negotiator ambassador zalmay hollows was just in pakistan for several days before he went to doha and the pakistani prime minister imran khan is visiting doha as well it's not clear exactly what role pakistan is playing but they may be playing a newly positive role but peace won't be easy the taliban does not recognize the government in kabul and insists beast. talks will only start when foreign troops leave afghanistan. zimbabwe's president is valen to investigate accusations of assault on torture by his security forces. were calling for national inquiry following the violence during protests against increases in fuel prices but rights groups say nothing would change our metasearch reports from harare. says he doesn't want to see me to visit him in hospital he's afraid that could be victimized for associating with someone police suspect participated in anti-government protests short. machine. is. the business. was in it in civilian clothes. ridge. last week suburbans demonstrated against a fuel price hike which had more than doubled overnight the government responded with force more

the recent talks in doha indicate. that discussion of such important items has begun and i would call it a breakthrough and in that respect are not agreed that. the recent statements was that bigger deal i mean he is not a mediator he is u.s. government envoy and therefore he will be stating the position of the us government which is ok but if it is peace but if taliban continue to fight then the u.s. will continue to support the afghan government that's not a new statement in the will hearing from any other u.s. envoy as well and i did not affect taliban as well in this. engage and interact with that two days when you have to it isn't possible to models discussion of him with taliban will indicate david if u.s. troops draw down there well that have any effect on on all of this. well the u.s. one point well over one hundred thousand troops in afghanistan and drew down to five thousand that did not mean that the taleban did not come to peace talks then so u.s. withdrawal of troops has been proven not to be the real obje

from various regional capitals to doha how significant is it that. neutrality within these talks is important of course qatar wants to be involved in making sure there's long term peace they have a vested interest like any other country the u.a.e. saudi arabia in iran how important is it for the taliban to make sure they can also bring those regional neighbors in to understand their point of view i think the they also realize that the another get in through a very complex political landscape landscape in the region a few weeks ago they were supposed to go and talk with the americans injured day in saudi arabia and then suddenly they said we're not going to go to saudi arabia insisting on staying in doha and finalizing all the talks they are key players here who would like to have a bigger say in shaping the future of afghanistan the united arab emirates saudi arabia but i think now with the taliban maintaining their political bureau and particular with the decision to have more luck rather taking over you go she is with the americas that is quite a s

the recent talks in doha indicate. that discussion of such important items has begun and i would call it a breakthrough and in that respect or not agree that. it is as recent statements was there bigger deal i mean he is not a mediator he is u.s. government envoy and therefore he will be stating the position of the us government which is ok but if it is peace but if taliban continue to fight then the u.s. will continue to support the afghan government that's not a new statement in you will hear from any other u.s. envoy as well and i did not affect taliban as well in this. engage an incorrect with out two days in you have to do is in possibility to models discussion of him with taliban will indicate david if u.s. troops draw down there well that have any effect on on all of this. well the u.s. one point well over one hundred thousand troops in afghanistan and drew down to five thousand that did not mean that the taleban did not come to peace talks then so u.s. withdrawal of troops has been proven not to be the real obj

the recent talks in doha indicate. that discussion of such important items has begun and i would call it a breakthrough and in that respect are not agreed that. it is as recent statements was that bigger deal i mean he is not a mediator he is u.s. government envoy and therefore he will be stating the position of the us government which is ok but if it is peace but if taliban continue to fight then the u.s. will continue to support the afghan government that's not a new statement in the will hearing from any other u.s. envoy as well and i did not affect taliban as well in this. engage and interact with her live today as in you have to do it in possibly tomorrow's discussion of what taliban will indicate david if if u.s. troops draw down there well that have any effect on on all of this. well the u.s. one point well over one hundred thousand troops in afghanistan and drew down to five thousand that did not mean that the taleban did not come to peace talks then so u.s. withdrawal of troops has been proven not to be the re

and the pakistani prime minister imran khan is visiting doha as well it's not clear exactly what role pakistan is playing but they may be playing a newly positive role. let's be easy the taliban does not recognize the government in kabul and insists peace talks will only start when foreign troops leave afghanistan by a zero. bangladesh has given permission to the un special rapporteur on human rights and me and all to visit an island where we're headed refugees will soon be relocated young he leave will visit child and in bangladesh on thursday the uninhabited area will be home to more than one hundred thousand re-injure refugees who fled man all rights groups have criticized the move saying the island is prone to flooding and will be similar to a prison many of the refugees are living in critical long camp in bangladesh natasha going to aim is their. the dash is facing the enormous challenge of how best to host almost a million rohingya refugees cox's bazaar is now home to the largest refugee settlements in the world and the government says people keep streaming over the border from

