ninety eight not for god d. w.'s november focus. this is d. w. news coming to you live from berlin european union clashes once again with poland's right wing government the use top court orders warsaw to mediately reinstate supreme court judges who've been forced into retirement court says poland's reforms

which have triggered huge protests this year are a threat to judicial independence also coming up the killing of a powerful police commander sent shock waves through afghanistan and casts a shadow of a parliamentary elections this weekend as general is laid to rest voting is suspended in kandahar province. and in soccer the head office of buy in munich comes out swinging at the press a fierce attack against the german media in an extraordinary press conference and we'll hear why by on are slamming journalists for the treatment of their players. well i'm terry martin good to have you with us the european union's top court has ordered poland to immediately suspend its forced retirement of judges calling it quote. a threat to judicial independence critics accuse the poland's virtues polled

and current right wing government of replacing judges with those supportive of the current regime european court of justice has now told poland to stop the lowering of the retirement age of judges from seventy to sixty five the measure supposedly targets judges appointed under previous governments the move allegedly by lates poland's provisions under the treaty. for more now let's go to brussels were barbara standing by barbara why was the polish law enforcement targets of judges so controversial. the european union has been watching what this government in the martial of those the right wing government has been doing since two thousand and fifteen and since two thousand and sixteen just a year after it's been a constant struggle of the about the so-called judicial reform that the government sort of put in action piece by piece it's a large number of laws and if you look just at some of them for instance the

prosecutors were put under the control of the ministry of justice they were before independent or for instance the judicial election committee where judges are elected voted into office has been put has been put under the control of the majority in parliament and that was of course before independent and so step by step the european commission says poland undermines the division of power in its country and of course this is the threat to judicial independence bill the european court of justice the justice is telling poled him to stop the forced retirement of judges is poland likely to accept this ruling. that's the one million euro question of course if we listen to what the one of the vice prime ministers of the country said in late august and he defined tone we heard from him they

might not because he said that poland doesn't have to listen to luxembourg to the european court because they have no say over poland it was question of national sovereignty and one should absolutely just turn away and sort of ignore the verdicts coming from the european court of justice and we don't know yet whether the government will really sort of stick to this hard line that has been announced liberal forces in at that point already talked about poll exit meaning that. actively ignoring and defying the european court of poland would set itself on the way to leave the european union effectively barbara as we all know poland's right wing government and the e.u. commission have been clashing over a number of issues including press freedom what does this verdict now mean for the larger dispute between poland's government and the e.u. . it means of course terry that the heat rises because we also know that there's

already an article seven. procedure underway against poland something that procedure that means that the used sees a systematic threat so the route to the rule of law in poland and this is what it's in brussels called the nuclear option because it could in taking away the voting rights of the country in the european council there it's quite away till then but this procedure has been sort of going up and down and around in the council here and didn't different ministerial meetings in brussels and if in fact poland should ignore an actively defied this verdict from luxemburg they really money to have to sort of speed it up and then it's an open fight between virus so in brussels and we don't know where that might end yet barbara thank you so much for now didn't we just barbara basell in brussels. afghanistan's parliamentary

elections have been pushed back one week in kandahar province after the killing of one of the country's most powerful security figures the funeral has been held general abdul rudd zakk who was shot by a gunman along with two others of a high level security conference the deaths come as a blow to the western backed government and raise questions over stability in the south about gamester parliamentary elections will go ahead across the rest of the country to morrow despite the killings. for more let's bring in de w.'s was. me who has reported extensively from afghanistan was what the vote has been delayed for a week income to horror how much of a setback is this killing for the election well i think it's a huge setback for the whole election process because people have been waiting for this election for years now it's been three years the election has been delayed over and over again and you can of course also say that this has been

