the you. will. as the u.s. and the taliban prepared to sign the 1st stage of a peace deal be afghan armed group tells our jazeera it will uphold women's rights . of women want to go to harbor the right to education and their right to work reports accept them guilty as part of the islamic rules but only that they observe the joe. blow again welcome to their life and also coming out california and oregon in the u.s. report coronavirus cases with no travel history no contact with those already infected

. manufacturing in china plunges to the lowest level of records putting more pressure on already battered stocks it is. good and there's uproar at the french oscars and raven polanski's best director award. after a week of what was called a reduction in violence in afghanistan the u.s. and the taliban are expected to sign a preliminary peace deal that could put an end to america's longest running war president transcending is top diplomat to catarrh for the historic signing and says the afghan people should embrace the chance of a new future but this is a long way to go the deal is seen as a possible 1st phase. the next step would be for the taliban to actually talk with

the government in kabul in order to decide the future of the country there is a summer binge of aid has been speaking exclusively to the taliban spokesman shaheen and he says he hopes the deal will bring stability to afghanistan. it is significant for a our people for our country in the whole region because for 4 of one people they will have their independence they will. see their creation ending and i'll show for the an agent that when stability and peace return to one is done there will be a phase up or. commercial activities and do a lap mend and to have the attention of up on his son so that's really really important and significant for us it has than

a week of reduction of violence the plan is to expand it further but there the attacks have not stopped valid one have attacked on with off the afghan government there have been skirmishes it's been what makes you think that peace in a van a son is going to come about by the city and of course it was a deduction roylance as we call it to provide a secure in law in order went before the signing off to a government and that read it and and the other thing is that there was some kind of war you may have not tracked any conway in give to treason in the 2 trees held by the coverlid ministration did the some of for those convoys what are tagged when they came out from a place in syria and inter to our 2 trees so that was a kind of or why nation and our. people on ground they stopped it the allegations

from the afghan side is that the pentagon does not accept on realities this fear is that of one a son will go back if the taliban is allowed to live on its on on civil liberties on girls' education on basic rights on democracy what will you say it was sure the of gun people that this is good for afghans it won't reverse them and take them back 10 years from before. it is not clear reality when they say these are those people who are we call it as pile of the of the piece. we have the person of the treaty of our plants that you see there is peace and there is a. commercial activities there is schools so if you go there. now and when the security is more in in those areas and there are control rather than in the main cities provincial cities that cover the capital kabul so

about women's rights women one that the right to education and their right to work we both accept and give them as per the islamic rules but only that they observe the hija only that so there is no problem with that about freedom of speech i think it is part of the islamic rules there should be constructive criticism of our of the society. of shells and that is not how we can make a report in the society that is i think part and parcel of they slam across. there is science a corona virus is spreading in the u.s. as the world health organization raises the risk assessments of the virus to its highest possible level 2 new cases of appeared one in california the other in oregon where these cases have no known connections to those already

affected meanwhile south korea's reported its biggest daily increase of virus cases is the 1st infection was confirmed last month health officials say almost $600.00 new cases have been reported not brings the country's total to $3000.00 very nearly $3000.00 in china itself another $47.00 people have died $427.00 new cases reported only 4 of those new cases are outside the epicenter and that makes it the lowest number of infections on the mainland outside of a province since china started to release the data. and china's manufacturing their bills of fall into the lowest on record largely because of this outbreak katrina use our correspondent in beijing presumably of not much of a surprise and given of the extended new year holiday there was extended to to

everybody in the country because of the fears of the virus and of course half the population not even going to work working from home if possible. that's right 19 so we knew that the chinese economy was going to take a hit from the current virus and we're starting to see exactly how big of a hit we've had the 1st economic indicator for february release the p.m.i. which measures manufacturing activity here in china and that is 35.7 points that's down from 50 in january and even lower than what analysts expected of about 40 and to give you some perspective that's the lowest figure since records began in 2005 and even lower than the level that we saw during the global financial crisis during 20082009 now president xi jinping did come out and warn the people that the economy would be taking a big hit earlier this week and the government has started to encourage people to

