u. s. told the taliban in advance exactly when the last plains would be leaving the airport. he said they did not tell the taliban that in terms of ice or k. it was interesting. mackenzie said he believes that there are about 2000 ice. ok. fighters still within afghanistan, he insinuated that a lot of them were from the prisons that the prisoners that were let out of some of the jails in ghana. stan, he feels some of them were from there and he said that the taliban would have their hands full dealing with ice. okay. in the coming weeks and months quite frankly. however, the bottom line to all of this is the 20 year war in afghanistan, or at least the 20 year presence of us troops in afghanistan officially is now over . gabriel is on the they are joining us with the very latest live from washington dc. gabe, thank you. will you a secretary of state anthony blanket is expected to speak shortly. i think we've still got an empty podium there. it is. was in jordan though, is joining us live from washington d. c. to give us some idea of what to expect. i'm hi, there rules might we

u. s. supreme court ruled by an it cannot be extended without congressional action as lawmakers failed to possible on friday. the u. s. is told each and as he and president case i. e, that stands ready to help the nation move towards democratically a democratic future. national security advisor, jim sullivan underscore the need to rapidly form a new government in order to stabilize the economy and battle against corona virus . those are your headlines. the news continues after inside story quick summary for you at one g. i'll see that me ah ah, the countries around the world are dealing with devastating wildfires. long periods of driving, excessive heat or contributing. but mortified our rule of human and this climate change now a bigger worry than it's ever been. this is inside story. ah, ah hello and welcome to the program. i'm how am i here in the last few months have seen a number of devastating weather events made worse by climate change. countries around the world are seeing unprecedented changes last month, a small village in western canada set that countries cleanest records, and marking nearly 50 degrees celsius, sig

u . s. has told the taliban that there would be a swift and decisive response if this evacuation is interfered or there's any interference with us personnel. he also try to defend the criticism that this is reminiscent of the 1975 evacuation of saigon we've seen already on social media comparisons of the 2 images of helicopters, evacuating the u. s. embassy in both instances. boynkin saying that this is not saigon. he said this is the us leaving the country because he says that the mission to prevent terrorist attacks after $911.00, which was the reason that that us troops entered afghan. instead, he said, was accomplished. and that it is simply not in the u. s. interest to remain in afghanistan as we heard from the president yesterday. there has been no sort of regret in, in ordering this withdrawal, which is still on track for all us combat troops to soon be out of the country. however, there is certainly pushback from the u. s. from some senators, in particular, marcia blackburn, a republican from

u. s. is told the why those side that it's really unrealistic to imagine that the, the recognition is why and on the interim government is going to go on beyond the beginning of next year. so i think there's, there's a kind of a perverse incentive here on the part of the boy, the lopez faction, in particular that that's one of the factors that seem to theory, willing to hear in these talks with any kind of genuine negotiated outcome. but i think that's why the lot is decided to sit down again with the government, primarily in order to head all the alternative faction, if you'd like, within the mainstream opposition, which is that the bike and the company who does believe in a more gradualist approach, the approach to them as it was referring to who believes, for example, in taking part in the regional elections that are coming in in november which have been described by those sham vanessa. so was just talking about the acceptance of other countries of why do at the time, which brings me to this que

u . s. has told the taliban that there would be a swift and decisive response.

u. s. defense special told the reuters news agency. the taliban could surround the afghan capital within one month. the same source one cobble could fall to the group within 90 days.

can president biden has asked the pentagon for contingency plans if more time is needed and the u s has toldhe taliban the exit will be done by next week only if the group cooperates with the evacuate. missions in washington lauren blanchard fox news airbnb is pledging to provide free housing worldwide to 20,000 afghan refugees airbnb s chief executive officer brian chesky says this program is beginning immediately in a series of tweets he says airbnb felt a responsibility to step up and help. in one of the quote biggest humanitarian crises of our time anyone willing to host a refugee family can reach out to airbnb containment on the kaldor fire in el dorado county rose slightly to 9% more than 2000 firefighters are trying to keep this fire from pushing northeast into the tahoe basin and more populated areas along highway 50 by our commanders are calling for more resources including hundreds of engines and personnel, at least. 455 homes have now burned along with other structures including two fire stations the site wildfire today posted this map showing just how much the kaldor fire has spr

