Balance between heritage and modernity concerns about change for one of istanbuls most prominent landmarks. Afghanistans government negotiators and the taliban have started his start talks to try and decades of war the unprecedented missing in the could tare capital follows months of delays at stake during these talks a permanent ceasefire the rights of women and minorities and how taliban fighters will be disarmed osama bin reports from. After decades of war and conflict of london stand finally has a shot at peace. This is a former of the minister whose governments been fighting the taliban. Here is the cofounder of the taliban still a potent fighting force. Once on enemies they sit in the same room facing each other for the 1st time since the start of the nearly 2 decades long afghan war follows a photo shoot we want all the people of afghanistan to be reunited under one roof again after more than 42 years of upheavals aggressions jihad and resistance all the negatives might differ but we all know what happened to us throughout these years and where we stand today we now need to address this unique opportunity to move towards a new future that we can define together it took months to initiate the interest of gun dialogue the taliban insisted on the release of 5000. 00 prisoners before talks could begin and in turn released 1000 Afghan Government detainees their protests we have acted accordingly to all the points outlined in the previous agreement and we are requesting the other side to act accordingly to those things that have been agreed to so we can have this process without any problems ahead we want of understand to be an independent developed country and it should have a form of islamic system where all its citizens see themselves reflected. In february the Us Government agreed to pull out its troops from afghanistan provided the taliban guaranteed to hold attacks against the u. S. And its allies as the end of the longest running u. S. Warney is leaders want to remind allies they will not be left behind each of you i hope you will look inside your heart. Each of you carry a great responsibility. But no know that youre not. The entire world want you to succeed and if counting are you succeeding since the u. S. Agreement was signed in february thousands of people have been killed in fighting between Taliban Forces and the Afghan Government major issues such as the talibans insistence on an Islamic Emirate and position on the rights of women and the constitution need to be resolved if the road to achieve intra of gone dialogue was hard getting results out of it is going to be even harder both the Afghan Government delegation as well as the delegation being led by the taliban need to make compromises both sides agree that they are willing to make those compromises the weeks and days ahead are going to determine whether its going to be successful some of the job and others there are the well the u. N. Secretary general attended the talks virtually on tony the test says its critical that afghan women and their voices are represented in these talks an inclusive Peace Process in which women use and victims of meaningfully presented offers the best hope of a sustainable solution all parties must do their part to ensure that women participate in a variety of roles and that the Peace Process reflects the experiences and the expertise of afghan women in all their by versity the role of women in afghanistan has changed markedly since the overthrow of the taliban back in 2001 women now make up 21 percent of the labor force and nearly one 3rd of the afghan legislative body as quieter than the global average vivia is the executive director of the Georgetown University institute for women peace and security she says women need to be participating in these new talks. It is important to say to the negotiators that the rights of afghan citizens including women that are guaranteed in the constitution need to be part of any agreement that is achieved and that any future for International Assistance which is going to be absolutely critical needs to be conditioned on those rights being protected for men and women as well as having some sort of mechanism monitoring mechanism that will ensure that Going Forward should there be an agreement that these rights indeed will be protected because so much about the future of afghanistan is dependent on that occurring the women have borne so much of that violence over the last many many years but they have also enjoyed considerable gains there are so many of them today in the parliament and in the government and Civil Society doing yeomans work they are in school they are University Graduates in the rural areas they are overseeing resolution of disputes their work is essential and yes there has been a great deal of violence but but their rights are still there and they are working in that way to the extent that its been possible and so so much depends on that being preserved and protected police in bellerose have violently detained dozens of women attempting to join the latest weekend protest against president Alexander Lukashenko more than 10000 women to find the government crackdown to march town the streets of the capital mintz have been demanding the resignation since he was declared the winner of last months election which critics say was rigged. Stuff fastened was up the protests and witnessed this violence against the women. Every saturday for the last couple of weeks women have been marching here in the center of minsk its a womens march to release