this is 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 with voting now suspended in kandahar province and a major blow to the afghan and u.s. counterinsurgency campaign. also coming up no we run 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 governor about the army's alleged crimes. they complained

about the human rights abuses and this is already. there are going to congress yet again drew i'm just going. to read through this interview that our laws of evolution. i'm sorry so much kind of thank you for joining us parliamentary voting has been postponed in the southern afghan province of kandahar this weekend that's after the assassination of a powerful police commander by the taliban. funeral has been taking place in khandahar as holiest shrine and indication of the police chief stature the deadly shooting happened at a meeting to discuss security for saturday's planned national elections. the violence has dealt a severe blow to hopes for a peaceful vote across the nation this weekend it would be afghanistan's first national election in eight years. campaign of violence hangs over

saturday's parliamentary elections the taliban 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 powerbrokers 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 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 you know we are going toward the election and we will continue to defend the people. 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. it's very significant is he of the century the most powerful man in connaught as the police chief was 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 honors its life in the past including about a year ago when there and there are the ambassador 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 that day 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 there were issues with this election for instance to register for this election means you get a bigger 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 on or 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 ali latif speaking to us from kabul thank you very much u.s. president donald trump says he now believes a saudi journalist jamal khashoggi is most likely dead the trump administration is hardening its tone over a question of cheese disappearance announcing that treasury secretary steve will not attend a major saudi investment conference next week that comes as turkish police are widening their search for question remains there now reportedly examining a forest on the outskirts of a sample. with the evidence mounting the u.s.

stance towards longtime ally saudi arabia is hardening when asked whether he thought kashyap 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 certainly much that i would 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 so-called 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 leslie's matric a saudi intelligence officer and former diplomat with close ties to crown prince mohammed bin saw him on 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 including that saudi consul well how much he can be heard on the recording he left istanbul earlier this week. because she had been living in the united states writing for the washington post he was a public critic of the saudi government. let's catch up now and some other stories making headlines around the world an official memorial ceremony is being held in russian crimea for 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 on the black sea port of carriage by an eighteen year old gunman the russian columbine. and authorities in thailand have charged two tourists with vandalism for spraying graffiti the pair faces up to ten years in prison if convicted the twenty three year old from britain and canada where arrested in the northern city of chiang mai they were caught on surveillance

cameras painting a wall near the city's old town. cameroon'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 poll will be reelected he has 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 and this latest photon out in that region may have been just five percent separatists who won independence for the region had called for a boycott they are upset with the marginalization and neglect of that part of the country by the french speaking establishment but the government of a mainly francophone country is pushing back determined to quell the insurgency four hundred civilians have been killed so far this year as a result. of this exclusive report from. still 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. was 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 to. see how this. because you are. you're not even giving the charges.

extra juice you're just juice. exec you should know. it's 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 english speaking region the governor is a close ally of president paul b. he consented to meet us but only if he received our questions before then he rejected all but one of them. of security. this crew should be under control all over the region. so.

the hot spots. were not proven. to must situation out of a region where they complained about human rights abuses and this is already asked could do that because it. is. 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 if it's safe or if you should be careful also. we drive through nearly empty villages whose main streets elian. quite after half an hour we reached the first separatist

roadblock. with these weapons they're fighting for their own state. trying to secure it people sorry and there were those militias who are because. you know soon to pull so they. what do you do of the military comes. do we have of. we use to manage it and you don't do well is strong leads all kinds of thing else into the blue showing through they frighten us to demanding protection money. the village of a number is often caught between france according to a local priest roland aria 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. 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 the group because it is true that you can find these boys asking these people to make some contributions to give to them to support them and the people there cannot do anything they just have to give they just have to give so now you don't know where. to run to the boys to go into this because everybody is afraid to feel. back 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. to rest the archbishop appeals for dialogue between the warring parties with the hope of sparing lives. ok one more item for if you don't like the idea of spiders you might want to look away a bizarre natural phenomenon of the shores of a lake in northern greece with a ghostly appearance hundreds of thousands of tiny spiders have spawned a massive web around the lake they still need a biologist say it's caused by unseasonably warm weather and an abundance of math and that. you're watching news still to come the e.u. welcomes asian leaders to discuss what it calls the asia connectivity strategy but what does that mean. the back story in trade

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