almost twenty eight thousand five hundred twenty nine casualties are also there among afghan national security forces i mean look what you have to really see is that peace really remains elusive in this country for well over forty years now saw that statement by u.s. officials the gathering in moscow and other statements have really created some sense of optimism but at the end of the day everyone also knows that every side wants to really grab more territory we haven't really seen a ceasefire yet but there is expectation there could be a ceasefire and on any normal day you're actually talking about a lot of coffins soldiers getting killed in bigger numbers civilians and as well as the taliban at the end of the day there are so the impact of all of these coffins and deaths on the afghan society is simply catastrophic. protesters wearing yellow vests have come out across france in response to preston and money on micron's tax hike on fuel people have been blocking roads and burning tires as well as clashing with police the demonstrators also. on file the highway in france in. light as well as the heav

that's according to security officials all those killed were believed to be working for the national security forces attack comes just three days after another suicide. bombing at a gathering of religious scholars left dozens dead. donald trump or suggested that the world should perhaps be held accountable for the murder of journalist mark you also insisted u.s. intelligence had not officially concluded the saudi crown prince had ordered the killing despite media reports to the contrary u.s. president was asked by reporters thursday who should be held responsible. and maybe the world should be held accountable because the world is a vicious blows world is a very very vicious blows this statement indicates a change in terms of rhetoric regarding the khashoggi case when the news about the missing journalist first broke trumpet day harsh response and even threatened to sanction saudi arabia while the us did sanction several saudi nationals so far that's been washington's only punitive measure from claims he doesn't want to risk thousands of jobs because of this incident they are vehemently denying. and

the failure of the goldman in many parts of the country off course as i said that afghan national security forces are the frontline soldiers sort of paying the price of the day but the leadership of the afghan government should change their policy they have to rethink on you with enough gonna stand that is an afghanistan are not happy not satisfied in we should change the course of our action to make the dissidents and the population of afghanistan happy and safe into thank you very much you're welcome sir. the u.s. says renewed its calls for an end to the hostilities in yemen and a phone call with the saudi crown prince the u.s. secretary of state might pompei it reiterated that warring parties need to hold talks to end the civil war some reports say at least one hundred fifty people have been killed in the last twenty four hours street battles have brought chaos to residential areas in the main port city of who data thousands of civilians are trapped by the fighting a pro-government alliance backed by the saudi and iraqi coalition is trying to seize control of the city from the rebels or who th

almost twenty eight thousand five hundred twenty nine casualties are also there among afghan national security forces i mean look what you have to really see is that peace really remains elusive in this country for well over forty years now so that statement by u.s. officials the gathering in moscow and other statements have really created some sense of optimism but at the end of the day everyone also knows that every side wants to really grab more territory we haven't really seen a ceasefire yet but there is expected there could be a ceasefire and on any normal day you're actually talking about a lot of coffins soldiers getting killed in bigger numbers civilians and as well as the fall of on at the end of the day they're afghans so the impact of all of these coffins and debts on the afghan society is simply catastrophic. european foreign and defense ministers have agreed on seventeen new projects for developing in the e.u. army and despite the fact that the u.k. is getting ready to leave the european union it seems london is still very interested in its affairs including defense. has more. well he's

according to security officials all those killed were believed to have been working for the national security forces the attack comes to read days after another suicide bombing at a gathering of religious scholars left dozens dead. after a dramatic spike in crime police in barcelona have want taurus they may not be safe that story and more after the break. the british government and the british establishment and mrs bush and mrs mrs may have looks themselves up into his studio about so-called new deal just so he is incredibly misleading as i just sit in so doing a lot of the european union to impose completely draco union is on the u.k. which would last anyway. i think that i would want to go fast but inside i'm i'm dockside i think. going down your backside you can improve yourself. but it's all so bloody. but i really believe this. bottle that we show our side that it's all we and the band. can be sure. welcome back to the program russia's foreign minister has been answering some challenging questions and right now in a way face it to the mediterranean dialogues of ads in the italian capital. hous

