Problems but the request is that we move forward with patience and a lot of attention. And the host says it will spare no efforts to support the initiative along with help from the International Community. So these historic talks aimed at ending nearly 2 decades of war and misery in afghanistan are finally taking place in qatar negotiators from the Afghan Government and the taliban a meeting in doha it had their Opening Statements today with both sides expressing optimism for peace and a willingness to negotiate however each has vastly different goals and reaching an agreement will be difficult. For those 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 narratives we all know what happened to us throughout these years and where we stand today we now need to grasp this unique opportunity to move towards a new future that we can define together. We have acted accordingly to all the poi
Results in irans parliamentary elections but turnouts the lowest in the islamic republics history. Chinas president has admitted to shortcomings and how the country has responded to corona virus china is the epicenter of the deadly outbreak and 3 other countries have now imposed tougher strict sense to contain the spread south koreas president has empowered his government to take what he calls im president of powerful measures a 166 death threat there has been confirmed in there are 602 and faction cases and china president she says the battles at a crucial state with millions forced to stay at home and factories closed he admits the economy and society will take a relatively big hit sunday marks a month since chinas epicenter was but under heavy lockdown in iran almost half of the schools are closed at least 8 people have died with 43 infected turkey pakistan and afghanistan are closing border crossings with the ron as a precaution joining a rock and in italy 50000 people or under qua
Can also go now is gong li for monday sound boss flees japan where he face trial for financial misconduct he says he is escaping persecution. Im on your kids mackinnon thank you so much for joining us shelob ration is to welcome in the new year have kicked off in australia spectate says packing sydneys shoreline to watch the spectacular fireworks display over the hobbit braids hundreds camped out for arrive for dawn to grab the best spots to see the sydney sky lights up with 100000 but i was. But the decision to go ahead with the fireworks display has been hugely controversial. Many have called for the celebrations to be counselled given the devastation bush saw is that all currently sweeping australia. Now faces all growing for residents and tourists trapped by raging fires in several coastal towns people have sought shelter on the waterfront and are preparing for possible evacuation by sea now its an on precedented situation across the country the areas worst affected are astray is t
And Helena Humphrey glad you could join me in australia a new heat wave is igniting more bushfires increasing the toll the blazes are taking across the country now 100000 people have been urged to flee 5 melbourne suburbs as flames are encroaching on the victoria state capital a volunteer firefighter has been killed battling a separate far in the countryside the 10th victim of the blazes now the high level foreigner has led to the council ation of hundreds of firework displays for the new year. If theres one thing thats considered a given that the in the fee cheer its the images from across the world are flashy new years celebrations and there is pride in being the ones to kick off the yearly affair. And you know a new story of the world looks at city. Every single were and i look at our vibrancy by look at our passion to look at our success. But for the last 3 months australia has been battling some of the worst bushfires in decades the blazes are predicted to peak on new years eve de
And we look back at one of the most extraordinary operations of the korean war to save hundreds of thousands trapped in a north korean port. Thousands of worshippers have packed st peters basilica in rome for Christmas Eve Midnight Mass. Pope francis told the faithful that god loves everyone, even the worst of us, and urged them to give thanks. The pope, generally seen as a reformist leader of the catholic church, also spoke of change. This from our rome correspondent mark lowen. In the gilded splendour of st peters basilica, this was a solemn Christmas Eve mass. Amen. The seventh that pope francis has led. His homily talked of gods love. You may have mistaken ideas, you may have made a complete mess of things, but the lord continues to love you. That will be seen by some as a reference to church scandals, including sex abuse. Francis papacy is in many ways reformist shaking up the traditional governance of the church. Perhaps then, there was a pointed message in his words, we change,