the more they're going to make a case for impeachment on obstruction of justice of congress republicans and now rallying behind their embattled president saying donald trump was judy bound to press the ukrainians to look into allegations about joe biden's son hunter and his dealings with a ukrainian energy company trump personal lawyer rudy giuliani himself an important player in the scandal is likely to be called before house democrats if he decides that he wants him to testify course not testify even though i think adam schiff is an illegitimate chairman this year's already prejudged the case if you want fairness here we've got to put somebody in charge of that committee who has an open mind impeachment proceedings are now moving at a pace that neither the republican party nor president from can control at all of all this is a report from a so-called whistleblower deemed credible by the acting director of national intelligence it's thought he or she may appear behind closed doors so i'm going to

ask you one today for both parties the stakes couldn't be higher republican senator lindsey graham one of the president's closest allies says the accusations a 2nd hand law yes it's all hearsay you can't get a parking ticket conviction based on hearsay blower didn't hear the phone call right who told which is that lower about the phone call and everything else he says done all right does it still isn't there a risk that every american deserves to confront their accuser so this is a sham what's going on now is the single greatest scam president trump is now in the fight of his political career and says the proceedings are a hoax democrats say trump's own words from his phone call with the ukrainian leader in which he says do me a favor though or a clear violation of the law and agalloch or al-jazeera washington. still to come here it out there find out about a 5 killed at least one person in an overcrowded migrant camp on the greek island of blank. i'm jamaican cerium favorite driver for spring cleaning the world

athletics championships here in doha taking gold in the 100 meter. there's no letup in the stormy weather that's been part again across northern parts if you have one system ace's way across the british isles into the north sea and scandinavia expounds knocking on the door so it's going to remain pretty unsettled as we go on through the next couple of days you come further south and this is where the lovely weather is the pupil sunshine right across the mediterranean southern parts of europe still getting up into the mid to high twenty's athens 29 degrees below that blustery weather further north around the baltic states pushing it into that western side of russia temperatures to pick up in moscow as a result of that southerly wind 14 degrees but not a particularly nice day on monday but of

a brief response in the weather the full the british isles into both western parts if you of 17 celsius for london but the next system that snuck in a little and that apart in this we go on through choose day so 19 celsius but it's going to be another wet $121.00 degrees there for paris. basin areas still seeing some of those blustery conditions feeding their way through the south wall dry and sunny once again to $2728.00 degrees on the cause that's a sight so the numbers we're looking at across northern parts of africa warm sunshine coming through here a high in algeria is 29. right

. right let's catch up with the top stories here it is this morning hundreds of students in hong kong avoid causing class and joined a city in a day after violent demonstrations gripped the semi autonomous territory and beijing demonstrations continue into their 17th consecutive week despite the protests by adviser made its debut on the hong kong stock exchange with its stock

rising more than 6 percent. saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin sound man has spoken publicly for the 1st time about the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi he told the american network c.b.s. that he takes responsibility for the killing inside. the consulate because it happened under his watch but he denies any personal involvement. in turkey's president roger better while he has written an opinion piece for the washington post newspaper about. following bad crown prince's interview he promised that his country would continue to investigate casualties murder he called the killing inside the saudi's turkish consulate one of the most controversial diplomatic incidents of the century. ok we can speak live now to our correspondents who she is in istanbul and sin and so president at

a one using very very strongly worded opinion piece in the washington post to make his views clear likening the murder of jamal khashoggi to the $911.00 attacks. well yes martin actually his opinion published in washington post is softer in tone as his previous statements like the interview he delivered to fox news. during his visit to new york for united national united nations he says that this is a very significant incident for the sentry yhe on the line the few things that i will like to share with you 1st of all he says that for turkey king solomon and his loyal subjects are taught all the different than the people as they are dong calls the thugs who murdered jamal for sure he has always underlined that king solomon is a very respectful person for him and he has always separated king sound money and

saudi arabia as the state from this murder he also said that this incident because the murder was perpetrated by a bunch of is saudi also shuls and this was a blatant abuse of the diplomatic immunity of this this is what he addressed as well in his opinion also he address that there are problems in the court proceedings and in riyadh because the turkish side has always accuse saudi arabia edge of the issue for not being well corporates or what the turkish side and for not being transparent and he said that there is no public access to the trials this is a complaint that he makes also he addressed that it took it will continue its efforts to shed light on the murder of jamal for sure but a turkey is still asking the same question where are the remains of jamal for shift his buddy who gave the order for this murder and who dispatched this 15 member hit

