Top stories from europe including more Police Outside germanys knocks as the government pledges to act on the far right threat after this weeks deadly attack. And then peace terms with your sport the u. S. Womens Football Team demand 66000000. 00 in damages in the discrimination case plus legal messy hits back at the boss alone a boss who blamed the players for problems at the club. Lets get going we begin with afghanistan where an agreement thats supposed to usher in peace is due to take effect in about 90 minutes the taliban and the u. S. Will begin what theyre calling a reduction of violence for midnight if the 7 day deal does prove to be a success both sides will sign an accord at the end of the month paving the way for talks. Within the taliban and other afghan groups and the u. S. As it wants to pull its troops out of afghanistan live now to washington and our correspondent following the story from the Roslyn George so if it goes according to plan how do we think we will go through the coming 7 days. Well if things go to plan youll see a considerable drop in the amount of offensive strikes carried out by the taliban by the u. S. And its Coalition Partners and by the Afghan Military now how much that is no one knows officials are being asked and theyre not giving any quantification so that makes it really difficult to determine what is the standard of success over the next 7 days that said if they do get to the point where there is an agreement that the violence has been reduced substantially on all sides then on saturday february 29th there would be a signing ceremony we understand happening there in doha between the United States and representatives of the taleban that would then to set up the stage for face to face talks between the tal of on and members of the Afghan Government although there is a condition already being placed on those talks the taliban does not recognize the current government of president. And they says that it will only meet with what they are calling ordinary afghans even if they happen to be working for the government but thats another conditional situation and thats what makes this all the very very tentative as it were peter we dont know what the standard for success is in this 1st step of what appears to be a 4 stage process to ending u. S. Involvement in afghanistan and bringing about a permanent and durable peace in that country but certainly this is a moment that many had thought we would actually get to how long until do you think donald trump then starts talking about a u. S. Forces draw down i mean his critics might say well he needs a Foreign Policy win at the moment because his names in the headlines associated with negative headlines very much domestically. Peter the u. S. President campaigned on ending u. S. Involvement in wars in the middle east and in this case in southwest asia back in 20152016 even though he dismissed spend the u. S. Taliban talks last september after a tal about attack which killed 2 u. S. U. S. Soldiers this is something that is important to the president s Foreign Policy now the president has said that he wants to draw down forces the pentagon has said it could go from the high of about 12213000 currently in country to about 8500 or so but if the president pushes for even more u. S. Troops to leave afghanistan bringing that number to very low a very low figure there are military experts who are worried that this could be destabilizing for afghanistan they say the Afghan Military simply isnt Strong Enough to defend against internal attacks much less external attacks without the u. S. Is assistance and so that political debate is already underway here in the United States even though were just getting to the point where this socalled cease fire is about to get underway the political situation as well in kabul is precarious at best i guess as well ross because you know a dollar of dollar former chief executive saying i want to set up a perilous ministration whether he does or it doesnt doesnt really make any difference but the u. S. Negotiates is whove been hearing cast into the taliban not any high profile Afghan Government representation here so ultimately i guess the trumpet ministration has got to work with somebody in the president ial office in kabul do they know who they would rather work with Abdullah Abdullah or ashraf ghani. There hasnt been any indication on who would be preferable one of the reasons why the taliban has said its not going to meet with the Afghan Government under a gun is because it considers a colony and those in the current government to be lackeys and i believe thats a quote of the United States government and so its not a question of whether or not the us favors anyone the fact that the us favors anyone makes those people suspect in the talibans eyes so theres a lot of juggling here on trying to find you know figure out who can actually participate in the Afghan Government or afghan people. Slash taliban discussions once we get past 1st this stop in violence or of offensive attacks and then the signing of some sort of a Peace Agreement between the United States and the tal about thats 3 stages down the road and so certainly the u. S. Doesnt want any of this to fall apart but does it really matter whether its the gandhi government or and abdullah government i think what the u. S. Is more concerned about is trying to make certain that the taliban has a group of people with whom to negotiate so that there can be a durable peace negotiated understood thanks for that clarity there as many thanks. Will the u. S. Presence in afghanistan began back in 2001 a month after the attacks of 911. 00 that launched air strikes and a Ground Invasion from of the taliban from power more than 12000. 