this is detail being used coming to you live from berlin the thought of on a tenth of a strike on the heart of the afghan government. rocket lands and rockets land near the presidential palace in the capital kabul as a ship gunny was making an address to the nation and it comes just days after he had offered taliban militants a condition ceasefire also coming up. short on duty sweden has reintroduced compan street military service to high school graduates really germany the next day. and a new stock crowned at the m.t.v.

video music awards i. cuban born singer come alaska bento takes home the top prize video of the for the song of ana. welcome i'm a touch of gone security forces have fought off a major militant sword in the heart of the capital kabul and reports it all the attackers were killed in the heavy fighting that followed rocket attacks it came as president bush of danny was delivering his message to mark the first day of. a major religious festival for muslims. it was supposed to be a peaceful day of worship and prayer in kabul but the peace didn't. last month. on

tuesday morning militants fired a number of rockets towards the presidential palace as president ashraf ghani was delivering a speech to mock the muslim celebrations of eat. could we figured. it out if the insurgents think that with rocket attacks this nation will surrender they have to think again. this is a brave tough nation and we are always ready to defend our independence and islamic tradition. the rockets triggered an immediate and ferocious response by security forces a military helicopter targeted the house from where the rockets were fired sending plumes of smoke into the sky. sort of so but as a result of the mortar attacks only two police officers were slightly wounded and all the terrorists were killed in a clearing operation launched by afghan security forces the area of. afghan police hold the taliban responsible and the timing of the assault

a significant it comes two days after the president offered the taliban a conditional three month cease fire coinciding with in celebrations. what presidents all work of those in the past we used to celebrate eat with joy and happiness but now suicide attacks scare people around the holidays is filled with tension. when we leave our homes we're not sure if i'll make it back alive i just praise almighty god to save god all the muslim people in afghanistan. the attacks mark yet another blow to gunnies efforts to bring the taliban to the negotiating table and hold peace talks to end the country seventeen year war. and for the latest i have on the line and to announce that we aren't three he joins me from kabul to hear how did this attack on ford and is the fighting now over. yes the fighting is over actually what we hear from our sources is that to you and

i attack as they try to set fallujah rockets where prisoners are when he was advertising the nation during a very major religious festival here in afghanistan but you know what we had at least three rockets which allowed very close by and there are loads of foreign embassies and they are going as well but as a result as you were told that they too are scum security offices where one day old they had three attackers were gunned down and die police are believing the bali bomb for this sort why would the lamont launch an attack now speaking do you think . because well we would we can t. i would go out why what we can analyze from here is statement that the taliban didn't really welcome prison our seventies conditional cease fire proposal earlier two months ago they accepted that but only for two to three days where the

taliban came into the cities and they were welcomed by do you call on the one offered on ice cream sunflower them things like that but then this time for isn't any fault that for us that there is debate going to all of them you know longer and lengthy a. proposal which will go extinct as well that's why i don't think your forces on the scene you don't feel bad to go to anyone else to blame for that because the taliban is place that is quite glad that it was welcomed by them so how much it also a setback is this pope as in i should have gone in will tell his options now that the taliban has indicated it has rejected its all for all a temporary ceasefire what this is really a time now for the afghan government because they were thinking that they were very close to a kind of peace deal with the taliban because the international community is also making a very big at the here to bring the taliban to the negotiating table but we there's one which happened now which also includes a lot of guys almost all policy this kind of performance goals and it seems like it

will be now really kind of will prevent any issues i don't believe you know just before i want to have friends because it seems that the not on the taliban always claims that they are gaining more ground you're not gonna sign and they are you know fighting back the outcome of your goals they're still that is why i think you didn't want to talk about what you wanted the big old nation about all the dimensions it's just you know they have the technology to do will be negotiating with would be not the afghan government plus the united states thank god we in kabul thank you very much. here in germany compulsory military service of conscription was abolished in two thousand and eleven and this was in keeping with the trend of most european countries as it decided some decades ago to start converting the armed forces into purely professional now some politicians have reignited the debate over mandatory military alternative service this is germany needs more boots on the ground and let me draw in

