World. I m kim brunhuber. This is cnn newsroom. Afghanistan s valley now the focus of taliban efforts to completely take over the country but antitaliban forces are fighting back. Panjshir is the only territory not under taliban control. Fresh fighting was reported saturday with both sides claiming successes. Cnn cannot independently verify the accuracy of those reports. And the largest currency exchange market reopened for the first time in nearly three weeks, but banks are limiting withdrawals. Ben farmer is in kabul and is joining us by phone. So let s start with that fighting, what is the latest on the conflict there? we know that there have been several days of heavy fighting in panjshir, and as you said both sides have said that they have had successes and victories, but all we know independently is that the taliban have penetrated into the valley as far as a hospital which is run by an international aid charity. And it is a significant way into the valley. So the situation of th
Temporary restraining order against the state s largest antiabortion group. The most pernicious thing about the texas law, it sort of creates a vigilante system. It seems, i know this sounds ridiculous, almost unamerican. Hi, everyone. Thanks for being with me. I m amara walker in atlanta, in for pamela brown. You are in the cnn newsroom. Weather in turmoil. A climate this crisis. Across the u. S. This week extreme weather has crushed records and claimed lives. The death toll has claimed to at least 50 in the northeast from ida s record rainfall. New york officials blame illegal basement apartments for most of the city s inhome deaths. In new jersey, searchers are still looking for two college students who were swept into a storm drain. And receding floodwaters left their empty car hanging above the drain. To get an idea of how fast and deadly the rainfall was, watch this. The wall of a flooded basement in new jersey buckles and unleashes a wave of water. And in hurricaneravaged louisi
Country australians wonder when they can expect things to open up. And, the french football club, nice is forced to close part of its grounds after a mass brawl inlvolving players and supporters. Life from our studio in singapore. This is bbc news. Hello and thanks forjoining us. Diplomatic pressure is building to try to extend the august 31st deadline for foreign troops to leave afghanistan. Britain, france and germany want more time to allow people to be airlifted to safety. The united states says it hasn t ruled out troops staying a little longer. The issue will be the main point of discussion at a virtual g7 summit later on tuesday. But the taliban are hostile to the idea, saying it would breach a previous agreement. This report from kabul is by secunder kermani. It s crowded, filthy and baking hot. But desperate afghans keep coming to kabul airport. So many children in such a terrible place. This woman worked alongside german forces. She has documents proving it but no permiss
Para badminton and india s rising badminton star, palak kohli both prepare to make their debut, at the tokyo paralympics. The deadline was created by the united states, yet it s now the taliban that seems to have the power to allow any extension to it or not. Certainly the diplomatic pressure is growing to give troops a bit more time to help evacuate as many people as possible from afghanistan. Britain, france and germany are all pushing for it, while the united states says it hasn t ruled out troops staying a little longer. But the taliban are hostile to the idea, saying it would breach a previous agreement. This report from kabul is by secunder kermani. It s crowded, filthy and baking hot. But desperate afghans keep coming to kabul airport. So many children in such a terrible place. This woman worked alongside german forces. She has documents proving it but no permission to travel. I ve been here with my kids for the past five days, waiting for the soldiers to look at my papers
Continues to spiral from one crisis to another. Para badminton and india s rising badminton star, palak kohli both prepare to make their debut, at the tokyo paralympics. The deadline was created by the united states, yet it s now the taliban that seems to have the power to allow any extension to it or not. Certainly the diplomatic pressure is growing to give troops a bit more time to help evacuate as many people as possible from afghanistan. Britain, france and germany are all pushing for it, while the united states says it hasn t ruled out troops staying a little longer. But the taliban are hostile to the idea saying it would breach a previous agreement. This report from kabul is by secunder kermani. It s crowded, filthy and baking hot. But desperate afghans keep coming to kabul airport. So many children in such a terrible place. This woman worked alongside german forces. She has documents proving it but no permission to travel. I ve been here with my kids for the past five da