neighborhood and many feel the economy is be prioritised about for human life. to pull the focus on the out of the last. places we bring you the latest developments from across the globe coronavirus and special coverage on. the historic talks and years of conflict in afghanistan negotiators from the government and the taliban a meeting here in qatar. i'm kemal santa maria here in doha with continuing coverage of those interim afghan talks. we hope come here with good will and good intention to stop the 40 years of black church and achieve that come true white and lasting peace in.

the negotiation process may have problems but the request is that we move forward with patience and a lot of attention. and the house carter says it will spare no efforts to support the initiative along with help from the international community and. so the historic talks aimed at ending nearly 2 decades of war and misery in afghanistan a funny taking place in negotiators from the afghan government and the taliban meeting here in doha given their opening statements already and both sides expressed optimism for peace and a willingness to negotiate each there has vastly different goals and reaching an agreement will be a difficult task. photos of food we want all the people of afghanistan to be

reunited under one roof a game after more than 42 years of upheavals aggressions jihad and resistance all the negatives microphone we all know what happened to us throughout these years and maybe stand today we now need to address this unique opportunity to move towards a new future that we can define together. we have acted accordingly to all the points outlined in the previous agreement and we are requesting the or decide to act accordingly to those things that have been agreed to so we can have this process without any problems ahead we want of all understand to be an independent developed country and it should have a form of islamic system where all its citizens see themselves reflected. some of binge of it is our correspondent at the talks today in doha. you start to get a good feeling of summer because there is optimism from all sides and as you pointed out earlier just the fact that they're here in the same room across the

table from each other. but it's taken 20 years for them to get to come out so yes absolutely there is optimism here from not just the 2 afghan sides but all of the players involved the horse the factories the americans who've been trying to make sure that these talks happen and you heard from foreign ministers of regional and international affairs everyone saying that this is a historic occasion and it is an opportunity for these 2 sides to come together in the role of the difference is what is very interesting is that we just spoke to the spokesman former spokesman and a member of the negotiating team of the taliban and asked him whether it is going to be possible for them to at these achieve a humanitarian cease fire and he said that it is an interesting report proposition then they have they come with it and we come with our agenda and the afghan side the government side at least once. humanitarian sees a thought about saying that it wants a representative government

a set up which is acceptable for all sides to take shape and it is going to be a difficult and long process from now on words when they actually sit together and resolve their differences some of you mentioned the cutter ease and the americans both foreign minister spoke today let's have a quick listen to both of them 1st of all the qatari foreign minister and then might compare us secretary of state. might have at the end of these negotiations represent a keen sensitive phase to the afghan people to find solutions to all controversial matters i hope you agree with me that today we must overcome the past and its pains and focus on the future in the hope it brings us well surely drawing lessons from the past all of this requires everyone to embrace the future with an experience and a firm belief in the right of the afghan people to enjoy peace security and unity and to follow in the path of progress and never be left behind. each of you hope

you will look into your heart. each of you carry a great responsibility. but know know that you're not alone. the entire world wants you to succeed and it's counting on our new succeeding. summer what role going forward will the u.s. play there facilitated the talks the hosting the talks but from a lot of the speeches we heard today you got the feeling that this really had to come down to the afghan government and the taliban themselves. but that is the most significant part of this the negotiation that it is going to be intra representative team from the taliban and a representative team from the afghan government and a cross-section of afghan civil society and this is this is unique in the sense that never before have these 2 sides been left alone in a room you know u.s. secretary of state saying that if you want to be we'll be able to help and we will

be there we will not abandon you but it is entirely up to you the country saying that we will be ready to facilitate whatever else that you need and you have to remember that the countries have played a crucial part back in 2014 when they allowed the taliban political office to take shape where it was not the most popular of stances to take where they allowed the afghan taliban to have a presence there allowed them to operate and even now in the 6th out about detainees which france and objected to are here in qatar under their custody so yes international powers have had their role to play both in the conflict if airing up the conflict bringing the conflict down and making sure that these sides are sitting together but now it is their left to their own devices they're left to figure out what is the future course of action for of the on the stand which we've been hearing for years i've gone on and gotten lead and this is for the 1st time that you're actually going to see it in uk. stay there again for me some i want to

