ah, my law made on mon documentaries that opened rice. i'm was guy on al jazeera. ah, this is al jazeera oh. hello on barbara sarah. this is the al jazeera news, our live from london. thank you for joining us. coming up in the next 60 minutes. the 1st high level talks between the taliban and u. s. officials in doha, afghanistan's new leader is to say that they are ready to reset the relationship with washington. reports of a new offensive in ethiopia, m r. a region where the government has launched drones,

strikes on to gray and rivals. libyan authorities are accused of excessive force of the gods shoot and kill 6 migrants and thousands more. escape detention center in tripoli, and kenya sells the chance to name an elephant in a bay the to save the gentle giants from the changing climate and in sports half when world champion louis hamilton was fast as in qualifying for sundays turkish grand prix for workers. but he won't be starting in pole position of the mercedes driver is taking a ton that plays the grid penalty for an engine violation. ah, 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 security was a key issue on the agenda, but aid evacuation flights. and of course the rights of women were also discussed significantly the taliban ruled out cooperating with the us in the fight against the iceland. afghanistan. and this follows a series of attacks including friday's bombing over sheer mosque and conduce that killed $46.00 people. natasha name as more now on what the taliban wants to get out of talks in bo, 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 american's 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. bear in mind 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 lift restrictions at the, 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. will the you and refugee

agency says the world should urgently provide the aid that it has promised to afghans. this comes as the country falls into a deeper humanitarian and economic crisis. nearly 7, hundreds of thousands of ones have been displaced just this year. and this kind of takes the total of displeased people that are only affected by conflict to $3500000.00. 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, of this could do, could be really,

really worrying and more problematic. funerals have been held meanwhile, for the victims of the bombing in conduce that we mentioned a little earlier. oh, 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 conduce said the attack was intended to stir up divisions between shia and sunni muslims. i should have barbara has more now from the city of missouri sheriff, which is close to kudos today was a day of grief and warning in plunder where 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 committee should step in and should prosecute those behind the attack. now, i selina flighty. stan claimed responsibility for the attack, a clear act of defiance against the taliban, who said that they would beat, trying to restore and establish safety and security across a flight than we. we've been taught by taliban officials that we have beefed up security in the city of condos and that 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 sales 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 goblet, and also in condos. it's going to libya now where the treatment of migrants and asylum seekers has come under intense scrutiny in the past 24 hours. on friday, guards shot and killed 6 people at a detention center. west of tripoli and around 2000 migrants escaped. are you in refugee office, was also forced to close after being overwhelmed by hundreds of people seeking resettlement. many migrants in libya are now in a holding pattern, unable to move on because of the suspension of humanitarian flights. almost a year ago, malik china has worn out from tripoli. it's called the community day center, a facility run by the united nations where those and need can access health care

and can help with food and accommodation. hundreds of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, including women and children are gathered here. but the doors are closed in the face of overwhelming crowds. where is the humanity? where are the countries we are refugees, we did not die of hunger and thirst, but we want our dignity because human dignity is the most important thing. the un refugee agency told us they deeply regret suspending some services at this office. they say they are working with their partners to help people reach hospitals for critical treatment. a security crackdown carried out by libyan security services last week. saw thousands of migrants and refugees arrested. they were put in detention centers and would a different un agency, international organization for migration calls deplorable and overcrowded conditions. 2000 migrants broke out of the elma, barney detention center on friday. gunfire can be heard and video showing their

escape. 6 migrants were reported killed in over 24 injured. there was chaos on the streets of tripoli. as those who escape ran to residential areas were absolutely devastated by the indiscriminate ah, use of live ammunition inside the perimeter of a detention center resulting in the 6 steps back in front of the you and building some tell us they spent years in detention and it says he came to libya from sudan in 2017, to attempt to travel to europe. and i tried to cross the sea in 2017 to sent here in august. but unfortunately, i didn't call some men. all problems happen in the book, then they catch us. andy returns back to triple eto detention place. and we say there for 2 years, they move out from director in data under organization. come they are, unity are and they're yes, our names there. but unfortunately, they didn't do anything to i didn't find in a solution i,

