province the bus was traveling on the road between kandahar and head up women and children are among the dead and democrats in the u.s. have clashed over health care and immigration in the 2nd round of debates for the party's presidential nominee because of the crowded field and not the debate will take place on wednesday night for the 10 more falls. tensions on the korean peninsula are expected to be discussed at a southeast asian regional summit underway in bangkok the gathering of foreign ministers from the blog will be joined by the u.s. secretary of state along with his chinese and russian counterparts the region is facing many challenges including disputes over the south china sea and the trade war between the u.s. and china scott highly reports. as taiwan hosts the foreign ministers of regional forums this week which due to be discussed won't just be about southeast asia one issue of particular focus.

at least $35.00 passengers on a bus many of those a woman and children the blast happened between kandahar and herat in the province a provincial government spokesman is blaming taliban fighters plotting the improvised device to target afghan and foreign security forces. turkey's defense minister says his country will set up a so-called safe zone in northern syria with or without the u.s. and its allies will resume talks soon in an effort to reach an agreement but as a maha to reports now from the difference between them randi. more soldiers arrived at already heavily fortified positions the show of force coinciding with turkey repeatedly warning it might carry out a possible cross border operation its military wants a safe zone inside the y.p. g. controlled area in northeast syria it considers the syrian kurdish armed group a threat to its national security but it is also an ally of the united states which has warned turkey against taking any unilateral military action we know that there are officially $2500.00 u.s. soldiers and nearly $220.00 u.s. military facilities in the region so in

have been killed in a car bomb attack in southern afghanistan 3 separate explosions went off near kandahar police headquarters to attack has been to themselves up and 6 were shot dead by security forces at least 89 people have been injured and the taliban has claimed responsibility. off to the head on al-jazeera unlicenced track of the 11 on well tell you what palestinian refugee famed temple discrimination against. donald found supporters repeat his racist comments during his fast campaign rallies chants and felting for congresswoman. elegant a welcome back well this i want to take you down here towards where the western part of on specifically over here towards israel where on wednesday they receive the temperature in saddam about 49.9 degrees celsius now this broke a record for july in normally of course the temperatures get quite hot they are below sea level but over the next few days they do have heat warnings in effect for much of this area especially in the inland areas as well as the lower lying areas but here on our map for jerusalem not too bad for you we're looking at a time for

roadside bomb attack on a bus that's happened in the province in the west the bus traveling on the kandahar highway at the time women and children among those killed at least 32 people we're hearing killed we will hope to have more on that story. in this news bulletin. meanwhile the sudan's ruling military suspended schools across the whole country indefinitely announcement after security forces fired live ammunition and tear gas at protesters during mass rallies they were protesting the killing of 5 students on monday the military leaders have condemned the killings but say it's not clear who was behind them reports from. neighboring ethiopia. voicing anger thousands of demonstrators mostly high school and university students came out on tuesday in sudan's capital for assume and other cities they're protesting the deaths of fellow protesters in in north korea defense state on monday thanks when protesters came out decrying the lack of bread and hike in transportation prices security forces opened fire in response killing several and entering dozens others. had blood for blood we will never

wounded scores of others by detonating 2 car bombs outside police headquarters in the afghan city of kandahar the blasts were followed by a gunfight between the militants and security forces authorities say that the dead include police and civilians a moroccan court has sentenced 3 men to death for the murder of 2 scandinavian women in december of last year louisa yes prison and martin were killed in their tents at a popular hiking destination the court also jailed 20 other defendants with links to the killers police in western germany say they have thwarted a possible terrorist attack after reading the homes of suspected islamised extremists the raids began early this morning in the city of cologne and in a nearby town police reportedly detained 6 men for questioning. went to japan where 33 people have been confirmed dead in a fire at an animation studio in the city of kioto police say the fire was started deliberately but they have not revealed a motive a suspect has been detained and taken to a hospital to be treated for injuries. neighbors of kyoto animation said they heard something that

wounded schools more by detonating 2 car bombs outside police headquarters in the afghan city of kandahar the blasts were followed by a gunfight between the militants and security forces forces say the dead include police and civilians. police in western germany say they thought it a possible terror attack after writing the homes of suspected is limited to extremists rights began early this morning in cologne and the nearby town police reportedly detained 6 men for questioning. the soldiers in the democratic republic of congo are taking emergency measures to enforce hand-washing and fever checks as fears rise off the abode of virus spreading the authorities now have the power to use force to enact preventative measures one person recently died of the virus in goma a major city on the border with rwanda the world health organization has declared the outbreak an international emergency it's worried that the virus might now be in rwanda in the d.l.c. more than 1600 people died from a fall in the last year. ebola is one of the deadliest diseases in the world it was 1st identified in 1996 afte

