also responsible for the fires with little respite predicted as the american summer continues heidi joe castro al jazeera washington. the us government is giving afghan us done $100000000.00 in emergency assistance for refugees and displaced people. now that includes those in affected by an increase in fighting at the taliban takes more territory. the money will also be used to help. thousands of afghan interpreters have worked with us will cease to leave the country. president joe biden has promised continued support for the afghan leader as rough connie. the interpreters may also be able to move to canada, and the government is launching a special immigration process for those who helped coalition forces other afghan staff and their families will be included in the program. and the taliban is warning. they'll be no peace in afghanistan until the new governments installed earlier this week. them a senior us generals that the arm group now controls half of the districts across afghanistan. despite having withdrawn most of his forces, the u. s. carried out and strikes to help the afghan governm

and now on fire, across the country, thousands of people have had to leave their homes. heidi joe castro has moved from washington. the view from inside an inferno firefighters narrowly escape this blaze, which has scorched 125 square kilometers in nevada and california. it's one of that least $83.00 large fires burning across the western united states. it is just stoic, streamline hot and dry fuels are at record or near record levels of dryness. the lack of moisture means everything is ready. everything is explosive. in northern california. the dixie fire has reached mega fire status, forcing people near lake el mano to evacuate. al, just trying to stay calm, not panic, and just, you know, fill up your car with gas and take care of the good business. i the dramatic start of the u. s. wildfire season comes with the drought amplified by climate change. the dry conditions have helped fuel this fire in oregon, it's the nation's largest and responsible for the destruction of at least 70 home so far. the impacts so big it's creating its own weather pattern, sending smoke across country to the

over the past 6 months, al jazeera is heidi joe castro's reports. the deadly gang violence has again taken hold in ecuador, it's over crowded prison system. at 2 of the country's largest penitentiaries. it's taken $450.00 members of the special police unit to bring this latest round of riots under control. as well as what are the la montana. we weren't able to reach all the prisoners in a different sales until 4 am local time. the contingency officers managed the bring the situation under control, also with the help of the armed forces. then you can see along the perimeter at the prison in let the coon gus police recaptured about 80 and made to try to sleep. with the death toll still in flux, their family members gathered outside the prison gates on thursday, fearing the worst even us healing is kimmy. my son got in touch with me and said inmates and medium security are going up to murder the ones in maximum security. they have rifle point guns. yesterday they went up there. my son is hurt in there, so they have not taken him to the hospital yesterd

that time is not on their side. heidi joe castro al jazeera li, virginia. diplomatic as a james bass, joins us now live from cobble. james has been fighting recently and had taken thought, 1st of all, with the situation in the west of the country. having clashes in horizon for several days now, but the intensifying according to local sources, the latest fighting to the south of the city, the african government say that they are turning the tide. they say that they have made some gains. they say, certainly earlier that they had retaken the road between harass city and the air force. i can tell you that most flights are cancelled. but we have spoken to a journalist who says that there is an african military flight that is going in and out of herat have force at this time. we also are aware of government claims that they have killed or injured $100.00 taliban overnight. bought the tell about and tell a very different story. they say they're on the offensive and making games. they claim that they have severely injured a police chief in jill a district right next to the city and killed sev

that time is not on their side. heidi joe castro al jazeera or li virginia. kim's deputy is executive director of the association of war time allies, a charity that works towards helping iraqi and afghan interpreters who worked for the united states. she says their path to the us can be difficult. the program is, is quite broken in many ways and, and in some cases so much time has passed. it's all but impossible for these people to gather the required documents because companies may have gone out of business or they've lost contact with their supervisors. and so it can be very difficult for them to do what they need to work strongly, grateful that people have started to arrive. i can't express the emotions i felt when i saw their plain land last night. but while, while we're grateful, we're streamline concerned. they're the numbers have gone up and the program is over. $20000.00 applicants still remaining, which equates to almost $90000.00. when you add in their family members. and when you look at only bringing 2500 to safety, you can realize the gravity of the situation that still r