the Political Prisoners and also asking look at shankar to step down and listen while inspired police have in france a man he has particular live been detained in the last couple of days so women are still defiant and theyre still gathering here. Was a lot of. Women now. The women a group. Was doing the that was summoned what kind of power is this does it see people does it listen to people is this our power how does this relate to a constitution and to a Law Enforcement system these are peaceful women without weapons. A group of women is now being locked up for by the master policeman their own grieving and shouting to be released will be tensions are completely random here right now some women manage to escape by just simply jumping the fence but they are not a policeman here right now and people are screaming women are screaming why are we being detained. Great plains have 5 to protesting refugees in less boss that demanding humanitarian assistance and all resisting attempts to relocate them on tuesday was destroyed the morea camp europes largest leaving 12000 people without shelter John Psaropoulos reports. The arrest of an elderly man sparks violence after news pulse the arresting officers with rocks. And they respond with tear gas women and children sitting nearby panic and seek shelter in the islands municipal refugee camp stuff terrified to decide themselves has displaced by the burning of the main camp at moria may try to set fire to this one as well and the crush this afghan boy is separated from his parents and after inhaling tear gas an infant is rushed to hospital unconscious days have passed since greeces largest refugee camp morea down on the island of lesbos bottled up on a stretch of highway these refugees have slept rough and are hungry angry and impatient because of daily protests the army has not distributed food and water spraying even more and that weve got no place to stay for 4 or 5 days now the place to stay no food no water around the toilet would decide to go to mit lead to this show so they bring us to the mainland but the police the military the block the road since we are staying here. Theres not everybody living in the street everybody living in the bush we need freedom we dont want somalia we dont want scum we dont want to graze wanting to have a quit the comp thats when we wont look. Down the road the government is rushing to set up temporary shelter to get people off the street and out of the mountain olive grow. This is morea mark 2 an artillery range by the sea now being landscaped and fitted with tents where a few 1000 people will be able to at least temporarily a few Asylum Seekers are struggling in but theres been no Mass Transportation of them yet off the streets here however that is what your thirtys intend as soon as possible because here they can be furred and watered and their Public Safety can be assured some refugees arrive to take a look at their immediate future. And install themselves but some of this afghan children have had 2 birthdays in. School we will always get our money good moment you know i mean we are ready to die here we dont want to go and live in a tent in another camp we want freedom and all the refugees but for these People Freedom for now is brewing tea on the asphalt and camping on the driveway of a car dealership jump. Lesbos. U. S. Secretary of state mike pompei or has flown to cyprus for talks on tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean he says United States remains deeply concerned about turkeys actions in the region and is pushing for a diplomatic solution it centers on maritime areas thought to be rich in natural gas Turkey Greece and cyprus have overlapping claims to the area where nato and the e. U. Are becoming increasingly involved tech as president. Has warned his french counterpart quote not to mess with turkey on friday in my new macro. E. U. Leaders threaten new sanctions against ancora smaller than most of them euro one womans rule are do not want to mention him by name but i have to because hes messing with me hes seeing our problem is not with the turkish people but with no one mr you will continue to have a lot more problems with me. The been more protests in lebannon demanding justice over the beirut port explosion hundreds of demonstrators were met with heavy security presence as they tried to march on the president ial palace calling for accountability following last months devastating blast which killed nearly 200 people. Protesters in israel are again rallying outside Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu is residence in west jerusalem theyre calling for him to resign because hes on trial for corruption charges theres also anger about his governments handling of the coronavirus condemning israels been reporting record levels of new cases many days now. Still ahead on aljazeera hundreds of thousands of people in sudan according for help to the worst floods on record and well have the very latest on the ground there. On time is running out for survivors trapped in a gold mine in the democratic republic of congo more than 50 people unknown to thank you. Hello there across the United States it really is a country of 2 halls across the east we have some showers and thunderstorms weve even had some flooding rains across central areas and as another mass of rain on its way towards the midwest but of course out across the west it remains whole it is not as high as they have been but it really is about the rain but it will be heading to california not for several days certainly you can see here continue of course to fight all of these fires and this is what it looks like once that fire retardant has actually been deposited now temperatures all coming down certainly into the Pacific Northwest seattle on sunday a high of 21. 