the rockies due to the pole in an election likely to define the countries future. october on al jazeera. ah the 1st high level talks between the taliban and u. s. officials in doha, afghanistan's new leaders say that they're ready to reset the relationship with washington. ah, hello, i'm barbara sarah. you're watching out as they were life in london also coming up. reports of a new offensive in ethiopia is a region where the government has launched. drones strikes on to gray and rebels. libyan authorities are accused of excessive force of the guards. shoot and kill 6

migrants and thousands more. escape detention center in tripoli. los china's president. she vows at peaceful reunification. pi wrong though, insists its future lies in the hands of the people. ah, hello, thank you for joining us. afghanistan's taliban says it wants to turn a new page in its relationship with washington during the 1st face to face talks with us. officials in though hop security was a key issue on the agenda, but aid evacuation flights and crucially the rights of women were also discussed significantly the taliban ruled out cooperating with the us in the fight against iceland. afghanistan. this follows a series of attacks including fridays bombing, over sheer mosque in conduce that killed 46 people. natasha gal. name has more now

on what the taliban wants out of the talks and go ha, the acting afghan foreign minister actually did make some comments on day one of what's expected to be 2 days of talks 1st time talks at such a high level. since the americans pulled out in august, he says that he recognizes that security for in afghan assigned benefits, not only afghans but the international community. so he offered assurances he made please for assistance with regard to assurances the acting foreign minister. his name is mall, the american will talkie says that the taliban will do its part barren vine that the taliban has pledged to its people, that it would be the one to provide security. but in the last week, there have been 2 major bombings in afghanistan that have killed scores of people on the economic front regarding it please for assistance. the acting foreign

minister says that it is looking to the international community to help solve its financial woes. you are looking at a country that is heavily dependent on international aid, with an evolving humanitarian crisis on the ground. it is asking that the united states lifts economic sanctions freeze unfreeze its assets, and reduce restrictions or life restrictions after at the afghan national bank, it says it needs to be able to pay its employees as well as provide services to the afghan people. meanwhile, funerals have been held for the victims of the bombing in chrome dues that we mentioned earlier. i families gathered to mourn their dead. the attack was apparently carried out by a single suicide bomber. more than a 100 people were wounded. the taliban head of security in condos sh said the

attack was intended to stir up divisions between sheer and sunni muslims. ashley were held by the has more now from the city of mazar, e sharif, which is close to condos. today was a day of grief and warning in plunder. were families had to bury the loved ones who were killed in the blast in they are in the mosque yesterday. now, it was also a moment of shock for the people there who was saying, why are these people perpetrating those acts of violence against innocent worshippers who were gathering in a most for the friday prayers. hospitals were overwhelmed with the numbers over the injured and many remain in critical condition. and this is why people are worried that the death toll could further climb. in the coming days. now, many world leaders came out expressing solidarity with the families and

a saying that the international community should step in and should prosecute those behind the attack. no, i selina florida claimed responsibility for the attack, a clear act of defiance against the taliban, who said that they would be trying to restore and establish safety and security across the lightest. and we, we've been taught by taliban officials that we have beefed up security in the city of condos and they are determined to crack down on ice in enough light is on. but this is going to be definitely an extremely delicate moment for the taliban, because hundreds of our i cells operatives have been highly trained over the last few years. and they have managed to set up hobbs in different parts of the country, shall about cupboard and also in condos. well, the you in refugee agency says the world should urgently provide the aid it has promised to afghans this comes as the country falls into

a deeper humanitarian and economic crisis. nearly 700 uh, thousands of ones have been displaced just this year. and this kind of takes the total off displeased people that are only affected by conflict to $3500000.00 are. so we are now in a race against time to help and support walner rebel. a desperate are wants. ah, and winter is just around the corner. our fear is if they are not helped as soon as possible, or the consequences of or of this could do, could be really, really worrying and more problematic. ah,

ethiopian forces have launched to air and ground strikes against t grey rebels. saturdays attacks took place in the camera region. a spokesman said it was mostly air. drone and artillery bombardment. the t gray people's liberation front have been fighting pro government forces in the north for the last 11 months . samuel get at you as an independent journalist, he says ethiopian troops have been planning attacks on t gray rebels for weeks. it's be reported by very reliable mainstream. a new sites or news agencies that dumb ha and the york and side has really gone of what they've been saying from 4 weeks since a feel. been prime minister went to turkey for instance, trying to get some drones or some kind of military support that this action will happen. and it's, it seems it's happening now and, and some of us will have watched it from near us. the government forces and ohio

