Years of bloodshed. We want to stand to be an independent developed country and it should form of the small mix sister. Know that youre not alone. The entire world wants you to succeed and its counting on you succeeding and International Players express support and call for a permanent ceasefire. Also ahead on this news hour a gold mine collapse in the democratic republic of congo has killed at least 50 men. And bahrain agrees to normalise times with israel and the 2nd u. S. Brokered deal the palestinians have called it another betrayal. And in sports the u. S. Open is said to have a 1st time grand slam champion alexanders democratic came from 2 sets down to. The germany will face dominate team in these final. Ok lets get going now its been hailed as a historic moment the taliban and the Afghan Government in the same room facing each other for peace talks the warring sides are in the cattery capital doha to find a political solution to end nearly 20 years of war Abdullah Abdullah whos representing the government has called for a permanent ceasefire as soon as possible to end years of bloodshed follows a flute we want all the people of afghanistan to be reunited under one roof again after more than 42 years of upheavals aggressions jihad and resistance all the negatives we all know what happened to us throughout these years and maybe stand today we now need to address this unique opportunity to move towards a new future that we can define together. Well the man leading the taliban delegation mullah baradar says they are prepared to negotiate but he has reiterated the groups demands that afghanistan must be run according to islamic law there but. We have acted accordingly to all the points outlined in the previous agreement and we are requesting the other side to act accordingly to those things that have been agreed to so we can have this process without any problems ahead we want of understand to be an independent developed country and it should have a form of islamic system where all its citizens see themselves reflected. Well the u. S. Is backing these 1st direct negotiations the us secretary of state mike pompei o flew to the half of what he called a momentous occasion. Each of you i hope you will look inside your heart. Each of you carry a great responsibility. But know no that youre not. The entire world want you to succeed and if counting on you succeeding well cats are as i mentioned is again hosting the talks as foreign minister says this is an opportunity for both sides to rise above divisions. Not have it and these negotiations represent a keen sensitive phase to the Afghan People to find solutions to all controversial matters i hope you agree with me that today we must overcome the past and its pains and focus on the future and the hope it brings us will surely drawing lessons from the past all of this requires everyone to embrace the future with enthusiasm experience and a firm belief in the right of the Afghan People to enjoy Peace Security and unity and to follow in the path of progress and never be left behind. Live to 0 as correspondent of some of. Those talks osama theyve got these people in the same room thats compelling to start with. But it is symbolic because in it weve been hearing about an afghan led afghan on Peace Process and now it seems to have begun to see the former Afghan Government which was toppled by the taliban that represented by the person who as Vice President has been leading his forces against the taliban meeting the man who is the cofounder of the taliban someone up there are there and im going up there or you heard from both of them in the same room kicking off this this talks process which is going to continue for days and months and it has taken months and months of negotiations by not just the afghan side but their interlocutors as well from the United States to pakistan and others to try and bring these 2 sides on the same table and it is the beginning as as you heard from not just the afghan delegation but from the a brother as well seeing that admitting that there are multiple obstacles on the road ahead but they want to make sure that the negotiations the process of talking to each other rather than talking at each other begins you heard from the country foreign minister as well saying that this will only succeed as long as there is no victor out of bank wished these 2 sides go beyond that and try to work through words a future of my pompei are saying that it is not just these people who are in this room who are involved in this future generations of afghanistan will be able to look back at this occasion and say and then decide what was the outcome of these talks and it must end in lasting peace for afghans but the taliban saying we mentioned in our introduction of some of the taliban saying on the one hand we are prepared to negotiate but yet signaling at the same time there are certain things that we really are. Want to get to i. E. There are a big issues that we are not presumably prepared to negotiate on. Quote from what weve gathered from the taliban delegation here is that they say every side is coming to these talks with an agenda we have our own and the gun then the gauge and has its own agenda they still dont recognise the Afghan Government as the ruling government they call it a party to the afghan conflict distend a geisha has a Cross Section of members of leading of gun Civil Society as well as political leaders so it is it has been tough getting here but it is going to be even tougher Going Forward a lot is at stake and then lot of questions on the future of whether it is going to be the emirate or the republic is it going to be run by the taliban fighters are the Afghan National army what is going to be the role of the men and minorities and earlier i spoke to the former spokesman and a member of the taliban delegation and asked him if there is a timeframe for when we can expect results from this. Of course there are obstacles there are a lot of skill when you are a started to talk. With them that americans about the draw of the troops on understand ending the occupation but after talks. In the i use. The long discussion wed each our solution and be harder. To give me in sign but it would mean dont paint him unfit were the enemy i am hopeful that he did meet beam bumps in the week ahead right wendy we would reach a solution thats