this is al jazeera. hello i'm don jordan this is the out as they were news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes the taliban wants to make a deal we'll see if they want to make a deal it's going to be a real deal but we'll see. a resumption of talks with the taliban as president trump makes a surprise thanksgiving visit to u.s. troops in afghanistan. so dan approves a law to completely dismantle any trace of former president omar bashir his regime . more chaos in iraq security forces opened fire on crowds in the south as anti-government protests intensify. and europe's space agency unveils plans to

discover new secrets about the red planet. welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has announced peace talks have resumed with the afghan taliban the news came as the u.s. president made a surprise visit to afghanistan's bad field where he met with president ashraf ghani and u.s. soldiers stationed there in september trump declared talks with the taliban dead after a deal was reached in principle to pull u.s. troops from afghanistan the taliban wants to make a deal we'll see if they want to make a deal it's going to be a real deal but we'll see but they want to make a deal and they only want to make a deal because you do integrate the chillers they want to make it so i want to thank you and i want to thank the afghan soldiers. well rosen jordan joins us live now from washington d.c. so this is president trump's 1st trip to afghanistan how significant is it and what

more they have to say well it is significant because as you have pointed out this is the 1st time since taking office in 2017 that donald trump has visited u.s. forces in afghanistan and bob graham is the usual place where u.s. presidents have gone to spend thanksgiving with the troops what else donald trump had to say was this was that the taliban are interested in making a deal that they are interested in trying to reach some sort of ceasefire with the afghan government in kabul but what donald trump did not say and what other officials have not indicated as of yet is that the taliban is interested in laying down its weapons in demilitarisation in exchange for being a part of any future afghan government that would be a significant concession to the afghan government which we should note is not taking part in this current process of peace talks this is happening between the

u.s. and the taliban and at some point the afghans will then step in and actually negotiate face to face with the taliban on the future of their country and roses trauma's visits a way perhaps of dealing with political problems he has back home and also with the pentagon leadership. well certainly that is one way of looking at this there's always this idea that when a u.s. president is having up political trouble that he tries to boost his performance in foreign policy and certainly when you remember that donald trump promised to end all u.s. involvement in foreign wars and to bring u.s. troops home certainly if he were able to up hold off some sort of conclusive peace deal with the taliban and reduce the number of u.s. forces in afghanistan that would be a more important but in a more limited to our local view of looking at the situation the president has been

at loggerheads as it were with the top pentagon leadership because he's been very intimately involved in the matter of a navy seal team 6 member who had been accused of essentially war crimes while going after members of isis in iraq he has intervened he has said that the person should be restored to his previous title and hold on to his tried it which is the all important symbol of being a member of the navy seals and this is over the recommendations of not just top pentagon leadership but it has also let to the departure shall we say whether he resigned or whether he was fired is anyone's argument but it led to the departure of the deputy of the navy secretary because of the way the situation was being handled our generals in jordan there live for us in washington d.c. ross thanks let's bring in rina shah is a republican strategist and political analyst and joins us live from reston

virginia via skype this was an unannounced visit by president trump but it was shrouded in secrecy for security reasons but what do you think is behind the trip and why is trump doing it now. and it was behind the truth is that president trump wants his own personal approval rating he about once a truth sometimes american to be up and frankly invited pietschmann inquiry that numbers of holiday gone up and down and out you know that they're up against the people ratings and he wants to make sure that this new year which is very much a route the wire for us. is going to be secure that he want to look good in the face of the american and his title is commander in chief and so what better to make them to go to show that you care about them how about what the course here is his own personal attention and rina come says the u.s.

is now resume peace talks with the taliban but what do you think is the taliban strategy going forward given the collapse of the peace talks in september and troublesome council their proposed visit to camp david of a does a taliban even trust donald trump. well look i think the taliban understands that this president is a very unconventional president and the things in washington are not just chaotic but often able to be written rule the dorms of us society are able to be written almost overnight and that's the doubt i think expect your i don't think that they lost confidence that they can get somewhere and present chum but i think this that represents a moment frankly this this this announcement by the president of reopening i'm not going to unity and i think that 'd there are people who are part of the republican the sabbath class here in washington and they're pretty angry because they were pretty angry when it was announced that the president wants you break the taliban over to get

a bit so there are people here we're going to be critical of the president or what and that's how we can sort of seasons as a window of entry and there also were not great this means that our president is let's just put anything out there and see what sticks ok i mean trump also talked about substantially reducing u.s. troop numbers on the ground but it but he says u.s. troops will stay in afghanistan until he either gets total victory or a deal with the group but currently he has neither of those objectives. that represents exactly what this president suffers from and it's a lack of understanding of how things get done a lack of understanding of how office here militarily and i think you know all that sort of sense from the fact that this president has been genuinely interested in our military operation since before he even launches me and throughout his campaign he took office we see but he doesn't appear to want to understand how certain things are really done and he said just as you criticize the previous

