Very good to have you with us on aljazeera there has been some confusion about whether there will be direct talks between the Afghan Government and the taliban and that was because the Afghan Government announced that they would be why do you think they did that when they know the talibans position which is they wont negotiate with the government until they reach an agreement with the u. S. 1st. So this is not the 1st time the government has announced that they will go into direct talks with the taliban and perhaps this is not the last time and every time they have talked about going into direct talks with the taliban the taliban have flatly rejected it and deed this statement that came out from the taliban was basically saying god all of those people who were. Who would be from the government and the. Dialogue will be there and their bus in other capacities it looks like the the taliban have live coverage as far as this whole Peace Process is concerned theyre talking to the americans directly and the african government feels left out on the other side you have president ronnie who is focusing on the elections exactly is elections to ensure that he comes to power for another 5 years and so was this announcement as to where he was the announcement today that talks by the government an attempt to show that the Afghan Government is involved in this process as president starts his campaign for elections. Well. I dont know if to be due to show that there are involved but i think president gandhi wanted to show died some some level of priority as well as just not the elections i think that was the that was the whole point of it but i was doing it on he wants to go to elections and he wants to confront his politics for another 5 years on the other side the taliban has been very clear that they will not talk to the african government there are a lot of moderates who will sort of demand for the Transitional Government which is on the by no means is going to agree to it and they believe that we can have a Transitional Government because elections we have and security will be there getting there is going to be conflict to challenge the outcome of the elections which will lead to another sort of conflict so its better to have a transitional new. Government which the taliban can sit word which can then be to ask us for some. Of the peace deal is concerned but danny is not going to accept those for whom his vision is glad he wants elections nor marked out what cost and he wants to be the bottom for another 5 years and in the meantime as been reporting on has been holding talks with the us all year we are expecting an agreement between the 2 sides at some point but could the attacks that have been taking place by both sides by both the taleban and the government did rail the progress thats been made so far especially before going into elections. So so both of the sides just like you said have intensified attacks on each other we have tried to massive amount of civilian casualties the taliban in the americans will agree probably on 2 major points number one being agreeing to a timeline as far as the u. S. Withdrawal from of one is done is done son and by number 2 being giving assurances and counted assurances from the taliban for not allowing al qaeda and other terrorist organizations to harbor terrorists attacks on u. S. Soil what we are left to as 2 major points is intra african dialogue and number 2 being 810 pretty insistent a bit ceasefire and the taliban of the flat that they are not going to talk to the african government they will talk to africans at large but not specific african government and therefore we think a transitional neutral government can come and play a vital role as far as these last 2 issues are concerned so that the taliban could sit with them and have a discussion thats what us interrupt and dialogue is concerned cs fight is concerned and that broader Peace Agreement implementation is concerned but for now i think the Afghan Government is not due to do accept this or even listen to this option because theyre looking for another 5 years of presidency no matter what cost mr wise that thank you very much for breaking all of that down for us that is how the blood that live in the Afghan Capital thank you. Now more than a 1000 protesters have been arrested at an unauthorized rally in moscow they were demonstrating against the barring of opposition candidates from local elections saw a guy go of a poll. They chanted this is our city as they came up against the power of the russian authorities it was supposed to be a rallying call for band opposition candidates to be allowed to run in local elections in moscow. But it was met with baton carrying the right police soon after the arrests began. I believe this is political pressure to make the independent candidates is just standing there in the street at the rock today that. We of prey on the streets of oil. This is nonsense its a shame. The un authorized protest had been called by the jailed opposition leader. Authorities had banned local election candidates from running because they said the candidates in question had not collected a sufficient number of genuine signatures in their support a charge rejected by the Opposition Movement who say the candidates are being unfairly excluded for. All that is being done is an attempt to intimidate and we need to show that they cannot intimidate as with these methods the protest also comes at a time of serious questions over president