and much of southern europe continues to bake — after one of the hottest summers ever recorded.come to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the rapid advance of the taliban in afghanistan is accelerating. the militants now control a third of the country's regional capitals, including afg hanistan�*s second largest city kandahar. american officials say the taliban is trying to isolate the capital, kabul, and they've acknowledged that the insurgents may be back in power much sooner than expected. meanwhile, the united nations has warned a �*humanitarian catastrophe�* may be unfolding. our correspondent, yogita limaye reports from kabul. gunfire. the biggest taliban victory so far in their rapid march across the country. this is the centre of kandahar city, a political and economic powerhouse. the taliban were born in this province. to show off their gains, the group's fighters filmed themselves walking through the provincial governor's office. and released this video, showing a traffic policeman welcoming them. after days of fierce fighting, afghan forces retreated.

an area of high pressure across southern europe and north africa.es and the scorching temperatures are likely to pass in the coming days. this is not a temporary phenomenon. our climate is heating and humid activity is a major factor behind it. sicily and other areas could see more and worse than this in the years to come. they have the right idea. from sicily, there are a few other places to go. >> the heat, it is so hot. >> she comes here every year and she has never known it like this. >> may be climate change? i'm que scared that that is the reason why, because it has never been quite as hot. it has never been like this. >> are you worried about the fires? >> yes, they are terrifying. >> for the sun seekers, it fun. after the lockdowns, italy is thirsty for tourists. they will need quenching also. >> the british antarctic survey says it doesn't know when scientists can return to one of its research stations. that is because of the danger posed by a giant iceberg that is almost the size of london. >> it was the briefest and gentlestf icy kisses.

hello, the extreme heat is on going across southern europe, especially spain.in in the forecast. this area of low pressure moves on from the west bringing increasing amounts of cloud across england and wales. a few spots of light rain at times for parts of wales in the midlands. ——and the midlands. rain arriving across northern england and northern island. scotland seeing a mixture of sunshine and showers but showers confined to the north part of scotland. through this evening and overnight, quite cloudy, rainy round here and there particularly in the north and west. largely dry and humid in england. a fairly cloudy day, outbreaks of rain for some of us on sunday. cooler in the south—east, 22 degrees in the south—east. 22 degrees. hello, this is bbc news withjoanna gosling, the headlines. the afghan president says his top priority is boosting the armed forces, in his first national address since the taliban stepped up their offensive. translation: our dear country afghanistan is in serious danger| of instability due to the war imposed upon us. the reintegration

wildfires continue to sweep across several countries in southern europe.rkey, there are years of a larger disaster if the flames reach coal stored in a power station. the taliban is warning of more attacks against top afghan officials. there was an explosion near defense facility in kabul on wednesday. the taliban says it was behind that attack, and our diplomatic editor reports from kabul. >> in recent hours, the taliban has shown they are currently pursuing two very different types of warfare. in kabul, this blast targeted one of the men leading the government's military campaign. the defense minister and veteran commander was north of his home when it and buildings around it in the most secure part of kabul were targeted, but his bodyguards were injured in the blast. these pictures film by the government show the scene immediately after the blast. the interior minister directing commandos, who we are told, secured the area after a number of hours. this is what experts call a complex attack. first, a car bomb was detonated. then attackers made their way

maria because you are just back from greece, we are seen greece and turkey and other parts of southern europehe heatwave but the wildfires and links to it. what did you see and what are people telling you. let's start on this question of what we can take from this based on some of your experience, maria because you are just back from greece, we are seen greece and turkey and other parts of southern europe affected not just by the heatwave but the wildfires and links to it. what did you see and what are people telling you. we have had heatwaves in. greecebefore but nothing like what greece is experiencing - this summer, used to be the tip temperature up to 40 or 45 for a couple of days, - this was days on end . and we have seen fires but nothing like what we're seeing now endless more l than 100,000 hectares burned. i was not in the places where the fires are although i know| one of the area well| but from when i was on an island and in athens the air was full of smoke, | there was ash, the sound turned red and there was smog, - it was horrific, something i have never seen before. the pictures

