jalalabad one of afghanistan's biggest cities and in a war zone as dorn is made to the department of refugee affairs for a conference on how to help displaced afghans they were targeted. explosions hit the compounds exterior following two gunman to get past the will. of others who have a hold of them again of i was sitting in my medical store when a gunman entered the refugee department right after that they started shooting and one of them blew himself up at the gate i saw two injured people come out of the building for several hours sporadic gunfire was heard across the neighborhood smoke billowing from the building as afghan special forces hunted the remaining gunman the building is next door to the city's main hospital ten people were treated with critical injuries. it's also just one hundred meters from the midwife training center that was attacked in the same way on saturday three staff members were killed and sixty seven trapped inside for hours. in the last three months there have been thirty attacks against civilians in this province that have killed one hundred sixty people

yes going army says it's taking over security control of the eastern city of jalalabad after a series of attacks there killed dozens of people the government decided to withdraw responsibility from the police after yet another bombing on a refugee office on tuesday fifteen people were killed in the past three months one hundred sixty civilians have been killed in the province by isaw or taliban it's. russia says iranian forces withdraw into a position fifty three miles from syria's frontier with the israeli occupied golan heights but the mere putin's envoy to syria says of the session was taken in order not to irritate israel syrian government forces backed by russia and iran have retaken the entire frontier from isolated fighters those are your top stories i'm going to have more news for you in half an hour coming up next it's witness thanks for watching us you soon. so so sad. so sad. it has you in this country that. i certainly didn't want to be this one but i just feel like. both afghanistan and sardar won't. always be.

the afghan army is taking control of the eastern city of jalalabad after a series of attacks that have killed dozens of people the government made the decision to withdraw the responsibility from the police officer an attack on a government refugee office on choose day fifteen people were killed in the last three months one hundred sixty civilians have been killed in the province i saw automaton attacks. the afghan army says more than one hundred fifty isaw fighters surrendered on tuesday after a heavy gun battle between eisel in the taliban in the northern. province the government says more than one hundred fifty eisel fighters were killed and one hundred wounded. afghanistan will hold presidential elections on april the twentieth next year the announcement from the country's election body comes as afghans prepare for parliamentary elections in less than three months shall about us reports from kabul. hundreds of women recalled the names of the countryman compiling an electronic list of who decide afghanistan's next. nine million people have registered to vote a quarter of the populat

at least two people have been killed in a suicide bombing in the east an afghan city of jalalabad others were injured after attackers detonated explosives in near the election commission office dozens of protesters had gathered in support of a parliamentary candidate who was disqualified over suspected ties to armed groups of parliamentary election. now turkey's foreign minister is warning against a possible syrian government offensive in a province it is the last remaining opposition stronghold and also the world's biggest cluster and an elite displaced people a military operation will put millions of lives at risk said of course the owner of a port city. nearly three million people are trapped in the northwest. of syria's largest remaining rebel held area if the government launches a full scale attack two and a half million syrians could try to flee to the turkish border that's been a factor list sealed since two thousand and fifteen. many here are now preparing themselves for the worst case scenario. of why should i be scared assad has already been killing us for seven years our famil

the afghan army says it's taking control of the eastern city of jalalabad after a series of attacks that have killed dozens of people the government decided to replace police with the military and after an attack on a government refugee office until tuesday fifteen people were killed in the past three months one hundred sixty civilians have been killed in the province by i saw or taliban attacks. south africa's president says the ruling african national congress will push ahead with plans to take land from white farmers without compensation they issue of land ownership is one of the most contentious in south africa that in baba as more was and redistribution is an emotive issue in south africa a series of public hearings has just ended now in a march policy shift the ruling african national congress says it will push ahead with land expropriations for white farmers without paying compensation and supporters of the move say it's time to address a lasting legacy how tight. there is shoney's could put in a flint ownerships through piece east where over eighty percent of the most detail is s

people have been killed in a suicide bomb in the city in a suicide bomb attack there in the city of jalalabad the device exploded outside an electoral commission office where a group of protesters who gathered to afghanistan has seen a surge of taliban attacks ahead of october as parliamentary elections. the united states says it is slashing more than two hundred million dollars in aid pledge to the palestinian territories the money was meant to fund health and education projects but washington says the reason for the funding cut is the masses control of the gaza strip washington considers hamas a terrorist group. germany's bonus league is up and running again kicking off last night with the reigning champions by munich facing another top team often haim now the bavarians are gunning for their seventh title in a row and they were keen to start their campaign with a good result meanwhile hoffenheim they finished the last season qualifying for the champions league so the scene was set for a tight contest. about to exit the tunnel two of the bun just leaguers hot shot coaches on the left me coco

