Protests demanding the president steps down. Hungry homeless and tear gas the greek right Police Crackdown on refugees last posts. Around a road map for a return to democracy malis military on the opposition agree on a transition after last months coup. Thanks for joining us the Afghan Government and the taliban officials have come face to face for the 1st time to negotiate a return to peace after decades of fighting there in the qatari capital to find a political solution to end nearly 20 years of war from doha heres a summer binge of 8. After decades of war and conflict of understand finally has a shot at peace. This is a former of the minister whose governments been fighting the taliban and here is the cofounder of the taliban still a potent fighting force once on enemies they sit in the same room facing each other for the 1st time since the start of the nearly 2 decades long afghan war follows a fruit 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 where we stand today we now need to address this unique opportunity to move towards a new future that we can define together it took months to initiate the interest of gun dialogue the taliban insisted on the release of 5000 prisoners before talks could begin and in turn released 1000 Afghan Government detainees. Their protests 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. In february the Us Government agreed to pull out its troops from afghanistan provided the taliban guarantee to halt attacks against the u. S. And its allies as the end of the longest running u. S. Warney is leaders want to remind allies they will not be left behind each of you i hope you will look inside your heart. Each of you carry a great responsibility. But no know that youre not. The entire world wants you to succeed and if counting are you succeeding since the u. S. Agreement was signed in february thousands of people have been killed in fighting between Taliban Forces and the Afghan Government major issues such as the talibans insistence on an Islamic Emirate and position on the rights of women and the constitution need to be resolved if the road to achieve intra of dawn dialogue was hard getting results out of it is going to be even harder both the Afghan Government delegation as well as the delegation being led by the taliban need to make compromises both sides agree that they are willing to make those compromises the beats in days ahead are going to determine whether its going to be successful some of. The. Well cats are as i mentioned is hosting the talks its foreign minister says this is an opportunity for both sides to rise above divisions. Not have it and these negotiations represent a keen sensitive face 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 in the hope it brings us well surely drawing lessons from the past all of this requires everyone to embrace the future with the stick spirit 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 helena molecule ours a former afghan ambassador to italy she says the talks are bringing hope to afghans after years of war and devastation. I would like to start this with optimism although its cautious optimism because this is not going to be an easy process when i dont think we will reach an agreement overnight but we have to be patient and we have to be steadfast and achieving that final goal that all afghans want the most challenging issue i think to to us at least on this side is they preserve a sion of this law mixtape the stomach republic of afghanistan and by that i mean the Constitutional Values that are behind that Islamic Republic including womens rights human rights in general equal rights of all citizens minorities. And. And opportunities and freedoms that. All encompass the year the. Underlying values of this republic this is something that from my understanding and the afghan side Negotiation Team this is one of the priorities one of the positions along with asking for an immediate cease fire a nationwide nationwide cease fire. Police in by the roots have detained dozens of women attempting to join the latest weekend protest against president Alexander Lukashenko the detentions in the capital minsk are the latest in a series of government crackdowns against opposition supporters theyve demanded look at shankars resignation since he was declared the winner of last months election which critics say was raped stuff awesome as are the protests in the capital and spoke to the women who were attacked by security forces. Every saturday for the last couple of weeks women have been marching here in the center of minsk and its a women smart to release the Political Prisoners and also asking to step down in the recent weeks while and by police has increased and many have particular leave being detained in the last couple of days so women are still like the fire and theyre still gathering here. You know you was one was a lot of. Women now. Women are screaming. I. Was doing the that was i mean what kind of power is this does it see people doesnt listen to people is this our power how does this relate to a constitution onto a Law Enforcement system these are peaceful women without weapons. A group of women is now being locked up for by a master policeman theyre all receiving and shouting to be relieved to be tensions are completely random here right now some women manage to escape by just simply jumping the fence but there are a lot of policemen here right now and people are screaming women are screaming why are we being detained. Greek police have fired tear gas at refugees in less posts. I was. Riots broke out on saturday morning after police tried to arrest 3 people more than 12000 were left homeless when fires destroyed europes largest refugee camp refugees are demanding to be taken to the mainland will some stranded refugees have been speaking to our correspondent john psaropoulos. Im standing in the middle of a tent city set up on a highway onlies bus island a few kilometers behind me and you cant is being landscaped