this is d.w. news live from berlin a powerful afghan police commander is killed in a taliban attack ahead of afghanistan's parliamentary elections this weekend it's seen as a significant victory for the taliban and a major blow to the afghan and u.s. counterinsurgency campaign. also coming down known rerun after cameron's contentious presidential election the vote has been marred by violence adding to the ongoing bloodshed between the nation's french and english speaking population our reporter challenges the local gov the army's alleged crime. they complained

about the human rights abuses and this is already asked to do that was served with the local grace yet again drew i'm just good news or you want to read this interview the knows everything. i'm some you so much kind of good to have you with us ask an election commissioners are calling for a suspension of voting in the province of kandahar in the south of the country after the taliban killed a powerful police commander and a local intelligence chief after a three year delay parliamentary elections are set to take place in afghanistan on saturday the deadly shooting happened at a meeting to discuss security for saturday's vote which would be the first national elections in eight years. a campaign of violence hangs over saturday's parliamentary elections but to. alabam has warned voters to stay away threatening

to kill those who take part they've already made good on that threat most recently by assassinating one of afghanistan's most important power brokers abdul razak the police chief of the southern province of kandahar was gunned down by his own bodyguard shortly after he met the top u.s. general in afghanistan to discuss election security unfortunately we lost a brave commander a but if son of this soil voting is now set to be delayed in kandahar because of the murder still the u.s. hopes that voting will go ahead elsewhere as planned right now which we are going toward the election and we will continue to defend the again people with the election will be a major test for the country outside observers and afghan voters are hoping that a newly elected parliament can forge unity across the country's disparate regions and ethnic groups something previous elections have largely failed to do.

let's get more on the story with journalist ali latif he joins us from kabul hi ali now how concerned are authorities in afghanistan that the assassinate assassination of general will disrupt the poll why is his murder so significant. very significant the heat of the century the most powerful man in connaught as the police chief with a role he took on since two thousand and eleven he's really taken over control of the city and made sure that it's secure so the fact that he was killed in the governor's office in a meeting where the presence of the top u.s. general in afghanistan all of this raises questions about what kind of security breaches happened that this was able to occur there have been numerous attempts on honor as its life in the past including about a year ago when there and there are the embassador came to visit and there was a bombing at the governor's mansion then and he had narrowly escaped they had just

left just before the bombing so there are these questions of what happened there and in the governor's office this was able to happen ali how do afghans feel about tomorrow's election with this uptick in violence are they actually hopeful that this vote will bring about change. i think people are very reticent you know that there are people that are very optimistic and that are going to vote no matter what but i think tomorrow is when we'll really see who turns out and who doesn't because even from the beginning they were issued with this election for instance to register for this election room to get a speaker affixed to the back of your national i.d. form and for a lot of people that it's too dangerous to do because essentially if you're traveling through the provinces or even within certain districts of kabul and you have that form with you and it has. the voter registration sticker on the back that can create a lot of problems for you especially tall of honor around people who are hesitant to even do that and now with these bombings with the bot there have been several

bombings and also this assassination a little sick the fact that he could be killed the fact that he was anybody could be killed two days the horror of the election will raise a lot of questions for people and it will make people reconsider so i think we'll really have to wait and see what happens tomorrow all right journalist alley la t.v. speaking to us from kabul thank you very much with all the uncertainty and potential for more violence that surroundings afghanistan's planned elections candidates running for election have good reason to be concerned ten have been assassinated in the last two months alone but mariam solomon kale an afghan american who was born and raised in the u.s. is undeterred she left behind her life as a businesswoman in los angeles and moved to afghanistan six years ago now she's campaigning for change. miriam is not a typical candidate but she sees her mix of american upbringing and afghan family

traditions as an advantage in a modern afghanistan that's looking for change. could she elders are standing behind me and every time i sit with them they tell me that the men were able to bring these changes but we have faith that women are women are able to feel our pain and see. the corruption and see what's wrong she takes us along on her campaign trail to jalalabad here she meets with the local leader of her tribe the kuchi they are nomads for whom a certain number of seats in parliament are reserved as a circle langkow has a good chance of being elected to tribal elders are dissatisfied with the male opponents who they see as only looking after their own personal interests in contrast salamanca listens to cooties are often discriminated against in afghanistan and have little opportunities to advance socially. the ones who don't have schools they don't have water they don't have roads on one hand they're being

