help them but the insurgents also try their best to easily recruit them despite ongoing challenges herat province is doing better than many other parts of afghanistan making it a destination for people trying to escape the 1000 year long war in their country with camps been here for 2 years the men women and children living here fled fighting in nearby provinces to the relative safety of herat but living conditions here are very basic tents are barely standing most people are exposed to the elements all the time there is no medical help and there is never enough food. places like this have become the blindspot of this conflict. unseen and unheard people here are angry. he has no idea who is in the general there is no one representing ordinary people in peace talks with the taliban so how can those talks be successful these people lost their family members but no one even came to show sympathy for them mohini was born after his family came to this camp 2 years ago this winter the only place he ever knew is also where he died. all his father has left of him is a single picture on his phone

cars away heavy snowfall in parts of gaza start as cold dozens of people in recent weeks went to the herat province of the western part of the country where residents are appealing for help as the dire conditions continue. in villages all over the country afghans living much the same way they have for centuries there are no gas or electricity lines people still collect the wood they for them to stay warm in the winter. that's how 18 year old mother died. his father said he walked to a nearby forest to gather brush for a fire to keep the family lore through the night but he never came about the out of the lot of them were all of them junk out that's what we thought that he went to his sister's house on the other side of the woods finding oaks to not work at not so we went there the next day we found his body in the snow our next year's father said his son probably became tired walking in the heavy snow and with no one to help him fell asleep and froze to death conditions are miserable for people in other risk on district one man in this village said here in the forgotten corners of afghanis

sending many men into the ranks of armed groups as embassy ravi reports in the western province of herat local authorities are struggling to deal with the crisis . it's in the provincial districts the police are fighting for afghanistan's future where the bodies of members of the taliban are displayed like hunting trophies. for reassurance to rule communities that they're safe a warning to armed fighters of what to expect from others can district governor chief but in remote areas of afghanistan local officials know security does not only come from the barrel of a gun gaining the confidence of afghan people is equally important difficult the backs the day other poorest of the poor and really need a lot of help definitely these men have no other choice but to become teledyne criminals or join insurgent groups if they don't find a job we try our best to help them but the insurgents also try their best to easily recruit them despite ongoing challenges herat province is doing better than many other parts of afghanistan making it a destination for people trying to escape the 1000 year long wa

help them but the insurgents also try their best to easily recruit them despite ongoing challenges herat province is doing better than many other parts of afghanistan making it a destination for people trying to escape the 1000 year long war in their country with camps been here for 2 years the men women and children living here fled fighting in nearby provinces to the relative safety of herat but living conditions here are very basic tents are barely standing most people are exposed to the elements all the time there is no medical help and there is never enough food. places like this have become the blindspot of this conflict. unseen and unheard people here are angry. he has no idea who is in the general there is no one representing ordinary people in peace talks with the taliban so how can those talks be successful these people lost their family members but no one even came to show sympathy for them mohini was born after his family came to this camp 2 years ago this winter the only place he ever knew is also where he died. all his father has left of him is a single picture on his phone

the men women and children living here fled fighting in nearby provinces to the relative safety of herat but living conditions here are very basic tents are barely standing most people are exposed to the elements all the time there is no medical help and there is never enough food. places like this have become the blindspot of this conflict. unseen and unheard people here are angry. he has no idea there is no one representing ordinary people in peace talks with the taliban so how can those talks be successful these people lost their family members but no one even came to show sympathy for them mohini was born after his family came to this camp 2 years ago this winter the only place he ever knew is also where he died all his father has left of him is a single picture on his phone. well there was a lot of snow for that day we were staying in the tents that took our child to the clinic i didn't have money for my son's treatment so we came back to the camp that night it was very cold the next morning my son was dead father was father is worried she might be next she's been running a fever fo

heavy snowfall in parts of afghanistan has killed dozens of people in recent weeks al-jazeera went to herat province in the west where people are facing harsh conditions and are appealing for help. in villages all over the country afghans live in much the same way they have for centuries there are no gas or electricity lines people still collect the wood they burnt to stay warm in winter. that's how 18 year old mother died. his father said he walked to a nearby forest to gather brush for a fire to keep the family warm through the night but he never came out of the lot of them were all of them junk out that's what we thought that he went to his sister's house on the other side of the woods finding not working not so we went there the next day we found his body in the snow our next year's father said his son probably became tired walking in the heavy snow and with no one to help him fell asleep and froze to death conditions are miserable for people in other risk on district one man in this village said here in the forgotten corners of afghanistan people are living waiting to die. snowfall was