army tends to being set up for all of these people who are camped here to go and live there as a temporary measure now that the original camp morea has been burned but they are telling us that they are not interested in going to yet another camp situation they all say they want freedom they want to move to the mainland they want to move to greece to the rest of europe they are tired of living in temporary housing in makeshift huts underneath top hole in many of these people havent eaten in at least 24 hours the army does attempt a Food Distribution but yesterday this wasnt possible because of protests that were going on up and down the street demanding freedom unfortunately none of these people can move off of this highway because there is a police roadblock down the road and up the road so they are bottled into this section effectively in a new type of moriah camp were hearing babies crying hungry all around us were seeing children who are bored playing on the street with sticks or whatever they can find were seeing very frustrated adults very tired looking individuals very fed up very disillusioned with the process of asylum which has seemed to be unable to deliver timely decisions some people have been here for 2 years they are tired of waiting. Palestinians have responded angrily to a decision by behalf rain to normalize ties with israel out of protesting gaza people burnt pro portraits of the battery making the us president and the israeli Prime Minister hamas officials have called the agreement shameful disgraceful and reprehensible this comes one month after the United Arab Emirates also agreed to normalize relations with israel head. Of the Good Behavior that this is a political scene that were hearing is committing and it Must Withdraw from it because this agreement seriously harms the palestinian cause and serves only the electorial interests of trump and netanyahu so i bought a card says the secretary general of the p. L. O. And he says the deal between him and israel goes against a 2 state solution if youre trying to export to us by having behind anonymity as a maybe others sign peace treaties with israel so they can tell us youre alone come and then today and elation ship and elation ships must be based on that theyre in the one ward if our fear and the only way to peace is justice and justice means live and let live and the option is to stay its 1967 borders the state of palestine with the rest of the capital to live side by side the state of israel peace and security on the 67 borders this concept is whats being destroyed and eliminated by course near the emirates and bahrain and these steps have added one thing only their strength and extremism. At the expense of palestinian and arab moderates and people who want democracy human rights womens rights and the rule of law and thats the main achievement of prison by doing. There have been more protests in lebannon demanding justice over the beirut port explosion a few 100 demonstrators were met with a heavy security presence as you can see as they tried to reach the president ial palace and theyre calling for accountability following last months explosion which killed nearly 200 people. Right after the break heres whats coming up a gold mine collapse in the democratic republic of congo kills at least 50 men. And why some turks are outraged about whats being done to a famous landmark in istanbul. Hello therapy big downpours in the forecast for japan over the next couple of days we have seen some rather heavy rain recently this area cloud here brought some big and heavy showers into 100 shewn another rather more active system also making its way across cuba schuster in the case of a shamus 74 millimeters of rain before the west on cecil from we saw 199 millimeters affright in and nagasaki now that west of whether or making its way a little further race with say further heavy showers long spells of rain coming into 100 sheep brought the skies come back in behind lexia showers sunshine and showers there for north and south korea over the next couple days although the Korean Peninsula should brighten up a little more as we go on into monday 26 celsius in seoul some a temperature there for beijing so very heavy rain coming in here mind she all monday heavy showers too into southern parts of china joining up the showers across india china some heavy downpours there pushing into the northeast of india but 2 distinct areas of cloud one across the eastern side of india and over towards the west some heavy showers there into kind of dhaka pushing down into carolina and this circulation bringing some big downpours into under the dash there gnashing their way further northwards as we go into monday. But. In response to Global Warming germany is gradually shutting down its coal industry put 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 college or me as Climate Change activists challenge communities reliant on the industry for jobs people in power asks who will win the cold war on aljazeera. The. Pentagon the top stories on aljazeera this hour talks aimed at ending nearly 2 decades of war in afghanistan have begun in qatar negotiators from the Afghan Government and the taliban are meeting face to face for the 1st time. Police in by the roots have arrested dozens of women attempting to hold protests in the capital minsk the mass the tension is the latest in a series of government crackdowns against opposition to president Alexander Lukashenko. Greek police have fired tear gas at refugees unless there was anger on saturday morning after police tried to arrest 3 people more than 12000 were left homeless when fires destroyed europes largest refugee. Malis military and political groups have agreed on a plan for the countrys future after last months crew they have decided on a Transitional Government for 18 months until new elections can be held the former president s are brahimi i was ousted in a coup in august after months of protests monitoring this story for us as i