abdullah abdullah recognize each other's status and both are claiming the president's. incumbent president ashraf ghani was sworn in under fire. as frightened people ran out of the presidential palace he brushed off the explosions. we've seen many big attacks so don't get scared if one or 2 explosions stay calm. he said it was time to get to work. our responsibility is assuring peace and ending the 40 years of wool be sure that dignified peace will come with the courage of the people and in the framework of the republic. but minutes later this man abdullah abdullah was also sworn in elsewhere in the same presidential compound. he disputes the results of last year's elections which saw low turnout and i would geishas of widespread voter fraud. he's also disputed results in previous elections but after 2014 he served for a while as ashraf ghani chief executive. i got that if we had not compromised in 2014 for international stability and unity the country would have been in crisis but now things are different if we were to accept results this time it would mean the end of democracy in afghanistan. up on a stand by a. many voters complained of a lack of vision in both candidates and what happens now will both presidents appoint their own ministers and governors will someone resort to force. the government is supposed to be preparing for talks with the taliban following up on the u.s. troop withdrawal agreement last month there right now it's unclear which government that will be. and it's time now for a brief look at some of the other stori

abdullah abdullah to actually try to run the country regardless of the ritual he's gone through today . i think the people of afghanistan voted and. the result was out and. the wait on the end of the abdullah 2 to get this country running by by putting their differences aside so the u.s. taliban a peace deal the next step is supposed to be they in traffic on dialogue with the taliban to start tomorrow how is that going to be affected by today's events. this will make the situation more complicated for the president clearly and for americans as well that americans have been asking the afghan government to form a negotiating team reaches only said during his inauguration speech today he will be announced tomorrow on the other hand of the law on the other hand also announced his negotiation negotiating team reach according to him is ready to engage in talks with the taliban to negotiating teams from kabul weaken its position during talks with taliban it is on more one more reason for up to light and the need to leave their differences aside and work together towards a potential peace deal with the taliban and taliban have declined to negotiate with the afghan government in the past despite re

abdullah abdullah are both afghanistan. both president ashraf ghani and top afghan political leader abdullah abdullah are both claiming they won the presidential election and are vowing to hold dueling inauguration ceremonies today in the capital kabul. ghani has been president since 2014, but abdullah claims the most recent election was spoiled by fraud. this is playing out in the middle of a u.s. negotiated a u.s. negotiated peace plan with the telegram, which calls for the u.s. and its nato allies to withdraw their troops over the next 14 months and for the start of direct talks between the afghan government and taliban insurgency. members of the taliban and the afghan government were set to start direct negotiations on tuesday, tomorrow. al jazeera reports there have been nearly 80 attacks in afghanistan since the u.s. and the taliban signed the peace accord. just 11 days after the deal, u.s. forces carried out an air raid on taliban fighters in helmand province. on friday, abdullah escaped unharmed from an islamic state attack on a ceremony in kabul that killed at least 32 people. the taliban issued a statement saying

abdullah abdullah both say they are the president with peace with the taliban on the line can they settle their differences this is inside story. hello there is many were hailing a new beginning for afghanistan less than a fortnight ago the u.s. and the afghan taliban had just signed a deal towards ending 2 decades of war but the afghan government wasn't part of the talks and a long standing political rivalry is making things even more complicated president ashraf ghani was narrowly declared the winner of the election in september for a 2nd term former chief executive abdullah abdullah rejects the result both held rival presidential inauguration ceremonies on monday after the u.s. special envoy to afghanistan failed to resolve the dispute gone he is supposed to finalize the government's team for the 1st direct negotiations with the taliban the us though is started withdrawing troops as part of the deal with the taliban hoda abdel-hamid has more from the afghan capital kabul. this initial pullout is in accordance with the doha agreement with stated that the withdrawal should start within 10 days of signing that agreement now we know that soldiers have been pulled out from bases one in the helmand province which is a stronghold of the taliban and the 2nd from a base in the north in the hair right province we don't know the exact number but we do know that over the next 125 days this will draw continue to bring down the overall level of foreign troops in the country to $8600.00 which is actually the level of troops that was in afghanistan during the obama admi

abdullah abdullah. is formed his own government's history comes ahead of planned peace talks with the taliban james. asylum a lot. five months after vors went to the polls afghanistan's leading political face this one in his presence at separate ceremonies. which is incumbent on shift honey takes the stage in front of foreign diplomats rocket seek the grounds of the presidential palace. we have seen bigger attacks don't be scared of two explosions don't sit down. an attack claimed by the islamic state group. i'm not wearing a bullet proof vests. only my shirts. i will stay even if it costs me my life. meanwhile in the nearby cepeda police his rival abdullah abdullah took his oath maintaining that the polls were marred by fraud and corruption claims that were recognized by the electoral commission. mode as a volunteering our election campaign we promised people that we would not accept any government selected fraudulently and we stand by our promise. the two men had previously formed a unity government but the rivalry continues to weaken the state's standshead of planned talks with the taliban on tuesday. the us signed a peace deal with the taliban just over a week ago. but negotiate ins within the country's own parties remain crucial to drawing a road map for afghanistan's future. now to mexico where women are on strike across the country in a bid to highlight the country's shocking number of femicides. last year over a thousand women were killed in gender based violence. yesterday some eighty thousand people marched in the capital calling on the government to access. let's go to mexico city for the right young grill is a day for us- and

abdullah abdullah for failing to work together and potentially threatening the u.s. that peace deal with the taliban and fail says a conditional withdrawal of u.s. troops will go ahead now indonesia is one of the world's largest exporters of perth's accounting for almost half of the global supply but oyster farmers are warning their line of work is in jeopardy jessica washington reports from the indonesian island of bali. the waters are calm here on bali's east coast the ideal conditions for something special to grow beneath the surface. this is one of bali's pole farms a community initiative to help the pole industry survive environmental challenges years of rapid growth have depleted wild pull oyster populations so. at this time the oysters have been exploited through overfishing so we need to come into this area to protect the environment. this is a more controlled approach growing quality brood stock oysters and selling their seeds at a low price to fishing communities to minimize reliance on wild oysters the team here is checking on the health of the oysters and checking their gender as well and this is just one step in a very long process but ultimately this is all about stopping overfishing and making indonesia's whole industry more sustainable. indonesia exports thousands of kilograms of south sea poles one of the world's most expensive types of poll the aim is to increase the export value with the same production rate by using sustainable methods to improve the quality of the gemstone house oysters are sensitive animals changes in temperature can create imperfect less valuable pearls . he charts or so list you know has been in the poll industry for 3 decades he says climate change makes poll farming more challenging. but if the temperature changes by just a single degree you can cause mass death it's the same in the sea so the temperature here is absolutely important to the survival of the oysters. it means what happens out at sea is only half the picture and what happens in the lab is equally important in this hatchery the team carefully checks the development of oyster larvae and ensures the adult oysters are ready for breeding by keeping them healthy. this male oyster is ready to mate and displaying its fertility commercial brands have their own labs and processes but sustainability and quality over quantity are also in focus here when an oyster is stressed it forms a pole around an item within its shell that's called the nucleus scientists here in bali use an organic nucleus from the mississippi river to create cultured poles. we have to produce this on the right quantity because the. the cost to produce a pearl of $1000.00 or $1.00 it's exactly the same exactly the same so. you really have to. add up your production to only produce a good quantity it's a long journey from the hatchery to harvest a single pole can take nearly 4 years to produce to make a strand for a necklace can take several harvests to find enough matching poles but the end result is undeniably beautiful jessica washington al-jazeera. clear again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera british by mr boies johnson has severely restricted people's movement to slow the spread of corona virus also being told to stay home with a few exceptions for work exercise and grocery shopping and he will have the power to enforce a you mattias. no prime minister wants to enact measures like this no to the damage that this destruction is doing and will do to people's lives to their businesses and to their jobs and that's why we've produced a huge an unprecedented program of support both workers and for business and i can assure you that we will keep these restrictions on the constant review we will look again in 3 weeks and relax them if the evidence shows we are able to but at present the rig just no easy options. the way it is hold and it is still true that many lives will suddenly be lost now the death toll in europe continues to grow in italy the number of dead has passed 6000 double that of china where the virus began and in spain more than 2200 people have died the u.s. president says is working with republicans and democrats when choice a trillion dollar bill to stimulate the economy is approved politicians on monday failed to pass the legislation for a 2nd time donald trump says he wants to reopen the u.s. for business as soon as possible this fight erupted lee growing rate of infections australia has seen a jump in reported coronavirus cases with more than 7500 people now infected authorities in the state of new south wales where nearly half the cases are have warned the pandemic is at a critical stage and in other news a u.s. says it will cut a $1000000000.00 in aid to afghanistan after the country's president and his political rival failed to form a new government secretary of state mike on pale reveal the prime cheering and unannounced visit to afghanistan is strongly criticized both president ashraf ghani and his rival abdullah abdullah for failing to work together and potentially threatening a u.s. led peace deal with the taliban those are the headlines on al-jazeera more news on al-jazeera dot com coming up next it's witness. how much is the coronavirus of the stock market close to the rights to the white house will it be treated by the new standards for securing the democratic nomination i believe we can beat down the truck follow it with developments in the u.s. election campaign on al jazeera. it's true and she. can unleash. it in a.

the blast adult appeared to take place near the ceremony but gandhi's political rival abdullah abdullah held a power level swearing in both men are laying claim to the presidency after a disputed election in september to me this in kabul she says the feud could affect peace talks with the taliban. this was certainly i think full of controversy and violence because 1st of all there was a lot of delay in this inauguration people had been told to arrive quite early in the morning all the guests and the media and then when we arrived there we were told no it was delayed by 6 hours and then it was delayed by another additional hour during that time you had the u.s. envoy zalmay khalilzad try shuttling basically between these 2 political rivals president me and. trying to find a compromise where he couldn't find a compromise and actually both of them went ahead with their own presidential inauguration during his speech during the inauguration. actually. said that by tomorrow he will issue a decree for do release of the taliban prisoners that's one of the that's one of the articles of the agre

