what you should hear that. 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 makes a surprise thanksgiving visit to the u.s. troops in afghanistan. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera life and also coming up more chaos in iraq security forces opened fire on crowds and the south as anti-government protests intensify. sudan approves a logical bleakly dismantle any trace of former president omar al bashir or sheen. and the death toll rises to at least 46 in albania as deadly earthquake as new tremors are reported.

as president has announced peace talks have resume with the afghan taliban the news came during a surprise visit to afghanistan's air base where he met with president. and u.s. soldiers stationed there as more. the u.s. commander in chief celebrates thanksgiving with troops a dog room air base in afghanistan a tradition going back to the start of the conflict against the taliban in 2001 but after 18 years it's a war washington is struggling to finish and donald trump says he's lies in the hands of the taliban 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're doing a great job the chillers they want to make if you trouble announced for the 1st time the taliban is interested in reaching a peace agreement with the government in kabul. this after they released 2 western

hostages and 10 afghan soldiers in exchange for 3 of their senior leaders. these are the 1st signs of progress since broke off talks in early september after the taliban killed a u.s. soldier in a bombing but officials say there's still no sign the taliban are ready to give up their weapons permanently in exchange for a role in afghan politics demilitarization is a key demand from afghan president ashraf ghani but he's been sidelined while u.s. and taliban do senators meet still colony joined trump on stage at bob graham and tweeted out highlights of the moment apparently keen to show he is still relevant in the peace process for donald trump the priority is cutting the number of u.s. troops in afghanistan from about 13000 to about 8600 and to helping the afghans handle their security on their own we're breaking it down very substantially and will be down in a number that's very it's

a good number and we're going to stay until such time as we have a deal or we have total victory and they want to make a deal over a promise for peace made by 2 previous presidents with the 3rd hoping his will come to fruition rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington initial as a republican strategist and political analyst she believes the taliban seen a truck presidency as an opportunity to strike a deal with us. i think the taliban understands that this president is a very unconventional president and that things in washington are not just chaotic but often able to be written rules the forms of us aside you're able to be written almost overnight and that's that's how 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 he's

taught. me and i think that there are people who are part of a republican savvy class here in washington and they're pretty angry because they were pretty angry when it was announced as the president when it's you break the taliban over again david so there are people here we're going to be critical of the president matter what and the taliban sort of sees us as a window of entry and they're also going to operate the same rules that our president is let's just put anything out there and see what sticks 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 launched his campaign and throughout his campaign he took office we see but he doesn't care to want to understand how certain things are really done and he said just want to criticize your previous administration says that in the street he 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 a sense that people who were blessed him because he comes from another sector and could perhaps bring that expertise to deal making. sudan's government has approved a law to dismantle the regime of former president omar al bashir the country's prime minister says the decision was not an act of revenge but and it preserving the dignity of the sudanese people and the law was passed in a joint meeting of sudan's sovereign council and cabinet a share was removed from office in april after months of anti-government protests to morgan as a latest from khartoum. there's the creech basically embodies the demands of the sudanese people sense december last year when they took to the streets demanding a change in government demanding that former president i wouldn't be here as parts each 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 followers who are often in power now asked for this decree members of the former ruling party cannot stand in a political position for the next 10 years and all assets that were 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 protesting 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 was reflects the will of the people who have been out on the streets for months but they're also very cautious about the response of 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 past 30 years so you have the the around in every single governmental institution including military institutions that we are concerned that there will be a backlash. 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 protests in syria and another 11 deaths and in shot off the army earlier dispatched commanders to the provinces with instructions to restore order on wednesday the iranian consulate and fire bombing reports from 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 the issue of 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 as if we were burning iraq as a whole the riot police fired tear gas canisters intensively on the security forces ranges heavily with live bullets of protesters say iran is exerting too much power in iraq and they want their 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 on 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 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 roll for the best of the people to hold early elections off to be rocky polman dissolves 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 they will continue to come out and press for the rights and opportunities they say they deserve. but that doesn't have to many as have been welcomed back home from jail in saudi arabia as part of a prisoner swap the group of 129 men were flown in to sana's international airport on board red cross aircraft it comes during a new push to end a 5 year war as more from santa for the 1st time in nearly 4 years a passenger plane touching down at sunrise international port the 1st of 3 to arrive from the saudi capital aboard the planes 129 yemenis that the international committee of the red cross called prisoners of war they were. heroes

