meetings and that's indeed what we saw ahead of the donor's conference in geneva in the fall president ghani after years of promising at finally introduced and establish an independent anti corruption commission did you only set this up because your donors forced you to. well i think again. there are a number of security deforms in the security sector in afghanistan and. the main idea behind those. reforms word that our forces are not only. able to protect our city's citizens but also work on about corruption here mr raised on an international i'm coming to that. corruption that has been described as in demick in your country has been subscribed by a u.n. report as metastasize as a cancer in the country even if from the inside what i think i'm not saying that that it doesn't exist i think. that again i think you need to be formed in order to get rid of that corruption whether it's in the government institution or anywhere else in the country and i think all. if you look at what we have presented in geneva conference was. it was a mutually agreed document. that the approach to to to look to w

us defense secretary lloyd austin has met president ashraf ghani on a surprise trip to afghanistan top of the agenda was the peace process u.s. troops are due to leave afghanistan by my president joe biden says it would be tough to make that deadline. ferguson gone to the polls in the republic of congo the election is being boycotted by the opposition and authorities have imposed an internet blackout president denise. is expected to extend his 36 c. hold on power is main rival is seriously ill with a coded 19. or more as in tanzania have been paying their last respects to the late president john now go fully it died last week officially of heart failure it not been seen in public for 3 weeks and was suffering from a mystery illness now the opposition say it was cope with 19 he had played down the dangers of the disease. they didn't believe it when they heard the news. but seeing his body lying in state the grief becomes too much. mourners of tanzania's former president john michael foully collapse from the agony . i managed today to pay my last respects to my late president my heart is

defense secretary lloyd austin has met afghan president ghani in an unannounced visit to discuss the afghan peace process u.s. troops are due to leave afghanistan by may 1st but president joe biden has said it would be tough to meet that deadline. people have been voting in the republic of congo's presidential election to nice us through this so is expected to extend his 36 year hold on power the main opposition candidate is seriously ill with covert 19 and is being flown to friends for medical treatment. mourners in tanzania have been paying their last respects to late president john michael foully following the announcement of his death from heart failure on wednesday the popular leader had not been seen in public for 3 weeks fueling speculation he was being treated for corona virus by gov fully had him self downplayed the dangers of the pandemic. they didn't believe it when they heard the news. but seeing his body lying in state the grief becomes too much. more news of tanzania's former president john microphone collapse from the agony. i managed today to pay my last respects to m

then about corruption and your efforts in that regard this is one of the biggest campaign pledges of ghani promise to stamp out corruption which has been described as in demick in your country and influencing security as well very much so the u.s. says that you only take action when donors are engaged in that you are often making just quote paper reforms such as drafting regulations or holding meetings and that's indeed what we saw ahead of a donor's conference in geneva in the fall president ghani after years of promising at finally introduced and establish an independent anti corruption commission did you only set this up because your donors forced you to. well i think again. there are a number of security reforms in the security sector in afghanistan and. the main idea behind those. reforms word that our forces are not on li. able to protect our cities citizens but also works on about russia right there instead that region and international i'm coming to that when. corruption that has been described as in demick in your country spends described by a un report as metastasize as a cancer

president biden was in kabul for meetings with officials including with the afghan president ashraf ghani the u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken has now written to president ghani outlining a new fast track diplomatic process he says we will loss the government of turkey to host a senior level meeting of both sides in the coming weeks to finalize a peace agreement we are considering the full withdrawal of our forces by may the 1st as we consider other options even with the continuation of financial assistance from the united states after an american military withdrawal i am concerned the security situation could worsen and that the taliban. make rapid territorial gains i'm making this clear to you so you understand the urgency of my term by not taking them a the 1st date off the table the u.s. is clearly trying to kick start a very fast diplomatic process it says it will come up with its own proposals on a cease fire and a negotiated political settlement which will circulate to the taliban and to the afghan government it's also asking the u.n. to convene a meeting of foreign minister

