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oh, the a problem again, the top stories on the news our. the taliban has taken control of the main city and load our province. it's just 50 kilometers in the capital. a couple earlier fighters to kandahar as well as last car gall. the un is warning of an unfolding. humanitarian catastrophe across have gone on. hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by recent fighting. the u. k. prime minister board johnson has held an emergency meeting to discuss the situation and i've got a son. earlier, nato ambassadors mess discuss reducing their stop at embassies in capital.

the number of migrants being detained at the us border with mexico has had a record high more than 212000 people try to cross in july alone. and that's a 13 percent increase from june. for lavelle is in macallan, texas. with more this is the migrant front line in texas. it's called 10 city. they're the lucky ones, if you can call them that, who have not been immediately deported, awaiting a hearing and crowded conditions, but in the us at last. and that's what matters. the smiles say at all and come in the way the travel here was very stressful. the city of macallan is a gateway to a new life of people like elsa. she left guatemala, left at 2 sons, made it through mexico and smuggled herself and her daughter across the border. i went on, but i was hungry. i walked for 18 hours. officials decided she can stay to plead a case. so she's taking a bus to florida. now me or i have a friend and she's going to take me in and help me find

a job there. so i can give more to my kids because there is nothing in guatemala for me. there is no job, there is nothing for them. i want them to have a better life migrates. arrivals along the southern border have rocketed lately, managing them all increasingly impossible. we've done a great deal and we need to do more promises again from the home secretary who flew in to texas. but the numbers don't lie and the police from the top do not come on working june. so a 180000 apprehensions july, smashing that number with 212000 the highest for 20 years every day, around 1800, making it across. now, once the migrants had been processed at the border, they put on the buses and they dropped off a bus stations by this one. and downtown macallan often with nothing more than the clothes on their back. on an envelope full of papers, i have to keep hold off ahead of their asylum hearing that is where they enter the cur of local charities. there are a lot of these places around that will give them food and shelter and water,

but even they are struggling to cope with manpower with resources and kind of it is not helping at all. this is a system that has been pushed right to the edge and then a little bit further by this free food. these volunteers dropping off meals to the thousands in those temper camps. since the end of march, we've served over 250000 meal to migrants and macallan. we've been supporting just because that's just macallan for the migrants you've traveled so far. there is another challenge, some conservative voices, claiming them for spreading cobra, or bringing new versions in their doctors. disagree. are these false bringing variance that don't occur here, like the l for of a lambda or the delta? and the answer is no. what we're seeing in our community and those that have been admitted from their committee, which is quite small, is that they're all delta variance for elsa. that was the least of her worries. any harm in the things that i made in my family. and i don't have cove it as she heads off on a 20 hour bus journey. it'll be the most comfortable trip she's made in weeks one

where she finally has some hope from lavelle al jazeera macallan, texas. while this week, we've been following some of the thousands of migrants making that treacherous journey from columbia northern border to panama. many are hoping to reach the united states and they're traveling through a dangerous jungle region known as the darian gap. tourism bo reports from one of the communities in panama. that's receiving them as i write through the 2 quite 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 on the arriving columbia. and cross to panama through the diary and gap, the arrived thirsty, hungry, and walk with difficulty ro, vedo from venezuela travel with his wife and 3 children. he still recovering from

the journey book, the book, the boy, whatever i can say is small compared to what we saw in one. there was a dead child and in enough attempt 2 people drowning in the river and left hanging on trees. i counted at least 8. i'm sure there were more. i don't know. this is the worst i've ever lived in hardwood me. amanda thought his wife, florida says she struggled climbing the mountains and the cliffs in the jungle was because it's horrible because i felt i couldn't anymore 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 groove 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 spoken to that arrived to this come 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 the hotel quito, 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 month old baby is dehydrated and has a fever. 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 survived the journey, but unicef says most of them are traumatized. but this gets o'neil's. children are very young and they can receive health issues like everybody else because of the trip. you see diarrhea form. it's but also their effect a technologically because they go through to magic experiences. in some cases they