killed by the tall bought and used as shields and on the other hand the government accuses them of being taller than so they're stuck in between two rocks in jalalabad lies in the east of afghanistan where the taliban still stage attacks when merriam's of the main colors here she brings a bodyguard with her she's already received many threats if i said i wasn't afraid i would be lying i am afraid but i am more afraid for these people who are coming and visiting me. so the main cowboy says her support for the direct peace talks currently being negotiated between the us and the radical islamists even if the talks could lead to the taliban partially coming to power in afghanistan i think that now that women are included in the peace process it's really a big step but at the same time i think that the taliban from what i hear realize that women and inclusive ready in the government is really important for afghanistan in the future. and even if she doesn't win the election salamanca wants to stay in afghanistan instead of returning to the u.s.

she says regardless of the outcome there's much work yet to be done. let's catch up now on some other stories making headlines around the world an official memorial ceremony is being held in russian and crimea for the victims of a school shooting that left twenty people dead the region is observing three days of mourning russian media is called in the attack on the black sea port of carriage by an eighteen year old gunman the russian columbine. authorities in thailand have charged two tourists with vandalism for spring graffiti the pair faces up to ten years in prison if convicted the twenty three year olds from britain and canada were arrested in the northern city of child my they were caught on surveillance cameras painting a wall near the city's old town. mexico mexico says it will ask the united nations for help with the arrival of around three thousand on during migrants at its southern border the migrants have passed through guatemala city heading for the united states president trump asserted the close the u.s.

border to mexico if authorities there fail to stop. cameron's constitutional council has rejected an election rerun after the west african nations contentious presidential election earlier this month it is now likely that president paul b.-o. will be reelected he's been in power for thirty six years and he's won each election amid accusations of fraud particularly in the mainly english speaking west of the country in this latest photo now and that region may have been just five percent separatists who wanted dependence for the ngo phone region had called for a boycott they're upset with the marginalization and neglect of that part of a country by the french speaking establishment but the government of the mainly francophone country is pushing back determined to quote the insurgency four hundred civilians have been killed so far this year as a result. brings us this exclusive report from. see he. was just nineteen when he was killed the

seminary student had just walked out of a church when soldiers suddenly appeared and opened fire. on. the it is. it is just i'm just confused i don't even know what i can see. several eyewitnesses say they saw killed at close 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. people are afraid of the army. because you are guilty. even if you no

charges. extra justice. just. exit. 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. he consented to meet us but only if we received our questions before then he rejected all but one of the people. of security. the screw should be under control all of

a division. so. the hot spots. must. region complained about human rights abuses and already asked could do that because there. is. a lot of english. 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 are giving each other sign over cars coming from the front you will tell our car you can continue if it's safe or if you should be careful possibly stop because. we drive through nearly empty villages whose main streets yearly quites after half an hour we reached the

first separatist road block. with these weapons they are fighting for their own state on the train to secure it people sorrowed in there were those militias because. you know certain people so they say. what do you do of the military come. do we have of. we. do. 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 ara 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 give you some consolation i also hope to attend these people have to even come around to us to pay money in a group. it is true that you can find asking these people to make some conditions to give to them to support them and the people cannot do anything they just have to do they just have to be so now you don't know where. to run to the boys or to go into this because everyone is afraid you feel. 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 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. stressed the archbishop appeals for dialogue between the warring parties with the hope of sparing lifes. u.s. president donald trump says he now believes the saudi journalist. is most likely dead the trump administration is hardening its tone over disappearance announcing that treasury secretary steven you can we will not attend a major saudi investment conference next week that comes as turkish police are

widening their search for remains there now reportedly examining a forest on the outskirts of. with the evidence mounting the u.s. stance towards long time ally saudi arabia is hardening when asked whether he thought gosh she's dead president trump left the room for doubt and threatened to tough response to the saudi leadership is found to be responsible. it certainly looks that way to me it's very sad gently i would have to be very severe i mean it's bad. but we'll see what up a pro-government newspaper in turkey says the man circle in these images is the head of a fifteen man hit squad involved in the alleged killing of a saudi journalist. he said to be in my head up to as he's matric a saudi intelligence officer and former diplomat with close ties to crown prince mohammed bin simon. earlier this year he was photographed during the crown prince's trip to the united states jamal khashoggi was last seen in october to 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 or you're including that saudi consul how much he 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 he was a public critic of the saudi government. to sports now and in baseball the boston red sox have knocked out the houston astros to reach their first world series since two thousand and thirteen the red sox secure their place in baseball's prestigious season decider by beating the defending champs four one they'll face either the los angeles dodgers of the milwaukee brewers in the championship series where they'll be chasing a fourth title in fifteen years their manager said he was proud to be in charge of