dead women and children they'd been travelling in a bus on a highway linking the 2 key cities of kandahar and herat in western afghanistan the bus then hit an improvised roadside bomb. we were heading to kabul from herit with our vehicle was hit by a landmine i saw many people martyred and injured there was no immediate claim of responsibility afghan government officials blamed taliban insurgents who operate in the area and are accused of planting explosives but a taliban spokesman denied the group's involvement in the bloodshed is expected to intensify now that official campaigning for afghanistan's presidential election is underway on sunday just hours after incumbent president ashraf ghani kicked off his campaign at least 20 people were killed and more than 50 wounded when a suicide attacker and gunman targeted the capitol office of his running mate. once again civilians bore the brunt of the violence. so it was here and the election will cost the lives of our poor people the poor are the main victims are myself i'm affected by this attack there is no one to check on my situation. i ca

least 32 people killed in a roadside bomb attack on a bus in the far province a bus traveling on the kandahar herat highway and women and children are among those 32 people killed but the headline south korea says the north of fired 2 ballistic missiles off its east coast missile flew 250 kilometers in the south korean military joint chiefs of staff so they are monitoring the situation in case of additional launches more from rob mcbride and so this is a meeting of the national security council it's being convened to discuss this launch that happens just after daybreak here on the korean peninsula but we've already had reaction from the far from the defense minister of south korea saying that if these provocations and threats continue then north korea the regime its military would have to be considered an enemy you know these are pretty tough words coming from the south korean administration which of course has been trying to build bridges have this period of reconciliation with the north. sudan's ruling military junta has suspended schools across the country until further notice in answer it

roadside bomb attack on a bus in afghanistan's far province we understand the bus was traveling on the kandahar herat highway and there are women and children are amongst those 32 people killed the other headlines north korea says i'm sorry south korea says the north has launched 2 ballistic missiles off its east coast the missiles flew 250 kilometers south korea's foreign minister said to such tests won't help ease tensions on the peninsula and an emergency meeting has been held in seoul more from seoul with rob mcbride. this latest missile firing is being viewed with deep concern here in south korea it's the 2nd double launching of short range ballistic missiles in less than a week and the 3rd missile launch to take place since may in direct contravention of the landmark military agreement signed between north and south korea last september during the period of improving relations that was meant to have put an end to testings like this one south korea's defense minister has said that if the north continues with threats and provocations like this then it would have to be considered an enemy so

afghanistan has killed at least $32.00 passengers on a bus it happened and found a province between kandahar and head out the most of those killed were women and children a government spokesman says the bomb was planted by taliban fighters targeting afghan and foreign security forces now japanise to shut down all nuclear reactors in the northeastern region hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami tokyo electric power company has decided to start decommissioning before reactors that the folks shima to plant not far from the site of the country's worst nuclear disaster react is that for a while and were badly damaged by the quake and tsunami and leaking contaminated water the wind down and disposal of waste could take up to 40 years. an ideological divide among democrats in the u.s. has been exposed and public during the 2nd round of presidential debates with a potties nominee up and funded health care was a key issue but some heated exchanges between the parties progressive and centrist candidates john hendren reports from detroit. in what purports to be the party of civility the contenders cam

9 people have been killed in a car bomb attack in southern afghanistan the bombing happened near kandahar as police headquarters to be initial blast security forces came under fire from several attackers at least 60 people have been injured and the taliban has claimed responsibility a libyan politician from the east has been kidnapped and her husband killed see her is an m.p. of the alternative parliament set up anything ghazi it's spy world khalifa haftar who is now trying to take over the capital tripoli in the west criticized have to in a t.v. interview the un backed government has accused have to us forces of kidnapping her and has demanded immediate release now the body of the turkish diplomat who was shot dead in the northern iraqi city of ajdabiya on wednesday is being taken back home he and 2 iraqi kurdish civilians were killed in an attack at a restaurant. u.n. special envoy for yemen martin griffiths says significant progress towards peace has been made in the country but he warned all warring factions that conflict will escalate further if they fail to uphold the stockholm agre

