through good old the taliban has allowed great cross to stay open. a month after they took power the taliban came to our center they visit at the male and female. they were satisfied with our work and we carried on with our problems. but in afghanistan nothing is guaranteed. days into our visit we hear about a disturbing development the taliban have just announced their spring offensive against the afghan government and the military so what this means is that we're likely to see a lot more attacks but they're also saying here that the red cross will no longer be protected this is a really serious problem for the star and the patients at the center. it's not long before the news spreads are going to be more interesting for you to remember even when the senate isn't. in the women's department crema is also briefing they get you michel almost and i was going to. give them freedom sometimes on anything but the. closer they don't think that the divine. or among. you guys worried at all about your safety i mean someone you don't even understand maybe in yo

guarantees for the red cross why did the taliban decide to do that. says the red cross has failed to deliver the medicine and services it had promised the red cross says they can't respond because they're still negotiating with the taliban. what we do know is that the organization supports clinics across afghanistan in areas where it's difficult to access any of the health care most of the people that work at the red cross and certainly all of the patients are afghans including members of the taliban and your families are you hurting your own people by taking this step. but just weeks after this phone call the taliban did attack an american aid organization in kabul killing at least 5 people all of them afghans. back at the red cross there's no sign of things slowing down the need is simply too great afghanistan has one of the highest rates of disability in the world in 2018 a record 12000 people sought help from the several rehabilitation centers across the country. people like isra and you say if you can't afford private treatment. yourself on top o

she says she'd even stand up to the taliban should they come back to power. the family lead a relatively modern lifestyle which is not always possible here. yari says she hopes for freedom for. now for me i think freedom means. thinking freely making my choice really walking freely. giving my ideas my opinions freely with without any limitations. but those freedoms could be part of the prize for peace in afghanistan. that would be horrible i hope i hope the taliban will not take our freedom away i think we have fought very hard and the past 19 years i don't think afghan women are ready to lose this so. i will fight not just for the women of today like her but also for future generations. for more perspective on the story we can speak now to see some are she's a human rights and women's rights advocate from afghanistan where she was the 1st women's affairs minister in the post taliban interim government see my thank you for joining us on the you we heard the young woman in our report just say i hope the taliban will not take away my freedom will this peace agr

doing right and can others replicate to the chief that we'll discuss with our next guests then the taliban is now accusing the u.s. of violating the proposed peace deal citing drone attacks carried out against them by the u.s. military going to discuss all that coming up all right it's time to use i.q. . it's a move no one seen in decades on monday oil prices plunged into the negatives prompting president trump to make this announcement we're looking to put as much as 75000000000 barrels into the reserves themselves that would top it out it would be 1st time in a long time it's been good for the rate brace. now adding that much oil is a major task but where do you store it meantime oil prices continue their downward spiral today for more on all of this let's bring in our fronsac she's been following this story and this is the 1st time in history right that that oil has dropped below 0 right now and you know this is really a domino effect all from the coronavirus now people have these stay at home orders so people are they're driving less no one's flying anywhere so you have all this extra

according to a document from the taliban's political office the u.s. military violated the deal at least 50 times richer in march 9th and april 10th this includes 33 drone strikes in 1000 provinces 9 rocket attacks and 8 night raids the attacks killed at least $35.00 fighters and $65.00 civilians now the timeline of the attacks is both before and after the united nations called for a global ceasefire and response of the spread of covert 19 the un secretary general called on all parties to pull back from hostilities silence the guns stop figure tillery and the airstrikes but that was not the case in afghanistan following a week long reduction in violence at the end of february which was the lead up to the signing of the peace deal reports claim taliban fighters have since carried out more than 2000 and tacks and afghan and nato forces of carried out more than $400.00 in response to the claims of spokesperson for u.s. forces in the country said the united states remains committed to deal with the taliban and in accordance with the written terms of the ag

