pakistan is in big trouble. i just wonder whether your approach is weakening pakistan on the world stage. you recently, hang on, you recently tweeted a message saying that imran khan, and i'm going to quote your words "personified fascism." now imran khan, imran khan has stood up for pakistan's interests in a very tough stand against india and mr modi which you well know. really? he has also conducted a foreign policy which sees deepening economic ties with china. which is precisely the same policy that you followed. he also is trying to use pakistan's influence, it seems, to bring the taliban to the peace table in afghanistan. what is it about these policies that you think personifies fascism? well, i think perhaps we haven't studied or had the time to look into what fascism he is doing. do you stand by that, do you? i do, i do. there is a fascist government in pakistan as of now. you're trying to mobilise tens of thousands of people on the streets in different pakistani cities even when there a covid pandemic.

and you couldn't possibly get back to pakistan? well, let's see what's happening in pakistan. where are the human rights? what's happening where dozens of people have been killed. those are human rights abuses. the national accountability bureau have been killed? in the nab many people have died, yes. it's open secret. google you have all the detail. i can leave detail with you if you want. this institution has been used against opponents. as i said, i... the premise of the entire thing, the net worth if it is documented in my tax returns and my tax return is not missing. so it is properly accounted for what is the issue? the issue is it is something different. fighting for the supremacy and i have a lwa ys for the supremacy and i have always been fighting for financial... you introduced the name mr sharif. i think we need to talk about nawaz sharif as well as yourself as a nawaz sharif is also in london, also on medical grounds. handed by the nab. he manhandled as you say it now nawaz sharif is a convicted criminal. i hope you know that both cases late—night cases in which

never far from pakistan's hope for the future are her memories of the past. through the ancient streets, peshawar gateway to pakistan's northwest frontier. mrs. kennedy follows the route history followed. for storytellers for centuries, a meeting place of soldier and tribesman, merchants and scholar, on the way down a long stretch of perilous road from the mountain reaches of the khyber pass. the ascendance of tribesman still guard the bleak approaches to the past. the tribal malik still welcome friends in the traditional way , with the traditional gifts the khyber, rifles. historical defenders of the fertile valley of the indus, of the land below the mountains. ♪ year after year, century after century, friend and invader traveled this road, armies and caravans bound for riches, of the greatest subcontinent of asia. ♪ armies of the great alexander of macedonia, genghis khan, tamur of samarkand swept down across these mountains. ♪ [drumming] sundown at the governor's house at peshawar. the drums of the khyber tribesman no longer sound for battle, but rev

the 20th century, pakistan has not forgotten man's need to dream. over 300 years ago, the gardens brought repose to an emperor. today, the gardens offer repose and delight to anyone who seeks it. >> i must say, i'm profoundly impressed by the reverence which you in pakistan have in your culture and for the use which you make of it now. my own countrymen too have pride in their traditions. so i think as i stand in these gardens which were built long before my country was born, that that's one more thing that binds us together and which always will. i had always heard of pakistan's proverbial hospitality and it was even more than i had expected. i hope that with my husband, i will be able to return again soon to this vital and beautiful country. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> in february of 1972, president richard nixon traveled to the people's republic of china, the first u.s. president to visit the chinese mainland. next on "reel america," nixon in china. this compilation of film and audio recordings was produced by the richard nixon presidential library in 2012 a

so pakistan's decision forever enough ghana stan have been affected by pakistan's -- the threat pakistan has felt from india. india has been the specter that has loomed over pakistan's behavior. so the threat of india on its eastern border meant that pakistan wanted to be -- there was strategic forthright on its western border and that sort of defines decisions when afghanistan. pakistan has moved on from this strategic depth logic and, you know, fat is a very official line but what we can see is because india is not and has not been involved in the peace process, that has really worked delayed pakistan's fears when it comes to indian involvement in afghanistan. over the last couple of years. india did not play a big role in u.s. taliban peace process. it's not playing a big role in the taliban peace process. in fact to be able to sort of have any leverage over it. and so on and so that fact has actually made pakistan feel more confident and more secure and has allowed it to become a key partner of the trump administration in helping along this process. and i think, you know, i think tha

