blasts have turned kabul into a fortress. the american university looks more like a maximum security prison with good reason. after clearing several security checks we finally arrive at the university that came under attack back in august of 2016. that's when taliban suspects went on a ten-hour rampage, killing 16 students, faculty, and police. student breshna musazai watched them blast their way onto the compound. >> i heard them running ilding. >> reporter: she couldn't run from the nmaua limp from childhood polio. >> when he shot me, i started to pretend because i thought this is the only thing i can do to save myself. after that he shot me again to make sure i was dead. >> reporter: a university sponsored a medical trip. she returned to school last year and graduated in may with honors, but she fears more than ever for her life. >> when i leave home, i know i might not go back home alive. >> reporter: because the situation here has deteriorated even further since the attack. the threats are everywhere. insider attacks aga

and in need of assistance still ahead on the suicide attacks at a sports center in the afghan capital kabul kills at least twenty people. and british police release images of two russians they believe are behind the nerve agent poisoning of a formal russian spy and his daughter. hello there been some sensible showers in pakistan and the other side that is insensible showers in turkey and they will be repeatable but if you're in between and chances are you are a say around or iraq there's nothing happening it's still fairly hot potential share around the caspian does exist as a turkey's from the light to get there but it comes through into lebanon or syria still dry dusty the breeze not particularly strong hinting at maybe something additional blowing down through the gulf for these much and it really sets to humiliate the qatar in particular attempts around about forty martyrs typical twenty seven in still suggests cloudy and drizzly weather in somalia which is what it should be it is there for the next day or so some sensible weather has happened further south we often jump from middle eas

american invasion of honest and so the people as you said who are supporting the cut intrusion the kabul based administration they would certainly see him as a. bad guy because he has been engaged in so many sophisticated attacks and he has been undertaking the most difficult ones and he has been the one behind changes that makes try minigames really creating a lot of headaches for the afghan government and international forces well scorched within the taliban ranks he has been seen as a heels during the eighty's as well he was one of those who really created a lot of migraines and headaches for the russian forces and the kabul administration so depending who you are the one thing that you have to be as he says you don't study. he's. in the. water that he has meaning he's doing the last four decades ok if you just mentioned that his son may be the one that will take over but he has actually trained all there are many commanders in the wings waiting to take charge will lead be a challenge to you might say the line of succession. i don't see basically because the way we have gone is that t

been injured in twin explosions in afghanistan it happened in a wrestling gym in the western part of kabul police say a suicide bomber detonated explosives amongst athletes training at the gym then a car bomb went off nearby the area is predominately populated by hazaar a minority a group that has been targeted in the past and the kremlin says it doesn't know the two russian intelligence agents charged by british prosecutors with the attempted murder of former spy sega's krypton and his daughter and a policeman but he says on xander petrols and russian bush are off probably use false passports to fly to london before the know the chalk nerva tuck in march. not to the us where the senate intelligence committee is questioning social media executives about foreign in for influence in the presidential elections facebook's chief operating officer shell sandberg has testified about the steps the company has taken to stop the spread of false information just last month facebook said it shut down six hundred fifty fake accounts. follows facebook's revelation of a new disinform ation campaign aimed

in twin explosions in afghanistan it happened in a wrestling gym in the western part of the capital kabul bring in jennifer glass on the line from the afghan capital jennifer what more do we know about these twin blasts both only as you said at a restaurant enter the neighborhood it's called barky it's a largely shia neighborhood in western kabul the first blast that was inside that right there the second blast appeared argot first responders and those who had come towards the blast including two journalists future with killed in that speck an explosion just a couple of hours ago here in kabul where they both worked for tolo t.v. they had actually been live on the air just moments before the second blast went off. for a mosque and rummy's those at holo news were killed in that blast it's been a very deadly year here for journalists and for afghans alike a twenty killed in that blast being only like it never end here who could be behind these two or. well generally when it's in a huge neighborhood no one has claimed responsibility but generally when it is in the neighborhood or the target

