every. choice can you afford them. inspiring solution to get. on al-jazeera. the price of lasting peace in afghanistan the u.s. tells government and taliban leaders future funding will depend on their choices and conduct now. on down jordan this is down to 0 a lawyer from doha also coming up. attacking and arresting women police violently break up the latest protests against belarus is president. everybody

living in the street everybody live in india. growing frustration on the greek island of less box refugees remain homeless after europe's largest migrant camp is burnt to the ground. and appetite for plant based meat we look at how the pandemic is changing the way people think about food in time. the warring sides in afghanistan are being urged to seize an opportunity to secure peace for future generations the country's been rocked by conflict for decades leaving millions of people enjoying poverty and as afghan government and taliban negotiate as started talks and qatar america's top diplomat dangled an incentive might pompei a war and how much aid the u.s. provides in the years to come was dependent on a lasting peace deal a summit binge of aid reports from doha. 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 photo shoot 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 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 stan 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 want you to succeed and it's counting on you succeeding since the u.s. 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 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. without us there. so who exactly are the taliban well the group emerged out of the civil war that followed the defeat of the soviet union in afghanistan it ruled much of the country between 996 and 2001 promising to fight corruption and improve security one imposing its version of strict islamic law the u.s. invaded afghanistan after the september 11th attacks accusing the taliban of sheltering the al qaeda fighters responsible the taliban was removed from power and

it began targeting foreign troops and the u.s. backed government and since then it's regain strength and some analysts believe it controls or contests about 2 thirds of afghan territory let's bring in the journalist nazirite he joins us via skype from kabul on the 1st day of these talks both the afghan government down the taliban expressed an eagerness to end the fighting talk us through briefly what's at stake here for both sides somewhat of a compromises that need to be made. well and part of both hype expressed strong winning best to end the fighting at both sides said they want to end the fighting with no one to blame the fighting and delusional have been done long hand. to hand out high fungal mr consolation of good luck that they want to start because they want to be united and they want to work to create a part of people that can get done there was

a lot of issues that people can share and build to and there's 2 of them acting on . their hands and they want to move it up so well and also they want to see are engaging the shooter and the stocks that they want to make an independent and a secure their benefits so that both sides go really sharing with your message to them that was really making no which you're saying and i fear other like you to be certain militant factions within afghanistan who will try and darrelle these talks with more attacks and violence on the ground. but when there could have been some actual chance to jeopardize to peace talks between the camp government and the taliban whenever there are peace talks approaching between both sides if the if there is just get it some attacks in kabul and maybe another province that the whole host of being taken the responsibility by and there may be

10 through last week there was an attack on a farm again this year and also by thursday numberless arlin over the normally plant responsibility that that camera is probably to start off at that time no more than a dozen people in that attack are now going to government i'm doubtful as a government and then after the comments that attack the taliban rejected for that . bill for that moment and and the other issue here necessary is competing ideology and in the afghan government backs the current democratic political system of the taliban wants to reimpose its strict version of islamic nor that's a big problem particularly that comes to say the rights and freedoms for women. but that is the main issue both sides are discussing currently on the agenda the afghan government says that the major issue of the talks would be on cease fire but the taliban said they want to make an angry man on the future government on the

politics of course the woman dies. or then. again but. when the men send you all the interviews that they want and then that makes the man. we are the guys to all the room and you're the one woman that listen to this the government taliban for not having. a woman to sit and then they're going to build is or turn up the future government where their eyes for whom it would be or not not just a final point to you your as a journalist based in the afghan capital what about the afghan people themselves i mean they faced over 40 years of nonstop conflict thousands of died in the fighting how much hope do they have that these talks may finally bring peace and prosperity to afghanistan. so when the people of the piano or really up to

