for south sudan at the international crisis group from paris and france now go to a person who south sudan resets. at human rights watch and in the united states jock mother just here is professor of anthropology at syracuse university he's also a former official in the south sudanese government welcome to you all thank you for joining us on the program and jack i'm going to start with you because we've seen all of those pictures this week of we are questions how the care how going in smiling and we know that these are 2 men with a very long standing rivalry and what is the state of their past relationship to have those animosities faded certainly not the animosities may be being masked in in the hope that. this will now will transition the country away from gun violence into a state where. people might be able to build rebuild the country and rebuild the relationships. what we're seeing in their state man's and the handshakes and smiles for cameras. tells a story that is not exactly the story of south sudan. what they have said is one thing but what they have left unsaid is really w

this is news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes a sign of hope from south sudan the country's rival leaders take a big step towards peace forming a unity government when it before and this time. and prime minister was a no show in court when he was judged to be charged with murdering his 1st wife. mainly needs the musical sensation breaking the mold and taking one of them. come to africa it's good to have your company out was a head of a deadline south sudan's warring leaders form a unity government possibly paving the way to be. in the hash is to meet the administration with the opposition's react mashad serving as he's deputy the 2 photos compromised off the months of delays and several broken deadline day finally came to agreement over a reduction in the overall number of states insults of dunn and key security issues it's a significant development in a civil war that's killed nearly 400000 people and displaced more than 2000000 people. sealed with a bear hug that allied the animosity between these 2 arch rivals spoke of the break through the system and gave hope that the deal wo

this is africa coming up in the next 15 minutes a sign off told from south sudan the country's tribal leaders take a big step towards peace forming a unity government when it be for ever at this time. and this is prime minister was a no show in court when he was due to be charged with murdering his 1st wife. named needs the musical sensation. breaking the mold and taking one of them. african company alway's a head of a deadline south sudan's warring leaders form a unity government possibly paving the way to peace in the has. the administration with the opposition. serving as. the compromised months of delays and civil deadlines they finally came to agreement over a reduction in the overall number of states insults of dunn and key security issues it's a significant development a civil war that's killed nearly 400000 people and displaced more than 2000000 people. with a big hug. between these 2 arch rivals bush spoke of the breakthrough. and gave hope that the deal would end the country's devastating civil war. we've probably sat down together and agreed to form the unity government. th

and the birth defects and serious illnesses that people in south sudan say are caused by the country's dirty oil industry. and to meet the kenyan sculptor turning scrap metal into award winning. hello i'm christine want to welcome to news africa it's good to have your company the growing conflicts in the south hell is high on the agenda off the munich security conference which opened today in germany today this conference is often described as the most important security for on the planet and this year's meeting brings together more than 500 decision makers and 35 heads of state including leaders from the south held region concern is growing over the increasing violence in the sahil states some of which is being filled by climate change but it's not the only issue affecting africa said to be. discussed of munich the main theme of the meeting is something they have decided to call west's listeners the idea that the west is in retreat. is egypt can money is in munich for the conference and she joins me now it is it's good to see you we'll talk about that strange term. in a moment but 1st

a win win not only for south sudan but also for japan. this is developing news from berlin they'll be more at the top of the hour coming up next is d w news africa with my colleague christine with well there's more on our website the w dot com tara thanks for watching. i'm secure in the volume or not hard and in the end this is a me you're not a lot more we will send you back. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers reliance of. what's your story ready. i'm working on was a women especially a victims of violence. take part and send us your story we are trying in all weathers to understand this new culture. you are not a visitor nothing yet you want to become citizens. in full migrants your platform for reliable information. this is africa coming out in its 15 minutes cameroon's local and parliamentary elections on sunday will take place on a heavy military presence in the english speaking provinces where turnout is expected to be low. but certainly. at nigeria's big business intertainment industry many young people want a break tha

this is africa coming up in the next 15 minutes a sign off pulled from south sudan and the country's rival leaders take a big step towards peace forming a unity government when it's before and at this time. and this was prime minister was a no show in court was what he was judged to be charged with murdering his 1st wife . named needs the musical sensation. breaking the mold and taking them by storm. i'm chrissy. i was a head of a deadline south sudan's war in the form a unity government possibly paving the way to peace in the hash of the administration with the opposition. serving as he's deputy the 2 photos compromised months of delays and several broken deadlines they finally came to a reduction in the overall number of states insults are done and key security issues it's a significant development in a civil war that killed nearly 400000 people and displaced more than 2000000 people . with a bear hug. between these 2 arch rivals bush spoke of the breakthrough. and gave hope that they do you would in the country's defeating civil war. gardiner we have before we sat down together an