that time is not on their side. heidi joe castro al jazeera or li, virginia. well back in afghanistan, uncertainty and violence dominate everyday life. the un says one and a half 1000000 may leave the country by the end of the year. is charlotte bella from cobble? before you reached the passport office and cobble you pass the stores of administrative passport applicants, pay them to do the paperwork. in the 5 years mohammed s of has done this. he's never been busy. i don't want to get john. go over to them, since there's been a lot of violence and the american forces are gone. people don't trust the security situation. that's why a lot of people are applying yet most of them are families. they come in, apply with their children. 26 year old samuel at heading isn't leaving years, but he sees everyone he knows is preparing for that day. for the jango. there's conflict in war and every district, so we're getting passports ready in case of situation gets worse. so we can go away to a safe place. he's not alone at dawn, this is the queue to apply for passports, tho

also responsible for the fires with little respite predicted as the american summer continues heidi joe castro al jazeera washington, an advisor to the former us president donald trump has been released on bail following a court hearing. billionaire thomas barrack is charged with work, he's a foreign asian on behalf of the united arab emirates barrett chair trump's inaugural fund and helped him get elected. you'll have to wear an electronic monitoring tag and surrender his passport. while awaiting trial kristen, selena with more from new york barragan's charged with trying to influence improperly lobby the u. s. president for he was working allegedly on behalf of the united arab emirates as he was the chairman of president trump inaugural committee in 2017. this was a substantial stop and i unexpectedly taking place today. he is due to appear in person in a new york courtroom on monday, but his lawyer is attempting to secure his freedom pending trial. prosecutors were very nervous about this because he is a very wealthy man and business man with a private jet and citizenship in lebanon. so the

that time is not on their side. heidi joe castro al jazeera fort lee virginia. the us president has warned, for the guidelines or restrictions could be introduced after a surgeon clover 19 cases. it comes a day after rules were tightened for unvaccinated government employees to new jersey and security forces have arrested a member of parliament that accused the president of staging, and whom earlier president, ty said issued a statement, promising he would not become and dictate a rocks military is blaming i saw for an attack at a funeral procession security official said. gunman killed at least 7 people in the city of yeah, 3 i saw was defeated in 2017. but attacks have continued last week. dozens died in a suicide bombing in baghdad. a landslide has killed at least 7 people in northern india. it happened in the state of human child pradesh. there the light has gained a growing number of deaths caused by the fuse one soon reigns. peruse, currency has permitted to after the countries new president pedro castillo, appointed members of his left, his party to k cab

that time is not on their side. heidi joe castro al jazeera li, virginia protested, have rallied in syria against the governments offensive in there are hundreds gathered in several northwestern towns controlled by the opposition forces. the military intensified its bombardment of the province. on thursday, dozens have been killed. thousands displaced through the currency has plummeted off to the countries, the president petro castillo, appointed members of his left, his party, to key capital jobs. there are concerns over the direction of his governments after he named a prime minister sympathetic to a rebel group that waged a long running conflict with the state. you can just president is easing corona virus restrictions following a recent drop in infections and deaths. a strict lockdown was imposed in may after a surgeon cases, it included a ban on travel, and the closure of most businesses. documents have emerged revealing president trump pressed his justice department to declare the 2020 election corrupt the department. rebuffed his efforts thing and had no power to challenge the resu

thank you very much for washington. heidi joe castro will be following a huge wildfire raging in northern california, which is destroyed multiple homes, often lodging with a smaller place. the dixie fire is one of more than 80 now bonding across the west in the united states and already destroyed a number of other homes and buildings before which and community of indian falls. meanwhile, the country's largest wildfire, the boot like foreign oregon is now more than 40 percent contained. some residents who evacuation have been returning only to find the huns gone. ah. wells taught, rank golfer is out of the olympics onto testing positive cove at 19 for the 2nd time in 2 months. spain john rom got the testers out just shortly before was due to leave for tokyo. us golf bryce into chicago is also tested positive and has been less off the team and it's something that i'm pick, debut, brazil, tele ferrara, and american career. some more. one of the 1st 2, he's japan, you to hold a go may school the 1st and then pick skateboarding victory, and in swimming, 18 year old tunisian i had offi, took a

