ah afghan president ghani has been outlining his vision for the future of the country . the speech was light on detail about how our government plans to counter territorial gains by the telephone, which haven't continued to be significant. charlotte bellis results from campbell. the northern city of telecom is surrounded by telephone fighters, but more than one month, it's people have withstood waves of attacks residence now armed and afghan security forces are united in trying to keep vices out of the city. well, maybe if i want to go to the making us, i hope i'm not captured. we've been attacked more than 10 times here and we've beaten them and push them back. don't lose your morale, and it is governance the telephone no control lodge areas of rule less ghana stone, including more than half of the countries districts as africa, security forces attempt to slow the televisions. momentum in a nationally televised address. president ghani, had a message of diplomacy with articulated a widely supported program for a bridge from an all out war to judge and lasting peace. to

on the afghan president asked ref, ghani outlines his vision to the country's future and continuing territorial gains by the taliban. ah helps the region as he is president, is demanding the return of billions of dollars in public money. he alleges was stolen from that unity and people in a televised interview case said, indicated a crack down on corruption cases may be coming. he's accused politicians of hiding behind parliamentary immunity, which he lifted on sunday, june as he is weathering up political crisis after the prime minister for the parliament and took over public prosecutions. a nation might curve use in place rod lipton. clearly, what we're looking for is for penal reconciliation, and i call upon the business men, particularly those who own big and small businesses. the money that are taking by these people must be returned to the tune in people. and we would want to make reconciliation under pain law with these people, those who are responsible for taking the public funds. and we will list these in order of those who are most culpable to those who at least help them. i'm not one

people are being very careful what they tell president ghani right now. the best information. meanwhile, what's happening are -- is that various provinces, districts, small towns including in the north are falling to the taliban. i've just been messaging back and forth with a taliban spokesman who says we're doing this not through fighting for the most part but through intermediaries who negotiate the surrender of the afghan forces and then we welcome them with open arms instead of killing everyone, which is what the taliban used to do in the past. they've learned from their mistakes and it seems to be paying off in territory that they're taking with each passing day. >> so, colonel, what does this mean for u.s. intel when she's talking about the taliban and we've pulled troops out of that region. how do you get intel on what they're up to? >> well, it's really hard, christi. the big problem is is we won't have boots on the ground. we won't have ears and eyes that are right in the country and that is going to be one of the biggest issues. we can do many t

how does president ref ghani was leading each other for is that the presidential palace one hit near the cities most popular mouths. another behind is big shopping mall. and the 3rd knew the ministry of foreign affairs that had been no reports of any injury. so far. james base has more now from comp well, a very dramatic shock for those of us that were in the very heart of the city of corvell around 8 a. m local time. i was staying nearby at the time because of the holiday. the actually weren't quite as many people around those on the streets is that normally would have been at that time of day. but clearly symbolically, this is very important. this was the center of the city and very close to the heart of the government. very close to his presidential palace compound the org in the center of ca, but will immediately after that he gave a speech in which he criticized the taliban. for carrying out this attack we have the willing determination of peace and we have also sacrificed for it. but the terrible and not have the will and simulation for peace. we have to take our decisions acco

we firmly believe in a political solution ghani, the former finance minister, and a former world bank economist, spoke extensively about the economy lace about the war, the ravaging his country, and about a 3rd of the government's revenue comes through border crossings. it is loss more than $33000000.00 in the past month after the taliban seized 7 crossings. the largest is here in spin bolduc. after 2 weeks, it is just reopened to trade. naturally, we are scared because conditions are bad. we are afraid of going into afghanistan, but there is no other way out for us and there are no other jobs for us here in the border region. 2 hours away in kandahar city residents have had enough. there has been fighting and a strike from the cities outskirts in the last week. these people were demanding both sides agreed to cease by. the growing insecurity is leading to an increase in the number of africans who leaving the country the you in to 20 to 30000 to fleeing every week. there are also thousands of afghans who worked with the us government who waiting to hear if they will be on a vacuum rat

