the the ah the taliban head dangerously closer to kabul as a takeover. yes. another provincial capital on the phone? a. and i want money inside of this is alice, is there a lie from joe or so coming up? expelled, abandoned. these migrants haven't flown out of the u. s. left to fend for themselves in a remote area of guatemala. forced to sleep under the open sky,

we meet the people left with nothing and graces wildfires. putting pressure on the government. the catholic church in sri lanka is demanding answers about bombing in 2019. ah, we begin in afghanistan, where the taliban campaign to take over the country is showing no sign of slowing down. with its a humanitarian crisis is now emerging in less than 2 weeks. the taliban has seized more than half of afghanistan's provincial capitals, and they include some of the biggest cities counter hall, herat and conduce group now controls more than 2 thirds of territory. just weeks before us troops complete their withdraw. around 400000 afghans have been displaced this year. many have made their way to the capital kabul,

and some have been forced to live in the cities parks. charlotte bettis is there. she begins on coverage. and now the 2 provincial capitals today poly alum provincial capital of logo is just to the self of of carbo about an hour drive from cobble, but 65 kilometers. so now they are knocking right on the door of cobbled taliban say that the governor actually joined them. how we understand it is that they seen hundreds of fighters into the city and this actually, his compound was to and he was forced to surrender. it is significant because it is gone, is harm province and also because it is just so close to the capital. now it is not the only place that cloud today collapsed, which is the proven to capital valvo that just in the last few hours, we've seen video of the zach, the governor being escorted by the telephone out of town. very shortly after that, the taliban took over and claimed it as the 18th provincial capital. to put this

into context for you, there's only 34 provinces in the country, so they now have control of more than half the provincial capitals. they hadn't had control of one in about 5 years and managed to do this all within a week that picked up in the last 24 hours, 7 provincial capital. and that includes the 2nd and 3rd biggest cities in afghanistan, kansas city in the south, which is the place herat and the west, and also left chicago and home. and so they own a role at the moment. i will telephone contact this morning, who said even they a chart and how quickly they are taking control. well, the united nations is warning of an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe across the country. as we mentioned earlier, hundreds of thousands of people have displaced many coming into campbell to escape that violence. rob mcbride reports on the northern edge of cobble a fight for bread among people newly arrived at food distribution. the quickly

turns into a free for all this open piece of land has become a makeshift camp for people who have nowhere else to go and very little for shelter . i'm not going to come out, but i don't, i don't that's just i have 2 children with me. this woman tells us out in the open sun all day. i got new arrivals or encouraged to take buses to temporary camps for internally displaced people or id peas that already exist from previous phases of this decades long conflict. the makeup at the idp population in cobble reflects the changing states of the conflict beyond the city limits. until relatively recently, most of the i d. p would be from the south escaping the ongoing fighting there. but now that being joined by new comers from the west, unlike these people from the north, as this conflict has spread across the country, touch are and his family of 10 have been here for 3 days after fleeing the fighting

in the northern province of butler. madame, yes, i would have said there is no system here and no shelter. there is nothing from the government and i don't know if we'll get help. my name's bull fortunate arrivals. can find refuge in most in the grounds. it's this one. there are 37 other people find room with relatives like beg him jam and her husband who escaped the southern city of laska dela, that the hand of war tele, there were bombs falling all around my house to the left and to the right. i didn't know what was going on. having worked for both the government and overseas aid organizations, she's afraid she's now a target for the taliban piece and we did out of mind media. we had a good life there. i was thankful to god. i don't know if i can ever go back. i want, as it was, the, it's a di lemme facing many from all parts of afghanistan with the one goal of getting

to cobble, but not knowing what happens after that public bride al jazeera couple. let's get more unless we can speak to catherine mahoney. she is global spokeswoman for the united nations high commissioner for refugees. she joins us on going from new york . many thanks for speaking to us and i'll just sarah you. and he said that if can astonish on course, to witness the highest number of document in severe civilian casualties in a single year. since your records began, that's a pretty stop warning. i mean, what is happening inside of our canister right now is heretic, and the human toll of these spiraling hostility is immense. we are talking about a country that is on the brink of a major humanitarian and forced displacement crisis. and as you say to be on track to witness the highest number of documented civilian casualties is a stark warning that we and we echo the call for the permanency fire that is needed

