with confidential documents provided to al-jazeera by wiki leaks you committee i was part of the crunch and i'm not denying you are investigations the anatomy of a braai. 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 u.s. troops in afghanistan. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up today and approves a logical dismantle any trace of former president omar al bashir is regime. or chaos in iraq security forces opened fire on crowds in the south as anti-government protests intensify. the death toll rises to at least 46 deadly earthquake hits new

tremors are reported. president has announced face talks have resumed what the afghan taliban the news came during a surprise visit to afghanistan airbase where he met with present and u.s. soldiers stationed there has 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 me. you know because you're doing

a great job but you know it was they want to make 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 the 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 joint trump onstage at bob graham in 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 there is a promise for peace made by 2 previous presidents with the 3rd hoping his will come to fruition rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington or initials of republican strategist and political analysts bolivians the taliban saying the president has an opportunity to strike a deal with the u.s. . i think the taliban understands this president is a very unconventional president and that things in washington are not just chaotic but often able to be rule 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 the republican of south class here in washington and they're pretty angry because they were pretty angry when it was announced of 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 the taliban sort of sees us as a window of entry and they're also going to operate of the same rules that our president is let's just put anything out there and see what sticks i think it all is 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've seen 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. france 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 had him to preserving the dignity of the sudanese people on the laws passed during a joint meeting of sudan sovereign council and cabinet share was removed from office in april after months of anti-government protests even morgan has the latest from harto this to create basically embodies the demands of the sudanese people since december last year when they took to the streets demanding a change in government demanding that former president dominant bashir and his 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 long and people saying that members of his fellow who are often in power now asked for this the creek members of the following party cannot stand in a political position for the next 10 years and all assets 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 ruling for the past 30 years 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 of 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 family let's not forget that they have been in power for the last 30 years so you have the the around in every single governmental institution including military institution so we are concerned that there will be a backlash. iraq has security forces have opened fire on crowds in a southern city as anti-government protests and tense if i at least 33 people are reported dead after the protests in nasiriyah and another 11 deaths and the army earlier dispatch commanders to the provinces with instructions to restore order on wednesday they ronny and consulate and the fire. has more from back out 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 broad police in the job and the security forces started firing and as if we were burning iraq as a whole the riot police fired tear gas canisters intensively on the security forces rangers heavily with live bullets 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. this is the 2nd time this month that an iranian consulate in

a shiite majority city has been targeted by 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 talk about what's going to issue

a new electorial role 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 and they 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 momentum to him and his era but that. dozens of good many's have welcome and welcome back home rather from jail in saudi arabia as part of a prisoner swap report 129 men were flown into saunas international airport aboard a red cross plane it comes during a new push to end the 5 year war mohamed on top asked more from santa. for the 1st time in nearly 4 years a passenger plane down at sunrise international port the 1st of 3 to arrive from

the saudi capital aboard the planes $129.00 yemenis that the international committee of the red cross called prisoners of war they were like heroes by large crowds into an airport building that has to empty since 2016. we are here today to receive our prisoner so far who are coming in from the odyssey countries who are detained. time and we would like to convey to the road to our sufferings 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 one though there was only disappointment has son was not among the returned news 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 saudi lit qualify the united nations brokered deal in stockholm last december but it has yet to be implemented both sides have released $17000.00 prisoners or for the whole of these have so far who least 600 this group from saudi arabia was released as a sign of good will of god i laid out. the u.s. has not played its role well it should have put more pressure on stock agreements signatories to fill their pledges we hope more serious action will be taken by this important world body. many of the returning prisoners told. that they have been detained for over a year and a half and had been tortured. with their arrival these prisoners many hold

this will be stripped through as building trust between warring parties and put them on path to peace after 5 years of flighting. from sun our international airports. young activists around the world are abandoning school on friday to protest climate change since in australia and japan have gathered so far as part of their 4th global climate strike they're demanding more action like 0 greenhouse gas emissions in the next 5 years rallies come ahead of the un's climate change conference in madrid next week. still ahead on al-jazeera blobby appoints a new u.s. ambassador a move that could reset the country's foreign policy agenda. we talked to the ugandan pop star turned opposition m.p. bobby wine music in presidency and the upcoming elections.

