toony. unique. to. the area. fifty w. news live from berg lead a powerful afghan police commander is killed in a taliban attack just hours before polls are due to open in afghanistan's parliamentary elections. it's seen as a significant victory for the taliban and a major blow to the afghan and the u.s. counter insurgency campaign but the taliban claim that their real target was actually a top u.s. commander. also coming up u.s. president donald trump says the saudis will face full of very severe consequences

if it is confirmed that they murdered jamal khashoggi that's as new evidence suggests a link between the journalist alleged killers and the inner circle of saudi arabia's crown prince plus the cameroonian army stands accused of shooting english speaking separatists and leaving their bodies to rot in the streets our reporter challenges the local governor. who complained about the human rights abuses and this is already could get up was going to go great is you're going to address your complaints or you modern thread i'll do this interview. more on the bottle situation in cameroon after the west african nations contentious elections all that more coming right up. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program with just hours to. go before afghans are due

to go to the polls and parliamentary elections hopes for a peaceful vote have been dealt a severe blow a powerful police commander and a local intelligence chief have been shot dead by their own bodyguard the killings claimed by the taliban happened at a meeting in kandahar province to discuss security for saturday's parliamentary elections a top u.s. general in afghanistan who attended the meeting survived u.s. defense secretary jim mattis says it's not clear if this will affect turnout but the attack highlights the precarious security situation almost two decades after the start of the war in afghanistan. it's more than seventeen years since the taliban were driven from power in afghanistan. thanks to our military and our allies and the brave fighters of afghanistan. the taliban regime

is coming to an end. two more u.s. presidents have been sworn in since then if the taliban's influence on afghan politics remains a deadly assault on this police station in central afghanistan was followed by the assassination of kandahar police chief abdul rizieq another blow to the authorities head of the country's upcoming parliamentary elections. unfortunately we lost our brave come on. son of this soil there is no doubt that any new reader tried their best to interrupt upcoming election and not let the people who participate in elections to the taliban say they were going for an even bigger scalp than rizieq. to. get. a seat or. the us tonight miller was the target no matter the taliban's aim is clear to discourage an already weary electorate from heading to the polls at least ten candidates have been killed

so far the latest up do a man by a bomb in his home but the country's president has urged voters to show courage. pulled in this election is going to be a victory for the brave afghan security forces. p. to see america will be a victory for the people of afghanistan and for democracy but the question is. with the un pressing afghanistan to show democratic progress county is under pressure to deliver fifty four thousand troops will be deployed across the country in a bid to ensure the taliban's pledge to attack the ballot doesn't come to pass. let's get more on saturday's elections in afghanistan i'm joined now by marcus potts sold the german government's special envoy to afghanistan and pakistan and a former german ambassador to afghanistan ambassador welcome this morning thank you . looking at the security situation is it possible to conduct a poll in this climate of violence i think so. while there one third of the polling

stations cannot open but to put it in a positive way two thirds can open and i think that elections can be held. to midway i feel a sense of hope on your side perhaps i mean i have heard that there has been hope because there is this new generation of younger politicians you know really out with this push to fight corruption to encourage democratization do you think that a stable afghanistan can be achieved in the future i mean seventeen years of war now in this country it's truly about the fire didn't have open mike went to the top i mean you have to be optimistic and they are very optimistic signs as well as the said young young women and men actually want to be members of parliament and they want to go to politics and they want to change the country and that gives me hope given your insider knowledge of the country how eager i mean is is there a difference now than there was before how eager are people for change at this

particular moment i mean it's also generational change people are tired of war i mean a tired of war lords of power brokers them of the text they want to live in peace and prosperity and that's what actually they want to achieve and we helped them let's talk about the peace process now and there's been some controversy in recent weeks we know that. the united states is now engaging in direct talks with the taliban without the afghan government the new york times reports the following about this initiative they say that president that he found out about the talks through reports and that he was furious about what has been categorized as a breach of trust between allies is this the correct or i can't comment on that but i know that you can talk about the of course that these are no no peace talks these are pretty talks and also americans and we are holding talks with talk about his bones so a lot of people talking to the taliban which was important i think but these are pretty talks these are not peace talks and also the americans and are of the opinion that peace talks would be held between afghans but when the taliban and