the country into a federal state the afghan army says it's taking control of the eastern city of jalalabad after a series of attacks that have killed dozens of people the government decided to replace police with the military after an attack on a government refugee office in tuesday fifteen people were killed in the past three months one hundred sixty civilians have been killed in the province by eisel or taliban attacks and the afghan army says more than one hundred fifty i saw fighters who surrendered on tuesday after a heavy gun battle between eisel and the taliban in the northern joe son province the government says more than one hundred fifty us all fighters were killed and one hundred were wounded california's governor is pledging to spend whatever it takes to contain the wildfires sweeping the u.s. state eight people have been killed in the past week and tens of thousands of had to leave their homes california has already spent one hundred thirty million dollars fighting the flames that's one quarter of its annual fire budget the fires have destroyed in nearly one thousand two hundr

eastern afghanistan two gunmen set off explosions and stormed the office for refugees in the city of jalalabad security forces for six hours to end the siege and u.s. president all trump is wrapped up one of his make america great again rallies in tampa florida he is campaigning for republicans ahead of the upcoming midterm elections and he spoke about possible talks with iran and also the trade war with china. we've taken the toughest ever actions in response to jonah's abuse of. and we're doing very well with china very well and i have a lot of respect for china and i have tremendous respect for president xi of china but this has been too many years of abuse five hundred billion dollars a year five hundred billion we've helped rebuild china we can't do that. and firefighters in the u.s. set of california say they've saved a populated area from wildfires that are sweeping across the north of the state the blaze was diverted from the city of clear lake into the national forest at least six people have died and seven more still missing since the fires broke out more than a week ago and they've

city of jalalabad four others were injured after attackers detonated explosives near the offices of the election commission dozens of protesters had gathered there in support of apology candidate he'd been disqualified because of suspected ties to armed groups afghanistan's parliamentary election is due in october. that china says it is serious e concerned about u.s. allegations it is partly responsible for a lack of progress in denuclearization talks with north korea on friday u.s. president donald trump said a planned visit by his secretary of state to pyongyang would be delayed announcing the move on twitter trump accused beijing of easing pressure on north korea following the start of a trade war between china and the us south korea has cooled trump's decision unfortunate she have returns he has more from washington. just a few days ago doldrum been pretty upbeat about negotiations with north korea telling reuters that pyongyang had taken steps towards denuclearization of missile testing and stalled and he was looking forward to another summit with north korea however house to be sa

the country into a federal state the afghan army says it's taking control of the eastern city of jalalabad after a series of attacks that have killed dozens of people the government decided to replace police with the military after an attack on a government refugee office and tuesday fifteen people were killed in the past three months one hundred sixty civilians have been killed in the province by eisel or taliban attacks and the afghan army says more than one hundred fifty eisel fighters have surrendered on tuesday after a heavy gun battle between eisel and the taliban in the northern jones sun province the government says more than one hundred fifty us all fighters were killed and one hundred were wounded california's governor is pledging to spend whatever it takes to contain the wildfires sweeping the u.s. state eight people have been killed in the past week and tens of thousands of had to leave the home.

really bad across the country but especially in the province jalalabad is the capital of that is just based of here series of attacks over the last three months one hundred sixty civilians killed nearly five hundred wounded the most recent just yesterday on a top of the refugee seemed to with fifteen people with president making the call last night that it's just become too dangerous in afghanistan's fifth biggest city is standing in the army taking over from place to ensure the security there as you see it all comes as they have announced a presidential election date for april twentieth next year the parliamentary elections coming up in october so security a big issue not just on a day to day basis but for the elections in the coming months we sat down with the chairman of the independent election commission report. hundreds of women recalled the names of the countryman compiling an electronic list of who decide afghanistan's next meet it's nine million people have registered to vote a quarter of the population but here that means nine million men yelling trees and this is the. name

