this is news live from berlin camrose constitutional council says that there will be no reruns after the country's contentious presidential election remote in the west african nation has been marred by violence and the cameroonian army stands accused of shooting english speaking separatists and leaving their bodies to broad in the streets our reporter challenges the local governor. and to more on the volatile situation coming right up plus a powerful afghan police commander is killed in

a taliban attack shortly before polls are due to open in afghanistan's parliamentary elections is seen as a significant victory for the taliban and a major blow to the afghan and u.s. counter insurgency campaign. and it's been called europe's biggest attack swindle bank holds of shares over and over again and walked away with billions in legal tax relief now of a port says that it costs taxpayers much more than they have been told. once in a galaxy not so far away a group of russian jet i warriors are honing their life sword skills the force is strong with emily sure when she visits the moscow light saber fighting school.

i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program cameron's constitutional council has rejected all the titians calling for a rerun after the west african nations contentious presidential election held on the seventh of october the opposition says that the vote was marred by fraud it's now likely that president paul will be reelected he's been in power for thirty six years and he has won each election amid accusations of fraud in this latest election turnout in the mainly english speaking west of the country may have been just five percent separatists there have called for a boycott of 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 creased sprigs us this exclusive report. to.

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. the it is that they were. it is just i'm just confused i don't even know what i can see . several eyewitnesses say they sawed zero killed it's close range execution style even though he was purely recognizable as a member of the church. the archbishop of mend is calling for action but fears there will be no response people who are afraid of the army to pay for terror are spared. nobody. because you are guilty. not even given

a charge. extra just to use. distrust. execution of 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 the security of. this crew should be under control or all over the region. so.

the hot spots. would not proven. too must situation all over the region complained about when the human rights abuses and this is already asked do not question it. is your mother read this interview. 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 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 elian. 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 start in there were those militias because they're. people so this way. what do you do of the military comes. do we have. local health we used to. do. lease. runs. 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 there frightened 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 is difficult because. anything can give you some consolation i also hope to attend these 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 conditions to give to them to support their money people. do anything they just have to give they just have to give. it to the boys or to go into the soldiers because everyone is afraid to know she is a cultural back and once the commercial center of the region now its economy is in ruins. 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. coming out to do some business because they needed just a wife 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. to rest the archbishop appeals for dialogue between the warring parties with the hope of sparing lives. let's get a quick check now of some other stories that have been making news around the world an official memorial ceremony is being held in russian annexed crimea at the victims of a school shooting that left twenty people dead the region is observing three days of mourning russian media is calling the attack in the black sea port of courage by

an eighteen year old gunmen the russian columbine. mexico says that it has asked the united then united nation. since excuse me for help with the arrival of around three thousand one door and migrants at its southern border the migrants have passed through white amala city heading for the united states president trump has threatened to close the u.s. border to mexico if authorities there fail to stop the. 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 meeting to discuss security for saturday's parliamentary elections which would be the first national elections in eight years in just a moment we will hear from a former german ambassador to afghanistan on the prospects for that poll 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 ahead of the country's upcoming parliamentary elections. unfortunately we lost come on. this soil there isn't any. 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 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 update. by a bomb in his home but the country's president has urged voters to show courage by . pulling this election is going to be a victory for the brave afghan security forces. paedos the matter 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. and

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 but at the 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 true yeah but if i didn't have open my can do the job i

mean you have to be optimistic and have a 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 a tired of war lords of power brokers 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 you. i did 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 the 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 and

but i know that you can talk of course that these are no no peace talk of these pretty talks and also in americans and we are holding talks with talking about his bones so a lot of people talking to the taliban which is important i think but these are pretorius these are not peace talks and also the americans are of the opinion that peace talks should be held between afghans between the taliban and the effen 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 about it but the precursor for the taliban is that the afghan government not be 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 of sorts between 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 face of the chief 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 obvious mistake. and the achievements. afghanistan is 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 and you hear that so often education is really key and i'm wondering what you see i'm 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 don't have an important role to play we are the second biggest true contributor the 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 two when friends and we enjoy a lot of trust from the afghan people especially from the afghan government and also that there is an extent taliban want us as a facilitator thank you so much that hopeful assessment this morning sharing with us former ambassador to afghanistan marcus potts all ahead of those polls on saturday they appreciate it thank you very. in baseball the boston red sox have knocked out the houston astros to reach their first war series since twenty thirteen the red sox secured their place in

