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

government president ashraf ghani had been expected to issue a decree detailing did release process on tuesday the move is part of a deal signed by the u.s. and the taliban last month and will see the taliban hand over a 1000 afghan government troops. voting is under way in 6 u.s. states at a critical point in the opposition democratic party race for the presidential nomination to tackle donald trump it's the 1st opportunity for voters to choose since to field a narrowed to effectively a choice between 2 men joe biden and bernie sanders put former vice president biden in the lead against senate as well as with the top stories inside stories coming up next i'll have the al-jazeera news hour for you in just under half an hour i hope you'll join me then right. could the rivalry between afghanistan's leaders the rail peace efforts ashraf ghani and 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.

the war in afghanistan but the road to peace has already hit a rough patch afghanistan president ashraf ghani says he's government has not played to release thousands of taliban prisoners despite that being part of the deal. these signatures given at a historic summit in qatar as capital doha milestone on afghanistan's road to peace after almost 20 years of war. i. was was road was always going to be rocky under the deal the afghan government will release thousands of taliban prisoners ahead of talks between afghan factions but afghanistan's president ashraf ghani said his government never agreed to that and it wasn't for the u.s. to decide. now where that would be better you know no commitment has been made for the release of 5000 prisoners. we have repeatedly said this issue clearly with the u.s. envoy that's out of my colleagues out and other officials with that mommy this is the legitimate right and self-determination of the people of afghanistan. a request has been made and it can be part of the negotiation but it cannot be a precondition for that are getting my to my flintstones. for ma

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 about if we had not compromised in 2014 for international stability and community the country would have been in crisis but now things are different if we were to accept fraudulent results this time it would mean the end of democracy in afghanistan to see that up on a stand by upon the. 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 there right now it's unclear which government that will be. and you're watching to get your news from berlin coming up next a documentary on how marvel comics made up her role as comeback after being on the brink of bankruptcy the next vice or extra watch. to go beyond. that. we're all about the stories that matter to you. after that. whatever it takes. to runn

could the rivalry between afghanistan's leaders do rail peace efforts ashraf ghani and i. 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 i'm jane suppose 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 i don't know rejects the result both held rival presidential inauguration ceremonies on monday after the u.s. special envoy to afghanistan failed to resolve their dispute ghani is supposed to finalize the government's team for the 1st direct negotiations with the taliban the u.s. says though it started withdrawing troops as part of the deal with the taliban holder abdul hamid has more from the afghan capital kabul.

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.

in afghanistan's leaders the rail peace efforts ashraf ghani and 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 i'm james pays 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.

explosions as the afghan president ashraf ghani is sworn in his rival 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 st

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

a potential stumbling block to peace in afghanistan president ashraf ghani says he won't release prisoners as a precondition to talks with the taliban and de ronde says at least 50 people are dead from the corona virus outbreak and the number of infection has jumped to nearly one found 6. turkey has shot down 2 syrian warplanes in rebel held a province syrian state media says both pilots managed to escape and turkey's defense minister has announced operation spring shield a new campaign aimed at driving syrian government troops out of the so-called buffer zone near the shared border let's get the latest. on turkey's border with syria. the tensions are escalating between these 2 countries bring us up to speed with what's been happening in it live for us. it is indeed an escalation in the confrontation between turkey and russia the turkey and syria story and with this syria with the turkish army saying that it is determined to continue its campaign in it live describing it as an act of self-defense and retaliation for the death of 34 soldiers on thursday there was an ng as a a face off betwe

he's also disputed results in previous elections but after 2014 he served for a while as ashraf ghani is 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 fraudulent results this time it would mean the end of democracy in afghanistan. that up on the stand by upon the. many voters complained of a lack of vision in both candidates and what happens now 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 but right now it's unclear which government that will be. now reducing our collective carbon footprint is one of the biggest challenges of our time one restaurant here in berlin is doing its part by trying to reduce the amount of waste they produce to absolute 0 and if this is how they're doing it. at the end of the day this little pile is all that remains of the left overs

in afghanistan, president ashraf ghani has rejected a call for a post— moment of his inauguration ceremony opponent abdullah abdullah has reportedly offered to postpone his own rival inauguration if mr garney does as a result the pair have been long—term political rivals but last month 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 fo