run through a little bit more background for of us because getting to this stage it has taken time osama alluded to that you go back to when he was appointed as the u.s. special envoy back in september of 2018 u.s. diplomats military representatives the taliban they held more than a dozen rounds of negotiations in doha they were briefly called off by president trump and temper of last year after taliban fighters killed an american soldier in kabul it was only days before that the 2 sides actually reached a draft agreement they managed to get the talks back on track again formally restarting in december the deal was then signed in february of this year in qatar it paved the way for viz peace negotiations between the taliban and the government this was supposed to stop we should say on the 10th of march but it was delayed. a number of other foreign ministers have spoken today as well as the qatari in the

u.s. representatives turkey's foreign minister hailed the tolls calling them a real chance for pace. decades long ago there is a real chance for peace you hope this is there are only really not being used and the negotiation process really going she's a game that you hope to show over and then democratic of going to stop and then pakistan's foreign minister warned afghans to be on their guard against foreign meddling in their negotiations who. are homs is silent about. a little while in the past is off. they don't other side. or if it's. spoilers for a movie and probably dart with balls the rebuttal challenges

alston who knows what he did why a guard hears. that he shoots. some of the pakistanis probably more than anyone who's spoken stay with the most interest the most at stake even from these afghan talks. but from the very onset of the gun conflict there are more than 4 decades ago pakistan has been on the forefront of this conflict they share the longest border with the gun the sun they were involved with the cia against the soviets they were involved with the united states again against the taliban then other groups which were in sight of god the son and now they have been able to pursue away the taliban to come back to the negotiating table if you listen to by signing officials of behind closed doors they say that they have had an active role to play . just a few weeks ago we saw the taleban in islamabad where there was the matter of the 400 remaining taliban prisoners and you have got government and this solution him

about where 6 of them were sent to put out there and it is interesting to note that they are also emphasizing the fact that it is has to be done own of them because all of the previous form is have been tried before to divert foreign countries who were involved they were foreign media it is in to knock it is people who didn't even design the afghan constitution for them but that have not worked and and this there is a real effort there is a real push from within afghanistan and inclusive push from a lot of fun i think there is a realisation in the international arena that any other solution apart from that locally owned project is going to take shape i'm going to result in lasting peace for the gun the son in justice here even after the deal which was signed between the americans and the taliban 1000 really $15000.00 afghans have been killed in the 1st few months of this year so it goes to show that unless these 2 sides come

together do not put. their differences aside if there is going to be no solution then even if there is it will be a temporary one and afghanistan will be back to square one summer just briefly what's the plan for now now that the formalities of the opening day have been done is there any sort of even a time frame on when the 2 sides are hoping to come up with something. but that is what i asked the former spokesman of the taliban that have you set a deadline is there a time frame that you're working to words and he said that this is something that they they cannot put a finger on because it took them about 20 years in 3 different u.s. administration to come to the fact that there is an occupying force in afghanistan and they find the realize that they have to leave so according to the taliban there cannot be a time frame they said that they are coming to the dialogue with it with an open mind in the open they're willing to negotiate and now it's up to lapped it up put

it that it is time for the afghans to sit together and learn that they can agree to disagree no point rushing it after 20 years is there thank you osama bin covering the interim afghan talks in doha the rest of the day's news is coming up we will look at a growing threat in the u.s. a battle to contain dozens of wildfires in the western states and why some turks are outraged about what's being done to a famous landmark in istanbul. hollow because it could be westerly flow across northern parts of you see this area clouds streaming in across the british isles to see more heavy rain filtering in across a good part of northern ireland scotland in particular could see some flooding right see this cold front here that's going to slide its way up towards scandinavia

