al-jazeera. you're watching the news hour live from the headquarters and. coming up in the next 60 minutes direct peace talks for the 1st time afghan government and taliban leaders begin to go to end decades of fighting. with good intentions to. move forward with a lot of patience. rounded up and detained by the police but defiant by the russian woman leader another weekend of protests

demanding the president step down. and a road map for a return to democracy mali's military and the opposition agree on a transition after last month's coup. a make over for one of istanbul's famous landmarks but that's causing concern for many turks and it's for lewis hamilton a secure position for the groom for the reigning world champion inside the leader of the front of the grid for the 7th time in braces. welcome to the news hour the afghan government and the taliban officials have come face to face for the 1st time to negotiate a return to peace after decades of fighting there in the qatari capital to find a political solution to end nearly 20 years of violence. that's killed over 40000

people from doha here's a song. after decades of war and conflict of understand finally has a shot at peace. this is a former of the minister whose government's been fighting the taliban and here is the co-founder of the taliban still a potent fighting force once on enemies they sit in the same room facing each other for the 1st time since the start of the nearly 2 decades long afghan war follows a fruit 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 these years and where we stand today we now need to address this unique opportunity to move towards a new future that we can define together it took months to initiate the interest of gun dialogue the taliban insisted on the release of 5000 prisoners before talks could begin and in turn released 1000 afghan government detainees. their protests

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 ahead we want of understand to be an independent developed country and it should have a form of islamic system where all its citizens see themselves reflected. in february the us government agreed to pull out its troops from afghanistan provided the taliban guarantee to halt attacks against the u.s. and its allies as the end of the longest running u.s. warning is leaders want to remind allies they will not be left behind each of you i hope you will look inside your heart. each of you carry a great responsibility. but no no that you're not. the entire world wants you to succeed and if counting on you succeeding since the us agreement was signed

in february thousands of people have been killed in fighting between taliban forces and the afghan government major issues such as the taliban's insistence on an islamic emirate and position on the rights of women and the constitution need to be resolved if the road to achieve intra of gone dialogue was hard getting results out of it is going to be even harder both the afghan government delegation as well as the delegation being led by the taliban need to make compromises both sides agree that they are willing to make those compromises the weeks and days ahead are going to determine whether it's going to be successful some of. the. well as we mentioned qatar is hosting the talks and its foreign minister says this is an opportunity for both sides to rise above divisions. not have it and these negotiations represent a keen sensitive face 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 and the hope it brings us well surely drawing lessons from the past all of this requires everyone to embrace the future within which he was the last 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 the u.n. secretary general as well as foreign ministers of several countries attended the talks virtually on terrorism as it's critical that afghan women and their voices are represented in the peace talks an inclusive peace process in which women use and victims of coffee that meaningfully presented offers the best hope of a sustainable solution all parties must of their parts to ensure that women rights of law and that the peace process reflects the experiences and the expertise and the afghan women in all their diversity nato says the alliance remains committed to afghanistan's long term security nato has stood with the afghan people for the last

19 years we are now adjusting our troop presence in afghanistan to support the peace efforts at the same time we remain committed to changing and funding afghan security forces to help safeguard the afghan people. so let's take more closely a look at the deal that was signed between the taliban and the u.s. back in february which paved the way for saturday's talks part of the agreement gave $12000.00 u.s. troops and other nato forces 14 months to leave afghanistan the pentagon plans to have fewer than 5000 remaining by the end of november in return the taliban committed to preventing other groups including al qaida from using afghanistan as a base to threaten the u.s. and its allies the afghan government has already released nearly 5000 taliban prisoners and agreed in august to release 400 another condition in the deal was the