squad to kill giraffe or should inside a stumble consulate of saudi arabia so he still ask the same questions but i must underline that there is a softening of tone because before turkey was asking for the extradition of those perpetrators. who are inside. the arabia though it was asking that these people should be tried and tried in tricky but right now it seems prisons are gone that is step though from political any political controversial statement but he says that this is an international issue rather than a bilateral one between saudi arabia and turkey and this issue should be monitored by international public and international organizations and right before. a couple of days before he said that it is the duty of the saudi courts to provide justice but he wants to make sure that justice is a stablish forge a marker shuji all right simcoe here live in istanbul thank you for that. right now

talks designed to end the cameroons long running political crisis are about to begin in the capital year on day hundreds of delegates are expected to attend but there are fears that leading members from the country's english speaking regions won't turn up a major address reports. the displaced for the 2nd time in 4 months florence she and her family have found shelter with this church the mother of 6 fled fighting between separatists and government forces in cumbria husband was killed and how who was burnt. what she arrived at the capital she hoped life would get better she was wrong we are treated like animals we are not treat her like. we have been displaced she's here in 10 i displease people you see people living in their houses where there is normal roof i had those things in there nor did i never know it would come to me she says there is a lot of distrust among the people underlining a growing divide between the english and french speaking peoples of cameroon

a country considered more stable the neighboring states only 8 years ago. since then more than half a 1000000 people have been displaced by the separatist violence another 40 to 50000 have cost the border into nigeria as refugees. attacks in the north and the fallout from the last national elections have added to among the stock problems. despite deep divisions religion is a common threat binding cameroonians of different faiths. and that is not lost on the government its officials attending this interfaith service to drum up support for the national dialogue. what understanding. is all. and if you. want to speak in building. no preconditions. the national dialogue would be held in this building but already

there are concerns as to how much it can achieve many secessionist will be here so they sent in a former united states diplomat to represent the president wants to use the discussions to convince them to lay down their arms and to start the healing process will come. more than $400.00 delegates will be attending the talks over the course of 5 days they will attempt to draw a national consensus to break cameras political stalemate. but it's hard to say for now if the outcome will be acceptable to all parties. can go live now to as the talks begin and it's the 2nd almost the 2nd anniversary of the start of this conflict is there are made so the stakes are really high for this country because if they don't manage to get some sort of a range between the 2 communities then there is a real danger that the conflict will continue. absolutely

in a basically it's even made harder because of the key factors and the in the in the in the whole crisis absent for example the leaders of the various rebel movements in cameroon calling for independence actually not here so it's a wonder how much this conference can achieve. taking into consideration that many of the delegates attending this conference actually selector were actually selected by the government president will be a himself will not be around his delegate of the responsibility to the prime minister and it's not clear how much powers the prime minister in dealing with matters that will come out of this conference and whether or not also people will trust or will really accept the resolutions of this conference considering the fact right now that some key rebel leaders are not attending this say maybe florida many people has pointed out what the shortcomings of this process can be even at the

start of it but the fact that it's being held is an indication that perhaps that the authorities realize that there is a military solution and that there are they are going to have to reach some sort of compromise between the 2 communities. exactly and that's what most of the villagers are telling us here that for the government to concede that there is a problem and then call for these dialogue is a step forward however what they are saying is that how much devolution of powers will we see after this conference what will be the end result how much how much will it go the resolutions of the compressor how much of the resolutions of the conference goal in our suasion the feelings of people who are actually calling out for outright independence from come room and also how much powers will be ceded to regional governments all probably some try mincing but will go along to provide

some basic infrastructure in areas why you have all these complaints from now basically one of the things that has also not been talked about and with many people terms of this crisis talking about is that they should not be forgotten when delegates here come to talk about the key issues that affect cameroon to unity more than half a 1000000 have been displaced by the violence and they are actually looking forward to what the government will do and how that will be in helping them to recover from this crisis all right thank you for now i'm going to just say live in your own day we'll check in with him of course as these killers get underway. now at least one person has died when a fire broke out in an overcrowded migrant camp on the greek island of les voss police fired tear gas at refugees and migrants at maria camp the people there are demanding to be transferred to the mainland victoria gave him the reins of. the