Vladimir Putins popularity discontent and anger over falling incomes and a rise in the National Pension age appear to have caused a slump in putins Approval Ratings that have been denied by the kremlin. But the opposition sees this latest crackdown as a struggle for its right to challenge what it says is a legislature loyal to the president and attempt to be seen heard and represent those who want to change in moscows political scene sony vaio aljazeera. Lets get more on this were joined now by and matt visiting Senior Research fellow at Kings College london and shes joining us live from santa and france very good to have you with us on aljazeera so Moscow Police are saying that 3500 people came to protest were Hearing Police arrested over a 1000 people why did police basically arrest a 3rd of those who were there because they feel the upcoming election for the Moscow City Council is being stolen from them. Thats not quite true because up there is a difference between people being detained and people being arrested so it is true that the 1388 people have been detained but on their right as the 5th got out of there have been arrested out spend the night interventional souls have been challenged was administered defenses are in terms of protest numbers when 300000. Dollars which is a bit more bad. For the amount of demonstrators there have been all look the same number of police and other security agents so so nurturing that yes so whether they were detained or arrested why did police feel they had to respond quite so heavily to this protest or the Moscow City Council. At least does not make those kind of decisions that they implement orders i did all those are so because laurent you know what degree and also of the should be used and whether people should be detained or beaten or i just let people there and devices to protest peacefully which also have a house on every single one so it is a political decision made by the in will scan city authorities. And the moscow city authorities. Bod a number of opposition candidates from running for the city council as why the protesters out on the streets do you think that that was a correct decision by the city council. That was an event which will of decision our very counterproductive ah they have all over react to something which was a fairly minor. Yes there is a little competition yes and thats the kind of challenge and the existing it. Were also it doesnt mean that they will actually be away an hour long. But they will create more of a kind of political debate so whats the problem from the point of view all our all this was fairly mine what created the bigger problem well talk in your world is. All those tools you security and right. Took all to use force and again do why do the authorities feel that they had to respond this way this is a smaller protest are they feeling more generally threatened by the larger protests that are taking place around the country not just against the lack of political space lack of space for opponents for critics of the government but also the discontent over the economy and standard of living in russia both against the president and his united russia party. There are 2 arguments here one is that protests in the house will start happening when life actually gets better and when people i cant think most all of the above our bread bread and butter issues but can think about why the political opposition is just russian economy has been growing in there as was the billions in sales life has been better and we see more progress and that has been an act of russians about the brand over the last 20 years the city does or does not know how to what it was they dont all see a position that does come better than but constructive social force bait i afraid all scenario which they seen in the ukraine i doubt very much recently in france challengingly show ah thats how you start small protests which seem to be peaceful one day and the other couple of shanks and you say in place so thats what they have been my and thats why they are reacting but less than a bit in the by the now so that little of how i missed evils. Of every thank you for your time and your perspective on this we do appreciate it that is at the am i live in santa soon man thank you. Now the speaker of the u. S. House of representatives nancy pelosi has denounced Donald Trumps twitter attack on a democratic congressman as racist tweeted often logic cummings criticized the u. S. President s policies on the Mexican Border and response trump called him a brutal bully saying his Baltimore District is far worse and more dangerous than the southern border the socalled cummings district which is largely black disgusting rat and rodent infested mess the congressman responded saying mr president i go home to my district daily each morning i wake up and i go and fight for my neighbors as he has more from washington d. C. Another norm broken this is a us president denigrating a major American City that has happens to be mostly africanamerican and its africanamerican congressman but the larger cummings is not an ordinary congressman he is an icon of the Civil Rights Movement he has huge respect not only in his district but in the halls of congress the president has made it clear this is his strategy to get reelected he believes if you fires up his base core supporters of white supporters that they will come out in droves and they will get him another term there are a lot of analysts who are sending a warning message