and taliban representatives but hours before those talks began in doha the taliban fighters launched one of their most daring attacks in recent months a gun and bomb raid on an afghan intelligence and military base southwest of kabul that killed dozens of security personnel many are now looking to see if the timing of the attack coming on the eve of those talks could have an impact on negotiations there have been several efforts to bring the taliban to the negotiating table but the armed group has repeatedly refused to hold direct talks with the afghan government and stat its insistent on the go shaded with the u.s. with the primary goal of forcing foreign troops out of the country at the request of the us the taliban opened an office in doha in two thousand and thirteen to facilitate talks the us has shifted its policy last year and said it was ready to hold direct talks with the taliban and discussed the role of international forces around the talks took place in the u.a.e. last month before officially resuming in qatar this week. let's bring in our guests now in kabul omar zakhilw

and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. a handshake shrouded in secrecy a new report reveals how far president trump went to hide details of a meeting with vladimir a person trucks. it was a pleasure for me to sleep. she will come to you. eight piri piri you need a saudi teenager who fled from has family fearing for a life gets a warm welcome in canada. it was a disaster waiting to happen the government was well aware of the risks of liquefaction here in this area but did nothing to inform the people i'm stuck process reporting from problem with crowds and. earthquake in september. more shuttle diplomacy for the u.s. secretary of state mike pump air has arrived here in doha pump aoe is calling for unity among gulf states that are in disputes with each other the secretary of state is on a nine nation tour of the middle east attempting to reassure u.s. allies on a strategy for sarah after donald trump abruptly called for the withdrawal of u.s. forces compare hailed the importance of the u.s. alliance with qatar in maintaining

a deal zalmay khalilzad held six days of talks with taliban representatives in the qatari capital doha key sticking points on the go shaping a cease fire and a timeframe for a withdrawal of foreign jury was from afghanistan the u.s. on boy is being cautious in a series of tweets he said that significant progress had been made on vital issues but he warned that some issues are yet to be resolved and he stressed that a cease fire must be a result of afghan dialogue that's a reference to the taliban's refusal so far to negotiate directly with the afghan government. for more on this i'm joined from kabul by correspondent on the t.v. ali thanks so much for joining us today now there are reports of significant progress in doha what are you hearing there in kabul. well right now in kabul or waiting to see what the government here has to say about the information that's on my colleagues our brings back we know that there have been several sticking points in these discussions things that while sightsee is very important to their demands a potential settled peace in the country so the two main i

doha everyone on command santa maria and this is the news hour from al-jazeera one of the worst taliban attacks in seventeen years of war in afghanistan and it's raising questions over talks with the united states also reports of beatings against activists in sudan as protesters demand on our oprah she stepped down. as hundreds of thousands of bringing the refugees wait to be moved today new home the u.n. gets the green light to visit the place that's been likened to a prison. and the race is on officially now we will find out who is in the running for this year's academy awards and on time and how much with all the sports and the line up for the asian cup quarter finals is now complete thank you twenty two world cup host katakana to the last eight maybe two thousand and seven champions the iraq one nail in the last round of the team out. so details are emerging of one of the worst taliban attacks in seventeen years of the war in which really sixty five afghan intelligence and security personnel were killed it is fear that that final death toll actually could be much higher the suicide.

headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes president. meetings with the media as protests continue in his country. also despite condemnation from human rights groups in. years government continues to deport ring of refugees. and after several months thailand announces it will hold its first election since a twenty fourteen military coup and in sports seven time champion serina williams has been knocked out of the australian open williams losing her quarter final against carolina place give a three sets. welcome to the news our sudan's president omar al bashir has held a meeting with cat hours i mean shake that mean bin hamad tiny in doha bush's visit to the gulf state comes during the longest anti-government protests of his time in office he's facing nearly daily demonstrations calling for an end to his thirty year rule well covering this developing story for us we have a shell live for us in doha following the sudanese president's arrival now jamal obviously you know he's here for a reason it's certainly not a social visit he's got big

