Passage to the mainland. Of one month after the coup in mali military and political leaders find Common Ground agreeing to the formation of a transitional government. In sport the u. S. Open womens title is a burnt out to be decided 28. 00. Is taking on the Victoria Azarenka in the final. As one the 1st sets. After decades of war tens of thousands killed and millions displaced negotiators from the Afghan Government and the taliban have started what is likely to be a long and difficult process to bring peace to the country is start meeting in the kashi Capital Marks the 1st direct talks between the 2 sides following months of delays and obstacles that i have been prisoner releases on both sides and a pledge from the United States to completely withdraw its troops from the country at stake in these negotiations safeguarding a permanent cease fire the rights of women and minorities and how taliban fighters will be disarmed a solid binge of a reports now from doha. After decades of war and conflict of understand finally has a shot at peace. This is a former of the minister whose governments been fighting the taliban and here is the cofounder of the taliban still a potent fighting force once on enemies they sit in the same room facing each other for the 1st time since the start of the nearly 2 decades long afghan war follows a fruit 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 where we stand today we now need to address this unique opportunity to move towards a new future that we can defy together it took months to initiate the interest of gun dialogue the taliban insisted on the release of 5000 prisoners before talks could begin and in turn released 1000 Afghan Government detainees. Air patrol really 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 understand to be an independent developed country and it should have a form of islamic system where all its citizens see themselves reflected. In february the Us Government agreed to pull out its troops from afghanistan provided the taliban guarantee to halt attacks against the u. S. And its allies as the end of the longest running u. S. War nears leaders want to remind allies they will not be left behind each of you i hope you will look inside your heart. Each of you carry a great responsibility. But no know that youre not. The entire world wants you to succeed and if counting are you succeeding since the u. S. Agreement was signed in february thousands of people have been killed in fighting between Taliban Forces and the Afghan Government major issues such as the talibans insistence on an Islamic Emirate and position on the rights of women and the constitution need to be resolved if the road to achieve intra of dawn dialogue was hard getting results out of it is going to be even harder both the Afghan Government delegation as well as the delegation being led by the taliban need to make compromises both sides agree that they are willing to make those compromises the weeks and days ahead are going to determine whether its going to be successful some of. The. Well of course the role of women in afghanistan is getting a lot of attention right now and it has changed markedly since the overthrow of the taliban in 2001 change is happening across all sectors of society of the 21. 00 members of the Afghan Government delegation 4 of them a women women now make up 21 percent of the labor force in the country they make up 28 percent of the afghan legislative body thats greater than the global average and the u. S. And slightly lower than the u. K. And about 3 and a half 1000000 girls are enrolled in schools up from virtually 0 in 2001 but women and girls are still targeted in attacks 24 people mothers nurses and babies were killed in an attack on a kabul Maternity Hospital in may and 1 of the afghan delegation in doha right now for koofi survived an assassination attempt just last month well the u. N. Secretary general antonio tara says that its critical that afghan women are represented in these talks an inclusive Peace Process in which women uses victims of a few very meaningful be presented offers the best hope of a sustainable solution. Back these massive baths to ensure that women put it in a variety of lawyers and that the Peace Process reflects the experiences and the expertise of afghan women in all their very versity so im now joined via skype by milan Via Executive director of the Georgetown University institute for women peace and security in the United States shes a former u. S. Ambassador for global womens issues and a signatory as well to a recent letter calling for more participation by afghan women in these talks so can i start by asking obviously its well its taken a great deal of work just to get to this to the point of negotiations between the Afghan Government and the taliban how crucial a moment is this or could this be for women in afghanistan. Well its an extremely crucial moment indeed and weve heard in the set up about this moment its been a real journey to get here fraught with difficulty but after 40 years of conflict it presents a very 1st time major opportunity for peace but that opportunity could be squandered and the great fear is that in squandering get the rights of women that have taken so long to be achieved and protected will be pushed back will be erased all of those gains and they are absolutely critical to the future of afghanistan so yes its a womens issue but its also an issue about future stability peace safety and prosperity for afghanistan and thats whats at stake and thats why so many officials former officials have weighed in at this moment is that going to be enough