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 they are compatible with islamic principles sure tons he joins us live from washington d. C. So she what are we here in the u. S. About this. Just of this understanding is underway after a bit of controversy actually about that editorial some some in the u. S. Actually at the New York Times itself suggesting that this op eds perhaps shouldnt have been published given the spans record as as a deputy leader of the taliban. We do know though that this is something that donald trump has made a priority since last summer he wanted to be able to say that he succeeded in bringing the troops home from afghanistan where president obama failed over president obama also a campaign that was all trumped that on bringing the troops home from this very unpopular longest war in u. S. History after thousands of died trillions of dollars have been spent we now know about all the lies that were told by both the Bush Administration ill be a bomber administration with the publication of the afghanistan papers last year the end of last year by the the Washington Post this is a very unpopular war all the democratic president ial candidates say that they want to bring the troops back home dont try to be able to say look i did it i did it well president obama failed but theres still various questions about this deal weve had persistent reports about secret out of access for secret out axes in this in this deal which means perhaps that this full withdrawal is slightly less of the 1st seems according to the reports about the secret annexes bear is a deal in there which allows what the u. S. Is calling counterterrorism troops and a long term presence of counterterrorism troops 8600 in afghanistan 8600 is 200 more than when obama was left office so is this actually a withdrawal were still entirely sure that apparently the addicts is also a provision which allows the taliban to deny along to the taliban to deny that there is a long term u. S. Presence in afghanistan but there are all sorts of questions i mean is this a withdrawal of 8600 troops are going to be there long term on counterterrorism raids on the war is over now were simply in counterterrorism murdered its not going to be good no if the election im sure the president from supporting it will be making the most about if that is what seems to be happening. Live in washington thank you. As a security analyst in afghanistan he says the New York Times opinion is the talibans political and military leadership are on the same page now. The african government the International Community the United States of america tried its best over the past 18 years to fragment the taliban into various groups and then there was this criticism and lack of trust where it is said that the political wing of taliban in qatar and its military wing and quit to and in afghanistan odd not on the same page when it comes to depress processes deal pled out was published by New York Times written by the talibans dippy son of a commie the strong words of argentina conny theres eclat indication what he wanted to convey was basically that the military wing of the taliban and its political wing on the same page when it comes to the Peace Agreement the taliban and its commanders are now working there so what does this reduction in violence means yes its quite vague its weak for the Afghan Government its wait for it its for the Coalition Forces but habs because the doctrine and violence does not necessitate translates into a complete full fledged ceasefire reduction in violence will it happen because for the past 2 years all sides have been trying to pressurize each other on the negotiating tables on the military front trying to have leverage what they want and finally they have agreed on something and just before if they were to sign it on the february of 29th this one week window is very important for the sake of confidence building. Iranians have a few hours left to vote in an election which is likely to change the shape of parliament it said to become more conservative after thousands of candidates mostly reformists and moderates were barred from running by the Guardian Council that is irans constitutional watchdog those prevented from standing include dozens of members of the Outgoing Parliament and the u. S. Responded by imposing new sanctions on members of that council accusing them of rigging the election irans leaders are calling for a high turnout so theres a new tech t. V. Voting is a religious duty which we have said in the past and the truth is that elections guarantee the National Interests of iran and anyone who believes in the National Interest of this country should participate my advice is that everyone should vote with whatever it opinions they have formed and to do so early and do not leave this to the last minute but rather vote early in the day sebago is live for us in the capital tehran so its towards the end of the day as far as the polling how has the turnout bad. Well so far at this polling station its been relatively busy because thats where the media have been turning up this is where were allowed to film but we have seen polling stations across the city that have been relatively quiet now voter turnout on average into her on his run 47 percent now we believe that could be considerably know at this time around the latest figures we have in terms of nationwide does of 3 pm local time here it was a round 19 percent but as you say polls are still open for a few i was yet that could be extended but people have been staying away from voting and then theres a number of issues the country suffering from economic