A protest against the russian president in the capital minsk. A gold mine collapse in the democratic republic of congo kills at least 50 men. And iran executes a champion wrestler despite local and International Appeals to overturn. And in sport the u. S. Open is set to have a 1st time grand slam champion alexander came from to step down to. The german team in a final. Its been hailed historic moment the taliban and the Afghan Government in the same room facing each other for peace talks there in the cattery capital doha to find a political solution to end nearly 20 years of war. Who is representing the government has called. A humanitarian cease fire as soon as possible for those of we want all the people of afghanistan to be reunited under one roof again after more than 42 years of upheavals aggressions jihad and resistance all the negatives we all know what happened to us throughout these years and maybe stand today we now need to address this unique opportunity to move towards a new future that we can define together well the man leading the taliban delegation says they are prepared to negotiate but he has reiterated the groups demands that afghanistan must be run according to islamic law. We have acted accordingly to all the points outlined in the previous agreement and we are requesting the other side to act accordingly to those things that have been agreed to so we can have this process without any problems ahead we want of all understand to be an independent developed country and it should have a form of islamic system where all its citizens see themselves reflected. Well the u. S. Is backing these 1st direct negotiations the us secretary of state mike pompei o fluted 0 half what he called a momentous occasion each of you i hope you will look inside your heart. Each of you carry a great responsibility. But no no that youre not alone. The entire world want you to succeed and if counting on you succeeding. Well cats are as weve been mentioning here on the news hour again hosting these discussions as foreign minister says this is an opportunity for both sides to rise above divisions. Not have it and these negotiations represent a keen sensitive phase to the Afghan People to find solutions to all controversial matters i hope you agree with me that today we must overcome the past and its pains and focus on the future and the hope it brings us will surely drawing lessons from the past all of this requires everyone to embrace the future within which experience and a firm belief in the right of the Afghan People to enjoy Peace Security and unity and to follow in the path of progress and never be left behind live to those talks and correspondent osama bin sama so theyve gone into the formal session of face to face discussions what are they talking about. Well a lot peta because they have 2 decades of catching up to do between them the Afghan Government delegation led by the law and others whos the leader of the Political Office actually the delegation which is going to be in negotiation is led by the former chief justice of the taliban both sides as they came out of this cautious optimism making sure that theyre making their points clear saying that a lot of sun needs immediate humanitarian cease fire a cessation of hostilities saw that there can be an end to the violence in afghanistan and the dialogue could begin to words which you have got inside saying that they come to the table with their own agenda they want and inclusive government not the one that it represents of learned son now they want a government which is which is representative of all of our guns including taliban at the helm of power how is that going to be formalized is going to be discussed in these talks so they have a lot of catching up to do they have a not to talk about and a lot to go all verse so if the road to reach these negotiations which has been bumpy to say the least from the release of prisoners to who leads which delegation it is going to be even much harder for them to come to some sort of a consensus on what the future of lot of fun looks like not in terms of geopolitics but security as well is there a lot of inbuilt inertia here that will slow the process because its not just the government squaring off against the taliban and youve got the americans youve got the pakistanis youve got the cancer is driving the whole thing as well. Well feature weve been covering this conflict and for nearly 2 decades now and one thing which is unique to d. S. Talks is that this is the 1st time where you will be you will see a room full of afghans without their foreign interlocutors there will be no pakistanis there will be no americans and no countries present when these delegations meet each other face to face and discuss these very very difficult issues but like you said this is been in the making for a while now there are entire generations in the last 40 years of guns who have seen nothing but conflict so for them to be able to come off of it in a way where every side maintains that there is no victory and there is no vanquished there is no winners or losers in this it is going to be difficult as as you see behind closed doors theyre going to Start Talking but as the cameras come off theyve been telling us especially the taliban delegation they feel that they have been able to achieve what they always wanted they have pushed out a Foreign Occupation the Afghan Government delegation says that view of being able to achieve to tell the taliban that they cannot take advantage stand by force they will have to come to the negotiating table so yes you can take it from what you may but both sides are adamant that they have achieved something and they are willing to negotiate we are willing to listen to the other side and willing to compromise and that is the key here because a lot of these hardline stance is from the establishment of