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And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Major funding for the pbs sreenivasan a historic moment in hanoi today. The United States formally dropped its prohibition on selling weapons to vietnam. It highlighted the dramatic turnaround in relations between the two former enemies. John yang has our report. This change will ensure that vietnam has access to the equipment that it needs to defend itself and removes a lingering vestige of the cold war. Reporter in hanoi, president obama officially ending the more than fourdecades old arms embargo. At this stage, both sides have established a level of trust and cooperation, including between our militaries, that is reflective of common interests and Mutual Respect. Reporter that Mutual Respect was on full display during the first of mr. Obamas three days in vietnam. He was greeted at the president ial palace by a military honor guard. At night, hundreds of people lined the streets to catch a glimpse of the president as he left a noodle shop. The warming extends to commerce, too american and Vietnamese Companies signed deals worth 16 billion. Lifting the arms embargo reflects growing u. S. Concerns about chinas military buildup and territorial ambitions in the south china sea. Chinas efforts to exert more naval control over shipping lanes in the sea is troubling to both the United States and vietnam. While acknowledging the shared concerns, mr. Obama said ending the embargo was about warming relations between two former foes. The decision to lift the ban was not based on china or any other considerations. It was based on our desire to complete what has been a lengthy process of moving towards normalization with vietnam. Reporter chinas Immediate Response was muted, but human Rights Groups said vietnam was getting a reward it didnt deserve. Theyve long criticized vietnams communist regime for repressing dissidents. Even as he praised the two nations reconciliation, president obama underscored differences over democracy and human rights. Tomorrow, he meets with vietnamese dissidents. For the pbs newshour, im john yang. Sreenivasan well focus on the phenomenon of vietnamese americans returning home, later in the program. Woodruff in iraq Government Troops have launched a much anticipated offensive to retake fallujah from Islamic State fighters. The city about 40 miles west of baghdad has been under the militant groups control since january of 2014. Today, iraqi forces pushed their way into nearby farming areas. They were backed by u. S. Coalition airstrikes and paramilitary troops. Sreenivasan Islamic State bombings in syria killed nearly 150 people today, and wounded at least 200 more. Five suicide attackers and two car bombs hit government strongholds in the coastal cities of jableh and tartous. That area is home to Russian Military bases. Isis also claimed responsibility for twin bombings in yemen that killed at least 45 people there. The victims had gathered at Army Recruiting centers in aden. Woodruff the leader of an antiimmigrant party in austria came within a whisker today of being elected president. His support showcased rising opposition both to migrants and to the european union. James mates of independent Television News reports. Reporter austria and much of europe held its breath. The country interior minister declared whether the far right made the biggest breakthrough since world war ii. By just 31,000 votes out of 4. 5 million, norbert huffer of the Freedom Party had been kept out of the president ial palace, conceding defeat on his Facebook Page but promising supporters he will be back. The countrys new president is the mildmannered economics proffer Alexander Van der bellen backed regally by the greens but then by everybody as they tried to keep the far right out. So europe will abbreviate the sigh of relief but cant ignore the collapse of the center and the rise of extremes of both left and right. Centrist politicians who face wipeout points out its far from just an austrian problem. Should the rest of you be worried about this . I think the entire europe should worry about what is going on in the entire europe without specifically looking into one country. Its not what is going on in austria, so much different from what is going on in other european countries. Reporter at a party in a vienna beer garden last night. Norbert was prematurely celebrating victory but 49 of the vote is hardly defeat. Woodruff woodruff centerleft parties have dominated austrian politics since world war ii, but they were eliminated in last months first round of voting. Sreenivasan back in this country the u. S. Supreme court struck down the murder conviction for a death row inmate in georgia because of racial bias in picking his jury. Timothy foster was convicted in 1987 of murdering an elderly white woman. The High Court Ruled seven to one that state prosecutors violated the constitution when they excluded blacks from his jury. Foster is now eligible for a new trial. Woodruff a Baltimore Policeman was acquitted today in the death of freddie gray an incident that sparked riots in the city last year. A judge found officer edward nero had little to