Election. Majority. And the democratic race to take on the 2020 president ial election is picking up pace but ahead of socalled super tuesday it has been far from that for 2 candidates has suspended her nomination and it comes soon after people who judge also later declared his plan to endorse joe biden for the democratic nomination. Well march 3rd super tuesday is the day in which 14 u. S. States and one u. S. Territory of American Samoa votes in the. Their president ial primary and just ahead of that vote we have 2 major contenders suspending their campaigns dropping out of the race and at this point amy clothes shar and p. Are no longer in the running they are not running for president now already weve had a quote ashar endorse joe biden people would as easy as expected to do that as well lets review these dramatic developments right before the big day i lot of people predicted i would make it through that speech and then they thought i would make it through the summer and then i would make it to the debates but here i am headed into super tuesday. Come here and asking for your vote humbled by the knowledge that for so many that vote was won through strong through blood through sweat through tears and for some within living memory. Now this is interpreted by many as showing the weight of the Democratic Party throwing itself behind joe biden in an effort to stop Bernie Sanders the democratic socialist from vermont who seems to be quite popular and doing well now donald trump the u. S. President was certainly not afraid to give his analysis on social media as he always does this is what trump tweeted in response to the dramatic move. Is out will be super tuesday votes will go to sleep the job i didnt great timing this is the real beginning of the dems taking bunning out of play nomination again. So 415. 00 delegates are at stake when voters go to the polls in 14 different us states for super tuesday to gas their vote in the democratic primary about who they would like to be the nominee of the Democratic Party to run against donald trump in november and at this point remaining in the race we have Michael Bloomberg we have u. S. U. S. Senator former Vice President joe biden and we have senator Bernie Sanders so 3 big major contenders in the race remaining people are looking ahead to march 3rd super tuesday as people all across the United States 14 different states will be voting on the nominees so quite an exciting turn of Events People didnt see this coming people wonder what will indeed happen when people go to the polls across the country. Coming out of saturday yes joe biden did great but we cannot necessarily say that those numbers were pure joe biden said very red state donald trump just the night before it urged people to cross over he was fine both for joe biden it is to the republicans advantage to see a brokered convention a chaotic democratic race here on out so you have to wonder since saturday night and go to jeju looking at and seeing is internals was there actually a conversation and said listen youre young youve got a lot more forward for you and history and history and politics maybe if you help us out here make sure that our party stays our party along establishment lines you might have a place in 20 years and we will forget you have to just think of the timing how all of this is happening going into tomorrow with the biggest complaint right now about joe biden if he does not have as many delegates as Bernie Sanders does or has the popular vote behind him tomorrow is very key to getting joe bidens numbers up to or at least keeping that equal race between the 2. Afghan police say that at least 3 people have been killed and 11 others wounded in an explosion near a Football Ground in the Eastern Province of host no one has claimed responsibility for that attack but earlier on monday the taliban said that it would relaunch operations against the kabul government after president ghani refused to commit to the terms of a peace deal between the u. S. And the islamist group. The reduction in violence has ended now and operations will continue as normal as part of the us taliban agreement on mujahideen will not attack Foreign Forces but the operations will continue against the Kabul Administration forces the pact stipulated that kabul would release 5000 taliban members from prison in turn of the group pledged to free 1000 government detainees that was supposed to pave the way for direct talks between the 2 sides but president ghani has said the swap cannot be a precondition for interim afghan peace talks casting doubt on the viability of the plan. For its part the us has promised to to withdraw its troops from the country over the next 14 months is subject to the talibans compliance with the deal and despite mondays setbacks that still seems to be Donald Trumps intention. Were getting out we want to get out we had good meetings with the taliban and. Were going to be leaving and were going to be bringing our soldiers back home weve been there for almost 20 years its a long time weve done a great job in terms of getting rid of terrorists now its up to other countries to get rid of those terrorists i would caution everybody to to think that theres going to be an absolute sation of violence in afghanistan that is probably not going to have a spine are going to go to 0 arties tosca taylor looks at now at whether hopes of securing a lasting peace in afghanistan were misplaced. 18 here is 1. 00 trillion dollars over 150000. 00 dead for raf gonna start in the us the road to peace has been long bloody costly but a new dawn is on the horizon and its being hailed as a victory this is for. The you know. The deal signed by washington and the taliban has promised to bring to a close what seemed and on the ending a war times many thought it wouldnt happen the deal has come after 18 months of pulling and tugging of head shakes and walking away but in doha the paper was finally signed and it seemed to be one of those rarest situations where in parties involved were happy well almost all because apparently someone forgot to ask the Afghan Government what its take was spoiler alert its got a few concerns that in could barely dry it on the deal when the afghan president vetoed a key cause the release of 5000 taliban militants as part of a prisoner swap you know there is no commitment to release 5000 prisoners i have shared this with dr colleagues this is the right and the decision of the people of afghanistan they have requested it so it could be included in the agenda of the