100000. how it feels to touch danger every day. most people will never know what it's like to work with. every breath is precious. with fear, it's not an option. but when most people the taliban fighters push deeper into the african capital campbell, the course they've taken control of the presidential palace of president connie has left the country soon after assuring citizens of their safety and the face of a taliban takeover. ah, how he's in and this is just about my son. also coming out rescue teams and have

a look for survivors after a powerful earthquake killed and 700 people. inferior 11 and after dozens of killed the fuel tanker exclusion. ah. but we begin with the fast moving developments from africa on the stand. the president has left the country as taliban fighters pushed deeper into the capital campbell, the group says it's there to stop looting visors and i reported to be insides the presidential palace. the governments is urging com, as talks on a transition. take place on an, as he's on the taliban movement to give momentum to the docs by not entering the city so that people's lives and property are not harmed. this is my wish as

a citizen of this country and as the head of high peace councils, the former president has left the country under these circumstances. god will hold him accountable and people of goodness time will make that judgment. ivy should tolerance and patience and success from god, so that you successfully pass this hard times. and i wish that there is a peaceful way out for the people of afghanistan. all the time a band has been offering assurances about the kind of government it will leads. it says women's rights will be respected sans is offering amnesty to those who works with the government or foreign forces. the feminine calvo issued a security alerts after reports of the airports is taking fire the airport, of course, where the u. s. embassy is not based, nor they're instructing citizens to seek safety for magic missions, have been evacuating the staff of mcbride's has the latest from couple a day of incredible development which continue into this sunday evening here. and

it's all compounded, of course, by the absence of president or former president ref gunny. we had been anticipating that he had been involved and may well have been involved earlier sunday and intends to go see ations from the presidential palace with various negotiators about here. and i've kind of done and didn't know her about some transitional agreement working toward some sort of deal where we can see a peaceful transfer of power. i think everyone by now accepts that it would be some sort of deal that would not involve us ref god, himself i. but i don't think anyone anticipated that he would have left the country completely and so quickly. so does beg the question, where is this transitional agreement up to, is there a transitional agreement? so it, it also back to the question, who is actually in charge of what i mean? what we do know is about the taliban controls much of afghanistan except for cobble

itself. so we know who's in charge back, dennis done pretty much. but the question is, who in this evening this sunday evening is in charge of cobble itself. so we're still waiting to see of course, what parts of the administration are enfolded and incorporated into the new administration to understood that johnny actually is in touch, jake is down. that was what earlier communications had said. we keep on expecting, we keep on talking about some power sharing agreement to share power here. well, you know, we, what do you look at the situation with basically a defunct government in the taliban, seemingly in the ascendancy and seemingly in control. you wonder who does the taliban have to share with? well, i've got some reaction from the united states, heidi joe castro jones to fly for washington. d. c. i see what more can you tell us about the situation at the u. s. embassy, which we understand is no operating out of kopel airport. that's our holla. and

we are hearing reports that the american flag over the embassy building, which has been evacuated, has been lowered. and that the us ambassador to afghan is dan, has been evacuated along with the staff to the more secure count pound within the international airport. but at the same time, the embassy has issued a security alert that all us citizens should shelter in place due to reports of the airport itself. taking fire. now antony anthony blink in the us, secretary of state, has said that the u. s. has issued a strong warning to tolerant fighters that if this evacuation of us personnel means any interference by the taliban, that there would be a swift and decisive response from the us soldiers who are guarding the airport. 5000 troops recently redeployed to cobble in order to secure the airport,

as well as secure this evacuation route. and how many are making comparisons about the u. s. leaving afghan with the the u. s. departure from, from vietnam. there's lots of images on social media, but the last chopper, right aside, gone and given the air list that was seen from the u. s. embassy building earlier. i mean those comparisons are being made in raleigh humiliating. is it not harris, the us administration reaction to all of this? yeah, particularly because the u. s. seems to be, have caught. so what foot it was president biden saying, just a week ago that there would not be helicopter evacuations off the rooftop of the embassy. and now you're seeing damage control with secretary of standards of lincoln. speaking to us media today saying that this is not history repeated like the withdrawal from vietnam. and in fact, trying to spend this 20 year war in afghanistan as