blaze broke out mid afternoon at maria detention center an overcrowded refugee camp on the greek island of les boss now look at the people who are fighting. those fires big fires yeah the fire people is going to dead please please go everywhere country leave the people to go out and give it to the people to go firefighters on the ground struggle to contain the blaze and it was eventually extinguished by an app playing. these metal frames all that remain about to 7 contain is used to house refugees and migrants some angry at the time it took firefighters to respond to the blaze started rioting police responded with tear gas. aid workers say overcrowding and heat have made living conditions in the camp unbearable it was built to look after 3000 refugees but now houses 12000 and is turning away new

arrivals there's been a surge of refugees and migrants crossing from turkey to greece in recent months despite the 2016 deal between turkey and the european union to stop it from happening. last month the greek government agreed on new measures to deal with the crisis after nearly 600 people than did on lesbos the biggest number in 3 years. refugees are now being transferred to the mainland and asylum seekers who had their applications rejected are to be deported without appeal. but the new measures are not alleviating quickly enough the dangerous burden placed on overcrowded camps gayton be algis their pope francis is marked world day for migrants and refugees with a mass at the vatican the pontiff says a culture of comfort has led to indifference towards the global migration crisis about $40000.00 people packed into some peter's square for the service including

migrants and refugees from around the world right now to sports and peter stare matters around up of the action from day 3 of the world athletics championships. here at the international stadium shelly and fraser price is the sprint queen of doha the jamaican stormed the way in the women's 100 meters final at a time of 10.71 seconds to win a world title for the 4th time britain's the national smith came home 2nd with measure say 30 or 32 phrases prices on this woman to win this title the usa were the winners of the new 4 by 400 meters mixed relay events the cultivates of london allyson felix courtney 0 colo and michael cherry took gold in a world record time to make a one the server with bahrain getting the bra it's in the men's trouble jump christian taylor has battled his way to a fault world title of the 2 germs and sweep of 79 to leave those was enough to be

fellow american with clay to take his title. also out on the field the women's pole vault title was won by angelica silver over russian competing as a neutral athlete at the championships with a country still banned by world that latex took gold with an effort of 4 metres and 95 centimeters before. and that's your update from day 3 of the world athletics championships you're in though. right traverses take a look at the top stories here it is air saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin sound man is reckon publicly for the 1st time about the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi it tell the american network c.b.s. that he takes responsibility for the killing inside the saudi consulate in istanbul because it happened under his watch but he denies any personal involvement.

this was a heinous crime. but i take full responsibility as a leader in saudi arabia especially since it was committed by individuals working for the saudi government limit that is when a crime is committed against a saudi citizen by officials working for the saudi government as a leader i must take responsibility that this was a mistake and i must take all actions to avoid such a thing in the future. of following this the crown prince's interview turkey's president bedouin road an opinion piece for the washington post newspaper that's the paper of course that he himself worked for president at one promised his country would continue to investigate the murder he called the killing inside the saudi consulate one of the most controversial diplomatic incidents of the century. hundreds of students in hong kong have boycotted class and joined a sit in protest the day after violent demonstrations gripped the semi autonomous

territory anti beijing demonstrations continue now into their 17th consecutive week despite the protests budweiser made its debut on the hong kong stock exchange with its stock rising more than 6 percent u.s. president donald trump has accused a leading democrat of treason he says house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff lied to congress and should be investigated president trump also wants to meet the whistleblower who filed the complaint about his phone call to the ukrainian president at least one person has died when a fire break out has no overcrowded migrant camp on the greek island of lawyers several fires were lit during protests maria camp refugees are demanding to be transferred to the mainland there were reports of clashes between migrants and officers and of police firing tear gas morir camp houses around 12000 people despite being built for only 3000. ok you're up to date those are the latest

headlines inside stories next. a curious but several women already been detained you've been listening to confinement all the while you've trained from speaking to the media one of the trolls and to talk about islamic studies professor tonic. to al-jazeera about the ongoing rate during his actions against the. no voter turnout in afghanistan's presidential election there were several attacks and some polling stations didn't even open so is election credible and how will this affect attempts to end the years long conflict with the taliban this is inside story. the and welcome to the program i'm fully back to the people of afghanistan have