also after months of talks south sudan's president and opposition leader richard deal to former unity government. and the reverse in the declining death rate china reports a slight increase in new coronavirus cases for the 1st time in 3 days. welcome to the program a longtime ally of u.s. a president donald trump has been sentenced to 3 years and 4 months in prison for lying to congress and witness tampering or just stone was facing a much longer sentence until the president tweeted about his case let's bring in john hendren not correspondent in washington d.c. who's been following what has been really a very eventful day. it has indeed president trump is preparing right now as we speak to address a rally in nevada that's where voters will pick the republican and democratic presidential nominees on saturday for that state and the president is a likely to mention roger stone just as he did earlier in the day stone is a legendary figure loyal to 2 presidents he was a dirty tricks or his own words who did the bidding of president richard nixon and now he is loyal to president donald trum

plus leaving war behind to live a dream athletes from south sudan are training in japan and hoping to make an impact as they reach for glory at this year's tokyo olympics. thanks for joining me a scandal over the role of the far right a german regional election has plunged chancellor angela merkel's conservative party the c.d.u. into crisis earlier this week some regional c.d.u. bowl makers sided with the populist alternative for germany party to install a liberal premie a in the eastern state of the riga the move shattered a post-war consensus among mainstream parties to shun extremist politics. it's rare that a regional head of chancellor merkel's conservative party comes under this kind of scrutiny but mike morgan was surrounded by news teams after the scandal in his home state of the ranger force the question of how to deal with far right populist onto the national agenda the party chief had a clear answer. that it's a door. that it is for the party in the ranger and across germany there will be no direct all in direct cooperation with the f.d.a. in the form of items when the bear

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it's between southland -- south sudan and uganda.s on the side of south sudan, actually, that's were i was born. i had to flee country because of the war. more than 250 miles to northern uganda. they didn't know what they were going. they were just going through the bush to flee toward a mile walking every day. my father had to take a different road and my mother had to take a different road with my sibling because during that time when a woman is -- fleeing at the same time with her husband and to find them on the way they will kill all of them or the husband. different road. my mother had to take care of my children and that's how i lost two of my sisters. host: two of them died enroute. guest: and my mother was pregnant with me. there was a lot of people that were fly fleeing at the same time. there were massacres. it was not easy. and for me there were just closing in the bush going through ambush, going through -- there's drinking contaminated water, like going through the grass, you know, going through the rebar. it was not eas

correspondent: south sudan competed in the 2016 olympics, but did not win any medals.d would be a win-win, not only for south sudan but also for japan. helena: just a reminder now of the top story we are following, german politics has been shaken by a scandal over the far right. chancellor angela merkel's conservatives have been holding crisis talks over the role of the populist -- the far-right populist in germany and election. i will be at -- i will be back after a short break to take you behind the headlines in "the day." stay tuned for that. ♪ twenty four correspondentsts around the wor. hello and welcocome to live from paris on charlie jameses ten pm here in the french capital we begin with the headlines. china starts testing a corona virus drug as thehe country's death toll topop six h hundred united states offering one hundreded millionn dollarsrs to assist in fighting the outbreak. yeah i will coccus results are in but still too close to call both people to judge and bernie sanders are claiming victory the national democratic party request a recount. and irish

it's the world's largest swarm but the 3rd in south sudan for than leeched state is now home to 28 year old deborah neckwear she fled her home in their town several kilometers away because of fighting deborah now struggles to feed herself and her children but to get a model but to see him right now we cannot do farming because of insecurity if you take a risk and go home you may lose your life what makes me lose sleep is that during the rainy season we farm on and off because of displacement floods also destroy our crops we really suffer joined a rainy season due to lack of shelter deborah and her kids are now among the 7500000 people out of south sudan's 11000000 population who rely on food aid years the fighting that started in 2013 and was largely brought to an end after dealing 10 to 18 resulted in nearly 4000000 people being displaced many had to abandon their farms which has led to food shortages and last november's floods have made worse and already dire situation the un's world food program says more than half of the 27 flood affected counties are facing extreme levels of acute

