the u.s. and turkey want to establish a so-called safe zone in the area american support of the kurdish y p g as being a source of tension with its nato ally it sees the group as terrorists still ahead on al-jazeera it wouldn't have stopped any of the last few years worth of these mass shootings. when the us congress begins debate on new gun laws this week they may find their biggest obstacle could be the president. but taliban warns the u.s. stands to lose most after it calls off talks to when the conflict in afghanistan. hello typhoon i went across the top of tokyo but went through pretty quickly which

limited the amount of potential damage it still sits off the coast of honshu as you can see in the forecast really for the rest of bundled into tuesday takes it out of the way completely so choose to stay daytime forecast is this one temperatures back in the thirty's is virtually nothing going on there's no breeze for a few showers some things trying to gather further west particularly of the korean peninsula maybe your concentration of right and eventually that will come back i think tokyo could be a wet one on wednesday to be arms in fact given the way there's nothing immediately trying to form the showers are all building again and you know in fact the whole of western china and the drifting in that direction late season rain may well affect hong kong the western yangtze sichuan as well and of course the hard drive right down through southeast asia you spot vietnam or myanmar or try and you can see is covered in this potential for rain south of that though it does die out and you get to malaysia and indonesia it's to affectively dry season

a shower to around certainly but beyond that i think very difficult where is the monsoon is still pretty strong particularly in western india and especially around the harassed or. if you were in beijing looking out the pacific ocean you'd see american warships when mess was somehow timeless aiming to replace america and going to run the world college chinese are not that stupid these guys want to dominate a huge chunk of the planet this sounds like a preparation for our 1st president george washington said if you want peace prepare for war the coming war on china part one on a just you know. we're

watching out to syria time to recap our headlines now the u.k.'s prime minister is expected back in parliament in a few hours to push again for an early election he just left dublin where he met his irish counterparts it was seeking a way to maintain a seamless border between the countries off to bring to. an unprecedented strike by british airways pilots is causing major disruptions passengers worldwide the 1st day of a 48 hour walkout is grounding most of the airlines 850 flights threatening travel plans 430-0000 passengers union leaders for the 4300 pilots want a bigger share of profits. lebanese armed group has well all says it shot down an israeli drone outside the border town of its fighters say they now have the

aircraft israel has blogs change fire along the lebanese border just over a week ago. now the taliban say the u.s. has the most to lose after president dan tom canceled the meeting with a group in the united states u.s. special envoy ziad has also been recalled even negotiating with the taliban in qatar for nearly a year thereafter and government says peace will only be possible if the taliban stops killing people and holds talks with the country's leaders 30 birthday reports from kabul president trumps early morning tweet cancelling the meeting with the taliban surprised many including the afghan government but it has actually welcomed the decision the main goal of our piece is is a ceasefire and indicted negotiation with the taliban so these 2 components are very important. the taliban refuses to talk directly with the afghan government who

she regards as illegitimate and corrupt but it did agree to negotiate with the u.s. these forces invaded afghanistan 18 years ago after the 911 attacks on america there have been 9 rounds of talks it's october last year but during that time taliban fighters have carried out numerous attacks and suicide bombings and america has also continued its air campaign which is hit the taliban but this year has also caused the biggest number of civilian casualties the latest taliban bombing was in kabul last thursday in which 12 people were killed including an american soldier 2 days later the u.s. president in a tweet ditched what he said was going to be a secret meeting at camp david. even as the taliban was claiming responsibility for thursday's attack zalmay khalilzad the u.s. chief negotiator was only way to katter for further talks that were later described as positive but the afghan government said the talks gave the taliban recognition the taliban has responded angrily to trump canceling the talks in

a statement released on its website they said the agreement was finalized on saturday both sides agreed to all points they talked about intra afghan talks to begin on september the 23rd but warned that their struggle will continue and the u.s. would suffer more the u.s. has been criticized for offering the taliban too much for raising fears that the country could descend into civil war once the bulk of american forces withdraw if there is a new agreement between the problem in the united states government about the role of the party fighting forces grandma can stand that will be devoid of worth and not only put up can stand that will be the way the world situation part of that region and the international community and that is something that troubles many afghans. we know the taliban is not trustworthy and they do whatever they want and they misuse islamic laws in a terrifying way this country won't be better with them in the government and