u. s. defense special told the reuters news agency. the taliban could surround the afghan capital within one month. the same source one cobble could fall to the group within 90 days. proper bright is in cobble. we are still waiting to see what the government's response is going to be. we're expecting at some point that once you've lost these smaller provincial cities and roll roll provinces, once you're left with the larger urban areas, we may see some stiffer resistance. we may even see a fight back. that's what we saw. i should have gotten the president to doing wednesday flying up to missouri re sharif. that's the last remaining stronghold up in the north of the country. really trying to stiffen the result of people that said that they should be fighting back and we're waiting to see what that counter attack look will look like. interestingly, wednesday we also saw the appearance of another very important name here in afghan military dealings and in politics. marshall marshall recede. dustin now he is a former vice president but als

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u. s. state of louisiana being told to evacuate park. and either near the u. s. gulf coast i made landfill twice over west cuba on friday for cost to say it will become an extremely dangerous hurricane. well, it's furniture it's pull out of afghanistan. it is unclear who will help run couple airport was hosting daily commercial flights, but that stopped when the taliban took control. now its role after august, 31st is uncertain where the asian experts warning the arm group does not have the expertise to operated. it's only been job aid reports now from near the african pakistan border. this was the scene on one of the last commercial flights out of cobbler airport. a week ago, after gun install failed to the fall upon in all the chaos, the boss of the airline came to the airport himself to take control. i decided to go myself. and i think that be a huge be in taking on site to see and assessing the situation. and i found it that if you conducted in a professionally that is, that is up of the problem is the local value of whatever they are restricting or discour

u. s has told the taliban the exit will be done by next week only if the group cooperates with the evacuatemissions in washington lauren blanchard, fox news and joining us now on the phone to talk about the situation in afghanistan is congresswoman jackie speier congresswoman president biden made it clear today he will not extend the august 31st deadline to withdraw u s troops. do you agree with his decision? you know, julie i think that his hands are somewhat tied you know, we've got to go back to february 2020 when then president trump cut a deal with the taliban not with the government of afghanistan and created a deadline of may 1st. so extending it as we have to august. 31st has been herculean effort. i think he would like to extend it i think that the taliban is reluctant to allow for additional occupation as they refer to it so. i think president biden is doing what he has to do, which is protect american service members who are they're american citizens and as many of the afghan people as we can. bring out that meet the guidelines so it is a very dangerous situation, and i think we'

can president biden has asked the pentagon for contingency plans if more time is needed and the u s has told exit will be done by next week only if the group cooperates wit missions in washington lauren blanchard, fox news all right to get some more perspective now on the situation in afghanistan, we're joined by stephen zunes professor of politics and international studies at the university of san francisco professor always good to get your perspective here so despite pressure from lawmakers in this country world leaders as well president biden said today that he will not extend this august 31st deadline to withdraw u s troops from afghanistan. i'm wondering if you think this is the right call and isn't really feasible to evacuate all of the americans and the afghan allies in the next week. it's pretty it's quite feasible. i believe to get americans out in that time the question is how many afghans will be able to escape as well so far, the united states is evacuate over 72,000 people which is actually quite remarkable when you think about it many times the number we were able to evacuate f

u. s. defense official told the reuters news agency, the taliban could surround capital within a month. the president, meanwhile, had flown to the governments last northern stronghold. shotgun is trying to rally the troops to defend the city of missouri sharif. it's the biggest in northern afghanistan charlotte bell. this is joining us from cobble with an update on the situation on the ground. charlotte? yes sir. garzon. he is the 10 provincial capitol to fall and just 7 days to put that into context. the telephone hadn't managed to take over a provincial capital in 5 years. prior and now they have 10 in one week gaffney is especially significant because it's actually the gateway to the south. it's on the main motorway heading south of cobble and it is the closest provincial capital to cobble to fall. it's also the 2nd biggest city to fall off the condo cell earlier this week. now we have video or actually of the governor of gods and the we understand that he did a deal with the telephone in order to receive safe passage to cobble with a video of him being a school by the telephone, thr