to stop these spiraling hostilities that are, that are causing so many hundreds of thousands to flee their home. you will report also highlights that hundreds of thousands of people have been fleeing their homes since the beginning of the year. clearly, people not going to stop have been fearful for their lives, but for some time now, this is not a crisis that's abrupt in the last 7 days. no, absolutely not. and i think it's really important to mention that the overwhelming majority of the afghans who have been forced to flee actually remain inside the borders of the country. so they're staying as close to their homes as the conflict will allow them to do so. so this is 400000 people who have been displaced just this year alone. but let's not forget that's adding to the $3000000.00 internally displaced afghans that are already seeking safety in other parts of the country. so even though we haven't yet seen sort of a wide spread force displacement across borders, we are, you know,

ramping up and we are ready that and calling on countries to keep their borders open because any, as we see the violence and the level of the hostilities any inability of the civilian to seek safety and asylum from such violence could risk immeasurable civilian casualty or lie. we've been seen pictures of people fighting over the food in the capital. couple where of course, the loss of the displace tough and heading to what pressure does that put on the capital city? and as far as you know, what is the african government's ability to assist these people? you know, for us as the humanitarian agency of the united nation, we are so concerned about the major humanitarian crisis of the country. and i think it's really important to recognize that 80 percent of the displaced since the

end of may were talking about a quarter 1000000 people are women and children alone. so you may have heard the secretary general of the united nations antonio terrace earlier today. say that he is absolutely heartbroken to see the hard won games of the hard won rights of african women and girls being stripped from them. so we're not just talking about a government and humanitarian agencies that are struggling to provide for, you know, hundreds of thousands of people in need, but also watching their rights being taken away from, from them in front of their very eyes. and what more can you tell us about that? because as he say, the biggest concern when it comes to the taliban is the rights of women. what are you hearing about the treatment of women in taliban control areas? you know it's that is a huge question. i mean, i think we've all heard horrifying reports, you know, just today in the news of, you know, widows and girls being asked to marry on. but let's,

let's be clear here. i mean, if we do not call, get the international community to back an immediate permanency fire, the stripping of human rights and the humanitarian crisis will continue. we're talking about, you know, for decades of a protracted conflict of 40 years of a displacement crisis that isn't, continues to unfold the images that we're seeing today from the past week or horrific. but this is a country that was already bearing the brunt of 40 years, a protracted conflict. and we're now seeing hospitals over run. we're announcing infrastructure being destroyed. we have to rally the international community to stop the violence and her f hostility as before, you know, and before this gets worse, many thanks for your time. catherine mahoney, the global spokeswoman for the united nations high commissioner for refugees. thank

you. rights group saw criticizing a u. s. policy of expelling refugees and migrants stopped at the border. having flown to mexico, southern border and boss to a remote area in guatemala, the migrants including people from honduras and father door, and then left to fend for themselves. john holeman has more from top to low on mexico, southern border with guatemala. this started actually before these flight for something called ty, 242, which is a decades old health provision, which basically means that anyone's showing up in crossing the us border and possibly ask for asylum, doesn't necessarily need to be seen. they could be turned straight back because of a health emergency and president trump's administration started to apply that saying that that applied to the pandemic to cove. it president bite. and now as continues to sending people across the border from the u. s. but what seems to be the case, the administration is worried that they keep coming back. so to stop that from

happening there now flowing them here to top to, to where we all right now, which is right at the south of met her next to the border with boss amount. they're also flying into another city on the board or some other code, the masa. so that's the u. s. sort of strategy, a new strategy. it seems to try and stop people repeatedly trying to cross into the united states. why are they doing that? the u. s. seems to be concerned at the moment about over crowding, their board of facilities about a spike in the number of apprehensions and also about new strains of cove it. so that's the justification for this rights group, including the un have criticize that. so you could give people access to asylum and see can't fly them straight down to the south. the country where they're not possibly safe still ahead on algebra, 100000 vacancies. find out why dodge companies are struggling for more people are dying from kevin 1900 in russian capital. the moscow is going ahead with lifting restriction.

