under any circumstance from the challenge and promise we've taken on which is to end the user patient. politicians in northern ireland hope to keep the peace they can't. get we do want to update you on what is happening here across parts of india where a cycle in saudi has made landfall and it has made landfall on that eastern coast you can see the clouds right there we are going to be seeing some very heavy winds and also some very heavy rain over the next two to three days across much of the area by the time we get to saturday the storm is going to weaken but the remnants of the storm is going to continue to make its way towards the northeast into parts of bangladesh possibly into bhutan as well bringing some very heavy rain there over the next several days by the time we get to sunday

a lot of the moisture heads into the himalayas now the big concern there is going to be the rain across the himalayas and we could be seen as flash flooding as well as mudslides and landslides across that region temps wise we are looking at kolkata here on sunday at thirty four degrees katmandu at thirty and still very warm across the interior with the diaper at about forty one degrees for you there well here across china the rain continues across much of the area we are seeing really not much of a break maybe over here towards the east we will get a little bit of a break as we go towards the beginning of the weekend with shanghai a twenty six hong kong at twenty seven but there is that rain as we go from saturday as well as into sunday really expanding across much of the area down here across the philippines we are looking at manila with some rain in your forecast there mostly cloudy conditions with a temperature of thirty four degrees. sponsor tone and. i really want to get down to the reality whether online. male chauvinism that is going to clash with our global federation it is really hard to get

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killed in india after cycle infante made landfall on the east coast more than one point two million people have been evacuated from low lying areas across the state of. i want to venezuela's major opposition figure says he still thinks the military will act against president nicolas maduro all the local spoke from the safety of the spanish ambassador's official residence in caracas after the country's top court issued a warrant for his arrest. afghan president has accepted several recommendations for peace talks with the taliban on the final day of a rare grand assembly of regional leaders it's known as the loya jirgah. joins us live from kabul so charlotte what other announcements what was the main the main information that president. gave to the assembly today. so these people more than three thousand of them have been meeting in the loya jirga team behind me for the last five days they've been coming up for recommendations as representatives of the afghan people to present to president gandhi this morning saying this is how we think you should proceed as

representatives of the afghan people this should be your position in talks with the taliban present gandhi did have the option to say no to these recommendations but he has just in the last hour accepted all of the recommendations today and now an afghan government position he says in his speech this morning that he had directly addressed the taliban and said we have fought for way too long sometimes we have won sometimes you have won but sometimes but the whole time our people have been and how and have suffered because of our fighting the recommendations that he has agreed to include in traffic and talks they also include a ceasefire it is now an afghan government position that u.s. troops should withdraw that the taliban should have a political office in kabul or a city of their choosing on afghan soil as opposed to in doha and that any legal demands by the taliban that. should be accepted by the afghan government they also

discussed a prisoner swap so this is something that we started to use today from the committee members that they would like taliban prisoners to be released from afghan government. gandhi saying that he would accept that and in fact he had taken it one step further by saying that he will release one hundred seventy five taliban members that he wants to speak with the taliban about where he. wants to head. with dignity and on a use it is a trust building mission and that he hopes the taliban reciprocate with a gesture of cheering the muslim holy month of ramadan so while the loya jirga was going on there are talks happening in doha between the taliban and the u.s. charlotte what do we know about those. so. the talks are happening as we speak between the us and tell about and they made about six weeks ago or where they tackled the first two steps if you will of this negotiation between the parties they that they should be a u.s.