u. s. embassy incapable told to destroy files in case taliban wins. obviously in case is already a reality. but the thing is like, on the report here, we keep on saying over the past year to that, it looks like the 70s are coming back. and of course, the seventy's afghanistan was in the news, and that was the beginning of the end for the soviet empire. now the u. s. empire is collapsing there, and i have several things to say in terms of one thing. what people always ask, why does every empire go there to die? and every empire is the epitome, essential is ation and hedge. a monic power, a single power controlling a lot. and they always disintegrate at the edges of their empire. and of course, the problem with afghan stan for all empires is that it's one of the most decentralized of all nations space, right? there's many, many valleys, many mountains, many tribes within those mountains. and each mountain valley there's another tribe and to try to control all of them with all their little nodes of power. it's impossible in every single solitary, central

u. s. defense official told the reuters news agency, the taliban could sir on capital within a month, the afghan president has flown to the government last northern stronghold. i sure gun is trying to rally troops to defend the city of mazar e sharif. the biggest in northern afghanistan. we'll go live to bahama jump june, who's covering diplomatic talks here in the 1st? let's cross to rob mcbride, who will give us an update from cobbler robin. talk to us about guys and how significant it is. that's well, it's a blow to the government, certainly. and also a significant gain for the taliban. there's been fighting around the city of got the for some days now, but we've had confirmation that the governor and police were forced to flee the city, leaving the taliban in control. and we've seen the video being uploaded by the taliban showing at presumably taliban fighters giving us a guided tour if you'd like of the street. they now control of things being fairly calm that but they very much in control of the place even showing us the police headquarters there. so it is significant. it's a fairly

u. s. defense official told the reuters news agency the taliban could surround capital within a month, the president has flown to the governments last northern strongholds. sharp gunny tried to rally troops to defend the city of missouri. sharif. the biggest in northern. i've got a son. we'll go live to mamma, jump zoom in just a moment shortly who's covering a hot piece talks. but 1st, let's cross to rob mcbride, who will give us an update on the latest taliban games. rob, that's right, this is a significant development and a significant game for the taliban. the city gods. me as there's been extensive fighting around this, if you for some days now. and it was always suspected that if another provincial capital was about to fall, then this would probably be that we understand that the town itself. 3 has fallen to the taliban but there is still fighting around the intelligence compound. 3 but the governor of gas, the itself has actually left the city. so this is a fairly small provincial city. but just as we saw earlier this week with some of these provincial cities to the north, which has

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u. s. defense official has told the roaches news agency that they believed taliban could isolate the capital cobble in one month and take full control of the city within 90 days. in the past week the taliban has taken 9 provincial capitals. meanwhile, efforts in dough to get the taliban and african government around the negotiating table have ended without agreement. the taliban says it's still committed to negotiations. despite the rapid escalation in it's offensive, afghanistan's interior minister has told out his era, the government forces pushing to secure main highways, large cities and border crossings. local groups have been given alms to fight back against the taliban. charlotte bellis has this exclusive report. 5 weeks ago general abdel sat murtha quelled, stepped into the roll of it's going to stones ontario, minister in all he commands a force of 130000 people. today he is driving toward deck a province west of cobble, much of the provinces controlled by the taliban. government personnel travelling by road is rear and requires an escort of special forces. in the last 3 months, the

u. s. defense official has told the reuters news agency. they believe the taliban could isolate the capital level in one month. in the past week, the taliban is taken 9 of the countries 34 provincial capitals. meanwhile, efforts to get the taliban african government back to the negotiating table in doha, have failed. the armed group insists that committed to further talks, but the government say that the taliban is interested in a political solution in exclusive into with al jazeera of guns. interior minister told us local groups are being given weapons to fight back against the taliban offensive. and he says, government forces pushing to secure main highways. large cities and border crossings. charlotte bellis. how's this exclusive report with the minister? 5 weeks ago general abdul sat, a mercer quote, stepped into the role of s ganna stones and terry, a minister in all he commands a force of 130000 people. today he is driving toward a province west of cobble, much of the provinces, controlled by the taliban. for government personnel trav