that time is not on their side. heidi joe castro al jazeera or li virginia in pakistan's government is allowing registered afghan refugees to get close at 19 vaccines. but only half of the 3000000 in the country meet that requirement unregistered refugees are afraid they'll never receive a job. come, i'll hide a report from a camp in peshawar, budget on it, and the grape of a for the rest of the corona wireless span there, make delta radians have already been detected across the country. the fear that the fort wave could wreak havoc, get garage pockets on most water bill of got it. of one refugee population here. 1000000 refugees here in focus on 1500000 of them have already been registered. the national come on an operation center day that day will be registered on. we have a lot of people coming to get back senators, who are foreigners and refugees as well for if you do that to the unregistered people who resist that can get back to normal. mechanism as normal times do and for others who are not registered auditors to ad recreation center, right. and dig into code. and they are uploa

and that without reform, more prisoners will die. heidi joe castro al jazeera keepers foreign minister has dismiss new sanctions from the us as irrelevance. the measures come as washington accuses cuba of human rights abuses against the testers. in march, protest blaming governments for an economic crisis to widespread shortages, the food medicine and power cuba says and persisting us sanctions on to blame for the crisis. really one that this then we stopped. but these sanctions are relevant for a practical point of view because i know that this minister has no accounts in us bank has never said he's interested in going sight. seeing in miami, i've said that this is a relevant matter because the political and aggressive implications that shows my due to the fact that it's a violation of international law. just imagine that some the europe, ian country decided the sanction the president of the united states. i do not know what the u. s. secretary state would say about that, because the united states does not have the least legal, political, or moral authority to be thanks to the people

that time is not on their side. heidi joe castro al jazeera or li, virginia. diplomatic candidates a james base has more now from cobble the afghan government. once again saying that turning the tide and getting the situation on the control, but the situation of clashes around this key strategic city, the regional capital of the west, the place closest iranian border has gone on now for 3 days and they have not stopped the taliban attacks, we're now hearing from the ministry of interior with africa and special forces have arrived and that the african air force a carrying out as strikes. certainly overnight, the gun military saying that they had killed or injured 100 taliban. but the view from the taliban side is that they are still making progress. in recent hours we've seen much of the fighting on the main road linking, harass city and harass airport. and given that it's all about quite a lot of territory in iraq province, the fact that they could have some considerable time cut the link between the airport and the city effectively cutting off the city of herat, i am sure is very wo

also responsible for the fires with little respite predicted as the american summer continues heidi joe castro al jazeera washington. the unesco welled. heritage committee is meeting in china to discuss a list of nominated signs. peru is trying to get the status for an ancient sola observatory me. the chan kia was billed more than 2300 years ago, west of the andes mountain range. if the oldest in the americas peru is already home to 12 world heritage science. her as president elect pedro castillo has received his official credential, the head of being sworn in on wednesday, hers electro court handed over the papers that a ceremony in the capital lima. until a few months ago, castillo was a little known union activist and teacher from a rural area in the north. he is dismissed accusation via pony and that he left wing peru libra party had historical links to the shining path. communist group ah hey, mel athletes are already breaking records at the tokyo olympics. these games will see the highest ever percentage of women taking part. and richardson has more from the japanese capital. the people

, urge. com and support tunisian efforts to move forward in line with democratic principles. heidi joe castro, half more from washington dc. those developments are under close watched by the us and today and a phone call between us state department secretary, antony boynkin and the president of tunisia. lincoln told sides that he should adhere to the principles of democracy and human rights and said that open dialogue was needed between all political actors and the technician. people. lincoln follow that up with a tweet, saying that this was a good phone call and that he was able to express his support for to easy as democracy. now the u. s. has been hesitant to call this a qu, whitehouse spokeswoman said that a thorough legal analysis would 1st be required. but that if this is determined to be a coo then us a to, to need, you could be on the line that totaled one point. $4000000000.00 since the countries revolution in 2011, much of that money going toward the military and security expenses was bringing some breaking news. now, the 1st person to face trial under hong kong, national security l