administration that in this region was able to get anything done so leave it to a guy like me who the business deal maker and let me try to get something done i think that's exactly what he's operating with. right now is this and ok to quote him because he comes from another sector and could perhaps bring that expertise to deal making just a final thought from you i mean we know president trump has huge domestic and political troubles back home with the impeachment inquiry how much could this trip be seen baps as a way of taking back the domestic news agenda which you know i think that's where the american public has gotten quite a bit smarter and i am not in a phrase we use over here because i will say that because our news cycle has become so incessant it's almost 247 headlines because of what this president said how he operates is he your it's all very unconventional it's a lot of people getting political heat for we do i but it's also a puzzle

a lot of people either in the country class income or just the average american to say let me go a little bit more here about what the purpose actually saying we got to know one of our better and i think built up a lot of trust that his republican base casper damage has got a rock solid well those independents and the democrats are still everyone. rhenish off thank you very much indeed for talking to al jazeera thank you know now sudan's government has approved the law to dismantle the regime of the former president omar al bashir the country's prime minister says the decision was not a not to revenge but i aimed at preserving the dignity of the sudanese people the mole was posturing a joint meeting of sudan's sovereign council and cabinet bashir was removed from office last april after months of anti-government protests even morgan has the latest now from concert. this creek basically embodies the demands of the sydney's people sense december last year when they took to the streets demanding

a change in governance demanding that former president i wouldn't be here as part siege be removed from power now that is something that we have seen repeatedly over the past few months specifically on the 21st of october when people took to the streets even after a transitional government was formed and people saying that members of his family are awesome and are now asked for this decree members of the former ruling party cannot stand in a political position for the next 10 years and all asked of what on by the former ruling party will be seized by the government so this is quite significant and to a certain degree it does fulfill the demand of the people who have been for existing for the past few months demanding a change in government demanding new figures to take the place of those who have been running for the past 30 years the prime minister issued a statement or via twitter saying that this is not an act of revenge that this is something that is in reflects the will of the people who have been out on the streets for months but they're also very cautious about responsible those who have

been loyal to the former ruling party for the past 30 years people are quite worried the government specifically is quite worried about the reaction of those who are loyal to the formerly party let's not forget that they have been in power for the last 30 years sort you have been. around in every single governmental institution including military institution so we are concerned that there will be a backlash. to iraq now where security forces have opened fire on crowds in a southern city as anti-government protests worsen at least $33.00 people are reported dead after the protest in nasiriyah and another 11 deaths in the job of well the army earlier dispatched commanders to the province with instructions to restore order on wednesday the iranian consulate in the jeff was set on fire bomb a gem june reports now from the capital baghdad. in iraq a dramatic escalation hundreds of anti-government protesters storming the compound

of the iranian consulate late wednesday in the southern city of najaf setting parts of the diplomatic mission on fire replacing an iranian flag with. its own how to go when the consulate was set on fire all the right police in their job and the security forces started firing and as if we were burning iraq as a whole the right police fired tear gas canisters intensively and the security forces rangers heavily with live bullets. protesters say iran is exerting too much power in iraq and they want their iraqi government to take action to limited. according to analysts it's not just this attack that significant but also the symbolism of where it took place this is the city where the ayatollah khomeini used to live it's considered to be you know the heart of the shia muslim world and iran thought that it had the population the iraqi shia population on its side in terms of its you know regional policies clearly that's not the case in the this is the

2nd time this month that an iranian consulate in a shiite majority city has been targeted by iraq the demonstrators 3 weeks ago security forces killed 4 demonstrators who stormed the consulate in the city of karbala both attacks feed into the wider anti-government protest movement that's engulfed iraq since october. hours later violence in yet another shiite majority southern city dozens killed or wounded in nasiriyah when security forces opened fire with live rounds and tear gas to disperse crowds of protesters. military announced the troops would be dispatched to southern iraq to restore order. anti-government demonstrations have been raging in iraq since early october with protesters accusing the government of corruption and demanding a complete overhaul of the country's political system since the unrest began at least $350.00 people have been killed and thousands wounded. political analysts say

