post. this is date of the news live from berlin donald trump abruptly counsels peace talks with the taliban the us president says the moon is in response to a taliban attack in kabul so is this the end of the peace process also coming up russia votes in regional and local elections around the country but concerns that the opposition is being shut out threatens to overshadow the ballot.

i'm a backer it is welcome to the program in a potential blow to ending u.s. engagement in afghanistan president donald trump has canceled peace talks with taliban leaders at camp david which was supposed to be taking place today in a tweet trump said he scrapped the secret meeting after the taliban claimed responsibility for a deadly attack in kabul the u.s. and the taliban has been meeting since last year in the hopes of ending the 18 year conflict. the body of an american soldier returns home sergeant at least body to ortiz was the 16th u.s. service member killed in afghanistan this year one of a dozen people who died when a taliban car bomb exploded on thursday near the u.s. embassy in kabul. died inspired president trump to tweet an unexpected announcement . the major taliban leaders and the president of afghanistan were going to secretly meet with me on sunday on fortunately in order

to build false leverage they had made it to an attack in kabul that killed one of our great soldiers i immediately canceled the meeting and called off peace negotiations. it has been 18 years since the u.s. invaded afghanistan after the september 11th attacks on new york city by its ally al qaida thousands of coalition troops have died as well as tens of thousands of afghan troops and civilians. the afghan government has been critical of the negotiations between the u.s. and the taliban which have largely sidelined afghan officials but a spokesperson welcomed trump's announcement. there was an important day for the taliban to. to brace up political life they tend to do so and they. continue to violence while they were talking to the city he was in touch with the

mission and we didn't see any commitment by the top 4 and peace process except talking and you know. continue to go have this now of course meanwhile the taliban said the decision will harm the u.s. more than anyone else but seem to leave the door open to more talks to. his pledge to withdraw the remaining 14000 u.s. troops from afghanistan but faces resistance from the afghan government. and some u.s. lawmakers who say it's too early to leave the afghans on the road. and there. has been following the story for us from all thanks for joining me as we heard the taliban reacted to president trump's decisions saying that canceling the pace talks would harm the u.s. more than anyone else what i mean by that well i do not think that the decision by the us i think the taleban what they're actually trying to do is they want to get

the maximum out of the deal the negotiations. are chromed and gradually i believe so what exactly the taliban mean here that you have to agree. and obviously all these 3 parties the taliban the us and they have gone government they all want to get the maximum out of a potential agreement. on trying to show their strength in the battlefield there have been a docking they have launched various attacks in afghanistan just to pressure the u.s. but apparently president grump believes that he should not be surrendering to the taliban here and this is quite a turnaround bearing in mind that the top administration said it was on the threshold of an agreement with the taliban and u.s. secretary of state. underlined that today again let's take a listen we're making real progress towards that we had

a commitment from the taliban to make a formal public announcement that they would break with al qaeda something that an american demand that it got back as far as president bush we were making progress along the way present for up are supportive of those efforts making real progress but how close were they really. well i was in doha covering the talks last week and we know 1st hand that u.s. and taliban negotiators are very close to the kind of agreed on a draft agreement and obviously then the u.s. envoy. to kabul i mean held talks with have gone off issues so that things are pretty smooth but then the taliban attacks continued and you have to understand that it is what trump do you get to the announcement the decision it is a temporary measure in my opinion all these parties desperately want to deal whatever the taliban say whatever president the president not sure when he says at

this moment all these parties really do reach an agreement and i think. secretary powell is right here so what is next in the peace process. well we have to see what the u.s. wanted the moment is a nationwide sees fight in afghanistan that they want the taliban to do agree to the taliban on the other hand believe that if this flexed their muscles they show battlefield history and big they could you know pressure the u.s. . but they have to understand that the u.s. all the president to do with draw troops. before the elections in the u.s. next year he wants to show some kind of success. regarding afghanistan the u.s. is not in harmony here so the only way out of this crisis is that the taliban agree

sure some flexibility agree with the u.s. and then hold talks with the gun government the elected government in kabul hold indra gone dialogues there is the only way out of this crisis and i believe this is going to happen sooner or later these are just you know bargaining tactics. thank you very much for the analysis. thanks for having me on the show let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world turkish and u.s. troops have conducted their 1st joint ground patrol in northeast syria ankara's established what it calls a safe zone in the area i mean it has away from its border also wants to resettle up to a 1000000 syrian refugees in the region. sudan has sworn in its 1st cabinet after the ouster of long time. that by prime minister abdullah it includes 4 women among them the foreign minister the cabinet part of

a power sharing agreement between the military and pro-democracy activists. 4 crew members are missing after a cargo ship capsized off the u.s. state of georgia a 200 meter long vessel reportedly caught fire shortly after leaving port and rolled on its side of our teams are investigating what caused the ship to have its . thousands of people marched in bosnia as 1st of a pride parade in the capital sarajevo went off peacefully despite fears of violence prompting prompted by muslim groups who organized council rallies is the latest country to internees prive much as to its annual event calendar. russians have been voting today in regional and municipal elections some observers say the election was neither free nor on 7000000 were eligible to annex lawmakers to the last parliament president vladimir putin cast his vote in the capital where demonstrations have erupted in recent weeks protesters were angry after all foreign

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despite one missile the lion grand jury prize his wife accepted the award on his behalf polanski didn't attend the event in person because he fears extradition to the u.s. for a 978 statutory rape can. fiction. the festival organizers face criticism for including the director's work in the program in the wake of the me too movement but jury members defended the award saying it was the film not the man being judged. another winner of the night the swedish film about endless nights won for best director the producer accepted it on behalf of director julie anderson. and just a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you at this hour u.s. president almost trampas canceled sacred peace talks with afghanistan's taliban latest the move came after the insurgent group claimed responsibility for an attack in kabul that killed 12 people including an american soldier. there watching it

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