this is deja vu news coming to you live from berlin and the european union clashes once again with poland's rightwing government use top court orders was worse off to immediately reinstate supreme court judges who've been forced into retirement courts says poland's reforms which have triggered protests this year are a threat to judicial independence also coming up the killing of a powerful police commander send shock waves through afghanistan casts a shadow over parliamentary elections this weekend as general razak is laid to rest

voting is suspended in kandahar province. time terry martin good to have you with us 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 accused poland's current right wing government of replacing judges with those supportive of the current regime the european court of justice has now told poland to stop the lowering of the retirement age of judges from seventy to sixty five the forced retirement measure supposedly targets judges appointed under previous governments allegedly by late poland's provisions under the e.u. treaty. for more now let's go to brussels where did i use very own barbara basler standing by barbara why was the polish law enforced retirement of judges so controversial. the european union has been watching more this government and

martial of those 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 justice is telling poll 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 tune 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 a 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 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 might have to sort of speeded up and then it's an open fight between virus so in brussels and we don't know where that might and yet barbara thank you so much for now didn't we just barbara in brussels. now to some other stories making news around the world today at least fifty people are feared dead after a high speed commuter train ran into a large crowd at a festival near the northern indian city of it's our local t.v. said people had gathered to celebrate an annual hindu festival but they failed to hear the approaching train over the sound of firecrackers at the festival. an official memorial ceremony is being held in russian an extract for the big tims of a school shooting that left twenty people dead the region is observing three days of mourning russian media are calling the attack in the black sea port of couch an eighteen year old gunman the russian called by. and 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 one during migrants continue in their caravan heading for the u.s. mexico has said it will ask the united nations for help with their arrival. 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 for general. who was shot by a gunman along with two others at a high level security conference the deaths come as a blow to the western backed government and raise questions about stability in the south of afghanistan parliamentary elections will go ahead across the rest of the country to morrow despite the killings. for more let's bring in d.w.

as was. me who has reported extensively from afghanistan was what the vote has been delayed for a week income to hard how much of a setback is this killing for the election well i think it's a huge setback for the whole election process people have been waiting for this election. or years now it's been three years that action 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 in the south khandahar is one of the major provinces and 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 that he's faced dozens of assassination attempts and survived them 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 in 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. stay with us we're going to come back to you in just a moment with all the uncertainty and potential for more violence that's surrounding understands planned elections candidates have reason to be concerned ten have been assassinated in the last two months alone but so the. 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 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 unable 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 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 and 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 told by the news of 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 in the main comes 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 vittie in the government is really important for afghanistan in the future. and even if she does. are courageous candidates indeed

well sort 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 or 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 estimate around sixty to sixty five percent of the candidates are below the age of fourteen so this is a record number and of course i mean afghanistan is one of the youngest countries in the world. i think it's 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 high number well thank you so much for filling us in there was a lot nicer out does simi from d.w. . now the latest on the case of missing saudi journalist jamal the turkish state media are reporting that employees of the saudi consulate in istanbul are testifying to prosecutors investigating his disappearance the u.s.

now believes is most likely dead the trumpet ministration has sharpened its tone over the journalist's disappearance announcing that treasury secretary stephen merchant will not attend a major saudi investment conference next week. with the evidence mounting the u.s. stance towards long time on ice saudi arabia is hardening when asked whether he thought the shakti is dead president trump laughed little room for direct. it certainly looks that way to me it's very sad certainly but i would have to be very severe i mean it's bad. but we'll see what out. pro-government newspaper in turkey says the man 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 modest abdulaziz new tab

a saudi intelligence officer and former diplomat with close ties to saudi crown prince mohammed bin. earlier this year he was photographed during the crown prince's trip to the united states and. 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. can be heard on the recording he left earlier this week. he had been living in the united states writing for the washington post he was a public critic of the saudi government. you're watching news still to come the european union welcomes asian leaders to talk about the so-called asia collectivity strategy where does that leave the united states we'll hear from the governor of the u.s. state of new jersey in business in just about. europe teams up with

asia to push. push the u.s. way. here with other possible. i mean nothing. nothing. there.