00 u. S. Soldiers are still in the country thousands more from nato ally countries and partner countries that are also the still some 2 and a half a dozen u. S. Troops have been killed since the operation began and the u. S. Is estimated to have spent more than one trillion dollars on its mission how people are dark is a security analyst in afghanistan he says the New York Times opinion piece published today shows the talibans political and military leadership are on the same page now. The african government the International Community the United States of america tried its best over the past 15 years to fragment the taliban into various groups and then there was this criticism and lack of trust where it is said that the political wing of taliban in qatar and its military wing and where to and in afghanistan odd not on the same page when it comes to to Peace Process deal pad that was published by New York Times written by the talibans dippy son of a commie the strong words of argentina conny theres eclat indication what he wanted to convey was basically that the military wing of the taliban and its political wing on the same page when it comes to the Peace Agreement taliban and its commanders are now working there so what does this reduction in violence means yes its quite vague its weak for the Afghan Government its wait for it its for the Coalition Forces but habs because the doctrine and violence does not necessitate translates into a complete full fledged ceasefire reduction in violence will happen because for the past 2 years all sides have been trying to pressurize each other on the negotiating tables on the military front trying to have leverage what they want and finally they have agreed on something and just before if they were to sign it on the february of 29th this one week window is very important for the sake of confidence building. Irans extended polling shows in its parliamentary election by 4 hours today state t. V. Is reporting what it calls a rush of voters the parliament is set to become more conservative after thousands of candidates mostly reformists and moderates were barred from running by the Guardian Council once irans constitutional watchdog the us responded by imposing new sanctions on members of that council accusing them of rigging the election irans leaders have called for a high turnout as a show of unity said big as life for us in tehran so i said have you seen this last minute surge of voters where you are. Well at this polling station and then on this has been relatively busy throughout the day we can still see people queuing up outside the door to the street but this is the what one holding station or one of the few that we are permitted to film and theres a few others that we went past that were us busy but were not permitted to film at those but voter turnout is expected to be low on average and that iran itself is around 47 percent now were led to believe that it could be considerably lower now whats interesting is that the governor of the her own has come out and he said that when the interior ministry releases the turnout figures tomorrow there wont be giving a breakdown will be getting and nationwide now thats not what usually happens you do get a breakdown but people have been staying away from the polls weve been speaking to people act on the streets of the horizon and they have said that they are affected by the Economic Situation at the sanctions that the country is under the cost of living has gone up inflation last year was that what you said unemployment is up costs more but also some people are staying away because many of the reformist and moderate candidates have been stopped from standing so when the voter turnout is low and people dont come out to vote its usually the conservatives that benefit in the election and they could be set to take a majority in parliament does that mean. The parliamentarians i guess could be criticized as not having an effect of mandate if the turnout is so low and so few people actually choose to exercise their democratic rights. Bill this is the reason why the Supreme Leader to the how many and the pres and president rouhani were it was urging people diverting people to come out and vote president rouhani had said that if the voter turnout is high it angers the u. S. And if its no d the United States gets happy and and he said this despite to many of his reformist and moderate candidates and allies not being able to stand being disqualified but if conservatives when a majority it will change the political direction of iran because conservatives didnt want the 2000 if you nuclear deal they believe that iran should have a Strong Military and diplomatic presence and only through that can iran have respect with the with the west but also theres a president ial election next year and if the conservatives do have this majority in parliament it could mean that we could have a conservative president in next years president ial election now president rouhani is in trouble essentially because there will be a conservative majority is a possible could be a conservative majority in parliament it makes life very difficult for him but lets not make out like the reformists and moderates have made any mistakes because they have lost popularity in the country because of the Economic Situation because of the fuel price hike that we saw were going back in november that we saw widespread protests across the country but also the downing of the ukraine and the government denied that for 3 days that was under the leadership of president rouhani and people were shocked and really upset about that then they have cues that government of a cover up so there is some external factors such as the sanctions affecting the economy that people are upset about but also people are upset with the reformist