it's normally chad by the vice president, but it has now been chaired by president ashe, rough ghani. and immediately following that meeting, the interior ministry as issued an important announcement saying that in many parts of africa, stone, that is going to be a night time curfew put into place from 10 pm until 4 am, which is the time of 1st prayers the curfew will take place in $31.00 out of $34.00 provinces. so the majority of afghanistan, but it will not take place in 3 large population centers. they are called all the capital and the providence around it. 9, go ha, the province to the east with a capital july alibi. and also in punch year, which is a province just to the north of cobble they for now will be exempt from this night time curfew. the reason for the curfew is not being given other than it's for security reasons, but it's been clear for many years that in contested parts of afghanistan, the government may control things during the day. but the taliban very much own the night. for him, sedan is the head of the international relations department at cardon university. i

but most critically as i stressed in my meeting two weeks ghani and chairman, afghan leaders have to come together and drive toward a future that the afghan people want and they deserve. in our meeting, i also assured that u.s. support for the people of afghanistan will endure. we will continue to provide assistance including speaking out for the rights of women and girls. i attend to maintain our diplomatic presence in afghanistan, and we are coordinating closely with our international partners in order to continue to secure the international airport and we're going to engage in a determined diplomacy to pursue peace and a peace agreement that will end this senseless violence. i've asked secretary of sta blinken and our special representative for afghanistan holders to support a negotiated solution. to be clear, to be clear, countries in the region have an essential role to play in supporting a peaceful settlement. we'll work with them, and they should help step up their efforts as well. we're going to continue to work for the release of detained americans, including mark -- excuse

in our meeting, i also assured ghani that u.s. support for the people of afghanistan will endure. we will continue to provide civilian and humanitarian assistance including speaking out for the rights of women and girls. i intend to maintain our diplomatic presence in afghanistan and we are coordinate and closely with our international partners to continue to secure the international airport. we are going to engage in a determined diplomacy to pursue peace and a peace agreement that will end this senseless violence. i have asked secretary of state blinken and our special representative for afghanistan reconciliation to work vigorously with the parties in afghanistan, as well as the regional and international stakeholders, for support on negotiated solutions. to be clear, to be clear, countries in the region have a role to play in supporting a peaceful settlement. we will work with them. and they should help step up their efforts as well. we are going to continue to work for the release of detained americans including mark -- i hope i am pronouncing the name correctly -- so he can

the afghan president, ashraf ghani, has called on the taliban to resume political negotiations sayinghis government wants peace. the taliban say they are continuing to capture territory and claim they've made further military advances, seizing, two districts of pa rwan. earlier they captured a key border crossing. islaam kalaa is one of the biggest trade gateways into neighbouring iran, generating around 20 million dollars a month for the afghan government. haroonjanjua is a freelance journalist reporting on the taliban advances in the region. they claim that they have seized control of 85% of the territory but the government has denied it. but the government has denied it. but the intense fighting has been going on in the western part of the country. control was gained in one district on friday and control of a crossing which is very significant, the border with iran, and also a us built border crossing with pakistan. but the fighting in the western province is the first provisional capital held by the taliban since the us began pulling out. it was captured briefly but hundreds of th

in our meeting, i also assured ghani that u.s. support for the people of afghanistan will endure. we will continue to provide civilian and humanitarian assistance, including speaking out for the rights of women and girls. i intend to maintain our diplomatic presence in afghanistan and we are coordinating closely with our international partners in order to continue to secure the international airport, and we're going to engage in a determined diplomacy to pursue peace and a peace agreement that will end this senseless violence. i have asked secretary of state blinken and our special representative for afghanistan reconciliation to work vigorously with the parties in afghanistan as well as the regional and international stakeholders to support a negotiated solution. to be clear, to be clear, countries in the region have an essential role to play in supporting a peaceful settlement. we'll work with them, and they should help step up their efforts as well. we're going to continue to work for the release of detained americans including mark -- excuse me, ferriggs, i want to pronounce t

president ashraf ghani has conceded his security forces are in a critical transition.sive heat alert with meteorologists warning some of southern california's inland areas could reach temperatures of 49 degrees celsius.

