unity. unity government, is working today. -- supposed national unity. ircumstances. the alternative to a national unity government would have been absolute chaos, instability in the country, which we prevented that from taking place. the unity government has performed in the best way possible? the answer is of course no. of the indictment that it has not done anything for the people, and for its citizens, that is not fair. right now the challenges look impossible for this national unity government to overcome. we don't call any challenge impossible. the most important thing is that we have to make the right efforts and not mess up make the right efforts and not mess up our opportunities any more. we have to render to there. abdullah abdullah, thank you for being on hardtalk. hello there. on sunday we saw heavy thunderstorms and showers across northern england into south—east scotland, but the majority of the country was warm, dry and sunny, which led to a lovely day for many. some glorious sunday evening sunsets. we start monday morning off on a fine and

the national unity government was formed in very difficult circumstances. ity government would have been absolute chaos, instability in the country, which we prevented that from taking place. the unity government has performed in the best way possible? the answer is of course no. of the indictment that it has not done anything for the people, and for its citizens, that is not fair. right now the challenges look impossible for this national unity government to overcome. we don't call any challenge impossible. the most important thing is that we have to make the right efforts and not mess up our opportunities any more. we have to end there. abdullah abdullah, thank you for being on hardtalk. hello there. wednesday's weather will start off innocuously enough, but there is trouble on the horizon. after some sunny spells through the day, as we go into the evening, things will turn very wet and very windy, unusually windy for the time of year. after what has been a relatively quiet spell of weather, thejetstream is breaking back from the west, bringing a lot of cl

the national unity government was formed under different circumstances. e for national unity would have been absolute chaos and instability in the country, which we prevented that from taking place. has the unity government performed in the best way possible? the answer is of course no. and the indictment that it hasn't done anything for its people or its citizens is unfair. right now, the challenges look impossible for this national unity government to overcome. we don't call any challenge impossible. the most important thing is that we have to make the right efforts and don't miss opportunities any more. we have to end there. abdullah abdullah, thank you very much. thank you. much appreciated. hello there. for many days, even weeks now, our weather has been stuck in a rut. long spells of warm sunshine and just the odd thunderstorm. but at long last, things are changing. you may not like the change, because, firstly, we're bringing some cooler air in from the north. and then from the atlantic, through the middle of the week, there is an active frontal sys

president gandhi i mean that's the time when you're facing national emergency and so many fronts this is supposed you say to be a government of national unity new ping telling him he's unfit for office how does this squabbling help the country you're referring to to a stated statement of mine sometimes back which i with all this twenty sixty which i went into details of what i meant about it but show me one single government that there are no arguments there are no debates there are no discussions there are no differences. you said he didn't have the patience for any discussion with you at that time why does that make him unfit why did that make him unfit for you or the presidency. yourself or the opportunity to talk to president romney and you have raised questions which was related to him to him directly now if there are questions related to me i am obliged to. respect for your ideas to address it in address them i would say that we came as a result of a contested elections in order to save the country in order to prevent a complete destabilisation of the country unity government was formed this is for the first time in our history that t

at least since we are in big government did national unity government we have taking strong measures. there was there wasn't i need you creation about it prior to that there wasn't any any awareness and laws were not were not designed to deal with those issues but. there might be malpractise of somewhere but it is not like we have been in a situation in this country with which this was part of the government program that's been struck missing for years to do something about it and last year the u.n. assistance mission. to your country reported the highest levels of torture in police custody since two thousand and ten so rather than taking strong measures the situation seems to be going back in reverse getting worse and it is absolutely not right it's not but they don't know what they're talking about the u.n. mission the day u.n. mission what was the surgery that they did in two thousand to two that now they are comparing it with two thousand and seventeen or sixteen. they said the level was of torture have we seen the highest level since two thousand and ten. inches so eight in the l