the old 0 herat afghanistan. is a growing over deadly new virus that originated in china and is now spreading to other countries a case of the corona virus has just been confirmed in the united states and others have been reported in south korea thailand and japan doctors in china say the strain has killed 6 people and infected almost 300 more major brown has more from hong kong. china's tightly controlled state media says the mysterious virus has now spread to some of the country's major cities if you go. in addition to more deaths new infections including hospital workers. who are hard to plan for the 1st time confirmation that this respiratory virus can be passed from person to person note by and it's usually some cases happened in 2 places one in guangdong the other 111 where human to human transmission has been confirmed that the disease was 1st identified in wu han late last year the majority of the confirmed cases of the virus in china are here but a handful have also been identified in other parts of asia

this to the sars outbreak sars killed 44 people in this country 41 people in my city alone a city of herat now are hit by cars last year. you know so the risk is much higher on the day to day life things 3500 people in canada die from the flu 70800 people a year die from air pollution so there are certainly rest that are much much higher but because we see them on the day to day we don't internalize those as risk right now and all of canada there have been 3 concerned cases are a chronic virus the odds of someone actually catching it are very very low and i think it's just fear based it's something that's unknown it's in the media there's a media frenzy so people have just reacted in a very illogical manner. in the meantime the u.s. commerce secretary is under fire for comments he made during a live interview in which he said that the corona virus outbreak will boost the u.s. economy but i want to talk about a victory lap over a very unfortunate very malignant disease but the fact is that i think it will help to accelerate the return of jobs to north america. and our lot in the line of a b

to the sars outbreak sars killed 44 people in this country 41 people in my city alone the city of herat now are hit by cars last year. you know so the risk is much higher on the day to day life things 3500 people in canada die from the flu 70800 people a year die from air pollution so there are certainly rest that are much much higher that because we see them on the day to day will internalize those as miss right now in all of canada there have been 3 confirmed cases of the coronavirus the odds of someone actually catching it are very very low and i think it's just fear based it's something that's unknown it's in the media there's a media frenzy so people have just reacted in a very illogical manner. squandering money on foreign military campaigns has become something of a hobby for washington so says oscar winning film director oliver stone he spoke to former good or him president rafael correia host on our sister channel the spanish . strongly criticized for your work let's delve deeper into why that is firstly tell us how your military experience in vietnam changed your views and you

support according to the afghan defense ministry it happened in the district of herat province later wednesday the government says it's investigating reports of civilian casualties in the attack. after months of turmoil the british house of commons has finally passed the brics it withdrawal agreement bill it passed 33223199 vote majority and when i move to the house of lords for approval it paves the way for the u.k. to leave the european union on january 31st after that will be a one year transition period the 2 sides have to come up with a deal on their future relationship in that time the e.u.'s chief negotiator michel barnier says it will be possible to reach a comprehensive agreement with the u.k. in a year earlier with barca about what lies ahead for those negotiations. use for people that it won't go easy on the united kingdom having some very warm words though from the new e.u. commission chief delay and she has promised unprecedented cooperation she said a partnership that goes beyond trade is closer when it comes to things like climate action data protection fisheries energ

air strikes in afghanistan it happened in the state of herat province a u.s. military spokesman says the strikes were in support of afghan ground forces afghan officials have not confirmed the casualty reports at least 20 soldiers have been killed in an attack in northeast nigeria military sources say members of an armed group stormed the town of go in borno state on tuesday evening some residents had to flee their homes for safety there are fears of more casualties. demonstrations against corruption are taking place in the yemeni city of ties protesters are demanding the government pay them salaries a southern city is on the front line of yemen's conflict and has struggled economically with the rebels and saudi backed forces have been battling for control of the city. ukraine's president has declared a national day of mourning after a cranium commercial jet crashed in iran killing all 176 passengers and crew it went down a wide and stay after takeoff from tehran as more. the passengers and crew of flight p s 752 didn't stand a chance. minutes after takeoff th