he asked kyle said to maintain dialogue with all sides. heidi joe castro has more from washington dc. lincoln told side that he should adhere to the principles of democracy and human rights and said that open dialogue was needed between all political actors and the technician. people. lincoln follow that up with a tweet, saying that this was a good phone call and that he was able to express his support for to easy as democracy. now the us has been hesitant to call this a coo white house spokeswoman said that a thorough legal analysis would 1st be required, but that if this is determined to be a qu, then you as a to, to need could be on the line. sol says the leaders of north and south korea have agreed to restore communication channels and improve relations. the agreement follows the exchange of several letters between south korean president to maintain a north korean. these are kim's own. the 1st person to face trial under hong kong, national security low as he found guilty of inciting succession and engaging and terrorism for me. and kids was prosecuted for writing his motorcycle. i

also responsible for the fires with little respite predicted as the american summer continues heidi joe castro al jazeera washington. the u. s. government who's giving us stock $100000000.00, an emergency assistant. some of that money will go towards helping those displaced by the recent spike and violence. that's all the bonds been seizing. more territory is american troops of pulling out present. joe biden, and his connect counterpart spoke on the phone on friday. now, biden assured, i should have gone in the us will provide development assistance in the future. early on friday, the taliban warned. there will be no peace of honest on until a new government is formed. a spokesman said the group will not stop fighting until after president sharp. connie is removed. earlier this week, the u. s. as my senior general said, the group now controls off about kindness on districts. despite having withdrawal troops, the us has been carrying at strikes to help africa and government diploma to get it's a james base has more from cobble certainly what everyone wants, i think on the international communit

that time is not on their side. heidi joe castro al jazeera or li virginia. diplomatic editor james base joins us now live from cobble. and james, we have recent fighting and had what's the situation in the west of the country now? yeah, will clash is all over the country, but you're right. so, i mean, let's focus on the west because i think that is the main area that we should look at right now. the major, major regional city in the was the one that's closest to be radian border and flashes that continue going on for several days. now, we've seen in the last 24 hours the un compound in herat, coming on the attack and condemnation of that attack in the strongest terms coming from the us that could general and tony a good terrorist saying that it may be a contravention of the geneva conventions and may constitute war crimes. in terms of the current situation, we have very different information coming from the government side and from the taliban. and let me 1st tell you what the government is saying. they say they recaptured the road between harass city and herat airport. we understand th

also responsible for the fires with little respite predicted as the american summer continues heidi joe castro al jazeera washington. will. stephan is a counselor at the climate counsel australia and the climate change expert at the australian national university. they explains why severe weather events are getting worse. climate change is increasing the energy content of the atmosphere by trapping more heat. that means that the conditions are getting hotter, but it also means that other extremes, both ends, drought, b, rain are also becoming more extreme. so this means that when you have drought, most of your drop couple with high temperatures, it makes forests really much more prone to burn, which is why we're seeing such dramatic and large fires now in western north america. at the same time, because the atmosphere is holding more water vapor, it increases the odds that will see extreme rainfalls, which are happening. of course, in western india have also play china and europe just in the last week or so. so yes, there's a very, very good and strong body of scientific evidence to say that e

that time is not on their side. heidi joe castro al jazeera fort lee, virginia. well, more on the situation in afghanistan now without diplomatic james space in cobbled, james, we talked about the fighting in the west. the un office coming under attack. how bad is this fighting? well, we can government once again saying that turning this up, tied and getting the situation on the control. but the situation of clashes around this key strategic city, the regional capital of the west, the place closest. the iranian border has gone on now for 3 days and they have not stopped the taliban attacks. we're now hearing from the ministry of interior with africa and special forces have arrived and that the afghan air force a carrying out as strong likes suddenly overnight, the military saying that they had killed or injured 100 taliban. but the view from the side is that they are still making progress in recent hours, we've seen much of the fighting on the main road linking, harass city and harass airport. given the it's all about quite a lot of territory in iraq province. th

