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after my meeting with halima karimi, i got a call from massoud, saying he was at a rare outing to take hilltop. there is no certainty at all, nothing basically, and everybody on the air now, they don't know what to do. but you can't give up? it's one of those things were people have no choice. they can't give up because they don't have choice, that's true, but having no choice doesn't mean hope. they have to live in this situation, they have to. that's it. i have met with a wide range of afghans. human rights activist, journalists, government officials, and men suspected of killing for the taliban cause. i'm left with a sense that ordinary afghans are caught up in a war that nobody can hide from. somehow, there is still a glimmer of hope. in doha, talks are ongoing over a possible peace deal between the taliban and the government. next time, i will be meeting with senior taliban officials and commanders from the front line in a bid to understand what lies ahead for afghanistan. are the taliban ready to compromise? or will they take the country by force? hello, mixed fortunes this weeke

after my meeting with halima karimi, i got a call from massoud, saying he was at a rare outing to takeocal hilltop. there is no certainty at all, nothing basically, and everybody on the air now, they don't know what to do. but you can't give up? it's one of those things were people have no choice. they can't give up because they don't have choice, that's true, but having no choice doesn't mean hope. they have to live in this situation, they have to. that's it. i have met with a wide range of afghans. human rights activist, journalists, government officials, and men suspected of killing for the taliban cause. i'm left with a sense that ordinary afghans are caught up in a war that nobody can hide from. somehow, there is still a glimmer of hope. in doha, talks are ongoing over a possible peace deal between the taliban and the government. next time, i will be meeting with senior taliban officials and commanders from the front line in a bid to understand what lies ahead for afghanistan. are the taliban ready to compromise? or will they take the country by force? hello. the heatwave continue

as he inspects what's left of his life project up to lab halima finds himself speechless. this was the hydroponics form built by his family who's worked in agriculture, hearing gaza for 25 years. it allowed them to grow everything from seeds, fruits and vegetables, even when they were not in season. it was all but destroyed during israel's latest bombing, nearly 3 months ago. so had the importance of this project lies in providing food in the off season, increasing production. this project supports 12 family, including mine. these families have now lost their livelihood after the bombing of the farm. upper limit projects which coast approximately $120000.00 to build covers in area of 3700 square meters. it provides agriculture, dennis t and a crop p l that usually requires 3 times the area needed in conventional agriculture. the, these early bobbing in may destroyed more than 80 percent of upper limit project. he says he hasn't been able to obtain the air popping devices that he needs because of border restrictions. but as a result of the bombing the pipes, as you can see

but for farmers like halima, it will take a lot more to repair and replace his families, life's work and one day bring back their crucial social income. human, a seed al jazeera, gaza. wildfires are burning on multiple continents in one of the worst seasons ever recorded. huge parts of forest are being destroyed in europe. they're being driven by wave that's created ideal conditions experts, a climate change is largely to blame. so let's get an update on some of the countries effect and take a look in front of please. 2 people have died near the french riviera. more than a 1000 firefighters are battling the flames. thousands in the region have been evacuated over in spain, firefighters are still tried to control a major forest fire authorities or using drones to help them track down hotspots in avia and in catalonia, the blaze for several 100 people to leave their homes on the hottest weekend of the year and the fire burning north of degree capital is dangerously close to homes. villa village, excuse me, and 6 other villages have been evacuated. trues, i thought the fire was under co

but for farmers like up a halima, it will take a lot more to repair and replace his families, life's work, and one day bring back their crucial social income. human, a seed al jazeera, gaza over the past 50 years from 500 buildings and a brazilian seaside toe and i've been destroyed by the ocean. the atlantic ocean has been fully consuming, as a foreigner, just north of ridge, an arrow. there are fears more will for come to the sea water levels rise. believe the destruction was caused by climate change, as well as the diversion of the major nearby river, which weakened unnatural barrier. now the olympics may have finished still it 2 weeks ago, but his legacy lives on the hills. gold medal in canoeing as spart group of indigenous youngsters living in the amazon to go for gold themselves. favors stokes . as the story the out on the water training hard. these children from the indigenous community on the river quite as attribute tree of the amazon river. they've been inspired by fellow brazilian is achia kiddos to sent us who want to canoeing gold medal at the tokyo olympics. beneath th

but for farmers like up a halima, it will take a lot more to repair and replace his families, life's work, and one day bring back their crucial social income. human, a seed al jazeera, gaza, at least 5 people have reportedly been killed and fighting in northern siri. on wednesday, the curtis led syrian democratic forces say a women and child died when turkey bacteria fighters showed the area of a boat in kurdish fighters. later shelled the northern town of offering killing 3 people. this is all according to the u. k. bay, syria, and observatory for human re. tens of thousands of protesters have rallied in argentina to demand work for the unemployed and better living conditions. crowds brought traffic to a standstill in central bonus, i read, organize or say more than 70000 people to part across a 100 locations. they want to pressure the government to do more in tackling raising poverty. the country is struggling with the economic downturn made worse by the current of virus pandemic. a project led by a former child soldier during sierra leone civil war is now helping save the lives of

