Antigovernment protest intensified. And europes space Agency Unveils plans to discover new secrets about the red planet. Us president has announced peace talks have resumed what the Afghan Taliban the news came during a surprise visit to Afghanistan Air base where he met with president and the u. S. Soldier stationed there jordan as more. The u. S. Commander in chief celebrates thanksgiving with troops a dog room air base in afghanistan a tradition going back to the start of the conflict against the taliban in 2001 but after 18 years its a war washington is struggling to finish and donald trump says hes lies in the hands of the taliban the taliban wants to make a deal well see if they want to make a deal its going to be a real deal but well see what they want to make a deal and they only want to make you feel good youre doing a great job the chillers they want to make you trouble now. Stick that for the 1st time the taliban is interested in reaching a Peace Agreement with the government in kabul this after they released 2 western hostages and 10 Afghan Soldiers in exchange for 3 of their senior leaders. These are the 1st signs of progress since the broke off talks in Early September after the taliban killed a u. S. Soldier in a bombing but Officials Say theres still no sign the taliban are ready to give up their weapons permanently in exchange for a role in afghan politics demilitarization is a key demand from afghan president ashraf ghani but hes been sidelined while u. S. And taliban do senators meet still colony joint trump onstage at bob graham in tweeted out highlights of the moment apparently keen to show he is still relevant in the Peace Process for donald trump the priority is cutting the number of u. S. Troops in afghanistan from about 13000 to about 8600 and to helping the afghans handle their security on their own were breaking it down very substantially and will be down in a number thats very its a good number and were going to stay until such time as we have a deal or we have total victory and they want to make a deal there is a promise for peace made by 2 previous president s with the 3rd hoping his will come to fruition rosalyn jordan aljazeera washington. Stands government has approved a law to dismantle diversion am a former president Omar Al Bashir the countrys Prime Minister says the decision was not an act of revenge but aimed at preserving the dignity of the sudanese people have been morgan reports from khartoum. It was once the dominant party in sudan ruling the country for more than 25 years now more than 6 months after its head leader was ousted sudans Transitional Government has announced that the former ruling party will be dismantled. Yet the the more dismantles the National Congress party and seizes its assets money and properties and gives it to the governments minister of finance a committee will be formed to ensure that any Organization AssociationInstitution UnionCompany Partnership that has links to the former ruling party will be dismantled. The National Congress party came to power in 1992 a few years after it had already bashir overthrew a democratically elected government in 1989 the coup was carried out under the name of the National Islamic front bashir went on to create the National Congress party that ruled until he was ousted from power in april this year following months of antigovernment protests the december protests gained momentum after the burning of the National CongressParty Headquarters and. Despite it being the only party many sudanese knew the demand for it to be dismantled had become one of the protest movements main ins. Dismantling a party doesnt mean its and it has to be remembered that establishing a new country would have to include establishing quick systems with those from the disbanded party and in a way where politics is practiced wisely i mean also man regards herself as the victim of one of the Party Signature laws that came to define the controversial public order act its severely curtailed womens rights and which was condemned by human rights in sudan new leaders say it will display. An attack that when i was arrested for refusing the offices called me names saying im not a real sudanese because i didnt follow the rules of the government they said they expected me to be from the south a christian. During its time in power the national. Party left scars that many continue to feel from earning sudan 20 years of u. S. Trade and economic sanctions following accusations of supporting terrorism abroad to dividing a nation that was once africas largest country it now remains to be seen how straightforward eradicating it from sudanese political life will be people morgan aljazeera puts on Iraqi Security forces have opened fire on crowds in a Southern City as antigovernment protests worsen at least 33 people are reported dead after the protests in nasiriyah and another 11 deaths in the shop the army earlier dispatch commanders to provinces with instructions to restore order on wednesday the iranian khan for a set on fire and reports from baghdad. In iraq a dramatic escalation hundreds of antigovernment protesters storming the compound of the iranian consulate Late Wednesday in the Southern City of najaf setting parts of the Diplomatic Mission on fire replacing an iranian flag with the issue of how to go when the consulate was set on fire all the right police in the end the Security Forces started firing and as if we were burning iraq as a whole the riot police fired tear gas canisters intensively and the Security Forces rangers heavily with live bullets. Protesters say iran is exerting too much power in iraq and they want their government to take action to limited. According to analysts its not just this attack that significant but also the symbolism of where it took place this is the city where the Ayatollah Khomeini