And it will still be. We talked ugandan pop star turned opposition m. P. Bobby one whos seeking the countrys top job. Informal talks have resumed between the Afghan Taliban and u. S. Officials the taliban has told aljazeera some preliminary meetings have taken place here in doha and could pave the way for the resumption of formal peace talks President Trump canceled negotiations in september following the death of a u. S. Soldier but on the short trip to afghanistan he told american troops he believes the taliban is willing to strike a deal Stephanie Decker has more. It was a surprise visit and is often the case with President Donald Trump a surprising announcement taliban wants to make a deal and were meeting with them and were saying it has to be a cease fire they dont want to do a cease fire but now they do want to do is hes trying i believe it probably work out that way. Comes admission their meeting with the taliban comes after the president abruptly broke off talks in september following the killing of a u. S. Soldier in a bombing claimed by the taliban talks had been making progress up until then the taliban has confirmed to al jazeera that some meetings have been taking place to pave the way for the resumption of talks the group also recently released 2 western hostages in 10 Afghan Soldiers in exchange for 3 of its Senior Leaders but Officials Say theres still no sign the taliban is ready to give up its weapons 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 negotiators meet still ghani joint tromp on stage by graham air base and tweeted out highlights of the moment apparently keen to show he is relevant in the Peace Process for donald trump the priority is cutting down the number of u. S. Troops in afghanistan from about 13000 to just over 8000 and to help the afghans handle their own security were bringing 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 over its been 18 years since the u. S. Launched its war in afghanistan pushing the taliban out of power the irony not lost that almost 2 decades on both sides in our negotiating an end to the fighting and if a deal can be struck it will more than likely see the taliban return to play a part in ruling afghanistan Stephanie Decker aljazeera Michael Semple is visiting Research Professor at the institute for global Peace Security and justice a Queens University belfast he says there has to be compromise for more talks to go ahead. The taliban have to accept some form of Violence Reduction whether its partial or global the optimum one being a full full ceasefire but its possible they could agree to more limited measures to reduce violence so they have to they have to agree to start turning off the violence and they have to agree to a pathway to direct talks with the with the Afghan Government what the taliban have been saying in the past couple of months since that process broke down is that they there they are happy to reenter negotiations but only if the americans give them everything that they felt had been promised in that deal whereas the. On the other side so then the americans have been telling them quietly that that deal became impossible because it had basically no 0 support inside afghanistan strongly opposed by the Afghan GovernmentPublic Opinion in kabul and something is going to have to budge to to make this process acceptable to the Afghan People so the talibans insistence on. Restarting where they left off is actually reviving the deal that was dumped on the 7th of september seems to me like a nonstarter who the rebels in yemen so that shot down a saudi helicopter and killed 2 pilots it happened near the yemeni saudi border that the saudi u. A. E. Coalition down its 5th year of fighting the disease is not commenting. Algerians are out in large numbers protesting for the 41st friday in a row president ial campaigns began on sunday but demonstrators in the socalled Hero Movement are rejecting the elections are due to take place in december many fear the vote will be linked to the former leadership there also calling for the release of those whove been arrested for taking part in protests sudans former president bashir is party has condemned a move by the new government to dismantle it on thursday sudans Transitional Government approved a law to dissolve the National Congress party which was a key demand of protesters the Prime Minister says the decision was not an act of revenge he 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. 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 coolest 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 was. 