make a little sad has had three days of talks in council where the taliban has a political office a u.s. led coalition force the taliban from power seventeen years ago following the september eleventh attacks on new york and washington but the taliban still controls almost half of afghanistan and frequently attacks security forces and government targets it's refused to negotiate directly with the internationally recognized afghan government calling it an illegitimate regime put into place by foreign powers michael semple is a professor at queen's university belfast and former deputy e.u. special representative to afghanistan who's negotiated with the taliban he joins us now via skype from dublin good to have you with us professor these talks in doha what they routine or significant. definitely they are significant really is remarkable the boy is now saying that he hopes to get a deal by april because until now publicly the taliban are not given anything away

what is it that the taliban wants from these talks. me the taliban have made it quite clear that they want a a u.s. military withdrawal from a harmless not a big ask they're also asking for some prisoner releases and recognition of their office those are relatively minor issues the big thing they want to say is a withdrawal. now sign is of course is asking for something entirely different you are asking them to answer negotiations with the afghan government around any political solution the u.s. doesn't like being in afghanistan because of the cost they're not going to be leaving anytime soon so why is the envoy so keen so clear that he can get a deal by april. you know so so far there is nothing and so the in the public domain in terms of what they the taliban have been doing to us of to indicate that they are ready for that compromise but if you look

along you know on all sides of the conflict there is a sense that it really serves very little purpose and the taliban official position is that he is that the u.s. is occupying afghanistan i mean the reality is they're not there's an independent government in afghanistan is relatively small number of u.s. troops who are very keen to go home that's not the same as an occupation many of the taliban commanders and fighters you know would rather see you see a deal bring an end to the fighting civilian population wants it so there's certainly a groundswell inside afghanistan in favor of the deal but at the moment you know the leaderships haven't yet budged or indicated what the basis for compromise but what do you think a deal might look like with the us tolerates the taliban sharing power in afghanistan. well i think that the he actually the u.s. will really be delighted if the if the taliban would come on the inside when it comes down to the out of this in the interests of the u.s.

they went in there actually because of problems with al qaeda and it was the taliban's sheltering of terrorists rather than the fact that the taliban were in government now the u.s. has got no intention of sort of handing government lock stock stock and barrel over to the the taliban but the whole idea of the u.s. encouraging the taliban to join talks with the afghan government is that they can come up with some deal whereby the taliban come into the political system and the whole idea of us of a and a plural to the whole system like they have been up on the stand is that there's meant to be room for everyone but until now the taliban have refused to talk directly to the afghan government they've refused to acknowledge the government to accept the political system and they haven't yet prepared their membership for the kind of political compromise that would you know would be in both so far what the leadership has been telling the members of the movement is that the fight goes

on until the the u.s. pulls out and we restore our government without sharing our michael really good to talk to professor many thanks indeed and pure. it with the news from out syria still to come on the program facing trial the international criminal court examines the violence that tore apart the central african republic britain's prime minister fights back against growing calls to rethink the brig's it deal. at its core find out why the crowd was booing one of tennis's young best young players. it's never happened before in the history of the apec summit until now leaders attending the meeting failed to agree on a final communique after today's meetings in papua new guinea the asia pacific

economic cooperation summit was less about working together and more about individual statements under tell us reports from port moresby. international summits usually end with bland communiques not chaotic scenes and the prime minister being bundled out of the conference room who peter o'neill papua new guinea's prime minister had just been telling reporters about the success of the apec summit he'd been hosting and trying to leave without taking questions on its dramatic failure but leaders are not being able to agree on even the plan this language for an agreed leaders' statement the apec summit took place behind closed doors so why the failure to get all twenty one to agree i think your writing is as the chair you are the only one not to be able to achieve a community where you have almost twenty one economies agreeing to the agreeing to all the issues that we have discussed and it is not frustration but if we all