did joining us from the nigerian capital so what should we be looking out for next hour winds. Well are we looking forward to what the military who are in my corps are thinking the head of state is about to make a speech regarding the successful what they call successful conclusion of deliberations in the capital and from here the rulers will take their resolutions to guyana where they will be president for i dont was a current chairman of the Economic Community of of west african state because remember of course impose sanctions and blockades on mali in the early days of the coup and promise to take some more punitive actions on the country if the country doesnt set up a Transitional Committee by september 15 so they will go there on tuesday to brief for i dont know whether or not the process of the result or the resolution of that forum is able to convince the chairman of a course and the rest of the 14 heads of state and government of course its a different thing altogether already we are starting to hear some discordant voices from the conference itself a lot of people are happy that some resolutions of sort has been a great by a majority of the discussions some. Caution saying that the resolution or Transition Committee doesnt mean that suddenly all the problems of mali of the past one or 2 years will simply disappear while some are not happy altogether about how it all went on and the resolutions adopted so we are hoping to see when looking forward to see what a course thinks about the resolutions of this company and whether or not it will want the lifting of sanctions on mali and its military leaders and whats at stake not only for mali but for the surrounding countries if this plan is not successful. Well its going to be a very difficult thing a lot of countries are trading with mali unlocked country a country of. Less than 20000000 people a lot of people are interested in the resources in mali for example gold and other rich resources that are they in the country and cutting the financial flows in that country will be a very very punitive measure on the on the country itself and a lot of people in in the neighboring countries who trade into mali will definitely find a way of going into money to trade and also that means most muddling activities will be encouraged and that could force the prices of commodities up and also in the early days of the coup we could how the nigerian foreign minister said the time by force of course has been activated what does that mean are we going to see the situation in in gambia when you refused to step down when course sent its troops into gambia to take control of the situation will they send the same number of troops in mali to do the same thing what we understand the training procedures between International Forces like the United Nations the European Union in particular has ended because of the coup in mali well that also wore on the pulling out of International Troops who are to a large extent helping to stabilize the country especially the north and central parts of mali all right thank you very much. Well rescuers are scouring the rubble of a collapsed mine in the democratic republic of congo hoping to find survivors more than 50 miners are feared dead after a gold mine or that used of coming to caved in after heavy rain hundreds of people have been trying to remove rocks and debris with their bare hands since friday dozens of people die each year from accidents and largely unregulated mines in the sea Catherine Sawyer is following developments from nairobi. When it happened. There all went to this mine with all anything they could get their hands on to just try and rescue those trapped inside now were being told that the military is there the red cross is helping with the operations 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 did but were being told that these operations are going on even you know youve also had. A province where this town of coming to that isnt 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 there would be many many minus in those walls sometimes even in the hundreds minus just trying to make a living much needed aid is being flown into sudan following the worst flooding in a century the homes of half a 1000000 sudanese were submerged least a 100 people have died. This report from a camp for the displaced near hard to. Were here in a camp for displaced people north of the sudanese capital khartoum people who have been displaced by the heavy floods which hit the country a little over 3 weeks ago and led to the displacement of more than half a 1000000 now the people in these camps say that their village was just about 2 and a half kilometers away from the river nile and thats about 60 percent of the 180 homes that were there was 3rd in the build and should have been able to withstand the force of the nile but they say that the force was stronger than their expectations breaking the sand barriers that they had put there as a precaution should the water levels rise and eventually flooding the homes and destroying them now they say that while theyve moved to this camps here their needs are still many many of them say they yet to receive the basics to be able to survive the displacement. And the looks of it we have a shortage of tents and medical aid organizations come for a day and the next day they go away even though the area has been hit by river waters there are snakes and scorpions we need antivenom serums and other things so the other main issue is the one of 10 there are not enough of them and those we have are few compared to those displaced. Now sudans government says its trying to respond to the needs of the people on a day to day basis it says that it cannot focus on reconstruction at the moment because the needs are huge hundreds of thousands of people affected more than 100000 homes partially or completely destroyed more than 100 People Killed and they say that theyre trying to focus on the basics which is making sure that people