gen dostum lift off to ahmed ishi in northern accused him and his guards of kidnapping and rape. them dostum ordered his commander to rape me nine other bodyguards he told them to rape me until the ground is covered with blood and take a photograph but dostum refused to come in for questioning president ashraf ghani then persuaded turkey's president richard typo to want to take him in it's not the first time dostum spain exiled in turkey it's a repeat of ten years ago when he assaulted a political rival which led to this standoff in kabul between police and his bodyguards dostum has a ruthless reputation he has ruled northern afghanistan for thirty years and is renowned for shifting his allegiance in one thousand nine hundred sixty minute top taliban commanders for talks but the handshake stops the he would fight the taliban in the northern alliance famously saying he could live a vow to a government where there is no whisky and no music after the two thousand and one us invasion dostum transitioned from warlord to politician. he wields enormous influence in afghanistan's north m

after the two thousand and one us invasion dostum transitioned from warlord to politician. he willed enormous influence in afghanistan's north when he returned from exile ten years ago this was his reception. i many including president danny who needs the support of dostum spanx we eager to see what type of reception he gets this time. china bellus al-jazeera a much darker him is a political analyst and specialist on regional security joins us now on skype from kabul good to get you with us first of all as you may have heard a blast has targeted the airport area in kabul i don't want you to speculate but any reason to believe that that is linked or targeted to the arrival of the vice president back into afghanistan. well one good state of that did was start to doubt him because the opposition militant groups are his target. i mean the target does not build those gatherings which can contribute to instability and insecurity and i want to start and the issue of those them has been so much politicised with the last fourteen months that. anything doing with that in dollars of i

after the two thousand and one us invasion dostum transitioned from warlord to politician. he willed enormous influence in afghanistan's north when he returned from exile ten years ago this was his reception. was many including president danny who needs the support of dostum spanx we eager to see what type of reception he gets this time. charlotte bellus al-jazeera. is a political analyst and specialist on regional security he says dostum has clearly been targeted by opposition groups. the opposition militant groups are his target. i mean day the target because he does not build those gatherings which can contribute to instability and insecurity and i want to start and the issue of jerusalem has been so much politicized on the last two or fourteen months that anything doing with that in dom's of insecurity or targeting the khan lives or even harming them would have significantly contributed to instability in the afghanistan unfortunately many people talk their district down will help the country get rid of these warlords who have been maintaining a hedge of many and have be

me until the ground is covered with blood and take a photograph but dostum are. used to come in for questioning president ashraf ghani then persuaded turkey's president rejects to want to take him in it's not the first time dostum spin exiled in turkey it's a repeat of ten years ago when he assaulted a political rival which led to this standoff in kabul between police and his bodyguards dostum has a ruthless reputation he has ruled northern afghanistan for thirty years and is renowned for shifting his allegiance in one thousand nine hundred sixty minute top taliban commanders for talks but the handshake stops the he would fight the taliban in the northern alliance famously saying he could live a vow to a government where there is no whisky and no music after the two thousand and one us invasion dostum transitioned from warlord to politician. enormous influence in afghanistan's north making him a target his enemies want him gone his allies need him ahead of next year's presidential election. so if more on this i'm joined by in washington he is the form a senior ad

at least fourteen people have been killed the bomb went off near where the press gathered for dostum is arrival the ethnic uzbek general left last year after being accused of sexual abuse and torture against a political rival he's being welcomed to kabul despite an ongoing from an investigation or balance reports. the second most powerful man in afghanistan is back in kabul vice president general abdul rashid dostum had been living in exile in turkey for the last fourteen months he was allowed to come back after his supporters protested demanding his return. gen dostum left because of this man ahmed issue a northern elder who accused him and his guards of kidnapping and rape of the book dostum ordered his commander to rape me nine other bodyguards he told them to rape me until the ground is covered with blood and take a photograph but dostum refused to come in for questioning president ashraf ghani then persuaded turkey's president rejects over one to take him in it's not the first time dostum spin exiled in turkey it's a repeat of ten years ago when he assaulted a political rival wh