abdullah abdullah was there but he escaped unhurt this is the 1st major attack since the taliban signed a deal with the united states to reduce violence and begin a withdrawal of u.s. troops are the abdul hamid has more now from kabul this was a very long standoff between the afghan security forces and attackers that were holed up in a nearby building which was under construction that's actually where they base themselves to launch the attack on this memorial service but you know the attack started at $1120.00 kabul time and it was over about 5 pm so that shows you how long it lasted you had to bring in afghan security forces you had to bring in foreign forces it was quite a situation and it happened south of kabul in an area this predominantly. which is a shia minority living here in afghanistan which has come under attack a lot of times over the past years zambian president good has confirmed that more than 50 people have been killed in a recent spate of reprisal attacks that began in december in an address to the parliament he blames some community and church leaders for inciting the killings reprisals follow series of attacks in which gangs use poisonous gas to target their victims leaving them unconscious the police say it's unclear what the motive is for those gas attacks around $26.00 people have been arrested for me to miller is in johannesburg and says that many believe the attacks are connected to ritual killings. it really is a strange event that has really caused the police to be concerned in that it seems as if they are gangs going around parts of zambia and these attacks have spread using a poisonous gas or some sort of chemical gas which police haven't identified but using that gas in public places schools and homes to cause people to lose consciousness become dizzy and while police haven't established a clear motive speculation in zambia is that these attacks appear to be connected to what people are saying are ritual killings where the reason these gangs are attacking these public spaces and attacking people is because they want to mobilize them perhaps to attack them for their body parts for ritual killings now the police have said they are investigating the army is also being deployed to certain areas in zambia to ensure that they're kept safe and there aren't any further attacks but what's happened is that people they have taken matters into their own hands and have been a number of violent mob just as attacks against people suspected to be responsible for these chemical gas attacks on mount a man maher dozens of including children have been charged with not possessing identity documents fled to recent upsurge in violence in iraq and state where the muslim group is the majority of the population florence louis has more on this now from lego just outside the capital yangon where their cases are due to be heard. in the 1st 2 months of this year alone more than $200.00 have been arrested for not having identification documents and for traveling illegally now and 70 of those cases will be heard in they grew on the outskirts of yang gone told were brought to court on friday the myanmar government does not consider the rohingya as citizens even though many of them have lived in this country for generations and they face increasing government restrictions so keep claiming like a big can trouble freely there's no restriction are all but in reality in the government. the. unit is extremely restricted rights advocate on likely any of the rango will be acquitted and they could face the sentence of up to 2 years in prison and could be. sold just why we escaped they were hanged mainly muslim minority who live in rakhine and it was in the northern part of the state where the myanmar military launched a brutal crackdown in 2017 driving nearly 3 quarters of a 1000000 into bangladesh the un has accused it of carrying out the campaign with genocidal intent the myanmar government denies and says it was a do the job summit response to attacks carried out by working right. now the situation that even worse off the fighting between the myanmar military and the our economy intensified starting with january last year they are not on the very top you say they're fighting for more autonomy on behalf of the rakhine and not the ethnic minority mainly buddhists who make up the majority in rakhine state the rohingya who already live under apartheid like conditions without access to public health care education being caught in the crossfire and many are desperate to escape rights workers fear that many will turn to human traffickers now over the years that have been many attempts by groups of bringing goods. by boat on dangerous journey didn't come to pass on boats that capsized people have drowned somehow taken on overland routes through thailand and into malaysia they have been instances where they were kept in jungle camps along the border until their friends or relatives could pay a ransom many died of disease and starvation now even when they managed to escape myanmar rights they say many are at risk of a white haitian some sold into the sex trade or as indentured labor. for the working god there is no easy choice they can choose to stay and face persecution or the threat of more violence or they can try to escape but risking their lives. so al jazeera dot com is where you need to go for comment analysis video on demand there as well that forget you can watch us on life streaming here to. recap of the headlines now the number of coronavirus cases worldwide is believed to have reached 100000 with italy having the 2nd highest number of deaths behind china iran recorded a dramatic rise of over a 1000 new cases in 24 hours since thursday but the world health organization says the rapidly rising numbers a sign of more efficient government responses country in the face when epidemic when it looks for cases we find. and if we call that a bad thing it is it's a sad thing for the people who have the disease but it's much better that we understand the extent of the problem we commend the move towards a more aggressive target of surveillance and we hope that that will lead to the kind of control measures that can help push this my respect. meanwhile crude oil prices of plunged more than 5 percent as talks over a cut in production have ended without any agreement rusher is refusing to support the cup by the oil cartel opec arguing that it's too early to predict the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on global energy demand. and then in our other headlines this hour a fragile ceasefire in syria's last rebel held province of idlib appears to be holding almost 24 hours after it came into effect turkish president. and his russian counterpart vladimir putin who support opposite sides in the conflict declared a pause in the fighting after negotiations in moscow there's been some reports of sporadic fighting in southern part of the province but there's been no major clashes. refugees and migrants at the border between turkey and greece have been caught between volleys of tear gas as riot police from both sides trying to keep them away tens of thousands of people have been trying to cross into greece since last week when turkey declared its borders with the e.u. open but greece says those trying to enter a doing so illegally. and then in afghanistan media there reporting that i still is behind the attack in the capital kabul in which at least 30 people were killed the head of the country's peace council is giving a speech and shots were fired senior politician abdullah abdullah was there but he escaped unhurt. up front with matty as i was coming up next looking at the surge in popularity of u.s. presidential hopeful joe biden. this week called up front we're tackling 2 big political dramas in the us the battle between bernie sanders and joe biden to be the democratic nominee for president and take on donald trump while in malaysia a new prime minister taking office in a backroom deal and controversially pushing aside in the process. super tuesday the biggest day in the u.s. electoral calendar so far resulted in a big way in the full form of vice president joe biden and the establishment wing of the democratic party that he represents biden carried 10 out of the 14 states in play while independent senator bernie sanders who was the front runner going into super tuesday.

of danny to the far right and his political rival abdullah abdullah held inaugurations ronnie was declared the winner of september's election but abdullah has alleged alleged election fraud here's what both leaders have to say and they're viable ceremonies well as any funny i ask for my political rivals to come and serve this nation together shoulder to shoulder. that i need. mohammad shah we are and have always been prepared for negotiations. we work for the unity not the division of afghanistan not that i've talked enough some of it done by journalist a leader of the fee who is following developments in afghanistan and the good to have you with us now both a show of danny and of the law of the law are sounding conciliate tree yet both of them have declared themselves presidents of afghanistan surely somebody has got to give. this is will disagree actually what people are wondering because now it's been 24 hours since both inaugurations took place. and no one knows what's going to happen you know there was a lot of fear that when dr abdullah would go to his office doctors that he occupied as the chief executive for the last 5 years tha