mumbled of all manner we are free of the taliban come out not only will women's rights be violated but also our human rights. all sides appear to agree that militarily they can be no winner in this conflict but also achieving a lasting peace is not going to be easy either where this leaves the peace process is anyone's guess it depends largely on what the taliban chooses to do next either escalate the violence or return to the negotiating table in a different frame of mind afghanistan waits to see which one it will be tony berkeley al-jazeera kabul. how he brought it back he's a national security analyst in kabul afghanistan he says the cancellation of taliban talks is because of a lack of consensus in the u.s. what led president trump do to cancel it last moment was a i think it's because of the lack of consensus and washington d.c. his national security adviser was not on it was not on board he clearly did jack to

senators such as guns you rejected it and you had other opposition within the united states who are close to president trump object to the idea of going into negotiations and signing an agreement with the taliban so that's number one number 2 was that. the taliban were asked to go and meet president trump in the united states to signed a peace deal and i think the taliban was a little different they were like we will sign the agreement 1st in a neutral venue and then we will we will not mind traveling to the united states where asking for president trump he wanted to personally sort of sign that agreement then and help his ratings because they are very short of the 20 twentieth's actions as well basically. by what he had promised to the united states and last but not least is this whole issue of commitment versus delivery the african governments reservation was the united states there's

a vision was that we can just sign an agreement based on commitment there has to be some sort of delivery as well which is not true thank you can't have delivery unless you come out opposing party do something so that these are the 3 reasons that i thing led to the cancellation of these peace talks and very last moment. now president vladimir putin's ruling united russia party has lost a 3rd of its seats in moscow's regional elections but it still holds a majority the opposition communist party more than doubled its number of seats on sunday the vote led to some of the largest protests in the country in years after dozens of opposition candidates were banned from running service and has more on this from moscow. well everyone here in moscow is still trying to make sense of what exactly has happened in these very well watched elections it's an interesting and complicated political scheme that has played out but indeed the russia united

russia party the ruling party has never lost as many seats a p 4 after. they lost a monopoly basically they have still the majority in this moscow city duma so date still can basically have their influence 1st but they have to deal with a lot of forces at the moment not the actual real in the planet opposition because they were simply banned from running in the 1st place but the communist party has grown here is significantly becoming it has never been elected serious opposition very much opposing the ruling party but it will mean that is more diversity in this in this moscow city duma but what it means even more is that this is a signal that despite this crackdown by the government on the opposition many people have been arrested they have been in jail for longer sentences they have been beaten up but still that they have made this voice heard through this

so-called smart vote which was called for by opposition a figure election now fairly and this has basically been successful looking at the result here in moscow this means that the opposition is a force to be reckoned with and that's as some people have described it some cracks are now appearing in putting through jim. now thousands of school students have been forming human chains around hong kong in solidarity with anti-government protesters authorities are condemning what they call the illegal behavior of radicals and of warm demonstrators who stopped trying the patience of the government. after sunday's protests ended in violence police fired tear gas to disperse crowds after some demonstrators blocked roads set barricades on fire and vandalized the metro station large crowds also rallied without incident at the u.s. consulate some held signs calling on president trying to liberate the chinese

territory. the u.s. says it's delivered enough emergency supplies for 44000 people after her can dorian hit the bahamas but the u.n. says 70000 need food and shelter as conditions on the worst affected islands are rapidly deteriorating the hurrican flattened neighborhoods and destroyed piers roads and runways making it difficult to distribute aid. many survive as a being relocated to shelters in the bahamian capital not from their menu or a power of faults. but at this community center in nassau dozens of volunteers are sorting through donations for support from the international community for survivors of hurricane dorian has been immense. despite relief efforts however many continue to suffer the psychological effects of the devastation we have a lot of people over lost their loved ones. we have people who don't know where