the only way for the government to find a solution is by pushing for reform. to issue a new electorial role for the best of the people to hold early elections off to be rocky parliament dissolved itself and the government resigns but many protesters say much more needs to be done day after day the demonstrators that we speak with be they in baghdad or other cities tell us they don't feel the government is taking their demands seriously they say that no matter the risk it will continue to come out and press for the rights and opportunities they say they deserve. but that well it's going to best my mommy from the university of waterloo she joins us live via skype best met today was one of the bloodiest since protests began last month in iraq how significant is this escalation in the violence and you think we've reached a boiling point in the country. i think we have in fact you know and it's been certainly going on for several months now but just the sheer death toll the images

that are coming out are bloodier a letter despite the fact that there's an enormous crackdown on the media inside the country of threats so by shutting down so many but certainly i think the images that are coming out show that it's becoming more and more horrific these quick reaction forces i think are certainly using live ammunition we've seen that documented we know that 'd some of the deadly force that they've used that you know are these canisters you know that are being quite literally head shot at from a piii this is really just beyond i think anyone's imagination and i think there is a real crisis of confidence in the entire political class to find a solution yeah and that's an interesting point you make best mother because prime minister he came to office promising reforms that just haven't materialized how much pressure is he on to tackle these issues like corruption unemployment public services when so much of it as you point out is that economic reforms that it's

needed certainly the demands are very much about services about accountability but i think one thing that is clear after this i hope is that iraqis also the need to start demanding security sector reform really coming to some sense of what is exactly the role of the police and military force and some of that is being directly. you know influenced by bite you read all of that i think it's quite problematic at best but let's look at the geopolitical picture because we've seen attacks on iranian consulates in iraq many protesters believe that iran wields far too much influence in iraq come up as a slot to play into the broader issue of the sectarian divide in the country. well look member these protests are very much not sectarian you know we have seen very little of that despite the fact of course there's a normal spots there of sectarianism throughout the country and indeed we've seen a lot of sundays in particular really staying kind of back here but i think what

this has you know what this has given rise to is this feeling that iran is not an ally of the people you know they had had that logic or that argument for a very long time that somehow irad was the protectorate of particularly the shia majority that fallacy has now been opened very clearly and i think the burning of the shrine in russia was really an example of a message to very much iran and its backers inside the country that they are not serving the interests of the iraqi people that's my final thought i mean the protesters say they want the government to resign and according to a wider political reforms at these demands likely to be met realistically do you think will could these protests actually bring down the government it could i mean we're hearing rumblings of you know even the siren alliance asking for the prime minister's resignation i think we're going to have to see what happens on friday with stanley and his sermon that often is addicted of that sort of. protest

movement call it a thought that i'd certainly another person but you know unfortunately it's musical chairs of political elites there just really isn't anybody who is frankly clean or deemed to be clean and rising above all of this unfortunate you know response that has been so bloody and very much repressive so we feel like we're running out of i think trusted leaders and that's the real challenge for the iraqi protest movement writ large bets on the money thank you very much indeed for talking to al jazeera. still to come here on the news hour including more on why thousands of rallied in hong kong to express their gratitude to the united states. fears of an escalation on the korean peninsula as the north resumes testing missiles. on a sport. getting into arsenals emirates stadium out of a europa league game details coming.

dozens of yemenis have been welcome back home from jail in saudi arabia as part of a prisoner swap 128 men were flown into sun hours international airport aboard red cross planes u.n. special envoy martin griffiths has welcome the prisoner swaps that came during a new push to end the 5 year war well the saudi led coalition announced on wednesday that some airport would reopen to limited flights allowing patients to fly out for medical care or the ahmed was at the airport in some of the prisoners arrived. this flight is the 1st flight. for the president before this the 1st offer szell. swarup will release of for president of war by saudi arabia u.a.e. little qualification people are hoping this would push forward for achieving all realizing the peace in yemen which has been going through difficult and destructive times throughout nearly 5 years many of those wife talk to

hope they will find their relatives. to really to go out of this international posts but so far now we couldn't know that. the exact number of who though will be ripe but according to the news that i have heard that some of them have been detained and. which is the just 40 kilometers from sun are also those who are being detained in areas in the course and the coastline of. there are also fisherman. are concerned that the they want their fighters to be released also there are thousands of people who are being detained who are that's involved in the war especially those who try to travel outside yemen through the areas which are under the control of the saudi

u.n. a little qualification but a senior who's here special told al-jazeera the prisoner release is a positive step from saudi arabia. i walk speak to stop all the war against yemen to get in release all the prisoners to pay the saudis of all the employees in yemen and also to open their son i have courts it is no any justification to close this airport for about 25000000 yemenis living in sinai and living in all yemeni government 86. a 3 day general strike is underway in lebanon where volatile confrontations that threaten what have largely been peaceful protests in recent days that were tense standoff between sectarian and political rivals but nearly 6 weeks since the start of the movement protesters are determined to restore a united voice against the ruling class in a report from the capital beirut. a message of peace at