doha. still ahead on the program we'll tell you about the impact of kenya has increased security along its border with somalia. by the springtime flowers of a mountain lake. to the finest snowfall on a winter's day. hello there the snow problems are continuing across many parts of europe the satellite picture is showing the latest band of snow this being working its way southwards it's crossed the out now and it's working its way down towards parts of greece it's still getting a fair amount of snow across the balkans there and across the eastern parts of europe a little bit of rain though as it hits the warm air over parts of it today behind it the still more outbreaks of snow there across the northern outs at the moment and there's a lot of it to continue things do change though as we head through into choose day because on choose day we'll see the winds coming in from the west that will bring in some milder as so london up to ten degrees and force in berlin will be up but a round fix so s

hello i'm a saudi attain this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. i'm always concerned about his safety a call for help we hear from the wife of a student he's anti-government protest he's been missing for nearly a week. we damage the actual damage also a warning on climate change as a meeting without leaders from some of the wilds west produces. and the foreign language movie breaking new ground and an oscar race that's not so black and white it's. well tensions between venezuela and the united states are escalating just hours before nationwide protests smaller demonstrations took place for a second straight night on choose day president nicolas maduro has ordered a quiet revision of diplomatic relations with the u.s. that's in response to u.s. vice president mike pence declaring support for demonstrators and opposition leaders schalit best reports. energized protest isn't caracas rally the a movement hoping to push the president from power play. out with the usurper as unrest happened last year our armed forces the country soldiers many of them be

secretary of state flanked by the cattery foreign minister they have been meeting today in doha it's the second stop fit might compare today after he left the u.a.e. this morning and there have already met and had a discussion and we do expect mike compare to travel later today to riyadh the capital of saudi arabia let's have a listen to what they have to say. very first visit to do that we hope this. visit will be repeated and repeated we appreciate his role in the second round of the u.s. qatari strike t.v. dialogue that expresses the historic relations between our both countries and the alliance that has been built during the last few decades and today we're here to build upon the outcome of the for strategic dialogue and discussions a day which means that seven sessions will be held in different sectors economic and trade and cultural grounded occasional and political security and defense sectors partnership with the united states marines that it is solid based on our solid ground based on understanding the mutual interest between our both country as we have signed agreements in

military base in the middle east a low date near the capital doha is home to the forward operating base of u.s. central command. and then we have discussed all the issues of interest for our country's regional issues starting with the gulf cooperation council and the peace process in the middle east and america's top diplomat also visited jordan behind the u.a.e. egypt oh man will be his last destination after canceling a visit to kuwait to attend a family funeral coates' emir has played a crucial role in trying to mediate and to the blockade of qatar in june two thousand and seventeen saudi arabia u.a.e. barrin and egypt cut off relations with doha accusing it of supporting armed groups a charge carter has strongly denied. mattson is live from muscat now where pump air has been meeting with the omani officials so rob will pompei and be taking the same messages to him on. i think we can be pretty certain that he will be has from the first message of course that the u.s. is still in the fight against extremism and the fight against eisold alongside its arab allies the second one is hashe

then he says he supports sudan's unity and stability as he met sudan's president omar bashir here in doha the president's visit of course comes during the longest anti-government protests of his time in office but she faces nearly daily demonstrations calling for an end to his thirty year rule earlier today our team got a hold of sudan's foreign minister here who said it's not out of the ordinary to seek help from allies. it's important to point out that the visit by president bashir to qatar came in a much wider and complex context than a passing crisis personally have been a part in the organization of this visit from an early stage way before the crisis regardless of this idle anyone who is wondering about the timing of the visit and it is not extraordinary for one to seek a dialogue with friends and brothers when there is a crisis or economic pressures to find solutions to these crises. more on this state visit from jim he's reporting from the office of cutters in the air here in the. this is the first foreign trip to be made by president obama bashir since those protests that have er

has more from the office of here in doha. this is the first foreign trip to be made by president obama bashir since those protests that have erupted in his country escalated over the past few weeks the fact that he chose to visit qatar is telling and heart to him have a strong history between them. sponsored and host of the darfur peace talks for example is invested or made billions of dollars worth of investments over the years and often there has been an alignment between qataris vision for the region when it comes to significant issues like for example palestine and that of sudan as well speaking to our jazeera the sudanese foreign minister said that this was or he described the meeting between president bashir and sure i mean from a as a brotherly meeting he said that they would discuss regional issues and that the protests in sudan were too small of a topic to be the focus of these bilateral discussions having said that however they are significance protests they are the longest protests sort of taken place since she cam