their loved ones are son feeling with the kids stress disorder people have a lot of. i'd most likely only experience a post-traumatic stress disorder as well. behaving in government says that as many as 3500 evacuees have arrived in nassau most of the displaced are from the islands of abaco and grand bahama the areas worst affected by hurricane dorian. in all it's estimated that more than 70000 people have been left without food and shelter that's nearly one 5th of the bahamian population. was a katrina i know the people of new orleans were totally on i'm prepared for. we didn't expect it. but ted in some ways by the not for the magnitude and so when these people come they have been traumatized plenty to do is make life for them it's normal as possible. nassau has become

a final stop for many hurricane survivors with no place else to go some here seem dazed and unsure of what they'll do next is my house destroyed i don't see everything no clothes and i get the slippers and from here you know and they bring some clothes for us and you know what i need some stuff for a little. you know. and you know. this shelter is caring for more than 200 people the building is at capacity but donations have been forthcoming guaranteeing everyone a safe place to rest a decent meal and medical attention for those who need it we're at the fox hill community center in nassau where volunteers in some cases are up to their waists in donations but the need here in the bahamas is so great that any donations of food water medicine hygiene kits like these donated by the red cross are all very much welcome. shelters for the displaced can be found all around nassau which is home to

70 percent of the country's total population but as more evacuees arrive space becomes limited relief workers have begun setting up tents ahead of the arrival of even more evacuees the concern now is that nassau may not be prepared for the long term care of the thousands whose communities have been destroyed many will rob lowe al jazeera nassau bahamas. a powerful typhoon has led to one person dying and more than 130 flights being canceled in tokyo strong winds smashed the woman against the building in japan's capital typhoon say was one of the strongest to hit tokyo in recent years well 900000 homes lost power. in the wake of a series of mass shootings in the u.s. a congressional committee is trying to jumpstart legislation to limit gun ownership it's an issue that is hampered congress for more than 2 decades and as our white house correspondent kimberly how that tells us one of their biggest obstacles could

be the president. in recent weeks dozens of americans have been killed in a series of mass shootings in the u.s. state of texas ohio and california. as many americans hold vigils for the victims mourning has turned to anger. and a demand for action from congressional lawmakers. the issue of gun control has languished in the u.s. congress for decades in part because of powerful pushback from the nation's largest pro-gun lobby the national rifle association but that's changing some lawmakers say there's now a new sense of urgency thank you we will now this week the house judiciary committee will begin meeting to try and restart debate over limiting some types of gun ownership. the democrat controlled committee hopes to ultimately pass

legislation in the u.s. house of representatives establishing so-called red flag laws that seize firearms from people deemed mentally unstable the committee also seeks to ban high capacity magazines and gun ownership for anyone convicted of a hate crime. or were shot. but the republican controlled senate needs to approve the house legislation the republican leader mitch mcconnell says they'll be no senate votes on gun measures unless u.s. president donald trump commits to signing that legislation into law trump has promised to work with congress to stop the mass shootings fied he's also questioned the benefits of background checks to stop the killings if you look at background checks and if you look at some of even the more severe. and comprehensive ideas that have been put forward it wouldn't have stopped any of the last few years worth

of these mass shootings but house democrats promise to keep pushing for background checks and a potential reinstatement of a ban on buying assault weapons more needs to be done but this is a story a consensus story a start that the overwhelming number of americans support democrats face a daunting challenge president trump says he will only support gun laws that ensure public safety well also up holding the constitutional right to gun ownership in the united states can really help at al-jazeera the white house. let's take you through some of the headlines here now and as there are now a prime minister barak johnson is expected back in palm and in a few hours to push again for an early election he's just left dublin where he met

his irish counterpart in seeking a way it's meant in a seamless border between the countries off to practice it. of course we must get done because the u.k. must come out on october 31st by october 31st or else that permanent damage will be done in the u.k. to trust in our democratic system and do that next it was not to be perfectly frank a problem a conundrum. wishful. and i think there are certainly questions that we need to resolve now at least 29 people have been killed and 10 others injured in triple attacks in west africa's bikini a fast a state of emergency is in place in 7 of the country's 13 regions more than 500 people have been killed by armed groups and book you know far so good last 4 years

and unprecedented strike by british airways pilots is causing major disruption for passengers worldwide the 1st day of a 48 hour walkout is grounding most of the airlines 850 flights threatening travel plans 430-0000 passengers union leaders for the 4300 pilots on the biggest share of profits and airline managers describe staff salaries and benefits as world class lebanese armed group has valar says it's shot down an israeli drone outside the border town of its fighters say they now have the aircraft israel and hezbollah exchanged fire along the lebanese border just over a week ago president vladimir putin ruling united russia party has lost a 3rd of its seats in moscow's regional election but it still holds a majority the opposition communist party more than doubled its number of seats on sunday. headlines the news continues here after inside story.