plussed needs pakistan's fast transgender lawyer. has talking discrimination and disadvantage to practice law what does success mean things have really improved for pakistan's transgender community. and is life changing exam during a life altering pandemic thousands of south koreans to mistake the national university entrance exams under the shadow of the coronavirus crisis. i'm british manager welcome to news asia glad you could join us for the 1st time in 1000 yeahs the taliban and the afghan government have come to a written agreement just 3 pages long it is a document that lays out the rules of procedures for negotiations between the 2 sides aimed at ending nearly 2 decades of war the development ends and impasse after nearly 3 months of talks in doha nato is one of a number of organizations to welcome the move saying there's no alternative to such talks. i'm not underestimating the difficulties on the risks for setbacks on disappointments onstream move forward but i'm absolutely certain that the only way it's on going into afgha

goodwill visit of india and pakistan. america,reel jacqueline kennedy's asian journey. according to the closing credits, this u.s. information agency film documenting the film was shown in 106 nations. the cold war effort to depict the u.s. in a positive light was narrated by actor raymond massey by academy award-winner leo seltzer narrated by actor raymond massey .n ♪ india, a country as ancient as it is modern, moving as history moves across the threshold of the past. years, wave after wave of the peoples of asia have streamed across india's borders. conquerors, immigrants, soldiers holy men, and scholars, pilgrims , of many creeds, and of many races, have woven their customs, traditions, and beliefs, into a continuous and intricate pattern of civilization and of beauty. ♪ they have found and they have fought, they have loved and they have prayed, they have thought and they have played, they have built monuments and palaces, and temples and cities. they have written poetry and they have sung songs for 5,000 years. [music] and they have moved as history moves, into

tucker, money for gender studies in pakistan? if you listen closely, you can hear the pakistani generals laughing at us. they were hiding bin laden for years while we were sending them billions of dollars. do you know they can have up to four wives in pakistan? i have a feeling this money is good to be spent on arranged marriages, not gender studies. i want to help american women first before help those women. how about $70 million in cambodia? can we get that in the carolinas? i mean, you wrote about "a ship of fools," this is a den of thieves. they are literally stealing from us while we are dying. used to sharpen their pitchforks and storm the castle after an abuse of power like this. now, our eyes are so glazed over sitting on our coaches staring at our iphones made in china but all we can do is order delivery because they said we can't eat out. we have to eat inside because of the virus, also made in china. so the least they can do is calm the funerals for the 300,000 dead americans from the china virus. that's a great idea.

he'd like to shake things up in pakistan society. he's got big ideas for how to create more enlightened urdu-speaking households on the subcontinent. it is going to use your money to do it. we arese trying to make life better for women throat the world, graham announces, like of course is capable of doing that. it's now on the list. takee out the trash, pick up the cat, pick up spaghetti sauce, make life better for women throat the world. it's all in a days work for an american politician. overreach, you say? these are the same people who can't get the votes counted in a congressional election? yeah. but they've got bigger aspirations than that in those aspirations are all over the spending bill. on one page you will find tens of millions of dollars set aside to recruit and retain women in the afghan army. okay. but why is the u.s. paying for this? is that something that will help ethe united states in some measurable way? would it help afghanistan? why are we doing this? welcome to the real reason congress is spending that money, of

meets pakistan's fastest france gender lawyer. discrimination and disadvantage to practice what does success mean things have really. transgender community. and a life changing exam during a life altering pandemic thousands of south korean students take the university entrance exams under the shadow of the koran or by this crisis. i'm british manager welcome to news asia glad you could join us for the 1st time in 19 yeahs the taliban and the afghan government have come to a written agreement just 3 pages long it is a document that lays out the rules of procedures for negotiations between the 2 sides aimed at ending nearly 2 decades of war the development ends and impasse after nearly 3 months of talks in doha nato is one of a number of organizations to welcome the move saying there's no or ton of to such talks. i'm not underestimating the difficulties on the risks for setbacks on disappointments onstream move forward but i'm absolutely certain that the only way is. going into the afghan negotiations and therefore we support them a