haitians summit thank you managed to publish something even if it's a pretty bland race they haven't this hour why not eyes of the public that are now they would listen that this afternoon prime minister chairman statement is not the same as a communique you must be disappointed there's been no communication there's been general statement in the past. maybe i'm so used to that with this in that area in fact there's been an agreed leader statement after every apec summit since one thousand nine hundred ninety three this is not the way i pick conferences are supposed to end and this will be a huge disappointment to the hosts pap and you get particularly the prime minister . it was an argument over trade that caused the break down the trade disputes between the united states and china is so serious that apec leaders couldn't find any common ground they could put into words there are differing visions on particular elements in regards to trade and those prevented there from being full consensus on the communique document the leaders agreed that instead of

a traditional leaders declaration they would issue they would. leave it there and sort of in g. is the chair. to. state regional rivalry with clear leaders from australia new zealand japan and the united states announced millions of dollars to help bring reliable electricity to the majority of people in papua new guinea and that's seen as a way to counter the growing chinese investment and influence this principle space cotton a ship signals our ongoing commitment to put our financial and out technical resources into connecting more households businesses and save us provide is across papa new guinea apec is normally a forum for consensus and cooperation on how to grow economies this is descended into schools of a policies actions and words and donald trump wasn't even there under thomas al-jazeera mostly let's get

a view from beijing i'm not going to china political analyst who advises the chinese government on economic and development issues good to have you with us again where does this acrimony leave apec as a grouping well it's in complete disarray. what you have here is a bleed over between this competition with america first versus in essence the rest of the world if you take a look at the leaders statements during a package was very clear that they were all in favor of multilateralism a stronger w t o and against protectionism this is a serious issue for pence who made the kind of loan statement that the america is right and that everyone should follow their lead that the failure to do this the first time twenty five years is a very very serious indictment it shows to the extent the world is divided between america and the rest but does america not have

a point as mike pence said that normalization wouldn't continue until china changes its ways to what extent was was all of this china's fault. well that's the popular story that somehow that china was inviting these unilateral actions that it's inviting a weakening of the w t o but i think if you look at the facts the fact that the u.s. will not appoint anymore and foresman judges and literally they're down to three public or just judges at the w t o it's required to have three for each case if one more goes there will be no enforcement order entity and the w t o will in essence disappear so you have these actions donald trump has made no secret that he does not like any kind of multilateral organization which the u.s. does not completely dominate china yes they have issues that they are dealing with

but as you can see with the shanghai international import expo they are opening up there have been a series of measures three thousand different tariffs have been reduced over the just this last year alone and china seems to be making the effort to do that and it's communicating this with us through memorandums where they're saying these are the things they're willing to do donald trump seems to be moving the goalposts every time he can and just says it's not enough without being specific about what they expect china to do it clicks clear now that this kind of divisiveness is spilling over internationally but is it helping china in any ways it actually helping china to make. to take a more central role if you like in apec in the countries within the grouping and i'm pivoting two of them the u.s. . well i don't think that it's necessarily china

trying to take a central role or a leadership position they're simply reacting to what they perceive to be attacks by the u.s. on a unilateral basis i mean remember that eighty seven percent of the cases that the u.s. is u.s. has brought at the w two t.o. have been sustained that is not you know the way that it's characterized by donald trump that it's dominated by foreign judges who are out to do the u.s. in. this situation is clear the u.s. feels defensive about what has happened since two thousand and one i think the australian prime minister pointed out that one billion people have been raised out of poverty since two thousand and one and that this is since i'm sorry one thousand nine hundred one and that this is a very important part of the world going forward as opposed to one country so yes china has its issues but it seems to be moving more towards the center as opposed to united states which appears to be moving more towards the fringe could still be

here as always so many thanks indeed to attend in that in beijing. a politician in the central african republic has to face war crimes charges at the international criminal court alfred yakka tom is also known as rambo was a senior leader within the mostly christian emptied by like a movement its fighters attacked muslim seleka rebels who seized power in twenty thirteen al-jazeera matheson reports. nearly twelve months gunfire rang out across parts of central african republic muslim rebels accused of committing atrocities after seizing control in late twenty thirteen were targeted by armed christian groups known as auntie baraka now five years later the man accused of leading one of those christian groups is facing trial at the international criminal court. known as rambo independent and impartial investigation has produced evidence on the basis of which we allege.