how's the peace process in afghanistan collapsed in a tweed the u.s. president holds off talks with taliban leader did donald trump take diplomacy too far that deep of reasons behind the decision this is the inside story. of how and welcome to the program. talks to the war in afghanistan appear

to be making progress the taliban and the us came up with a draft deal nearly a year of discussions in qatar on the back as chief negotiator sounded up to mystic when he revealed that detail so the afghan president last week but now a breakdown in a suite the u.s. president canceled a secret meeting with taliban leaders and the afghan president at camp david donald trump blamed the taliban car bombing that killed an american soldier and 11 other people in kabul on thursday he doubted the group wanted to negotiate a meaningful agreement by the taliban warned the u.s. that americans with suffer more than anyone else for canceling the talks tony berkeley is in kabul for us. privately i think the afghan government is pleased that these talks are being canceled but officially they are funking the americans for their efforts in these peace negotiations and they have stressed that the only

way to getting a meaningful peace in afghanistan is through nonviolence they want the taliban to stop fighting they want to ceasefire something that has never been agreed between the americans and the taliban and they want to hold direct talks with the taliban this is something the taliban has always refused they call the afghan government a puppet of the americans and they refused to talk to them of course with this draft peace agreement if it was signed it would then lead to direct talks in some form with the afghan government but there are concerns now the afghan government wants an end to the what the fighting it wants then meaningful talks to go ahead and the big question is where does this now leave us the taliban we understand are having high level meetings of their own they can go 2 ways they can either say yes hang on the americans are serious let's go back to the negotiating table with something more to offer because so far they've could see did very little or it can lead to an escalation of the conflict everyone here has been concerned at the pace

of these peace negotiations that had 9 meetings in a year quite an achievement getting them around the table in the 1st place but the americans have being accepting too little from the taliban that's the overriding opinion so they want more from the taliban before we will get a meaningful peace but there is still here now an edge to this city people are concerned that the attacks which have increased in the recent days and weeks may increase even further. it's unclear whether the u.s. taliban talks are permanently over or just the bonet but here's a look at how they began the group peter lee refused to hold direct negotiations with the afghan government its views are soften his administration as illegitimate taliban leaders insist of the negotiating with the u.s. instead those talks began in qatar last october after 9 round of meetings the 2 sides struck a draft peace deal that could lead to the withdrawal of 5000 u.s. troops it would turn the taliban must go and see it won't use afghanistan as

a base for attacks on other countries. let's bring in our guests moshtarak a haim is a founding member of the afghan think tank afghanistan affairs unit and berthed on the afghan peace process in london hamid hacky me a research associate at chatham house and former international policy adviser to the afghan ministry of foreign affairs and in alexandria virginia in the u.s. john you watch syria expert in afghanistan of the united states institute of peace welcome to your wish how significant was that tweet about trump who was willing to meet with other and with us the afghani at camp david. significant given because apparently everything was seemingly sorted out between the polygon and. when he came to kabul he even showed

a copy of the peace agreement that was about to be signed between the sides and then president of money was all prepared to fly out to the united states so this these the seabees of the tweets that came last night i think it tests court absolute heart at least for the time being with the ongoing peace process and there has been significant level of mistrust now created between the palestine and the americans which was garnered generated by. the course of the last 12 months in 9 rounds of peace negotiations with the parliament. hakimi i mean we knew that the taliban and the americans what about to finalize a breakthrough deal but i mean to see trump shaking hands with the love brother talking to us in a funny and then announcing that deal this must have been

