can't be something that you know i or any other foreigner can dictate it's ok thank you very clear graeme smith in montreal. a human rights watch says the iraqi government has charged hundreds of children with terrorism because of their links to islamic state and here says the iraqis on the radio kurdish government used torture to coerce confessions in some cases faster right around fifteen hundred children are being held in detention for alleged i association knots of supporters and victims of i asked many of them children a living the group's a final on clay village of who's in eastern syria children caught up in islamic state leave behind a world many of them were born into. most are now orphans and face an uncertain future while some may be handed over to aid agencies there are concerns about the fate of the older boys in particular. a report by human rights watch says around fifteen hundred children are being held on terrorism charges over the border in iraq some claim they've been tortured this teenager says he has the scars to prove it at sixteen he was arrested for alleged links to i.a.

something that you know i or any other foreigner can dictate but talking to you thank you very clear graeme smith in montreal. this is state of the union's life and still to come renewed concerns of attacks on people with albinism in the east african country of malawi all different campaign is demanding all sources do more to protect. added that will take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world germany says it will extend its ban on arms sales to saudi arabia until the end of march because of the conflict in gamma resent it rescinded existing arms exports last year in response to the killing of journalist to jamal khashoggi of the saudi consulate in istanbul. united states trade deficit surged to a ten year high in last year's six hundred twenty one billion dollars us despite the trumpet ministration imposing ton of sort of range of imported goods slowing global growth and a stronger dollar are weighing on demand for u.s. goods last year the us are posted record trade deficit with china mexico and the e. . and this sounds former boss carlos ghosn has been delays from pris

phil: graeme smith has many years of experience in afghanistan and is a correspondent for the globe inada. welcome. what do you think will come out of these u.s. talks with the taliban? >> well, with any luck we will get the andd of the largest war in the world. more people are dying now in afghanistan than in syria and yemen combined. last year, the total was 44,000 dead, by some guesses. and so when you think about the huge human toll in this conflict, you could understand why there is so much appetite on all sides for an end to the war. it is true, there is a lot of anxiety in the urban parts of the area, because they fear what will happen when the people who live in the villages have a voice, politically, in the political future of the country. that is understandable, because a lot of the people in the rural areas didisagree with those in e urban areas. but t we have to find a way forr everyone to o live together, to have a shared future together. and the battles need to be had politically. phil: can it end peacefully if the government is excluded from these talklks between ththe u