a call for reconciliation in south sudan as rival leaders for me unity government in an effort to end is a civil war. the big. hello and welcome to international weather forecast as we look at the weather across europe we've got yet another area of low pressure heading in towards the u.k. it's going to bring some precipitation which can be quite heavy both rain and snow during the course of sunday. system moves in ahead of it there's a weak linkage to this weather system getting some rain across parts of belgium through into germany and across towards poland southern areas of europe i shant looking too bad there is some of the forecast through into monday you can see the area of low pressure begins to move in across the u.k. bringing some heavy snowfall and then as it moves across the north sea it's likely to intensify so i think during monday and on into tuesday it is going to become quite stormy on north sea coast there of denmark and some other low countries or could see some very intense rainfall indeed further says still looking fine eastern areas this area of low pressure giving

joseph says he feels the deal take south sudan back to where it was in 2013 he wonders what if anything has been achieved africa's youngest country seceded from sudan in 2011 after 2 decades of fighting between years later its own civil war started when the president salva kiir accused his vice president take machar of attempting a coup a deal was signed in 2015 to end the war that killed thousands and displaced over a 1000000 people but it didn't last i cannot assure you that things will be different but what. we need to restore peace and stability in the country will be a national army. the militia. or belong to the top of the new deal is a revitalized version of the 2015 deal and has been broadened to include other armed opposition groups that were born after that deal collapsed. machar is once again vice president along with 4 of us with the same position the deal also includes a 3 year transition period before elections are held the revitalised deal includes sharing of ministerial cabinet positions between the government and the opposition groups that's yet to happen it would is fo

sights across south sudan.ut mayim says he wants to spland expand it to other parts of the world. >> so i have to make sure that and i ping my myself believe not be late. >> you looked pretty sharp. >> thank you. [laughter] >> you had to get it inner conference in washington? >> yeah. >> so people should know the u.s. institute of peace is part of the u.s. state department. >> yeah. yeah. >> so what happened next? >> i understand the business part "on the fly." and now, we can use -- start up o be able to use technology. on conflict resolution. nd also getting to sit down in the conflict resolution area. that's how you committed so they can give me guideline and also understand what conflict is because my main faux discuss the prod cal part offensive. so i would need it. so that i can be able to put them into practice, yeah. >> so how did you get here permanently? >> so from there, i started work. i went back to the refugee camp actually after this. and then from there, i got a 2k3w46rbings visit from the world

a call for unity the challenges facing south sudan's military trying to come together around the gears of conflicts. past feeling the squeeze how the coronavirus is impacting asia's entertainment industry. welcome back now across the levant in the arabian peninsula has been subtle the last few days particularly for iran iraq we've seen some really bad weather some snow many many lower elevations anyway but things are improving now the temperature in tehran just 45 degrees yesterday up to 12 in the forecast baghdad up to more typical temperatures 23 degrees here in the arabian peninsula just got the remnants of the shell wind blowing down through the gulf so just 23 degrees as a maximum on the other side of the potential down through the red sea winds gerri looking fairly light through friday that may just begin to strengthen the northern portion of the recent during the course of saturday meca fine temperatures there $34.00 degrees celsius they also notice that area of rain and snow developing across parts of turkey and that will be pushing in to know them parts of iraq during the cour

well still ahead on al-jazeera made warnings of a worsening food crisis in south sudan we look at the challenges of delivering i to remote areas plus. i'm a solid job in kazakhstan and i'll tell you how the remnants of soviet culture is having an impact on how the society deals with the disabled. are. going to welcome back to international weather forecasts were here across turkey in coming days we're going to be seeing more weather in terms of rain snow as well as winds we do have a system coming out of europe making its way towards the southeast and you can see here on tuesday not looking too bad but by the time we do get to wednesday. we do pick up a lot more snow a lot more winds across much of the area as well as we're going to see some rain pushing through parts of istanbul heavy rain across the southern coast as well and we're going to sing opera though those temperatures are going to be diving by the time we get towards thursday starting at 12 going to 15 on wednesday changing to snow by the time we get to thursday with a temperature of about 3 degrees there well the northeast

we are sure they will co—operate and work for the people of south sudan.raced and this peace also needs each and every person to forgive each other. singing catherine byaru hanga, bbc news, juba. a public state memorial has taken place in sydney to recognise the 25 lives lost in the recent bushfires. staged at the olympic park, the event showed support for affected families and honoured citizens and firefighters who had been killed — some of whom had come to australia's aid from abroad. six pairs of firefighters boots were lined up, symbolising the three australian volunteers, and three american firefighters, who died. speaking at the event, australia's prime minister, scott morrison, described the trauma caused by the fires as unforgettable. a season of air you couldn't breathe and of orange skies that wouldn't rain. an unforgettable trauma absorbed into our very beings. and of unrelenting grief for our land, oui’ unrelenting grief for our land, our wildlife and our families. children kissing the coffins of their fathers, proudly wearing their fathers, pr

