leni. lead. you. to believe. this is d w news live from berlin a powerful afghan police commander is killed in a taliban attack shortly before polls are due to open in afghanistan's parliamentary elections and it's seen as a significant victory for the taliban and a major blow to the afghan and u.s. counterinsurgency campaign but the taliban claim their real target was actually a top u.s. come out they're. also coming up the cameroonian army stands accused of shooting in the speaking separatists and leaving their bodies to broad in the streets our

reporter challenges the local governor. there complained about women rights abuses and this is already as good to that question burt great as you are going to address your congress or your mother read this interview to our laws or relations. more on the volatile situation in cameroon after the west african nations contentious election plus it's been called europe's biggest tax swindle the banker sold shares over and over again and walked away with billions legal tax relief now the report says that it cost taxpayers much more than they have been told and. in a galaxy not so far away a group of russian jet i warriors are holding their light sword skills the force is strong with one. sure when she visits the moscow light saber fighting school.

i'm sara kelly welcome to the program afghan election commissioners are calling for a suspension of voting in the southern province of kandahar after the killing of a powerful police commander by the taliban the deadly shooting happened at a needing in kandahar province to discuss security for saturday's parliamentary elections which would be the first national elections for eight years in a moment we will hear from a former german ambassador to afghanistan on the prospects for the pole but first a look at 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 yet 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 commander. this soil there is no doubt that any. upcoming election and not let the people who participate in elections to the taliban say they were going for an even bigger scalp than resent.

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 abdul jabbar car a man by a bomb in his home but the country's president has urged voters to show courage that was. pulled in this election is going to be a victory for the brave afghan security forces. people he met will be a victory for the people of afghanistan and for democracy with democracies. with the un pressing afghanistan to show democratic progress danny 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 am joined now by markus puts all 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 is truly about the fire didn't have hope and i can do that all 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's give 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 the 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 donnie 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 if i can comment on that but i know that you can talk about and of course that these are no no peace talk of these pretty talks and also in american some we are holding talks with talk about his

bones so a lot of people talking to the taliban which is 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 should be held but we have guns but when the taliban and different government because it's a conflict of first place it's an internal afghan conflict fueled by from outside of course but afghans have to talk to others 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 it's ok for you that the afghan government not be involved has said these are pretty talks these are no no peace talks peace between the government and one 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 that of his achievements they first let's start with the

mistakes then we'll go to the achievements. i think that we have probably put. too much money into this country without control and that has fueled corruption and that's probably your biggest mistake. and the achievements. of consonance not a breeding ground for terrorists anymore although their attacks and security is far from being perfect but they have 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. boys are going to school and the taliban regime only one million boys went to school now it's about ten million boys and girls so that and education is key to the development of any country here that so often education is really key and i'm wondering what you see i am especially 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 contributor their second biggest by that i don't know we have. made a lot of diplomatic efforts we have put us back one conference because but to call in friends and we enjoy a lot of trust from the afghan people especially from the afghan government and also to a certain extent taliban want 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. in other news now u.s. president donald trump says that he now believes that the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi is dead that's a day after a turkish newspaper published new images which it says proves whatever happened to crucial change was sanctioned right from the very top the u.s. also announced that treasury secretary stephen minchin has pulled out of a major upcoming saudi investment conference. it surely looks that way to me it's

very sad very much. president trump responding when asked if he believes jamal constructed to be dead and should. investigations 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 up with. 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 aziz moved to a saudi intelligence officer and former diplomat with close ties to saudi crown prince mohammed bin saddam on 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. let's get a quick check now some other stories that have been making news around the world the european union says that it is willing to extend the brags that transition period after a two day summit of the blocs leaders in brussels european council president oliver thomas said that a decision would be made if and when decisive progress came in stalled talks british prime minister to resign may have the option to extend the transition could help overcome the current impasse order them and 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 the migrants have passed through the city heading for the united states president trump has threatened to close the u.s. border to back. soko if authorities there fail to stop them. and thousands of people in russian and next 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 official mourning the attack in the black sea port city of courage by an eighteen year old gunman has raised concerns about school security across russia. we're going to have now to cameroon where the results of the contentious election on the seventh of october have yet to be declared it's likely that paul will be reelected 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 may have 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. brings this exclusive report from the mend. seemed to. come forth. it was just nineteen when he was killed in the seminary student had just walked out of a church when soldiers suddenly appeared and opened fire. was it is. it is just i'm just confused i don't even know what. that is the only. several eyewitnesses say they saw killed it's closed range execution style even though he was clearly recognizable as a member of the church. the archbishop of mend is calling for action but fears