a major blow for the security situation and the south khandahar is one of the major provinces in afghanistan it's the second most important city in afghanistan it's also called the heartland of the taliban so killing the police chief of khandahar is a big deal and this wasn't just any police chief he was a very important figure for stability and i understand he's faced dozens of assassination attempts and survived them and this sends a message how afraid are people going to be now about going to the polls of course people are asking themselves if this important figure and he's one of the key figures he was one of the key figures and the south of ghana son gets killed what does this say about our situation about our security situation of course he was very important he is hailed a hero now in afghanistan but of course a lot of people also forget that he was accused of a lot of human rights abuses us. stay with us we're going to come back to you in just a moon. with all the uncertainty and potential for more violence that's surrounding

a gather stones planned elections candidates have reason to be concerned ten have been assassinated in the last two months alone but. sadly among a colleague afghan american who was born and raised in the u.s. is undeterred she left behind her life as a businesswoman in the los angeles and moved to galveston six years ago and now she's campaigning for change. miriam solomon kale 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 that 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 in her campaign

trail to jalalabad here she meets with the local leader of her tribe the kuchi there nomads for whom a certain number of seats in parliament are reserved as a circle and carol has a good chance of being elected the 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. but 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 taliban and used as shields and on the other hand the government accuses them of being taliban so they're stuck in between two rocks jalalabad lives 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'm more afraid for these people who are coming

and visiting me. so the man killed voices 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 and 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 in inclusive eighty in the government is really important for afghanistan in the future. and even if she doesn't win the election the manco 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. a courageous candidate indeed was of how unusual is it for women to be involved in politics in afghanistan it really depends on whether you have the contacts and whether you have the money or not if you have all these things and the influence inside the right

circles you can of course run for a seat in parliament actually around sixteen percent of the candidates are female and sixty eight seats are over two hundred forty seats are reserved for women ok it's not just women there a lot of young people women and men who are getting involved in this election to understand yes recently i spoke to the independent election commission in afghanistan and they told me that they don't have exact numbers but they estimated around. sixty to sixty five percent of the candidates are below the age of forty so this is a record number and of course i mean afghanistan is one of the youngest countries in the world i think is the second youngest country in the world so of course they need people who represent them and there's a lot of hope for these young candidates even though there's all the corruption and yeah but there's this hope for them what about the hope for afghanistan's future i mean this is this election going to give people a sense of of change or

a new beginning i don't think so because i think it's a test for the upcoming elections next year for the presidential elections but i can sense that people already are very disappointed by what happened in the past weeks ten candidates have been killed today was a lot of violence polling stations still are closed two thousand polling stations from fifty five thousand which is a huge number well thank you so much of her feelings and there was a lot nicer out does the me from. some of the other stories making headlines around the world today at least fifty people are feared dead after a train ran into a large crowd at a festival near the northern indian city of rubber it's our local t.v. said people had gathered to celebrate it and you will hindu festival but they failed to hear the approaching train over the sound of firecrackers at the festival . but official memorial ceremony is being held in russian and x. to 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 catch an eighteen year old gunman the russian columbine. u.s. president has threatened to send the military to close the us mexico border against what he calls an onslaught of migrants this as around three thousand honduran migrants continue in their care of than heading for the u.s. . said it will ask the united nations for help with their arrival. u.s. treasury secretary steve minutia and will not attend a major saudi investment conference next week that's in reaction to the controversy surrounding missing saudi journalist. turkish state media are reporting that employees of the saudi consulate in istanbul are testifying to prosecutors investigating his disappearance assad is a washington post columnist or was a washington post columnist who's been very critical of the saudi government he

banished two weeks ago now the u.s. is sharpening its time. with the evidence mounting the u.s. stance towards long time ally saudi arabia is hardening when asked whether he thought he is dead president trump left little room for doubt. it certainly looks that way to me it's very sad. that i have to be very severe i mean it's bad. but we'll see what out. pro-government newspaper in turkey says the month circled in these images is the head of a fifteen minute hit squad involved in the alleged killing of the saudi journalist he said to be moderate abdulaziz new tab a saudi intelligence officer and former diplomat with close ties to saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon earlier this year he was photographed during the crown prince's trip to the united states. was last seen on october second entering the

