ah, ah, advancing by the hour, the taliban makes rapid territorial gains in afghanistan and reportedly any 50 kilometers from the capital, sparking mass evacuation. meanwhile, the use open door policy seems to be slamming shut with a block split over african refugees. several states insist on their right to forcibly report rejected asylum seekers and the powerful blast and has through a passenger bus in the town of iran, western russia leaving 2 dead and 17 injured causes. and yet no, an eye witness says the explosion that hit the vehicle extremely hard. the explosion was very loud. so loud i was definitely for some time. and the blood pressure was so high that my car was almost pushed to the other side of the road. ah,

good, happy with us this friday, the 13th of august, i called him brad r t h q and most over the world stories the lar, across this, our 1st draft gonna stand where the us back government is quickly losing control. following the withdrawal of us troops, as the taliban make sweeping gains with the militant now reported to be just 50 kilometers from the capital cobble. the service group has already seized the 2nd and 3rd largest cities, kandahar, and harass in recent days and verified video, circulating on social media, purportedly showing the afghan security forces, flea and gander to half an hour before the taliban says that it is a stablished control. the u. s. embassy in cobble is urging all americans to leave the country immediately, going as far as to offer loans to those unable to afford plane tickets home, and to use any available commercial carriers. well, here's how the situation looks right now. the militants controlling around 2 thirds

of the countries you can see in red, even those usually taliban resistance areas in the north government forces a much diminished territory for them. shown here in green, the rest contested regions, but they are on the brink. currently, the islamist have taken control of strategically crucial locations very near to the capitol and making inroads by the hour of tele batten's offensive ramped up back in april after the us president announced he was pulling out troops at the time. the group held less than 20 percent of the country's territory. now this week they control well over half of the taliban taking hold of multiple provinces in a single day. us troops back to work in afghanistan with a slightly different mission of getting american empathy stuff out of the country. however, the pentagon struggling to say whether a complete withdrawal will be conducted on time. does this mean the u. s. military withdrawl is not going to be complete by august 31st. again. what i said was, we're aiming to facilitate the reduction of the civilian personnel by august 31st.

so it's all lining up on the same timeline. i won't speculate about what the footprints gonna look like post august 31st because there's this additional mission set of, of helping process special immigrants. so we're just going to have to wait and see, but the drop down itself is still on track to be complete by august 31st. that makes no sense. john, i know i know what your troops, i know what you're saying. lucas or british forces are also withdrawing, but the country's defense secretary is already gravely warning that i've kind of stand on the brink of collapse, calling the u. s. decision a mistake. but morris says, tell about medicines, clearly have momentum across the country, and that i'm gonna start heading towards civil war predicting to that the battle scar nation, but again become a breeding ground for al qaeda. reporting next from outside, the british defense ministry. his shoddy edwards dashti for options on the table. that is the latest from the u. k. is defense secretary friend wanted to see twice to prevent an all out civil war enough on the stone is the u. k. begins to retreat

troops out of the country now, ever since the us taliban peace still, what we've seen is nature. we have all begun to retrieve what flashes this power political vacuum in the region, seeing the tale around totally taking control and tipping that balance of power. now not only will a poverty of course increase on political destabilization, but what's a key worry is terrorism could also still be on the rise and that's why you case defense. secretary is now saying that pulling out of the region is a huge mistake. now we were in this position where we talked about how clearly to manage across the country. united states are leaving that with an honest yesterday we are leaving alongside them. and that leaves a, as you say, a very, very big problem on the ground developing with the taliban failed states around the world lead to instability lead to a security threat to us and our interest we, we are very clear about that, that fly that the west has to learn that you don't fix problems,

you manage problems. prob wallace has also said that the united kingdom may act if asked on a stone, again began to hobb a terrorism, particularly if it posed an international threat like it did arguably some 18 years ago. but many on to activists argue that the foreign policy has never been about the humanitarian mission, nor was it about democracy and only ever saw the land become the place of conflicts and battle ground giving rise to the taliban. and what we see now is the tale all accelerating the dominant many areas are now falling to the tale bomb as a particular ring around kabul at this point. so many people question and all of you, whether or not the type i will go directly to try and seize kabul and according to the united nations, the gun will, has now entered its more destructive phase with casualties. climbing over one and a half a 1000 in the past 4 weeks alone. and all of this really has cause