abdullah abdullah is planning to hold his own ceremony after september selection the 2 picket over who really won and made allegations of voter fraud they're thinking turns their spec could be real talks between the governments and the taliban women's rights groups in particular are worried of what will happen if the taliban regains power. reports from kabul. it's a little even tucked away in a basement in kabul away from prying eyes this was the 1st gym for women only to open here sick you know mohamedi chose to name it no one but it or elite women in the local dialect that were that. far yet their own needs been 2 years now initially people had different views towards sports because we're a conservative society but those who came here have seen good results and felt the benefits of working out so no they're encouraging us. most of recloser young women who are part of a new generation enjoying freedoms their mothers never had but they are the minority this is a country devastated by 40 years of war and women have always been the biggest victims not only of the taliban kidnapping and rape were rampant during the civil war 2 there's also the high number of afghan widows estimates vary from 600000 up to 2000000 cannot be lost her husband wouldn't 20 years ago when we arrived to interview her she told us that her 4 month old grandson had died that same morning but being the only breadwinner in a family of 8 she couldn't afford to take the day off she has to work hoping that every stroke of the broom will take a little of the grief away. you know. i'm really tired of life because i don't have a father or son or husband over brother i'm alone and i have 8 daughters i'm upset because after i wake up i start sweeping i need medicine but when i buy a car feed my family when i feed my family i can't get treatment i really don't know what to do women gained equal rights in a 2004 constitution but nothing is guaranteed if you look at the political atmosphere now you see different groups are talking with each other's about sharing of power and political arrangements women are not there actually we have inside afghanistan probably even inside the government but i see the government i mean the 2 institutions of government who would think and believe the same way as taliban do navigating through social restrictions is not easy for medina i met her family doesn't know about her workout schedule nor do they know she's a gifted artist shirt. which i don't blame them because of our society she worries what people will say but we think differently i was born here and need to rebuild my country women must be strong and contribute to society these are challenging times for afghanistan the prospect of peace is on the horizon again and there is fear that women could lose out but there is also a new generation willing to fight to protect their rights but at the hamid al-jazeera kabul. still to come here on al-jazeera a silent protest relatives of those killed in the mh 17 crash set out their objections in the netherlands. and that there is more west and windy weather on his way across towards the northwest of europe in particular calls island and the u.k. a lot of catching up on the supplies and also to the north into wisconsin a real concern more rain and also more snow but this is a story through monday this is an excess dump piling in the wind strong up through the armor say some very heavy amounts of rain likely and not just that it could well turn to snow to the higher grounds now really meanwhile elsewhere across into mainland europe we just got bits and pieces of rain again some snow in the cold air but again for the most part time it isn't too bad moscow remains very mild indeed 10 celsius the average for may is just one and a half degrees celsius some very heavy rain clearing away from greece but on its way into west and it actually begins to fall apart quite quickly so just some scattered showers again maybe some snow flurries and then we will choose to say what a band of snow working its way across the line of the owls and then behind this system some blustery conditions and again the child but warming up very quickly into madrid with a high of 23 degrees now throughout the madrigals got a bit of system here bringing that rain so we could well see some showers monday and tuesday really these coastal areas of algeria china z.-a on towards libya and it certainly brings us temperatures down to really feeling quite cool in tripoli at just 30. from there is london broadcast center 2 special guests in conversation the state the american state steps. uninterrupted people think that racism is having. no vitriol towards black people right and there's no understanding of what the thermic racism is intimately reflecting on the issues of our time and i realized i was working for something that was evil and i had been a part of the creating a studio be unscripted coming soon on how it is there. now what geologists are on her mind of our top stories are sol the number of deaths in italy from corona virus has risen sharply 133 deaths were reported on saturday taking the toll to 366 a lockdown affecting 16000000 people is now in force in the north. global oil markets have plunged as a price war and the impact of coronavirus forces value to plummet brant crude so often used as a global price benchmark is down by around 30 percent. searches in the philippines a fighting against president ford regard to turkey's decision to end a long standing defense pact with the united states last month to tell us how you announced a 21 year agreement would be tammany except the visiting forces agreement gave us troops entry into the philippines to carry out joint training exercises or on this tour in the other dog and joins us live from outside the supreme court in manila so jim are these senators are taking this all the way to that court behind you tell us what's happening what's there their argument. well basically what the senators are asking him today is for the supreme court to define just how far president through the good of their despair is go and where it ends basically they say the petition today does not only cover to tear it is the vision to withdraw from the visiting forces agreement with the united states but also his position more than a year ago to withdraw from the membership of the international criminal court where he faces several complaints because of the so-called drug war that has left thousands of filipinos that now it's important to remember that president a very good at their day a few weeks ago decided to and the visiting forces agreement after his former police chief and current senator but the law says u.s. visa was cancelled by the state department for his involvement again in the so-called drug war now this is actually what senators here were telling us just less than an hour ago when they were here they said they wanted to make sure that the whole equal branches of government are checking on each other that this is basically the legislative asking the judiciary to make sure that the executive position held by that there is not going above and beyond its own powers they also said basically that they're hoping and they remain faithful that the supreme court will be fair in its decision and what they're asking for basically is for the supreme court to decide whether the withdrawal and abrogation of all the treaties that the philippines had entered to with other countries requires a senate approval in the same way that the approval of a treaty also requires congressional approval so basically this is what they're asking today they said this is not entirely an opposition to the president but checking on the powers that be can be one of the concerns about ending the visiting forces agreement because it's not just about the end of sort of joint training exercises is it talk to us about you know the largest shift away from the u.s. . well basically when president of the diego the 3rd who was sworn into office if you go back to that he basically said that he was going to go move away from longstanding allies the united states and try to build closer relations with countries like china and russia however critics say basically that the thirty's decision to build closer relations with china with china is not to the advantage of the philippines because china is seen as the biggest threat when it comes to the maritime territories of the philippines in the south china sea where as the united states among other possible partners like in japan do not have competing claims in the south china sea so basically they're saying that china is not an equal partner to to the philippines when it comes to security and they basically said that it's typical for the international community for other countries to build alliances with other bigger super powers in order to protect itself and to protect its interests thank you that. live from manila. 4 minutes you're to go on trial in the netherlands accused of murder of their roles in the downing of malaysian airlines flight m h 176 years ago 298 people most of them dot died when the plane was shot down over ukraine by a missile fired from territory held by pro russian separatists earlier families of the victims staged a silent protest outside the russian embassy in the hague laying out a chair for every person killed in the attack the trial is the culmination of a painstaking investigation by dutch authorities a step passports. for 6 years relatives of passengers on flight m.h. 17 have been waiting to find out who was responsible for bringing down the plane over eastern ukraine they hope to trial in the netherlands will give them answers it was the most deadly single incident in the war between ukrainian government forces and russian backed apparatus that continues to this day up to 298 people on board 196 came from the netherlands many of them heading for holiday in southeast asia 4 suspects are being charged with murder for allegedly helping transport a russian book anti aircraft missile which investigators say brought down the plane russian former military and intelligence officers ego get in pull out of and surrogate dubin ski had high ranking positions in the separatist army in eastern ukraine they've made it clear they won't attend the trial. will be replanted by a lawyer moscow has denied any involvement and accuses the investigators of fabricating the evidence so you can phone record and it's released by the investigation team afaik social media analysts say the so-called sin petersburg troll factory also accused of interfering in the u.s. 2016 elections send out tens of thousands of tweets in the hours and days after the plane came down promoting the russian narrow. if some researchers say it was a well organized this information campaign designed to create confusion. see this goal everything is used and they are not really bothered by the fact that they are contradicting themselves all the time that one day they say it was a training fighter jet and today it is ukrainian book that brought down the plane and tomorrow it will be crying in fighter jet again russia has offered to hold a trial here in moscow but the dutch government has rejected that for some russians this proves that the trial won't be fair or just clear that this is a politically motivated trial and from my point of view it wasn't right at the time to give away the black boxes to holland because from the very beginning it was clear that the black boxes will be used against russia. asked if he would change his mind if the evidence presented in the dutch court is convincing he sat there's very little chance of that fewer than a recent poll shows that only 10 percent of russians believe that russia was responsible for the downing of i'm age 70 but that's 5 times higher than what it was 6 years ago but many say that the trances of the russian government will change its position a very slim because it has always maintained that it was never involved in the war in eastern ukraine in the 1st place step class and al-jazeera moscow. rallies in latin america have commemorated international women's day to demands an end to widespread gender violence and inequality one of the largest marches was in chile this in human reports from santiago. 54 year old marie antoinette ascent divine yes is on the metro on her way to historic women's day gathering. women from all over chile's capital are already converging at the 10s of thousands. like many here that belongs to a group called les the senior their choreographed chant a rapist in your path has become a feminist montra the world over women of all ages occupations and economic standing fields on tablets largest avenues vowing to fight gender inequality stereotypes and much more. but the question that a site belong to a generation of women educated to be servants of men i am a teacher in a poor neighborhood and i see my young female students suffering sexual abuse from us early as kindergarten this has to end. in latin america rape and domestic violence are widespread from argentina to colombia to central america women march couldn't stay to say enough mothers and daughters marched together for you know us out and i'm proud and unafraid to be a woman when my mother was my aunt she was abused. could not speak out because it was considered normal. chilean women are playing a key role they don't go in social protests that began last october over inequality and now they're celebrating that they see as a major political victory. for the 1st time in chile they will be gender parity to create a new constitution if of course we win next month's referring. but the carnival atmosphere was marred by sporadic clashes with riot police after the security forces began hurling we've got a few blocks ahead of where we are right now we're not sure what provoked it but it did and thousands of women leaving in the opposite direction on this savage. i've been going in the direction of the presidential palace aim it will not be deterred. in front of the palace some women dragged away the barriers security forces responded with tear gas and water cannon while groups of young men and women stones at the. gate of celebration and culture in taishan to be followed by calls for a nationwide feminist strike all over chile on monday you see in human al-jazeera sent out. protest and violence in mexico city with police firing tear gas at women's day marches thousands of officers on riot go it deployed to the demonstrations some protesters damaged property the rally focused on the country's alarming racial femicide. all of the 25 countries that have the highest rates all same aside 14 are not in america. as a feminist activist and journalist she explains why there's such a concentration of violence towards women in the region. inequality is one of the biggest reasons. that we have to explain why so feminism has are so not not not only so frequent but also sold dramatic because the this that the inequality of our lives as well or both but also women's bodies are used as a way to express a message to the whole of society there's a type of feminine side that is community by criminal bands that are maybe feuding territories and what's a message to another brand but there's also intimate feminist in which you can see it has been growing in cruelty and expressiveness is not just that the hill is the chillis and the terrorists recently about 15 days ago a woman was killed by her partner she says this a rater her intestines he threw them to the toilets and then he took away her skin and left the body skinless. public's they for everybody everyone to see and then the police took the pictures of this body and gave them to the media and the media made him viral and this is one of the reasons that have that have all of mexican women and all of the women there are living here. so so mad and so angry south africa has one of the highest crime rates in the world sponsored 2 to illegal firearms now the government is offering an amnesty i mean a skeptical this will make south africa any safer i mean the middle reports from soweto to have a sprint. this is the reality of gun crimes in south africa on average there are $58.00 murders every day one of the highest violent crime rates in the world according to government statistics and experts say that's largely down to half a 1000000 illegal firearms on the streets buying an illegal gun can cost as little as $50.00 as very it is ago because it's very easy to buy a gun in their hostels or you can get it by breaking into houses in the suburbs sometimes you mark someone who has a gun it's very easy to get a gun here in south africa these gang members in the johannesburg township of soweto who don't want to be identified say guns make it easier to commit crimes with 4 guns between them they call themselves a small army and they say they are capable of protecting themselves. as they continue to do commit crime we do a lot of things to have in way motions because really look there is attrition at all no one is ricky only hosel is nothing how else can we use a gun especially one that is not a license we hustle and bustle don't we just saw we can have something to eat looking phone to leave some way they say they've all been arrested for crimes ranging from house break ins to vehicle theft while there are 3000000 registered guns in south africa the government is offering amnesty to people willing to hand in guns or ammunition that are unregistered but they'll only avoid prosecution if the guns have not been used to commit crime. so far police have collected more than 2000 firearms and over 31000 rounds of ammunition at this handover in johannesburg gun shop owner crisp on the back is surrendering more than 300 firearms he says no longer have commercial value but while the government says they have been some successes in reducing the number of guns on the street some people say the amnesty program will not reduce crime would any of you hand over your own firearms. you know i want to know. every year close to $10000.00 guns from handguns to a k $47.00 assault rifles are reported lost was stolen adding to hundreds of thousands of illegal firearms on sold african streets the government says it's doing all it can to change that. these guns are often difficult to trace and police hope some of them will be handed over during the amnesty period but getting the public to cooperate is not the only challenge police corruption has also contributed to the number of illegal firearms with some police officers accused of selling confiscated guns to criminals and so for many the government may still not be doing enough to make south africa safer for me the al jazeera johannesburg. result is there on these the top stories the number of deaths in italy from coronavirus has risen sharply 133 deaths were reported on saturday taking the toll to 366 a lockdown affecting 60000000 people is now in force in the north. global oil markets have plunged as a price war and the impact of coronavirus forces value to plummet brant crude often used as a global price benchmark is down by around 30 percent as after saudi arabia signaled it might increase our 1st affirmation of the oil producing bloc opec the price dispute began after russia refused to join the group's efforts to cut oil production in a bid to stabilize markets. jeff cohen is an author of the noise and father an oil market specialist he says the jump in oil prices will have a major impact on the global economy upside a bit as consumers will see cheaper gasoline prices that might be attractive but on the downside there's going to have there's going to be big consequences for the stock market and for the overall economy and so that's going to play it differently in different countries but in the united states for instance this could exacerbate . a decline in the stock market that we already saw last week and the week before that and so this seems to be the kind of move that russian leaders might have actually decided was in their interest there are reports saudi arabia has released 2 princes arrested as part of a clampdown on security terry a minister in solids the knife and his father are among dozens of officials and members of the world family said to have been detained in recent days so if the kingdom's most prominent royals are still being held the end over i should afghanistan's president elect a shotgun is expected to take place later on monday but his rival abdullah abdullah is planning to hold on ceremony after september selection the 2 pickets of a really one minute allegations of voter fraud a bank and says they suspect could derail talks between the government and the television. does the headlines more news here on al-jazeera after inside story stay with us. on counting the cost when a bush says he said great just isn't good enough to save the global economy from the impact of the fast spreading coronavirus scientists race to find a vaccine to stop the epidemic plus the environmental damage of drilling for oil in the republic of congo counting the cost on al-jazeera. saudi arabia rests the king's brother and all the royals accused of plotting against the crown prince is muhammad bin selman consolidating his power and what are the implications of this latest against dissent this is inside story. how and welcome to the program i'm jonah how saudi arabia's crown prince is out a controversial rise to power in just 3 years mohamed bin salmond has