crowded battlefield in afghanistan but essentially i mean you just have to look at the government of national unity i would rather call it the government of national disunity because i don't see a lot of unity in this government so those internal forces i think are very much a part. of this conflict making the conflict worse and even if we would pull out all the troops now and even if pakistan were a neighbor accepting afghanistan as a peaceful country i'm not entirely sure that we would see peace in afghanistan immediately because there are still competing forces and yes mr president i think with the united with the united states and other international actors you know coming into the country they chose their own proxies so to say you know or germany picked one america picked one and there was a division within the country and to bring all those forces together for an afghan led to an afghan own to close as a healing i think that's a long way to go one thing we haven't talked about so far is the human rights organization that have been voiced their concern over and over again and they have been cr

as the election took place and how formation efforts have been done to achieve an iraqi national unity government with little iranian influence as possible. we are doing our best to facilitate that where it is appropriate. ultimately, the iraqi people will decide the formation of the government. i hope it is one where we can reduce the influence of iran. most of the iraqi people want that. senator graham: speaking of iran and yemen, and you think it is important that iran not be able to dominate yemen to the houthis? secretary pompeo: i do. we see enormous iranian influence. senator graham: do you trust the russians to drive the iranians out of syria? secretary pompeo: that is a specific question. i can generalize. with respect to the russian capacity to do that, it is an open-ended question. and if they could achieve that, if the russians could get the iranians out of there, i would applaud it. senator graham: i trust them to do that as much as i trust them to police chemical weapons. finally, your counterpart, secretary mattis, of the department of defense, you have been a great team, when he w

government formation efforts have begun to achieve a government in iraq that was an iraqi national unity government with little iranian influence -- as little iranian influence as we can achieve. we are doing our best to facilitate where appropriate, but the iraqi people will decide the formation of their government. we hope it is one where we can reduce the influence of iran. i think most of the iraqi people want that as well. sen. graham: yemen, do you think it is important in iran not be allowed to dominate human? -- yemen? sec. pompeo: i do. we can see enormous irani influence in yemen. sen. graham: do you trust the russians to drive the iranians out of syria? a specific: that is question, i can generalize. the russian capacity to do that is an open-ended question. if they could achieve that, get the iranians out of there, i would applaud it. sen. graham: i trust them about as much to do that as i do to police and local weapons. -- chemical weapons. secretary mattis and the department of defense come you have been a great team, when he was commander he said the following. if you cut the state d

and government formation efforts have begun to achieve a government in iraq was a iraqi national unity government with as little iranian influence as we could possibly achieve. we're doing our best to facilitate that work. it's appropriate. ultimately the iraqi people will decide the formation of their government. i hope it's one where we can reduce the influence of iran. i think most of the iraqi people want that as well. >> speaking of iran, yemen, do you think it's important that iran not be allowed to dominate yemen? >> we do. we can see even as recently today enormous iranian influence how they are reacting. >> do you trust the russians to drive the iranians out of syrian. >> reporter: the answer with respect to the russian capacity to do that is an open ended question and if they could achieve that, if the russians could get the iranians out of there i would applaud it. >> i trust them about as much to do that as police chemical weapons. your counterpart, secretary mattis -- when he was commander he said the following. paraphasing. if you cut the state department's budget you better buy me

important to try to calm down the situation and be as tolerant as possible and form a government of national unity i invited all the people all the political parties to come of all the people from is why pick on isabel root router for him somebody came up with the suggestion of you know this company. and we hired we didn't know who actually to hire you know using google. because they did israel's el al which caused. element of. discord would say against population and then of all the things to do you choose china for a contract you know what over and you know what. the first lawmaker meant with chinese bank was done by. himself i mean the infrastructure project actually rather than the year long was for infrastructure projects it was for the airport upgrade it was for housing projects the first billion dollars for is taken from the chinese exam back by nasheed for housing projects and then later we took more and more money from this government actually took money for them because i'm not criticizing you for doing with i just saying i go imagine what we're doing in whitehall here in washington but

the government of national unity is had to deal with issues of inclusivity and to ensure that all facets are represented in government. there's going to be a great deal of the porton's attached to the credibility in the conduct of the elections coming up. they have are ready been a sensitive event in afghanistan. it is one that we are supporting very carefully in supporting the independent election commission to ensure that is much can be done to reduce corruption and increase the chances that voters across afghanistan and voters, both female and male will be able to participate. >> i read an article were -- with the taliban. >> the russians have been very unhelpful in both accusing the united states and undertaking propaganda campaign to suggest that somehow we have introduced isis to afghanistan and seek to artificially keep the terrace battles going. we believe that russia has an important role to play in being a supporter of peace. they benefit from it. >> are they funneling arms to the taliban? >> russia denies that that we see them adopt a posture that the taliban could be legitima