been through a lot over the last 2 decades invasions wars corruption and the situation doesn't appear to be getting any better so when the time came on saturday to choose a new leader they had to decide if the risk was worth it the taliban had threatened to attack polling stations across the country and it appears many afghans felt the danger was simply not worth it the electoral commission estimates only 2000000 out of the 9000000 eligible voters cast a ballot 500 polling stations didn't even open and some of the new voting machines didn't work and despite the heightened security at least 5 people were killed in nearly 70 attacks will bring in our guests in just a moment but for assist report from rob mcbride in kabul. what's becoming obvious now is that there was a very low turnout in this election questing severe doubts over its legitimacy now the afghanistan government is playing this up as a success as you might expect saying that despite all the honest predictions of

widespread violence throughout the country it was able to open something like 4 and a half 1000 polling stations nationwide and keep those polling stations open an extra couple of hours against all of the threats and violence from the taliban the afghan government says this is a legitimate election but what possibly kept the voters away were threats of reprisals or punishment from the taliban also a widespread apathy just about the general state of affairs here in afghanistan whether this election would change anything as such is the endemic problems such as corruption in some respects this election was the easier part now comes the harder part of actually deciding who will be the next president of afghanistan because of course we don't get an actual result back from this ballot until the beginning of november and unless there is an outright winner with 51 percent and amongst the 14

candidates that looks highly unlikely then they still have to go to a further runoff causing yet more disruption possibly and as people have argued while this election may lead to a new dawn and a permanent peaceful afghanistan there is always the danger that it makes a precarious situation worse rob mcbride for inside story. well previous elections were mobbed by accusations of fraud in 2014. ghani both claimed victory to end of a dispute the u.s. brokered a power sharing government with gandhi as president and abdullah as chief executive of ghana's sans next leader will have to deal with major security threats from the taliban the armed group has increased its attacks earlier this month there were hopes of a new deal with the u.s. for the withdrawal of foreign troops but president donald trump canceled the talks saying he doesn't believe the taliban wants peace the armed group has refused to hold direct talks with the afghan government the and

the and or let's not introduce op panel joining us on skype from kabul mohammad yousuf rushy director at the free and fair election form of afghanistan in dublin also on skype michael semple professor at queen's university belfast who has negotiated with the taliban and also in kabul for him dashti chairman of the afghanistan national union of journalists welcome to you all thank you so much for being with us on inside story mohammad yousuf fresh sheet in kabul if i can start with you so unofficial figures for now but it looks like a historically low voter turnout in this afghan election what factors do you think contributed to this low voter turnout was it the taliban threat or the fatigue of repeated flawed elections. thank so much there are a number of factors the 1st is about repeated elections that we have.

this year and also you had parliamentary election last year that also affect. the people that you are leading not. did you did this part to starboard by the way every year elections the home and all project tasks the process also an affect or you had a very bad experience of 2018 and action and that was also another factor another reason that affected the low turnout it's up all the i.c. the election commission decision they decided to withdraw from conducting provisional concert elections and the past we had rachael kohn selections attached to prison for the election and they were the candidates and the parisian about they were really able to work with the cities and with the voters to bring them to the polling process this time our presidential election candidates were not at the leave it to have a broader campaign and also

a significant presence in all joe the country due to security issues and also yes financial issues doubting about it and also elections right that $32.00 reason was about security and also the taliban traits that also effect it and for woman there was an action commission decision that they should take action at election day and in some part of the country and some polling centers there was no presence or lack of famous stop that it should work specifically for female one stations i see so a number of factors and security and election fatigue being 2 of them fame dashti in kabul afghanistan new election commission had promised measures to ensure a cleaner vote but already. between the candidates there are allegations of fraud and ballot stuffing how valid and credible was this election in your opinion and was this a left tainted vote than previous elections that afghanistan has experienced how

times i said that something on what my colleague mr she says is a factors too is all there to the low turnout. yesterday the presidential election of honest one day and uncertainty between the peace negotiation and the election even to yourself who nobody or believing in afghanistan that the election could happen if you were do or expecting. the leader of the election for a couple of months or even couple of years so people are not really to have election on time so this was another factor but regarding your question as far as the turnout was law i think it is no law lots of play is forefront. so not normally if you have had 5 to 6000000 vote

then there was a possibility of having 23000000 votes but as we have our own moralist 2000000 votes there is no possibility of high fraud from the from the how there are. reports or being shared with from from the offices to the ordinary afghans there is no law big indications of the fraud at least yet of course the e.c. an easy they have to check each and every void and then to release their report how many. would we have had right about hillary is the allegations seems to be lighter than then. but however it's important to point out that it's still early days and things could change within the next few days of course michael in dublin.