critical to. The Afghan Government wants a humanitarian cease fire to begin with the taliban looking for a Representative Government which represents all sections of the Afghan Society and hinting towards an interim set up so it is going to be a long process but it. Has begun in the Country Capital after nearly 2 decades of war and there is cautious optimism not just here in the Country Capital but also from the people that you spoke to in the Afghan Capital that this could lead to words lasting peace in afghanistan just one final brief point of sama critics of the taliban might say they cant be trusted they might say theyve shown they cant be trusted particularly since the last round of talks in february here in kandahar for everyone involved in the Peace Process if we can call it the Peace Process now is there an acceptable level of violence from the taliban but everyone else could live with and chalk that up to be just being part of the Peace Process as they bring everyone involved in the taliban on message. When the criticism was not just on the taliban as well as my own when he was here referred to of bandstand as the graveyard of empires in the United States agreeing to leave it kind of elated the position that the taliban had and the unsigned agreement was that as long as the taliban are not capturing territory the fighting will continue and there were loads in the fighting there were temporary ceasefire that im going up to the looted to israel but the taliban did not stop fighting and that is their leverage on the ground you have got in the government for on that side once a humanitarian pause once a cease fire because thousands and thousands of gun lives have been lost in the fighting if you speak to the taliban they say theyre not advancing theyre protecting their positions and theyre stopping the government from expanding its territory if you talk to the government it says that the taliban continue to attack its position and there is no peace in afghanistan and how can any talks succeed without peace in afghanistan so it is like i said before it is going to be difficult and there is obviously lack of trust on all fronts these sides have been at war with each other thousands and thousands of our guns have been killed by. Either side but they want to turn over a new leaf and they want to start to talk how is that going to happen how much success are they going to get and will it result in something which will be acceptable to all sides is going to be decided in the weeks and months they will check in again with you in a couple of minutes but in the meantime thank you very much for some of the in the well Foreign Ministers from several countries have attended the talks virtually as well as the u. N. Secretary general and tourney a good terrace says its critical that afghan women and their voices are represented at the peace talks an inclusive Peace Process in which women use and victims of coffee that meaningfully presented offers the best hope of a sustainable solution all parties must do their part to ensure that women participate in a variety of roles and that the Peace Process reflects the experiences and the expertise and the afghan women in all their diversity issues Foreign Policy chief says nothing short of a full and a permanent ceasefire should be accepted its no longer enough no all preconditions are fulfilled nothing should prevent a ceasefire from being accepted and implemented by both parties. This process must now be truly owned and led by afghans. Well its taken time to get the 2 sides to be in the same room back in september 2800. 00 as ill make a little was appointed as the u. S. Special envoy american diplomats military representatives and the taliban have held more than a dozen rounds of negotiations and they were briefly called off by the us President Donald Trump in september of last year when taliban fighters killed an american soldier in kabul i was just days after the 2 sides had reached a Draft Agreement formal talks restarted in december with a deal signed in february this year in qatar that paved the way for these peace negotiations with the government in kabul intra afghan talks were meant to begin but they were delayed lets talk now under what kinseys a senior afghanistan analyst for the International Crisis group he joins us from tunis welcome back to the news hour if the taliban have turned over a new leaf why now well its not clear if the taliban have turned over a new leaf as much as it become clear to tell about an unwilling to explore options that they had not previously previous times. This option of negotiations leading to a conclusion of the outcome of conflict is something that the group was not always as open to as they are now whether the group is willing to completely change and to accept compromise i think that remains to be seen in these negotiations as they go forward how much of this is driven by the delegation from islamabad pakistan has the longest land border with afghanistan compared to any other bordering countries pakistan has had a problem with the Pakistani Taliban ok the Afghan Taliban is a slightly different deal so how much of the impetus towards genuine peace is coming from imran khans government. Its a good question and pakistan has long been on the minds of all off guns especially when it comes to the Afghan Taliban the question of sanctuary and support and the relationship there but really for these talks as you just noted goes back to late 2018 when the shift in United States policy towards afghanistan really drove a change and a series of developments that has led us to this point it was the u. S. Determination that it should. This was this was a the i yes i can hear you andrew were having problems with the line well give it one more go if you will just pick up with what you were saying for us. And sorry about that so the United States and its policy changes in deciding that to speak to the taliban without the Afghan Government presence really broke the deadlock in the talibans position its refusal to accept the Afghan Government as an equal negotiating partner and all of the steps that the United States led by the efforts of special representative. Up until today really were the driving force including pressure from the United States on pakistan to lead to this moment and at what point do they get down to the nitty gritty you