abdullah abdullah to september's polls the to pick a dozen who really won amid allegations of voter fold i think concerns the spec could derail talks between the government and the taliban women's rights groups in particular. what will happen if the taliban regains. reports from kabul. it's a little bit tucked away in a basement in kabul away from prying. this was the 1st gym for women only to open here sic you know mohamedi chose to name it bore no one but start or elite women in the local dialect that were that they. forget their own it's been 2 years now initially people had different views towards sports because we're a conservative society but those who came here have seen good results and felt the benefits of working out so no they're encouraging us. most of her clients are young women who are part of a new generation enjoying freedoms their mothers never had but they are the minority this is a country devastated by 40 years of war and women have always been the biggest victims not only of the taliban kidnapping and rape were rampant during the civil war 2 there's also the high number of afghan widows estimates vary from 600000 up to 2000000 cannot be lost her husband wouldn't 20 years ago when we arrived to interview her she told us that her 4 month old grandson had died that same morning but being the only breadwinner in a family of 8 she couldn't afford to take the day off she has to work hoping that every stroke of the broom will take a little of the grief away. you know. i'm really tired of life because i don't have a father or son or husband over a brother i'm alone and i have 8 daughters i'm upset because after i wake up i start sweeping i need medicine but when i buy a car my family when i feed my family i can't get treatment i really don't know what to do. women gained equal rights in the 2004 constitution but nothing is guaranteed if you look at the political atmosphere now you see different groups are talking with each other about sharing of power and political arrangements women are not there actually we have inside afghanistan probably even inside the government but i see the government i mean the 2 institutions of government who would think and believe the same way as taliban do navigating through social restrictions is not easy for medina i met her family doesn't know about her workout schedule nor do they know she's a gifted artist shirt. which i don't blame them because of our society she worries what people will say but we think differently i was born here and need to rebuild my country women must be strong and contribute to society these are challenging times $500.00 stand the prospect of peace is on the horizon again and there is fear that women could lose out but there is also a new generation willing to fight to protect their rights put up that hamid al-jazeera kabul. still ahead on al-jazeera the field of democratic presidential hopefuls narrow street to main contenders bernie sanders and joe biden prepare for the next round of primaries. and there's a fairly quiet picture across much of the middle east on the arabian peninsula the candidates to the north you'll notice quite a bundle of chad on its way towards turkey it is bringing some rain but in actual fact it's heavy really all monday just as a sitting offshore said beginning to push those showers across but then much easier it tends to fall apart we have one or 2 scottish isles across into iran and once again by cheese they will see more in the way of rain and snow a bit of a mix really throughout much of off ganesan on towards pakistan so a cool day in kabul with a high of just reach agrees to say those showers into turkey that very lightly scott says and then is pretty warm as well on into syria 24 celsius in damascus but fitting a big cooler in doha with a high of 23 but some good sunny skies now know that madagascar is where the shells are continuing to the east as well again it could be seeing some heavy amounts of rain and then really angola up towards the north as i was saying really the usual seasonal scattered showers and thunderstorms and again on monday we could see one to 2 washout just on these coastal areas of south africa temperatures are not too bad 25 degrees celsius in capetown but john is there a little bit mile 28 degrees it stays at about $28.00 for the next couple of days it also stay dry meanwhile the show's continuing to coastal areas and again as i say more showers across more than at least in madagascar. joined by listening post as we turn the cameras on the media india has more than 424 hour television news channel on a provocative and focused on. they report on the stories that matter the most to the states misleads the public the state media reflects the center for us climate change a cold air editorial show it's a dark believe they have anything to apologize for their listening post on al-jazeera. on the end to end. a at. georgiadis there are a matter of our top stories in sol italy has become the worst country to be affected by corona virus outside of asia the number of infections has surpassed 7370 reported a largest daily jump and deaths. iran has reported its highest number of call on a virus deaths within 24 hour period bringing the total to $194.00 but one provincial official are suggesting the number of deaths could be much higher than what's been reported. concern over the economic impact of the corona virus outbreak has seen all major indices across asia plunge as much as 6 percent oil prices also fell heavily after saudi arabian oil giant around cost slashed prices signaled it might increase output. women latin america commemorated international women's day to demand an end to widespread gender violence and inequality one of the largest marches was in chile where feminist activism is sending echoes throughout the region and beyond the sea and human reports from santiago. 54 year old marie antoinette ascent divine yes it's on the metro on her way to historic women's day gathering. women from all over chile's capital are already converging at the 10s of thousands. like many here that belongs to a group called the stacey sr their choreographed chant a rapist in your path has become a feminist montra the world over women of all ages occupations and economic standing filton tablets largest avenues falling to fight gender inequality stereotypes and much more sure but they could actually lead a state belong to a generation of women educated to be servants of men i am a teacher in a poor neighborhood and i see my young females to do. suffering sexual abuse from us early as kindergarten this has to end. in latin america rape and domestic violence are widespread from argentina to colombia to central america women marked women stayed to say enough mothers and daughters marched together to you know us out of this image and i'm proud and unafraid to be a woman when my mother was my and she was abused and could not speak out because it was considered normal. chilean women are playing a key role they don't go in social protests that began last october over inequality and now they're celebrating that they see as a major political victory. for the 1st time in chile they will be gender parity to create a new constitution if of course we win next month's referendum. but the carnival atmosphere was marred by sporadic clashes with riot police and the security forces began early we've got a few blocks ahead of where we are right now we're not sure what provoked it but it did send thousands of women being in the opposite direction on this avenue is that . i doubt. if you can see i've been turning in the direction of the presidential palace and they will not be deterred. in front of the palace some women dragged away the barriers security forces responded with tear gas and water cannon well groups of young men and women stones at them a game of celebration and culture in taishan to be followed by calls for a nationwide feminist strike all over chile on monday you see in human al-jazeera sent out in mexico city women's day protests turned violent words police firing tear gas that. was at a protest. tens of thousands of women have descended on mexico city in what is the largest women's march in recent memory this is part of all other marches that are taking place in solidarity with women all over the world in the case of mexico this is also part of a larger movement a feminist movement that hasn't been seen before and is calling out what they call a much east a male dominated society we want to give you a sense of what women have been saying to us over the course of the day that. we have. because we are tired of the violence that we live in every day we are not satisfied with the solutions the government is planning for us and we want that everything works perfect for all of us we men man and children. now as you can see these protests and these marches have been peaceful there have been a handful of the more radical elements within this movement that if you spray paint and smash windows but what they say they said to us is that they've tried going to peaceful route they've tried speaking to government officials and this is the only way that they'll be heard the anger here so i mean from the fact that 10 women are killed every day in mexico and this demonstration this barge taking place in mexico city is really only a precursor to other events that are going to take place including in our own president to women's strike were thousands of women have vowed not to go to work on monday for a day without women. but xstrata democratic primaries in the united states takes place on tuesday a race that began with nearly 30 candidates is now down to just 2 serious contenders the montana 70 standards and former vice president joe biden i don't lead sanders by about 90 delegates in the race for the nomination and the right to face off against president donald trump and november's general election 6 states vote on tuesday the most closely watched will be michigan where one $125.00 delegates will be selected the day's largest total ever and is on the has latest from detroit. this is a state with 125 delegates up for grabs on tuesday there are 5 other states that are also going to be voting but they don't have nearly as many delegates as this state michigan has and this is what it's all timidly come down to now a race for those nearly 1900 delegates that are needed to secure the democratic nomination joe biden has several more than bernie sanders at this point but that is why so much attention is being put on michigan also it's come down to essentially the final 2 candidates for the most part and these are the signs of the 2 candidates you're seeing all over the state of michigan joe biden and bernie sanders but it's not only their signs you see there their selves also campaigning here in this state bernie sanders was here on sunday joe biden is expected here on monday at a rally as well they're putting a lot of emphasis on michigan because if bernie sanders wins michigan it will show that he is back in this race and very much a contender if not the front runner where if joe biden is able to win this state and win it convincingly his lead will even increase even more and it could lead to coals for bernie sanders to step out of the race of course but we'll have to see but clearly this is the state everyone is going to be watching on tuesday. lincoln mitchell is a political science is lake track columbia university he says the race is getting tough about a sand. the race is different biden is a different candidate than clinton it helps biden frankly that he's a man among a lot of white working class voters men who went with sanders last time but was very strong with after american voters but so was clinton so this is going to be a tough race for sanders sanders has built his coalition out in 2020 largely with latino voters particularly specifically mexican american voters and there's not a lot of them in michigan so i expect michigan to be very close to get back in this race center's has to win and he has to win by more than one or 2 points and one thing we haven't seen too much is african-americans in the industrial midwest and the northeast voting yet we don't and those are that's a different demographic group than southern african americans so so they may go more for sanders we know that younger african-american voters do lean more toward sanders and that jesse jackson indorsement is significant and i'll tell you why 1st of all jackson actually carried michigan in 1088 in a massive upset a bigger upset than sanders is when in 2016 but it's also significant because in 1908 the number of prominent jewish americans who were supporting jesse jackson you could really count on one or 2 hands and bernie sanders was among them so this is this speaks to how how cinders has been an ally to at least some parts of the african-american world that maybe a lot of people aren't aware of so i think that could help on the other hand he's he's not close with the after american leadership in congress he wasn't seen as a kind of loyal lieutenant to obama the way biden was and it was much fanfare about the may seem between us president donald trump lent india's prime minister narendra modi last month the pads were huge crowds in india but it left some wondering who came out the one to me look at the relationship between the 2 countries. oh big as a political spectacle it was hard to beat pomp and circumstance and mutual admiration when the leader of the most powerful country and a man who wants to be a player on the world stage but the relationship between donald trump and india's prime minister narendra modi is about more than just complements it's about trade money and it's about china. toward india is based on location geography and economic potential. if you take all these into account there's more the country an issue which can offer any kind of a balance to china. the united states india as an essential buffer to the growing expansionism of china in the asia region. the u.s. has the most powerful navy in the world but india is the dominant power in the indian ocean and the risk concern that beijing may spread its power in the south china sea india's area of control things that set of models itself on america that ability to project power cross the oceans to be a global player to have to be able to influence outcomes in distant shores and distant parts of the world so to that extent china is almost certainly going to expand its going too far into the indian ocean and the indian navy will have to contend with that. more than 40 percent of the world's oil passes through the indian ocean is the lifeline for the economies of many countries china has developed bases and ports in east africa and sri lanka it is currently operating 9 naval ships in the indian ocean but there are concerns this may increase india is an essential early warning system with a string of strategic listening post in the region. india has just agreed to purchase a $3000000000.00 worth of attack helicopters from the us but its military capability is far below that of china which spends 4 times more on defense in addition the indian navy is in need of upgrading it has just 2 aircraft carriers for example compared to china's 10 and scaling back plans to expand its fleet because of costs for india having a powerful friend like the united states is important but it doesn't want to make an enemy out of china either the 2 countries fought a border war in 1982 over disputed territory and there are still unresolved issues but india is well aware of the strength and capability of asia's growing superpower to much of the indian public it seems the indian prime minister got more out of the trump visit but critic. say it was simply q dos and indorsement real substance belongs to the us with india having to turn to an american line that previous indian governments have resisted such as how it deals with the options are shrinking because trump is also making it a world outside the chinese influence where it is going to pull you when america has a problem with iran you will not deal with iran even the india of 2030 years of. good economically would have been able to play the russians against the americans and continue dealing with iran because we're to be a sort. of they have to produce the chinese threat and big ben have to do what they want america to quiet of them and that is actually the current situation and. india is having to perform a delicate balancing act because the u.s. and china continue their battle for global dominance it's hoping it won't become collateral damage tony berkely al jazeera deli. customs officials in colombia have made an unusual smuggling busts risking 2000 baby turtles being trafficked out of the country a sniffer dog detected the turtles during a routine check at an airport in the remote amazon us region in the south of the country packs tightly together without water $150.00 found dead. turtles are prized for their unusual camouflage markings. bizarre 0 and there's the top stories italy has become the worst tech country to be affected by corona virus outside of asia the number of infections has surpassed $7310.00 it's reported the largest daily jump in deaths. iran has reported its highest number of corona virus deaths within a 24 hour period bringing the total to $194.00 but one provincial official is suggesting the number of deaths could be much higher than what's being reported canada plans to fly its citizens on board the virus stricken grand princess cruise ship to a military base in ontario the ship is carrying more than 3 and a half 1000 people $21.00 of whom have been diagnosed with coronavirus it was barred from docking in san francisco and has been directed to the nearby port of oakland. concern over coronavirus has continued to take a toll on global stock markets with all major indices across asia down this is are also just really about an oil price war oil markets a fallen by around 20 percent to saudi arabian oil giant around code discounted its crude and signaled it might increase output. the inauguration of afghanistan's president ashraf ghani is expected to take place in the coming hours but so will that of his rival abdullah abdullah after september's polls the 2 pick it over who really won amid allegations of voter fraud being concerns this spec could derail talks between the government and the taliban protests in mexico city turned violent with police firing tear gas that women say marches thousands of officers in riot gear were deployed to the demonstrations some protesters damaged property the rally focused on the country's alarming rate of femicide murders of women have more than doubled over the past 5 years greek police have used water cannon to fight off dozens of refugees and migrants who were hurling stones at them from the other side of the border with turkey thousands of migrants have been camping this is last week when turkey declared its borders with the e.u. open turkish president richard clarke earlier one is due to meet e.u. officials in brussels on monday to discuss the issue. the headlines more news to come here on al-jazeera after the listening post. talk to al jazeera let me talk abou

