Over on the greek island of lesbos as refugees with nowhere to go find themselves on the streets for another day clocks. And scott harder in bangkok thailand the pandemic has changed the way many people think about food there is more concerned about Health Benefits and safety thats prompted an increase of interest in plant based meat in the companies here are ramping up to meet that demand. Afghanistan government negotiators and the taliban have started historic talks to try to end decades of war the president and missing in the qatari capital follows months of delays at stake a permanent ceasefire at the rights of women and minorities and how taliban fighters will be disarmed well some a binge of aid reports from doha. 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 maybe 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. Theyre patrolling 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. War nears 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 no that youre not. The entire world want you to succeed and if counting our new succeeding since the us 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 gone 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 weeks and days ahead are going to determine whether its going to be successful some of. The the u. N. Secretary general attended the talks virtually untenured ted has said it was critical the afghan women and their voices are represented in these talks and Peace Process in which women use and victims of coffee that meaningfully presented offers the best hope of a sustainable solution. Back. To ensure the. Right. To Peace Process reflects the experiences and expertise of afghan women in all their minds. Helen america as the former afghan ambassador to italy she says these breakthrough talks of 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 a preservation of Islamic State this comic 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. 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 belarus have violently detained dozens of women attempting to join the latest weekend protest against president Alexander Lukashenko more than 10000 women defy the government crackdown to march down the streets of the capital minsk they have been demanding that lukashenko his resignation since he was declared the winner of last months election which critics say was rigged so fast and was at the protest and witnessed the violence every saturday for the last couple of weeks women have been marching here in the center of minsk its a womens march to release the Political Prisoners and also offering to step down and recent weeks while inspired police in france and many have particular leave being detained in the last couple of days so women are still defiant and theyre still gathering here. Was a lot of. Women now. The women a group. Was doing. What kind of power is this does it see people does it listen to people is is our power how does this relate to a constitution and to a Law Enforcement system these are peaceful women without weapons. A group of women is now being locked up for by the master policeman theyre all grieving 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 5 to gas protesting refugees in lesbos that demanding humanitarian assistance and all resisting attempts to relocate them on tuesday far as destroying the morea camp europes largest leaving 12000 people without shelter John Psaropoulos reports. The arrest of an elderly man sparks violence after news pulse the arresting officers with rocks. And they respond with tear gas women and children who were sitting there by panic and seek shelter in the islands municipal refugee camp stuff terrified to decide them seekers displaced by the burning of the main camp at moria may try to set fire to this one as well and the crush this afghan boy is separated from his parents and after inhaling tear gas an infant is rushed to hospital unconscious days have passed since greeces largest refugee camp morea down on the island of lesbos bottled up on a stretch of highway these refugees have slept rough and are hungry angry and impatient because of daily protests the army has not distributed food and water spraying even more and that we got no place to stay for 45. 00 days now the place to stay no food no water around the toilet would decide to go to mislead to this show so they bring us to the mainland but the police the military the block the road since we are staying here. Is not an everybody living in the street everybody living in the bush we need freedom we dont want somalia we dont want scum we dont want agrees wanting to have a quid the comp thats wont. Down the road the government is rushing to set up temporary shelter to get people off the street and out of the mountain olive groves this is morea mark 2 an artillery range by the sea now being landscaped and fitted with tents where a few 1000 people will be able to at least temporarily a few Asylum Seekers are struggling in but theres been no Mass Transportation of them yet off the streets here however that is what we also rotis interned as soon as possible because here they can be fed and watered and the Public Safety can be assured some refugees arrive to take a look at their immediate future. And install themselves but some around this afghan children have had 2 birthdays and no school we will always get our money good moment you know i mean we are ready to die here we dont want to go and live in a tent in another camp we want freedom all the refugees but for these People Freedom for now is brewing tea on the asphalt and camping on the driveway of a car dealership jump. Lesbos. That been more protests in lebanon demanding justice over the beirut airport explosion hundreds of demonstrators were met with a heavy security presence as a trying to march on the president