hello there it is a fairly calm picture across much of the middle east and how much is of actually been steadily on the rise into northern areas of iran there's plenty of clouds and out towards the west there is one or 2 showers as well they're working their way across into northern and western areas of turkey 30 celsius in anchor on friday sunny skies in beirut 20 also pretty nice in the sunshine and look at this 15 degrees celsius on friday in tehran a lot milder than it has been a little sunshine on saturday so we could see 16 by then we could also see some snow flurries just into the mountains of it and heading further south across the arabian peninsula quite a bit of cloud just lying along these coastal areas amman on a towards yemen we could have a coastal shot but really away from that the winds have died down this that you know coming from the knoll so we've got 26 riyadh 27 in doha feeding very nice once again under those sunny skies temperatures staying about the same way before

suffered a bit probably a bit more in the way of cloud just along this south coast particularly of oman and now as we have from that down into southern africa plenty of rains it is that time of year so she will the way from angola eastwood's into northern sections of mozambique but the story further to thought south through with south africa it really is about the heat is on the increase again and there's really no sign of any rain. the weather sponsored by catalonia is. almost the last time you were out on the streets protesting whether on line you feel the weight of the system when you walk through each and every loved well worn layer further and further into the jail or if you join us on the same entry has to start from day one whether again you and attention or your own parser this is a dialogue everyone has a voice so far there are studies that support a rushed call rod will be varying accounts but i want to give people the reason for joining the global conversation amount is iraq.

you know watching old sara let's recap the top stories right now donald trump says the u.s. has resumed talks with the afghan taliban in ounce mccain as the u.s. president made a surprise visit to afghanistan where he met with president. to dance 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 the dignity of the sudanese people. brocky security forces have killed at least $33.00 protesters in the city of nasiriyah as anti-government demonstrations worsened the army earlier dispatched troops to the provinces and structures to

restore order. activists in hong kong are calling on world leaders to follow the u.s. after president signed a bill backing pro-democracy protesters the law allows the u.s. to sanction chinese and hong kong officials guilty of human rights abuses beijing is accused trumps administration of sinister intentions and has vowed to respond sir clark has more. in central hong kong i gather 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 is a good thing for hong kong biggest given the special. how do say that the baby economic. situation the phone call. to all mainland china actually yeah. i think it will affect the. whole situation i'm very organised to be

a part of the hong kong to stay standing here to. save the west set or break but to to. to share one delightful moment being here yes. for this reason of course that thank you mr speaker i think 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 encouraged world leaders around the world and politicians aware that it's time for them to it's down 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 protesters critics included the city's former chief executive after all these years. because the people in the west are going to have it. opening the most of the countries as if they had done better dealing with those delicious the problems china echoed that message describing it unnecessary and more into it and some of the u.s. ambassador in beijing jungle hong kong china's home go with them home comes in as a purely chinese internal affairs no phone organization foreign government and foreign individual has the right to be which i'm going to the u.s. 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 places but so far the government is showing no signs of compromise in meeting these demands for political reform in the sierra club

al-jazeera come from. former president abdullah in maine has been handed a 5 year prison sentence for money laundering a court really a main had taken a $1000000.00 and state money collected for land fees has also been ordered to pay a $5000000.00 fine if president served 5 years in office until a surprise defeat last year at paul's announcing just their investigation which expose corruption within the maltese government. for world health organization workers have been killed in democratic republic of congo it is the latest in a series of attacks on ebola 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. olivia's entering government says it wants to work towards improving relations with the united states the 1st step in the process has been to appoint the country's 1st

ambassador to the u.s. and more than a decade this follows a host of changes to foreign policy after a former president a member alice resigned and fled to mexico where he was granted political asylum john heilemann has more. he's proof of a radical change in bolivia's foreign policy under its interim government. is the country's 1st ambassador to the united states in 11 years. it's a big swing socialistic president ever morale is so the u.s. isn't of bursaries the empire he called it now so that the his total dizzier his 1st job is to rebuild trust with washington i would like to call it isn't but the practical results they always come of a good partnership over the situation. and love his vertical create. the closer to home there's been no love for bolivia's former leftist allies the

interim administration has moved quickly to leave the regional bloc and cut off relations with the macdougall government in venezuela perhaps the most controversial part of all of this is that this is meant to be a caretaker government just looking after things until fresh elections are called instead they've really changed the direction of the country's foreign policy nor are they sick man we asked the new foreign minister why they didn't leave these decisions to an elected of ministration she said quick action was needed to stop foreign interference. in the political activism that the venezuelan diplomats were demonstrating couldn't wait for months for us to complain about it and it's not a measure that means a traumatic change in our foreign policy. but there's a chance that the changes could be short lived movement to socialism every moralist his party still has the majority in both houses of congress congresswoman trinidad