sanctions inflation last year was a run or 2 percent unemployment has increase in the cost of living has increased weve spoken to people have told us that theyre paying more for food that paying more for meat some people eating less meat but of course there is the issue of those reformist and modernist candidates that have been bought from stunning white that elected the Guardian Council that gets those candidates and many. Of them have stayed away from the front from voting their supporters have come out to vote even though president rouhani has urged people to come out and vote the Supreme Leader has a be able to come out and vote if that doesnt seem like thats actually happening and now were never the voter turnout is low its the conservatives to us that to benefit because they have that support base that always comes out and cast their ballots so if in fact there are the parliament does turn conservative what might that mean for domestic and foreign policies in iraq. Well that makes it very difficult for president rouhani with the conservative party to now the conservatives generally dont want direct negotiations with the United States in fact they were against 2015 nuclear deal they believe that iran should negotiate from a position of power and strength so whenever you see iran show off its military strength and iran shut down that american drone last year it was a cause of celebration of pride for the conservatives because they believe its irans military strength that very much see themselves as underdogs taking on this mighty u. S. Power and they believe that they the country has to be strong it has to be economically strong and independent and militarily strong and thats the only way that they can actually talk to the United States for us the martin is the reformist went into this 2015 nuclear deal but also its weakened president rouhani because when the modern this came in to power they offered they made promises economic promises and they havent been able to deliver on those partly because of the sanctions after the United States pulled out of that nuclear deal in 2018 but partly also because theyve been able to change the system so many people are disappointed many people have lost hope and if the conservatives when this election that means next years president ial election very much could see a conservative president in power ok i said bank and tehran. Thank you. Millions of people have been urged to stay indoors to south korea becomes the country with the highest number of corona virus infections outside China Health Authorities have announced one death and 204 cases nationwide raw macbride reports in the Southern City of to go. The city of daegu is at the center of an outbreak of the corona virus that has the whole of south korea worried with nearly all of the new cases of infection linked to this church a branch of the shin changi church of jesus its believed people attending services here became infected some of whom then travel to other towns and cities in south korea infecting more people daegu and the neighboring city and now the focus of a National Effort to contain the outbreak children hooked into the government will take special measures by designating. Areas and special care zones as a sudden hike in numbers of the confirmed cases have been reported from there its thought many of the new cases of infection were due to one woman member of the church who also travelled widely around daegu city before finally being diagnosed the man has ordered everyone to remain at home bringing the city of 2 and a half 1000000 to a virtual standstill special medical centers have been set up to treat the expected increase in new cases in the capital seoul preventive measures are being taken while other branches of the shin chunky church of jesus have been closed. And large scale rallies that usually take place at the weekends have been banned. With the spread of the virus we plan to take momentous measures in order to protect the elderly who are vulnerable to this contagious disease so will ban the use of public squares where many citizens gather back in daegu people anxiously wait to see if this outbreak has been contained or if this is the start of something bigger usually on a friday evening this downtown shopping going to Entertainment District would be packed with people on this evening its nearly deserted as most tuesdays stay away and wait to see what happens next bride aljazeera daegu south korea. And in china several health and communist Party Officials have been fired after more than 200 people are infected by corona virus inside prisons cases were reported into jails in the. Provinces inmates and Prison Guards make up most of the 258 new cases reported outside the epicenter on thursday the government says for branched of measures were poorly carried out iran is reporting 2 more krone virus deaths bringing its total to 4 and lebanon says a woman who arrived from iran has the virus israel has confirmed its 1st case a passenger who returned from that quarantine cruise ship near tokyo and in europe italy is reporting 6 infections and ukraine fears over the spread of the coronavirus turned into violent confrontations with police on thursday or testers threw rocks at buses carrying a back uys who were returning from home from china and the president reassured locals that they dont pose any danger. Still ahead on aljazeera as the next democratic primary approaches in nevada find out what the party is trying to avoid the problems that caused chaos in iowa and thailand an Opposition Party led by a billionaire who challenge the military backed government. How is wall