much of southern europe continues to bake.fter one of the hottest summers, ever recorded. and in antarctica — a colossal iceberg almost as big as london is being monitored carefully by scientists. the united nations has urged afghanistan's neighbours to keep their borders open, potentially allowing tens of thousands of people fleeing fighting against the taliban, to reach safety. aid agencies are warning of a humanitarian catastrophe, as the militants continue their sweeping advance across the country. the taliban have made rapid gains sincejuly, the red areas show where they had control a month later more and more districts have fallen under their control leaving the map looking like this. latest reports suggest they now control another provincial capital, pali alam, just 45 miles south of the capital kabul, from where our correspondent, yogita limye, has the very latest.. from where our correspondent, yogita limye, has the very latest. the biggest taliban victory so far in their rapid march across the country. this is the ce

watching al jazeera, also coming up on the program, heat wave pushes temperatures to record highs in southern europe, warnings. the wildfires across several countries. and the batter. washington, christina, team and sky arrive safely in poland just days after defying orders to return home . ah, welcome to the program on main story this now lebanon has been commemorating a year since the devastating explosion at bay routes. port. hundreds of people were killed, thousands injured in one of the world's biggest non nuclear explosions. and they began with solar memorials, but ended with protests outside the parliament building. as people demand justice and accountability from a government that's broken down. st. honda reports from the capital barret but left in the us. they marked the minute their city exploded. they read the names of the victims of one of the largest non nuclear blasts in history. a year on a route remembered the port explosion that destroyed so many lives outside the blasts site, where thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate blew up families of the victims. the survivors gathered to dema

also coming up on the program. heat wave pushes temperatures to record highs in southern europe, spawning massive wildfires across several countries. and a better russian olympian. christina, team of gaia arrives safely in poland, just days off the defying orders to return home. ah, lebanon has marked the 1st anniversary of the moment when one of the world's biggest, no nuclear explosions, killed 200 people, and injured 6 and a half 1000 others in the capital bay work. but i mean, but my look of us for 7 minutes, the names of the victims, alright aloud as people cradled pictures of their loved ones. bloss happened when a fire ignited a massive stockpile of ammonium nitrate. it was being stored at the port and always monsoon. they were, residents are still demanding on says so far, no senior officials have been held to account. and lebanese authorities have been criticized for blocking a judicial investigation will throughout the day protest as rallied near the parliament building in beirut, where attentions fled. they clashed with security forces, who responded with tear gas and water can

jeff victor, sam, more checks from southern europe would definitely not hurt dutch gastro mummy. the eating of good food stamp fastened al jazeera, god's oval germans. on preparing to choose a new government after 16 years of chancellor and go to merkel christian democrats at the helm. but a very public blunder of other man tip to replace her as dented the policies prospects. armina sheds was caught laughing during a visit to a flood hid area. his popularity ratings plummeted. dominic came reports from berlin. the political shadow boxing of the summer is over now it's time for the main event for armand lashes. that means trying to land a few punches on his electoral rivals, both from the social democrats and from the greens, which is why he's been visiting eco friendly projects. like this, the new tesla factory outside berlin, this is the future rocher of energy, the future of sustainability. and we thank you for this investment in germany. absolutely. well, it's a, it's a pleasure to be here. the problem for lash it is that many people seem unsure about him. images like these of

let's return now to southern europe about 6 or 7 hours, 500 kilometers on from here to the west, wrestler said has been following events or the mattress and boardroom wrestle. tell us what's happening. well now there have been 200 d, y 5 reported to 56 of them are under the control according to the alternative. but there are 4. why fi stealing programs that are still burning? so here, if the ration themes that is getting calm down, but the weather conditions here are not that much. bradley, because if you're in the low humidity i'm strong range are still continue. so it's quite hard to predict. however, hoping to the previous days it's quite cool. down here just where we stand here as a boardroom and one of the most popular for the suggested nation or turkey. and you can see to the station behind me, killer materials from started from here to the course lines. hotels and hackers of the land have been just simply burned up just a couple of weeks ago. we will have had a completely different we. this is one of the most precious horsemen at the waldrum. dove is not the only 1. 12 days ago whe