get lost from their parents. so it's very difficult. the countries in the region are struggling to cope with the 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 warns that will mark them for life. there is, i will see that in panama. well, let's talk about this with leon fresco, who's in a migration attorney, is also a former deputy assistant attorney general in charge of immigration at the u. s. department of justice. he's joining us from washington, d. c. hi there, thanks for speaking to us on the news. ours. so, i mean, this is not a new issue, migrants trying to make their way to the us. but how do you explain these sharp uptake in numbers, particularly in the hot summer months in june and july, and seemingly since president biden took office? well, there are,

there are what are called both factors and there are what are called factors. and both are at epic, so from the miss thoroughly on fresco. alright, apologies. we have lost our connection to the on for go. we will move on to other news for now and tell you about what's going on and sure lanka, because the archbishop of colombo is saying that he will seek international support . if this ruling can, government fails to bring justice to victims of the 2019 easter attacks. the church is demanding more transparency around the official investigation. when l fernandez has more from columbus, the catholic church is scathing in this government's treatment of the east bombings and the inquiry that followed. we heard from the archbishop cardinal malcolm runjun, who basically said the government, the president has blood on these hand that the ascended to power on the blood of

the innocent victims of those eastern attacks. they said the failure of this government to prosecute those responsible, those who were involved in positions of authority that either ignored the warnings that did nothing to stop what they say could have been prevented from what the reports indicate has been an absolute tragedy. now, they have been launching sort of campaigns from time to time, and they have said that if these don't work, they are ready to go international. we're not doing the vatican that we are thinking of thinking of you and the international human rights commission. because it is right of our people for justice, that should be known. and those who are sponsors shouldn't be identified. we are not, we're not like shylock insisting on the pound of flesh, but we want them to come up because then such mentors will not rise again. again,

the capital lik church questions, the sort of incomplete investigations. they said there are lots of areas of questions that haven't been pursued the involvement of military intelligence with the, the so called perpetrators or some of doors involved with the attacks. why those lines of inquiry were not pursued. why? one of the bombers who turned away from the 5 star who was contacted by a military internal operative. and there are many other questions which the church sees a need on says. so back to our story on the record number of migrants trying enter the u. s. lee on fresco is joining us once again. he's an immigration attorney. we've got you back. thank you so much for sticking around for us. you were telling me about why you think there's been a sharp uptake in migrants trying to cross into the us. please continue your thoughts, right? we right,

so we have what's called which factors and full 5 there's and each of those are record high on the poach factors. we have conditions in haiti in cuba, in colombia, embedded away in burnsville, and in many other countries in the western hemisphere that are the worst they've ever been and are liberating central america as well. that are literally pushing people out. 4 of their countries because they have no, no oppertunity this, they are irate cetera, political instability at the pool 5 years, we have both a large labor shortage in the united states. whereby there are a lot of divisions at the lower end of the economic scale. so people come here and they can find jobs and also by net ministration as being more generate than the profit ministration with regard to on the current. and so from those 2 perspective, those are leading epics or get people on the but hang on a 2nd, you say the biden and administration is more generous. but recently,

what the biden administration started to do is that it started flying migrants who they've apprehended at the southern border to the interior of mexico in particular to try and dissuade them from attempting to cross the border again. in fact, this is being criticized by some who say that it is a from era, cruel and illegal playbook. so there are 2 kind of individuals who are border cross or leon fresco. i really apologize, but we'll have to cross over to the un here, the secretary general who's speaking on the situation on, i've gone a son. let's listen into this live events from the united nation. i've just returned to the new york and would like to speak to you about the grave situation in afghanistan. even a country that has tragically known generations of conflicts, afghanistan is in the throes of yet another k. u optic and desperate chapter. an

incredible treasure the for its long suffering people. afghanistan is spinning out of control in the last month alone, more than 1000 people have been killed or injured from indiscriminate attacks against civilians. notably in helmand kandahar and head out to provinces. the fighting between the tale yvonne and africa security forces in urban environments is causing tremendous harm. at least 240000 people have been forced to flee from their homes. and the mandatory needs are growing by the our ospital, overflowing food and medical supplies are dwindling. roads, bridges, schools, clinics, and other critical infrastructure are being destroyed every day, the conflict, these, they can get even bigger, tall on women and children. continue urban conflict will mean continued