know today here in doha the optics everyones Drinking Coffee everyones kind of mulling around and theyre having off agenda conversations of course thats a positive thats a massive plus but sooner or later theyve got to deal with the big issue and they cant change the optics they cant alter the choreography of that that much. Its true in many ways today was really a ceremonial events and the questions on everyones minds will only be answered as these talks become substances but ive been told by colleagues in doha today involved in preparing these talks that some of the primary figures on each side have already begun meeting even as the ceremony was wrapping up this morning. Figures from both sides were meeting behind closed doors and i was told theyre there theyre supporting team members were for the 1st time in history in the hallways joking conversing and the body language was warm with the team but also with genuine hope ok andrew well leave it there many thanks for joining us from tunis there a special analyst on the affairs of afghanistan. Well the conflict of course has had a devastating impact on the lives of afghans have been waiting for peace for decades it began with the u. S. Led invasion in 2001 at least 44000 civilians were killed and in the past 19 years 64000 Afghan Security forces have been killed 42000 taliban fighters and their allies have also died 2400 u. S. Troops plus 1500 nato and other Coalition Forces have died in this conflict and the fighting has forced close to 3000000 afghans into exile such as into neighboring pakistan that weve been talking about making them the worlds 2nd Largest Group of refugees well nato says the alliance does remain committed to afghanistans long term security. Stood with the Afghan People for the last 19 years we are now adjusting our troop presence in afghanistan to support the peace efforts. At the same time we remain committed to changing and funding Afghan Security forces to help safeguard the Afghan People well for more on this joining us on the news. Hes in kabul hes the Founding Member of Afghanistan Affairs unit and a conflict peace and Security Specialist mushtaq nice to talk to you again for the people of afghanistan or potentially what could this mean well it means a lot there is a lot of skepticism about this whole process because in the past no Peace Process has resulted or desire has produced a desired result but then there is optimism attached to this. Is there finally the conflict has reached as the caller can rightness and it is very poor. Quality. Settlement so people are really looking forward because there are not many options available to the people so even if they have skeptical still significant hopes to the ongoing process what does this mean when we come to the idea of reconciliation because every successful Peace Process around the world they using the word reconciliation in some of the labels the titling today here in doha it involves a peace and Reconciliation Commission or a Commission Type setup are we years away from seeing that in afghanistan or are we light years away from seeing that in afghanistan. Well of course i mean did we have we can see a. Follow up to the integration of be. Fighting taliban who the peace building process the nation building process breaking the north centric silos thats going to be a long process that really effort is required to achieve a reality conciliation afghanistan a way and all of groups are able to live together and strive for betterment of the country but yes this process is going to be off at a moment importance because of cost and foremost we need this ongoing bloodshed to stop and have an opportunity where dialogue can please we have social integration among different. Skin can happen and it is a possibility of dialogue caught of being. 7 realistic future vision for this country ok mushtaq heres the thing when you talk about best cement when you talk about negotiations somebody is going to have to move on all these big issues how do they negotiate and how do they frame it and who is prepared to make concessions. Well he did include the 2 parties today morning one could see that the up on government is showing the larger plan and see inflexibility that is politically is it for any Peace Process to succeed taliban sure have bitter for the rejects base but my analysis is that they have to do it for the sake of maintaining the spirits and spirits of the fighters on the battlefield because as long as they have mobility on the back to feed big can enjoy the leverage on the negotiation table as both parties have a lot of flexibility. To move forward there are a couple of quarters of conventions that is going to really challenge the whole process one of which is. Just set up future makeup of the system thats going to be one of the key issues in the country the 2nd is how are the taliban going to join in case they move forward and that is the possibility of a taleban determined to mainstream politics how did we are joined then well be looking forward to have lions share or maybe if we dismantle the current government which might be an issue that the cutters of one government may question and may not be able to bear to see that couple of things changed both sides required to make a larger effect just meant also a lot of flexibility because being without a diet its not possible previously the hard a lot of strong positioning from the american side and from the International Allies we study the Peace Process not be happy that hes taken he meant in tribal conflicts will have to have a lot of adjustment on both sides you cannot expect one side to show a lot of flexibility and the other one consistently imposing their will is india wishes on the other side thats not going to have ok we must leave it there much talk about him thanks very much lets go back to the. Talks at the heart of the discussions here as correspondent Osama Bin Laden osama if they are diluting or theyve successfully diluted so far those strong robust lines in the sand if you will how much of this is happening because cattle is involved because it is pretty unique is surely it has good relations or it works on its relations with everyone involved in what were seeing so far in terms of this process. Peter i did ask that question to the special envoy to the conflict ambassador danny and he did tell me that what needs to