deafened government because it's conflict of first place it's an internal afghan conflict fueled by from outside of course but afghans have to talk to other groups but the precursor for the taliban is that the afghan government not being included in these talks are you ok with that precursor i mean the afghan government knows that i mean the americans talking to them and them both so that's ok for you that the afghan government not be involved has said these are pretty talks these are no no peace talks peace as the be in the government and taliban ok. the conflict as you mentioned going on for seventeen years now what is the international community's biggest mistake. can we talk about achievement as well in the visit of chief they first let's start with the mistakes then we'll go to the achievements. i think that we have put. too much money into this country without control and that has fueled corruption that's probably obvious mistake. and the

achievements. of consonance not a breeding ground for terrorists anymore although the attacks and security is far from being perfect but there have been a lot of achievements in terms of that cation life expectancy has risen for instance for from forty five years to sixty years now so good boys are going to school and the taliban regime only one million boys went to school no it's about ten million boys and girls so that and education is key to developing of any country here that so often education is really key and i'm wondering what you see you know as a german diplomat somebody who has extensive knowledge of the country how do you see germany's role in particular contributing to a safer more stable more secure afghanistan so we have an important role to play we are the second biggest true contribute to their second biggest by that's why i don't know we have. made

a lot of the diplomatic efforts we have put us back one conference because but to conference and we enjoy a lot of trust from the afghan people especially from the afghan government and also to understand the bond one to us as a facilitator thank you so much that hopeful assessment this morning sharing with us former ambassador to afghanistan marcus but still ahead of those polls on saturday they appreciate it thank you for the phone. one out let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world european union leaders have wrapped up a two day summit in brussels sounding optimistic that they can end the price of impasse there were no breakthroughs but european commission president john claude junker said that he thought that a deal would be done british prime minister to resign may is considering a proposal that would extends the post reg's a transitional period to find a solution to the irish border problem for mentation mexico says that it will ask the united nations for help with the arrival of around three thousand one door and

migrants at its southern border. pass through guatemala city heading for the united states president trump has threatened to close the u.s. border to mexico if authorities there fail to stop them. and thousands of people in russia annexed crimea are expected to attend funerals on friday for the victims of a school shooting that left twenty people dead the region is observing three days of fishing morning the attack in the black sea port of curch by an eighteen year old gunman has raised concerns about school security across russia. u.s. president donald trump says that he now believes that saudi journalist jamal khashoggi is dead that's a day after a turkish newspaper published new images which it says proves whatever happened to the saudi journalist was sanctioned right from the very top. it surely looks that way to me it's very sad to look so. president trump responding when asked if he believes jamal constructed to be dead and should investigate and find

saudi arabia to have murdered him they may have to reckon with a tough u.s. response. oh it'll have to be very severe i mean it's bad. but we'll see what happens. a pro-government newspaper in turkey says the man circled in these images is the head of a fifteen man hit squad involved in the alleged killing of the saudi journalist he said to be my hair abdul's as easement to a saudi intelligence officer and former diplomat with close ties to saudi crown prince mohammed bin sandman earlier this year he was photographed during the crown prince's trip to the united states. jamal khashoggi was last seen on october second entering the saudi consulate in istanbul turkish officials say they have audio and video evidence of his murder state media have published details of the alleged audio including that saudi counsel mohammed i'll tabi can be heard on

the recording he left istanbul earlier this week. she had been living in the united states writing for the washington post she was a public critic of the saudi government. in other news cameroon has voted for a new president on the seventh of october the results though have yet to be declared but it's likely that paul by a will be very elected he's been in power for thirty six years and he has won each election amid accusations of fraud this time the turnout in the mainly english speaking west of the country has been just five percent separatists there had called for a boycott the government of the mainly french speaking country is determined to quell the insurgency four hundred civilians have been killed so far this year and adrienne creech brings us this exclusive report. see anything

come forth. was just nineteen when he was killed the seminary student had just walked out of a church when soldiers suddenly appeared and opened fire i was it is. it is just i'm just confused i don't even know what i can see. that is the only. several eyewitnesses say they saw killed at close range execution style even though he was clearly recognizable as a member of the church. and the archbishop of amend is calling for action but fears there will be no response. people are afraid of the army before. me because. you're not even given

a charge. extra just to. distrust. people and. security forces are visible all over but we're not allowed to film them openly nearly every resident of this northwestern city has a story about their violence tactics many blame the president the body of a separatist has been on the streets for three days locals say it's the army's way of warning the population not to embrace independence for cameroon's english speaking region the governor is a close ally of president paul b. he consented to meet us but only if we received our questions before then he rejected all but one of the people. of security.