dostum escaped his convoy had passed minutes earlier the second most powerful man in afghanistan had been living in exile in turkey for the last fourteen months his supporters protested demanding his return but there are many who don't want him back. general dostum lift off to ahmed ishi in northern accused him and his guards of kidnapping and rape. the book dostum ordered his commander to rape me nine other bodyguards he told them to rape me until the ground is covered with blood and take a photograph but dostum refused to come in for questioning president ashraf ghani then persuaded turkey's president reject typo to want to take him in it's not the first time dostum spain exiled in turkey it's a repeat of ten years ago when he assaulted a political rival which led to this standoff in kabul between police and his bodyguards dostum has a ruthless reputation he has ruled northern afghanistan for thirty years and is renowned for shifting his allegiance. in one thousand nine hundred six he met top taliban commanders for talks but the handshake stops the he would fight the taliban in the

gen dostum lift off to ahmed ishi in northern accused him and his guards of kidnapping and rape. ordered his commander to rape me nine other bodyguards he told them to rape me until the ground is covered with blood and take a photograph but dostum refused to come in for questioning president ashraf ghani then persuaded turkey's president reject typo to want to take him in it's not the first time dostum spin excelled in turkey it's a repeat of ten years ago when he assaulted a political rival which led to this standoff in kabul between police and his bodyguards dostum has a ruthless reputation he has ruled northern afghanistan for thirty years and is renowned for shifting his allegiance. in one thousand nine hundred six he met top taliban commanders for talks but the handshake stops the he would fight the taliban in the northern alliance famously saying he could live a vow to a government where there is no whisky and nor music after the two thousand and one us invasion dostum transitioned from warlord to politician. he willed enormous influence in afghanistan's north making him a

gen dostum lift off to ahmed ishi and northern accused him and his guards of kidnapping and rape. them dostum ordered his commander to rape me nine other bodyguards he told them to rape me until the ground is covered with blood and take a photograph but dostum refused to come in for questioning president ashraf ghani then persuaded turkey's president richard typo to want to take him in it's not the first time dostum spin exiled in turkey it's a repeat of ten years ago when he assaulted a political rival which led to this standoff in kabul between police and his bodyguards dostum has a ruthless reputation he has ruled northern afghanistan for thirty years and is renowned for shifting his allegiance. in one thousand nine hundred sixty minute top taliban commanders for talks with the handshake stops the he would fight the taliban in the northern alliance famously saying he could live a vow to a government where there is no whisky and no music after the two thousand and one us invasion dostum transitioned from warlords to politician the. enormous influence of afghanistan's new making

after the two thousand and one us invasion dostum transitioned from warlord to politician. he willed enormous influence in afghanistan's north when he returned from exile ten years ago this was his reception. was many including president gandhi who needs the support of boston's banks we eager to see what type of reception he gets this time china bellus al-jazeera. min is a political analyst and specialist on regional security he says dostum has clearly been targeted by opposition groups. unfortunately many people talk their district down will help the country get rid of these warlords who have been made dinning ahead you may be and have been influencing the local politics have been really creating problems for the general public they have been engaged in extortion struggling language being etc but john also. means that the government might not pursue the not for our string or eliminating these boards and as such this is a big sit back to hold people the general outline public we're sick of these warlords. think this is a this is a sit back and against the wishes and the wil

dostum escaped his convoy had passed minutes earlier the second most. awful man in afghanistan had been living in exile in turkey for the last fourteen months his supporters protested demanding his return but there are many who don't want him back. gen dostum lift off to ahmed ishi in northern accused him and his guards of kidnapping and rape. ordered his commander to rape me nine other bodyguards he told them to rape me until the ground is covered with blood and take a photograph but dostum refused to come in for questioning president ashraf ghani then persuaded turkey's president reject typo to want to take him in it's not the first time dostum spain exiled in turkey it's a repeat of ten years ago when he assaulted a political rival which led to this standoff in kabul between police and his bodyguards dostum has a ruthless reputation he has ruled northern afghanistan for thirty years and is renowned for shifting his allegiance. in one thousand nine hundred six he met top taliban commanders for talks with the handshake stops the he would fight the tali