at the same time sanctions by the unity nations pointing at human traffickers. of germany'ss governingty holding separate theings to talk about migration. for refugees to be turned back. angela merkel is under increasing pressure. she says she wants is a europewide agreement. for more on this, we have nick spicer. dealus through how big a this issue actually is for the chancellor angela merkel. endedit could be a career -- ending controversy and confli. she has been facing off with president trump wants to impose terrace on german automobiles and upset the postwar international order and who wants germany to spend more on defense. she has problems with populous countries and italy with a debtt lolo. she has managed the euro zone crisis. she has been stabbed in the that come if you will, by the sister party in the conservative block. it is significant or her, but for all of europe as well. ,f she is in political peril which people havave been sayings the case. what has been planned by the interior minister is to announce border controls and he is within his rights to do that and that wi

united nations resolutions are clear that the whole thing is a would be participate in joining our government and the like in unity government in yemen when they fulfill an implement the united nations resolutions which is to give weapon not their own weapons were but the yemeni army's weapons the heavy weapons and when they withdraw from the capital this is it is noble no one asked them to do something not reasonable have made another has their financial tonight really apologize but we are absolutely out of time thank you to all our guests mohammed who may know how. and mark a and thank you to you too for your company and see the show again any time on the web site al-jazeera dot com to do go to the facebook page that's facebook dot com forward slash story also tweet us will see you back at inside story and i'm. and it will be one in the to the in the team here in the office to watch and watch with again tomorrow of. every year in pakistan hundreds of women are victims of so-called honor killings one on one east searches for the truth in a case that exposes the growing clash between old beliefs and modern life on

we've seen the government of national unity had to deal with issues of inclusivity and trying to ensure that all facets of afghan society are represented in government, and i think they will be a great deal of importance attached to the credibility and the conduct of the elections are coming up. elections have always been a sensitive event in afghanistan and it's one that we are supporting very carefully and supporting the independent election commission to ensure that is much can be done to reduce the chances for industrial scale corruption and to increase the chances that voters across afghanistan and both female and male will be able to participate. >> are the russians being obstructionist? i read an article. [inaudible] >> the russians have been very unhelpful in accusing him of falsely accusing the united states and undertaking propaganda campaigns to suggest that somehow we've introduced isis into afghanistan and seek to artificially keep the terrorist battles going. and so, we believe that russia has an important role to play in being a supporter of peace in afghanistan. they cer

the job the courts had ordered president harry rodger on argument here nina to form a government of national unity with a consensus prime minister but some opposition politicians are questioning whether the man appointed is really politically neutral this indian ocean island nation has been gripped speier crisis since april when proposed proposed electoral reforms sparked a wave of protests the opposition said the new laws were designed to block certain candidates from running in the upcoming elections the court overturned the plans but the protests carried on by more than fact into a movement aimed at ousting the president two people have died in the demonstrations but the president stayed on now the question remains whether the appointment of this so-called unity prime minister will end the unrest or not here is more on the story without him a tosser. opposition party say they had a list of names people who they wanted to be made prime minister christians say was on that list some of the opposition say they're happy he's been made prime minister others say they are need things and they are plann

national unity and national interest. robert buckland, thank you very much indeed. the governmenth a win behind, having got this bill through parliament. we will find out at half past three whether she has done it. rescuers in indonesia say 192 people are missing after a ferry sank on a lake popular with tourists. the incident happened on monday on lake toba on the indonesian island of sumatra. officials say 18 people have been rescued and three bodies have been recovered. it's believed to be one the country's worst maritime disasters. my colleague rebecca henschke has been following the story and joins me now from jakarta. tell us the latest. rescue workers are still working to try and recover any more sui’vivoi’s. are still working to try and recover any more survivors. 0nly are still working to try and recover any more survivors. only 18 people have been found. and three bodies at this stage. 192 missing. this number has dramatically increased since the news of the accident broke on monday. because this vessel, we believe, was operating illegally. so there were no passenger tic