carnage. we'd civilians buying the highest price. i call an all parties. so think heeds of the conflicts every tall and it's devastating impact on civilians. the you all must do more to protect civilians. i remind all parties the legal and moral obligation to take all measures to protect civilians. directing attacks against civilians is a serious violation of international humanitarian law. and amongst 2, a war crime perpetrators must be held accountable. i'm also deeply disturbed by early indications that the taliban are imposing severe restrictions on human rights in the areas under their control. particularly targeting women and journalists, it is particularly already fighting and are breaking to see reports of the r one

rights of african girls and women being gripped away from them. the message from the international community to those on the warp off path must be clear. seizing power through military force is a losing proposition that can only lead to prolonged c p war or to the complete isolation of afghan is done. i call on the tale bound to immediately hold your fancies and to negotiate in good faith. in the interest of afghanistan and its people, i open up discussions in door katara between representatives of these one republican counties done and the taliban supported by the region and why the international community will restore the best way to a negotiated settlement of the conflicts. only an african lead negotiated political settlement can insure, be se united nations is determined to contribute to such a settlement, promote the rights of all life guns and provide life saving you many teddy and help

to the ever increasing numbers of civilians in it. thank you. this is the moment to alter the offensive. these is the moment to start serious negotiation. this is the moment when i put a long civil war or the isolation of kind of stuff. un secretary general antonio terrace, making a short statement on i've gone, a son of gun is done is spinning out of control. according to the un secretary general, he also said that fighting between the taliban and afghan security forces in urban environments is causing tremendous harm. he called on all parties to do more to protect civilians. and he warned that attacks against civilians may amount to war crimes. he called on the taliban to immediately halt it's offensive and negotiate

in good faith. and the secretary general expressing concern that he is deeply disturbed by indications that the taliban is imposing severe restrictions on human rights targeting women on journalists. just a reminder this coming after the taliban captured a string of gun provincial capital just in the past week. and it is now in circling the capital capital as well. who will move away from the un for a moment and tell you about lebanon, because the worsening financial crisis has thrown more than half of the population into poverty. so when the currency crash, basic necessities became more expensive and people increasingly turned to the black market and now the fuel subsidies maybe last as well. to 0, spoke to a mother of 3 about the struggle she and her family face. and the man who has, i am human and how's the mother of 3?

i'm a school teacher since i believe a contest and subtlety. i used to feel that my job had meaning today. and with all due respect, i feel very unworthy. lebanese citizen, my salary is very low, i get paid and have a nice balance. today, it only covers the few basics at the supermarket. you cut them down, you have a lot. well, the 1st 200-2019 life had dramatically changed. my said 9, our salaries only cover water expenses, gas and fuel burns in. now we don't have water for example, and i have to make the dishes one. did i have to get water, which my son brought up? got on my can she can she life has changed dramatically. we cannot even secure the basics for that yet, and i'm not seeing this is the laundry. it's been in the machine since yesterday. i

can't wash because the one our electricity we get does not cover the washing cycle . this is the fridge where we are putting the food that doesn't go back. the bloom at the will. of course, i believe the government and the leaders. all of them means all of them and see that i've been and we're all tired, but pick hi, this is how we live. we have nothing to offer them not. we're not used to the situation, but my daughter bit my heart and the new fish. i'm so that i was like, i cannot provide for her like before. will take you back to the united nations headquarters in new york and speak to our diplomatic editor james base more about the statement that the un secretary general just made on august on james? yes, well he said that i've got astonish, spinning out of control the figures now that we're getting from afghanistan,