bring out of it is a platform which is neutral and it has been able to successfully do that the cuts reserve been involved in setting up the Taliban Office to begin with going against the grain so you will when the Public Perception was that they are facilitating the taliban and this is what they said they are because they want the taliban to have a neutral ground where they can speak to the u. S. Government they can speak to the Afghan Government and try and work a solution which takes them away from the fighting and that was established in 2014 and here we are 6 years later. Were actually seeing that afghanistans future is being charted out on neutral ground here in qatar so yes interlocutors not just cut there but others have also played an Important Role in bringing these sides together you have to remember that is this conflict has been one of the longest running u. S. Was that he 19 years in the making seen 3 different presidencies you saw from the president president bush has advanced to up through to. Take out the taliban government to president barack obama going for the troop surge where you had a 100 plus 250000 u. S. And Coalition Troops in afghanistan and here you are President Trumpeting saying that he is ready to pull out all his troops from afghanistan as long as the taliban can promise that afghan soil is not going to be used against the u. S. And its allies so yes there is a lot that has happened in the last 2 decades but there is a lot that needs to be achieved for any semblance of peace to take root in of gonna stand which is bitterly divided in not just 2 but multiple factions who are fighting for their relevance and the Power Centers that theyre all ok lets stay with that idea for a 2nd briefly or sama kick this forward for me if were talking about. A Peace Process taking root how will this evolve and grow from here on in because usually at this point in the reconciliation process the main interlocutors like to get away from the t. V. Cameras from the spotlights they dont want the questions from the journalists they want to sit down and have those conversations. Reluctantly we did ask them those questions in a story we did out of the question then reluctantly they answered and they said that theyre going to do this negotiating table with their agenda they have an agenda in mind in the other side have them in and then mine as long as the negotiation and this is what taliban has been insisting all along that this needs to be an afghan interim process represented by all sides in of the honest and not just the Afghan Government but aCross Section from Civil Society activists and others as well on issues like womens rights minority rights there the baby of undress the Girls Education they say theyre up for negotiation all of them as long as it falls under their prescribed notion of islam so it is going to be a very very difficult process they say they are going to close the doors in the trying to resolve those differences but it is going to be unarmed and lengthy process and it is definitely not going to be osama many thanks osama bin reporting live from those discussions here in doha. Lets move on to the other top story for you here on the news are greek police fired tear gas at refugees in less boss. Riots broke out on saturday morning after the police tried to arrest 3 people more than 12000 people were left homeless when fires destroyed europes biggest refugee camp there demanding the right to go to the mainland live now to John Psaropoulos who joins us from les both john is the perception there that this was a heavy handed response so with the police just doing the only thing they could too. I think people just at the end of their tether many of them havent eaten in 24 hours because with the protests that happened yesterday the army wasnt able to do the Food Distribution its charged with doing and i think that they are simply hungry angry and fed up of waiting for their asylum decisions to be made where i am now is the artillery range that is being real landscaped for the new camp to be built weve just been moved by police in the last few moments so i cant show it to you but behind me behind this hill behind me is a flat area of land leading down to the sure that is being graded now and where u. N. H. C. R. Tents have been set up i estimate about 150. 00 of them or so each one capable of taking probably 10. 00 to 20. 00 people in a pinch. Those tents are now empty a few refugees are walking towards them but theres clearly been no Mass Relocation of people there yet the government is trying to get this camp finished quickly today if possible so that they can move people off the street because clearly the arrangement whereby people are living on pavements bedding down on the hard concrete and failing to be fed or watered is leading to frayed nerves of the type that you saw in that video earlier we witnessed the attempted arrest of those 3 men a young man a middle aged man and an older man the Police Special forces were leading them away 2 policemen one on each side of each arrestee and then they were followed by an angry crowd of youths that pelted them with rocks and when the Police Deployed to gas to frighten that crowd away a riot simply broke out and panic among women and children who were sitting on the roadside and would choked by the tear gas it is clearly an unmanageable situation so this interim camp. Well her and me is what the greek authorities hope to move to as quickly as possible john thank you very much John Zarrella as the on lets boss ok time to weather his efforts and with an update on the flooding in south sudan well im optimistic peter theres a hint just a hint that the showers started to creep a little further southwards over the next couple of days just 10 days away from the aqueducts of course of the showers should be closer to the equator but you can see on the satellite picture we have got that line of showers there still rolling off the open how islands just making their way from east to west this is a scene in south sudan at the moment somewhat dry skies at present but you see how people are just trying to rescue what they can from their homes and get on get back to some sort of normality we have got the showers continuing across central parts sudan south sudan will still see further showers as we go through the next few days but im hopeful they