a time of political turmoil. mothers joined hands after a violent incident between supporters of rival political parties brought back dark memories. i know of many was re-elected on civil war began in 1975. they called for a national unity. the people i think you know are born after night after the war was gone they don't know what is the they stopped of the war they don't know if it's blood will come blood will not give them food will not give them opportunities they walked in the mainly christian neighborhood of i've been to many towards what was the front line that divided the lebanese capital. they then crossed into the mainly shiite neighborhood of shia. it was a warm welcome from a person who seemed to want to leave the past behind was. but it was a different picture a few nights ago there was

a standoff between supporters of christian opposition parties and backers of shiite parties in power and hezbollah who have used force against the appetite establishment protestors across the country in recent days. is doing what they do is just play on the sectarian. the sectarian emotions they're trying to use the tools on the streets of intimidating. peaceful protesters and this is being used basically to i think. for internal kind of balance and. or struggle in between the establishment parties opposition parties have been accused of hijacking a popular uprising for almost 2 months there have been protests against the political elite who are refusing to give up power that it was a history of civil war and hunger for civility that is why many are concerned the longer this political crisis lasts and the longer people remain in the streets the

likelihood of more violence increases. their data. activists in hong kong are calling on world leaders to follow the u.s. president trump signed a bill backing pro-democracy protesters the nor laus the u.s. to sanction chinese and hong kong officials guilty of human rights abuses beijing as accused trumps administration of sinister intentions and as vowed to respond so far in central hong kong they gathered to say thank you to the united states president donald trump signed into law the hong kong human rights and democracy act on wednesday the pro-democracy protesters embraced it as a sign of support i think. biggest given the special. how do you see that the economic. situation of hong kong. to all mainland china actually yeah. i think it was affecting. the whole situation i'm

very nice to be a part of it stay standing here. or not say you are prepared to. share a. delightful moment of being here yes for this with thank you mr speaker i thank the legislation had really broad bipartisan support in both the u.s. senate and the house of representatives and for the people of hong kong it allows the u.s. to introduce economic sanctions against hong kong and withdraw the city special trade status. if it believes the government is failing to protect democracy and human rights pro-democracy activist joshua wall held the legislation as a victory for the protest movement which is paralyzed parts of the city since june it just encourage world leaders around the world and politicians aware that it's time for them to hong kong but the hong kong government rejected the legislation

accusing us of interfering in the city's internal affairs and sending the wrong message to violent protests critics included the city's former chief executive after all these years interest me because the people in the west are going to have it. opening to most of the countries as if they had done better on dealing with their own domestic problems china echoed that message describing it unnecessary and more into it and some of the u.s. ambassador in beijing. hong kong china's hong kong hong kong affairs are purely china's internal affairs no foreign organization foreign government and foreign individual has the right to be who you are going the us legislation comes less a little we're going to blow democracy party secured a landslide victory in the city's district council elections that too has been a morale boost for these protestors but so far the government is showing no signs

of compromise in meeting these demands for political reform sarah clarke 0 concord . the form of all these president i mean has been handed a 5 year prison sentence for money laundering well the court ruled that yemeni had taken a $1000000.00 in state money collected for land feeds he's also been ordered to pay a $5000000.00 fine the president served for 5 years until a surprise defeat last year follows an al jazeera investigation which expose corruption within the maltese government. north korea says it successfully tested super large multiple rocket launches earlier south korea said it tracked what appeared to be 2 missiles fired into the east sea it comes days after the north ordered artillery drills near a disputed maritime border bride as more from seoul. this test firing does seem to be very similar to previous launches now numbering more than a dozen that have taken place in recent months showing the north korea's frustration at the stalled nature of nuclear talks with the united states there has

been a lull in test firing the last launch or was nearly a month ago when north korea test fired a multiple rocket launcher with their rockets landing in the sea separating the korean peninsula from japan but north korea it seems has been looking for other ways to up the pressure it's been widely reported by north korean media this week that last weekend leader kim jong un visited an artillery unit on the maritime border between north and south korea and personally directed an artillery test firing which has irked people here in south korea because of course that is very much against the spirit of the declarations that were signed at the end of last year between north and south korea at the height of the summit diplomacy and it just shows how relations have cooled significantly since that time and of course