such a story 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 football superstar lionel 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 young patients. lost by the end this for the brave ones and emotional 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're never going to want 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 seventh very happy to be able to fulfill this dream. the 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 and the council on business school joined forces with f.c. barcelona and mrs foundation. where monica's hair and monica just powerhouse economy it is losing steam it is missing steam china has had the weakest growth in over a decade sumi maybe that so an interesting set up especially for a meeting currently in brussels where 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 and this just from china russia and japan 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. it is called the biggest tax swindle in europe's history european banks bought and sold shares at a pace that confused tax authorities and they claimed billions in tax deductions in the program process the so-called exit scheme has been known about for years but recent reports suggest that the amount of money involved could have been more than six times higher than we thought. some insiders call it organized crime in pinstripes that referring to the controversial dividend stripping transactions allegedly carried out by many major league. and 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 to the real no was. by design. similar businesses are not about someone evading taxes or hiding their money in return them or anywhere else but about stock market trickery that allow them to get multiple category funds 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. well before we get that oversight let's cross over to anybody who's standing by for us at the frankfurt stock exchange i mean really how are those regulations there going down with financial players a shock to do they think it's cool. you know they don't think it's cool their shock they feel tarnished and it's not at all something that they pre-shared because it rubs off of course on the reputation of everyone who is in some way involved in the financial markets even if it's far away from those departments which were responsible for these kinds of fraud fraudulent actions i talked to one

of the traders here in the frankfurt floored just around midday and he said he was shocked it was unfathomable and comprehensible and he said you know just because people see a loophole there was a loophole admittedly illegally at the beginning of this process but the wrongdoing went on after that was closed you can't go ahead and just abuse it and still taxpayer money interesting observation he made he thinks that part of it part of it is due to the type of trade that you see around us here we have of course floor trading but it's grounded it's backed by computer trading with basically trillions of transactions so much data that it's hard to maybe make out patterns even if you're looking for it something like this partly responsible part of the story from a look from the inside all right well really moving on to another story that caught

my attention. alliance that the ship crossing the channel between europe and britain of course they want a food shortage post breaks to tell us about that. because there's lack of clarity on how trade will continue will be able to continue after a brac said and of course ferries are responsible part of the people who transport food to supermarkets for example and if they're forced to interrupt certain services because it costs them too much if the food is held up could get to supermarket shelves too late stan aligns a warning about this and no uncertain terms might only thoughts from front thank you so much. construction money well that's not a new topic in the eurozone thanks to low interest rates and the lots of money has long since reached cities in countries that's a few years ago was still on the u.s.

rescue. one example is portugal second largest city portal. shows us how her street is changing. one house after the other is being renovated from the ground up all for the benefit of tourists and the house it was born in was sold five times and now it belongs to chinese people. chinese brazilians french porto is extremely popular with tourists one point six million people visited last year from many foreigners point of view it's not only the coffee that's cheap the houses and apartments are affordable to demand from abroad is rising with big consequences according to economists carlos obvious. but if we compare the prices today with those of twenty thirteen that was the worst point of the crisis we see price increases in porto more than forty two percent. forty

two percent in five years porto seems a really good investment for those who can afford it that is most portuguese can't the average income here is only fourteen hundred euros per month. who fuck would think the crucial moment that explains the tourism boom here was when ryan air started flying to porto. poland many long time residents of the inner city have fallen victim to the boom the mother of three had to vacate her apartment at the beginning of the year she could no longer afford to rent the cook then moved in with her parents it's a small space a protest banner hangs from the window. us out of the matter says we're against tourists but we're not we're only against them being treated better than we are wonderful rice lies but it's not only the tourism boom that's putting porto's real estate market under pressure here's what real estate agent manuel mata has to say.

to us he says he will see for the crisis around sixty thousand new homes were built each year throughout portugal in twenty fourteen there were only one tenth of that number six thousand. but so put away some say it could save the. it'll take years for supply to adjust to demand here too long for paula and her parents they'll have to leave porto shortly after she moved in with her children the notice came her parents' house is being turned into a hostel port-o. is gentrifying there's no room left for the low income earners in the city center. it watching the news coming to life from the end we have more for you coming up at the top of the alah see that.

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