after landing in henry stanley, penetrated deep into central africa and renamed the cities of kiss on ghani and kinshasa. after himself, he was joined by other european explorers who entered africa from the west. these expeditions marked the transition from evangelizing missions to imperialism. as a young boy began to trade along the central route into it when the congo, he traded over a large area and was the most powerful figure. there also had his own, almost no army. although now in a state of neglect, to putin house in zanzibar, tells us much about the fortune amassed by the powerful merchant. in his autobiography, he recounted his negotiations with stanley and a belgian diplomat. stanley arrived with a dozen europeans. we met at the consul's and he told me, we wish you to accept to become governor in the name of belgium and your voice, the belgian flying in the districts. or under your rule, i hoisted wanted stanley falls when i arrived and my men did the same. wherever we came. former slaves were enlisted in the conquering armies. weapons in hand, the french, the belgian, and the bri

austin met with afghan president ashraf ghani. u.s. troops have been in the country since 2001. no word from the biden administration on how long they'll remain. to israel now, where citizens tuesday will vote in the fourth national election in two years. cbs news chief foreign correspondent elizabeth palmer is in tel aviv. >> reporter: as israelis head to the polls, covid restrictions are mostly gone, and the economy is open. that's the payoff from a vaccination rollout that went forward at breakneck speed. and here's the man who claims the credit: prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who turned his own shot back in february into a photo op. since january, 80% of israelis over 60 have been immunized with to widespread relief and delight-- especially among the elderly. it was an impressive feat, managed by israel's fourur h.m.m.o.'s, but itit also became prime minister's own unofficial election campaign. in onene slapstick video on socl media, he personally debunks vaccine disinformatition, then promises israel will beaeat covd before anyone else. but plenty of israelis aren't buy

but ghani eye clinic is an oasis of hope for patients across the country it attracts large numbers up to 170 people can gather here as they wait to be examined the treatment cabins are all occupied staff work around the clock there are only $7800.00 doctors in all of rwanda compared bad with $8000.00 in germany now it's a little angelos turn doctoral koori studied medicine in germany he removes the child's dressing carefully the womb from the operation is healed well dr he wants to try and save angelos other eye he examines it closely and discovers a tumor is already growing here as well unfortunately angela was initially taken to a so-called miracle healer for treatment a custom that is widespread in rwanda valuable time was lost as a result. it's. the 1st sign of an unusual white reflection on the eye or luko korea was it 6 months old now he's 2 and a half meaning they came here 2 years too late after the i had already grown out and was being pressed out the mother only brought the child to us when the same thing happened with the other eye cancer of the retina or retinoblastoma is

but ghani i clinic is an oasis of hope for patients across the country it attracts large numbers up to 170 people can gather here as they wait to be examined the treatment cabins are all occupied staff work around the clock there are only $7800.00 doctors in all of rwanda compared bad with $8000.00 in germany now it's a little angelos turn doctoral koori studied medicine in germany he removes the child's dressing carefully the womb from the operation is healed well dr will koori wants to try and save angela's other eye he examines it closely and discovers a tumor is already growing here as well unfortunately angela was initially taken to a so-called miracle healer for treatment a custom that is widespread in rwanda valuable time was lost as a result. of the 1st sign of an unusual white reflection on the eye or luko korea was it 6 months old now he's 2 and a half meaning they came here 2 years too late after the i had already grown out and was being pressed out the mother only brought the child to us when the same thing happened with the other eye cancer of the retina or retinoblastoma

will be clearly the taliban are doing just that so is the administration of afghan president ashraf ghani he was hoping for you know more support for his government but you know the signs are going hey we really want this political solution and if you're in the way you're going to be allat rights on repeaters and i thank you so very much so we're waiting for that vote on whether to extend the mandate in afghanistan i appreciate it thank you. and we're going to pivot now to north korea which has a launched 2 ballistic missiles according to south korea and japan it's believed the 2 short range missiles flew 450 kilometers before landing in the sea alice say the country has a history of testing new u.s. administrations with missile launches and other provocations to force the americans back to the negotiating table. and we can get that le latest and now with their frank smith correspondent based in seoul south korea frank is this pyongyang just flexing its muscles or is there more to it there is definitely more should a couple of things 1st of its message so korea and especially the united s