abdullah abdullah of failing to work together and potentially threatening a u.s. led deal with the taliban. pakistan's prime minister won the election with a promise to end corruption but some of iran cards ministers are accused of corruption related to a landmark transport project in the north a suburb inch of it has more from bush our. lack of a public transport system in a city of more than $35000000.00 people means is gridlocked every day but that's supposed to change with a nearly $500000000.00 rabbit transport project locally known as b r t. construction began in 2017 but it has quickly become a liability for prime minister imran khan's grew into government. the delays in completion have become a nuisance for commuters and local businesses. that. we are facing a lot of hardships due to this road construction of new york city is affected our business and even our lives there's dust everywhere and stead of providing convenience this is made our lives hell broke ingestions everywhere people have to wait for hours and hours it was meant to be a modern transport project but already it has missed deadlines multiple times and an internal investigation is found that officials of the city kickbacks worth millions of dollars as well as corruption and internal inspection criticize the lack of a comprehensive plan for the project even the route was brought into question there are concerns about deviations from the original design which could impede or degrade the system meant for safety of the current sport although the bank which provided the lawn for construction says it has not carried out its own investigations yet it is aware of the allegations against officials of the b.r.t. project we do regular review was but we have not done any special in investigation or inquiry as part of the regular review we have done some adjustments in the alignment in our own in $100.00 previously opposed megaprojects built by his political opponents but in a change of direction which many see as a u. turn in policy he has stood by the bus project in the shower. there is no subsidy this is a profit making project the metro is built by others will cost billions every year citizens have taken the provincial government before the supreme court has heard how the cost of the project has risen by 17 percent but leaders still think that the court should not intervene. i don't think that the courts should question the b.r.t. project on one hand we were told to complete the project at the earliest and on the other they are asking for an inquiry we don't know which one we should listen to and what we should do and that's the concern of the people of the shower at the government. elected appears to not know what to do next which i will enjoy without a 0 we shall. be watching all jazeera hum's the whole robin these are all top news stories china's hu bay province where the corona virus outbreak began is to ease travel restrictions now it's been under lock down since late january when the government shut down roads railways and ports the indian government is a ring of hundreds of millions of people to stay home locking down nearly every state domestic flights that are banned as well as people traveling to india soldiers in spain have found elderly patients in retirement homes abandoned and in worst cases dead in their beds the military was sent to despair disinfects care homes are one of europe's worst hit countries spain's defense minister said the government will come down hard on retirement homes found guilty. mentality and i know the majority are fulfilling their duty they are paying attention but listen this has to be said the army in some of their resorts to the care centers has seen elderly people completely abandoned even dead in their beds. president all trump says he's considering how the u.s. can reopen for business as soon as possible despite a rapidly growing rate of infections on monday u.s. politicians again fail to pass a trillion dollar bill to stimulate the economy now the governments of senegal and ivory coast have both declared a state of emergency in response to the global outbreak the president announced a nighttime nationwide curfew and gradual confinement measures and the curfew has also been imposed in senegal all gatherings have been banned. the israeli high court of justice has ordered the speaker of parliament to allow the blue and white party to hold a vote on his replacement unit adelstein has refused to convene the knesset and to hold a vote following swearing in of the new parliament critics a close ally of prime minister benjamin netanyahu edelstein is paralyzing the government as the vote would weaken the prime minister's hold on power earlier this month opposition leader benny gantz was asked to form a new government. the u.s. is to cut a $1000000000.00 in aid to afghanistan after the afghan president and his political rival failed to form a new government secretary of state might pompei revealed the plan during an unannounced visit to kabul he strongly criticized both president bush and his rival abdullahabdullah for failing to work together and potentially threatening a u.s. led peace deal with the taliban. those were the headlines of course we'll follow all of those stories on our website at al-jazeera dot com the stars are told we're here with the al-jazeera news hour in 30 minutes next its walls of shame lexica. the un published the most comprehensive study of life on. they found 1000000 species face extinction that's more than 12 percent of known life on. one truck to destroy the much oil infrastructure of which all well depends the report identifies the 5 main drivers of this big logical crisis fast the way we use and abuse all politics was always says 75 percent of the land and 2 thirds of the marine environment have been severely altered by human activity exploitation of species through over fishing and hunting climate change caused by a greenhouse gas emissions pollution 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unannounced visit to afghanistan is strongly criticised both president ashraf ghani and his rival abdullah abdullah for failing to work together and potentially threatening a u.s. led peace deal with the taliban those are the headlines on al-jazeera more news on al-jazeera dot com coming up next it's witness. how much is the coronavirus of the stock market affecting the rights to the white house will it be $2100000000.00 standards for securing the democratic nomination i believe we can beat down the truck follow it with developments in the u.s. election campaign on al jazeera. not true leadership. leave. me alone i think. it would be. morning and all must be pretty damned. and. just. oh. whoa cost. us. she has expressed. i know you know by now. by now one of them i. hope i stand on a similar way to say that i can see how a couple of people. my. only thing that. i see happening you know. i don't. know. how. much percentage of government. that is not always. in the best i'm going to. get. him on his best or right. in most. cases does bottom and. now for. being what can be smiling mr. peterson on your

but minutes later this man abdullah abdullah was also sworn in elsewhere in the same presidential compound. he disputes the results of last year's elections which saw low turnout and i would geishas of widespread voter fraud. he's also disputed results in previous elections but after 2014 he served for a while as ashraf ghani chief executive. i got that's all it was if we had not compromised in 2014 for international stability and unity the country would have been in crisis but now things are different if we were to accept this time it would mean the end of democracy in afghanistan mccloskey got off on a stand by a condemnation many voters complained of a lack of vision in both candidates and what happens now will both presidents appoint their own ministers and governors will someone resort to force. the government is supposed to be preparing for talks with the taliban following up on a u.s. troop withdrawal agreement last month or right now it's unclear which government that will be. so as football club. announced their europa league match against untaught filing for next week has been ca

afghan leader ashraf ghani was sworn in as president and he won the race by slim margin rival abdullah abdullah says there was fraud and declared himself the winner amila was sworn in as president of at the same time in a competing inauguration. britain's prince harry and his wife meghan have made it their final appearance as boyle's couple attended a service at london's westminster abbey under an agreement reached with the palace in january they will stop using their royal titles from the end of the month and will no longer receive public money. the head of the european commission ursula vonder line says a 2016 refugee agreement to stop the flow of migrants into your europe from turkey is still valid turkey's president that's a tie affair to one joint talks in brussels aimed at solving a dispute with the e.u. over migrants on the turkish border everyone wants more help for the 4000000 syrian refugees in turkey thousands have massed on the greek border since turkey opened its border with europe in violation of the 2016 accord earlier we asked the correspondent in brussels about the results of t

ashraf ghani was sworn in for a second term, but his rival, abdullah abdullah, hmod his own ce afterlleging fraud. explosions were heard at both keents, but thereavbeoe ne endu uchessrt ofre sussex made the last offici appearance as senior royals. prince harry and meghan joined the queen and other senior royals at commonwealth day service in london. coronavirus protocol was observed, with prince harry bumping elbows with singer craig david. the fight for the democratic nomination for the presidency is far from over, but the picture could be favor after esday. six more states will hold anprimaries including michnd missouri, which have the most delicate up for grabs. joe biden will be looking to build on his super tuesday momentum, but vermont senator bernie sanders will be fighting hardo reclaim his front-runner status. earlier i was joined by "wasngton post" political reporter jacqueline alemany. jacqueline, thank you for joining me. stit has been ning turnaround for joe biden. how does he matained his momentum? jacqueline: that is exactly right, and others like it might be more stan

abdullah abdullah the u.s. is blaming ghani and abdullah for the failure to form a unity government with the taliban and now it appears the punishment will be cutting a $1000000000.00 from afghanistan's annual aid package normally valued around 4 and a half 1000000000 meanwhile for troop members in the u.s. led coalition in afghanistan have tested positive for covert 19 nationalities of those troops have not yet been released but this complicates the conversation on troop withdrawal from the country so joining us for more former pentagon official mike maloof my good to see you from a far so do secretary pompei o is now meeting with the taliban in doha after he's obviously met with gandhi and abdullah how are you anticipating that's going to go 2 given that gandhi and abdullah are locked in this power struggle abdullah still rejecting the election results months later. well i think the taliban will just wait us out it's to their advantage to for their government to crumble and it's and that's that makes it even more imperative for those 2 for a dollar and danny to come to terms we had this months before when gan

ashraf ghani was sworn in for a second term, but his rival, abdullah abdullah,s held n ceremony afterlleging fraud. explosions were heard at both events, b reportednjuries. no dthe duke andhess of sussex made the last official appearance asenior royals. prince harry and meghan joined royals at commonwealth day service in london. coronavirus protocol was observed, with prince harry bumping elbows with singer craig david. the fight for the democratic nomination for the presidency is far fromver, but the picture could bemoreor statd primaries including michigan and missouri, which have the most is ser tuesday momentum, but vermont senator bernie sanders will be fightaig hard to re his front-runner status. earlier i was joinedy "washingto post" political reporter jacqueline alemany. a stunning, thanitk hyoasu bf turnaround for joe biden. how does he maintained his momentum? jacqueline: that is exactly right, and others like it might be more standing with him gaining leads in potentially even washington state,it bernie sanders won in 2016. biden has a leak in the southern wherst, ateses do