elections to the point that he seemed in the national army to afghanistan's fifth biggest city in jalalabad to take control from the police to try and shore up security for civilians. the leader of zimbabwe's main opposition party says there's been fraud in the election on monday which president has in mind aggregate just over fifty percent of the vote now says the results were manipulated and he's promising to go to court over it says the election is credible and he's calling for peace and unity parliament has more from the harare. riot police disrupt a press conference about to be given by the main opposition leader nelson chamisa the. order the journalist to leave saying they have no permission to gather at the hotel. you can look back on some zimbabweans say scenes like these reminded them of the days when robert mugabe was in power the boys and. when freedom of speech was stifled and media reporting was a stick did the country's information minister eventually tells the police to leave . when allowed to speak to me so i didn't hold back on his words if you wanted a shitty. one yes of b

elections to the point that he seemed in the national army to afghanistan's fifth biggest city in jalalabad to take control from the police to try and sure up security for civilians. the leader of zimbabwe's main opposition party says there's been fraud in the election on monday in which president. just over fifty percent of the vote. says the results are being manipulated he's promising to go to court so if the election is credible and is calling for peace and unity. has more from. everyone. rights police disrupt a press conference about to be given by the bobbies main opposition leader nelson chamisa. they order the journalist to leave saying they have no permission to gather the hotel. and. some suburban say scenes like these reminded them of the days when robert mugabe was in power. when freedom of speech was stifled and media reporting was a strict that the country's information minister eventually tells the police to leave. when allowed to speak to me so i didn't hold back on his words he wanted a city. equally one yes of. the long and. shortly afterwards the president elect. himself

we had kandahar, jalalabad, a couple of training camps.ow because of the failures and the aftermath of the arab spring, we have vacuums across the muslim world, and extremists, people like al qaeda and isis, are the only ones who are able to fill these vacuums. >> that is a lot more populistic than i thought. we are told that the caliphate is over, the attacks against these terrorist cells in these various places you've been talking about, you are the expert on this. so how does one confront this? >> first of all, this ideology, this narrative has been resilient. after 9/11, we destroyed al qaeda and afghanistan, kicked the taliban out for a period of time. however, al qaeda shifted from being an organization to being a network, to being a message. and it's very difficult to fight a message. the second element that i would like to talk about today is sectarianism. today, sectarianism in the middle east is the main unifier of a lot of these extremists. >> you mean sunni, shia -- >> the proxi war between saudi arabia, benefiting the extremis

a suicide attack has killed at least two people in the eastern afghan city of jalalabad four others were injured there the provincial election commission office dozens of protesters have been gathering there to show support for a parliamentary candidate who is disqualified over suspected ties to armed groups. at least nineteen people have been killed in a fire at a hotel in china's northeastern city of harbin the fire the full story building broke out in the early hours of saturday morning china's government has been trying to improve safety after a string of fires. the head of the roman catholic church as visiting our island for the first time in nearly four decades of the country has of course changed significantly in that time divorce contraception gay marriage and abortion and now legal the church has been severely tainted by cases of sex abuse by clerics in ireland these are live pictures that we're looking at of the pope's plane touching down at dublin international airport. those are the headline counting the cost is up next. we understand the differences and the similarities of c

in afghanistan at least two people have been killed in a suicide bombing in the eastern city of jalalabad four others were injured after attack as detonated explosives near the election commission office thousands of protesters have gathered there in support of upon entry candidates who was disqualified over suspected ties to groups afghanistan's paan and chain actions is scheduled for october. palestinian leaders have criticized the u.s. decision to cut more than two hundred million dollars in aid saying it shows how washington is using aid to influence policy the u.s. has already withheld millions of dollars from the u.n. relief agency for the palestinians a state department says the money will be redirected to programs that align with u.s. interests relations between the u.s. and the palestinian leadership deteriorated after president down trump recognizer will stand as his ras capital and move the american embassy there in may. as a fund salamanca is a former policy adviser to the palestinian prime minister he says america is trying to bully palestinian people into accepting a deal bu

