Now its a deal that lasts only a week but u. S. Officials say if its a success it could lead to the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan the taliban american negotiators have agreed to a proposal for a reduction of violence in the country the announcement is the result of ongoing peace talks and qatar a senior u. S. Official says if this deal holds it could be followed by a more permanent accord well the u. N. Secretary general spokesman has welcomed the agreement he says its important to curb violence thats harming civilians in afghanistan. If this were to succeed it would obviously be a notable step in bringing peace to the country. And the dialogue is a vital pe is of is vital to paving forward the constructive in traffic and negotiations on peace i think its very important. To find ways to reduce the levels of violence in afghanistan is specially the violence that is harming civilians while correspondent Deborah Townsend joins us live now from washington d. C. She had this does sound like a breakthrough i mean is it talk us through how this all away. Well we have this 3 stage process as far as we understand the big reveal will happen in munich on saturday but weve had so few vague official pronouncements and then we have all the other official pronouncements anonymously from both taliban and us sources but theres a 7 day period of calm theoretically we dont entirely sure what that call means there is an acceptable level of violence apparently but there are specifics on taliban behavior apparently going to comes to roadside bombs suicide bombs. And other attack iraq attacks and so on and the u. S. Will be allowed to continue with what they call their Counterterrorism Operations there is an acceptance of the taliban doesnt control its factions or theyll be some kind of trial of communications of if there are attacks that they can be communication say well that was you or someone else you can control is there some false flag operation trying to scupper the deal so theres going to be with all the communication if that 7 day process everyone is happy then we get to the 2nd stage the taliban agrees no more what are called terrorist attacks against the u. S. And allies of the u. S. Says we will have a full schedule for a planned withdrawal from afghanistan and then thirdly that all leads to talks between the Afghan Government who by the way if i have nothing to do with any of this over the taliban which will hopefully lead to a peace deal thats thats the theory weve got lots of questions about timing what its going to start the us very soon there are reports the taliban officials told the a. B. C. News that this could be all the care and you know within within a few weeks february 29th for the 2nd stage of the deal afghan peace talks by the temp but you know what well hear about all this on saturday also questions about verification what is acceptable violence but what we know well what we have to wait and see happen as weve been saying does seem like quite convenient timing in a u. S. Troop withdrawal from an unpopular war President Trump promised this and this could all happen in an election year. Right and we know also it was reported in august of 29000 the trunk from that all of his is people look we need to be out by 2020 and look whether you like trump or lot if he manages it it will be an amazing achievement obama failed he said he would have or would troops out by 2014 but he left 8421. 00 when he left and you know imagine how happy youll be to say look obama couldnt do it i can do it all the Democratic Candidates are running on a platform of removing all the troops its an unpopular war it has cost 2. 00 trillion dollars 2400 troop losses thousands more injured. Not to mention all the lies that were told we now know from the Washington Post from bush and obama about the socalled progress people are sick of all of this stuff the problem is is that were having these reports from Time Magazine or to be that theyve seen the secret annexes of the report and theyve had it confirmed they say by 3 sources and they say that there will be an initial troop withdrawal in the 2nd phase of around 400000 troops but 8600 troops thats 200 more than obama left behind will remain but theyre no longer fighting the war theyre going to counterterrorism troops is nebulous term that weve heard from various democratic and republican administrations over the years so they will be this enormous contingent of troops still there so will this be another trump moment which weve seen before in the middle east which is what i remove everyone from syria or wherever whatever and then he slowly lose advisors everyone get him to say well actually theyre all pretty much going to stay but you know its sort of a removal and you know what is actually mean for peace for afghanistan what does it mean when the taliban the rank and file those not negotiating all of this and part of the secret annex apparently the taliban doesnt have to admit that the u. S. Troops will remain what happens when they start realizing wait a 2nd when u. S. Troops are still here its been a year or is that just simply well the election will have come and gone by then so it doesnt really matter if these are all the same this is all the small print however there is optimism that somehow there will be a conclusion to this militarily unwinnable war optimism that a very delicate process a chapter tansey there in washington d. C. Thank you she had. Well moving on now and chinas foreign minister has criticized some countries for overreacting to the current virus which has now killed more than 1500 people speaking in the german capital wangi said containing the spread of the virus remains a challenge for the Chinese Government but he insists it is under control. Some countries have stepped up measures including quarantine measures which