though about that strategy they look back to 216 and one of the reasons that trump won in this incredibly close election was because the vote was down in africanamerican communities and hispanic communities polls show that his racist tweets and comments are hurting his support among africanamericans and hispanics so what some analysts are warning while the president is firing up his own base is core support has it moved hes also fired up the base on the other side. In a few moments well have the weather with kevin but still ahead on the news hour displaced again the Syrian Refugees and asylum bola given a deadline to leave plus. Im probably gabi but right now. What don upgrade it off impressed dr burton did i mourn it on production rather than import. And in sports extraneous something tame denied trying to cover up on of their athletes failing to test. If you are with us here this time yesterday we were talking about the very heavy rain across parts of rajastan and maharashtra and that rain has really taken its toll causing a lot of problems across the region as you can see across much of this area where those white clouds are but i want to show you some video that has come in just outside of mumbai where a passenger train was actually stuck because the monsoonal rains take a look at this a 900 passenger train stuck overnight really starting on friday the waters were rising because of the monsoonal flooding these passengers were not rescued until saturday afternoon the good news is all of them were taken out by rescuers no casualties reported because of this but were talking about a lot of rain across much of this area actually above average rain not only june but also into july for much of mumbai and also down here towards the south as you can see on our forecast map more rain is going to be falling today tomorrow as well as over to the middle of the week now we are getting a break across much of the central areas but still very heavy rain is expected to fall as we go towards the middle of the week anywhere between 200. 00 and possibly 300. 00 millimeters of rain across much of this area its going to be dry down here towards the south its also can be quite dry up here towards the north of the central areas have expected more flooding across much of this area. Sponsored by town and. I learned that the 1st amendment is really going to be. Read im. Going to be. Women. That are available but this is your story is that we just dont tell you what the subject of the story. The government is not going to do the one thing the demonstrators want apologize for. The truth. Its good to have you with us on the aljazeera news allen these are our top stories protesters have returned to the streets and saddam expressing their anger at an investigation into last months by the tree crackdown which claimed rock song just for the break up of a certain by demonstrators. Thousands of protesters in hong kong on the move through the citys Central District the crowds have spilled onto a main road and a make their way towards a shopping area. Syrian government strikes have killed at least 13 civilians and Northwest Province many of the victims are children. Now many syrians have been fleeing the violence with more than 3 and a half a 1000000 taking refuge in neighboring turkey since the war began but refugees have a bowl now have an organist 20th deadline to return to the turkish province that they have registered in those registered will be sent to camps near the syrian border. Explains why. 24 year old. Arrived in turkey illegally 8 years ago. He managed to get a turkish id but when he brought his wife to the hospital to deliver a baby a few years ago he was told the documents were fake. I dont have the id im scared when im going to work and going home my wife and son dont have turkish i. D. s either when i go to immigration they tell me to go and register in a different city but there arent many jobs there. According to the latest Operational Data there are at least 3600000 syrians in turkey off that 103000 live in camps while over health a 1000000 more live here in a stumble but officials believe the numbers are much higher syrians in turkey were given a temporary protection status under the assumption the war would have ended by now and that they will be able to return home. Under this policy they are allowed to stay in specific cities or provinces in which they are registered and have access to healthcare and education but officials have stopped registering Syrian Refugees in big cities like a stumble on car or on salah. After syrians in actors in the field understood this crisis will not easily be over syrians began to seek Permanent Solutions to their needs that let them to move to cities where they can find more jobs and work the interior Ministry Says it wants to keep the number of unregistered refugees under control and is sending some of them to camps it also insists turkey will not become a center for illegal migration he stumbles Governors Office has set a deadline of august 21st syrians to return to the cities where they are registered following that decision Rights Groups gathered in istanbul for a News Conference and said it was unfair to force syrians to go back to the cities where they are registered in and that they should have been informed earlier to make plans families now risk being split. Our state is trying to preserve public order you cant be part of the them to syria but you can send them to a 3rd country that the foreign protection