pakistan as much now. last absolutely at all times at our times and the reason i can give you is that yes you have the negotiating team sitting in doha are disconnected from the influence of the pakistanis but then don't forget the people sitting in doha how why out of the influential and how are they calling the shots why is what is the reason because they have been dominant on the battlefield and betting field is again dependent on the pakistani side of their butin line and because of the military out for example are operating from the centuries from there and getting support from beyond to do it in line and but from within pakistan that gives leverage to be taliban in doha and as such the pakistani side of the game continues to dominate the out important and they will remain relevant up until the end of this whole process gentlemen so much more to talk about on afghanistan but unfortunately we are out of time but thank you to omar samad to mushtaq and to richard on 0 and thank you to watching you can se

pakistan, how relevant is pakistan now? the current leadership is not as connected to pakistan as previous taliban leaders might have been. do we have to worry about pakistan as much? >> absolutely, at all times. the reason i can give you is that you have the negotiating team sitting, disconnected from the influence of the pakistanis. don't forget, the people sitting here -- how are they calling the shots? what is the reason? battlefield is dependent on the pakistani side. because of the military outlets operating from there and getting support from within pakistan, that gives levers the taliban. decide continues to dominate. -- this side continues to dominate. >> so much more to talk about with afghanistan but unfortunately we are out of time. thank you so much. thank you for watching. for further discussion, go to our facebook page. you can also join the conversation on twitter, we are at @ajinsidestory. bye for now. woman: in the 1960s and the 1970s, there was a loosely affiliated group of artists living in los angeles w

information agency film documenting the first ladies tour of india and pakistan in 1962. here is a preview. ♪ flute playing] >> this is the money meant the son of the son of the great akbar built. a garden of cyprus. a pull of stillwater. and a dome of pure marble. behind the marble screen, entombed thejahan body of his dead wife. gun buying,ies of year-by-year, hour-by-hour. the sky of india touching to immortality the tomb of the emperor's wife. ♪ an amber is monument to love and to death -- and emperor's monument to love and to death. the people's monument as ancient as the sacred ganges. the people's monument to life in india itself. to the holy city of temples and minarets, to the city of the sacred river and to nearby where lord buddha preached his sermon more than 2000 years ago comes millions of india's pilgrims. friendslions of india's . ♪ the immense and sprawling life on the river is a reminder that people in india form 1/6 of the peoples of the world. ♪ [singing] [calling out for prayers] god, the oneness of the universe. the brotherhood of man. ♪ th

is dealing with the 2nd wave now how stray medical facilities around the country is pakistan struggling to cope with this pandemic. well if you remember during those 1st 3 days they were. focused on. crumbling medical sincerely would be overwhelmed because they bend make what is wreaking havoc across the world and so head in pakistan there were downs of pakistan did well and of course by then the 2nd wave rigid now on the way they seemed to be a lack of responsibility from a large section of the population of course the medical facilities will again be taken because they may be 0 which were the number of 1000 cases rising and the problem is further compounded by the fact that all the combined opposition parties are holding rallies where tens of thousands of people which are acting and. so the country very well liberal indeed and the medical center medical facilities of course were nothing to write home about to begin with so indeed that is something that is going to be a huge worry for this country goes to the 2nd wave and that of course proved to be . even more dangerous. in islamabad

at least six coronavirus patients at a hospital in north western pakistan have died after the oxygen supply ran out. the tragedy occured when the daily delivery of cylinders from the city of rawalpindi failed to arrive on time tothe khyber teaching hospital in the city of peshawar. it comes as pakistan is dealing with a second wave of coronavirus cases during the colder winter months, with increased demand forcing the hospital only recently to double their oxygen supply. our correspondent secunder kermani explained what had happened. this seems a strange case, and there are questions as to how this could happen in one of pakistan's major cities. staff say it was late on saturday night when they began realising they were running out of oxygen, because as you say, this daily delivery of cylinders had not arrived on time. it was meant to be coming from the city of rawalpindi, only around two hours' drive away. we have been speaking to some of the relatives of some of the patients who were there in the hospital at the time, and they describe the panic of families there as they realised w