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 it severely curtailed womens rights and which was condemned by human rights in sudans new leaders 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 more going on to their own pockets and. The activists and member of thats a Nonviolent Resistance Movement hoping to organize the protests in sudan he joins us from carson its good to have you with us the 1st thing that that occurs to me is almost 30 years of. Rule to unpack here how do you go about that just how far down the list of his party do you go to exclude people from from taking part in politics. So the 1st thing we are actually really excited about this will it was like finally coming we were expecting it months ago and now that its happening this is the one thing that was all uniting us on october 21st we went into big protests and the main aim was dismantling the National Congress party and to us this is an end of an era just having this rule is a big deal now when you want to talk about the deep state and all that and the committee that they put together theres only one thing thats really scaring us is for them to put because the president of the committee is going to be from. The president ial council that we have right now and half of it is army people so were actually scared that one of the army people will be ahead of that committee because then Everybody Knows they used to be part of the n. C. P. So for us hes like that has to be the 1st that we need one of the civilians to be the president and Going Forward were expecting good things i mean this is the start its strange its kind of the start of the end to is the start of what we all wanted which is get rid of the National Congress party this dictatorship that will last for 30 years with all the bad things that came with it genocide or not but also its now the split between now this people in the government and there is the processes on the ground and now this is the last thing that united this so now a moment of unity thats happening right now and then you have to build on that how significant is it as well that a lot of the assets are going to be seized this potentially going to be a financial gain from this as well that might be redistribution. Yeah i mean thats going to be the big things 1st we take in the stuff away from them weve been trying as part of the movement on the ground to take over their many buildings to use as our headquarters or were not and we werent allowed they were well protected by the Rapid Response force which is a big issue that we still have to deal with there is also the companies they own everything its like this was a dictatorship and islamic dictatorship that actually controlled the money so the big thing about them is the control of the money can we actually take that away from them which is really problematic as some of that money is actually moving to people like the robber spawns force and humidity so hes actually taking over a lot of their wealth so we have to deal with him and we have to deal like who is going to take over the wealth and they already started giving their wealth away theyre going to be very complicated. Court system to actually get all that stuff away from them but still im so excited by the symbolism of starting that struggle of taking it away from them and making them illegal theyre illegal because they killed us theyre illegal because they were a terrorist theyre illegal illegal and should have been illegal from a very long time now the other aspect of this is worldly is repealing public morality laws i want to get your thoughts on and also on what are the laws may also now be repealed. So the worst thing about these laws are there like sex is lousy other laws that put a woman down theres also other laws that still are included like adultery or law thats not removed room moved we still need to deal with it theres like laws against drinking that still exist theres also a lot of institutionalized racism within the regime that we need to take care of and remove so a lot of it is it includes like who gets power who is not just enough that the laws are removed we need to have have our have our people in the eye in any leading position should be women people from the marginalize areas should come and be in the ruling. Bases all these laws that were used maybe theyre not against them for example like alcohol alcohol was used a lot against people from other parts of sudan who dont have a problem with drinking and it was used to actually put them in jail and she them badly and were not so theres a lot of institutionalized racism institutionalized sexism all these things that we need to remove and a lot of it is just one is the law but also we have to train our Police Officers who think its ok to beat us in the streets and we have to get rid of the army and everybody should not be sitting in the in our cities theres no place in the cities for the armies so unless we go into these training courses and we move forward and we change a lot of the people who will not change then these laws will be useless so you may be implemented on the ground there has to be a lot of training that has to happen. Its been a pleasure to have you on the program thank you. Thank you. Iraqs top shia cleric has condemned the use of lethal force against protesters after 48 people were killed across the country on thursday theres been more violence on friday when Security Forces fired on protesters trying to torch a Police Headquarters a curfew has now been lifted in nasiriya for families to hold funerals the u. N. Has called for an investigation and iraqs government has ordered an inquiry into the deaths protests began in early october demands for jobs and an end to corruption im a gem june has the latest from baghdad. The grand ayatollah ali sistani is the top shiite cleric here in iraq he said that while he urged protesters to stay peaceful and to reject violent acts he also says that the country must not descend into civil strife or tyranny and he also demanded that Parliament Act with more resolution and in a quicker manner to try to solve the crisis here time and again weve heard from religious leaders and parliamentarians