have them speak of this is live from doha also coming up the u.n. renews calls for an independent investigation into the death of. say saudi arabia's trial is not sufficient and. broad on the south korean island just twelve kilometers from north korea's guns people are hoping talk of peace a silence them for good plus a massive data breach in germany seas politicians data published online but was it a leak or a hack. talks will continue through the weekend in washington as the partial united states government shutdown enters its third week the standoff is over president. for more than five billion dollars to build a border war with mexico opposed by democrats in congress. has the latest from washington. the two sides emerged from both sides of the white house with very different impressions of how their meeting went and we had a very very productive meeting a lengthy and sometimes contentious conversation with the president. with democrats now in charge of one chamber of congress they came to the white house to try and find a compromise to reopen th

reports now from doha. mike bomb paling qatar where the message to the gulf countries and their dispute the wheres political crisis in decades for the gulf cooperation council president and i both believe the ongoing dispute in the region has dragged on too long and the dispute benefits adversaries and harms our mutual interests the emir of qatar shaped i mean been hammered out than he greeted bomb peo after discussions with qatar's foreign minister said mohammed but i'll get a man out of fannie both countries say they are keen to consolidate trade and military cooperation that includes expanding the largest u.s. military base in the middle east and the date near the capital doha is home to the forward operating base of u.s. central command. and then we have discussed all the issues of interest for our countries regional issues starting with the gulf cooperation council and the peace process in the middle east as well as the reconsolidation in afghanistan as well as other issues such as syria and counterter

doha al-jazeera senior political analyst. and then tied into what might be discussing with mohammedan samana and why the u.s. secretary of state's visit is so crucial. in particular he is now secretary of state. but when the gulf crisis first broke he was the rector of the cia and i'm sure he would be looking and b.s. mohammed muscle man in the eyes and would say we know we know what you've done how you manufactured the crisis with qatar and went on to blockaded on the basis of false information and in the process tried to deceive or present meaning thrum in order to take your side against qatar i think it's very clear for secretary perform peo former director of the cia what exactly went down here just as it is. quite obvious for his successor mrs hasp all the director of the cia today how riyadh or who in riyadh is responsible for the murder of journalist in the saudi consulate in istanbul so all of that knowledge all of the information is available to the secretary of state when he meets his counterparts or when he meets t

hashim the whole bara speaking to us there live from here in doha thanks hashan. well the syrian army is preparing for an offensive by turkish forces on the kurdish rebel stronghold of men bitch syria's government has deployed soldiers artillery and tanks to the northwest suburbs of the city as u.s. forces prepare to leave turkish troops have carried out military exercises at the border with syria ahead of this expect this expected offensive and considers the kurdish y p g a terrorist group and u.s. secretary of state mike pompei was hopeful of an agreement with turkey to protect its kurdish allies who fought the war against eisel the kurds are bracing for the imminent operation sin and cos the early reports from northern syria. preparing for battle these men are members of the free syrian army as hamza brigade their allies of the turkish military are on a war footing and preparing for an offensive on the kurdish out city of human bridge in northern syria these fighters say they will not be left behind to mom and ask with or without the u.s. withdrawal we will com

across parts of northern and western saudi arabia even a shower too could be a problem but here in doha we do expect to see about twenty three degrees as the high on wednesday and as we go towards thursday it is going to be about twenty four miska a nice day if you are temperatures of twenty four degrees. whether online. for them. or if you join us on sat all of us have been colonized in some form or some fashion they say is a diana talking about a legal friend you have seen what it can do to somebody people are using multiple drugs including and some people are seeking to tell everyone has a voice and us here at aussie or twitter and you could be on the street and join the colobus conversation on mt is iraq. you're watching out to syria time to recap our headlines now the six week old cease fire and the data appears to be on the brink of collapse. day there as well as on the outskirts of the capital and the retired general in charge of the troops step down. at least thirty thousand people have fled the town in nigeria because they wrongly feared boko haram fighters were about to attack