be unprecedented peace deal between the united states and the taliban brought about hope that it could bring an end to the longest war in u.s. history but continued fighting a delay in talks and then the latest accusations against the united states are raising questions about the success of this agreement are his rachel wyman's is joining us from the newsroom with more details to this rachel what's going on while manila just weeks after the united states signed a historic peace deal with the taliban. the group is now accusing washington of violating the terms on numerous occasions according to a document from the taliban's political office the us military violated the deal at least 50 times richer in march 9th and april 10th this includes $33.00 drone strikes in $1000.00 provinces 9 rocket attacks and 8 night raids the attacks killed at least $35.00 fighters and $65.00 civilians now the timeline of the attacks is both before and after the united nations called for a global ceasefire in response to the spread of covert 19 the un secretary general called on all parties to pull back from

had made with the taliban under the terms the afghan government was supposed to release taliban prisoners and exchange for pro-government forces jailed by the taliban the problem is the afghan government was not included in those initial talks now over more discussions though afghan president ashraf ghani how to greed to release 5000 taliban prisoners in different phases but when push came to shove gandhi said he would not yet release 15 senior taliban commanders implicated in large scale attacks the breakdown comes 2 weeks after u.s. secretary of state mike pump a.o. told rivaling afghan leaders to make a deal with the taliban or face a potential withdraw of u.s. troops from the country the u.s. is also cut $1000000000.00 in financial aid to afghanistan. the trump administration of course wants this deal to happen because it would be a major achievement for it especially in an election year but the strategy isn't working the taliban and afghanistan government are still at war make your prediction jesse do you think this conflict is going to end soon because of this pressure from the u.s.

taliban officials told nhk they released 20 afghan troops and civilians on sunday. they said the move was meant to apply pressure on kabul to steadily implement the agreement. afghan officials say the government has already freed 300 taliban prisoners and that the releases will continue. kabul is calling for prisoners to be released in stages, while the militants are demandings the swift release of all taliban prisoners. attention is focused on whether the latest move by the taliban will lead to further prisoner swaps and progress in creasefire talks between kabul and the taliban. >>> myanmar's detack tore leader aung san suu kyi has been an icon of democracy and people see hope in her. four years after she came to power young people and others who used to back her are becoming disillusioned. nhk reports. >> reporter: those gathered at a poetry reading are closely watching some p peoplee attendi via the internet. they were minority rohingya who have fled to avoid prorosecutio in myanmar. >> translator: my hometown has been ruined. our traditionals and culture have b

to say is that the united states and the taliban agreed. on reduction in violence this signed that agreement and agreed that they would start be in trial when negotiations on washdown but before that the partner of the united states which is the afghan government is supposed to release 5000 prisoners and which the government has not done that they have released 200 prisoners and the past one week over the last few days but the i would not call it releasing these done these clauses in the agreement they have cited health conditions over $9000.00 event gammick and not basically going to the agreement so the taliban claims that the united states and its look counterpart the up and government is not respecting the new agreement on the other side you see broadsides is trying to inflict damage to each other now if you start a peace agreement everything over there is based on need time like the united states would draw in from aquinas is based on a timetable that it is of the prisoner was supposed to be based on on a timeline now the 20 that are r

taliban prisoners were released earlier this month the group argued it had no way to verify who they were or if their release was legitimate the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the threat it poses to prisoners and close quarters has increased the fear that the deal could fall through if there is a breakout in prison and a significant number of taliban fighters die now that he still has also been thrown into chaos by rivaling leaders in the afghan government attempting to claim power in addition to threatening to cut more than $1000000000.00 in financial aid as the coronavirus threatens to spread across the country secretary of state might claim the trump administration is also considering a full pullout of troops if the deal is not secured while the top u.s. general in afghanistan has admitted that the war cannot be won through military fighting the latest claims of continued bombing by the u.s. raised questions about just what washington is accomplishing as the longest war in u.s. history continues reporting in the newsroom rachel blevins archie and china's central bank is now intr

the release nearly didn't happen 48 hours earlier the taliban the afghan government couldn't agree on the final details the taliban accused the government of intentionally causing delays and walked out on the talks an agreement signed in qatar between the taliban and the us in february paves the way for the withdrawal of american troops from afghanistan ending 2 decades of war while the afghan government wasn't included in those negotiations it did call for the swap of thousands of prisoners as a precondition to his own talks with the taliban the personal release exercise is very significant it's a major confidence building. step. but it's one step in many steps to be taken in order to bring full confidence. the prisoner release. will also pave the way for the draft talks. of 2 weeks of pressure from american diplomats present a new greed to a phased release of 5000 taliban prisoners but despite that the face several hurdles along the way. or no wonder you visit to afghanistan 2 weeks ago u.s. secretary of state compared to live it is clear message from president donald trump to afgha