but ashraf ghani says his government has made no such commitment.e taliban prisoners, but it can only be part of the future negotiations. it cannot be a pre—condition for talks, because the afghan nation has to be assured that whoever is going to be released will not stand against it one day. the president's national security advisor has been talking to the bbc‘s secunder kermani. from this point forward, not only will the taliban sustain this reduced violence but actually reduce it further until we reach a total zero. there is no need to continue violence in afghanistan and kill afghan people. has that been agreed then? because there seems to be some mixed messages coming out of the taliban about whether that happens or not. i don't think it has been agreed in black—and—white, but i think it is an understood agreement that that would go and be the de facto from now on. so your afghan forces, they are on the defensive at the moment, they're not going to be launching any kind of offensive attacks on the taliban? well, not right now, not against the t

and the afghan taliban may have already hit a major stumbling block understands president ashraf ghaniys the government did not commit to releasing 5000 taliban prisoners and that it cannot be a precondition for talks with the group a prisoner swap was part of the accord signed in qatar on saturday. in kabul for us . he said you know these 5000 prisoners they're not held by the americans they're held by the afghans and have the afghan government did not commit to that and it's not going to happen before the interim afghan talks it cannot be a precondition for that and then he went further to say well if the taliban want to be part of the government they should speak to the afghan people and maybe the afghan people should have a referendum to figure out whether they want that or not. i want to bring in pictures that are just coming to us here at al-jazeera this is a syrian regime plane being shot down by rebels rebels other side of which is an province. is of course being fought over by regime forces and rebels and as key as it near the end for an empire of highways in province. turkey'

now afghanistan's president ashraf ghani has signed a decree that paves the way for the release of some taliban prisoners $1500.00 will be freed within 15 days the taliban will hand over a 1000 afghan government troops in return and it's hoped the move will lead to talks between the group and the afghan government the u.n. security council has passed a resolution supporting the deal she has a chance she has more from the u.n. headquarters in new york. a unanimous welcome at the u.n. security council for the joint declaration signed by the taliban and the u.s. but also a note of caution that leverages not be lost too quickly over the taliban in the joint declaration it says the goal is to remove u.n. security council sanctions against the taliban by may the 29th that's nowhere to be seen in this resolution all we have in this resolution is a resident to consider it a review of those sanctions once in truck afghan talks begin as for those in traffic out towards the u.s. representative at the u.n. security council admitted they had been delayed they were due to have begun in also on tuesda

taliban assent to collect find her is expected to be released by the afghan government president ashraf ghani is expected to issue a decree detailing the release process on tuesday that part of a deal signed by the u.s. and the taliban last month and will see the taliban hand over $1000.00 afghan government troops south africa's high court has cleared the president sitting on the pozo of misleading parliament over a campaign donation it was alleged that roma pose a light about a donation to his campaign to succeed jacob zuma as leader of the african national congress those are the top stories stay with us rewind is coming up next i'll have more news for you in half an hour thanks for watching but i. welcome to rewind where revisiting our best documentary is on the pos decades this week we rewind to 2013 when gang rape hits the headlines after a young indian woman was brutally attacked on a bus in delhi research showed that gang rape was a serious problem not just in india but rights across asia in the wake of that terrible event.

rocket fire interrupts ashraf ghani is he in a bowl of dolor sworn in as a kind of stands president viable inauguration ceremony. thank you for joining us a plunge in oil prices triggered by a dispute between saudi arabia and russia has sent stocks plummeting on global markets already spooked by coronavirus billions were wiped off the value of major companies on monday london's footsie 100 suffered its biggest one day fall since the global financial crisis of 2008 the index fell by as much as 8.7 percent before recovering slightly hong kong's hang seng index fell 4.3 percent its biggest one they fall in 2 years and that spilled into other asian markets trading was halted on the new york stock exchange for 15 minutes when the dow jones tumbled more than 7 percent shortly after it opened. well chris a salumi is monitoring the markets for us and joins us live from new york chris that it was friday the 6th of march when it became obvious that saudi arabia and russia hadn't come to some agreement so i suppose people were fearing the opening of the markets was it even worse and some people feare

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.