small decision made by an individual this tragedy happened while crowds of students in central to herat are protesting the government's response to the airliners downing. and the chants of death to the liars and call for the resignation of those responsible for shooting down the plane the protests are in front of america baring university where a vigil for the victims had earlier been helped in a few moments we'll bring in mike hanna who will tell us how the news is likely to go down in washington the 1st woman to dorset jabari who is live for us and. talk us through the reactions or so now that there has been an mission. well there is a lot of anger and the iranians here are demanding justice and accountability and many of the people i've spoken to including families of the victims here are just in shock they don't understand why their government would have lied to them for this long their demanding those be accountable we know that the head of their own judiciary has asked for all the evidence of people passed on for them to start their investigation into why this happened we also kno

inaccessible and the true scale of human suffering still out of sight unseen bus ravi other risk on district herat province afghanistan. well libraries around the wilds are constantly looking for ways to keep up in the digital age and in a strangely at one initiative has proven especially popular and it's gaining traction andrew thomas has more on how one small change has helped to bring people back to the library. it's a brand new library with a new way of lending borrowing a book has been the same for decades people read them for a set amount of time then return them if they don't books become overdue and read is a find when they bring them back. but that's changing many australian libraries have since 27 so you tested i know following policy managers say yes to save stuff time and the costs of administration which were 10 times higher than the revenue raised from fines potential fines also put off poor people from using libraries and stopped them borrowing books once they owed fines they couldn't pay in the 1st trial that we had the amount of items that got returned to the library was 3 times a

government operation with support according to the ministry of defense that happened in the district of herat province late on wednesday the government says it's investigating reports of civilian casualties. unions in france of call for more nationwide strikes against president of mario macross pension reform plans demonstrates this gathered in paris where the protests of course travel disruptions for over a month now literacy ations between the government and transport unions are set to continue on friday. a group of diplomats from 15 nations on a 2 day visit to indian administered kashmir it's the 1st time that foreign diplomats have been invited by the indian government to assess the situation after new delhi revoked the region's autonomy in august so iran reports now from india's capital. a 2 day visit by a delegation of diplomats based here in india has begun in kashmir they consist according to the indian media of those such as the united states ambassador and diplomats from africa and latin america they have been insistent that they did not want to guided tour of kashmir since article

inaccessible and the true scale of human suffering still out of sight seeing bus ravi other risk on district herat province afghanistan. now an eruption warning is still in place for the tall volcano in the philippines but some fishermen and villages who are living in the area have ignored it and gone home or back to work from the bride joined some coast guards who are trying to keep people away from. the philippines coast guard he's making this early morning patrol every day at the moment there's still a restriction in force on anyone going to the island it's simply too dangerous to go there and this is part of that. just as we were approaching the island we saw boats also coming to the island and also we see people on the shoreline here that people still have fish farms here so they come out very early morning to tend to their fish farms despite warnings that they should be staying away. so they've been telling the fishing boats they can't stay here they have to leave and some of them have left but we still have these guys on the shoreline here who are determined to stay and there's not much the

and the true scale of human suffering still out of sight seeing basra the other risk going district herat province of cornerstone. hello again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines violence has once again broken out in hong kong off the anti-government demonstrations attempted to march through the city in defiance of a riot police of 5 tear gas of protesters and arrested several people or 30 is that approved the rally but only if participants stayed in one location and police had warned they would stop anyone attempting to march sarah clarke has more from that rally. people have got about 500 meters down the road and to be met with the police line we've got hundreds of riot police being deployed today to try to disperse these crowds to stop this march going ahead we're going to have behind me we've got some rowdy kind of chanting and yelling at the place at the moment but we've had a few rounds of tear gas fired in central china god knows that some spawns going to be now 5 as well and as you mentioned been a number of arrests but the place have stayed awake that if this march doe

qassam soleimani in iraq and qatar as emir is into herat in a push to ease those tensions he's the 1st leader to visit the iranian capital since so my money was killed in a u.s. attack on january the 3rd. i walked her so this visit comes at a very critical time in the region we've agreed that the only solution is to defuse skill ations among all parties and we've also agreed that dialogue and only dialogue is the only route to any solution to any crisis duerson jabari isn't to her on and she says the 2 leaders expressed their willingness to increase ties both economically and politically. this visit is seen as a very critical one at a time where iran finds itself in the middle love not only internal. tensions that are on the rise but also in terms of their relationship with the international community this visit is the 1st for the emir of qatar since he came into that position in 2013 he was the invitation of the iranian president for a closed session meeting as they put it to express their desire to increase their relationship and the cooperation between the 2 countries of course the