numbered with games effectively in charge, and that without reform, more prisoners will die. heidi joe castro al jazeera cuba foreign minister has dismissed new sanctions from the us. irrelevant. the new measures come with washington accuses cuba of human rights abuses against demonstrators that have been large protest. blaming the government for an economic crisis was led to widespread shortages of food medicine and power. keep us as existing us sanctions are to blame for the crisis. you really want that this then. we stopped by. the thanks is, are relevant for a practical point of view because i know that this minister has no accounts in us bank has never said he's interested in going sight. seeing in miami, i've said that this is irrelevant matter because the political and aggressive implications that shows my yeah, due to the fact that it's a violation of international law. just imagine that some the european country decide the sanction the president of the united states. i don't know what the u. s . secretary state would say about that because the united states does not have the least le

i do thanks very much. indeed, heidi joe castro, talking to us from washington d. c. a visuals being held for a woman who was find beheaded in a case which has provoked anger in pakistan. 27 year old know to look at the mean was the daughter of a former senior pakistani diplomat. she was brucely beaten before she was killed. earlier this week, the son of a wealthy industrialist has been arrested and charged with murder. several examples of violence against women and politicians, reactions to them have led to protest. still ahead on algebra, eastern china and hit by a typhoon causing widespread flooding. i'm hitting busy international transport hobbs. this comes as only boulders, kill 9 tourists and destroy a bridge in india. ah hello. notice you over the last few days, we have been talking about the buckets of rain falling in costa rica, take it to the ground. now we see those water levels rising rapidly, and it's just because of how intense that rain has been. now unfortunately, on monday, it's still in the red zone coast rico right through to panama, the darker the

also responsible for the fires with little respite predicted as the american summer continues heidi joe castro al jazeera washington or the extreme 5 of offer had an impact in space. this is fridays, full moon shining over washington, d. c. costs in an orange tent. the unusual color of the moon was not caused by the reflection of the flames, but by smoke particles interfering with how sunlight travels through the air. watching al jazeera ly from london much more flat on the program. and i'm gonna stop. the government imposes nighttime coffee when 31 now. so $34.00 inches to cub . fine. and also i'm nicholas hawk. instead it goes fishing. town of hi our office coast is what scientists describe as one of the world's largest pulled water for reef home to endangered species. but some of them are now washing up resort that ah hello, nice to see. we're tracking out some feisty thunderstorms across parts of europe. so we find those really toward the low countries, the netherlands pulling away there. and this is not good news because we are seen some rain and already water logged areas of belgium into

that time is not on their side. heidi joe castro al jazeera or li virginia ah, monsoon reins of triggered more landslides and swept away more bridges and roads in northern india. at least 7 people died in this land. lion, how much of pradesh state others are also missing. and then in the indian administered territories of john kashmir. this with some of the damage that when a bridge collapse and the roads caved in. 160 people have died across the country in the last week because of torrential downpours. media comes on premier caller 15 years old and i have never seen such a severe flood in my life. it has caused a lot of distraction. we used to live without a bridge and now it's been billed. the flood is washed away. 24 year old activist has been jail for 9 years under hong kong, controversial national security rules. tony young kid is the 1st person try down the law and posed by fe jane last year. a day after it came into force, he wrote a motorbike into a group of police officers while flying an independent flag is found guilty of inciting secession and terrorism. china says it has a ri

numbered with gains effectively in charge, and that without reform, more prisoners will die. heidi joe castro al jazeera a. when aid flies has landed for the 1st time, and if he used to cry region since renewed violence, 100 operations last month, and brings desperately needed food, as well as more than 30 humanitarian workers from different organizations. well, food program, if you're struggling to get access to deliver to areas, it says on the brink incentive, the un says it will fly twice a week to transport essential personnel and supplies. with more than 2000000 people in desperate need of help that's likely to fall far short was needed. earlier this week, the english city of liverpool with stripped of its covered unesco world heritage davis. the un body blamed years of uncontrolled urban zation for an irreversible loss of liverpool victorian era. dogs, but his knee vodka found else many in the city. you see the move as an opportunity for regeneration. it is the city that kept the british empire afloat. it's 1900 century edifice, is a testament to generations of global trade and commerce