north iraq read us the you and it's your has us a soul seekers and refugees urgently needing assistance to use help lines and to avoid approaching its officers and person for the time being for their own safety, the ministry of and to has called for humanitarian flights to redo what you and says it's libyan authorities that are suspended the most new flights for most of this year until the fights are operating normally. many migrants will be left worried about their feet in the coming weeks and months now. trina, al jazeera tripoli. well joining us now is vincent cush, 10 we who is the you and hcr is a special envoy for the western and central mediterranean the at situation. he joins us via skype from geneva, sir, thank you so much for joining us here. now to 0 would really appreciate your time a. it's a sort of a depressing situation now in the sense that there are so many things that happened over the past few days. that i almost don't know where to start, but let's begin, i guess with the most emblematic of them all of the problem,

which is the closure of the u. n. ha. you and hcr is office that you had to close because was effectively overwhelmed. so on a practical point of view, what is it that you're trying to do right now? a, with some of your contacts are on the ground to try to help the thousands of people in desperate need. thank you very much. well, they are civil under refugees that are ready to be evacuated. tunisia on to rondo again, we have asked the authorities to let those people go. there are many migrants, thousands of migrants want to return home again. we have asked the authorities to let them go home, but if people to hide or stage in that situation, there's no way to go on to what i fear is many will on back on those dangerous jonae by seal may go to neighboring countries because they feel totally trapped now . and one of the developments that also came out in the past few days is a un reports where basically they came to the conclusion that there's reasonable ground to believe that some war crimes may actually be committed in libya. now,

many obviously by people smugglers, but also just that the situations are the detention center as, as we know our abominable, is it, the situation is getting worse, or is it just that no one is paying enough attention to try to resolve it? no, the situation has never been as worse as it is now, because knows detention center. i mean we sometime a year about cam, somebody detention center. in fact, they are warehouses. they are not made to help people indefinitely on the arbitrarily they are overcrowded. the conditions are deplorable, but in addition, you have say, well sir, use human rights abuses, you have extortion. and the only way to get out is really to pay bribed. and on the, i mean that system has been going on for years, but now the situation is dramatic because of the number of people that deal. so it is a very steep on the 1st of october when you were mentioning earlier about people effectively getting stuck there. we've also been hearing about humanitarian flights and that

they haven't been able to leave, explain to us a little bit what the situation is with those humanitarian flights and, and basically why they're stuck. well, until now we had an option for refugee which was to take them to new jail or to take them to rhonda for processing their, some of them all to wind directly to some resettlement countries which have accepted them. but the, your so it is of suspended. i mean, when i said you authorities, it's not all the authorities, it's one individual in charge of the immigration department that are suspended or de flights. the prime minister to minister fornia fair to member of presidential candidate mr. cooney. all of them, i've said they will try to help us, but they don't seem to have any leverage on that individual who is a linguist, people, or staging in libya to be so we've mentioned, you know, the situation in libya itself, it is appalling in these detention centers, people aren't really being allowed to go back home. we've had instances of guards

shooting 6 people, and we're also getting reports that some people who do try to make the crossing to europe or through the mediterranean. well, we're getting reports of 40 people missing as 70 migrants as well headed to europe are going missing. i mean, the numbers are still not confirmed, but you know, we've been seeing variations of the story for years now of people drowning in the mediterranean. what do you think needs to happen realistically to try to ease the situation for libya and, and of course for the thousands of people stuck there? well, 1st of all, we need to tell the people not to come to libya. i mean, libya is a place where you're going to be detained 1st by traffic years on then you end up, you end up risking your life or so in detention center. so i know people continue to come to the bureau because they find work, actually 80 percent of the migrants on the refugee nivia are employed. they cannot work legally, they are exploited, but people still come to work in libya. but people make a mistake,

