probably regular groups and if the human rights needed to be respected and that the events at the border would be investigated, ah, unprompted and uninterrupted discussions from a london broadcast santa ana. ah. the afghan leader breaks his silence as fears rise over the taliban takeover following the full of the northern goblin stronghold mazata sheriff. the me hello, i'm sorry, i'm new ivy in london, you're watching al jazeera also coming up on the program. a 7.2 magnitude quake hits white and hating,

bending short weights across the caribbean, firefighters and volunteers struggle for equipment and support as a battle to contain devastating wildfires. in algeria and all eyes on the rural vote in zambia is the results from mister. she's give the opposition canvas and me, [000:00:00;00] ah, hello very well. welcome to the program. will we begin with the continued conflict in afghanistan? the taliban insurgency is now as near as 11 kilometers from the capital cobble with concerns that a full takeover of the country is becoming more and more likely south of visiting the provincial capital of particular province. sharona was the latest for earlier on saturday, followed by i saw the board and guard as both nearer to cobble the province of bol

because also fallen off to the taliban gain control of the crucial city of mazata shareef. and northern provincial capital that have been a bulwark of government power. taliban now claims 22 of 34 major cities in the country, but the president remains defiant. asher are gone. he spoke publicly for the 1st time in days of losses for the government pledging. not to get 2 decades of gains. so the latest on that and the pitcher across the country. charlotte bell is reports now from cobble over the telephone, celebrating its steam rolling of the scanner stone. 7 this is a prison break in the province of petticoat, the telephone, who controlled the capital shiranda on saturday. it was the 19th provincial capital to fall to the group in 8 days. in places it holds fighters of flaunting their

control from touring, a helicopter hanger and western herat province to hoisting their flag in kandahar city. i top again that leads to the governor's compound in cobble. the us started the evacuation of its embassy on the mission. critical staff will remain. 3000 us troops are flying in to support the draw down one kilometer away in the presidential palace and shift ghani, addressed the nation, that holly can meet the castle. why? i know you are worried, i assure you as your president, my focus is to prevent further instability, violence, and displacement. as my responsibility, i will try to prevent this war from killing more innocent people. he says he's consulting with local and international partners who avoid the blood shoed. we understand those negotiations involve his future and whether he will stay on his president. the taliban has always refused to negotiate with the government. as long

as ghani is at the helm, and the taliban is circling with every provincial capital, it takes the government's leverage lessons. charlotte bellis al jazeera cobble auditor is robert bry join. just live on the phone now from cobble and rob. what are you hearing in terms of the taliban capture of territory and the way in which it is now in circling, cobble? well, absolutely. mean the biggest shock is this last, apparently our research has been developing this saturday evening. it's now nearly midnight local time. it does come as a big blow to the government. you'll remember that when the taliban 1st did the 990, that's what over 25 years ago. now within the doors that you had the most resistance to the taliban that eventually became walk down the northern alliance. and really it's shocked. many people here in africa understand, i think the international community,

the way that as the taliban has spread throughout africa has done is taken all these provincial capitals, the way that the north seemingly capitulated just lost. all of these provincial capitals accept form that we should we know we should, we was still the one big hold out. it was almost like a for the city of the, the government in the north, just 2 days ago, prejudice extra johnny, i visited that try to boost morale, strengthen the leadership, try to get them to put up more resistance. and we've seen from other provincial capital, there was also, it was also home to the boss where she dusted now. he was a former vice president, very influential, political and military leader in afghanistan, his power bases in the north of africa. this done, he also based himself in the diary she read promising to have this long way to come to come to attack. there's been much talk about this come through expensive that, that eventually we would see the forces of the african governments take back at the

advancing, tell about many people. and we didn't believe that, in fact, in the past week or so, we've heard reports about the apple that been thronged by people trying to get out of the city, trying to get down to the top of other places of refuge. and then all of a sudden we see after days of resistance very quickly, the resistance collapsing. there are courts have multiple, multiple sources. there are the taliban claims which tend to be quite exaggerated, but they are backed up by local officials and also want to security sources to talk about a number of the military unit to defend the city heading toward the courts at presumably either to make a last down there and to give them the next. it was other 4 seats heading to the border with becky done, but certainly leaving the city itself now apparently in the hands of the taliban.