are reasonable and understandable but some countries have overreacted which is triggered unnecessary panic large to contain the current virus the Chinese Government has ordered that people returning to beijing must quarantine themselves for 14 days or face punishment president xi jinping is vowing to boost a virus prevention measures and to fix problems exposed by the crisis now hundreds more military medics have already started work at hospitals in who had the epicenter of that outbreak but there is growing concern about the availability of medical supplies now almost all the 65000 cases worldwide are in a province in china and more than a 1000 Health Care Workers have also been infected and egypt has now become the 1st country in africa to confirm a case nearly 600 cases have now been reported in 29 countries and territories on the chinese city of what is now entering its 4th week under lockdown since it was identified as the source of the outbreak journalists are still restricted from traveling to the city but al jazeera has obtained pictures from a resident who is trapped by katrina you reports from beijing. Empty streets and an increasingly empty fridge there are plenty of vegetables but not much meat for the one familys next meal during the coronavirus lockdown speaking via video call from who day one she told us his family was doing its best not to panic. When we got home whispering this infection lucre all over our bodies when we go out we wear a mask we dont know if we go out we come back with a virus stuck our clothes so we disinfect every day he lives in ging men a city knavery will hunt the epicenter of the Virus Outbreak for 3 weeks the familys been ordered to stay in those movement is increasingly restricted once every 3 days one family members allowed to leave the house to pick up groceries supplies and twentys are limited shoppers stand in lines one meter apart waiting to enter. Its been almost a month since one saw his daughters who are staying with relatives in southeast china is it true that there are few relief that my wife and daughters are not there who are now we chat or lie every day theyre doing ok just worry about me the vast majority of confirmed coronavirus cases more than 50000 are in a province. Patients have been sharing videos and social media of life inside makeshift hospitals and quarantine sentence at least 1700 medical staff are among the infected. Elsewhere in china people taking any chances wanks in hopes leaders will learn their lesson from the outbreak. At the beginning nobody paid enough attention to one so it was under control until it was too late. And looks forward to life under lockdown coming to an end katrina aljazeera beaching. A fire has swept through an orphanage in haiti killing at least 15 children the unlicensed residents on the outskirts of the capital Port Au Prince have been using candles for light because of its problems with its generator now about 60 children were staying in the orphanage run by u. S. Based Christian Group at least one person has been killed in the south of libyas capital tripoli and shelling by forces loyal to the war Khalifa Haftar on thursday another person was killed near the capital 4 others were injured in the attack which has a residential area have to as forces have been trying to take tripoli from the internationally recognized government since last april now a Syrian Government helicopter has been shot down in the north of the country state media says everyone on board was killed rebels have claimed the attack without sharing evidence how some of our reports from the turkey syria border this is the moment another Syrian Military Helicopter Shot down in aleppo province none of its crew survived they were taking part in a military operation to recapture opposition held areas on the outskirts of aleppo city its the 2nd helicopter downed by rebels in the same area this week. Fees fighting continues in neighboring province its a critical time for the rebels who are constantly retreating after losing ground. Is their last stronghold if they are defeated here the war will be over and president bashar assad will have regained total control over syria many syrians are continuing to flee their homes this woman has been forced from the countryside of aleppo province she feels abandoned by everyone that it matt i mean its very cold and no one seems to camp out whats happening to us the situation is more than tragic no one is helping look at the people leaving i dont know of any a safe area where i can take my family almost 150000 refugees have fled to worse the border with turkey in the last 4 days joining more than a 1000000 forced from their homes since the start of the syrian armys offensive in it live last april. As has been forced to flee his village. As well as refugee camps at least 4 times over the last few months. I recently moved with my family to the city of bin ish thinking it would be safe and far from the fighting then the syrian army stepped up its offensive a week ago we packed and left i dont know where to go next i feel like my next move will be towards the unknown. As the humanitarian crisis deepens turkey is deploying more troops into it live and accuses damascus of violating the terms of a cease fire agreement that was we just 2 years ago between turkey iran and russia the deal established safe zones and implemented a cease fire but violence never stopped the syrian army seems determined to defeat the rebels and continue its advance towards the city of idlib thats a red line for turkey its ramped up its military presence in and has given the syrian army until the end of this month to pull out behind turkish observation post or face a tougher response. On turkeys border with syria well as part of that offensive to take rebel areas the syrian army says it has now completely secured the last