power after the death of john michael fully. i feel scared at all times you know. and asian american communities on alert after deadly shootings dear atlanta stalled fear of hate crimes. u.s. china talks a jew to wrap up for the closing session in the coming hours after a fiery start on thursday sitting across the table from each other in the u.s. state of alaska the 2 sides traded barbs in a pointed display of how tense relations remain diplomatic editor james bays reports from anchorage. this is a meeting that will shape future relations between the world's 2 biggest powers relations that are currently at a low point good afternoon. and welcome normally opening remarks at events like these a brief and polite but the u.s. side went on to list their specific concerns and wrong hong kong taiwan cyber attacks on the united states' economic coercion toward our allies the chinese response was long and just as frank the foreign minister wang ye said you don't welcome guests with sanctions a reference to the blacklisting of 24 chinese and hong kong officials in the hours before the meeting his senior colleague politburo member yang jiechi was clearly unhappy. well i think we thought too well of the united states we thought the u.s. side would follow the necessary diplomatic protocols he went on to complain about regime change in the middle east and the us is only human rights record and yet the challenges facing the us and human rights are deep seated they did not emerge over the past 4 years the slaughter of black people the problem existed for a long time police are the words slaughter was not translated into english for those in the room by the chinese delegations interpreter on one second please journalists were about to be ushered out when the secretary of state made it clear his delegation wanted to speak again i just made my 1st trip as i noted to planet south korea. i have to tell you what i'm hearing is very different from what you describe. i'm hearing deep satisfaction that the united states is back there were reengage with our allies and partners i'm also hearing deep concern about some of the actions your government has taken a confident country is able to look hard its own shortcomings and constantly seek to improve and that is the secret sauce of america alaska is a midway point just over 6000 kilometers to beijing just under 6000 kilometers to washington d.c. this was a meeting that was supposed to build bridges what we've seen here could be a welcome clearing of the air or perhaps the beginning of a deepening of the division it all depends on the crucial talks which now continue behind closed doors james bows out his era anchorage ok white house correspondent kimberly hawkins joining us now from washington d.c. now but within the last 30 minutes or so president joe biden left the white house he was flying to georgia he was talking about this what's he been saying yeah well he was pushing back on some of the domestic criticism that he has been receiving with respect to how these talks have been proceeding if you're a member that the whole foundation of joe biden's foreign policy is to work with allies and adversaries and there is a real seizing on it by his conservative critics here in the united states that in their perception their mind this has not gone well so far for the united states that they appear soft on china and in many cases the exchanges have left the united states looking weak even fact less well that is not something the sat well with joe biden here's what the u.s. president had to say as he left the white house moments ago. very very very very very. funny. little for the fact. that. right now you're working. your way up from the. critics also saying that the exchange between vladimir putin and the u.s. president earlier this week also not helping matters much just to give you a very quick background the u.s. president was asked on wednesday whether or not he thought vladimir putin the russian leader was a killer to which he responded that he did well vladimir putin was not going to take that and said it takes one to know one to reporters and then challenge joe biden to a debate that was supposed to happen today and it would be held live in real time well the white house press secretary and the u.s. president you heard there just now saying that he thinks he'll talk sometime but he didn't have time right now so a little bit messy in terms of these diplomatic exchanges not going the way perhaps the white house had hoped and this all comes in advance of the secretary of state meeting next week in brussels with e.u. leaders where no doubt they will have to answer some tough questions about exchanges with russia and also with china carol thanks very much indeed kimberly holcomb talking to us from washington d.c. the afghan government and the taliban have reportedly agreed to speed up peace talks russia has been hosting talks in moscow which is taking place less than 2 months before the deadline for american troops to pull out of afghanistan the u.s. russia china and pakistan have urged the warring sides to reach i mean mediate ceasefire shall start for reports. the moscow meeting between members of the afghan government taliban representatives and observers from various countries including the united states and china is one of 3 international conferences on afghanistan to be held before the 1st of may that's the deadline by which all remaining u.s. and nato forces must leave the country the agreement was made last year between donald trump's administration and the taliban but it's reported new u.s. president joe biden has other ideas and may propose an interim power sharing government in kabul which would buy time for more comprehensive peace talks this would possibly allow the u.s. to keep an estimated $3500.00 troops in afghanistan beyond the may the 1st deadline but it's all about a spokesman at the moscow conference warned what would happen if u.s. troops are not out of afghanistan by then they should go because if they do not go. that means they continue after that it will be a. while ation of the agreement that would not be from our site but it would be. around 9000 u.s. troops have withdrawn from afghanistan over the past year pentagon leaders reportedly oppose a full withdrawal saying thousands need to remain in order to support afghan forces and conduct counterterrorism