a low allows you to turkey is facing pressure on many fronts from a declining economy to political and regional prices the government says it does not want any potential risk from unregistered syrians or those with a criminal record but whats groups and others urge to do authorities to look into reports of syrians being forced to leave an accusation is of police mistreatment. A few nationalists disrupted saturdays News Conference they say they want all syrians to leave turkey because aljazeera stumble. Here when Rights Groups in israel of pushing for young palestinians to be allowed to make phone calls while in detention 210 palestinians under the age of 18 are being held in israeli jails to give them a believe to be underfoot. Teen Rights Groups vets alem and how more kids say most children report physical and verbal abuse from the time of arrest and threats during interrogation many are told where they are going or allowed contact with their families or lawyer knew that abraham has more pharmacology in the occupied west bank. I thought of it as he missed his little sister the most israeli authorities held the 15 year old under arrest for 3 months last year charging him with throwing stones at Israeli Soldiers he says he was questioned without any good counsel or member of his family being present and he only saw his mother once from a distance while he was detained. My friend was a restart with me the israeli interrogator told him that i confessed against him that he threw stones they wanted him to confess against me as well he came back to the prison room angry and shouting thinking that i did that to him he almost hit me via palestinian prisoners associations say that teenagers like thought and even younger children are often arrested late at night or during confrontations with the israeli army in the occupied west bank they are tried in military courts and around half face charges of hurling stones that carry a prison sentence of around 6 months now the Israeli Human Rights Organization how good is petitioning the courts to allow minors to have access to phones the phone contact with the pick families is doubly important i mean of course its a basic right but also when you look at everything these kids are going through its very important for them to have some sort of support from their families. You know i meant to try to fill that void he spent 2 years in jail until his release a few weeks ago and looked after young this unease while he was there he says some inmates whereas youngest 12 and found him the only consolation sawyer but some of them start crying they tell me i want my parents i want my mom but i know theres little i can do so im force a lot of them i say youll be able to talk to mom soon and should visit in 10 days just so they can calm down and start adopting it usually takes more than 2 months for parents to get a visitors permit but sometimes they never do theyre allowed to attend their childrens military trial but theyre asked not to touch or talk to each other in the gaza strip many palestinians say the situation is usually worse now. Just as his 16 year old son yousif was arrested 3 months ago hes accused of trying to smuggle himself into israel but it says he doesnt know much about whats happened to his son since his arrest and is worried he wont be able to visit him. I was a wristed in the past so i might be banned from visiting him as they would deem me as Security Threat the Israeli Army Says the juvenile military court is designed to improve the rights of minors but according to those that are presenting them many young inmates suffer physical and psychological harm in jail and having no contact with their families makes that worse. The occupied west bank. Now heres a warning instability have damaged gas and Oil Infrastructure dependent on Energy Despite having huge reserves that iraq wants to change that would help from the seas investment. Reports from their. Claims like this one help keep the lights on across iraq electricity is in high demand specially during the summer in power plants rely on gas most of it comes from fields like the basra gas field in the south and because its associated gas with oil a single will provide support or oil and gas but iraq doesnt produce enough gas for its power stations a 3rd of what it needs is imported from iran. In the 1980 s. Rainin jets took out most of iraqs oil and Gas Infrastructure in the sanctions that followed saddam husseins invasion of kuwait stalled any redevelopment now iraqs economy is weak the us is an important ally and both saudi arabia and iran are its neighbors iranian gas is a burden on baghdad stretched budget and a loaded issue for domestic and regional politics. Prime minister i deliberate maybe wants to make iraq Energy Independent hes only minister has already signed multi 1000000000. 00 deals with International Companies such as honeywell eggs on and shell unfortunately because of those who want to delay it and thats why really the guys and us that he was lagging behind. We are concentrating on this and the possible use to better than one dollar 50 per cent 2 years 2 or 3 years ago when we did i think about 55. 00. 45. 00 i want to be realistic or to 5 years old be i would dare to say there are because those of you know ok this of course will lead to many advantages one of course a white for Power Generation that will definitely make. Energy independent who dont need to import and of course. You know all that. Maintaining a gas field under 46. 