wont be quite as heavy not quite as intense as we go on into monday you can see we have still got one or 2 showers around there for a sudan and indeed into south sudan pushing across southern parts of chad right across into the gulf of guinea nigeria cause had flooding a few days ago last week there was some flooding there hopefully things a little drier here but the seasonal rains should be around southern parts of nigeria pushing through gonna into ivory coast and of the across into liberia to the south of that much of Southern Africa where is fine and dry we have got a few showers there just around the democratic republic of the congo pushing over towards cameroon but you come down into where botswana pushing down into south africa it is largely settled dry and sunny we got a few showers just clipping the southern cape its much cooler in capetown with temperatures at around 15 or 16 over the next couple of days that wetter weather will continue to drive its way further research as we go on into the middle part of the week with clearer skies behind peter evident thanks very much well see you during the 30. Still to come here on this news out a humanitarian disaster unfolds in sudan but help is finally arriving. Whats being done to a famous landmark in istanbul. And the sport formula ones news venue is new to all of the drivers like. Story in about 20 minutes to. His mom some money. To extraordinary family. Dealing with these issues. In some of the toughest Living Conditions to. Let. You see. The remarkable people who were. On the wrong. List on. This soon as the sun goes down. Russia is a very challenging place to work. Even though the authorities here say you can do it its not allowed to build always. Proud of the sands of moscow is under Lockdown People are being taken for peacefully march here. We are traveling the extra mile well go we go there and we give them a chance to tell their story. Welcome back lets update the top stories for you here in the news hour talks aimed at ending nearly 2 decades of war in afghanistan a taking place today in qatar negotiators from the Afghan Government and the taliban a meeting face to face. The head of afghanistans Peace Council called for an immediate cease fire and said this opportunity must be used to create lasting peace in the talibans representative said they are prepared to negotiate but reiterated his groups demands for an islamic system. Bring police fired tear gas at refugees and last boss there was anger on saturday morning after the police tried to arrest 3 people more than 12000 people were left homeless when fires destroyed europes biggest refugee camp. A gold mine has collapsed in the democratic republic of congo killing at least 50 miners mourners gathered at the entrance to the mine near the town of coming to go the collapse followed heavy rain and landslides dozens of deaths are reported annually in small often unregulated mines across the t. L. C. Lets talk to Al Jazeera Catherine sawyer whos following those developments from nairobi catherine just take us through what happened. While let me just start by saying peter that rescue operations are going on this started yesterday friday at around 13 g. M. T. When this incident happened the mine collapsed following heavy rains in the last few days and i know when when it happened. Called there or went to this mine with all anything they could care. The hands on to try and rescue those who are trapped inside now were being told that the military is there the red cross is that helping with the operation as well as u. N. Peacekeepers but its a logistical nightmare right now its not raining but because of the rains that have been pounding that area accessing this mining area has been quite difficult because its quite far away from the main town accessing the area from the road or even from the air because visibility has been very poor and good but were being told that this operations are going on even you know youve also had from the governor of south kivu province where this town of coming to that isnt and he said that most of the people most of those who died are young people it is likely that this death toll could rise in the coming hours because on a normal day that would be many many miners in those walls sometimes even in the hundreds minus just trying to make a living do we know any more catherine about this particular mine or the mine operator in relation to working practices. Well these are. Minds largely unregulated initially who have been told that it was being controlled by a Canadian Firm those officials of that Canadian Mining Company have said that that particular mining area that particular well is not under their control but let me just paint you a picture of that whole area its a very a very rich south kivu province itself has called balls and cotton and gold and that is a gold mining area quite hilly and dispy paul dig very deep wells and around those walls are mining villages where youll find women and you know men and you know all villages just doing activities mining related activities its illegal for children to be in the mining areas but often you will find children that thats why when you hear the governor saying that most of those who died are young people it gets very worrying because we often find children and why so and say its because these mines are largely unregulated and the digging procedure is not quite correct so youll find people who are there in very flimsy welds with very loose soil so when it rains civilly like youve seen then we see these collapses and like you mentioned in the introduction this is not the 1st accident with several other accidents in the past cancer and thank you very much catherine reporter for the news from my rupie. Ok back to the middle east bahrain has followed the United Arab Emirates and normalizing ties with israel the u. S. President says its a historic breakthrough in achieving peace in the middle east palestinian leaders are calling it a mother betrayal committee helped get reports from the white house. Following a friday phone call with the king of bahrain and israels leader the u. S. President made this announcement on twitter israel and the kingdom of bahrain would be establishing full diplomatic relations bahrain now joins the United Arab Emirates after its announcement last month that the country would be establishing