interim afghan talks but it cannot be a prerequisite for talks. Now this is not a side note to the deal it is in fact to the condition on which intra afghan peace talks will start a veto therefore threatens to bring this entire thing grinding to a halt president gone his reaction there shows how washington has missed the point here that signing that piece of paper is ironically the easiest part and the promising prisoners which on yours is as on helpful as dropping demands that the taliban officially recognize gone his government are going to govern. And was not even invited to the negotiations and when they participated not only participated. Not as a government but present at 1st because ordinary afghans and that in itself is a very significant indication of how the situation was developed president gunner said this we have been fighting. For about 80 to 90 percent of. Battles have been waged by afghan troops or basically. Means that paul obama or anybody else up to deal with the government so this is maybe one of the hurdles. But lets not forget the u. S. Is an old hound pretending to be the peacemakers even when its cause the mess in the fast place and with an election just around the coup want to trump probably wouldnt be against adding to his eye make great things happen rhetoric sure has middle east of the central small bus them boom and kim jong un isnt quite ready to step away from his Nuclear Rockets but trump got his photos and it seems hes already eyeing up his next money shots be meeting personally with taliban leaders in the not too distant future. And well be. Very much hoping that they will be doing what they say theyre going to be doing they will be killing terrorists when in doubt sign a deal pose for a photo then crown jewel south victor eve others to figure out the logistics tried and tested political analyst most talk about hume believes afghanistan is facing enormous challenges. I think talking to some of your officials here to look nationally and internationally and even be have been it has been a speed of gravity state of confusion no no one is in a position to really figure out how things really pan out in the east of gumby there should be challenges at that street. The past one as we were talking about by oh didnt a prisoner stop that is one major issue about its already. 1 brought this up it tracked security issue of whether the ballot box had been a dam and that big wouldnt be talking to be a man running ike ministration thats going to challenge elude us at babson not the major heat you shoot thats going to challenge it would process yet i definitely challenges i head up fast and do instead exacts all c. D. s which given it to jupiter died so we would get this access up to. The e use Border Agency from texas says its been put on high alert and will be deploying extra support to greece which has a scene thousands of Asylum Seekers attempting to make their way to the country from turkey following an intensive cation in fighting in syrias italy province turkey has said it can no longer accommodate millions of refugees and has opened its borders with the e. U. Greece though is unwilling to accept the newcomers and insists it will turn back anyone attempting to enter the country illegally in addition to crossing the countrys 2 countries land border many migrants have been attempting to reach greece by boat in the past day and a half with over a 1000 people making it into the eastern a gene islands controversially on monday a video emerged purportedly showing a greek coast guard vessel intimidating a ding in full of refugees and firing warning shots into the water around them and in a separate incident a child drowned off the coast of lesbos when an inflatable boat overturned heres a look at how the crisis is unfolding. 7 0. I. Always go to the greek to tory has been arrested in there. And in my mind this isnt me go away of entering one country. But the very latest we have on this unfolding situation comes from the turkish leader mr ed the one the president saying that at the moment as it stands hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants of crossed the border from turkey towards greece or making their way into wards greece he says that will eventually become millions the doors are now open now you will have to take your share of the burden hundreds of thousands have crossed soon it will reach millions or here in germany the state of bavaria is paid expressing their well the happiness with turkey they say that is just attempting to try and squeeze more money out of the European Union and that they using this current wave of of migrants and refugees says they will attempt to blackmail the European Union we need to create political solution it is clear that we must not allow ourselves to be blackmailed by turkey thats a sentiment thats really been echoed in Greece Athens has suspended all asylum applications for the next month at least greece the greek government anyway says. That turkey is using these refugees and migrants as pawns in an attempt to gain more diplomatic power turkeys decision to to allow the these refugees and migrants to move towards greece. And increase in violence on the southern border with syria as fighting increases in northern syria. Turkey says they just cant handle the sheer numbers of people that are currently seeking refuge in their country but turkeys actions in opening their border like goes against the 2060 deal that they struck with the European Union in which case that turkey would accept. Millions of refugees in exchange for Financial Aid now the french president stepped in saying his country is willing to provide help full solidarity with greece and bulgaria france is ready to contribute to european efforts to give them rapid assistance and protect the borders we must act together to avoid a humanitarian and migration crisis the European Council president Charles Michel is expected to visit the region very soon alongside the greek Prime Minister to assess whats going on on the ground as europe tries to get together its response to turkeys decision to open its borders to refugees and migrants in a situation which is beginning to look increasingly similar to that which we saw in 2015. Polls have closed in israel and whats been the highest election turnout in over 2 decades voting took place for an unprecedented 3rd time in under a year and its early still but Benyamin Netanyahu likud Party Looks Like it will come up short of a majority are his possibly or books deeper into the preliminary results the