and foreign troop withdrawal that state one step two is that the taliban wouldn't use afghan soil they wouldn't allow afghan soil to be used to stage for an attack they go through most of those kind of negotiations about six weeks ago there's just some logistics to figure out now they're meeting to formalize those and we understand from sources that there is actually a stalemate now mostly over the name of the taliban so the taliban refusing to formalize those first two steps at the moment because they want to be called the islamic emirate of afghanistan that was their name when they were in power the u.s. saying we don't want to formalize the agreement with you under that name because that would mean we are negotiating with a foreign government which would undermine the current government of afghanistan ok . for us in kabul charlotte thank you security forces and then have fired weapons and water cannons to disperse crowds of protesters hundreds of people have been demonstrating in the city of consonance since the elections which saw two parties loyal to the president betrays talent take full control of parliament or when it

followed the introduction of a new a lot torah laws which excluded the opposition from running. reports. security forces face off against crowds of protesters on the streets of. the government response to hundreds of people rallying against the results of sunday's elections. two parties loyal to president. one complete control of parliament after a recent change in electoral law so the opposition disqualified opposition supporters see the new rules as a move by the president to consolidate power and stifle dissent. i'm fuming because he's denied those he's going to. trade the highest price for doing so none of that do that but. what is at stake today goes beyond what's happening all of the people have risen today we have risen to save our democracy is done that

. there was a record low turnout will the elections with just twenty three percent of the population casting votes. the internet was cut on the day of the poll amnesty international has criticized the crackdown on peaceful protests and the rest of political activist and journalist. social unrest is rare in this more west african nation of eleven million people seen by democracy watchdogs as an example of stability in the region as anger grows over want to protest is seen as an erosion of their democracy is uncertain if these scenes of violence will become more common. al-jazeera counting of votes is underway in england in northern ireland after local elections on thursday comes amid uncertainty over the irish border in the aftermath of bracks that in a two year long power sharing dispute that's left the region without

a government and or simmons is live in belfast so obviously the political picture in northern ireland is different from the rest of the u.k. so what are the issues facing voters there. very different indeed for a start there's no conservative party here there's no labor party here it's what some people term tribal politics the republican shin fein party the do you play the us party the two sharing the two years ago disputes meant a complete deadlock now that deadlock has been in existence right the way through this breck sic crisis which is a has major implications for northern ireland with the border the whole backstop issue the d u p it's function. has been to back up what was a minority government to reason may reason may's deal with the you. do you didn't like it so there's no love lost there what does this all mean for the people well

there is a vacuum some people say in terms of power here and the dissident ira which is a breakaway from the original british provisional ira which sued for peace back twenty years ago it may be small but it's caused a major a quantum shake in politics here because it shot it says by mistake of woman i called lear on the key a young woman a journalist. and a riot in london derry that she died and that has caused a priest father father. martin mcgill he she said at the funeral of all places what about the politicians why can't they come together why is this going on he received a standing ovation this was in front of the u.k. prime minister the irish prime minister was well this was a big moment and the people of northern ireland have certainly be moved by this so

what does it all mean with these two main parties everyone looking now to see what sort of support they get will there be more support for the middle of the road part is we went out to county to rome to take a look at the atmosphere amongst the people and the politicians. tranquility for now yes but this is northern islands border with the irish republic it could heighten the risk of more on rest and possible violence if there was a hard border with custom posts and police checks. many festering issues in the local elections but there's something new going on. and one. this young politician is a protestant in a mainly catholic nationalist party the s.-t. o.-p. . for enthusiasm i don't love the baggage of the past

and i don't live with the baggage of a lifetime and politics we need to unify we no need to be constantly reminded of the violence and things that often separate us levy is from where twenty nine people were killed by a car bomb in one thousand nine hundred eight before he was born this is of republicans were responsible now two decades on of course no one could forget the devastation of the omagh bomb but what's really striking about these new generation politicians is their willingness to put the dark past to one side while concentrating on really developing what they call craft community politics because of a number that we have in northern ireland we're not far away in st band scott morrison twenty born after the good friday peace agreement we have been sort of gifted a piece which didn't previously exist we're seeing dysfunction in our politics our our government hasn't been working for a couple years and the peace process is at a pretty low web at the minute. represents the alliance party it wants to overcome

what's often termed tribal politics the mainstream parties republicans and unionists. a few glances of some parts of belfast tell you how divided protestant and catholic still remain particularly in poor areas physical divisions stays in place there's segregated public housing and segregated education as long as kids go to different schools as long as we go to different churches as long as that. bigotry nonsense is fed to children at their mother's nice this place will not change very much. apart from the kids who get out a look back but don't come back that. they don't come back. and others like him insist they'll carry on their push even though it's against the