the humanitarian figures are pretty shocking. he said 241000 people been forced to flee from their homes. he was, i think, pretty tough on the taliban and there offensive saying that it needs to stop. now a saying he's concerned and indications that the taliban are carrying out human rights abuses, severe restrictions on human rights. and the areas under their control was his words, particularly targeting women and journalists, we went on a women setting. it was particularly horrifying and heartbreaking to see reports of hard one rights of afghan girls and women being ripped away from them. he calls on the telephone to immediately stop their offensive and go back to those talks which, you know, have been going on for some time in doha, but not really achieving anything at this stage were so telling you that we have heard a fresh development in the last hour or so, that is now called the commander who surrendered to talk about in the west of afghanistan. he has now boarded a flight in harass the taliban. of let him,

it seems, get on a plane and go to cobble. and it seems he's carrying a message from the taliban to cobble the leaders in cobble. but i'm also told it's not a message to all the leaders. it's a message to the leaders of the jeremy at is let me party, which is many of the members of what was once called the northern alliance, that perhaps they could join with the taliban. but a don't think that includes the president asher. i've gone in some of those who are close to him and, and around him in the presidential palace. so that's an important development. as the secretary general urge is a return to diplomacy and suggests that the other option, which would be a battle in the capital city would be catastrophic. thank you so much, james bayes reporting from the un some songs vice chairman has been released from prison and south korea after being ground to parole. j y lee was serving in 2 and a half years sentence for bribing, a friend of the former president and

a merger deal. it's unclear if he can return to work. critics day has released reflect the culture of leniency for corporate bosses. li offered an apology as he left prison. i have cause too much concern to the people. i am really sorry, the burden. 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 for international relations in the department of political science and diplomacy. a tucson national university, he says lees release as part of a wider approach to white color crime and 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 sort of like physical salt. and some of the, 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 the sort of a part of

a large debate about sort of whether or not korea very largest corporation or mega corporations that dominate the economy. do they have too much influence on, on politics? my own sense, we haven't been too much from, from a current government. right. i mean, the present current president got in because the president of course is peach. right. and leave with great big ghana. i think the current president moon has been content to sort of allow that digital 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. her approval ratings and she left her like under 10 percent or something like that. and you're going after sampling of course, and so it's pretty risky, right? so i don't think there's much cause for the government isn't political advantage. program manager really way in on this either with british police are investigating the background of the man responsible for a mass shooting in the south west ingler city of plymouth, 22 year old jake davis and shot and killed 5 people, including

a young girl than himself. in a quiet residential area, no motive has been determined. mass shootings are rare in the u. k, which has some of the western world. toughest gun laws. japan has put western and southern areas on high alert for severe weather. torrential rain triggered a mudslide that in gulf 2 houses in the city of den, and i guess soccer prefecture for people were swept away. one was found dead to others are missing. residents in some areas have been told to prepare for evacuations. there is a victory for brittany spears in her battle against court ordered measures that she says have been used to abuse her. the singer's case has shed light on conservator ships in the us. that's a judge appointed legal or financial guardian, someone who controls another person's life, even if that person is an adults. so as katia lopez already on reports,

this arrangements can be very difficult to replace. the after masa 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 hands have grown increasingly both like him pain free, brittany, for a long time. one of the most problematic aspects of this case has been that she hasn't been able to fluctuate 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 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 timeline for when britney's father will step down. he denies any wrong doing, and he's calling for another conservator to take his place. the singer is fancy, it's a step in the wrong direction. but the battle they argue is far from over castillo, so the young 0. thanks for watching the news. our on al jazeera,

we hand you over to our team in long journal, mary, i'm with you in just a moment. show up much more off the days. thanks for watching. bye bye. for now. a in the us is pulling the last of its church, alphabet gun after a 20 year old war to the conflicts off and the taliban is on the offensive. claiming provinces were housed by the government. despite international mediation, if it's the future holds special coverage, or no, you are brought to you by accenture. let there be change

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native birds are at risk of extinction. in bishop, the plan to rid the nation. and if the president said them, one of the best guys on out in europe, i have gone astound government on the brink of catastrophe. city after city falls to the taliban with the fight is now just an hour's drive from cobble. but in the capital itself, a humanitarian crisis is already unfolding. a thousands of civilians flee the march of the tunnel. ah, hello, i'm mariam demising in london. you're watching al jazeera also coming up.