ial palace they calling for accountability following last months devastating blast which killed nearly 200 people. Protesters in israel have again been rallying outside Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has residents in west jerusalem calling for him to resign because hes on trial for corruption charges theres also anger about his governments handling of the corona virus pandemic israels been reporting record levels of new cases for days now. Still ahead on aljazeera. My only concern was to get my books out so that i can studied sit my examinations. Of the sudanese student to determine to succeed in the face of devastating floods plus. Bodies military rulers make a commitment to democracy or have a reaction to allow not a green in. Hello theyve had some very wet weather across japan for the last few days and its not done just yet you can see quite a mass of clouds across the northeast we have a system of low pressure in the sea of japan another system just to the east of honshu that tends to move away to the east on the north as we go through sunday and then this is tim is rather slower to move and is still trails back across into central and Northern Home she says heavy downpours there at times also plenty of rain out across will central and west of the china eventually working its way east as you head off through monday so sunny taking the rain across into beijing further to the south but it should stay dry in shanghai 27 there but very wet down along the south coast 30 celsius your high in hong kong then across into south asia weve had a bit a break with the rains we see across into bangladesh but that is set to change elsewhere you can see plenty of cloud with a very have examples again across into moment by no reports of any flooding just yet but the rain will continue throughout sunday it will also extend across into go giraffes still down the Western Ghats and some very heavy downpours sunday again into these coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh so tend to stay the as we go through monday and once again these winds really feeding the rains up into northern sections the bay of bengal so a very unsettled day across into bangladesh. They start his drinks container. d and easily end up as garbage. In a nuisance but for a select few old Bottle Service the Building Blocks of a better life. d and the stepping stones to owning a family how. Do you find our lot in america is in bolivia and delves into the world of god. On aljazeera. The world. Youre watching aljazeera remind our top stories this hour the 1st direct peace talks between the Afghan Government and the thai ban have begun in qatar in the opening remarks the government called for an immediate cease fire and all the taliban insisted it would protect minorities under and islamic system. Police in belarus have violently detained dozens of women attempting to join the latest weekend protest against president Alexander Lukashenko they say last months election was rigged and are calling for him to resign. Police half id take gas at refugees unless of course theyre demanding humanitarian assistance and of refusing relocation after their camp burned down on tuesday. Lets get more on our top story the landmark afghan peace talks the government to go shooting team is led by Abdullah Abdullah he spoke to our program talked to al jazeera and said hes hopeful the talks will be a start to ending years of violence if that is run listen how tough the peace and to see if a father son recent past 2 for dickys thats that the it he did is no military solution. And our hope is that both sides have recognized this the right message to send that this is stage will be late the message to the in this conference that we want we have different views we have a different version for the country but we want to make peace with one and that in order to help our own people and also look at the suffering of the people look at the losses of the people look at the pain that the people of of. Tolerating referred to the numbers in the past few months only since the signing of the agreement with you between the taliban in the United States which was. Which was the main fundamental reason. That to get to Current Situation that we were talking to and that that is still there when i when i am talking about the number of casualties its high on both sides its not just one side in. Billy t 2. To 2 q. Their wounds of the people to recover will be sign of strength not inflicting casualties on out of people. Rescue as a scouring the rubble of a collapsed mine in the democratic republic of congo hoping to find survivors more than 50 minus a feared dead after a gold mine near the eastern town of county to go caved in off to heavy rain hundreds of people have been trying to move rocks and with their bare hands the military and aid groups have recently joined the rescue effort dozens of people die each year from accidents in largely unregulated mines in the d. L. C. Catherine so its been following developments from nairobi. When it happened. There all went to the. Us anything they could get their hands on to just try and rescue those who were 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. 