and the afghan taliban may have already had to a major stumbling block kind of sounds president ashraf ghani says the government did not commit to releasing 5000 taliban prisoners and that it cannot be a precondition for talks with the group prisoner swap was part of the accord signed in qatar on saturday. let's bring you the latest now on the corona virus outbreak iran has just raised its death toll to 54 with the number of cases jumping to 978 people nationwide earlier the u.s. tyson's travel restrictions for countries most affected by the epidemic recording its 1st death from the illness president donald trump called for calm after confirming a man died in washington state the u.s. is banning all travel to iran and blocking entry to any foreign citizens who visited iran in the past 2 weeks it's also issued do not travel warnings to parts of italy and south korea trump is considering closing the border with mexico despite the southern neighbor having only 4 confirmed cases additional cases in the united states are likely but healthy individuals should be able to fully recover. and we think

afghanistan's president ashraf ghani is signed a decree that paves the way for the release of some taliban prisoners $1500.00 taliban prisoners are to be released within the next 15 days it's hoped the move will lead to talks between the taliban and the afghan government it's part of a deal signed by the u.s. and the taliban last month will see the taliban handover $1000.00 afghan government troops in return the u.s. has started removing some of its forces from the country and also washington has managed to win unanimous backing from the united nations for that deal with the taliban some members and security council that appear hesitant to lift sanctions on the taliban jabber chancy has more on this now from new york over the last few days we've been seeing this resolution being watered down more and more when it comes to the issue of sanctions initially the resolution said once interim afghan talks commence the u.n. security council is sure it will show its readiness to review the sanctions against the taliban that's not been watered down further to saying well once in traffic and talks b

the oil producing opec explosions have been heard in afghanistan's capital as president elect ashraf ghani and his political rival are holding rival inauguration ceremonies both mentally and claim to the presidency after a disputed election in september there are concerns that disagreement could be real talks between the government and the taliban. the trial of 4 men accused of murder of the downing of malaysian airlines flight m h 70 has begun in the netherlands 298 people most of them dutch died when the plane was shot down over ukraine in 2014 senators in the philippines it launches supremum court challenge against the president scrapping a long standing defense agreement the u.s. senate has argued that president deter take cannot be scrapped any agreement by them. lines inside story is coming right up. saudi arabia arrests the king's brother and all the royals accused of plotting against the crown prince is muhammad bin solomon consolidating his power and what are the implications of this latest against dissent this is inside story. and welcome to the program. saudi arabia's crown prin

withdrawing troops from afghanistan as part of its agreement with the taliban earlier president ashraf ghani inauguration was marred by a rocket attack this says his rival a beloved dolla actually held his own presidential inauguration all that then hamid reports from kabul. 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 72 start of any 2nd term was finally under way. with the u.s. envoy and other afghan and foreign officials in the audience. ronnie took his oath of office promising to uphold the constitution and bring security while this ceremony is happening not a presidential inauguration unfolding not very far from where we are and that's the one. main competitor behind him and he says that he is the winner and the legitimate president of afghanistan taking the same oath his rival. abdullah rejects the result of the presidential election in september and

revealed the plan during an 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

and not afghanistan's elected government in kabul i this interim afghan talks with president ashraf ghani administration were due to get underway next week but they already appear in doubt the taliban has made the talks conditional on the release of $5000.00 taliban prisoners a demand the afghan government refuses to meet meanwhile the pentagon is pushing ahead with its troop withdrawal in afghanistan and taking the long view on the latest taliban attacks you know this is going to be a long windy bumpy road there will be ups and downs and we'll stop and start that's going to be a nature of this over the next days weeks and months and so i'm not going to get too excited about what happens at the moment. an uncertain time for peace in afghanistan when no one is ready to put away their guns just yet. for more journalists i do nothing for joins me now from. no u.s. forces have carried out an air strike against the taliban would you say this is the beginnings of the under of the door how do you. i think we're in a really odd state with the doha deal because what we've seen is that president tr

headlines plus from a suspected rocket attack interrupted a ceremony in kabal in which 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

in other news of ghana stance president ashraf ghani is expected to issue a decree for at least a 1000 prisoners to be released this week the pentagon says the u.s. military has started withdrawing troops as part of its agreement with the armed group god he took his oath of office amid a rocket attack while they was a rival inauguration ceremony by abdullah abdullah a national strike is underway in mexico called a day without women following mass marches on sunday for international women's day female workers are staying at home they say they're showing what mexico would be like without them activists accuse the government of failing to take attacks on women seriously and women across argentina are expected to rally in support of legalizing abortion the strike action comes after president out beto fernandez said he wants to reopen the debate those are the headlines on al-jazeera coming up next here it's the father the son and the jihad to stay with us. you know most don't demonise. him why at any moment borg i name him one of. us. i'm not accorded you or let you know the whole law well