with around 6000000 people fleeing to pakistan and iran. it was a war that would change the face of the world a devastated afghanistan fell into a bloody civil war in which the islamist taliban would emerge responses of a new source of international terrorism it's no coincidence that the country is known as the graveyard of empires that's certainly true when it comes to the soviet union and a half years after withdrawing its troops in december 1991 it ceased to exist. because india. how can a country's economy grow harmony with its people being violent when there are doers look at the bigger picture india a country that faces many challenges and whose people are striving to create a sustainable future clever projects from europe and india eco. connect on the table. in good shape. uses. it makes us happy. and music makes us healthy. research shows that those who see regularly live. so sing and it will keep you good. for 30 minutes on g.w. . in the far north. it's lonely. and breathtakingly beautiful. the arctic. sea take a journey around the

pakistan is yet to purchase a vaccine but one developed by the chinese company can see now is seen as a likely choice more than 6000 pakistanis have taken part in phase 3 trials of all haters at a center in islamabad where the trials are underway augustana it in the grip of a gain more deadly wave of the corona wireless where they did also at the forefront of the campaign to find a suitable vaccine right now $6000.00 volunteers have already been tested where dad rags and the signs of course are encouraging that of course showing that pakistan is likely to vote for the chinese option this. trial has. facilitated by the government of pakistan nationally stripped of health and when the chinese government and the chinese complete and final biologics. in china so far this trial has been going very smoothly the most encouraging thing is this that people are not getting any side effect. the other encouraging part is that people who are affordable barked and antibody titan's tested on their own and after 4 weeks of vaccination and their antibody titers were high that means that our exene is c

vision my dream is to become pakistan's post transgender judge. in pakistan most transgender people are treated as outcasts rather than begging dancing at weddings all sex work often the only ways to survive. it's a life on the edge of society that carries huge risks transgender people often become the targets of physical and sexual violence and rarely find recourse to justice. and 2018 pakistan's parliament voted to recognize transgender people as equal citizens and hospitals to protect them from discrimination and violence but in reality not much has changed discriminating attitudes and prejudice remain a fact of daily life. but raul refuses to let such experiences stand in hell way instead she uses them and her work it's the reason why many transgender clients have choice and. it is my case pertains to harassment as a working lady i face many difficulties. in understand my case better than any other lawyers it would be just by grace and progress in pakistan there are many challenges that persist for the transgender community. hoping to overcome

prejudice in pakistan fighting to defend a vulnerable community. first let's take a look at the political mood here in germany now that the year is coming to an and the country has been facing some harsh realities from the pandemic like so many countries for the polling institute in protest has just published its new survey the air de deutschland trend with some stunning results let's look at some of those now despite soaring infection numbers and deaths according to the survey most germans polled say they remain confident when it comes to the health care system if people are asked how worried are you that medical care for coated 19 patients would not be adequate well only a 3rd say that they are worried or very worried solid 63 percent say they're less worried or not worried at all. let's go through some of this with our political correspondent melinda crane goodsir melinda so no german angst when it comes to the country's medical infrastructure what do you make of the. i guess you could put it like that as you said only 30 percent 6 percent are w