russia has says if it wins but the presidency it will reverse things going it says how. it is we had respect from other countries not just from argentina venezuela but all of latin america and now it's painful for us that now there's been this chain reaction from the united states to finish with our indigenous and rural people regular mental yes but one of the movement to socialism party blames the u.s. for the crisis so that the is already planning for his 1st visit to washington next week if we can become neighbors then cooperation is possible. not cooperation from the muster to a little country cooperation between equals when you respect the collectivistic of your neighbors. so. that's my wonderful mission and. his role is still only temporary just like the rest of the administration but there's no date set for elections yet in the changes keep coming. john home and how does it

lead. to new aftershocks have been recorded in albania as the death toll from tuesday's powerful earthquake has risen to at least 46 a 6.4 magnitude tremor struck the capital toronto and cities in the west and north rescue operations are ongoing to find survivors as reports from the port of tartus . 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 a relative collapses upon seeing the body and has to be hospitalized people are shocked to see the 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 they have left 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 worst of plagues 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 people of do this survive in their 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 jumpstart oprah last al-jazeera to this. uganda pop star turned opposition m.p. bobby wine is directly challenging president yoweri must vary in elections expected

to be held in 2021 alliance rise to prominence has not been without its challenges as he's been arrested and prosecuted several times james bay sat down with abi why a broad exclusive interview. it's relatively recent merged on the political scene you were before that a musician why did you decide to go into politics i'm a musician social activist and a ghetto youth who recently i call it recent but it's 2 years ago decided to run and become a member of parliament and you've been an m.p. for 2 years now you have been in the government's targeting of you has continued since you've been an m.p. not only is your music banned your concerts banned but you have faced attack tell me about the incident when your driver was killed well i say the day i went to parliament that since the parliament refused to come to the ghetto they get a will come to the parliament of course when i got into parliament it brought

a lot of attention of the common people the peak interest in the politics and indeed these tatted pushing me and suggesting that i run for president now this inferior it the president that we have who has for a long time been regarded as all powerful and i started getting that doubts and then most ferocious attack was. as initial attempt on my life in iraq which took the life of my driver instead of mine if you look at the history of uganda since independence from the colonial rulers the british it can really be summed up with 3 names milton obote idi amin and you ari was 70 now 2 of those a boat in amin in particular were very very brutal would you accept that when most 70 came to power 1st he rescued your country. say without fear of contradiction that must have been his rule is much more brutal than the rules that have been

there before to the western while presidents have been has always cast the image of a democrat but back home he stepped on all rights and freedoms and he has ruled uganda with an iron fist. you know allegations that previous elections were not free and. in your view right now is president certainly the legitimate president of uganda where umberto convinced that look at his obesity one of the previous elections and i would believe that even if my 70 who would have won the past elections the way he's handling the people of uganda mixing he's lead you to my see and ultimately if presidents have any try to rig the election that he has been like he has been doing then the people of uganda we rise up and they will stop it are you saying there could be an armed revolution against some 70 if your efforts at the ballot box are blocked i did not say people could raise up i think

people will raise up because that is evident everywhere the act out of this operation and they will not take it any longer you can watch that entire interview with bobby wine and talk to al jazeera saturday at 430 g.m.t. . i'm richelle carey these are the headlines right now on al-jazeera donald trump has announced peace talks have resumed with the afghan taliban as president made the revelation during a surprise visit to afghanistan's problem airfield where he met president and u.s. soldiers stationed there and 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 and they only want to make you feel good you do a great job that's yours they want to make it 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 it aimed at preserving what he says is the dignity of the sudanese people a law was passed are going joint meeting of the sovereign council and cabinet to share was removed from office back in april after months of anti-government protests. iraqi security forces have killed at least 33 protesters in the city of nasiriyah as anti-government demonstrations are intensifying earlier the army dispatched commanders to the provinces with instructions to the store. dozens of you many's have been welcomed back home from jail in saudi arabia as part of a prisoner swap 128 men were flown into saunas international airport aboard red

cross planes un special envoy martin griffiths welcomed the move the 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 a 4th global climate strike 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 and the once a commissioner for refugees has seen disturbing conditions and greece's crowded refugee camps below ground is 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 over the year before our story headlines keep it here on al-jazeera the strain is that next.

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