In an effort to end the 17 year war those talks recently broke down. Harken is an adjunct scholar in the defense and Foreign Policy department at the Cato Institute and she joins us from Arlington Virginia good to get you on the program as we as we outlined there the u. S. Did have a big role in what we know of afghanistan now and what is that stake for washington in these elections particularly given that what weve seen a repeat of the elections 5 almost a repeat of the elections 5 years ago and possibly very low turnout. Well i think for the United States something that. Is a really hard to do a sham and the trumpet ministration especially when president trumpets campaigning here said that one of the main things he wants to do is still the u. S. Troops from the highest and it seemed at the still about the beginning of september that might actually be happening so the fact that the talks 7 hours actively died at least some of us and that the elections that are occurring now in a plan a sign of riddled with violence are something that are really worrisome for washington but at the same time. Special representative. Has been working really hard and really effectively on ensuring that at least there is an interim dialogue that begins that could potentially help the. Political process which quit ultimately also result in u. S. Troops of the crime just something that the u. S. Wants so i think when the issue is looked at a little deeper you see that the u. S. Has been working really hard im trying to ensure that theres some kind of stability in allotments on right now 5 years ago what were seeing well were supreme are seeing a day 5 years ago with. And. Both going head to head being the main contenders on this and in the last elections there were there was a dispute over the results which was threatening to descend into factional violence so the u. S. Intervened but given the administration we know off now the u. S. Likely to intervene if there is such a dispute or any question over who is going to run afghanistan. I think absolutely the u. S. French of you know i think that youre absolutely right it is stage of the i think that already against any government before the elections they gather allegations that he was trying to make sure that a lot of polls remained closed about 31 percent of the polls Polling Centers are closed and some of his opponents have accused him of wanting to sell ballot boxes and so theres already allegations before the election are going to be even began really that that there is corruption so i do think of the u. S. With potentially each of the men i also think that they may not be any clear winner or a lot of that is that their violence that is occurring during the election some of that is the cause of the Polling Centers that are close and also just low voter turnout i think are are wary and lines are really scared that said anybody in the election who is voting i think is really something that should be celebrated because its a really violent time right now and violence is the such a common part of our life so the fact that there are people who are still going to the polls and voting i think is something that should be taken as a positive but as far as the u. S. Intervening i expect the u. S. Will absolutely intervene thank you very much great to get your insight thank you. As plenty more still have this news hour including 4 years after ceasefire and man maher are there any signs of lasting peace plus. On donor came in the Austrian Parliament on sunday voters will elect new members to this chamber who form the next government. And in sports question coleman as to sprint doha far will have the actions from the world athletics championships. Ok we can now go to our top story on yemen the with the claims of capturing saudi backed fighters and the Yemeni Foreign minister heading out to iran and the u. A. E. It will be is a yemen analyst and joins us now from new york thank you very much for joining us. Thanks for having me having heard the yemen foreign minister speak on the world stage at the u. N. G. A. Whats your takeaway from what he said. Well 1st of all there are a few points that he made one of the u. A. E. The government of the United Arab Emirates have been attacking the Yemeni Government and their mind peace and yemen and have funded and you know supported a militia that i actually took over the Yemeni Government institutions which you know the u. A. E. Claimed that they came to help restore the. Government but i actually did the complete opposite they also are the only government sugar sugar coated the yemeni saudi relation not reflect on exactly whats taken place on the ground as you know the Yemeni Government live in eggs exile right now does not exist and the country right now the defacto capital of yemen was supposed to be bad and its taken over by a militia that is supported by the United Arab Emirates and the government now is outside and theyve been cornered and so they have no choice but to say what they want the saudis to hear and thats a complete problem the yemenis right now completely understand that the saudi u. A. E. Led coalition there to support you know yemenis they actually do and the complete opposite today over 25000000 people id percent of that 24000000 people live and depend on him military and aid the whole country is in a complete blockade by the saudi and the u. A. E. There is no way one can claim they are actually there to support yemenis almost 2000000 yemeni sholden are without a school today 12000000 children have no access to food what kind of relationship and what kind of support they provided for the Yemeni Government while the Yemeni Government and