president ashraf ghani has conceded his security forces are in a critical transition.a residents are bracing for a weekend of record—setting temperatures as the heat continues to build on the west coast. the us national weather service has issued an excessive heat alert — saying that temperatures in some inland areas could reach 49 degrees celsius. coming up in about 10 minutes here on bbc news is newswatch. but now it's time for click. hey, welcome to click. hope you've had a good week. lara, how are you doing? i'm good — just trying to plan for another summer of the unknown! chuckles. yep! another one of those is on its way, isn't it? summer is gonna be different for everyone once again this year, and that includes the many muslims who would normally be about to undertake hajj. hajj is the pilgrimage that's made by around 2.5 million muslims every year from all across the globe to mecca, saudi arabia, and this year, it's happening injuly. it's one of the most important acts of faith that a muslim can undertake, and it's said to amaze those who do. but of course, in t

i've got distance course ghani. so let me ask those who want us to stay. how many more? how many thousands more americans, daughters, and sons? are you willing to risk? i will not send another generation america to warn, i can stand with no reasonable expectation of achieving the different outcome. but by and also argued, the u. s. had achieved the original goal of routing al qaeda after the $911.00 terror attacks that led to the invasion. he said the decision to leave was overdue . we did not go to afghanistan to nation bill. and it's the right and the responsibility of ap can people alone to decide their future and how they want to run their country. just days ago, the u. s. pulled out of background air base near campbell, the center of its military operations for nearly 2 decades. the pentagon says the withdrawal of us forces is now more than 90 percent complete. as foreign troops depart the after military struggling to push back the taliban. like here enough, danny's tons. northwest peace talks between the government and the militants. have so far failed. and many fe

now, president ghani is trying to boost morale with the military to try turn this tight around. he's trying to reassure civilians. he traveled to the north this week to do that. yes. can government is also senior high level delegation, which involves the dealer of gyla, who is the head of the high council for national reconciliation, as well as former president holman, as i, they going to dark on friday to meet was seeing a taliban leaders in an attempt to try to find some type of diplomatic resolution to this. what began as a protest against the jail sentence of former for former south african president, jacob's duma is now turned into the country that was uprising in decades. some of the most violent protests have been in dub and shops will lose to warehouses, set on fire, and major roads blocked off. at least 72 people have been killed in the rest politicians urging the president to deploy more members of the military to try and bring calm to the street. arrest warrants have been issued for 13 health officials in iran, cough mondays. hospital 5 that killed at least 60 people

president ashraf ghani has conceded his security forces are in a critical transition.nia residents are bracing for a weekend of record—setting temperatures as the heat continues to build on the west coast. the us national weather service has issued an excessive heat alert — saying that temperatures in some inland areas could reach 49 degrees celsius. southern water has been fined a record 90 million for dumping billions of litres of raw sewage into the sea off the north kent and solent coastline. the company admitted nearly 7000 illegal spills between 2010 and 2015 from 17 sites. a judge at canterbury crown court said the offences were "committed deliberately". duncan kennedy reports. this is havant near portsmouth, one of more than a dozen beauty spots along the south coast where southern water illegally dumped the raw sewage for nearly six years. for many who live and work along the coast, the pollution was shocking. i came down to check my boat to find that there's raw sewage hanging off the mooring lines, it's wrapped around the propeller, the rudder and festooned

as the president asked ref, ghani was leading each other, present the presidential palace, diplomatic. it's a james base has more from cobble what a senior taliban official is told al jazeera that taliban were responsible for these rocket attacks, which happened local time around 8 am very dramatic, particularly as it happened right near the center of power. president johnny saying afterwards, when you saw those pictures in a speech after the pres with their missiles, they wanted us to leave. but you didn't see any one. leave the prize. i was in the center of the city at the time. i'm staying in the center of the city, quite a bit of commotion, but actually because of the holiday, it's, it's cost of the normal. the friends prosecutor has opened an investigation into these spyware that can hack phones is known as pegasus. and they silly of tens of thousands of numbers reveal, have journalist activist and politicians around the world were targeted by the israeli company. and so civilian software. chinese diplomats are denying that beijing is responsible for cyber attacks against western

achakzai used to advise pakistan's balochistan provincial government and made the point that "the ghaniwill not "survive long because of the choke hold that the taliban now have "on supply lines." that is a very big problem for you, isn't it? we have challenges right now. this is not an easy time for afghanistan. but, like i said earlier, none of the gains the taliban have made are irreversible. sure, taking territory militarily is one issue, but keeping it is not going to be an easy thing for the taliban. and we are working as we speak right now to consolidate some of our security forces in order to retake some of those strategic locations that will have consequences for our security forces, for our economy, for our people. ok, but we're talking about... we're talking about a landlocked country which is utterly reliant on the supply routes, supply routes like the wesh crossing in spin boldak, which is now in taliban hands. we still have many of the supply routes still open, so, yes, we have lost some and that's unfortunate and we need to take them back. but that doesn't mean everything