stoke coming to japan to the west side of the high ground and to the lower ground in her car to all curses this hump of cloud here which originates in the cold more or less on himalayan plateau and that develops as it picks up some warm so for the east sea sit down for the air thats being tucked into its not as cold as it was homines at minus 5 not months 10 minus 15 which is quite reasonable for this time of the the suns doing his work to the west so that is up to about 10 in beijing there are a few showers down in southern and Central China but not that many is mostly a fine looking picture that is the cold siddons more reliable not as wet snow coming in for the day after to the sacks and again we watch the sun still really bring the showers northward so for most to be talking about wet weather in the days its still the rainy season but theres more evidence now showers in indonesia and if not on saturday then on sunday the far south to thailand will see them gather once again their potential in the eyes of the kuala lumpur and i think also if the singapore for india is a good scattering of showers now showing up in the north and in the poll and of course in tamil nadu and sri lanka its not unusual for this time the its good to see them slowly got the stuff just the air up as well. 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And south korea has announced another spike in corona virus infections bringing the national told 204 its now the worst affected country outside china the government is imposing emergency measures. A suitors Prime Minister has failed to show up to court where he was expected to be charged in connection with the murder of his 2nd wife thomas body secretary says he isnt south africa attending a doctors appointment as a strange way to follow it to bonnie was shot dead to her home in 2017 the Prime Ministers 3rd wife bonnie has been charged with ordering that murder she has denied any involvement. The Prime Minister had to be taken to. For this emergency a medical checkup because it is a flag that what is happening. Has adversely affected. Especially he smiled and also taking into consideration that hes a very elderly person so he got to be upset thats why were here to make sure that the rules of the force are africa but when he comes back hes the east to the magistrate here east charges against him and plead their way to be 1. 00 to 2. 00 pleat a minimal or has been according from the courthouse in the capitalists a room he says theres been speculation the Prime Minister all be returning. They are people you know would certainly think that the Prime Minister is is trying to evade the cotton perhaps no has no a tear in tension on appearing on these charges they have been they have been rumors and this hasnt been verified that he perhaps is looking for political asylum in south africa we do know the Prime Minister has cities met with the south african president s a little more puerto. Up or so has previously been a mediator in some of the political difficulties that lawsuit has been experiencing the Deputy Police commissioner has said that its too early to issue a warrant of arrest to try and get the Prime Minister back in the suit to and this would then imply that the police does see this doctors appointment as a good enough reason for the Prime Minister not to be in court but there also has been speculation around political interference it is a very politically sensitive case of very complex one especially for a party the all pursue to convention that coalition that has its own difficulties in terms of internal tensions and people who both supported Prime Minister but also people who want him gone the Prime Minister had said that he would resign he would instead in fact he would retire at the end of july due to his age and when he made the statement to people in a suit to he didnt touch on the issue of the scandal the charges that he is facing instead i suppose normalizing the fact that he would be stepping down germanys interior minister says the threat from far right groups is very high following wednesday the tax in the western city of her now 9 people were killed when a gunman opened fire at 2 shisha bars its being treated as an act of terrorism after a manifesto by the shooter was found online extra police are patrolling mosques train stations and airports across the country bettles have been held in several cities. I want to say and repeat clearly once again faraz extremism anti semitism and racism poisons that confuse peoples minds and causes evil to emerge so thats what we need to acknowledge off of the fall rights actions in the. Therefore we must oppose racism in society and politicians must work shoulder to shoulder to combat the consequences the un is again calling for a halt in violence in Northern Syria saying it could doesnt generate into a bloodbath theres been intense shelling between opposition and Syrian Government forces who are making their prayers for the last rebel held area 2 turkish troops were killed in an earth strike on thursday turkeys president says he will not withdraw from the region and i should type hard won and Russias Vladimir Putin or 2 to discuss the conflict on a phone call later friday and the u. K. More than 100 flood warnings had been in place after some areas report of the highest water levels in 40 years 2 storms caused heavy damage to a number of communities in both england and wales earlier this week at least 3 people have died in flash floods have hit the city jakarta and a nation that is south of the capital jakarta 6 tunes were killed 5 others are missing or than 200. 