the risk their life by agreeing to libya, should try to seek protection on the roots in neighboring countries. so we need to better manage those movement with neighboring country, but it's not by rounding of people destroying their own, stating the property, or expecting them to neighboring countries with me when you say better manage the routes to neighboring countries. so how would that be done? well, we need to create credible alternative in neighboring countries in terms of programmatic response. so, you know, young people have access to education and have access to vocational training of some hope on don't feel so they spread to risk their life coming to rebuild, trying to cross the mediterranean sea. unfortunately, it's a story that i'm sure we will be talking about again very soon for the moment though vincent coach tell you and hcr is a special envoy for the western and central mediterranean a situation. sir, thank you so much for sharing of use and expertise with us. and que,

coming up on this news, our were from london, china's president. she vows at peaceful re unification, but taiwan insisted it's future lies in the hands of the people and in sport will hear from the heavy weight title, rivals getting ready to fight for a 3rd time. ah there is he opium forces have launched air and ground strikes against t grier rebels. saturday's attacks took place in the region of mara 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 a true is an independent journalist. he says ethiopian troops have been planning

this offensive for weeks. it's be reported by very reliable mainstream. a new sites or news agencies that dumb ha and the fuel can side has really gone of what they've been saying from 4 weeks since they have been prime minister. went to turkey, for instance, trying to get some drones or some kind of monetary support that this action will happen. and 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 they 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. and the t p 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 vague compromising position, and that's why perhaps the european side tried to regroup and come back. and this is the auction that has been anticipated for a while from them. chinese president, she jim ping has again promised that there will be quote, peaceful re unification with taiwan. she spoke at a ceremony marking a 110 years since the end of china's imperial rule. he avoided previous rhetoric that included that 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 pay once 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. suddenly a good java, taiwan independence is the greatest obstacle to national unification and a grave danger. national rejuvenation goes for 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 the 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 cold on bay ging to abandon what he described as provocative intrusions and harassment. saying that the future of the island rests in the hands of its people. while speaking ahead of the islands at national day on sunday,

the president of taiwan has promised to defend democracy. cancel mutual, c o, the change yet. we will continue to work hard to hold fast, the front lines of democracy and to freedom, strengthening collaboration with international partners through shared values and making more contributions to the world. calling from week oh hi, no clink is a national security analyst and former us deputy assistant secretary of defense for east asia. he joins us via skype from washington dc. so thank you so much for speaking to us here on al jazeera. so i guess if you would listen to the words and the fact that china's president is speaking about her peaceful means when just a few months ago, he was talking about re taking taiwan a by force and light of that. how do you read today's comments? well, thank you very much for having me today. i will tell you that actions indeed speak louder than words, although i'm happy to know that chairman,

she speech was relatively peaceful if you will. however, be assertive and aggressive nature of chinese military curry and tyrants. air defense identifications on, has only wrong time to assist in surveying. obviously, not just with people taiwan, but for pie, one's friends and allies. why? of course, a of which the u. s. is one, and there was a report in the wall street journal on thursday saying that about 2 dozen us special soldiers and, and specified number of marines. i've been training taiwanese forces again, is that something you mean? the report came out a few days ago, but do you read in that a change of strategy from the u. s. or no? no, not at all. like, frankly, the fact is that united states in taiwan, although having an unofficial relationship, there is

a very robust on official military to military relationship. and there is not a day that goes by where u. s. courses are not on taiwan engaged in some sort of training activity, or frankly, i want courses are not in the united states engaging in some professional military development. so if we were to see china make more than you know, open the steps open, moved to a re unification, so to speak, with taiwan. what kind of reaction do you think that the u. s. my to put forward? well, the united states policy has been consistent, and that is that the united states, as opposed to any unilateral action, to change the status quo. and to be clear, you know, apple acts by either side, whether it be beijing or type pay. the united states also committed through the $979.00 taiwan relations act that it will ensure that taiwan has the capability and