and launched a short distance away on east main rival abdullah abdullah held his own presidential inauguration after weeks of mediation efforts between the 2 men failed to understand election commission named garny the winner of the contest in september but declared the results fraudulent and claimed victory. political analyst andre wilczek told us that the situation on the ground is a disaster and in the pentagon is negotiating from a position of weakness. well there is definitely a pressure from the united states. to sign this agreement so united states is occupying come home to stand for 18 years it spends more than a trillion of dollars of it is. it brought the gun to do some of the most horrific moment in the history of the area it's clear that the government of afghanistan and the united states cannot actually defeat the taliban this 5. brutal years of patient collaboration or whatever you want to call it is there to stay i. think to see this war through all it is going to play you have 100 star and where the united states is going to call a corporator forgot 'd all about it whether it's

opened fire at a memorial ceremony in the afghan capital attended by a presidential challenger abdullah abdullah here scaped on hurts but the health ministry stays at 727 people were killed the interior ministry says both as hard as it were eliminated the taliban has denied carrying out the attack it comes just days after the u.s. and the taliban signed a peace deal to end 18 years of conflict in afghanistan. right place in the colombian capital use tear gas and water cannon against students protesting nearby gotos national university of colombia on thursday protesters build barricades set fire to police vehicles and 3 projects they're calling for additional funding for education. so a lot of us election focus right now is on how the democratic party choice is pretty much down to white men in their seventy's but hawaii congresswoman tulsi gabbard is still in the race she won 2 delegates in american samoa and so makes it through to the next democratic debate but the party executive wants to shift the goalposts on that as caleb morton explains. the democratic party's machine has been widely expose

killed and 29 wounded after a lone gunman opened fire as a memorial ceremony in the capital kabul abdullah abdullah a leading political figure in the country was in attendance but here's scaped unharmed the taliban has denied carrying out the attack which comes just days after the u.s. and the islamist group signed a peace deal to end the 18 year conflict. why a place in a colombian campus or use tear gas and water cannon they gave students protesting near the go to national university of colombia on a day which has does not been building barricades torching police vehicles and hurling projectiles the country has seen months of demonstrations as calls grow for improvements to the education system. thanks for joining us here on r.t. and so national kevin owen will be here with all the latest world news in about 30 minutes. is you'll be a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation community. are you going the right way or are you being led. by. what is true what is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or a made in the

being sworn in as president as in god he won the race by only a slim margin and rival leader abdullah abdullah also declared himself president mr dorner was sworn in at the same time in a competing sense. at least 6 people of diving avalanches in the austrian alps 3 people in 2 man on the snow shoes hiking tour in central austria buried under a meter of snow believed to be from the czech republic a police officer also died in the southwest when he was struck by falling snow by frozen snow. lebannon is set to default on its foreign currency debt for the 1st time the prime minister has signed the up says it cannot to repay a bond worth more than a 1000000000 neurons has been widespread and the country's financial crisis apparently is called for talks with creditors to restructure its liabilities. for germany says the european union is considering it taking in up to $1500.00 children who are currently housed being housed in greek migrant camps in a statement said it was willing to take what is called an appropriate share concern has been growing as there are the unaccompanied by adults so require

his opponent abdullah abdullah has reportedly offered to postpone his own rival inauguration if mr garneyonth he was —— a struff —— ashraf ghani... the feud is threatening to derail the recently agreed deal between the delavan and the us over troop withdrawals. talks are due to start with mr garney‘s government this week. stay with us on government this week. stay with us on bbc news. still to come. what goes up must come down. melbourne's annual birdman rally tests the laws of gravity. the numbers of dead and wounded defied belief. this the worst terrorist atrocity on european soil in modern times. in less than 24 hours then the soviet union lost an elderly sick leader and replaced him with a dynamic figure 20 years his junior. we heard these gunshots in the gym. then he came out through a fire exit and started firing at our huts. god, we were all petrified. james earl ray, aged 41, sentenced to 99 years and due for parole when he's 90, travelled from memphis jail to nashville state prison in an eight—car convoy. paul, what's it feel like to be married at last? it feels fine, thank you.

question but why is it so important for the americans that the current government also brings dr abdullah abdullah i think you know. linked again to the peace process because if if if you remove the peace process from the equilibrium which is linked to which is linked to a unified government in kabul so that can decide on any team and go to kabul so if you don't move the peace element from the from from there from this i think the americans will not be really. so precious. so pushing on this but right now the they do so because they have already signed a peace deal with the taliban on 29 last month so they want to to make sure that it's volatility in so far is no progress after that because of disunity in kabul ok it's a huge amount of money. what's the actual effect of the hard end of this going to be how these rate cuts go to an individual. well i think it's going to be it will have an impact no doubt about that but i think it's a time for afghanistan to learn to stand on its own feet because the foreign aid will have to stop at one point be it today or tomorrow because in 2014 we don't we don't

after an unannounced visit to afghanistan he strongly criticized both president and his rival abdullah abdullah for failing to get together and potentially threatening the u.s. led with the taliban the authorities in mozambique has taken full control of a town in the country's north in the province of couple delgado where they have been at least 30 attacks security forces are trying to retake the town hundreds of people have been killed and thousands displaced since fighting began in 2017 up to date inside stories next. test every case the world health organization says it's crucial in the fight against the corona virus pandemic but only a few countries are conducting the widespread testing so what are the challenges and how can they be overcome this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm bernard smith isolate test and trace that's the urgent message from the world health organization to combat the coronavirus pandemic many countries have imposed mass lockdowns and ordered people to stay home but few have implemented widespread testing many european countries and states in the u.s. f

responsible responsibility for the attack meanwhile just a short distance away gone his main rival abdullah abdullah held his own presidential inauguration off 2 weeks of mediation efforts between the 2 men failed afghanistan's election commission named gone eat the winner of the september contest but up to the declared results for shouldn't claim victory himself. well for more on this we're joined live by political analyst andre vet check took us through it in your opinion we've heard president gone he not being particularly in favor of this exchange why do you think he changed his mind with regards to the prisoner exchange. well there is definitely a pressure from the united states. to sign this agreement the united states is ok by income honey stand for 18 years it spent more than a trillion of dollars of it is. it brought the company do some of the most horrific moment in the history of the area of how dishonest. is the company we've. always life expectancy. in asia this horrific social situation so now is this very complicated time for 100 stone because it is not only what you see. in syria as

off the stones president elect gone is expected to take place later on monday but his rival abdullah abdullah is planning to hold his own ceremony to september's election the 2 big kids over who really was mitt allegations of voter fraud their bacon says this spec could derail talks between the government and the taliban. as the headlines more news here on al-jazeera off the inside story stay with us. challenging the cost why the bush see fed rate cut just isn't good enough to save the global economy from the impact of the fast spreading throughout a virus scientists race to find a vaccine to stop the epidemic plus the environmental damage of drilling for oil in the republic of. counting the cost. saudi arabia arrests the king's brother and other royals accused of plotting against the crown prince is muhammad bin selman consolidating his power and what are the implications of this latest purge against dissent this is he's inside story . how and welcome to the program i'm jonah how saudi arabia's crown prince has had a controversial rise to power in just 3 years mohammed bin selman has silence

shotgun now the blast did not appear to take place near the ceremony garvey's political rival abdullah abdullah held a parallel sperry and both men are laying claim to the presidency after a disputed election the trial of former they accused of murder over the downing of malaysian airlines flight m.h. 70 theirs because of the netherlands $298.00 people died when the plane was shot down over ukraine and 2043 russians and ukrainians are being tried in absentia those are the headlines and back with the al-jazeera news our 30 minutes to stay with us talk to al-jazeera is next. as the world battles a potential new pandemic we'll bring you the latest developments from around the world. with top dates about savile restrictions and how to protect yourself. coronavirus out bright special coverage on al-jazeera. movies. after nearly 2 decades of the longest running u.s. war the united states and now gone taliban have signed a historic agreement. with the potential to end the war in the gun is done along the way to degree meant includes a timeline of 14 months for u.s. and nato troops to withdraw a taliba

could the rivalry between afghanistan's leaders do rail peace efforts ashraf ghani and abdullah abdullah both say they are the president with peace with the taliban on the line come they settle their differences this is inside story. hello there is many were hailing a new beginning for afghanistan less than a fortnight ago the u.s. and the afghan taliban had just signed a deal towards an being 2 decades of war but the afghan government wasn't part of the talks and a long standing political rivalry is making things even more complicated president ashleigh.

were also some concerns about how the process would play out given that there were claims by abdullah abdullah that he won the presidency so where are things that there. well that is probably the biggest challenge yet and it's not resolved at this point. that the u.s. envoy has been shuttling really between the 2 men are 70 and try to trying to find a compromise actually on the good. of our 70 was postponed by several hours because until the last minute he was trying to avoid this situation where you had 2 people who were who were being both inaugurated as president one in an official capacity and. if i could put it that way self-proclaimed president a demo meant there is no solution and maybe the divisions are growing deeper yesterday for example former president hamid karzai has refused to meet with. stating that that has been taking part in this dispute meaning. when to the inauguration of a shovel hani so certainly that remains the biggest challenge i 70 says he is going to form a team to go to these negotiations apparently now in doha but that include everybody including members of the ca

opened fire at a memorial ceremony in the afghan capital was headed by presidential challenger abdullah abdullah and he escaped unhurt but the health ministry says 27 people were killed a number of politicians were also at the remembrance service in cobol for a minority shiite leader is how the band swiftly denies carrying out the attack on the area's been sealed off the interior ministry's there is one of the attackers has been killed in that account of how operation is going last start today the u.s. and the taliban signed a peace deal paving the way for further talks on a way out of the 18 year old looked in afghanistan. a suspected suicide bomber has struck near the u.s. embassy and to near 0 reportedly wounding 5 police officers the embassy and local officials say emergency services are responding to an explosion but the cause is not yet confirmed you know if a teletubbies are known about at this stage local media is reporting that a suicide attack on a motorbike approached a police patrol before detonating other reports suggest a 2nd attackers on the run. britain says it will deploy the na

opened fire at a memorial ceremony in the afghan capital attended by presidential challenger abdullah abdullah he escaped unhurt but the health ministry says that 27 people were killed a number of politicians were also at the remembrance service in cobol for a minority shiite leader these taleban swiftly denied carrying out the attack on the area's been sealed off last saturday the u.s. on the taliban find a peace deal paving the way for further talks on a way out of the 18 year conflict in afghanistan. or britain says it will deploy the navy to prevent a e.u. fishing vessels from entering its waters is becoming a key sticking point in the brig's it trade talks it's only now expects. the town of poole on england's south coast is one of the u.k.'s oldest fishing communities and the local economy relies heavily on the fisheries industry it's a calm and a daily town but life could be about to be brutally disrupted if the political rhetoric is to be believed the u.k.'s tory government to warn the e.u. that if their ships try to access british waters they'll deploy the royal navy to keep them out s