00 degrees is anything but easy but these iraqis are making sure that they continue to pump the gas which helps run their country besides the gas needed for electricity these gas fields also produce other types for domestic use and export 75 percent of the. L. P. G. Come from this. Facility which is more than 25 years old that. Is being renovated its electric instruments. To do these upgrades requires major investment rocks government says despite obstacles like corruption and an unstable region investors are coming to back that. The. Gas is the primary resource in the Southern Region especially to generate electricity most of the old power plants were motive from liquid fuel operations to cast power plants has there was an urgent need for investment and to upgrade production as tensions escalate between us and iran iraq wants to diffuse so it can attract more companies to help achieve baghdad becoming Energy Independent. Holders of air bus or. Now talks between a male model a geisha and a 100 refugees have broken up without an agreement on repatriation hundreds of thousands of her had to have been sheltering in camps there since 2017 when they fled a crackdown by myanmars military son of a child reports from cox as. Security was stepped up for the visit of representatives of the myanmar government to the refugee camp at coxs bizarre there had been a fear of protest and only a select group of rowing was chosen to meet with the delegation in one of the camps offices shade though when it was among those who attended the top the myanmar government is trying to persuade the refugees to return home. They told us that all arrangements are being made for us to return they also told us that there are camps built for us with the necessary security and facilities outside the camps office several 100 running as gathered to get to meet the delegates and ask questions but they were quickly dispersed by police and nearby another group of refugees try to stage a demonstration but that was also quickly broken up by Security Officers some of the Community Leaders at coxs bazaar expressed their concern at what condition will be like if the refugees return to our current state we demand before our water going back i want to be done in done her community you should visit inside affected area about to assume that what are perfect and this is the 3rd high level visit by the me and mar government there repatriation of the 1st batch of refugees was to begin officially last november but it stalled amid protest at the camps and bangladesh. Many are still traumatized from their experience 2 years ago when they were forced to flee their homes during the me and my own military crackdown so who are accountants 25 year old son and 18 year old grand daughter in law were killed by the security forces. We will seek compensation and justice 1st for the loss of our family members we also want to be recognized as well he got if these demands are met and we get justice then we will think about going back critics said this trip planned is just me and maurice latest attempt to divert International Criticism from its policies directed at the rowing nearly a 1000000 rowing a refugees are crammed into this densely congested shanty camp in the caucasus bazaar area theyre getting increasingly frustrated and angry about their future but no one is willing to return home to me on mars without citizenship papers and security guarantee. With the following parts of the bangladesh. France is pushing ahead with new taxes on Big Technology firms despite the u. S. President threatening to put retaliatory levies on french wines on friday trama criticized what he called president about calls for listeners for implementing the tech tax which will affect u. S. Firms like google and facebook french finance minister Bruno Lemaire says trance response is a mistake. Not means to do you choose to keep questioning now is not the question of trade stories on why. These haakon we get a consensus on this issue of digital activities and fair taxation of activities. Now some Climate Change experts argue that a vegetarian diet is key to protecting the environment sheep and cows produce methane gas a toxic substance they also graze on land that could be used to grow crops but some scientists in the u. K. Disagree theyre looking at sustainable ways of raising livestock just the bald one has more from devon in western england despite their cheerful disposition and inquisitive nature these animals get a lot of bad press thats because they release huge amounts of me thing gas its a Greenhouse Gas that damages the environment. Cows and sheep are responsible for 14 percent of global Greenhouse Gases thats the same as all the cars trucks and planes in the world also some of the land they graze could be used to grow cereals and grains for human consumption. Scientists at this Research Institute in western england are looking for ways to reduce the animals Carbon Footprint they vary the animals diet trying different grasses or even seaweed they selectively breed choosing the ones that emit less gas into the air the air is continually monitored to see what works and what doesnt the high tech farm includes a brand new shed 1st specific experiments to carefully measure input and output all designed to see of cows and sheep can exist in an environment at risk grasslands can incorporate quite hoovers in the games that concoction not to animals naturally would serve and when youll to fertilize those plots