in doha on monday and while there's optimism that an agreement can be reached sticking points also remain including how much involvement the afghan government should have in any final deal but on the ground in afghanistan people are dying in record numbers a u.n. report documented three thousand eight hundred civilian deaths last year including nearly a thousand children that's the highest number since record keeping began in two thousand and nine charlotte dallas has more from kabul. it's lunchtime when fifty eight year old mohammed who say arrives to open a shop he sells drinks out of a container in the symmetry it doesn't get busy until the afternoon but it's busier than it's ever been. every day we're witnessing burials here there is no space left on this hill top we are suffering from these attacks the un says thirty eight hundred civilians including one thousand children were killed in afghanistan last year it's

a record for mohammed to those numbers come to life in the hills around him he's lived at the foot of the symmetry watching it expand for over a decade but. it is very painful in a nightmare for me when they bring the bodies sometimes twenty thirty even forty to be buried. the u.n. says one of the reasons for the record number of civilian deaths is i saw suicide attacks they were particularly deadly last year and they often targeted the shia minority over here and western kabul resulting in a lot of people being brought up here to be symmetry which is quickly filling up. the u.n. report found the biggest killer of civilians was the taliban responsible for thirty seven percent of deaths the taliban rejects the un's finding somebody was. meeting of tribal elders and former taliban commanders in kabul spoke out against it this week they laid the blame on afghan and international forces.

raids and killing innocent people people who reads people get killed in the strikes . last year was the first on record that more than five hundred civilians were killed because of airstrikes mostly by international forces who say they do investigation review credible allegations of errors to learn and improve but in the blame game of the afghan war the un hopes they can be some accountability i think it's important that the stark reality of the costs of the conflict is put before the public and therefore does enter the calculations of those who are talking in that. endeavor to bring this conflict to a close it's a conflict now and it's eighteenth year with everyone that passes the graves edge closer to the ridge line behind the statistics beneath the snow my children and parents sunni and shia not fighters but killed by them just the same.

it without a life from london more still ahead on the program for you a bridge too far it might be close but venezuelans are still finding alternative ways to smuggle in much needed aid from colombia. and we also report on a conservation campaign underway in kenya to save endangered turtles from extinction. we can't quite say the heatwave is over but certainly for a large area this cold fronts make a difference now it's not temps back in tasmania victoria and south australia the forecast is below thirty for most places still quite warm in new south wales sydney's up to about thirty mark rood last the extremes the person is on its way

out maybe thirty two at least and that cloud of course has taken the sunshine away from tasmania to some degree with a lack of wind we're going to help with any remaining fos which exist in tasmania and indeed victoria in fact the increasing cloud still no real change in wind might help more tuesday as the showers there are fewer of the coastal queens and there are a few in the far north as well from the clouds increased in perth the humid city seven i suspect in new zealand now you're sitting in the middle of an area of high pressures that's just quiet gentle rotation in the sunshine can lead to cold nights and of course nights are getting longer but you still got twenty by the way even twenty four if you're in or couldn't get a cloud on the west coast which might be fairly persistent but inland it'll burn off quite happily we seem to be seeing significant rain once again in japan and the forecast just catches tokyo with it on monday.

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a quick look at the stories making headlines now algeria's president abdul aziz which of flicka has officially entered the race for a fifth consecutive term in office nor in the demands of thousands of protesters his official bid for reelection has now been submitted by his campaign manager. and the u.s. and south korea have agreed to end a large joint military exercises in an effort to support future talks with north korea on the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. has been a large explosion in the eastern syrian town of bad who's where i still fight as a trying to cling on to the last bit of territory they hold in the country the u.s. backed kurdish forces of launched a final assault on the group to drive them from all civilians have been cleared from the town and taken to an s.d.f. camp near the border with iraq. the new minister in charge of refugees in lebanon wants the millions of syrians living there to return home but human rights groups warn that sending those syrians back could have severe consequences but many facing

arbitrary detention and torture by the assad regime say a hoarder reports from beirut. a new group of syrians is returning home thousands have made this journey in recent months but the numbers are still small lebannon hosts over a million refugees from the war in syria authorities say it is time for them to go home now that much of the country is back under the syrian government's control but there are those who accuse bashar assad's government of reestablishing we're pressin rule they cite the southern province of daraa as an example there is a. lot of insecurity for the population. for former rebels as well as for civilians people who never engaged in military action but who are have a record. people supporting the opposition. being against the government.