00 students were on a field trip in that area officials have launched a search and rescue operation journalist in the philippines are protesting attempts to stop them discussing the potential closure of the countrys Largest Television network the governments top lawyer asked the Supreme Court for a gag order on tuesday the government wants to cancel the franchise of the a. B. S. Network and its been a fierce critic of president a very good return today. A popular Opposition Party in thailand has been dissolved by the Constitutional Court future forrester prominence and last years election but his sense face several legal challenges which at sierra say are politically motivated and have reports from bangkok. There was anger and sadness his supporters gathered at the headquarters of the future Forward Party to watch the verdict the Constitutional Court judges ruled that the Opposition Party be dissolved and that 16 leaders banned from politics for 10 years is. The case surrounded the more than 6000000. 00 given to the party by its leader tom anton jong room ruling kid the party said it was a loan which was being paid back and therefore exempt from laws in thailand that restrict the amount of money that can be given to a Political Party by an individual the judges disagreed and ruled that it was a donation while in excess of the legal limits future forward says it will now become a Political Movement and fight hong kong got the light out they wanted to destroy us this is the time to prove them wrong we have to become stronger they want to stone person to the ground therefore this is the time to stand firm its not the time to be said to cry we dont have time for that. This body delved into areas that others have and like going to reform one of the most powerful Political Forces in thailand the military but their ideas proved popular with many thais perhaps too popular and the military and the courts moved against them. The election last year the 1st since a 2014 coup was also future forwards 1st and it won more than 6000000. 00 votes. It was an outcome that perhaps surprised the military that had spent the preceding years devising a new political system that many believe was designed to maintain its grip on power it now seems inevitable that thailands fight for democracy will once again be taken to the streets no longer going to win and we. Cant live like this thailand is going backward we have no choice but to stand together please come out people we cannot only rely on tunnel torn anymore this was the 4th major Opposition Party to be dissolved by the courts in 13 years most of future forwards m. P. s will be able to continue in parliament under a Different Party name but the ban on the leaders will increase the majority of the government which perhaps coincidentally faces a vote of no confidence next week when hey al jazeera bangkok the next stage of the us president ial election process begins on this saturday when voters in nevada choose their preferred democrat to oppose President Donald Trump and add a caucus as a what is widely considered to be a disastrous failure in the Iowa Caucuses earlier this month and a bad answer came to avoid those mistakes our reynolds reports from las vegas. At an early voting location in las vegas people waited in line for over an hour to cast their ballots. For me 1st volunteers help the voters enter their names and addresses into tablets next to voters fill out their preferences for the democratic nomination on a paper form finally the secret paper ballot is checked then dropped into a ballot box results will be tabulated on computers spreadsheets and sent by wife i linked to party precincts and state headquarters for most voters the process went smoothly it was relatively easy to understand i mean just a kind of a pain to come out here and you know do it but i think its something thats necessary a flawed Smartphone App and a failed Communication System led to the spectacular breakdown of the Iowa Caucuses something nevada is anxious not to repeat the Nevada Democratic party did the app but election experts say the caucuses will use some new technologies without providing adequate training what we hear from leaks coming out of this train sessions is that its fairly chaotic the Technology Solution should have been fully baked and finished at least a couple of months ago volunteer and Community Organizer huey new incentives the system is working well so far we are tracking and support checking to make sure that the data audit same on paper and on a tablet caucus volunteers and experts here say the decision to have early voting was key taking off much of the pressure to count all the votes at once and help avoid an iowa style caucus meltdown the question is can they integrate the early voting into the precinct voting thats going to happen on saturday and do that seamlessly im not saying there would not be any this is but they wont hold up the entire. World thats good because the world wants to know how that will shape the democratic race and ultimately the election in november that it wants to know fast rob reynolds 0 las vegas. International Monetary Fund has warned argentina that its debt burden is unsustainable the country is battling to avoid another default raising fears among ordinary argentinians of a full blown economic crisis for us about reports about us r s. I was hoping his pension would be readjusted this year. Argentina has one of the highest inflation rates in the world and he was disappointed when he found out that despite being paid on 240. 