saudi arabia actually saudi arabia some of the Yemeni Government claim they do with the good stuff in yemen and actually starvation military bases inside the country and so got the. Theyve taken over our support lets go back to the situation that we have 13. Very fast developing situation and thats the who these claims of capturing saudi backed fighters does this what does this say to you does it say that this this conflict is far from over and we were good to see an escalation of it. This is the problem. Of the saudis and the u. A. E. Has nothing to do with support of the Yemeni Government and their military to basically overtake the country from the whole field militias what they care about is only taken over the seaport the airports and the yemeni air space but have they dont care about whats happened inside the country thats why we have this man made worse humanitarian disaster in the world thats why yemenis cannot go inside and outside their country and theyve given up now the coalition itself is divided the saudis and the u. A. E. Not in good terms today they are not supporting the Yemeni Government and now they handed 3 divisions of the military and to the houses so basically they no longer fight and the whole thing is were only seeing them attacking the yemeni institution they claim to support we only see in seeing them blacken food and medicine from reaching the yemeni people the war is now were talking about a half decade of war since the saudi u. A. E. Led coalition 5 years later the Yemeni Government cannot return 5 years later the whole these are only gotten a stronger because of this behavior because of undermined the undermining the Yemeni Government by the same coalition that is claiming to support the Yemeni Government so the only people that pay the price if they are the yemeni people they are the victim of this war of this proxy were by the saudis by their merit is by the iranians and by the houthi no one stark and was have been an inside yemen was have been into the yemeni people and the shame for the International Community is remaining silent to what what is happening to yemenis is massacres every day i mean the just last like last week over a week ago the u. N. Panel of experts saying there are massacres have committed against the yemeni people by all sides crimes against humanity in very high have been there and i think were going to have their thank you very much it was really good to get your insight and your thoughts. Police in hong kong have fard tear gas and used water cannon to disperse antigovernment protesters near the Chinese Army Headquarters demonstrators threw rocks breaking windows and blocking roads this can sides of the 5th anniversary of the Umbrella Movement thats a series of protests against increasing chinese control of the territory its called heiler takes a look now at how the movements compare. Born and raised in Hong Kong Helen chen looks at the recreate of a main symbol of the territorys Umbrella Movement a socalled lenin wall this is the site of the 1st that went up in 2014. 5 years on protesters are again building them to post messages and themes that have brought millions out to the streets while helen agrees with the focus of whats happening now she did not back then she believes freedoms are being stripped away in the situation now is more urgent in. The amber and a movement to me i think its only me it just the yanks this matter and they that its pricing full its almost they beat me needs and im already out for more than 60 years old. Old woman and i just asked for the the peace and there are. No more life will fall over to mark the 5th anniversary of the Umbrella Movement a rally was held next to hong kongs seat of government hundreds of thousands gathered in tomorrows park. As with most of the larger protest events there was anger directed at police theyve been accused of using Excessive Force against demonstrators. A surveillance helicopter hovering over the rally a target of the protestors lasers prodemocracy leaders say that the success and passion with this protest compared to the Umbrella Movement 5 years ago is rooted in how its organized. Isaac chang was only 14 when he was out on the streets during the Umbrella Movement now hes one of the leaders of a prodemocracy Political Party born out of the Umbrella Movement of the defenses of the previous before that they will fight for a sense of peace the previous will have one single they say so while leaving the ok. He also says there are many people driving the protests now in their 17th weekend as the range of issues is much larger than 5 years ago bringing up. Of all ages. As with many of the recent large protests riot police are called in to clear out the remaining protesters the steps of the original lead and wall now reclaimed by police got her out 0. And hes 36 people have been killed and dozens of others injured in a crash between a bus and a truck in eastern china it happened on an expressway just north of shanghai in jan sue province initial investigation suggests that the bus had a flat tire just prior to the accident may have maher says it wants revenge of muslim refugees in bangladesh to return home its been 2 years since Security Forces launched a violent crackdown on more than 700000 rohingya in Rakhine State mean marsan boyd told the Un General Assembly and they were paid trajan last happened under controlled conditions which the president displeased with you know in talking with who had been regine in the kind of different legal status. We are willing to repatriate them in accordance with the ballot to remain signed between in bangladesh the agreement calls for the issuance of Identity Cards to