the country remains heavily dependent on international 840, has the boughs are in jalalabad in eastern afghanistan is awash in color, but life for most here remains stark. thousands of daily workers struggle to get by day to day. you know, when i see the poor, old government is taking us next and wants to kill us. there's no help for us. the poor don't have rights. poverty levels have shot up to 70 percent from 54 percent last year. many afghans say corruption, deprived them from benefiting from the international aid that has been keeping up. danny, stand alive for almost 2 decades. the government deals behind the curtains, whatever they get, they distribute among themselves. look at these children here. they sell plastic bags. they need to go to school. corruption is also the main concern for the international community. and funding in afghanistan, billions have been lost to abuse, fraud, and waste. in programs set up to develop the country in communities. like providing, know how when equipment to some afghans here to learn how to make all of oil and sell their olives. for years, the

for al-jazeera, jalalabad, eastern afghanistan, both still ahead here on out as our allies predict larger than expected losses due to the current virus pandemic calling the crisis devastating. also we have in mexico fight back against rising violence during the pandemic. we'll bring you one survivor story to stay with us here on al-jazeera. we got some rather nasty weather across eastern parts of canada. quite a bit of cloud here. parry of low pressure that's been swirling away, tightly packed ice about strong winds that are just around the canadian maritimes. him and he, wintry weather for many handsome winter weather to across the western side of candidate coming down across the the rocky mountain states of the u.s. as well in between. we've got some very heavy rain pushing up towards the appalachians rod across the plains easing the east was make the most if you'll read, 30 celsius in d.c., 12 celsius for new york. head of thanksgiving dry come thanksgiving. well, wet weather around the eastern seaboard all the way along the east coast, looking rather wet, dry weather, talking back in

more urgent than ever for your country for al-jazeera, jalalabad in eastern afghanistan. politicians from rival libyan factions will hold a joint parliamentary session for the 1st time in years. representatives from both factions agreed on the united session during talks in morocco, m.p.'s based in both tripoli and to brooke will meet in the libyan city of good damis, in the coming days, libya's parliament was elected and 2014, but split during the ongoing civil war. at least 7 people have died in 2 separate car bombings in northwestern syria. the 1st attack happened in the city of al-bab in aleppo, province one a trade group say 5 people were killed, mostly police officers. the 2nd blast killed 2 in there by offering women in mexico are facing higher levels of violence. some of the coronavirus pandemic, an average of 10 women are murdered every day with nowhere else to go. a group of victims of occupy the government building in the capital of mexico city are just there are met with one of the women that found refuge there. we want to show all the women that we are not sc

for your country for al jazeera jalalabad, eastern afghanistan funded group of activists in cuba have gone on hunger strike against the detention of a wrap up. the government says that is so nice has links with anti government groups. the activists say the government is trying to muzzle dissent. this report from to risible images such as this are unusual in cuba, a group of dissidents trying to protest in the center of have an hour before long pro-government civilians harass the protesters. the demonstrators have come here to denounce the detention of singur, denise elise, who has openly criticized the cuban government early november. the police enter his house in heaven or so lease asked the officer to leave and then insulted him, calling him a coward in a uniform. they're not going to really came at night so they wouldn't see my face plotting to kidnap if they think they are going to scare me. they are wrong. i am ready to die. 3 days later, he was detained and sentenced to 8 months in prison, accused of contempt. he later appeared in a video aired in a government website, where he

he was shot and killed in jalalabad last december. nakamura's memorial was ld on monday at his alma materkyushu university in japan's southwestern city of fukuoka. his family and supporters were among about 450 mourners. >> translator: my life has changed since i went to pick up my father. the year has passed in the blink of an eye. 's the fily's hope that the project will continue. >> a video message from afghan president ashraf ghani was shown at the memorial. they've renewed their work after a temporary ha. >>> next, ecosystems across the globe are coming under threat for invasive species. researches in japan's ancient capital of nara are working to protect indigenous species lig in a historic pond. as we see in our next report , this modern--day project is getting help from local relics. >> reporter: the ancient buddhist temple is a unesco world heritage site. next to it lies a pond, one of the most popular spots for visitors to nara. the pond is home to many species of indigenous fish, includi. however, in recent years they have

government is not able to be the kind of attention it should be paying to securing places like kabul jalalabad among other major urban centers and securing some of its most wanted it to people do you think that the peace talks the negotiations that are currently going on in doha the violence that we've seen in afghanistan are in some way influenced by the by the presence of afghanistan's 2 major neighbors with course india and pakistan who both have their own regional rivalries. sure so special envoy america's top negotiator for the afghan peace process has struggled to restrain regional influence regional spillover on the ongoing conflict in afghanistan so pakistan's role for instance has always been controversial but it has become less clear in the last few months. that have leaned on pakistan to persuade the taliban on a ceasefire pakistan behind closed doors has made commitments that it will burst through at the parliament on a on a ceasefire but its public pronounce a pronouncements fall short of calling the taliban to cease fire and instead it continues to warn that it will not tolerate