The future of peace talks in afghanistan has been thrown into doubt by a change in leadership. They have confirmed the death of spiritual leader mullah omar. Talks between the taliban and the Afghan Government on friday will not go ahead. Jennifer glass on the death of mullah omar. Reporter its unclear what changes well see under the new taliban leader. The taliban sources telling al jazeera that mansour has been involved in making political decisions over the last few years. There are obviously two different areas of the taliban. You have the political side and the military side. The fighting has been serious in this spring fighting season and over the last couple of weeks, in the last couple of days taliban has taken dozens of villages in the district in the north and south as taliban fighters continue to fight across the battlefield. Peace talks between taliban representatives and the government scheduled for friday have been put on hold. The african government hopes theyll be resch
A helping hand from the rio olympics. U. S. Democratic president ial hopefuls have been facing off in their third tv debate in the state of New Hampshire. They laid out their plans for the presidency. Clinton says she has a plan to defeat isil. While sanders talked about Climate Change saying he will take on the fossil fuel industry. All were you nighted on the contempt for Donald Trumps comments from banning all muslims from entering the United States. We need to make sure the discriminatory messages that trump is ending around the world dont fall on receptive ears. He is becoming isis best recruiters. They are going to people showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists. I want to explain why this is not in americas interest to react with this kind of fear and respond to this sort of bigotry. Kimberly halkett has been following the debate in manchesterster sent us this update. Reporter National Security as well as Foreign Polic
The streets of the capital bangkok. Jacob zuma is sworn in as south africas president for the second time. And preparing for the pope. Jordan welcomes pope francis on his first trip to the middle east. Im wayne reporting from new zealand where a maori tribe is trying to find a use for one of its products. Breaking news coming from the somali capital mogadishu. Latest reports suggest that there have been several explosions outside the Parliament Building in mogadishu. Heavy gunfire has been reported. Witnesses spoke of rebels appearing to launch an attack during a parliamentary session. Now, we understand that alshabab, the militant group, is behind the attack. Lets speak to our correspondent who jones us on the line from joins us on the line from mogadishu. Tell us what is going on at the moment. There has been an exchange of gun fire between alshabab inside the Parliament Building. And how long has this been going on. How many people have died. We are hearing of their being four bodie
Thousands are living without shelter. To me its freed im not. Bit coin is freedom in the financial world. India the push to expand the use of the Digital Currency bitcoin. A final farewell to a man seen as an icon, a hero and a father. Good morning, im richelle carey. Im thomas drayton. Good to have you with us. Nelson mandela raid to rest no qunu. The burial marking the end of a fascinating journey of a man that inspired and influenced many people around the world. 4,000 gathered for the funeral, 400 for the private burial. Nelson mandela died 10 days ago after battling a chronic illness for months. Thousands gathered to remember the leader. We will miss the smile, your laughter, your love and your leadership. We cherish every moment we spent with you. His own gesture of kindness made all those around him want to do good. Thus the lesson he has taught us. We want to do good because we have seen him leading by example and doing good. Farewell my dear brother, my mentor, my leader. With
Military action against syria, senators will brief briefed on the situation about an hour from now. Yesterday, president obama asked congress to authorize limited strikes on syria and just this morning, secretary of state john kerry presented new evidence that chemical weapons were used. This morning, a very important recent development that in the last 24 hours, we have learned through samples that were provided to the United States that had now been tested from First Responders in east d damascus and hair samples and blood samples have tested positive for signatures of sarin. So this cause is building, and this case will build and i dont believe my former colleagues in the United States senate and the house will turn their backs on all of our interests. Al jazeera paul beban has more on kerrys comments. Paul, congress and the white house have not seen eye to eye on anything and now certain i cant. Do we have any further insight why the president decided to go to congress in the first