on al jazeera ah, me says he continue to fool as the taliban consolidates its control of a more, more honest don, ah, hello, money side of this is al jazeera life from also coming up. at least 300 people killed off the magnitude 7.2 quake strikes haiti. pipes rise among opposition causes insomnia, is a candidate takes the lead in the presidential election. it's tough because you have no chance and you suffer to get there. at central american migrants who have

risked everything to get us back across mexico. ah, taliban fighters have seized a key northern city and i've got to stop in yet another blow to the government's efforts to blow beyond groups. onslaught taliban now control mazar, e sharif. the capital of black province. this means as fighters now control all of northern afghanistan. the government has been reduced to the capital couple and part of the east. and the taliban says it's now moving to ed's gyla, but afghan us dance. 5th largest city, south of cupboard serrano. the capital of pac ticket province fell earlier on sunday, followed by the cities of a thought. a bod on godaddy. both of them near couple where the president remains defined us rough ghani today said he pledge not to give up what he called 2 decades

of gains. the u. s. sexual state, meanwhile, is pushing for diplomatic efforts to reduce any further violence under chappelle has this report as the telephone claims, another city afghan forces are seen getting out of their way. in this case, out of the country to beckett's tan, a fortress of a city, missouri sharif as a major price, taking it consolidate the tolerance control of the north. talk to ya and other provinces, closer to the capital, were added to the list on saturday. 22 provincial capitals falling to the group interest 8 days the telephone, celebrating its lightning advance and places that controls fighters. florence had recently captured hardware and during a helicopter hangar in western herat province and hoisted their flag in kandahar city. a top a gate that leads to the governor's compound, u. s. president biden has warned the taliban of a swift and strong response if us personnel or put it risk in cobbled. the

americans began evacuating the embassy. only mission critical staff will remain. 5000 troops are flying in to assist when kilometer away in the presidential palace shop, gonna address the nation. the taliban have always refused to go. she with the government as long as connie is at the helm, that holly can be the castle. i know you are worried, i assure you as your president, my focus is to prevent further instability, violence, and displacement in men as my responsibility. i will try to prevent this war from killing more innocent people from that. and the taliban is circling with every provincial capital. it takes the government's leverage lessons and are chappelle al jazeera or katha is urging the taliban to reduce escalation except a ceasefire. cat, all foreign minister has met the taliban delegation in joe hall for a follow up on talks being held here. aimed at finding a political settlement. the conflict. thousands of us troops will soon be enough.

got to start to help evacuate american diplomatic pass. now my can joins us live from washington, d. c. mike, it sounds like a massive deployment of troops. what does that tell us? well tells us that the bite and administration did not count on this happening the method keller bomb advance. it was only 2 days ago that the initial band of reinforcements with announced some 3000 forces to go into secure couple airport and help help with the evacuation. they are joining 1000 troops already there, but in addition, as well, we've now in the course of the day, another 1000 troops from the 82nd airborne division not being sent into couple that brings the total bit to 5000. but in addition to this, earlier in the week, it was announced that some 1000 marines were on their way to kuwait, where they would be positioned as a quick reaction force. now in the course of the day, it's been announced that

a nother 2000 from the 82nd bone will be joining that quick reaction force. one must also add as well that this a 1000 us personnel on their way to cut to assist with the processing of these is for gun national to work with us forces. so we are talking about a deployment now up in the region of a 1000 forces over the past 3 days. now the question being raised is, why is this being done so late as the taliban forces within some 20 miles of a couple itself? clearly, most observers believe the bite and administration have not put structures in place . had not thought this through that, that was going to be the not the taliban resurgence. clearly the, by the administration, believing that it would have plenty of time to move it's personnel and a central personnel out of that embassy. and only 2 days ago we had the spokesman for the secretary of state thing that embassy is going to remain open. but now

we're seeing this massive deployment of troops to it would appear, safety, evacuate all those that still remain. my kind of thank you. us get more or less. we can speak to david ross. he is professor national defense university on a former nato operations director at the joint chiefs of staff. he joins us on sky from the past that in maryland. many thanks for joining us. and i'll just, sarah. so as we've been hearing the tell about now, controls, monet, sharif, which means they now have control over half of the provincial capitals in the nor how critical a moment is this for the afghan government. so it is a critical moment. i mean this, the collapse, the african government has been unexpected, unexpectedly rapid. and it's also been an areas that you don't expect it normally that the taliban is passion, moving as hearts. but what they've been able to do is form alliances with leaders from other ethnic groups of beliefs in numerous province the respects and share