control all over the region. so. hot spots. too must situation out of a region where they complained about human rights abuses and this is already asked . we venture out of the regional capital to get a sense of people's daily lives and how they're fairing in these tense times so we just left we already noticed the drivers on the road giving each other sign of a car coming from the front. now or you can continue if it's safe or if you should be careful possibly stop. we drive through nearly empty villages whose main streets yearly quite after half an hour we reached the first separatist road

block. with nice weapons they are fighting for their own state on the train to secure it people sorrow in their words real issues because. you know so when people so they say. what do you do of the military come. do. we. do. when is. this. only to the. several separatist groups are active in the region a few kilometers further we observe some of them intimidating local residents as well as people passing through they've threatened us too demanding protection money . the village of number is often caught between france according to

a local priest roland tells us that pressure from the separatists forced the school here to close two years ago. so he tries to set up a kind of playground near the church to give children a place to go. it's difficult because. in his. consolation i also hope to attend his people have to even come around to us to pay money in a group you can. bet you can find is asking these people to make some contributions to give to them to support their money people. will do anything they just have to do if they just have to give. it to run to the boys or to want to do so just because everyone is afraid you feel the cuts were back in by men once the commercial center of the region now its economy is in ruins fear overshadows everything as a sign of protest against the government's so-called ghost town days have been

taking place for almost two years every monday most people remain and shops are closed it's just vendors who are coming out to do some business because they needed to survive and many of them told us they're still facing threats from separatists. the archbishop of time and sees no end to the spiraling violence without a total amnesty. to rest the archbishop appeals for dialogue between the warring parties with the hope of sparing lives. i. see is helping to build a new children's cancer center in barcelona it's the largest of its kind in europe the argentinean attended a ceremony yesterday where he met with some young patients. lost by the end this

for the brave ones an emotional lenell messy join several children to lay lego bricks as a symbolic first stone for the new pediatric cancer center in barcelona expected to open its doors in late twenty twenty. you want to know what i'm going to. i hope with this project children can keep on fighting this cruel disease cancer. i hope we can all contribute together to help the children. i'm very happy to be able to fulfill this stream. of medical venue will be the largest of its kind in europe thirty million euros were raised in a crowdfunding campaign that saw a local hospital on the council on business school joined forces with f.c. barcelona foundation. and if you don't like the idea of spiders now might be

the moment to look away because a bizarre natural phenomenon has left the shores of a lake in northern greece with a rare closely appearance hundreds of thousands of tiny spiders have spotted a vast around lake vista donia biologists say that one kilometer long as they're calling it is caused by unseasonably warm weather and an abundance of mosquitoes and gnats that encourage armies of these types of creatures. and now i have a chill and i'm going to monitor. her. that's monica good morning sorry to say right here we're heading to asia now we're heading to asia and we look at the powerhouse of this era which is slowing down china is growing at its lowest rate in nearly a decade the six point five percent third quarter growth is the weakest year on year expansion of the chinese economy since two thousand and nine analysts say that

u.s. imports tariffs on billions of dollars in chinese goods are increasingly biting into otherwise stable growth beijing's efforts to limit its growing debt pile have meanwhile cooled consumption the new figures could put more pressure on the chinese leadership to resolve. freights tensions. but talking of traits the e.u. and asian economies are looking towards closer cooperation global partners for global challenges is the theme of a summit currently underway in brussels ministers from china russia and japan and we see here prime minister shinzo abyei just arriving have made to the trip to reaffirm support for multilateral cooperation the e.u. sees the meeting as an opportunity to present itself as a counterbalance to both the u.s. and china by offering asian countries alternatives when it comes to trade infrastructure and the digitalisation and a free trade agreement with singapore is set to be signed later today.