go back to work get the economy going again but factories are still struggling to find enough workers to fuel production and for the government it is a balancing act a delicate balancing act between restarting the economy but also trying to maintain control over this outbreak and it's true we have seen more of a positive pictures when it comes to the virus numbers here in china and we seeing less and less confirmed cases week on week but we do have to remember within the epicenter of the virus in the city one in who bay province the situation does remain quite grim and quite serious there are still about 30000 people who are ill and 6000 of those people are in critical condition and even outside of the people who are infected there are millions of others who have had their mental health very much impacted by this outbreak these days 100 and dean's life is simple he waters the plants makes the bed and watches news about the

virus outbreak which has turned his life upside down we spoke to him by video call from beijing. the virus spread so quickly i was so scared i saw i could die if i was infected. it's a far cry from his life before the locked out running a popular noodle store where we filmed him working in 2016 today he's healthy but the mental strain of being forced to stay indoors when he's on him it's stressful imagine you won't be allowed to leave this room for more than 2 months and can only walk. how would you feel it's very difficult. almost 80000 chinese have been infected by the virus but it's affected the mental health of millions of others says shanghai based psychologist bodhran who people are reacting are a lot of anxiety and lots of uncertainty so there is a fear well i contract those wires and i do that in my health when i die

will this how all of this impact my family. way how counseling telephone hotlines have been set up around the country for those struggling to court many have called in reporting anxiety i did some fearing not just the virus but its impact on their future there's uncertainty about where will we go back to normal when i go back to my job situation when i see my friends. those and a lockdown of fighting feelings of isolation by posting on social media experts say connecting to others and maintaining a routine can help prevent any long term negative impact though he struggles with feeling trapped at harm. says he's following mental health advice and doing his best to stay strong. so even though we're seeing more positive numbers in china many people remain under lockdown as we saw

that many people have been restricted from leaving their apartments in who bay province and around the country it's still far from business as usual many businesses and stores remain closed schools remain closed so it's still very much too early to really gauge the extent of the social and economic impact of this virus on china all right katrina thank you for that katrina you live in beijing where u.s. appeals court has ruled that the troubles administration camillo longer make asylum seekers wait in mexico while their claims are being dealt with almost 60000 people have been sent back to wait for hearings since the remain in mexico policy came into effect in germany last year the government can appeal to the supreme court which is consistent this sided with the president on matters of immigration and border security. u.s. secretary of save my palm bears been testifying before congress for the 1st time

since the killing of iran's most powerful general many democrats on the house foreign affairs committee were angry that he appeared for only 2 hours to discuss developments in iran and iraq evan fisher has more now from capitol hill. my compere hasn't made any recent appearances on capitol hill and refused to give evidence ahead of donald trump's impeachment appoint not missed by the committee chairman and there are dozens of other issues we'd like to ask you about including the lawful subpoena that this committee issued in september that you've ignored so we expect to see you here again the secretary of state was there to talk around iraq and the authorization on the use of military force he rejected the idea he'd not been accessible since the u.s. drone strike which killed any general kassam still a manny he claimed congress had been briefed more than 70 times and said the military action in january had made america much safer removing him from the battlefield was a d.s. school tory measure his death reduced the risk to our personnel overseas

both my diplomats and our military and made clear that we're willing and able to impose cost on our adversaries if they threaten or attack us but there was anger on the democratic side one congressman asking if there was a clear foreign policy that was being followed the list of actions that are legally and strategically questionable continue to pile up in this administration and yet the administration refuses to provide clear and analyst answers these include pulling out of the j c p a way no strategy abandoning the kurds no strategy then of strategic benefit of assassinating solomon no strategy compere was asked about the american response to the coronavirus he said the us was doing all it can to make people safe and even suggested that it offered to help iran with its response might be spent 2 hours in front of the committee and then left to speak to a conservative conference all the way across the city there are many here say