their withdrawal from i've got a song by the end of august, he reassured, has african counterpart ghani, that us support for the people of, of, of kindest on will. enjo color on fighters have been gaining territory across the country in recent weeks. thank you. people in russia capital moscow are struggling to cope with a heat wave. the past weeks have seen unusually high temperatures and not expected to full full soon. i said that you want degrees celsius. temperatures are currently sitting at 10 degrees higher than normal in july. the european union has condemned hungry for controversial new law that comes into effect. the law bands, portrayals of homosexuals have more homes, sexual ality, and gender change in the school educational materials. as was in some television shows. critic say it discriminates against al g p t q people. the european commission is urgent hungry to repeal the legislation. but the government in budapest defend the decision, the more love less hate activists, them hungry, gathered in front of parliament to protest the controversial child protection law. they vow

i've got distance course ghani. so let me ask those who want us to stay. how many more? how many thousands more americans, daughters and sons, are you willing to risk? i will much send another generation americans to war and i can stand with no reasonable expectation of achieving the different outcome. but by and also argued, the u. s. had achieved its original goal of routing al qaeda after the $911.00 terror attacks that led to the invasion. he said the decision to leave was overdue . we did not go to afghanistan to nation bill. it is the right and the responsibility of the afghan people alone to decide their future and how they want to run their country. just days ago, the u. s pulled out of background air base near campbell, the center of its military operations for nearly 2 decades. the pentagon says the withdrawal of us forces is now more than 90 percent complete. as foreign troops depart, the african military struggling to push back the taliban. like here enough gun is tons. northwest peace talks between the government and the militants. have so far failed. and ma

i've gone instance course ghani. so let me ask those who want us to stay. how many more? how many thousands more americans, daughters, and sons? are you willing to risk? i will much send another generation americans to war and i can stand with no reasonable expectation of achieving the different outcome. but by and also argued, the u. s. had achieved the original goal of routing al qaeda after the $911.00 terror attacks that led to the invasion. he said the decision to leave was overdue . we did not go to afghanistan to nation bill. and it's the right and the responsibility of afghan people alone to decide their future and how they want to run their country. just days ago, the u. s. pulled out of background air base near capitol the center of its military operations for nearly 2 decades. the pentagon says the withdrawal of us forces is now more than 90 percent complete. as foreign troops depart, the african military struggling to push back the taliban. like here enough gun is trans northwest. peace talks between the government and the militants. have so far failed. and ma

would no longer sustain the human cost of a conflict that cannot change. gone instance course, ghani. so let me ask those who want us to stay. how many more? how many thousands more americans, daughters and sons? are you willing to risk? i will much send another generation americans to warn i can stand with no reasonable expectation of achieving the different outcome. but by and also argued, the u. s. had achieved the original goal of routing al qaeda after the $911.00 terror attacks that led to the invasion. he said the decision to leave was overdue . we did not go to afghanistan to nation bill. and it's the right and the responsibility of afghan people alone to decide their future and how they want to run their country. just days ago, the u. s pulled out of background air base near campbell, the center of its military operations for nearly 2 decades. the pentagon says the withdrawal of us forces is now more than 90 percent complete. as foreign troops depart, the african military struggling to push back the taliban. like here enough gun is tense, northwest peace talks between the gov

i've gone instance course ghani. so let me ask those who want us to stay, how many more, how many thousands more americans, daughters, and sons? are you willing to risk? i will much send another generation americans to war and i can stand with no reasonable expectation of achieving the different outcome. but by then also argued, the u. s. had achieved the original goal of routing al qaeda after the $911.00 terror attacks that led to the invasion. he said the decision to leave was overdue . we did not go to afghanistan to nation bill. and it's the right and the responsibility of afghan people alone to decide their future and how they want to run their country. just days ago, the u. s. pulled out of background air base near capitol the center of its military operations for nearly 2 decades. the pentagon says the withdrawal of us forces is now more than 90 percent complete. as foreign troops depart, the african military struggling to push back the taliban like here, enough gun. his turns northwest peace talks between th

