisation. it's never actually been that has it. i mean the taliban is just the desperate collection of our groups that say we are against the government. therefore we will operate under the label, the umbrella of taliban. but you can't do from a paramilitary or a military points of view. you can't do what the taliban are doing unless you are part of a her ma.