with the clock ticking towards the end of this year which is the deadline that kim jong un has given for some sort of breakthrough in negotiations with the united states or with the ominous warning that in the new year he is likely to choose a different path. time for a short break here al-jazeera when we come back following albania as a quake we look at how residents in one of the worst hit cities are dealing with the crisis. according to nato braindead the french president to money comes face to face with its general. scored goals cuts through decades of tradition in south africa. that story stay with us. hello there my goodness what a very unpleasant picture it has been weather wise across much of the united states for the last couple of days it's not been too bad into the southeast in the bulk of

the weather in terms of snow has been out towards the west some pretty strong winds as well this is actually interstate 5 it's the the road that takes you why did northern california into oregon and just look at this a major interstate just completely blocked people with up to 17 hours in some very very deep snow as to what comes next well as we go through friday it does care away from the clearing through much of oregon washington down into northern california but a massive snow out across the west rain of course further to the south it's not about day friday either really through much of the southeast right the way up into new york 7 degrees celsius but then as we head to the day that system in the southwest that pushes way up into the plains the upper midwest and look at this another system just waiting in the wings that so by sunday it doesn't look too good to we could also a house and thunderstorms down into texas is much milder there and the rain could be heavy at times maybe some scattered showers stream eastern sections of the caribbean the bulk of the rain as usual further to the south coast rica and also

into panama city the story on suffered a bit sunny skies of mexico city. but . many countries aren't keeping up with their commitments to stop our planet's heating up in the achieve anything at the un climate change conference in madrid. as representatives from over $200.00 countries gather for a cop $25.00 joining us for special coverage on al-jazeera. does the mind play tricks the damn car is always parked right there are they really out there half of the family by like being pulled out of mosul and dragons here at like

they're not in the car the filmmaker takes the f.b.i. to court to find out approximately $33120.00 pages of records and in the process mobilizes her community as long as people are free to tom and there is no checks against them so the feeling of being watched on al-jazeera. welcome back i'm out of our top stories here this hour donald trump says the u.s. has resume talks with the afghan taliban the announcement came as the u.s. president made a surprise visit to the country where he met with president from. saddam's government has approved the north to dismantle the regime of former president omar al bashir the country's prime minister says the decision was not of much of avenge

but anger preserving the dignity of the sudanese people. under iraqi security forces have killed at these $33.00 protesters in the city of nasiriyah is on to government them. ration is worse than the army earlier dispatch commanders the provinces with instructions to restore order. now a key witness in the u.s. impeachment inquiry against president donald trump has been accused of sexual misconduct 3 women made allegations against gordon somebody in the u.s. envoy to the european union some lenders call the accusations concocted is testimony linked to president trump decision to withhold aid from ukraine but investigations into his political rivals and transpersonal neuer has been accused of pursuing lucrative business deals with ukraine officials while pushing the president's agenda u.s. media is reporting that rudy giuliani explored deals were hundreds of thousands of dollars while he pressured ukraine to dig up damaging information on democratic presidential contender joe biden giuliani says he never accepted a penny. well to examine page from the hearings in the us

a done little to shift the american public's opinion on president trump say the republican controlled senate is unlikely to try to convict him with a presidential election less than just a year away could be up to swing state voters to decide if trump gets a 2nd term in office as reports many watching closely. the streets of media pennsylvania are adorned for the coming holidays but as matthew co forbes awaits the trolley to work headlines from the impeachment hearings in washington threaten to take away some of his cheer i really don't agree with it. i mean they're going to i'm not a politician or anything like that i just i think they've been trying to master it in the sense 26 going to new trimester of the 20 year old restaurant worker and business student is among the white working class swing state voters who deliver trying to victory in 2016 in cold forbes says the impeachment inquiry centered on whether trump inappropriately pressured ukraine's president on

a phone call has only cemented his support i don't really know what happened at all on that phone call. but i've read part of the transcript. and i don't really see what they're trying to all of you here. polls show americans remain evenly divided on whether to impeach trump weeks of public hearings have done little to change minds and democrats have privately knowledged that senate republicans will have the power to decide president trumps fate will not vote to convict him so we're gone conclusion that impeachment will not remove trump from office so what does it all for well he still has to fight for reelection within a year and so his future still very much depends on how the efforts to impeach him plays off of american voters i've been hoping that gets impeached since the get go i'm glad there. finally getting around to it if you believe that abuses of power

occurring you have to you have to try to hold people accountable with most american showing a clear partisan divide and whether they support impeachment it's the rare swing voter who will likely decide whether trump remains in office after 2020 like the voters who helped elect delaware county councilwoman monica taylor to office earlier this month for control of the local government flipped from republican to democrat for the 1st time in 150 years we have a lot of people who are moderate to have a lot of people are somewhere in the middle find themselves somewhere in the middle and i think we are a good example of where that swing vote is going to come from in pennsylvania is you know it's a swing state but even as political analysts say these pennsylvania and suburbs have shifted left in an apparent move both against trump areas of the state have moved further right recent local elections in western pennsylvania some republicans gain in string a sign that the battle for the state's electoral college votes pivotal to whether