we are sure they will co—operate and work for the people of south sudan.ce needs to be embraced and this peace also needs each and every person to forgive each other. singing catherine byaru hanga, bbc news, juba. south africa has held a state funeral forjoseph shabalala, the founder of the ladysmith black mambazo singing group. he died at the age of 78 earlier this month. south africa's president led the tributes, calling shabalala a true ambassador for south african and zulu culture. nomsa maseko has more. melodic chanting whistling and cheering melodic chanting a send—off fit for a man who put isicathamiya on a global platform. joseph shabalala, the gentle—voiced musician, remembered for playing an unparalleled role in introducing the sound of zulu traditional music to the world. singing the founder of ladysmith black mambazo, the most popular vocal group africa has ever produced, was awarded a state funeral. he was one of south africa's most decorated artists. a musical genius. a prolific composer, who as we heard, would sleep for two hours and want to

aerial spraying is the only solution that works but that's impossible in conflict ridden somalia south sudan and uganda are also would raise and swarms have been cited in yemen and oman will join joins us now from nairobi to tell us more about the situation what sort of food security risk is this actually posing. well ben if you look at the eastern africa region already the areas that have been affected by the locust invasion are areas that really do struggle with food insecurity and i would put it that way because we're looking at the northeastern parts of all of kenya and also areas in somalia that have already been affected by drought so there is good food security and they're looking at here is that a single locust invasion is actually one that could lead to a loss of up 217-0000 tons of grain and that's enough to feed about a 1000000 people these locusts as we know them if they are moving at the speed at which we are being told they're moving at which is about a 150 kilometers per day that means they could destroy even walden the 170000 tons of grain that have been given as an estimate

you'd have to look very hard to find training facilities like this in south sudan because they just don't exist long distance runner abraham majok is among a handful of athletes who accepted the invitation to train for the summer games and my pain initially there were reservations about how he and other sudanese athletes would be treated but after living in training there for months he's grown fond of the japanese. since we came here we have seen a lot of love on the web discovered and opens. because when we came you know we didn't expect much love. i was in war. because sometimes you know. so i was awarded what i would have been but when i came in they love the dependence before it's more than the norm one. of course wants to bring in olympic medal back to south sudan but he has another goal that he hopes could have a positive impact on his homeland and when i get back the message is the importance of peace and that's the biggest percent of my. cell sudan competed in the 2016 olympics but didn't win any medals success this time around would be a win win not only for south sudan but also

you'd have to look very hard to find training facilities like this in south sudan because they just don't exist long distance runner abraham a jock is among a handful of athletes who accepted the invitation to train for the summer games in my bashi japan initially there are reservations about how he and other sudanese athletes would be treated but after living in training there for months he's grown fond of the japanese. and since we came here we have seen a lot of love on the web discovered and the bunnies are not like other people because when we can you know we didn't expect that much love me personally i was event was what kind of because sometimes you get when you know foreign countries you know sometimes you may have telling this so i was awarded what telling this i would have been but when i came in they love the dependents before how it's really more than the normal one. of course wants to bring in olympic medal back to south sudan but he has another goal that he hopes could have a positive impact on his homeland and when i get back the message i will have is the importance of pea

but after months of talks south sudan's president and opposition leader reach a deal to form a unity government. also a new front line in the corona virus outbreak dozens of people are infected in one of south korea's largest cities. hello welcome to the news hour president donald trump says his long time advisor roger stone has a very good chance of exoneration after he was sentenced to 40 months in prison stoned was convicted of lying to congress witness tampering and obstructing the investigation into possible rushing to ferrets in the 26th in the presidential election prosecutors originally recommended a sentence of up to 9 years in jail but the justice department like to reverse that after the president publicly complained our correspondent john hendren joins me now live from washington d.c. it's been a very busy day there just sort of summarize exactly what seems to happen throughout the day. well so the judge said there was little precedent for what was going on in this particular case she said she wouldn't judge roger stone as a person she would leave that to a higher power bu