at least 15 people have died in an attack on a government building in the city of jalalabad in afghanistan. gunmen set up several explosives at the entrance gate and stormed the compound. afghan speal forces were able to secure the building after a six-hour siege. it is the latest in a string of attacks in the region, medt of them carut by the islamic state group. trump administration officials have defended efforts to reunite migrant children with their families. ongressional hearing, th said they could prove that hundreds of detained parents decided to voluntarily leave thr u.s. without thildren. the statement has drawn skepticism from lawmakers, r o say they fat many parents signed documents without fully understanding what they meant. it as -- it has been seven weeks innce president trump and kim jong-un met in sgapore, declaring a new era in relations . now there are reports that north korea could be continuing to build intercontinental ballistic missiles. satellite photos of a key cility appear to show two new buildings at the site as well as vehicles moving around. for more on the s

elections to the point that he seemed in the national army to afghanistan's fifth biggest city in jalalabad to take control from the police to try and sure up security for civilians thank you very much for that that shot about us live and coupled with the very latest from. we're going to take you back to zimbabwe now an opposition leader nelson chamisa has just finished speaking.

eastern afghanistan two gunmen set off explosions and stormed the office for refugees in the city of jalalabad security forces fought for six hours to end the siege firefighters in the u.s. state of california say they have saved a populated area from wildfires that are sweeping across the north of the state the fire was diverted from the city of clear lake into the national forest at least six people have died and seven more are still missing since the fires broke out more than a week ago they destroyed more than eight hundred homes and displaced thousands of families you have to say now with all the headlines and we're back with another half of the news after the stream. getting to the heart of the matter unless we have new generations growing up to understand better our relationship with the natural world then soon there will be nothing left facing reality or our friends and allies the positive all the friends and institutions from taking place here their story on talk to al-jazeera. i am for me ok and you're in the stream of millions turned out to vote one day in them by a boy's historic c

elections to the point that he seemed in the national army to afghanistan's fifth biggest city in jalalabad to take control from the police to try and shore up security for civilians. leader of zimbabwe's main opposition party says there's been fraud in the election on monday in which president i was in just over fifty percent of the vote now the results were manipulated he's promising to go to court over it says the election is credible that his calling for peace and unity harmony has more from harare. riot police disrupt a press conference about to be given by the bobbies main opposition leader nelson chamisa the order the journalist to leave saying they have no permission to gather at the hotel. some suburban say scenes like these reminded them of the days when robert mugabe was in power. when freedom of speech was stifled and media reporting was districted the country's information minister eventually tells the police to leave. when allowed to speak to me so i didn't hold back on his words if you wanted it. if you call it wind yes of britain if you want a long and you know that's. short

to afghanistan now where a suicide attack has killed at least two people in the eastern city of jalalabad four others were injured near the prevention election commission office dozens of protesters had been gathering there to show support for a parliamentary candidate who was disqualified on the suspected ties to armed groups parliamentary election as for talk about. now for the first time since his june summit with the north korean leader donald trump has acknowledged that not much progress is being made on denuclearization the u.s. president has decided to delay a visit to north korea by his secretary of state mike pompei all of which is planned for next week announcing the move on twitter trump accused beijing all of easing pressure on pyongyang up. washington began employing tariffs on chinese goods south korea has called trump's decision unfortunate shihab rattansi has more from washington d.c. . just a few days ago doldrum been pretty upbeat about negotiations with north korea telling reuters about pyongyang had taken steps towards denuclearization with missile testing and stopped

elections to the point that he seemed in the national army to afghanistan's fifth biggest city in jalalabad to take control from the police to try and shore up security for civilians. zimbabwe's opposition is claiming fraud in monday's election that gave president emerson just over fifty percent of the vote nelson chamisa says the results were manipulated he's promising to go to court over it and agog was defended the election process he says it's being credible and is calling for peace and unity i want us to has more from hadi. writes police disrupt a press conference about to be given by the bobbies main opposition leader nelson chamisa the order the journalist to leave saying they have no permission to gather the hotel. on some zimbabweans say scenes like these reminded them of the days when robert mugabe was in power. when freedom of speech was stifled and media reporting was to stick to. the country's information minister eventually tells the police to leave. when allowed to speak to me so i didn't hold back on his words if they wanted a city and equally one their son. and . shortly af

