what it will fetch in kabul, i have no idea.orter: the traders send the stones to kabul by courier. the journey through the panjshir valley would be much too dangerous for them to undertake themselves. back in kabul. hidden behind a maze of passageways, the stones are cut and polished. it's tedious work. over the years the cutters learn not to grind away too much. but here too, no one is getting rich from emeralds. >> payment is by weight. we get 50 afghani per carat. reporter: that is not even 1 euro. here is where the trail of the stones is lost. most are smuggled across the border to pakistan or by plane to dubai to dealers from europe and the americas. here in kabul we also encounter one of our two dealers again. >> we don't ask any questions. when someone comes and pays, he gets the goods, and what happens gets the goods, and what happens after that is no longer our business. reporter: in front of the camera, mohammed azim is vague. but later, he explains to us how the emeralds are smuggled abroad: regional bosses, warlords

after an explosion in the capital kabul. ousted catalan president carlos bridged among pro independence parties to unite ahead of a midnight deadline to register for next month's election which tomorrow was speaking to catalunya radio from brussels ways in. exile there's a top stories. some say he's in a rush to take power from these father others argue mohamed been saw man is on a path to reform saudi arabia but what risks is the crown prince running and kenny meet the many challenges he faces both at home and in the region this is inside story.

station is targeted by gunmen in kabul it's just the latest in a string of attacks across afghanistan. where in harare where zimbabwe's president robert mugabe has fired his deputy clearing the way for his wife to succeed him. saudi arabia has fired another warning shot at iran accusing it of direct military aggression through hoofy rebels in yemen crown prince mohammed bin solomon was referring to the missile fired at me out from yemen on saturday saudi arabia pointing a finger terror around for supplying the weapons to iran for its part has dismissed the accusation as quote contrary to reality meanwhile what appears to be the saudi orchestrated resignation of lebanon's prime minister has thrown the country into political turmoil the begins our coverage from beirut. it has been three days since lebanese prime minister sato had announced his shock resignation he made his statement in saudi arabia and hasn't returned home since instead he traveled to abu dhabi a saudi ally in the anti iranian camp for talks on an escalating political crisis back home but the crisis extends beyond leban

over the last few months have anything soldiers here is jennifer glass that live in kabul. in today's on demand instant digital world many libraries have had to shrug off the stuff inside that image katz us new national library opens on tuesday in the capital's education city area as well as books it has computers a kid zone and coffee it's all part of the country's effort to refocus its economy as well matheson reports when emotions are reduced to him oh geez and a handful of tweeted letters scattered across the internet can inspire the world or plunge it into despair words have weight and print is still powerful. if you recall the first word in the qur'an is read i think that that's really going to be leading the people to use this library to operate and to understand the resources in a region in a country that has a long tradition of loving the written words this is qatar's new national library these shelves can hold around one point two million books racks of history fiction and reference sit alongside computers music studios three d. printers stages for musical and fea

stations are wagering we've got an ongoing seed situation here in kabul it started with an explosion outside shamshad t.v. and then gunman went into the television station we do know a number of those employees have been able to get out of the station but it's unclear who exactly is inside and it is adrian a rather large compound it's not only home to the t.v. station but the owner also runs a mind museum next door so there's a lot of a lands next door. as well so there's a lot of land for security forces to cover as they get into that compound who might have been behind that attack such as this and what would the motive be why attack the t.v. station. well we don't know exactly who was behind it we do with there was a tweet from the taliban saying it had nothing to do with the taleban journalists have adrian been under increasing threat here in afghanistan two thousand and sixteen the deadliest year for them so far with thirteen journalists killed but a number of journalists have been killed as well this year two in a a suicide bomb attack in. the center of kabul to kill one hundred

but afghan journalists have come under attack and threats right here in kabul and around the country last year was the deadliest year for afghan journalists with thirteen journalists killed and. putting one attack by the taliban but as i said adrian the taliban have specifically denied this attack via social media now that it's over well wait to see if anybody claims responsibility and gives us some sort of reasoning behind it jennifer many thanks al-jazeera jennifer glass the live in kabul we're going to weather update next here on al-jazeera then more bad news for refugees who are still inside a former straightly a prison camp in papua new guinea will be right back. hello a tropical depression has been wandering around sumatra singapore peninsula malaysia for about two three days that lot of right and even recently even though it's more or less gone seventy millimeters was the recording in singapore in twenty four hours more rain to come in this general area but the circulation he's now off shore only just passing sumatra will be pretty wet in fact that rain extends out through sou

