Due to be charged in connection with the murder of her 2nd wife. The deal thats supposed to be one step towards peace in afghanistan is due to begin in a few hours time the taliban and the us will begin what theyre calling a reduction of violence as of midnight if the 7 day deal proves to be a success both sides will sign an accord at the end of the month paving the way for peace talks between the taliban and other afghan groups. The u. S. Presence in afghanistan well it began in 2001 a month after the attacks of 911. 00 it launched air strikes and a Ground Invasion to remove the taliban from power more than 12000. 00 u. S. Soldiers are still in the country thousands more from nato allies and partner countries are also there some 2000. And 400. 00 american troops have been killed since the operation began and the u. S. Is estimated to have spent more than a trillion dollars on its mission them live now to washington and our correspondents rowson and jordan rose so many variables here i
Festival Helena Humphrey and David Leavitts have been taking in all the action from the red carpet. Hollywood Actor Johnny Depp is making waves here at the festival with the World Premiere of his latest movie minamata will have a sneak preview for you of that runs under kathy pixels latest release coming up a little later on the show. Time soon is almost gone though its good to have you with us iranians are voting and a parliamentary election but many moderate candidates have been barred from competing by Irans Guardian Council the countrys president Hassan Rouhani has urged people to vote amid predictions of a low turnout many are expected to boycott the poll to defy the countrys leaders the election comes amid ongoing Economic Hardship under crippling u. S. Sanctions conservative iranian hardliners looks at. To dominate the election. Lets go to dave you correspondent to a set top a she is at a polling station in tehran for us hi took a set tell us what the voter turnout has been like
A deal that was supposed to be a step towards peace in afghanistan is due to began in a few hours time on the taliban in the u. S. All began with her calling a were duction of violence starting at midnight if the 7 day deal proves a success both sides will sign an accord at the end of the month paving the way for peace talks between the taliban and other afghan groups the New York Times has published an opinion piece by the deputy leader of the taliban titled what we the taliban want. Shit. Conny says the withdrawal of Foreign Forces of the 1st and foremost demand of the armed group he goes on to say a liberated afghanistan will have an islamic system where all afghans have equal rights and that includes the rights of women granted by islam to access work and education despite 18 months of talks and qatar accordion says washington does not trust the group completely and that the feeling is mutual he also says the taliban will be committed to all International Conventions as long as the
Donald trump. Finally worshipping at the temple of trump well tell you about one mans american idol. Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us attention is shifting from china to south korea as the country sees a spike in new cases of the coronavirus south korea now harbors the greatest number of infections outside of china as we go to air more than 200 koreans have tested positive with the disease thats could drupal the number from earlier this week theres been one death so far a man from the city of chengdu oh but most of the new cases have centered around the city of die a good thats where a group of people congregated for religious services. Immobile teams dispatched and daegu to disinfect the site of the countrys worst mass outbreak of the coronavirus. Church of jesus where 61 year old with. Attended services while infected Health Authorities describe it as a super spreading event the mayor has advised people to stay indoors raising fears that this city of 2500
Minister heads to south africa hours before he was due to be charged in connection with the murder of his 2nd wife. And im he said with your support the u. S. Womens Football Team on 66000000. 00 in damages in a discrimination case plus a 16 year old gives india a flying start in the opening match of the womens team to win the world cup the games champions australia. Ok lets get going to afghanistan where an agreement thats supposed to usher in peace is to take effect in just a few hours time the taliban and the u. S. Will begin what theyre calling a quote reduction of violence as of midnight if the 7 day deal proves a success both sides will sign an accord at the end of the month paving the way for talks between the taliban and other afghan groups and the u. S. Has said it wants to pull it strips out of afghanistan live now to washington and my colleague our current correspondent she has she have just take us through the choreography of the next week in theory. So we have the 7 days o