a lot of anger. here in britain, even with many m. p 's, some of which have even served connie occupation over the last 20 years. that incredibly angry and all of that pulling out is a complete mistake and a huge failure. the operation broke was worse. it took families apart, left children orphans and parents to cry alone. the decision to withdraw is like a rug pulled from under the feet of our partners. that's why i'm angry. it's wasteful and unnecessary. and why is it personal? because i've seen what it costs and what sacrifices are being thrown away. and i know who's going to pay for it. we will what it's actually pretty desperate time for the united kingdom is actually sending in around $600.00 troops to try and get british nationals out. see a short term basis rescue mission if you like. but for those in afghanistan, both citizens simply call and guess how this is incredibly, a tragic and scary time for all of them as a taliban, relentless the take over,

but ultimately for nato allies, britain and america, the last 20 years ending up like this is incredibly humiliating because they tried to rebuild that unsafe allies the region. and now it seems as though with the telephone takeover the country could be worse off than us. the conflict sharpens the us warning that nearly $400000.00 civilian civil, ready fled homes this year with a particular spike. since may many a heading to cobble to flee the taliban, but they're living in extremely precarious conditions. they were just some of the heart wrenching stories from refugee. i have been displaced from telecom. the telephone killed my son. they took all the belongings from my house and set fire to i'm in front of the punch me in the mouth, causing my teeth to fall out. they demanded my son and i told them that he's a school teacher. she recently became a teacher and had not even received his salary yet, had a class has broke out and we were taken hostage in the fighting,

went on for about 6 to 7 days. and we couldn't go outside to do anything we managed to escape. and now where displaced a lot of those displaced afghans who seek asylum may not be welcome in the you either with the blog currently at loggerheads over what to do with refugees and those fleeing violence. next, se, paula slid down into what happened to brussels open door policy. european union is, let's have what to do with african refugees speaking, assign them. in the letter to the european commission, civil countries insisted they have the right to forcibly deport those whose cases have been rejected. they vote that not to deport them, would motivate more refugees, to flee to europe. we would like to highlight the edge i need to perform returns both voluntary and non voluntary to afghan. a stan stopping return sends the wrong signal and it's likely to motivate even more afghan citizen to leave their home for the e. u. the situation in afghanistan is deterioration, bobby, all,

when it comes to the us and nato prepaid to what's called a troops at the end of the month. after decades long war, the situation is so bad that the netherlands, germany, and france have decided to pause the deportation. at least for now, the situation in afghanistan is likely to change and events for the coming period are so uncertain that i have decided to introduce a more atoria on deputation decisions and departures. agrees, or stress belgian and denmark standing firm. they want the rejected, assign them because the e u is not really and does not have the capacity to kind of another major migration crisis. why your guns are waiting, make up around 10 percent of asylum seekers. they're the 2nd largest group after syrians and for a continent still scarred by the migration crisis of 56 years ago. there was

a feeling of a who, a feeling of having been they before, that has your opinions worried. they might be on the verge of a fish refugee crisis. those people who are here from a gun is done, they're not my. there's a few gees and asylum seeker. and that is why it is very important to remember at all best in countries have signed humour a convention refugee convention. and they are duty bound to has anyone, not only of guns, but syrians are anybody who come to the, to their country? and as far as them, because you are in the country, are any conflict our personal tend to to their life. so i think then the western countries say, oh, we don't care if a wonder if you just go home or you for them. i think this is