get shelter food and clean water and now people who have been affected by those floods say that the government response has been far from enough they say that they are concerned about whats appalling diseases which is currently rising amongst those displaced and in areas that have been affected by the floods theyre also concerned about the long term planning there saying that moving on from the rainy season theres going to be winter season and theyre worried that with the winter coming following the heavy floods theyll be forced to spend them in camps and theyre urging the government to react aid organizations are saying that the situation is likely to go on for a while the rainy season is set to last until the end of the month and there are concerns that more and more people will be affected due to the heavy rains and due to the floods from them and due to what are borne diseases than there are concerns that there will be more loss of lives as this crisis continues irans champion wrestler. Has been executed despite local and International Appeals to overturn his death sentence the 27 year old was convicted for killing a man 2 years ago his family says he was tortured into confessing a murder he didnt commit donald trump rustling stars and activists all recently appealed to the iranian government for clemency the International OlympicCommittee Says its shocked by the news of his execution. The families of hong kong activists thought to be detained in china are demanding their return 12 activists including a 16 year old were arrested 3 weeks ago as they try to escape by boat to taiwan their detention follows beijing imposing a controversial security law on hong kong which critics say further crypto freedoms. Several 100 protesters in new zealands largest city have defied lockdown rules on crowds to complain about covert 1000 restrictions that rally in all clinton supporters of a small Political Party known for pushing coronavirus conspiracy theories gatherings of more than 10 people are banned in the city and protests across several german cities as well against measures imposed to curb the spread of covert 19 hundreds marched through munich on saturday germany has seen fewer cases and deaths compared to the rest of the europe but numbers have begun rising after restrictions were. Clinical trials for a corona virus vaccine in the u. K. Have been allowed to resume the drug company astra zeneca and Oxford University had to stop work on the project after a participant developed severe neurological Symptoms Health regulators in the u. K. Confirmed on saturday that it is now safe for the trials to continue dozens of people have been arrested in paris during this 1st socalled yellow vests protests in several months a car was set on fire and police said some of those arrested were carrying improvised weapons protesters are demanding economic equality and changes to how the government is elected peaceful marches have been taking place in several cities across from. Dozens of people are reported missing in oregon in the u. S. Where a Massive Wildfire is burning in many areas but its changing the weather has helped firefighters control some fires half a 1000000 people have been ordered to leave their homes the city of portland has suddenly become one of the worlds most polluted urban areas. Restoration work on one of istanbuls famous landmarks is causing an outcry and concerns about the balance between modern at sea and preserving the citys heritage Stephanie Decker has the story. 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 companies are using such heavy machinery and so the metal is 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 russia ever after all this is one of the by the fact of organization actually because if they destroyed the all historical stuff on earth of their own they love the sky. New buildings that are 3rd of course they changed the feel off the top its not the same love love is there more it would not be the same again part of the urban character of historic istanbul 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 one mistake thats often made is to clean we dont want to clean all the facade of real life 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 do you attend to treatment of its historical fabric these may increase costs and time and short sighted developers dont have that 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 for 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 double. Color again the headlines on aljazeera talks aimed at ending nearly 2 decades of war in afghanistan have begun in qatar negotiators from the Afghan Government on the taliban are meeting face to face for the 1st time. 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 might differ 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 defy together 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 we want of understand to be an independent country and it should have a form of islamic system where all its citizens see themselves reflected policing by the roofs have detained dozens of women attempting to hold a protest in the capital minsk. The massed attention is the latest in a series of government crackdowns against opposition supporters testers have been calling for the resignation of president Alexander Lukashenko after he was declared the winner of last months election. Protesting in gaza against rains decision to normalize ties with israel hamas officials have called the agreement shameful disgraceful and reprehensible malis military and political groups have agreed on a plan for the countrys future after last months coup they have decided on a Transitional Government for 18 months until new elections can be held 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 the collapse followed heavy rain and landslides dozens of deaths are reported annually in small often unregulated mines in the d. R. See people in power is up next. 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