strained by united opposition in pakistan protesters demand the resignation of the prime minister iran a car. welcome to the program a massive distribution effort is underway in the united states to dispatch the 1st batch of a coronavirus vaccine trucks and planes carrying 3000000 doses of the pfizer biotech bank scene heading for all 50 states as the nationwide death toll approaches 300000 workers cheered her as the 1st shipment left the production plant now they're loaded with dry ice and g.p.s. enabled senses to ensure the doses remain at minus 70 degrees celcius is a very different picture in brazil where the president's vaccination plan is receiving widespread criticism no start date has been provided no details on vaccine supply despite being in the midst of the world's 2nd deadliest outbreak and over in europe italy has now surpassed the united kingdom for the worst death toll on the continent more than 64000 people have died respectively in both nations now we'll have more the situation europe shortly but 1st john hendren reports on the race in the u.s. to inoculate millions. t

at least six coronavirus patients at a hospital in north western pakistan have died after the oxygen supply ran out. the tragedy occured when the daily delivery of cylinders from the city of rawalpindi failed to arrive on time to the khyber teaching hospital in the city of peshawar. it comes as pakistan is dealing with a second wave of coronavirus cases during the colder winter months, with increased demand forcing the hospital only recently to double their oxygen supply. let's speak now to our correspondent in islamabad, secunder kermani. secunder, were also looking at here? the country running out of oxygen of a logistic problem that the oxygen just hasn't been delivered? this seems a very tragic case but quite a specific case and there are a lot of questions as to how exactly this could happen and what is the second largest hospital in one of pakistan's in major cities. hospital staff say it was late on saturday night when they began realising they we re night when they began realising they were running out of oxygen because, as you say, this daily delivery of cylinders had not ar

the 20. 3000000 afghans pledged to pakistan. 2000000 to iran and. pakistan and iran were pursuing their own interests in the region and played a big role in the afghan resistance and least also have gotten to know d.c. was that if you will. this is the disability it to name the soviet public was kept in the dark about what was going on in afghanistan. soviet media was under the complete control of the communist party. the press radio television. they only reported on what was happening abroad in a very limited and filtered way even before the intervention the soviet regime was not very popular. there was a general disinterest in politics and a lack of belief in communism was more the regime couldn't ensure supplies of basic necessities is the keepin your legal thought if they can't even do that what good are they are. 6 regime the tenuous hope of reprobation with the west was ended by the intervention in afghanistan the consequences were clear. there were sanctions against the soviet union and in bargo on cereals and technology and the boycott of th

because they quickly started to receive lots of money from the pakistan militia. it was clear the americans were giving money to the much ideals through pakistan to do this for you . i didn't care who they made it war against it was normal thing that we were going to do they were always as war with some a sort of snooker you sustain you learn the skill your job you know they want you idea we were a group of about 20 or maybe 30 i wish i had seen and many were very young men. i had some very good friends in that group may they rest in peace and may god be merciful to them they are martyrs. we planned the attack well i asked them have you got incendiary bullets they replied yes we have i asked them to find out which vehicle in the soviet convoy was carrying the reserve a few of us would look at me and to tell me if it was in the front or the middle of the convoy that was not the shell we waited on a slope for the convoy to arrive and then we fired at the field tanker after that the convoy was blocked. the armored cars caught fire and the russians were all killed. th

just children face school closures in pakistan we need one student going to remote regions to ensure no child is left behind to stay with us. for. here's what early winter looks like plenty of rain plenty of snow particularly for iran elsewhere well yes it varies and we've got on sunday a fairly sunny day for most the temperatures in the twenty's not in the thirty's but if you're in terror and several different story the forecast here is single think the temperature is a bit below the average but persistent overcast wet days sunday and monday an improvement on tuesday and you see it start to prevail monday is the real spearheads off towards afghanistan the following weather is still find a few showers brewing for the levant but not that many of them quite a breeze blowing down through the gulf which is typical so down house forecast is a windy one was temp is dropping down to 22 by the time we get to wednesday's below average but not that surprising now was this potential still of some rain in the whole of africa it doesn't get realized on monday nor indeed much on tuesday it's a dry