meetings and that's indeed what we saw ahead of a donor's conference in geneva in the fall president ghani after years of promising at finally introduced and establish an independent anti corruption commission did you only set this up because your donors forced you to. well i think again. there are a number of security reforms in the security sector in afghanistan and. the main idea behind those. reforms word that our forces are not only. able to protect our city's citizens but also more example about their history. raised in an international i'm coming to that. corruption that has been described as in demick in your country a spinster scribed by a u.n. report as metastasized as a cancer in the country even if from the inside well i think i'm not saying that that it doesn't exist i think. that again i think you need to be formed in order to get rid of that corruption whether it's in the government institution or anywhere else in the country and i think on that when if you look at what we have presented in geneva conference was. it was a mutually agreed document with the 3. to 2 to let the

defense secretary lloyd austin has met president ashraf ghani on a surprise trip to afghanistan top of the agenda was the pace process it was troops jus to leave afghanistan by my president joe biden says it would be tough to make that deadline. voters have gone to the polls in the republic of congo the election is being boycotted by the opposition and of thirties have imposed an internet blackout president denise. is expected to extend his 36 he hold on power is main rival is seriously ill with covert 9 thing. scientists say a volcano eruption in iceland could go on for several weeks hundreds of silence is the flow to the mountains south of the capital break. tens of thousands of small tremors rocked to the area for several weeks before the volcano began around. also our sins of protesters have been marching against. racism and violence in the u.s. that comes after 6 american women and 2 others were killed in mass shootings in atlanta georgia last week. outpouring of support in atlanta where the shootings happened as well as anger thousands protested under the slogan stop asian hate a

president biden was in kabul for meetings with officials including with the afghan president ashraf ghani the u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken has now written to president garny outlining a new fast track diplomatic process he says we will loss the government of turkey to host a senior level meeting of both sides in the coming weeks to finalize a peace agreement we are considering the full withdrawal of our forces by may the 1st as we consider other options even with the continuation of financial assistance from the united states after an american military withdrawal i am concerned the security situation could worsen and that the taliban could make rapid territorial gains i'm making this clear to you so you understand the urgency of my tone by not taking them a the 1st date off the table the u.s. is clearly trying to kick start a very fast diplomatic process it says it will come up with its own proposals on a ceasefire and a negotiated political settlement which it will. circulate to the taliban and to the afghan government it's also asking the u.s. and convene a meeting of foreign

unannounced visit to kabul lloyd austin said his main reason for visiting was to hear president ashraf ghani his concerns that's ahead of a deadline agreed with the taliban to withdraw u.s. troops by may the 1st in terms of an end date or setting a specific date for withdrawal. that's that's a domain of my boss that's the. decision that the president will get some point in terms of how he wants to approach this going forward and i don't want to drag my botched job in 4 way interview that's going on last week u.s. president joe biden admitted it will be tough for the u.s. to meet i mean 1st at line the date which they're aiming to cations between the u.s. and afghanistan. so biden is faced with 2 choices in my opinion one is to stay and break the agreement that was signed last year and keep american troops in afghanistan that would amount to probably a restart of the war to save it but do it with agreement with all of our agreeing in the extension for a few months that's 8 which would then assure it could have continued to to leave and to me on may 1 without an agreement. to pursue any politi

meetings and that's indeed what we saw ahead of a donor's conference in geneva in the fall president ghani after years of promising at finally introduced and establish an independent anti corruption commission did you only set this up because your donors forced you to. well i think again. there are a number of security reforms in the security sector in afghanistan and. the main idea behind those. reforms word that our forces are not only. able to protect our cities citizens but also more exotic about their history. raised in an international i'm coming to that when. corruption that has been described as in demick in your country is fence described by a u.n. report as metastasize as a cancer in the country even if from the inside well i think i'm not saying that that it doesn't exist i think. that again i think you need to be formed in order to get rid of that corruption whether it's in the government institution or anywhere else in the country and i think on that when if you look at what we have presented in geneva conference was. it was a mutually agreed document with the 3. 22 to look to

austin met with afghan president, ashraf ghani, and discussed the ongoing peace process as well as risingnce in the country, according to the afghan presidential palace. the visit comes as the u.s. decides whether it will meet a may 1 deadline set by the former trump administration and the taliban to withdraw all u.s. troops from the country. in an interview last week, president biden said it could happen b that it would be“ tough” to bring home the more than 2,500 u.s. troops still in afghanistan by may 1. >> sreenivasan: earlier this month, president biden signed a $1.9 trillion american rescue act into law. it's the third relief package for americans since the coronavirus pandemic took hold. those checks, which began rolling out last week, will go directly to families that qualify. the added relief is also piquing interest in the concept of universal basic income. even before the pandemic, some cities, like stockton, california, were already experimenting with a guaranteed income program, and showing signs of success. now, more cities across the ountry are signing on. newshour weekend'