a move towards reconciliation in south sudan as why the leaders form a unity government in an effort to end years of civil war. hello the u.s. senator bernie sanders is claiming victory in the caucuses the latest stage in the race for the democratic presidential nomination so only a fraction of voting stations have reported results but they're giving sanders a clear lead over his rivals if confirmed it would cement his status as the front runner to take on president donald trump in november. delighted to bring you pretty good. and that the popular vote in iowa it was we won the new hampshire primary it was and according to all 3 networks and the a.p. we have the one that at that a caucus way with our shots haasan is a democratic political strategist he explains why never as an important indicator of support from minority voters people may have heard about the 1st 2 contests new hampshire and iowa they make big news because they make big news the importance of the nevada caucus though is that this is a caucus in a population that far more resembles the democratic electorate nevada is

even though south sudan's warring sides have partially formed a transitional government a crucial part of the deal still hasn't been completed the armed forces were due to be unified and even where they have been troops are abandoning the camps there is have a morgan has this report from. a call to line up for military exercises is something these soldiers are used to but for the past 2 months the south sudanese troops have been training alongside other armed groups some of whom they once fought on the battlefield during south sudan's civil war that we're here we've got the. unified there's no different in all of there's no eye or there's no. additional. well. some of these fighters gathered here are parts of the government forces others come from the main armed opposition called the sudan people's liberation movement and opposition and a few from the armed group known as south sudan's opposition alliance this is one of the 16 such camps around the country where the fighters are trying to form a unified national army it was set up after $2800.00 peace deal to end the 5 year long confli

now being sworn in as president salva care's deputy ever moving reports from the south sudan capital juba. in a scene similar to that witnessed in april 26th after a peace deal signed a year earlier opposition leader rick machar is once again sworn in as the country's 1st vice president. and so began a new transitional period for south sudan after more than 5 years of war 1st say well to take this opportunity to congratulate the people of the republic of south sudan for a turning piece. i went to a sure you we will work collectively to your long suffering. 3 other vice presidents were also sworn in a 5th is yet to be appointed it comes as part of a revitalized version of a 2015 peace deal ended ending the war which started in 2015 the deal brings together several opposition groups besides the main opposition led by the now 1st vice president correct machar it also gives all sides shares in the government cabinet and the legislative assembly saturday swearing comes after several delays to the formation of a transitional government from may to november 2019 and then another $100.00 day

south sudan's rival leaders form a unity government declaring an end to a civil war that has killed more than 400000 people. the race to take on donald trump the democratic presidential candidates to base their support in the nevada caucus. and the election that could unseat president whose family has ruled the west african nation for more than 50 years. thousands of people are being screened in towns and cities locked down in several countries around the world as rich as the world races to contain the corona virus outbreak that's killed more than $2300.00 people health officials are now worried that they can't trace the origins of hotspots appearing around the globe the infection rate is slowing down in mainland china where the outbreak began more than $76000.00 cases have been reported but numbers are surging elsewhere at least 5 people have died in iran which now has a total of $28.00 cases some pharmacies that are running out of masks and hand sanitizer in europe a dozen northern italian towns are effectively in lockdown after 2 people died and at least 51 were infected many of whom

and get in the war wounded in south sudan back on their feet finding a rehabilitation center is a barrier for many. hosni mubarak the egyptian president aristide from power during the arab spring uprisings has died at the age of 91 he passed away in a car or hospital where he'd recently undergone surgery the current president of the fatah sisi is among those often tributes to mubarak this overthrow catapulted egypt since a years old cael slower birdman they look back now on the late show with his life and legacy. maintained a firm grip on power in egypt for 3 decades until finally in 2011 the people had in the millions took to the streets hundreds were killed but after 18 days this used to how much president mohamed hosni mubarak. has the cited wave the office of the president of the public. crowds reacted as they heard the news that the man with an iron fist down. the military council took the reins of power but it was from the bullet train the bark had originally risen to power. a former chief in 1973 he led an air campaign the regain the sinai peninsula from israel it has been a humili

south sudan seceded from sudan in 2011 after 21 years of civil war the longest on the african continent with 2 years after independence civil war broke out there 2 decades of fighting has left many people suffering from war injuries both civilians and soldiers it's also left hundreds of thousands this. conflict has left many of those struggling to get the health care they need especially in areas outside the capital and some see they are marginalized and sometimes excluded from employment in 2017 groups like human rights watch estimates that south sudan has about 1200000 people with disabilities that's largely the result of not just the recent conflict but decades of violence this center in the capital juba covers more than half the country when it comes to providing care for the disabled and those receiving attention. or any other kind of services provides them an opportunity to restart their lives again suzanne is 40 years old and has suffered from paul you since she was a child. that. even tried to walk. still i need somebody to assist me and for calling that out if in their family b