quite brisk winds on this one but high. flea we'll see temperatures rising as we go on through the next couple days blustery shows that as you can see and see that western side of scotland in particular as we go through the remainder of sassed day could see some flooding see the deeper blues coming in here showers to into norway pushing across weighted towards finland for the southeast last fight and dry lots of warm sunshine imply here few showers just around the out still with those live the storms there across that western side of the map towards india just pushing down towards 60 and they are still in play as we go on through sunday for central areas it is generally looking fine implies some warmth as well 30 celsius in london so 30 celsius in paris a 24 there in london london will actually get up into the high twenty's as we go into the new working way to something to look forward to one of those showers in the med will affect more than piles of algeria and plenty of showers across central parts of africa even into southern pacified syria.

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have al jazeera these are the top stories this hour historic talks aimed at ending nearly 2 decades of war in afghanistan taking place in negotiations from the afghan government negotiators from the afghan government and the taliban a meeting search for a permanent cease fire along with other issues on the agenda the head of afghanistan's peace council called for an immediate cease fire and said this opportunity must be used to create lasting peace the taliban's representative said they are prepared to negotiate but reiterated his group's demands for an islamic system. on to other news and behind his fall of the united arab emirates in former late recognizing israel the u.s. president says it's a historic breakthrough to achieving peace in the middle east palestinian leaders call it a betrayal kimberly reports on the white house. following a friday phone call with the king about brain and israel's leader the us president made this announcement on twitter israel and the kingdom of bahrain would be

establishing full diplomatic relations bahrain now joins the united arab emirates after its announcement last month that the country would be establishing full diplomatic ties with israel which includes opening embassies in both countries both leaders also agree that bahrain will fully normalize and diplomatic relations with israel trumps now encouraging other arab nations to consider similar steps and leaders. the future can be filled with hope and does not need to be pre-determined by conflicts of the past the agreements to end hostilities with israel are set to be formalized on tuesday at a signing ceremony at the white house and will advance the trumpet ministrations goal of realigning arab nations with israel against iran or someone to thank you for your leadership on this issue trump son in law and senior adviser jared cushion

or helped broker the deal following failed efforts to strike a peace deal between israel and the palestinians the palestinians have rejected the trumpet ministrations peace plan released in january in a statement palestinian leaders called the deal with behind a betrayal which supports the legalisation of israel's ugly crimes against the palestinian people but ranes actions are often viewed as an extension of policy of saudi arabia whose ties with the united states have strengthened under president trump indeed trump has protected the kingdom repeatedly even as the u.s. congress sought to block weapon sales and take punitive action against the saudi crown prince following the death of journalist. trump has hinted the saudis could be the next country to. strike a deal with israel so he arabia was doing things that they're not doing anymore and so are other countries and neighbors they are doing things that they just. would

never have done the agreements come less than 2 months before the u.s. election and already president trump is touting the deals as a major foreign policy victory can't really help it al jazeera the white house well as we have the palestinian authority is condemned by friends decision as a normalization of an illegal occupation and ordered the harm it has more from ramallah in the occupied west bank. palestinians are saying that even when they you we deal with israel has boasted that it has put annexation on ice for the time being because really practices on the ground are ongoing so for example probation hasn't ended and the beheading the statement of the normalization agreement today is not he didn't give anything to the palestinians so they feel that they've been left out alone again as to what the arab league's previous resolutions were in

specific the arab peace initiative which calls for the normalization between arab states and israel but only after israel and its occupation now the palestinian president has recalled the palestinian ambassador to beheading we've seen a similar move to. when the u.a.e. find its deal and of course the fear now among many palestinians is that there at the u.a.e. is the deal has been a green light really for more arab states to normalize with israel and we've heard also many palestinians saying that for years they've been seeing the u.s. the israeli lawyer in the region that is really a partner but now they see it as israel's agent specifically saying that because trump is the one who has been announcing these deals normalization between me and you. and israel on the other hand. much needed aid is being thrown into sudan following the worst flooding in its history the harms of millions sudanese