hello i'm a saudi attain doha with the top stories on al-jazeera venezuela's president nicolas maduro has ordered a revision of diplomatic relations with the united states he was responding to comments by u.s. vice president mike pence who's backing the opposition small demonstrations took place for a second straight night on choose day ahead of massive rallies expected on wednesday . if. everything i have decided and i have given the order to the foreign minister of the republic to initiate a total and absolute revision with the government of the united states of america and in the coming hours we will take the decision of a political and diplomatic character in defense of our national sovereignty and defense of the constitution and defense of venezuelan democracy sudan's president has arrived in cattle and his first trip abroad since violent antigovernment protests broke out last month m alba shares and doha for two days of talks he is due to meet with the qatari i'm in shape to member phony on wednesday back home to share is facing daily demonstrations calling for an end to his thi

this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up zimbabwe's president called for a national dialogue after weeks of protests that led to deaths on the lists. the british prime minister unveils another person but it looks a lot like the one m.p. already rejected. and under arrest venezuelan detained soldiers accused of plotting an uprising against president nicolas maduro. there's widespread anger in sudan against the government and its crackdown on protesters thousands rallied in on their month following the death of a student protest a twenty four year old trainee engineer died of his wounds after he was shot during protests on thursday the opposition says forty seven people have been killed since demonstrations began last month when the government raised the price of bread but he didn't move and joins us live now from the capital khartoum eba more demonstrations planned for today but how much concern is that now about the way the government's cracking down on protesters. well daryn since the start of the protests people have been objecting to the fact that police and security force

hello i'm the star detained this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. i am always concerned about is safety a call for help we hear from the wife of a sudanese antigovernment protesters who has been missing for nearly a week. damaged to. a warning on climate change as a meeting without leaders from some of the world's west polluters. and the foreign language movie that could break new ground and also because race that's not so black and white. threats between venezuela and the united states are escalating just hours before a planned protest president nicolas maduro says he's ordered a quote revision of diplomatic relations with the u.s. that's in response to u.s. vice president mike pence declaring support for demonstrators and opposition leaders schalit palace reports. energized protest isn't caracas rally the a movement hoping to push the president from power. out with the usurper as unrest happened last year our armed forces the country's soldiers many of them began to demonstrate their own happiness and today there are over four hundred officers in

in the middle of the longest anti-government protests of his time in office omar al bashir was in doha for two days of talks he's using meet the qatari i'm a shock to me banana death any in the coming hours back in dando bashir was facing daily demonstrations calling for an end to his thirty year long rule rights groups accuse the government of cracking down on demonstrators they say at least forty people been killed since the protests began well sudan's labor minister says the government is working to start a dialogue with the demonstrators. we are required to exert more if it's in the coming days and this should include a teams to find common grounds with the youths protesting it is known that they took to the streets as a spontaneous response to the government's failure as they have no clear cut political affiliations it is the for at g.t. it's a state authority to find channels of communication with them to find common solutions even morgan has more from the capital khartoum. people incident have been demonstrating for five weeks now and they say they want the president to step dow

envoy to afghanistan and the taliban will be held in doha next month zalmay khalilzad is in kabul to brief government leaders there on negotiations to end the seventeen year war secretary of state michael peo says the u.s. government is serious about pursuing peace and bringing america's armed forces home has some how about a reports. afghans eager to learn more about the peace talks between the u.s. and the taliban. government leaders in kabul are not commenting they have complained about not being involved in the latest round of talks in qatar's capital . that afghans we spoke to hope the talks in doha will help and the war while others are skeptical does not omit what is theme that we are very hopeful all the afghans are tired of for exploration in suicide attack in this country they are hoping for a brighter future and i am very hopeful that these talks will bring a bright future for us and for the future of afghanistan. we afghans don't trust groups affiliated with foreign intelligence agencies the u.s. must talk with the afghan people because we are the ones who suffer this is

slowing down jordan this is live from doha also coming up zimbabwe's human rights group accuses police of brutality and to government protests as the president calls for national dialogue. under arrest venezuela detained soldiers accused of planning an uprising against the president nicolas maduro. and the british prime minister unveils another version of that plan but it looks a lot like the one m.p.'s already rejected. there's widespread anger inside than against the government and its crackdown on protesters thousands rallied in the dorm on following the death of a student protester twenty four year old trainee engineer died of his wounds after he was shot during protests on thursday the opposition says forty seven people have been killed since demonstrations began last month when the government raised the price of bread or the morgan joins us live now from the capital khartoum so more demonstrations planned for today but how much concern is the about the way the government's cracking down on protesters. well there and first thing we have to know is that from last night after a figh