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but for farmers like upper halima, it will take a lot more to repair and replace his family's life work and one day bring back their crucial social income. human seed al jazeera, gaza. ah . again the headlines and i'll just 0. speaking from the united arab emirates, have gone to stands for president us from johnny, has defended his decision for leave capital. he says he left to avoid violence and denies rumors that he fled to a suitcases full of cash. the way he says he's been taken in with his family on humanitarian grounds. there before the taliban fighters have opened fire on 2 testers in the eastern city of jet. all about 3 people are said to have been killed and several others wounded. rob mcbride has more from trouble this was a particularly ugly into the not i think it's being seen is really since the taliban just assume power a couple of days ago as the 1st major active defined against them. as john by this very important city, it is east of here towards the border with pakistan. and this protest began over the national flag. now since the taliban have taken power, they have ver

halima kazem stoyanovich at san jose state university's human rights institute assembled a partnership with more than 15 colleges and universities across the country. that's why you see berkeley's human rights centre sanders, they staged human rights institute and u c. berkeley obviously, association have come together with the scholars are risk fund so far they've raised more than $100,000 to sponsor afghan skull. there's academics, journalists and activists. some of that money will be used to bring them to teach in the u. s and we're trying to helping them. come here and do the work they did and be able to share that knowledge. the j one foreign scholar visa is a route that we can take. the money goes toward paying for flights, visas and support when afghans arrive in the united states. jewish family and community services at the east bay, an organization with a long history of resettling refugees from around the globe has never seen its services in such high demand. really, what we're seeing right now is just this huge, huge surge in august alone, the agency welcomed 46 afghan refug

halima because i'm straight on of itch came to the u.s. from couple as a child and has been following on social media. when trying to refute the misinformation on twitter from pro-taliban groups, she was met with harsh criticism. >> it was a flurry of responses from people, name-calling, saying i don't know what is happening on the ground, who are my sources. bullying and attacking on social media. a lot of them i call taliban trolls. reporter: she's concerned about the taliban and their followers censoring information and painting the situation in a more sympathetic light. she says media giants need to have a response. >> it's hard to figure out how to deal with it. these are accounts from abroad, different languages, and how do you vet them? there needs to be some responsibility. reporter: facebook said the taliban is sanctioned as a terrorist organization under u.s. law and banned from services under our dangerous organization policies. they remove accounts maintained by or on behalf of the taliban and prohibit praise, support, and repr

halima kazem stoyanovich at san jose state university's human rights institute assembled a partnership with more than 15 colleges and universities across the country. that's why you see berkeley's human rights centre sanders, a stage human rights institute and u. c berkeley, obviously association have come together with these scholars are risk fund so far they've raised more than $100,000 to sponsor afghan scholars, academics, journalists and activists. some of that money will be used to bring them to teach. in the us where? utilizing um at the j one visa, which are for foreign scholars. um and since we are targeting the these, um this these particular groups in afghanistan and we're trying to helping them come here and do the work they did and be able to share that knowledge. the j one foreign scholar visa is a route that we can take. the money goes toward paying for flights, visas and support when afghans arrive in the united states, jewish family and community services at the east bay, an organization with a long history of resettling refugees for around the globe, has never seen it

based on your conversation with halima, one might hope perhaps the delay could be the secretary of state making some calls or having a conversation with the taliban about how many americans may remain and how they are going to get them out. to your point, there is no airport. the airport is completely abandoned. according to the faa, it is a long drive to pakistan >> it is indeed, brian certainly is >> shep, we will see you back in a few minutes. hopefully blinken will come out as well. we have your show in about 40 minutes. let's move on. if blinken comes out we will move back to that. the other top story is the impact from hurricane ida. nearly a million people in louisiana are still without power. in fact, it could take weeks for some cases to be restored. ida was the fifth strongest hurricane to ever make landfall in the continental united states it did so, get this, 16 years to the day that hurricane katrina hit louisiana. now ida is moving northeast. it is a much weaker storm but still bringing heavy rains and the possibility for more flooding, particularly in tennessee which has a

we've got something in place that hopefully we can help you with within less than a week halima kazem at san jose state university's human rights institute assembled a partnership with more than 15 colleges and universities across the country that's why you see berkeley's human rights centre sanders, they staged human rights institute any c berkeley avian student association have come together with the scholars are risk fund so far they've raised more than $100,000 to sponsor afghan scholars academics journalists and activists. some of that money will be used to bring them to teach in the u s. and we're trying to help them come here and do the work they did and be able to share that knowledge the j one foreign scholar visa is a route that we can take the money goes toward paying for flights visas and support when afghans arrived in the united states, jewish family and community services at the east bay an organization with a long history of resettling refugees from around the globe has never seen its services in such high demand. really? what we're seeing right now is just this huge h