method for that talks talks of being suited for after ticket both sides are engaging in died of negotiations before they are already there to metaphor to. all of this for those who are looking back at a time it's quite like it had a concept that we all sorted i think i can keep up for increasingly being optimistic about the outcome of pop and this is the time when. you will be out of work believe me it was a lovely day out and sized the afghan government and the taliban my job that i didn't need a lot of fitness to fill it is fun both guys who manage. if they don't manage your business on the removal of the 2nd hand to those who are. at the end to stop 'd folks may just. pause and will not feeling good to get your thoughts thank you for talking to al jazeera thank you. now police in belarusan violently detained dozens

of women attempting to join the latest weekend protest against the president alexander lukashenko more than $10000.00 women define the government crackdown to running the company in minsk they've been demanding the question because resignations and seems to clear the winner of last month's election which critics say was rigged steadfastness on the protest and witness the arrests 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 offering to step down and recent violence by police has increased and many have particular leave being detained in the last couple of days so women are still defiant and they're still gathering here. all of this was he was the one. he was

a lot of. the women. women of grief. was doing but that was i mean what kind of power is this doesn't see people doesn't listen to people is this our power how does this relate to a constitution onto a law enforcement system these are peaceful women without weapons. a group of women is now being locked up for by you muffed the policeman they're all really big and shouting to be relieved to be tensions are completely random here right now some women manage to escape by just simply jumping the fence but there are no police man here right now and people are screaming women are screaming why are we being detained. protesters with differing grievances have been targeting the greek prime minister police were on alert as about 5000 demonstrators rallied the northern city

of tests along a key where kerry or smith's attack was delivering a speech that included pro and anti migrant groups as well as far right supporters who are against coronavirus restrictions. meanwhile police have fired tear gas at protesting refugees on the greek island of les dos they're demanding humanitarian assistance and are assisting attempts to relocate them on tuesday fire has destroyed the maria camp europe's largest leaving 12000 people without shelter john psaropoulos reports. the arrest of an elderly man sparks violence after news pulse the arresting officers with rocks. 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 terrified that asylum seekers displaced by the burning of the main camp at moria may try to set fire to

this one as well in 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 moria burns down on the island of lesbos 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 on that we got no place to stay for $45.00 days now no place to stay no food no water around the toilet with 5 to go to mislead to this show so they bring us to the mainland but the police the military the block the road since we are staying here. is not in everybody living in the street everybody livin in the bush we need freedom we don't want to maria we don't want to come we don't want

to graze wanting to have a quit the comp that's won't look. down the road the government is rushing to set up temporary shelter to get people off the street and out of the mountain olive groves this is morial. to tell rearranged by the sea now being landscaped 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 the author of teasing turned 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 around this afghan children have had 2 birthdays or gloria no school we will not. do 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 jump. let's pause. to come here not just here including. my only concern is to get my books out so that i can study in my examinations the sudanese students determined to succeed in the face of devastating floods. striking a balance between heritage and the modern day concerns for one of the most prominent. across the united states it really is a country of 2 halls across the east we have some showers and thunderstorms we've even had some flooding rains across more central areas and there's another mass of

rain on its way towards the midwest but of course out across the west it remains hawse and it is not as high as they have been but it really is about the rain but it will be heading to california not for several days you can see here continue cool. to fight all of these fires and this is what it looks like once that fire retardant has actually been deposited now temperatures all coming down slightly into the pacific northwest seattle on sunday a high of 21 but still pretty warm further down towards the south now you'll notice that mass of rain out by in the pacific that is if and should be on its way towards the pacific northwest probably for the beginning of the week bringing in some very welcome rain i mean plenty of rain across the eastern half of the country a nice this masthead just sitting in the gulf of mexico is the next tropical storm trying to develop but it'll spread its rain and strong winds along those coastal areas in the southeast we continue on through monday and as a say out tools the pacific northwest we've got the rain eventually beginning to push in certainly through choose they were she sees them right in that the winds

will also change direction would have an almost show flow adding some humidity but at the same time blowing that smoke further inland. and counting the cost of debt crisis and that insurgent uprising not be troubled right now becoming the world's biggest gas exporter an epic battle the challenges apple's grip on its job still in the rising prospect of a currency war with the mighty dollar sink counting the cost on al-jazeera. if you want to help save the world. needs a euro. welcome