an amnesty deal with the government and in may return from exile and triumphantly paraded through kabul. it's taken six months for the first public gathering his political party has be islami it filled the largest speaking hall in the country. i never in my dreams thought we could have this event or that it would be so big participants took an oath in arabic passed two and dari pledging everlasting allegiance to his be as law me now to your emphasize the importance of elections saying the democratic process is the only way to build a strong central government and he wants his b.s. lonnie to play a big part in fanciers as only a strong government can bring security and stability to afghanistan but it's unclear whether a big turnout here will mean more votes on women's reelections in next year's presidential vote in two thousand and nineteen in the meantime hekmatyar says he's meeting taliban members who could help end the fighting we're going to put i want to get this. done there are those in the taliban who are top of war want peace they were forced to enter the war is possible to convi

well joining us now from kabul is journalist katherine james catherine we understand that this siege is over tell us what is the situation at the t.v. station right now. now as he. does indeed usually if you check ins we've we'll be attacked is something thank you by the afghan special forces of the afghan forces it appears that they were all just in police uniforms whether they were who they were at the stage he's not and he is not . right he went there flying off a hunting. i'm talking and all. ok catherine i'm afraid we have a problem with the audio law and here we simply can't understand what you're saying hope we can come back to you later time that was a journalist catherine james talking to us there in kabul now let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today u.s. authorities say the man accused of shooting dead twenty six people at a church in texas was able to buy firearms because of an error by the u.s. airports it failed to devon patrick kelly's criminal history to the federal database used to conduct background checks kelly had recei

now i saw it carried out an attack on a television station in kabul which killed at least one person being seen as an assault on media freedom in afghanistan as jennifer glass reports. for our. attackers inside security forces outside trading gunfire and grenades when the attack at the front gate started just before many members of staff ran out of other exits some jumping from the second and third floors. we condemn this attack because it was on a group of innocent people working to provide entertainment to afghan we also give poor underprivileged afghans a voice to show other afghans how they live troops and police arrived quickly what is becoming almost routine in kabul a bomber at the gate followed by attackers on foot the compound is also home to a mine awareness museum there were children inside rescued by security forces but the intended target seemed to be the t.v. station. unfortunately this attack shows how difficult it is for afghan journalist to work in the media here our safe life is for them that this attack happened just a kilometer from the presidential palace and sho

embassy in kabul. jeffrey grieco is president and ceo of the afghan american chamber of commerce and former usaid assistant administrator and mr. hussein a romney entrepreneur and member of the federation of afghanistan craftsmen and traders. i would like to divide the panel into the u.s. perspective and jump into one of the local voices. we will start with a feel-good story. i would like to ask some questions about the achievement of afghanistan and the private sector and in particular in the last 16 years. jeffrey grieco and anthony wayne but in your opinion are the three main achievements that the third and afghanistan have accomplished? >> i will start with the private sector. afghanistan, i think you have to historically look at it in context and i'm very aware that c-span is here today so we have a larger audience than just our audience here today watching and it's really important the american public know that the success in afghanistan has had with a lot of support from the united states and ot

the execution was a clear sign of what kind of regime had seized power in kabul. julie sir's travelled in secrecy took a bullet nine hundred ninety seven in order to learn more about the new regime. i had gone into kabul when i was held by the taleban secretly basically dressed as as an afghan woman in a burka. they seemed very foreign to me certainly many afghans are conservative muslims but even among them they generally do not support the sort of extremism that the taliban stands for i see the taliban really as an alien force. their attitude toward women or a number of human rights issues i found disturbing but i think it was that larger frame geopolitical issue of them being backed by the pakistanis that was most disturbing to me. when the time i came in to talk about being detained here on go back need to have a good experience with going to. the toilet my man said that he just for this. working studying learning in seminaries and the mother says they couldn't they had it was she who had to to get a living well the international community that was the top of