and other government officials in that office urging the government to do more to try to in the crisis here the fact of the matter is it really hasnt made an impact on what is going on in the streets in the major cities of iraq be it here in baghdad where we are at the epicenter of the antigovernment demonstrations in Tahrir Square or be it in the southern shiite majority cities where so much violence occurred in the past 2 days that dozens killed. Which is the seat of the shia out of 40 here in iraq you had dozens killed in nasiriyah and because of that the governor of this province where also he is he has resigned as you mentioned also an investigation has been launched and that was announced by the government earlier in the day clearly what is happening here right now is that government officials are really concerned that they are not going to be able to contain this mass protest movement and the fact you have so many shia demonstrators in majority she asked cities in the south of the country not just protesting in these antigovernment him astray shows but also attacking iranian consulates demanding that iran no longer play such an outsized role in the politics in europe that is something that is very worrisome to the leadership here. Still ahead on aljazeera people are very angry about it and people are if you do not support what he is proposing why divided communities in Northern Ireland are you not are you going to bars johnsons bricks of plant. Whether the limits across japan over the next couple days but some places a cloud of rain will roll through yes but fair amount of drive by them as well you can see all the settled conditions here High Pressure in charge across that least in kona all of china sinking a little further south which in these was squeezing a bit more cloud into that western side of japan force asked if they have a classy into the Korean Peninsula sold around 8 celsius a similar temperature that say for beijing on sas they often fully 4 celsius in beijing that they could cloud rolling across the yellow say some wet weather coming into western parts of japan as we go through the 2nd half of the weekend but further east it should be dry sheltered by the mountains tokyo gets up to around 13 celsius with some sunshine sunshine into the southeast of china thick a cloud there into those central parts of china possibly some right up to watch and they think the possibility is snow there on the northern flank of that storm. In the showers too was the coastal fringes of vietnam over the next couple of days chances some showers to just pushing towards the philippines over the next day or so thats really the calm before the storm because we do have a typhoon lurking out in the pacific as we go through saturday and sunday that will move into the middle part of next week. Aljazeera as Investigative Unit goes undercover in the caribbean we dont use the word bribe would you use a token of appreciation. Exposing trade and diplomatic passports today just 250. 00 then the price will go to overlook involving some of the regions highest officials. All aljazeera investigations diplomats for sale. Youre watching aljazeera heres a reminder of our top stories this hour after weeks of stalled talks preliminary because the oceans between the u. S. And the Afghan Taliban every president made the announcement during a surprise visit to afghanistan the taliban has told al jazeera some meetings have taken place to pave the way for the resumption of formal talks. Government has dismantled former president party which was. Scrapped a controversial public order war that had severely. The United Nations secretary general is calling for an investigation into the deaths of antigovernment protesters in iraq and the Iraqi Government has ordered an inquiry into the killing of 33 people in syria on thursday it although at least 40 id brucies died in the license nationwide protests over the last 2 months. Young activists around the world are skipping school to protest against Climate Change the marches began in australia and japan students in sydney protested outside the headquarters of the ruling party under a smoke filled sky australias southeast has been devastated by bushfires which some blame on Climate Change students in indias capital demonstrating as well as dont Waste Energy Power plant you delhi as one of the worlds most polluted cities poor air quality kills around 2 and a half 1000000 people across india each year the rallies come ahead of a un Climate Change conference in madrid next week and in run hundreds there are marching to bring attention also to the dangers of Climate Change they calling for immediate action rallies come ahead of a u. N. Climate change conference in madrid next week. Lets go to london now rory chalons is standing by in a Climate Change protest is now underway roy tell us what youre saying around you how many numbers way saying that. At the moment its 160. 