vasquez so in twitter accusing it of lying about the number of fig accounts on its platform. the company has rejected the claims or masks battle with twitter is unfolding as the companies formerly security chief accuses it of not doing enough to protect the privacy of its uses. fighters that caught all the u. s. senate judiciary committee that spies from china and india on twitters payroll. roger chang is executive editor at c. net and american media website. he says that caused testimony holds a lot of weight. there were there number of things here. he talked about the that the lack of security, the fact that they are collecting a lot more information on us of the twitter employees. can you go in and take over a counter? well, including the accounts of those very lawmakers that he was speaking to during his testimony. i talked about of the twitter susceptibility to being approved by foreign governments. and the fact that there are potentially are for agents working for twitter. and so there was a myriad,

a laundry list of things that he ran through that, that a really disturbing if you are someone who follows shorter ah, hello again, i'm fully bad. people with the headlines on al jazeera, ukraine's leader says his troops are pushing back against russian forces in a rapid counter offensive. in the northeast. he has ukrainian troops, every taken more than 8000 square kilometers of territory. there is new fighting between armenia and as a by john, that's according to armine as defense, ministry, gun battles and shelling broke out along their border early on tuesday, killing at least a 100 soldiers in the worsley of violence in their war 2 years ago. 2 palestinians have been shot dead near the jail army checkpoint north of geneva occupied west bank israeli army says the men fired 1st killing one of its soldiers. the checkpoint will be closed until friday. according to palestinian sources.

a we believe that they were cousins, and we do not expect a funeral to happen engineering because this is a practice practice, usually a by israel, that it does not deliver the bodies of palestinians, of them suspects of committing attacks against its soldiers and a citizens to palestinians for burial, but we also know from these really military that it is really a soldier was killed. we expect the houses of the families of the 2 men to be demolished. people in london who want to pay respects to queen elizabeth the 2nd have camped out over night. her body will be moved to westminster hall later on wednesday. where shall lie in state until a funeral. on monday, the u. s. prosecutor, who's investigation led to former president bill clinton's impeachment has died. kenneth starr was 76 years old. he died

a houston hospital due to complications some surgery. the former prosecutor investigator came in during a series of political scandals in the 19 nineties and hundreds of thousands of people in china have been moved to safety in said young province, hyphen we fi is expected to make landfall in the coming hours. flights are being canceled in more than 11000 fishing boats have returned to port. you're up to date with the headlines on al jazeera, i'll be back with more news after inside story stay with us. i joined al jazeera as part of the launch team in 2006 protestors have called for a 1000000 mom march. in that time i've covered wars, revolutions, elections, and military crews, from the for villas of correctness. so the battle fields around most of our job is to get to the truth and empower people through knowledge. is these on the horizon for a few years. sigway region, rebels fighting of the government say they're open to talks and

a ceasefire. what lead to this announcement, and will it help to end the humanitarian crisis caused by the war? this is inside story. ah hello, welcome to the program. i'm hashim abala. seize the opportunity for peace, that the united nations message to the if the up in government and rebels in the northern te gray region, nearly 2 years of war have the space, millions of people, and created a humanitarian crisis. now fighters from the t gray people's liberation francais, they're open to a ceasefire, and they're ready to accept an african union lead piece process. something we have dismissed in the past. earlier this month, the t p l f. outline for conditions for a truce. they include aid access and the withdrawal of

a tree and forces the therapy and government hasn't responded to the proposal a day after the announcement rebels say an ast reich hit a university and the to grey and capital mccully. let's speak to get us. he'll read her immaculate, his spokesman for the tea gray people's liberation front, a read or could you give us an idea about how you decided to change your mind from just a few weeks ago, you were saying no talks under the umbrella of the african year. now you're saying you are open to peace talks weren't to set the record straight. we have never rejected the role of the african unit. or we know africa union as a one to the delegation will have a role to play in resolving conflicts. it in africa. what we have said when along with the african unit commission,

has not done, you know, to expose the crimes. that's the i b amad regime in his partners in crime is actually in company be that that up on the people who drive the last year and but despite our misgivings, we were ready to work with you. in fact, we had issues with the how you a, you high level representatives, but that's my, the most important because ultimately it's about this about the result of this conflict. so we have never opposed to the wrong of a. you must, we have always express dollar misgivings. about the role in a has played in either kissing in the crime or the remaining silent under the circumstances. okay, so there is literally no way of change of mind as well. that's what a consent. let's talk about the details. now you are a member of the negotiating team, give us some idea about you per conditions when it come to the withdrawal of the.