initial exit polls to put the countrys Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu with some 5 parliamentary seats a head of his main rival the for. Army chief benny guns now this is certainly good news for the likud camp but it does mean that they still one seat short of a parliamentary majority so of course were going to see a lot of bickering and coalition making happening in the coming days there was a lot of concern that the voter turnout would be low this was a surprise it was the highest its been in the past 21 years and this is despite the fact that there are at least 5 and a half 1000 people who are quarantined here in israel with a coronavirus there were concerns that people wouldnt turn out to vote because of that those people voted at 16 special stations set aside especially for them and then the concern around voter fatigue that these are the 3rd elections in the space of 11 months and when i was speaking to people throughout the course of the day many did say that they felt a solution many of them said they felt disgusted and this was a word that was echoed by the countrys president when he addressed the nation. It was always a day we consider to be a celebration of israeli democracy and i must say that today i feel most sense of celebration only a sense of hard shame before you the citizens of israel we dont deserve another horrible Election Campaign that deteriorates into such filth like the one that ends today. The political stalemate has been won between the countrys ruling elite could party and the blue and white party of guns to now these 2 parties have been a can make over the past 2 elections and the only thing thats really changed since these elections today monday and the last elections that were held in september is that in november you had the israeli Prime Minister indicted and in january you had the american president announce his peace deal of the same tree but neither of those developments seems to have eaten away at the sense of fatigue most israelis here feel. He hurts me a lot to see that weve got into this situation because it cost so much money this is a country thats true. Right to keep its head above the water in the current Global Economic environment. I think the situation is a disgrace i think havent elections for the 3rd time says a lot about our politicians we are in the situation where no one is willing to compromise we are forced to go to the polls again and again i believe we are heading for a force election. On the one hand the situation is not the best but on the other were trying to remain optimistic i would personally like to see a unity government i want to see cooperation between the parties because at the moment according to the post there are no other options. There were protests against this on yahoo ahead of these elections at the same time as im clear that should he win how will he actually govern the country while facing criminal charges in court now he has been playing hard to hard or at the same time hes announced that he will and makes the jewish settlements in the west bank and a sizable piece of land known as the Jordan Valley in the occupied west bank naturally this has dismayed our voters and weve also heard from palestinians who say that if these exit polls prove to be correct then israelis have voted for and makes a show and as i say we still need to hear the final results were expecting those to come out sometime on monday but certainly the early signs are that the countrys Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu is going to be a very happy man. You got reaction to the exit polls from the heritage newspaper columnist gideon levy and Mustafa Barghouti who heads up the palestinian initiative. The question is not the comparing the question is what will be the next coming years and it seems according to the exit polls that. Benjamin attorney out hes going to be the next Prime Minister hes going to continue to be the Prime Minister of israel even though there is. Heavy criminal charges and even though there was some kind of thought that this time he would look make it he made it and he made it much more successfully than the last 2 complaints not only or did everything he could do many of. The supporters to come and vote for him on the other hand there was a very important factor which is that the Arab Community the palestinians who live in israel have also voted in high in the largest possible amount since since a very long time all the palestinians inside israel are unified in one list which guaranteed them from 14 to 15 seats which is the highest ever got. Yes collating us are trying to media war has seen washington move to restrict chinese journalists working in america this comes after 3 wall street journal employees were expelled from china last month earlier my colleague kevin owen spoke to correspondent egos john of about the details. It was triggered this move by the trumpet ministration the well essentially what they have done they have designated at 5 chinese outlets and theyve taken them and designated as Foreign Missions this is the way the put them and essentially what it means is that 5 of them are Foreign Missions like Foreign Agents 4 of them are getting a cap on the number of foreign employees that they are allowed to have working for that working for them essentially the number has gone from 160 of people 160 of employees to just 100 for instance one Radio Station is now being allowed only to foreign at all times and heres how washington is justifying this move have a listen the u. S. Government is today instituting a personnel cap on certain peoples republic of china controlled state media entities in the United States because it limits the number of chinese citizens permitted to work for these organizations in the United States at any given time it is our hope that this action will spur beijing to adopt a more fat reciprocal approach to u. S. And other Foreign Press in china so again the way youve said that this is a direct response to something that china has done on its own soil so essentially what the United States are doing theyre just giving china a taste of their own medicine and the irony here though of course is that its also saying on the same breath as well as doing this that americas pushing for greater Media Freedom in china the same terms clamping down the amount of Media Freedom its going to give journeys in america absolutely so the chinese have restrictions on the number of foreign personnel working for Media Outlets there now the United States