trump wins re-election in 2020 will be fierce. castro al-jazeera media pennsylvania. a brazilian court has convicted the former president of the silver in a 2nd corruption case he's been sentenced to 17 years in prison he was released from jail earlier this month in the supreme court ruled a person can only be imprisoned after all appeals have been exhausted he was serving a sentence for receiving bribes from construction companies in return for public contracts in the denies any wrongdoing. the death toll from tuesday's earthquake in albania has risen to at least 41 people rescue workers are continuing to search for survivors amongst the rubble of collapsed buildings but hopes of finding anyone alive and are fading the magnitude 6.4 quake was the most powerful to hit the country in decades rescue teams more around europe flown in to help. apple's map and weather applications have started displaying the disputed crimea region as part of russian territory but the changes are when it was about to use as inside russia

elsewhere the territory does not display as part of any country russian troops an excuse me a back in 2014 which ukraine and its western allies denounced as illegal apple has not commented on the decision. the un's high commissioner for refugees says he's seen disturbing conditions in greece's crowded refugee camps for the brandy spent 2 days visiting camps on the island of lesbos so far in 2019 more than 65000 people have arrived in greece that's an 80 percent increase on the year before ground is urging other european countries to accept more asylum seekers and says the camps must improve. french president has welcome nato secretary general un stoltenberg for talks in paris the meeting comes weeks after criticize the organization calling it brain dead the comments of sparked a discussion about the role and future of nato but the reports now from the french

capital. it was a longer handshake than usual for the french president it seemed to be a sign that emanuel was in a conciliatory mood as he greeted nato secretary general at the least say only a few weeks after he described the military alliance as brain dead but if you install timberg had hoped for an apology or a retraction he didn't get one as mike ross stood by his claim that nato lacked direction because one of the questions i ask our open questions that we have not resolved peace in europe. treaty the relationship with russia the subject with turkey who is standing so injuries or decision let's not negotiate cost sharing a burden sharing maybe we needed a wake up call if you permit english expressions stoltenberg said nato members often had different opinions but that didn't mean the alliance has no future so the policy is that while questions are 'd being asked about the strength of the transatlantic north america and europe dream or together than we have done for

decades it's clear that my course comment that nato is brain dead didn't go down well with stoltenberg pretty certainly shaken up the alliance and focused minds on coming up with some new ideas germany's foreign minister has suggested that a group of experts from outside nato could be created to review the organization some analysts say such a move would be constructive it was war in ukraine there's a huge problem in middle east their war in syria iraq iran is behaving differently so this is something very useful and it's much better to discuss the problem together with experts inside the alliance than then criticizing the alliance and. to. next week and they told leaders meet in london for a special summit to mark its creation 70 years ago during the cold winning it was a time when members agreed on their aims and who was the enemy today its leaders

are politically polarized and the security challenges have changed nato might not be at death's door yet but most members now expose concede that for it to survive successfully it needs a fresh approach. i'll just paris hungary has charged the captain of a cruise ship involved in a collision in may 27 people died when the mermaid a small tourist boat capsized and sank in the river danube ukrainian captain has been charged with misconduct leading to mask actual days and failing to provide help most of the victims were tourists from south korea. 3 world health organization workers have been killed in democratic republic of congo is the latest in a series of attacks on the boehner virus treatment centers comes as protests were held outside the united nations peacekeeping mission in the regional capital goma one of the soldiers has been accused of killing a demonstrator on monday more than 70 people have been killed in attacks by different armed groups since the army launched an offensive last month more than

18000 people remain displaced by floods in kenya recovery efforts have been challenged by more heavy rain and landslides in the west coast guard major roads and bridges have been damaged making it more difficult to provide humanitarian aid to the areas affected at least $120.00 people across the country have been killed. now air pollution could be having a bigger impact on our health than previously thought a searches from harvard university found that poor quality can contribute to parkinson's diabetes and your new tract infections past studies of already link pollution to brain cancer strokes miscarriages and mental health problems. a former british police chief has been found not guilty of the manslaughter of $95.00 football fans at a match 30 years ago david duncan field was in charge of policing the 1989 f.a. cup semifinal at hillsborough in sheffield where the supporters were crushed to death in a bucket reports much as i was. here for