the sco president in 2019 prison ghani said more than 45000 barrels of his own security forces have been killed since he was redoing 201445000 of his own. and that really goes back to, i guess in the 2015 u. k. parliamentary examination or they are going to pay where we recognized ourselves that you had a strategy, a poor implementation plan of that strategy. poor execution of the policy, an unclear exit plan, and really no understanding of the strategic cool environmental situation that we deployed into. and that's been really the case for 20 years. so it's, i guess it's an inevitable situation of, of what i would suggest as a failed campaign, despite the way parliament would wish to address fed up, especially the u. s. i understand why you would feel you need to trust. reality is to day the, the future looks problematic. best for. busy the state you talked about that was only like a lack of a plan from the u. k. a side actually just the case of it being the case just because it's following america's lead and then it follows america. when they decide to pull out, i wouldn't say it's qui

would no longer sustain the human cost of a conflict that cannot change of gone instance course ghani. so let me ask those who want us to stay, how many more? how many thousands more americans, daughters, and sons? are you willing to risk? i will much send another generation america to war and i can stand with no reasonable expectation of achieving the different outcome. but biden also argued the u. s. had achieved its original goal of routing al qaeda after the $911.00 terror attacks that led to the invasion. he said the decision to leave was overdue . we did not go to afghanistan to nation bill. and it's the right and the responsibility of afghan people alone to decide their future and how they want to run their country. just days ago, the u. s. pulled out of background air base near capitol the center of its military operations for nearly 2 decades. the pentagon says the withdrawal of us forces is now more than 90 percent complete. as foreign troops depart, the african military struggling to push back the taliban. like here enough gun instance northwest peace talks between the gove

now, president ghani is trying to boost morale with the military to try to turn this tight around the front reassure civilians you travel to the north this week to do that. yes. can government is also senior high level delegation, which involves the dealer who is the head of the high council for national reconciliation, as well as former president holman, cause i, they are going to do on friday to meet with senior taliban leaders in an attempt to try to find some type of diplomatic resolution to this. ok, charlotte balance there lie for as in cobble? charlotte? thank you. come all hider has more from is lama, but on the taliban assaults on the border crossing. red bugger thong. had an elaborate board of fence. they said they have already completed 90 percent of freight restricted on the in dire 2600 kilometer long border biased on of course a concern because they fear that the civil war and of understand were to have a blow black effect on pockets on not only really for refugees to come into pocket on the country already having $3000000.00 refugees within the country. and so the count

that have been 3 rocket attacks in the afghan capital cobble they could be heard as president ref ghani was leading the ead prayers of the presidential palace, molly's interim president, as the me going to has survived an attempt on his life in the capital bama co appeared on national tv to say he's doing well just hours after a man tried to stop him during prayers and the city is great mosque. a french prosecutor has opened an investigation into the use of spyware that can hack telephones is known as pegasus. a data leak of tens of thousands of numbers revealed how journalists activists, politicians, lawyers around the world were targeted by the israeli company. and as those surveillance software, you are right up to date with all the top stories. the news continues here on our to 0 after the stream come off here from 15 g. i'll see you tomorrow from 10 g. bye . teach, you know, you can watch or english streaming live and i get 2 channels plus thousands of our programs award winning documentary and get me to a subscribe to. you choose dot com forward slash al jazeera english. ah. hi. i

i've gotten distance course ghani. so let me ask those who want us to stay. how many more? how many thousands more americans, daughters, and sons? are you willing to risk? i will much send another generation america to warn i can stand with no reasonable expectation of achieving the different outcome. but clyde and also argued the u. s . had achieved the original goal of routing al qaeda after the $911.00 terror attacks that led to the invasion. he said the decision to leave was overdue. we did not go to afghanistan to nation bill. it is the right and the responsibility of the afghan people alone to decide their future and how they want to run their country. just days ago, the u. s. pulled out of background air base near capitol the center of its military operations for nearly 2 decades. the pentagon says the withdrawal of us forces is now more than 90 percent complete. as foreign troops depart, the african military struggling to push back the taliban. like here enough gun is trans northwest. peace talks between the government and the militants. have so far failed. and many

president ashraf ghani has conceded his security forces are in a critical transition. the us national weather service has issued an excessive heat alert — saying that temperatures in some inland areas could reach 49 degrees celsius. southern water has been fined a record 90 million for dumping