clause of the strategic highway that runs through the highway connects the capital damascus with aleppo and is the main trade route running from the north all the way to the southern border with jordan on the Syrian Government has also reportedly attacked a camp for internally displaced people in the northern countryside all of it in a province social media video of his to show the aftermath of the shelling is the mother its not yet clear how many casualties there are. Asked ahead on aljazeera. Protests in algeria demonstrators say they feel betrayed by the lack of progress. Railing against the pipeline but tell me why train 7 ground to a halt across canada. Hello again welcome back to International Weather forecast were here across asia we are watching back to back storms making their way from china up here towards japan this has been the trend over the last few days saturday not a bad day for japan most of the heavy rain will be coming up through the lens but notice the rain down here across china they have seen quite a bit of rain some flooding rain as well the good news for china that rain is on its way out but it is heading towards japan as we go towards sunday we do expect to see some very heavy rain by the time we end the day here on sunday up here towards the Korean Peninsula temperatures are on their way down take a look the forecast for seoul starting at 15 degrees on saturday sunday all the way down to 0 in on monday we do expect to see some snow in the forecast only getting to about minus 3 there well here across borneo we do expect to see more rain over the next few days though showers have been quite heavy over the last few days they will continue as we go towards saturday as well over here towards parts of sumatra do expect to see some very heavy showers particularly over here towards the western coast but for the philippines it is going to be nice over the next few days manila with the top temperature on sunday of 30 degrees there and then across india it has been quite quiet over the last few days it will remain that way as we go towards saturday up here towards kolkata a nice day for you with a temperature of 29. The politics of division pushed india into the grip of a historical reckoning. Because i know on a minority of muslims are they afraid where do these ideas come from the tragedy of war and lives how much weve tried to stand it was a good thing it was good a happy family over the course of joining me on just us here on the final part of my journey when i jus become a target of the hindu 1st policy in search of indias soul on aljazeera. Again i missed out here today and a reminder of our top stories this hour u. S. Officials say theyve reached an agreement with the taliban which could lead to the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan the deal to reduce violence in the country is the result of ongoing peace talks and qatar. Chinas foreign minister has criticized some country is for overreacting to the corona virus which has now killed more than 1500 people says containing the spread of the virus remains a challenge for the Chinese Government but he insists the outbreak is under control. The Syrian Government helicopter has been downed in the countrys north sea state media say crew members were killed damascus is trying to take the last rebel held areas in an operation that has displaced 800000 people since the beginning of december. In algeria its the 1st anniversary of the beginning of the Mass Movement that ousted the countrys longest serving leader president abilities peers a figure was removed in april but protesters are still demanding freedom and democracy as well as the removal of what they call the ruling elite victoria reports. Every friday for the last year theyve been demanding an overhaul of algeria as entire political establishment. Many algerian say they feel betrayed by their political elite and have lost trust in the government. Algerias political crisis began last february when president after lizzies beautifully announced he wanted a 5th term in office. The 82 year old had ruled for 20 years but was rarely see the public since suffering a stroke in 2030. 2 weeks of protests calling for him to step down the army withdrew its support algerias longest serving president eventually resigned the speaker of the upper house of parliament up. Salah was appointed interim president that faced a daunting task. The his replacement was accused of corruption trading and poor governance and seen by many algerians as belonging to the same elite when salah calls for unity as well as transparent and Fair Elections but discontent continued with protesters determined to push for genuine change. The president ial election originally shared jewels for last july finally happened in december and with boycotted by many algerians millions described the election as a sham and less than 40 percent of the 24000000 eligible voters took part in. The election was won by abdul majid to be a former Prime Minister the military backed interim government hoped he would end months of protests say fall that hasnt happened the. Officials are still in place in the fight against corruption did not go far enough or deep enough. Social problem. 