a win for the united states. let's take a step back. this is manifestly not saigon. the fact the matter is this, we went to afghanistan 20 years ago with one mission in mind, and that was the deal with the people who attacked us on 911. and that mission has been successful. we brought a lot to justice a decade ago. our cater, the group that attacked us has been vastly diminished. its capacity to attack us again from afghanistan has been right now does not exist. and we're going to make sure that we keep in place in the region. the capacity, the forces necessary to see any reemergence of a terrorist threat and to be able to deal with it. so in terms of what we set out to do in f canister and we've done it. and members of congress have been receiving classified briefings about this in washington today. and the message is very different from the one that we're hearing from the secretary to the press. republicans in particular, calling this utter disaster saying that it was preventable. and in the quick

withdrawal that bite and had announced in april, giving little time for planning that this situation could have been avoided. there is also concern that as the taliban has been releasing prisoners throughout the country, that members of isis or other detained terrorists may now rejoin networks of this may regain as a, as a security threat against the us. not to mention that the standing of the u. s. among allies is taking a blow in that. now it's a question. it begs the question where whether the us military intervention can be counted on. ok, heidi to a castro, the lie 1st in washington, d. c. thank you, heidi. i will bring in a sunday or mir. he's a senior experts at the united states institute of peace. joyce's by skype, from redwood city in california. great to have the weather's once again. this is a fast moving situation. things are changing our by our as

things stand this or he's in charge, we g say he's in charge of us on the stand and cobble i think it's pretty clear that the taliban charge of the country by now. i think new just broke the taliban, going to announce the restoration off of the government data for do as stomach eminent effect. and now the victory from the presidential palace very soon. and i think that gives you an indication that who is the most part collector in the country who's calling the shots? i know the able to do basically exercise leverage over the whole diplomatic process that the u. s. government is trying to do rally for now and so, so as to pull missy over then at this stage, would you say i will, we will keep an eye out for that announcements from the taliban. but as things

stand earlier in the day, people have been talking about trying to do paris sharing deal to try and get international parties involved. the international a policy seems to be heading for the exits, the airports is on there. certainly the airport sons are a significant amount of pressure. we're hearing from id, joe castro is, is this over to politically? i think that film see, will continue but, but not on the, on the topic in issues that we had hating about from to the us government or even from some of the leaders. i don't think there'll be much discussion on genuine power shooting well will be discussed, effectively, terms of surrender. i think damned on which the con title bond will assure some type of security to do leaders of the public who want to return to the country. you

want to live in the country. i would like to go exists with a ton of on and on bad. my sense to the us government as well as allies will, will push the dollar bond. but the question is, will the dollar bond be deceptive? until now? the taliban have defied most of the commitments to the us government. i think they said that they were not interested in the military solution, but what we're seeing playing out easy is a military solution to unfortunately, taken much of the country, even though you know the bloodshed has been, has been fairly minimal. so in that sense, diplomacy will continue, but just not on, on, you know, on the topics and issues that the international community is interested in at the next for the people of afghanistan. then where does this leave that we're focusing on that obviously the may not to see the taliban on one hand, the u. s. and the foreign parties who are heading for the exits. what are the people of afghanistan? where does this leave them?

are they ready to be ruled by and his law, mac amorous, of the taliban? what happens to them? and this is a devastating outcome for the, for the people who have gone to stone. i think it's true that many people in a time later dp, unhappy with the, with the government of president i need, but a violent political change is not, not something that most have gone to the wanted data. enormous concerns about how the taliban will rule the country. what kind of political order they will bring, where they will be a destination off. what we saw before, 911, which obviously drilled a lot of guns and the question over the right, specifically for women. when the taliban b as best as they would before before 911. so i think me to get into the head of people. this is, this is a tragedy for them. the fact that they're undergoing yet another violent political

change over over the last 40 years. i think the people are the worst effected and my heart goes up to them, doesn't people? we will of course be keeping co fire high things unfolds and how the full effects the people of the sun. but for now, it great to have your thoughts again, us from the or me or analyzing the situation for us from redwood city california. thank you. of still a had here on al jazeera to help spend more than a 1000000 people on the streets, hong kong 2 years ago. now the leading pro democracy group is disbanding, the critic transform waste into the farm yard. being we will tell you how they could use greenhouse gas emissions. ah.