operations washington and kabul wants an immediate cease fire but the taliban says it will negotiate that only as part of peace talks with the afghan government rushes efforts to mediate comes after year long negotiations in concert between the afghan government and the taliban stalled. or distorted we call on the united states and the taliban to continue to abide by the provisions of the peace agreement supported by the un security council. attacks by the taliban have increased in recent weeks rights groups say there has been a marked rise in the number of targeted killings of government officials civil society leaders and journalists especially women the taliban launched a wave of attacks in december in the north and south of the country nato says there were more than $2500.00 civilian casualties in this 3 months from all over to december last year more than $800.00 people were killed. the joint statement after the moscow meeting said all parties involved pledged to accelerate peace talks a good game is that the fighting against problem troops ok now let's talk let's keep peace work to get there lift to do that in peace maintaining our own different views but at the same time make a commitment that we don't resort to violence we don't break and there are terrorists moves another 2 in pursuit of our political agenda if the recent surge in violence is anything to go by and with no concrete agreement to the negotiating table or how to stop it we are still a long way away from that john strafford al-jazeera yemen so the rebels have hit an all facility in the saudi capital bria an official source in saudi arabia's ministry of energy has told state media the drone attack caused a controlled far but no injuries they also said the supply of petroleum wasn't affected who things say their operation has been successful now for. our armed forces have conducted the operation with 6 drones the targeted in a remco facility in the saudi capital riyadh and the target has been hit with precision. tanzania has a new president and she's making history semir salute haasan was sworn in joining the ceremony and data salaam becoming the country's 1st female leader she succeeds john magaw a fully who died at the age of 61 catherine soy has more in the kenyan capital nairobi. what has this given how fast maiden speech and it was a very emotional tribute to her predecessor john paul the mogul fully she also said that he's going to be buried on the 25th that's next thursday and i mean are these taken to the people in tanzania just trying to get a sense of what she is about and what they're telling me many of them is that she had a leadership style is very different from that of the late president michael fullilove they say that she listens to counsel more she's not one to make unilateral decisions she did not talk about coronavirus understandably so it was all about the late president and burial arrangements for him but a lot of people are looking to see if she's going to change strategy on president felipe had come under a lot of korea has faced a lot of criticism for how he handled the disease he never put the country on lockdown he never encouraged people to wear masks or you know family ties and implemented other. coronavirus measures until very recently when he told people that they can start wearing locally manufactured masks so it's going to be interesting to see how madame flu who is going to handle this perhaps people are telling me that she's going to start slow tell people to wear masks tell people to social distance and so on but then the more controversial things is whether she's going to allow a rollout of this vaccination program so people are waiting to see how she's going to deal with this disease and how she's going to if she's going to change strategy and change the policy that had been adopted by president fully. friendly and has suspended juice of the astra zeneca vaccine as it investigates 2 cases of blood clots the decision comes as other european countries resumed using the vaccine on thursday europe's drugs watchdog said the job is safe and there's no evidence linking it to a higher risk of blood clots several countries had stopped using the shots because of safety concerns france is among the countries to start using the astra zeneca vaccine again and one of the 1st to receive it was prime minister john carr stex as ritesh about the reports from paris. how styx had said that if the european medical agency gave the green light for the astra zeneca vaccine again if you like and said that the side effects in the blood clots were small risks but not enough to outweigh the benefits and casting said that he would receive an asteroid seneca vaccine well that is what he's done he's done it a publicly on television the reason he's done that is because he needs to try and convince along with the french government and the and the president convince the french people that the astra zeneca vaccine is safe and that people should feel comfortable having it even though the government have said that they recommend this vaccine for over 50 five's now they're going to have a huge p.r. job on their hand as are many as are many other governments in european countries because the esters anika vaccine has received so much conflicting defy data and unpublished see over the last few months in the european union nevertheless governments are forging ahead with resuming their use of the vaccine here in france a resumption of astra zeneca shots began this afternoon germany italy also netherlands many other european nations deciding to resume the use of this vaccine at a time when many countries are trying to stop backing what has become evident of 3rd waves still ahead on al-jazeera security forces and on to coup protesters face off across. we're in northern nigeria what it's not just schools being targeted by on groups. it's time for the perfect janet. sponsored plan qatar airways and other active rather stormy systems on its way out through the himalayan plateau mongolia the gobi which means the winds picked up again in beijing friday a windy dusty day but today the wind is still. there is a much cleaner one temperature wise down to 12 by saturday up to 18 by sunday's wind direction changes the real cold air states the north of beijing all this time so snows in its way to hob invited us up to even to north korea that is a bit