u. s. embassy and bill told americans not to go to the airport to stay away from the general area. because the threat was so great, and so the general has said that if we can find out who was behind this, then we will go after them, clearly targeting iso and something that the us is said the, even after the leave of can it's done if that is on august the 31st or a few days after that that they will continue to launch what they describe is anti terror organized operations in afghanistan. if they perceive there to be a threat, they call this over the horizon. they will do it from nearby countries, they will do it from air bases that they have in the region, and they will do it if they think there is a threat that has to be stuffed. so we're going to hear from joe biden in about 45 minutes. this certainly one of the darkest days for the us military in recent years, and certainly one of the darkest days of the biking presidency. right, so what about the prospect off there must be discussions behind the scenes. this despite the fact that obviously the, the white house has health. so fam

u. s. completion. it was told from of can son group says it boats to establish good relations with the international community which all of us troops marks the end of america longest, more and 20. your presence in afghanistan. c, 17 transport plane to go to campbell airport before midnight. time and the taliban is promising to form an inclusive government and up hold human rights geared to cancel the lowest possible reservation on the passage of people who want to leave the country. well, the town says the formation of a new administration is in its final stages and a new cabinet will be announced in the coming days that here it is a historic day. we are proud to have reached this day. we congratulate the people, the arabs, and all muslims. we are finding, gain our freedom and independence. the future will be brightened. we will have peace and stability. the government will take shape in the coming few days. it's too early to speak about who will be part of it, but we have covered about 90 to 95 percent and will a

u. s. military cobble journalist told my colleague colon bray earlier about the deteriorating national security situation. what more do you know about the capture of kandahar as the taliban claims? according to some icons, the governor of the province is only lyft with a 6 or 7 of his body guards refusing to leave here from the har. we heard reports of heavy fighting between the taliban and members of the con, the harp police inside the police headquarters. we have to really remember that kandahar is the home of senior, all of our leaders and commanders. this is where this started their movement in the 1990 s. i think it's also a very embarrassing scenario for the americans. the international community inital . when a place like cotton are falls in line and does not have a credible piece process or a comprehensive and permanency side, there was the american officials, you know, and other wisdom officials publicly, priding on the fact that the top to bottom, we're not to do this the thought about, we're not to do that in this, and now the african people are left extremely vulnerable. that is not

u. s. defense official has told the reuters news agency the ton of ban could surround the capital cobble within one month. in the past week, the taliban is taken 9 of the countries 34 provincial capitals. meanwhile, efforts to get the taliban and afghan government back to the negotiating table. here in doha, have failed. the group insists it's committed to further talks, but government representatives. they're saying the taliban has no info in a political solution. in an exclusive interview with al jazeera afghanistan's interior minister said local groups are being given weapons to fight back against the taliban offensive. charlotte bella spoke to him. is her exclusive report? 5 weeks ago general abdul sat, her mirth quelled, stepped into the role of a scanner stones, interior minister in all he commands a force of 130000 people. today he is driving toward deck a province west of cobble, much of the provinces controlled by the taliban. government personnel travelling by road is rear and requires an escort of special forces. in the last 3 months, the taliban has more than doubled its terr

u. s. defense official has told the reuters news agency taliban fighters could take over the capital cobble within 90 days. the official spoken norman lee citing intelligence reports on tuesday. president joe biden said he did not regret his decision to withdraw troops. she had her tansy live for us in washington. hello, that she had, what's the latest from the bond and ministration, considering now we're at 10 provincial capitals. biden's holding firm. he has been asked repeatedly whether he regrets this decision, whether he'll back track on the messages constantly. no, the afghans have to fight for themselves. now we've spent a trillion dollars over 20 years and i've gotten this done. we've equipped with modern equipment, 300000 supposedly africa, nationals because we also know that much of many of these figures are very questionable. and when we will have to be africa and papers at the end of last year, which will lead to the washington post, that basically the u. s. has been lying to the world about progress and i've got to start. but anyway, that's the official line. is there are 30000

u. s. state of louisiana. i've been told to evacuate as hearken, ida hits towards the gulf coast. i made landfill twice over west and cuba on friday for causes predict it will become an extremely dangerous hurricane. peruse. new government is won a vote of confidence in congress opposition. protest is scuffle with police often vote in favor of principal petro cassie is left. when cabinet, you see a party has a minority and congress that control center. what kind of american intelligence agencies are divided over the origins of corona virus, but agree? it wasn't developed as a bio weapon. that's according to announce the classified report. the intelligence community says china's leaders didn't know about the virus before the pandemic began. aging describes report as a political manipulation the man convicted for the assassination that the u. s. senator robert f. kennedy has been granted parole of to see him for the 16th time, 77 year old son hunter. hon. has served 53 years for shooting kennedy at a campaign of into the ambassador hotel in los angeles, in 1968. you're up to date wi