the journey while the main march home been almost 4 years since a socalled nationwide cease fire agreement was signed between ethnic rebel armies and the government but theres still no sign of lost in peace some groups are refusing to sign the document including whats regarded as east asia as largest nonstate army which ones that isolated states on the borders between china and thailand where hate takes a rare look at the secretive watch state. In the far east of me and is a defacto independent territory its run by the countrys largest rebel army which unilaterally declared it a state its largely cut off from the outside world in particular the rest of me and their movement right now why is still a wild frontier people who live here have id cuts but only for the state we can travel outside of. The United States army controls to areas on the borders with thailand and china this state is run under a one Party Communist system its heavily reliant on Chinese Support in the form of trade investment and in the near future thanks to a new casino possibly tourism. When i 1st moved here there was only jungle everywhere but now its more developed in the past it was very poor and 5 behind but its getting better. There was signed a bilateral ceasefire deal with the me and my army in 1909 and havent been directly involved in any significant fighting since the largely left to run their own affairs and still maintain a well organized and well resourced fighting force of up to 30000. 00 now about having under pressure to join the governments nationwide cease fire agreement which like many other ethnic armies are refusing to do they say theyre not prepared to meet one of the key conditions of that deal which is for this soldiers to lay down their weapons and join the me and my military the while are also fiercely protective of their income streams like jade mining and the illegal wildlife trade many products like tiger and bear teeth are sold openly in the state capital punk come the United States army is also thought to be one of the regions largest manufacturers of Illegal Drugs a business that says its no longer in but there are many who believe those who run the syria are still stuck in the past and until they open up life will not improve for you im in fairly good i want want to continue to develop i want to see more people move through here which will improve trade in business in the past 2 or 3 years its been very bad i can make a so much. One state serves as a reminder of how fragmented me and while the syria may be at peace for now its the people that continue to pay the price of civil war through isolation and a lack of developments when hey al jazeera. Zimbabwes founding leaders laid to rest. Home and his village after his familys vicious prevail. And relief camps are set up in northern india where flooding has forced thousands of people from their homes. And then sport with far action from us by host japan at the rugby world cup. I once again welcome to another look at the international forecast weather is looking largely quiet again across eastern and southern parts of China Central areas seeing a little bit of wetter weather over towards the west of the range but for most as you can see send across the main that it is looking settle some showers pushing their way towards taiwan as we go through sunday more so on in sea monday where we have developing a Tropical Storm making its way a further north with it gradually will become a thai food so turning increasingly wet and windy just around the taiwan but for much of china it is looking settled dry and sunny dry and studied say which a good part of the philippines we can just see the outer bands of tropical system that just making its way towards that eastern side of the philippines and up towards the northeast scattering of showers across much of malaysia indonesia generally looking dry showers to pep up a little across the central areas as we go on through monday just some showers too into smarter just towards southern parts of malaysia peninsula maybe the 2 just creeping up into thailand for india im afraid lots of heavy rain remaining into the forecast anywhere the northwest. Good weather sponsored by catherine. On counting the cost bodies economic failure job losses rising consumers tightening their belts plus stripped of its autonomy kashmirs 2000000000. 00 the harvest is left to rot and olens brags that housing prices double most of driven out of the counting the cost on aljazeera. One in 3 brazilian women is a victim of Domestic Abuse it seems every day a woman dying and it just becomes a statistic. And away from the cycle of violence its not easy to leave you have to ask. And inspire others to turn their lives around i call the straw hat program the dream program my life changed after the course it gave me opportunities for my business women make change only. Again youre watching out is there and his reminder for main stories this hour yemen to the rebels say thousands of saudi backed fighters have surrendered along weapons and military vehicles during a month long military campaign there were these have been targets in the southern saudi region of. A Spokesman Says theyve also captured several saudi army officers. And speaking at the Un General Assembly the foreign minister of yemens international backed government blamed iran for the conflict in the arabia for hits role in helping fight the rebels but criticize its Coalition Partner the u. A. E. For supporting separatist fighters in the south. A series of attacks as well as technical delays didnt stop people from turning out for afghanistans 4th president ial election since the fall of the taliban but the turnout