begun province. and they've been able to, in effect, isolate the government of afghan garrison's. and for the most part, been able to just get them to surrender and conquer these capitals without shots being fired. is the full of couple. now inevitable. i don't think it is now. what we're seeing is remote garrisons in isolated areas. ready that are ethnically different from them. busy for the most part and that you know, are unwilling to risk their lives for you know, regime that it or leaders that have proven unable to support them. but as the movement goes into cobble, what you're getting is the hard core of well trained people, the special forces, the african forces. and you're also getting people who know that their, their livelihood is not going to be very long. under a taliban leadership, we've really overlooked just how brutal taliban government could be. so i think we're likely to see more orchestrated military activity from cobble up till now.

this is mostly been about forces retreating or changing sides. you say that there is the 5th the warfare preventing a bloodshed in the capital. is it possible though that cobble will just be handed over to the taliban? it is possible, you know, and i was surprised by the rapid advance, particularly in the north vacuum center. so it is possible, but i think it's less likely i don't think you can just just, you know, just just draw a straight line from say the fall of bizarre sharif to the fall of call. but i think the causal is quantitatively different. and i think that the nature of the afghan forces in cobble are different from what we've seen in the rest of the country. but i've been surprised before. what do you think has gone wrong? because the african army, we know, have a capable air force something the taliban doesn't have. they have molten equipment that been trained for 20 years by the us and the americans. why has none of them?

none of that actually method when it's come to this battle? yeah, well they didn't have a capable air force, i mean they had a small air force that was extremely dependent upon us logistics and support. i think what happened was that the rapid withdrawl of us support, particular logistics support had a definite tackle impact. but i think it also had and will be arguing over this for years, a morale impact it kind of created the, his, the idea that the fall of the african girl was inevitable. and nobody wanted to be the last guy to die in the last cause. so i think that, you know, it might be the right decision to withdraw from afghanistan, but i think it was definitely done in the wrong way. and i think that a lot of the actions that the us government is taking probably for good reasons, but they have the inadvertent effective further undermining morales. what we're seeing here is not so much you know, military victory. in many instances, smaller taliban forces are taking provinces from larger african forces. what we're

seeing is collapse of morale and a failure of leadership. the other problem is the united states and its partners never really confronted corruption in, in the african government. and what you're seeing now are garrisons just stopped getting supplies, you know, leaving, and you know, that's the problem that we never really faced ups to squarely, let's talk about the neighbors of afghanistan, india, china, pakistan, iran, they all have a vested interest in afghanistan on will they want the taliban in charge, presumably not. and if not, will they be the ones to put the lid on the taliban? what's a good question? so i know that there, there is a faction within pakistan, and we've never really quite figured out just how much support there really is within the pakistani government for the child. and there is a faction that will be happy to see the taliban take over. they regard them as subordinates, pakistani interested, providing strategic depths for pakistan because of the india. i think that that may

have been the case in the 90s. i think it's a mistake to do this. now the taliban is not going to constrain itself. it is a revolutionary movement that claims a broader mandate than just africana stamp. and you know, a lot of the tribes that operate in afghanistan against the african government also operate in pakistan against the pakistani government. now they're going to have armored vehicles, and they're going to have, you know, more modern and more effective weapons. so i would not want to be in charge of tax any garrison and say, maria shar, someplace in northwest frontier province. the possibly spillover is very real, really interesting to get your thoughts. david ross, professor of national defense university. i'm a former nato operations director at the joint chiefs of staff. thank you. thank you. more than 300 people had been killed in haiti after the country was struck by a magnitude 7.2 quake under the small are injured or missing. a major search and rescue operation is now underway. be happy center was about 160 kilometers west of

the capitol. hazy prime minister has declared a state of emergency and says there's an enormous damage. where i will make an evaluation. we've told there is a lot of damage. people were dead and houses, hospitals and infrastructures collapsed. i will check to see what can be done to organize assistance on monday, the, the city that we are calling for a lot of solidarity, but highly structured solidarity. we are setting up a task force to coordinate the aid so that what happens after the 2010 earthquake is not repeated again. more now from ne barker was alive and clearly exhausted. a young woman and a child uphold from the rubble was moments after the massive earthquake homes and businesses lie flattened. the 7.2 magnitude quake struck at 8 30 in the

morning, sending people out into the streets in panic. it was followed 20 minutes later by 5.2 magnitude after short, the tremors spelt across the caribbean, and as far away the southern florida, the epa centers in the country's western tip around a 160 kilometers from a densely populated capital porter print. the poor, the brunt of the last major earthquake in 2010. the left hundreds of thousands of people dead, and one and a half 1000000 people homeless. this latest quake is more powerful, but we don't know how deadly that's larger than the 7 point. 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 release . right now our impact estimates are catastrophic, devastating earthquake potential of time to hundreds of thousands of people.

