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belgium, re pantry, the group of women and children from a prison camp. i saw suspects in ne and syria, and the looting stalls. but the tensions remain in south africa where the military is out on the street, such a thing of unrest about the same as before. to fix things before the lympics and the 1st positive curve at 19 k for being reported inside the athlete village in frontier. ah, welcome to the news. we begin here in doha, delegations from the african government. and the taliban have been holding talks with both sides, saying they're focused on piece, the meetings happening against the backdrop of raging violence. and i've got his son where the taliban taken advantage of the us withdrawal. launching offensive and capturing large parts of the country. yes. can government piece minister has called

on the taliban to be flexible in the negotiations. and ward no group can take the country by force. we have to keep the door off is ocean open because the solution to the conflict is not violent for the solution is actually meaningful negotiation to be very frank with we've been quite flexible and also tolerance to the start of the talk. so what's important is that i call upon to canada and to show the same flexibility, the same understanding that they need to understand that to have the intention of taking up kind of some of our course is not going to work. well, the telephone spokesman says the groups wanted inclusive government based on islamic principles. we hope, and we won't. and we, we expect that to be, should have brought something to get mental. and on our side,

we are ready to show flexibility. and our aim is clear, and that is to have an islamist on a crusade was meant in place in our plan is found and put an end to this phase of piping and into a new piece which will be our piece and word for it. we will shortly. we'll cross over to charlotte ballast in the afghan capital cobble and then was jordan who's standing by in washington dc. but 1st let's bring in my colleague on the binge of it. who's in doha. so a sama, what do the taliban exactly want? and what to the african government want during these talks? well, the taliban have been very clear from the very beginning that they want them to be released. they want it to be delivered from the united nation. they want an inclusive government, which represents

a political spectrum representative of all 5, not just the government led by president of connie and the one the constitution to be amended by that body which will come into force of the what they have not been clear about is that how will that body come into power? are they going to take part in the election? would they make sure that every person in the fun, including women, have the right to vote and continue with that? so that's been the african taliban on the government being thing that it once a, an immediate cease fire a sufficient to the hospital so that these talks and can proceed. but on the ground with alibi have been making steady advances, not relenting in their effort to take more areas. the thought of one spokesman, have you heard told us that most of these areas have not been taken by fours, but people have been giving them area, surrendering areas to the taliban without to fight, which obviously is not the case according to the government. so if it's a complicated situation on the ground where the taliban are making the bumps to the

government, the thing it is interested in the end without giving any sort of leeway towards the thought lavonne in the words their demand and the differences that exist within cobble as you see, this delegation that is being led by the law is not flanked by other members, such as former president thomas. so a complicated situation on the ground being worked upon here in the country capital needs to main 5 to try and find some sort of a solution which can bring about peace of mind is done. where after 2 decades the us forces are finally i saw the binge of as with an update force in dallas crossover. now to cobble and charlotte bellas are caused by standing by shot is obviously people in afghanistan. they have access to social media, television, radio, very closely monitoring what's getting on in doha del want. positive results widely . it's been across the newspapers all or the national tv networks.

people watching the developments out of door from here very closely. people really desperate to see some type of diplomatic progress and it has been about a year of really getting no attraction. so they really watching this closely to see if they can get something tangible out of it. when we talk to government representatives here, they say that at this point, the main priority is to get that violence job and they really desperate to see that come down with a temporary c, sorry, just the violence reducing. that's the main priority. when violence really picked up here in about april, when you as president joe biden, announce that all day. so when us troops would be coming out by september, the 11th the telephone took that opportunity and it's really tightened the nurse around the government, especially in rule areas where we talk to independent. unless they say back in april, the telephone, we're controlling about 72 ac districts out of afghanistan,

roughly 400. now they say it's about triple that, about $220.00. and more people are now living on the telephone control than on the afghan government control. so the telephone strategy and recent wait has been to and circle regional centers as we speak as a fence is going on around 2 northern cities area pool and telecom and then also around kandahar city in the south of taken strategic landmarks like order crossings and getting these games going back to negotiating table with more leverage and here in cobble people are watching that very closely. 23 year old refugee has one job, make sure no weapons bombs with the taliban into cobble. this is just one of a series of checkpoints that encircled a capital diplomatic quarter. these police officers have one eye on the road and one eye on the politics that put them here. i think that often the delegations

