ashraf ghani has approved seeking the withdrawal of u.s. troops and immediate cease fire. and eleventh successive week of friday protests are under way in algeria demonstrators return to the main post office in the capital of geas which has become a focal point for the revolt was forced out president of the disease but the flicka protesters also want anyone associated with his long rule. in uganda the wine is back home after three nights in prison the pop star turned politician was granted bail after arrest for incitement ones accused of encouraging an attack on the president's motorcade during protests against new taxes last year the supporters say the charges are trumped up to stop him criticizing the government while we can speak now to bobby one is joining us from kampala thank you very much indeed for your time sir how did you react when you were told that you could only give evidence to the hearing yesterday by video link from the maximum security prison you were in. well it was shocking when i was living prison i was told i was heading to court but again it is evide

afghan president ashraf ghani has approved recommendations for pete's talks with the taliban is calling for a he's calling a road map for negotiations it is the result of five days of debate by three thousand elders at their assembly called the loya jirgah rani approved looking for an immediate cease fire and the pullout of u.s. troops and he's ordered the release of one hundred seventy five taliban prisoners shala ballasts reports from kabul. afghanistan helicopters buzz the hills of west in kabul a sign the loya jirga was coming to an end the president ashraf ghani was about to arrive more than three thousand afghans meant to represent every sector of society ready to present him with the recommendations a guideline on how to negotiate for peace with the taliban i the loya jirga is a centuries old afghan tradition mean to decide issues of national importance this was the largest ever. after five days of debate delegates presented their requests to the president they included in traficant talks the withdrawal of foreign troops a political office in afghanistan for the taliban the relea

to come out of the committees yesterday that this was something that was important to them and ashraf ghani saying that he did agree that taliban prisoners should be released from afghan government trails and vice versa and he said he's already started that agreeing and ordering the release of one hundred seventy five taliban prisoners from the afghan government jails he said i'm willing to do this wherever the taliban would like i just want to hand over their prisoners with honor and dignity he said that it should be a trust building measure and that he hopes that the taliban reciprocate with a similar similar gesture during the muslim holy month of ramadan meanwhile in u.s. and the taliban amazing is the sixth round of negotiations the last time they met was about six weeks ago where they discussed the first two steps and what is a have a four point to go between the u.s. the first two steps being that there should be a foreign troop withdrawal and the second state being that the taliban shouldn't allow afghanistan to be you. as a staging ground for attacks on foreign soil now they did ge

afghan president ashraf ghani has approved a series of recommendations for peace talks with the taliban that's after five days of debate by three thousand elders at their semblant jirga carney approved seeking an immediate cease fire and the withdrawal of u.s. troops and he's ordered the release of one hundred seventy five taliban prisoners shala ballasts reports from. afghanis force helicopters buzz the hooves of whist in kabul a sign the loya jirga was coming to an aide and the president ashraf ghani was about to arrive more than three thousand afghans meant to represent every sick tour of society ready to present him with the recommendations a guideline on how to negotiate for peace with the taliban i the loya jirga is a centuries old afghan tradition mean to decide issues of national importance this was the largest ever. after five days of debate delegates presented their requests to the president they included in traficant talks the withdrawal of foreign troops a political office in afghanistan for the taliban the release of prisoners by both sides and assisting six the immediate d

for peace talks with the taliban on the final day of the loya jirgah simply a regional elders ashraf ghani approved seeking the withdrawal of u.s. troops and an immediate ceasefire. counting has begun after local elections in england and the winner seems to be apathy it rolling conservatives are predicted to lose hundreds of council seats but across the country it seems to me people simply refuse to vote as a protest over bricks it or insley joins us live from catterick and yorkshire so the local elections what do they tell us lawrence about the national picture. that it's all about bricks it's obviously the results aren't entirely in your started counting here in catterick but as predicted both the conservatives and labor the u.k.'s england's two main parties getting a good kicking the conservatives for not delivering direct seats and labor having an entirely big us position on whether it supports its all or doesn't some of the smaller parties independents greens people like there are some seen some gains as people look for alternatives but the other big trend is people simply not partici

the attack came following a proposed ramadan ceasefire by afghan president ashraf f ghani on friday. the taliban rejected the proposal among ongoing peace talks with the united states. following widespread international outrage, the sultan of brunei announced he would not implement new laws that wouould have broughght bace death penalty for morality-based offenses, so-called, including homosexuality and adultery. the laws were set to go into effect last month, but brunei will instead extend its moratorium on the death penalty, in place since 1957. the sultan also pledged to ratify the u.n. convention against torture. the massive global backlash included a celebrity-backed boycott of luxury hotels owned by the sultan. president trump said sunday he plans to hike up tariffs on $200 billion of chinese goods at the end of this week, raising the current rate from 10% to 25%. he also threatened to impose news tariffs o on another r $325 billion of chinese productcts. trump's comments come ahead of a new round of trade talks between china and the u.s. and after a temporary truce e on a trad