hearing this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes the u.s. president warns turkey of severe consequences if it carries out a military offensive against kurdish troops in northern syria. present. a call for unity among country. for the sake of regional security. longer on the run former italian communist. extradited to face murder charges more than thirty years as a fugitive. and anger and frustration the president doubles the price of fuel. threaten to devastate turkey's economy if it forces attacks on kurdish fighters in syria the us president took to twitter to make various foreign policy statements the syrian army is preparing for an offensive by turkish forces on the kurdish rebel stronghold of damascus has deployed soldiers artillery and tanks to the northwest suburbs of the city as u.s. forces prepare to leave let's get more now from castro who is in washington d.c. heidi turkey is a nato ally what else did donald trump say about them on twitter. right on this late night sunday tweet from the white house donald trump went on to say that

military base in the middle east and the date near the capital doha is home to the forward operating base of u.s. central command and then the earth leaving a bit and then we've discussed all the issues of interest for our country's regional issues starting with the gulf cooperation council and the peace process in the middle east as well as the rican silly ation in afghanistan as well as other issues such as syria and counter terrorism bomb. bio landed in qatar from the united arab emirates after visiting egyptian and behave rain he's flying to santee arabia which have imposed the eighteen month long land and sea blockade on. the accused the title funding extremism allegations strongly dismissed by a qatari leader as america's top diplomat has also visited jordan and is due in oman and kuwait on his middle east tour it's being seen as an attempt to rally support among key players in the region to counterbalance the growing influence of iran and i don't think that the administration plans for dealing with iran by virtue of trying to organize a larger coalition are going to work simpl

you're watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up the u.s. secretary of state is expected to push saudi arabia to come clean on the murder. during his forthcoming visit to the middle east. on foreign stay on the island of course in thailand where the damage caused by tropical storm is not as bad as initially feared. also ahead by donkey's are facing extinction in northern nigeria. the u.s. president donald trump is threatening to impose a national emergency as a partial government shutdown enters a third week a meeting with senior democrats failed to resolve the deadlock over mr trump's demand to fund a border war with mexico negotiations will continue through the weekend in washington patrick or haim as the latest. the two sides emerged from both sides of the white house with very different impressions of how their meeting went and they had a very very productive meeting a lengthy and sometimes contentious conversation with the president. with democrats now in charge of one chamber of congress they came to the white house to try and find a c

military base in the middle east dade near the capital doha is home to the forward operating base of u.s. central command. and then we've discussed all the issues of interest for our countries regional issues starting with the gulf cooperation council and the peace process in the middle east as well as the reconsideration in afghanistan as well as other issues such as syria and counterterrorism. landed in qatar from the united arab emirates after visiting egyptian and behave in his flying to sandy arabia which have all imposed their eighteen month long land and sea blockade on qatar the accused the title funding extremism allegations strongly dismissed by the qatari leaders. america's top diplomat has also visited jordan and is due in oman and kuwait on his middle east tour it's being seen as an attempt to rally support among key players in the region to counterbalance the growing influence of iran and i don't think that the administration plans for dealing with iran by virtue of trying to organize a larger coalition are going to work simply because most states do not agree with us i

continues has to be about al-jazeera doha. al-jazeera senior political analyst marwan bashara gave us some insight into what to mike pompei will be discussing with mohamed bin found man and why the u.s. secretary of state's visit is so crucial. in particular he is now secretary of state. but when the gulf crisis first broke he was the rector of the cia and i'm sure he would be looking and b.s. mohammed missile man in the eyes and would say we know we know what you've done how you manufactured a crisis with qatar and went on to blockade it on the basis of false information and in the process tried to deceive or present meaning thrum in order to take your side against qatar i think it's very clear for secretary bill on pale former director of the cia what exactly went down here just as it is. quite obvious for his successor mrs hasp of the director of the cia today how riyadh or who in riyadh is responsible for the murder of journalist in the saudi consulate in istanbul so all of that knowledge all of the information is availabl