saudi consulate in istanbul. turkish officials say they have video evidence of his murder state media have published details of the alleged audio including that saudi consul mohammed are all tightly can be heard on the recording he left to stumble earlier this week. g. had been living in the united states writing for the washington post he was a public critic of the government. you're watching the news still to come fighting talk in munich bosses attack against the german media in an extraordinary press conference we'll hear why by and are slamming journalists for the treatment of their players. germany's mighty out of industry is still reeling from the diesel scandal we've got recalls

now been one after the other way of finding out that it wasn't just ford's fog that was cheating it was a whole lot of other car companies as well more bad news for the well known car brand opel german authorities forcing it to recall another forty three thousand deal diesels worldwide if it with devices that over emissions levels and to situations cheating but did all part of the fallout from the diesel gate scandal opel has already voluntarily retrofitted twenty three thousand vehicles the comic was recently acquired by france's p.s.a. from its long time owners general motors. german comic dimas own diesel gate scandal is costing a plenty it's lowering profit forecasts for the second time this year the maker of the city's benz cars says the costs of a recent recall of seven hundred seventy thousand diesels in europe means earnings will be significantly below last year's profits that of first lowered its forecasts just four months ago saying you tariffs on cars it exports to china from the united

states cartons of profits. and over to will be balanced as a correspondent in frankfurt how bad is the profit forecast. it was a shock to investors share plummeted when the news first came in the ending with minus of about two percent not quite that bad but still showing severe displeasure and that could carry on into the next week because people debate this sudden announcement and you know it's not just one area of mercedes-benz but it's the diesels it's a new emissions test it's probes by the authorities and it's just a long list and you know if such a c.e.o. were not retiring anyways and next may i think there would have to be discussion on his leaving after the second profit warning and such such a short time and you have to wonder why since june what happened to now that they

would have to issue such a severe warning those questions of leadership also must be forming in the heads of investors at the moment is this a taste of what's to come next week. well there could be more displeasure next week because several companies have already disappointed and bester is with profit warnings or with bad results and share prices of plummeted for some of the blue chips in the dock so next week. bank will be reporting always good for a negative surprise a share price very very low modest profits only and the world's largest chemical company be interesting to see how it handles a trade tensions currency situation and rising oil prices and also next week look out for the european central bank not any big move expected but every word president mario draghi says on italy on the trade tensions on interest rates will be closely monitored by the market and might also trigger

a reaction here one to look out for we will be following those stories thank you ali. facebook has hired former british deputy prime minister. nick clegg as its new vice president of global affairs and communications it comes as the tech giant faces intense public scrutiny over data security and other issues clegg has settled to take up his new job at facebook headquarters at the start of next year is a point that comes as a surprise but insiders say clegg could help the company navigate through rough regulatory waters around the world and help restore confidence after the cambridge analytical scandal in which the daughter of millions of facebook users and their friends was compromised. it's still not clear what the conditions will be for britain's departure from the e.u. the lack of clarity isn't making life easier for french customs officials trucks are still able to travel in and out of the u.k. without hindrance but what happens if import and export judi's put in place.

most companies opt to cross the channel by ferry it's cheaper than using the tunnel each day up to fifteen ferries make their way from dover to cali carrying british goods to mainland europe two million lorries used the route last year but checks are only carried out randomly this trucks heading to the netherlands. we checked to see if he was carrying more than ten thousand euros because if so he should have declared it sometimes drivers are carrying as much as two hundred thousand and then they need to explain the source of the money it may come from arms trafficking. and we'll customs have more work post grex it will stricter controls increase congestion. to diminish there won't be more controls but there will be more customs formalities seven hundred additional customs officers will be employed over the next three years to process the flow this month french customs are working to raise

companies awareness about the clearing process through customs we tell them it's a piece of cake and to get ready to. get ready fair enough but what for exactly this haulage company organizes sixteen thousand shipments to britain annually. i'm not afraid of the changes in the customs process i'm concerned about my customers not being able to export anymore or that they could face difficulties in the export process. i'd lose some of my contracts. there are plans to expand the port of cali adding new deck owes and passenger terminals should we end up with a disorderly brecht's it things around here are set to become a good deal more complicated. well football world is getting shaken up larry and by a by a minute holding the extraordinary press coffers. today where the club's top brass