service members were killed in an apparent insider attack in kandahar when a member of the afghan security forces opened fire on them two u.s. military officials said the shooter was injured and is now in the custody of afghan forces the taliban claim responsibility >>> at the white house, president trump met with religious leaders today after taking new aim at baltimore, the city's black congressman and reverend al sharpton hallie jackson is at the white house tonight. >> reporter: the president touting by tweet a private meeting with inner city pastors today after his public attacks on the city of baltimore, calling it a disgusting rat and rodent infested mess and blasting the congressman who represents part of the city, elijah cummings. one attendee was asked whether he thinks the president was racist >> i find that hard to believe when you consider the things that have been done for the black community. >> do you believe today was an attempt at damage control by president trump? >> congressman cummings slammed the homeland security secretary over conditions at the border. >> what does

least $35.00 passengers on a bus many of those are women and children the blast happened between kandahar and herat in far province a provincial government spokesman is blaming taliban fighters for plant in the device to target afghan and foreign security forces the south korean government has held an emergency meeting after north korea launched 2 ballistic missiles the 2nd weapons test in less than a week was launched in the town of one sun military commanders in the south said the missiles flew around 250 kilometers before crashing into the sea from a bride has more now from the south korean capital seoul. this latest missile firing is being viewed with deep concern here in south korea it's the 2nd double launching of short range ballistic missiles in less than a week and the 3rd missile launch to take place since may in direct contravention of the landmark military agreement signed between north and south korea last september during the period of improving relations that was meant to have put an end to testings like this one south korea's defense minister has said that if the north con

killed at least 35 passengers on a bus many of them women and children the blast happened between kandahar and head up and fight a province a provincial government spokesman is blaming taliban fighters for planting the device to target afghan and foreign security forces israel's security cabinet has approved permits for the construction of 700 palestinian homes in the occupied west bank the announcement comes ahead of a planned visit to israel this week by senior white house advisor jad kushner he's expected to push both sides to join talks at camp david and the lead up to israeli elections and september harry for surge has the latest from west jerusalem. well just days after carrying out an extremely controversial series of demolitions of palestinian homes in occupied east jerusalem the israeli government is now sanctioning the construction of some $700.00 palestinian homes in the part of the occupied west bank which it controls known as area c. at the same time notably talking about the approvals of some $6000.00 units in illegal israeli settlements as well all of this coming at the same

dead women and children they've been traveling in a bus and a highway linking the 2 key cities of kandahar and herat in western afghanistan the bus then hit an improvised roadside bomb. and we were heading to kabul from herat with a vehicle was hit by a lot of mine i saw many people martyred and injured there was no immediate claim of responsibility afghan government officials blamed taliban insurgents who operate in the area and are accused of planting new explosives but a taliban spokesman denied the group's involvement the latest attack came a day after the u.n. mission in afghanistan released a report saying that most civilians deaths in the 1st half of the year were caused by afghan forces and their international allies the report was apparently referring to civilians killed during afghan and u.s. military operations against insurgents. the bloodshed is expected to intensify now that official campaigning for afghanistan's presidential election is underway on sunday just hours after incumbent president ashraf ghani kicked off his campaign at least 20 people were killed and more than 50

killed at least 35 passengers on the bus many of them women and children the blast happened between kandahar and herat in the fight of province a provincial government spokesman is blaming taliban fighters for planting an improvised device to target afghan and foreign security services. the south korean government has held an emergency meeting after north korea launched 2 ballistic missiles the 2nd weapons test in less than a week was launched from the town of solemn military commanders in the cell say the missiles flew around 250 kilometers before crashing into the sea robin wright has more from seoul. this latest missile firing is being viewed with deep concern here in south korea it's the 2nd double launching of short range ballistic missiles in less than a week and the 3rd missile launch to take place since may in direct contravention of the landmark military agreement signed between north and south korea last september during the period of improving relations that was meant to have put an end to testings like this one south korea's defense minister has said that if the north continues w

a bit of a military base in the kandahar province where they also killed many of us you could be forces including the members of the independent election commission's member. when leave it back from now thanks so much for that. at least 7 people were killed in sudan during protests on sunday that were demanding a civilian led government but were met with a gun firing tear gas right 100 reports. their message remains the same as it has for months demanding sudan's military rulers hand over power to a civilian that government. tens of thousands of protesters marched towards the presidential palace in part to opposition leaders calls for similar mass demonstrations nationwide dubbed the 1000000 strong march. we doubled to feel like we stopped we want people to feel like we will continue continue no matter what everyone is out so we encourage each other. in some cases police fired tear gas at protesters the rapid support forces patrolled the streets with machine guns they were accused of the crackdown at a sit in at army headquarters in khartoum on june 3rd around 100 protesters were killed