fatalities, he's one of the poor countries in the world and play by worsening instability and violence of the assassination of the countries president last month. haiti's also struggle to control the surgeon cove in 19 cases in a country where a quarter of the population live in abject poverty. and now this al jazeera is on the as opposition leader ok. in day he dilemma has taken a lead. and his 6 attempt to become the countries president incumbent leader, a gallon who is trailing off devoting finished on friday with final results not expected until sunday. the earliest results from rural areas will take longer to arrive. luke, who is running for a 2nd term, president's opponent has criticized his management of the economy, which was probably hit by the pandemic. hotels that has more from the sucker we're

hearing that it could be a while before the final results released probably a day or 2. but the results we still find the case that opposition be gained a lot 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 because this but just to clear just bit at the handle, they come into play. and the urban areas is where the opposition usually has a lot of support them in, in a few hours or a day or so. the rural votes start 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 wrong that a day or 2, the general moods in the country is that of anxiety. people wait with the final results. if the com 10 is attend, come here in the sock. i mean, for example, on friday and even sometimes a day, whenever people feed soldiers a dry past i, you see some people looking a bit worried still ahead on the al jazeera july was the hottest month ever recorded according to a u. s. scientific agency, as well as wage and california algeria on slide area. on the 4 years off the syringe, worst line experts warn of another calamity. ah hello there, let start in north america where that exceptional and dangerous heat is the main

weather story. not just along the western areas, but also along that east coast. we've seen temperatures climb and those hot and dry conditions are continuing to fuel wildfires. not only in the north west of the us, but also in western parts of canada, and that's affecting the quality. now the heat is going to continue over the next few days, but temperatures are going to come down, particularly across the east coast. as we go into next week, what's, what weather on the way we could see severe storms rolling all the way down to the deep south with texas, expecting to see some really severe weather. but the heat does continue for the northwest is further south. we are seeing those rains kick in the monsoon range. have caused some flash flooding across parts of arizona and new mexico. we could see more as the rains continue to fall, and it's going to be very wet indeed for parts of florida. that's thanks to tropical storm fred, as it makes its way across the florida keys towards those gulf states. we could see

up to 200 millimeters of rain dumped in areas here. we have got a tropical storm, a let out for southern parts of florida where that rain is expected to fall rather heavily. the frank assessments, by way, it is again freedom suppression informed opinions. what you saw happening give marks, if they want to come, they want. petune is the critical debate here. it's not between cool. and then we have concrete here for 6 years. rather than to keep them people in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on al jazeera. oh,

the me you're watching out as a reminder, our top stories, our cities close to the gun capital couple have fallen to the taliban, which now controls $20.00 to $34.00 provincial capitals up to taking massage sharif in the north. the country president us regarding his pledge not to give up on gains made over the last 20 years. united states is sending thousands of its troops to afghanistan to be ongoing pullouts and help evaluate american diplomatic personnel as the taliban advanced. all the 300 people are dead in haiti all through the country was struck by a magnitude 7.2 like 100 more injured or missing, the prime minister declared emergency or now on the

taliban advanced on those growing concerned about what this could mean for women thousands of them have been displaced by the fighting photonics. galani is the director of the afghanistan women council. she says women are worried about the future. i've done it on woman is very, very, have sick from time to be, especially from if you go out of money because you take our so just give us on, on what's on the problem with or not go home and you know, if there is money to go in and not, not, i'm sun above. i'd like to model what's happening to model in about a future. and many people in many months is coming to come to the places they keep calling on the people is coming to college and they are in the

park in the come that could be good. we have no watch or do you have no place sleeping? they have no food. no meg, no, i need mostly the cheese is on and now i taught him on this done. he did take care about some people about them. hold on and be harnessed, and you're going to got a piece, a way to work for peace and to be nice with the people, especially with the woman i could from them to take this thing. very nice and because it put in the next, we are looking what they are doing with the people. i hope this don't all of his listen to the ask them people book and we need to soon as possible to stop this war . the one's refugee agency and other rise groups have condemned