after an explosion in the capital kabul symbolic ways president robert mugabe has fired his deputy the decision removes one of the leading contenders to become a garbage successor now his wife grace appears to be the front runner. those are the top stories don't go away a.j. selects is next. the from a man without a doubt i find that out i get to talk about the heart and not the lady that i live next hour we are hoping the prime minister modi is going to wake up and listen to us for what we have been trying to say for the last part b. yes that people in bhopal need adequate compensation from union carbide and dow chemical entities many because more people from the. daily show that after thirty years they have not given up their fight for justice and with adequate compensation . for whatever we have. the only way to go foreign is to fight this and whatever we have whatever little conversation medical and rehabilitation we will have one of the longest and by other people. shouldn't. we handle that this thirtieth anniversary with all so far as you know leverage and you know waking up our

in one of kabul's busiest neighborhoods men gather every morning looking for work not hussein he says he'll do anything carry bricks make cement help want to building site any general labor that will earn him up to five dollars a day he has nine family members to feed and often can't find work. i'm not the only unemployed man here there are three to four hundred of us in the area on the best day only fifty to one hundred get work the rest of us are hopeless or should we do. saki says he's sixty six and by law should be retired with the government pension instead he's here hoping for a job but. i only work two or three days a week and even when i do get work sometimes they don't pay me what they have promised. the competition is tough and a potential employer arrives the men crowd around him only a lucky few are chosen. it isn't just the poorly educated and workers like these men who find it hard to get a job in today's afghanistan the country's high unemployment rate affects almost levels of society and contributes to the country's other major challenge lack of security high unemploym

inafew in a few minutes we are going to report from kabul.n carried out allegedly by the islamic state. we will report from the scene. a senior welsh politician has been found dead after facing allegations, from a number of women, about his personal conduct. carl sargeant, who was a9, took his own life. a labour member of the welsh assembly, he was sacked on friday from his job as cabinet secretary for communities and children and suspended from the party. our correspondent roger pinney has been in his north wales constituency connah's quay. if there is one word i have heard over and over again it is shock. people tell me they were shocked last wheelchair when carl sargeant was sacked from the welsh government and they have been shocked to the point of disbelief, to learn that he has died. people here told me of a man deeply rooted in the community here in connah‘s quay, to the extend here in connah‘s quay, to the extend he lived a street away from the house he grew up. people have paid tributes from all the political party, here in north wel

in one of kabul's busiest neighborhoods men gather every morning looking for work out hussein he says he'll do anything carry bricks make cement help on a building site any general labor that will earn him up to five dollars a day he has nine family members to feed and often can't find work. i'm not the only unemployed man there are three to four hundred of us in the area on the best day only fifty to one hundred get work the rest of us a hopeless why should we do. saki says he's sixty six and by law should be retired with a government pension instead he's here hoping for a job. i only work two or three days a week and even when i do get work sometimes they don't pay me what they have promised. the competition is tough potential employer wives the men crowd around here only a lucky few are chosen. it isn't just the poorly educated. like these men who find it hard to get a job in today's afghanistan the country's high unemployment rate of. society and contributes to the country's other major challenge lack of security high unemployment has cost escalating crime rates here in kabul and

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two people and injured at least twenty others gunmen stormed the station after an explosion in kabul the siege is now over and the station has resumed broadcasting. as your top stories are have more at the top in about twenty five minutes time after the stream which starts now. hi i'm semi ok and i'm only going to live how do you build peace for the lama says young people are the root of the solution but what does that actually mean we were also the tibetans to lead up to her.

intelligence and logistics officials tell stem the flow of attacks here jennifer glass al jazeera kabul thousands of people have rallied in togo and demonstrations demanding political reform is just the latest in months of anti-government protests that have seen at least sixteen people killed more than two hundred injured but it appears the government is softening its stance on protesters saying it's open to talks with those who want the president to step down shut up but also reports. this is the song of opposition in togo the death of their frustration with president for missing by as measured in disavows to just understand that no rewarm were on the streets for three days november seventh eighth and ninth to demand reforms this regime everybody from north to south is fed up even children are demanding change. the time on the wrist his group's targo since august hundreds of thousands of rarely used in a single days resignation. the government responded with hundreds of the wrists and a ban on weekday persis but this week softened stance protests were permitted and forty two prisoners

