he's the director of policy and research at the sci fi group, which is an organization dedicated to increasing awareness of global security issues. he joins us live via skype of from pittsburgh. thank you very much for your time. can i start with the basics? can you explain exactly who isis k r a y, they are viewed as sworn enemies of the taliban? sure, yeah, i mean, isis obviously grew out of the original group cor, islam of state and iraq and syria. this is one of several branches or affiliates. you know, there's affiliates in north africa stage all across the board. and isis k is a sworn enemy of the taliban. they've been at loggerheads for the past several years. the taliban and their al qaeda allies are sworn enemies of isis k. and we've seen al qaeda and ice affiliates around the globe from the sa hell to the philippines. fighting with one another, both exchanging barbs online, but also clashing on the ground. we are led to believe that the taliban has firm control over afghanistan, bay, all the ones calling the shots. but now of course we've heard from anthony blinking us secretary of s

actually gains from instability of hon. hassan and do remember, it's the same group that has waged violence even in times of limited sci fi, as we've seen between the government and the taliban during the holidays. so think that pointing to that group, and again, there are so many other terrace groups within upon this time. so i think it's very difficult at this time. you know, particularly when you've got these celtic scenes and everybody's wanting to leave harnessed on you talked about i c k there and there are other groups establishing their own so many kelly fights. is this an opportunity for them now? in new afghan, they stand. what will they be able to thrive and fund safe haven under a taliban leadership? well certainly not under othello. bon leadership because the day the group in fact made you know, its presence felt in upon the sun, which was late 2040 in early 2015. both groups have been involved or engage in a bloody battle against each other and the taliban have lost. i think several 100 fighters in this battle because it is an issue of ideology. and i think that that made it very clear that the between the 2

capital cobble could be surrounded by the taliban by september as the groups of bonds continues despite international talks seeking a sci fi i'm charlotte palace with it's gonna stones. and terry administer to tell us how the government plans to fight back against the taliban recently. ah, welcome, i'm peter. they'll be you're watching out to the or alive from. also coming up. wildfires in algeria kill at least $65.00 people as record breaking temperatures there and in parts of europe cause widespread devastation. india supreme court asked the government to explain why millions of the countries homeless can't get access to cobra vaccines. also this half hour a u. k. national, working at the british embassy in berlin, is arrested on suspicion of spying for russia. in exchange for cash. ah, top story, the afghan presidency, sloane to the government's last northern stronghold as the taliban continues its lighting advance across the country. astro gone. he is trying to rally troops to defend the city of missouri sharif, the biggest in northern afghanistan. if that city fold, the government would lose control of the entire regi

groups warn they raise big moral questions about war and who decides to kill. our correspondent, imogen foulkes, joins us from geneva. hello. so this sounds like one of these questions from sci—fin being does have the final decision whether thatjerome takes that attack at the last few minutes or not. the next step up, some of these are also being used apparently are pre—programmed art weapons, killer robots if you like, where they apparently know what they are going to do, who they will kill even long before they leave their port. so you have this big ethical question, who is the chain of command? who if something goes catastrophically wrong, hundreds of civilians get killed, who is responsible? a machine? how do you prosecute a machine for war crimes? this is where you have the international committee of the red cross, the guardian of the geneva conventions, very concerned, putting its own proposals into the meeting into geneva this week about controls. i was speaking to the chief scientific and policy adviser, here is what he had to say about the worries. .., , , worries. critically, the user doesnt worries. critically, the user doesn't choose _ worries. critically, the user