so this is another big blow for the government of afghanistan. you know, in recent days and weeks would be talking about what gains they ask the taliban of making. now you've really got to look about. what does the afghan government have left to date beyond cobble itself and some cities, and probably it's close to have a lawyer. so the government really isn't very much. a very significant setback for the government to russia. connie, thank you. ron mcbride, the latest from campbell, the major search and rescue operation is on the way in haiti, off to the country was struck by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake at least 29. people have been killed and officials expect they'll be many more casualties. have prime ministers declared a state and emergency and says various enormous damage. we've barker,

reports was alive and clearly exhausted. a young woman and a child, a pool from the rubble moments of the massive way home and businesses life. the 7.2 magnitude quake strike at 8 30 in the morning. think people through the streets in panic. it was followed 20 minutes later by 5.2 magnitude. after short, the tremors felt across the caribbean, and as far away the southern florida, the center of the country's western tip around a 160 kilometers from the densely populated capital porter print, the poor, the brunt of the last major earthquake in 2010. the left hundreds of thousands of people, dead, one and a half 1000000 people homeless. this latest quake is more powerful. but we don't know how deadly larger than the 7 point. oh,

in 2010 killed over 200000 people. mother doesn't sound like a huge difference in the size of the earthquake us about 2 times the energy released right in our impact estimates are catastrophic. i mean, if it's a devastating earthquake with potential of 10 to hundreds of thousands of people, fatalities the pe tees, one of the poor countries of the world to play by worsting instability and violence of the assassination of the countries didn't last month. haiti's also struggle to control the surging cobra 19 cases in a country where a quarter of the population live in abject poverty. and now the al jazeera. why did you start doing this live now from washington? what is the latest information suggesting about casualties from this primary and we are expecting the death told, arise at now the official count remains at 29,

which was the last government update. given we know the epicenter though, in the town of petite, true to neap, has its phone lines down. so it's been very hard to get information out of that city. the fear is that there could be a great number of casualties there. the surrounding cities of lake i and jeremy is where we're getting most of the discount to this point. one is a former mayor of lake guy who is a current senator, who was a current senator of haiti. he has been confirmed dad pulled from the hotel that he had owned the prime minister of katy ariel. henry is planning to visit that western portion of the country. however, reaching it for rescue crews as well has been difficult, given the mud slides and the phishers that are still impeding travel. the us geological survey has issued a red alert saying that the high casualties are probable. and of course,

we can forget that haiti is still going through its political crisis. absent a president who was assassinated 5 weeks ago and to make matters possibly even worse. tropical storm grace has haiti in her eyesight. she projected to hit that island nation. thank you very much for the latest from washington, hydro castro, watching al jazeera life from london till i had on my. well, i'm going to have a special report why palestinian agencies that are increasingly finding themselves the targets of is writing military re it's tough because you have no chance to suffer to get there. and the central american migrant to risk everything to get to the us border fence back across ah

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ah the ah main stories now 50 is close to the afghan capital cobble of falling to the taliban group now controls 22 out of $34.00 provincial capitols after taking important stronghold mazata sheriff and the north of the country in the past few hours. or the headline at least 29 people are dead after a large earthquake struck katy. the country's prime minister says the $7.00 magnitude tremor is called enormous damage to areas in the south of the country. now, people evacuated from algeria. wildfire zone have been returning to find their homes destroyed. blaze of killed at least 71 people,

nearly half of them. soldiers who was sent to help capture lopez her diane has more . the real thick smell above these mountains in north central julia conceals much of the devastation left by the wildfires. this was one of at least turn in and around the city of t 0 who were entire communities were destroyed. the delights home. it's still standing, but inside everything is gone. his few belongings are scattered and would now looks like an abandoned building. janos on the kitchen is younger. it was a fire like i've never seen before. the fire wasn't moving slowly. it was gusting and we couldn't be in front of it. it was suffocating to get off the door. family is in a similar situation, trying to salvage whatever was spared by the fire. my home. let's just not leave work when you're given what we've been through. i can't believe or even

talking right. no, not we're alive. it's really a tragedy. something i've never experienced before. 6 law in other parts of the country, the flyers are still burning. the army has been deployed to help, but many team still lack equipment and villagers have joined the flight. i don't know. c if you know there was a lack of resources, there are only a few why fi and then we are trying to help. my god, help us anger against the government is growing. some emergency measures that were passed in 2004 were never implemented. there are few, sometimes, no hydrants available for firefighters to get water to battle the flames. it's a similar story with fire breaks and better access to roads, many facing problems now turn to the community rather than the government. black, i love it. i think it's our people cell dirty that try and it is l jury. and so