ability to defend itself. i would also hasten to add that if there's one issue in washington that has bipartisan support, that is maintaining taiwan as a free and democratic society. so i think it would be a significant miscalculation on the part of beijing to question america's commitment to ensuring that that remains the case. of course, in the past few weeks we've seen the formation of the so called all alliance australia, the u. k. and the u. s, the sort of, you know, impose or at least maintain their influence in that area. how do you think china will see? do you think they'll see it? is that the parent basically, is anyone really willing to escalate pensions over tie one? well, let's hope that it does that no one goes out of their way to necessarily promote the other party because there is no purpose served by a conflict,

whether it be in the taiwan strait or in the east tennessee of the south china. the reality is over the last several years, she jane pings china has in essence jettisoned the time honored tradition of the chinese are biding their time in essence and keeping a low profile. she james, china has been aggressive on all fronts, whether it's economic little or military. and frankly, the chinese government has used economic torsion to such an extent against so many different democracy. ringback that now democracies are starting to band together in common cause because a common interest in common values to oppose these aggressive moves by the chinese receipt. i know calling a national security analyst than former u. s. deputy assistant secretary of defense for east asia. sir,

thank you so much for sharing of use with us. thank you. thank you very much. ok, let's go to iraq. now on sunday, the country will hold its faith election since the 2003 u. s. invasion that toppled the rule of the then president saddam hussein and early pole was one of the main demands of demonstrators during the protests in october, 2019 that. so hundreds of iraqis killed. but many people are skeptical. the ballot will create the change that protest is called for ali. hashem reports now from baghdad. on sunday, ali intense to vote for the 1st time in his life. 2 years ago, he saw another fest urine square. oh, thousands of people who came to the streets in protest against corruption, mismanagement, and foreign medlink in iraq suffers, was only 70. and he joined them here and it will be dodge on

a good done and nannan they are she at the beginning we were hoping to force a change. we made some baby steps than they confronted us with violence. they killed a lot of young people. so people deserted the demonstrations and demands weren't met at the time. he was thrilled to be part of the anticipated change. what now he says he feels stock between hope and mistrust. wanted to hover in this election, i'm 30 percent optimistic because if there are good people in parliament, things will change. but if not, everything is going to be the same. we saw we can change, but it's not going to be only me. we all should join forces because all the previous governments of 2003 failed the people. while this selection is his 1st, it's the 5th. since the us invasion and 2003 that toppled the rule of them president saddam hussein. and since the protest in 2019, the only change that's taking place has been the replacement of them prime minister, hard lab did medi with most the fall called the me. and his government introduced

a new electoral law that was approved by the parliament, replace him bigger constituencies with smaller ones. al cardona dreaded up up was had the new law gives academics and professionals that chance to run independently . there are minority, but at least they'll pay the way for a new political road map one that's completely different from the one before say of our own. more than $640.00 international observers will monitor the election. however, the european union, steam will have a different mandate. we watch, we document, we take note and we report, we have no mandate for interference. we have no mandate for super wise into fear, into domestic affairs. ah, the main political parties am dreadfully politicians do most of their campaigning at large meetings. candidates are making big promises and gatherings like this.

they're aware of the discontent among the voters who are going through a crisis of frost with politicians many or say they want the election to be a vehicle for drastic change. but this is not what those running for office can or are willing to as well. the selection isn't only about domestic politics and other countries are expected to influence the vote. it's only natural that there will be influence the are political parties who are closely connected and related to either regional or international support or have support. and i'm definitely with the idea that iraq becomes a positive effect, has a positive effect on the, on the regional issues, all regional issues, and not become a ground floor proxy wars anymore. iraq's electoral commission says it expects to announce the result within 24 hours of falling stations closing what it's unlikely

any block will win outright and hunt. parliament is widely expected and that would make installing a new government and prime minister in iraq. i know that difficult task, aaliyah shemelle 0 like that. in molly, a colombian, none the kidnapped in 2017 by an al qaeda linked group has been treat. gloria sicilian advise was kidnapped by the machine a liberation front near the border with burkina faso. her release follows for years in 8 months of negotiations. it's not known whether a ransom was bank lots more still to come in this news hour, including facing corruption allegations, austria's chancellor resigns but will remain as leader of his party in parliament. and in sport. this teenage stars 1st match since her you s.