when outside developments in afghanistan where a suicide bombers attacked a checkpoint in jalalabad killing three soldiers and he said recently set up checkpoints around the east and sets he after away the deadly attacks that early as three soldiers from the czech republic were killed in an analysis of the site attack i was serving with the nato force and eastern part one province north of kabul one us into afghan soldiers have also been engine. israel's prime minister is defending a new law which has outraged the country's druze minority during cabinet meeting benjamin netanyahu said that the lore is meant to protect israel status as a jewish state and will help to prevent palestinians and illegal migrants from seeking citizenship on saturday drew his protest as rallied against the legislation which they say would juices them to second class citizens even though they also serve in the military and the police andrew symonds has more from west jerusalem. where the prime minister had to say doesn't take things further he isn't prepared to repeal the law nor will he amend it and it won't click

at least three people have been killed in a suicide bombing in the eastern afghan city of jalalabad four others were injured after attackers death detonated explosives near the offices of the election commission dozens of protesters are gathered there in support of a parliamentary candidate who was disqualified because a suspected ties to armed groups. afghanistan's parliamentary elections are for october. there's a dispute between the u.s. and pakistan's uli elected government over a phone call the two countries disagree over what was said in the call between the new prime minister. and the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei or washington says it stands behind what it said in an earlier statement that pompei or has specifically discussed terrorism but is rather about says that didn't happen pompei is expected to go to islamabad in early september. i mean. we need to understand the desires of the united states and they need to understand ours it is not a unilateral relationship these are bilateral times in a relationship that is bilateral and in which the objective is common you do have

at least fifteen people have died in an attack on a government building in the city of jalalabad in afghanistanlosives and stormed the compound. afghan special forces were able to secure the building after a six hour siege. thailand has asked britain to extradite its former prime minister yingluck shinawatra. she fled the country last august to avoid being jailed over a rice subsidy scheme that ran up billions of dollars in losses. she has denied wrongdoing and said the trial was politically motivated. the chief of malaysia's civil aviation authority has quit after a report into the missing malaysia airlines flight mh370 found failures by air traffic control. azar—ruddin abdul rahman said the official report, which was released on monday, highlighted lapses by controllers — and that he was resigning "with regret". a plane has crashed in the capital of mexico's durango state. the state governor has tweeted that there were no deaths among the 97 passengers and four crew aboard, although there were injuries. the aeromexico flight was flying from guadalupe victoria international airport to mexico c

at least fifteen people have died in an attack on a government building in the city of jalalabad in afghanistanxplosives and stormed the compound. afghan special forces were able to secure the building after a six hour siege. the chief of malaysia's civil aviation authority has quit after a report into the missing malaysia airlines flight mh370 found failures by air traffic control. azharuddin abdul rahman said the official report, which was released on monday, highlighted lapses by controllers and that he was resigning "with regret" thailand has asked britain to extradite its former prime minister yingluck shinawatra. she fled the country last august to avoid being jailed over a rice subsidy scheme that ran up billions of dollars in losses. she has denied wrongdoing and said the trial was politically motivated. france's government has won a confidence vote over the scandal surrounding an aide to president emmanuel macron. mr alexandre benalla was filmed manhandling demonstrators during may day protests in paris. macron's party has a large majority making the vote mainly symbolic but the scanda

way to defeat the ruling classes now the afghan army says it's taking control of the sin city of jalalabadafter a series of attacks that killed dozens of the folks the government made the decision to withdraw the responsibility from the police after an attack on a government refugee office from chewstick fifteen people were killed in the past three months one hundred and sixty civilians have been killed in the province by ice so far for taliban attacks. and the afghan army says more than one hundred fifty eisel fighters surrendered on tuesday that's after a heavy gun battle between eisel and the taliban in the northern jos jan province the government says more than one hundred fifty eisel fighters were killed and one hundred wounded. and afghanistan will hold presidential elections on april the twentieth next year the announcement comes as people prepare for palm entry elections in less than three months all afghans have had to have to have had to register for a chance to vote but it's fraught with difficulties shall about us reports from kabul. hundreds of women recall the names of the co

the elections to the point that he seemed in the national army to afghanistan's fifth biggest city jalalabad to take control from the police trying sure up security for civilians. in iran discontent is growing over the country's poor social services and worsening economy videos are being shared on social media of demonstrations being held in the small towns and more recently in the larger cities including the capital tehran it's from there the same bus driver he sent us this report. protesters in iran have been chanting against the religious and political elite but for these men and women what they say is the government's mishandling of the economy is their main grievance. this some identified woman removed her headscarf and increasingly common way for iranian women to protest and began addressing others. let's build a country with our own hands people do not be afraid if we stand together and united neither internal or external powers can confront us we are a rainy and it is not our business what is happening in palestine syria iraq or lebanon why should all our resources go to them social