00 but still pretty warm further down towards the south. The rain out there in the pacific that is eventually on its way towards the Pacific Northwest probably for the beginning of the week bringing in some very welcome rain. Across the eastern half of the country. Just sitting in the gulf of mexico this is the next Tropical Storm trying to develop there it will spread its rain and strong winds along those coastal areas in the southeast continue on through monday and as a say out tools the Pacific Northwest youve got the rain eventually beginning to push in sunny through choose they were she sees them right now the winds will also change direction would have an all natural flow adding some humidity but at the same time blowing that smoke further inland. You have to choose between. Your sights and feeding your family what do you do and what happens is because we dont keep ourselves healthy when you son could face death from a dog fight or do you do very little to cover the cost of the injections can you afford them. Rooms apart and stiring solutions to. E. G. Selects on the counters and. It watching aljazeera remind our top stories this hour the 1st direct peace talks between the Afghan Government and the taliban have begun in qatar in the opening remarks the government called for an immediate cease fire while the taliban insisted it would protect minorities under an islamic system. Police in better reduce have violently detained dozens of women attempting to join the latest weekend protest against president Alexander Lukashenko they say last months election was rigged and are calling for him to resign. Great police hifi to gas at refugees in less boss they are demanding humanitarian assistance and are refusing relocation after the camp burned down on tuesday. Malis military and political groups have agreed on a plan for the countrys future after last months coup it comes after 3 days of talks in the capital bamako have agreed to an 18 month Transitional Government followed by elections former president abraham. Was ousted by the army in august after months of protests. At the local was it better than what we have achieved here gives me hope for a new mali a democratic secular prosper of founded on work social justice and equality its on this note of hope that i close these. Rescuers a scouring the rubble of a collapsed mine in the democratic republic of congo hoping to find some survivors more than 50 miners a feared dead after a gold mine near the eastern town of coming to go caved in after heavy rain hundreds of people have been trying to remove rocks and debris with their bare hands since friday the military and aid groups have recently joined the rescue effort dozens of people die each year from accidents in largely unregulated mines in the d. R. See. Hundreds of thousands of people in sudan who were displaced by heavy flooding a calling for more help their homes have been destroyed by the worst flooding in a century and they are in desperate need of shelter and basic supplies even morgan sent this report. Were here in a camp for displaced people north of the sudanese capital khartoum people who have been displaced by the heavy floods which hit the country a little over 3 weeks ago and led to the displacement of more than half a 1000000 now the people in these camps say that their village was just about 2 and a half kilometers away from the river nile and that about 60 percent of the 180 homes that were there was 3rd in the build and should have been able to withstand the force of the nile but they say that the force was stronger than their expectations breaking the sand barriers that they had put there as a precaution should the water levels rise and eventually flooding the homes and destroying them now they say that while theyve moved to this camps here their needs are still many many of them say they yet to receive the basics to be able to survive the displacement. And the looks of it we have a shortage of tents and medical aid organizations come for a day and the next day they go away even though the area has been hit by river waters there are snakes and scorpions we need antivenom serums and other things so the other main issue is the one of 10 there are not enough of them and those we have are few compared to those displaced now sudans government says its trying to respond to the needs of the people on a day to day basis it says that it cannot focus on reconstruction at the moment because the needs are huge hundreds of thousands of people affected more than 100000 homes partially or completely destroyed more than 100 People Killed and they say that they are trying to focus on the basics which is making sure that people get shelter food and clean water and now people who have been affected by those floods say that the government response has been far from enough they say that they are concerned about whats a point diseases which is currently rising amongst those displaced and in areas that have been affected by the floods theyre also concerned about the long term planning there saying that moving on from the rainy season theres going to be winter season and theyre worried that with the winter coming following the heavy floods then be forced to spend them in camps and theyre urging. The government to react. Saying