forces are really mobilizing the support that they need to really move forward and perhaps try to claim while was taken by the t p. a left, a few months ago. they said it was a negotiated, it was just announced by the feel, been side, they never accepted it. they called a bad joke, quote, unquote. so it was never accepted and, and the conflict really continued in the tpa left, started moving from their region, the to gray region. moving to the fiery region them higher region and really begun to be more engaged. military wise was friends that never has been explained. and they've started gaining towns and villages, and that really put if yoga and a very compromising position. and that's why perhaps the european side, trying to regroup and come back. and this is the option that has been anticipated

for a while from them. a un refugee office in libya has been forced to close after being overwhelmed by hundreds of people seeking resettlement. the you and hcr is urging the government to resume humanitarian flights that have been suspended for most of this year. on friday. guards shot and killed 6 people at a detention center in tripoli and around 2000 migrants escaped. physical soda is the chief of mission of the international organization for migration in libya. he says authorities to often react with violence when tensions rise. we often have loss of life in areas that are supposed to be under the control of the authorities, whether they're detention centers or dis, and bartman points after they've been picked up at sea. but we haven't seen anything of this scale in some time, fortunately, but we're absolutely devastated by the indiscriminate use of live ammunition

inside the perimeter of a detention center resulting in 6 deaths. we have received no explanation that the statements that the government is put out or not explaining anything about the incident. they're there. they're justifying the use of excessive force during the raids to indiscriminately around people up. i think it's just, it's indicative of the fact that the government doesn't have full control over these facilities. it didn't, it didn't have the capacity to deal with a heavy inflow of migrants following the raids and all too often when the situation gets tense, bullet start flying, and, and people get at least hurt and often killed. austria's sebastian kurtz has announced his resignation as chancellor, but says he will stay on as leader of his party in parliament. courts is currently

under investigation of allegations of corruption. he's accused of using public funds to gain favorable press coverage. he denies the charges, but has been under pressure from his coalition partners opposition. parties had also been preparing a no confidence motion. still to come in this half hour. we're going to be in northern mozambique where we're one than troops have pushed back a feared armed group. and people are wondering if it is safe to return to their homes. plus, i'm going to smith in moscow where cove lived down and rising social inequality, but led to an explosion in the popularity of been up to 5. ah hi, there are getting going on your weather forecasts for sunday,

october the 10th. let's start where most of the action is and that's for southern areas of italy through the balkans at this energy has really just been parked into place over here. so the risk of flooding, especially along those eastern shores of the adriatic sea, is energy is also pulsing down into western portions of greece on sunday. so could see some big storms pop up here. over in turkey, things are fine and dry. we've got a bit of cloud cover is stumble right across to the black sea region on sunday. now if we go to the iberian peninsula, things are looking good. here are plenty of sunshine, madrid, 23 degrees. and if we narrow in on madrid, you're temperatures are above where they should be 19 is where we would expect average temperatures. but you're going to lock in at to $2324.00 over the next few days with plenty of sun, northwestern portions of europe. right now we do have somewhat weather slamming into western portions of scandinavia on sunday. the united kingdom looking good london at 18 degrees, but your temperatures will come down in the days to come off to africa right now

and all that wet weather around the mediterranean is diving down northern portions of algeria, tunisia, and also libya. in fact, tripoli could see some thunderstorms on sunday with a hive 26 degrees seasick. ah! when freedom of the press is under threats in all holy, just cause taught genuine the ago your thoughts towards the beijing government step outside the mainstream has been a policy implement here. system access, shift the focus, the pandemic has turned out to be a handy little pretext for the prime minister to clamp down on the press covering away the news discovered the listening post on a just 0 lou

ah, a reminder now of the top stories on al jazeera but taliban has ruled out cooperating with the us in the fight against i saw at their 1st official face to face talks since the group took over cobble. the group has also asked the us the lift, the ban on afghan central bank reserves. ethiopian forces have launched the air and ground strikes against t grey rebels in the amara region. the t great people's liberation front have been fighting pro government forces in the north for at least 11 months. and the u and refugee office in libya has been forced to close after being overwhelmed by hundreds of people seeking. we settlement on friday guards shot and killed 6 people at a detention center in tripoli and around 2000 migrants managed to escape. chinese

president zene ping has again promised that there will be peaceful reunification with taiwan g spoke at a ceremony, marking a 110 years since the end of china's imperial rule. he avoided previous rhetoric that included using force against taiwan. but the island has come under growing military and political pressure to accept china's sovereignty. in the past week, nearly a 150 chinese warplanes have approached ty, ones, airspace. rob mcbride is following developments from hong kong. these comments by president she jin pain came at an event to mark the 1911 revolution which saw the end of dynastic rule by china's emperors and the birth of modern china. it is an event that is marked both in mainland china and also in taiwan. and is the obvious