and pakistan over the deaths of 6 credit 900 patients due to a shortage of oxygen supply. as another lockdown is imposed in california it's attorney general is named as joe biden's pick for health secretary. france says it will not make human rights a condition for sales to egypt as president sisi visits paris. and a huge spike in targeted attacks on afghan state officials journalists and activists spreads fear and insecurity in the capital. and in sports south africa's one day international cricket series with england has been called off follows a positive cope with 19 tasks and breaches to the team's bio secure environment in cape town. we begin this news hour and pakistan west 6 coronavirus patients have died in a hospital and push allah off the oxygen supplies there are hundreds of other patients who also left for hours on reduced oxygen because of a delay to deliveries pakistan has so far a total of more than 400000 factions and over $8000.00 deaths from car that 19 well our correspondent is in is on about for us to come out what more do we know about this incident an

with around 6000000 people fleeing to pakistan and iran. it was a war that would change the face of the world a devastated afghanistan fell into a bloody civil war in which the islamist taleban would emerge as sponsors of a new source of international terrorism it's no coincidence that the country is known as the graveyard of empires that's certainly true when it comes to the soviet union 2 and a half years after withdrawing its troops in december 1991 it ceased to exist. inside him things. spin. everything revolves around christmas. cheer in a german village famous for its handcrafted toilets candle arches. incense smokers morning. we find out what magic in seoul about. the moments. 30 minutes. why are people forced to hide in trucks. resurfaced. there are many cancers. and there are many. stories. plain make up your. claim. made for mind. bases don't have any news live from closing down for a pandemic christmas governments across europe tied down restrictions i feel the end of year holidays could turn into covert 9 tain mass super spreade

that so far, 2% of pakistan's population, around 200 20 million people, has been tested for the virus. as an investigation is underway, many want to know why there were so many failures and how they all seem to go unnoticed. rob: united states, european union and latin american countries won't recognize the results of venezuela's parliamentary election. allies of president nicolas maduro won the pole, which the opposition boycotted. people are electing the new congress, the only government branch by opposition parties. the leader has launched a referendum to cancel the move. >> the important thing for venezuelans is not to be apathetic about the situation, on the contrary. its participation, protest and demonstration. the response and slap in the face you want to give him to poverty and indignity is in the streets and is on december 12. >> the campaign is underway in argentina to put the face of the late footballer diego maradona on a bank note. they hope his image will attract investors and collectors. >> he was a legend, a controversial but inspirational figure. tens of thousands mo

as a hospital in pakistan runs out of oxygen while treating coronavirus patients. workers across india prepare for a nationwide strike is known as ram protests against agriculture. it's about to snow again in afghanistan which is the forecast for tuesday it seems quite significant to go across the north next as well following that it's much quieter weather for iran the next system next westerly waves it might to divert probably won't make much of an impact and between the 2 we're going to have 3 days of a fairly stiff breeze dropping temperatures in bahrain and qatar but nicosia on cyprus reflects what this westerly wave could have done if it went across into iraq we weren't some storms or shots the next 3 days and they'll tend to move up into what's turkey you might get a tail and as far south as gaza it just shows partly cloudy in the for cross but i would say the likelihood of a shower even asunder storm out of that but otherwise it's a fairly quiet looking picture with that cooling breeze going down through your way towards. us maintaining $26.00 degrees now th

oppositions for the pakistan have defied coronavirus restrictions to protest against the government but they want prime minister iran kong to resign accusing him of failing to deliver on his promises mishandling the pandemic brown reports was pakistan's opposition party has described this rally in the whole as a referendum on prime minister imran khan's government they say the turnout proves he has to go vowing to march on the capital islamabad to force him from office leave. the time for dialogue is over we don't have any other choice except a long march i want to log on you're coming now islamabad we are coming. this is the latest in months of protests by an opposition alliance called the pakistan democratic movement is accuses khan of incompetence and failing to deliver on promises made ahead of the 28000 election by building millions of houses and creating jobs for the poor. inflation has reached its peak no one's listening to us people are helpless and they can't feed their children we know the corona virus is spreading rapidly but we don't have any other option except to protest.