according to security officials all of those killed were believed to be working for the national security forces attack comes three days after another suicide bombing at a gathering of religious scholars left dozens that. defended a key new u.n. agreement on migration accusing its opponents of being blinkered nationalists speaking in berlin the german chancellor even called for a u. members to hand over their sovereignty to brussels. today nation states should i would say must be prepared to give up their sovereignty but of course in an orderly manner. i'm joined on the line number independent political observer steven meisel good evening to you stephen doesn't the angle of merkel have a point here if you couple it with crohn's desire for a european army to tackle threats doesn't this make sense. well let's look at what she said that this would be some kind of like a nationalist view to not. ratify the agreement around the world is a lot of countries which would be potential. goals or target countries for the migrants to go to have decided they're not going to take part from the information i la

according to security officials all those killed where police have been working for the national security forces the attack comes three days after another suicide bombing at a gathering of religious scholars left dozens dead. with the end of her chancellorship now on the horizon germany's angela merkel is becoming increasingly vocal in her rejection of nationalist politics on friday she called on a member states to accept that they must see the sovereignty to brussels. to the nation states should i would say must be prepared to give up their sovereignty but of course in an orderly manner earlier in the week could also launched a sitting attack on several countries opposing the un migration agreements she called their rejection of the deal which aims to establish international norms of the treatment of migrants nationalism in its purest form among those that rejected it swell strangely hungry and israel they said it posed a threat to their security. independence political analyst even told us he's surprised by how boldly the german chancellor is acting. i was actually expecting that she would bas

according to security officials and all those killed are believed to have been working for the national security forces the tac comes three days after another suicide bombing at a gathering of religious scholars which killed dozens us the latest at the moment any more information we'll bring it straight to you watching r.t. still to come this hour angela merkel defends u.n. migration deal and rejects nationalism in its purest form we'll have a look at that just after the break. the british government and the british establishment and mrs brook and mrs mrs may have looks themselves up into his studio about so called no deal just so he is incredibly misleading as i just said in so doing a lot of the european union to impose completely draco union terms on the u.k. which would last anyway. seemed wrong. rowles just don't call. me old but you get to shape out these days comes to educate and in games from it equals a trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. thank you welcome back now tourists in the cattle and capital barcelona are no longer safe apparently becau

according to security officials there or those killed are believed to have been working for the national security forces the attack comes three days after another suicide bombing at a gathering of religious scholars which left dozens dead. now donald trump has suggested that the word should the world story should perhaps be held accountable for the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi he also insisted too that u.s. intelligence had not officially concluded the saudi crown prince had ordered the killing despite media reports to the contrary the us president was asked by reporters on thursday who should be held responsible. accountable. maybe the world should be held liable because the world of the world's world has a very very vicious approach when the statement indicates a change in trump's rhetoric regarding because georgia case when the news about the missing journalists first broke did a harsh response and even threaten to sanction saudi arabia and while the u.s. did sanction several saudi nationals so far has been washington's only punitive measure from claims he doesn't want to risk thousands o

province that's according to security officials all those killed believed to be working for the national security forces in tact and three days after another suicide bombing at a gathering of religious scholars left dozens dead. this is foreign minister has been answering some challenging questions in rome on a work visit to the mediterranean dialogues event in the italian capital has the latest. thirty lavrov was much more outspoken than he usually is at his regular press conferences and the audience right in this building was all yours and it seemed that they view russia as a power that can give direct orders to the syrian government and so this question cable westernization of heavy states if the. thousands of their own populations once the rest of keeping these kind of states if you upset with human rights and don't give them a boat the stability of countries if you dunked give a damn it both the right to life which is a human right but. not to mention the going to become so sure it's then i'm afraid you are one side of the conversation actually took a real it talian twist when the whole thing start