of a gap obviously and then you pick up the rays early spring rain but that's what it looks like to me and it is significant right on its way through japan last saturday and sunday a southerly breeze has plenty of moisture there and it comes up against the cold which means yet more snow potentially for a card or the temperature this time beijing is 30 degrees the wind has lightened as you know and to fairly clean wind here but it could well be pretty dusty in same time showers are becoming lighter still widespread throughout malaysia and indonesia are coming to the end of the significant rainy season so it's no surprise to see that another westerly disturbances are way through afghanistan and northern pakistan that will show itself eventually even in places like the whole but certainly islamabad the forecast is pretty stormy actually thunderstorms the next 3 days. sponsored by qatar airways. for a goalkeeper from one is a. home world cup was what dreams were made of. late sunday into a nightmare of a russian soldier man argentina's military jump. in the 1st of a new season footballing legend eric cantor down introduces cloud your tambourine one of a special view stood up for their beliefs whatever that cost. football rebels on al-jazeera. george you notice here in one of our top stories this hour the 1st u.s. china talks under the biden administration have got off to a strange start american officials accuse china of threatening the international order beijing wanted washington to stay out of its internal affairs. the afghan government and the taliban have reportedly agreed to speed up peace talks russia has been hosting talks which is taking place in less than 2 months before the deadline for american troops to pull out of afghanistan. tanzania has sworn in its 1st female president samir salut who has son succeeds john mark a fully who died at the age of 61. at least 8 protesters have been killed in me i'm arguing the latest rallies against the military coup. crowds faced off against security forces in several cities the military and police abuse increasingly violent tactics to suppress the protest movement a local rights group says more than $220.00 people have been killed since the coup in february scotland has more from neighboring thailand. we saw a bit of a standoff with protesters and police and security forces what had happened is we've been seeing a lot more around the country particular where there are bigger cities the protesters are building these barricades and that's where they kind of usually have a face off with the security forces tear gas is fired and then it escalates usually to live rounds and that's what we saw in this central command mar city of on what happened is that it seems as though while the police were trying to take down the barricades the protesters approached and then that's when this violence took place and at least 8 people there were killed there were some smaller protests again around as well we know at least in one case in the northwest one person was killed when there's a confrontation with security forces as well indonesian president has called for a high level meeting of the aussie on this is the bloc in southeast asia 10 nations to discuss what's been going on in myanmar and when you look at it it's very interesting they've kind of indonesia has taken a leadership role if you will in the region in trying to get reach some kind of political political solution to what's going on in myanmar but it's a very tall order to tall task because normally see on don't really interfere with each other's internal matters as they say but indonesia is trying to break that tradition one thing needs to be said the nations that neighbor and have a lot of relations close relationship closer than internees or they find it it's going to be a little bit more difficult to have these kind of discussions particularly nations like thailand was a lot of trade and a long border with me and more so that's me interesting to see how those discussions if those high level discussions actually take place. north korea's cut ties with malaysia for what it calls a hostile act and subservience to u.s. pressure that's in response to a court ruling extraditing a north korean citizen to the u.s. on money laundering charges coming out and says it's politically motivated and ones the united states will pay a price ties between north korea and malaysia have been strained since 2017 when kim jong un's half brother was killed that kuala lumpur's airport canada's prime minister has denounced china's trial of 2 canadians as an acceptable saying it lacks transparency businessman and michael space who's charged with espionage appeared in court in dandong the canadian diplomats were not allowed to attend the proceedings and former diplomat michael quote very well rested 2 years ago the case is widely seen as retaliating for canada's detention of holloway executive. gunman in mexico have killed at least 13 policemen in what's been described as the worst attack on officers since 2019 it happened in central mexico on thursday is it region security minister says the convoy was ambushed by a gang while out patrolling it's unclear how many people were hurt hundreds of schools in northern nigeria have been forced to shut because of more attacks by armed groups organized crime is also threatening farmers and what started as a conflict with howard others for land and water resources on the reports this is what schools in nigeria's north are looking more like every day now isolated dangerous unlike any major kishen. in the past month attacks by bandits and the kidnapping of hundreds of students has had a devastating impact on classroom teaching but it's not only schools that are being targeted for generations the north has been at the center of nigeria's agricultural production today that's in decline because of insecurity. attacks on farmers and their land have risen sharply in the last 3 years with an increase in deaths and displacement and there are warnings that will continue unless urgent action is taken what should be our focus as leaders and the stick all of the nigerian project and the people of nigeria is to establish peace of the country that should be the number one priority of every leader of this country we most have a country 1st before you can have any ambition poverty inequality corruption and institutional