says the election had already been pushed back twice and came after the peace talks between the u.s. and taliban collapse earlier this month there are those who believe that the vote should have been held after a negotiated peace deal between the u.s. and the afghan government and the taliban where you stand on that do you think that would have made a difference in the turnout figures for instance. yes i think the reality is that something like half the afghan population was dissent from chinese before they the polling started because there was no way that they could safely have gone to the had to the polls there was no way that you know election commission staff could have operated in their areas because the taliban weren't going to let them so you know they there was a push really over the past year to try and make progress on the peace process to create conditions in which they the taliban essentially and withdrew their

objection to elections. and the taliban on board and allow an election in which all afghans would be enfranchised now unfortunately they the process anyway didn't make the kind of progress that we wanted there was no agreement on a ceasefire i believe they you know the taliban and the u.s. were perhaps further apart than it was acknowledged and then donald trump pulled the rug out from it so you have basically a afghan government was left with little alternative but to go ahead with rights alexion and every industry that forced forced upon people right by the afghan government is framing this election as a success story that being able to hold an election in one of the most conflict affected countries in the world is a success in itself but how useful michael do you think unhelpful is it to afghanistan moving along its path toward. the the jury is still out and i think it is they the current government may end up being

remembered as they the government which presided over the 1st free and fair election in afghanistan not be quite strange with a you know with it with a low turnout but i think it's very important to emphasize this i think that we're seeing a shift that they if they if the election commission applies its own rules. in they here. the weeks ahead then only votes which actually represent real afghans going and casting their ballot will be included and the tradition which grew up over the past 15 years of small teams of people stuffing boxes and getting those votes including the count that would be ended now that would be remarkable progress not so that possibly the government will be able to claim credit for a a free and fair election but they the peacemaking in afghanistan i believe is

actually going to take quite some time and i certainly believe that a. legitimate government which is able to unite the people who've been involved in this in the in the kabul focus political system is a city quandong for successful peacemaking they the taliban are probably still pushing to gain power right perhaps to reinforce their emirates only if they have a an effective negotiating partner in kabul will they be forced to to accept that only that compromise is the only way to end this war so the action is important but it will only work if it's possible to get a clean result in the days ahead mohammed yes a fresh let me get your thoughts on that michael says this could perhaps be the 1st free and fair election in afghanistan but what sort of my mandate does it give the winner if the turnout is so low. well basically i called in to our elections the low turnout or high turnout is not an issue for the legitimacy of the

election of course. if you have brother parts of vision of the people it will be also it will increase the social. capacity political. aspects of the government and there will be more strings that if you have brother prospects and at this stage we do not see any problem based on our election law and the legal framework as a as a challenge the legitimacy of elections do you agree with that. also in kabul do you think you know the fact that only a small protest percentage of the country will determine the democracies fate is going to improve things or could it destabilize things even more rather than leading to some sort of long term peace agreement for afghanistan. oh i think. i fully support what mr i should say that about the legal status of low 3rd out or

i turn out in our electoral law but of course if the turnout is high the garment will be more stronger in village a to me sea level rise up and if it's law of course there are there will be always a critics on the garmin that the president just succeed with having a 1000000 or voice or are something like that but the defacto is that if the election will be as clean as it was mentioned by our colleague in dublin. that that bring. a tremendous change in our electoral system in that to an end to a government which came in the poor for the 1st time in the last it in years with the clean votes of afghans this will be this will be

a significant issue for the upcoming political events we're going to see do you think we're going to see for him every people of 2014 when you know neither candidate got the 50 percent needed to win in the 1st round and that there's going to be a runoff that could lead to a prolonged crisis political crisis as we saw back in 2014. if the difference between the votes of the 2 condit is something about 8 to 10 per cent. will be accepted by the other side but if there is a difference of tea to 4 to 5 percent of the void between the 2 frontrunners of course we can expect that none of them will. solve the election in we may go to the 2nd round which will make a crisis which could make