the problems facing armed forces in south sudan as it tries to form a united front. hello again we have some really heavy rain developing across parts of northeast asia see this line of rainfall extending north of the yangtze river extending across the sea and moving into southern parts of japan so over the southern japanese islands it looks as though it's going to turn increasingly way in the course of friday as you move on into south of that rain just eventually begins to flirt with honshu late in the day for the north still dry in fact tokyo should be a pleasant enough day 13 degrees as the high still very cold there for support in a tighter moving into south asia fairly quiet for much of the region few showers for the western ghats but otherwise fine night poor there as $33.00 degrees delhi should be fine at $28.00 but further north northern parts of india and pakistan we have got the risk of some showers and some snow as we get into the foothills of the himalayas that will become more extensive as ahead on through into saturday and still as showers in the wester

a civil war broke out in south sudan after the country gained independence since then different groups have been fighting for power some 400000 people have died so far millions have been forced to flee the violence abruptly ended peter's childhood he struggled on his own at 1st until a rebel group took him in. how to hide ourselves and run. they trained you on how to load a gun. and how to shoot. peter was in the militia for 2 years he was then able to flee to uganda he likes being able to go to school there with help from save the children his life is slowly returning to normal. well my heart was happy when i arrived in uganda. and i saw schools and hospitals and i was excited and said this is a place where you can at least study and get medication whenever you're so. as soon as peter finishes his homework he takes care of his pigeon his pride and joy he spread a good doesn't say fall he just says living in safety has given him the strength to be hopeful about the future. joining me now on the line from london is christine mccormack she's a child protection advisor for save the childr

and in south sudan a former child soldier tries to make a new life after escaping the militants trained to him to kill. hello and welcome i'm on with a cuba an advance by syrian government troops into the rebel stronghold province has dropped of relations between the key international players involved in the conflict the past 10 days have seen deadly clashes between rebel allied turkish soldiers and syrian regime forces president. has lashed out at both syria and its russian backers vowing to retaliate against any renewed attacks meanwhile the fighting has unleashed a humanitarian crisis. the roads out of sarmad province in the last 2 months more people have fled the fighting here than it any other time in the syria conflict many are braving the harsh winter conditions simply to get tight. it's really sad to see people here enduring snow and most of my children what are we going to do we've got nothing left we're sleeping under all of trees. it's a terrible sight. this road is completely cut off because it's part full of cars. and people have no idea where they're going. this is what th

in south sudan a former child soldier tries to make it beautiful life after escaping the militants who trained him to kill. time so welcome to the program. the latest advance by syrian government troops into the rebel held it live provinces ruptured relations between the key international players in the conflict the past 10 days have seen deadly clashes between turkish soldiers supporting syrian rebels and forces of the syrian regime turkey's president has it out at syria and its russian backers promising to attack a regime forces everywhere in syria if his troops are attacked meanwhile the country's humanitarian crisis continues to grow. the roads out of sarmad province in the last 2 months more people have fled the fighting here than at any other time in the syria conflict many are braving the harsh winter conditions simply to get tight. here mohammed atta it's really sad to see people here enduring snow and most of the children what are we going to do we've got nothing left we're sleeping under all of trees. it's a terrible sight. this road is completely cutoff because it's packed f

bitter enemies unite in south sudan and that soon end the civil war that has killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced 1000000 it's. day one of a week long truce between the u.s. and the taliban goes into effect in afghanistan boosting hopes for a long lasting peace deal. turned out to be just ended with the sport heavyweight boxes beyonce wild rice and fury have weighed in the head of the much anticipated title really match we will hear from both camps later this news hour. coronavirus precautions are being stepped up as new cases are confirmed in other countries china is reporting a shop for all in the number of new infections the doctors say it's too early to draw any conclusions in iran a 5th death from corona virus was reported on saturday with 28 infections some ball crossings between iran and iraq have been closed a 2nd virus death has been confirmed in northern italy 30 cases have been reported and the long body region where at least 10 towns are in lockdown and concern is growing in south korea coronavirus cases there are more than doubled overnight to at least 430 a s