that's according to security officials all those killed were believed to be working for the national security forces you tack comes three days after another suicide bombing at a gathering of religious scholars left dozens dead. defended a key new u.n. agreement on migration accusing its opponents of being blinkered nationalists speaking in berlin the german chancellor even called for e.u. members to hand over their sovereignty to brussels. today nation states should i would say must be prepared to give up their sovereignty but of course in an orderly manner independent political observer stephen meissner told us he's surprised by the development i was actually expecting that she would basically be a bit of a lame duck chancellor slowing down things and just sort of running the show until the next leader takes over but it appears to me. she's really stepping on the gas pedal now she's basically proposing in a very short period of time a tremendous number of very radical initiatives. and in her last year or two in office maybe three years at the absolute last which is kind of hard to understand what's

almost twenty eight thousand five hundred twenty nine casualties are also there among afghan national security forces i mean look what you have to really see is that peace really remains elusive in this country for well over forty years now saw that statement by u.s. officials the gathering and moscow and other statements have really created some sense of optimism but at the end of the day everyone also knows that every side wants to really grab more territory we haven't really seen a ceasefire yet but there is expectation there could be a ceasefire and on any normal day you're actually talking about a lot of coffins soldiers getting killed in bigger numbers civilians and as well as the taliban at the end of the day there are so the impact of all of these coffins and deaths on the afghan society is simply catastrophic. protesters wearing yellow fast have come out of. franson response to president among all electrons tax hike on feel people have been blocking roads and burning tires as well as clashing with police the demonstrators also set toll booths on file on the highway in this cycling francis so

according to security officials all those killed are believed to have been working for the national security forces the attack comes three days after another suicide bombing at a gathering of religious scholars which left dozens dead. the wife of a british academic who was jailed for life by a united arab emirates court on spying charges for finally intervening that's after five months of appealing to the government and your list of charges says that london's inaction was caused by a fear of upsetting its trading partner a was under the impression that they were putting their interests with figure of a british citizens. right for freedom but in a hearing without a lawyer matthew hedges he was sentenced to life in prison on wednesday accused of spying for the ready spent five months in solitary confinement is a ph d. student who went to the u.a.e. to research the twenty eleven arab spring uprising. darby says it hopes to find a solution to this case and is denied all claims of unfair treatment but the case has prompted a wave of criticism with calls for a reevaluation of britain's relationship with

according to security officials all those killed who are believed to have been working for the national security forces the attack comes three days after another suicide bombing at a gathering of religious scholars last dozen stat. the german chancellor has been railing against nationalist politics in calling one eight countries to surrender their sovereignty to brussels we'll have more on that in just a few moments. the british government and the british establishment and mrs bush and mrs mrs may have looks themselves up into hysterics about so-called new deal just self is incredibly misleading as i just said in so doing a lot of the european union to impose completely draco union is on the u.k. which we've lost anyway. welcome back to us with the end of her chance the ship now on the horizon germany's angela merkel is becoming increasingly vocal and have rejection of nationalist politics on friday she called on a member states to accept that they must see its sovereignty to brussels to the nation states should i would say must be prepared to give up their sovereignty but of course in an orderly manne

national security forces i mean look what you have to really see is that peace really remains elusive in this country for well over forty years now so that statement by u.s. officials the gathering and moscow and i the statements have really created some sense of optimism but at the end of the day everyone also knows that every side wants to really grab more territory we haven't really seen a ceasefire yet but there is expectation there could be a cease fire and on any normal day you're actually talking about a lot of coffins soldiers getting killed in bigger numbers civilians and as well as the taliban at the end of the day they're off guns so the impact of all of these coffins and deaths on the afghan society is simply catastrophic well despite the fact that the u.k. is planning to leave the e.u. next spring it is still seems to be interested in defense affairs including developing an e.u. army more about that after a short break to watch our children. show seemed wrong. why don't we all just don't call. me. yet to shape our disdain become active. and engaged with equals betrayal. w