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the exciting brazen example i've seen the men who so football just ah ah. you're watching out a reminder top stories this out. the taliban has swept further through afghanistan over running more cities in an offensive that gradually circling cobble fighters and now captured plenty on the main city of logan province, which borders the capital agencies. a warning of monetary and catastrophe. and i've got a ton of bands that drive thousands of people from their homes. for

a 1000 have been displaced this year. un secretary general antonio terrace has called on the taliban to immediately end. it's offensive on diplomacy. as a james space has moved from the united nation, the sectors general said he believes afghanistan is currently spinning out of control. they're very concerned about some of the figures. for example, 241000 people and now estimated to fled their homes. he's also concerned about possible war crimes. he says the taliban have been targeting particular groups including women and journalists, and he had this message for the taliban. 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 civil war or to the complete isolation of a gun is done. i call on the tale about to immediately halt your offensive and to

negotiate in good faith. in the interest of a gun is done and the people he's urge the return to diplomacy. and those talks in doha, there has been an important diplomatic development in recent hours, potentially. and that's concerning is now con, the commander who was leading government forces in western afghanistan, who then surrender to the taliban. he's now been allowed to fly from herat to cobble. and we believe he's carrying a message from the taliban. that message is directed to some of the leaders of what were known as the northern lines. and it appears that about trying to break them away from the rest of the government in cobble to try and form a transitional government. while the united nations is also calling for an immediate end to wave of violence in serious south west and city of iran, thousands of civilians that have fled fighting between government troops and rebel forces. even special envoy says there is a shortage of food, fuel,

water and medicines. the city was put on the blockade by the government back in june, off to residence, refused to surrender. weapons allow, forces to such houses and on the people who have died in algeria as wildfires has wisdom to 71 more than 55 still burning across 16 provinces. the government says many was started deliberately. 22 people suspected of austin on now on the rest in greece, the wildfires and now largely contained but many are struggling to cope with the impact of what's being called the worst ecological dissolve in decades. same bas ravi reports from athens where he met a retired war journalist who's lost everything. the quiet of a life was forest, sharp contrast to the violent wildfires that snuffed it out. crystals beat us walks

the burned woods looking for injured animals. the forest stood for many years. he says, filled with animals, dear wolves, wild boar, whatever any one can imagine, to find in a forest algebra. interesting, because we started trying to save animals right from the start. and there's a matter of fact, a lot of these animals we knew because we were feeding them to paula. but i wanted to ent, unfortunately, we found many of them dead. all living creatures have souls. he says, so they all matter looking at the landscape now. he doesn't know how anything can continue to live here. greece is prime minister has promised to replant every tree and rehabilitate every forest that's been affected by these wildfires. but we're talking about vast tracts of land that are spread across the entire country. these

are forests that it took generations to grow or cement the better he, whoever lives in this area are people who are alive. they live in nature in the forest. they know how to face fires or are brave enough to help the firefighters. now, boys isn't going to be racing after a 42 year career covering the war in vietnam, as well as conflicts in europe and the middle east. alexis would set us retired to a house in the woods, a lifetime of photographs, the tools of his trade cameras, computers, all gone. he might have to return to work, but says he doesn't even know where to begin. he is angry, says he could have saved his house himself, but as a safety measure was forcibly removed by people from the civil protection ministry . i don't want to have these mis, even though we could have put it out, they cut off our water and they forced us out. these are people who don't know this area. people who had nothing to do with fire fighting. it was a mess. and this is the situation of my whole life has been burned. he won't leave

even burned to the ground. he says this is his home. he will repair a cott use a brick as a pillow and sleep under open sky. his grit is all he has left his in basra. v o to 0 in greece is pernesa mountains. russian authorities have expanded a state of emergency in siberia. as more than $100.00 wildfires and gulf, the area extension will make it easier for the government to send more. a 2 year kusha, nearly $124.00. as far as a burning across 14000 square kilometers. several villages have been evacuated and why fi is also banning near the italian capital of rome. fall, cruise and helicopters have been trying to stop the flames, which are being fueled by a heat wave. and the extreme heat wave is expected to hit spain over the next few

days. the weather agency says temperatures will reach 47 degrees celsius. that is the highest and for years on 40 provinces are on alert. the united nations is calling for fundamental changes in how countries deal with wildfires. un office for disaster fires says the focus has to switch to prevention rather than fighting schooling. the tougher international laws, including the mandatory construction of barriers that could slow or stop the spread of fires. the head of the roman catholic church in sri lanka is urging the vatican and all the international bodies to put pressure on the government over the eastern sunday bombings. and once more transparency around the official investigation into the attacks 2 years ago, which kills more than 260 people. now fernandez reports 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 his hands 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 campaign from time to time, and they have said that if these don't work, they are ready to go international. not only radical that we are thinking of thinking of you and the international human lives commission. because it is