launch of interim afghan negotiations by march the 10th that meeting was delayed because of disagreements over february's presidential election results as well as the corona virus outbreak let's talk to scott smith from the u.s. institute of peace he's been involved in attempts to bring peace to afghanistan for many years he's joining us from new york thanks very much for your time with us on al-jazeera and we'll get into the u.s. a stake in all of this in a moment but 1st in your opinion how willing are both sides to compromise the afghan government as well as the taliban. well from what i heard. speaking to people in doha who are part of this opening ceremony to the mood it has been very positive and i think it's one of the risks that both parties took which they did not want any sort of mediation in one 3rd party in the room which could have been risky if things began to break down but in fact the meeting was very

cordial both in the meeting itself and afterwards and that is a good sign that there is a willingness to compromise what we don't know very much of what the actual taliban positions are on a lot of issues and we also know that the afghan government is very determined to maintain the sort of system of government that it has so that confrontation over the political system is yet to come but so far the signs are positive that there is a willingness to meet to talk and then hopefully that will mean to make the difficult compromises that will be for sure ahead well but are the taliban really willing to compromise to that extent when they actually have leverage on the ground at the moment and and critics of the taliban will say well they can't be trusted from previous experiences. yes all of us have asked this question even before the peace agreement in february even before the u.s. directly engaging with the taliban in july of 2018 we've all asked the question are

the taliban willing to compromise why they have the momentum and the answer is we won't know until they what happens this week actually happens until they actually sit down to begin to talk with the government one of the things that i've heard from some. form of the taliban is that they may have the momentum but they also understand they will not will win this war and the worst painful for them is cause a lot of deaths and what they really want if they can get it on terms that are acceptable to them is a chance to return to their country and sort of lives of more or less in a land that they that they recognize so you know that question remains to be seen but a lot of us who have been working on this issue for a long time have thought that that let the supposition that they don't want to compromise not be a reason for not sitting down and actually meeting and then you have such a chorus invested in this process for the trumpet ministration and for trump personally how important is it for him to secure

a deal before the november election i mean he's campaigned on getting the u.s. out of what he calls and less wars. you know i think the chance of getting a deal before the election is remote but i think there was a real intent to at least get these negotiations started before the election you would have noticed there is a narrative around that from campaign about sort of peace initiatives in the middle east between serbia and kosovo. the afghanistan process he dated all of this and i think the trauma surgeon would have liked to have some sort of results much earlier but i think they at least wanted to see these negotiations begin before the election and that contributes to that narrative and more fundamentally i think for the for the trumpet ministration it contributes to the possibility of getting troops out. in the way that they've been you know quite significantly reduced in the last year and a half or so out of all of the issues then what do you think is the most

challenging one what do you going to be cooling the looking out to come out of these talks the 1st issue is whether or not there can be if not a cease fire at least the significant reduction of violence greater freedom of movement if that can create an atmosphere while the talks are going on because we know there will be difficult. but at least to show something to the afghan people that you know this is the beginning of the end of that conflict then the tricky issues will be over the nature of the government whether there will be an interim government while negotiation is go on and on this there are obviously some very very significant differences between the 2 sides all right scott smith thank you for joining us from new york thank you very much. the news are all just 0 there is plenty more ahead including voicing their anger against raines recognition of israel we speak to a top palestinian leader. not everybody living in the street everybody

living in the. frustration and anger boils over on the greek island of los posed as refugees find themselves on the streets for another day. and sport arsenal make a winning start as the new english premier league season begins that story is coming up a little later. police about the roof of detained dozens of women attempting to join the latest weekend protest against president alexander lukashenko but over 10000 women have defied the latest government crackdown to march down the streets of the capital minsk demanding the question because resignation since he was declared the winner of last month's election critics say was rigged suffer without a protest site and something reports. every saturday for the last couple of weeks women have been marching here in the center of minsk. women smart to release the

political prisoners and also. to step down in recent weeks why did spark release has inflamed so many has particular lead been detained in the last couple of days so women are still. and they're still gathering here. looking. for women. but not screaming. what kind of power is this does it see people doesn't listen to people is this our power how does this relate to a constitution onto a law enforcement system these