full diplomatic ties with israel which includes opening embassies in both countries both leaders also agree that bahrain will fully normalize instable a manic relations with israel trumps now encouraging other arab nations to consider similar steps and leadership is removing that the future can be filled with hope and does not need to be determined by conflicts of the past the agreements to end hostilities with israel are set to be formalized on tuesday at a signing ceremony at the white house and will advance the trumpet ministrations goal of realigning arab nations with israel against iran 1st i want to thank you for your leadership on this issue your trump son in law and Senior Adviser jared cushion or helped broker the deal following failed efforts to strike a peace deal between israel and the palestinians the palestinians have rejected the trumpet ministrations peace plan released in january in a statement palestinian leaders called the deal with behind a betrayal which supports the legalisation of israels ugly crimes against the Palestinian People but ranes actions are often viewed as an extension of policy of saudi arabia whose ties with the United States have strengthened under President Trump. Deed trump has protected the kingdom repeatedly even as the u. S. Congress sought to block weapon sales and take punitive action against the Saudi Crown Prince following the death of journalist. Trump has hinted the saudis could be the next country to strike a deal with israel so here maybe a way is doing things that theyre not doing anymore and so are other countries and neighbors they are doing things that they just. Would never have done that the agreements come less than 2 months before the u. S. Election and already President Trump is touting the deals as a major Foreign Policy victory can really help al jazeera the White House Well lets stay with a story the Palestinian Authority has condemned bahrains decision as a normalization of an illegal occupation and ordered it to hope that it has more now from ramallah in the occupied west bank. Palestinians are saying that even when they you we deal with israel has boasted that it has put annexation on ice for the time being its really practices on the ground are ongoing so for example probation hasnt ended and the beheading the statement of the normalization agreement today he did not he didnt give anything to the palestinians so they feel that theyve been left out alone against what the arab leagues previous resolutions were in specific the Arab Peace Initiative which calls for the normalization between arab states and israel but only after israel and its occupation now the palestinian president has recalled the Palestinian Ambassador to beheading weve seen a similar move to adopt when the u. A. E. Find peace deal and of course the fear now among many palestinians is that there at the u. A. E. Is the deal has been a green light really for more arab states to normalize with israel and weve heard also many palestinians saying that for years theyve been seeing the u. S. The israeli lawyer in the region that there is really no partner but now they see it as israels agent specifically saying that because trump is the one who has been announcing these deals of normalization between me and you. And israel on the other hand ok lets take a deep dive into the reality of this when i talk to Mark Owen Jones here in doha hes a professor been highly for university hes the author of the book political repression in bahrain Mark Owen Jones why is this being described in washington as a peace deal if you think about the u. A. E. And bahrain theyve never not been at peace with israel in the 1st place. Thank you yes the time peace too is just pure Public Relations obviously is being used by trump to shore up his popularity prior to the election and obviously if hes seen as a peacemaker in the region its going to play well with the electorate so the use of the term peace is entirely misleading as you mentioned theres never been war between behind and israel or the United Arab Emirates and israel and for this to be a true peace deal actually has to involve the the opinions of one of the main. You know one of the main. Groups of people in this whole war which is the palestinians and they have been entirely excluded from these discussions so to call a peace deal while excluding the palestinians is actually very offensive i think to too many people in the region what does bahrain get from this. Well i think over the coming days it will know but theres no doubt in my mind that bahrain have been under pressure from the emirates to normalize we know that over the past few years behind increasingly friendly towards israel and that they were probably waiting for the opportunity to to to normalize things i think whats interesting to note in the case of rain is that this decision was very unpopular with a lot of the trainees if you look on twitter now we can see that bahrain is against normalization is trending we see the treachery of normalization is trending so the bahraini government the ruling family feel secure in their position to make this top down decision however it will encourage legitimacy costs for them so they would have had to get Something Big out of it what that is we dont know yet we have to bear in mind that after the emirates deal with the with israel we saw a few days later that the moralities were seeking to get 30 fives from from the u. S. So there might be some trick quid pro quo here i think you were able to hear a report from a White House Correspondent kimberly hell get there in your headphones while there was a son by contained in that report from donald trump saying saudi arabia has been doing stuff doing seeings 2 questions to you whats he been doing and does that in hans the idea that bahrain is actually acting as a proxy for saudi arabia. But right has always been a proxy for saudi arabia lets bear in mind that behind couldnt even recognize kosovo before saudi gave them the ok so what bahrain does well have to have the ok from saudi arabia and certainly the United Arab Emirates well some people like to frame havent been ziad the crown prince of the u. A. E. As the ultimate kind of force behind these deals i think bahrain is still very much dependent on saudi politics so i think the saudis would have had a long discussion with the bahrain knees and