because it came in with a lot of promises around the economy and they havent been able to deliver but all. So theyve made some mistakes in the eyes of many people here in terms of the fuel price and the downing of the Ukrainian Airline does that mean that between if the conservatives do well because of the slow turn to be in effect to keep mr rouhani on a short leash between where well be in the next day or 2 and the president ial election that youre talking about. Very much so any policy any motion has to go through parliament and if still conservatives have that they could make life very very difficult for president rouhani essentially hell be a sitting duck to be hell be a president with not a majority in parliament what can he get through Parliament Even before this election he came out and said that he the president needs the powers to appoint a female ministers and the parliament has to pass that now if theres a conservative majority things like that he wont be able to pass and theres many other things that the reformist would want to have cost to parliament that they just wont be able to because they just dont have that majority and it will increase the frustration among people in iran who are already people that weve spoken to say whats the point of voting and nothing is really changing and it will strengthen the conservatives in the conservative voter base because they will see their parliamentarians delivering for them. Thanks very much. Lots more ground still to cover for you here on the news hour including this one stranded in syria more on the displaced families in desperate need of aid. And also ahead reportedly a warning from the u. S. Intelligence officials that russia is again taking steps to interfere in the 2020 president ial campaign. A 16 year old gives india a flying start in the opening match of the womens team 20 world cup against champions australia. The u. N. Secretary general and to a new terror she has called for an immediate cease fire in the north west of syria and hundreds of millions of dollars in extra 8 he said the manmade humanitarian nightmare the long suffering people of syria must stop as the space for safety shrinks further the potential for human suffering girls worse an estimated 2800000 people in northwest syria required humanitarian assistance earlier these months we saw it we would need to reach 800000 people displaced by the recent and ongoing violence now something much greater easily quiets we advise in our plans and issue an urgent appeal to donors for the additional 500000000. 00 us dollars to cover the needs of did you really displaced people over the next 6 months however the military offensive by the syrian army may slow efforts to reach hundreds of thousands stranded on the border with turkey has that story from the thai. Asim is the head of an extended family his origin only from the town in the south of italy when the town was have. Him and his family fled a few days ago they arrived here in a rebel held village in the countryside north of italy destitute hes planning to join the thousands of poor and displaced syrians living in olive orchards here in a live city. I need for my large family theyre told me to buy them but its cost around 250. 00 in Pinellas Fatima malise from hellfire a town in the rural hama when Syrian Government troops advanced closer to her village she says the family left a rebel stronghold in aleppo fatimas husband was killed 3 years ago now she lives in this brick built by Turkish Charities with financial contribution from germany. The place doesnt provide any protection from the rain and cold but when i remember where we were and the data bombardment this feels fine for me and for my kids. This is what it looked like. In some other 3 months ago civilians converged on this town north of it live hoping for shelter food and warmth but when some of their was attacked a few days ago the displaced dishpan till their talents and flat. The school this struggle to settle is now deserted for now thousands of syrians seem destined to continue their long journey looking for shelter and these for the hundreds of thousands of people who have recently been uprooted by the fighting the only way they can go home is if there is a ceasefire agreement one that guarantees Syrian Government forces will and the military campaign but cease fire agreements have never lost long in syria and this explains why people have lost hope in International Efforts to solve the crisis diplomatically. How tight. Millions have been asked to stay indoors as south korea becomes the country with the highest number of corona virus infections outside China Health Authorities have announced wonder and 204 cases nationwide reports now from the Southern City of daegu. The city of daegu is at the center of an outbreak of the corona virus that has the whole of south korea worried with nearly all of the new cases of infection linked to this church a branch of the shin changi church of jesus its believed people attending services here became infected some of whom then travel to other towns and cities in south korea infecting more people daegu in the neighboring city and now the focus of a National Effort to contain the outbreak children hooked into the government will take special measures by designating. Areas and special care zones as a sudden hike in numbers of the confirmed cases have been reported from there its thought many of the new cases of infection were due to one woman member of the church who also travelled widely around daegu city before finally being diagnosed the man has ordered everyone to remain at home bringing the city of 2 and a half 1000000 to a virtual standstill special medical centers have been set up to treat the expected increase in new cases in the capital seo