a peaceful women without weapons. a group of women is now being locked up for by the master policeman their own remake and shouting to be released would be tensions are completely random here right now some women manage to escape by just simply jumping the fence but a lot of policemen here right now and people are screaming women are screaming why are we being detained greek police have fired tear gas at refugees during clashes on the island of less pows while ns broke out after police tried to arrest 3 people there's been protests on the island with refugees demanding to be taken to the mainland after the camera they were in and burnt down earlier this week. reports. the arrest of an elderly man sparks violence after news pelts the arresting officers with rocks was. and they respond with tear gas

women and children who were sitting there by panic and seek shelter in the island's municipal refugee camp stuff here terrified that asylum seekers displaced by the burning of the main camp at moria may try to set fire to this one as well and the crush this afghan boy is separated from his parents and after inhaling tear gas an infant is rushed to hospital unconscious days have passed since greece's largest refugee camp morea down on the island of last bus bottled up on a stretch of highway these refugees have slept rough and are hungry angry and impatient because of daily protests the army has not distributed food and water spraying even more and that we've got no place to stay for $45.00 days now will place to stay no food no. laura. we decided to go to this show so they bring us to the mainland but the police the military the blog the road since we are

staying here. not everybody living in the street everybody live in india we need freedom we don't want to maria we don't want we don't want agrees to have a quit the comp that's one won't. down the road the government is rushing to set up temporary shelters to get people off the street and out of the mountain olive groves this is moria to tell rearranged by the sea now being landscape and fitted with tents where a few 1000 people will be able to stay at least temporarily a few asylum seekers are struggling in but there's been no mass transportation of them yet off the streets here however that is what they also rotis intend as soon as possible because here they can be fed and watered and the public safety can be assured some refugees arrive to take a look at their immediate future. and install themselves but some of this

afghan children have had 2 birthdays in. school we will not always get our money good moment you know i mean we are ready to die here we don't want to go and live in a tent in another camp we want freedom all the refugees but for these people freedom for now is brewing tea on the asphalt and camping on the driveway of a car dealership jumps are hopeless al-jazeera lesbos. their hands have responded angrily to a decision by behaving to normalize ties with israel at a protest people burns' portraits of the behind me king u.s. president on the israeli prime minister hamas officials have called the agreement shameful disgraceful and reprehensible it comes one month after the united arab emirates also agreed to normalize relations with israel. i have the hope that the get behind it this is a political sin that behind is committing and must withdraw from it because this agreement seriously harms the palestinian cause and serves only the electorial

interests of trump and netanyahu so about a card says the secretary general of the p.l.o. he says the deal between the horizon and israel goes against a 2 state solution if you're trying to export to us by having behind anonymity as a maybe others sign peace treaties with israel so they can't tell us you're alone come and then a day and elation ship any relationships must be based on that they're in the one ward if they are fair and the only way to peace is justice and justice means live and let live and the option is to stay it's 1967 borders the state of palestine with its gambit will be live side by side the state of israel peace and security on the $67.00 borders this concept is what's being destroyed and eliminated by questionnaire the emirates and bahrain and these steps have added one thing only their strength and extremism at the expense of palestinian and arab moderates and

people who want democracy human rights women's rights and the rule of law and that's the main achievement of president trump by doing these deals there are more protests in lebanon demanding justice over the beirut airport explosion a few 100 demonstrators were met with a heavy security presence as they tried to reach the presidential palace they're calling for accountability following last month's explosion which killed nearly 200 people. mali's military and political groups have agreed on a plan for the country's future after last month's screw it comes after 3 days of talks in the capital bamako the former president ever hey move a car kato was ousted by the army in august after months of protests. is it the locals is it better than what we have achieved here gives me hope for a new mali a democratic secular prosperous founded on work social justice and equality it's on this note of hope that i close these talks for take

a closer look at what's been agreed to this is that under the plan the military will retain a firm grip on the transitional government mali's interim president will be chosen by a college set up of these. the interim president will act as head of states and oversee the transition to civilian rule the parties have also agreed to hold new general elections within 18 months live to buy the duties following developments from the nigerian capital abuja what kind of reaction has been coming through now that this plan has been announced. from mali it's of been discordant voices from within the discussion forum members some members are not happy and legend that the input to the resolutions of this 3 day talks have been largely ignored by organizers and on the other hand

