this is news live from berlin saudi arabia admits jamal khashoggi is dead after two weeks of denials saudi states he said the dissident journalist was killed in a fistfight inside the istanbul consulate but will western allies of the saudi government find the explanation convincing also coming up a battle between tara and playing out of polling stations across afghanistan multiple explosions and casualties have already been reported in kabul explosions risking their lives to cost their ballots we'll get the latest from kabul. and in

the bundesliga big guns bonner and experiencing an unfamiliar run of bad form coach coach a struggling in his new role all the clubs bosses have the tops the media the champions steady the ship against books we'll take a look. i mean you could as mckinnon thanks so much for joining us. it's more than two weeks since the dissident journalist jamal khashoggi was seen for the last time in istanbul and now saudi arabia has admitted that he was killed inside the consulate in the turkish capital saudi state t.v. says a preliminary investigation revealed that an argument broke out between the washington post journalist and

a group of men inside the consulate it claims he was accidentally strangled during a brawl saudi authorities say they've arrested eighteen people over the case the saudi king has also sacked several top officials and called for reform of the kingdom's intelligence agency. d.w. correspondent dora jones is reporting for us from istanbul thanks for joining us story and how credibly would turkish investigators view saudi arabia's new version of events i think that they will see it as a vindication of their claims of from the very beginning they insisted. she was indeed murdered at the consulate so that there will be saying yes we were right in spite of all these insistent denials from riyadh we are being proven correct now the big question is will they accept this version of events that it was some kind of art so than that occurred during storm sort of merely the position of investigators. on normal sources are indicating that they believe that this was

a premeditated murder attempt in fact they call the claim a fifteen member team was brought in the pacific of killing these journalists so there will be a major point of difference there and i think the of a key factor is will i be satisfied with this explanation that it was rogue elements senior level officials are saying without the no knowledge of the crown prince mohammed bin this will be a key question and i think everyone will be looking to see how and correct so. now the obvious question why now why have saudi authorities acknowledged his killing now nearly three weeks after he vanished. well that is a question in fact there is some speculation possibly that he was preparing to release what they claim was a video that actually showed the last minutes of the death of the saudi journalist that would totally confirm all of their or their allegations of the last week or so but i think that the probably the real explanation is that there's been this

constant drip drip drip by leaks coming from this investigation which has driven the growing international outcry and the growing diplomatic pressure on riyadh i think there were those in riyadh that were hoping that this crisis eventually would start to die down the way turkey has handled this in managing this and disseminating information has in fact thought that this crisis has continued to escalate and it's reached a point i think where washington possibly has intervened and said riyadh you have to change your story you have to be seen to be acting. during has there been any turkish political reaction to this saudi admission yeah i mean we understand the saudi and the turkish leaders spoke late last night yeah that's right king solomon spoke at length with the turkish president tell you one no one really knows what the nature of the conversation was but there is speculation that the king was briefing the turkish president on what they were about to do and where they would plan to take the investigation forward there have been statements saying

that both sides have agreed to play to work and continue to work together the key question i think that the saudis will be looking to is will president be satisfied with this and if he is there will be question what has riyadh offered him possibly in exchange for turkey's corp there are deep rivalries between the two countries particularly one sir parent dislike of the crown prince and his belief that he's a destabilizing force will be demanding that he be reined in or possibly ultimately replaced in the future and on top of that we'll be looking for a concession from washington is cooperation in many ways people see the big winner in this diplomatic crisis all right. thanks so much for your reporting. they're all reports of multiple casualties off to afghanistan's capital kabul was rocked by several explosions polls opened across the country today off to years of delay the taliban had vowed to disrupt the parliamentary elections but thousands of afghans a standing in defiance of those threats and facing the organizational chaos in

several locations cite tight security measures close stations to open several hours late violence ahead of the poll as cost at least ten candidates that lives now authorities say some stations will extend voting into sunday amid the chaos for more on this we're joined by al-qaeda t.v. a freelance journalist in kabul ali thanks for joining us afghanistan's been waiting for these elections to happen for three is what chance of success is there now. the fact that we've seen so many logistical problems are all over the country you know i've gotten reports from provinces literally everywhere in the country you know there are ballot papers that election officials haven't shown up that observers are different campaign team started showing up that election centers aren't being open this is creating a lot of problems for people and it's really calling into question the whole democratic process you know what is the point you know because so many of these