if you are me, the withdrawal from the directory and ami the allowing aid into the region. those conditions are they still the same unchanged of the prerequisites for the high gym. the only thing that needs to change is that correct? correct. mission of humanity could an access and the storage of services that's conditions. why would at least be pre conditions. i mean, since when is the axis of next esteem and humanity, an aide, and that is sort of services consider a pretty condition for, for peace folks. while we have been saying all along is that these are things that need needed to have been accomplished way before any over the years for any government, what are the name should have restored services and they've been norman was using the dean of humanity and access and the denial of services that we've been

a for that we should insist on normal see under circumstances should not have been and should not be considered as pretty conditions. so as far as we're concerned with, expect the international community to put pressure on the government and i decided to restore services, we still expect the international community to put pressure on the the thought of this. and i decided to look for unfettered humanity and access and the status of what's that big i what example is sufficient? is something the government professes to be living by and why would it be a matter of pre condition for 3490? so i'm going to see jewish as simple as that, though we're not talking about preconditions, talking about things we should have normally have been done. if that was a good interest for now, that you've said you're willing to go to your open to talks any,

any words from the african noon about whether the philippine government is willing to move forward and, and talk to you by the way, i would like to take this opportunity to come under the african union to at least to, to step forward in accord nice with the government for what it is and that it is ready to work with the government of the drive in seeking a solution to the, to the company having said that we have no reason to believe that the coaches have relented on, on the internet on crime scene just on the question because they still think they can shook their way back to the rice. and i have been saying this several times over there is no chance that they can fight their way back to right. in fact, indications, not any guys, every, they have been making along with the areas that are falling apart and our

purposes and not only holding their ground, but also mickey significant gains in various fronts. so obviously they cannot force that way into to grade. all right, and the only alternative viable option for them is to book because shooting is not going to work. gotcha. so ra spokesman for that too. right. people's liberation from from kelly. i really appreciate. thank you. the let's bring in august and above a common chem. so member of the a few of the impala moment in suns, vall and sweden, to lay deborah michael, an activist and associate editor of got a woodside document impossible. war crimes integrate london william davidson, senior a few of the international crisis group. welcome to the program. now that the t p, if you think it is open to talks,

is the government and addis ababa willing to move ahead and all the talks with a tick ryan's thank you. we're going to get into this program. so everybody here and this program as everybody know, government was really one to, to, to in this problem. what is going on in northern part of our country and a peaceful way. but the one who, before one year waste war again, it's our military. it's been defense for those that you've been left or been group . and after, when you're bengal, berman also announced that he is far from man. you need last already day when they left to go our region. this or they were

calling to band government cording through teeth full solution to this problem. ok, so this the time when the l. f cord for yellow i can see like. busy mine changing and it's going to partition because the government position is there though, or the principal does. the principal is the solution to this problem is discussion yellow. ok. and just for our just for people to understand exactly what does the government stand as we speak now? is the government going to go to the tools? yes or no? the government is always ready to go to the thought, but the government is own high

level of charlotte for discussion. but they are looking for the issue. they are looking for the honesty and the how, how much this group is calling is true. are they really saying this by time? or they are saying, surely in this problem, this conflict or war. ok. take a, do you think it was the fact that the t p l f realize that it was about time to move forward to seek a political solution to the crisis of that war is not going to go anywhere that is cited. finally, let's go to the african union. let's go to the peace talks. the statement that the government issued on the can, new year's day wasn't really different from the statement that it had been eating before in terms of quoting for peace. and in terms of insisting that