numbered with gains effectively in charge, and that without reform, more prisoners will die heidi joe castro al jazeera. now earlier this week, the english city of liverpool was stripped of its coveted unesco world heritage status. the human body blamed years of uncontrolled ebony zation for the loss of liverpool victorian era. dogs will hear more on that shortly. but 1st let's look at what the world heritage list is and white matters. well, unesco, establish the list in 1975 to protect sites like uncle, what income bodie. it, it said there deterioration or disappearance would impoverish all nations the balmy on valley enough canister is just one of the most endangered heritage locations. it's giant statues of but what party blown up by the taliban in 20012078 re been or sanctuary in amman became the 1st site to be removed from the list that was off to the size of a sanctuary. was greatly reduced to allow for new oil wells. well, now liverpool has become only the 3rd site to lose its status. but as need barca found out, many the city see to move as an opportunity for regeneration. it is the

that time is not on their side. heidi joe castro out to 0. fort lee, virginia. well, meanwhile, there's been a rise in the number of the tax and the amount of fighting across afghanistan. that includes an attack on the un office in the province of herat, diplomatic as a james bay's is incapable. the security situation is not going the way the african government or the americans would like. you might well have interpreters who are in parts of africa. song who would find it very hard to get to cobble? let me tell you about the latest on the security situation around can the ongoing clashes in helmand also in the south, the neighboring province to canada. clashes that we understand has been as strikes again, we believe those might well have been u. s. s strikes, but the real focus of attention in recent hours is actually on the west of afghanistan and iraq, the regional capital, the part, the big city in afghanistan closest to iran. well, we understand the taliban. i've been pushing around herat in a number of places, a number of different security instance. and mo

numbered with games effectively in charge, and that without reform, more prisoners will die heidi joe castro al jazeera. now argentina is one of the top food produce is in the world, none for its grains and beef, but movements trying to change how the country produces food and its models becoming more popular every day. theresa bow visited, small farmers outside bizarre access to land is a step towards dignity for many people as his friends or beta. he's a member of the union of land workers in origin. tina an organization created in 2010 in what situs that's now grown across the country. it has more than 16000 members working the land and producing aggregate logical vegetables. and also not only know that yet we used to rent land to work. we had a book, then the idea was to get abandoned land held by the state get credit. so we can have a better and dignified life, produce healthier food without toxic chemicals. the organization is giving farmer families the confidence and power to control their own lives. and bonia sanchez has been living here for 3 years. she now owns one hector of land w

how did you go to heidi joe castro valley has more details from washington dc. the white house says the 100000000 dollars will help address refugee and migration needs resulting from the us troop withdrawal from afghan is stan, some of the money will be dispersed through n g o z and some of it will go toward the processing of special immigrant visas for afghan nationals who aided us troops to help them resettle in the us. about 20000 afghan interpreters have applied fearing retribution from the taliban. the money could be used to help get those afghans out of the country safely. given the u. s. has already completed more than 95 percent of its troop withdrawal. a small number of special immigrant applicants are expected to stay for a few days at a u. s. rp base in virginia. others may travel to a still undetermined 3rd party country while their visas are being processed. earlier on friday, the telephone was there'll be no peace and i've got to stop until a new government is formed. a spokesman said the group will not stop fighting until president. osh off gunny

numbered with gains effectively in charge, and that without reform, more prisoners will die. heidi joe castro al jazeera, at least one more person has been killed in the after months of the assassination of pages president, jovan and maurice protested her keesing the nations and leads of killing their presidents since his murder violence has been rampant nationwide overshadowing his funeral and some murder investigation, louise, his widow martine movies, in her 1st public appearance in a mass held in honor of her late husband. she was injured during the attack 2 weeks ago. argentina is one of the world's top food exposures and is especially well known for its grains and beef. but the movements is trying to change the country produces food and is becoming more popular every day to raise a bowl visited a small group of farmers. i'd say one is iris access to land is a step towards dignity for many people as his friends will be that he's a member of the union of land workers in argentina. and organization created in 2010 in what site is that now grown across the country. it has more than 16000 me