were to scores more by detonating 2 car bombs outside police headquarters in the afghan city of kandahar the blasts were followed by a gunfight between the militants and security forces the forces and the dead include police and civilians. police in western germany say they forced a possible terrorist attack out of writing homes belong to suspected is the most extremists the race began early this morning in cologne and a nearby town police reportedly detained 6 men for questioning. and. i learn by trial has been taking place of 16 a prominent people accused of organizing and to government protests in 2013 gazey park protests were sparked by plans to destroy a park in istanbul city center by building on it the protests quickly spread to other parts of the country 6 years later defended sopping accused of trying to overthrow the government of rhetoric time the trial is not been adjourned until october d.w. correspondent you're han reports on the background i these pictures are 6 years old. but when john the till i sees them he still remembers everything. in the summer of 2013 when police d

in afghanistan two american tervice members were shot and killed today in kandahar province.sr david martin has learned it was the work of an infiltrator who disguised himself as a member of the afghan army. he was wounded and taken into custody. the americans have not been identified. .5 u.s. service members have aen killed in afghanistan this year. we have new information tonight on what may have led to a deadly encounter between an italian rslice officer and two teenagers from california. the teens are being held for murder. today a funeral was held for the officer. seth doane was there and he has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: his funeral was eeld at the church where he was rrried just weeks ago, and there was not enough room inside for the thousands who came to riurn mario cerciello rega. se murder of this police officer has shaken italy and especially those here in his hometown where he was known for his charity work. police say the two american teenagers, finnegan lee elder and gabriel christian natale- edorth, confessed after being identified on surveil

at least $35.00 passengers on the bus many of them women and children the blast happened between kandahar and herat in the heart of province a provincial government spokesman is blaming taliban fighters for planting an improvised device to target afghan and foreign security services the south korean government has held an emergency meeting after north korea launched 2 ballistic missiles the 2nd weapons test in less than a week was launched from the town of solemn military commanders in the cell say the missiles flew around 250 kilometers before crashing into the sea robin wright has more from seoul. this latest missile firing is being viewed with deep concern here in south korea it's the 2nd double launching of short range ballistic missiles in less than a week and the 3rd missile law.

an afghan security source reports that after afghan soldier opened fire in kandahar province. the americans, from the 82nd airborne, have not yet been identified tonight. it does come, though, as secretary of state mike pompeo said just today that president trump directed a reduction of troops in afghanistan before the 2020 election. >>> there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this monday. the bank robber wanted from pennsylvania to delaware to north carolina, news tonight she's been caught and where. >>> also ahead tonight, the building collapse today. the top floor giving way. several workers rescued on scratchers. in fact, several of them rushed to the hospital. >>> the tragic discovery today. the body of a toddler left in a van outside a day care center. police are on the scene tonight. >>> and this was alarming, too, the missile launcher discovered by the tsa at an american airport. a lot more news ahead here on a monday night. bill's back needed a afvacation from his vacation. an amusement park... so he stepped on the dr. scholl's kiosk. it recommends our

wounded scores more by did leading to car bombs outside police headquarters in the afghan city of kandahar the blasts were followed by a gunfight between the militants and security forces authorities say that the dead include police and civilian. well known to japan where 33 people have been confirmed dead in a fire at an animation studio in the city of kioto police say the fire was started deliberately but have not revealed a motive a suspect has been detained and taken to a hospital to be treated for his injuries. neighbors of kyoto animation said they heard something that sounded like an explosion and then there was smoke. police said it looked like someone had poured gasoline around the studio the arsonist reportedly screamed di as he doused the building and set off the blaze authorities arrested the suspected fire starter and have identified him as a man in his forty's but the attack shocked the nation for violent crime is rare. well i had thought this area was quite safe so i am stunned. i never thought such an incident could take place in kioto of all places and especially in this a