a peaceful resolution is the only way to resolving the company, i think the only difference in terms of tone in the, in the statement the issued on the news day was in them saying that they are ready to see tend to go see ation apparently without any kind of pre conditions. although from, from what the government representative it actually said. it looks like that they have taken for granted that the international community would think resumption services on the, the basic services to degrade. she didn't to be kind of construed as precondition as the chicken needs granted that they would be resumed without any negotiation. but the other way they are ready to sit but negotiations. so that the, the only thing about change. but in terms of the readiness to sit for a late process, they always be ready. they're only bone of contention with you what they do. they, they don't trust the you and a boy or bizarre already. so i'm going to be son joe because of his open

association with the regime because of what he has been saying in terms of open the supporting basic government's position and open the taking positions on a very contentious issues with respect to western to grow and the other issues of contention, but otherwise i haven't seen anything new in the statement that they, they have always been thing, but they just reiterated the statement that they had been eating before william. let's assume both parties decide to go for the talks is going to be an easy political process. and what are the issues take here for both parties? the fact that we are struggling to get a commitment to a truce and to even convene for when they should indicate that that, that the disagreement, i think it's important to listen to what the touch you read. that said, as well as tech lie,

the important context here is that until the 24th of august, we've had a period of a truce without any real fighting between federal intake right forces this year that truces now ended fighting is ongoing. today, we have a flurry of diplomatic activity to try and get a real commitment to the trees. as i understand it, take right position. they want a public commitment from the federal government to me for they say it's international legal obligations. so unfettered aid access to great restoration of services, the exit of all par, and forces including trans, obviously, and the restoration of 2 great pre war borders, which means the neighboring m, horror region giving up on its control of western peak. right, that it's taken during the war. that is the extent of the challenges even to get

a real commitment to a truce. so to stop the current fighting and then to convene the beginning of formal negotiations on the issues that would emerge during a peace process would be arranging a permanency by that mean, deciding what to do with the tick right forces that have been built up during this war to defend take, ryan obviously marched out and take right even to threaten the federal government. there was a tick ryan demand for a referendum on self determination. with an option including secession from the confederation. there were the issues of accountability and reconstruction as a result of the damage and the atrocities committed during the war. so yes. now sorts of challenges. ok, and in addition to just get to the challenge that face stuff now just stopping the latest around the fight stuff. when you look at the makeup of the negotiating team that was fixed by the government in id. some of you have the deputy prime minister,

but it's fun enough as you have also just as minister you have the intelligence chief and you have to and both of those has that there could be and also the one has a widely seen as a hard line as where she is sending concerns among many in the to go region that there might be no margin here for any concessions from the government. still, there is money from the government, the government. they are looking for what neil progress i can say in the progress from what i hear, what they see if they are not denying or saying no to the regarding union lead negotiation, they are not doing any precondition government. they are and the results, any pro commission, any or anytime. so the government should already be public. there,

there is no any change. so, but this time, this time when this kind of call from the peer lives, can the government who i'm allied to discuss the mortality we're in because they, even though they are, they are saying most great region, not government drives. another government when we will, when we can be negotiation people. busy there are very basic principle, it has to be considered the one on it's not issues. there is only one government, but there is not a government. there must be one defense force and the level of weapons to be cared in for residents has to be on the border about the issues

about the they said this must be come on. the table was dorothy through or not, but the time they are saying something and they are, do they do something else making hindrance or let's talk about some of those contention issue that we're going to be my question. to declare tickler, do you think that the a call for from the tig ryan's for the a rhetoric army and the a through being army to withdraw from the a t gray region is something that the government is willing to accept? well, i think i think it's not only a question of whether the government would accept that or not. it's also a question of, does it have the capability to, to accept because now we do a lot of power over essentially really is a protectorate of eric sharp. i highly doubt that the depend government is in

a position to make its own decision. and actually we see it reflected in you get what he couldn't say whether the government now now that the government has openly accepted the idea of negotiation without any preconditions, whether the government would reciprocate to about an expert except seat intend to go. th, and i understand why he can't answer that is because he doesn't know whether or not and which i would support that idea. because if eric doesn't support that idea, the government con, given that they are under their control. so this is really a huge problem that people are not talking about the fact that the government is not in a position to make its own decisions, that it has to get the blessing of the government for every move that it could make . and i think that's the heart of the problem. so it's not with the question i. so the question of whether or not ok, different government would want to accept. because essentially, in terms of the demand of the government, it could actually be praised in one word,