00 a month he would not benefit from the latest government incentive because of a lack of money. My wife owns a minimum pension and she got a small increase but somehow im considered to be rich with this out of the make and you can barely survive i were rich i wouldnt be in this clinic id be somewhere where the decent if i had to come to the hospital. He is not the only pensioner whos struggling this days argentina is coping with recession inflation growing poverty and billions of dollars in debt. For many here it brings back memories of 2001 economic collapse when argentina was isolated from the International Markets after it failed to pay to debt relief the administration of president out of the financial this and the i. M. F. Seem to agree on one issue that debt payments are unsustainable argentinas new government says that it needs to restructure debt with the i. M. F. And private phone holders in order to focus on growth to get out of the current economic crisis negotiations are well underway but its not clear yet whether this country will be able to prevent the hold on a sovereign debt once again. Since taking Office President families has increased taxes and strengthened currency controls in an attempt to prevent the loss of much needed u. S. Dollars i think but this is what this government sure it is going to achieve it but i think what theyre thinking that even though theyre not saying it the ending at some sort of competent change rate that helps and keep the external accounts and balance get that debt restructuring risk howard stern at least from the financial point of view reduce the interest burden for the next year or 2 and there was this tried to spread the message. Argentina has had a long history with the i. M. F. And foreign creditors and there are many especially my governing coalition who say payments should be suspended and of the government of former president. Argentina took on our own 100000000000. 00 in foreign debt that people like. The debt should be investigated going to the i. M. F. Billions of dollars to mark green because dont you trump his full support knowing the argentina couldnt pay it they did it so might create would be reelected but it didnt happen the i. M. F. Violated its own regulations and now they want to tell us what we should do. For amanda says his priority is to help societys most vulnerable as he struggles with foreign creditors but his policies are not reaching everyone in the same way many fear another default could make the situation even worse. When a site is. To get the headlines right now on al jazeera a deal thats supposed to be a step towards peace in afghanistan is due to get in a few hours the taliban of the u. S. Will again what theyre calling it were duction of violence starting at midnight sharp or towns in washington d. C. He says there are many Unanswered Questions about this day. Weve had persistent reports about secret our mixes for secret armagh says in this in this deal which means perhaps that this full with rule is. A good 1st seems according to the reports about the secret are nixons bear is a deal in there which allows what the us is calling counterterrorism troops im alone term president s have come to terms and troops are 8600 in afghanistan or 8600 is 200 more than when obama was left office there is actually a withdrawal we still dont entirely sure well such as Prime Minister has failed to show up at court where he was expected to be charged in connection with the murder of his 2nd wife thomas to money secretary says he is in south africa attending a doctors appointment as a strange wife to follow its vonnie was shot dead near her home in 2017 the Prime Ministers 3rd wife messiah to bonnie has been charged with ordering to pillows murder she has denied any involvement the parliament had given Prime Minister to body until thursday to step down voting is under way in irans parliamentary elections thousands of candidates mostly reformists and moderates have been barred from running around leaders who are calling for a high turnout. South korea has announced another spike in front of virus infections bringing the National Total now to 204. 00 so its now the worst affected country outside china the government is imposing a merchant sea measures the u. N. Is again calling for a halt and the violence in Northern Syria saying it could degenerate into a bloodbath there is spent and tense shelling between opposition and Syrian Government forces who are making their push for the last rebel held area to turkish troops were killed in a nurse strike on thursday turkeys president says he will not withdraw from the region which it typer the law and in Russias Vladimir Putin they are in 2 to discuss all of this in a phone call later on friday. So the headlines keep it here on aljazeera we have a news hour at the top of the hour main time stream is next. We understand the difference is similarities of cultures across the world sentimental value taking aljazeera bringing you the news and Current Affairs that matter to you. To see you. Josh rushing filling in for me ok and you are in the story today do no harm is the main tenet of the hippocratic oath but what happens when doctors have to navigate a system that can prevent them from putting patients 1st today will explore what some are calling a Public Health emergency in the u. S. Doctors who are so burned out that they are quitting or worse killing themselves in shocking numbers why is the system letting doctors and patients down are you a medical professional we want to hear from you join the conversation in our live you tube chat to doctors have already sort of sort thoughts here take a look doctors have the highest suicide rate of any profession im going to talk to a suicide hotline