speaking after talks with president ashraf ghani, mr austin refused to be drawn on whether the bidend to withdraw troops from afghanistan by may, as stipulated in the us agreement with the taliban last year. officials in miami have extended a state of emergency for three weeks, saying crowds of visitors are spreading chaos and disorder. just look at these scenes, filmed on saturday evening. this is the time of year when young americans, particularly college students, head off on spring break. police used pepper spray to clear the crowds. as you can see, there was little social distancing or mask—wearing in evidence. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes gave me the details. these really are quite extraordinary scenes we are seeing in miami beach. throngs of people, many of them students, but local officials are saying amongst them general tourists, adults who have been coming to florida steadily and increasingly over the last few weeks for a break. it is spring break, a traditional time for college students to party and let their hair down a little before going back to their st

defense secretary lloyd austin has met afghan president ashraf ghani in an unannounced visit to discuss the afghan peace process u.s. troops are due to leave afghanistan by may 1st but u.s. president joe biden has said it would be quote tough to meet that deadline. people have been voting in the republic of congo's presidential election. so is expected to extend his 36 year hold on power the main opposition candidate is seriously ill with covert 19 and is being flown to france for medical treatment. mourners in tanzania have been paying their last respects to late president john mickel fully following the announcement of his death from heart failure on wednesday the popular leader had not been seen in public for 3 weeks fueling speculation he was being treated for the corona virus michael fully had himself downplaying to the dangers of the pandemic. they didn't believe it when they heard the news. but seeing his body lying in state the grief becomes too much. more news of tanzania's former president john mchugh fully collapse from the agony. i managed today to pay my last respects to my

lloyd austin was speaking after talks with the afghan leader, ashraf ghani, during a brief visit to kabul the taliban, which are taking place in qatar — but did say, he hoped a negotiated settlement to end the conflict could be reached. that process of reviewing the conditions that have been met or not met is ongoing. as you have seen with our efforts in doha, so, i will not care to comment on that, but what i will say is that it is obvious that the level of violence remains pretty high in the country. we would like to see that violence come down, and i think, if it does come down, we can begin to set the conditions for some really fruitful diplomatic work. stay with us on bbc news, still to come. thousands attend a music festival, in the netherlands — as scientists test whether large scale gatherings are safe in a pandemic. let there be no more wars or bloodshed between arabs and israelis. with great regret, the committee have decided that south africa be excluded from the 1970 competition. singing. streaking across the sky, the white—hot wreckage i from mir drew gasps . from onlookers o

speaking after talks with president ashraf ghani, mr austin, refused to be drawn on whether the bidenl planned to withdraw troops from afghanistan by may. donald trump will soon return to social media "with his own platform" — that's according to his adviserjason miller. he said the platform "will be the hottest ticket in social media" and would "completely redefine the game". mr trump was suspended from twitter and facebook afterjanuary�*s deadly riots at the us capitol. several police officers have been injured during violent protests in bristol. thousands of people had gathered to oppose the uk government's police and crime bill, which would give the police greater powers to restrict demonstrations. but then hundreds laid siege to a police station, smashing windows and setting fire to vehicles. andrew plant sent this report. in a protest against new police powers, it was soon police themselves who became the target. vans and a police car set on fire, fireworks thrown into the crowd as around 1,000 protesters gathered in bristol city centre in what has been, police say, the worst vi

has met the president of afghanistan during an unannounced visit to kabul annoyed austin and ashraf ghani discussed the peace process and rising violence in the country austin said the main reason for his visit was here president danny's concerns at of a deadline the trumpet ministration set but the taliban to withdraw american troops by the 1st of may and watching al jazeera live from london still ahead for you on the program thousands have been evacuated dams are overflowing and homes washed away as australia south has its worst flooding in decades and the head of israel's 4th election in 2 years benjamin netanyahu tries a new strategy forcing palestinian israeli voters. it is still ready in new south wales there's been a record amount of rain so far one place reporting $700.00 min. metas unsurprisingly there is flooding this is one suburb of sydney that's the depth of the flood that was a telegraph poles we're talking about 2 meters or it's collected there that much hasn't fallen but there is persistent rain still forming and whilst it's been brought in was strong winds from the water