says it carried out an attack on a television station in kabul that killed at least two people and injured twenty others it's being seen as an assault on media freedom in afghanistan jennifer glass reports from kabul. for our. attackers inside security forces outside trading gunfire and grenades when the attack at the front gate started just before many members of staff ran out of other exits some jumping from the second and third floors. we condemn this attack because it was on a group of innocent people working to provide entertainment to afghan we also give poor underprivileged afghans a voice to show other afghans how they live troops and police arrived quickly what is becoming almost routine in kabul a bomber at the gate followed by attackers on foot the compound is also home to a mine awareness museum there were children inside rescued by security forces but the intended target seemed to be the t.v. station. unfortunately this attack shows how difficult it is for afghan journalist to work in the media i want safe life is full of them this attack happened just a kilometer from the pre

exchange for a promise to renounce violence and support the government jennifer glass reports from kabul. the religious spider remake himself as a politician who was one of afghanistan's most notorious warlords but last year he signed an amnesty deal with the government and in may return from exile and triumphantly paraded through kabul. it's taken six months for the first public gathering his political party has been islami it filled the largest speaking hall in the country. i never in my dreams thought we could have this event or that it would be so big participants took an oath in arabic passed to and dari pledging everlasting allegiance to his business. now to our emphasise the importance of elections saying the democratic process is the only way to build a strong central government and he wants his b.s. lonnie to play a big part in fanciers as only a strong government can bring security and stability to afghanistan but it's unclear whether a big turnout here will mean more votes or limiter elections next year presidential voters in two thousand and nineteen in the meantime hekmatyar

two people and injured at least twenty others gunmen stormed the station after an explosion in kabul the siege is now over and the station has resumed broadcasting. top stories are have more at the top in about twenty five minutes time after the stream which starts now. hi i'm femi ok and i'm ali could be like how do you build peace with the lama says young people are the root of the solution but what does that actually mean we were also the tibetan spiritual leader personally today on the street. my name is patrick researcher and i'm in the story of. the united nations estimates that six hundred million young people that's half of the world's you population live in areas affected by conflict despite the challenges of growing up and turmoil many young people are striving to make a difference and fact a group of young peace builders from around the world have converged on the dalai lama's compound in india to learn from each other and the spiritual leader himself the event organized by the united states institute of peace seeks to give them the practical skills and the personal resili

gunman stormed a television station in afghanistan's capital and take hostages where live from kabul with the off them off. the vice president has consistently. and persistently. exhibited traits. of history. zimbabwe's president is number two the latest twist in a succession battle. saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed is accusing iran of what could be an act of war by supplying both the rebels in the yemen with a missile fired towards riyadh it's the latest development amid escalating tensions in the region saudi air defense forces you remember intercepted that ballistic missile on saturday although the houthi rebels claimed responsibility how the leaders say the weapon was supplied by iran now the iran bank who sees a warning saudi and u.a.e. airports are within their firing range and could be the next targets saudi arabia is also taking aim at lebanon its warning that it will be dealt with as government has declared war against riyadh lebanon's prime minister saddle how do you blame the iran and hezbollah of destabilizing the region how do you see who resigned while and beyond on

hans nichols, kabul, afghanistan. >>> still ahead, black friday deals are already here. we're going to tell you the best times to buy electronics, clothing, toys and more for everyone on your list. we'll be back. >>> we're back now with a closer look at the price you pay for all those holiday gifts. while black friday is almost upon us, in many ways it's already here. stores rolling out deals to compete with online competition. an nbc news business correspondent jo ling kent tells us how to get the most bang for your buck. >> it's here! >> reporter: to fend off online giant amazon big name stores are already pushing some of their best deals. >> it's black friday at jcpenney and the challenge is on. >> get 50% off your entire purchase. >> some things we bought today and some things we're going to wait. >> reporter: when should you check the items off your list? experts say thanksgiving day will feature the deepest discounts online for video games, computers and sporting goods. on black friday it's tablets and tvs online and in stores look for cookware and beauty products.