baseball's prestigious season decider by beating the defending champions for one they will face either the los angeles dodgers or the milwaukee brewers and the showpiece of bent where they will be chasing a fourth title in fifteen years their manager said that he was proud to be in charge of a such a storied team. it is special. in every aspect not only as a manager of or as an investor individual. just to manage his team everybody knows the history of the city and you know history has positive sides and negative sides and for me as a minority to be a manager in boston you know it doesn't mean a challenge you know people have been great with us. time football superstar lena messi is helping build a new children's cancer center in barcelona the largest of its kind in europe the argentinean attended a ceremony yesterday where he met with some of the patients. this

for the brave ones an emotional you know messy join several children to lay lego bricks as a symbolic first stone for the new pediatric cancer center in boston lona expected to open its doors in late twenty twenty. you want to know more. 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. at the summit i'm very happy to be able to fulfill this stream. the. american venue will be the largest of its kind in europe thirty million euros were raised in a crowdfunding campaign that saw a local hospital and the council on business school joined forces with f.c. barcelona and messy foundation. so it's nice if you're doing good things like that meantime monica johns is here to talk

a little bit more about asia's powerhouse losing steam china somewhat of not less strong as we used to sara china's growing at its lowest rate in nearly a decade the six point five percent third quarter growth figure is the weakest year on year expansion of the chinese economy since two thousand and nine analysts say that u.s. import tariffs on billions of dollars in chinese goods are increasingly biting into otherwise stable growth beijing's efforts to limit its growing debts pile have meanwhile cooled consumption the new figures could put more pressure on the chinese leadership to resolve trades tensions. let's talk a little bit about that with our financial market correspondent only bots in frankfurt china the growth figures are bad good spot on the other hand chinese stocks are up more than two percent on the shanghai composite today how is that possible. it seems a very strange with bad news like that but you have to consider that a lot of investors take this bad news and speculate that perhaps the chinese

government is under such enormous pressure to stop the downward trend that it will do something to prop up the economy to help companies to help the economy in general to help consumers and of course when there's such speculation there are possibly subsidies direct or indirect from the government tax programs maybe some more help from the central bank. that causes some optimism in the stock market that it may go a little bit better than it has before and the other consideration is of course that the shanghai composite main indicator i think for the stock market over there has already lost so heavily this year that a lot of bad news has been priced in already if you will ok it can only get better is that the same four companies listed on the dax because they're not looking that good reason. that's right we don't we don't know if it'll get better in china and

we don't know if it'll get better and in the dax but it certainly has gone downhill for a lot of blue chips here if i look at the cons the best role thirty eight percent and thirty percent down this year or heidelberg cement thirty six percent it's their whopping losses and i talked to an analyst about this and he said that you know when a company with heidelberg cement it can be explained that it's a different outlook it needn't be all trade and trump but the energy prices have gone up and heidelberg cement makes cement building materials energy a huge factor that's a factor in for example with for the news medical care which we saw coming down some very specific dialysis business in north america itself problems there as well as the visit down which train but for various reasons that we bought in frankfurt thank you so much. 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 of it arriving in brussels have 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 digitalisation a free trade agreement with singapore is said to be signed later today it is being called the biggest tax swindle in europe's history european banks including spain suntanned under germany's deutsche bank bought and sold shares at a pace that confused tax authorities and claim billions in legal tax deductions in the process the so-called x. 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 they're referring to the

controversial but 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. similar businesses are not about someone evading taxes or hiding their money 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 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 now to moscow whether for seems to be particularly strong we're talking about star wars of course the size five film franchise has gained a cult following around the world and including in russia even though the films weren't officially shown there until the final years of the soviet union our galactic correspondent emily show when i met some budding. who are learning the tricks of the trade. in a galaxy not so far away

a group of jet i 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 dual with flood the nineteen year old has loved star wars since she was a child. that could be it up to my it's a great hobby because it's very physical it increases your insurance even your immunity plus of course we are all big fans of star wars. fun don't know if this is his name or in the this is the world's first lightsaber fighting school it was founded in the year two thousand around fifteen august 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 some difference of proportion philosophy about 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. a devoted crowd has gathered for the school's performance at the moscow comic convention even though the star wars films weren't the. fishel is released here until the final years of the soviet union many russians say they consider them classics. leave him alone. 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 and 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 or should. i adore it. go through 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. my guys are 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. is still an 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. you're watching d.w. news coming to you live from berlin the war coming up at the top of the hour in the meantime of course you can find everything on our website this d w dot com thanks for joining us.

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in negotiations last year's mediators succeeded in getting agreement. it was the birth of modern diplomacy. sixteen forty eight to reduce start. twenty fourth d.w. . 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 completely confirmed it appears that the most recent victim is the late washington post columnist jamal khashoggi an influential critic of saudi.