00 didnt still going to as i repeat its going to turn into the thousands this is a series of protests that speed happening every month since. Last sat outside the swedish. Self. 2800. Global movement see if im wrong here you can its a bit proud that i was because i. Was. So these are students who normally want to cry i would be at school but they make sure im down here then is no no no no chance because the u. K. Is in the middle of my. Action process of the moment general election coming up they want politicians. Saying its not friday as well that great big developer can see. This is going to be going down to oaks with streets. Theyve gathered in Parliament Square this struck some of those high sales 6 1 of londons main shopping. Guys a delicate balance c protest is all right how much destruction are as if you call swaths of destruction when you already know people that you dont cause any restructuring and nobody notices so how does it strike that right balance when they had all. Around longer. As you said roy said a lot of noise there behind you thank you so much for that roy hallums live in london. Police in hong kong side ive seized almost 4000 pichel balls at a university besieged for almost 2 weeks a cleanups underway at Polytechnic University off. Hundreds of bottles of chemicals were also reportedly found Police Accuse students of using the campus as a weapons factory dozens were arrested as they tried to escape the campus following some of the most violent clashes years in the months of antigovernment protests the police have seized in toto 3108. 00. Of the truck bombs 1339. 00 items of. 601. 00 port of chemicals and 573. 00 items of reference the campus was left in ruins and covered in bricks across tremont and separate the was a single building or even one single for beer from the damage state media in north korea says the latest weapons test has been met with quote great satisfaction by leader kim jong il own 2 short range missiles part of whats though to be a new multiple Rocket Launcher were fired on thursday theyre being seen as a thanksgiving reminder to the United States came to set a year end deadline for donald trump to show flexibility in store denuclearization talks in Northern Irelands divided communities have found something that they can agree on hostility to bars johnsons breaks a plan there is now no Political Party in the province which supports his proposals on leaving the e. U. And opposition to breaks it is starting to break down tradition of religious and political differences lawrence lee is in belfast. Belfasts the city never at peace with itself for decades divided the walls and fences separating the 2 communities remain its like a patients never quite sure if theyre recovering from a terminal illness but now they have something in common the irish republican side of belfast always hated rexs the pro british side though supported it until Boris Johnson came along with a plan to partly divide the Northern Irish economy from the rest of the u. K. With a trade border in the sea his former allies here see that as a betrayal of the foundation of the United Kingdom people are very angry about it people are you do not support what he is proposing certainly i think he has underestimated the strength of feeling across Northern Ireland where you know we fairly clearly and people on the bryan ferry really cherish being part of the kingdom being a full part of the United Kingdom and if thats what your friends think then what about your enemies this neighborhood of belfast has no murals no symbols of the sectarian divide it is middle class and successful and doesnt like bricks its in any form it is in places like this that the unionists hold over Northern Ireland is most at risk i think race it has clearly transcended the constitutional question thats not to say that conversation isnt still alive and people dont still have their strong views but yes i think you are seeing people who are prioritizing braggs it rather than their views on the union or irish unity because it is a clear and present danger to us. Politics in Northern Ireland has never been like the rest of the u. K. People dont argue about whether the socialist or conservative left wing or right wing but much more as to whether they see themselves as irish or see themselves as british but whats remarkable is how political shades of all opinion from the most staunchly loyalists to the most republican are united against Boris Johnsons version of brick says and so opinions a shifting of the university we spoke to students from the Unionist Community bricks it has changed the way that they and many others think and how they will vote in this election and theres a lot of unionists that i know within my own community they have voiced they see him as she if there was another referendum tomorrow and it was either to remain and part of the 8 or to leave as far as johnsons date we would be in for Northern Ireland to the press and stay with the u. K. As well and within a year has done so much for a pretty Peace Process and a lot of our fallen far charts for it has all come from the European Union to the untrained eye belfast looks like anywhere else but it isnt and both the police and politicians awarding of the potential for civil unrest for Northern IrelandBoris Johnsons mantra of getting bricks it done has trouble written all over it largely aljazeera belfast you aftershocks and shaken albania where the number of People Killed following tuesdays major earthquake is continuing to rise the latest total is at least 46 dead and hundreds injured rescuers are still finding survivors of the magnitude 6. 