back a quick recap of the top stories here at this hour the 1st direct peace talks between the afghan government and the taliban have begun in qatar in the opening remarks the government called for an immediate cease fire while the taliban insisted it will protect minorities under an islamic system. police in belarus that violently detained dozens of women attempting to join the latest weekend protest against president. they say last month's election was rigged and they're calling for him to resign. and greek police have fired tear gas of refugees in less cost they're demanding humanitarian assistance and are refusing relocation off they come down on tuesday. hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by severe flooding across west and central africa in asia where at least 65 people have died a large part of the capital remain under water which airs on the world's driest countries but the rainy season has intensified in recent years which has been

linked to climate change the suburbs of senegal as capital dhaka are under water early this month there was more rain than a single day in senegal and it usually experiences in the entire rainy season president macky sall has activated an emergency aid plan to help people in need. and hundreds of thousands of people displaced by heavy flooding are calling for more help their homes were destroyed by the worst flooding in a century and they're in desperate need of shelter and basic supplies tens of thousands of students are among those whose lives are being disrupted even morgan reports from khartoum and how many are struggling to keep up with their studies just hours left before ray and jaffer and her colleagues sit for sudan's general high school certificate examination in the capital how to if the requirement to be able to get into university but after she and her family lost their home in the floods that prospect seemed almost impossible. because

my only concern was to get my books out so that i can study and sit in my examinations it's hard we've lost everything we've lost a house and that is hard we were inside and the river just flooded and we lost everything. her colleague had also lost her family home in the floods that had village in the northern part of a week ago said it's unfair that out too soon homes the floods came in and took away everything that homes were destroyed then we ended up on the streets near the main road the government gave us tents and people from the area gave us a place to stay and study and so we can prepare for examinations the examinations which are usually held in march every year have been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic so then the government sets up demba 13 as the new date more than $150000.00 students will take part in the capital alone a rise in the river to levels not seen in more than a century caused devastating floods in many parts of sudan it's led the government

to declare a state of emergency and announced the country as a natural disaster zone more than 100 people were killed and hundreds of thousands displaced schools in several towns and villages were among the damaged properties tens of thousands of those displaced by the floods are school students and many are due to sit for their high school general certificate this year but for those students sitting for examination to guarantee seats in universities in the future is hard when their families have lost most or all of their belongings. so dan has set up a committee to deal with the impacts of the floods the head of the committee says the government is working to ensure that students around the country take the exam as scheduled every day there's they're basically checking on on all the ministries of education in the different states to check on what's to ration is the centers that people need to go and have exams from what is the situation we're talking about the people the fact that the numbers of the people who are going to sit for an exam then they said they're assessing the situation on daily basis so hopefully

you know it well hoping that it's you know it's going to be something that fits the needs of the people the levels of them have started to drop but those affected see what they've been through already is enough. i didn't want the exams to be held at a time like this it's hard she and her colleagues see they'll have to sit for the exams and hope for the best despite their very difficult circumstances people morgan al-jazeera how it's a fair bit more protests in lebanon demanding justice over the beirut port explosion hundreds of demonstrators were met with a heavy security presence as they tried to march on the presidential palace by calling for accountability following last month's devastating blast which killed nearly 200 people. palestinians have responded angrily to a decision by bahrain to normalize ties with israel at a protest in gaza people burnt portraits of the bahraini king u.s. president donald trump and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu amass officials have called the agreement shameful the united arab emirates agreed to

normalize relations with israel last month. and protesters in have again been running outside prime minister binyamin netanyahu as residents in the western muslim that calling for him to resign because he's on trial for corruption charges there's also anger about his government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic israel has been reporting record levels of new cases for days now. now the coronavirus pandemic is affecting everyone's lives in many ways including changes in eating habits sales of plant based meat soaring in thailand as diners try to focus on making healthier choices scott highly reports in the capital bangkok. i hope you're healthy and stay healthy are common greetings in the era of covert 19 with the immune boosting benefits of a healthy diet and reports of covert contamination at meat processing plants millions in asia are taking those greetings seriously controlling their health by eating less meat the plant based meat industry across asia pacific is seeing an