to a goddess found now with the army says it's taking control of the eastern city of jalalabad after a series of attacks that have killed dozens of people the government made the decision to withdraw the responsibility from the police after an attack on a government refugee office on tuesday fifteen people were killed in the past three months one hundred sixty civilians have been killed in the province all taliban attacks and the afghan army says more than one hundred fifty five to surrendered on tuesday that's a heavy gun battle between i still and the taliban in the northern province the government says more than one hundred fifty isis fighters were killed and one hundred wounded shallop ballasts has more from kabul. tell a ban on the islamic state have been engaged in heavy fighting across the country this summer in particular province in the last few days it came to a head last night when the taliban essentially overran an islamic state in the district putting out a statement saying they killed one hundred fifty three islamic fighters wounded more than one hundred and took captiv

afraid to go back a suicide attack has killed at least two people in the eastern afghan city of jalalabad four others were hurt near the provincial election commission office. china has expressed serious concern over donald trump's comments about north korea the us president accused beijing of easing pressure on pyongyang over the issue of denuclearization president trump has delayed sexiest state might pompei is visit to pyongyang which was planned for next week all right you up to date for now those are the very latest headlines from us here at al-jazeera i'll be back in about twenty five minutes or so with more headlines after a head to head. since its pakistan's democratic experiment has been punctuated by military coups the army the puppets the politicians who they could control. and now on the frontline of america's so-called war on terror. pakistan stands accused of playing a double game supporting the taliban abroad while fighting them at home. stakes in your backyard and expect them only to fight your neighbors. but a massacre of a school in peshawar left the country reeling the

elections to the point that he seemed in the national army to afghanistan's fifth biggest city in jalalabad to take control from the place to train sure up security for civilians. zimbabwe's opposition is claiming fraud in monday's election that gave president emerson mung just over fifty percent of the vote but also says the results were manipulated and he's promising to go to court over it was a defended the election process he says it's being credible and his call for peace and unity has more from. rights police dropped a press conference about to be given by the bobbies main opposition leader nelson chamisa of the order the journalist to leave saying they have no permission to gather the hotel. sums of bobby and say scenes like these reminded them of the days when robert mugabe was in power. when freedom of speech was stifled and media reporting was to stick to. the country's information minister eventually tells the police to leave. when allowed to speak to me so i didn't hold back on his words if they wanted a city. equally one there. and . shortly afterwards the president elect. hims

elections to the point that he seemed in the national army to afghanistan's fifth biggest city in jalalabad to take control from the police try and shore up security for civilians. the syrian government has been accused of faking the cause of death of thousands of prisoners in a report published by two human rights groups the syrian foundation's platform and the human rights and justice movement presented their findings in istanbul according to the syrian government eight thousand prisoners died from heart attacks asked for cancer or other health causes in the past week alone where the group condemns what they call fake death reports. the conflict in syria will soon come to an end assad's government is trying to find new ways to avoid being judged at the international criminal court to justify their crimes to their supporters they have reported that thousands of people died because of health reasons it's clear these reports are fake. while i am talking there are thousands and thousands of people being tortured without food and without medical care in assad's prisons the regime tells the fam

country earlier at least two people were killed in a suicide bombing in the eastern afghan city of jalalabad four others were injured after attack as detonated explosives near the election commission office dozens of protesters have gathered their support of a parliamentary candidate who was disqualified over suspected ties to armed groups afghans will vote in a parliamentary election in october. they've been protests in the iraqi city of basra where hundreds of people are in hospital after drinking contaminated water iraq's government has launched an investigation into the mass poisoning but residents in the oil rich city say it's just the latest example of basic services being neglected some of binge of aid has more. people in basra have been uploading videos of what comes out of the water tanks contaminated water which appears to be unusable and unsafe some have conducted particle tests on their own and see the water being provided is not fit for drinking hundreds of people have been treated in hospitals in the last few days but stomach related complaints including aches and diarrhea said