58 years after independence from france many algerian say theyre still fighting for freedom they want a clean sweep of the political establishment and a National Unity government to bring democracy Victoria Gate and be out there but 20 people have been killed in an attack in central it happened in the village of in the region of mopti more than 100 people were killed in the same village last march an ethnic durgan militia has been accused of carrying out attacks. Now serbia and kosovo have signed a deal to restore rail and road links after more than 2 decades the u. S. Brokered agreement was signed at the Munich Security Conference and follows a decision last month to resume direct commercial flights now serbia does not recognize kosovos independence and still considers it part of its territory talks to normalize relations between the rivals and to the november 28th team. I can say on behalf of the. Republic of serve the order force or will feel. Much better in the future and we will be able to stabilize the region and secure the peace for the next decades which is over now for significance for all the inhabitants of the us suppose what we are signing today gives another positive message that there will be more peace more stability more development to divorce jobs exactly what corsa vote serbia and the whole region need well the munich summit is one of the worlds top gatherings focused on security and Foreign Policy issues jonah hull is that he spoke to elizabeth draw from the Royal United Services institute about the growing concern over americas shrinking global influence. There is a lot of anxiety as you said and even being able to coin a word like restlessness how often is anybody able to do that but actually i think that the real problem is the United States European Countries feel i think pretty sure of their role in the world but where does the United States fit in and thats that the great are excited here and if you look at the large u. S. Delegation thats here essentially a whole planeload full of representatives from congress and the government and the think Tank Community but the man himself is not here and he is obviously the one of course the shots and who has caused a lot of this west listen its not him alone but he has contributed to the push back effect of the west this is new alliances forming russia with china the e. U. Trying to figure out whether it needs to be friends with russia or whether it will eventually be allowed back into the arms of the United States its all been thrown up in the years thats right completely new alliances and unpredictable alliances because wherever the west retreat or wherever the west even expresses doubts that they might want to be involved or might want to remain involved wherever that happens another country usually russia or china. Were happy to help and those countries dont really have a choice but to accept whichever country comes along and offers to help. Now the president of bellary says hes facing increasing pressure from moscow to join russia and a unified states for 2 months now russia has cut oil supplies to batteries which relies on its neighbor for 80 percent of its Energy President Alexander Lukashenko says its part of russias push to merge the 2 countries are faces reelection this year and has governed for 2 decades says he will find alternative markets for oil. Outrage as a standstill in canada because of a blockade by protest as against a gas pipeline through indigenous land the government is calling for a rapid solution as the cost of the nationwide demonstrations continues to rise nick clegg has the story. It may look like a small protest but groups like this in ontario and all across canada have brought north americas 3rd largest rial network to a standstill protest is angry at the building of a gas pipeline have blocked royal lines for 6 successive days forcing c. N. Rail to shut its network in the countrys east hundreds of passenger and freight trains have been cancelled its too crowded the sas to be the last through to do it but this isnt we have to take the approved pop line owned by t. C. Energy corps is planned to carry natural gas from dawson creek in British Columbia south west were a fine or a new key to matt for shipment to asian markets the pop line is central to a 40000000000. 00 export project it also runs through traditional indigenous lands. And agreements where they dont have the authority on the greens that play the game that the province in canada played for years in nova scotia in canadas far east demonstrators block telephonic city hall Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has recognised the right to protest but hes pushing for a swift resolution Industry Groups are worried about the cost to canadas economy and are urging the restarting of Train Services im not here to advocate for a project im here to advocate for a process that make sure that we dont fail to allow canadians to be heard effectively through the examination fair and full of these types of applications. If the pipeline outcry continues c. N. N. Rial says temporary layoffs are possible nicol a gauge aljazeera. Journalists in the philippines have been demonstrating against attempts to close down the countrys Largest Television network the solicitor general has asked the Supreme Court to cancel the franchise of a b a c. B. S. And off to 25 years its been accused of breaking a rule on Foreign Investment but the network has come under regular attack from president safe in its reports on his controversial drug crackdown to melinda going was out to rally in his own city. Theyre calling this the red friday protests hundreds of journalists and activists are taking to the streets right outside basically the main headquarters of the biggest Media Network in the country calling on the public to support and for the government basically to respect the countrys and the peoples right to press freedom and freedom of speech over the last few years to charity has basically threatened to shut down and not bring you the franchise of abia c. B. S. He has accused it of bias and impartiality and for not the airing his Campaign Videos during the 2016 elections now activists and journalists they remain defiant and they remain committed to doing their very best in providing and reporting the very best possible of information to the public its another tool really. The best everything somebody besides us even. Most come most logical. Come and always we bring no observers say