course has already made it clear they want a civilian president and a civilian prime minister to lead the charge to handle the transition program to organize the election and return money to a democratic governor a civilian a suitable civilian cannot be found they wanted at least some way other retired military officer who has no links whatsoever to the current military leadership to head the transition program now if the military in mali right now wanted a military person to lead the transition that will raise some red flags with the economic community of west african states and of course they don't agree to any leadership by the military but the military is keen on extending its rule for the next 18 months on tuesday the leadership of the of the mali military will lead a delegation to meet the president of ghana who is the who is also the chairman of the economic community of west african states to present the resolution to him and

they will discuss they would then discuss the resolutions with the rest of the other 13 heads of states to see whether they can agree to what was resolved by this council and it's also interesting to see how the reactions of the opposition in mali will be because already some members of the m 5 movement that led the protest against for president are at the forefront of rejecting some of the proposals being presented by the organizers of this conference so it sounds like a pretty fragile plan and situation and. exactly it's the next few days will determine whether or not things will work out the way the military leadership wanted remember about a week ago the military wanted to organize this discussion this forum this wide consultations with various segments of money in society unfortunately there were

protests then especially from members of the m 5 movement their 5 f.p. who allege that their members were deliberately excluded from key walking groups of this of this forum as a result the meeting and that abruptly and pushed until friday until the 1st day when it was we started with why the membership from across society so it's very interesting the next few days will be very very interesting to see the reaction of ordinary monday as although some suggestion that money is a tide of the situation tide of protest they will tolerate any. problems or any shortcomings being presented to them after this forum but it's difficult to say for now what reaction will come from the economic community of west african states i did research for different thank you. below as an african affairs analyst and she

says that it's significant to see the mali cool leaders reach out to civil society . that's not the 1st goal in mind and that is the let's say the christian previous one was like 67 years ago. where the military to go and they didn't ask anyone what to do whatsoever they were a bag boss me who i would throw a meal with through our government and we do what we want now the 1st important thing is that they be aware very very serious about these cussing civil society who will stick mightily and stakeholders and so that too as to have an agreement because that coup was very popular so they had nothing to fear from from i would say the population and on of them pretty good actors so. they had pressure from the it costs once at a transition

a short transition but the question was and should transition for what still is is very important to have sort of what math what do we want to do during the transition what does that task to be people fields so why do monster why did 9 why why why don't you what is good why should we go back to the present generation when where they had decided on 9 minds just to say must be short and that nothing was settled and we had. even become. taking over that with the one west bin of that's wrong and nothing had changed so busy time around they want to do things better. rescuers are scouring the rubble of a collapsed mine in the democratic republic of congo hoping to find survivors more than 50 miners are feared after a gold mine near the eastern town of coming to caved in after heavy rain hundreds of people have been trying to remove rocks and debris with their bare hands. dozens

of people die each year from accidents and largely unregulated mines in the sea. following developments from nairobi. when it happened. there all went to this mine with all anything they could get their hands on to just try and rescue those trapped inside now we're being told that the military is there the red cross is helping with the operations as well as u.n. peacekeepers but it's a logistical nightmare right now it's not raining but because of the rains that have been pounding that area accessing this mining area has been quite difficult because it's quite far away from the main town accessing the area from the road or even from the air because visibility has been very good but we're being told that these operations are going on even you know you've also had. problems with this town of coming to that isn't and he said that most of the people most of those who

died young people it is likely that this death toll could rise in the coming hours because on a normal day there would be many many mynahs in those walls sometimes even in the hundreds minus just trying to make a living. to people displaced by heavy flooding are calling for more help hundreds of thousands are without shelter as their homes were submerged by the worst flooding in a century. reports. we're here in a camp for displaced people north of the sudanese capital khartoum people who have been displaced by the heavy floods which hit the country a little over 3 weeks ago and led to the displacement of more than half a 1000000 now the people in these camps say that their village was just about 2 and a half kilometers away from the river nile and that about 60 percent of the 180 homes that were there was 3rd in the build and should have been able to withstand the force of the nile but they say that the force was stronger than their

