Election in favor of donald trump. 18 years of war in afghanistan could end in a little more than a week a deal that calls for a 7 day reduction of violence takes effect in half an hours time and after that the taliban says it will sign a peace deal with america the u. S. Involvement in afghanistan began in 20011 month after the 911. 00 attacks washington launched air strikes and a Ground Invasion to remove the taliban from power well than 12000 american soldiers are still in afghanistan thousands more from nato allies and partners countries are also there some 2400 american troops have been killed since the operation began and the u. S. Is estimated to have spent more than one trillion dollars during its mission. Jordan joins us live from washington d. C. As a resident a lot resting on this reduction of violence do we know what it what will be judged to be enough of the induction lauren we dont know what is the standard for nuff of a reduction in violence and that is the rub because t
18 years of war in afghanistan could end in a little more than a week a deal that calls for a 7 day reduction of violence is now in effect and after that the taliban says it will sign a peace deal with america u. S. Involvement in afghanistan began in 20011 month after the 911. 00 attacks washington launched air strikes and a Ground Invasion to remove the taliban from power within 12000. 00 american soldiers are still in afghanistan thousands more from nato allies and partners countries are also there some 2400 american troops have been killed since the operation began and the u. S. Is estimated to spent more than one trillion dollars during its mission. Joins us live from washington d. C. So a lot is resting on this reduction of violence do we know what will be judged to be enough of reduction we dont know lauren and that is perhaps the biggest obstacle to getting to a signing ceremony in doha on february 29th both sides the United States and the taliban have agreed that there needs t
Epidemic although that window of opportunity is not only to contain the outbreak we still have a chance to contain it but while doing that we have to keep it at the same time for any eventuality because this outbreak could go any direction it could even be messy. But what im saying is its. If we when it was in the not only window of opportunity we can reverse any old we can i very much any. Serious crisis democratic president ial hopeful Bernie Sanders says ward russia to stay out of the us elections it follows reports that american intelligence agencies warned congress that the kremlin was meddling to boost both sanders and Donald Trumps campaign. An agreement thats supposed to usher in peace in afghanistan has come into effect a taliban on the u. S. Have begun what theyre calling a weeklong reduction in violence with a 1000 afghans dying every month the pause offers hope but also raises some awkward questions as john 100 reports from washington. In kabul where bullets bombs and siren
Province in just a few days. And are the Saudi Led Coalition has confirmed that one of its warplanes has crashed in northern yemen you see rebels say they shot the jet down in the province on friday using an advanced surface to air missile who these have released a video which they say shows them striking the plane they also say at least 30 people have been killed in retaliatory air strikes saudi arabias foreign minister says that riyadh is still committed to back travel peace talks with the who thiis ramadan has more from sun up and says the jets downing has raised tension in the region. This latest video by the. Home of the run t. V. Satellite channel has shewn. There may be have been able to shoot down the the fighter jets but we can we could not verify the authenticity of that this is the of the video photos but according to this for video that the missile has the the this. Fighter jet. The tornado fighter jet and also we have seen in this photo is the 2 pilots have come out of the
The capital. Not backing down the french Prime Minister says hes determined to push ahead with Pension Reforms as wide days of nationwide strikes. The president of south sudan reaches a deal with the Opposition Leaders to form a unity government but differences between the political rivals remain. A u. S. Congressional committee has cleared the way for a historic vote of impeachment against President Donald Trump the house of representatives will hold a 6 hour debate ahead of the vote on wednesday trump is facing charges of abuse of power and obstruction of congress hes warned his political rivals theyre waging a war on democracy and called the vote ridiculous our White House Correspondent kimberly hellcat has more. In advance of an expected vote to impeach the u. S. President in the house of representatives Donald Trumps land the case against him the whole impeachment thing is a hoax we look forward to getting on to the senate. Were not entitled to lawyers were not entitled to witness