into hard to do which is what all of the guns won't know, just what i am optimistic about, they should said, don't disclose their shoes. and so all the problems, challenges and kills in our country. security is a huge aspect of life and cobble telephone flight, who's have military momentum and room and incorrigible. they wonder what that means for the telecom worth and control 20 percent back in the district. and i know it's more than 50 percent and the groups growth is getting ever closer to the capital carbon. it's fine to control the district, 65 kilometers away and apply thing to get others. just don't try to show ponies like mohammed for read this fighting has brought new challenges. his business bounce back from a long coded 19 lockdown last year. but now he's worried about supply because been by your land. if we could also promote, at the moment we're not optimistic because the roads are close. and when borders

are close, there is no business because there are no imports or exports. as we were filming the power cut twice before the generator kicked him. generators are increasingly popular as regular power outages, flake the city, the fuel needed to run them, as also increased by nearly 70 percent in 3 months. with the power restored, there's a new customer at 24 frish, dis dicky just graduated from university. her 1st job was working at the ministry of foreign affairs on the scanner stones, chronic router issues. she says her dream is to become a diplomat. we are very concerned because especially as a girl, my future it seems very dark to me. especially if taller bonds get in fee into cobbler city, then they're not going to allow us to pursue our dreams and to go for the goals

that we have drawn for our own self like frish to city key many people and car will cautiously marching food. but unsure of what lies a heat, they likely wonder will we have to move? will our economy survive when our right to be retained without people who live to see a brighter future? answers that the most and cobble are in the hands of other people. and those questions are not just being asked and cobbled, but also nationwide already. a lot of people have had to move because of this violence. so you in this year, 270000 people have been displaced by the violence. and this is already an incredibly vulnerable population. charlotte source in cobble. thank charlotte. let's go over to ross jordan, who's standing by in washington. d. c. and ross has posed the united states is watching very closely what's going on in doha, wondering what they can do to help if anything at all. because their influence perhaps, has waned since the military operation or the military presence has been withdrawn

from afghanistan. well consider that the u. s. is also acting as an interlocutor in these inter afghan peace talks. there is a special ambassadors all make how little sod, who has been very hands on in trying to keep all parties at the negotiating table. really encouraging every one from the taller bond to the sitting government of our trust connie to others who have political land. busy interest in a post war afghanistan to try to find common ground to try to make certain that security is of utmost importance and to make certain that the improvements in afghan society in the past 20 years are preserved and built upon. now this is a situation, however. busy where the u. s. has repeatedly said from the obama administration to the trumpet, ministration, to now the biden administration,

that it does not want to impose a vision or a post war afghan government. they don't want to dictate the terms. so the question of whether the was, is losing any influence because of the true pull out is really difficult to say because as we saw with the visit from the president and a leader of the peace council here to washington a few weeks ago, there is very much an interest in having washington involved in the ongoing governance of the country in terms of support in terms of financial support. although the u. s. of troops have, for the most part, pulled out to still be available. busy to help bunch was any security threats to the afghan nation? mostly jordan in washington, d. c. thanks so much. well, plenty more had here only algebra. havanese are including memories of a mass because more than one of the 1st mass killings happened at the start of the

complex, empty cry unbundled into jails or daring to speak out here from cuban to be released at the anti government protest. and it's for 2020, organized for that backing to the 1st of a transgender athlete to compete the olympics. ah, the mentions the workers in belgium and western germany, searching for hundreds of people believed missing after devastating floods. more than 150 are confirmed dead with that figure expected to increase the rescue effort saw being hampered by clubs, roads, and damage communication lines. well, we have correspondence across the floods and in a moment will hear from natasha by friendly as where people are trying to salvage what they can from their damaged homes. at 1st, let's bring in that bass and who's at an evacuation center. and after that,

in western germany, step obviously you've had a very busy day assessing exactly what's been going on, where you are really doesn't matter where you are in the devastated region. everybody is shell shocked. yeah, yes, absolutely true. and what we're seeing now is that the relief efforts are actually picking up quite a bit here and stopped. i'm here now at an ethical ation center where basically volunteers are handing out notes, which is a very important item. people are really looking for right now to have been cut off from their homes because 2 days ago, early in the morning there was a huge land slide here in the stop. so houses were covered completely by month. hundreds of people has been taken out of that area and they are not allowed to go back, which really angus and frustrates them because they really want to see how the condition of their houses is. but they also want to get their belongings. they want to get important documents. so sort of really desperate this morning. i spoke to

a mother who actually told me that her son was covered under the month and did. and so 5 and us were really desperate to get into that area. they said, really want to see, but that's not allowed. so they have only to close that they were wearing at that time when the flash floods so quickly came up. and so now they're desperately looking for clothes. and that's some item here that's been delivered to to them, but also the precedence. fine my maya was here, lasha was kind of the chancellor. we're here so reassuring worth. also from the government like we are helping you, but don't be through impatience because we want everything to be safe before you return to your home. obviously, with communication lines down in the infant structure, badly damaged when one does. when those that have managed to escape managed to find safety have ended up step well,