do with grays arrest and death in custody. Nero still faces an internal police investigation. In all, six officers were charged in the case. The trial of the first ended in a hung jury. Well examine the verdict and its implications later in the program. Sreenivasan a major takeover bid today in the Farm Chemicals industry. Germanys bayer offered to buy monsanto for 62 billion. The st. Louis seed giant specializes in crop seeds and the widely used weedkiller roundup. Any deal would be subject to a federal regulatory review of how it affects farmers and consumers. Woodruff on wall street the Dow Jones Industrial average lost eight points today to close below 17,493. The nasdaq fell three points and the s p 500 slipped four. Sreenivasan and swarms of insects are now threatening the taj mahal in india. Millions of flies are breeding in a polluted river thats nearby, and theyre leaving behind green and black waste. Thats forced crews to scrub the 17th century monument daily. Officials warn all that scrubbing will damage the buildings famed marble inlay work. Woodruff and still to come on the newshour the talibans top leader taken out in pakistan, a shift to the general election, even as Bernie Sanders campaigns in california, what an acquittal means for a Baltimore Police officer in the death of freddie gray, and much more. Sreenivasan the man who led the Afghan Taliban for the past year was killed in a u. S. Operation over the weekend. The group had been gaining ground and waging a bloody war against the Afghan Government so whats next for the taliban, and the countries who fight it . Chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Margaret Warner begins our coverage. Warner smoldering wreckage on a pakistani roadside was all that remained of the taliban commanders vehicle, hours after he died in it saturday. Today, in vietnam, president obama officially announced a u. S. Drone strike killed mullah Mohammed Akhtar mansour. It has been confirmed that he is dead. And he as an individual who as head of the taliban was specifically targeting u. S. Personnel and troops inside afghanistan. Warner mullah mansour took over the Afghan Taliban last summer, after the Group Finally announced that longtime leader, mullah omar, had died in 2013. The new leader faced down rivals, in part by rejecting afghan and u. S. Backed peace talks. Under his direction, Taliban Forces briefly seized the northern afghan city of kunduz last september, and carried out a bloody assault in kabul itself, in april, killing 64. Word of his death was welcomed by afghan chief executive Abdullah Abdullah translated he was in charge of all terrorist attacks in afghanistan and he had direct contact with other terrorist networks. This will bring a big change in the taliban condition. His death is a blow to their abilities in carrying out terrorist attacks against the afghan people. Warner afghan president ashraf ghani signaled that the taliban leaders death could also open the door to renewed peace talks. The drone strike that killed mansour was the first by the u. S. Inside baluchistan, in southwestern pakistan. Its long been a taliban stronghold. In london yesterday, pakistans Prime Minister nawaz sharif condemned the attack, saying the u. S. Gave no advance warning. translated we are protesting strongly. This is a violation of the sovereignty of pakistan. Warner but afghanistans government accuses the pakistanis of harboring a veritable whos who of most wanted terrorists translated the Haqqani Network is in pakistan, mullah omar and Osama Bin Laden were in pakistan, and now mullah mansour was killed in pakistans baluchistan. It would be better if pakistan cooperated with afghanistan and did not give shelter to these people who are continuing the war in afghanistan. Warner pakistani Authorities Say a passport found near the drone strike wreckage shows mansour had just returned from iran. Officials there denied the claim. Meanwhile, the alreadyfractured taliban is scrambling to close ranks. Senior leaders met today, and speculation over a successor centers on mansours deputy, Sirajuddin Haqqani a warlord seen as even more brutal than mansour. For the pbs newshour, im Margaret Warner. Sreenivasan we take a closer look at what this means for afghanistan moving forward with Riaz Mohammad khan, a former pakistani diplomat who also served as that countrys foreign minister, and barnette rubin, he was a Senior Advisor at the u. S. State department from 2009 to 2013. Riaz mohammad khan, i want to start with you. Who was masour . He was an important leader. After a long struggle, he was recognized as the leader of the taliban. And this will lead to another round of divisiveness struggling for the leadership in the taliban. But apart from that, it will go back to the process. Some of the factions in afghanistan are in pakistan. Reporter what about the significant of this happening in balugistan . This was done by a need to protect american soldiers not by a strategic decision about the war in afghanistan. It was the headquarters from the taliban was located. Weve known that for a long time. The United States used drones. Mostly the c. I. A. Using drones against terrorists with global reach like