station in kabul we'll return to that story here on. the world is finally able to view a collection of works hoarded by one of hitler's dealers during the nazi era paintings by artists like monet rand was design and rode on a big show for the first time since the second world war as part of exhibitions in switzerland and germany. in twenty ten the son of the art dealer was investigated by tax authorities when part of his father's collection was discovered in houses that he owned and that son who died in two thousand and fourteen left most of the artworks to a swiss museum the rest of the collection is caught up in a legal battle right now between the museum and the family ski reports next from the exhibition in the swiss capital. their discovery stunned the art world for almost eighty around fifteen hundred paintings some bice's and more than a casso and with hundreds of millions of viewers with thought to have been lost to the world instead it emerged in two thousand and thirteen that they've been courted by cooley good it's the son of

intelligence and logistics officials tell stem the flow of attacks here jennifer glass al jazeera kabul. the united nations has called for an end to what it calls a catastrophic aid blockade on yemen heel prices increased by over sixty percent and cooking gas prices doubled after saudi arabia cut all aid access to the country the un says it's looking at whether the closure constitutes unlawful collective punishment and diplomatic editor genspace has more on the humanitarian situation in yemen is one of the grave is still in the world it's so bad a child under the age of five dies in the country every ten minutes from causes that should be preventable twenty million people out of a population estimated at twenty seven million are in need of humanitarian assistance but it appears for now all international aid is being cut saudi arabia has announced it's completely blockading the country cutting all sea and land links its reaction to a missile fired towards riyadh by the who these who control a large part of yemen including the capital sanaa to u.n. flights into the country have already be

live from kabul.ater, jobs, the economy and what some are calling the trump bump on the stock market. and we will be talking politics. will you be doing it during this thanksgiving holiday? all coming up on washington journal. you can send us a tweet. good morning. we begin with afghanistan. american troops on the ground in what has become america's longest war. joining us live is brig. gen. william graham. thank you for being with us on this holiday. thanks for having us. happy thanksgiving to you and all your viewers. host: he is joining us via skype. so there is a little bit of a delay. let's begin with what is america's longest war. from your standpoint what are some of the biggest challenges on the ground? guest: in just a minute -- and we will get that out of the way. this is my second tour in afghanistan and what i will noisywith you as another helicopter flies past is that there is optimism here with the afghan people. the new u.s. policy and its our nato allies is playing well with afghanista

nbc pentagon correspondent hans nichols is in kabul and brin u >> reporter: for the first time hitting the taliban where it hurts, targeting the drug labs that double as money machines for the insurgency. f-22 stealth fighters and b-52 bombers drop 2,000-pound bombs to obliterate heroin refinery, one cooking 50 barrels of drugs, according to the pentagon. the top smander in afghanistan, john nicholson says the air strikes deep in taliban territory were only the beginning. >> so now we're going to strike them in these areas then we're going to work with the afghan army as they go on their offensive operations in spring to expand control into these areas. >> reporter: it's all part of president trump's new afghanistan strategy including an additional 3,000 troops. before their arrival, america's longest war was at a stalemate. the new goal, bolster the democratically elected government. military officials here say the taliban didn't make any significant gains last year but the group still controls 40% of the tr bumper opium harvest this year, an increase of 87%, leading to potentially ch

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storm the television station in afghanistan the end of the facility after an explosion in the capital kabul the siege is now over and the station has resumed broadcasting eisel says that it was behind the attack as the headlines for the news hour for you in just over twenty five minutes after my choosey up next. a mass exodus hundreds of thousands of have fled ethnic cleansing in me in march for bangladesh one of the world's poorest countries when east investigates what their future holds at this time on al-jazeera. is here at the damage. to the sea or behalf of. donors. in the. world crusade and look we have to have a valid well it's an island i had been. with level when he foresaw award for so. little back. manna did. we. have a good if we are british. song online kept me passed on to some martyred on a mediterranean but you let me be. sure to a. fair even and probably a dead heat on more than a man. who says of jesus was it because he recalled it was issued e considered serious picked the i thought of a or else it's a delusion is a model. illegitimacy is not the whole thing can't you kno