there it is. the citizens that try one of them or do or family and like many and jury forced to start over with what's left after the fires castillo missile, the young al jazeera elsewhere. so cool mega fire is flared up again in northern california. the dixie fire is devastated several towns in sacramento since breaking out in the middle of last month. only around 30 percent contained residents have been warned to leave their homes. will just stay the earlier wildfires are contained in turkey and now there's more devastation flash floods in the north of the country. they're destroyed entire villages, killing dozens of people with many more on accounted for like 5 geologist say, this is a man made disaster. gillian wolf reports 1st fires then flood, hopes are dwindling in this town. that missing loved ones will still be alive. those who survive the floods and bulls curt on the black sea wait anxiously for

news. with a population of fewer than 9000, most people will know someone affected by this tragedy. for alias, the devastation is difficult to comprehend. holloman, my aunt is missing her husband is missing her twin grandchildren. a missing the wife of our building manager is missing along with their 2 children. his relative and local business owner to ron describes the moment flood waters rushed in. at the very moment they were paying tribute to his uncle at a funeral. as films in a better than little cover, much people was shouting and screaming and asking others to run away. we looked and saw the flood waters coming our way from the direction of the post office. we flayed up hill running past the bridge to bring ourselves to safety to the flood described. one of turkey's worst was the 2nd natural disaster to strike the country this month. chaos in the north, just as authorities had declared wildfires in the south had been brought under

control on friday, president ur, one visited the region, declaring 3 disaster zones. he promised to defer a taxes and offered relief for all those affected. the nation's disaster agency has deployed nearly $6000.00 personnel to the hardest hit areas. the almost half a meter of rain has fallen in less than 3 days, causing rivers to overflow. torrance of water have been tossing cars, filling streets of debris and wiping entire houses from their foundation. more than 2000 people have been evacuated from their homes. many with the help of helicopters and boats. som, having fled to their rooftops as a last resort of hundreds of villages are without electricity. and people say they can't reach their loved ones by phone, volunteers or doing what they can to the liver aid as rescue to continue to try to save more lives in this town where a buildings line, the waterfront and rivers con,

expand further, this is author experts say is down to humans and climate change. and scientists warn the worst is yet to come. gillian wolf, al jazeera zombies opposition to her cane de had she lay, ma has taken a lead in his 6 attempts to become the country's president and come to me. the ad go longer is trailing after voting. finished on friday with final results are expected until sunday at the earliest results from rural areas will take longer to arrive. lou is running for a 2nd time off the narrative beating had shalayna in 2016. the president's opponent has criticized his management of the economy, which was badly hit by the pandemic harm. latasha has more now from the soccer we hearing that it could be a while before the final results released probably a day or 2, but the ought to be. so if i indicate that opposition me that a de la is leading for now,

but that could change in africa. normally when adults are being least election results, they usually start with the urban areas could just but just to clear just bit at the handle, they come into play. and the urban is where the opposition usually has a lot of support them in, in a few hours. or a day or so the rural votes coming in and that's the governing party normally have support. that's way in many african countries like zambia more people seem to live . and that's way president lou who is hoping to get a loss of his votes from the commission say that the reason why it's taking so long to announce all the results is because it's a manual counting process. so it's going to take time in some areas are remote, they're hoping they say to relieve all the results by sunday, but with the delays, the being seeing it could be longer than that a day or 2. the general moods in the country is that of anxiety. people wait with the final result. it's a 10 calm here in the sock. i mean, for example,

on friday and even sometimes day when people see soldiers a dry past, you see some people looking worried. as ready forces of right at the office is a 5 palestinian organisation since the beginning of the year. 2 of them has been ordered to shut down palestinian and jose say that is an intensifying israeli campaign to stop them from operating the west bank and to abraham reports. the hello guy has been able to farm his land with the help of a dutch funded project, but the aide is drawing up. he's been growing heirloom seeds and selling them to a local organization, supporting farmers in the occupied west bank past. and you have been relying on international aid for developing project that helps us team. they're struggling economy. and you said i didn't end up with that, that income my work would suffer. navy salem said that i grow help other pharmacy can't buy expensive seeds from israel. last year,

the dutch government suspended its funds and opened an investigation, accusing the organisation of having links to a palestinian political party. come, let's hear. the new book, the campaign against us is not new. they target us because we focus our work in areas under is really controlled where most palestinian agricultural lands are. farmers are trying to develop the land, but the israelis are trying to take tova and push them out. you'll just miller says, his institute has been urging donors to cut off aid to palestinian and jose, he's a some are linked to attacks against his raids. these really security services have increasingly shown that there is a deliberate plot on the part of some, palestinian and jose to use money that they've been given for humanitarian a purposes. and they've heard that towards terrorism. many palestinians like had, it was more to say, the main goal of these campaigns is to back them into