expectations breaking the sand barriers that they had put there as a precaution should the water levels rise and eventually flooding the homes and destroying them now they say that while they've moved to this campus here their needs are still many many of them say they yet to receive the basics to be able to survive the displacement. and the looks of it we have a shortage of tents and medical aid organizations come for a day and the next day they go away even though the area has been hit by river waters there are snakes and scorpions we need antivenom serums and other things the other main issue is the one of 10 there are not enough of them and those we have are few compared to those displaced now sudan's government says it's trying to respond to the needs of the people on a day to day basis it says that it cannot focus on reconstruction at the moment because the needs are huge hundreds of thousands of people affected more than 100000 homes partially or completely destroyed more than 100 people killed and they

say that they're trying to focus on the basics which is making sure that people get shelter food and clean water and now people who have been affected by those floods say that the government response has been far from enough they say that they are concerned about what's a point diseases which is currently rising amongst those displaced and in areas that have been affected by the floods they're also concerned about the long term planning there saying that moving on from the rainy season there's going to be winter season and they're worried that with the winter coming following the heavy floods then be forced to spend them in camps and they're urging. government to react aid organizations are saying that the situation is likely to go on for a while the rainy season is set to last until the end of the month and there are concerns that more and more people will be affected due to the heavy rains and due to the floods from them and due to what are borne diseases than there are concerns that there will be more loss of lives as this crisis continues. clinical trials for corona virus vaccine in the u.k. have been allowed to resume the drug company astra zeneca and oxford university had

to stop work on the project after reports of super and developed severe neurological symptoms health regulators in the u.k. confirmed on saturday that it's now safe for the trials to continue. coming up on the news hour a relocation plan for rohingya refugees but there are concerns whether their new home on a bangladeshi island is suitable. a growing threat the battle to contain dozens of wildfires in the western united states in sport find out of this tennis player could pick himself up to secure a spot in the final after u.s. open. how it's so quiet across the middle east at least in terms of weather a little speak of light winds for the most part but some places a cloud across the western side of saudi arabia little more of

a breeze just coming in across the red sea but it is quiet to push over towards the gulf temperatures here in doha at around 40 celsius is still very warm but as hot as it has been recently into the levant the still getting up to 31 inch roots slim to 29 therefore beirut he continues as we go on through the coming days little more cloud there into west impossible to go on through monday wanted to show was a possibility here and of course wanted to show was there into eritrea and ethiopia showers strafe thing further west swiss and we are looking at heavy downpours around the gulf of guinea little further south now about where they should be nigeria seeing some very heavy showers calmer and also seeing some big downpours as we go on through sunday and on into monday further south across much of southern africa here it is largely fine and dry we have got some places a cloud of seeing with the southern cape town with the top temperature of around 15

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the way we see the world. or serve the interests of the powerful it can obscure the truth narrative and rewrite the listening post gives you the truth picture. over. and over again the top stories on the al-jazeera news hour talks aimed at ending nearly 2 decades of war in afghanistan have begun in qatar. and the afghan government and the taliban are meeting face to face. policing by the roots have arrested dozens of women attempting to hold protests in the capital minsk amassed attention is the latest in a series of government crackdowns against opposition to president alexander look at