abdullah abdullah failing to work together a potentially threatening the u.s. led peace plan with the taliban mr pompei also said the conditional withdrawal of u.s. troops will go ahead despite the difficulties in implementing the agreement all right let's speak to lawrence korb now former u.s. assistant secretary of defense he's joining us from washington d.c. scott thanks very much for talking just and this is rather rare and rather stringent language coming from the secretary of state about the situation the political situation in afghanistan and furthermore taking the action of reducing a $1000000000.00 from aid to the country do you think it's going to work with them into some form of reconciliation. well you hope to have a war because not only did he take about $1000000000.00 of about $4.00 which we give to afghanistan but he met with the taliban on the way home in doha and basically is trying to say you know we have an agreement with the taliban to leave us alone so we can get out of there you guys don't get your act together you're going to have to live with the consequences because we're going regardless absolutely it does sound very much to say the united states is. committed if you like to its own form a timetable in this illness so of the conditions on the ground because where only the 3 to intra afghan. well you've got 2 problems one of the afghans going to be with this guy who is the president i mean this was incredible you had 2 men being sworn in at the same time in an adjoining rooms 2 who believe they are gone me and i'll do all of those and then the other is that they have not released the prisoners that they were supposed to have been a good beginning talking to the taliban and it's going to be worse we're going to south have a situation here were 21 and 5 afghans were killed by the taliban right nobody expected it to be easy i guess but there was criticism that this deal that was much hyped much lauded around the world that it was hastily states together really in order to give donald trump. a reelection based. you know there's not doubt about it and i'm hearing your name is going to help the americans and was wars in the middle east and actually he increased the number of troops so on your sleeve he would like to begin. withdrawing them and the agreement with the government and as we withdraw the force 5000 old are you know 140 we're going. to be on hold or you know are is the troops have got to be a screen who will come back here and. all right lawrence cole thank you very much indeed for talking to us just as our skype line started to disintegrate thank you very much indeed thank you for having me. let's go back then to corona virus more than half of india is under a complete lockdown as the government tries to contain the spread there are more than 460 confirmed cases while most people are following the government's orders there have been desperate scenes at bus stations as migrant workers try to get home there's a birth per annum has more now from the capital new delhi. this is what the endian government wanted to prevent hundreds of people crowding together michael and workers in the state of the house filled overcrowded buses some even climbed on the roof in a desperate attempt to return to their homes. about that of the don't so you saw this bus and came and sat here and thought that the driver must be somewhere but no one was here. they ever gave the other person is a saying that the bus will go but how will we just keep wasting. my current workers around the country trying to catch buses after indian railways cancel train services which carry more than 25000000 a can use as a day. all interstate buses in metro service is canceled until the end of the month the ministry of civil aviation announced all domestic flights will be suspended from wednesday promised in that interim order tweeted saying many people a still not taking the lockdown seriously even though most public places were deserted around the country many regional leaders including in the capital territory of delhi said they would take action against anyone who violates the measures. now everyone from today has to obey the law gone completely and not done started this morning maybe you had to go out for some mississippi work but from tomorrow the government will enforce the knock down and will use force to ensure that. also announced financial and humanitarian assistance to those affected in delhi as the indian government introduces more restrictions every day to limit the spread of the virus many have lost their livelihoods or have been stranded are also hoping to hear how the government will help them beyond telling them to stay at home elizabeth al-jazeera new delhi. senekal and every case of both declared a state of emergency because of the coronavirus pandemic a nation like a few has to be imposed in senegal all gatherings and while gradual confinement measures it to be imposed in ivory coast. takes a look at how west africa is. social distancing is a luxury in neighborhoods like this where people live in close proximity many are braving the government orders to stay indoors and avoid public gatherings on friday police fired tear gas on hundreds of protesters demonstrating after the moms were arrested for conducting friday prayers over the weekend the number of cases jumped not just here in senegal but throughout sub-saharan africa with health authorities saying they cannot trace back the contacts that the infected people have had in other words that people here are spreading the virus without their knowledge in mauritania gambia zimbabwe several infected patients around away from hospital and so this pandemic is revealing the level of distrust there is between the government and their health services with people here the governments that are employing even more restrictive measures from announcing a state of emergency where the military are being deployed clearing out entire neighborhoods to shutting down a border or even announcing confinement and this is a real struggle for most of the people who live in sub-saharan africa will live on less than $6.00 a day we have to go out every day to make ends meet and they're faced with this difficult challenge to choose whether to stay indoors and go hungry or go out and risk being infected and spread the virus. well zimbabwe as you've just heard from in senegal has reported the 1st death of the patient from coronavirus soft. confirming its 1st cases just this last weekend the government's now closed schools and banned large gatherings but there are concerns about the country's ability to handle an outbreak zimbabwe's health system has suffered critical shortages of equipment and drugs for years the u.n. has warned that the country is on the brink of manmade starvation with some 8000000 people facing food insecurity. the thousands of athletes are calling for the international olympic committee to act now and perspire own july's olympics until next year canada australia are no way they're all saying that they won't send their teams to take here until the health emergency is over now japan's prime minister shinzo abbay has conceded that the games could be postponed brian reports . after weeks of insisting the show must go on now something of a turnaround from the japanese prime minister cannot because i said ok we hope to hold the games to mark that the world has defeated the coronavirus i thought that cancelling them is not an option at all but if that becomes difficult we will think of the athletes 1st and foremost and we may have no option but to consider postponing. the games as it to be held in july but the virus that's caused both human catastrophe and economic crisis across the globe is threatening the world's biggest sporting event canada became the 1st country to announce its and then pick and paralympic teams people to surprising in the games urging the international olympic committee and the tokyo organizes to push back the event by at least a year we're witnessing a remarkable upsurge in athletes speaking out against the international olympic committee who has been very slow to act in the face of the coronavirus situation and in that sort of leadership vacuum you've seen athletes and sports bodies rise up and what canada has done just moments ago is absolutely remarkable tokyo's olympic chief is warned that the games $1000000000.00 budget and he is planning are at stake and that cancelling would be bad for both stakeholders and athletes just seeing a little lego you we never intend to talk about a consolation but japan and international olympic committee will talk together about what to do postponement to only be one of the many scenarios like the increase. and pressure from athletes to call off the games is not just because bringing hundreds of thousands of sportsmen and women coaches and fans together could help spread the virus but they argue that having them continue high level training is putting them and their families at risk. and i think it's the best option so least worst option available to us no mazie. the games and then we will together we see the back of this. just a few weeks ago the idea of postponing the olympics was unthinkable now it's looking more and more likely another victim of these unprecedented times the i.o.c. says it will make a decision within the next 4 weeks from now the olympic torch relay is set to go ahead from thursday but without the usual fanfare with crowds are urged not to attend. an al-jazeera. ride tyrus take a look at the top stories here at al-jazeera the british prime minister has severely restricted the movement of citizens to slow the spread of coronavirus people are being told to stay at home with a few exceptions being made for going to work to exercise and to buy food and all nonessential businesses will close. the death toll in europe continues to grow in italy the number of dead has now past 6000 double that of china where the virus began and in spain the death toll has risen to more than 2200. the u.s. president says he's working with both the republicans and the democrats to ensure a trillion dollar stimulus bill is a princeton politicians on monday failed to paulson legislation for a 2nd time around during creasing pressure to prevent economic collapse now congress must demonstrate the same bipartisanship again and join together to pass the senate bill is written and avoid playing any more partisan games have to get together and just up with the partisan politics. and i think that's happening i got a call a little while ago i guess they're getting closer should go quickly and must go quickly it's not really a choice to have a choice they have to make a deal should not be a time for political agendas but rather one for focusing solely and squarely on the needs of the american people and there's been a jump in reported cases in australia now a deal tauruses are reporting that 1700 people are infected and new south wales is where nearly haul for the cases. and the authorities there a warning the pandemic is at a critical stage they're said there will be harsh penalties to enforce self isolation and what are some of other news this hour the u.s. is to cut a 1000000000 dollars in aid to afghanistan after the country's president and his rival failed to form a new government secretary of state revealed the plan after an unannounced visit to afghanistan he criticized both president on the dollar abdullah failing to work together. rewind is next the latest news as it breaks the pollution is blamed on thousands of small scale gold mines on the trumpet just one boys as young as 15 and dozens of men with detailed coverage new restrictions every day across the well as each country fights its own back against coronavirus from around the world the publication of weinstein's assault launched the me to millions of women took to social media to say it 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at a memorial ceremony in the capital kabul and that was attended by presidential challenger abdullah abdullah he escaped unhurt but around 18 others have been wounded unconfirmed reports say that all fatalities no group has yet admitted to carrying out the attack the taliban swiftly and tonight it's to play the gunfire happened at a remembrance ceremony for a minority of shiite afghan security forces cordoned off the area last saturday of course the u.s. and the taliban signed a. peace which many hope will pave the way of peace negotiations. and a story been keeping an eye on another 2000 cases of coronavirus around the world have been confirmed in the past day here in russia medical services are on a lot especially in key cities where arrivals from the most affected nations are required to self isolate for 2 weeks one of the other effect being seen worldwide is shoppers emptying shelves to stock up calls on essential zz in australia the media is being accused of whipping up hysteria with some stores rationing toilet paper after rush of panic buying. elves stripped bare is a straw is prepare