a cup match between liverpool with not even forest at sheffield wednesday skills for a ground that started on time but outside the stadium the 1st signs of disaster a boy lifted clear from the crowd still waiting to get. inside the ground behind one of the goals horrific events were unfolding. thousands of lives whole farms were being crushed behind high anti-riot fences commons at the time. police and players struggle to comprehend what was happening. a major inquiry blamed a breakdown in policing including a failure to delay the game and a decision to open gates that allowed fans to surge into the stadium and then into the already packed standing areas. the munch commander was former chief superintendent david duncan field trial for the gross negligence manslaughter of 95 people the 96 victim dunn i don't know schoolies off to his brother duncan field

didn't give evidence because he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. computed initially claimed that liverpool fans had forced a gate open and rushed into the stadium he later admitted it was a lie. police have been accused of trying to shift the blame on to the fines relatives of those killed fear they will never know the full story of what happened at hillsborough for many the not guilty verdict came as a blow they say they'll continue their search for justice but not like. all of you . on. this. you ought not to say great things. to the 96 year old one of the strains this has been just that i was shaky on this whole jihad the so dispense with the concept of them because that implies. that they read it was

gross the difference was not to kill the president turned it. in the world hillsborough you see it into the country's consciousness oh altering safety standards of sports venues around the world and changing british football for ever leave al-jazeera. britain's prime minister at bars johnson's facing criticism for not taking part in the u.k.'s 1st leaders' debate on climate change and stayed on ice sculpture shaped as the globe was placed on johnson's empty podium. the european union declared a climate emergency ahead of next week's international cup 25 climate summit. now the future of europe's role in space is being decided in spain after 2 days of meetings in seville the 22 members of the european space agency have signed off on a record budget of nearly 16000000000 dollars over the next 5 years the blockbuster proposals include voyages to the moon and other planets as well as sending the 1st

ever rock sample back from mas well the agency is also looking into a space based 5 g. network to live a faster phone connections and a way to get early warnings of solar storms it argues that any investment in space science helps the economy back here on earth through new jobs and technology. it looks only so simple after such 2 days of intensive discussions there's a program we have missions everything everything looks trivial but. each and every one who looks a little bit more into detail knows that these are really complicated procedures in time they're from very happy i mean nasa has run government we have 22 so this is all it is something which is different and i'm very grateful for all the member states plus lavinia plus canada to subdue for the support of what we are doing. well but massey is the deputy executive director of the royal astronomical society in the united kingdom he says the funding will help him gauge

a new type of audience and bring about more collaborative developments. well i'm pleasantly surprised because these things tend to be a big tussle much as the end of the nose imply and you know realistic evolve to that of a flat budget in cash so that something that you know gets of rosita bit by bit actually looks the way many should she wrote right with the most of the programs there are a few exceptions and most of them requests a astable a mix and that's that's really good news i think it's still when you could be individual contributions to say is it right and it's about $22.00 member states it's not a massive drain on each individual budgeting yet it's something that rio's real diffidence assignments and also for the space industry in general i think it's always the science programs that stand out in the eyes of the public in the news media russia i mean imagine if in a decade's time or a bit less than that you're covering a european american mission to try deflecting a small asteroid i think that would be quite be nice if it works and it's really great that europe's got

a central role in the lunar gateway as well in europe involved in that actually having astronauts around the moon again now played a nasa you know nasa or is leading a lot of that but it's still very much a multinational mission but there are also things like a gravitational wave observatory you know you remember those shock waves across the universe that we 1st discovered a few years ago the big x. ray observatory it's a it's really good news that so you know i think it's great to see that kind of investment in fundamental sciences as well as in things like communications and those of ocean. the.

well. thank you very much a jury in the u.k. has found a police officer in charge on the day of the u.k.'s deadliest sporting disaster not guilty of gross negligence and manslaughter 96 liverpool fans died as a result of a fatal crash at sheffield wednesday as hillsborough ground in 1909 former police chief superintendent david duncan field was cleared after a 7 week retrial in the wake of the tragedy a standing room terraces were banned from the top 2 divisions in england a modern all see the stadia were introduced when the years leading up to hills rather rise of hooliganism it resulted in very oppressive policing at football matches since 9900 placing it games has placed a greater emphasis on crowd safety and 3 years after hillsborough the english

premier league was launched with a new safety recommendations that grounds that having an effect had resulted in more women and families attending games which in turn helped transform the image of the english game brazilian team flamengo are now targeting success of the club world cup to cap off their most successful season in decades on wednesday the team lifted the brazilian league trophy for celebrating their 7th domestic title in front of their home fans and readers american our stadium team we've also just won south america's cup a level of tolerance for the 1st time in 38 years for mankind will enter the club world cup in qatar at the semifinal stage. if you win the cup or live at the door it's the most important tournament in south america as well as a strong championship the brazilian league what more could you want but let's see what happens i'm very happy at flamingo we have 20 more days to work with the team before we go to cats are in the europa league majesty are 2 of beaten by