a bombshell revelation that could send shock waves across the political establishment in afghanistan absolutely the optics would have been entirely something out of a movie you could say but but but yeah absolutely that there is significantly you know significant elements within afghanistan who disagree with the way the talks with the taliban are going not necessarily with the fact that there is a process of negotiations of the taliban but the fact that the taliban have remained consistent in their messaging that this is a negotiation to end what they call the foreign occupation so they have been on message whereas. partita there speaking to i.e. the not to state seems to have come round to the idea of talking to the taliban so that the optics have always played in the last sort of 11 months 12 months and the favor of the taliban per se especially to their constituency and absolutely having

a summit in camp david which is a venue reserved for what leaders for global. significant global significant events this sort of legitimize the taliban i think also to the extent that some people in afghanistan particularly the political elite who don't like the taliban what does not like to see. johnny is this official american recognition of the taliban as the ones who call the final shots in afghanistan and therefore the americans recognize the need to do business with them from now or worse no i think there is absolutely not an official recognition of the taliban by any means and i don't think anyone within the u.s. government would support i think there is a strong belief that the only positive outcome to this war in afghanistan is a peace process and that the way to get one started is an agreement with the taliban that involves drawing down troops conditionally and over the last year

there's been an enormous amount of effort put into broadly support across the american government. that's crucial this obviously is a major major moment probably setback to the effort but regardless of where it goes and who is willing to talk to the tower and i don't perceive any sense that they recognize the taliban as a legitimate government or anything else that's how they view the afghan government we're stuck what's next do you think that this is something that was going to be permanently disposed or do you see the potential for the americans and the taliban to sit together a do go she ate a way out. well. frankly speaking all sides engaged in the afghan conflict have been facing the brunt of the ongoing conflict which is faced with an absolute stalemate since 2014 and that was the sole reason that all parties the

garda so your position were prepared to engage in negotiation process. i don't see this series of tweets detailing the whole process are putting a full stop to it definitely this there is mistrust created between the 2 sides. 3 the taleban have lost a bit of ground in regard to trusting the american government as they also say this in the statement that came out today but definitely i'm seeing that they're going back to the negotiation table but it's going to be another gruesome and long way before the can reach an agreement because trust is often essence in any peace process and i think that was built by zell my follies after mactech keyless engagement with the taleban in 9 rounds of negotiations in

the meantime he had conceded the avalon government as far as the taliban were concerned in the peace process and he went to the extent where he did not even handle the copy of the peace agreement and rather merely be sure to have one president we saw that there were statements from the avalon national security advisor in the united states argued in the course of these 9 rounds where he said that they don't trust them my colleagues that then he was strong which was that which is a living and we want it i don't know when you know why the op suck because they have been completely fine lined during the 9 months of negotiations how meade let's talk a little bit about that draft agreement when you're. the continent is gives you the impression that the americans in exchange for a sense of guarantee of security and stability in afghanistan from the taliban they were willing to give them an absolutely huge political sway in the country.

i mean. depends how you look at the draft and who you are when you look at the draft certainly from any angle that you look at that particular document it can look at it can look as a as a document been put together to give the taliban the legitimacy of they've always wanted they have always had argued since 2000 only to thousands when they started to fight against the us presence in afghanistan that they wanted a negotiation directly with the united states that they did not recognise the afghan government as a legitimate entity that it was one that was put in place by the by the united states so that draft agreement there were there were tacit. sort of confirmations of those assumptions the taliban have had and have been promoting to their constituency for all these years and this is why exactly there was such a huge amount of reservation what then certain afghan. political elite circles not

not least within the afghan government itself under president as ani. that they did not like the document they were dead immediately explain that they had reservations about certain elements of it and i think also for the for the broader public we should not forget that afghanistan has been urbanized since 2001 to a greater extent there's a huge number of people that live in the cities and that cities have been broadly facing the brunt of the taliban attacks where in the rural areas the taliban have been attacked consistently by the nato led and then you know the last few years by the afghan security services so in the cities the perception of a peace deal with the taliban and how it's received is entirely different to how it might be viewed and ok perceived in the rural areas although afghans as a total they do want an end to violence but i think that particular draft looked like it was giving the taliban upper hand and the taliban could actually sell it. as a product that shows that they have actually succeeded that they have beaten the world's heaviest soup.