and for more on the summit let's cross over now to our brussels correspondent garrick matters georg it's washington's current policy on trade perhaps creating a new powerful alliance between the e.u. and asia this is not an anti trump summit that's what the chief foreign policy chief federica mcgreevey said upon arrival to this two day summit yesterday but then she went on to explain the of gender of the summit and then he practically could only find subjects where currently the e.u. and the u.s. key allies do absolutely differ so you have climate change on the agenda you have also the u.n. system on the agenda and most crucially you have the w t o and the message that is supposed to be sent out here by two thirds of the g.d.p. world's g.d.p. leaders representing two thirds of the world g.d.p. here is that protectionism is not the way forward they want to stick to a w based system and they'd like to reform it as well. now but given that we still

have u.s. sanctions against moscow and that china isn't quite an open market just to get out to russia and china fit into that brussels summit. well you name it russian. deals with this was russia and economy with russia has been decreasing it's been increasing with china both are problematic cases here and those problems are supposed to be taught to be talked about as well in case of china the subsidies are a key crucial issue because from the perspective of the e.u. they have helped to a dump massive amounts of cheap steel onto european markets and today there is a working lunch scheduled between jungle joke at the head of the european commission and china's prime minister and we'll have to see what comes out of that meeting but definitely they do want to talk also about sticky issues all right and our answer that the e.u. is now planning something like its very own belt and wrote plan what do we know

about that well again here it's quite interesting it's supposed to be not to be a response to beijing's famous infrastructure project pouring trillions of dollars if you want into a creating a new silk route basically here about the e.u. it's called asia connectivity strategy if you look closely it has very similar aims it's supposed to strengthen the connection between the digital markets energy links transportation i think the crucial difference we have here is it's supposed to also strengthen protectionism of the environment and to increase social labor standards matter is there reporting for us from brussels where the asm a summit is currently underway thank you so much. it's been called to the biggest tax wendel in he europe's history european banks including spain santander and germany's deutsche bank board and sold shares at

a pace that confused tax authorities and claimed billions in legal tax deductions in the process a so-called ex scheme has been known about for years but recent reports suggest the amount of money involved could have been more than six times higher than we thought . some insiders call it organized crime in pinstripes there referring to the controversial bit at the time he gold dividend stripping transactions allegedly carried out by many major european banks here's how it worked investors quickly sold on stocks to each other around the days when companies were paying out dividends the capital gains tax on the dividend was paid only once but the multiple short term owners all claimed the tax relief the shares had changed hands so quickly that tax authorities were unable to work out who the real owner was by design. similar businesses are not about someone evading taxes or hiding their

money or anywhere else but about stock market trickery that allow them to get multiple character funds on taxes they never pay it's robbery it's from the tax authorities. according to experts gemini's tax office alone could have lost at least thirty one point eight billion euros the amount was previously thought to be around five billion euros the new estimates suggest from last at least seventeen billion euros italy four point five billion and denmark one point seven billion euros at least six other countries could also be affected. the fiscal loophole was closed in two thousand and twelve but many questions remain unanswered such as when germany informed other countries about the comics dealings the cases firing up those demanding a stronger e.u. financial oversight. and here's a reminder of the top stories we're following for you. hopeful peaceful elections

in afghanistan have been dealt a blow after a powerful police commander and to a local intelligence chief were shot to death by the taliban the terrorist group says the actual target was the top u.s. general in afghanistan this is why the attack. and u.s. presidents donald trump says he believes the saudi journalist. is dead and house threatened quote a very severe consequences if the saudis are found to have murdered him a turkish newspaper has a population new images it says prove whatever happened to after he was last seen in istanbul was sanctioned from the very top. there watching the news coming to you live from berlin and we have more for you coming up at the top of the hour as you've been.

more intrigued by international. journalists discuss the topic of the week the freedom saudi journalist jamal khashoggi has called. it's global outrage and has focused attention on authoritarian regimes that increasingly use murder and abduction to silence their critics were talking about that straight ahead on fostering. quadriga next d.w. . cheek off life. football is

a simple game football a simple game no not really not including two majors a ball for ninety minutes and. mr mexico let's talk about even is that there are a lot of good teams it's difficult to understand we will give you the answers every easter on. sixty minutes on t.w. live i just wish double wave. and most all consuming conflict for two for final four hundred. thirty years turn after europe took action. but cannons failed to determine its outcome. in negotiations lasting many years

mediators succeeded in getting a green and. it was the birth of modern diplomacy. sixteen forty eight to produce starts october twenty fourth on d w. a very warm welcome to this edition of quadriga the international talk show coming to you from berlin i'm brian thomas great to have you with us over the past year there's been a sharp spike in the number of state sponsored killings of journalists and government critics now although the details are not yet in nor are they.