increase in demand one projection sees a 12 percent expansion putting the 2020 industry valued at more than $17000000000.00 in thailand imports a plant based meat have been on the rise but industry analysts see it as a growth industry for the few companies now producing it here in kids all from international plant based meat food. we can see that many many. restore on that plant based meat to to make that move but in time that. the market is not only to book one plant based meat company here in thailand has seen a surge in consumer demand because of kobe had 19 their understanding of the thai culture and just how seriously food is taken here they haven't design their products so that it can incorporate the unique type flavors more meat started as a direct supplier to restaurants just as the covert 900 pandemic started. but

consumer interest in their plant based meat was so big they had to rethink their distribution. all the quicker they did 10 to one that is like like like hawk like mommy. without any any seasoning at all since they had to add you know to on this. so his product unlike imported ones has no seasoning at all but in haute cuisine taste is paramount and seasoning is viewed as an art form executive chef dominic boneyard has been leading 5 star hotel kitchens for decades he's also seeing a shift to plant meat as a chef french i'm very confident that this what is very nice with this meat you can have diversity of your process of the meat we have coming and also think about

people you know you and you're also your beat potentially healthier habits will be one of the few positives in our lives to come out of the pandemic and if cooks take care of the kitchen it might not be that much of a sacrifice it's got either al-jazeera thank you. u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o has flown to cyprus for talks on tensions in the eastern mediterranean he says the united states remains deeply concerned about turkey's actions in the region and is pushing for a diplomatic solution to the dispute centers on maritime areas thought to be rich in natural gas turkey greece and cyprus have overlapping claims to the area tensions increased last month when anchor deployed a research vessel. now galata tower is one of istanbul's most recognizable land marks but recent restoration work causing an outcry is raising concerns about the balance between modernity and preserving the city's heritage al-jazeera stephanie decker has

a 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 non 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. emery run 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 and if there was one of these well like the wars of course russia

ever after all this is one of the by the fact of organization actually because if he destroyed all historical stuff on earth around the globe the sky. new buildings that are 3rd of course they changed the fuel off the top it's not the love love love is there more it would not be the same again 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 to 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 new attention 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 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 stumble now it may have lacked a little pizzazz but a popular international film festival has become the 1st since the coronavirus

pandemic to go ahead with a live audience. with the courage. thank you very much. the festival's coveted golden lion awards were handed out on saturday in front of a mast and socially just an audience the usual hollywood star power was missing though with cope with 19 restrictions keeping most americans away the cannes film festival was cancelled this year while festivals in new york and toronto were held online. all right time for a quick check of the main stories here on al-jazeera the 1st direct peace talks between the afghan government and the taliban have begun in qatar in the opening remarks the government called for an immediate cease fire while the taliban insisted it will protect minorities under an islamic system. 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 defy together but. 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 to hit 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. police in violently detained dozens of women calling for the resignation of president alexander lukashenko. more than $10000.00 defied a government crackdown to rally again in the capital minsk and protests almost

every day since the question because disputed elections last month. greek police have fired tear gas at refugees on less boss they're demanding humanitarian assistance now refusing relocation after the camp burnt down on tuesday. there been more protests in lebanon demanding justice over the beirut port explosion hundreds of demonstrators tried to march on the presidential palace last month devastating blast killed nearly $200.00 people. but just as in israel are again rallying outside prime minister benjamin netanyahu as residents in the west jerusalem they're calling for him to resign because he's on trial for corruption there also there's also anger his government's handling of the coronavirus and then it. mali's military and political groups have agreed on a plan for the future the last months they've agreed to an 18 month transitional government followed by elections so those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after counting the cost of watching. one of australia's most

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