these are the worst fighters southern europe has seen for decades. -- fires southern europe has seenor decades. more world news at the top of the hour. in just a moment on dw, i will go through some of the biggest stories from the day in the day. until then, good day. ♪#x2cc ♪ >> a major milestone, coming on the same day militants assassinated government official in kabul. from europe to america, wildfires wreak havoc this summer. in greece, death and others forced to flee as they battle a

flash flooding in turkey kills at least 31 people — as southern europe records one of the hottest summersr. the nhs warns that tens of thousands of people are risking their lives in england because they're unable to spot the first warning signs of cancer. now on bbc news — the travel show... india. 70 years after independence, this emerging world power of more than a billion people, is still changing. i'm on a journey to two extremes of this vast subcontinent. it is crystals. it's hard crystal. white salt. you can taste it. i began in gujarat, in the far west. this is genuinely incredible. i'm in heaven. it's pretty crowded. and this week i have travelled 2,000 miles over to the north—east. i am on the banks of the mighty river brahmaputra and i am about to go to a very spiritual place. it is one of india's lesser—known regions. we're really high up, and just to my right is the border with bangladesh. a part of the country that prides itself on its traditions. he makes it look so easy. but it's incredibly difficult. but it is also looking forward and embracing progress. so now i am on my

and wildfires across southern europe. we will look at why this year's wildfire season has been so much more destructive. ♪ i'm brent goff. to our viewers watching on pbs, in the united states, and to all of you around the world, welcome. we begin with the explosions, multiple explosions in the afghan capital, reportedly inside the heavily fortified green zone of the city, home to government buildings, foreign embassies, and a busy market square. police say one of the explosions was a caromb which was targeting the home of the country's defense minister. he was reportedly unharmed in the attack, however, several other people were injured and other -- in other smaller blasts. i'm joined by a journalist in kabul. what more can you tell us? reporter: the blast seemed to target the guesthouse of the current acting minister of defense. he was not home at the time. he shortly after the blast issued a statement online, saying he is fine, that everything is ok, that his family was not in the residence, but there was still gunfire,

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southern europe is seeing one of the hottest summers it's ever recoed. we report from sicily. how technology could help stop wildfires before they spread. we join the team of researchers that's monitoring the heat from up in the air. >> welcome to world news america on pbs and around the the globe. in afghanistan, the rapid advance of the taliban is accelerating. the militant now control a third of the country's regional capitals, including afghanistan's second-largest city, kandahar. american officials say the taliban is trying to isolate the capital, kabul, and they've acknowledged that the insurgents may be bak in power much sooner than expected. meanwhile, the united nations has warned a catastrophe may be they've urged afghanistan's neighbors to keep their borders open to people fleeing the fighting. we are in kabul. just how much concern is there in the capital tnight? >> reporter: well, in a matter of days, the conversation in the city has gone from being about whether kabul will fall to how quickly it could happen. people are looking to what the c we haven't heard from

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in this case, the southern europe, because unemployment, there was around 20 percent 50. hernandez arrived 3 weeks ago from spain and is among dozens of ships recruited so far. there isn't a jumps available for us on the one. maybe don't have to have a good condition. so you have here that are monday. but i was that social system despite have been damaged in atlanta, has an unemployment rate of only 3.3 percent. and the economy is predicted to grow by 3 percent next year. but to maintain this growth bank, hun mass assess companies need to be more creative in attracting workers. this is, did the new demand by the younger generation. millennials, a generation offer that is common on the labor market in a couple years of time. they want a bit better balance between work and private, and maybe this is a spoiled thing, but it's a western european western world thought the phenomenon is not just the whole. he is concerned that if companies can attract more workers from the netherlands or from abroad, the economy will suffer, checked us as more shacks from southern europe would

with a check on your world headlines. wildfires are stretching, emergency crews, and turkey in southern europe. in turkey, there are among the worst in its history. at least 14 fires across 6 provinces are posing a threats firefighters are brought another 160 other fires under control since last week. 8 people have died and more than 16000 have been forced to leave their homes . are zeros, rest of, sorry, are, has more for monographs and i'm tell you a problem we are in cuz they'll die in the town of my god, which is one of the most stated districts caused by the wildfires in turkey. a mess you forest fire broke out last night here and it continued through the night . hum, but as of hack, there's of land. how being burned, firefighters continue to cool down the areas to prevent why fires from spreading to other areas. hundreds of widows years had to create their houses and the security forces are blocking the road to prevent people from getting back to their houses. as it is too risky. i have talked to the when years here, and they all share a common wish william back to their houses to see if