they'd like to see him back again soon they have many more questions and they're expecting cleaner answers alan fischer algis here on capitol hill. so as a come here and. a major escalation in syria turkey hits back after 36 of its soldiers are killed by government forces in rebel held in the name. being jobs for crimes they didn't commit a rights group says thousands of people in russia are drifting. hello the weather is not looking out across a good part of the middle east but from all the marys around the levant stigmata wet and windy and at times wintry cloud rain sleet and snow piling out of the

turkish mountains northern parts of syria northern areas all of iraq will see some of that wintry mix as we go through saturday and on into sunday status to maybe pushing down into lebanon jordan maybe into israel want to see why wintry flurries pushing in here the wets of weather the more wintry weather that will push over well in parts of the region or in iraq over towards iran elsewhere is not bad the winds switched around to a southerly direction here in concert temperatures pick up getting up to around 27 celsius on sunday i have dry weather and plenty of sunshine plenty of sunshine around the southern end of the red sea over the ethiopian highlands around the whole of africa we have got the usual showers stressed around the ref ali stick around like victoria so you want to see showers coming in heavy showers that soon to southern parts of tanzania and more them areas of mozambique seeing some of that cloud and rain that wet weather stretching right across the region then so we are

going to see more clouds more rain more weather there into northern parts of madagascar and showers to the south africa. there is a huge group of people at work behind our screens and the power they have is massive that urge to keep swiping through twitter feed that's just not the way we all click i agree to the terms and conditions that side to most of us never even get a 2nd full and actually that's designed as well ali re-explore is how designers are manipulating our behavior in the final episode all hail the algorithm on a jersey of.

take a look at the main stories here it is here at the u.s. and the afghan taliban are expected to sign a preliminary peace deal that could put an end to almost 2 decades of war secretary of state my compadres jus to come to doha to sign the agreement later on saturday. 2 new cases of corona virus have been confirmed in the us states of california and oregon both of the patients have no travel history no contact with existing cases and the world health organization has raised its risk assessment to the highest level possible across the world. china's manufacturing scrounged to an all time low because of the virus confirming fears of its impact on the country's economy health officials have reported $427.00 new cases and that brings

china's total to more than 79000. iraq's government is banning large public gatherings as corona virus spreads it's also altering cafes restaurants and clubs to close but in the capital baghdad life does appear to be carrying on as normal as. battling an invisible enemy in baghdad taksim square has been at the center of violent confrontations between security forces and anti-government protesters it's being sprayed with chemicals as corona virus spreads. from the koran and we are not afraid of snipers we will not be frightened by coronavirus iraq is more important than anything iraq is everything what is coronavirus. you know a general of we faced much worse than the coronavirus we faced killings snipers bombs different kinds of killing. the government is banning large public gatherings it wants to close schools and universities as well as restaurants and cafes like

this one in a baghdad mall and then well. i think the whole thing has been exaggerated there's concern and anxiousness and when it comes to the health sector iraqis always exaggerate yes there is a problem but i'm more worried about security than about health or. business owners have been confronting health officials who've been checking to see if the mall shops have been sterilized i don't agree with your caller from the state frightened people we have to be cautious as business been about any decision made by the health ministry of the state itself this will have an impact on business at least one patient known to have the virus is being treated in this baghdad hospital an iraqi man who traveled from iran is the 1st confirmed case of the virus in a city of 9000000 people these pictures were filmed for all jazeera by one of the nurses other patients are being treated in the northern city of kirkuk dozens of suspected cases are being monitored around the country. despite the government

warnings iraq's holy sites are still drawing large crowds concerns about coronaviruses may have gone some way to the crowds that would normally be your friends are. but in baghdad the streets are still packed with traffic and are busy with people many iraqis have lived through exactly it's of conflict and prolific a lot of people and it seems that they're not ready yet to have their daily lives interfered with by a virus. the risk of coronavirus maybe edging closer to the crowded heart of baghdad but iraqis here seem determined to carry on as normal is the can rock matheson al-jazeera baghdad. the u.s. is reviewing options to support the turkish army in northwestern syria dozens of turkish troops were killed by syrian government forces on thursday and what the un chief has described as one of the missile moments in the 9 year war the security