was low as nearly 70 attacks across the country killed 5 and injured hundreds of others. The former Egyptian Government contractor whose online videos helped spark recent protests against the president of the c. C. So the ra does need to be stepped up and held every day people have been out on the streets for 2 fridays in a row demonstrators accused of corruption and destroying the economy. Moslem solo today god willing i heard there is a game after the game we should go to the streets for one hour we will protest outside our homes if we see that there is a large number of protesters we should keep going if we see please stop and go back home we should exhaust c. C. And support his forces were just think every day. Protests have also been taking place outside the gyptian embassy in khartoum to demand the release of a sudanese student detained in cairo while it has done is accused of taking part in recent antigovernment demonstrations and of belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood an outlaw group in egypt his family says he was tortured and forced to make a false confession on state television the 22 year old moved to egypt in august to study german. Top Saudi Arabian ministers refused to answer questions about the whereabouts of a man believed to be involved in the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi. Bear is the saudi minister of state for Foreign Affairs and he was interviewed by the us public broadcaster p. B. S. But didnt reveal Saad Al Qahtani its location look this is. All these questions he was a close aide to the crown prince where is he now or you should ask the Public Prosecutor perm the prosecutor wont talk to us. To. Call them again the british flag tanker seized by iran 2 months ago has now arrived in dubai to iran released it on friday the seizure of this 10 ampera in the strait of hormuz in july escalated tensions in the gulf happened after britain detained an Iranian Oil Tanker in job growth or. Syrias deputy Prime Minister has used his address at the Un General Assembly to demarco immediate control of all Foreign Forces while it said his country is open to International Dialogue but not at the expense of its National Integrity our diplomatic editor james space has more from the u. N. Syrias deputy Prime MinisterWalid Muallem again representing his country at the Un General Assembly hit out at 2 nato members for their military presence in syria. Who were to the United States in turkey maintain an illegal military presence inside Northern Syria they have been so arrogant to the point of Holding Discussions and reaching agreements on the creation of a socalled safe zone inside syria as if they were planning to establish the zone on american or turkish soil the u. N. Believes this is an important moment for syria after 8 and a half years of war at the end of october 150 delegates comprised of 3 groups nominated by the Assad Government the opposition and representing Civil Society will meet here at u. N. Headquarters in geneva under these terms of reference the committee will come up with a new constitution for syria the authority for the new committee is a u. N. Security Council Resolution from 2015 it also calls for free and Fair Elections something that hasnt happened in the country since half as a last sad the current president bashar is father seize power in 1972 can you guarantee to us now will be as that Resolution Says free and Fair Elections can i guarantee you that this will take place you know but as the right to stated this is part of my mandate its very clear to stamp that stated and its also in for National Consensus estimates for 3rd place some diplomats on the u. N. Security council are extremely cynical about the assad regimes decision to support the Constitutional Committee at this. Stage they believe that their main focus is still the military operation in and theyre trying to keep the Constitutional Committee busy until they can declare a military victory jamesburg. The united nations. Foreign minister has denounced the u. S. For a travel ban on its former president raul castro now washington says castro has backed venezuelas president Nicolas Maduro as his government suppress protest. Remains the senior most official in cubas communist party. Who was so when i was the u. S. State department has announced based on lies that the 1st secretary of the communist party of cuba general raul castro would not be able to receive a visa to that country that selection with little practical effect except to insult the dignity of cuba and the feelings of our people. Opinion polls in austria suggests former center right chancellor Sebastian Kurz is likely to return to power after the general election due to begin in the coming hours it is being held earlier than scheduled after kurz became the 1st leader in austria as modern history to be removed by a no confidence vote in may from vienna dominic kane of course. His Peoples Party is riding high in the polls and his message is simple only he is fit to lead his country where a majority of the Previous Parliament had no confidence in him Sebastian Court says he has confidence in the voters you have a good morning recently the amount of support for us across austria has been amazing so many people told us they wanted to continue working for austria but just as many people say youre going to win it its already decided my friends this election is not yet over. Analysts court says attitude has been to try to pit the people against parliament always hovering around a bit because on the on one hand. We have got a new movement out of an old party on the other hand hes telling everybody that he is the most experienced most