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the me. this is just a quick reminder over the top stories, the taliban fighters have entered the african capital campbell reports the presidential palace has been taken over. the group said it was a peaceful transition of her son's president connie has left the country or the other governments are come and insisted negotiations on hand over. we're continuing the same car bullets issued a security alerts to report that the airport is taking fire and instructing citizens shelter in place to, to magic missions,

evacuating their stones. well, as taliban tightens his grip on cobble was growing sense of panic among many people in the african capital of white reports with cobble now and the siege. so are its banks people clamor to get their money out? the security guards try to tell customers not to worry, but that's all most of them can do. i'm a dash ref, says he has been trying for 3 days to withdraw his money. he's from the northern city of political mri that fell to the taliban last week. and it's good for you to play the banks and all the provinces captured by the taliban are not giving out any money. among the public customers or many government employees and police officers, some of whom haven't been paid for months. this officer told us even the cash machines warranty, don't push on us and everyone is very tense. and everyone now is looking at the

banks to get them money out, and there is no money. prices for all basics, from fuel to food, have been climbing steadily for months. as afghanistan has been sinking further into conflict, now the sky rocketing while increasing numbers of cobble residents who have the means and the passport have been looking for a way out the cost of an airline see to shot up on that. so you can get $11.00 way ticket to with double has gone up by more than 5 times to $2400.00. while another line doesn't give a price on its website, but asks you to call for a quote. this is a city that is experienced decades of trauma. i did now being tested once more. rob mcbride, al jazeera couple canadian prime minister just introduce has called a snap general election for september 20th. he says his liberal party needs

a new mandate in the country recovers from the corona. vars pandemic. the vote was called 2 years ahead of schedule to those party last fits majority in the last election in 2019 forcing it to enter a coalition. we've had your back and now it's time to hear your voice. the decisions your government makes right now will define the future. your kids and grand kids grow up in. so in this pivotal consequential moment, who wouldn't want to say, who wouldn't want their chance to help decide where our country goes from here. then b as a position leader, how k and a check mark has taken the leads in his 6. the attempts to become presidents and combat liter at garland goal is trailing behind by hundreds of thousands of votes. the final results of thursdays presidential election are expected in the coming days. the president opponents has criticized his management sophie economy,

which is badly hits by the pandemic. her matessa is in the soccer and has more on the incoming election results. resolve from some of the other constituencies are being a now on sunday and people are being told to give way to see because these are the results come in. it could hit the balance president who has said he felt that the electrons are free and in 3 provinces, even opposition from some people would tact by the opposition. at least one person was killed. and he did voting. had to be disruptive. come senior official, the governing party came out and could also remember that these are just 3 provinces. we say, but probably confident that knew who will win the election international observe as a vote and they was like v p for the problem we're doing campaigning. we. they say that opposition party weren't allowed to add some parts of the country outside the

opposition party had some of the people who support today are confident that he is going with the additional bit that they'll carry on county. they hope to consult my son. blaze, it could be monday or maybe even tuesday, the reason why it's taking so long it because manual counting, want to make sure everything is done properly. they've said they don't want to turn around and say that the commission to other reason why zambia was on fire did they didn't do their job properly. a prominent coolish and approved democracy groups in hong kong is disbanding. the civil human rights front helps organize huge valleys, 2 years ago in the statements. and so he does said baking, sweeping cracks and on the sense in the city had left their movement little future . and the scenes national says it's a warning sign and that other groups will likely follow. hazy government says the death toll from saturday's earthquake has risen to 724. hospitals are overwhelmed,

rescue changed desperately trying to search for survivors. cathy lopez or the n as the latest in mountains of rubble, patients look for survivors within moments, businesses, homes and lives all shattered by the magnitude 7.2. earthquakes. the damage is devastating, especially in a country that's already suffered so much from the last earthquake in 2010. and its recent political and security breakdown with hospitals overwhelmed and hard to cities, legitimacy in the key. some victims were taken to the capital, puerto prints for medical assistance rescue team c. there has been unforeseen challenges. a landslide triggered by the earthquake bogged major routes and humanitarian work receive gang activity. just west of the capital is also

complicating efforts by the asset. a lot of damage was caused by the earthquake people in the capital. don't know what is happening in the city of la k. it is devastate. i know exactly. the lady is still struggling to come to terms with the assassination of his president last month and a worsening coven. 1900 pandemic. the prime minister says he's rushing a to the affected areas. i'm wondering where cooling for a lot of solidarity, but it needs to be highly structured. so that won't be experienced in 2010 is not repeated. more than 200000 people were killed in the 2010 earthquake. and now more than a decade later, saturday's tremor is bringing back painful memories that i was leaving my business and i felt the movement. it felt like the earth was moving. i saw that everything was fooling when i got home. i saw the extent of the tom the government