the stigma and doubt has come from the taliban is. the deal releasing 20 prisoners but it does not say why we have had about 200 prisoners released from the government like the african government has released 200 taliban prisoners and you're about to release a 100 more but be statement that has come from the government is that it's based on age health conditions. it does not refer to be u.s. taliban and that was signed on february 29th of this year so none of these sides are actually going to be agreement the government has only be to releasing $5000.00 prisoners that they were supposed to release before march to be in charge of going down or could be initiated. or. it happening a top stories here on al-jazeera so far today the u.k. prime minister boris johnson has been discharged from the hospital in london where he was treated in intensive care for coronavirus he's not going straight back to work he will continue his recovery at checkers that's his official country residence in the last hour mr johnson released a video online thanki

the taliban. was signed on february 29th of this year so none of these sides are actually going to be agreement the government has only be to releasing $5000.00 prisoners that they were supposed to release before march turned into afghan dialogue could be initiated. the secretary with us hello they train for good here in doha the headlights of al-jazeera the number of coronavirus link deaths of the u.k.'s past 10600 the government is facing criticism from doctors and nurses over a lack of personal protective equipment the u.k.'s prime minister porus jyotsna spent discharged from hospital he says it's hard to find the words to thank staff and after saving his life downing street says the prime minister will not go straight back to work it's unclear how long his recovery period will be in the last 7 days i have of course seen the pressure that the n.h.s. is under i've seen the personal courage not just of the doctors the nurses but of everyone the cleaners the cooks the health care workers the every

the announcement coincides with the release of the 3rd group of taliban prisoners by afghanistan. more now on the u.s. coronavirus figures which critics of president trump a blame in what they say was a slow initial response to the crisis the white house says that's part of an attempt to quote weaponize the virus against trump reports. he has betrayed our national security when the us recorded its 1st coronavirus case on january 20th the united states was in the midst of another crisis the senate will convene as a court of impeachment the impeachment trial against president donald trump something he said was a distraction for the country. but did the political drama also leave the president distracted from leading a response to the covert 19th outbreak hitting the united states trump says he took the virus seriously from the start i felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic all you had to do is look at other countries but his public statements suggest otherwise in january is the world health organization warned of a global crisis and coronavirus cases in china gr

the taliban says it is forcing returnees to quarantin like this man. the truth is, testing for the virus out here in taliban territory is practically nonexistent. they do not seem to understand how contagious the virus is. some fighters are taking if people get sick, they haven little optt to travel outside of taliban territory to cities controlled instead by the afghan government, hoping for treatment, yet those places are also woefully unprepared >> in herat we have around 20 veilators. around 20 ventilators. and once we purchase more ventilators we will provide them more. and in kabul we have around this number. reporter: afghanistan's health ministry spokesman gives a daily press conference on thet situation capital, kabul, where the lockdown has tightened in recent days. in a city where most people make a living from day labor, socially isolating means desperate times for mi. despite some food handouts b the government, food prices havr increased y, as borders shut and supply routes are out.s ted by efforts to keep the people are gng hungry, yet,

that coincides with the release of a 3rd group of $100.00 taliban prisoners by the afghan government. more now from the u.s. and kristen salumi reports on new york's worsening economic situation. it's been called the crossroads of the world but these days no one is going anywhere just ask taxi driver nicolay hent hear people talking. about it he says his few customers are mostly hospital workers now that all but essential workers are expected to stay home new york the center of american culture and commerce now has more coronavirus cases than any single country even the famously busy grand central station is eerily quiet during normal times 3 quarters of a 1000000 people would pass through here each day now as empty as public spaces are hospitals are full and overflowing. public hospitals in particular have been overwhelmed statistics show that while the elderly or those with preexisting conditions make up most faith tallies minority communities have been hit disproportionately hard. and doctors and nurses are under tremendous pressure a shortage of protective gear like masks and down