a corner. the israeli army rated the offices of defense for children international and july, and confiscated the files and computers. a lot of you know, the addy, few items. there's an increasing awareness and international community regarding the israeli violations. that's why israel is trying to silence us. we've been working for 30 years. it's the 1st time we've had our office rated. now. this is where the army ordered the closer of to palestinian organizations, including the health work committees. but agency refused to comply and re open the doors and defiance. later its director was arrested and is now a precinct minutes was triumph. palestinians and civil society say the pressure against them is growing and could effect the humanitarian work here and abroad. neither ever him al jazeera, the occupied westbank. the us government has coming under fresh criticism for its latest approach to cutting migration from latin america. people who made it to the border being flown to southern mexico and

a bit to stop them repeatedly trying to cross the frontier. john holman reports from mexico southern border with guatemala. the. this is just one of the flights that began a week ago, taking migrants turned away by the us, back down to the very south of mexico. the new measure from american authorities is to stop them immediately trying to cross the us border again. the flights are heading to the masa and here the top of schuler right on the board with guatemala. those getting off and then almost immediately bus further back down the route by mexican authorities into guatemala. it's a coordinated southern reversal of a long hard journey seemed to shock those arriving in temper, chula oil. it's tough because you have no chance and you suffer to get there. every one on this flight was what merlin were reportedly on durance in salvador, and have also been returned this way. after their arrival,

they were ushered onto the bus. this is where the migrants were left by mexican authorities in the order bridge between mexico behind the what's that weight point remote and they would drop here and just told to go back into their own country. it's not just happening here. what's a modern officials told us submits, can authorities also dropping migrants that a more remote town called l sable, which they say hasn't got the facilities to handle them. the us is struggling. it's so with high numbers at the border and overcrowded facilities. and the biden administration is using a health provision called ty, 242, to turn people back without giving them the chance to offer asylum. it says the measure is needed because of the pandemic. both that provision and the increasing flight has got you in refugee agency worried. our concern is that

these flights that are sort of a new and really troubling dimension. in enforcement of the united states. title 42 public health order and risk. sending people back precisely to the situation of grave risk that they, they may have despite concerns to their safety. these flights continue to return migrant to an uncertain future by code john home. and i was, is it a college man? for the 1st time in 16 years, germans will choose a new government next month without anglo merkel at the head of a party. instead, the christian democrats, we fronted by army, lash it as he aims to take over his chancellor, but a public blunder he made on a visit to a flood had area recently as dented the policies prospects is. dominick cain explains from berlin,

implies the political shadow boxing of the summer is over now it's time for the main event for arm and lashes. that means trying to land a few punches on his electoral rivals, both from the social democrats and from the greens, which is why he's been visiting eco friendly projects like this, the new tesla factory outside berlin. this is the future rocher of energy, the future of sustainability. and we thank you for this investment in germany as well. it's a, it's a pleasure to be here. the problem for lashley it is that many people seem unsure about him. images like these of him laughing on the sidelines of a visit to a flood hit area last month have damaged his reputation. when he stands alongside angle immaculate, such events, some believe he struggles by comparison with some in his home state. blame him for their problems. this level of dissatisfaction is mirrored at the national level.

when in early spring he emerged as the lead candidate for his party and their bavarian allies, the c s. u. they were pulling it around 30 percent. now they're struggling to stay above 20 percent. with strong challenges from the greens and social democrats, one emmelyn says lash. it has been trying to stress his environmental credentials in order to stem the flow of votes to the greens seems to that to russia has to go a bit more towards the issues of the greens and talk the issues in the public and social justice thing over these elections are about choosing who works in parliament for the next 4 years. they'll also have a direct impact on who ends up as the chancellor for the past 16 years, that role has belonged to the christian democrats angular makeover, but with her soon to be gone. and now with aman lashes in charge of the c d u. that grip on power seems looser,

and the threats from the other main parties much stronger. and all the while the bavarian prime minister mock hazard looks on, he wanted to be the lead candidate for the c d, u. c. s u in september. but last out to lash it in the spring. now the polls suggest most germans would prefer verda as chancellor. and that the cd you c s u vote would be higher if he was, but such a change of course, seems highly unlikely with just a few weeks to go. dominant cane al jazeera berlin. ah, look at the headlines now. the taliban insurgency is moving closer to the afghan capital combo with concerns that a full takeover is increasingly likely provincial capital of particular province sharon f. l earlier on saturday followed by a thunderbolt and guard as both nearer to campbell. in the past few hours. the