speaking after talks with president ashraf ghani, mr austin, refused to be drawn on whether the bidenplanned to withdraw troops from afghanistan by may, as stipulated in the us agreement with the taliban last year. nawal el saadawi, the pioneering egyptian doctor, feminist and writer has died at the age of 89, according to egyptian media reports. saadawi was dedicated to improving the political and sexual rights of women. this included sharing her own experience of female genital mutilation in her book, the hidden face of eve. she was subjected to death threats and imprisoned briefly in 1981. a night—time curfew has been extended in miami beach in florida after thousands of tourists descended on the area for the annual spring break holiday, risking the spread of covid—19. a state of emergency was declared after city officials said they were unable to cope with the large number of people, with few wearing masks or following social distancing. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. party time in miami. spring break, when students traditionally descend on florida to let off

the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, has held talks with the afghan president, ashraf ghani, duringisit comes at a crucial time for afghanistan. the us president, joe biden, is reviewing his administration's policy for the country, ahead of a may troop withdrawal deadline, which was agreed by his predecessor, donald trump. a court in pakistan has sentenced two men to death, for a rape which triggered public outrage. abid malhi and shafqat ali bagga, attacked a pakistani—french woman when she found herself stranded in her car beside the motorway with her two children. police had questioned why she was out so late at night. the comments sparked a public outcry, with thousands of women demanding justice and better protection for women. thousands of people are continuing to protest against the self—imposed military rule in myanmar — despite escalating violence. videos uploaded to social media, show large crowds of people in the country's capital — naypitaw — fleeing from live ammunition. according to the un, at least 149 people have died, since 1st february, though the actualfigure is t

lloyd austin was speaking after talks with the afghan leader, ashraf ghani, during a brief visit to kabulfer directly to the peace talks with the taliban, which are taking place in qatar — but did say, he hoped a negotiated settlement to end the conflict could be reached. that process of reviewing the conditions that have been met or not met is ongoing. as you have seen with our efforts in doha, so, i will not care to comment on that, but what i will say is that it is obvious that the level of violence remains pretty high in the country. we would like to see that violence come down, and i think, if it does come down, we can begin to set the conditions for some really fruitful diplomatic work. this is the time of year when young americans — particularly college students — head off on spring break, which is perhaps the biggest mass party of the year. and for many people, the pandemic is no barrier. just look at these scenes in miami in florida, filmed on saturday evening. but, the events have become so raucous, with multiple reports of fights, that the city authorities have declared a �*sta

secretary of state was urging ghani the taliban president about a plan for developing constructive positions about the ongoing conflict we have a letter that was leaked to the media here's some of what was in it we are considering the food withdrawal of forces by may 1st as we consider other options even with the continuation of financial assistance from the united states to forces often american military withdrawal i'm concerned that the security situation will worsen and that the taliban could make rapid turns turold gains i'm making this clear so you understand the urgency of my tone regarding the clicks of work outlined in this letter. now under the proposed deal the taliban insurgents would get 50 percent of representatives in key executive bodies so that they could essentially a draft new laws and draft a constitution and they would even have one extra to make sure that they had the deciding vote in key matters in addition to that in exchange they're basically being asked to join a new military panel and that would essentially involve the taliban joining the afghan security forces and

secretary has met the president of afghanistan during an unannounced visit to kabul lloyd austin ashraf ghani discussed the peace process and the rising violence in the country austin said the main reason for his visit was to present danny's concerns out of a deadline the trump administration equate with the taliban to withdraw american troops by may the best. watching al-jazeera life from london more still ahead on the program bloody sunday in the philippines the families of line activists killed by the security forces call for justice and head of israel's 4th election in 2 years and you netanyahu tries a new strategy courting the palestinian israeli. killer. now it must feel like it is putting start to spring after we've had the vernal equinox that was where the twenty's but the close to coming down from the north that's a cold direction is already single figures temperature wise another cold front even though briefly ahead of it things warm up your mind thing doesn't look good well 1st of all you've got still snow for you in ukraine across the baltic states but then the wind tends to die d