council meanwhile met in emergency session session and our correspondent gabriel elizondo with the. u.n. secretary general antonio gutierrez described the killing of over 30 turkish troops in northwest syria as one of the most alarming moments in the almost decade long conflict the most pressing needs is any media at ceasefire before the situation gets entirely out of control you know by contacts with those involved i am sad when simple message step back from the edge of escalation just hours later gutierrez again delivered that message during an emergency meeting of the security council this is the council's 3rd session in the last 10 days on the syrian conflict a sign of how dire conditions are on the ground the u.s. along with the e.u. and u.k. asked for the meeting and made it clear it stands by turkey and against what it calls syrian and russian aggression in the days ahead the united states' commitment

to our nato ally turkey will not waver turkey has our full support to respond in self-defense to unjustified attacks on turkish observation post that resulted in the deaths of their own forces russia dismissed the notion the turkish forces had been intentionally targeted forgot to do not the bit in the coordinates conveyed didn't mention areas where ultimately turkish soldiers died as soon as it became clear that it happened the russian side took exhaustive measures to cease hostilities turkey's ambassador had a different account let me on the line that turkish forces that were a thug or a log in the. the logical conclusion of that is that they were deliberately attacked we had grown coordination in writing with russian forces about location. and insulates continued despite all immediate warnings right of

the very close of the clearly the secretary general wants to end the bloodshed but when he was asked if the warring parties are ready for an immediate cease fire he answered simply i don't think we're there yet i hope for there in the near future gabriels andro al-jazeera at the united nations turkey is seeking broader support for its operation in labor and is putting pressure on the e.u. by allowing refugees to leave europe the nearby great talent of lesbos just 15 kilometers off the coast of turkey's already struggling but the effects of overwhelming migration of us has more. many times the turkish government has threatened to open its borders and release refugees into europe in large numbers once again this was the scene on the shores of the greek island of lesbos already a nightmarish place for the 10s of thousands of men women and children who crossed

over from turkey and are now trapped here in itself a dinghy arriving isn't any different from what happens on any other day but the implication was that the turkish authorities didn't try to stop it the greek government is asking for increased european support. for your daughter your but needs to help not just with money but personnel and equipment you need to help protect mali time borders that are great and european i have asked frontex to reinforce the coast guard with personnel boats and technical names greece already operates about 40 coastal patrol of our souls and boats along its 1000 kilometer long maritime border with turkey and it's adding 19 new boats over the next couple of years but it's going to need help now if turkey makes good on its threats to send refugees into europe on mass. the route was being cleared for refugees much further north on the land border with turkey there were reports of people being

bussed from istanbul to the border town of a didn't a haven for people traffickers and unlike in recent months the turkish military did absolutely nothing to stop people then making their way on foot towards the wide everest river the border with greece is their stumbled again we're coming from istanbul our aim is to get to germany there are syrians with us algerians palestinians there are people from every country this want to take a 100 times you know they've arrived here at the turkish greece border police are on either side and they're not letting migrants in we've got lots of problems here we want to work in europe to open the borders because of these problems the immediate response from the greek side was to tear gas the several 100 people who had gathered right on the border with the prime minister. warning loudly that greece was closed to this new wave athens also sent more special forces to the land border to try to prevent people coming across the general supposition is that turkey is threatening to manipulate the refugee flows as

