we don't we're told in. the tender 16. this is e.w. news a live us from berlin hopes for peace to end 2 decades of war in afghanistan talks between the afghan government and the taliban begin in concert both sides are cautiously optimistic also coming up a young a wrestler executed in iraq despite a global outcry naveed off khari maintained he was tortured into confessing to

a murder he didn't connect. and the tensions rise on the greek island of lesbos thousands demand to leave after fire destroyed the natori asli overcrowded doria migrants camp. i'm directorates and welcome to the show historic peace talks have begun between the afghan government and the taleban in the hope of ending 2 decades of bloodshed the 2 warring sides are meeting face to face for the 1st time in the gulf a state of qatar mediators including the united states are pushing for agreement but the rival parties have a vastly different visions for the future of afghanistan. a qur'an recitation to start the event many afghans have been waiting for for decades face to face peace talks between the government and the taliban united states

secretary of state mike pompei of flew to the opening ceremony in doha qatar and urged the warring sides to seize the opportunity. but the choice of your political system is of course yours to make in the united states we found a democracy notably the principle of peaceful resolution and rotation of political power works best. democratic systems reflect the choices of the majority while protecting the human rights of everyone everyone that includes women and minorities their rights have been largely neglected by the taliban is just one of the several points the 2 sides disagree on. the use of violence as another the chair of the high council for national reconciliation calls for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire we huff come here with good will and good intention to stop the 4th ears of blood should and achieve

a countrywide and lasting peace will see that the taliban have long worried that reducing violence could give them less leverage at the negotiation table in their opening statement instead focused on their desire to include tenants of islam and any future afghan government in this. request an. abode saw its. provisions all the whole of religion all of. the warring sides offered to dramatically different versions of a post-war afghanistan but the leaders meeting today stressed that violence will not help build. how money is future. well for more on these historic the peace talks a let's cross now to journalist alley outlets t.v. in kabul ellie thanks for joining us what are negotiators on both sides hoping to

achieve and where do you think we might see the biggest sticking points the biggest sticking points will obviously be around a cease fire because you know talabani are hesitant to declare a nationwide long term cease fire they have declared to cease fires in the past year or so previously the government also initiated a cease fire but this will be a major major sticking point and then for the government a major issue for them is sort of retaining this idea of the republic and making sure that their seats are secure because you know there are a lot of people within the government that the taliban and other groups and even people within of honest on you know might find suspect we're talking about former communists about warlords about people who as young people put it parachuted in from foreign countries and don't necessarily understand the cultural and religious and let and aspects of the country or the languages so these types of people are

very afraid for their jobs so maintaining the republic is also very important for them so these are the kinds of things that will really and that could really sort of hold up the talks right now the taliban has said it wants an islamic government that is also inclusive one of the interesting things that's going to come out of these talks is that the taliban is going to have to clearly lay out their political vision for the country what are we expecting to hear. well this is the thing is what we here is up to them because this has been the question that has been asked of them of their supporters of other groups within the government or within the afghan society who have sort of similar views is that what does it mean that you want an islamic society because all aspects of on society are based on islam whether you're talking about the laws or the constitution or the education system everything has to fall within the parameters of sharia and islam and islamic

jurisprudence and all of these things so the government told on finally has to be upfront and say when we mean and islamic system this is what we mean because you know for it's a very adult in doha women work they drive they go out shopping centers you know they have shisha they go to cafes whatever so if they're trying to sort of implement what they did in 1996 it'll kind of fall flat because they'll be like you were just in this country for all these years where women had these sorts of rights . and now after almost 2 decades in afghanistan the u.s. has agreed to its high line for withdrawing foreign troops in a february deal with the taliban are these negotiations expected to produce the kind of results that the u.s. and its nato allies are hoping for that's exactly what the u.s. wants and you know the way when it was announced that might pompei or would be coming they replying from washington for these talks that's how people in vision

his role is that he would be the enforcer right almost like the principal of a school full of unruly children ensuring that they come to an agreement and ensuring that they lay out the steps on both sides necessary for the u.s. to withdraw and for donald trump to be able to declare that he was finally the u.s. president to and a 20 year involvement in afghanistan so this is very very important for the united states as well journalists of the let's see a thank you. well a young wrestling champion has been executed in iran despite a global campaign calling for his sentence to be revoked of karri was convicted he didn't commit a car as lawyers said there was no proof of his guilt but iran's a judiciary insisted he was convicted of voluntary homicide. well reported jared reid's join me that jared reed excuse me joins me now from outside the iranian embassy in berlin very good to see you what can you tell me about