according to security officials all those killed were believed to have been working for the national security forces this have comes to read days after another suicide bombing at a gathering of religious scholars that doesn't stat. the german chancellor has been railing against nationalist politics in calling on a new countries to surrender their sovereignty to brussels we'll have more on that in just a few moments. that the. british government and the british establishment and mrs smith and mrs mrs may have looks themselves up into his studio about circles no deal just so he is incredibly mislead as i just said in so doing they've allowed the european union to impose completely draco union on the u.k. which we've lost anyway. i think that i would want to go fast but inside i'm i'm dockside i think. going down to your backside that you can improve yourself. but it's also better than joe but i really believe that. bottom that we show our side that the story and the band. can be shown i would like. to. welcome back to us with the end of head chancellorship now on the horizon germany's angela merkel is

security of afghanistan. your forces and the afghan national security force have taken particularly high losses which continue to mount in recent months. how do you think this continued stress on the afghan security forces and the number of casualties they are taking will affect your ability to contain the settlement and bound their abilities and their offensive until some sort of settlement can be reached? >> thank you again. first i'll pay tribute as i did in my opening remarks to american and nato troops. according to our numbers between 2001 and 2014, 2,357 americans troops, 453 u.k. troops, and 676 nato troops paid the ultimate sacrifice. we salute that sacrifice. the total number is 3,486. but that number has been reduced very significantly as i brought your attention, the total number of u.s., u.k., and nato troops that have lost their lives since 2015 is 71. still too many. but the point is that previously americans and nato forces were fighting for us and dying. we've assumed because of this, i think we can say proudly that we are now partners, not ependents. our casualties from 2001 to 2005 is where

friends and allies from the transnational threats and the increased support for the afghan national security forces including more robust, u.s. counter terrorism operations. >> more recently, it was appointed to lead a diplomatic effort to initiate talks between the taliban, the afghans and the united states. so how can our military strategy and operations in afghan stand support and not undermine the peace effort and do u.s. and nato military forces have a role in afghanistan after a peace agreement is reached? >> any u.s. military coalition role after the peace is reached would be conditions based after the afghan government would depend on the threat. when we put together, ladies and gentlemen, what we did we put together the four "rs," "s" being sustain it. first was the approach and you did not come up with afghanistan and come up with a strategy and say now we better look at the countries around it and say what did we do as far as their inclusion. we started outside and worked our way inside. next, we recognize we had to put more troops in but the reason we need to reinforce the second "r" wa

but he remains in custody because the government still sees him as a national security threats and therefore between security forces and his supporters keep on escalating redo food it shows that the latest protests started out peacefully then individual people threw stones and soldiers responded by shooting into the crowds the army says they were forced to defend themselves against a growing threat. this will bring is supported by iran. would have a lot of money. to do its. job. in supporting the group that. this group if it is to be was a. market experts fear this prediction could be correct but they also say the military could be to blame while unkrich down by the army what radicalized almost a decade ago since then the jihadist group has killed tens of thousands of people. under the force of a don't allow. you might push a group to go into. yes it is true when we look at the history of the book which you would you would you pointed out it actually started as a group just went in there all space to practice islam. you know. which brutal tactics that put them on the ground and then they decided to take arms and wi

we will suggest with humility and the performance of the national security defense forces need to be judged by their sacrifice of 2,802,500 martyrs and the capacity to fill the gap. where we have been fighting every single one of whom is a volunteer and nobody's force and it's not a patriotic impulse i don't think that people would sacrifice a. the fifth wave and this is a term i coined we are facing global terrorism and we would humbly suggest the fight is against this. it is not the driver of the world. after the adoption of the strategy was predicted we hope that it will be followed by the peace process and that it will be borne out. as we speak in the last week, another round of we feel that this is another response to the failed efforts. everything possible was thrown we are seeking peace from the national consensus. the confidence worked and what she's saying is that they want peace because they would like to grow this demand and request. we have left the peace process and opportunity was created by this stretch. there should be clarity that the government is both the political