a direct threat to the european union to reengage in the situation in syria and the humanitarian crisis that has engulfed people in it live if the e.u. turns a blind eye greece could end up as a buffer zone for asylum seekers jobs or opal us al-jazeera lesbos several actresses of water out of the french film of wales after roman polanski won this is our prize for best director he's wanted in the united states for the statutory rape of a 13 year old in 1977 polanski didn't attend the event because of the protests taking place outside the 87 year old latest film an officer and a spy was nominated for 12 awards the awards entire board stepped down earlier in the month in part because of the backlash against polanski's nominations. thousands in russia are expected to protest against constitutional amendments that

could keep president putin in power low after his term expires in 2024 the change is aimed to give the president more power of the judges a step vassal reports now from some peter's square. these 2 class artist nikolai and tatiana never expected they would spend their days fighting russia's justice system but that's exactly what they have been doing for the past 2 years after their son julian was arrested and charged with terrorism together with 10 authors he's accused of plotting attacks during the world cup and presidential elections charges his father called observed really beating him up to make him say what was needed but he didn't say any scenes then transferred him to a different cell with carnatic of 2 people a bunch of criminals whose job was to be testimony out of someone recently it's a kind of air this is police is in charge every day people get beaten up with their heads against the wall beaten with a stick and their legs heels tailbone and they go out of there and give any

testimony they need it's a factory lawyers representing the families have filed the complaints of torture at the european court for human rights police denied these claims. at the court and some petersburg supporters call for julian's freedom the trial is a rare opportunity for his parents and wife whom he married in prison to see him julian and victor feeling thoughts are the last 2 to stand trial in the case that has shocked many around russia and has seen sentences of up to 18 years in prison family and friends of those on trial say that despite their fears they will continue to support them and so have many others around russia fabricated cases like these are allegedly on the rise and rise of fear that would put its last official years as a president will be more repression amnesty international says thousands in russia have been convicted on fabricated charges according to the rights group it's

a way for judges and prosecutors to be promoted and for the country's leadership to send a stern warning but the truth doesn't really matter all that matters is. outcome the people have to be found guilty no matter what they actually did and their methods for painting this verdict they don't matter like nikolai and to jannah other parents in this case have complained for the release of their children young men they described as nonviolent activists fighting against what they saw as the rights of nationalism and fascism. he participated in the rally against animal torture the article is called this cruel russian circus they were demanding not to use animals and circus and now this article describes our lives it's the same crawl sorcha's but with people instead what they do tara boys has become a circus many fear that president putin's plan to give the constitution priority

over international courts will give them even less protection against cases like this as families soon might have nowhere to go to seek justice stop fast and al-jazeera simply to work. turn to take a look at the top stories hear it out as they are the u.s. and the afghan taliban are expected to sign a preliminary peace deal that could put an end to almost 2 decades of war secretary of state mark pompei it is due in doha to sign the agreement later on saturday. to new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the u.s. states of california and oregon both patients have no travel history nor contact with existing cases and the world health organization has raised its risk assessment of the outbreak to the highest level possible. china's

manufacturing has plunged to an all time low due to the virus outbreak confirming fears about its impact on the country's economy health officials have reported $427.00 new cases and that brings china's total to more than 79000 katrina you is our correspondent in beijing we've just had this 1st figure in february the 1st economic indicator released the purchasing managers index or p.m.i. which measures manufacturing activity here in china now that figure has come and at $35.00 points and that's down from 50 in january and even lower than analyst expectations of about 40 and to give you some perspective that's the lowest point since records began keeping p.m.i. records since 2005 and even lower than the figure during the global financial crisis of 2008 in 2009. a u.s. appeals court has ruled that the trumpet administration can moan longer make asylum

seekers' way to mexico while the claims are being dealt with nearly 60000 people have been sent back to wait for hearings since the remain in mexico policy was put into effect in january last year the government though can appeal to the supreme court which has consistently sided with the president on matters of immigration and border security. several actresses of water out of the french film awards after roman polanski won this is our prize for best director he's wanted in the united states for the statutory rape of a 13 year old in 1977 polanski didn't attend the event because of the protests all hail the algorithm is next. step into the unknown with central america's 1st ever theatrical production by actors with down syndrome . a life journey illuminated

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