senior most longstanding member of a government the party that used to work with him and then combined with others to oust him is struggling in the polls the far right Freedom Party was forced from office when video emerged of some of its leaders appearing to advise russians how they could gain influence over austrian politics and the media now its new party leader says he and his colleagues must learn from their mistakes and fight hard for every vote. Yet it is worth it to continue this fight and do everything to get a government again with us in it which is so active so much liked and which does a lot for our country. The center left social democrats face a different fight having voted with the Freedom Party to remove Sebastian Cortes they must reckon with voters angry at being forced into an early election this is not islanders that every vote for sebastian cuts makes a rerun of the ip the coalition more likely after september the 29th and therefore there is only one way to prevent that by voting for us dear friends the social democrats in austria surveys suggest the resurgent green party may do well on sunday and perhaps become a factor in Coalition Forming but as the clock ticks down to when voting starts its clear whos out in front in the Old Parliament mr courts and his party occupied all of these benches in this part of the chamber if the opinion polls are right after sundays general election they might find themselves spinning further over into these benches but will he and his party gain enough seats to put them back into government will find that out on sunday evening dominic cain aljazeera in the Austrian Parliament. Zimbabwes founding leader Robert Mugabe was buried on saturday in his home village of could tama theres a dispute between his family and the government over his final resting place explains roberts mugabes burial was subdued very different from the large crowds easter tracked jarius political rallies thats because his family wanted to give him a private sendoff with Close Friends and some people from his village in when vita to come and say goodbye to zimbabwes founding father a reproach will also learn a lot of. His leadership. And it will. Add a goddess of the earth in a rebuttal witnesses from baghdad and im here to call them as i thought it was important that i come here to see him in prison here leads to a specialist. 4 weeks there was a dispute between the government and family over way he should be buried in zimbabwe people are usually buried within a week mugabe died at a hospital in singapore more than 3 weeks ago. Robert mugabe stanley say he was angry the army removed him from power 2 years ago is widely believed to be one of the reasons why there was a dispute over the burial place government officials later related saying they respect the familys wishes. President innocent when i had 1st pushed for mugabe to be buried here at the National Heroes acre symmetry in the capital harare a station was liam was being built for him but in the end regardless family had the final say. Thank you for. Undermining. And demonstrating that. We. Move from office. Jaring his early years as president mugabe was praised for improving access to health and education for the poor but nearly 4 decades later millions as a bar with a struggling with soaring inflation and high unemployment he got his final wish to be buried in his home village but he leaves behind a ruined economy and a divided political environment. Aljazeera zimbabwe. Police in nigeria are trying to find the families of hundreds of men and boys freed from a purported school on thursday as many as 400 captives some as young as 6 were released during a raid in the city of consumer they were supposed to be enrolled in a Religious School a number of them had been chained up beaten or sexually abused 7 teachers have been arrested. Planning to build a coal power plants on a you know ask a World Heritage site in kenya as parts fears about the impact on the environment and wildlife a consortium of Multinational Companies want to build the plants on the lot more islands and as Nicholas Hawke reports some locals are welcoming the project. A protected site under threat is an ancient sewer he settlement built from coral in mangrove timber. For centuries arab chinese and Indian Traders have come to these islands of exceptional beauty. While its beaches in ancient history attracts tourists its location facing the indian ocean is now attracting investors. With produce manys simpson has for months abood sold his farm to investors who want to transform this unesco World Heritage site home to endangered lions and buffaloes into 1000000000. 00 coal plant which i didnt because we see these are different up and coming to a long long. Time on the whole a lot you are not that good but young people in law who have been protesting against the project saying it will damage the environment kill animals and destroy their island gets me a little did you not get right if i did that was we then community it was right when we did not want this cleaned up to tell us what got him on till they took the government to court and won but the consortium are appealing the courts decision now weve reached out to this consortium to get an answer to our questions but to no avail this is a consortium made up of various Multinational Companies from the United States china and europe supported by the world bank in their appeal to the judge they say that the courts overlooked their efforts to mitigate the damage to the environment saying that this coal plant would bring electricity to millions of people. Damage to the environment has already started with the construction of this deep