thousands of taliban prisoners ahead of talks between afghan factions but afghanistan's president ashraf ghani said his government never agreed to that and it wasn't for the u.s. to decide. now where that would be better you know commitment has been made for the release of 5000 prisoners. we have repeatedly said this issue clearly with the u.s. envoy that's out of my colleagues out and other officials with that mommy this is the legitimate right and self-determination of the people of afghanistan. a request has been made and it can be part of the negotiation but it cannot be a precondition yet the might of the muslims. for many afghans the hope of an end to the violence is tempered by fears for their country's future. but they don't think that you know if the us leaves afghanistan we afghans are worried about her return to the brutal situation that the taliban will stop their attacks again. so we call on the taliban to sign the peace deal with the afghan government a soon as possible no that's not how many time these. women and girls especially suffered severe repression under taliban rule. ka

from a suspected rocket attack in kabul have interrupted a ceremony to swear in the afghan leader ashraf ghani as president got he won the race by only a slim margin and rival leader of beloved dula also declared himself president of below was sworn in as president at the same time in a competing ceremony. sudan's prime minister says he has survived a bomb attack on his convoy in the capital hard to adela doc has been in office since august she has promised to cooperate with international war crimes investigations no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. and britain's prince harry and his wife meghan have made their final official appearances royals the couple attended a service at london's westminster abbey under an agreement reached with the palace in january they will stop using the royal titles from the end of the month and will no longer receive public money. turkey's president. has joined talks in brussels aimed at solving a dispute with the e.u. over migrants on the turkish border or 2 on met leaders including european commission head it was enough underlined thousands of mig

from a suspected rocket attack in kabul have interrupted a ceremony to swear an afghan leader ashraf ghani as president gandhi won the race by only a slim margin and rival leader of beloved also declared himself president a bill that was sworn in as president at the same time in a competing ceremony. sudan's prime minister says he has survived a bomb attack on his convoy in the capital hartill adela him doc has been in office since august he's promised to cooperate with international war crimes investigations noble has claimed responsibility for the attack. and european commission had was a lot on the line is hosting turkish president. in brussels today amid a growing standoff over migration open to turkey's border with the e.u. to migrants in violation of a 26000 refugee agreement thousands of people are now massed on the greek border to one wants more help for the 4000000 syrian refugees in turkey. meanwhile germany says it is considering taking in some of around 1500 migrant children who are currently living in greek camps in a state that the german government said it was willing to tak

attack have been heard in afghanistan's capital jaring an inauguration ceremony for president elect ashraf ghani his political rival of dollar villa held a parallel swearing in both men are laying claim to the presidency after a disputed election in september or of the ham it was at the president's germany none of them landed nearby but we could see some smoke not very far i was saying at that point you had we also heard a big cheer from the crowd a 70 saying that he will remain is it was quite the fight * that got some talking even if i even after that rocket those rocket attacks what we saw was is a lot of foreign dignitaries leaving the the ceremony. italy has reported a big jump in the number of corona virus cases as a lockdown of a quarter of its population comes into full force 133 new deaths have been confirmed and the number of infections has doubled since friday global oil markets have plunged as a price for the impact of coronavirus caused its values to plummet brant crude which is often used as a global price benchmark is down by around 30 percent that's after saudi arabia signaled it

failed to win a majority in last week's election the 3rd in under a year afghanistan's president ashraf ghani has signed a decree that paves the way for the release of some taliban prisoners 1500 will be freed within 15 days in return the taliban will hand over a 1000 afghan troops it's hoped the move will lead to talks between the group and the government joe biden has cemented his front runner status in the democratic party race for the white house in the 6 states voting in tuesday's primaries biden won in idaho mississippi missouri and michigan the state with the most delegates up for grabs up next it's my cube or i'll have the news hour in about 30 minutes us either. americans live side by side in 2 parallel universes the trouble parts of america are getting there is a poll out a few weeks ago that you had almost 30 percent americans believing they were on the cusp of civil war both sides accuse each other of doing things that are so blatantly wrong the bottom line on u.s. politics and policies in their effect on the world. on the way. this isn't the place here now is illegal. now another

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