opportunity for chinese leaders to bring up this vision of re unification whereby territories are returned to the motherland as we have seen with macau and hong kong . with in theory, taiwan being next. she called for the peaceful reunification with taiwan. but warned that there should be no foreign interference. basically, this being taken as a warning to the us not to get involved. he also had a very stern warning for anybody in taiwan who might be considering taking the path of actual independence. fully a good job of taiwan independence is the greatest obstacle to national unification and a grave danger to national rejuvenation goes to forget their heritage, betrayed their motherland and seek to split the country. oh, it will come to no good and they will be scorned by the people and condemned by history. taiwan marks its national day on sunday with an administration and

a people who are by and large set against any talk of re unification. especially in the face of increasing tensions and the incursions by nearly a 150 a war plains from mainland china. a week ago, in statements issued on saturday, a taiwan called on bay ging to abandon what it described as provocative intrusions and harassment. saying that the future of the island rests in the hands of its people. and speaking ahead of the islands and national day on sunday, the president of taiwan has promised to defend democracy, tinsel music, c o, the chain ship. we will continue to work hard to hold fast, the front lines of democracy and freedom, strengthening collaboration with international partners through shared values, and making more contributions to the world. are we lebanon, has no electricity across the whole country after it's to biggest power plants shut

down due to a crippling fuel shortage generator is, are now the main sources of power with officials saying the outage is expected to last several days. prior to this shut down, many in lebanon, were receiving just 2 hours of power a day from the state electricity company, supplies of fuel medicine, and basic necessities are critically low. as lebanon endures, with the world bank calls, one of the worst economic collapses. in a 150 years go to iraq. now on sunday the country will hold its 5th selection since the 2003 us invasion that toppled the rule of then president saddam hussein. one focal point of this year's vote is the relationship between baghdad and the kurdish regional government. kurdish parties have been key to the formation of iraq's government. imran khan has more now from air to be in the capital of the semi autonomous kurdish region. alexis airing is in

full swing, hey, in our bill, the capital of the kurdish region of iraq. now what all the issues the kurds really care about here? well, there are a few, the key issues, all the economy, particularly for young people, young people who say that there are no jobs that they can go to. and that's frustrating them, particularly if you're a graduates, they simply a graduate jobs. you can get into the other one is the relationship with baghdad. that's absolutely crucial. it's baghdad and the kurdish regional government that decide between them the budget for the k r g. that budget is what the k r g. the government will spend on goods and services for that people. however, one political commentator the we spoke to said because the policies in all so divided, showing united face in baghdad is very difficult and that's hurting the code is people. it is unfortunate that to their voice is not united and we concede before

we go to baghdad, they have 2 different separate, at least many political parties clamp body and their sicklerville parties as will. they are separated. but i hope after the election, those voice come together and for them they could, they could this tiny block in baghdad that lack of unity is one of the reasons many kurdish people are frustrated with that politicians. now that may well have an impact on the ballot books, much like a lot of poets of iraq. the boy caught the voice movement is getting increasingly more vocal even hey, in our bill. whether that has an impact on the ballot boats remains to be seen, but it's certainly a big talking points. the outgoing government in the czech republic looks to have fallen short of a parliamentary majority in the general election. now will position coalitions hope that they can take over from controversial prime minister under a bandesh as nothing by, by now reports

o painting to take power in the czech republic. the today, general election has seen a strong showing by the together coalition of conservative and christian democrat parties. its leader, petro fiala, says the opposition is ready to form the next governments. the vote was widely seen is a referendum on prime minister under a rubbish. and as predicted, it's his centrist and oh, or yes, movement that's coming out ahead of any other single party. the countries president has said that is what will determine the mandate, the foreman, you government, meaning 67 year old babich gets to try 1st avenue and up a flight path am from i've told voters what i can offer them. i'm hardworking courageous, decisive, and i'll look after check interests in europe. the opposition blames babbage for chaotic leadership during the covet 19 pandemic. the czech republic has suffered one of europe's worst per capita, deaf tolls. the european union has accused babich of

a conflict of interest around his former business empire. and recently, he denied reports in the pandora papers that he put more than $20000000.00 into shell companies to buy properties in france, wirelessly. and all sudden were democratic. this woman says we voted for one of the democratic coalitions, but my husband and i chose the pierced on coalition, mainly because they're not the ano party pitched down is a coalition between even bartos and his pirate party, which already controls the capitol, prague, and the grass roots movement of local mason independence, and right, bobby sh, his accused paras, done of selling out the country by supporting more european integration and eventual adoption of the euro. this man says it's certainly shouldn't be the pirates and these coalitions because they're horrible. the outgoing governments worried some vote is by taking on large debts, but it's promised to continue raising public sector wages and pensions. it's not clear whether that's enough for it to hold on to power. the de barbara al jazeera