was submerged the latest number of deaths at least 100 how many reports now from. aid is slowly trickling in for the hundreds of thousands of flood victims in sudan at the tombs international airport military plane has just protein essential supplies for the displays to a hungry and disparate need it couldn't come sooner than are the jihad we brought with us aid sent to the people of sudan by the owner of qatar his highness shaikh tamim been hamad al tiny the aging through its medicine medical supplies food and household items sydney a sudanese officials turned up to receive the aid consignment on behalf of the government and this world. we have thankful for the assistance received today from qatar they've been helping with our efforts to combat coburg 19 an hour here with more support for the flood victims is a clear indication of our clothes and historic relations the floods have already

displaced more than a huff a 1000000 people and also destroyed or damaged more than 100000 homes across that done. the government has declared a state of emergency and ses and the little help they can get from any part of the world is welcome to ease the effects of what is being saved to be the worst flooding in a century the u.n. aid code edition office or sees the needs of sudan's flood victims vost in the capital khartoum alone more than 100000 people are in need of shelter after losing their homes many are living in the open with limited access to clean water. i'm an 84 year old man and in my lifetime i've never seen anything even close to this i only managed to escape just the clothes on my back. the rainy season is done

usually lasts till the end of september and more rain is focused in the coming days and weeks in a country that's already struggling with crushing debt and political instability following almost 3 decades of dictatorship this is almost too much to bad. hot. well tensions between the u.s. and china have dominated the final day of the annual summit of the association of southeast asian nations that has asked the on the meeting hosted by vietnam though most meetings held virtually because of coronavirus of course also may engender was north korea a dispute in the south china sea and regional infrastructure projects scott hydro is there and explains the u.s. and china how they've been using this summit to extend their influence. it's a very important region to both of them both territorially and economically there is a very major trade routes from southeast nations up north but also it's a big trading partner with both of those superpowers the 2 largest economies in the

world but what's interesting in this became very evident again in these last round of summits and meetings with the foreign ministers of these 10 nations is at is there are different approaches the united states looks to be on with a central voice that all these 10 nations speak with one voice the united states can work with them when it comes to dealing with what some of the nations an aussie and see as encroachments on their sovereign territory by china in the south china sea and then also when it comes to the economy and freedom of navigation in the waterways which is critical to trade now china on the other hand they try to deal with these nations particular when it comes to those territory disputes individually bilaterally so you've seen these 2 kind of different approaches by these super powers to the 10 nations here and that's become very at it when we've had these foreign ministry meetings over the last several days but also both of the superpowers who are engaged in a rationing up of tension also seize the opportunity to kind of fire at each other

china blame the united states for further militarization in the south china sea and the united states encourage nations to prevent china from bullying when it goes to when you look at the south china sea in those territories. and $100.00 wildfires are burning across the western united states so father killed at least $25.00 people and forced the populations of entire towns to move to safety and they're on a firefighters to deal with this record breaking emergency the latest in this report from. the fires are martin consuming homes cars entire towns in their path this is unprecedented the scale of destruction just simply hard to comprehend almost half a 1000000 people in oregon have been ordered to evacuate and the residents of its largest city portland have been told to get ready to get out not everyone is listening i would i've been driving up and down the road all the time. with the

flames on one side of me. i don't know i've been through over 37 years of the 1st one i've been through. the roads are open you can drive right through. you know you just can't be afraid of the fire on either side of the. curve might end up blistered if you get too close in untold number have died trying to escape too late a deficiency say the death toll will rise. as of now there are early reports from from our state police that there are dozens of missing persons related to the fires the fires are so massive this is the view from 1500000 kilometers away this is the air that tens of millions of americans are breathing and doctors worry that could impact the fight against the corona virus. these. particles in the air the pollution. it weakens bone long descent because it irritates