. mali is military and political groups have agreed on a plan for the country's future after last month's cruise they've decided on a transitional government for 18 months until new elections can be held. so on the afghanistan peace talks who's the chairperson of afghanistan's high council for national reconciliation spoke to our program talked to al jazeera and he told us. that he is hopeful the doha talks will lead to peace after so many years of violence if there is one listen out of the. honest sun recent past 2 to 4 decades that's that it did is no military solution. and our hope is that both sides have recognized this and then what to do is the next issue. referred to to shade

valley in an incident a few days ago that was. pressure brought to some other provinces in one of those crossing point one incident had taken place no casualties from any sides some reason balik a mess like sending a message that i'd message to send that this is stage will be late the message to the in this conference that we want we have different views we have different version for the country but we want to make peace but one that in order to help our own people. that will be direct message. our hope is of the will of the afghan people and the desire of the people in also on the on the wisdom of the leaders on all sides that to look at the situation can we

continue in how long for example in the past there was a situation where the taliban would in control of the 2 percent of the site it to 5 percent of the story. did that that situation put an end to to war in late 2 to one side overcoming india those wiped out no. post that situation the world continued for that 20 s. so these are these are the lessons. learned from the recent history of afghanistan and also look at the suffering of the people look at the losses of their people look at the pain that the people of the tolerating referred to the numbers in the past few months only since the signing of the agreement with you between the taliban in the united states which was. which was the main fundamental reason.

and that lead to kind of situation that we were talking to one at that that is still there when i am talking about the number of casualties it's high on both sides it's not just one side and to be billeted to. 2 to q their wounds of the people to recover will be sign of strength not to inflicting casualties on the people. the turkish president or edge of time berto on has warned his french counterpart quote not to mess with turkey the nato allies are at loggerheads over turkey's search for oil and gas in disputed parts of the eastern mediterranean parts of the region are also claimed by greece and cyprus on friday my new on my call on other southern e.u. leaders threatened new sanctions against ankara she will undergo looks similar to what one is rude i do not want to mention him by name but i have to because he's

messing with me he's seeing our problem is not with the turkish people but with. mr you will continue to have problems with me. a popular wrestler in iran has been executed despite local and international appeals to overturn his death sentence 27 year old car he was convicted for killing a man 2 years ago his family says he was tortured into confessing to a murder he didn't commit the us president wrestling stars and activists all recently appealed to the iranian government for clemency the international olympic committee says it's shocked by the news of his execution. the families of hong kong activists thought to be detained in china are demanding their return 12 activists including a 16 year old were arrested 3 weeks ago as they try to escape by boat to taiwan their detention as part of china's crackdown on hong kong following the imposition of a security law which critics say further curtails freedoms the bangladeshi government

wants to move more than 100000 rohingya refugees to remote islands in the bay of bengal some are opposing the plan and aid agencies are concerned by the threat of flooding onsite close tunder child reports. russian island is where 100000 growing as will be moving to if the bangladesh government can persuade them to government leaders said the remote island 60 kilometers off shore in the bay of bengal is better option than the world's biggest refugee camps in cox's bazaar more than 300 rohingya refugees are already here after being rescued in may 1000 deaths and in me in my we suffered a lot of atrocities which is why we escaped to bangladesh then we tried to go to malaysia because some of us got engaged to men there and wanted a better life but the malaysian navy refused us and she and forced us back into the sea we drifted for months until the bangladesh navy rescued us and saved our lives

we are 10 li grateful for it. was in the delegation of running a community leaders were recently ferried to the island to survey the facilities manager talking about it was that it was really satisfied and happy to see all the good facilities the government has created but we have a serious concern about flooding yes we can live there but it will be more like a prison here at least we're able to move around more freely and be with our families other refuges confined on the island protested during the camp leaders visit they want to return to cox's bizarre. and much an argument we are appealing to the international community please. help us to reunite with our family members in cox's because we are in anguish. u.n. agencies and rights groups also question the viability of the location saying it is vulnerable to flooding tidal surge and psych loans and they say it will be costly

to provide services there but bangladesh officials say they're confident refugees can be persuaded to move. the crammed in groups and we expect the comments from their. own 700000 growing up led me on my 3 years ago in a government crackdown on the muslim minority myanmar is later denied genocide but the un says the army campaign was a textbook example of ethnic cleansing many bangladesh's are sympathetic to the plight of the running of refugees but after 3 years that getting increasingly concerned about the economic burden on the country they want the international community to put pressure on me on my trip back to those who want to go back. as well as been stateless and homeless the coronavirus pandemic is worsening the plight of the rohingya with no legal status their future seems more on certain than ever hungry children dhaka bangladesh several 100 protesters in new zealand's