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and also poorly in afghanistan were afghan president ashraf ghani said under no circumstances will eriknce for a private military, foreign military, be allowed t o opererate in afghahanistan. amy: you also have this latest report from reuters over the last several months, prince on investment and political support in operation involving venezuela from influential trump supporters and will the venezuelan exiles in private meetings in the u.s. and europe, prince sketch shot a plane to field up to 5000 soldiers for hire on behalf of venezuelan opposition leader juan guaido according to two sources. >> what makes erik prince so unique is there very few americans who have the wealth and the political power and his experience that someone who is never really worked for the government or been part of government is taken so seriously whenever there is or where ever there is a conflict, hotspot around the world. erik prince travels the world almost weeklkly going to capita, meeting with countries leaders, selling a mercenary concept, paramilitary arm. what he tries to do is own every piece of a

for peace talks with the taliban on the final day of the loya jirga assembly of regional elders ashraf ghani approved seeking an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of u.s. troops. in uganda bobby wine is back home after three nights in prison the pop star turned politician was granted bail after arrest for incitement once accuser encouraging an attack on the president's motorcade and supporters say the charges are laid out. the king of thailand will finally be crowned on saturday two and a half years after becoming monarch came along corner from a ten paid homage to his ancestors as part of the preparations coronation ceremony . a vietnamese woman who was jailed over the murder of the north korean leader's half brother has been released though one of the hong they spent more than two years in the malaysian prison she's one of the two been put on trial for the poisoning of kings will now according to reports airport two years ago and those are the headlines the news continues here in algiers you know after twenty eight up south africa. if you will or will or resources at the hospital work

the attack came following a proposed ramadan ceasefire by afghan president ashraf ghani. the taliban rejected the proposal amid ongoing peace talks with t the united states. in lahore, pakistan, a at least0 people were killed wednesday morning and 25 others wounded after a suicide attacker bombed an 11th-cecentury sufi s shrine. the attack was claimed by a splinter group of the pakistani taliban. in 2010, an attack on the same site killed more than 40 people. north korea test-fired two short-range ballistic missiles today in its latest show of military power after president trump walked away from denuclearization talks with kim jong-un in february. the military drill did not violate a moratorium on long-range, nuclear-papable missile e tests, but south kor's government called them a very disturbing development that won't help to ease tensions on the korean peninsula. in south africa, polls clolosed wednesday in national elections, with early results showing the governing african national congress will likely hold its parliamentary majority. with about one-third of distric

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to come out of the committees yesterday that this was something that was important to them and ashraf ghani saying that he did agree that taliban prisoners should be released from afghan government jails and vice versa and he said he's already started that agreeing and ordering the release of one hundred seventy five taliban prisoners from the afghan government jails he said i'm willing to do this wherever the taliban would like i just want to hand over their prisoners with honor and dignity he said that it should be a trust building measure and that he hopes that the taliban reciprocate with a similar similar gesture during the muslim holy month of ramadan meanwhile in doha u.s. and the taliban amazing is the sixth round of negotiations the last time they met was about six weeks ago when they discussed the first two steps and what is a have a four point between the two parties the first two steps being that there should be a foreign troop withdrawal and the second state being that the taliban shouldn't allow afghanistan to be. used as a staging ground for attacks on foreign soil now they d

to afghanistan now where the president ashraf ghani is agreed to a series of recommendations from regional leaders for future talks with the taliban more than three thousand afghan delegates gathered for five days in what's known as a lawyer joke it ended with gandhi ordering the release of one hundred seventy five taliban prisoners shallop alice reports from kabul. afghan your forces helicopters buzz the hooves of whist in kabul a sign the loya jirga was coming to an end and president musharraf was about to arrive more than three thousand afghans meant to represent every sector of society ready to present him with the recommendations a guideline on how to negotiate for peace with the taliban. the loya jirga is a centuries old afghan tradition meant to decide issues of national importance this was the largest ever. after five days of debate delegates presented their requests to the president they included in traficant talks the withdrawal of foreign troops a political office in afghanistan for the taliban the release of prisoners by both sides and a sustained cease fire the immediate deman