that the situation is likely to go on for a while the rainy season is set to last until the end of the month and there are concerns that more and more people will be affected due to the heavy rains and due to the floods from them due to what are borne diseases than there are concerns that there will be more loss of lives as this crisis continues. A popular wrestler in iran has been executed to spite local and International Appeals to overturn his death sentence 27 year old levied of karri was convicted for killing a man 2 years ago his family says he was tortured into confessing to the murder which he didnt commit u. S. President donald trump activists and professional rest of us all recently appealed to the reigning government for clemency International OlympicCommittee Says it is shocked by the news of his execution. U. S. President donald trump is being accused of pressuring Health Officials to rush approval of unproven coronavirus treatments and alter reports on the outbreak the New York Times is reporting that trump wanted government scientists to sign off on blood plasma therapy before they were ready to do so another news outlet politico says trump aides demanded the rights review and make changes to weekly reports by the center for Disease Control they wanted to make the more optimistic in line with trumps political messaging lets get more on this were joined by a skype with Edward Joseph hes a senior fellow at John Hopkins University many thanks for speaking to us on our desire how much pressure can the Trump Administration genuinely put on Public Health bodies to fast track the approval of a vaccine before it is safe to do so. It can bring a lot of pressure we see that the president is already putting pressure here obviously on the c. D. C. Trying to. Spin their reports make sure that they the reports are positive and optimistic rather than allowing the scientists of the center for Disease Control to do what theyre supposed to do which is to tell the American People the truth and to provide accurate scientific guidelines and they are trying to pressure them this c. D. C. Its absolutely clear and those who are in the Public Health field are quite concerned about it with respect to vaccines the same is true the president has already made it clear that he expects the vaccine hes already mentioned that he wants a vaccine by election day he has pressured as you indicated for the approval of this controversy on blood plasma therapy even though it hasnt been fully approved and tested and hes also pressured other aspects of the f. D. A. And the c. D. C. Overall continuing to try to spin the news about that 19 and tried to present a false case for optimism on the control of the pen demick please the way to the Drug Companies stand on this because a vaccine rushed through which ends up flopping would one be good for business. But well it we have to remember the final approval here is not with the Drug Companies its with the f. D. A. The Drug Companies have to. Research and produce the vaccine and then test it and theyre in now what they call phase 3 trials and they have to proceed according to their protocol its up to these companies to it here are carefully and strictly for to that protocol but ultimately its the f. D. A. The federal agency the food and Drug Administration that has the approval and thats where the political influence can come we have to remember its a balance for the Drug Companies of course theres a great financial interest to be the 1st to be the one that to come out there and have the vaccine and be the 1st so theres a competition there but its up to the f. D. A. To have the Public Interest in mind and only to release a vaccine that is fully safe for the public to take please looking at some recent polls Vaccine Hesitancy remains prevail and on the rights as a recent poll saying 60 percent of republicans would not want to take at that scene so why is trump pushing this so hard. Well you what you say is right and it underscores the point here which is to make sure that this vaccine is safe we can imagine what if they release this vaccine and get it out quickly in a rush before election day and then it turns out it actually creates problems that makes people sick or is not effective we can imagine the impact then on public trust in taking a later vaccine that actually may be effective and the question that you ask is a good one because of course a lot of people in president trumps base are skeptical but overall its clear the white house sees a political benefit in delivering this what it appears to be a Silver Bullet or a fix so on balance between those who are skeptical about vaccines and those who want to see the administration actually finally do something concrete to arrest the pandemic theyve erred on the side of trying to have a big celebrant tory announcement of a baxi well it was just a good to speak to senior fellow at John Hopkins University speaking to us from washington d. C. Its Clinical Trials for a Coronavirus Vaccine in the u. K. Have regime drug company astra zeneca an Oxford University had to stop work on the project participant develops of a neurological symptoms of health regulators in the u. K. Confirmed on saturday that it is now safe for the trials to continue crowds in several german cities have come out to voice that anger against corona virus restrictions hundreds marched through munich on saturday germany has seen fewer cases and deaths compared to the rest of europe but numbers are rising off to restrictions. The u. S. State of oregon says its preparing for a mass fatality incident as wildfires rage across the west coast dozens of people have been reported as missing and half a 1000000 have been ordered to leave their homes the death toll from the fire stands at 27. 