this is the latest in months of protests by an opposition alliance called the pakistan democratic movement is accuses khan of incompetence and failing to deliver on promises made ahead of the 28000 election by building millions of houses and creating jobs for the poor. inflation has reached its peak no one's listening to us people are helpless and they can't feed their children we know the corona virus is spreading rapidly but we don't have any other option except to protest. the crowds defied covert 9000 restrictions which banned gatherings of more than 300 people cases have been on the rise in pakistan where a 2nd wave is well underway leaving some hospitals overwhelmed the government has said opposition leaders are pushing their own interests ahead of their supporters by holding rallies in the middle of a pandemic. this is a political circus they're threatening the government but it's useless they're just playing with people's lives whether grown a virus is spreading rapidly. the former cricket legend turned politician can has dismissed the allegations against him as pathetic he said th

that meant they avoided the follow on, but pakistan still trail the home side by 192 runs. south africa are totally dominating their first test against sri lanka but they weren't helped by this bizarre episode. their batsman temba bavuma walked off— giving himself out for 71— even though he'd totally missed the ball! faf du plessis was the star for south africa— he made it all the way to 199// he made it all the way to 199 before getting out agonisingly short of his double century. sri lanka are still 160 runs behind with 8 second innings wickets remaining. sussex batsman phil salt top scored for adelaide strikers as they beat perth scorchers by 71 in their latest big bash league salt smashed 51 off only 31 balls, including some huge sixes, as adelaide set the scorchers 166 to win. it was a target which always looked beyond perth, with any hope of victory being ended when england batman liam livingstone was dismissed for 22. staying with cricket and the plaudits continue for the indian captain virat kohli, who has returned home from that tour of australia for the birt

now we are seeing that nightmare unfold in pakistan with pakistan and india. with paxton having their own tactical movements. they are repeating one of the most dangerous faces of the cold war between the united states and russia went through. we have a lot less danger today than we did when we had thousands of those weapons deployed, in the front lines in the battlefield and the decision had to be made very quickly to use them or lose them. so that phase of the cold war, it's probably a good thing in many ways, in people never fully realized. we are not -- to basically use the killer weapons very quickly and asked the president, i don't think any president knew how quickly they would be asked for those authorities, we dismantled a lot of our military after world war ii. soviets kept theirs. they had tremendous ground forces with artillery and tanks. therefore, sort of the first offset of that was the deployment of thousands of tactical nuclear weapons, battlefield nuclear weapons. that is part of the cold war history but still relevant today. because there ar

with around 6000000 people fleeing to pakistan and iran. it was a war that would change the face of the world a devastated afghanistan fell into a bloody civil war in which the islamist taleban would emerge as sponsors of a new source of international terrorism it's no coincidence that the country is known as the graveyard of empires that's certainly true when it comes to the soviet union and a half years after withdrawing its troops in december 1991 it ceased to exist. the 250 year old global music star. in his anniversary year he remains a powerful name on everyone's lips. either by the inspires really projects to this day or 20. 39 d. w. . i very. much. was it was the same ship for an intricate monarch. this. treasure was. secrets which. starts to seem you can't. this is the deadly news live from berlin germany heads fatah to lock down restrictions over the festive period tell us hopes of a christmas recovery as dashed as stores and schools are told to close from wednesday the government says surging to run the bars numbers have left it

literacy rate of foster's 100 person i think of education system in pakistan is very poor. there are 2500000 kids in pakistan who are out of school right now is books are not for sale we don't sell them it's been few months i've started running it along with my team we're thinking to expend it more we want to go to more school more villages where kids don't have access to good books because these books are very send these are modern that every kid should get i think kids of pasta are super lucky to have these votes by library i think what attractive as compared to a library packed in a room so it's more attractive cute kids get attracted when they see them all by library coming they're all drawn to us at all we need books i appreciate their passion for books that would be great if we have more more by libraries like this because having books at your doorstep it's a great thing. because the government there should make such initiatives. such great ideas everybody tries to send your kids to school to good school and get them good education so get there get good jobs or maybe