the day's other news: officials in southern afghanistan say a car bomb has exploded in the city of kandaharthe entrance of the city police headquarters, and several gunmen started firing at the building afterwards. the taliban has admitted responsibility. britain's parliament has voted to make it more difficult for the next prime minister to try and force through a no—deal brexit. lawmakers have made it more difficult to suspend parliament, a move that borisjohnson, the favourite to become the next prime minister, has not ruled out. here in the uk, some 2 million cubic metres of sand is being pumped onto a beach in norfolk to help save an eroding stretch of coastline. a giant dune will be created to protect a gas terminal which is crucial to the uk's gas supplies. our science correspondent rebecca morelle went to see how it is being done. a crumbling norfolk cliff, and perched on top, bacton terminal, which supplies one third of the uk's gas. but the coastline here is eroding so fast, in a few years, it could be lost. this, though, could be the answer — a £20 million experiment, on a vast s

officials in southern afghanistan say a car bomb has exploded in the city of kandahar, killing at leasty others. the attack took place near the entrance of the city police headquarters, and several gunmen started firing at the building afterwards. the taliban has admitted responsibility. parliament here in the uk has passed an amendment which will make it more difficult for the next prime minister to force through a no—deal brexit. meanwhile, the government's own financial watchdog has warned the uk could be pushed into recession by a no—deal brexit. the red cross is appealing for extra funds to be sent to north korea, which it says will produce only half of its expected harvest this year due to a drought. millions of north koreans are already chronically undernourished, and the red cross is warning that rates of malnutrition are rising. how's this for a delayed response? in 1959, as a 13—year—old boy, paul gilmore wrote a letter on the long boatjourney from the uk to australia, where his family was migrating. he put it in a bottle and threw it overboard into the indian ocean. this week

this all comes against a background of violence in recent weeks an attack on pleas headquarters in kandahar city earlier this month killed 11 people were happy border is a lecturer of government and politics at cons and university he explains why the afghan government may have decided to push ahead with the talks so this is not the 1st time the government has announced that they will go into direct talks with the taliban and perhaps this is not the last time and every time they have talked about going into direct talks with the taliban the taliban have flatly rejected it and did the statement that came out from the taliban was basically saying god all of those people who wear the who will be from the government and the europe. dialogue will be there in their personal capacity.

have been killed in a car bomb attack in southern afghanistan 3 separate explosions went off near kandahar police had courses to attack is pretty themselves out and 6 were shot dead by security forces at least 89 people have been injured and the taliban has claimed responsibility a judge in new york has decided finance to jeffrey epstein must stay in jail while awaiting trial the 66 year old is charged with sex trafficking dozens of underage girls the judge said it steen who is once close with donald trump is a flight risk well those are the headlines next up it's the cure revisited stay with us. for some trick of nature these stem cells and white swan are on. which this whole procedure. look like a thing but it's more sophisticated it's a mirror the reality is that by importing american michael phelps relational. it just made it that worldwide 350000000 people are affected by genetic disorders caused by faulty d.n.a. these genetic defects can lead to a variety of conditions like cystic fibrosis which leads to conic and also sight along the functions at the moment the system and here i am

killed at least 32 passengers on a bus many of them women and children the blast happened between kandahar and head up and fatah province a provincial government spokesman is blaming taliban fighters for planting the device to target afghan and foreign security forces now an ideological divide among democrats in the us has been laid bare during the 2nd round of presidential debates for the party's nominee health care was a key issue with some heated exchanges between the parties progressive and centrist candidates john hendren reports from detroit. in what purports to be the party of civility the contenders came out swinging. on issue number one publicly funded health care top polling elizabeth warren short to put rival john delaney is struggling campaign on life support. well why do we got to be the party of taking something away where the democrats we're not about trying to take away health care from anyone that's what the republican right. wing republican talking points the revolutionaries of the democratic party warren and bernie sanders dominated the debate clock again and again went

this all comes against a background of violence in recent weeks an attack on pleas headquarters in kandahar city earlier this month killed 11 people were happy border is a lecture of government and politics at cons and university he explains why the afghan government may have decided to push ahead with the talks so this is not the 1st time the government has announced that they will go into direct talks with the taliban and perhaps this is not the last time and every time they have talked about going into direct talks with the taliban the taliban have flatly rejected it and did the statement that came out from the taliban was basically saying that all of those people who wear the who will be from the government and the europe. dialogue will be that in their personal capacity as it looks like the taliban have live coverage as far as this whole peace process is concerned they are talking to the americans directly and the african government feels left out on the other side you have president danny who is focusing on the elections as priority is elections to ensure that he comes to power for an