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 but were being told that this operation going on. Also had from the governor of south kivu province where this town of coming. And he said that most of the people most of those who died 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 mynahs in those walls sometimes even in the hundreds minus just trying to make a living. Now shouldnt. Take the High School Exams they were already delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic and devastating floods have now uncertainty hundreds of thousands have been displaced and as he reports many students are struggling to keep up with a study. Just hours left before ryann japhet and her colleagues sit for sudans general High School Certificate examination in the capital. Its a requirement to be able to get into university but after she and her family lost their home in the floods that prospect seemed almost impossible. Because my only concern was to get my books out so that i can study and sit in my examinations its hard weve lost everything weve lost a house and that is hard we were inside and the river just flooded and we lost everything. Her colleague had also lost her family home in the floods that had village in the northern part of a week ago when its unfair that im too soon homesick the floods came in and took away everything homes were destroyed then we ended up on the streets near the main road the government gave us tents and people from the area gave us a place to stay and study and so we can prepare for examinations the examinations which are usually held in march every year have been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic so then the government sets up demba 13 as the new date more than 150000. 00 students will take part in the capital alone a rise in the river to levels not seen in more than a century caused devastating floods in many parts of sudan its led the government to declare a state of emergency and announced the country as a Natural Disaster zone more than 100 people were killed and hundreds of thousands displaced schools in several towns and villages were among the damaged properties tens of thousands of those displaced by the floods are School Students and many are due to sit for their high school general certificate this year but for those students sitting for the examination to guarantee seats in universities in the future is hard when their families have lost most or all of their belongings. So dan has set up a committee to deal with the impacts of the floods the head of the Committee Says the government is working to ensure that students around the country take the exam as scheduled every day theres theyre basically checking on on all the ministries of education in the different states to check on whats to ration is the center the people need to go and have exams what is the situation were talking about the people the fact in the numbers of the people who are going to turn exams and they say theyre assessing the situation on daily basis so hopefully were hoping that its all you know its going to be something that fits the needs of the people the levels of them have started to drop but those affected see what theyve been through already is enough. I didnt want the exams to be held at a time like this its hard she and her colleagues say theyll have to sit for the exams and hope for the best despite their very difficult circumstances people morgan aljazeera hearts. Malis military rulers have announced an 18 month transition period to restore civil role the decision was agreed with Political Parties and Civil Society groups and follows a coup last month that force a president from power met address is monitoring developments from. For many here its Mission Accomplished after 3 days of talks a resolution is agreed. The mood is a bit different from scenes of a week ago when protests forced organizers to suspend discussions while these military rulers are relieved theyre desperate to avoid International Isolation there is it the locals it better than what we have achieved here gives me hope for a new mali a democratic secular prosperous founded on work social justice and equality its on this note of hope that i close these talks. Its a view shared by many who feel the resolutions reflect their wishes so. Those who dont like it will have to accept reality we cant spend our entire lives in protest the resolution was discussed with everyone present. But not everyone is happy or feels their represented by the terms of their agreement. I am very sad work was assigned to 5 working groups we did our jobs but the work of the groups was not taken into consideration it was rejected the resolutions we arrived at were different from what was announced thats why we are protesting. And that could be a sign of trouble ahead but organizers say most malias are willing to leave with such imperfections last month. Deployed for the president to bring. An action widely supported by most. But the leaders are under intense International Pressure to quickly hand over power to civilians the Economic Community of West African States has imposed sanctions and is threatening more punitive measures on this poor country and its leaders on tuesday while these rulers will travel to ghana to present the resolutions to president and. The current chairman of course the bloc will then decide if whats presented is acceptable and warrants the lifting of sanctions. Which is either the u. S. State of oregon says its preparing for a mass i tell a tea incident as wildfires rage across the west coast thousands of people have been reported as missing and half a 1000000 have been ordered to leave their homes the death toll from the fire is currently stands at 27 in california 3 of the 5 largest wildfires in the States History are currently burning. U. S. President so donald trump is being a keys as pressuring Health Officials to rush approval of unproven coronavirus treatments and all to report if the outbreak the New York Times is reporting that trump wanted government scientists to sign off a blood plasma therapy before they were ready to do say another news outlet and its cases trump aides demanded the right to review and make changes to weekly reports by the centers for Disease Control they want to make them more optimistic in line with trumps political messaging and which is a senior fellow at Johns Hopkins university he says trump is trying