a political correspondent hans bronte is following that story hans it seems the debate is more than just about conscription what exactly is being proposed here well in fact this is a proposal that was made by a leading member of machall conservative party and she has been saying that all young people men men and women should be arsed to do some form of communal service for a year after they have finished school that does not necessarily include military service in fact the military itself excludes that possibility but it would include service for the community such as caring for children the aged or possibly working as a firefighter those kinds of things and there is certainly a need for personnel in those areas of society because a lot of those areas and the stuff at the moment and before we continue our conversation and let's take a look at one country which had already abolished military service but is now reintroducing it and that country is sweden let's take

a look at what people make of this proposal that. these young people are undergoing military training in sweden as forests are being put into shape to defend their country. this year sweden introduced conscription lasting eleven months for every high school graduate and that means both young men and women. for me it's a matter of course it gives me something and i probably would have done it voluntarily. i mean for me my family and friends think i should stay in it's most believe it will become my profession i'm not so sure myself but i really enjoy it. this year only about four percent of graduates and four thousand other young people will be involved in. the swedish government has reintroduced the draft mainly for defense reasons. when russia annexed crimea

when we have conflicts in ukraine and a military presence and activities at our doorstep in the baltic sea we have to make our army ready. and that's why we need general military conscription. in militarily neutral sweden a return to conscription is taken rather likely. but so was i don't believe in a professional army everyone should be involved because i did military service years ago and found a good oh you must you have to defend your country i think it's good that girls and boys learn something before they take on further study thing and i bet yesterday. besides learning how to use weapons the young people also learn things they may not have learned at home. let's go to them we teach them how to make their beds and how to take care of each other the national so that's very different from today's culture discipline so here we are into vigils where a group get

a band and the group is set to get larger sweden's army aims to increase the number it calls up in the near future. the swedish model that we just saw in that report is quite different to what's being proposed here and given the new and changing security threats facing jim in europe how can gemini meet these challenges. well of course here in germany you can still also volunteer to do military service to enter the military a but obviously as a professional soldier you will then get paid and have a certain kind of job or quite a normal job what is being proposed is in fact to strengthen other areas of german society not the military as far as the security challenges are concerned obviously germany is facing similar challenges to those that sweden is facing but germany's answer has been that a professional army and army offer factional soldiers is more suited to the kind of challenges that are ahead or that of germany and the rest of europe face at the

moment these include a lot of a lot more german military engagement outside europe or in areas that are not directly part of german territory and so that you would not be able to use draftees so that's why the reason that's the reason why german the german army is now pushing forward this idea of having a professional army and the draft is really reserved for community service if it should ever happen again hans founded upon a mattress it is thank you very much for that you're watching the news coming up ahead with its constant shouting half its value this year and new threats of unemployment and inflation turkey's economy has investors vining more and more of them see the real problem is present that's it bad and do on. the first let me bring you up to date with some of the stories making news around the want more than a million people have now taken refuge in relief camps after floods in the south

indian state of canada two wreaks of terentia rainfall submerged much of the state now the risky operation is starting to wind down with the death still standing at more than four hundred. mian mas de facto leader aung san suu kyi says the threat posed by terrorists in our countries are high and state remains present andrea her comments came at a lecture in single suci has been criticised for failing to speak out against the crackdown on the rohingya muslim minority and. a former nazi concentration camp guard has finally been deported to germany these pictures from a.b.c. news show ninety five year old ali being led away from his new york cold his expulsion it was initially ordered fourteen years ago but it's unlikely he'll be charged with war crimes because of lack of evidence. now ukrainian

filmmaker all exam solved imprisoned in russia on terrorism charges has now been on hunger strike for one hundred days the forty two year old is serving a twenty year sentence after being convicted three years ago of arson attacks in his native crimea sense of was a fierce critic of moscow's occupation of the brain in syria and two thousand and fourteen amnesty international called sense of scale a short trial and western nations have campaigned for his release sense of lawyer says that since starting the hunger strike in may his condition has rapidly deteriorated. for more on this story let's bring in police cover levis she's eurasia programs director at penn america welcome police now you are currently in russia what can you tell us about the health of orlik sense of. well the last thing we heard about his house was from a lawyer and he said that she spouses very slowly.