iran's foreign ministry has also criticized european powers for failing to salvage the agreement to herat has been scaling back its commitments under the deal after the us withdrew in 2018 britain france and germany triggered a dispute mechanism this month citing iranian violations. at least 6 people have been killed by a series of russian air strikes in syria the attacks happened in western aleppo nearly 30000 civilians have been displaced over the last 3 days in the latest round of shelling in the area the un has called for an immediate end to hostilities saying the latest cease fire has quote yet again failed to protect civilians the spread of a new and potentially deadly virus appears to be accelerating in asia the corona virus has killed 3 people since 1st being detected in chinese city of han it since spread to 3 other chinese cities including beijing shanghai and near hong kong 217 new cases have been confirmed it's also spreading internationally south korea centers for disease control and prevention has now reported its 1st case a chinese woman who flew into insurance city from ha

the market town of gambaro in borno state no groups claimed responsibility for the attack but both herat muslim based in the area the last 10 years forces loyal to libyan general honey for have to have reached the center of sirte that's a coastal city east of the capital and also sees the nearby. base of the biggest military installations certain strategically important to have to months on the fence and to seize tripoli where libya's u.n. recognize government is based and he's allied to a rival administration in eastern libya. the been protests across india 2 days after mosque men and women broke into a prominent university and beat up students and teachers students affiliated with the governing b.j. are accused of carrying out their tackler they deny this campuses have been at the forefront of protests over a controversial citizenship no record up to express. a warning from these protest is mostly students to india's hindu nationalists that violence will not keep them from the streets. but will only strengthen their resolve. on sunday masked men armed with roots and sticks stormed the

air support according to the ministry owns defense it happens in the region of herat province late on wednesday the government says it's investigating reports of civilian casualties in the attack. still to come on al-jazeera dangerous conditions are fanning the flames in a strain of the latest crisis and they sit down with venezuela's opposition leader just days after his standoff with security forces. hello again welcome back to international weather forecast we're going to start in south america this hour but particularly i want to take you over here towards peru it is this time of year we see a lot of active rain showers across the region and with that it could also lead to mudslides landslides and flooding take a look what's happening here in cusco of course couso known just at the edge of the inca trail very heavy rain on these rivers course we've seen a lot of problems with mudslides as well also we're talking about pascoe down towards the south dealing with the heavy rain and for sure the next few days we expect to see more rain across much of this area thursday friday and poss

i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message >>all right we are back taking a live look herat downtown miami. y you know this is really going to go there is that why pretty the super bowl ever going to get a we've got supebowl sunday coming up we'll count down the days looks like the weather's going to be great for pretty nice matchup between the niners and the chiefs and look sarah since is going giving us live reports starto market she flies out there apparently from south beach me ask you kn the wind in her head. and the wind and the forty-niners wings, yeah carry them to ctory that we're hoping for so she's got she's got live reports starting tomorrow course we've been covering this uh you know ery day this week it will continue james into super bowl sunday me you marty sarah arall going to be together for the big morning showers just 7 to 10 yes spial and i already know we're going to be a pe somewhere i think in the east but again retail get better luck wait a minute you should be with the tv winner. >>just i'm cool with that so tomorrow on at was the giveaway that this big city

that fog has caused problems for a lot of commuters across e bay area you can see it from above right herat tower cam it's been especially problematic. for north bay commuters but we are seeing improvements in timber on but as you just saw the bay bridge and as robin mentned now we're seeing it elsewre conquered in fact as the lowest of visibity in the day right now we will see big improvements later on this morning but do watch low spots that's foggy conditions can sneak up on you with cleang skies at some points and the not so much and others now at least we continue to dry out that drizzle and mist that we saw this morni has really started to clear out of the day not really a whole lot to be looking at. >>this is the first time this morning that there'sreallno green on the radar in the east bay says good roadways do ve the chance to dry out now and really for the rest of the day we're onlygoing to continue to see increasingly dry and clear conditions 40's d 50's for your current teeratures berkeley at 51 oakland and san matt 54 degrees later on today only expect things to grow clear even

