Have a Company Welcome to aljazeera after 18 months of talks and nearly 2 decades of war the u. S. And the Afghan Taliban have just signed a long way to deal paving the way to peace and the departure of foreign troops now the leader of the taliban delegation mullah baradar and the u. S. Envoy for peace in afghanistan zalmay her sign the agreement in doha watched by dignitaries including the u. S. Secretary of state and Foreign Ministers from qatar and pakistan under the deal the u. S. And nato say theyll pull out all foreign troops within 14 months if the taliban honors its part of the agreement and that includes a 135. 00 day initial period to reduce violence both sides of also agree to exchange as many as up to 6000 prisoners. The u. S. Secretary of state might pompei or says the agreement is a crucial 1st step towards peace this agreement will mean nothing and todays good feelings will not last if we dont take concrete actions on commitments and promises that have been made when it
Parliamentary election with conservative expected to hold on to power after a moderate and reformist candidates were excluded. Hello welcome to the news the number of new coronavirus cases in china dropped on friday the government says it recorded almost 400 new infections thats a fall of more than half from the previous day but numbers are on the rise in other countries italy has confirmed its 1st death from the virus public spaces have been shut down in 10 towns in lombardy province after 15 new cases were found there south korea has the most cases outside of china and theyve had their largest spike in infections over half of those a members of a religious sect in the city of day. The virus has killed more than 2000 people and infected more than 76000 others as the number of deaths outside china continues to rise the World Health Organization chief has issued this warning about the virus outbreak. Although that window of opportunity is a no no we need to contain the outbreak we still
Truce between the u. S. And the taliban comes into effect in afghanistan paving the way for a peace deal to be signed next week. Vote counting is underway in Irans Parliamentary election with conservatives expected to hold on to power after moderate a reformist candidates were excluded. Hello the theres been an increase in the number of new coronavirus cases outside of china italy has confirmed its 1st death from the virus and public spaces have been shut down in 10 towns in lombardy province after 15 new cases were found there south korea has the most cases outside of china and theyve had their largest spike in infections over half of the 346 patients there are members of a religious sect in the city of daegu meanwhile china. As reported a drop in new cases with 400 recorded on friday thats a fall of more than 50 percent from the previous day or as the number of deaths outside china continues to rise the World Health Organization chief has issued this warning about the corona Virus Ou
Community has not shown the necessary reaction to have targets attacks until now the actions of half taught and his supporters are an open violation of the Un Security Councils reason lucians. Has more now from berlin. Well some of the bilateral beatings on the sidelines of the conference. Taking place now under way one of those key moments will be a meeting between the russian president putin for the reporting of the turkish president because of. The true leaders took the center stage of the talks here in berlin because ultimately according to many sources the of the ones to shape the future of libya. In other news has been more violence on the streets of hong kong after prodemocracy demonstrators attempted to march through the city in defiance of a ban riot police fired tear gas at protesters in arrested several people thousands had gathered in the center of the city for the demonstration or thought is had approved the rally as long as participants stayed in one location but police w
Taiwans Pro Independence leader in power much to the annoyance of china. Now iran has admitted its military shot down a ukrainian passenger jet by accident killing all 176 people on board the plane crashed shortly after takeoff from tehran on wednesday after iran fired missiles targeting u. S. Forces based in iraq western countries have been piling pressure on iran which it spent days denying that it was responsible for the crash well the iranian president Hassan Rouhani tweeted saying the armed forces and tunnel investigation has concluded that regrettably missiles fired due to human error caused the horrific crash of the ukrainian plane and deaths of 176 innocent people investigations continue to identify and prosecute this great tragedy and unforgivable mistake but well go live to rob reynolds in washington d. C. In just a moment but lets begin with a setback in tehran. This admission is coming off to days and days of denial so whats precipitated this now. Well yes it has come after