the Philippine Government and the president in particular has grown intolerant of critical media and dissent people say basically that the efforts of the government our calibrated attempts to him to mediate the press now this is not the 1st time that the a. B. s vbn has been threatened it was shut down during the martial law years of former president ford in a market and was reopened after the people. Our revolution happened since then evy a c. B. S. Has grown to become the biggest Media Network in the country covering every single important piece of history over the last few decades no journalist say they could good seeing you to remain committed to reporting the truth the sea and the barrier basically calling on the government to remain committed to its mandate basically to respect freedom of speech and the right to information. Raining and or shut for champions Manchester City have been banned from European Competition for 2 years for breaking financial rules set by the european governing body now city are in breach of the financial fair play rules designed to force clubs to run as businesses and to not be overly reliant on rich owners the club is accused of disguising cash injections from their owners as a legitimate sponsorships they intend to appeal. Harris whos the Global Sports correspondent for the Associated Press news agency and he told me the cost of the bad will be huge. The city will lose up by around 100000000. 00 euros a year alone in prize money that theyd be getting for reaching the Champions League and hitting the quarter finals last season as all the Television Revenue from that is the gate receipts as well from going to games and also the reputational damage from our club its an unprecedented ban of this level of 2 season ban the Champions League for one of the richest clubs in World Football indeed world sport well theyve already avoided the ban wont say for financial fair play breaches that was back in 2014 when they were initially found to be massively overspending to try to reach the top status at that time they struck a financial sanction and many thought time they should have been banned the Champions League so for some this would be the sanction that should have been imposed back then and what weve discovered now from this case is many new details relating to that past ban into includes of alleged deception around the manipulation of sponsorship the case could drag out appeals do take some time but we are still many months away from the group stage of the Champions League starting in september so there is time for a appeal to be heard much as he could focus on some of the source of the leagues internal correspondence thats a man who is accused in portugal of hacking by criminals or it is not directly linked to this case. Well you can also find much more on our website including all the latest on the coronavirus to go have a lot of bats aljazeera dot com. And again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines u. S. Officials say theyve reached an agreement with the taliban which could lead to the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan the deal to reduce violence in the country is the result of ongoing peace talks and cats on the un secretarygeneral spokesman has welcomed the agreement. If this were to succeed it would obviously be a notable step in bringing peace to the country. The dialogues are vital he is of is vital to paving forward the constructive intra afghan negotiations or peace i think its very important. To find ways to reduce the levels of violence. Especially the violence that is harming civilians chinas foreign minister has criticised some countries for overreacting to the coronavirus which has now killed more than 1500 people here insist the government has it under control beijing is now imposing a 14 day quarantine period is anyone returning to the capital as it steps up the fight against the current virus at least one person has been killed in the south of libyas capital tripoli and shelling by forces loyal to the world Khalifa Haftar on thursday another person was killed near the capital 4 others were injured in that attack which hit a residential area a Syrian Government helicopter has been downed in the countrys northwest state media say all crew members have been killed damascus is trying to take the last rebel held areas in an operation thats displaced 800000 people since december a fire has swept through an orphanage in haiti killing at least 15 children the unlicenced residents on the outskirts of the capital Port Au Prince have been using candles for light because of problems with its generator about 60 children were staying in the orphanage run by u. S. Based Christian Group reigning english football champions Manchester City have been banned from European Competition for 2 years for breaking financial rules set by the european governing body you a fat city are in breach of the financial fair play rules designed to force clubs to run as businesses and not to be overly reliant on which owners the club is accused of disguising cash injections from the owners as legitimate sponsorships it intends to appeal. Well those are the headlines. Off to inside story stay with us. This is china losing control of the corona Virus Outbreak the number of cases in the epicenter right this shopping and communist Party Leaders handling the response of. Its a change of strategy needed this is inside story. Of our welcome to the program and that clock chinas president is admitting shortfalls in the response to the corona Virus Outbreak and she ping is promising to fix problems the loopholes in the Health System solutions cannot come too soon nearly 65000 coronavirus cases are recorded worldwide 99 percent of them in china the epicenter of the outbreak thats who by province
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