has well its also always had but now it applies to the Chinese Media and so indeed it could be very perplexing but according to my pump a. O. Theres nothing surprising there and america remains a beacon of democracy and freedom of press. Thats the greatness of our nation reporters like yourself get to ask me any question all questions we take hundreds and hundreds of questions we talk openly we express our view yes there are questions thats how we proceed in america so this is this was obviously a response to a journalist there and its not only that particular journalist whos being surprised whos raising questions about this approach activists do that as well they disagree with such a well characteristic that might bump a always giving to the state of Media Freedom in the United States. We are uncomfortable with governments deciding what constitutes journalism or propaganda so we get to see now a kind of tit for tat thing has been reciprocal on both sides whats china is reaction going to be if you heard the figure well again the United States are saying china has started now the chinese obviously they are unhappy the released a statement on twitter saying that they are very disappointed with such approach dont take my word for it take this indeed between china and the United States we have some differences but we do not think its appropriate for the United States to take steps interfering with the work of journalists coming from china so what does that look like this is going to go on for a while because china is known to well if you show if you meet them with force they will meet you they will double that force and will respond likewise but there the United States they have been facing some criticism for not having some clear current guidelines as to how foreign media operates or is supposed to operate under its laws for instance which Media Outlets are supposed to designate them themselves as as Foreign Agents as ive said all along but id say the per hour to america yes r. T. America has got the same at the same had the same pill to swallow but for instance if it applies say it would be a logical assumption to make to say it applies to foreign media that are funded by foreign governments but for instance aljazeera a qatari funded outlet media outlet theyre feeling fine they are not getting this label of shame that other Media Outlets the chinese and r. T. America have been given in the past so a lot of people not a lot of people but some experts and they have been seeing they have been saying that it is a fairly veiled attempt at applying geo political pressure on certain entities and certain government. We heard from china expert and li and politics Professor Joseph mahoney on the implications of washingtons move the 1st thing we have to acknowledge of course is it in ited states likes to hold itself or likes to claim that it holds itself to a higher standard when it comes to the freedom of freedom of press but you know what we have seen during the trumpet ministration consistently is the targeting of domestic media in the us the Washington Post the New York Times has been singled out for a number of attacks and exclusions i think that its really a mistake to use the Foreign Agent label i think it not only puts a black mark on working journalists from china it can it raises the question whats the end game you know will this will this happen to our t. V. Will could happen the b. B. C. One of the b. B. C. Starts asking questions at the drop of ministration as unlike the b. B. C. Is a state media where they find their their members labelled Foreign Agents the beijing policy is usually reciprocity. So i wouldnt be surprised if we if we see some reaction and. Propels it further down the road more than this though i think what were seeing week after week is kind of a drum roll of you know the china actions by the trumpet ministration and to be to be fair i think this is just another thing thats on their calendar of events it really does appear that washingtons move it was in retaliation to what the chinese did but what the chinese was doing was basically following a law they had already passed that applies to everybody and not just the americans which is what journalists in china are not allowed to bad mouth the Chinese Government and this is actually no different than what japan has passed they have the same exact law and japan happens to be a democracy and happens to be a u. S. Ally and and so theres actually no real difference in laws here the freedom of speech is a very important trade on in the constitution and. It appears that the u. S. Is trying to limit. The boundaries of how it can be used if the u. S. Government decides to go down this path its then making itself more of a state that doesnt follow the rule of law and become one thats lawless and that would have major repercussions to its reputation. A set of maps showing the full extent of u. S. Military bases in africa last year and has appeared online this follows a deadly attack on an airfield in kenya in january which 3 americans died and raised concerns over washingtons wider mission on the continent documents were obtained by the investigative news website the intercept and show the locations of 29 u. S. Military bases the formerly secret data also discloses the whereabouts of American Military operations in africa this is how the pentagon describes itself proclaimed light footprint there. We will grow more efficient to contribute to higher defense priorities and refocus resources to global power competition we cannot take pressure off major terrorist groups like isis and al qaeda today afrikan does that using a light and relatively low cost footprint by supporting africa and enters our though questioning of the United States efforts to restore stability and security in parts of africa last year there was a record high level of islamist activity currently there are roughly 2 dozen militant groups operating in 14 Different Countries but despite the rise in violence washington believes its a positive influence in Africa Tomorrow security demands Leadership Today were trying to make sure that we are efficient with our resources and were not depleting efforts and whatever it is doing on the african continent is complimentary so the bottom line is the United States is not walking away from africa were committed and we remain engaged military claims that this is a light footprint but you know its hard for an elephant to leave a light footprint and certainly the pentagon is a giant elephant and its presence in an