a violation of human rights and we should do that kind of thing. more news from around the world greenville in california, where the so called dixie fire has destroyed more than a 1000 homes since erupt thing in mid july. most of the town has been burned to the ground. more than a dozen other mountain and rural communities have also been most of the flames. and what is one of the largest wildfires in the states? history? distraught locals have been describing their loss. maybe it's too late, how this community maybe we can help another community to if you're a little easier than what we've had here. everything that alan is now ashes or twisted metal. it's just all it is, but it has to be ok because what's the alternative? i mean, sure, i got to cry. sure, sure. i mean, i'm heartbroken, but you know, that's not gonna, that's not going to rebuild greenville. people will get scattered and misplaced,

and it will be a long time. and coming back and, you know, ends up being essentially it starts to become an archaeology site in greece. drone video shows the extent of destruction from ferocious wildfire. the drift across the island of alia, swayne scored trees and burned out homes, infrastructure, including roads and electricity networks. we're also pit and across the sea on the italian island of sicily, a temperature of 48.8 degrees celsius was recorded on wednesday. if that's verified, it will be europe highest. ever. in contrast, the chinese province of hu bye has been hit by severe flooding. with 21 people reported killed and full, missing 5 cities of declared red alerts us. thousands of people are evacuated, tolerance search, 3 city streets, flooding shops, and sweeping vehicles away. the damage so far as estimated a more than $16000000.00 and some of the worst flooding in northern turkeys history has killed dozens and left hundreds of villages without power. torrential rains

also treated for the months like when a 1000 people evacuated to safety and rescue operations continue. that explosion has ripped through a public bus in western russia in the city of barometers, killing 2 women and enduring 20 other people. now, just a warning that the report coming up does start with st camera video off that actual blast and contains some distressing images. a split 2nd before the incident, and then dave re flying out from all sides than a fire. at the time, it's believe the bus had around $35.00 passengers on board. and as the block hit, many of those who were still able to move sled for their lives. further disturbing images to be exposed, show an injured person lying on the ground among with a very russian authorities have opened a criminal probe and then looking into a number of possible explanations the but no version has been singled out so far. parties donald court has been following the tragic events. as you can see behind me,

whatever was left of the blast has already been cleaned up. traffic is already moving normally on the street. again. you can also see behind me a bench where there are some flowers, this is the bus station right next to where the explosion take took place. people put flowers there overnight and memory of those who died in this tragic event. now, as for what caused this explosion, the investigative committee is looking at several different theories. so the main version it's looking at is that either the diesel boss was filled with the wrong fuel or a gas cylinder had exploded on court. there were other people that were saying that the driver per potentially was being negligent and that it was his fault. while the police have said that, an earlier theory that it was a terrorist attack has now been deemed unlikely. projectiles such as pieces of wire or nails. things usually used and explosive devices were not found. those injured but mostly hand by fragments of flying glass. however, the chance that it could be an explosive device can still not be ruled out. right

before the bus exploded. it was fully filled all with a total of $35.00 people on board. and 2 people were killed, one of which was a woman who brutally had her legs blown off in the explosion. it was certainly a tragic thing to see as the driver explained after the fact was diana and the phone we were still people were getting on the bus, the traffic light to read people go on from the cross walk. i started driving off then the last happened, broken glass smoke. i couldn't understand what happened. people helped to evacuate others. there were people who were seriously injured. shortly after this tragedy took place, the regions governor called for a full inspection of the entire regions public transport vehicle. now that inspection has since concluded, and it came up with without t from moscow. moorehead, an american studies exposed to severe drop in the efficacy as cobit vaccines, from pfizer and mcdonough against the delta strike, will take a closer look at that after the break. the.