back to a western suburb of kabul mainly shia has are living in that neighborhood and then the second bomb came soon after targeting first responders and journalists to have gone to cover that event to journalists from tolo t.v. were killed they were actually reporting live from the scene just moments before the second explosion i mean far far from me somebody were killed in that attack among the twenty people killed and more than sixty injured in that attack it's the second attack in that neighborhood in in the past month an education center was attacked about a few weeks ago young young men and women who are preparing for university exams so it's particularly brutal attack in as are a shia neighborhood of kabul. more to come on the program including seventeen people were killed on syria's last rebel province as u.s. president. government forces to avoid a slaughter there. tens of thousands of in the capital colombo to call for the government to resign amid accusations of corruption.

the first attack on that sports center a center for wrestling in the dusty bar cine brigade of kabul back to a western suburb of kabul looks mainly shia has are living in that neighborhood and then the second bomb came in after targeting first responders and journalists killed like gone to cover that event to journalists from. tolo t.v. were killed they were actually reporting live from the scene just moments before the second explosion i mean far far more than one these are mahdi were killed in that attack among the twenty people killed and more than sixty injured in that attack it's the second attack in that neighborhood in in the past month an education center was attacked about a few weeks ago but young young men and women who are preparing for university exams it's particularly brutal attack in as are a shia neighborhood of kabul senior members of the trumpet ministration are working to undermine his worst policies that's according to an anonymous article said to be written by a senior white house official the piece in the new york times also says cabinet members initially consi

it's not part of their mission here to patrol kabul. and as we've seen this week, they'd be potential targets. >> glor: charlie d'agata who is loending all week inside afghanistan. liarlie, thanks. officials in new york, new anrsey, and new mexico announced new investigations today into the handling of sex abuse allegations in the catholic church. missouri recently announced a similar investigation. this follows a report last month ni a pennsylvania grand jury oleging decades of abuse of more than 1,000 children by more than 300 priests. in one case, five sisters were abused by the same priest. tonight, in "eye on america," four of those sisters share their stories with nikki battiste. >> reporter: how old were you when your alleged abuse began? >> 13. >> i was 10 when i met him. >> i was in the first grade. >> i was under two years old. i didn't realize it until i was 12. i was watching a movie of a priest molesting altar boys, and t at's kind of the day that i put it together. i never knew what the word woolest" meant. >> reporter: th

the first attack on that sports center a center for wrestling in the dusty bargee neighborhood of kabul back to a western suburb of kabul mainly shia has are is living in that neighborhood and then the second bomb came in after targeting first responders and journalists to have gone to cover that event to journalists from tolo t.v. were killed they were actually reporting live from the scene just moments before the second explosion i mean far harder than i mean somebody were killed in that attack among the twenty people killed and more than sixty injured in that attack it's the second attack in that neighborhood in in the past month an education center was attacked about a few weeks ago young young men and women who are preparing for university exams so it's particularly brutal attack in as are a shia neighborhood of kabul a member of the present donald trump's administration considering taking steps to remove him from office according to an anonymous article written by a leading official the piece in the new york times also says cabinet members are already working from within to curb s

this elite squad of 50 is all there is to take care of kabul. the regular afghan army numbering more than 200,000 has suffered from a series of taliban surprise attacks. in just one week last month, the taliban killed 200 afghan soldiers and police. the taliban is now openly active in 70% of afghanistan, far more than when the majority of american and nato combat troops left in 2014. there are only around 14,000 u.s. troops left primarily to train and advise afghan forces. the taliban have also reached the outskirts of the capital where a cbs local cameraman conducted a rare interview yesterday. >>> our 17-year war will return islamic law to power, said one fighter, if the foreigners don't leave we have a thousand suicide bombers ready to sacrifice their lives. >>> we traveled to the one district in kabul that comes under attack more than any other. this tiny office is actually the nerve center where police chief bez mill a taban keeps track of the map, post it notes and christmas lights. >> suicide tack in one day. >> reporter: three suicide ta