i mean it's only his very week also recently another human rights defender. is always there to visit human in love it now and she says that. his voice is very low ends he gets tired very quickly which is which is understandable being on behind the straight where hundred days now with his hunger strike sense of his demanding the release of around seventy ukrainian political prisoners held in russia and in crimea share with us your personal impressions off a sense of i am well my personal impression is that he's extremely grave costs and doesn't care that much about himself but really is ready to die for another unjustly imprisoned you ukrainian citizens who

are currently held in russia and it's more than seventy people and this number is growing so she's absolutely incredibly brave person which i want. and no self has great support from a number of people including celibate and government leaders doesn't mccraw france spoke to president putin of russia recently asking for a humanitarian solution to deal with this issue how much will this pressure help do you think well it's hard to say you know the i know that there is a large heart negotiations it's not only micron i know that. my colleagues since also advocates they are trying to reach america will also recently i met and we don't know she raised his case or not. it's very hard to say unfortunately it looks like she is saying it is in the hands of only one person and

. what is in which inspired it's very hard to imagine i know that. we have a coalition of supporters around the world and today for example four hundred hungers a hundred days and a strike we have actions all around the world organized by plan it's a national people in sweden. and organize something. good's russian embassy and reads testament a short story of elections up in front of the russian embassy so we constantly want to stop until the end. and it's just it's very important. to not lose this of. you doing what what not to write cover live or from a pen america currently in russia thank you very much for talking to d.w.

sure thank you so much to do it will be the big event is it as the new currency with banks and shops to reopen for business on monday president nicolas maduro declared a national holiday to rule out the sovereign new banknotes with five fewer zeros that's part of the government's plan to curb soaring inflation but economists warn the government's latest move could make things. a nervous wait people lining up in caracas to withdraw the new venezuelan bolivar i'm sure for how long the currency which now has five few has zeros will hold it value. nearby long queues formed at this market the uncertainty driving these people to stock up on supplies. nothing is working we are waiting to see what the president says to see when you can stop paying by debit

card but everything that has to do with cards well we just have to wait to get it out elsewhere streets were deserted as shops and banks closed during a national holiday call to help the economic transition along with the currency change the government's new policies include a three thousand percent increase in the minimum wage the measures are meant to ease the inflation crisis but many are warning they'll only exacerbate it. if this is poorly executed in the end it could trigger a tremendous economic contraction and layoffs and a much more limited supply of goods. to the north are going to really bring without controlling the hyperinflation the impact of these increment will be totally counterproductive. those fears seem to be shared by the thousands of people leaving venezuela for them the uncertainty was too much as they leave the rest of the country is bracing for the first effects of the new policies. i thought was

a night for new stars to shine at the m.t.v. video music awards cuban born singer camilla bello treats on some of the music stop acts as the night's big winner she joined the ranks of rock royalty for her moment in the spotlight. the queen of pop madonna announcing one of the top prices video of the year come you look around thanks for her songs have been a i. i beating out many big names the cuban born singer also took home and other top priced artist of the year i can't believe this is from me thank you so much i thank you so much i found out i love you guys so i. think the best price went to a rianna grunty. to twenty five year old singer

performed to new song god is a woman and was later joined by her grandmother and mother on stage i was i. i. live i one of the highlights of the night jennifer lopez performing a medley of her hit songs before accepting the ben god of water honoring for the lifetime achievement. many of the big prices went to women this year but with a few exceptions rock star was the soul of the year performed by sing a post malone who later rocked the stage with legendary band aerosmith. i. now monica joins me and donald trump is talking down the dollar monica and i think this is his intention on rita the dollar