oh, i use the kaiser's financial. no, i mean there's a girl. i want to be central park support, don't call them i know they stopped the i think is part of mental health revolution. we increasingly freeze political claims use the language of mental health became more common. so if you disagree or something i said on this program, you know, just say i just agree with you. i think you're wrong because of the following problems in your evidence or logic. you see your micro grass mate,

you say you triggered me. you said you hard me again, some psychological way, just news or psychological terms. and i guess an enormous problems or politics because it's almost impossible to have a discourse on that terrain. the ah hello again, a worrying drop in the efficacy of the pfizer in medina, koby vaccines has been highlighted by new american study, showing that they dipped significantly against the problematic delta strain. after 6 months. are these alien katrinka has more of the possible ramifications you're about to see the face and hear the thoughts of a leader confident he's almost beaten, coded, and his country. thanks to our roared facts, seen efforts,

we gain the apprehend against this virus. we do live our lives, our kids can go back to school. our economy is rory back. it must be really painful to peddle back from that which mr. biden hasn't done for now. a month after the speech, though, a senior member of his administration couldn't help admitting the nation was facing a real wake up call. if that's not a wake up call, i don't know what is, what is this scary wake up call that can be rail the whole quote unquote, heroic vaccine effort. look, pfizer is the most popular job in america. but research data collected in one state, minnesota shows that pfizer efficacy against cova dropped below 50 percent in july and now stands at 42 percent. the studies. 6 not universal and its conclusions haven't gone through a peer review yet, but there's no turning

a blind eye on the worrying numbers in it. so what, what wrong? a key reason could be that the white house, along with the whole health care system is up against the pesky enemy period here in the united states. we are going to begin with the pandemic cases are soaring across our country. driven by the highly contagious delta vary and the as the delta various races through all 50 states, driving new case numbers upward. it's all reflected in the numbers that have gone from about 12000 new cases at the end of june in the us to more than 155001 august, the 11th. look at the curve. it's nowhere near flattening. nobody wants the worst case scenario when mutations outsmart the scientists, but that is a possibility. in the meantime, southern states have begun reporting shortages and intensive care unit beds. the crisis is taking install on health workers,

country by country delta is putting the whole world to the test. now it's apparently america's turn. it's also a crucial exam for vaccine developers. the good news is that johnson and johnson and split big v shots are still highly effective against the delta variance with 905 and 83 percent efficacy respectively. but it looks like covert and it's viewed patient capabilities will keep bringing new greek alphabet letters into the public consciousness. unfortunately, much more complicated efficacy. math could be on the way. i'm pretty surgeon and physician randy bras has some countries that cutting themselves off from scientific advances for political reasons. this whole pandemic really held a mirror out for the world. it's showing me the truth about our political system, about health and equality, about inequality globally. and of course, about the political motive ation, which interfere with what,

what other like be strictly scientific and medical consideration. so for example, in, in britain, we have been point forward in making huge a contract with united states and other countries to buy the vaccine. but we have to use the ignore the efficacy, both of the russian vaccine and of course of the chinese. and it does seem that we're going to suffer the result of that at the funding find vaccine tickler was 1st to publish the site 3 results and at that time showed a 96 percent efficacy was the most effective a lot of actions really an adult in efficacy is holding up very well, but we are cutting off the political reasons from the scientific involved that are available in the world today. the linda games wrapped up nearly a week ago, but they're still making headlines with yet another doping scandal. this time of british silver med list has been suspended off to testing positive for band

substances, as alexia chefs report. but we're talking about something that could become the biggest scandal in british olympic history. in fact, this at this time, it's a british limbic silver medalist. she didn't o job who won silver as part of the team in 4 times 100 meters relay he wanted with great britain and now he has been provisionally suspended for. 3 testing positive, allegedly testing positive for 2 band substances. and according to the rules, if this is confirmed, then it will be a blanket punishment for the entire silver medal team. this is the part of the rules which states that when the fleet, who's committed an antidote, can rule violation, competed as a member of a really team. the relay team shall be automatically disqualified from the event in question. with all resulting consequences for the relay team, including the forfeiture of all titles, awards, middle points and prize and appearance money. well, if that is confirmed,

of course, this will certainly take some loss of a very impressive performance by team g b and the tokyo olympics with 65 overall metals. as for individual punishment, this athlete can face up to 4 years of a total ban on any sporting activity that i have to say. overall, the games that you have been clean and have been of course cases of doping. just as of late the athletics integrity unit also revealed that a run from bahrain studied me a georgia short photo betty company and the kenny and sprint medic. deamber also have been provision is suspended for possible substance abuse. and i've also been cases where athletes used band substances but riots elim dixon. now these sets have resurfaced. this happened with a brazilian volleyball player and also just lately a russian try of lawn athletes. eager to buy down ski who also tested positive for