a suicide attack has killed at least two people in the east of the afghan city of jalalabad four others were injured the provincial election commission office dozens of protesters had been gathering there to show their support for a parliamentary candidate who was disqualified other suspected ties to armed groups of parliamentary elections are scheduled for october. at least nineteen people have been killed in a fire at a hotel in china's certain northeastern city of harbin the fire at the four story building broke out in the early hours of saturday morning china's government has been trying to improve safety after a string of fires at hotels shopping malls and apartment buildings now for the first time in nearly four decades the head of the catholic church is visiting our island the country has changed significantly in that time divorce contraception gay marriage and abortion and our legal while the numerous cases of sex abuse by clerics have seen the catholic population turn away from organized religion but those are the headlines the listening post is coming up next. but the three bi

honest on our suicide bombers attacked a checkpoint in jalalabad killing three soldiers and he said recently set up checkpoints around the east and says after a wave of deadly attacks that early as three soldiers from the czech republic were killed in and around the suicide attack they were serving with the nato force an eastern part won province north of kabul one us until afghan soldiers have also have been injured. egypt says its military has killed fifty two people and arrested dozens in an ongoing crackdown in the sinai region egypt launched an offensive in february targeting on groups in sinai the nile delta and the western desert it also destroyed fifteen vehicles loaded with weapons and ammunition which it says were attempting to cross the country's western border with libya. israel's prime minister is defending a new law which has outraged the country's druze minority during a cabinet meeting benjamin netanyahu said the law is meant to protect israel's status as a jewish state will help to prevent palestinians and illegal migrants from seeking citizenship on saturday drew's protest

in afghanistan a suicide bombers attacked a checkpoint in jalalabad killing three soldiers police have recently set up checkpoints around the eastern city after a wave of deadly attacks that three soldiers in the czech republic were killed in another suicide attack they were serving with the nato force in eastern part one province north of kabul one u.s. and two afghan soldiers have also been injured. egypt says its military has killed fifty two people and arrested dozens in an ongoing crackdown in the sinai region egypt launched an offensive in february targeting armed groups in sinai the nile delta and the western desert it's also destroyed fifteen vehicles loaded with weapons and ammunition which it says were attempting to cross the country's western border with libya. israel's prime minister is defending a new law which has outraged the country's druze minority during a cabinet meeting benjamin netanyahu said the law is meant to protect israel's status as a jewish state and will help to prevent palestinians and illegal migrants from seeking citizenship on saturday druze protest as

the elections to the point that he seemed in the national army to afghanistan's fifth biggest city jalalabad to take control from the police try and shore up security for civilians. it watching al-jazeera live from london still to come on the program health experts reveal what triggered the latest deadly ebola outbreak and frustrations boil over in iran protesters rally against poor social services and the warsaw poland. our european weather is still about heat for occasional big diamond pools including hail and that's these white clouds here in the wall to central and eastern europe that talk of clouds over the british isles is a cold front but the rain and temporarily temperatures will drop but we still get a full cost twenty nine for london forty is the one for madrid forty four forty five forty six for the southwest area southern portugal southwestern spain weather might just be a broken record is going to be touch and go about a long way as the highest temperatures throughout europe with the high twenty's and thirty's elsewhere and as i say that will generate a few big showers including

afghanistan, at least 15 people were killed in an attack on a government building in the eastern city of jalalabad tuesday. among the victims were international aid workers, including a member of the international rescue committee and a staffer for the united nation's international organization for migration. authorities have blamed the attack on isis. a federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking a texas-based gun rights group from m sting onlile blueprints to make semiautomatic assault weapons from 3-d printers. the injunction comes after the attorneys general of eight states and thehe district of colombiaia sued the trump administration, aimed to block ththe downloadable bluepeprintsm going online. this is massachusetts senator ed markey, one of the states that sued the administration. >> these downloaoadable firearms are available even to those who could not pass a background check. it is the ultimate gun loophole. why buy them if you can print them at home instead? these firearms are also untraceable. they will not have a serial number for law enforcement to reference. amy

from afghanistan, a suicide bombing outside an election commission office in the eastern city of jalalabad killed at least seven people on saturday. in argentina, a corruption scandal has engulfed the country as prosecutors investigate an alleged kickback scheme involving government contracts under former president nestor kirchner and his widow and successor, cristina fernandez de kirchner. authorities have already arrested more than two dozen people and raided the home of cristina fernandez de kirchner. she says the investigation is a political ploy by the right-wing administration of the current argentine president mauricio macri and has compared her situation to the prosecution and jailing of brazil's former president luiz inacio lula da silva in brazil. act in the united states in jacksonville, florida, authorities say a man opened fire at a restaurant hosting a madden 19 video game tournament sunday, killing three people, including himself, and wounded 11 more. a warning, this video is disturbing. >> it is going to be hard -- [gunfire] >> what is he shooting with? >> oh! streamedis vi

