dave thomas johnson that research professor at the naval postgraduate schools. national security affairs department. thank you. my pleasure is still ahead here and al jazeera and make waves in the black sea. how a series of military incidences, increasing tension between the 2 in russia and the deadliest civilian disaster. and israel's history. a hearing opens, insistent heat killed, 45 men and boys in april. ah ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored by kettle airways. hello. that is more severe, wet weather to come for parts of east asia in the coming days in particular for those central areas of china. now, on sunday, officials issued the highest level for flooding across he now province, as they were expecting up to a 100 millimeters of rain to fall in just 3 hours. now we saw severe flooding across this area. last month we could see more as the may you front continues to pass. those 2 wrenching reins across to the east and the korean peninsula is going to be inundated with some exceptional amounts of rain in the days to come. and that's thanks to tropical storm or mice as it works it

johnson is an author and research professor of the national security affairs department at the naval postgraduate school. he says the piece talks and have little chance of success with a taliban political chief and co founder motor i bologna. barracuda, demanding more than the government can give. it's very important to remember that even before the piece talk started, which were september 12th of last year, graders assistant came out said they were to non negotiable demands of these talks . one is that they wanted to re establish the islamic emerett and to they wanted to reestablish their view of radical d o bonds. sri la either of those to. ready mean to enter the capital regime. i mean, it took 2 months for them to even come up with any procedures and they're still arguing about procedures for the talks. ah, the city on the italian on and of sicily, his record to europe. hottest ever temperature. syracusa registered 48.8 degrees. the world mitre logical organisation is expected to verify the record shortly. well, that heat wave is fueling fires in the south of richly homes. animal

johnson research professor, the national security affairs department at the naval postgraduate school and author of taliban narratives. the uses and power of stories in the kind of stone conflict. it joins us by scott, from monterey in california. thank you very much indeed for being with us. so just to pick up on the, on those, those talks what your forecast is there any possibility of a negotiated peace settlement going forward? well, i, me, 2 days ago gone, he said the negotiations were over. i like to say a little about negotiations. when clowers i had last year in february, february 29, suggested this historic piece agreement. if you really take a look at it more for a phased withdrawal of us troops, he was never a peace treaty. there hasn't been a, there hasn't been a and william malley, a very respect, a diplomatic historian and african watcher has said the initial negotiations. that is the 9 talks that cows are here with taliban were the worst negotiations sense munich in 1937 and the paris peace talks in the early 19 seventy's and you know, it, it's very important to remember

the house on services and former state department official, paul, a navy national security affairs expertrst you, congressman. they wanted hundreds of americans out who couldn't get out, they wanted to leave. thousands of afghan allies, too. what youll say? >> i say president biden lied to the american people. he said get everybody out and he didn't. just this morning i was having a back-and-forth with two american citizens outside the gate@kabul international with their children and couldn't get in. american citizens left behind. thankfully congressional offices, nonprofits, veterans groups have stepped up in this vacuum of leadership from this administration and we are trying to smuggle them out but this notion we can trust the taliban, they tell held an american hostagehe for the last year. his name is mark, a navy veteran. they haven't let him go because they are demanding concessions and they want things from us. we've handed them several hundred moreta hostages and evey time they want international recognition, foreign currency, economic aid, they can walk down the street and take a

depart on august 31st. kimberly held. can al jazeera the white house. bridget, carl is a former us assistant secretary of state for public affairs and former us national security council spokesman. it says i, so k is fighting for resources and territory. the islamic state is going to claim this as a great victory. the tall about is pointing a finger at the united states saying if the occupation forces were not there, this would not happen. the united states is going to withdraw from afghanistan in the coming days. we'll have to find another way, maybe in concert with the taller bob of, of striking the islamic state forces who are responsible as attack and tried over time to minimize the impact they can have, you know, can stand and elsewhere in the region. i think what they want is power, influence and money. you know, they're situated close to the app can drug trade. and that obviously is very, very profitable in terms of, of drugs moving outside of that can stand, you know, and it is a part of this. you know, they have a strictly or strict are codex that even al qaeda and the taller bomb is. so in the one hand, they have a mix of motives. on the other hand,