the attack coincided with the arrival of afghan vice president abdul rashid dostum from a self—imposedn turkey. so—called islamic state says it was behind the attack, in which a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device near the airport's main entrance. a witness described the moment of the blast. translation: an ordinary person came along, he looked normal, just like me. he was wearing black clothes. he talked to the police. and i thought he was a suicide bomber. and suddenly an explosion happened. the iranian president, hassan rouhani, has warned president trump not to escalate tensions with his country, saying a confrontation with the islamic republic would lead to the mother of all wars. he added that peace with iran would be the mother of all peace. tehran is facing increased pressure from washington over mr trump's decision to withdraw the us from a 2015 international deal on iran's nuclear programme. in germany, around 25,000 people have protested against the hardline immigration stance of chancellor angela merkel‘s bavarian allies, the christian social union. 0rganisers said

dostum was unharmed in the explosion. dostum left afghanistan last year, after the country's attorney general ordered the arrest of his bodyguards for allegedly torturing and sexually assaulting a rival politician. dostum was also involved in a massacre in 2001 that killed up to 2,000 taliban prisoners of war. elsewhere in afghanistan sunday, gunmen stormed a mosque in eastern nangarhar province, opening fire and killing four worshippers during evening prayers. in northwestern pakistan, a susuicide bomber strtruck a cony carrying a candidate in pakistan's general election, killing him and his driver and wounding three other people. the pakistani taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, which killed ikramullah gandapur, a member of the pakistan justice movement, the party headed by former cricket star-turned-frontrunner imran khany. the bombing came on the eve of wednesday's general election, and amid increasing violence aimed at derailing the vote. earlier this month, a massive suicide bombing at an election campaig

the attack coincided with the arrival of afghan vice president abdul rashid dostum.ident has returned to the country following a year of self imposed exile in turkey, after he faced a raft of accusations including allegedly torturing and abusing a political rival. the so—called islamic state says it is behind the attack. a witness has been describing what he saw. an ordinary person came along, he looked normal, just like me. he was wearing black clothes. he talked to the police and i thought he was a suicide bomber and suddenly an explosion happened. the general was unharmed in the attack and went on to receive a red—carpet welcome and was met by of cheering supporters. he denies the raft of accusations against them including allegations of human rights abuses. the return was negotiated by the president. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the fbi has released its own documents which show that the bureau believes a former trump adviser was conspiring with russia. carter page, who advised donald trump on foreign affairs during his election

general dostum was unharmed in the attack.eive a red carpet welcome, and was met by thousands of cheering supporters. the vice president denies the raft of accusations against him, which include allegations of brutality and human rights abuses. britain's new brexit secretary, dominic raab, has accused the european commission of acting irresponsibly by trying to increase the pressure on the uk in negotiations. mr raab was commenting on a warning from brussels that citizens‘ rights would not be guaranteed if the talks failed. he said the british government would do everything it could to mitigate disruption if no agreement could be reached. 0ur political correspondent, chris mason, has more. laughter it sounded like they all agreed, but at the cabinet meeting last week, some around the table were still unsure about the prime minister's plan for brexit. that is according to the new brexit secretary. but he is sounding confident a deal can be done with brussels. i'm striving every sinew, with our department, with michel barnier, w

the bomb went off near where the press gathered for dostum arrival killing at least fourteen people the ethnic uzbek general left last year after being accused of sexual abuse and torture against a political rival he's been welcomed to kabul is trying to an ongoing criminal investigation. rescue workers known as the white helmets have been evacuated from syria in response to the threat posed by advancing government forces israel's military has taken four hundred twenty two of the first responders to safety in jordan at the request of the united nations in my opinion is part of the arrangements would have been agreed between. international powers in order to clear . the area from any presence that is not that might not be happy with a convoy of fifty five buses taking so. rebels and their families have been allowed to proceed north after being stopped by iranian militias earlier the vehicles were stopped and surrounded by fighters wearing military style uniforms near the city of homs after seven hours and an intervention by the russian military police they were then allowed to move a