that's a good question. we were at this highway which is completely flooded 12 meters, the water reach, their rescue workers are now going from one car to the other to see if this any people inside. well, if there are people inside, they probably have died and some cars couldn't be reached because they're basically below the water levels. and i asked one of the rescue workers there, are you going to us for diapers to how? because of course, you want to recover these bodies and they said it's too dangerous to send divers in, so they're not going to do that. they're going to try with the army. what tanks there's, there's really some heavy material there to pull these cars out, one by one. there was a huge truck as well. they actually had 2 cop parts of the bridge to make sure that this huge truck could be taken away from this highway. but it looks like this is going to take a very long time. and in the meantime, of course, this very important infrastructure link between those cities. it's cut off stuff always good to get an update from you on the ongoing situation that from the german

side of this horrible situation that europe is facing. let's also much the belgian prime minister. alexander, the crew has visited some of the hardest areas to survey the damage from what he's called an unprecedented flood. rescuers have been going door to door to check on residence as many as still missing. now tuesday has been delayed the national day of mourning, at least 27 deaths have been confirmed in belgium. was good for the very latest now with natasha. butler has this report in the city of leash here in belgium. authority say that at least 27 people have been confirmed that in fact, one of the latest victims was actually found a key here in the neighborhood of angler its neighborhood in the city of the asian, this worst effected area of the country. people here are starting to clean up. you can see probably behind me that the water has receded, but just 24 hours ago. the water was a couple of meters high rice up the wall. people have shown me that basement is

still flooded. people tried to pump the water out, the try to salvage was a possession they can and clean up, but it is extremely distressing for them as a what has happened over the past few days. some of them won't be able to return to their home for quite a while and what we are expecting in terms of the death source loss is that it could rise because of course, as the waters receive emergency, workers are now able to access areas that were formerly locked because the water of course had flooded, risen too high for them to access certain villages or towns, the streets and as they access those areas and go house to house, looking for survivors. they may of course, also find victims. local media in belgium, say the government has repatriated, a group of women and children from a prison come for isolate suspects in northeast and syria. 10 children and 6 mothers held in kurdish one camp, saw being flown home. now the women are expected to be arrested and charged under

belgium's anti terror laws on arrival there amongst hundreds of volunteer fighters from europe who traveled to syria and iraq to join i. so many european governments have been reluctant to allow them to return. a british schoolgirl should be met begum, who joined deisel in 2015 with strips of her u. k. citizenship aimen. draw that to me. me is a research fellow at the george washington university program on extremism. he joins me now from cardiff in the united kingdom via scott, could help you with us on the program. sir. is this a good idea from the belgian government when there's so much concern and suspicion in the public arena against those who have links with i? so i do think it is a good idea. because number one, for example, regard the women. some of them may have been involved in the let me say all the speaking and so in that case they do need to be held accountable. and it's difficult to do that. they know be serious when you have a digital system that's not nicely recognized. the issue will be really apply the

children and the issue when you can really separate them from their mother. and i think in that case you do need to bring both the women and children. oh no, you understand we only get worse over time. the longer problem to faster. yeah, i'll get point to splitting mothers and children away. but then the question is, should these individuals be re pat created when there is across europe, so much political angst over i saw the influence they could have on any other future generations of supporters within europe? well, but you know, they have, they already would have you if they are, is 94 that they don't have influence on people inside here inside the camp the day they reside in, assuming they are like they bought it. and i do understand the issue of anger concern, but really these countries do need to take responsibility for their own citizens

bank. i mean the case with brenton stripping, if they're not the way to go forward and you know, be a dumping ground for these people who have to join our state. you touched on a point just a moment ago about children being separated from their parents. the suggestion is, is that the mothers would have charges placed against them. the children may go into adoption or fostering systems, picking them up may become a reality. and the sort of the not called effect is whether this is a good thing or not, whether children would ever be reunited with their mothers. should that mothers be released from any sort of incarceration. so this will, i think, depends on the individual circumstances of each one and what's the evidence against them that they say that they were members of designing state formerly, or they just, why does that make state mandate?