certainly would be seen by her as a proxy to kind of normalize with israel and the israelis be will be well aware of probably the saudi regimes willingness to normalize however they will also be aware of the political consequences for the countrys biggest saudi to explicitly do so so bahrain makes a perfect political cover for saudi to do that with israel even talking about this in the context of the forthcoming u. S. Election law what was 47 weeks away from november the ballpark figures how much of this is critics of trump would say is a diversion to make the middle east will try to get the middle east not to focus on the general couche in a deal of the century in february which i mean correct me if im wrong here mark that went no place well i mean the question is a deal that was kind of widely mocked in the region but i dont think we can extricate krishnas deal from whats happening out what were clearly seeing though now is headlines that place trump as the key broker of these quote unquote peace agreements so the attention is actually shifted away from question is deal even though in reality what were seeing is probably very similar to what question had in mind the only difference now is seeing that trump is getting the accolades because its obviously important for his Political Capital ahead of the elections ok well leave it there many thanks mark Mark Owen Jones there talking to us from home i suspect here and oh ho. Much required aid is being flown into sudan following the worst flooding in its history the homes of half a 1000000 sudanese were submerged and the latest number of dead is at least 100 by most of the reports now from the capital hard to. Aid is slowly trickling in for the hundreds of thousands of flood victims in saddam at the tombs International Airport military plane has just protein essential supplies for the displays to a hungry and disparate need it couldnt come sooner than are the jihad we brought with us aid sent to the people of sudan by the owner of qatar his highness shaikh tamim been hammered tiny the aid includes medicine medical supplies food and Household Items senior sudanese officials turned up to receive the consignment on behalf of the government and this world. We have thankful for the assistance received today from qatar theyve already been helping with our efforts to combat probate 19 an hour here with more support for the flood victims is a clear indication of the historic relations. The floods have already displaced mold on the hof a 1000000 people and also destroyed or damaged more than 100000 homes across a gun the government has declared a state of m i just found safe and a little help they can get from and a part of the world is welcome to ease the effects of what is being saved to be the worst flooding in a century the u. N. Aid Coordination Office or ses the needs of sudans flood victims solve vost in the capital khartoum alone more than 100000 people in need of shelter after losing their homes many are living in the open with limited access to clean water. Im an 84 year old man and in my lifetime ive never seen anything even close to this i only managed to escape just the clothes on my back. The rainy season is sit done usually last still the end of september and more rain is focused in the coming days and weeks in a country thats already struggling with crushing debt and political instability following almost 3 decades of dictatorship this is almost too much to bear mom and i do ill just sit at home too. Prostration work on one of his stumbles famous landmarks is causing an outcry and concerns about the balance between modernity and preserving the citys heritage stuff back and explains. Glad to tower has watched over this city for centuries and unmistakable part of istanbul skyline it has inspired legends and romance. Which is why this video emerged just a few weeks ago many couldnt believe it i suppose we can sum it up as outrage. By many People Experts and on experts because it was so obviously theyre wrong type of intervention it was like a bull in a china shop this is not how you treat such an important monument especially the ministry of culture is fine the company for using such heavy machinery and for the methods used. Emery run issue has been living and working in this area around the tower for the past 15 years he says this kind of carelessness is part of a wider trend i see a lot of changes in istanbul but these were like the wars of course russian every half full this is one of the by the focus of organization actually because if he destroyed all historical stuff on earth around the globe the future. New buildings that are 3rd of course they change the feel off the top its not the love love love is there more it would not be the same again part of the urban character of historic is a gilded him is an urban planner who specializes in Heritage Conservation she shows us around the city its not all bad news. The facade details the architecture is very well kept at the moment. Because authenticity is also important to one mistake thats often made is to clean we dont want to clean all the facade out we like that layer of history. But changes are happening just across the way on popular is to close street an example of how the layers of history have been completely lost this transformation also caused public outcry sometimes with a very important Historic Building which needs new attention to treatment of its historical fabric these may increase costs and time and short sighted developers dont have patience so we lose. Excellence while we are trying to profit the things that give the spirit of this building or that history of istanbul or the public life of istanbul we dont really feel it anymore. Is stumble called stanton noble a capital of empires past its visited by millions of tourists every year its a city of breathtaking beauty the challenge now how to balance growth and financial gain with ensuring that stumbles history its character doesnt completely disappear Stephanie Decker aljazeera is stumble. Still to come here on the news hour the sports news will tell you if this tennis star could become self up to a spot in the u. S. Open final when we come back. Frank assessments seeing back. To life being suited for informed opinion is ethiopia on the verge of breakdown many parts of the old will meet at region are actually under a de facto