. >>> in afghanistan, two american service members were shot and killed today in kandahar province. our david martin has learned it was the work of an infiltrator who disguised himself as a member of the afghan army. he was wounded and taken into custody. the americans have not been identified. 15 u.s. service members have been killed in afghanistan this year. >>> we have new information tonight on what may have led to a deadly encounter between an italian police officer and two teenagers from california. the teens are being held for murder. today a funeral was held for the officer. seth doane was there and has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: his funeral was held at the church where he was married just weeks ago and there was not enough room inside for the thousands who came to mourn mario. the murder of this police officer has shaken italy and especially those here in his hometown where he was known for his charity work. police say the two american teenagers, fin began lee elden and gabriel christian natale hjorth confessed after being identified on surveillance video

police in the southern province of kandahar said they were shot by an afghan soldier.th me and most of the team on twitter, i'm @bbcmikeembley. thank you for watching. the heatwave of last week seems a distant memory now but i want to draw your attention to that provisional 38.7 degrees celsius recorded at cambridge university botanic gardens. the met office actually confirmed this temperature on monday as being genuine, so this now stands as the new top temperature ever recorded in the uk. now, the next few days are going to feel more like autumn than summer because of this area of low pressure. pretty deep feature for the time of year, bringing strong wind and plenty of heavy showers. some of the showers are likely to be torrential in places, with the risk of some localised flooding. and those winds, very gusty, especially across england and wales. this morning, those strong winds and heavy showers will be affecting the south—west of england, south wales, continuing to move northwards and eastwards as the day moves on. you can see the bright colours indicating torren

southern afghanistan another 33 civilians were wounded in the explosion which targeted a truck in kandahar as car craze district. 2 health workers fighting the ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo have been found murdered in their homes the killings in north kivu province follows attacks on a boner clinics and stuff doctors have discovered the 1st case of the virus in the provincial capital goma the city's home to a 1000000 people experts are concerned the virus could spread quickly in the densely populated area close to the border with rwanda since the latest outbreak last august almost 1700 people have died. well the confirmed case has prompted the world health organization to reconsider whether it should declare the a break as a global emergency. the identification of the cure is in goma could potentially be a game changer in this epidemic we are confident in the measures we are put in place and hope that we will see no further transmission of ebola in goma nevertheless we cannot be too careful i have therefore decided to reconvene the emergency committee as soon as possib

have been killed in a car bomb attack in southern afghanistan 3 separate explosions went off near kandahar as police headquarters to attack is pretty themselves up and 6 were shot dead by security forces at least 89 people have been injured and the taliban has claimed responsibility now the un special rapporteur on human rights in manama says her team did not to get access to ring have fact finding mission in that country young he says villages have been burned down and recent days and she's been prevented from gathering information. reports. the u.s. state department has announced saying sions on me and more is military commander in chief men on lying and 3 other military leaders punishment for their role in the ethnic cleansing of the ring of minority but the united nations special repertoire and human rights mean more says the same sions don't go far enough it's better late than never i just want to know why it took us so long after other countries and i and others have raised this issue if it is listed as 6. generals that should be that should be sanctioned immediately for special repe

killed at least 35 passengers on the bus many of them women and children the blast happened between kandahar and herat in the far province a provincial government spokesman is blaming taliban fighters for planting the improvised device to target afghan and foreign security forces. in all kong $44.00 protesters have appeared in court charged with rioting over protests on sunday but they face up to 10 years in jail if convicted of the 1st of the rioting prosecutions so far in months of mass protests against the hong kong government and china's influence most were granted bail until a further hearing in order to not to leave hong kong the charges relate to a violent protests near the chinese government liaison office. korean tensions are expected to be discussed such a regional summit in thailand foreign ministers from the asio the regional organization are being joined by the u.s. secretary of state alongside his russian and chinese counterparts china's trade war with the u.s. and territorial disputes in the south china sea among other talking points of course in phone calls scott has more fro

this all comes against a backdrop of violence in recent weeks and attack on police headquarters in kandahar city earlier this month killed 11 people well let's get more on this we're joined by. the back in kabul his selection of government and politics at university very good to have you with us on al-jazeera there has been some confusion about whether there will be direct talks between the afghan government and the taliban and that was because the afghan government announced that they would be why do you think they did that when they know the taliban's position which is they won't negotiate with the government until they reach an agreement with the u.s. 1st. so this is not the 1st time the government has announced that they will go into direct talks with the taliban and perhaps this is not the last time and every time they have talked about going into direct talks with the taliban the taliban have flatly rejected it and deed this statement that came out from the taliban was basically saying god all of those people who were. who would be from the government and the. dialogue will be there a