the government does have a problem in particular and the government of pakistan have basically failed as far prepared this is concerned the world health organization know them the praise pakistan for its fight against the pandemic saying it had taken appropriate measures to control infections the mangy it worked with the country to set up labs and to be able to test $50000.00 people a day but so far only around 2 percent of pakistan's population of around 220000000 people has been tested for the virus back in the shoah as an investigation is underway many want to know why there was so many failures and how they all seem to go unnoticed nor about the money out is there a. united states the european union and a number of latin american countries say they won't recognize the results of venezuela's parliamentary election allies of president nicolas maduro won the poll which the opposition boycotted people were electing a new congress the only government branch controlled by opposition parties and their leader though has rejected the results and he's launched a referendum to counter the mo

keeping up the pressure can iran khan's government survive opposition protests in pakistan we report from islamabad. and dramatic pledges as world leaders mark the 5th anniversary of the paris a coup or but will they be enough to prevent climate catastrophe. fellow british leaders have agreed to keep trade talks going house negotiators failed to break an impasse both sides met again on sunday in what was supposed to be the final day of negotiations so the head of the e.u. commission ursula vander lyon says there are still unresolved top expect deserve to be discussed at length. despite the exhaustion after almost one year of negotiations and despite the fact that deadlines have been missed over and over we both think that it is responsible at this point in time to go the extra mile for we have accordingly mandated our negotiators to continue the taffs and to see where the new reach an agreement can be reached even at this late stage or so far there have been several sticking points but the main ones include access to british waters by a new fishing fleets on the so-called level playi

now we're seeing that might unfold in pakistan with pakistan and india, with pakistan having their own nuclear weapons. they are no doubt repeating one of the phases of the cold war that the united states and the soviets went through. we haven't cured our problem, but we have much less danger of that today than we did when we had thousands of those weapons deployed in the front lines of the battlefield and a decision had to be made very quickly to use them or lose them. so that phase of the cold war, probably a good thing that the united states never fully realized, but we were powerful over nato for a long time, to basically use nuclear weapons very quickly and to ask the president -- i don't think any quickly they would be asked for the authority by the battlefield commanders because we dismantled a lot of our military after world war ii. soviets kept theirs. they had tremendous advantage with ground forces, with artillery and with tanks. therefore, sort of the first offset of that is a deployment to thousands of tactical nuclear weapons, battlefield nuclear weapons on the u.s. side.

states is facing the daunting challenge and the high number of deaths in this country as a result in pakistan 6 coronavirus patients have died in a hospital in the shower after oxygen supplies round too low hundreds of patients were left for hours on reduced oxygen because of a delay to delivery pakistan has so far a total of more than 400000 factions and over a 1000 deaths from coban $1000.00 kimo haidar has more from islamabad. really only know about the preliminary bolts and the preliminary reports speak of systematic failure. for example. has the capacity to have 20. cubic meters of oxygen. for only. cubic metres was delivered to the hospital yesterday when this incident happened the operating experience. there tried to call the concerned department. including the biomedical engineer who is responsible for maintaining the level of oxygen and. there was no. later on. finding out about this report there was no. basic. that day was. for several months nobody. regarding renewals contracts so it's a failure. to achieve minister. saying an independent inquiry a number of people have already bee

there's tensions between nuclear armed india and pakistan. that's not going away. then of course, you have the iran problem. if iran gets a threshold or capability, there are other states that might other try to buy a bomb from pakistan, for example. we just think about the complexity associated with a world in which so many countries have nuclear weapons and some of these countries are run by leaders who have an ideological bent that could lead them to justify the use of these most destructive weapons on earth. as we know, we know that pakistan came pretty close to that several years ago and certainly that nuclear dynamic in the middle east would be extremely dangerous. >> with the buildup of nuclear tensions like we are talking about, with tensions in the middle east still sort of on edge, afghanistan, all these places that we will get to iraq and afghanistan in a moment. your former boss, president trump has always touted america first, but he has always tried to work with allies and he has been received in different ways, for various reasons. he has put in plac