used to live its considered to be you know the heart of the shia muslim world and iran thought that it had the population the iraqi shia population on its side in terms of its you know regional policies clearly thats not the case in the this is the 2nd time this month that an iranian consulate in a shiite majority city has been targeted by an off the demonstrators 3 weeks ago Security Forces killed 4 demonstrators who stormed the consulate in the city of karbala both attacks feed into the wider antigovernment protest movement thats engulfed iraq since october hours later violence in yet another shiite majority Southern City dozens killed or wounded in nasiriyah when Security Forces opened fire with live rounds and tear gas to disperse crowds of protesters. Military announced the troops would be dispatched to southern iraq to restore order. Antigovernment demonstrations have been raging in iraq since early october with protesters accusing the government of corruption and demanding a complete overhaul of the countrys political system since the unrest began at least 350. 00 people have been killed and thousands wounded. Political analysts say the only way for the government to find a solution is by pushing for reform. Going into to issue a new electorial role for the best of the people to hold early elections off to be rocky polman dissolves itself and the government resigns but many protesters say much more needs to be done day after day the demonstrators that we speak with be they in baghdad or other cities tell us they dont feel the government is taking their demands seriously they say that no matter the risk they will continue to come out and press for the rights and opportunities they say they deserve i am a gentleman visitor but that. Dozens of humanitys have been welcome back home from jail in saudi arabia as part of a prisoner swap the group of 129 men were flown into saunas International Airport aboard red cross plains it comes during a new push to end the 5 year war mohamed autopsy has more from santa. For the 1st time in nearly 4 years a passenger plane down at Sunrise International port the 1st of 3 to arrive from the saudi capital aboard the planes 129. 00 yemenis that the International Committee of the red cross called prisoners of war they were welcomed like heroes by large crowds into an airport building that has to empty since 2016. We are here today to receive our prisoner so far who are coming from the countries where detained. Time we would like to convey to the road to our suffering people here in yemen suffering a lot because they cannot travel because of the discrimination of the countries order not to allow the people to travel a lot of people are sick here. But for this woman there was only disappointment her son was not among the retired nice as he related to i hope i see my son in the next prisoner swap over you never know who is being released and who is not they are all our sons. When were done with. The both eason the saudi lead qualify the United Nations brokered deal in stockholm last december but it has yet to be implemented both sides have released 17000. 00 prisoners or for the whole of these have so far who are least 600 this group from saudi arabia was released as a sign of goodwill can i no idea. If. The un has not played its role well it should have put more pressure on stalking agreement signatories to fulfill their pledges we hope more serious action will be taken by this important world body. Many of the returning prisoners told us. That they have been detained for over a year and a half and had been tortured. With their rivals these prisoners many hold this will be stripped tours Building Trust between warring parties and pull them home to peace after 5 years of flighting. From sun on International Airport. Activists around the world are abandoning school on friday to protest Climate Change students in australia and japan have gathered so far as part of a 4th Global Climate strike theyre demanding more action line 0 Greenhouse Gas emissions within the next 5 years the rallies come ahead of the uns Climate Change conference in madrid next week still ahead on aljazeera same time jubilation and getting after opposition leaders are released from jail but will their freedom last for calling nato brain dead french president and on our own comes face to face with the secretary general. Hello there it is a fairly calm picture across much of the middle east and how much is a fashion been steadily on the rise into Northern Areas of iran theres plenty of clouds and out towards the west there is one or 2 showers as well theyre working their way across into northern and Western Areas of turkey 13 celsius in anchor on friday sunny skies in beirut 21 so pretty nice in the sunshine and it is 15 degrees celsius on friday in tehran a lot milder than it has been a little sunshine on saturday so we could see 60 mm by then we could also see some snow flurries just into the mountains of it and heading further south across the Arabian Peninsula quite a bit of cloud just a line along these coastal areas amman on a towards yemen we could have. A coastal shot but really away from that the winds have died down this that you know coming from the knoll so weve got 26 riyad 27 and feeling very nice once again under those sunny skies damages staying about the same way before saturday but probably a bit more in the way of cloud just along this says south coast particularly of oman and now as we have from that down into Southern Africa plenty of rains it is that time of year so she will the way from angola eastwards into northern sections of mozambique but the story further to the south through with south africa it really is about the heat is on the increase again and theres really no sign of any rain. The brazilian journalist investigating a politically struction grab