Afghan President Offers Peace Talks to the Taliban

The Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani, has made an offer of peace talks to the Taliban. He made the announcement at a meeting of twenty five countries and organisations involved in what's called the Kabul Process.

In a landmark ruling, a top German court has decided that cities can impose diesel driving bans to combat air pollution.

South Africa's parliament has endorsed a plan for expropriation without compensation. We try to find out what white farmers make of it.