in southern europe owning massive wildfire across several countries, and the batter rushing olympian, christina, team and sky arrive safely in poland. just days after defying orders. julie can home and i'm found the how much would the latest lympics news as a reckless keep tumbling on the track in tokyo, that women's 400 meter hurdle time the latest to go? a ball continues our top story, lebanon is commemorating a year since the devastating explosion at bay routes port talk through a tour hole through the city and killed hundreds of people. well, the day began with memorials, but it ended with protests as the population still looks for on says as to how it could have happened. then a 100 reports from bay were it but on the left, in the us, they mark the minute their city exploded. they read the names of the victims of one of the largest non nuclear blasts in history. a year on a route remembered the port explosion that destroyed so many lives outside the blast site, where thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate blew up families of the victims. the survivors gathered to demand justice an

much of southern europe continues to bake.dry, after one of the hottest summers, ever recorded. and in antarctica — a colossal iceberg almost as big as london is being monitored carefully by scientists. hello, wherever you are watching us in the world. thank you for being with us. it is good to have your company. we start in afghanistan where the rapid advance of the taliban is accelerating, the militants now control a third of the country's regional capitals, including afghanistan's second largest city, kandahar. american officials say the taliban is trying to "isolate" the capital, kabul. and they've acknowledged that the insurgents may be back in power much sooner than expected. meanwhile, the united nations has warned a "humanitarian catastrophe" may be unfolding. our correspondent yogita limaye reports from kabul. gunfire the biggest taliban victory so far in their rapid march across the country. this is the centre of kandahar city, a political and economic powerhouse. the taliban were born in this province. to show off t

because you are just back from greece, we are still seeing greece and turkey and other parts of southern europehe wildfires and links to it. what did you see and what are people telling you? we have had heatwaves- and geese before but nothing —— in greece before, - but nothing like what greece is experiencing this summer, it used to be the temperature might go up to 40 or 45- for a couple of days, - this was days on end . and we have seen fires but nothing like what we're seeing now. i in greece alone, more - than 100,000 hectares burned. i was not in the places where the fires are although i know| one of them, northern evia, very well. - but from when i was on an island - and in athens the air was full of smoke, there was ash, - the sun turned red i and there was smog, it was horrific, something i have never seen before. the pictures i was watching on television and studies i i was hearing from friendsj on those places were truly apocalyptic. huge columns of smoke, . mountains of flame, a third of the largest island l in greece has burned, those were pristine forests with villages where people

this brought scorching temperatures to southern europe in the last few days. and the way things looking from moscow so far this monday. my name is kevin owen, from the rest of the team. thanks for getting into us and have a great day the while the make no, certainly no borders and the blind number t's as we go to the back seen the whole world needs to take action and be ready. not a joke. people are judge governors, crisis, we can do better, we should be better. everyone is contributing each in our own way. but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever. the challenges for the response has been massive. so many good people are helping us. it makes it feel very proud that we need together now. oh, when i would show the wrong, why don't i just don't rule out the thing because the after an engagement equals the trail, when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground the who's dime, option retention. we're going undergo revealing the stories hidden by leaps, coming up in the show as b 54th session of the i. p. c. c needs for

james bay's al jazeera, cobble, huge stretches of southern europe. our ablaze is country's grapple with some of the hottest weather on record. the e u is promising assistance including water dropping planes to those countries that needed at least 805 have broken out across easily in the past 2 days, including 250 on the island of sicily and 130 in pulliam. more burning in croatia, montenegro and albania, and grace, which is experiencing its worst hate wave in decades. some places hit their highest noise temperatures on tuesday, passing 47 degrees centigrade. there are 5 for the north to in belgrade area and northern macedonia. bulgaria plans to send dozens of firefighters and trucks to its neighbors to help with the fire there. while in turkey, the emergency has now extended into a 2nd wake about 95000 a hectic have been burned. the intensity of the fires have reached new levels according to use earth observation program. russell sada is following developments from a man of gas in and tell you a problem. we are in because ill in the town of man i got