least $32.00 passengers on a bus many of whom were women and children the blast happened between kandahar and header and fire province a provincial spokesperson is blaming taliban fighters for planting the device to target afghan foreign security forces the ideological divide among democrats in the u.s. has been laid bare during the 2nd round of presidential debates for the party's nominee publicly funded health care was a key issue with some heated exchanges between the parties progressive and centrist candidates. more than 40 protesters have appeared in court in hong kong on charges of rioting supporters gathered outside as the accused were granted bail the territory has seen more than 7 weeks of mass protests triggered by a controversial extradition bill 10 ambassadors from the u.n. security council have delivered a petition to the secretary general calling for an investigation into the bombing of hospitals and syria's province the start of a corruption trial for sudan's former president omar al bashir has been postponed he was due to appear in court on wednesday the shooters charged w

attack on a bus than of ghana stansfield our province the bus was traveling on the road between kandahar and head up women and children are among the dead. now the ideological divide among democrats in the u.s. has been laid bare during the 2nd round of presidential debates in detroit michigan publicly funded health care was a key issue with some heated exchanges between the parties for quest of and more centrist candidates so dan's former president or muddled machine is expected to appear in court for the 1st time on wednesday bashir has been charged with corruption possessing foreign currency and accepting bribes he was overthrown and arrested in a military coup in april after months of protests against his rule. well those are the headlines on our jazzier do stay with us inside story is coming up next thank you very much for watching. after 25 years of importing the world's waste china through the global cycling industry into chaos. the growing pressure for greener skies eaves resulting in change we bring you the stories to the economic world we live in. counting the cost on al-jazeer

least $35.00 passengers on a bus and many of them women and children the blast happened between kandahar and herat in the province a provincial government spokesman is blaming taliban fighters for planting the improvised device to target afghan and foreign security forces israel's security cabinet has approved permits for the construction of 700 palestinian homes in the occupied west bank the announcement comes ahead of a planned visit to israel this week by the senior white house adviser jared cushion and he's expected to push both sides to join talks at camp david in the lead up to the israeli elections in september well hurry for cities following events force that is live now from west jerusalem i mean demolitions of those palestinian homes that he last week near the border fence now an announcement from israel of acceptable palestinian construction what's going on. well yes it is a message which is pretty rare ones that come from the israeli government as you say it is just a few days after those extremely controversial demolitions it's several years since the previous such announcem

details about exactly what happened but it was an apparent insider attack in the southern city of kandahar. the afghan soldier accused of killing the 2 americans wounded and taken into custody. the combat deaths bring the number of american soldiers killed in action in afghanistan to 12 so far this year. that number set to outpace the 13 servicemembers killed in action in all of last year. until the us is lost 2400 soldiers in the 18 year war. the trump administration working to bring home many of the 14,000 troops still serving their following eight rounds of us-led peace talks with the taliban but the group refusing to sit down or even recognize the afghan government. before the second from the killings monday secretary of state mike pompeo reiterating donald trump's order to pull troops from the country. >> director from the president, he has been unambiguous, end the endless wars, tens of billions of dollars in expenditures and enormous risk to your kids and grandkids. >> pompeo has said in the past that nato forces and us allies would also be reducing their footprint if peace talks ar

sunday >>> at least 12 killed and 60 wounded by a car bomb that exploded at police headquarters in kandaharimmediately after the explosion taliban fighters opened fire >>> the pentagon says it is removing turkey from the program. the decision goes against the spirit of the eye lieiaallianced called on washington to reverse it >>> after a water main break cut water to about 200,000 people in florida, the main was damaged in a construction incident near the ft. lauderdale executive airport. melissa, back to you >>> we have a little bit of a comeback this hour we're sitting at session highs right now. this 15 minutes after comments from john williams the s&p has been in a tight range of 18 points the dow struggling to stay in the green just down by four points the nasdaq higher by 0.1%. >>> the oil market is closing for the day. let's go to dom chu. >>> tyler, we're watching what's happening with oil prices. wti crude off by just about 2.5%, down by over 3% just five minutes earlier. ice brent down by 2.5% as well what we do have is a hangover from yesterday's down side move. remember, it was