the opposition and there are had agreed to a negotiated surrender for an amnesty but some say the so-called reconciliation agreements are not being respected instead there have been arbitrary arrests. international organizations including the u.n. say the lack of security guarantees is why many refugees are afraid to go back. into the conflict and we haven't seen any form being done by the syrian government towards the security situation especially syrian security services that are responsible for crimes against humanity and for arbitrary detention torture and death and custody lebanon's politicians are divided on whether it is safe for syrian refugees to return home but the refugee affairs portfolio is now run by a politician allied to the syrian government the newly appointed minister saw the first act in office was to visit damascus it further politicized the issue there

are some politicians who criticize. the government policy of intervening in the internal conflicts they believe in return as well as normalize direct contacts with damascus should not happen until an international political solution is reached. many in lebanon complain about the refugee populations impact on the country's economy and infrastructure those who hold power say they will push ahead with what they call voluntary and safe returns for many syrians that could mean more difficult conditions to discourage them from. beirut all to the disputed region of kashmir now where there's been an exchange of fire between security forces and rebel fighters indian soldiers have launched an operation in northern to try to push out groups meanwhile funerals of an alpha some of the victims of recent fighting at least seven people were killed on saturday

cross border shelling between india and pakistan tensions remain high after a suicide attack in the kashmir region last month which killed forty indian paramilitary troops. venezuelan opposition to one is calling for more mass protests this week and says he plans to return home despite threats of being arrested international aid is still languishing on the colombia venezuela order after president nicolas maduro casal for nations with alcatel but despite the barricades some that is violence all finding ways to deliver them much needed aid money reports now from the colombian border town of cook. for thousands of venezuelans who live near the colombian border crossing the duchy to river is becoming a daily routine the water is shallow but it still requires a bit of skill to make it across most of the people we encountered here are venezuelan citizens carrying heavy bags of used goods they hope to sell in colombia if. this is scrap metal people take this and sell it and use the money to buy food

and then take the food back to the other side. of it miss says he makes several of these trips every day and is lucky to make twelve thousand pesos for the effort that's the equivalent of about four u.s. dollars. people cross over to sell scrap metal because there are no jobs no security this keeps them going there's a heavy military presence along the colombian side of the border but officers tell us they're only here to keep the peace not prevent people from moving freely between the two countries that are for them but it's challenging crossing the border through the river it's challenging this bridge serves as the official border crossing and is usually bustling with pedestrian traffic but a week ago venezuelan officials set up barricades to prevent international aid from entering the country through colombia since then people have had to find other ways to get across the border. as many as twenty thousand people are estimated to be

crossing to and from minnesota every single day this river is what separates been a sweller from colombia some people tell us they've been traveling for four hours or more in search of food others say what they're seeking is medical attention. this woman was rushed across the river on a stretcher after suffering a miscarriage her mother tells us they didn't know where else to go you know her mouth is purple she's vomiting infirmity there was no want to treat her if i didn't bring her here she would die from. the local economies on both sides of this border rely heavily on commerce and it's clear that people are anxious for it to reopen even though there's no clear sign of when that might be well rounded up a little who could the. u.s. authorities say two police officers who shot and killed an unarmed black man in california last year will not face criminal charges the officers say that twenty two year old steven clark had

a gun but no weapon was found following the shooting dozens of people have gathered outside the city's police department to protest against the decision you. may know if you don't say oh you know you. to insinuate this simple legacy of this is killing black men without consequence. ovo counting is underway in parliamentary elections in a stone and a poll that is seen as a test for the far right center left prime minister jiri rattus is the front runner but he's likely to face difficulties forming a parliamentary majority he's in a tight race with the liberal reform party and the nationalist estonian