unity government has condemned the handover of oil ports. to a company linked to has allies the government called for the united nations to block any illegal all exports out of libya comes after have to us forces recaptured two terminals in the last week after then announced he was handing over control of the terminals to the parallel national oil company in benghazi. that was all international partners that the legal in the only channel is the national institution of petroleum and tripoli the security council resolution or decisions then any dealings with any other interests except the national petroleum institution in libya. as has president silva care and react much are have agreed on some points to end the civil war has been attending the latest round of peace talks with his former deputy this time in the sudanese capital khartoum the un has given both sides until the end of the month to reach a deal or face sanctions. aid workers in northeastern nigeria warning thousands more people are being displaced by the armed group. the norwegian refugee council says more than four thousand people are already sleeping rough without shelter in the to

including this year's asian paralympic games don't ruin you the government will do our best to improve into korean relations ensure a cover national unity through sports exchanges including cooperation in the twenty eighteen asian games sports diplomacy is a world one power for the north and south koreans providing a platform outside the usual political rhetoric leaders believe it will bring a sense of pride to koreans and extend the feeling of brotherhood reignited by the winter olympics here in february craig leeson al-jazeera near the d.m.z. south korea saudi arabia's football team have had a lucky escape after the wing of the plane they were travelling in court fire and video is said to show the blaze which broke out on her mercia airlines flight which was carrying the team to the next world cup destination in rostov on don the russian airline says the fire is likely to be caused by a bird in the engine. and one of the top stories on our zero the u.s. president has waded into germany's migration route claiming chancellor angela merkel's government is losing popular support due to its liberal immigration policy . faces pressure at ho

the government of national unity is had to deal with issues of inclusivity and to ensure that all facets are represented in government. there's going to be a great deal of the porton's attached to the credibility in the conduct of the elections coming up. they have are ready been a sensitive event in afghanistan. it is one that we are supporting very carefully in supporting the independent election commission to ensure that is much can be done to reduce corruption and increase the chances that voters across afghanistan and voters, both female and male will be able to participate. >> i read an article were -- with the taliban. >> the russians have been very unhelpful in both accusing the united states and undertaking propaganda campaign to suggest that somehow we have introduced isis to afghanistan and seek to artificially keep the terrace battles going. we believe that russia has an important role to play in being a supporter of peace. they benefit from it. >> are they funneling arms to the taliban? >> russia denies that that we see them adopt a posture that the taliban could be legitima

the government will do our best to improve into korean relations ensure a cup of national unity through sports exchanges including cooperation in the twenty eighteen asian games sports diplomacy is a world worn path for the north and south koreans providing a platform outside the usual political rhetoric leaders believe it will bring a sense of pride to koreans and extend the feeling of brotherhood reignited by the winter olympics here in february craig leeson al-jazeera near the d.m.z. south korea police in munich have arrested the chief executive of common factor ality in relation to germany's emissions cheating scandal prosecutors say rupert side has been detained on suspicion of fraud and his arrest warrant is based on concealment of evidence relevant to their investigations audi is accused of selling more than two hundred thousand diesel engine cars fitted with software that hides their comp and emissions a few days ago its parent company volkswagen was hit with a fine of more than a billion dollars for cheating the emissions tests. of course they needed to do before the reason for

. >> translator: the government will do our best to improve korean relations and recover national unityough sports exchanges. >> it's been decided that athletes from the rival koreas, some who trained together in the past, will march under a single flag in the upcoming asian games in indonesia. the two countries agreed to field combined teams and some events and will hold friendly basketball matches in pyongyang and seoul in the coming months. south korean president moon jae-in will make a state visit to russia later this week for a bilateral summit with vladimir putin. it will mark the first state visit to russia by a south korean president since 1999. on wednesday, president trump hold a rally in minnesota to celebrate what he calls his historic agreement with kim jong un. >> bret: benjamin hall and london. thank you. the world health organization says compulsively playing video games now qualifies as a new mental health condition. the affliction will be called gaming disorder. critics are already warning the designation may risk stigmatizing young video game players. the american psy