is clear. for several counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in the central african republic with the fifth the. twenty fourteen i.c.c. prosecutors in the netherlands accuse yakka tom of leading forces which carried out murder and torture as well as attacking civilians and using child soldiers being subject to u.n. sanctions since investigations began but that didn't stop him being elected to parliament two years ago he was arrested last month after a gun was fired in parliament during a dispute between york at home and another m.p. . char welcomes this transfer to the i.c.c. it's a strong message to the leaders of armed groups as the political dialogue with the african union approaches. central african republic has suffered years of violence

u.n. forces have recently been on the streets of the capital bangui and elsewhere fighting just a few days ago reportedly killed at least forty people yet the terms extradition to the international criminal court in the hague is thought to be the first from ca our prosecutors say they're determined he won't be the last rob matheson al-jazeera britain's prime minister is dismissing calls to amend her breaks that deal with the european union writing in the tabloid newspaper the reason may said that it's the only agreement that will work the deal is to be signed or signed off for an e.u. summit in brussels next week a number of ministers resigned after cabinet approved the agreement on wednesday some senior figures in our party a demanding a rethink while rebels seek support for a possible leadership challenge al-jazeera sania gago reports from london. there was an acknowledgment from the prime minister to reserve me of just how tough this

past week was as she announced the withdrawal deal with all the opposition that she has faced within her own party but she said what was facing the country in the coming seven days was going to be absolutely critical for the future she said that this withdrawal deal is incumbent upon any future deals that the u.k. is going to have with the european union she confirmed that she was going to be meeting in the coming days with the european commission president john called younker but also what is happening is that there are a number of m.p.'s who have already submitted letters for a vote of confidence in two reasons may if she manages to survive that then she will be going forward with that now she has already lost a second breakfast secretary and now has hired a third one to try and continue and she made reference to the fact that those tiny

details of the withdrawal deal was still being thrashed out however this is the only deal she maintains on the table and that the u.k. was going to be leaving the european union and it's of much meanwhile the opposition perhaps is not offering any other alternative is the labor leader jeremy corbyn has said that while it is against this deal it is really not pushing forward any other solution other than perhaps the possibility of another general election which at this time could prove to be a volatile maneuver and also just the fact of the matter that the labor party do not have the sufficient amount of support at this time they have consistently been behind the conservative party in the polls and they and the labor leader jeremy corbyn has even said that even though all options are on the table including a second referendum that certainly was not for him an option now but perhaps for

the future. just a gentle reminder christmas is coming just as is when it's in the northern hemisphere his tell us more is meteorologist kevin gover of ok that's right we have a big change of the weather pattern here across europe and it's going to get cold for a few people i'm going to show you what's going to happen here or we have fun about it this coming in across the northeastern part of europe in the northwestern part of russia you can see the clouds right there and with that we are seeing some winds that are going to be changing behind that front so when that does in the winds come out of the northeast in the in the east that means the majority of europe is going to be seeing temperatures that are going to be coming down now in conjunction with that we also have to weather systems down here across the med one in the central med really affecting parts of greece parts of albania as well as turkey with very heavy rain as well as back here towards the iberian peninsula now as we put this into motion we're going to be seeing those winds coming out of the east as well as these systems coming out of the mediterranean and also the parts of the peninsula and when that does well that rain is going to get caught up in that cold air so

we're going to see snow across parts of the carpathian mountains as well as as we by make our way towards tuesday by the time we get to the afternoon evening in the alps we could be seeing a lot of snow as well as far as temperatures highs only getting into the low single digits we're going to see more so at about two degrees on tuesday over here towards london six degrees and even a chance of snow across parts of paris with a temperature of four degrees there and that's what we're expecting to see about tom just a few of three degrees. thanks kevin this is the news on al jazeera still to come on the program ever. more central american asylum seekers arrive in mexico the u.s. steps up efforts to stop them getting in. nigeria gears up for its presidential election we'll tell you why that poll could set a record. that is for that offending n.b.a. champions miss out again and he will be here to tell us more little it's.

true stories generate thousands of headlines with different angles from different perspectives kara fanny's fact helpful email. one of the major issues before voters is the institution president trump cannot stop talking about the news and to separate the spin for the facts the misinformation from the journalism the shock rise of b.b.c.'s reporting free to leave the listening post on al-jazeera. the big breaking news story can be chaotic frantic behind the scenes. people shouting instructions if you will trying to provide the best most accurate up to date information as quickly as you can. it's when he comes on things thinking to realize you witnessed history in the making.