conservative people's party has been making gains since the migration crisis in two thousand and fifteen initial results a jew in around midnight now conservationists on the kenyan coast say endangered total species are at risk of dying out because of poaching they're working with fishermen to try to stop the turtles being courts catherine so he reports on this now from the coastal town of what tom a well volunteers a battling to save the reptile. a green tart all carefully covers eggs she's just laid back stone we have to be careful distracting how with bright lights may force her to stop what she's doing this stretch of beach in what time on the kenyan coast is a nesting site for hundreds of green and all you've really tuttle's both endangered species. every time they come out of the ocean to nest there life is in danger hunting them is illegal but some people here do for meat and oil which they say is maybe seen all and it's also an aphrodisiac this residents of our time walk

tuttle conservation group it's their job to guard the tuttles but the biggest threat is poaching where some people should be talking. that's why we are patrolling to give the security for the nesting models they then tag them to keep count of how many are out there up to four hours of hard labor she is done and has covered up eggs the best way she can to protect them from predators she's lucky that she's in a protected area many tuttle's that come up to nest in other parts of the beach are in most danger of being hunted down for food by people another tart all lead her eggs in what is considered a danger zone this part of the beach is too exposed the tuttle watches have to move the eggs to a safe area it's a delicate process they have to make sure the eggs are well protected from poachers and direct sunlight. during the nesting season they carry out by weekly surveys

which they say are often green last week the last survey that we did we collected a total of a chat with him is considering statistics we feel like we haven't done enough because we have done our outreach with awareness of the people but still not really veggie to work with us many fisherman in what time will know that tattled are protected thousand muhammad several have been trapped in his fishing net he hands them over to government wildlife wardens or conservationists in the area for a fee it's a program that has helped but does not cover the entire coastal nesting stretch the river there we have it out there is protected i think is very difficult to see as fishermen poaching unless that is after two months tattle hutchings make their way into the ocean only one in a thousand will survive into adult hood catherine saw al-jazeera on the kenyan

coast a space x. capsule has successfully docked with the international space station for the first time in the company's history the mission marks a milestone in commercial space exploration the dragon capsule didn't have any astronauts on board but a manned mission is planned for later this year as allie gallacher now reports three. right here it's that. when space x.'s unmanned dragon capsule launched from cape canaveral on saturday it was a high stakes mission twenty seven hours later the capsule with only a test dummy on board slowly approach international space station when it successfully docked nasser in space x. declared a new era in commercial space travel to capture. the program. or emotionally exhausted. his. stressful. but it worked. it's been eight years since american astronauts last launched into space

from u.s. soil but space x. hopes to change that the dragon capsule were in maine in place until friday get it under docks and aims for a splash down in the atlantic another vital test for the program the next mission from space x. will be a test of the capsules high altitude a book capabilities safety system designed to get astronauts out of the way if there's a problem during launch after that will come the real milestone in july space x. plans to send two astronauts into space potentially ending years of the u.s. relying on other countries to get humans to the international space station and to gallacher al-jazeera. squid look at top stories for you now algeria's president abdelaziz bouteflika has officially entered the race for a fifth consecutive term in office ignoring the demands of thousands of protesters

his official bid for reelection has now been submitted by his campaign manager he said this if the co will call for fresh early elections if he is reelected. hundreds of people have also marched in paris in solidarity with the algerian protesters the french capital is home to a large algerian population it's very important to not only say no to a fifth terms of presidency with the no to a regime that has taken us all hostage for so long for all these decades. in our other top stories the u.s. and south korea have announced they will scale back joint military exercises the large scale drills on the korean peninsula have been a point of contention with north korea's leader kim jong il and washington and seoul say it's all part of efforts to improve ties with pyongyang the decision follows president trump's second summit with kim jong un in hanoi which ended without an agreement. funerals have been held for some of the victims of the recent

fighting in the disputed kashmir region at least seven people were killed on saturday cross border shelling between india and pakistan tensions remain high after both sides said they shot down each other's jets on wednesday. there's been a large explosion in the eastern syrian town of whose where i still fight is a trying to cling on to the last territory they hold in the country the u.s. backed kurdish forces of launched a final assault on the armed group to drive them out all civilians have been cleared from the town and taken to an s.d.f. camp near the border with iraq and vote counting has started following parliamentary elections in a stoner poll that is seen as a test for the far right center left prime minister jiri rattus is the front runner but he is likely to face difficulties forming a parliamentary majority he is in a tight race with the liberal reform party and the nationalist a stony and conservative people's party which has also been making gains since the migration crisis in two thousand and fifteen. well those are the top stories this

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