to manipulate perceptions of his handling of the pandemic it can bring a lot of pressure we see that the president is already putting pressure here obviously on the c. D. C. Trying to spin their reports make sure that they the reports are positive and optimistic rather than allowing the scientists of the center for Disease Control to do what theyre supposed to do which is to tell the American People the truth and to provide accurate scientific guidelines and they are trying to pressure them the c. D. C. Its absolutely clear and those who are in the Public Health field are quite concerned about it with respect to vaccines the same is true the president has already made it clear that he expects the vaccine if hes already mentioned that he wants a vaccine by election day he has pressured for the approval of this controversy of blood plasma therapy even though it hasnt been fully approved and tested and hes also pressured other aspects of the f. D. A. And the c. D. C. Overall continuing to try to spin the news about cold at 19 and tried to present a false case for optimism on the control of the pandemic. Clinical trials for corona virus vaccine in the u. K. Have resumed drug company astra zeneca and Oxford University had to stop where the project soft a participant develops of it goal Symptoms Health regulators in the u. K. Confirmed on saturday that its now safe for the trials to continue now the coronavirus pandemic is affecting everyones lives in many ways including changes in eating habits sales of plant based may sell soaring in thailand as don is trying to focus on making healthier choices scott huddling reports from bangkok. I hope youre healthy and stay healthy are common greetings in the era of covert 19 with the immune boosting benefits of a healthy diet and reports of covert contamination at Meat Processing plants millions in asia are taking those greetings seriously be controlling their health by eating less meat. The plant based Meat Industry across asia pacific is seeing an increase in demand one projection sees a 12 percent expansion putting the 2020 industry valued at more than 17000000000. 00 in thailand imports of plant based meat have been on the rise but Industry Analysts see it as a growth industry for the few companies now producing it here in kids all of the International Plan base meat food. We can see that many many. Rich or all of you use that plant based meat to to make that motor but in thailand and i think the market is not only to boca one plant based meat company here in thailand has seen a surge in consumer demand because of covered 19 their understanding of thai culture and just how seriously food is taken here they have a design their product so that it can incorporate the unique type flavors more meat started as a direct supplier to restaurants just as the covert 900 pandemic started. But consumer interest in their plant based meat was so big they had to rethink their distribution the chef or the coke or. The 10. 00 to 1. 00 that inconvenience like like like hawk like more meat without any any seasoning at all since they had to add you know the onus. On fish so his product unlike imported ones has no seasoning at all but in hot cuisine taste is paramount and seasoning is viewed as an art form. Executive chef dominic boneyard has been leading 5 star Hotel Kitchens for decades hes also seeing a shift to plant based meat as a chef especially in french im very confident that this what is very nice would be splendid as meat you can marry have diversity of your process of the meat we have a code with 19 coming and also think about people. You know you shant your man use and youre also your beat potentially healthier habits will be one of the few positives in our lives to come out of the pandemic and it cooks take care in the kitchen it might not be that much of a sacrifice its got either aljazeera thank god. This is aljazeera these are your top stories the 1st direct peace talks between the Afghan Government and the taliban have begun in qatar and the opening remarks called for an immediate cease fire on the taliban insisted it will protects minorities and then islam existed. 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. 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. Police in bolivars a volatile a detained dozens of women protesting against president Alexander Lukashenko more than 10000. 00 women defy the government crackdown to march down the streets of the camp to minsk have been nearly daily protests since the disputed reelection last month. Great police of gas that refugees in less theyre demanding humanitarian assistance and are refusing relocation camp on tuesday. The u. S. State of oregon says its preparing for a massive a tallahassee incident as wildfires rage across the west coast dozens of people have been reported as missing and half a 1000000 have been ordered to leave their homes those all you headlines. Are counting the cost of its debt crisis and that means surgeon dr rising mozambiques troubled road to becoming the world for biggest gas exporter an epic battle challenges apples grip on its ups store and the rising prospects of a currency war with the Mighty Dollar sink counting the cost on aljazeera. And there is huge crowds of protesters demonstrating against president i mean. I. Should say. State was left out of a structure such as a. Show called. Hello i mean actually sitting in for Richard Gaisford and youre watching the listening post working from home here are some of the media stories were covering this week in been in the media youre consuming says a lot about which side of the political divide youre on are you watching state t. V. Or are you a telegram or another book of bombshell revelations about donald trump puts the ethics of the president and the books author under the