right off people for justice that should be known, and those who are sponsors wouldn't be identified. we are not, we're not like shylock insisting on the pound of flesh, but we want them to come out because in such matters we will not rise again. again, the catholic 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 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 stuff which was contacted by a military internal operative. and there are many other questions which the church sees a need on says south

korea has signed a deal to buy another 30000000 doses of the pfizer vaccine as covert 19 infections continue to rise. the prime minister's pleading with the public to minimize travel and avoid meeting in groups. the country has reported around 2000 new cases for 3 days in a row. russia has reported 815 deaths from cove and 19 on friday, which is a new daily, high health official se destined the counter moscow increased 60 percent in july, but the capital is still lifting some restrictions. the may, it says there is no longer any major pressure on hospitals. these people are not as sick as is reported on television as fluids, the flu. immunity is something that everybody has. people are just ill for for 5 days. and after that they recover. i'm against vaccination. will not let me. it

should have been cancelled long ago. we are all just sick of it, all masks and all the rest. who needs them at all? will they give it a rest? we are sick and tired. well, some european economies are bouncing back as kevin 19 restrictions on east for the netherlands as a new problem on the horizon. a shortage of work is dutch companies have been struggling to fail more than a 100000 vacancies. the fasten has this report. the people are on the move again. now lockdown, have been lifted between companies in the netherlands, are struggling to keep their regular services going. several trains have had to be cancelled because of the shortage of traffic controllers. drain company, poll dale had had to ask former employees to return from retirement, and though still working not to retire yet any to fall in rail. is it so that you will often work late shift at night or weekends? it's a 24 hour business, but for young people looking for jobs, it's like going to the candy store. they can choose what they want to do. for

example, if you want to go out on a friday night, then it's impossible to what you want a new home. ok. yeah. so it's new. think of us are going to keep her the company urgently need 70 traffic controllers who are expected to work irregular hours to guarantee a safe train. right. but they also need people and other departments, including risk management and finance. you want to get the problem. plenty of jobs available, not only rang company struggling frames, ronnie, factory hospitals and hospitality factor. all screaming out for the doctor thought to me as quickly come back to life off the left down. but it's no less thing to slow down. the lack of worker after opening up again and may restaurants and cafes found that many of this stuff had left some establishment and are forced to close again for several days a week because they're not enough people to do the work. and finding stuff was also a problem before the pandemic. i think there are you. but 3 years ago,

dick funnel status started a company called shafts from spain, and now can't keep up with demand. there are not enough working people and i think we, we have to solve this to think more european and look for stuff. in this case, the southern europe, because unemployment, there was around 20 percent 50. hernandez arrived 3 weeks ago from spain and is among dozens of chef recruited so far. spend there is no jobs available for us. here. i'm the one saw maybe don't have to have the good condition. so you hot here that are monday, but i was that social system, despite that, been damaged in atlanta, has an unemployment rate of only 3.3 percent. and the economy is predicted to grow by 3 percent next year. but to maintain this growth bank, hun master says companies need to be more creative in attracting workers. this is,

did the new demand by the younger generation. millennials, a generation offer that is common on the labor market in a couple years of time. they want a bit about the balance between work and private, and maybe this is a spoiled thing, but it's a western european western world thought the phenomenon is not just the whole. he is concerned that if companies can attract more workers from the netherlands or from abroad, the economy will suffer shaft. victor says more shacks from southern europe would definitely not hurt dutch gastro mummy. the eating of good food stamp fasten al jazeera got servile a cause for 1000000 serbians are having to ration their drinking water because of a severe shortage. a long dry spell has seen river levels plummets, leading to an emergency being declared in central and southwest region. soldiers of incentives with trucks. a vigil has been held for 5 people, shot dead by gunman in the english city of plymouth. after thursdays,

killing spree, 22 year old jake davison been shot himself. his mother and a 3 year old girl were among the victims. its presence, 1st mashing and 11 years now take a residence, have been forced to do a double take when what appeared to be a giant head was spotted in the sky. so that's actually a whole to abilene part of an art project commissioned for the target olympics on the paralympic games as a tool, as a 7 story building. and it took 3 years to create and next look down on the paralympics, which begins in 11 days a this is algebra, these, your top stories, taliban has swept further through afghanistan running most.