outside cobbles app port it was intended to kill the vice president of afghanistan general abdul rashid dostum who is returning from exile. rescue workers known as the white helmets have been evacuated from syria in response to threats from advancing government forces and a candidate from front on the iran contra political party in pakistan has been mudded as tension mounts ahead of wednesday's general election. well in all the stories we're following the iraqi national security services admitted delving hundreds of people for months on suspicion of terrorism related crimes despite denying the same allegations in april. according to human rights watch the agency has been keeping them at a facility east of mosul a city that was retaken from my soul just over a year ago thousands of people were arrested during that three year old peroration and their concerns many innocent people were among those detained in rights watch visited one crowded facility where hundreds of men and boys were held some for more than a year a former detainees described how people were tortured to death while in southern

abdul rashid dostum had returned to afghanistan following a year of self imposed exile in turkey. 11 taxi drivers have been killed in south africa after gunmen ambushed them using automatic rifles. the victims were on their way back tojohannesburg in a minibus after attending the funeral of a colleague. a survivor who lost nine members of her family in the tourist boat tragedy in missouri, has said passengers were told not to bother with life jackets. 17 people died when the boat sank in stormy weather on thursday. at 10 o‘clock clive myrie will be here with a full round up of the days news. first the bbc has uncovered an arsenal of media weapons being used in the war of words in the gulf. will people in the region ever know the truth in an age of fake news? we investigate in our world: weapons of mass deception. since last year, the arab gulf has been at war. it is a war of words and images. the weapons include hacking, lobbyists, and accusations of fake news. qatar is under daily attack on social media. its ruler is ridiculed on the internet, its accused of supporting terrorism. qa

the attack coincided with the arrival of afghan vice president, abdul rashid dostum.rned to the country following a year of self imposed exile in turkey. so—called islamic state says it was behind the suicide bombing near the airport's main entrance. a witness described what he saw. translation: an ordinary person came along. he looked normal, just like me. he was wearing black clothes. he talked to the police, and i thought he was a suicide bomber, and suddenly an explosion happened. let's get some of the day's other news. a former security aide to president macron of france has been charged in connection with the beating of a demonstrator during may day protests in paris. alexandre benalla was sacked on friday after video emerged which showed him assaulting a man. mr macron‘s opponents accuse him of involvement in a cover—up. the cuban parliament has approved the first draft of a new constitution after a two—day debate. it drops any reference to building a communist society and recognises private property. the final document will be put to a national referendum. 620

the attack came moments after controversial first vice president abdul rashid dostum's motorcade passed through an area where a crowd was gathered to greet him.st , a former warlord, left afghanistan last year after he was accused of kidnapping and torturing a political rival.s memb israel's l.g.b.t.q. community went on strike today to protest the exclusion of gayr me new surrogacy legislation. protestors blocked a major thoroughfare in the capital of tel aviv and hd rallies across the country. ome israeli parliament gave single women and w unable to become pregnant the right toe apply for stpport for surrogacy last week. however, prime minisnjamin netanyahu did not back an amendment that would have extended the same right to single men and gay couples.um the administration is considering changes to medicare that would make paymts for a visit to the doctors' office the same regardless of a patient's condition. the government currently pays doctors different rates depending onhe severity of a dicare patient's illness, using a scale of one to five. the head of the centerfor medicare and m

kabul airport the blast narrowly missed the country's controversial vice president i believe rashid dostum would just returned after a year in exile crowds have gathered to watch as a rival a group connected to the islamic state has claimed responsibility. and japan's ongoing heat wave has reached a record temperature of forty one point one degrees celsius and city just north of tokyo weeks of extreme heat have killed at least fifteen people and hospitalized over twelve thousand the heat wave is also complicating cleanup efforts in the west of the country after deadly floods last month in india activists are challenging a colonial era law that criminalizes gay sex the country's top court has been hearing arguments against the law and is expected to hand down its decision over the coming weeks our correspondent sonia found the car went to the northern city of luck now to meet one man who has been fighting back at great personal cost. a nineteenth century muslim. a refuge for gay men like a spot of over ten years. it's a place they can be free from society's ski's in a country where the law