odds. radical political change here could be at least one more generation away. so now we're waiting not just for the results of this election started the counting now two hours in but also for a crucial meeting next tuesday between all of the parties the main parties and indeed the irish and british governments the executive is going to try to get the power sharing on again now is this all really political window dressing when there isn't much in the way of agreement about sun clear the people of northern ireland say they deserve better it would seem and so they're going to be holding these politicians to account all of this started by a priest at the funeral of a young journalist a shot dead allegedly by a stake they say insists that it was by mistake the dissident ira they

are also threatening further action saying that as long as the british remain on the olive deval and they there will be some form of ira a backlash towards what they say is an occupation all right and. thank you. days ahead of south africa's elections the debate around land ownership remains contentious the government is planning to expropriate land without compensation which could affect property rights almost of the land is owned by the minority white population the new policies could also impact tribal land for me to miller has more from kosovo not our province where you wanted to be for nuclear equipment or to lee and his family have lived on this land for generations he says that a tutti clan other rightful owners but they lost their rights to the land when he was placed under the administration of the in a trust in one thousand nine hundred four when a part date ended and a democratic government came into power we must fight. by any means

necessary to do to get bit over lint because this is not. as if. we up being. the trusted ministers about three million hectares of land across the province some of the largest tracts of land in south africa this community says the trust under king goodwills realty me is abusing its power by charging people rent the problem is there that sized is asking people to pay rent or lend they already all on lend they inherited from their ancestors the argument we have been here for so many years in ways that in working on the trust coming from to get to ten hours into tenants on our own ancestors lived over the trust says it uses the money collected

to run its board and for education and development projects but people in the meanies say they've seen little in the way of development last year a parliamentary report recommended that the trust be disbanded it's not a clash of systems is the arrogance of should periodicity of cultures where some will be from one culture thinking he will she can dictate to other cultures the government says it plans to amend the constitution to allow for land expropriation without compensation how when and which land will be expropriated remains unclear here to remains a major political issue with the governing african national congress promising that the policy will empower the landless changes to the law could remain land administered by the trust could be appropriated by the government and redistributed some communities say they want to own the land themselves and not rented from the trusts but the government has assured the zulu king that the trust land is safe for

now. the assurance came just months before national elections commentators say the government is worried about losing support from the zulu people over which. king has significant influence while the trust may be appeased people here say this is their insistent land and they should own it for me to. do not. continue to cover all of the issues in the elections in south africa visit our web site also when you get a moment al-jazeera dot com keep it here for a recap of the headlines in just a moment. i'm richelle carey let's take a look at the headlines now on al-jazeera and the u.s. sanctions waiver on eight major buyers of iranian oil has expired that includes china india and turkey who now face the prospect of u.s. sanctions if they continue to buy crude from tehran running oil sales have already

fallen by half since washington pulled out of the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal at least two people have been killed in india after cycling funny made landfall on the east coast with winds of more than two hundred kilometers per hour in one point two million people have been evacuated from low lying areas across the state of just ship the state capitols airports schools and colleges have all been closed venezuela's president nicolas maduro has appeared alongside his top generals on a show of strength days after a failed attempt to overthrow him at the same time a major opposition figure says he still thinks the military will act against mentor oh paul the lopez spoke from the safety of the spanish ambassador's official residence in caracas and his family took refuge there soon after his appearance alongside opposition leader why joe and israel's top court has a shoot out arrest warrant for lopez. i want to say to all of my brothers and