a political crisis for for us yeah michael simple how do you see then i mean it's early days obviously we don't know what the results are but how do you see the situation developing ashraf ghani the 2 front runners ashraf ghani and i have shared power since 2014 in a compromise which was negotiated by the former u.s. secretary of state john kerry if there is deadlock again do you see the american stepping in or will the afghans have to sort it out themselves this time round. yes it is a really critical question because you know i think it's it's clear that the united states is getting tired of its role in afghanistan if there is some good news if there's some progress i think that they will persist but a political crisis a particularly something which led to some real you know civil disturbances would tip the balance in the us against continuing to assist off on this town so it's important they resolve this coming to the issue of they know whether there will be

a 2nd round or not and this is down to they refer to that what i what i was able to pick up from the early results coming in is that it does look like a 2 horse race that they the minor candidates you know only seem to have picked up really a ask uttering of votes and so most of the votes are going to the 2 lead counted as and increases the increases the chances that one of them will claim a 1st round victory so i think that now it's looking that way that this will be decided on the 1st round rather than the 2nd round and this is also where that the the work which has been put in to try and overhaul the electoral machinery it is absolutely important i mean something we should mention which might come as a shock for some of the viewers that most of the election commissioners who are responsible for the parliamentary election held last autumn. are not in jail right they have been jailed for their misconduct in that election they what we have in

this presidential election but we didn't have previously well 1st of all biometric machines which is to verify that there are real voters rather than just a roomful of people stuffing stuffing boxes and we also have a an electoral roll as an additional check things which did not exist in 2014 so yes these elections are going to be are going to be closely contested i'm sure that both of they. the 2 leading candidates and their teams believe that they have won they will contest it basically results sheet by results sheet but the election commission if they apply their rules in a far better position than 2014 to give a clean result that they will be able to back up with the evidence so i mean i very much hope that afghans will be spared the agony of protest dispute and us mediation right out which in the end which in the end of course does help to undermine the legitimacy of the resulting government let's hope the afghan votes

alone and the application of the election laws are sufficient to give a clear winner monitus a freshet in kabul michael says he thinks this election will be decided in the 1st round do you agree with that. oh well as still not very clear according to our reports and mission b.c. that the 2 leading candidates they have dead wards in different parts of the county in some parts of country one and another part another one you have the majority do you see the majority of words but it's also a woody to mention that. get across some other candidate it effected the edwards. it is about that they should 1st announce the. total number of participants that the parts but in this elections we still don't know about the number of voters they did about spitted in our elections and also we need to

follow that. and i see these databases and technical steps. might based on my decided to. move clarity at the shot in a short time to know who will be the winner at night and it will be exact results well in the 1st that there is a possibility of that on earth that happens ok let's look at the bigger picture now if we can frame dashti you know there was unprecedented progress as we said earlier this month was a negotiated end to the war with the taliban and the americans and taliban negotiating but of course that the lapse before the election where does this vote that happened on saturday leave that process now. well i think. all sides which are involved enough on the stand. particular of the afghan government or live on their supporters is you know supporters and those

countries for supporting the government of on a sunday of the. 2 applying that. there should be end of the war but how in un. just these are the questions of course the negotiation was starved because of various reasons but us soon as we have the new government i believe that that negotiation. vive. and as as ours as we're going to have the in egypt limited government that going to make things easier because previously. there excuse was that they will not negotiate with the government which will last only for a couple of months so then if if if the negotiation will be revived then we gonna have a legitimate government for another 5 years which could ease the negotiation with

all of one in of course with their supporters in the support of those in the. global supporters of the afghan government michael do you think any new afghan government after this nicholas year after this election will be able to negotiate in a stronger position is peace with the taliban still possible. it is still possible it is necessary i think that afghans on both sides of the conflict have decided that now is the time i suspect that they the taliban will try to to hold out for a while longer voiding meaningful negotiations with the afghan government and i think that's where of the the success of this election is written really matters by a strong a strong government which is able to give effect of leadership to its security forces which is able to make a credible offer to the the taliban of getting them on board. and accommodating

some legitimate grievances of the of the taliban and also which is which is able to to demonstrate that it can you know keep the country together even during a period of the us withdrawal then i think that eventually maybe not in one week maybe not in one month maybe it will take time they will get the taliban to the negotiating table and we'll achieve a settlement but it's difficult to it's difficult to stress enough just how important having a legitimate and effective government in kabul is to moving this peace process forward what about the negotiations between the americans and the taliban and the withdrawal of foreign troops enough in afghanistan where does that go after the selection. well my i think i've a personal take on this i think that those talks have actually gone as far as they were ever going to go that every child in afghanistan knows that united states is

keen to withdraw its troops from afghanistan as soon as can be done responsibly and that the only way of provisions and conditions they have is that security should be assured in their wake i really don't see much purpose in any further negotiations between the and the taliban and the and the us they'll be only going over an old old affairs the issue is getting the taliban and the hero and the afghan government to the negotiating table so they can talk about today how afghans can work together to rebuild their country that's the real issue that's the the u.s. is a sideshow all right thank you so much for that i needed them shall be speaking to you again often in the next few days when the election results come in thank you very much mamadou so fresh michael semple and for whole bashing and thank you as well for watching you can watch this program again any time by visiting our website