u. s. and the white house told the government and also that they were waiting for the american vaccination rate to, to, to reach that of the canadian vaccination, which is about 10 times more. but having said that, there is always a slacker, but canadians are allowed in by and so why can they be allowed to buy land? and if it is a little bit mysterious, where the, the, the main theory that we've seen being speculate around in these border areas there is, there's more to do with the southern border than the northern border. but the theory being that if the u. s. ended its restrictions on the land border northern border that would be more pressure for it to end its restrictions on the southern border with mexico. and that is something the bite administration pretty clearly says it has no intention of doing soon. she had, thanks so that she had ritathui in detroit for medical specialists in sri lanka, say, the coming weeks are critical for the coven 19 crisis. there. the country seeing a huge rise in infections and death, which went past the 100 mark on sunday. experts say the search is conne

u. s. is concerned is not the truth be told it's germany, it's been that behind the scenes for some time smell sort of even open. that is the country with which the u. s. is really interested in maintaining a very close relationship when they take, for grant. germany, of course, has over this russian nordstrom to deal at the moment. yeah, you see the problem with the german government has been there for some time as long as us troops stationed in that concrete. i mean, think about the war ended in 1945, the west port in well known nazis and cautious and key positions in the army and intelligence services. 40 to 45 percent of the judiciary, the army. and so the top ross will not change the same in japan yet in both these countries, they still have military bases. and so both these got increased japan, more than germany, have no real sovereignty. the hatred of russia now is not related in particular to what wooten may or may not do. it's related to the fact that the russian government has taken back its sovereignty. that gorbachev in his week when years thin in a completely craven way had given

u. s. has withdrawn and had told the african people, it's an afghan problem even though they were involved in the process. so i think the issue of the issue of minorities is reflective of the broader political problem, which is that neighboring countries have interfered and thought to divide afghans and make the problem worse. and that should not continue. and with the peace agreement, all ethnic groups need to be represented and feel represented, so they can rebuild trust. you mentioned there about neighboring countries like pakistan, for example, that you say would be making the situation worse, dividing, dividing groups further in afghanistan. what can it be if, if the, if us lead presence, what should be reversed there? and they would to stay in afghanistan. what would they be able to do to, to push back against that? i think from the beginning there was an issue where the united states did not send the message to pakistan. that training, equipping, providing support for the taliban, providing a safe haven for them and other insurgent groups. it's not just the taller bond who have gone

u. s. state of louisiana. they've been told to evacuate his harken ida, head towards the gulf coast. i'd have made landfill twice over western cuba on friday for causes predicts it will become an extremely dangerous hurricane. china has dismissed the declassified us report on the origins of cove at 19 calling to political manipulation. it shows intelligence agencies are divided david, where the bars began, but agree. it wasn't developed as a bio weapon. current of ours was 1st detected in the chinese city who had in 2019 russia has reported its highest month. the career of our death toll since of pandemic began revise figures from state statistics. agency ross that show more than 50000 people died from cobra. 1900 or related causes in july. and that brings the total number of deaths to more than 365000, which is the 4th highest in the world's off of the u. s. india and brazil. the headlines, more news coming up after inside story me . ah ah, the dog lives of people are killed in twin bombing outside cobble airport just as foreign leaders had been warning of an imminent threat. why i

u. s. state of louisiana being told to evacuate his harken ida, heads towards the gulf coast. automate landfall twice over western cuba on friday for causes predicts it will become an extremely dangerous hurricane. hurries new government says one of the conference and congress opposition protested scuffle would please devote to favorite president, president christy as left wing cabinet casino party has minority and congress that control by sense. right? american intelligence agencies are divided over the origins of crone of ours. but agree it was not developed as a buyer weapon. that's according to a now declassified report. the intelligence community says china's leaders didn't know about the virus before the pandemic began. paging described reporters political manipulations up to date with the headlines here and on to do, we got more news coming up. right. also counting the cost with more than 200000000 cases. the curve of 19 worldwide governments. a batting to fight fresh wave of the virus and newberry, and there has been a 3rd and the number of people working vaccination appointment from hu