any bo law case has been identified in the democratic republic of congo, just 5 months after it declared its latest epidemic over a 3 year old child. tested positive near the eastern city of bennie, and has now died from the disease about 100. other people who may have been exposed have been identified more than 2000 people. died during the countries worse outbreak between 20182022 vaccines have since been developed to try to contain the outbreaks around 700000. people have been displaced in northern mozambique during a 4 year conflict between along group and the government. i'll shut bob fighter is targeted that resource rich region until rwandan forces helped push them out. now people are waiting for it to be safe enough to be able to go back home. malcolm web reports now from a bow in the cab, they'll gather province. we found mirage

a use of sitting by the roadside. he's been hiding in a nearby forest for weeks, fearing for his life by now. he showed us around the village and that for now is home here in northern mozambique and, but it's not his. everyone here also fled. he sleeps in one of the abandoned homes . people have been running away from an armed group called al. sure bab, notorious for beheading and abducting people for making the mid avoiding. i don't know where exactly they've all gone, but they must still be hiding in the forest. because when you leave, when you have to hide in the forest, you have to run directly. you cannot stop because if they find you, if they find you, they will kill you more. in the last 3 months, rwandan soldiers have fought the armed group out of the towns. it controlled in cupboard delgado province. the supporting mozambique government there have been losing ground in most towns. the armed group retreated into the forests. as the

rwandan forces advanced in a few places like the arm groups headquarters in the town of them bow, they fought, the rwandan forces pushed him out of it following a heavy battle. and you can see the remains of it. explosives have blown the roof of this building in the bullet holes in the iron sheets on the floor. you can see the remains of the shopkeepers property, all of the people that used to live here. and now wondering if or when it will be safe for them to come home. around 700000 people have been displaced by the conflict. we met some scattered around the towns and villages. when there were, when the army took us to visit the places it now controls the area that we revisited together is pacified and we are returning i did is back to their homes and working closely with them was on began a me to ensure that we conduct continuous security operations, most of the displaced or encamped where they are given some food and other help.

the un says many areas still aren't safe for people to go back. the military accompanying b returns the voluntary returns of the of civilians is not ideal. obviously this can lead to these served the civilians being targeted and of course, associate return movements with done with military aims. cabra delgado was extremely poor even before the conflict began. 4 years ago. the mozambique and state was largely absent that fuel discontent, as did preparations to extract tens of billions of dollars worth of nearby offshore natural gas. french oil giant total suspended his operations because of the conflict. people here have been in need of government help for generations. now they'll need even more help to return to what's left of their homes. malcolm

web al jazeera, bow mozambique sarah leo and has abolished the death penalty president and julius might be assigned to the ban into law. the ceremony in the capital free town would be replaced with a maximum penalty of life in prison. no executions of actually taken place in sarah leo and since 1998. but there had been resistance to removing a completely sierra leone is the 23rd african country to abolish capital punishment . with one of the room and the property from her to the usual. good. a rush allow, where bear a knuckle boxing has surged in popularity during locked down for the fighter as it offers an escape from a stagnant economy that's making life difficult. when in smith reports from moscow,

b o it's brutal, bloody unfortunately brief, bare knuckle boxing has exploded in popularity in russia. in the past 2 years, the organizers put that down to printer progression from a struggling economy and coven. 19 pavel ski is one of the current champions and the man to beat from a small russian town. he's not working at the moment, slimming a federal. jessica notable the hardest part of the fight is when you're waiting for the judge's decision, i enjoy the fight. i put a lot of work into it training for one or 2 months for the sake of 3 rounds of 2 minutes. on this night, russia recorded an all time high of covey, 19 related deaths. 6 with an infection rate up 27 percent in the last week. ah. but the organizer whipping up the crowd. the seemingly never ending, but news temps more and more men and women into the ring. you saw me look kimberly

mina were not living in the easiest of times, not only in our country but the whole world. and people wanted to release their emotion somewhere and get relief in russia. a big percentage of the population live in tough circumstances. and this helps them get out of them. i live in russia in comes a falling or have been stagnant for years. ah, if you need to describe these boxes that, that soil is certainly very busy. affectively leasing anger and frustration. several fighters were not to the floor while we filmed and at least one left in an ambulance. but the organ is claim, it's less dangerous than gloved boxing, whether a more punches. and so, more risks of long term brain damage. i, russian,

doctor told al jazeera any strike to the head is dangerous and could cause outside . i mustn't other life threatening injuries. 6 as for what the fighters earn, no one would give us a figure. only say i paid handsomely for all the blood they spin. bernard smith, al jazeera moscow. ah, and that reminder of the top stories on al jazeera, afghanistan's taliban says it wants to turn a new page in its relationship with washington during the 1st face to face talks with u. s. officials in doha, since it took power. security was a key issue on the agenda, but aid evacuation flights and the rights of women.