a move by the u. s. to fly migrants in refugees trying to enter the country to southern mexico. from there, they are taken by bus, into guatemala. all this is part of an effort to try and stop people crossing into the us illegally. john holman reports from mexico southern border with guatemala. 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 via masa and here 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 if 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, bought a bridge between mexico behind us. what's that, wait? quite remote and they would drop here and just hold to go back into their own country. it's not just happening here. what's a modern officials told us? submits, can authorities, russo 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 provisions and the increasing flight has got you in refugee agency worry. our concern is that these flights that are sort of a new and really troubling dimension. in enforcement of the states. title, 42 public health order and risk. sending people back precisely to the situation of grave risk that they, they may have let despite concerns to their safety. these flights continue to return my grants to an uncertain future by code your home and i was, is it a tell is the ivory coast is reporting its 1st case of the ebola virus in more than 25 years. health ministry says the patient being treated in

hospital in the commercial capital of abbey, john tested positive after arriving from guinea on thursday, the past and travelled by road medical staff trying to determine if the case is linked to about an outbreak in guinea. earlier this year the us government scientists have confirmed july was the wealth hottest month ever recorded. the national oceanic can that was very administration found the combined land, an ocean surface temperature last month was one degrees celsius. above the 20th century, average day to show july was ages hottest month on record. and for europe it was the 2nd warmest. and it's not likely to stop soon. last week you and climate science, science report warned temperatures are likely to rise by more than the key threshold at 1.5 degrees, making heat waves, much more likely and severe. to under boucher is the international forums

environment, sustainability and technology. he says, action isn't being taken quickly enough. the general pinking in the policy circle is that we have dying. unfortunately, that is not true. we don't have time. if you look at the recent debate in the united nation, united states, it is about reducing the gasoline breath. if you really want to face our fossil fuel, which is essentially actively wanting, then you shouldn't be talking about reducing gasoline prices. you should be talking about increasing gasoline prices and you think renewable energy prices, so that demand is not even in the us right now. whereas your life became president in the u. s. as a claim that he would be the most climate friendly president in that he said history, the fact is be to hit $1.00 degrees celsius temperature increase the odd need just by early next decade and visit me more extreme brain, fun events, more fire psych loan, in fact,

things that we thing in greece and you might look like it, deep walk in a digit or 2, but the job is to be facing is, is system level system level challenge means that be if you want to really solve climate change, we have to think about and to fossil fuel and in next 2 years. now, that's kind of a systematic change be required to keep the temperature within $1.00. see if we are not able to do that. unfortunately, this was the last 4 years on from serially and mud fly disaster. many survivors are still homeless, more than a 1000 people lost their lives that day. the response since then tells a broader story of the challenges facing the capital. i'm it just reports now from freedom. ali mama, contest and leaves in the shadow of the sugarloaf mountain is attachment to the area remains strong. despite the much light but killed members of his family and

neighbors. like many displeased persons, he moves his family from one construction site to another, seeking shelter. they live in, in some of the old houses in this community. because they can not afford to read more than 1000. 100 people died in the much light the countries worst single day disaster. another 3000 remain displeased. after 2 days of torrential rains, this face of the sugarloaf mountain broke free in the early hours of august, the 14th 2017 huge rug boulders and mud cascaded down the slopes and swept away many homes. while many people were still asleep for his own exploits, say, it's only a matter of time before another disaster strikes. and this is why people continued to building dangerous areas on mountains, in valleys,

even war 2 channels. the price i shall see, continued norma. and if nothing happened, i will land any less in these project area. know about my visual continues to live in a month with a steady migration of people comes an increase in demand for shelter and food. an estimated $300.00 tons of refuse is also generated daily by residents of the capitol, freetown. some of it is dumped in drains while government officials insist much has been done since the disaster, they admit that serious challenges remain. we'll walk into a few some of these acts because we definitely got a test to the fact that the weaknesses in existing legislations experts warn. but unless countries like seriously on take further steps to stop unrestrained

development, their population will continue to be exposed to disasters. similar to the much light of 2017. how many degrees algae freetown, ah, on money site and the headlines on their cities close to the afghan capital club who have fallen to the taliban, which now controls $20.00 to $34.00 provincial capitals off to taking monet sharif in the north of the country. the government has been reduced to the capital.