to see the womens rights safeguarded in the framework of any potential agreement and that the that we wont see or of us all of the gains for womens rights in the past 1819 years. Oh i dont think anybody has any illusions that weighing in is going to be enough but it is important to say to the negotiators that the rights of afghan citizens including women that are guaranteed in the constitution need to be part of any agreement that is achieved and that any future for International Assistance which is going to be absolutely critical needs to be conditioned on those rights being protected for men and women as well as having some sort of mechanism monitoring mechanism that will ensure that Going Forward should there be an agreement that these rights indeed will be protected because so much about the future of afghanistan is dependent on that occurring. When you look at whats been happening in the country in recent years of course the taliban has continued to gain ground regardless of whether we see womens rights in shrines in any potential agreement should it occur all we know already seeing an erosion of those rights who are talking about violence against women women being targeted assassination attempts and then of course a member of the delegation thats in doha right now fauzia koofi having surviving at an attempt on her life. Its been very very difficult and the violence as you just pointed out has continued the women have borne so much of that violence over the last many many years but they have also enjoyed considerable gains and those were. Noted in the setup of this section of the news there are so many of them today in the parliament and in the government and Civil Society doing yeomans work they are in school they are University Graduates in the rural areas they are overseeing resolution of disputes their work is essential and yes there has been a great deal of violence but but their rights are still there and they are working in that way to the extent that its been possible and so so much depends on that being preserved and protected and you know its sort of interesting that here we are in the 25th anniversary of the 4th u. N. World conference on women that took place in beijing and a platform for action was adopted by all of the countries over 180. 00 countries by consensus that was about ensuring womens right to education to health care to economic participation to political participation to be free from violence to enjoy legal rights those very very fundamental protections and those are at stake for afghan women and this is a really critical moment as you say the right to education as basic as they get and crucial want to thank you very much Melanne Verveer for sharing your thoughts on the story with us appreciate it thank you very much. It the news hour live from london much well still ahead 8 arrives in sudan after the worst floods that in a century harf a 1000000 people have been displaced and even more rain might be on the way. One of the trump administrations top advisers is elected to head up the into American Development bank tell you why not an american countries will be used and then later on in sport Lewis Hamilton is once again setting the pace in formula one. Dozens of women have been arrested in the better russian capital minsk. Thousands of people had turned out for demonstrations on saturday activists are demanding the release of detained opposition figures and say president Alexander Lukashenko should step down after weeks of sustained protests against his rule demonstrators say the president ial election in august was rigged to give lukashenko his landslide when opposition to this vote on a chicken off skya has since fled to lithuania for safety well al jazeera stepped vos and is in the country right now was at a protest she spoke some of the women who were attacked by security forces. Every saturday for the last couple of weeks women have been marching here in the center of minsk its a womens march to release the Political Prisoners and also asking got to step down in recent weeks while inspired police in france and many have particular leave being detained in the last couple of days so women are still the fire and theyre still gathering here. Was. This a lot of. Women now. Women are screaming. Was doing that that was something she did not know what kind of power is this doesnt see people doesnt listen to people is this our power how does this relate to a constitution onto a Law Enforcement system these are peaceful women without weapons. A group of women is now being locked up for by the master policeman theyre all grieving and shouting to be relieved to be tensions are completely random here right now some women manage to escape by just simply jumping the fence but there are a lot of policemen here right now and people are screaming women are screaming why are we being detained. Greek police a fight a gas at protesting refugees and last boss riots broke out on saturday when police try to arrest 3 people more than 12000 refugees remain stranded after fires destroyed europes largest refugee camp a chance for a place now reports they are demanding to be taken to the mainland. The arrest of an elderly man sparks violence ask a news pulse the arresting officers with rocks. The and they respond with tear gas women and children who are sitting there by panic and seek shelter in the islands municipal refugee camp stuff terrified that Asylum Seekers displaced by the burning of the main camp at moria may try to set fire to this one as well in the crush this afghan boy is separated from his parents and after inhaling tear gas an infant is rushed to hospital unconscious days have passed since greeces largest refugee camp moria burns down on the island of lesbos bottled up on a stretch of highway these refugees have slept rough and are hungry angry and impatient because of daily protests the army has not distributed food and water spraying even more we got no place to stay for 45. 