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thank. you. growing up in harsh and unforgiving circumstances children learned to play dangerous games they said if i throw stones then destroy the house and take me worn down by frustration and broken promises young men living under the constant threat of imprisonment they took me to the cheap and blindfolded me the time for them to regain control of their lives is when the boys returned prison my side announced at this time. 2 planes came from studio and 15 checked in

no hotel listing their mom missing for 5 days it is possible to fully clean the premises all forensic evidence but what you then leave is evidence that you have for the clinton stumped mystery wanted to give some of the stuff to speaking about the role in the book before even the saudi government just a. matter in a saudi consulate 0. 000. 00000000. saudi arabia's crown prince denies ordering the murder of jamal khashoggi but says he takes full responsibility for the journalists killing. hello and welcome to al-jazeera live from doha. coming up thousands of students

join anti beijing protests in hong kong as the city's stock exchange lists the 2nd biggest off. donald trump as the trees in the investigation against the congressman who's leading the impeachment inquiry against him. and a national dialogue in cameroon aimed at ending a long running political crisis that there are doubts the opposition. no turn out. the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sound man has denied ordering the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi in an interview with an american t.v. network he takes responsibility for the killing because it happened under his leadership but he denies any personal involvement. reports in his 1st public statement about the murder of saudi journalist jamal hazy crown prince mohammed bin selman acknowledges the responsibility but distances himself from the

murder the calm prince also known by his initials. brushed aside accusations he personally gave the order to kill the journalist. absolutely not this was a heinous crime like but i take full responsibility as a leader in saudi arabia especially since it was committed by individuals working for the saudi government turkish officials insist the killing was given by the highest authorities in study arabia the concluded in his assessment the order came from the crown prince as international pressure on sunday arabia. put 11 suspects on trial and fired close aides to. the trial is held in secret. and. the un special rapporteur. found out in her inquiry for the murder was

deliberate but meditated an extrajudicial a report was dismissed by saudi arabia the crown prince is also facing growing calls to free activists who have been detained for months one such case is that of le jane i'll have a little one of the most prominent female activists who fought for the right to drive her family says she was subjected to torture. if this is correct it is very heinous islam forbids torture the saudi laws forbid torture of human conscience forbids torture and i will personally follow up on this matter. and the meantime the crown prince faces more pressing issues drone attacks this month targeted critical oil installations and not 5 percent of the world's oil supply the u.s. veins iran describing the attacks as an act of war and b.s.

is calling for a tougher stance but rules military option against iran. if the world does not take a strong and firm action to deter iran we will see further escalations that will threaten world interests supplies will be. did and oil prices will jump to unimaginably high numbers that we haven't seen in our lifetimes saudi arabia also blames iran for arming the shia who theory rebels in yemen more than 4 years since the start of the saudi led military campaign thousands of civilians were killed the u.n. says the humanitarian crisis in yemen is the worst in the world. 1st if iran stops its support of the who thing militias the political solution will be much easier today we open all initiatives for a political solution in yemen we hope this happens today rather than tomorrow. but fighting has spared. dashing hopes for and a peaceful way out the crown prince in his interview with c.b.s.

