representatives of the afghan people going forward should the afghan government get to talk with the taliban shiela bellis live in the afghan capital kabul thank you very much indeed for now. right now workers and activists of gathering in cities around the world for the annual may day celebration now around eighty countries around the world has this kind of celebration which focuses on the rights of workers that's the situation live in red square in moscow and they can see lots of species lots of people have turned out on a bright sunny day it's been going for about eighty years i believe it started off after there was a strike in the united states and the police crackdown ended up with about eleven to fifteen workers being killed that see origins of may day i did not know that in the philippines meanwhile in the capital manila protesters there are taking the opportunity to criticize the government for its relations with beijing which the unions say has led to an influx of cheap labor from china they're also demanding an increase in the minimum wage. and a may day rallies also underway in taiwan's capita