4 quite ugandas pop star turned opposition m. P. Bobby wine is challenging president Yoweri Museveni elections expected to be held in 2021 which have any has been in power since 986 but ones rise has not been without its challenges diplomatic get a chance by i sat down with him for this exclusive interview. Its relatively recent that even emerged on the political scene you were before that a musician why did you decide to go into politics im a musician social activist and get a youth who recently i call it recent but its 2 years ago decided to run and become a member of parliament and youve been an m. P. For 2 years now you have been in the governments targeting of you has continued since youve been an m. P. Not only is your music banned your concerts banned but you have faced attack tell me about the incident when your driver was killed well i say the day i went to parliament that since the parliament refused to come to the ghetto they get a little come to the parliament of course when i got into parliament it brought a lot of attention of the Common People the peak interest in the politics and indeed these tatted pushing me and suggesting that i run for president now this inferior it the president that we have who has for a long time been regarded as all powerful and i started getting that arcs and most ferocious attack was to be assassination attempt on my life in iraq which took the life of my driver instead of mine if you look at the history of uganda since independence from the colonial rulers the british it can really be summed up with 3 names Milton Obote Idi Amin and u r e 72 of those a boat mean mean in particular were very very brutal would you accept that when most 70 came to power 1st he rescued your country say without fear of contradiction that must have been his rule is much more brutal than the rules that have been there before to the western world president s have been has always cast the image of a democrat but back home he stepped on all rights and freedoms and he has ruled uganda with an iron fist. Allegations that previous elections were not free and fair in your view right now is president certainly the legitimate president of uganda where im very convinced that looked at his obesity won the previous elections and i would believe that even if my 70 could have won the elections they way hes handling the people of uganda mixing hes legitimacy and ultimately if president s have any try to rig the election then he has been like he has been doing then the people of uganda we rise up and they will stop it are you saying there could be an armed revolution against him certainly if your efforts of the ballot box are blocked i do not think people could raise up i think people will raise them because that is evident everywhere they act out of this operation and they will not take it any longer. And you can watch the whole interview with bobby wine on talk to our juror aljazeera on saturday at 430 g. M. T. This is al jazeera these are the top stories after weeks of stored talks preliminary negotiations between the u. S. And the Afghan Taliban have resumed President Donald Trump made the announcement during a surprise visit to afghanistan the taliban has told al jazeera some meetings have taken place to pave the way for the resumption of formal talks so the answer Transitional Government has dismantled former president bushs party which was a main demand by protesters the cabinet has also scrapped a controversial public order of the law that had severely curtailed womens rights. Iraqs top shia cleric has condemned the use of lethal force against protesters more than 50 people were killed across the country on thursday the audit nations secretary general is calling for an investigation into the deaths and the Iraqi Government has ordered an inquiry into the killing of 33 people in syria on 1st. Bomb a gem germans more from baghdad 6. The grand ayatollah ali sistani is the top shiite cleric here. He said that while he urged protesters to stay peaceful and to reject violent acts he also says that the country must not descend into civil strife or tyranny and he also demanded that Parliament Act with more resolution and in a quicker manner to try to solve the crisis here look time and again weve heard from religious leaders and parliamentarians and other government officials in iraq urging the government to do more to try to in the crisis here in fact the matter is it really hasnt made an impact on what is going on in the streets in the major cities of iraq young activists around the world are skipping school to protest against Climate Change the marches began in australia and japan students in sydney protested outside the headquarters of the ruling party under a smoke filled sky australias southeast has been devastated by bush fire as which some blame on Climate Change and students in indias capital demonstrating outside a Waste Energy Power plant new delhi is one of the worlds most polluted cities the rallies come ahead of a u. N. Climate change conference in madrid next week well those are the headlines a news continues here on aljazeera after inside story. Iran thats what angry iraqi protestors were shouting as they set fire to the iranian consulate in the city of not just a significant escalation but how much influence does iran wield in iraq is it a force for good or is it holding back the country and its people this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im adrian for the good after months of violent antigovernment protests in iraq anger towards neighboring iran demonstration the storm there