there will be no response. to people outside of the army. because you are guilty. you're not even given a charge. extra just to use. execution of. 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 bia he consented to meet us but only if we received our questions before then he rejected all but one of them. of security. the screw should be under control all over the region. so. the hot spots. were not proven. to must situation all over the region complained about with human rights abuses and this is already asked to do that because there. is. a regulation. we venture out of the regional capital to get a sense of people's daily lives and how they're faring in these tense times so we

just left we already noticed that the drivers on the road giving each other sign of a car coming from the front you will tell. you can continue to say if you should be careful also. we drive through nearly empty villages whose main streets. quite after half an hour we reach the first separatist road block. with these weapons they are fighting for their own state. trying to secure it people so are all in there were those militias because. you know when people saw this way. what do you do of the military come. do we have. we used to manage it and to raise such

a lease. into the bush 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 numbers 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 both parties are not saying anything can do some consolation also hope to attend these people have to even come around to us to pay money in a group second it is true that you can find is asking these people to make some conditions to give to them to support their money people their kids cannot do

anything they just have to give they just have to give so now you don't know where they were say for to run to the boys or to going to the soldiers because we were just afraid you. would hear back and once the commercial center of the region now its economy is in ruins fear overshadows everything as a sign of protest against the government so-called ghost town days have been taking place for almost two years every monday most people remain at home 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 sees no end to the spiraling violence without a total amnesty as. stressed the archbishop appeals for dialogue between the warring parties with the hope of sparing life's. more news now with

monica jones and europe and asia closer relations in unstable times absolutely sarah there's a summit underway currently and brussels that is the e.u. and asian economies are looking towards closer cooperation global partners for global challenges is the seed of that summit in brussels and ministers from china russia and japan and here we see prime minister arriving there they've made 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 to digitalisation a free trade agreement with singapore is said to be signed later today. and for more on the summit let's cross over now to our brussels correspondent garrick matters gear og is 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's the chief foreign policy chief federica mcgreevey said on arrival to this through the summit yesterday but then she went on to explain the 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 crucial you have the w g 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 t l 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. russian. deals with this was with 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 dump massive amounts of cheap steel onto european markets and today there is a working lunch scheduled between jungle juncker 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 asem a summit is currently underway thank you so much. it's been called the biggest tax swindle in europe's history european banks including spain santander and germany's daughter bond bought and sold shares at a pace that confused tax authorities and claim to billions in legal tax deductions and the process the so-called scheme has been known for years about for years but

recent reports suggest that the money involved could have been more than six times higher than we thought. some insiders call it organized crime in pinstripes they're referring to the controversial bit at the time yigal dividend stripping transactions illegibly 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 disney. and similar businesses are not about someone invading taxes or hiding their money in panama or anywhere else but about stock market trickery that allow them to get multiple tax refunds on taxes they never pay it's robbery it's a theft 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 case is firing up those demanding a stronger e.u. financial oversight. and out to moscow where the force seems to be particularly strong we're talking about star wars of course the sign five film franchise has gained a cult following around the world including in russia even though the films weren't officially shown there until the final years of the soviet union lactic

correspondent emily sherin met somebody. who are learning the tricks of the trade. in a galaxy not so far away a group of jet ai warriors are honing their lightsaber skills students at moscow's saber fighting school train every week for performances and even take part in official fencing championships. daria has been training here since january and is preparing for her first duel with flood the nineteen year old has loved star wars since she was a child. that could be it up to meit's a great hobby because it's very physical it increases your insurance even your immunity plus of course we're all big fans of star wars. fun don't want those decisions here's neighbor boy this is the world's first light saber fighting school it was founded in the year two thousand around fifteen office just come for lessons regularly and kids get taught for free loving the star wars films isn't

a prerequisite for the sport but it certainly helps signifies that the russian people are saber fighting is very popular because by taking a lightsaber in your hands and trying to imitate the movements of the characters in the films you can live your dream and become them. is the reason i devoted crowd has gathered for the school's performance at the moscow comic convention even though the star wars films weren't officially released here until the final years of the soviet union many russians say they consider them classics. there are a lot of reasons why i love the films it's memories from my childhood in many ways for me star wars is a symbol of who i've become the most places the best universe in the world no one has come up with a better one. i've loved star wars since childhood my parents watched it my uncle everyone went crazy for it but here. i adore it.

both with all my heart. the members of moscow's saber fighting school have taken. their love for the film franchise to another level daria and her jet i partner have been training for this performance since summer. these fights are exact reconstructions of scenes from star wars. one from a guy at saber fighting helps distract me from everyday problems in my studies with my parents and so on. i just dive into this amazing world of fencing into the world of star wars. daria is still initiate in the jet i order but patience she must have until then she and the others from the school hope the force will be with them. this is d w news live from berlin thanks for joining.

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