nbc's pentagon correspondent hans nichols has more from kabul, afghanistan. hans?rter: kasie, the direct targeting by u.s. and afghan forces of drug processing facilities in southern afghanistan controlled by the taliban marks a new chapter in the 16-year war here. this is an important source of revenue for the taliban. an estimated $200 million per year. earlier year, speaking to officials in kabul, they make it so clear that you need to cut off the taliban's source of funding. i asked general niat a press conference what we can expect in terms of more bombings and he made it clear this is only the beginning. >> in the last 90 days with u.s. policy announcement, we started developing targets immediately. >> reporter: it's clear the taliban had a record year in terms of open upcultivation. they had 87% increase. it's also clear like in the u.s. with the opioid crisis, they're having a problem domestically here with heroin consumption. some 18% of children in rural areas have tried an opium product. this new strategy is part of the president's approach to afghanista

put it on record at least six police officers have been killed in an explosion in the afghan capital kabul security forces say that a number of civilians also died it's believed that it was a suicide bombing close to a political gathering. lebanon's prime minister has accepted an offer by the president of france to visit paris really announced his resignation in riyadh. two weeks ago lebanese president bashar tweeted that he hopes the country's political crisis is over french foreign minister is expected to meet harry during his visit to saudi arabia later he's calling the efforts to normalize the situation in lebanon. i reiterated france's concern with respect to lebanon sovereignty stability and independence from any foreign intervention all faiths and sects in lebanon need to be respected collective efforts must be made to restore things as they were before the resignation of prime minister saad hariri let's get some analysis now from the who's live for us in beirut so we hope we saw that the saudi arabian foreign minister speaking with his french counterpart in riyadh earlier they they

in kabul at least twenty others were injured the attack is widely being seen as an assault on media freedom in afghanistan. former cast on president carter's bridge to mt has made his first public appearance in brussels and spain issued an arrest warrant for him he joined an event held by a group of catalan mayors of travel to belgium to show their support for him and four other former members of his cabinet which among addressed the crowd saying catalonia was fast becoming an anomaly in europe. we mustn't forget that catalonia is the only part of the european union where the government democratically elected by the people is not actually allowed to govern and it's the only part of the european union where the president of that government is not actually allowed to be the president. the french prime minister has called for sanctions against those who've issued death threats towards the satirical magazine charlie hebdo after the publication of its latest issue surely a dog was attacked in two thousand and fifteen after publishing cartoons of the prophet mohammed the latest edition fe

embassy in kabul afghanistan defense ministry says that at least fifteen others were injured kenya's opposition leader raul odinga has called for the result of the presidential election rerun to be an old president uhuru kenyatta was declared the winner but the election was widely boycotted by opposition supporters doing a made no mention of a legal challenge but warned that the election results will undermine the public's faith in democracy i'll be back with the news here on al-jazeera and a little over twenty five minutes but let's get you back to the wanted eighteen. it is and i was very worried that the example fits a whole could spread out and then there will be facing a you know a massive civil p.d. and so on the country where you know can lose their ability to control the life of palestinians and you know occupation without control doesn't work. any terror. the military governor came one day when his soldiers rule the day. saying they did. to take you for two for each with a number on its body. and he told us. that we have to remove the cars and get rid of them. and i asked hi

embassy in kabul afghanistan as defense ministry says that fifteen others were injured. kenya's opposition leader arrived at the dingo has called for the result of the. presidential election rerun to be an old president who took and the asshole was declared the winner but the election was widely boycotted by opposition supporters to get made no mention of a legal challenge but warned that the election results will undermine the public's faith in democracy. and those are the headlines we'll have more news here here on al-jazeera after today's edition of inside story next. three of donald trump's forma advisers are indicted the probe into russia's involvement in the u.s. election is digging deeper so his name could be honest next and could this investigation sink the u.s. president's administration this is inside story.