to let me tell you that the latest is the rage and across southern europe. 800 record in italy alone. over the weekend, dozens of panic, tourists and locals of fled affected areas in sicily, a heat wave fed by a hot air from africa, or scorching temperatures to the region in recent days. not to mention the same kind of thing happening in turkey to now in greece. 5 paper and all spittle, a dozen homes destroyed by wildfires, fire broke out on saturday, enforced the evacuation of 4 villages. people also had to be rescued from a beach at one point, almost $155.00 fighters and 8 planes. and helicopters have been mobilized thus far to try and get a handle on it. and put those slaves out. i'm good. this high government handling is covered pandemic has spurred thousands to protest and been called to modern resignation. as prime minister, fierce clashes are up to between demonstrators and police and came to the city and that 3rd locked till i marked the highest number of daily cove in 19 deaths in the tele capital. since the start of the pandemic. for a lot of a student, her chair is a many

flash flooding in turkey kills at least 31 people, as southern europe records one of the hottest summers ever. the nhs warns that tens of thousands of people are risking their lives in england because they're unable to spot the first warning signs of cancer. please don't stress the seals — a plea for holiday makers on the north—east coast of england to be more kind and respectful to the bathing mammals. and could ai spot the next sporting talent? also, gadgets for fun in the sun. that's in click, in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the independent police watchdog is investigating why the man who shot dead five people in plymouth, before turning the gun on himself, was given back his weapon and permit, after it had been confiscated. jake davison had both his shotgun and permit removed in december, after being accused of assault. last night hundreds of people attended a vigil close to where the shootings took place on thursday. luxmy gopal reports. the search for answers continuous for a community still in shock after a gunman claimed five lives in six

it's a sort of a panoramic truck in those fires in the southern europe latest from greece. 5 people in hospital it doesn't, homes destroyed by wildfire, and great fire broke out on saturday, enforced the evacuation of full villages. people also to be rescued from a beach as well. at one point, almost a $155.00 fighters and 8 planes and helicopters to be mobilized to try and get a handle on the flames. he way fed by a hot air from africa is, was being blamed for the scorching temperatures in southern europe of late august for a lot of us, the dentist chair is the minis, stuff of nightmares. but a new wave of russian innovation is striving to put a smile on everyone's face in the dentist's assess, could taylor found out me? but let me get your dentist isn't your favorite person. that torture? chad the sounds of the dro instruments. i get it, but i pump in moscow which cleans through pain, can become just a distant night with a little help for 3 different skeptical about 3 d printer, but i don't really understand that purpose. so i want to test whether it's from hype, by getting fitted fr

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hello, the extreme heat is on going across southern europe, especially spain.n the forecast. this area of low pressure moves on from the west bringing increasing amounts of cloud across england and wales. a few spots of light rain at times packs of wales in the midlands. rain arriving across northern england and northern island. scotland seeing a mixture of sunshine and showers but showers confined to the north part of scotland. through this evening and overnight, quite cloudy, rainy round here and there particularly in the north and west. large and —— trying humid in england. afairly cloudy day, outbreaks of rain for some of us on sunday. killer in the south—east, 22 degrees in the south—east. 22 degrees. —— cooler in the south—east.

but also extreme events happening across the world heats in north america and southern europe and turkey and, but also extreme rainfall, an associated flooding like we've seen in iran in north korea recently, but also in europe and elsewhere. and it's only going to get worse unless we commit to strong rapid and sustained drug reductions in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. some aspects of the climate system are reversible. if we limit the warming, then we will be able to limit the extreme events. the reduction in arctic sea ice and things like that, some aspects are going to be irreversible, and these are the, the very slow parts of the climate system. so for example, it takes hundreds of years to fully, he heat up the d. potions and i expand as they get warmer, it takes hundreds of years to melt the really large ice sheets that also contribute to sea level rise. so we're committed to arise in sea level over the very long period over hundreds of years. we're committed to this, but we can still limits the size of it by limiting the amount of warming. the science is clear and this