to join the afghan government, and the other only option is a transition arrangements to be ashraf ghaninment, not one drafted in a deal. and if that doesn't happen, do we allow the country to keep staying in this very unfortunate conflict? no! find unfortunate conflict? no! and once you _ unfortunate conflict? no! and once you step _ unfortunate conflict? no! and once you step away _ unfortunate conflict? no! and once you step away from transition by—elections, you don't know when you are going to sit again? the don't know when you are going to sit again?— to sit again? the afghan community _ to sit again? the afghan community won't - to sit again? the afghan| community won't answer to sit again? the afghan - community won't answer is. we are talking of a period in which an arrangement can be made for all of the afghan sides to get together and form unity. and through that unity, eventually order to take us to the next democratic level. there seems no indication the taliban are willing to accept democratic elections, whether it is now into —— in two years. others believe the taliban have

the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, has held talks with the afghan president, ashraf ghani, duringor the afghan peace process. the us presidentjoe biden is reviewing his administration's plan for afghanistan ahead of a may troop withdrawal deadline which was agreed by his predecessor donald trump. buckingham palace is reviewing its diversity policies in all of the royal households. palace sources have told the bbc that although the work has been under way for some time, it would now include looking at the allegations of racism made by the duke and duchess of sussex in their recent tv interview. the sources said there are already policies in place, but there's an acceptance that more needs to be done. the work is said to have the full support of the royal family. and finally wales has found itself welcoming an unexpected visitor. a giant walrus has been spotted in pembrokeshire, thousands of miles from its home in the arctic circle. it's thought it's the same animal that was spotted off the coast of county kerry in ireland last week. biologists believe there's a chance it fell aslee

will be clearly the taliban are doing just that so is the administration of afghan president ashraf ghani he was hoping for you know more support for his government but you know the signs are going hey we really want this political solution and if you're in the way you're going to be allat our rights under peterson thank you so very much so we're waiting for that vote on whether to extend the mandate in afghanistan i appreciate it thank you well we're going to pivot to china now where there has been a furious lashing out against global fashion brands brands rather u.s. sports apparel maker nike is facing a backlash on social media in china after saying it was quote concerned about reports of forced labor of leaguers in shanghai region while the fallout comes after the e.u. and the u.s. imposed sanctions on chinese officials for alleged human rights violations in jane jacques. nike is trending on social media in china but not in a good way it's facing a backlash after a statement on china's policies in the change young province saying it won't use cotton from the region. and it's not on th

the cub ghani i clinic is an oasis of hope for patients across the country it attracts launch numbers up to 170 people can gather here as they wait to be examined the treatment cabins are all occupied staff work around the clock there are only $7800.00 doctors in all of rwanda compare that with $8000.00 in germany now it's a little angelos turn doctoral koori studied medicine in germany he removes the child's dressing carefully the womb from the operation is healed well dr he wants to try and save angela's other eye he examines it closely and discovers a tumor is already growing here as well unfortunately angela was initially taken to a so-called miracle healer for treatment a custom that is widespread in rwanda valuable time was lost as a result. of the 1st sign of an unusual white reflection on the eye or local korea was it 6 months old now he's 2 and a half meaning they came here 2 years too late after the i had already grown out it was being pressed out the mother only brought the child to us when the same thing happened with the other eye cancer of the retina or retinoblastoma is

troops to be out of afghanistan but he was there more to listen to afghan president ashrif ashraf ghani about his concerns. when talking to reporters, usa deny not take the opportunity to specifically endorse the may 1st deadline negotiated by the trump administration. have a listen to what the secretary had to say. >> in terms of an end date or setting a specific date for withdrawal, that's the do main of my boss. that's the decision that the president will make, at some point in time, in terms of how he wants to approach this going forward. >> reporter: president biden has indicated he may not adhere to the may 1st deadline. no depositions, we're told, have been made. one options we're hearing being discussed is a potential six month extension for u.s. troops in that country. we do know that many military leaders in the pentagon would like to see some type of u.s. capability there in afghanistan or in the nearby areas quickly able to move in, if they do have to conduct continuing counter terrorism missions against isis or even, still, al qaeda. barbara star, cnn, the pentagon. >>> the