all the farmers helped get elected and hes reprieve them thats empowering everyday people to profit from the destruction of the rain forest people are almost willing to give their life away and guarantee the occupation knowledge of the land is journalism the last hope in the fight for steve the on the song this is not only conflict but a conflict of narrative brazil. Whose truth is it anyway on aljazeera. And watching aljazeera lets recap the top stories now. The u. S. Has resumed talks with the Afghan Taliban announcement came as the u. S. President made a surprise visit to afghanistan where he met with president. So the government has approved a law to dismantle the regime of former president Omar Al Bashir the countrys Prime Minister says the decision was not an act of revenge but aimed at reserving the dignity of the sudanese people. His Security Forces have killed at least 33. 00 protesters in the city of nasiriyah as antigovernment demonstrations intensify the army earlier dispatched troops to their provinces with instructions to restore order. 2 weeks of impeachment hearings in the u. S. Have done little to shift the american publics opinion on President Donald Trump analysts say the Republican Controlled Senate is unlikely to try to convict him but the president ial election less than a year away it could be up to swing voters to decide if trump gets a 2nd term in office as pastor reports many are watching closely. The streets of media pennsylvania are adorned for the coming holidays but as. Matthew cole forbes awaits the trolley to work headlines from the impeachment hearings in washington threaten to take away some of his cheer i really dont agree with that. I mean theyre going to im not a politician anything like that i just i think theyve been trying to mess with him since 26 k. I think. The 20 year old restaurant worker and business student is among the White Working Class swing state voters who delivered trump to victory in 2016 in cold forbes says the impeachment inquiry centered on whether trump inappropriately pressured ukraines president on a phone call has only cemented his support i dont really know what happened at all on that phone call. But ive read part of the transcript. And i dont really see like what theyre trying to all of you here. Polls show americans remain evenly divided on whether to impeach trump weeks of public hearings have done little to change minds and democrats have privately knowledged that Senate Republicans will have the power to decide president trumps fate will not vote to convict him so if were gone conclusion that impeachment will not remove trump from office well what does it all for well he still has to fight for reelection within a year and so his future still very much depends on how the efforts to impeach him plays off of american voters. From gets impeach since the get go im glad theyre finally getting around to it if you believe that abuses of power occur and you have to you have to try to hold people accountable with most americans showing a clear partisan divide on whether they support impeachment its the rare swing voter who will likely decide whether trump remains in office after 2020 like the voters who helped elect Delaware County councilwoman Monica Taylor to office earlier this month for control of the local government flipped from republican to democrat. For the 1st time in 150 years we have a lot of people who are moderate we have a lot of people are somewhere in the middle find themselves somewhere in the middle and i think we are a good example of where that swing vote is going to come from in pennsylvania is us you know its a swing state but even as political analysts say these pennsylvania and suburbs have shifted left in an apparent move both against trump all areas of the state have moved further right recent local elections in western pennsylvania solve republicans gain in strength a sign that the battle for the states Electoral College votes pivotal to whether trump wins reelection in 2020 will be fierce. Castro aljazeera media pennsylvania. According again it has a greater temporarily release a group of opposition leaders from jail they were arrested for staging protests against president conde who they believe is planning on running for a 3rd term their freedom however remains and limbo a tale of us already on reports. Guineas opposition leaders arrived at the Conakry Court of appeal hoping they would be allowed to go back home with no further they were in jail for 6 weeks on thursday a judge decided to free them 10 members of the National Front for the defense of the constitution have been temporarily released while they wait for the start of their appeal next week santa bonders you are its a feeling of happiness and joy the law has won and so has the liberty the innocent have been freed im speechless. The opposition leaders were arrested last month inside the home of a former politician who was coordinating antigovernment protests. But instead of deterring the movement their detention prompted hundreds of thousands of demonstrators to take to the streets. Critics fear president alpha conde is planning on changing guineas constitution so he can run for a 3rd term in 2020. However this latest Court Verdict is being seen as a victory for the opposition thank you cliff i mean im so happy not only because theyre free but because this means justice has begun to appear the past i hope the Appeals Court will free them completely because they were detained illegally the street protests have been systematically banned in guinea for over a year the government insists they are a threat to Public Security but opponents say its a tool to silence criticism. Opposition leaders have been accuse of staging unauthorized protests and a paralyzing the economy of the west african nation now while they prepare for a final decision from the Appeals Court the tensions remain high the cuts hilo percivale yon aljazeera. More than 18000 people remain displaced by floods in kenya Recovery Efforts have been challenged by more heavy rain and landslides and west pocket major roads and bridges have been damaged of course that makes it difficult to provide humanitarian aid to the affected areas at least 120. 