and so each case should be a case by case basis assessment regards to children, leave me a way and it's been 90 k, but i mean they didn't choose to be born in the dances and they have some kind they have a right, some kind of future i think we will leave it there. interesting to see what will happen to the belgian authorities. now europe will react in aimen throughout alchemy. thanks for joining us from carlos. welcome. the cleanup has begun in parts of south africa hit by the worst violence ever seen since apartheid ended. it was fox, one jailing of the former present, jacob's fema, but widened into anger over policy and inequality. at least 212 people died in the unrest. south africa's presence around post deploy 25000 soldiers onto the streets, help diffuse a situation. he says the violence and looting was planned and coordinated. but the

smith is our correspondent join us now from durban. bernard, you know, i think the looting may have stopped, but the tension still remains, doesn't it? they do so, and this is a queue for the only a supermarket, not not around the fact, then a full kilometer radius. and the cube behind me stretches in front of me for many, many hundreds of meters, people queuing since before dawn to get supplies. it wasn't ransacked because it was defended by the local community, but they were estimates that about $800.00 other businesses were destroyed during the looting and writing over the last few days and a bill of at least 7 $100000000.00 according to south africa state in sure, i'm joined by one of the victims of a looting. he lost his own business. dramatic story. just tell me, 1st of all, what happened to your business business was located ben allies and one of the

amount of violence we face in the for this month. if there was no way we could have or but addicted this that this is going to come to us. and it's so sad that it has hit the chain supplies and there people are hungry and looking and they can't find bread on fine food. what do you think provokes, what do you think causing medical violence? major is poverty polity, the criminal element, incisive and job quality as a tool to bring people and mobilize people to come out and create this met him up. why less? that was, in my view, is the main factor that it was about what the was the main thing that you can live elements used. there have been allegations,

as well as an exploitation of racial tensions, as well as between different community. what do you see about them on the ground? from the very 1st day. with the last problem dawn, i'm on the ground. there was no attacks on the phone. we were here on the on trying to protect what we have. 6 of our to stand up on friend of a business, but they did not try to hit us. that that was not the intention they are given by the said that actions i believe from the film and the mental only law and the business is how long will it take to repair business? just get things going again because the structure is so widespread. yes, they're going to take that. i don't think we can ever come out of this, but, but if you say how long i might take one,

the one and the phone to go back into the proper business on this month on the shipping. so it might take one because of business infrastructure, the building infrastructure fund down to the fear, or maybe some are, some of them we have to demolish and rebuild the bill of those things. it's going to take him to some of the same genetic panel. so in a moment, thank you very much for your time. the minister of police has been touring block and indian townships around here today trying to calm racial tensions that were unleashed as a cause of the writing and loosing at least 20 black people who live in a mainly black challenge were killed during the last week. when they were in confrontations with an indian township and that is what is flat tension. but the police minister was tried in the last day to come to calm tension, but as with endeavour and thanks for which bennet so full with his rob. there is

still rain floating around the same culpable depression that brought the flooding. an extraordinary rain in germany. it's sitting now of the gym and i was circulating around it will give something of a flood threat to croatia, bossy and his garment, but not the same degree. about half amount of the amount of rain in the southern germany will, is destined view of the western balkans, which means things improve germany, the netherlands and belgium in financing. it's warming up slightly. and that has been the story of europe a to that flooding outbreak. we've seen warmth in east of the balkan states, up to scandinavia, and the off that's been the case further west that's changing dramatically. now, helsinki, it's cooling down little bit, not quite from reco values, but from high values down to average. whereas in london, as an example of western europe, we're up to the 30s this weekend, not a record well above where it's been for the whole of this year. that large yes of

wards extends all the way down through france and covers spain. the res i said concentrating in the balkans, leaving most a central europe behind rein in africa. seasonal ryan has been at his heaviest recently on the coast of nigeria. donna, that is a major runway. it's closed both still ahead hill. the auto renews. are more anti millnicky process. that's what teeny of the king defies called a democratic change and appoints a new prime minister of iris cover up the ty government is accused of hiding how it's attacking the virus issues and emergency decree and golf actions on the open. why one former champion is trying to win the trophy for a 2nd time. that story coming up with peter in full doesn't go ah, a mineral central to the quest for clean energy. a key ingredient for the production of electric car batteries, cobalt extracting it is dangerous,

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ah, look about watching the out there and you saw with me the whole rom, the reminder of our top stories. the african government's piece minister has called on the taliban to be flexible in negotiations award. no group can take the country by force. the 2 sides holding tolten dover as fighting ranges back home. emergency works in belgium and western germany are searching for hundreds of people believe missing up to devastating floods. more than 150 a confirm that with that they get expected to increase local media in belgium, say a group of women and children have been traded from eiffel camp. the northeast and syria. the women are expected to be arrested. all the rival, among hundreds of volunteers, peices from europe, who traveled to join the armed group. well,

let's get more now on our top story and the negotiations between taliban and the african government. well, throughout the talk, serving full main sticking point.