failures are blamed by some experts but my dearest problems we are electing people it isn't you who have. also. been in. crises in our country. isn't it if you don't have anybody you don't have any blueprint for people you see the only language you understand is how to make money their tax and farmers and schools are largely blamed on some nomadic had been for themselves have been victims of bad governance deprivation and exploitation. just this week nigeria's beautiful statistics unemployment levels are sold to more than 33 percent in the last quarter of 2800 cultural production isn't continuous decline that's what shortages are common desperate nigeria's young population is increasingly drawn to kidnapping alright. and criminals find it easy to smuggle arms through the country's borders. call source a prick police force 4 states have been ignored but the demands are getting louder . i believe that nigeria is the only federation with the one centralised police force which is in adequate in numbers as well as equipment and training we think it is time for nigeria to have state police to improve the security footprint across the country and also for very clear demarcations between investigation and prosecution of federal crimes against its crimes as a central government struck a strict more vicious criminal gang stickier parentage the personnel in the services of the security forces of nigeria by fire in adequate to manage skewed structure of this country better trained manpower more equipment should be more sophisticated than the ones in the hands of the enemy is not just about funding. following the money. we actually didn't want to as opposed to the with the front. desk wrote about the worsening security some states have to continue go shooting with the kidnappers but critics say that's simply courage just to carry out more abductions the government has called in needs military forces to put an end to the school attacks but there's no sign yet that's having any effect on a decrease al-jazeera northwest nigeria. and republic of congo candidates are holding their final rallies ahead of sunday's presidential election president. who's been in power for more than 36 nonconsecutive years is seeking another term and guess what will face 6 challengers including a former finance minister and a former aide the main opposition group has said it will not participate citing doubts about safety and credibility. was at one of the rallies impossible. where the final campaign rally of president better than. ever most of the last 40 years it's only really him that's been able to run an effective campaign across the whole country take a little look around at some of the people in the. normal. people do it then bill it's already a given. that a country where the billions of dollars of oil wealth is having really trickled down through millions of people who live in poverty then receiving handouts what the show is actually a good reason to come to a political rally but it's only really the ruling party that has the resources to you're able to do this on a substantial level some of the people here been mistake in taking me for one of the people working for the french public relations company is running the president's campaign like a basking me. walter and. so in this climate of the final really the wrapping up with a lot. opposition candidates holding their rallies brazzaville today response. in the playoffs on. a widely understood long many votes is that the. heavyweights are the political thing this election already. u.s. president joe biden's on his way to the state of georgia where is expected to meet asian american community leaders after a shooting incident 8 people were killed 6 of them will women of asian descent raising fears the tuesday's murders were racially motivated attacks targeting asian americans have been on the rise robin's reports from the sons of. the american flags at the white house were lowered in mourning for the 8 women killed in georgia on tuesday 6 of whom were of asian heritage around the country asian american communities are reacting with shock and anger to the rising number of hate incidents i feel scared at all times that you know. sometimes i have to walk on the street at night and. yeah it's scaring me i hate the fact that now my wife my daughter my mom my knees they all have to sort of watch their back just because of the way they asian american studies professor key park says race and gender stereotypes they have d. human eyes the victims in the killers mind they are seen as reality passive. or hyper sexualized the object defied or exactly sized or you don chipp or 'd even the. some are fighting back in san francisco an elderly chinese speaking woman was punched in the face then beat her alleged assailant into submission with a piece of wood sending him to the hospital. at a congressional hearing lawmakers of asian descent spoke out this hearing was do address over and made of our community center find solutions and we were not like you take our boys away from us barely 3800. crimes in just a year old mom it was step by the works of former president donald trump and stop to shift blame and anger all right all want response to the coronavirus he used racial slurs like we're going to georgia law enforcement officials say they are still investigating the suspects motives but indicated he was acting out of sexual guilt feelings rather than racism and yes there was a really bad day for him and this is what he did many asian americans reject that explanation that upsets us in our community is the fact that sheriff's department who basically sort of. was on the side of the perpetrator and the criminal that actually killed 8 people 6 of them being asian woman 2 dismissed that as a sort of like he was having a bad day president joe biden will travel to atlanta on friday to pay his respects and meet with community leaders and elected officials robert oulds al jazeera los angeles. this is all just things that the top stories the 1st u.s. china talks under the biden ministration get off to a confrontational start americans accuse china of threatening the international order while beijing has warned washington to stay out of its internal affairs the afghan government on the taliban have reportedly agreed to speed up peace talks russia has been hosting talks which are taking place less than.