back to a western suburb of kabul mainly shia has are living in that neighborhood and then the second bomb came soon after targeting first responders and journalists too who had gone to cover that event two journalists from tolo t.v. were killed they were actually reporting live from the scene just moments before the second explosion i mean far far more than one these are mahdi were killed in that attack among the twenty people killed and more than sixty injured in that attack it's the second attack in that neighborhood in in the past month an education center was attacked about a few weeks ago young young men and women who are preparing for university exams so it's particularly brutal attack and as our shia neighborhood of kabul the u.s. secretary of state says he's hopeful the relationship with pakistan can be reset my campaign with the newly elected prime minister imran khan and islam about just days after the u.s. said it's cutting military aid to islam about for failing to tackle armed groups. says there's still a long way to go but that's a foundation been laid for both sides to

construction has begun on a town solely for female police officers in the afghan capital kabul around three thousand female officers in the country just two percent of the total force in an effort to get more signed up the government is offering secure housing to female recruits and their families challah bellus reports from kabul. female police officers are a relatively new phenomenon in afghanistan. the police force was rebuilt sixteen years ago and there are now one hundred sixty thousand officers but only three thousand women. that i can feel there is danger for female police officers in afghanistan but when i joined the police i decided on that day country or coffin which means i kept the danger i want to be a role model for our people to serve them sincerely so the culture changes and lots of women join the. finding and retaining women is a challenge is a cultural hurdle convincing parts of society that women should work it's also dangerous as eisel in the taliban specifically target the military and police during shift and afterwards. one of the nation's most senior police woma

plus why an upcoming election is causing ice cream sales to melt away in kabul. when the world's two biggest economic powers engage in a trade war the rest of the world is left watching and wondering where it will all end if this week is anything to go by it could mean an escalation the ongoing protracted tit for tat trade dispute between china and the united states did intensify this week so much so that it prompted a warning from the o.e.c.d. the paris based think tank says that the world's economy can't keep growing if things don't improve on the trade front china has now slapped tariffs on around sixty billion dollars worth of u.s. goods that move a retaliation for the latest round of u.s. tariffs on two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese products al-jazeera scott hides the reports now from beijing. within hours of the u.s. announcing a second round of tariffs on chinese goods beijing responded. the chinese commerce ministry saying it had no choice but to retaliate and it hopes the u.s. changes its behavior one official saying the move is poisoning trad

back to a western suburb of kabul mainly shia has are living in that neighborhood and then the second bomb came soon after targeting first responders and journalists to have gone to cover that event to journalists from tolo t.v. were killed they were actually reporting live from the scene just moments before the second explosion i mean far far more than one these are mahdi were killed in that attack among the twenty people killed and more than sixty injured in that attack it's the second attack in that neighborhood in in the past month an education center was attacked about a few weeks ago but young young men and women who are preparing for university exams it's particularly brutal attack in as are a shia neighborhood of kabul this week to lawrence korb is a former u.s. assistant secretary of defense is joining us live from washington d.c. thanks for speaking to us again on al-jazeera so no claim of responsibility yet but who do you think was behind this attack and what's the message they're trying to send out. well i think it's probably going to be isis will take responsibility for i

to a western suburb of kabul mainly shia has are living in that neighborhood and then the second bomb came in after targeting first responders and journalists to write gone to cover that event to journalists from tolo t.v. were killed they were actually reporting live from the scene just moments before the second explosion i mean far far no. bodies were killed in that attack among the twenty people killed and more than sixty injured in that attack it's the second attack in that neighborhood in in the past month an education center was attacked about a few weeks ago young young men and women who were preparing for university exams so it's particularly brutal attack in a hazaar shia neighborhood of kabul coming up on the. seventeen people were killed in ass trucks on syria's last rebel province as u.s. president donald trump warns government forces to avoid a slaughter that. iraqi security forces fired tear gas and live ammunition at thousands of angry protesters in the southern city of basra. and in sports with peter we'll see how the concord patrick nike deal has been received by the