slam journalists what they see is overly harsh criticism of their players chris harrington is here with me from did over your sports cress he did in rather bizarre press conference ever seen anything like it no i have not nothing so calculated from the brass of a club the c.e.o. the president and the sporting director made their message very plain and simple they're protecting their players the club and their coach and they're basically saying they're no longer going to accept this kind of media coverage this kind of disrespect they actually even threaten legal action is well they even it was revealed that the c.e.o. of barmy to karl hyde's roman to go it was revealed that they issued a cease and desist to axel springer group who own a german newspaper that built and failed so they're taking this very seriously in terms of their position they even targeted former players turned pundits karl-heinz who may get himself was literally pointing fingers we have

a snippet of something he had to say the press conference terry let's take a listen to that now. to political news as he does a guy sitting right up here in the front row he goes on t.v. all the time making a big deal of how much they know and all the inside information they have to want that's a joke a complete joke and thus he said we're not going to accept that kind of thing anymore i want to make that very clear today. so what's really behind all this chris why do we see the top management there by and lashing out at the media well according you know to the information that came on the press conference monday last monday when germany's international performance there matching is netherlands you know came out the netherlands way that they convened and decided that they were going to address the media and tell them that they would no longer accept this title the style of journalism and just the derogatory type of reporting because we have to keep in mind byron munich have a lot of players that also play on germany's national team specifically on the d.

. defense. lawyer homos are on board saying and the club president early on is was very harsh towards the media in terms of their criticism of the national coach your him look we have that sound bite as well terry let's take a listen. didn't you lou for those who tried to get you get love that that was disgusting. the high point was i think can choose day before the france game a camera sent to a kid's training session we see ten or twelve year old boys were asked if they think their lives should be fired. of course they said yes yes that was disrespectful. the man does not deserve that. you know i don't know what to make of it myself because you know i'm a member of the press obviously and you know when you take on the press that way you can provoke them do you think this could backfire i think it definitely will

backfire actually it's interesting you point that out because a union of german journalists responded in said that they cannot be told what to do by byron and they are unaware of any law that forces in that kowtow to byron's demands you know so i do think a tug of war will take place and if byron lose to wolfsburg this weekend. get your popcorn ready because i'm sure it's going to be quite a show back and forth a shredder for the media chris harrington thanks so much ok. now with the violence in afghanistan still simmering some afghan war veterans are seeking respite in the invictus games talking sports and politics the global sports tournament is the brainchild of britain's prince harry and then is to give injured x. servicemen and women a goal to work towards after their time in battle this year's event starts in sydney tomorrow. a sponsor of last minute training for

these afghan war veterans sitting volleyball is one of eleven sports being played at the invictus games but this is more than just about exercise in camera three. so hey unnecessarily lost both his legs in a land mine explosion in two thousand and twelve he says training for such a big event has given him a sense of purpose when so many other veterans struggle to cope with their day to day lives. disability causes great psychological problems and a lot of our disabled people become drug addicts or commit suicide. the members of the afghan team are among five hundred competitors from eighteen different countries taking part in the games. it's clear they're not there simply to make up the numbers. of those but it is that i want to i'm going there to win a gold medal not silver or bronze just a gold one that's my only aim at these games. which is

a way that. the fourth edition of the event has come to sydney it was all set up by britain's prince harry he was among a group who scaled the iconic harbor bridge to help raise the invictus flag ahead of the games opening a long way up the veterans competing hope to hit the heights. and just remember the top stories we're following for you here today on day to be a news the european union's top court has ordered poland to immediately suspend its forced retirement of judges holdings judicial reforms have triggered huge protests of oh critics say the right way government is using the reform to control the judiciary warsaw has clashed repeatedly with the e.u. and it's not yet clear how the government will respond. then parliamentary elections in afghanistan's kandahar province have been pushed back one week after the killing of one of the country's most powerful security thing the deaths come as a blow. so to the western backed government and raise questions about stability in

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