sisters in venezuela and around the world we are not going to rest we are not going to risk one single moment we are not going to rest under any circumstance from the challenge a promise we've taken on which is to end the user patient afghan president has accepted several recommendations for peace talks with the palace the taliban made by a grand assembly known as the loya jirgah the suggestions include enter afghan talks withdrawal of u.s. troops and the taliban opening a political office and kabul and he says he's already ordered the release of one hundred seventy five taliban prisoners thousands of regional leaders have been meeting in kabul to discuss peace the vietnamese woman jailed over the murder of the north korean leader is half brother has been released and don't want a hong spent more than two years in a malaysian prison she's one of two women put on trial for the poisoning of kim jong il met kuala lumpur's airport two years ago she was convicted last month on a lesser charge of causing entry after prosecutors dropped the murder charge which

are the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera more news to calm the stream this next . we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take. bringing news and current affairs the matter to. zero. ok in your industry today we'll look at the challenges faced by thousands of foreign students in the u.k. who are in legal limbo after losing their visa that were exactly what's in the minds of voters in south africa's election draws near central thoughts through twitter and also you choose but first there is widespread anger among people in hong kong over proposals to allow the territory to extradite people to countries

that include mainland china on sunday thousands of people took to the streets organizers say that one hundred and thirty thousand people joined the march it was a the crowd size was about a sixth of the hat past the police questioning those figures but the rally came for days off the key figures within the pro-democracy movement were imprisoned for their role in a seventy nine day occupation of hong kong and that was it back in twenty fourteen so what lies ahead for the pro-democracy movement we're joined from hong kong by activist joshua long he was a key leader of the twenty fourteen occupation also in hong kong alain wu she's a correspondent at the news agency a.f.p. so it's good to have you both here goodness look at these pictures elaine i haven't seen these pictures for a very long time people here protesting the extradition bill i found this on your twitter feed so looking at this what are we seeing here. there we see protesters

dressed out as male armed police and there are a lot of white bread of fear in hong kong about whether law enforcement in china can in the future work in hong kong openly so they're really just dressing up to you know about another picture hey joshua what do you see when you see this picture recent picture of people out in the streets again what do you think. after the. twenty four team to fight for free election and democracy hundred thousand people come to the street again to ask for free election and especially to the hotline suppression for beijing is specially trying or just try to impose extradition law in hong kong to freely extradite anyone live in hong kong to many men chop china for trial we sort of explained a little better the very top of the segment about what we're talking about in thames this actually just about what it might mean if you travel outside of hong

kong and go to mainland china we also spoke to some of the young people about how they could explain what their season concerns might be have a listen. to you know like this law has been passed and won't matter if you're an average person or a foreigner coming from hong kong there will be a real possibility you'll be taken and sent off to the mainland well you know he's a come to the extradition law will affect everyone especially young people as they frequently join activities on the mainland or go shopping there and once this extradition law has been passed these activities will carry the risk of being misused to extradite iraqis out there to do it over. there is this happening now. so it has a long story there is a murder case in taiwan where they are hong kong or it's your fault but after the murder it was between a couple of the men had fled back to hong kong and because there is no extradition agreement between taiwan and hong kong the man cannot be tried for murder in taiwan

and could only be tried for another rod case in hong kong so people are saying the government is taking advantage of the murder to push for a deal that did not have to include me and when china but now has so people are a lot of critics than opponents of the bill are questioning the motive behind that and why it's even necessary to include china seal joshua there's some real him twice a he says beijing will crackdown without any regard to international reaction there are protests right now what is the idea of the protests what are they trying to actually do in terms of this extradition bill still a bill not a law. to government to withdraw its solution. that

you wrote on the hand comes upon me especially we where it is strongly you wrote also falling on the principle of one country two system that's the promise of the jean rest of the sheet was hong kong but now already turned away one country one in a hostage them and is specially we have fully aware and right of went into one leaf or based in hong kong at all and it was in hong kong might be extradited to mainland china that's the place out for an open trial. of course we remember you from the twenty fourteen occupy movement movement in hong kong i'm looking here at a headline in a story that you wrote quite recently. and it says hong kong democracy leaders jailed over the umbrella of these in the protest that is going back some years but this is just happened it's not a coincidence that these proud to mock a see movement activists should be jailed just at the same time as an extradition