has declared a one month state of emergency as a trying to find out the extent of the damage. katia, a little bit of a young al jazeera, the lebanese red cross is saying that at least 28 people were killed and massive blast the sofa fuel tank in north lebanon. the incident to place for the country is in the middle of a multi layered crisis. so people q for hours in front of petrol stations on the hash and has more another, some off agony in the explosion of the field storage. and the northern town of played out, it's an already 10 situation for millions of liberties. people are in this field. write or i consider this by roots, 2nd explosion. what happened is not small. people have been incinerated, some are still missing. god knows how many this is a crime, and i think every criminal, every smuggler is a traitor or below. and i wanted to run away. there were hundreds,

gather there right next to the tank. god only knows what happened to them. the explosion happened when lebanese army personnel were distributing fuel. after discovering a hidden fuel tanker that contained thousands of medical teams in the area have been overwhelmed. most of the injured had to be transferred to neighboring cities for treatment and the country with no functioning government. and it was stated economy and a di health situation. a few crisis is now leading to hours of waiting got better issues. i've been here for a couple of hours. i'll probably stay for 3 or 4 hours in order to fill my bag with foam petrol. the only one you're thousands of thought. not just where i am everywhere, living on our queue in front of petrol stations to get a basic commodity that no one can reach. i've been waiting for 2 hours. i'm

not even sure whether i'll be able to get petrol or not. i've been here for 5 hours . look, it's empty. i might wait another 3 or 4 hours every month i go through this 5 or 4 times. level has been through challenges and what many say what they're experiencing? no political economy can, social invest would be difficult. i sure i just thought something well than 550 homes have now been destroyed by a huge world for in northern california. the so called dixie fire has destroyed several times the sacramento since the july. it's been burning across more than 200000 hector's, which is a larger than greater london. the far as only 30 percent contains is growing in several directions, across rugged terrain. at least 90 people have now been killed in the wall far as

burning, and l g rear firefighters soldiers unvil and tears of battling to protect the flames. the government has blamed arsonists restarting the fars. 33 soldiers are among the dead. as graces, worst wildfires and decades are brought under control, the scale of their environmental and economic impacts is becoming clearer. saying the throw of these folks residents trying to come to terms with the destruction the badly hit island of f. you the after 2 weeks of apocalyptic scenes, fires in greece, still burning, and environmental and economic reckoning on a national scale. now begins. during the early days of the crisis, a mayor in the attic of bass in north happens, described the devastation from fires as incalculable. greece, his prime minister, has since promised to put things back the way they were really sorry to break the bad news, but this is our life from now long. and we still have to do everything possible

because if it gets worse, this is going to get completely out of control. the united nations are mentioning and extension point for humanity if we reach a certain point of temperature rise. so it's dangerous, it's complicated, it's not going to go back to whatever normal we thought we had some decades ago. this is a new normal, but we still have a lot of things to do on the prevention of the patient and mitigation of the issue . fire damage, property loss, entire communities displaced serious immediate effects. but in the long run, this will be the new normal, increasingly intense summer wildfires. it spells disaster for the countries vital tourism sector just starting to recover from the corona virus pandemic. the effects of the wildfires on via are being felt all over the island as well as on the mainland. once pristine beaches were for weeks surrounded by smoke clouds and

falling ash. and now those beaches are visibly polluted. on social media visitors, post videos of beatrice, covered in silt and debris, from the fires on the island. one person said the water taste of charcoal. it's a very sad situation. is a very bad situation. a hotel operator on the island said the fires have kept tourists away and decimated small businesses that relied on the forest. before we had recovered, we slow down in our work now. usually in 15 of august, which is a big effect for, for greece. usually we had 100 percent food. there were there was a way for in 100 percent. now we have 0 percent access to the island has also been limited to firefighters, an essential personnel only also bad for business, environmental expert, se world leaders knew better and failed to take action. that the scientific

community has been screaming about climate change for years. for the global ecosystem, there is no going back. climate threat is now a cost of doing business. that is here to stay. zane basra b o 0 on greece's island. ah. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines taliban fighters events at the afghan capital campbell, there are reports that the presidential palace has been taken over. the group is offering assurances to those who worked with the government or foreign forces. i've had the sounds president. tasha connie has left the country is reportedly one way to tell your story, along with senior officials, 3 states that talked to form a transitional authority. the u. s embassy combo issued a security alerts us reports. fairport is taking fire.