the semifinals of the cats are open by roberta a good joke of each other pretty frustrating night in doha against the pirates twenty four in the world the reigning us open and wimbledon champion beaten here in three sets by his spanish parlance both players building up to the first grand slam of the year that's the australian open which starts on january the fourteenth. r.c. so good will face thomas burdick in the final on saturday the czech who's been without a title since twenty six the eating its lees market checking out so in straight sets. now germany's alexanders vera of be djokovic in the title decider in november the season ending a.t.p. finals the world number four yet so win a grand slam but he's looking good in his preparations for melbourne guarded germany into the final of the hotline cuts him event despite this slip against much of the novel stray went on to win this match. and his country will take on switzerland in saturday's five. now argentinian football legend diego maradona has been admitted to hospital in point his areas after suffering from bleeding in his stomach ma

alone down in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. venezuela's president lashes out at the u.s. from posing sanctions on the state owned oil company. culture in pakistan decides whether to uphold the comp.

doha. a court in the democratic republic of congo is expected to hear the case of presidential runner martin for you know who's challenging the election result he's arguing for a manual recount haram has more from his. catholic priest as the congregation to pray for peace in d.c. as uncertainty grows over the disputed election result the catholic church deployed forty thousand election observers on voting day last month they tallies his opposition leader martin for you lou.

hello i'm the star and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. president both believe the ongoing dispute the region has dragged on too long a call for unity among gulf countries and an end to the blockade of qatar for the sake of regional security. anger and frustration in zimbabwe as the president doubles the price of fuel clocks. on jonah hill in hungry where homelessness is now a criminal offense as the government projects power over the powerless. us president donald trump has threatened to devastate turkey's economy if its forces attack kurdish fighters in syria it's the latest political fallout from the u.s. leaders announcement that he plans to pull american forces out of syria threats came in a tweet in which he said the u.s. still plan to attack i still while leaving syria he said starting the long overdue pullout from syria while hitting the little remaining isis territorial caliphate hard and for many directions will attack again from existing nearby base if it reforms will devastate turkey economically if they hit kurds create twenty

how small from the office of qatar's i mean here in doha. this is the first foreign trip to be made by president obama bashir since those protests that have erupted in his country escalated over the past few weeks the fact that he chose to visit qatar is telling and what to him have a strong history between them. sponsored and host of the darfur peace talks for example it's invested or made billions of dollars worth of investments over the years and often there has been an alignment between qataris vision for the region when it comes to significant issues like for example palestine and that's of sudan as well speaking charges zero the sudanese foreign minister said that this was or he described the meeting between president bashir and sure i mean been from a funny as a brotherly meeting he said that they would discuss regional issues and that the protests in sudan were too small of a topic to be the focus of these bilateral discussions having said that however they are significance protests they are the longest protests that have taken place

towards a deal so may held six days of talks with the taliban representatives in the qatari capital doha key sticking points on negotiating a cease fire and a timeframe for a withdrawal of foreign troops from afghanistan. and the u.s. envoy is being cautious in a series of tweets he said that significant progress had been made on vital issues but he warned that some issues are yet to be resolved and he stressed that a cease fire must be a result of intra afghan dialogue that's a reference to the taliban's refusal so far to negotiate directly with the afghan government for more i asked correspondent in kabul what he's heard about the reports from those talks in doha well right now in kabul we're waiting to see what the government here has to say the information. brings back we know that there have been several sticking points in these discussions things that well sightsee is very important to their demands of potential settled peace in the country so the two main issues left are a troop withdrawal which the taleban say that they have didn't have to. reach an agreement on a foreign troop w

degrees and as we go towards friday maybe inching up to about twenty six degrees there well here in doha temperatures are going to be coming down of the next few days so here on thursday starting at about twenty seven degrees winds coming out of the south but as we go towards friday winds are going to be shifting with the weather system coming through and we do expect to see about twenty two degrees over towards abu dhabi doha at about twenty and riyadh about seventy degrees there. a face can tell a story without uttering a single. unknowing glom. can guide. a simple touch inform us. the young conventionality of life witness through the lens of the human eye. is what inspires us. witness documentaries on al-jazeera. welcome back with al jazeera live from london a look at the top stories for us soldiers are among at least fifteen people have been killed by a bomb in miami beach in northern syria it comes weeks off the president trump said he would pull his forces out of syria. and the u.k. is in chaos over how it will exit european union with treason maze government facing a vote of no co