bail was been unveiled and saying it's only leading to a moment where people are feeling there's so much going on the same time i think at any moment in hong kong or last two years or so it feels like there have been multiple crackdown on trade and are in despair and happening so it definitely would but the culmination of all these events it has our contribution to what we saw last wednesday which is you know the biggest protests but it was the grown movement by any count so it has helped galvanize people in that way just for the last time the world was really paying attention to hong kong in terms of protesting was around twenty fourteen what is even doing in that interim period as the umbrella movement died down a huge change in your tactics what's going on. a political system in hong kong remain unchanged especially under the hot line policy of emperor she was received

in p. but i would like to emphasize that in a previous dissident or activist might not be joe it might be the situation only happen in mainland china but in the recent years it seems that being locked up in prison or political prosecution because of common norm in hong kong but we have never give up that's why hundred thousand people come to the street again and two against hotlines suppression from beijing and then i'm just wondering how many people might be caught up in the extradition bill this is a set a lot of people. well it's not immediately certain it can. business people the business community have the new expression and about this but people are saying by principle if in fact that independent judiciary is not protected. and can be exposed to the lack of creature. fair trial and china then it can happen to. anyone because the law is not very

clear in china or what we're going to want or equal and the uncertainty that really struck a lot of people just show was that was the plan was the next move. is the us british and piling government along with the european union already expressed their opposition to the extradition of a man but i believe more and more people will come to st again and i urge the international communities to keep the ice in hong kong because large scale massive mobilization will happen again you know the next few months in hong kong i want to say thank you very much to our activists josh along i'd also joining us and you will continue to follow the story coming out of hong kong and now on students in the u.k. who have had their visas consulates awaiting a final ruling on whether they can stay illegally in the country in twenty fourteen the home office acted against thousands of people and made allegations of cheating

on language tests the phone individuals must pass for these or those affected say that they have been on saturday treated by the government. the worst nightmare anybody could have in their life and i don't want any human being to go through. the pain and the acne that i had in my life i don't have anything left. i don't have any money. and i don't know what will my walking be my next next day. for more on this we're joined from glasgow scotland by a second i'm a dan cheese director of migrant forests which is campaigning on behalf of those who have lost their visa their seculars impossible to look at those young people who are not be touched by their emotion how upset they are it's not usual for migrants always to take on cases with students or young people why did you take

this one on what was the motivation behind that. yes you drag because international students. in many countries are not seen as migrants because they're seen as people who comes when she is in the country in the ten back to the country or asian we've taken this issue because of the level of injustice that those students faced and because the students were also caught in a hostile environment. for migrants in newquay that the related our products in the past the few years we just could not ignore the scale. of this injustice and the number of people are affected we are talking about it tens of thousands of additional students. come in so many tens of thousands of students absolutely adding up to fifty six thousand students were caught into this scandal. fifty maybe thirty six thousand of them nearly where

had it he's only walked and they were told don't get out of our city and they were told to leave the country go back to the country with a criminal allegations and then offer them. twenty two thousand word all your best is questionable you might have cheated i mean this is isn't he used number of young men and women who lost their future were wrongly accused of cheating without them being presented with the evidence against them and most of them had not but unity will prove the innocence to chelate to china. yet this allegation is going to legation is hanging over them and front of them for the rest of their lives if they do not get the names it means that they cannot go and continue their studies at other universities nor allow them they cannot get a shot because they have no location they've been one to get

a visa to travel in the us in the world. when i say and remember those students. they came in good faith they came to the fore it's a good day sion. universities and i'm trying to i'm just trying to i'm just telling us about the impact of what this that. they will lose their visas and try to understand what happened to tested everybody sort of test exactly the same time or was it multiple tests and then they were case of cheating well it's all started when there's a b.b.c. panorama programme in twenty four thirteen short explores that there were some cheating in english and was that the one you mentioned that students they need to. adjust and there's only but remember you can't there are a thing up to ninety six different centers a saw the way the home office and the government responded to this program was in not instead of going to other centers investigate in they are.