it looks like we've lost the connection that to the kabul journalist. who was giving us details of the suicide bombing reported in eastern afghanistan and it's about two hundred miles to the east of kabul where this has happened not far from the border with pakistan and he said that there's been no indication yet oh no admission certainly as to who might be behind that bombing but as a car he was pointing out that there are two active groups in the region there's the taliban and the so-called islamic state group so they will be the chief suspects behind this particular terrorism the target was a protest against a local police chief and at the moment the number of casualties is not confirmed numbers range at the moment anything from five up to twenty and possibly beyond but numbers are conflicting at the moment as to the number of fatalities and there are certainly dozens of injured as well when we get more details on what happened in the province we'll come back to that story here on r.t. international. headline news now the focus of the syria conflict

he missed a political analyst in kabul he says a car and his death will not drastically affect the landscape in the region. as far as the death of gelatine how conscious concerned he has been for quite a long period of time that have been so many times rumors have been spread that he had died so i don't see a lot of impact in terms of the end times affection woden's because this guy has already languished the leadership to his son said i didn't have any who was second in command within the taliban ranks and so i don't expect much too much change happening in terms of techniques in terms of intensity of engagement on his in the in the eye on what he was known for his not tarty or during the since the two thousand and one international community's invasion and the american invasion on a stand so the people who are supporting the cut entry jeem the kabul based administration they would certainly see him as a bad guy because he has been engaged in so many sophisticated attacks and he has been undertaking the most difficult ones and he has been the one behind changes that needs time and again it'

there are dozens of ice cream sellers and sure elise patch of kabul he competes with fifty most mean does make about one hundred dollars a month from this year elise supports his wife and four children he says he's looking for change in upcoming elections on their. i want security for my country and peace for my country and a prosperous future but i will not vote for president ashraf ghani. gani came into office as international combat forces pulled out taking with them billions in military spending since then security has worsened and so has the economy. surely keep talking happy birthday rings hopeful over the neighborhood used to draw people out of their homes now not even ice cream control afghans to the streets charlotte dallas al-jazeera kabul. without there are these are our top stories the leaders of north and south korea are promising a nuclear free korean peninsula again john then says he plans to visit seoul probably before the end of this year kim the south korean president will j.n. signed a raft of agreements on the second day of their summit n.p.r. the north has commit

i sill has claimed responsibility for an attack in kabul that killed at least seven people it happened close the procession in the afghan capital crowds have gathered to remember the death of a former soviet resistance leader on sunday another suspected suicide bomber was shot by police before he could try get his device. and the afghan government has begun construction on a town soley for the female police officers of kabul around three thousand female officers in the country just two percent of the total force in an effort to encourage more women to join the government is offering them secured housing reports from kabul. female police officers are a relatively new phenomenon in afghanistan. the police force was rebuilt sixteen years ago and there are now one hundred sixty thousand officers but only three thousand women. that i can feel there is danger for female police officers in afghanistan but when i joined the police i decided on that day country or coffin which means i kept the danger i want to be a role model for our people to serve them sincerely so the culture changes and lot

national museums in rio de janeiro after it was gutted by fire and how some children in the afghan capital kabul are benefiting from a new global library it's the brainchild of an afghan woman she wants to offer the children a respite from the country's difficult security situation and the opportunity to learn to appreciate. i'm sorry kelly it's great to have you with us it's not about being left wing or right wing it is about doing the decent thing that's how the lead singer of one of germany's best known rock bands to top holes in describes last night's concert against racism in the east german city of camden musicians said that they wanted to send a signal after anti migrant protests erupted in violence in the city last week tens of thousands of people turned out to watch the concert. and. views into me as they removed. us that was the motto of the candidates concert is liberal germans responded to calls to stand up against far right racism before it started there was a minute of silence for the thirty five year old whose fatal stabbing unleashed last week's anti immigrant protests. the mood

