families right across the country. how can you justify all this fighting, when it s causing the deaths of thousands of afghans, thousands of ordinary muslims? you are the ones who started the fighting here, though. shortly after the interview ends, the sound of helicopters. the taliban are still vulnerable to government air strikes. this is balkh, a town with ancient roots thought to be the birthplace of one of islam s best known mystic poets, rumi. now it is under taliban control.
people who never expected it, who say it s never happened, they didn t expect their childhood nature to disappear. you start thinking, are we safe? are we secure? and that s happening in five years. now we re preparing for that. do we train with international force? preparing for that. do we train with internationalforce? no preparing for that. do we train with international force? no country has enough power to fight this fire by itself. are we preparing properly? that s a scary thought when you look at it because it s absolutely devastating from above, and we need to. we cannot say we weren t surprised because we ve been told about it. we see it happening in europe and greece and italy and
this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. more than a slap pass at thousand civilians have been killed as taliban forces advanced across the country. taliban forces advanced across the count . a , taliban forces advanced across the count . , a, taliban forces advanced across the count . a, a, country. many of those who have medicare have country. many of those who have medicare have run country. many of those who have medicare have run once, - country. many of those who have medicare have run once, twice, l medicare have run once, twice, multiple times and now they have come here to afghanistan s capital kabul. from here they say there is their greek counterparts to tackle devastating wildfires. has a for some workers who to work has a for some workers who the to work ” has a for some workers who the other ork ” has a for some
sign of extraordinary times? absolutely, yes. sign of extraordinary times? absolutely, yes. sign of extraordinary times? absolutel , es. , ., absolutely, yes. 0k, very good to talk to you- absolutely, yes. 0k, very good to talk to you. dame absolutely, yes. 0k, very good to talk to you. dame allison - absolutely, yes. 0k, very good to | talk to you. dame allison peacock. northern algeria is also battling wildfires which have killed at least 65 people, many of them soldiers who were sent in to tackle the blazes. the worst hit area has been the forested mountains of the kabylia region. an intense heatwave and high winds have led to their rapid spread, but officials believe arsonists may be responsible for some of the fires. for nine straight days, thousands of greek firefighters have struggled to contain the raging flames that have destroyed hundreds of thousands of hectares of land. the fires have been fanned by the country s most severe heatwave in decades. 0ur europe corresponden
if any may have registered the highest temperature ever recorded in europe. the reading near syracuse registered 48.8 celsius. but it still needs to be verified. if any s current heat wave has been caused by an anti cyclone moving up from africa. cities across the country are expected to face extreme heat for a number of days. the previous european record is 48 degrees registered in greece in 1977. now it s time for a look at the weather with louise lear. hello there. not that much in the way of settled summer sunshine for many as we go through thursday, as another area of low pressure really starts to dominate the story. and to the south of that low, we ll see plenty of isobars, the winds picking up, gusts in excess of 40 mph, showery outbreaks of rain to come as well. weak weather front will be sitting across the south to begin with. it drifts its way steadily northwards, allowing for some sunshine into south east england. clouding over, though, from the west as we go through the day