start in afghanistan where the army says it's taking over security control of the eastern city of jalalabad after a series of attacks there killed the dozens of people the government decided to withdraw responsibility from the police after yet another bombing on a refugee office on tuesday fifteen people were killed in the past three months one hundred sixty civilians have been killed in the province by iso or taliban attacks afghanistan's election body has announced the presidential election for april next year that's on top of a parliamentary poll in less than three months afghans have had to register for the chance to vote in the contests but the process has faced accusations of fraud and abuse reports now from kabul. hundreds of women recalled the names of the countryman compiling an electronic list of who decide afghanistan's next leader nine million people have registered to vote a quarter of the population but here that means nine million manually intrigues and this is the. name of that person and. it is very day then business. next to. this hospitalized with seven hundred people wor

elections to the point that he seemed in the national army to afghanistan's fifth biggest city in jalalabad to take control from the police try and shore up security for civilians. senior members are meeting in gaza senior hamas members there is a meeting in gaza to discuss a cease fire deal that's being brokered by egypt and the united nations prominently dishonor our rule has returned there from lebanon for the first time since took two thousand and ten to attend the talks tensions along the border have been growing with weekly friday protests taking place against israel since march the thirtieth or one hundred fifty palestinians have been killed during the demonstrations israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu has declared a visit to colombia delayed rather a visit to colombia and called a special cabinet meeting on sunday to monitor garza developments. rowan's us live from gaza stephanie talks taking place we hear on what's being described as a possible long term truce it's not the first time we've heard that sort of thing any reason to think this might end differently. absolutely yo

jalalabad one of afghanistan's biggest cities and another walls are as torn as most of the department of refugee fears for a conference on how to help displaced afghans they were targeted. explosions hit the compounds exterior allowing to government to get past the rules but others have a hold of them again of i was sitting in my medical store when a gunman entered the refugee department right after that they started shooting and one of them blew himself up at the gate i saw two injured people come out of the building for several hours sporadic gunfire was heard across the neighborhood smoke billowing from the building as afghan special forces hunted the remaining gunman the building is next door to the city's main hospital ten people were treated with critical injuries. it's also just one hundred meters from the midwife training center that was attacked in the same way on saturday three staff members were killed and sixty seven trapped inside for hours. in the last three months there have been thirty attacks against civilians in this province that have killed one hundred sixty people

now with the army says it's taking control of the eastern city of jalalabad after a series of attacks that have killed dozens of people the government made the decision to withdraw the responsibility from the police after an attack on a government refugee office on tuesday and which fifteen people were killed in the past three months one hundred sixty civilians have been killed in the province by isis the or taliban attacks. the afghan army says more than one hundred fifty five has surrendered on tuesday that's after a heavy gun battle between i still and the taliban in the northern province the government says more than one hundred fifty i fighters were killed and one hundred wounded. has more now from kabul. taliban and the islamic state have been engaged in heavy fighting across the country this summer in particular province and the last few days it all came to a head last night when the taliban essentially overran an islamic state in claiborne the district putting out a statement saying they killed one hundred fifty three islamic fighters wounded more than one hundred and took hav

eastern afghanistan two gunmen set off explosions and stormed the office for refugees in the city of jalalabad security forces fought for six hours to end the sea. and in the u.s. state of california say they've saved a populated area from wildfires there's a sweeping across the north of the state if i was diverted from the city of clear lake into the national forest at least six people have died and seven more still missing since the fires broke out more than a week ago. now with all the headlines we're back with another news update on al jazeera after the system. don't want to speak today for the voiceless those who doubt come out of prison speak for themselves i did everything innocent man could possibly do everything that you love is taken away from. i think the president has the greatest power of anybody in our society he is a powerful life and death i was in pretty good twenty one based on false allegations that just means you can check me check my truck i don't shoot anybody i have anything to do not if the prosecutor doesn't have integrity of the prosecutor is going to seek convictions