wine upcoming election is causing ice cream sales to melt away in kabul . well i'm pleased to say we have got drier weather now across southern parts of china wettest weather now in the process of pulling away from northern parts of vietnam big window with a fine weather now coming back in behind heavier showers there further north into central and eastern parts of the country thursday into friday those showers long spells of rain they do remain in place hong kong jen we stand fine and dry with plenty of sunshine light winds as well so really not back the more cloud down towards the southwest of china but again just a few spots of phrase squeezing out of that there's a little more lively there across the northeast of india and see how the cloud is just drifting through the by a single up towards edition northern parts of honor but we have got the possibility of flooding rains streaming in here over the next day or so so that's the picture in. really mot circulation on that system going into friday and that west the weather will push up towards the northern

the thirty five year olds not from kabul but its streets and this truly give him an income but lately even in the heat of summer people don't want his ice cream the streets have become too dangerous. during the karzai government life was very good we just crossed the street and be sold out of ice creams now from morning to evening we console them all. he starts his day at eight am and finishes at eight pm fitting in the habits of normal life among his route. he started this job in two thousand and two when the americans invaded back been made a lot of money now there are more attacks more chick points and fewer people on the streets to sell to. what i'm passing checkpoints they think i have a bomb in my car so they stop me and start checking and it's ruining my icecream because they open the carton of your belts his friends can relate twenty two year old chums the law has sold burgers outside a mosque for four years his income is just twenty five percent of what it once was we ask him if he sees a link between security and sales. very much we used to have a very good business but it's

reports from kabul. female police officers are a relatively new phenomenon in afghanistan. the police force was rebuilt sixteen years ago and there are now one hundred sixty thousand officers but only three thousand women. that i can feel there is danger for female police officers in afghanistan but when i joined the police i decided on that day country or coffin which means i kept the danger i want to be a role model for our people to serve them sincerely so the culture changes and lots of women join the. finding and retaining women is a challenge is a cultural hurdle convincing parts of society that women should work it's also dangerous as i saw in the taliban specifically target the military and police during shift and after hours. one of the nation's most senior police woman brigadier general hekmatyar who had no idea to improve the female to male ratio build a town only for police woman to protect him and their families as a gift from the government. i am also a mother and i'm looking for the safety of these women i know how difficult it is place to make a city for the

there are dozens of ice cream sellers and sure elise patch of kabul he competes with fifty most mean does make about one hundred dollars a month from this year elise supports his wife and four children he says he's looking for change in upcoming elections on there the. i want security for my country and peace for my country and a prosperous future but i will not vote for president ashraf. ghani came into office as international combat forces pulled out taking with them billions in military spending since then security has worsened and so has the economy. surely keep talking happy birthday rings hopeful over the neighborhood used to draw people out of their harms now not even ice cream control afghans to the streets. emerging market currencies of been a big focus for us here on counting the cost these past few months and this week we saw turkey unveil its long awaited plan to find a way out of crisis it's finance minister but it's a rock was put in charge of the economy two months ago by his father in law president richard perle the one he shall flee cut turkey's growth forecasts for

this elite squad of about 50 is taket all there is to take care of kabul. ane regular afghan army, numbering more than 200,000, has suffered from a series of taliban surprise attacks. in just one week last month, the taliban killed 200 afghan soldiers and police. the taliban is now openly active in 70% of afghanistan, far more than when the majority of american and nato combat troops left in 2014. there are only around 14,000 u.s. troops left, primarily to train and advise afghan forces. the taliban have also reached the outskirts of the capital where a cbs local cameraman renducted a rare interview 7-sterday. "our 17-year war will return our islamic law to power," said one fighter. "if the foreigners don't leave, we have 1,000 suicide bombers ready to sacrifice their lives." we traveled to the one district in kabul that comes under attack more than any other. this tiny office is actually the nerve center, where police chief bismillah taban keeps track of attacks with a map, post-it notes, and christmas lights. >> three suicide attacks in one day here. >> r