that is the main purpose of the agreement between the us and taliban. a question on turkey. as you well know, they are about to make operational the very sophisticated russian defence system, the s—400 system, against the wishes of the united states and i imagine against your hopes and wishes as well. should turkey, a member state of nato, be punished for making this defence system operational? turkey is an important ally. they have been extremely important, especially against daesh and in syria. should turkey face sanctions, simple question? i realise that it is recognised by all in nato that the turkish decision to invest in the russian system s—400 creates problems within the alliance and i express my concerns over the consequences of this turkish decision. i welcome these ongoing efforts to try to solve it. i spoke to the president recently about it and all the allies about this issue and we continue to try and find the way to address the issue because the s—400 system will never be part of an integrated nato air and missile system and that's one of the challenges

that's term briefly to some other news and the taliban has released 20 afghan government prisoners in the 1st phase of its historic deal with the u.s. that marks the 1st handover by the taliban since the deal was signed in february since wednesday the afghan government has released 300 taliban prisoners present our exchanges are part of a pact between the taliban and the us which aims to withdraw american forces from afghanistan in return for security guarantees the war's america's longest having lost almost 2 decades have a boys act as a national security analyst he says the deal is in limbo despite this release. we have seen the taliban attacking and different government in different districts across the country and i did operations that were conducted by the afghan government which big limbed did it killed the governor for what our problems and center of congress under the taliban i was rejected but not the less you see of things operations despite the good 9 can been demagogued and i think i look at the beach due to being in the limbo we are we have very much. sort of lacking behi

more on the pandemic shortly for now though some other news headlines a 3rd group of taliban prisoners has been released by afghanistan as part of an agreement between the armed group and the u.s. in total more than 300 detainees been let go the taliban has accused afghanistan's government of stalling the process last month afghan president bush of only had signed a decree to release 1500 taliban prisoners as a move to launch direct talks with the armed group to end the 18 year war a court in yemen run by hooty rebels has sentenced for journalists to death they were part of a group of 10 journalists who were accused of spying for the saudi u.a.e. coalition amnesty international says the men are being held on false charges it's calling for their immediate release in jerusalem worshipers are unable to gather for easter sunday and passover services or cultural sites have been closed regardless of their religious affiliation and the easter service has taken place behind closed doors at the church of the holy sepak or one of christianity's most sacred sites or a force it is live for us in o

now, rolling out washington's deal with the taliban for a u.s. tawithdrawal from afghanishas been delayed too. the kabul government was excluded from the talks between the u.s. and the taliban and still needs to strike its itn peace dealthe group. yet, ghani's government took months to form a negotiating team and beg the release of taliban prisoners, something the group demanded before talks could begin. in march, secretary of state mike pompeo lost patiencand slashed $1 billion in aid to the afghan government. laurel miller is a former us special representative to afghanistan and pakistan. currently the u.s. has 500 million a year in assistance to afghanistan and in therent year over 4 billion is alcated to support for those security forces so so there billion dollars without cutting into the support for the security forces. >> reporter: with the white house losing patience andbu punishing the government with massive funding cuts, the ghani administration is losing its ability to negotiate a strong settlement. >> in the past the u.s. was, i woul

that has stalled, the taliban attacks are escalating. there were some exchanges of prisoners this week, far fewer than were expected under the us—taliban deal, but at least a few steps, but there's huge, huge worry about a nightmare scenario in afghanistan as they deal with a stalled peace process, taliban attacks escalating, political infighting in kabul over two rival presidents and then the threat looming of the coronavirus. that sounds challenging. isabel, what is your story of the week other than virus? well, the story of the week, i think, happened yesterday in hong kong with the arrest of a number of veteran civil liberties people, including the lawyer, martin lee, who actually helped to draft to the basic law at the time of the handover, and jimmy lai, who is apple media's apple daily media tycoon. about 17 very senior peaceful civil protesters or civil rights campaigners who have been arrested, and this is a major escalation in hong kong, which followsjust a few days from the new leader, the new chinese representative in hong