state of emergency and critical debate after the use of proxy he does not represent the interest of the libyan people indepth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on aljazeera i care about how the u. S. Engages with the rest of the world were willing and fit in taking you into a place you might not visit otherwise and feel that you were there. Always make way for foreign says foreign with the sport well said thank you so much peter this years u. S. Open will see a 1st time grand slam winner germanys alexanders rabble face austrias dominic team for the title of both had to dig deep to win their semifinal matches as somehow malik reports from germany if there was ever a chance for tennis is new generation of stars to step up its been busy is the u. S. Open. Thats exactly what world number 7 alexanders there of has been doing with a number of the sports biggest names missing due to the Global Pandemic the 23 year old is heading into his 1st ever grand slam finals after beating spains problem in a booster in the semifinals. Having lost the 1st deuce that came back strongly to win the remaining 3 to take the match i just thought i have to Start Playing better and thats what i did and im just just lucky song at some point to be through. There a full face 2nd seed dominant team in the final a play thats long been tipped for greatness again to. Be austrian has been to 3 grand slam finals but is still yet to win one and to reach his 4th he didnt simply have to overcome 3rd seed danielle medvedev. But also some problems with his sneakers this was in addition to treatment on his right ankle earlier in the match despite his frustrations he battled through to try bricks to prevail in straights it. Definitely lost his big matches even more when theres a full stand you know its also great in front of many many t. V. Spectators store to face the best guys in the world whatever happens on sunday one thing that were guaranteed is a brand new grand slam champion so helmet aljazeera. And the Boston Celtics be defending n. B. A. Champions a Toronto Raptors to reach the Eastern Conference Finals the raptors were bidding to become the 7th franchise in n. B. A. History to win 4 consecutive game sevens but they can do it jason tatum started out once again for the celtics with 29. 00 points the rafters came close few times to tying things up but fell short the celtics held on for the 92. 00 to 87. 00 when passing more faced miami heat next game one of the conference finals will be on cheese day. Those are root so this is a great feeling. Specially. No its august 7th. She was especially. Now with 40. 0000 and the western conference semifinals a general audience overcame a 15 point 2nd half deficit to stun the l. A. Clippers in game 5 jamal murray top scored with 26 points for denver leading them 21112105 when the clippers who still lead the series 3 games to 2 are looking for the franchises 1st appearance in a conference finals. And the n. H. L. Playoffs the new York Islanders b. The Tampa Bay Lightning and game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals the lead a 2 goal lead slip for brock nelson scored the go ahead goal they went on to clinch a 53 when the 2nd seeded lightning silly the best of 7 series 2 games to one game 4 is in edmonton on sunday. Liverpool manager your club says hes unconcerned about the amount of cash his title rivals have been spending on new players a great defender constantino simulcasts is the only addition to liverpools 1st team squad so far the team won the championship by 18 points last season and start their title defense against newly promoted leeds on saturday. Winning the League Last Year is actually the best problem you can have there was yes if its a problem i dont know it but everybody gives me the feeling that it should be a problem. Because that anybody else wants everybody else wants to become chairman as well thats no news to weasel i knew that before and so we just give it a try again. Final practice is currently going on ahead of qualifying for the f one tuscan grand prix just under 3000. 00 tickets have been sold for each day at the magellan track in italy which is hosting an f one race for the 1st time for sadies driver Valtteri Bottas for his cricket and quickest in fridays practice sessions for claire and lana norris had a shorter than expected day after this crash and it is time on the track. Ok and that is all your sport for now peter back to you thanks for that see you soon is about 15 feet away cant wait. For your 13 g. From everyone on the team thanks for watching ill see you very very soon. In response to Global Warming germany is gradually shutting down its coal industry but is it happening fast enough we dont have any time to waste anymore we cant wait so were taking direct action to call for the immediate phase out of culture as Climate Change activists challenge communities reliant on the industry for jobs people in power who will win the cold war on aljazeera. Each country has tackled the crisis in its own way some like peru and argentina with strict early lockdowns others like brazil emphasizing the economy over Health Brazil has just registered 120000 deaths from the virus 2nd in the world only to the United States is that we dont work in days that we dont. And dont have enough to pay for utilities or anything until many countries in latin america believe their rates of infection will be peaking around now and they begin dreaming about the end of the crisis thats not happening the nightmare only continues. Johnnies of danger. And how. To do is to move to get to drugs. Aljazeera clothes for refugees facing the challenge of building a life in europe while staying close to their roots i still have this moral. Force im very proud of what i do all the time. And i call nature a place of refuge. And im still on al jazeera. Org. Face to face in doha the Afghan Government and the taliban hold historic talks trying to end the conflict in afghanistan. But what we have come here with goodwill and good intentions to stop the 40 years of bloodshed there but only king we want to get a stand to be an independent developed country and it should have a form of islam and system. Know that youre not alone. The entire world want you to succeed and its counting on you succeeding and International Players express their support for a permanent ceasefire