again you with the news from al-jazeera adrian for going to here in doha the headlines the u.s. government is expected to give its conclusion on who killed saudi journalist in the next two days the cia has reportedly found saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon responsible for the murder president donald trump has called the reports premature but possible. the u.s. envoy for afghanistan says that he's hoping for a peace deal with the taliban but april. has had three days of talks in concert

with the taliban has a political office and the apec summit has ended in disagreements in papua new guinea it was dominated by u.s. china trade tensions it's the first time in the summits history that members have failed to agree on a final statement. a prominent saudi cleric is waiting to hear his face off to the country's public prosecutor called for the death penalty against him some on al odah was arrested a year ago as part of crown prince mohammed bin solomon's crackdown on dissent his son has been speaking to al-jazeera as many as up front about the case. do you think they're serious about that that they would really execute a cleric as prominent as your father salma outer world do you think those who went to the saudi consulate were serious to take the liar for the prominent journalist and veteran saudi. it's i mean it's the same mentality it's

a pattern is it didn't it did not start with my father did not start with it's a pattern that we have it with we have seen through the past twenty and a half since the crown prince came to power they did everything in their power to just silence others to crackdown on dissent to just do impulsive policy you say it's a power some might say yes it is a power and your father was arrested imprisoned published by the saudi authorities in the past who in the one nine hundred ninety s. when he was a quote unquote islamist rabble rouser his critics said many would say why he's being imprisoned with m.b.a.'s the saudi government under any prince or king has always taken a very dim view of people who oppose the government is so it's rotarian is always tyranny. trying to ask and demand political reform is never something that you should be punished for political reform that my father and

other spoke for. is actually the solution is actually the path towards civil liberty will come back to the political reform in a moment just to confirm many say your father was arrested in september twenty seventh because he refused to publish a tweet to his fourteen million followers at the request of the saudi government that supported the saudi led blockade of qatar which full disclosure owns this channel owns al-jazeera english is that true it's a trigger it's true because after he tweeted when he when he heard about the year he comes. nation between the qatar and saudi government he tweeted milady concealed between their hearts for the better of their people few hours after that tweet he was arrested that was the trigger that's of course the direct reason that he was arrested in september two thousand seventy but there is a long yes yes history and relationship the u.s.

is rushing to complete its border war with the mexican city of tijuana in the hope of keeping thousands of central americans out they've been making their way through mexico hoping to seek asylum in the u.s. how did your castro's been speaking to some of those who are already in you wanna if. they came in the night bus loads of central american asylum seekers greeted by the applause of those who arrived before them. but morning illuminates the challenge ahead american workers are rushing to complete the border wall and u.s. soldiers nearby then the u.s. i'm asking god to help us pass and give us asylum in about three thousand members of the caravan are now in t. wanna go to a yes and her family joined the line at the chop out port of entry adding their names to a wait list of more than fourteen hundred families ahead of them. they already travelled a month on foot but it'll be weeks more before their turn to claim asylum more

night they're sick daughter will sleep with no roof and no bed they have them all. she could with and has the flu and fever us authorities are allowing only a few dozen asylum seekers a day to pass through the port of entry citing strained resources is a was going on they seeds due to the lack of resources but they have the resources to deport thousands of people a day they just want people to give up the border wall is a solid barrier between here want to and the us that extends all the way into the ocean trying to swim around or trying to scale the top is simply too dangerous of a prospect for the vast majority of migrants get a desperate few have tried. most are unaware of u.s. president donald trump executive order to deny asylum to anyone who crosses. but almost all say they're planning to wait anyway they'll claim asylum legally they

say even though it means prolonging their time in the u.s. borders shadows i do joe castro al-jazeera do you want to mexico president trump has visited the devastation left by the world worst wildfires in california history the number of dead has risen now to seventy six people thirteen hundred a still unaccounted for serious kristen salumi has met some of the families who've lost everything. at a makeshift camp next to a wal-mart parking lot shell shocked families take stock of their losses aimee bravo and her family were among the fifty thousand people forced to flee their homes as the wildfires closed in around them her trailer home and her place of employment are gone not to mention her daughter's toys a million things in them are headed we just got to figure out what we're doing and where we're going. that's. her hometown called paradise now

