Now its a deal that lasts only a week but u. S. Officials say if its a success it could lead to the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan the taliban american negotiators have agreed to a proposal for a reduction of violence in the country the announcement is the result of ongoing peace talks and qatar a senior u. S. Official says if this deal holds it could be followed by a more permanent accord well the u. N. Secretary general spokesman has welcomed the agreement he says its important to curb violence thats harming civilians in afghanistan. If this were to succeed it would obviously be a notable step in bringing peace to the country. And the dialogue is a vital pe is of is vital to paving forward the constructive in traffic and negotiations on peace i think its very important. To find ways to reduce the levels of violence in afghanistan is specially the violence that is harming civilians while correspondent Deborah Townsend joins us live now from washington d. C. She had this does so
League champions Manchester City and given a 2 year ban. Now chinas foreign minister has his house at some countries for overreacting and causing panic over the corona Virus Outbreak said that containing the virus remains a huge challenge for china but insists it is under control now the death toll has risen to over 1500 with 143 reported on friday but figures just released by Health Officials show the number of new infections hall from the previous day and almost all of those infected are in china a province where the outbreak began orders have now gone out for all people arriving in the capital to quarantine themselves for 14 days or to face punishment while our correspondent adrian brown is live for us in Hong Kong Adrian with these fresh numbers that were getting from beijing is it too early for optimism. I think these figures are you know a crumb of positive news as you rightly point out there were 143 deaths recorded on friday thats up 27 on the previous day but significantly the
Out of the game. English premier League Champion Manchester City are banned from European Competition for two years. Deal that lasts only a week, but u. S. Officials say if it is a success, it could lead to the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan. Negotiators have agreed to a proposal for a reduction of violence. Its a result of ongoing peace talks. A senior u. S. Official says if the deal holds, it can be followed by a more Permanent Peace accord. This sounds like a breakthrough of sorts, is it . This is what we have been told. Broad strokes officially. The unofficial briefings from u. S. And taliban sources. Willeduction of violence surge across the country. Afghan forces, taliban, and u. S. Forces will observe this. U. S. Sources say it will be specific when it comes to taliban activities, including roadside bombs, suicide bombs. The u. S. Will conduct counterterror activities during this period. There was also an understanding that the taliban doesnt necessarily control all of th
To covering live house coverage here on cspan as they gavel in eight bills today, including antilynching legislation. The speakr pro tempore the house will be in order. He prayer will be offere by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain onroy let us pray. Dear lord, we give you thanks foriving us another day. Use thismoment to be e reminded of your presence c1 tap the resoces needed by the members of this peos house to do their work as w as it upon those torn nation and upon the members of this assembly who struggle to see the shared hope for a Better Future in those withwhom they disagree. Fo many americans, the holy season of lent begins tomorrow d foreheads are marked this as men andwomen and as a reminder of your power to thrugh our failures all this day and through the week, may our representatives do teir best to find solutions to pressing issues facig our nation. Please hasten the day when justice and love shall dwell in the hearts of all peoples and rule the affairs of the nation
Simple and digging for the truth families of mexicos drug war victims accuse the government of failing them in the say for their relatives. Coming up in sports 2 giants of african football play form of the continents major titles away from home soil as the super cup kicks off in qatar. Thank you very much for joining us the Chinese Government has confirmed that 6 healthcare workers have died from corona virus more than 1700 others have been infected most of them in a province c. F. The center of the outbreak this raises concerns about the shortage of medical resources. The National Health commission is very concerned about this with issue technical guidelines for the prevention and control. Corona virus infections within medical institutions and weve given a special notice of virus controls to key areas and the fever departments of key hospitals through these documents we have opposed to special requirements on hudson the personal protection of medical workers now there are nearly 6500