sunshine once again into tashkent twenty seven celsius on matty twenty four degrees twenty four for kabul as well largely fine in trying across a good part of the middle east over the next couple of days by thursday perhaps a little bit of cloud just sneaking its way into northern parts of iran but to run still getting up to around twenty three degrees celsius so those numbers from for abu dhabi thirty two celsius pleasant sunshine across the reagan plain over the next couple of days thirty three thirty four degrees as we go on through thursday here in doha looking good in just a gentle breeze a summer a pleasant sunshine coming through present enough to enjoy a good part of southern africa a little more clout there across the western side of the region those in the may be seeing a little bit of damp weather it's a go through the next day or two further east is fine dry and sunny. al-jazeera recounts the shocking story of the assassination of count cabana dot. tossed by the security council to mediate between arabs and israelis. his death was one of the darkest days in the quest for peace

after an explosion in the capital kabul. outfit catalan president carlos reached him on pro independence parties to unite ahead of a midnight deadline to register for next month's election which the moment speaking to catalonia radio from brussels weighs in f.l. facts post exile there's a top stories. some say he's in a rush to take power from his father others argue mohamad been so money is on a path to reform saudi arabia but what risks is the crown prince running and kenyan meet the many challenges he faces both at home and in the region this is inside story. and i welcome to the program i'm jane dothan the erased in saudi arabia have spurred days of speculation and analysis there was the elements of surprise the detentions took place on saturday night and without warning the elements of power most of those arrested men of influence and an element of uncertainty is this about purging corruption or consolidating power the man behind it all drawn prince mohammed bin salma on has been a figure of controversy for months now h

napier door and he's fourteen people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in the afghan capital kabul it happened outside a hotel which was hosting a gathering of around seven hundred supporters of an interventional regional leader think tim's police offices and two civilians i saw says it was behind the attack. greece has declared three days of national mourning after a flash flood killed at least fifteen people several others are still missing and hundreds more have been left homeless as a result of the disaster some experts are blaming the government for now houses to be built on dry river beds in the towns of near perilous and mandra. an artist a nation in the center of berlin is giving passes by a sense of the horrors syrians have endured by a syrian german artist man after a loony is based on a picture of appended buses that provided a makeshift barricade from snipers in aleppo charlie rangel has more from berlin we're here at the brandenburg gate in berlin a site of major political significance for germany this is where the reunification ceremony happened in one thousand nine h

state where it is now at least six police officers were killed in an explosion in the afghan capital kabul today security forces and a number of civilians also died explosion happened a main road where area it's believed it was a suicide bomb attack close to a local political gathering. at least eighteen people including four female suicide bombers have been killed in a series of blasts in the northeast of nigeria twenty nine others were injured in the attacks in one of gardy on the outskirts of my dignity city book on her arms been active in that area the armed group has killed at least twenty thousand people since two thousand and nine when it began its campaign against the nigerian government. still ahead here on al-jazeera zimbabwe is in limbo big questions still remain on what happens next now the military is in control. and greece's sense is the damage after flash flooding kills at least fifteen some people are saying the disaster could have been prevented. however we got some rather heavy rain pushing into central areas of china over the next couple of days to the southeast generall

an amnesty deal with the government and in may return from exile and triumphantly paraded through kabul. it's taken six months for the first public gathering his political party has been islami it filled the largest speaking hall in the country. i never in my dreams thought we could have this event or that it would be so big participants took an oath in arabic passed two and dari pledging everlasting allegiance to his business. and had here emphasize the importance of elections saying the democratic process is the only way to build a strong central government and he wants his b.s. lonnie to play a big part in fanciers as only a strong government can bring security and stability to afghanistan but it's unclear whether a big turnout here will mean more votes or women to relax into next year's presidential vote in two thousand and nineteen in the meantime hekmatyar says he's meeting taliban members who could help end the fighting we're going to put i want to get this. done there are those in the taliban who are top of war want peace they were forced to enter the war is possible to convince

right time will tell i guess the java grass there from kabul. plenty more still to come on the news out sexual harassment scandals ministerial slip ups and stalled gregg's it talks what's next for britain's battle government plus. i'm alan fischer in washington d.c. think of what you were doing exactly year ago and i think does it seem like each year since donald trump won the u.s. presidential election and in spalt a glimpse at how professional tennis may look in the future and he's here with that story. now the u.s. state department is calling for transparency in saudi arabia a so-called anti corruption drive thousands of prominent sounding businessmen and princes with detained over the weekend as part of an investigation led by the crown prince mohammed bin sandman but as rosen and jordan reports critics see the detentions as a move to consolidate power in the kingdom. the saudi government has been very busy lately and it has foreign leaders and financial chiefs trying to figure out why a november fourth king solomon put his heir apparent in