00 days now no place to stay no food no water around the toilet would decide to go to mit lead to this show so they bring us to the mainland but the police the military the block the road since were staying here. Theres nothing everybody living in the street everybody living in the bush we need freedom we dont want maria we dont want scum we dont want to graze wanting to have a quid the comp thats wont. Down the road the government is rushing to set up temporary shelter to get people off the street and out of the mountain olive groves this is morea mark 2 an artillery range by the sea now being landscaped and fitted with turns a few 1000 people will be able to at least temporarily a few Asylum Seekers are struggling in but theres been no Mass Transportation of them yet off the streets here however that is what the author rooty is interned as soon as possible because here they can be furred and watered and their Public Safety can be assured some refugees arrive to take a look at their immediate future some walk in and install themselves but some around this afghan children have had 2 birthdays in korea no school we will not always get our money good modern army we are ready to die here we dont want to go and live in a tent in another camp we want freedom and all the refugees but for these People Freedom for now is brewing tea on the asphalt and camping on the driveway of a car dealership jump. Lesbos. Now the u. S. Secretary of state might has been in cyprus for talks about recent tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean says the United States remains deeply concerned about turkeys actions in the region and is pushing for a diplomatic solution the dispute centers on maritime areas thought to be rich in natural gas Turkey Greece and cyprus have overlapping claims to this area tension increased last month when and credit deployed a Research Vessel on saturday present one sent a stern warning to his french counterpart following a threat of new sanctions. Smaller than most similar to one woman who argue lord want to mention him by name but i have to because hes messing with me hes seeing our problem is not with the turkish people but root of the one mr mccollum you will continue to have a lot more problems with me. Well now to developments in mali military and political groups there of agreed on a plan for the countrys future after last months coup an interim president will be chosen by a college set up by the gentle leaders the leader will act as head of state and oversee the transition to civilian rule over the course of 18 months after that the plan is for general elections to be held former president. Who was ousted in a coup in august after months of protests i would idris is following developments for us from the nigerian capital abuja. From mali its of the been discordant voices from within the Discussion Forum members some members are not happy and legin that their input to the resolutions of this 3 day talks have been largely ignored by organizers and on the other hand course has already made its tent clear they want a civilian president and a civilian Prime Minister to lead the charge to handle the Transition Program to organize election and return money to a democratic governance a civilian a suitable civilian cannot be found they wanted at least some way i retired military of someone has no legs whatsoever to the current military leadership to head that Transition Program now if the military in mali right now one ted a military person to lead the transition that will raise some red flags with Economic Community of West African States of course they dont agree to any leadership by the military but the military is keen on extending its rule for the next 18 months on tuesday the leadership of the of the mali military will lead a delegation to meet the president of ghana who is the who is also the chairman of the Economic Community of West African States to present the resolution to him and they will discuss they would then discuss the resolutions with the rest of the other 13 heads of states to see whether they can agree to what was resolved by this council and its also interesting to see how the reactions of the opposition in mali will be because already some members of the m 5 movement that led the protest against for president because kids are at the forefront of rejecting some of the proposals being presented by the organizers of this conference. All in all the news that were following rescuers are searching for survivors after a coal mine collapse in the democratic republic of congo at least 50 mine is a financial dies mourners gathered at the entrance to the mine in the town of commie touga the collapse followed heavy rains in the landslides dozens of deaths are reported annually in small often on regulated congolese mines katherine story has more on the story now from nairobi when it happened. There all went to this mine with all anything they could get their hands on to just try and rescue those who are trapped inside now were being told that the military is there the red cross is helping with the operations as well as u. N. Peacekeepers but its a logistical nightmare right now its not raining but because of the rains that have been pounding that area accessing this mining area has been qui