she says she'd even stand up to the taliban should they come back to power. the family lead a relatively modern lifestyle which is not always possible here. yari says she hopes for freedom for all. for me i think freedom means. thinking freely making my choice really walking freely. giving my ideas my opinions freely without any limitations. but those freedoms could be part of the price for peace in afghanistan. that would be horrible i hope i hope the taliban will not take our freedom our way i think we have fought very hard and the past 19 years i don't think afghan woman a ready to lose this so. i will fight. not just for the women of today like her but also for future generations. the german containership as an express started its journey from europe to asia back in january before the corona virus had spread around the world the crew started becoming aware of the seriousness of the outbreak as they traveled closer to its epicenter now several months on they still don't know when they will be able to set foot on land. 366 meters long with a load capacity o

on the other hand, at the taliban defeat the u.s. military, on how supercharged jihadist and other enemies are now that they know america is willing, once they know how to drive us out a one battlefield use the same method to drive us out and those who say that's fine, let's get between them. >> i have my partner on this particular piece deal. on the one hand, you've got to drive rivals who were inaugurated today. the afghan government was not involved in the discussions. didn't sign up for the things we are trying to get the afghans to do as part of the agreement. more important, more than a decade ago, when i worked in kabul, part of my job was talking to people in the taliban. negotiating position that the taliban had into thousand nine is that was identical in the position we agreed to. eleven years later. they haven't shifted. they've always been saying they would no longer have a relationship with our credit. they said they will not allow it to be used to carry on and they will deal with the afghan government. i think we could

the taliban attacks are escalating. there were some exchanges of prisoners this week, far fewer than were expected under the us— thailand deal, but at least a few steps. but there is huge worry about a night where nightmare scenario taliban with political infighting in carnival over two rival presidents under the threat of the coronavirus. that sounds challenging. isabel, what is your story of the week other than the virus? the story of the week i think happened yesterday in hong kong with the arrest of a number of veteran civil liberties people, including the lawyer, martin lee, who actually helped to draft the basic law at the time of the handover, and jimmy lau, alpha media's media tycoon. about 17 very senior, peaceful civil protesters, or civil rights campaigners, have been arrested, and this is a major escalation in hong kong which follows just a few days from the new chinese representative in hong kong advocating a return of the security legislation which kicked off the whole protests in hong kong over the last

the afghan government is due to release around 100 more members of the taliban from prison following an initial release on wednesday it says it's trying to curb the spread of coronavirus in jails but this is also the 1st step in a deal signed between the taliban and the united states. that ending nearly 20 years of war in afghanistan sort of reports. i mean this is what freedom looks like after more than 5 years in afghanistan's new tourist background prison man is one of the 1st tali band members to be released sometime lives in the woods for her 200 taliban were freed by the national directorate of security an attorney general's office based on age health condition and duration of imprisonment the taleban in qatar and the released prisoners have pledged not to return to the battlefield. the release nearly didn't happen 48 hours earlier the taliban in the afghan government couldn't agree on the final details the taliban accused the government of intentionally causing delays and walked out on the talks an agreement signed in qatar between the taliban and the us in february paves the

the release nearly didn't happen 48 hours earlier the taliban the afghan government couldn't agree on the final details it's on a ban accuse the government of intentionally causing delays and walked out on the talks an agreement signed in qatar between the taliban and the us in february paves the way said withdrawal of american troops from afghanistan ending 2 decades of war while the afghan government wasn't included in those negotiations it did call for the swap of thousands of prisoners as a precondition to his own talks with the taliban the personal release exercise is very significant it's a major confidence building step. but it's one step in many steps to be taken in order to bring full confidence. the prisoner release is will also pave the way for the draft talks. after weeks of pressure from american diplomats president agree to a phased release of 5000 taliban prisoners but despite that this war has faced several hurdles along the way. on a one day visit to afghanistan 2 weeks ago u.s. secretary of state mike compared to give it a clear message from president donald trump to