certainly has dipped on markets after u.s. president donald trump lashed out at the federal reserve saying he is not pleased with the central bank raising interest rates or the fed is currently expected to raise its key rates to more times this year at another. two times in twenty nineteen chairman jerome powell says he's concerned about inflationary pressure in an interview trump said he was quote not thrilled with the hikes he also refused to say if he believed in the fed's independence powell has said the committee will not bow to political pressure. and berlin has ruled out financial aid for turkey which is going through a major economic crisis the lira has lost half its value this year while inflation and the unemployment rate are increasing critics say that the country's president richard type add to one once the face of the prospering turkish economy is now keeping the country from overcoming the current crisis. whether it's

a bridge over the bosphorus and istanbul subway system or an imposing mosque he's president richard no one is known for his big ambitions. the country's construction sector has traditionally been an engine of economic growth. but recent events have put the brakes on turkey's economy turkish banks and companies have accumulated four hundred seventy billion dollars of foreign debt and as the lira plummets it's getting ever harder to repay the loans analysts say interest rates need to be raised to offset the liras rapid decline they want the central bank to act independently of the government and believe the country should accept help from the international monetary fund something you know to one has ruled out only zero six although there is no difference between the direct attacks on our call to prayer and our flag and the attack on our economy the goal is the same the goal is to

bring to heel turkey and the turkish nation to hold it captive we are a nation that prefers to be shot in the neck rather than chained by the neck. that doesn't interest the ratings agencies they're downgrading turkey ever further making it harder for the country to raise new money independent observers say the economy's biggest problem is the president himself they are predicting a hard landing for uncorrupt at the moment only rising prices are affecting people but soon a wave of bankruptcies could roll across the country plunging many families into poverty. from all we're joined now by a bad idea cal a gassy c o two c. at the association of tech industry and business joins us from istanbul good to have you with us we just heard in our report that a lot of people say that president to add a one is actually the problem for the turkish economy what is your take on that.

well the current problems in turkish economies are combinational so many are factors that it's not as good as it with a single factor explain it it's certain that there are as any economy that our problems over economic governance governance stemming from the concious all conditions and running of the state of affairs there is another problem. turkey losing its credit functioning equational if you will be an integration in depressed another important factor are the relations that united states under president trumps all the old global trade agenda and economy approach to the issues of multitude of traits. that are problems that are generally link where. they have illusional to global economy and the capitalism. in the entry so it's a combination of summit. a big a big a variety of problems there coming together you saying now earlier we asked

a turkish economist if foreign financial aid could possibly stop the economic decline in turkey and he told us that the root of the problem lies elsewhere let's just listen in to what he had to say it would be a really bad idea to make direct payments in order to support turkish economy i mean turkey's problem is not liquidity problem there are structural problems inflation is too high and that interest rates are off the central bank are too low all right so he just told us that the real problem a structural problems what structural problems would that be and how do they affect business. it just right set minute problems that are faced for example by the concious elf the eurozone like greece and spain are nothing like the turkish case turkey doesn't have. any important public prayer problem or budget there's

a problem in that sense turkey is complying with democracy criteria that and it budget deficits are read available but on the other hand. this off the private sector in foreign currency is rate hike and it isn't a very important structural problem or couldn't account that this target is important and agile turkey is importing oil and natural gas so turkey needs to attract more foreign that it can wrestling needs to. increase the margins of profit all these exports and also its tourism is to fulfill the gap in the current account deficit therefore turkish a total business and investment in an environment needs to actually forms labor market reform fiscal reform education reform all of the forms that are this is a city to cope with the challenges of the twenty first century in the digital age so they have to be priority to turkey's agenda ok ok so there is an awful lot of

homework it to be done in and across turkey bad idea county i'd ask. to see and thank you so much for joining us on the program. and here's a reminder of the top stories we're following for you. afghan security officials say several militants have been killed after a taliban assault in the capital kabul the attackers launched rockets near the presidential palace as the afghan president delivered a speech to the nation. you're watching the davian news coming to you live from berlin more coming up at the top of the hour in the meantime don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website and it's d.w. dot com for now thanks for watching. oh

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