forcing the treasury to cough up for government bills. marx, kaiser, host of the kaiser report told us the u. s. has no choice. it just has to keep on borrowing b u. s. economy and conjunction with most of the west is one enormous ponzi scheme, need fresh money to keep a ponzi scheme going, if you tend to contact, you understand that 0 percent interest rate and global that the gdp is over 300 percent. and the ability to pay back any of these loans is berkeley. you can understand why now the debt in the u. s. is going to start to become hyperbolic. and this is having an interesting corollary. and that is causing a real inflation because all that money printing attempting to tamp down the debt, which is causing people at the shops of the gas station. and notice that the price of living is going up per separate this way. and this is causing a real, causing a real damage in america right now. i think they're going to get to the point where they've got to eliminate the idea of a stealing. and they're just simply going to say that we're going to engage and unlimited on encumbered money, print thing,

pursued for months until he was shot dead in new mexico in 18. 8121 year old story has been told many times in u. s. pop culture, including several films. ah, this is to say that these are the top stories, the us canada zone air strikes against iso k in retaliation for thursday's attack outside counsel airport, that killed at least 175 people. it happened in the eastern none hall province of gaston gable. others under has more from washington, d. c. was an unmanned air strike against what the u. s. military is calling a, an eyesore k planner planner being singular. so it appears that it was against one person, the u. s. military is saying that they believe that the strike was successful and that the target of the strike was killed. also saying that the best of the knowledge of the us military so far, no civilian casualties, to report the u. s. embassy, and i've kind of stands put out another alert for all american citizens to leave campbell airport immediately or warnings. another attacks likely and the next few days will be the most dangerous. the un refugee agency says up to half a 1000000 people

well, jeff bezos is not backing down after being told by the u. s. government accountability office in july that nasa did not violate the law by awarding only one lunar lander contract a space x. when there was originally supposed to be 2. now he's taking this fight to federal court today, jeff phase is blue origin. once again, arguing now says decision to award space acts nearly $3000000000.00 to develop the next generation of commercial spacecraft that will take humans to the moon. this time by doing the space agency with the lawsuit filed friday with the us court of federal claims stems from an april announcement that nasa gave a $2900000000.00 contract to eli must space x for lunar landing equipment and not to companies like bases this blue origin that was expected while the details of the lawsuit are not publicly available because they are seals. it accuses nasa as having been, quote, unlawful and improper. and it's evaluation of proposals concerning its human landing system program, blue origin set in the statement. it is an attempt to remedy

u. s. state of louisiana are being told to evacuate as heroic and isaac heads toward the gulf coast. i made landfill twice over western cuba on friday. forecasters say it could be a life altering storm for those who aren't prepared. russia has reported its highest monthly colona von as that. so since the pandemic began revised government figures show that more than 50000 people died, phone call with 19, all related causes in july. that brings the total number of deaths more than 365000 . the 4th highest in the world after the u. s. india and brazil. and the man convicted of the fascination of us senator rober sir robert f. kennedy has been recommended for parole, seeking it for the 16th time sir hanser han. how so 53 years for shooting kennedy as a campaign event at the ambassador hotel in los angeles. in 1968, the state governor will make the final decision and the date stay with us on al jazeera. the think of some of the biggest companies in the world today is amazon, microsoft. we checked all of them big tech with algorithms, and there were more than just uses or customers for wha

thousands of people are being told to leave their homes in the u. s. state of utah as a fast moving wildfire, burns north of salt lake city, the so called polly's canyon fire was 1st reported on saturday and is not burned across more than 1000. hector's heavy rain has caused devastating flooding and lens lives in japan. at least 6 people have lost their lives. 1300 households have been evacuated. the saga prefecture, the southern island of que sure has seen a record amount of rain for causing rivers to overflow. ah, it's exactly 1230 gmc, these all your top stories as it stands right now, taliban fighters are surrounding the afghan capital, cobble and negotiations are under way to secure a transfer of power. a taliban delegation has been speaking to africa and government officials. the situation on the ground is changing fast and has in 10.