and in other news more taliban prisoners are released by afghanistan's government raising new hopes for a delayed exchange deal. and i'm peter sims with the sport british motor racing legend stirling moss has died at the age of 19 that and more coming up later in the program. we start with coverage of the british government's daily updates on the coronavirus situation and this is health secretary matt hancock speaking checkers i hope everyone has seen his message of love and thanks to all those who supported his recovery and to the n.h.s. colleagues who've had for him so brilliantly thomas' hospital. i know that they have cared for him as they would kaffir anybody in this country and it's one of the things that makes me so proud that the n.h.s. is there for all and can give its very best to every single person and has been able to throughout this crisis i know that all of his thoughts are with those affected by this illness. and of course the government is working constantly through our coronavirus action plan and the aim is to protect life and to protect the n.h.s. both by slowing the

these 100 prisoners are part of the list which was agreed on by the taliban's technical team and the government's technical team during their negotiations in kabul. >> woodruff: the taliban said it has not verified that those released are in fact on the agreed-to list. just yesterday, taliban officials said they broke f talks citing lack of progress on the prisoner release.uc a driver pled guilty today in the deaths of 39 migrants found in a truck in england. pmaurice robinson entereda to manslaughter. his refrigerated truck was discovered outside london last october. police found the bodies of mese migrants who died o lack of oxygen and overheating. police believe traffickers smuggled them into england. the vatican has named a new commission today to consider o whether ain women as roman catholic deacons. s pe francis created the panel, as the church fashortage of priests. deacons are allowed to preside at weddings, baptis and funerals, but not to perform mass. a central figure in the impeachment of president bill clinton s died. her lawyer says linda tripp passed away today. he did

it does not refer to me you have the taliban. was signed on february 29th of this year so none of these sides are actually going to be an agreement the government has allegedly beat to releasing $5000.00 prisoners that they were supposed to release before much to the interim afghan dialogue could be initiated israel's president is refusing to give political leaders more time to reach a power sharing deal learn what party leader but he gets asked for 2 or weeks to form a coalition government is trying to reach agreement the private assert benjamin netanyahu following last month's 3rd inconclusive election within a year of maybe a 4th if the count agreed by tuesday police and siddharta fired tear gas to disperse crowds who were protesting against high food prices and poor living conditions crowds in the capital khartoum about of the resignation of private of the 100 for what they say is his failure to reform the economy. just ahead here on the news. it was just a handful of priests celebrating easter but one of the most sacred site

afghan officials say taliban fighters have killed $29.00 soldiers in a series of attacks on checkpoints the group hasn't claimed responsibility for sunday's attacks which come at a sensitive time for both sides the afghan government and the taliban are in the process of exchanging prisoners that's part of a deal the taliban signed with the us in the qatari capital doha 2 months ago. the death toll in canada's worst mass shooting has gone up to 19 including the gunman police are investigating a series of crime scenes scattered across the province of nova scotia the gunman had driven more than 100 kilometers shooting at people along the way and setting homes on fire then you lack reports from toronto. this was a crime as elaborate as it was horrific police believe just one gunman was involved and that he's dead shot by heavily armed officers after a 14 hour spree of gun attacks and arson across central nova scotia among those known to be victims of the gunman a 23 year veteran of the royal canadian mounted police the r.c.m.p. others killed were a teacher 2 nurses and a family of 3 includi

a total of $661.00 taliban fighters have now been released by afghanistan's government after it freed another for $361.00 a monday part of an agreement with the u.s. towards talks to end the war on sunday the taliban released 20 government prisoners in the hard province the u.s. special envoy for afghanistan says it's an important step in the peace process it's witnessed. as the world battles the coronavirus pandemic we'll bring you the latest developments from around the world. with updates about travel restrictions and how to protect yourself. coronavirus pandemic special coverage on al-jazeera.

lifted thousands of people filled shops many without wearing mandatory face masks a total of $661.00 taliban fighters have now been released by afghanistan's government after it freed another for $361.00 on monday it's part of an agreement with the u.s. towards talks to end the war on sunday the taliban released 20 government prisoners income the hard province the u.s. special envoy for afghanistan says it's an important step in the peace process. it's witnessed. as the wealth battles the coronavirus pandemic will bring you the latest developments from around the wilds. with updates about travel restrictions and how to protect yourself. coronavirus pandemic special coverage on al-jazeera. business what i'm a lot of. i get can only with food out of all of the knowledge but. i do point to people in florida i love you i mean. part of the human in the me are . at the bottom. of the world. moments ago now we ask for an airport oh man. i'm out of the lawyer for the my good name of the models on the back and. i want to look up and down. i use a month for an important one but i want to. know my own