what's happening there right now. well behind me claire are about 20 to 30 approximately mostly exiled a rainy and suv come out here today to protest the execution of naveed of karri and what they say is a human rights violation a major human rights violation but also what they want is to apply pressure on governments like germany because this also this protest is happening outside other embassies in paris and london and also washington d.c. to apply pressure on these governments to to do things like to apply more sanctions on iran and also to condemn basically the execution of this wrestler and what do we know about the case of the wrestler and what would you say the political implications of the case are. will now video of car he was accused during a wave of unrest in 2018 of killing

a security guard and he denied that he did this and he said that he was tortured in prison into into making a confession this is a charge that iran denies it around denies that it tortured him and what we also know is that his 2 brothers also received heavy sentences in prison no death sentences but and there was a big outcry on social media in the last few days also from the u.s. president donald trump and various other governments around the world but to no avail he he was executed only and the political implications i guess we have to wait and see what they might be we already know the u.s. has pulled out of the iran nuclear deal and has encouraged other governments to do the same but what these protesters want to sensually is for governments to condemn the killing and also for germany to cancel the planned visit next week iranian foreign minister mohammad job ad serif as

a sign that politically motivated executions what they. should not happen thank you jared reed reporting for us here in berlin and. let's have a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world's richest prime minister boris johnson has strongly defended his plan to override sections of the records that deal with the e.u. johnson has accused brussels of threatening to tear the u.k. apart by imposing a food blockade between britain and northern ireland the e.u. has threatened the u.k. with legal action unless it with the draws of the treaty changes. dozens of people are missing as deadly wildfires a sweep across the western united states hundreds of thousands have fled their homes as enormous a blaze is a rage out of control in oregon how the 1000000 people have evacuated washington and california are also seeing the worst fires on record. smoke and fire. while

a mining accident in the east of the democratic republic of congo has killed over 50 people according to a local mining engineer the coal mine collapsed a following have brains accidents are common in the unregulated mines with the dozens of deaths every year. well police on the greek island of lesbos have fired tear gas at migrants a staging protests to press their demands to leave the island thousands have spent a 4th night without shelter after a fire tore through the overcrowded morea refugee camp count the greek army has begun building a replacement facility but most of the migrants are say they just want to leave. maybe and one ul is just 3 weeks old born in moria when they cam started burning currents ran for their life now and there are sleeping on the roadside. just. i'm so disappointed because the european union could have helped us after all this time

it's been 4 days norrish taking care of us what are they thinking how can they abandon us i don't know what they're doing. because even the family fled the democratic republic of congo others came from afghanistan or syria now they're all stranded here kathleen giving a card leader of the greens in the german parliament is one of the few politicians who visit the island. let's this is the last chance to say we urgently need to change our asylum policy it is all about law and humanity humanity and large both it's the only way we can really live up to our european values. a few kilometers away tents are being set up at an old shooting range but refugees gathered here tell us they don't want another camp like moore yeah. we need the government support us to be of a question maybe and other countries you know maybe out of country maybe in germany

. that is a going to be good but they decided to be there doesn't maybe 2 days ago we went to see again the fight. and then how many here feel their frustration leads to hours long projects. they chant freedom and are not afraid to confront this week riot police. here it is the force situation for the future we don't have to live they don't know what they're 11 of doing and when it does freedom freedom. people here are getting very patient care much in fact and for it to demonstrate their anger they tell us we are working to stay here we've got to take care of us. we was. this time everything remains peaceful but the loner understand of continues the

bigger of the risk that the situation could get out of hand. well earlier i spoke to did a correspondent alex sanchez on aman who's still on the island of last post i asked her whether the situation is escalating. people with spoke with are very angry and frustrated and upset about the use of tear gas by the riot police here according to 3 witnesses we talked to the police used tear gas after they tried to detain 3 leaders of the afghan community here and we saw them using tear gas again when we arrived here on the scene we also saw a scuffle between the afghan and afghan family and the police so it was a very tense situation and actually it's so easy it can escalate further.

i was you know your correspondent alexandra phenomena reporting. well that is your news update at this hour up next a reporter on the occasion looks at radical militias the u.s. of course you can always stay up to date with all the latest on our web site dot com i'm directed and by then for me and the entire team thanks for watching.