including this year's asian paralympic games job or a new government will do our best to improve into korean relations ensure a cover national unity through sports exchanges including cooperation in the twenty eighteen asian games sports diplomacy is a world worn path for the north and south koreans providing a platform outside the usual political rhetoric leaders believe it will bring a sense of pride to koreans and extend the feeling of brotherhood reignited by the winter olympics here in february craig leeson al-jazeera near the d.m.z. south korea. said for this news hour waiting in the wings here at al-jazeera is deron jordan he'll be here to update you on the day's top stories in just a few minutes i'll see you again thanks for watching by for. pulling i was a kid things would go for me was a pleasure and oppression which is one thing i always found about play we are told in the living room. by to pick out one player who's made the difference to me g.i. out or. is it the power to move can make things up in people can make things change you know thank you for bull durham brahimi on al-jazeera world. al jazeera. it's. where eve

including this year's asian paralympic games global a new government will do our best to improve into korean relations endure a cup of national unity through sports exchanges including cooperation in the twenty eighteen asian games sports diplomacy is a world worn path for the north and south koreans providing a platform outside the usual political rhetoric leaders believe it will bring a sense of pride to koreans and extend the feeling of brotherhood reignited by the winter olympics here in february craig leeson al-jazeera near the d.m.z. south korea. it's a long way from a world cup in russia but football is helping amputees in gaza see a life beyond their injuries underage of palestinians have lost their legs in wars and protests against israel and iran contra points now from gaza. the heroes of seal team take to the pitch for an exhibition match in a sort of the refugee camp they've split into two teams for the game designed to showcase disabled football. each of these players lost a leg in the last three wars israel has forty goals a full one hundred eighteen at the time but football's given them some hope a charge to take par

unity government has condemned the handover of oil ports by warlords. to a company linked to his allies the government called for the united nations to block any illegal exports out of libya that comes after half those forces recaptured two oil terminals of the east last week after ben announced he was handing over control of the terminals to the national oil company in bed. you know that was stressed to all international partners that the legal in the only channel is the national institution of petroleum in tripoli the security council resolution or decisions then any dealings with any other entity except the national petroleum institution and libya. it's time for decades of hostility would ever try to end the two sides are holding talks for the first time since the diplomatic tifa seven twenty years ago the home of the reports from the capital. a warm welcome for members of the first trend in addition to visit that is in almost two decades they're here to discuss peace overtures but if you have the top raised hopes of a breakthrough in one of most militarist. if european prime minister ahmet say the earlier this month he was ready to or not all the times of

the government will do our best to improve into korean relations and tour a cup of national unity through sports exchanges including cooperation in the twenty eight team asian games sports diplomacy is a world worn path for the north and south koreans providing a platform outside the usual political rhetoric leaders believe it will bring a sense of pride to koreans and extend the feeling of brotherhood reignited by the winter olympics here in february craig leeson al-jazeera near the d.m.z. south korea the u.s. and south korea have agreed to suspend a joint venture exercise due to take place in august it comes after president trump's surprise pledge to end jill's after his summit with north korea's leader kim jong. let's go back to space the new space force president trump says he wants to establish we can go back to our guests frank rose thank you very much indeed for being with us sorry about the issue earlier and i just want to talk about the constant awareness because space exploration and and technology is notoriously expensive will present time when you want to pay for this if it's

at times of great crisis and potential inflection points to put national interests and some sort of basic unity and capacity for governance to take place. so instead, no one in afghanistan ever governs. people constantly engage in politicking. >> thank you. j.b., i want to come to you on this question of expectations and shifting expectations. i've been thinking about this as well because iraq just went through parliamentary elections very soon after the territorial defeat of isis in iraq, although there's still quite a bit of work to do. and one of the striking outcomes of that election washat in the areas that isis held the hardest for the longest around mosul, there was the least sectarian voting, the most interest expressed in effective governance, in service delivery. so i'm curious whether what vanda is describing about rising expectations or people expecting more from government than they do from an insurgent, does that ring true to you? >> absolutely. first off, thanks for having me. it's still apparent that i'm successfully perpetrating an academic fraud to be brought back here. th's what wee, man. >> but vanda i