a stunner in their group games that were also wins for roma and mentioned lab back on thursday meanwhile these were the scenes outside our schools emirates stadium in london ahead of their group clash with aren't tracked frankfurt the german fans were banned by you wife after crowd trouble at a preview. but if you can say that didn't stop scores of ultras from trying to get into the emirates you could police moved in to make sure they didn't. the un is a manchester city have announced they're buying a majority share in the indian super league club by city f c it comes a day after the city football group or c f j revealed a 500000000 dollar investment from u.s. private equity firms silverlake the deal means the f.t. now have a stake in 8 clubs around the world thank you man city of new york city f.c. a note in city of the final race of the f one season takes place in abu dhabi on sunday 1st practice is on friday now ferrari will be looking to end a disappointing campaign on a high recently team bosses held crisis talks with that to drive us about the

investor and. the pack rushed into each other at the previous go and pray in brazil . we we looked at it and i particularly looked at it. trying to understand how we call love made the things but i think it was a very unfortunate 1st of all because the church was extremely small and it had big . big drama after that so that was a little bit unlucky but as a team i think we probably should try and be a bit less aggressive in between each other to to for these things to not happen again for the team it's not good for everyone that is supporting us it's not good soul try for it to to not so it's not happen again col macgregor has revealed who is a part it will be it is your see combat fight next january the irishman has agreed to fight donald said o n e r u s c 246 in las vegas on january 18th the 2 division world champion hasn't fought since losing to cubbie but not about goal made of last october. now as host of the

southeast asian games the philippines get to introduce sports they know they'll be good out one of them is an ancient filipino martial art call out of nice dark and reports. korea has take one japan has karate and the philippines also has its own martial arts sport at least. so this is why for jude rodrigo is a nice it's more than just a combat sport it has come to symbolize the filipino identity so for the past few years she along with other members of the at least national team have been clocking in long hours to train for their biggest competition the southeast asian games 1st of all and it's more of you will be hiring and have a better year because if you don't perform well this year you don't perform well and then that you are in this world probably not as much. and this was the

preferred duel match of filipinos hundreds of years ago it was originally called. our harness of the hand. the philippines is hosting the southeast asian games for the 4th time and much is at stake at least players aim to clinch at least 15 gold medals hoping not just to put at least in the spotlight internationally but also so it may flourish as a popular sport in the philippines i want. to be. international you also want. to be promoted despite limitations in resources and government support for the p. the athletes have always exult in combat sports like that their black belter gretchen miller lead who is a 3 time gold medalist in the sea games her records remain unmatched across asia to

this day the athletes. sports commission now provides food which is the basic which is i'm glad that happened also they got their food for free like before that we need $11000.00 beds and i receive i need to buy my own food every athlete stream not really the gold medal but you know at the end of the during the ceremony that year you're the reason why you're the national anthem is being played you know like everyone would be standing up. for your country for your flag. compared to other sports at least cuts across social classes in the philippines all you need is a stick or 2 using sticks and knives and disguised as a folk dance at a nice is believed to have been used by need to to fight during the early spanish colonial period so it is seen not just as

a sport but also an art form that represents the filipinas ability to resist and injure or to meddle in dog an al-jazeera and. extreme weather in south africa has forced golf bosses to break with decades of tradition for the 1st time since the european tour began in $172.00 players are being allowed to wear shorts temperatures are topping 40 degrees at the alfred dunhill chopper chip in leopard creek shorts had previously been restricted to pro-ana vents and practice rounds and that is always what for now more later. and did and you can find much more on our websites you can catch up on all the latest on the ongoing under government protests in iraq and of course president shams visit to afghanistan the address al jazeera dot com that's out as era dot com that's it for me i'm back and i'm at the morning news.

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whose truth is that anyway on al-jazeera. the taliban wants to make a deal we'll see if they want to make a deal it's going to be a real deal but we'll see. a resumption of talks with the taliban as president trump makes a surprise thanksgiving visit to u.s. troops in afghanistan. but i'm down in jordan this is not as they are alive from also coming up so down approves a law to completely dismantle any trace of former president omar al bashir as a regime. more chaos in iraq security forces opened fire on crowds in the south as anti-government protests intensified. 13 years after the worst disaster in british sporting history a former police chief was found not guilty of the deaths of $95.00 football.