by large crowds into an airport building that has to empty since 2016. we are here today to receive our prisoners so far who are coming from the countries where detained. us time and we would like to convey to the road to our suffering starts to people here in yemen suffering a lot because they cannot travel because of the discrimination of the countries order not to allow the people to travel a lot of people are sick here. but for this woman there was only disappointment has son was not among the retired nice as he admitted that i hope i see my son in the next prisoner swap over you never know who is being released and who is not they are all our sons. even when time with. the houthi is on the solidly qualified

side a united nations brokered deal in stockholm last december but it has yet to be implemented both sides who have released 17000 prisoners or who are the who are these have so far who are least 600 this group from saudi arabia was released as a sign of good will of god i laid out. the un has not played its role well it should have put more pressure on stalking agreement signatories to fill their pledges we hope more serious action will be taken by this important world body up many of the returning prisoners told. that they have been detained for over a year and a half and had been tortured. with the arrival of these prisoners many hold this will be stripped to her as building trust between warring parties and put them on path to peace after 5 years of flyting. bob.

from sun our international airports. and activists around the world are abandoning school on friday to protest climate change students in australia have already gathered as part of the 4th global climate strike or demonstrations are expected to take place in canada chile and yet the rallies come ahead of the un's climate change conference in madrid that is next week. still ahead on al-jazeera why has a young new president take a closer look at if he can deliver on his election promises and your experience agency unveils plans to discover new secrets about the red planet. 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 way 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 right in northern california into oregon and just look at this a major interstate just completely blocked people 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 that so 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 saturday 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 and south of the 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. as flames engulfed me on this and the world watched in horror but behind the smoke screen a marquee will does devouring the forest and its inhabitants the killing to the person always standing up i'm defending the force back elian sends a message to everybody in the community fold lines meet those on the front line of defending their environment and asks who stoking the flames in both scenarios brazil amazon burning on al-jazeera.

rushing out there let's recap the top stories right now says the u.s. has resume talks with the afghan taliban announcement came as the u.s. president made a surprise visit to afghanistan where he met with president ostroff ghani. sudan's government has approved a law to dismantle the regime of former president omar al bashir the country's prime minister says the decision was not an act of revenge but aimed at reserving the dignity of the sudanese people. iraqi security forces have killed at least $33.00 protesters in the city of nasiriyah as anti-government demonstrations worsen the army earlier dispatched troops to the provinces with instructions to restore order. a poll has emerged as the winner after the 2nd round of voting in europe was a presidential election the conservative edged out his rivals by promising to turn a rally a slowing economy and tackle the country's rising crime rate it's possible reports

. he's the youngest president in your wise history at 46. 1 the 2nd round of the presidential race in this tiny south american nation. even though the elections took place last sunday the results have only just been confirmed in what was a tight race between paul and then. a 62 year old engineer from the center left party brought front. porch or say it was time for a change. a change is needed for all your requirements we cannot continue to be like we were unfortunately really this changes for all europe why happy happy release this. for 15 years the broad front party with figures such as former guerilla turned president hossein was implemented

a series of liberal policies like legalizing marijuana and abortion was but a slowdown in the economy and rising crime is what allowed a conservative party to return to power. even though the new might have been a spare in most votes in the 1st round in october in the days that follow confirmed an alliance with other right wing parties that helped him gain victory how much i believe we are very satisfied with the work there we did all those months and for the support we received from across the country and the people from all political parties that make up this multicolored agreement. comes from a political family his father is a former president. and his mother was a senator or. even though many countries in latin america are in turmoil why has been considered a country of stability in recent years the main challenge will be to gain at