unity is largely up to the man from washington john hendren al-jazeera quebec city. this is it isn't a crack u.s. capitol according to a national strike to pressure the government to end its violent crackdown on protests says in one hundred thirty people have been killed since anti-government demonstrations began and april when over palo reports. at the busy minute gaggle would be undone open air market in my novel thousands of vendors and shop owners are preparing for an act of civil disobedience a majority of the small business owners say they will no longer pay taxes or utility bills until the government commits to ending the violence that's gripped the country for the last six weeks though sometimes i'm off by out of the hour when we're not going to pay for electricity because that's the money the government used to pay kidnapped a thing. the land ahead is owns a shop here and is one of the organizers of the action. and money will no longer be used to move to our own people with more than twenty thousand shops and stands the middle gather is the largest open air market in central america it generates hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue and taxes ever

government. >> reporter: yeah, it does. i mean this is a major celebration for russia of its international standing in the opening ceremony, putin the russian president spoke of unity amongst nationsnited by football. but of course russia's actions leading up to this tournament particularly since 2014 have been sowing disunity more than anything else. when we think about the annexation of ukraine, separatists in that country as well, since then its backing of bashar al assad, the syrian leader in that country, perpetuating the conflict there. until recently, you know, being accused of carrying out chemical weapons attack in britain by the british authority which it denies. all of these actions have sewed o oig disunity, they have created a difficult political backdrop to this tournament, which is why so many world leaders, many stream world leaders from europe, from other countries, chose not to attend the opening ceremony. instead, it was attended by the likes of the leaders of a delegation from north korea, from iran, from rwanda, saudi arabia crown prince was here as well. but for the most part at least during these opening phases of the world cup russia has been shunned rather

government. what does that mean for that nation's domestic policy? >> well, it's an interesting day today anyway. today is the festival of the public day. we've got military flyovers, a celebration of the unity country against a backdrop of total chaos. the two populist parties, one led by the northern league, far right, anti-immigration leader. the other by the populist anti-establishment leader who represents the south. there's so much contra diction in what these two men's support bases want for the country. we'll see a struggle going forward with legislation as they try to wrangle together and keep this coalition afloat, george. >> so divisions domestically, but as far as europe at large, it seems that these two groups come together with pretty clear message. >> that's absolutely right. the euro skepticism is the bottom line of that message. trying to get to this point where we are today, the coalition had put forth a euro skeptic economics minister. they still have him in their government. now he's the minister of european affairs. that sends a message they don't want to be a slave to brussels. they want to renegotiate some of the terms of their sizable debt. 130% of gdp in this country

nation. this is chaos. and that's why i'm calling for a vote on my bill, h.r. 6236, family unity rights and protection act to require the federal government to reunite the parents with the children to establish a database of children separated from families and to make sure that parental rights aren't terminated. we are told that parents can communicate with their children, but let me ask you, how a parent in los angeles would communicate with a child who is 6 months old in another state. can i -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for an extra 30 seconds. ms. bass: my amendment requires a report on the short and long-term effects on these families and proposed solutions. our foster care system is already overrun with over 400,000 children. we know that these kids are in detention right now but ultimately, they will wind up in foster care. because of the opioid crisis we don't have enough foster homes for kids that actually need to be in care. the long-term neurological effects that i described, even apply to children who should be removed from homes because their parents have either abused or neglected them. so even w

that is good to strengthen the government's position in the negotiations and that clearly is in the national interest. if theresa may is unable to forge that cabinet unitythat great breakthrough last week of the enactment of the eu withdrawal bill. we have now repealed, therefore the european communities act, made a dramatic step forward. it is now essential that the government comes together, speaks with a single voice and has an agreed position behind theresa may to give her the strong negotiating position she needs. how confident are you that that will help, given the profound differences that seem to exist in the cabinet over the sort of trade deal we should seek and given the fact that we have had innumerable attempts to try and forge this consensus with working groups set up on —— and the brexit subcommittee trying to forge a deal? why would we be confident a deal will be reached ? a deal? why would we be confident a deal will be reached? sign —— battery whose party is coming together to make sure we made —— la st together to make sure we made —— last week we saw parties coming together to make sure we made progress on the eu withdrawal and now we