now, president ghani is trying to boost morale with the military to try to turn this tight around in front of reassure civilians. you travel to the north this week to do that. yes. can government is also senior high level delegation, which involves a dealer builder, who is the head of the high council for national reconciliation, as well as former president, holman, cause i, they are going to door on friday to meet with seeing a telephone leaders in an attempt to try to find some type of diplomatic resolution to this. for us withdrawal is nearly complete. and at this point, the afghan government controls a constellation of provincial capitals, which must be resupplied from the air. the taliban effectively control the rest. the afghan ministry of defense says it killed nearly $200.00 taliban fighters in the past 24 hours in its efforts to retake captured territory for use alons as a professor at couple university and executive director of the democracy piece and to philip the think tank. he says the taliban control of more border crossings is tightening the noose on the government's b

president ashraf ghani has conceded his security forces are in a critical transition.at continues to build on the west coast. the us national weather service has issued an excessive heat alert, saying that temperatures in some inland areas could reach 49 degrees celsius. coronavirus infections in the uk have risen to their highest level forfive months. the office

at the time of immediately after the attack, president ghani gave a speech and gave his reaction. we have the woollen determination of peace and we have also sacrificed for it, but the telephone do not have the willing simulation for peace. we have to take our decisions, according of course, this follows the go see ations fresh negotiations that took place up until sunday in doha were told, there was some progress. but what didn't happen as a result of those talks is the thing that most of the international community want the u. s. once the un wants, and that is some form of cease for the taliban. not coming up with any seas for this stage. i think it's pretty obvious that they've made significant advances in weeks and weeks in recent months and that just those advanced on the battlefield, just help them gain more leverage when it comes to negotiations. james face that brings us the very latest live form cobble. james, thank you very much. in deeds. as we mentioned, turkeys presidents has also weighed in on the security situation in afghanistan. he says, turkey is in talks to take

we have to take our decisions according the words of a shrug, ghani. and as you saw in the footage, the very dramatic footage he heard that those rockets landing and carried on leading the pres the uncertainty. he pointed in his speech to the fact that these sort of attacks were not going to deter the african government. james, can you explain to us something, or it looks like something of a disconnect here. we've had the talks going on here in between all the interested parties and that kind of going in the right direction. everyone is making positive noises. and yet, the situation on the ground in the country is radically different. yes, and there is certainly a lot going on militarily, as well as what's going on diplomatically this often happens in diplomatic processes. when you know that you're getting to the moment where you want to try and come up with a solution, you try and grab as much ground on the ground as you can as possible in order to increase your leverage in the talks. and that's why the international community, the un, the e, you and

let's bring in bon ghani in cape town. but granny, what do you think are the reasons for this violence that south africa is witnessing today president from a post earlier this week described as ethnic mobilization, which a lot of people criticize him for saying that he was adding fuel to the fire. what, what do you make of this, and what do you think of the root causes of this unrest in south africa? well, thank you very much. i think it just, it's important to just make it clear that this issue indeed was marked or treated by the cause just cause you're not a court judgment against, from a precedent assume however, to characterize what is going on as protests, me not necessarily be accurate. the protest, you know, leave people get together even if it's not all their minds black hogs or. ready some trumping their machine and you see it here, you have a group of individuals who are storming shockley malls and another. let me show commission areas. look protest. these. what isn't president rebel was as is characterized hope,

president ashraf ghani has conceded his security forces are in a critical transition.nia residents are bracing for a weekend of record—setting temperatures as the heat continues to build on the west coast. the us national weather service has issued an excessive heat alert — with meteorologists warning some of southern california's inland areas could reach tempreatures of 49 degrees celsius. now on bbc news, we look at the highlights of the week's proceedings in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament. the week ministers decided to change england's covid rules. we will revoke all social distancing guidance, including the two metre rule. hallelujah! but labour refused to join in the hallelujah chorus. once again, instead of a careful, controlled approach, we're heading for a summer of chaos and confusion. also in this programme a minister calls for more women lorry drivers. it is a very white male sector, and i think there are huge opportunities for the sector to diversify. and could brexit save the british hedgehog? an mp says a new farming policy... sho

president ashraf ghani has conceded his security forces are in a critical transition.ls from wednesday's assassination of presidentjovenel moise. the white house has declined to confirm the request. the murky circumstances surrounding the killing have triggered political turmoil and unrest in the streets. california residents are bracing for a weekend of record—setting temperatures as the heat continues to build on the west coast. the us national weather service has issued an excessive heat alert, with meteorologists warning some of southern now on bbc news, the media show.