along we have increased secretions in our lungs in our upper airways it can make it easier to get ill from a virus or other type of infection these fires are historic and state leaders say it's only going to get worse because of climate change this is not an act of god this is not something that happened because of evolution or media logical conditions that would have been here without without our industrial base this is happening because we have changed the climate of the state of washington in dramatic ways western wildfires happen every year but not like this in the past they're usually only brought under full control when the rainy season begins that isn't expected to happen for weeks or maybe even months. al-jazeera. germany says it will investigate the poisoning of russian opposition leader alexei in a valley and share the findings with russia if he agrees moscow says it wants to question

me in berlin remember he was flown to germany last month after falling ill on board a domestic flight in russia german doctors say he was poisoned with the nerve agent novacek. police and below reserve arrested 10 activists in a church most were women celebrating the birthday of the opposition leaders for atlanta took on a skier she sought sanctuary in neighboring a few ania after the reelection of president alexander lukashenko last month mass protests have continued since then as the opposition accuses him of rigging that election. on the restoration work on one of istanbul's famous landmarks is causing an outcry and concerns about the balance between modernity and preserving the city's heritage stephanie decker has the story. glad to tower has watched over this city for centuries and unmistakable part of istanbul skyline it has inspired legends and romance. which is why this video emerged just

a few weeks ago many couldn't believe it i suppose we can sum it up as outrage. by many people experts now experts because it was so obviously they're wrong type of intervention it was like a bull in a china shop this is not how you treat such an important monument especially the ministry of culture is fine the companies are using such heavy machinery and for the methods used. amrani issue has been living and working in this area around the tower for the past 15 years he says this kind of carelessness is part of a wider trend i see a lot of change in istanbul but these were like the wars of course russian ever have saw this is one of the effects of organization actually because if they destroyed all historical stuff on earth around a lot of the. new buildings that are 3rd of course they change the feel of the thought it's not the same love love is there more it would not be the same we

got part of the urban character of historic istanbul a gilded him is an urban planner who specializes in heritage conservation she shows us around the city it's not all bad news. the facade details the architecture is very well kept at the moment. because authenticity is also important one mistake that's often made is to clean we don't want to clean all the facade of we like that layer of history. but changes are happening just across the way on popular is to close street an example of how the layers of history have been completely lost this transformation also caused public outcry sometimes with a very important historic building which needs do you attend to treatment of its historical fabric these may increase costs and time and short sighted developers don't have patience so we lose. excellence while we're trying to

profit the things that give the spirit of this building or that history of istanbul for the public life of a stumble we don't really feel it anymore. is stumble called stanton noble a capital of empires past its visited by millions of tourists every year it's a city of breathtaking beauty the challenge now how to balance growth and financial gain with ensuring that stumbles history its character doesn't completely disappear stephanie decker al-jazeera is stumble. past the hour on al-jazeera these are the headlines historic talks aimed at ending nearly 2 decades of war in afghanistan the finally taking place in qatar negotiators from the afghan government and the taliban meeting the search for

a permanent ceasefire among other issues are on the agenda. for those we want all the people of afghanistan to be reunited under one roof again after more than 42 years of upheavals aggressions jihad and resistance all the negatives we all know what happened to us throughout the zia's and maybe stand today we now need to address this unique opportunity to move towards a new future that we can define together so that the head of afghanistan's peace council representing the government calling for an immediate cease fire. said the opportunity must be used to create lasting peace the taliban's representative said yes they're prepared to negotiate but reiterated his group's demand for an islamic system. we have acted accordingly to all the points outlined in the previous agreement and we are requesting the other side to act accordingly to those things that have been agreed to so we can have this process without any problems we want

of understand to be an independent country and it should have a form of islamic system where all its citizens see themselves reflected in the headlines bahrain's become the latest arab nation to recognize israel following a similar u.s. brokered deal with the u.a.e. the palestinian authority has condemned the move as a normalization of illegal occupation humanitarian aid finally being delivered to hundreds of thousands of people in sudan after the worst flooding in the country's history at least 100 people have been killed and half a 1000000 homes have been submerged and tension between the u.s. and china has dominated the final day of the annual summit of the association of southeast asian nations mazing was hosted by vietnam most meetings that were held virtually because of coronavirus you're up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera the listening post with richard bit is next.

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