at a recent meeting in doha the so-called doha forum many of those involved in efforts to find a peaceful resolution gathered to reflect on the lack of progress one of them the head of the venerable munich security conference spread his message that the european powers in particular had failed miserably western policy toward syria it seems now it's focused more on combating certain groups and perhaps limiting the iranian presence in syria rather than the overall political future investing in the overall the vest in diplomacy in the overall political future of syria which is left more to the russians do you agree with that analysis well i think quite frankly i'll be very honest with you i think our syria policy. has been is exhausted we started saving we the europeans we started seven years ago with a loud call for the demise of bashar assad. without really having a plan of how we would want to get rid of him. and of course we didn't get rid of him because we never had the means at the strategy and the policy to to influence decisions on the ground. so now what is what we're now seeing is

in the study attained doha and these are the top stories the u.s. president has denied accusations he conceal details of his meetings with russia's leader of that impression the washington post alleges donald trump took back the notes made by his interpreter following a meeting in hamburg in twenty seventeen why not release the conversation that you had with president putin in the house thinking along with some other stops that might involve. bruce or the whole lot of them world you need i would i don't care i mean i had a conversation like every president did you sit with the president to various countries i do it with all countries we had a great conversation we were talking about israel and securing israel and or lots of other things it was a great conversation i'm not keeping it is getting under wraps like couldn't care less u.s. secretary of state to my qualm payer has left the u.a.e. and is due to arrive in qatar in the latest leg of his visit to the middle east pump a it was calling for unity amongst its gulf allies qatar is under blockade by

headquarters here in doha also coming up. it's sad and it's death. view of the syrian conflict late. defends his decision to withdraw u.s. troops. president blames others for his country's economic and political turmoil. and over the moon a chinese spacecraft becomes the first to land on the far side of the earth's next door neighbor. good to have you with us on al-jazeera first eleven suspects in the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi a face court in saudi arabia for the very first time now the saudi prosecutor is seeking the death penalty for five of the accused because our she was last seen alive or tobar the second he entered the saudi consulate in istanbul and was never seen again the next day turkish security sources said they had information that he'd been killed inside the consulate and his body dismembered saudi arabia rejected the claim as lies then turkish media published images of a fifteen member saudi team that arrived in istanbul on the same day that kosher g. disappeared and said the group was at the consulate building when the jour

on the clock this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. we really have no choice. but to build a powerful wall. loses the battle for his mexico border wall for now agreeing to temporarily and the u.s. government shut down. venezuela's self-proclaimed leader cranks up the pressure on president nicolas maduro rejecting an offer of talks. and how can your is trying to repair its reputation and once again fill its beaches with turns. so at least nine people have been killed and hundreds are missing after a dam burst at a mine in southeastern brazil the mine near the town of bernardino in minister ice state was in the process of being decommissioned when the dam collapsed on friday in two thousand and fifteen there was another down disaster in mariano about one hundred thirty kilometers away involving the same mining company fails why reports now from neighboring argentina the twelve wave of reddish orange sludge was sent skewing into the countryside when a series of three dams collapsed the failed structures unnoticed tailings dams filled with residue from iron ore min

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well i'm down in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up venezuela's leader accuses the u.s. of interfering in his country's affairs again and orders a revision of ties with washington. the u.s. senate will finally vote to try and end the government shutdown that is promising to be a fight. to free damage to the natural world we damage ourselves on a warning on climate change at a meeting without leaders from some of the world's worst polluters.

negotiator ambassador zalmay hollis art was just in pakistan for several days before he went to doha and the pakistani prime minister imran khan is visiting doha as well it's not clear exactly what role pakistan is playing but they may be playing a newly positive role but peace won't be easy the taliban does not recognize the government in kabul and insists peace talks will only start when foreign troops leave afghanistan. a mentally ill is a security analyst based in kabul he explained why peace negotiations haven't been successful so far. the problem with negotiation is. when we have a negotiation it's not only limited to afghanistan it's very rare we should not expect a reduction in violence there is a possibility of increase in violence even if we have. to try to increase the leverage there do su by increasing while and i believe that original countries. also have a role to play in negotiating negotiation. about the issue of afghanistan but finally it comes to people it should be the afghan people and it is people who has the potential to resolve the problems international commun