abdullah abdullah held a separate ceremony to inaugurate himself. saddam's prime minister survives a car bomb blasts arrests are made following the suspected assassination attempt to stay with us we're back after the break. the end. hello there some very heavy rain across much of japan as we go through the next couple of days you can see plenty of cloud history. and this is what we're going to be facing some very heavy downpours that could lead to some localized floods temperatures on the miles side that is part of the problem sapporo 11 celsius and she's a very heavy rain coming down on some very recent snow so we could have quite a dramatic snow melt this is simply history by wednesday we could still have wanted to shout some snow flurries and the temperatures are a lot lower just 8 degrees and a part of that of course is the daytime high but it's a good picture across much of central southern china the rain showers really caring through choose day on into wednesday but cooler in hong kong just 21 degrees celsius still some have to do a common to know them born years ago through tuesday elsewhere the showers a much lighter a much dry couple of days across much of java and you can see by wednesday a similar story like scattered showers really across much of the region and all that india is cleared out of the last few days there is more rain in the forecast skies have been very clear across nepal just look at this just a most beautiful view the clear skies crisp and you can see here just to the mountains in the backdrop the temperatures this time of year in the low twenty's celsius wanted to. choose day all the way against new delhi as we head to wednesday . but. i was raised in france. these are my grandparents. these are my parents and this is me. fighting both isis and us on. the 2nd of a 2 part epic tale of a remarkable family. the father. on which is iraq. with the world where the old the earth. i am. the recap of our top stories on al-jazeera italy's expanding travel restrictions to the entire country knocking down 16000000 people to contain the corona virus outbreak the unprecedented move follows another spike in desk from the biased as white as makes one team in polls in the next us president trump has announced passes off an economic effects of one of our us including potential payroll tax last virus has infected more than $600.00 people in the us. the economic turmoil caused by the corner virus outbreak is being made by plunging oil prices and those were triggered by a dispute between saudi arabia and russia moscow refuses to join a plan by major oil producing nations aimed at cutting output and maintaining prices imad hobb is the director of research and analysis at the absent are in washington he explains the pros and cons of plunging oil prices for the trump administration share of oil today it is under pressure. prices go any further down and actually they are in really dangerous territory for terrible oil today which does not reflect poorly well on the president he has. out of jail or in the e.u. one thing my sister be exportable of this order. now why i really don't think that the your way things are happening now are developing in the oil market is going to be regularly. for him. on the other hand you know we're cheap oil prices are good for him but really really because american consumer is looking for refuge for gas who were who were out of their cars and industries in all of this but. there is a relationship was already there will definitely get affected if. the oil prices affect the the market as it was speaking about the bill we have that may be lies that is capable of reversing saudi decisions of this nature because. these decisions affect them out of an economy and they were the economy for that matter except that therefore for one little thing that the president prevented from interested and and b.s.s. the political survival of the asleep so i don't think that he is going to really pressure him and he is not definitely going to pressure them publicly this is all going to be behind the scenes. now the news afghan officials say the president will issue a decree for at least $1000.00 taliban prisoners to be released this week paving the way for direct talks with the group the pentagon says u.s. military the u.s. military has started withdrawing troops as part of its agreement to the taliban and the inauguration of president ashraf ghani was marred by a rocket attack earlier monday hold up the hammy to report. it was a day marred by controversy guests were told to arrive early in the morning only to discover a delay to the inauguration ceremony of president a shove that while they waited u.s. envoys. was trying to bridge a political rift between the hani and his rival. by mid-afternoon the ceremony to start when his 2nd term was finally under way. with the u.s. envoy and other afghan and foreign officials in the audience the ranee took his oath of office promising to uphold the constitution and bring security while this ceremony is happening there is another presidential inauguration unfolding not very far from where we are. there in main competitor behind him and he says that he is the winner and the legitimate president of afghanistan taking the same oath his rival. rejects the result of the presidential election in september and is calling for a rerun. plan by master had them a dog named if i accept the fruit to happen during the election it would be witnessing the end of democracy is not in favor of the country we will form a government according to the demands and need to the people we will bring change. to the ceremony was the populist bill officials or foreign delegations here. the down with the enemy of the law his supporters jumped it the but it was also the marred by violence was likely. while the 2 men were being sworn in on a bill clinton could run and jump into. several rockets were fired at the presidential compound landing very close to where he was giving a speech. the president remained at the podium defiantly opening his shirt to show he wasn't wearing any protection. i so claimed responsibility for the rocket attack monday was a public holiday for evidence the streets of kabul where unusually empty what was supposed to be the start of a new chapter turned out to be a day when political rivalry toward a country apart a little put out the for me a couple. of european union leaders a warning turkish president russia typer want to respect the 2016 refugees after a tense meeting in brussels at owen met both european council president sharma shell and nato chief u.n. stoltenberg in a bid to drum up support but he left without attending a planned news conference to contravene the 26000 refugee jail when it opened its northwestern border with grace 10 days ago saying it could no longer cope with the influx of people from syria. back to mexico where a national strike is underway called a day without women following mass marches on sunday for international women's day female workers is staying at home they say they are showing what mexico would be like without them john heilemann has more from mexico city more than 10 women a day killed in mexico and this is been happening for some time and in fact it's grown in the country they call them the femicide system the city use here and looked over the last 2 days when it's basically been trying to really speak out about this new so about the culture the culture that really gives rise to the least the problem yesterday we saw a march of $80000.00 women on sunday that were going through much specific request on the same haven't you actually and just today there's so many activities going on women are on strike the rule is that they're not going to work there's not going to help out in the home and the limmer is a day without women can be a symbol headed and women across argentina are expected to rally in support of legalizing abortion the strike action comes after president i'll bet often and said he wants to reopen the debate the initiative has gone a broad social support but is strongly opposed by religious groups argentinas the whole nation of pope francis abortion in the country is punishable by up to 4 years in jail. to africa now and sudan's prime minister has survived what the government is calling an assassination attempt adullam doc is vowing the won't hinder the political changes being made since the ousting of omar al bashir last year the governor of khartoum state says a few suspects have been arrested here morgan has more. the monday morning attack happened in the capital hard to meet prime minister abdullah who was in a convoy of cars when a roadside bomb blast was followed by gunshots he survived the attempt on his life but the police motorbike writer was injured within a couple of hours to a photo to prove in his words that he's in good shape and vowed that the attack won't get in the way of saddam's transition the government says it was a targeted attack and investigations are under way into who carried it out. and we're not we know that there are people who are trying to target the revolution of the sudanese people and to attack the gains of the revolutionaries but we stress that revolution is going on at the revolution will continue it's possible the area was cordoned off and examined by forensics this area behind me is where the explosion that targeted the convoy of stance prime minister out the window it happened now you can see the impact of the blast on the walls of that building the windows are completely shattered while sudan's government says that the prime minister is safe a

abdullah abdullah the failing to work together and potentially threatening a u.s. led he's still with the taliban pompei you also said the conditional withdrawal. all of us troops will go ahead despite the difficulties in implementing the agreement but we've been speaking to victoria funtown who's professor of peace others at the american university of afghanistan and she says bringing the different factions together will be crucial to the success of the process the next step from here is to force the taliban have been promised by the united states of $5000.00 prisoners by the afghan government so that would be one step and then of course remains a big issue which is the university you need to so we off the government itself so the next step i'm going to be for all the parties to speak with one another and to discuss on the way forward but of course the most important question in the balance use the unity itself of the afghan government i am told that a deal is imminent and that person to have been spoken about and you know we've seen the actual security crises and the indy tsunami that is going to come in terms of 19 it is the interest of ever on that those 2 parties actually come together and think about the future of their country at the moment the population using support of any piece of the moment i would say that of a crucially important is going to be the population support to what's that and the taliban have a lead that they would be able to control their ranks there is a unity in the government the same is going to happen on the other side so every party now knows that they really have to put together and and really make this work . now the authorities in mozambique have said an armed group has taken full control of a town in the country's north it's in the province of couple delgado where they have been at least 30 attacks this year the security forces are trying to retake the town where the armed group has hoisted its flag hundreds have been killed thousands have been displaced from the region since fighting began there in 2017. i. are less i can look at the top stories here it out as they are the british prime minister has severely restricted the movement of u.k. citizens to slow the spread of coronavirus people are being told to stay home with a few exceptions made for work exercise and grocery shopping the police will have the power to enforce the new measures the death toll in europe continues to grow in italy the number of dead there has now surpassed 6000 and that's double that of china where the virus began in spain the death toll has risen to more than 2200 the u.s. president says he's working with both republicans and democrats to ensure a trillion dollar stimulus bill is approved u.s. politicians on monday failed to pass the legislation for a 2nd time around during creasing pressure to prevent economic collapse now congress was demonstrate the same bipartisanship again and joined together to pass the senate bill is written and avoid playing any more partisan games after get together and just up with the partisan politics. i think that's happening i got a call that a while ago i guess they're getting closer to go quickly. must go quickly it's not really a choice to have a choice they have to make a deal. it should not be a time for political agendas but rather one for focusing solely and squarely on the needs of the american people. the u.s. is a cause a $1000000000.00 in aid to afghanistan after the country's president and his political rival failed to form a new government secretary of state might reveal the plan after an announced visit to afghanistan he strongly criticized both president and his rival of dollar abdullah for failing to get together and potentially threatening the u.s. led peace deal with the taliban the authorities in mozambique has taken full control of the town in the country's north in the province of couple delgado where they have been at least 30 attacks security forces are trying to retake the town hundreds of people have been killed and thousands displaced since fighting began in 2017 right up to date inside stories next. test every case the world health organization says it's crucial in the fight against the corona virus pandemic but only a few countries are conducting widespread testing so what are the challenges and how can they be overcome this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm bernard smith isolate test and trace that's the urgent message from the world health organization to call.

end the war there pompei are met with afghan president ashraf ghani and got his chief rival abdullah abdullah who have been a locked in a power struggle since afghanistan's september elections. right let's head over to the world of sports with regina hamm women's professional soccer has wrapped up its season down under in australia who did we crown the new champion it's actually a pretty familiar name but close doors wouldn't stop the grand final of australia's top women's soccer league as it came down to one goal deciding the newest champion it was all smiles and waves for these ladies but that was gone the moment the ball hit the pitch 15 minutes in melbourne city captain stephanie catley sending a dangerous cross across the face of the goal to break open spring her team is pretty happy about that cali just attacks in the box in matilda's all over bledsoe just catches the ball in her glove and ends up being an old gold and silver is not going to let themselves be shut out sophia where the cross in the right corner stop and calories are i promise she is ok city f.c. trying to find any sort o

and 29 wounded after unknown gunmen opened fire at the memorial ceremony in the capital kabul abdullah abdullah a leading political figure in the country was in attendance at the time he escaped unharmed isola said it was behind that particular attack it's mostly comes just days after the u.s. in these news groups signed the peace deal to end the 18 year long conflict in afghanistan elsewhere. trouble in colombia riot police in the colombian capital used tear gas and water cannons against students protesting the national university of colombia thursday protesters have been building barricades torching please vehicles and hurling projectiles the country seen months of demonstrations of the calls grow for improvements to the education system. latest on the race for the white house now a lot of us election focus right now on how the democratic party choice is pretty much down to a white man in the seventy's. reported this week but hawaii congresswoman tulsi gabbard is still in the race she won 2 delegates in america's samoa so that makes her through to the next democratic debates but the party exe

could the why of all read between afghanistan's leaders the rail peace efforts ashraf ghani and abdullah abdullah both say they all the president with peace with the taliban on the line come they settle their differences this is inside story. hello there is many were hailing a new beginning for afghanistan less than a fortnight ago the u.s. and the afghan taliban had just signed a deal towards ending 2 decades of war.

the announcement after an unannounced visit to afghanistan where he met president as well as abdullah abdullah who's also claimed the presidency the secretary of state also address the u.s. led peace deal saying there will be a conditional withdrawal of troops from afghanistan we've been speaking to victoria fontana who's a professor of peace studies at the american university all the afghanistan and she says bridging the different bringing the different factions together will be crucial to the success of the peace process. the next step from here is to force the taliban. promised by the united states of $5000.00 prisoners by the afghan government so that would be one step and then of course remains a big issue which is the university the unity so he of the government itself so the next step i'm going to be for all the parties to speak with one another and to discuss on the way forward but of course the most important question in the balance is the unity of the afghan government i am told that a deal is imminent and that person to have been spoken about and you know we've seen the actual secur