it took place shortly after the afghan vice president, abdul rashid dostum, returned to the country afterr amid allegations of torture and abuse. his motorcade had left the airport only minutes before the explosion. jordan says it's taken in more than four hundred syrian white helmet rescuers and their families from war—torn southern syria. the volunteer rescuers have been evacuated by bus overnight through the israeli—occupied golan heights. the civil defence workers and theirfamilies had been trapped by a syrian—government offensive in the south—west of the country. all this comes the day after hundreds of rebels and theirfamilies arrived in hama province in northwest syria after being evacuated, after a deal was struck with the syrian government. a little earlier our middle—east analyst, alan johnston, explained who the white helmets are and what they do. the civil war, places cramp with civilians and battles, causing devastation in residential areas, but with the murder emerge, tending to the wounded, getting people to hospital, pulling children and others out of the rubble in the deb

attack outside kabul or shortly after the return of the exiled vice president general abdul rashid dostum. rescue workers known as the white helmets have been evacuated from syria in response to the threat from advancing government forces. and a candidate from front runner imran khan's political party in pakistan has been killed in a suicide attack as tension mounts ahead of wednesday's general election. when other stories we're following in g twenty finance ministers and central bankers meeting in argentina a warning that heightened trade and geopolitical tensions pose a huge risk to global growth medias from the world's largest economies are calling for greater dialogue and structural reforms to counter potential shocks to the markets meeting comes in the wake of escalating trade tensions between the u.s. china and europe following a wave of tariffs introduced by president donald trump the u.s. treasury secretary saying that his country does remain open to china negotiating meaningful changes to its trade practices. i'm not going to get into any comments about what private conversations

it took place shortly after the afghan vice president, abdul rashid dostum, returned to the country afterear amid allegations of torture and abuse. his motorcade had left the airport only minutes before the explosion. jordan says it's taken in more than four hundred syrian white helmet rescuers and their families from war—torn southern syria. the volunteer rescuers have been evacuated by bus overnight through the israeli—occupied golan heights. the civil defence workers and theirfamilies had been trapped by a syrian—government offensive in the south—west of the country. the israeli defence forces have tweeted, describing the evacuation as an exceptional humanitarian gesture at the request of the us and european countries. jordan says it's agreed to give them safe passage to be resettled in britain, canada and germany, due to a "risk to their lives". images have emerged of the night time convoys leaving syria forjordan, carrying the white helmets and their families. earlier today, the foreign secretary jeremy hunt and international development secretary penny mordaunt issued a joint statem

attack outside kabul zat porch shortly after the return of its own vice president general abdul rashid dostum rescue workers known as the white helmets have been evacuated from syria in response to the threat from advancing government forces and the candidate from front runner in one counts political party in pakistan has been killed in a suicide attack as tensions mount ahead of wednesday's general election. at least three thousand villages have been forced to leave their homes after a bucker m. attack in late chant near the border with misha eighteen people were killed and nine women abducted back around is in control of the area across lake charles borders with both me share and nigeria. well nine years of war against boko haram in northern nigeria has taken a toll on young people thousands of traumatised teenagers recruited by the armed have returned from the front line now one hundred ninety three of them were recently released where they just reports from my jewellery in borno state we integration is a huge challenge for after months and years in custody these children accused of links

it took place shortly after the afghan vice president, abdul rashid dostum, returned to the country afteramid allegations of torture and abuse. his motorcade had left the airport only minutes before the explosion. jordan says it‘s taken in more than four hundred virgin media customers have lost access to ten tv channels showing popular shows including ‘taskmaster‘, ‘red dwarf‘ and ‘one born every minute‘. it‘s all down to a row between the company and uktv over fees. uktv says virgin wanted to cut the amount it paid for the channels; but virgin says uktv is unable to provide programming on demand, because of restrictions imposed by its joint owner, the bbc. the channels disappearing include dave and gold. i asked our business correspondentjoe lynam what‘s really happening here, and he said it boils down to two key things: money, and how we view tv. money, yes. they were going to cut the amount of money they‘ll spend up auk the amount of money they‘ll spend up a uk tv, which makes up the channels, etc, and that of course would of gone back up to the uk tv for abuse reasons, but also uk tv

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kabul international airport officials said the attack happened shortly after general abdul rashid dostum the country's first vice president returned home after more than a year in exile. european stocks to level battles in performance or. least still a. live concert every weekend. in concert. this week on world stories. spanish olives hit by tariffs. south africa and mandela. but first to mosul in northern iraq it's been a year since the city was liberated from the forces of so-called islamic state how do victims who.