anti—taliban. .. did not friend borisjohnson anti—taliban... did not give up boris. for sure performing tasks is to bring the situation under control. without tests we would have to cope with it in the dark. baby steps of progress as italy starts to turn a corner and re—find that lost word, hope. the economic impact of the pandemic is being felt around the world and as we had jobless figures in the us have searched. and other sex and a half million people filed unemployment claims last week bringing the total to almost 17 million. is scared up to 60,000 americans could die with coronavirus. that is lower than previous estimates though. the state of new york has seen its highest number of death in a single day since the outbreak began. here is the report. the sound of the sirens has become the sound of new york. the ceaseless noise, for many a terrifying noise, that has placed this city under a form of mental siege. people here have become scared of ambulances and scared of the hospitals they end u

freed 100 taliban prisonersent today, and said it was part of an agreement between the insurgents and the u.s. the prisoners were held at the bagram jail, near kabul. afghan officials said they are among some 5,000etainees that are supposed to go free.ed >> ( transl ): 100 taliban were freed by the national directorate of security and fitorney general's office, after taliban's qatar and the released prisoners themselves pledged that they will not return to the battlefield. these 100 prisoners are part of the taliban's technical team and the government's technical team during their negotiations in kabul. >> woodruff: the taliban said it has not verified that those released are in fact on e agreed-to list. just yesterday, talin officials said they broke off talkciting lack of progress the prisoner release. a truck driver pled guilty today in the deaths of 39 migrants found in a truck in england. maurice robinson entered a plea to manslaughter.hi refrigerated truck was discovered outside london last october.he police foundodies of vietnamese migrants who died of lack of oxygen and overhe

across the country the taliban hasn't claimed responsibility for the attacks which come at a sensitive time for both sides the afghan government and the taliban are exchanging prisoners as part of a historic deal signed by the u.s. and the armed group 2 months ago. the number of people killed in canada's worst mass shooting is increased to at least 18 the rampage began late on saturday in the province of nova scotia when a 51 year old man disguised as a police officer started shooting people in their homes and setting houses ablaze he was eventually killed a policewoman was also among the dead such a tragedy never occurred. has no place. we still with you and we grieve with you and you can killed in our government full support during the incredibly painful at least 12 people including police officers have been killed after flash floods left a trail of destruction in west kenya at least another 22 people are missing and thousands displaced homes schools marketplaces and the police station have been destroyed catherine soy has more now from a gay american whetted west kenya she says 60 p

. >> so i have real concerns about suggestions that the taliban are serious about peace, that the taliban are upholding their end of the deal when as we speak today, they are holding a former navy veteran and american citizen hostage that they took, again, during the peace negotiations. >> details of the kidnapping in january have not been released. the taliban leaders have -- >>> our type is 7:46. joe biden. his next big step in parking eight vp joe running mate. but announced four co-chairs will lead the search. they include cynthia hogan from apple who worked with biden during his time at the u.s. senate and right now, she is the vp of public policy and government affairs at apple. the group will interview and research potential candidates. joe biden has already committed to the parking a woman as his running mate. but expected to have a final choice by july. >>> 7:46. a federal judge ordered pg&e to change the way it inspects and maintains high-voltage power lines. that order forces pg&e to approve tree trimming practices and record-keeping. also, contractors have to carry enough insu

the process last month afghan president us of danny signed a decree to release 1500 taliban prisoners and to help start direct talks to when the 80 year war it's inside story now stay with us on al-jazeera. counting the cost from the health emergency to economic disaster the world be heading for another financial crisis and as workers lose their jobs at a faster pace in the great depression what can governments do to help and who is falling through the cracks. counting the cost and how does it. who will pay for the financial fallout of the coronavirus pandemic governments around the world pledged trillions of dollars try and keep their economies afloat will a massive bailout stop another global financial crisis this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm bernard smith. most economists agree the coronavirus pandemic has pushed the world into recession trade and business abruptly stopped when billions of people were told to stay at home governments are pledging huge stimulus packages to try and reduce the damage the european union has agreed a $590000000000.00 rescue package