al quaida or closely connected to al quaida in the tribal areas of pakistan, and they had agreed with the military of pakistan, there were certain areas where they could use the drone strikes. This strike was carried out by the United States special forces in afghanistan. Its not part of the c. I. A. s antiterrorism campaign. Its part of the war in afghanistan. So theyve extended the territory of the war of afghanistan into ballugistan which puts partly cloudy in an important position because it shows the leaders of the taliban was driving a taxi aboss baligistan without being concerned about the security and that means talibans complaint about violating sovereignty are null and void because they vie elate sovereignty by inspiring terrorist acts have. Sreenivasan is there a level of complicity . Mawhat are they willing to tolerate with leempled to the taliban . The United States did not trust pakistan. There is no confidence. There is no transparency which is necessary for cooperation in such matters. As far as complicity is concerned, the taliban, many most of the taliban, they have come to had come to pakistan after the American Intervention and many of them have got passports. It would not be prizing if he also can use the pakistani passport. There are 500 refugees in pakistan and many have become part of the pakistani society. But there is disconnect between pakistan and the United States in terms of confidence which is necessary. Secondly, i should say that a lot of blame is placed on pakistan for the troubles in afghanistan. But it ignores defect of policy and of error of judgment. Like for example iraq. There is a great deal of mess over there. Now there is no i. S. I. In pakistan over there. Similarly here, the failure of policy goes even back to the process where the taliban should have been brought in to the fold of the process but that did not happen. There have been other mistakes like, for example, the control of kabul was left to the Northern Alliance forces which were mostly nonpistoon and that helped the taliban revive themselves later on and that kind of violence continues today and that is the reason why it is not that effective in the pestoon dominated areas of afghanistan. Sreenivasan what about the diplomatic and i political imcas about the fact there was any sort of signal given before the launch, the level of distrust that exist wean the two countries . I agree with Riaz Mohammad khan that there were a lot of policy mistakes my by the nats in particular missing Early Opportunities to include the taliban in afghanistan so they would have not fled to pakistan. Now, your question was, if you can repeat it . Sreenivasan i was just asking what about the level of distrust between these two countries . Yes. The United States has had experiences where, when they have given advanced notice to pakistan about a counterterrorism action, that somehow the target of that action escapes, and clearly, you know, of course, there are lots of afghans in pakistan who dont have pakistani passports, but it strains credit that they would not be aware to have the location of the leader of taliban who flew 18 times out to have the airport in karachi according to the stamps in his passport. Since he was clearly under their protection and they provided security for him to be elected and hold large dpat rings last sum tore build support for himself and as they told us they were trying to make sure he was tried to consolidate power they certainly did not give advance warning to have the attack. Sreenivasan thank you both. Woodruff and now to politics and battle for the Democratic Party nomination. Senator Bernie Sanders is pushing hard in california the state with the most democratic delegates up for grabs. At a rally today in los angeles, he slammed both Hilary Clinton and donald trump for their big donors. Secretary clinton has several super pacs, and one of her largest super pacs had received many millions from wall street. [booing] now with regards to trump and this is really hysterically funny trump is a multi billionaire or so he tells us. We dont know if its true or not. You know, he lies every day, so hes probably broke. I dunno. Woodruff Hillary Clinton addressed the labor base of the party, speaking at the s. E. I. U. Convention in detroit today. She also made a nod to Campaign Finance and pivoted to trump. We are coming to the end of the democratic primaries. I applaud senator sanders and his supporters for challenging us. We are gonna get unaccountable money out of politics. We are gonna take on the crisis of income inequality. And we are going to unify the Democratic Party and stop donald trump. Woodruff that brings us to politics monday with tamara keith of n. P. R. And amy walter of the cook political report. And welcome to you both this monday. , so tamara so, tamara, this contest, we heard Hillary Clinton talking about trump but Bernie Sanders is still talking about her. Where does this race stand over the weekend . He said, i dont want to be in this race because we dont want people voting for the lesser of two evils but doesnt sound like an endorsement of Hillary Clinton. She not ready to endorse Hillary Clinton. They dont want a choi