unannounced visits a couple lloyd austin said his main reason for coming to us to hear president ashraf ghani as concerns a deadline agreed with the taliban for the withdrawal of u.s. troops expires on may the 1st. corona virus infections are surging across much of latin america in paraguay every single i.c.u. bed is full the health system is on the verge of collapse a nighttime curfew is in place across the country there have been violent scenes in the british city of bristol during demonstrations against plans to give the police more powers to deal with nonviolent protests a police vehicle was set on fire while some demonstrators climbed on top of vans officers were injured when protesters threw projectiles including a firework al-jazeera world is coming up next. oh. oh ho. ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah. ah. ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah. ah ah. ah ah so they're called old friends football's most dedicated fans so devoted they'll do anything to support their team. here in egypt where football is the most popular sports. their passion can go far beyond the pitch wh

defense secretary lloyd austin has met president ashraf ghani on a surprise trip to afghanistan top of the agenda was the pace process u.s. troops are due to leave afghanistan by my president joe biden says it would be tough to meet that deadline. scientists say a volcano eruption in iceland could go on for several more weeks hundreds of sightseers have flocked to the mountain south of the capital reykjavik tens of thousands of small tremors rocked the area for several weeks before the volcano erupting. oh thousands of protesters have been marching against racism and violence in the u.s. that comes after 6 asian american women and 2 others were killed in mass shootings in atlanta georgia last week. outpouring of support in atlanta where the shootings happened as well as anger thousands protested under the slogan stop asian hate and challenge to racist stereotypes last week's killings have stirred asian communities across the u.s. . this was new york's union square where thousands gathered to demonstrate against racism and violence. and in the nation's capital washington d.c. hundreds t

chief lloyd austin arrived in afghanistan sunday for an unannounced visit with afghan president ashraf ghani and top u.s. generals. the trip came after president biden said last week the u.s. might not honor its agreement with the taliban to withdraw u.s. troops from afghanistan by may 1. secretary of state antony blinken is meeting top nato officials in brussels, belgium, today to discuss whether to cancel or delay those plans. the taliban have called on the u.s. to honor its commitments and warned of a reaction if the u.s. and its allies violate a peace agreement signed in february 2020. about 3500 u.s. troops and another 6500 nato soldiers remain in afghanistan nearly 20 years after the u.s.-led invasion. human rights groups are condemning turkish president recep tayyip erdogan's decision to withdraw from the istanbul convention, the world's first binding treaty to combat violence against women and girls. nearly 40% of turkish women have been subjected to violence from their partner according to u.n. figures, and local rights groups say femicides are on the rise. in istanbul, women took t

of defense said he was on a listening mission while in afghanistan speaking with president ashraf ghanithis may 1st deadline would be hard to achieve secretary of defense said he wasn't going to give an analysis of what might happen to that deadline. i think we'll get indications on that when secretary of blinken arrives in brussels later today for meetings with nato officials. of course, afghanistan a big issue. nato has troop s there. a decision must be made soon whether or not to extend the troops in afghanistan. >> we know you'll be keeping tabs on this for us. appreciate it. nice to see you. we'll be right back. if you're 55 and up, t-mobile has plans built just for you. get 2 unlimited lines for a fixed rate of $70 bucks. and now get netflix on us. plus, switch and get a free smartphone for each line. itchy? scratchy? family not getting clean? get new charmin ultra strong. it just cleans better, so your family can use less. hello clean bottom! enjoy the go with charmin. my name is trisha. i'm 70 and i live in mill valley, california. my biggest passion is gardening. i love to be o

defense secretary lloyd austin has met afghan president ashraf ghani in an unannounced visit to discuss the afghan peace process u.s. troops are due to leave afghanistan by may 1st but president joe biden has said it would be tough to meet that deadline foden is underway in the republic of congo's presidential election dennys so is expected to extend his 37 year grip on power the main opposition party is boycotting the vote which it says is illegal. mourners in tanzania have been paying their last respects to late president john michael foully following the announcement of his death from heart failure on wednesday the popular leader had not been seen in public for 3 weeks fueling speculation he was being treated for the coronavirus. had himself downplayed the dangers of the pandemic. they didn't believe it when they heard the news. but seeing his body lying in state the grief becomes too much. more news of tanzania's former president john mcafee collapse from the agony. i managed today to pay my last respects to my late president my heart is in great pain for losing him. before he came

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