00 in california 3 of the 5 largest wildfires in the States History are currently burning. And no me a soccer has won the u. S. Open for the 2nd time in her career the japanese player beat victoria as a rank of valorise in the final asika lost the 1st set 61 hit back to win the match in 3 sets its a sucker for grand slam title success. A lot of tower is one of stumbles most recognizable landmarks but a recent Restoration Works to causing an outcry thats raising concerns about the balance between modernity and preserving the citys heritage Stephanie Decker has a story. The latter tower has watched over this city for centuries and unmistakable part of istanbul skyline it has inspired legends and romance. Which is why this video emerged just a few weeks ago many couldnt believe it i suppose we can sum it up as outrage. By many People Experts non experts because it was so obviously theyre wrong type of intervention it was like a bull in a china shop this is not how you treat such an important monument especially the ministry of culture is fine the companies are using such heavy machinery and for the methods used. Emery run issue has been living and working in this area around the tower for the past 15 years he says this kind of carelessness is part of a wider trend i see a lot of change and if there are more but these were like the wars of course russia over. This is one of the by the focus of organization actually because of the destroyed all historical stuff on earth around the globe the future. New buildings that are 3rd of course they changed the fuel off the top its not the love love love is there more it will not be the same again part of the urban character of historic istanbul a gilded him is an urban planner who specializes in Heritage Conservation she shows us around the city its not all bad news. The facade beatles the architecture is very well kept at the moment. Because authenticity is also important to the one mistake thats often made is to clean we dont want to clean all the facade up we like that layer of history. But changes are happening just across the way on popular is to close street an example of how the layers of history have been completely lost this transformation also caused public outcry sometimes with a very important Historic Building which needs do you attend to treatment of its historical fabric these may increase costs and time and short sighted developers dont have that patience so we lose. Excellence while we are trying to profit the things that give the spirit of this building or that history of istanbul or the public life of istanbul we dont really feel it anymore. Is stumble called stanton noble a capital of empires past its visited by millions of tourists every year its a city of breathtaking beauty the challenge now how to balance growth and financial gain with ensuring that stumbles history its character doesnt completely disappear Stephanie Decker aljazeera is stumble. This is al jazeera and these are your top stories the 1st direct peace talks between the Afghan Government and the taliban have begun in qatar in the remarks the government called for an immediate cease fire while the taliban insisted it will protect minorities then islam exist im for those we want all the people of afghanistan to be reunited under one roof a game after more than 42 years of upheavals aggressions jihad and resistance all the negatives might differ we all know what happened to us throughout these years and maybe its time today we no need to address this unique opportunity to move towards a new future that we can define together but. We have acted accordingly to all the points outlined in the previous agreement and we are requesting the other side to act according to those things that have been agreed to so we can have this process without any problems we want of all understand to be an independent developed country and it should have a form of islamic system where all its citizens see themselves reflected in a place in belarus have violently detained dozens of women attempting to join the latest weekend protest against president Alexander Lukashenko more than 10000 women defy the government crackdown to march down the streets of countenance. Malis military and political groups have agreed on a plan for the countrys future often last month agreed to an 18 month Transitional Government followed by elections headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after the bottom line. Frank assessments what are you saying this appeal to 6 percent of the Political Police you dont like the big stuff this is true and indepth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on aljazeera hi im Steve Clements and i have a question what is it about america that makes it number one in the world for death by gun lets get to the bottom line. Before the coronavirus hit before the Opioid Epidemic before many other invisible killers another epidemic has ravaged america for generations and thats extreme violence towards each other and an inability to bring guns under control the United States is the only country in the world that has more guns than people if you live in America Today you can buy a fast action Assault Rifle thats been Battle Tested in places like iraq and afghanistan most of the time people owning guns is not the problem honors