consensus after such a tight victory to ensure that stability continues. a key witness in the us impeachment inquiry into president all trump has been accused of sexual misconduct 3 women have made allegations against gordon song he's the u.s. envoy to the european union someone has called the accusations concocted as testimony linked president trump's decision to withhold aid from ukraine with investigations into his political rivals and personal lawyer has been accused of pursuing lucrative business deals with ukraine officials while pushing the president's agenda you're going to get as many as a morning rudy giuliani explore deals worth hundreds of thousands of dollars that's why he pressure of ukraine to dig up information on democratic presidential contender joe biden solely on he says he never accepted a penny. former maldives president abdullah a maine has been handed a 5 year prison sentence for money laundering the court really

a main had taken $1000000.00 in state money collected for land fees is also been ordered to pay a $5000000.00 fine the presidents are 5 years until a surprised if the last year it follows an al-jazeera investigation which expose corruption within the multiuse government. guinea and court has agreed to temporarily release a group of opposition leaders from jail arrested 1st asian protest against president alpha condé who they believe is planning on running for a 3rd term their freedom however remains in lumber. reports. guinea's opposition leaders arrived at the conakry court of appeal hoping they would be allowed to go back home with no further they were in jail for 6 weeks on thursday a judge decided to free them 10 members of the national front for the defense of the constitution have been temporarily released while they wait for the start of their appeal next week son to founders who are it's

a feeling of happiness and joy the law has won and so has the liberty the innocent have been freed i'm speechless. the opposition leaders were arrested last month inside the home of a former politician who was coordinating anti-government protest. but instead of deterring the movement their detention prompted hundreds of thousands of demonstrators to take to the streets. critics fear president alpha condit is planning on changing guinea's constitution so he can run for a 3rd term in 2020. 2 however this latest court verdict is being seen as a victory for the opposition. i'm so happy not only because they're free but because this means justice has begun to appear the past i hope the appeals court will free them completely because they were detained illegally. street protests. have been systematically banned in guinea for over a year the government insists they are of threat to public security but opponents

say it's a tool to silence criticism. opposition leaders have been accused of staging unauthorized protests and a paralyzing the economy of the west african nation now while they prepare for a final decision from the appeals court tensions remain high. al-jazeera the more than 800000 people remain displaced by floods and kenya every efforts have been challenged by more heavy rain and landslides and west 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 kill 3 world health organization workers have been killed in democratic republic of congo it's the latest in a series of attacks on a bowl of virus treatment centers this is 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 to new aftershocks have been recorded in albania as the death toll from tuesday's earthquake has risen to at least 46 the 6.4 magnitude tremor struck the capital toronto and cities in the north and west as your operations are ongoing to find survivors as john reports in the port tourists. the 41st victim of tuesday's earthquake is pulled from the rubble he was a waiter in the cafeteria on the ground floor of this hotel it took rescuers more than 2 days to cut through the rubble of 5 concrete floors to find him a relative collapses upon seeing the body and has to be hospitalized people are shocked to see a 2nd wave of earthquakes in 2 months this has not been experienced at such a scale since 979. half of the city has already evacuated there for the city of

daughters for other towns in albania or in. neighboring countries as the rescue effort draws to a close to this is becoming a ghost town hope of finding the victims is giving way to fear that aftershocks may bring worse calamity. my house is intact inside and outside but i keep shaking so we're walking around so as not to go in we sleep in the car at night people say the sea will rise up and down to arrest everyone is saying it and all our neighbors left the towns they grew up in the government says it has put a 1000 people in hotels and another 800 in temporary shelters but there are still many more fending for themselves the people of good us have taken to the streets they're spending the night out on the pavement or they're simply walking through the city or entire families are bedding down inside their family vehicles under blankets and this is happening as far away as the city of toronto where you can see

row upon row kilometer upon kilometer of cars parked until they reach outside the city limits all these people are afraid to go back to their homes even if they haven't suffered any damage because they're afraid of worse quakes to come and there are those who simply need a ride out these buses are bringing volunteers from neighboring kosovo and to north macedonia they've come to help the. survive in the town instead panics people clamor to board the buses and leave police have to explain that the buses aren't here for evacuations the albanian government is struggling to maintain calm and regain control of the situation as the rescue teams leave so will the last visible signs of international assistance but what remains is the enormous task of providing both security and reassurance. to the us.