a suicide bomber on a motorcycle bombed a memorial procession today in the capitol city kabul. l.sewhere in the city the taliban is suspected of attacking a checkpoint on saturday. with no end in site to the 17 year war, charlie dagata visited afghanistan this past week and met with survivors of a 2016 attack that shocked the world. >> reporter: from the outside the american university here in kabul looks like a high security prison. inside it looks like an american university with all that college kid optimism. >> reporter: these students are also survivors. in 2016 a ten hour taliban siege claimed the lives of 16 students, faculty and police. after the first explosion nargis mohammadi and her classmates locked themselves in the classroom. >> reporter: in the panic she fell out of a second story window and broke her back in three places and yet she like many others here returned to edhool once she recovered. attackers threw hand grenades into classrooms. mohammed kusemi watched his friends die and came very close himself. >> reporter: that head injury took two year to recover

there are dozens of ice cream sellers and sure elise patch of kabul he competes with fifty most mean does make about one hundred dollars a month from this year elise supports his wife and four children he says he's looking for change in upcoming elections on there the. i want security for my country and peace for my country and a prosperous future but i will not vote for president ashraf. ghani came into office as international combat forces pulled out taking with them billions in military spending since then security has worsened and so has the economy. surely keep talking happy birthday rings hopeful over the neighborhood used to draw people out of their harms now not even ice cream control afghans to the streets. emerging market currencies of been a big focus for us here on counting the cost these past few months and this week we saw turkey unveil its long awaited plan to find a way out of crisis it's finance minister but i'll bet rock was put in charge of the economy two months ago by his father in law president richard perle the one he sharply cut turkey's growth forecasts for t

most of afghanistan's population is a literate these men waiting for poorly paid daily work in kabul don't care who is elected they care about survival i get in the market right now if i still came here with a truck offer in work all of it would go with them all of those because we don't have money and we need food. politics can often be seen as about power and money but for the poor life can be defined by the food on their plate and in afghanistan today many people are hungry tony berkeley al-jazeera kabul. egypt has sentenced a female activists to two years in jail for a video she posted on social media earlier this year they complained online about the egyptian government's failure to protect women against sexual harassment she was a member of the band april sixth group which demonstrated during the two thousand and eleven protests she was convicted of spreading false news that threatened national security the u.k.'s prime minister says those who refused to back her so-called checkers plan for briggs's are playing politics to reason may's critics say her plans would compromise bri

without any prospect of peace is going to be dealing with an insurgency forever and any government in kabul perswade the guerrillas to sit down and negotiate and when will the war torn country finally begin to start healing. deputy foreign minister next year and thank you very much for being part of the show today great pleasure to ghana is always such a hot topic of discussion. so the latest version of afghan war that has been going on for seventeen years doesn't seem like anyone close to claiming victory. how long do you think this stalemate will last. you see there is an effort to get through the what does. and the still meds militarily. that is an approach toward peace and reconciliation and one but then that hunt. to concede you see in a council i live on elements because in this war and this fight. real serious terrorist groups. in what is going to change them a sense so they are. there for the destruction of the afghan community afghan way of life but also dealt with in the region so. you know. focus on the peace and the consolation to you. to bring stability in afghanistan we should

bomber attacked a procession marking the death of an rebel leader in afghanistan the blast happened in kabul as people marched to remember heading commando sued at least fourteen other people wounded hours earlier in kabul another suicide bomber was shot by police before he could detonate his bomb. north korea market seventieth anniversary with a huge display of military might but chose to hold back on showing its long range missiles u.s. president donald trump welcome that decision calling it a big and very positive statement robert bright has more from seoul. it had all the usual pomp of previous military displays but lacking much of the hardware especially the missiles compare this with this. particular with the military parade in april last year commemorating the birth date of north korea's founder kim il song. bristling with the medium and long range missiles it was provocatively testing on a regular basis. even at the start of the thaw in relations earlier this year north korea was showing off the intercontinental ballistic missiles that had taken it to what appeared to be the brink of