the emirate to the republic or the status of the Afghan Security forces have a need a lot of compromise osama thank you very much for some of our correspondents following those discussions here in doha lets bring in Shafiq Hamdan you served as an adviser to 4 no to a civilian representatives in afghanistan and the president crucially ashraf ghani he joins us from washington shafiq home burned out of all the myriad issues that theyve got to deal with and sort out whats the easiest issue to deal with i mean whats the gatekeeper issue and then everything might flow off the back of that. Yeah of course that would make you say wow what a moment that africans were waiting for at least nast 19 years and this has been happening this is one of the best moment in the afghan recent history and i believe that. There are some obstacles and media issue the new private lots of debates but one thing that both sides insist which is the islamic system and however so many people would look at this is a difficult point or an bartunek but i would see that as one of the easiest thing to set out because current me mississippian im a son is a stomach and then taliban and so i ask for an islam make. It public and so no matter what you know how did you find out in the house that except the tram if you are emirates or you know it needs republic then this might be an issue but this time its not me its something that there is a major consensus within the Afghan Community that is not going to get management in parliament and i dont see that as an obstacle in our say this is the great start point starting point for both parties to stop what ok can i suggest to you that clearly the Afghan Government would say we are doing this for the good of the people of afghanistan thats a given of the taliban doing this so they go on with this so far because they want whats good for the people of afghanistan or are they more interested in whats good for the taliban. I believe that you know both parties claiming unfortunately there is not a mechanism through which to decay should you are representing today thats honest and you know has been either selected or you know elected by the Afghan People so while bodies however theyre not inclusive theyre not inclusive and gender wise a mother who is of religious wise and not inclusive not wise in this city wise and as well as neither of these delegations have been elected by the Afghan People there to presenting 2 sides so that i would say you know thats a matter of debate with the present upon a son and Afghan People of course there was an election and they are asking kind of government is elected government of course it was challenging but when it comes to the taliban side they have been lacking such of egypt and they have a historic legitimacy of saying they have had the Islamic Emirates which is not acceptable anymore are asking people but the great point is nice to. Them of the love who is something of imus and caliber and lets not forget theyre fighting for 25 years not 1000 years before 911 this war has started between taliban and kind of an opportunity were joined in with the great point is now there together us that at least 2 years after a hard war and thats a big optimism of course it would be challenging a challenge ahead but im optimistic and i think there is no normal cost while out and theres no more waiting time in 40 years of 21. 00 in afghanistan no matter how long it takes it will be short and then the one you have and no matter how much it cost it wont be as cost or other expensive as the i dont want an honest ok but youre talking about the taliban in for in terms of democracy in terms of politics in terms of what the taliban want the country to become youre talking about them as if theyre politicians in afghanistan but theyve never gone to the opinion polls theyve never successfully gone through an Election Campaign. Yeah thats a big issue that theyre lacking this legitimacy of Democratic Values but based on their claim what they say they have the emirate systems or. What is defined kind of some that does not do quite a lot of wild things so or to some it should be at that they you know would like to impose or apply to a Supreme Leader but they have come to a conclusion to select or choose to systems of mullah. Mohammad the land and now we have a lot and this other this is so has been killed so they have this you know argument that they have the islamic system what islamic should you know which base and that they would have as they see of a need but of course you know this is 21st century and one son has come a long way we have paid huge price for democracy for freedom of speech for equal teeth for womens rights and for human rights then these are the principle values that i think out of one must understand these cannot be compromised and they have to compromise some of the some some values that they the stance work in its has not by and in the Current Society or in the present ok we have to leave it there mr hamdan gets torture again thank you very much thank you governor. Lots more still to come for you here on the news including another gulf arab states agrees to normalize ties with israel ill be speaking to a Senior Palestinian official cybernetic out for his reaction to this. And iran executes a wrestling champion convicted of murder but his family say he was framed we live in tehran. And in sports the Boston Celtics to throw in the champions to reach the conference finals and the n. B. A. Playoffs will have the story coming up in about 35. Bahrain has become the latest arab country to recognize israel the u. S. President says its a historic breakthrough in achieving peace in the middle east palestinian leaders are calling it another betrayal it follows a similar u. S. Brokered deal with the United Arab Emirates joining us live now is a cat the secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization he joins us from Jericho Erika good to talk to you again sir whats your reaction to this normalization of relations between bahrain and jerusalem and this has nothing to do with peace. And this has nothing to do with the story of prison camps book about the state. Peaceful middle east. This has to do with the creation of an arab nato we are witnessing the birth of an arab summit of Israeli Military alliance to face the existential threats as if israel will come to be part of the our National Security metrics and as far as we as palestinians are concerned this is a major betrayal for us because simply we had accepted the arab or the arab made to us an offer in 2002 called the Arab Peace Initiative and they said that if you accept 2 states or 967 borders we all arab countries will normalize with those right so the fact now that bahrain and the emirates have accepted to normalize with israel it means that they have accepted the peace of the of the region of prison trump or the deal of the century they have accepted then accession of 33 percent of those land their facts legalize settlements they have accepted is jerusalem with a lock some more and the Holy Sepulcher Church to become to be under israeli sovereignty and then of the day by the way we dont have. Emir eightys and bahraini soldiers fighting in the west bank with us against israel or in gaz or in jerusalem. Arabs are fighting among them themselves or with each other we are the palestinians who are standing up for our rights and our independence and our freedom and. What what what what will this do is just add to President TrumpSelection Campaign and hopes and will strengthen extremists like many on israel to be more instructive about refusing that was that solution or 67. 00 because he called it peace for peace you want to have peace you have to accept my terms ok because theyre ok i just interrupt you for a 2nd search because weve got limited satellite time so i apologize for interrupting you there there are voices not pro washington not pro trumpet voices there are voices weve spoken to one of them today who say look if you view this normalization of relations if you view this triangular relationship in the prism of the jared couche peace deal as proposed in january and february its of a peace and it shunts the relationship between israel and the palestinians in the general direction of achieving something positive. I dont agree so because i wasnt touched personally with the members of the quartet russia you the e. U. And the United Nations and we offered them a paper written paper based on International Law or the terms of resonated upon and the answer from the american representative to them was the only way palestinians will come back to the table is on the basis of president comes a vision President Trumps a vision is an accent an accent is a vision of an exception and apartheid and dictation they say East Jerusalem will be part of israel and capital of israel 33 percent of the west Bank Including the dream very will be a max the israeli settlements will be a nice israel as it will have the overriding security responsibility and then palestinians of the accept this they can call themselves some sort of us there but israel will have the overriding security responsibility and thats what president drum and mr netanyahu are hoping to achieve and it is trying to export to us by having been an american and maybe others sign peace treaties with israel so they cant tell us you are wrong come and then a day and elation ship and elation ships must be based on the tear in the one ward if they are fair and the only way to peace is justice and justice means live and let live and the option is 2 states on 967 borders the state of palestine with jerusalem its capital to live side by side the state of israel in peace and security on the 67 border this is whats being destroyed and eliminated by trump questionnaire the emirates and bahrain ok if this is really about the u. S. Election campaign november the 3rd if this is really about the u. A. E. And bahrain getting traction with the powers that be in washington in a way that they havent got so far what if this is the beginning of a trend this announcement today last night about bahrain relatively speaking came out of no place who. If aljazeera english phones you up next week and says mr erakat come and talk to us again please because their monies are recognizing israel what do you do then. You now im this is you speaking to me in the house i was born in jericho and i see the jordan river you know and from the jordan river to the military and i a Palestinian Christian muslim are today that you are 50. 9 percent of our relation on this land questionnaire friedman and any outcast that you would 49 point one percent as far as im concerned can bring to israel 193 nations there are a 124 member of the u. N. As far as im concerned president from can force 193 nations to come in or been embassies in israel and. What what what difference does it make i am what needs to be thought of under fact on the ground what are they going to do with me yes they think by having this trend. In the us whoever else that this will be exported fear to me and then i will surrender and capitulate this will not happen ok we want peace and peace happens only one palestine on the magazine 6 is on border happens we need justice we need fairness we are accountable to our people and were going to put any agreement dubnyk national before and im we have democracy in palestine ok when you use the word democracy mr there are voices as well of the u. A. E. Of course theyre not friends of the palestinians were not friends of your palestinian brother and i guess they accuse you of having threatened to take palestine out of the arab league and because of that they would have you expelled from the arab league if