but what they're saying is the constitution, let's respect the constitution. it's very simple. when you, when it comes to talks, as you know the, the devil lies in the details and some of the key issues here is to ryan thing about western cigarettes should be part of their own land. when you look at what 20 great itself, that's a story on its own with the rec, koreans involved with the government involved. that is a history of their border deal invitation the demarcation. we don't know exactly what's the problem. that is the government, adamant it once back that area to deny the to gray and any access to sudan in the future. the federal position on the west and to great dispute somehow. i know it is one of the kite is not that clear. and at the moment it's in har control,

we've seen the federal government constitutional processes to resolve the issue. but it isn't, they're willing to sort of take action to reverse the control of the area. and that is what see great cost as not just involving atrocities and ethnic cleansing as alleged by rights groups, but also to be an unconstitutional move. and yes, you know, as i say the constitution is absolutely key here. but of course, you know, a dispute over the constitution and the postponement of elections and the rights of take right as a regional government to run its own election. this constitutional dispute is one of the elements that took the parties to. busy your hair, so that just indicates here the depth of disagreement and why it's so difficult to come to terms because each side has a different interpretation of what the constitution says. i think there's any

reason really to be positive here. it's that the has been a international response presumably with some federal backing. so the idea of an expanded african union lead piece process. so that will involve. busy up assign job, but it will probably involve kenyans governments as well. also the us and the new. i'm having some sort of formal role, but we have to get to for when negotiations in the 1st place. and unless the federal government is willing to exceed some of these grand demand means it's legal obligations as take government cost it on onset, that $8.00 access services, the restoration and grades pre will borders and withdrawal of foreign forces. and it does look difficult to even get past the 1st hurdle here. okay. it says the international can and she has be concerned about the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in, in the,

in the 2 way following the war. the house started about 2 years ago, and now the international committee stepping in saying that they want to see both parties parting though stokes. anytime soon is something that could put more pressure on the government to offer some confessions for the 2. ryan's regarding the garage to great people, they are, are our people there are suffering where story for the suffering. busy we feel so the contention. this is not the issue. ok, because there are, there are, the monitors are there and but the in their use, the few for a 4th is that there are distributing go daddy very 4 civilians. but the 1st thing everybody out, the no, it does the in dissolution for this problem is sitting or on the table discussing.

and if there's any border issues, all right, to clay, do you think? do you think that when he talks soon between both parties i highly doubt that the reason actually i have to mention it right. it was you expected or publish an article yesterday. and one of the point that he makes in the article that he has committed a lot of soldiers to average out there are no station in area throughout the area. and government essentially have the hosting use saying that unless the war continued, they are going to do something to thousands of people for years. so the government is not really in a position to say ok to the talk if they every time dictated, but to give them the green light. so that in a bit of a bind investment, they constantly make a decision. all right, i don't generally have the question about the reagan generally is not a good faith. what i've so that, all right, i'm of,

i'm afraid i just have less than a minute william, do you think that the governors biggest concern is that any confession in the future would be just seen emboldening the ethnic federalism in a if the appeal which could just both trust in the government. i don't think that the government and primary concern hair and if you operates under a system of ethnical multinational federalism, that means that the regional states has quite a lot of autonomy on paper. and the regions administer to divisions also largely based along as ethno linguistic lines. and i understand that to be desire within the arm as government and his post period 2 party system and for some constitution changes which might dilute the role of necessity and state structures

. and politics perhaps take some powers away from the regional straight states and gone to the central government. but really, the issue here is, was opening the political dispute between today and the federal government. of course, that does relate to autonomy, an estimate city and federalism. but i don't think at the moment the central government and its leadership has it's i on the board of questions. and instead it needs to focus on how to either win the war or stop the war and find some sort of negotiated settlement. thank you. with a great leadership and also the other groups operating any such an or mia? the biggest regional william davidson says come and show him. so and tick les gabrey. michael, i really appreciate your site. thank you and thank you for watching. you can see the program again any time by visiting our website, l 0 dot com for further discussion got our facebook page, the facebook dot com forward slash ha insights story. you can also join the conversation on twitter, a 100 at

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