or at least the high ground surrounding kabul further west it's all gone quite suddenly breeze we just quite warm for a time in beirut twenty seven degrees or that suddenly more or less gets cut off slowly in the clouds sink south into northern saudi and even kuwait. now we have seen recently a bit of a breeze to the dance through the gulf which is not be particularly dusty it has cold things down a bit to you so kuwait's maximum the doha forecast max is thirteen thirty one in abu dhabi in that northerly breeze just run for a day a dry picture throughout the arabian peninsula which is no big surprise that's where it should be at this time of year the heaviest rains in southern africa have been recently in mozambique in zimbabwe and that's where the concentrator but you have to look down towards cape town this is by no means settled whether that's particularly stormy i think for the next two days. tracing the fall from prosperity to financial ruin this is beside the movement where we humanized that nothing was first wealthy in greece the devastating impact to save the bank means also to

station in the afghan capital kabul has come to an end government has stormed the building and taken it over after an explosion a security guard is reported to been killed the station has now resumed broadcasting. the emir of kuwait has written a letter to parliament calling for unity in the country in the face of current tension in the region the government of kuwait resigned last week let's take you live now to kuwait city al-jazeera as the tash are going to aim is tell us more about this letter why it was written that tasha. one member of parliament tells al-jazeera that we will defend kuwait with our lives and that we support all efforts to preserve kuwait security the emir's message to parliament comes amidst a breakneck pace of developments in the region it also comes less than two weeks after the government here in kuwait was dissolved a new government is in the process of forming this was a close meeting it happened at about twelve thirty local time thirty eight of fifty members of parliament were there the emir had met privately with the speaker of the parliament and handle

over a bowl of kabul a traditional mildly narcotic drink in the pacific they discuss their future. just a few hundred metres further up in the hills there's enough space to relocate a whole village permanently but most of the villagers refuse. to them the land they live on is sacred. it is these stones they cherish they mark the original home of the first chieftain to rule over the whole island and large parts of eastern fiji some two hundred years ago because of tribal wars he himself was forced to leave but he sent the villagers ancestors to keep watch today his successor lives on a different island but the villages obligation remains. at the use our military we were supposed to be relocated to and but we said that we can't move because first we have to consult our paramount chief. we asked him but he didn't agree to the relocation. he told us we had to stay here because the duty to stow it on us is of great importance. and yet the rising seas might leave them with no choice but to abandon the sacred place. for the people of. climate change is more than just an abstract threat fo

explosive device triggered the blast which it got nearby vehicles in a town northwest of the capital kabul there was no immediate claim of responsibility . gavin williamson has been appointed britain's new defense minister he replaces mark a fine who has resigned after allegations emerged about inappropriate sexual behavior follows departure is the latest twist in a growing scandal over abuse in the u.k. as corridors of power. german chancellor merkel is hosting a new round of exploratory coalition talks members of a conservative a union bloc are meeting the greens and the liberals to discuss a number of issues including defense and commerce the negotiating campsie huge differences exist on a number of issues. donald trump has revealed calls for the death penalty to be handed to the suspect in tuesday's attack in new york city to accuse a saifullah sipe of waived his right to silence and told authorities he was inspired to kill by the so-called islamic states online propaganda of president from press corps for capital punishment for sipar tweeting that he should get the death penalty famil

secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul.e's the un's angela me — who was part of the team behind this report. this is a record high and will have tremendous implications, both inside afghanistan, but also outside afghanistan, in its neighbouring countries, but also on the streets of london or other european cities, where there will be much more heroin available cheaper, and so more affordable, and so this may cause an increase in drug use and heroin used throughout the world. there are underlying causes why farmers have turned to opium in afghanistan, and this is the weak rule of law, of limited economic opportunities that farmers have in afghanistan. but this year this has been exacerbated by the deterioration in political stability and an security, particularly in the north of afghanistan, where we see there has been a large increase in production. angela part, of the un team behind that report. —— angela me, part of the un team. leading politicians are heading to germany today to join the world's annual talks on climate c