a substance abuse before the olympics. they just conducted during the olympics did not show anything. and now all the athletes that i've mentioned also have the right to appeal against those provisional bounds and opened their b sample. of course, we'll be giving shock a whole the development that but again, we could be facing a major candle for the bridge olympic history. and looks to be on its way towards banning non e u foreign entities from moaning it's media companies, bills to pass to keep out of entry stage, but it's already drawing and go from other you nations on the united states, this draft legislation threatens media freedom and could undermine poland, strong investment climate. well, here's the thing. polish tv and 24 channel is owned by discovery, e, an american media giants. this new law that's to deprive the us secretary of state of sleep thousands miles away. makes this channel illegal in poland because it explicitly prohibits companies from outside the european economic area from holding

a controlling stake in local media companies. but surely bigger european powers will stand up to the us on behalf of little brother, poland since, well, you know, they're all part of one big happy family. know media pluralism and diversity of opinions are what's trying. democracies welcome not fight against poland is on its own against the multiplied mice of the e u and the u. s. but what helps is that warsaw has charted these waters through and through poland and having officially declared certain areas, l g b t 3 did not sit well with its partners at all. europe will never allow parts of our society to be stigmatized. in this fight for rights, poland is clearly in the wrong, in the eyes of its presumed allies. thee my body, my choice slogan,

failed to impress polish legislators as the band abortions. in almost all circumstances, people spilled to the streets, high tub by officials in brussels. when making use of the confidences, member states must respect fundamental rights which bind them by the reach of the constitutions and commitments on the international law. it is the exclusive responsibility of the member states to regulate the issue of that miss ability of the legal termination of pregnancy. amid the europe wide and even the world's push for painting its energy sources, green, poland made a conscious choice to remain. colorblind also argued that the blocks carbon pricing system is skewed against them. you cannot make the rich richer and the poorer. it's a question of fairness. oh, but the blog retorted thing. it puts a much lower value on poll ends interest compared to the planetary good. the

proposed at home, alleged by poland, resulting from the impossibility of carrying out important projects and investments in the energy field cannot take precedence over considerations relating to the environment and human health. poland, in your face, legislative independence has very much ruffled the use feathers. the european commission even singled out poland alongside with hungry in its report on the state of the judiciary, media, freedom and corruption. and the, even the threatened was so with sanctions as if it was some kind of russia should. poland failed to act, then we will go back to the court asking for financial sanctions. the e u is one big, happy family, but only happy it seems when all its members said still with their heads down, when they shut up and do exactly like they're told to. the main core of the low is

the fact of death. the be the shoot for be the get around the ban on known that european firms owning more than 49 percent of polish media companies. so in order to avoid the such kind of influence or interference from abroad in the domestic issue. on the one side, it's challenging. any institutions and all the other side is quit, he ran with their policy all the spending this phase, the friday, and the policy and that's it for me. thanks for watching the latest boom bus stop next off to which daniel hawkins will be here for you. on over developing stories. we're tracking here as a for moscow. me

me make sure, you know, board is and my number is emerge. we don't have authority. we don't actually, the whole world needs to take action and be ready. people who judge governors crisis, we can do better, we should be better. everyone is contributing each in their own way. but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever. the challenge is to response has been massive. so many good people are helping us. it makes it feel very proud that we need together in

the british and american governments have often been accused of destroying lives in their own interest. while you see in this, these techniques is the state devising message to end essentially destroy the personality of an individual. by scientific means. this is how one doctor's theories were allegedly used in psychological warfare against the prisoners deemed a danger to the state. that was the foundation for the method of psychological interrogation, psychological torture, disseminated within the us intelligence community, and worldwide among allies for the next 30 years. to have the victim say they still live with the consequences today the.