be removed if they can convince enough americans and enough republicans to vote to remove hims but herat a pretty loyal trump supporter had to say about the impeachment trial that's going to be heading r and coming to a head >> the whole impeachment thing, you kn, that nancy pelosi kind of dreamed up here is nothing t a joke. people are already feeling like even democrats arerting to feel like, you know, it was just a rce. they don't have anything really you know, he's been impeached, but he's the only president that's been impeached th.t has broken no laws. >> ouf corse, that voter says the president has broken no laws. democrats disagree. they say the president should not have pushed to investigatete joe and hubiden. trump supporters see nothing wrong with what the president did. they are echoing a lot of the president's own poatts. he said democrats went after him on this issue because they were mad about the 2016 election and a want to see him go out of office. judy?>> woodruff: yamiche, the other story in the hedlines, that is of course iran, the decision by the president to got aft

inaccessible and the true scale of human suffering still out of sight is in basra the other risk on district herat province of stone. we want to show you now the latest pictures from berlin where world leaders have gathered for their family photo ahead of the un backed conference on libya being hosted by the german chancellor angela merkel attending aa france's president emanuel might call the president of. who heads the african union committee on libya as well as of course turkey's president rochette type and russia's leader vladimir putin turkey and russia who negotiated the recent cease fire on libya there the family photo the meeting is officially now getting underway chaired by the german chancellor angela merkel they'll be discussing ways to find a permanent solution to the conflict in libya a summit which is also attended by review is libya's rival administrations the head of the internationally recognized government. and his rival renegade general highly for have to who controls much of eastern libya will bring you the latest from berlin of course when we have more information. that librar

accessible and the true scale of human suffering still out of sight same bus robbery other risk on district herat province afghanistan. and syria wall pagans have bombed a shelter housing displaced people killing 4 people in it it's a latest attack to violate a ceasefire that came into force a week ago katia lopez called the on reports where no one. heard a desperate rush to save lives but this shelter for displaced people was one of several sites hit by recent airstrikes in syria. inside is a family including several young children yeah divergence he crews take the injured to hospital or some of the missiles hit several towns in the northern province of aleppo. but for others it's too late for the new year because some of the airstrikes hit this house which was for displaced people they came here looking for shelter trying to escape the bombing when we arrived we found 4 bodies on the ground. turkey's president recep tayyip erdogan on says syria's government violated the cease fire brokered by turkey and russia. the target it live province is the last territory controlled by rebel groups in syri

support according to the ministry of defense that happened in the district of herat province late on wednesday the government says that it's investigating reports of civilian casualties a group of diplomats from 15 nations is on a 2 day visit to indian administered kashmir it's the 1st time the foreign diplomats have been invited by the indian government to assess the situation after new delhi revoked the region's autonomy last august of 0 sahara raman reports now from the indian capital. a 2 day visit by a delegation of diplomats based here in india has begun in kashmir they consist according to the indian media of those such as the united states ambassador and diplomats from africa and latin america they have been insistent that they did not want to guided tour of kashmir since article 370 that gave the region its autonomy was removed in the middle of last year and they did want to meet former chief ministers searchers who were musty. and for a dollar who at the moment continue to be under house arrest now of course the only pictures that are emerging from the region on this visit

they would be carrying out these attacks but i think this is the relationship between iraq and the herat is still the same but if there are further attacks and if that does become a battleground for any escalation that relationship could change very quickly as a big load for us into iran here on the news many thanks. well al jazeera is journals in london he says donald trump used his speech to give need so powers addressing done for what he considers the muted response to the killing of kassam so the money remember donald trump has a fairly checkered history with nato ones calling it obsolete now apparently supporting it but frequently railing against its members calling them to take on a greater share of the burden a greater share of the cost for their own defense of the collective coffers of nato now i think he will see nato alongside european powers as having disappointed the administration my composure the secretary of state said as much in failing to full throated lee support the actions last week against person solomonic. an opportunity i think in this address to give everyone a so

countries say they're launching a dispute mechanism under the iranian nuclear deal after accusing to herat of repeated violations or france britain and germany say iran has been scaling back its commitment to the 2015 agreement to limit its nuclear program since may last year that's despite their efforts to deescalate recent tension and restart negotiations with the us which abandon the deal and $28.00 of the dispute process could lead to the reintroduction of sanctions under previous u.n. resolutions let's bring in jonah how on this he's joining us from london what more of these european countries saying about why if they've decided to do this. well during remember that iran has gradually been stepping back from its commitments as you mentioned there under the nuclear deal the j c p o ever since donald trump withdrew the united states from the deal in 2015 but clearly it was iran's decision last week in the wake of the killing of customs all the money that it would no longer consider itself bound particularly by iranian enrichment limits that prompted this move by the so-called ethe repor