looks more like hell on earth entire neighborhoods have burned to the ground. forensic recovery teams poke through the burned out shells of homes looking for bodies of the missing the state of california is most devastating wildfire in history has claimed over twelve thousand buildings in addition to so many lives firefighters continue efforts to contain the blaze which is scorched over sixty thousand hectors the efforts are still still very active also we have units like search and rescue the national guard assisting us and multiple other resources helping us with the recovery president trump came here to paradise to view the scenes of utter devastation firsthand he met with state officials have been critical of him and promised federal assistance for californians the president downplaying the role of a changing climate in fueling these fires said the management and maintenance of forest lands will be the focus moving forward and he announced five hundred million

dollars for that effort and the one way climate we're going to have that and we're going to have far sort of very safe is we can't go through these every year we go through this and we're going to have to say farce and. that's happening as we speak but ten days after the fire broke out californians with nowhere to go are getting impatient let's bring the troops back from the border and build some homes not some walls you know because that's what we need fema trailers out here people have children people have animals and we're not out here because we want to be we're here because we lost our homes a thick haze of smoke has settled over much of northern california along with the reality it's still not clear where people can go kristen salumi al-jazeera paradise california. israel's prime minister is making what's being seen as a last ditch attempt to keep his government from collapsing benjamin netanyahu is due to meet finance minister and coalition member moshe cullen to try to avoid

a snap election the political crisis was triggered when defense minister avigdor lieberman resigned on wednesday over a cease fire agreement with armed groups in gaza fighting started there last week after a covert israeli mission netanyahu has been criticized for the raid and colognes culottes a policy is seen as vital to prevent a coalition vote on his leadership that is apparently keen to stop the right wing lieberman benefiting from his resignation campaigning has begun for what's expected to be nigeria's most expensive presidential election a record seventy nine candidates are vying to win the vote which is due in three months president mohammed above hari is one of them but his hopes of reelection are threatened by criticism of his handling of the economy of the war against boko haram to serious address reports now from a. president. is facing the biggest challenge of his political career must defections from the ruling all progressives congress continuing attacks by

boko haram as well as a sluggish economy are threatening his hold on power is campaign team is confident he remains popular with voters this administration has also mort we're so little and do somewhat recently too because of the way so you know dig the this ground corruption once you can call ground corruption you can save enough money to do so much and that is exactly what this administration has done what he has apparently recovered from an undisclosed illness that kept him in a foreign hospital for months is opponents say he's not fit for the post. leading seventy eight other candidates to challenge him is former vice president to worker the seventy two year old is the opposition people's democratic party candidate he was a member of his ruling party until a few months ago. is opponents call him desperate for power and corrupt ickes ations he denies and says nigerians want the kind of government out there phil

because they have been applying the wrong tact is the wrong attitude and the wrong ideas to solving a problem that you to better understand in big of course a bit on listening to people and second in their views i will look at it like the president is also from the north where the next president is expected to be from under an unwritten political power to an agreement between the north and the south but many candidates are challenging that agreement between two thousand and seven and two thousand and fifteen everything literally everything when henri and. there was a cry for leadership change it was almost anybody but. jonathan or the p.d.p. and today we found that it is not just anybody you just got to get the right person next year's elections are expected to break the record as the most expensive ever hear more than half a billion dollars is

a budget approved by parliament for the election commission and already politicians are spending millions on publicity and planning for election day. the lection commission which had its budget approved last month is also faced with a logistical nightmare of having the long list of seventy nine candidates on the presidential ballot paper there's no room. to begin. when you. that wish to contest on the ballot paper yes. but. what will also come into play in next year's election regional religious and tribal . analysts say unless voters look beyond those factors nothing much will change in africa's most populous nation. nigeria still to come here on the force we'll have reaction from sri lanka after a rare series victory for england's test cricketers.

as it breaks the world bank says. migrants official for the. details by turning back on bilateral ties with iran what president donald trump has done is to show people there will be between friends and enemies from around the world.