most of afghanistan's population is a literate these men waiting for poorly paid daily work in kabul don't care who is elected they care about survival. right now if i still came here with a truck offer in work all of us would go with them all of those because we don't have money and we need food. politics can often be seen is about power and money but for the poor life can be defined by the food on their plate and in afghanistan today many people are hungry tony berkeley al-jazeera kabul or still ahead of al-jazeera tens of thousands margin brazil against a presidential candidate who says he won't take the results of the loses. and attempts to get behind a consensus opposition presidential candidate in the democratic republic of congo. from the neon lights of asia. to the city that never sleeps. i was still got some really nasty weather affecting greece from that area of low pressure the cycloid this was in the mediterranean sea this area cloud this is this area low pressure here this is once been swirling away and bringing terrific amounts of rainfall fair bit of wind damage as wel

most of afghanistan's population is a literate these men waiting for poorly paid daily work in kabul don't care who is elected they care about survival. right now if i still came here with a truck offering work all of it would go with them all of those because we don't have money and we need food. politics can often be seen is about power and money but for the poor life can be defined by the food on their plate and in afghanistan today many people are hungry tony berkeley al-jazeera kabul. still had an al-jazeera turkey's president opens one of europe's biggest mosques in germany despite protests against his visit and tens of thousands margin brazil against a presidential candidate who says he won't accept the results of feel loses. hello again welcome back to your international weather forecast we're going to start this hour in europe we have a couple different scenarios going on first of all we have a frontal boundary that's pushing across eastern parts of europe as well as this area of low pressure down here by greece we've been watching this for days and this is still going to br

was one of those who really needed a lot of migraines and headaches for the russian forces and the kabul administration so depending who you are the one thing that you have to admit you don't know he's a he's. you know he didn't in the symmetric war that he has meaning he's doing the for last four decades u.s. president donald trump has warned syria russia and iran not to attack the last remaining rebel held city and province the shah says his force says are planning an offensive to retake it lip trump says it would be a grave humanitarian mistake those are the news headlines more news in half an hour to stay with us. the. the great rift valley stretching from mozambique in south east africa to syria in the middle east. the lowest point of the great rift valley is here in the jordan valley. home to the world's oldest city jericho established over ten thousand years ago. farmers and shepherds have worked on this land for thousands of years. in more recent times israel's continued occupation of the west bank since one thousand nine hundred sixty seven is threatening the existence of the pe

most of afghanistan's population is a literate these men waiting for poorly paid daily work in kabul don't care who is elected they care about survival. right now if i still came here with a truck offer in work all of his i would go with them all of those because we don't have money and we need food. politics can often be seen is about power and money but for the poor life can be defined by the food on their plate and in afghanistan today many people are hungry tony berkeley al-jazeera kabul north korea's foreign minister says continued u.s. sanctions are deepening its mistrust of america really young ho address the united nations general assembly on saturday he said pyongyang has taken significant goodwill measures without a corresponding response from the trumpet ministration mark fitzpatrick is the director of the nonproliferation program at the international institute for strategic studies. you north koreans have been insisting that the united states make a declaration of the of an end to the korean war this is not something that is really too hard for the united states to do the

the attack here in kabul was a reminder that nowhere is safe. despite blast barriers like these everywhere, restaurants, sports centers, even hospitals have been hit. this, after 17 years of u.s. efforts to establish security. it was a duty u.s. army command sergeant major timothy bolyard gave his life for on monday. the 42-year-old was on his seventh overseas deployment, having earned the bronze star six times over, twice with valor. net he was shot dead in an tisider attack, killed by one of the afghan security members he came here to train. it followed another insider attack that claimed the life of 20-year-old army corporal joseph olciel in july. and it's the sixth u.s. combat death in afghanistan this year. and yet, incoming u.s. commander army general scott miller this week, reaffirmed america's commitment to the country and its people. >> the world recognizes that afghanistan cannot be a safe haven for terrorism. the world recognizes we cannot wil. >> glor: all right, again, igarlie is in kabul tonight. charlie, what is current u.s. milit