young people who are running for parliament this time were trying to talk about change and changing that the parliament that they saw as corrupt and serving only it somehow but when you can't even actually go and take the steps to cast your vote that's creating a lot of problems for people in terms of how do you see democracy. now afghans that clearly risking their lives if they take the decision to go out to vote what is it that makes them take that risk. you know obviously the hope for some kind of a change because barack that is they were saying earlier like i talked to about five or six different candidates all fairly young candidates i in the twenty day election period tempi and what they're all talking about is people's frustration with the current parliament saying that the current parliament is corrupt that it's a mafia network that only serves to solve that you know the sweet talk you will be trying to get your vote and then once they get your rope to shut their doors so the

people were hoping for people that would actually be their actual representatives who actually take their issues to the parliament and into the central government. all right alina teef a freelance journalist in kabul thanks so much for joining us today. you ok let's have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world hundreds of migrants have faced off against riot police on a bridge crossing the mexican guatemalan border some people jumped into the water along the border to escape the possible group of thousands who set off from one juror last weekend and heading towards the united states. macedonia's parliament has voted in favor of changing the country's name resulting a decades long dispute with greece will make his backs a proposal to amend the constitution despite opposition from conservatives the procedure will see the country renamed the republic of north macedonia. the

kidnapped towns and the end billionaire mohanna do genie has been released and is safely back at home he was seized ten days ago by ident unidentified gunmen in the city of daraa salaam forty three year old dougie is africa's youngest billion with a fortune of one billion dollars it's not yet clear whether a ransom was paid. judy in a song which leaks co-founder is to launch legal action against the government of ecuador accusing it of violating his fundamental rights and freedoms according to his lawyer new terms of asylum in the country's london embassy require him to pay for medical bills phone calls and to clean up after his pet cat. now by in munich have held an extraordinary press conference in which the club's hierarchy slammed journalists for what they see as overly harsh criticism of the

players and or talking from data department joins us now for more on this slightly odd situation but tell me about the press conference how how does all that oh. and when that press conference concluded i was like what did i just watch that this really happened and it did i mean come start to finish at the beginning you had by and chairman call hinds room and they go who comes out citing the german constitution saying that human dignity is untouchable and that he's you want his peers to be respected and here's where the hyper hypoxia comes in because just minutes later at that same press conference by and president ernest comes out using these very harsh worked some so harsh i cannot even mention say it on t.v. is criticizing one of his own form of play is not and saying that he nearly cost them the champions league last season and that is why we let him go and where was media to criticize and then and to also put this into perspective i think people

need to remember that who in his has at times used very inappropriate language directed against the other players he once a few seasons ago called ability to play a mentally ill and recently we also know that he said that is using racism of his as a distraction i mean here's a little glimpse of what happened yesterday at the press conference you have to see it and hear it. but i did hear before we will scrutinize everything i mean it is that we will no longer accept disrespectful reporting accept him. as good it's not acceptable how negative the reporting has been about our players but it's outrageous and disrespectful but i was appalled that and our team doesn't deserve in the thought that it meant to finish the deal see murden future based on how good you might have a lot of fun finally seeing byron munich not on top of the table to see and i've even heard you can but from today on we will not accept this demeaning and sneering

reporting about our club factitious british took them. beaten us. so what will this prompt to this out pouring of it's honestly it's the ot of distraction it's typical it's a tactic that by and management use when us has used it in the past and what do you do your team isn't playing well so what do you want people to focus on you want to divert attention and that's exactly what he did is to take pressure off coach nicole kovacs as to take pressure off the pay as i mean by and they win this in for a seventh in the table and they have trouble finding the net and i think this is all just a distraction to take away from their poor performances but at the end of the day we also know that nico the coach coach is always the fog ice and he will bear the brunt of it if things don't turn around quickly let's take a look. nico kobach his side have

a one in four games in all competitions it's unclear whether the buyer bosses even told their coach they were planning to attack the media over its critical coverage of the team. hill his press conference before byers executives and he said he hadn't seen any negative coverage at all. if i didn't read anything really well i'm in a really good place i don't know what was written good or bad but i assume it was all good when all was well which is the international break didn't bring any real chance for byron to regroup only a few players stayed in munich in co botches he's not changing tactics despite poor results in its niche we're not going to question everything and turn things around . we did some good things early and also in the last few games we just need a bit of luck you know you need to in life and in sports as well and if we have that again we'll be successful overeaten said always. very difficult in

wolfsburg are up next for a buyer in their run is even worse than byron's brutal lobbyist team has in one in five games but they still fancy their chances against by. his intuition are. so we're looking forward to the game just like we look forward so all our games. buyers are not is feared as they have been in recent years nico needs to change things fast or he could be the next one to suffer the wrath of the buyer bosses. so what's going to happen how the german media get a reaction if they lose tonight you know what would be so sweet and the best comeback if the german media have a mind by and at the press conference after the game that there's another basic law in the german constitution and that is freedom of the press a little bit of useful thank you so much. that's all we've got time for for now

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