largest city have defied locked on rules on crowds to complain about covert $1000.00 restrictions gatherings of more than 10 people were banned in auckland and australia right police made arrests at an anti lock down demonstration in melbourne capital of victoria state is the epicenter of australia's outbreak whether an 800 people have died so far. paris parliament has voted to start impeachment proceedings against president martin. he says the potential removal from office for moral incompetence is a conspiracy a conspiracy against democracy arianna sanchez has more from. the opposition lawmakers are calling for the ouster of president might be least gotta on the grounds of moral incapacity of the moment you discover a is a systematic liar. they say he lied to obstruct a graft probe after the culture ministry hired

a little known artist richard needles for $50000.00 and o'grady just amount by peruvian standards the president denies having anything to do with the case that if they want 2 hours to me here i am with my head up high and a clear conscience no one bit of what's been charged illegally has grounds for an impeachment i will not quit i mean what i mean audio recordings of the president and his closest advisers discussing this he's made us case have surfaced he's got us is he so ponens are plotting to remove him from office last week he turned down a congressional request to testify on the case. i will not deny the conversation but we had internal coordinations to clarify what was happening in the context of the investigation and during it i said we should tell the truth. however analysts say there are other reasons behind the calls for impeachment. there has to be an investigation but that doesn't imply that they should oust him we reject

impeachment the case has been put together under dubious constitutional criteria and it's driven by private interests that want to stir chaos and that could have a very dangerous outcome 7 months before the next general election and with the worst health and economic crisis in more than 100 years peruvians say they are furious the government now has to deal with a political crisis. more than 30000 peruvians have died in the pandemic and the economy is in a recession many peruvian say enough is enough that i know that groove in politics is trash they look for their own benefits and don't think about us we've lost so much in this pandemic it's not fair that we have to deal with this. this is a political circus i don't justify this cata but the legislators are sinking the country i feel terrible 87 votes are needed to unseat he's gotta his lawyer will have one hour to defend him next week for now officials say they don't rule out any

legal maneuverings that will maintain the country's political stability. officials an american the american state of oregon are bracing for more death and devastation as firefighters continue to battle massive blazes nearly 100 of them are burning across the western united states they've killed these 25 people and force the populations of entire towns to move to safety here's more. the fires are marching 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 the whole time. with the

flames on one side of me. i don't i don't know i've been through it i've been here 37 years of the 1st one i've been through. of all the roads are open you can drive right through. and just every afraid of the fire on either side. and car might end up blistered or 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 for us 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 the 10s 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 the long descent because it irritates

or long 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 with. us 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 that isn't expected to happen for weeks. still ahead on the news hour the sports news and heavy rain just cause problems for the player is. much more.

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developments from across the globe coronavirus fundament special coverage on a. the over the over the over. restoration work on one of istanbul's famous landmarks is causing an outcry and concerns about the balance between modern history and preserving the city's heritage stephanie tucker has a story. glad to tower has watched over the 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 and on 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 we treat such an important monument especially the ministry of culture is fine the companies are using such heavy machinery and for the best it's used for emraan 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 this town with what this world like the wars of course russian every half full this is one of the by the fact of organization actually because if they destroyed all historical stuff on earth or thrown the blood to future sky gripper. new buildings that are 3rd of course they changed the feel off the top

it's not the same love love the same or funniest and it will not be the same again part of the urban character of historic istanbul a gilded him is an herb. 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 that patience so we lose. excellence while we are trying to profit the things that give the spirit of this building or that history of istanbul or the public life of istanbul 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 stumbled. time for an update on the sports news with andy hey thanks so much daryn lewis hamilton has secured pole position for the tuscan grown prius the 7th time in 9 races that the reigning world champion will start of the front of the grid the magellan circuit is owned by the ferrari team is hosting an f one race for the very 1st time the home seemed to look unlikely to