that we've been doing here in turkey and engraved on the devastating welfare of swept across southern europe. now these, well us do happen every year, but it is the scale of them and the intensity of them that has taken everybody by surprise this year and that look set to continue. the 1st you and report issued in 1990, had predicted human cause. climate change would become evidence at the time it couldn't prove with evidence that it was happening. that's now changed or nearly every measurement or climate is more extreme. and it's set to get was causing climate change and making extreme weather events more frequent and severe. second, it shows that climate changes affecting every region on our planet. and lastly, it displays that strong, rapid sustain reductions in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions would be required to limit global warming. right now, it's some of the world's poor countries of the feeling, the effects that they contribute less to greenhouse gases. there is hope that if the biggest admits is, are able to commit to deliver sharp reductions in greenhouse gas emi

while far as such a ravishing parts of southern europe and the united states, the current of ours pandemic, and i can on the crisis least thousands of people hungry and homeless. and from the dash tech joint, apple reveals plans to scan american i phone from a chance of child sexual abuse treated and concerns privacy. ah, but 1st speak. you appears to grow in rebels to seize control of the ancient tone of nearly baylor in the north, in recent weeks, t p. fighters have targeted the strategically important for region as well as i'm horror, which is where the tone of lowly bella is low case. it's for the rebels, it's a bullet victory. and also a significance incursion. size will not be built is a unesco world heritage sites and a secret for millions of ethiopian orthodox christians. it's fame for it's 12 century rock hewn churches. the us as colon on that the grow and rebels to protect the cultural heritage of the tone. malcolm web has been following those developments from my will be in, they bring kenya, resident and others have told us the fighters from the gray region of entered the histo

flash flooding in turkey kills at least 31 people — as southern europe records one of the hottest summersr. the nhs warns that tens of thousands of people are risking their lives in england because they're unable to spot the first warning signs of cancer. and — please don't stress the seals — a plea for holiday makers on the north east coast of england to be more kind and respectful to the bathing mammals. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. within the past hour, the afghan president, ashraf ghani, has made a televised address to the nation — his first public comments since the taliban intensified their latest offensive. mr ghani said that the �*remobilization of armed forces�* was his top priority. he also said he was consulting with international partners to prevent further violence. heavy fighting has broken out in the afghan city of mazar—i—sharif, as taliban militants tighten their stranglehold around kabul. american troops have flown into the afghan capital to help evacuate embassy personnel and other civilians stranded in kabul. britain and several o

saturday. temperatures are expected to reach 44 degrees celsius as a heat wave continues across southern europe. italy too has been struggling with wildfires or on the tourist resort. a pest kara, 800 people had been moved from their homes after a large fire in a nearby nature. reserve of gun stones president his whole parliament, the state of aggression being imposed on the country by taliban forces, attacking several cities as sharp. gone ably, much of the current situation on us forces withdrawing so quickly. the united states meanwhile says it will take in thousands more african refugees with us affiliations. the expanded program will include afghans who worked for us funded projects, n g o's, an media outlets. 3 neighborhoods in china's capital have been locked down and transport in and out of beijing is suspended. it's the latest response to china's largest corona virus outbreak. in months. a bell, a russian sprinter has been issued a humanitarian visa by the polish embassy in tokyo, after seeking political asylum, christina to sky i had accused bella roost of trying to force her home on

southern europe, though, sees extreme heat through this weekend, could see temperates hitting.. by contrast, it's a cooler northeasterly breeze heading our way for the start of the new week. probably won't be much rain — overnight rain clears away from southern parts of england, we're left with a few showers. probably quite a bit of cloud streaming our way, as well, and that colder air that we're seeing in scotland is pushing its way southwards across the uk. so top temperature 20—21 celsius in hampshire. as we head further into next week, it's fairly quiet, settled a few showers. a lot of cloud, mind you, and it's not looking particularly warm for this time of year. this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: crisis in afghanistan. taliban militants capture the country's second largest city and fears are mounting that the capital kabul, may be under threat. for a majority of the population they are waiting to see how things will unfold with a mixture of fear, anger and resignation. president biden is still insisting that pulling us forces out of the country was