of the team that killed were part of the crown prince's security detail three others were members of the national guard an internal security force which protects the royal family it's led by prince khalid bin abdel aziz al muqrin and one was a member of the rules saudi af or it's part of the ministry of defense which falls under the control of the crown prince the u.s. is also impose sanctions on saudi tani he's a senior advisor to crown prince mohammed bin salomon and on mohammed al a table the saudi consul general in istanbul where he shows he was murdered he reports to the saudi foreign ministry which is led by addle. his department issued the passports used by the hit team to and to turkey the private jets they flew in from riyadh to istanbul and back which charted from a company owned by the saudi government. and if you'd like to get in touch with us here on the news grid we'd like to hear from you you can send in your comments to any one of her online platforms where on twitter use the hash tag a.j. news grid our handle is a.j. english and we're also on facebook at facebook dot com slash al jazeera and you can send us a me

of the team that killed were part of the crown prince's security detail three others were members of the national god an internal security force which protects the royal family it's led by prince khalid bin abdulaziz al muqrin and one was a member of the rules saudi af or it's part of the ministry of defense which falls under the control of the crown prince the us is also impose sanctions on saudi tani he's a senior advisor to crown prince mohammed bin salomon and on mohammed al a table the saudi consul general it is stumble where he shows he was murdered he reports to the saudi foreign ministry which is led by adult. his department issued the passports used by the hit team to end to turkey the private jets they flew in from riyadh to istanbul and back which outage from a company owned by the saudi government not to hashem is the director of the center for middle east studies at the university of denver he joins us now live via skype good to have you with us. sort of a have a haven't been some of the crown prince is on a tour of course brotherly arab countries according to the saudi official news agency why well i think he's t

of the team that killed were part of the crown prince's security detail three others were members of the national guard an internal security force which protects the royal family it's led by prince khalid bin abdul aziz al muqrin and one was a member of the rules saudi af or its part of the ministry of defense which falls under the control of the crown prince the us is also impose sanctions on saudi tani he's a senior advisor to crown prince mohammed bin salomon and on mohammed al a table the saudi consul general it is temple where he shows he was murdered he reports to the saudi foreign ministry which is led by addle. his department issued the passports used by the hit team to and to turkey the private jets they flew in from riyadh to istanbul and back which charted from a company owned by the saudi government that's got a few from best moment money who's a professor at the university of waterloo in canada good to have you with us professor it seems that donald trump is prepared to defend mohammad been solomon at any cost should we be surprised. i'm afraid not i mean nothing is surprising with this president unfortunately but i

of the team that killed were part of the crown prince's security detail three others were members of the national guard and internal security force which protects the royal family it's led by prince khalid bin abdul aziz al muqrin and one was a member of the role saudi af or it's part of the ministry of defense which falls under the control of the crown prince the us is also impose sanctions on saudi tani he's a senior advisor to crown prince mohammed bin salomon and on mohammed al a table the saudi consul general it is stamboul where he shows he was murdered he reports to the saudi foreign ministry which is led by adult. his department issued the passports used by the hit team to end to turkey the private jets they flew in from riyadh to istanbul and back which charted from a company owned by the saudi government. condo's her as the canadian ambassador to saudi arabia from twenty fifteen until august this year when he was expelled by the kingdom after the canadian government called for the release of saudi women's rights activists he says the will not bow down to international pressure for compensation hamad bin sad to be sideli

of the team that killed were part of the crown prince's security detail three others were members of the national guard and internal security force which protects the royal family it's led by prince khalid bin abdel aziz al muqrin and one was a member of the role saudi af or it's part of the ministry of defense which falls under the control of the crown prince the us is also impose sanctions on saudi tani he's a senior advisor to crown prince mohammed bin salomon and on mohammed al a table the saudi consul general in istanbul where he shows he was murdered he reports to the saudi foreign ministry which is led by adult. his department issued the passports used by the hit team to end to turkey the private jets they flew in from riyadh to istanbul and back which charted from a company owned by the saudi government. and mohamed bin sound man has arrived in the united arab emirates as part of his first trip abroad since the murder of jon lester maka shakti the saudi official news agency says the crown prince is choirs on a tour of number but i apologize on a tour of a number of brotherly arab countries he's also expected to participat