mark the occasion of the win sebastian vettel put on a qualifying 14th shot clay was 5th houghton's miss sadie's teammate brasserie bottles he was 2nd fastest with the 2 red bulls in 3rd and 4th hamilton leading the overall title standings by 47 s. it's a really challenging circuit and i want to see all of you saw about 3 was put in the me all day yesterday and and even this morning and evening in q one so it's it's about been working so hard in the background to really try to try and improve on my lines improve on the set up and with the engineers we did such a great job well up to 16 years away leeds united have made a spectacular but ultimately losing return to the english premier league 3 times they were behind against reigning champions liverpool at anfield and 3 times they managed to equalize with the school level at 33 leeds conceded a late penalty and that gave mohamed salah the chance to complete the hattrick final score 43 to liverpool. while arsenal were 3 no one is away at full and

alexander luck has that usana gabrielle an america bombing and getting the goals there are still looking to improve on their 8th place finish of last season alex morgan who helped the usa win but it's about women's world cups is heading to england the high profile for the sunday with tottenham becoming the 5th member of that world champions scots to join a women's super league club this year spurs playing in england start league for just the 2nd season. of this year's us open will see a 1st time grand slam winner in the men's draw some place title this side is between germany's alexander's verify and austria's dominic team both digging deep so when the semifinals so home out of cripples. from germany if there was ever a chance for tennis is new generation of stars to step up it's been this year's us open that's exactly what world number 7 alexander's there of has been doing with a number of the sport's biggest names missing due to the global pandemic the 23 year old is heading into his 1st ever grand slam final after beating spain's public

ran a booster in the semifinals. having lost the 1st 2 steps clarence came back strongly to win the remaining 3 to take the match i just thought i have to start playing better and that's what i did and i'm just just lucky song at some point to be through. there a full face 2nd seed dominant team in the final a player that's long been tipped for greatness again since. the austrian has been to 3 grand slam finals but is still yet to win one and to reach his 4th he didn't simply have to overcome 3rd seed danielle medvedev. but also some problems with his sneakers this was in addition to treatment on his right ankle earlier in the match despite his frustrations he battled through to try bricks to prevail in straights it was. definitely a lot of his big matches even more when there's

a full stadium it's also great in front of many many t.v. spectators store to face the best guys in the world whatever happens on sunday one thing that we're guaranteed is a brand new grand slam champion so he'll malick al-jazeera. in just over an hour's time to take on victoria azarenka in the women's final as are incomplete serina williams in the last 4 years in a grand slam final the 1st time since 2030. i think it's going to be an amazing final i hope it will be i'll have fun. but she's a very very powerful player she's a great champion she is one to already so and then we're both looking for a 3rd one so i'll be fine thus the celtics will make the 3rd conference finals appearance in the last 4 seasons the celtics beating the reigning champions this from the raptors and the signing of that series the raptors have come back trixie down to level this one up at 33 g.'s celtics winnings just games 9287 on next face

the miami. but that's ok that's it my head off to its rival. they defended champs and they got a lot of heart and they made us air in it and i think. each trying to achieve something and especially when. you've got to go through some days and some heart breaks tough moments. want to be. yours. and heavy rain didn't just cause problems for the players in taiwan's baseball league the ground stuff it doing their best to get the field covered the the new problem was that one of that same had taken an untimely fold but a bit of encouragement for the washing he did eventually manage to reattach. ok that is i suppose looking for ok thank you very much for that and thanks for watching the news hour we hand you a birthright teams in london maryam namazie will have more news coming up on

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on al-jazeera. the arab. the afghan government and taliban leaders begin historic face to face talks with the a move ending decades of violence. hello i'm maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program dozens of women protesters are detained in the better russian capital as mass anti-government demonstrations continue. protests descend into violence on the greek island of last boss tear gas is fired as desperate refugees demand past.