the n.c.i. commissioner for refugees says he's seen disturbing conditions and greece's crowded refugee camps but back on day spent 2 days visiting camps on the island of lesbos so far in 200-1000 more than 65000 people have to arrive in greece an 80 percent increase over the year before i found the conditions in which people live. extremely disturbing. very inadequate access to basic services a situation of generalized tension often resulting in violence expression violence against minors violence within the communities themselves but because of the situation the most penalized are certainly women and children and especially the high number of unaccompanied i'm a company of the children and they're very big sense of despair and

lack of prospects that makes the situation even more. worrying and difficult. the future of europe's role in space is being decided in spain after 2 days of meetings in seville the $22.00 members of the european space agency have signed off on a record budget immediately $16000000000.00 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 mars the agency is also looking into space based 5 g. network to deliver faster phone connections and a way to get early warnings of solar storms argues that any investment in space science helps the economy here on earth through new jobs and technology. it looks only so simple after such 2 days of intensive discussions with days 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 and therefore very happy i mean nazar has run government time 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 counted on to subdue for the support of what we're doing. messi is the deputy executive director of the whirl normal society in the u.k. he says the funding will help and 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 younger than i was imply and you know realistic evolved to look to a flat budget in cash so that something that you know gets a road to be by inflation but it actually looks that way manisha she broke right with the most of the programs there are a few exceptions and most of them requests a ospital a mix and that's that's really good news i think it's still when you can the individual contributions the state is right and it's about trying to member states

it's not a massive drain on each individual budgeting yet it's something that feels real to the defense assignments and also to 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 trying to letting a small asteroid i think that to be quite big nice that 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 plating nasa you know nasser 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 she . all right side is right there al jazeera com all the day's news there and

including the protests you can see there happening in iraq we'll keep you posted keep it are. and we shall carry these are the headlines right now on al-jazeera donald trump has announced peace talks average soon with the afghan taliban as president made the revelation during a surprise visit to afghanistan's airfield where he at president ostroff and u.s. soldiers stationed there at 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 what they want to make a deal lou want to make you feel good you're doing a great job but you know it was they want to make the view so i want to thank you and i want to thank the afghan soldiers sudan's government has approved

a law to dismantle the regime of former president omar al bashir the country's prime minister says the decision was not an act of revenge but aimed at preserving what he says that the dignity of the sudanese people a law was passed on a joint meeting of the sovereign council and cabinet share was removed from office and april after months of anti-government protests iraqi security forces are killed at least $33.00 protesters in the city of nasiriyah as anti-government demonstrations are intensifying earlier the army dispatched commanders to the provinces with instructions to restore order. dozens of humanities have been welcomed back home from jail in saudi arabia as part of a prisoner swap 128 men were flown in tucson as international airport aboard red cross planes a u.n. special envoy martin griffiths welcomed the move that comes during a new push to end the 5 year war. young activists around the world are abandoning school on friday to protest climate change students in australia and japan have

already gathered as part of the 4th global climate strike they're demanding more action like 0 greenhouse gas emissions within the next 5 years the rallies come ahead of the un's climate change conference in madrid next week for the un's i commissioner for refugees says he is saying disturbing conditions and greece's crowded refugee camps the day of it spent 2 days visiting camps on the island of lesbos so far in 2019 more than $65000.00 people have arrived in greece that is an 80 percent increase over the year before so the headlines keep it out of al-jazeera fault lines as that next many countries aren't keeping up with their commitments to stop our planet's heating got. can be achieved anything at the u.n. climate change conference in madrid. as representatives from over $200.00 countries gather for a cop $25.00 join us for special coverage on al-jazeera. living

. on monday to leave. the. i'm. the one. that just read the. in august the world watched in horror as images like this commander brazil of flames destroying vast parts of the amazon the world's largest rain forest. there have been over $80000.00 fires in brazil already this year.