Warns the global risk of coronavirus is now very high around 50 countries already affected. Stocks in the u. S. Continue to slide coronavirus takes its toll on global markets. Hello after a week of what was labeled a reduction of violence in afghanistan the u. S. And Afghan Taliban are expected to sign a provisional peace deal that could put an end to americas longest running war President Donald Trump is sending his top diplomatic qatar for the historic signing and says the Afghan People should embrace the chance for a new future but theres a long way to go the deal is seen as a possible 1st phase for the taliban to hold talks with the. Government in kabul to decide the future course of the country so lets take a look at how we got to this point the talks began in september 28th with the appointment of the u. S. Special envoy. Himself an immigrant from afghanistan so american diplomats military representatives and the taliban held more than a dozen rounds of negotiations in doha with
To move that number to 0 in afghanistan the pentagon has said it wants to see a cut of about a 3rd from about 12013002 about 8500 and thats because of the pentagons view the Afghan Military isnt Strong Enough to protect the country from external threats or to maintain the peace within its borders and so the u. S. Has an interest in staying in afghanistan before he left to go to doha for saturdays signing ceremony the secretary of state micron peo told reporters earlier this week that the u. S. Also has a counterterrorism a concern in afghanistan and so there is still going to be some sort of u. S. Military presence that may not sit well with the taliban but thats certainly one of the issues on the table the other issue getting back some 5000 taliban fighters out of the custody of the Afghan Military certainly the taliban wants its people back there those in the Afghan Government who say no this could create a new internal Security Threat but that is something that is also being conside
Infection was confirmed last month. U. S. Stocks have their worst week since the 2008 financial crisis as investor concern mounts about the Economic Impact of the virus. The. Uproar at the french oscars over Roman Polanski is best director award why does he elicit such anger more than 40 years after his rape conviction. After a week of what was described as a reduction of violence in afghanistan the u. S. And the Afghan Taliban are expected of a provisional peace deal that could put an end to americas longest running war. For President Trump is sending his top diplomat to kassa for the historic signing and says the Afghan People should embrace the child its all the new feature but theres still a long way to go the deal is seen as a possible fest phase the next step would be for the taliban to talk with the government in kabul in order to decide the future of the country. Is our correspondent and she has more from washington certainly the taliban would like to see all u. S. Forces leavi
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Normal to about 80 degrees. Water going to go about 5 degrees above that. We have big cooling changes in the forecast for the end of the week. More on that in a few minutes. The issue is north come iing in the area. We have this big jam. We have two crashes. It means there will be a half hour to clear the crash just about in north main. That will be issue. Now it means in lafayette, they are seeing a lighter flow of traffic. Breaking news out of the south bay. Four people and a suspect are dead after a tense standoff in san jose. Its a story that took a quick turn overnight. We check in with you about 30 minutes ago. Anything new now . Were see inging a lot of the neighbors come out and take a look. You can see with the daylight how intense this got with the Armored Vehicle here. One neighbor tells me that the suspect jumped the fence and ran into his home to escape the shooting. Now two people and the suspect are dead inside the home. You can hear the flash bang and shots that followe