00 people across the country have been killed. 3 World Health Organization workers have been killed in democratic republic of congo its the latest in a series of attacks on a bowl of virus Treatment Centers protests were held outside the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the regional capital goma one of the soldiers has been accused of killing a demonstrator on monday to new aftershocks have been recut recorded that is in albania as the death toll from tuesdays earthquake has risen to at least 46 the 6. 4 magnitude tremor struck the capital tehran to and cities in the west and north as your operations are ongoing to find survivors as john reports from the port of tartus. The 41st victim of tuesdays earthquake is pulled from the rubble he was a waiter in the cafeteria on the ground floor of this hotel it took rescuers more than 2 days to cut through the rubble of 5 concrete floors to find a relative collapses upon seeing the body and has to be hospitalized people are shocked to see the 2nd wave of earthquakes in 2 months this has not been experienced at such a scale since 979. Of the city has already evacuated they have left the city of borders for other towns you know pena or in the. Neighboring countries as the rescue effort draws to a close to this is becoming a ghost town hope of finding the victims is giving way to fear that aftershocks may bring the worst calamity. My house is intact inside and outside but it keeps shaking so we walk around so as not to go in we sleep in the car at night people say the sea will rise up and down to rest everyone is saying it and all our neighbors left the towns they grew up in the government says it has put a 1000 people in hotels and another 800 in temporary shelters but there are still many more fending for themselves the people of good us have taken to the streets. Spending the night out on the pavement or theyre simply walking through the city or entire families are bedding down inside their family vehicles under blankets and this is happening as far away as the city of tehran where you can see row upon row kilometer upon kilometer of cars parked until they reach outside the city limits all these people are afraid to go back to their homes even if they havent suffered any damage because theyre afraid of worse of quakes to come and there are those who simply need a ride out these buses are bringing volunteers from neighboring kosovo and to North Macedonia theyve come to help the people of do this survive in their town instead panix people clamor to board the buses and leave police have to explain that the buses arent here for evacuations the albanian government is struggling to maintain calm and regain control of the situation as the rescue teams leave so will the last visible signs of International Assistance but what remains is the enormous task of providing both security and reassurance jumpstart aljazeera delicious. Frances president manuel maron has welcomed nato secretary general jaan stolzenberg for talks and paris the meeting comes weeks after american criticized organization calling it brain dead comments has sparked a discussion about the role and future of nato and about reports from the french capital. It was a longer handshake than usual for the french president it seemed to be a sign that emanuel was in a conciliatory mood as he greeted nato secretary general at the least say a few weeks after he described the military alliance as brain dead but if you install timberg had hoped for an apology or a retraction he didnt get one as mike ross stood by his claim that nato lacked direction because sort of the questions i ask are open questions that we have not resolved peace in europe. Treaty the relationship with russia the subject with turkey who is danny so injuries or decision lets not negotiate cost sharing a burden sharing maybe we needed a wake up call if you permit english expressions stoltenberg said nato members often had different opinions but that didnt mean the alliance has no future so the policy is that while questions are d being asked about the strength or the transatlantic north america and europe are doing more together than we have done for decades its clear that my comment that nato is brain dead didnt go down well with stoltenberg pretty certainly shaken up the alliance and focused minds on coming up with some new ideas germanys foreign minister has suggested that a group of experts from outside nato could be created to review the organization some analysts say such a move would be constructive it was war in ukraine theres a huge problem in middle east their war in syria iraq or iran is behaving differently so this is something very useful and its much better to discuss the problem together with experts inside the alliance than than criticizing the alliance and. Your party. Next week and they told leaders meet in london for a special summit to markets creation 70 years ago during the cold winning it was a time when members agreed on the aims and who was the enemy today its leaders all politically polarized and the security challenges have changed nato you might not be at deaths door yet but most members now expose concede that for it to survive successfully it needs a fresh approach. Ill just sirrah paris britains Prime MinisterBoris Johnson is facing criticism for not taking part in the u. K. s 1st leaders to bait on Climate Change and said an Ice Sculpture shaped as the globe was placed on johnsons empty podium hours earlier the European Union declared a Climate Emergency ahead of next weeks international 25. 