is accepted or amendments proposed to the constitutional provision three the afghan national defense and security forces and civil service function according to the law for no armed groups with ties to transnational terrorist networks or transnational criminal organizations or with ties to state non-state actors seeking influence in afghanistan will be allowed to join the political process or for more on this i'm joined now by trevor thrall he is author and professor at george mason university and he's with the cato institute he has written extensively on u.s. foreign policy especially in afghanistan he is in our washington studios tonight mr thorold's good to have you on the day you wrote last summer that although no one wants to see the taliban back in control the hard reality is that preventing that future is not worth the cost the u.s. has already paid much less the additional costs that will accrue from another surge so there isn't an alternative you either talk with the taliban or you get out is that what you're saying. that's exactly right the united states has spent somewhere around eight hundre

of the team that killed were part of the crown prince's security detail three others were members of the national guard an internal security force which protects the royal family it's led by prince khalid bin abdel aziz al muqrin and one was a member of the role saudi af or it's part of the ministry of defense which falls under the control of the crown prince the u.s. is also impose sanctions on saudi tani he's a senior advisor to crown prince mohammed bin salomon and on mohammed al a table the saudi consul general it is stamboul where he shows he was murdered. he reports to the saudi foreign ministry which is led by addle. his department issued the past boots used by the hit team to end to turkey the private jets they flew in from riyadh to istanbul and back which charted from a company owned by the saudi government well let's get more on all of us now we're joined by dennis hopper rock in toronto he served as the canadian ambassador to saudi arabia from twenty fifteen until august of the fia when he was expelled by the kingdom after the canadian government called for the release of the women's rights activist mr herat a pleasu

of the team that killed were part of the crown prince's security detail three others were members of the national guard an internal security force which protects the royal family it's led by prince khalid bin abdel aziz al muqrin and one was a member of the rules saudi af or its part of the ministry of defense which falls under the control of the crown prince the us is also impose sanctions on saudi tani he's a senior advisor to crown prince mohammed bin salomon and on mohammed al table the saudi consul general it is stamboul where he shows he was murdered he reports to the saudi foreign ministry which is led by addle. his department issued the passports used by the hit team to and to turkey the private jets they flew in from riyadh to istanbul and back which charted from a company owned by the saudi government. the money is a professor at the university of waterloo in canada she says the crown prince will try to use the g twenty summit later this month to restore his reputation on the wild stage. i'm afraid that many other countries are going to also fall in line particularly some of the countries that have these large arms tra

neil kelly told me, not only does he sit on the homeland security's national security task force, heked closely over the last two years with the fbi, he told me straight-up, they have been scanned, probed by foreign government, including russia and china. he feels confident that despite the fact that that is happening here, that the election is going to be safe. the votes will be counted. they may not be counted quickly. we may be in for not just a long night, but a long week and maybe even a long month. he thinks all the votes should be count and everybody should feel confident in that fact. >> jacob soboroff reporting live from the very busy office that could decide who controls congress this time tomorrow. really appreciate you being there for news orange county, jacob. much appreciated my friend. >> you've got it, rachel. >>> all right. we've got lots and lots of news to get to this election easy payment stay with us, everybody. fact is, every insurance company hopes you drive safely. but allstate helps you. with drivewise. feedback that helps you drive safer. and that can lower

but he remains in custodydy, is the goverernment ststill sees hs a national security t threat and therefore, clashes between security forces and his supporters keep on escalating. >> they'll footage shohows that e e latest prorotest started u p peacacefully, then i individuals threrew stonenes and soldiererst into the crorowd. ththe army s says they were ford to defend themselves. >> this movement is supported by iraq. what they are doing, they have a lot of money to do it. yoyou have a country where a anr countrtry is supporting a g grop there that wiwill compromise our cucurity. this group. >> experts fear this production could be correct, but they also say the military could be to blame. violent crackdowns by the army are what radicalizized the boko haram almost a decade ago. since then, they have killed tens of thousands of peoeople. >> we don''t allow peaceful protest, you might push a group to go into carrying arms. when you look at the history of boboko harar, which you pointed out, it started as a group just wanting their own spacace to practice islam as they see it. that degeneratated into brutal tactics that push