didn't mention the d.c.c. crisis at all the blockade imposed by saudi arabia and qatar has led to deeper divisions and to raise concerns of further instability in the volatile middle east saudi authorities have recently announced easing visa restrictions and dropping strict dress codes for foreign women to attract tourists and diversify an economy addicted to oil many though say these steps are on the talent. to rebuild the image of the crown prince whose reputation has been damaged by the murder of the mother and the war in yemen has a. washington d.c. . president roger tire better ones written an article for the washington post in which he says his country will continue to investigate the murder of jamal khashoggi he says he is killing was not only a tragedy but also a blatant abuse of diplomatic immunity noting that the murder is traveled on

diplomatic passports and turned a diplomatic building into a crime scene and were assisted in the attempt to cover up by saudi arabia's top diplomat in istanbul which set a very dangerous precedent he goes on it's in our best interests and of humanity to ensure that such a crime is not committed anywhere again. let's go live there to see them because here you are a correspondent in turkey in istanbul of course a city where jamal khashoggi was actually murdered and president making no bones about expressing how strongly he feels about this particular incident as we approach the anniversary of it calling it a serious threat to the international order which challenges the conventions at the world has come to take for granted. exactly martin prisons are done underlines that the scan this murder could have been a precedent in terms of the matic situation and or diplomatic positioning

which while later to vienna convention mainly about his opinion i meant i must say that there is a is softening of his stone because last year after this incident this incident happened in turkey he he insisted that those people who perpetrated the murder should be extradited to turkey and those people should be tried in turkey as the murder took place on the turkish soil however in this opinion piece he wrote he mentions that national course and international courts can may deliver justice and he underlined the friendship between turkey and saudi arabia stating that he has always this thing wished king solomon and his loyal supporters loyal subjects. and there's a difference between them and the people who murdered damascus your general don names them as thugs beside says his highlight about the abuse of

diplomatic immunity he has some other comments he criticizes the court proceeding proceedings taking place in saudi arabia he says that these lack transparency these lack public access to trials which leaves a question mark but he says we are friends with is and this incident is not a number by later issued by the international one that's why he believes right now which is different compared to last year that international corps and national courts can bring justice but he says that even though we are friends we will continue to say the truth and we will be we will be keep we will be continuing asking the same question c.s.a. is who where are the remains of his body who gave the order as mohammed and stand on the crown prince's say princess. that he didn't give the order and. also he asked who is the local collaborator and who's dispatched those 15 diplomatic passport members to turkey so he will he believes that turkey will keep asking

these questions but it turns out that the messages the turkish authorities delivering right now are not as political as before but more about justice and international order and do we have any indication then as to how the turkish authorities are going to take their campaign forward which forums will they be using in order to try to find more of these are answers to the questions that so far a still left hanging in the. martin it's so far the indictment that the stumble prosecutor's office was a working go on was not ready i mean we we were hearing that the indictment was ready and they had all the evidence because we know that they have the samples that they have collected from 171 specific points inside the consulate we are expecting an announcement by istanbul prosecutor's office that the indictment is

ready and has been submitted and so far the foreign minister and turkish president have said that they have shared every evidence they have of the saudi authorities but it seems if they will wait for the saudi national court procedures for now and they will also they are actually wishing that international institutions are also the followers of this followers of this incident because prisons are downstairs in his opinion that the perpetrators should receive the necessary punishment through justice it's just the system as long as they are not punished properly or if they enjoy a full freedom back in saudi arabia or anywhere else in the world the justice will not be establishments he says that we all justice to jamal has shipped jenna's family. live in istanbul thank you very much indeed. now we have breaking news coming from yemen where who see thora tears have announced the

release of 350 prisoners. many and some saudi apparently this apparently a gesture of good will to the saudi u.a.e. coalition it includes 3 saudis and they will be transported to the kingdom of saudi arabia under the supervision of the red cross now the who things are saying that this is an attempt to revive the swap deal the prisoner swap deal under the stockholm agreement so the unilateral release it would appear is $350.00 prisoners by the who feel thor it is under the terms of that stockholm deal that was struck not that long ago in the swedish capital we'll get more details on that development as soon as we get it but in the meantime we'll look at the rest of the day's news and hundreds of students in hong kong of joined a sit in protest a day after violent demonstrations gripped the semi autonomous territory classes

were boycotted as anti beijing demonstrations continued into their 17th consecutive week despite the protests it appears to be business as usual in the financial district where budweiser has made its debut in the hong kong stock exchange and on cheese steak china will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china live now to our correspondent there adrian brown and adrian it will take many people by surprise who've been witnessing these scenes of chaos and often violence in the territory of hong kong over the last 17 weeks that the financial side i mean the the whole heartbeat if you like of hong kong continues to thrive it would appear. yes you're absolutely right we are in a parallel universe here in hong kong the fact that the world's biggest brewer has decided to go ahead with its listing on the hong kong stock market is a reminder of course that hong kong remains a key financial so.