00 Climate Summit the future of europes role in space is being decided in spain after 2 days of meetings in seville with 22 members of the European Space agency have signed off on a record budget of nearly 16000000000. 00 over the next 5 years the blockbuster proposals include voyages to the moon and other planets says well as sending the 1st ever rock sample back from mars the agency is also looking into a space based 5 g. Network to deliver faster phone connections and a way to get early warnings of solar storms it argues that any investment in Space Science helps the economy on earth through new jobs and technology. It looks almost so simple after such 2 days of intensive discussions there is a program we have missions Everything Everything looks trivial but. Each and every one who looks a little bit more into detail knows that these are really complicated procedures and im therefore very happy i mean nazar has one government we have 22 so this is already something which is different and im very grateful for all the Member States plus lavinia plus canada to subdue for the support of what we are doing. Massey is the deputy executive director of the Royal Astronomical society in the u. K. It says the funding will help and gauge a new type of audience and bring about more collaborative developments. Well im pleasantly surprised because these things tend to be a big tussle much as you have than i was imply and you know realistic evolve to that of a flat budget in cash so that something that you know gets a road to bit by bit actually looks that the mannish if she were it right with the most of the programs there are a few exceptions of most that request a ospital a mix and thats thats really good news i think its still when you could be individual contributions the state is right and its about trying to Member States its not a massive drain on each individual budgeting yet its something that reveals real diffidence assignments and also for the space industry in general i think its always the science programs that stand out in the eyes of the public in the news media russia i mean imagine if in a decades time or a bit less than that youre covering a European American mission to trying to letting a small asteroid i think that would be quite big nice if it works and its really great that europes got a central role in the lunar gateway as well in europe involved in that actually having astronauts around the moon again now plating nasa you know nasser is leading a lot of that but its still very much a Multinational Mission but there are also things like a gravitational wave observatory you know you remember those shock waves across the universe that we 1st discovered a few years ago the big x. Ray observatory its a its really good news that so you know i think its great to see that kind of investment in fundamental sciences as well as in things Like Communications and those of ocean. These are the headlines right now on aljazeera donald trump has announced peace talks have resume with the Afghan Taliban the us president made the revelation during a surprise visit to afghanistans bachmann airfield where he met president and u. S. Soldiers stationed there in september declared talks with the taliban dead after a deal was reached in principle support us troops from afghanistan the taliban wants to make a deal well see if they want to make a deal its going to be a real deal but well see but they want to make a deal and they really want to make you feel good you do a great job that you know is they want to make of you so i want to thank you and i want to thank the Afghan Soldiers sudans government has approved a law to dismantle the regime of former president Omar Al Bashir the countrys Prime Minister says the decision was not an act of revenge and that aimed at preserving what he says is the dignity of the sudanese people the law was passed during a joint meeting of the Sovereign Council in cabinet this year was removed from office and april after months of antigovernment protests Iraqi Security forces have killed at least 33. 00 protesters in the city of nasiriya antigovernment demonstrations are intensifying earlier the army dispatched commanders to the provinces with instructions to restore order. Dozens of humanitys had been welcomed back home from jail in saudi arabia as part of a prisoner swap 128 men were flown into saunas International Airport aboard red cross planes u. N. Special envoy martin group this welcome the move that comes during a new push to end the 5 year war. More than 350000 people had been displaced by floods in kenya Recovery Efforts have been challenged by more heavy rain and landslides in the west of the country major roads and bridges have been damaged making it difficult to provide humanitarian aid to the affected areas place 120. 00 people across the country have thanks phil. Young activists around the world are abandoning school on friday to protest Climate Change students in australia and japan have already gathered as part of the 4th global Climate Change are demanding more action like 0 Greenhouse Gas emissions within the next 5 years or demonstrations are expected to take place in countries like canada chile and india the rallies come ahead of the uns Climate Change conference in madrid next week next whose truth is it anyway. Aljazeera world meets to arabs. Left the middle east with food successful career and all the. Lebanese going to want to just turn toward brazil. The Norwegian Oil industry. Unusual journey its leading to an expected race. Doctor. On aljazeera. I i. My name is. Im an investigative journalist in brazil. It is a very challenging time to be a journalist right now because of our president s. I think i mean. I think you did. It and. I