to cope with driving in kabul you need nerves of steel and a strong heart the afghan capital has some of the most challenging driving conditions anywhere more than half a million vehicles compete for space on narrow roads is difficult for the experienced driver but downright daunting for a learner and even more so if you're a woman it's not easy because even though women are allowed to drive by law many men say culturally it is wrong that they are better than me again there are lots of men he verbal abuse you they block your car next to cyclists right alongside shouting bad things no one helps us other memories i driving school instructors teach them about road signs and engines and prepare them psychologically for the abuse they will face. the women sometimes say they don't want to drive again because of the abuse but i tell them you need to fight these people not given just ignore them there's nothing you can do. three thousand five hundred learners of pass their tests through the school forty percent of them women to persevered they have to be competent and also mentally tough for

most of afghanistan's population is a literate these men waiting for poorly paid daily work in kabul don't care who is elected they care about survival i get in right now if i still came here with a truck of work all of us i would go with them all of those because we don't have money and we need food. politics can often be seen as about power and money but for the poor life can be defined by the food on their plate and in afghanistan today many people are hungry tony berkeley al-jazeera kabul. south africa's rest affair in community has welcomed a court ruling on cannabis as a victory for their cultural rights nation's top court says i don't so now allowed to grow and smoke the drug in private i mean the miller reports from cape town. well. gareth prince is a qualified lawyer he's also rust a foreign he says that he's been prevented from joining the law society because of his culture and daily use of cannabis for twenty years he's fought south african courts to get cannabis decriminalised saying that equality laws should also protect his way of life the greater victory is for the peo

plus why an upcoming election is causing ice cream sales to melt away in kabul. when the world's two biggest economic powers engage in a trade war the rest of the world is left watching and wondering where it will all end if this week is anything to go by it could mean an escalation the ongoing protracted tit for tat trade dispute between china and the united states did intensify this week so much so that it prompted a warning from the o.e.c.d. the paris based think tank says that the world's economy can't keep growing if things don't improve on the trade front china has now slapped tariffs all around sixty billion dollars worth of u.s. goods that move a retaliation for the latest round of u.s. tariffs on two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese products al-jazeera scott hides the reports now from beijing. within hours of the u.s. announcing a second round of tariffs on chinese goods beijing responded. the chinese commerce ministry saying it had no choice but to retaliate and it hopes the u.s. changes its behavior one official saying the move is poisoning tra

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has a story from kabul. female police officers are a relatively new phenomenon in afghanistan. the police force was rebuilt sixteen years ago and there are now one hundred sixty thousand officers but only three thousand women. that i can feel there is danger for female police officers in afghanistan but when i joined the police i decided on that day country or coffin which means i kept the danger i want to be a role model for our people to serve them sincerely so the culture changes and lots of women join lease. finding and retaining women is a challenge is a cultural hurdle convincing parts of society that women should work it's also dangerous as eisel in the taliban specifically target the military and police during shift and after hours. one of the nation's most senior police woman brigadier general hekmatyar who had no idea to improve the female to male ratio build a town only for police woman to protect him and their families as a gift from the government. i am also a mother and i'm looking for the safety of these women i know how difficult it is place to make a city for t

off explosives in the province which is about a couple hundred kilometers to the east of the capital kabul the target it seems was a demonstration which is being held against the local police chief and it's understood that there are dozens of dead or injured so a suicide bomber appears to have struck in the province east of the capital of afghanistan kabul and dozens of people are reported dead or injured that again is only from local t.v. when we get more details on it we will of course bring you. into the national. that's it for now though join me again in thirty minutes when i will have your next world news up next though. so we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race is very dramatic. i'm going to loses i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. seemed wrong. role just don't call. me. yet to stamp out disdain becomes agitated and engagement because betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. the. prosecution will need to become almost. a full time de