this is d.w. news live from berlin president trump rips up his story community a treaty trump says the u.s. will accept the cold war era deal that bound a wide range of nuclear weapons q to russian violations most of course the move a dangerous step. also coming up around two hundred people are killed or wounded in terror attacks as afghanistan holds its first parliamentary elections in nearly a decade but those fingers ahead for a second day. and saudi arabia faces growing international skepticism over its

account of what happened to missing journalist gen moloch the kingdom is now saying he was killed after weeks of denials. i manuscripts mackinnon thanks so much for joining us president donald trump has told reporters that the u.s. will unilaterally pull out of a nuclear arms agreement with russia the landmark intermediate range nuclear forces treaty was negotiated more than thirty years ago by then president ronald reagan and the soviet leader mikhail gorbachev it bans nuclear and conventional missiles with ranges of five hundred to fifty five hundred kilo misses let's have a listen to what president trump had to say russia has violated the agreement they'd been violated years. the man hears that i don't know why president obama

didn't negotiate or pull out. we're not going to let them violate a nuclear agreement they go out of their weapons and we're not allowed to wear the ones that have stayed in the agreement and we've honored the agreement but russia has not fortunately bonded the agreement so we're going to terminate the agreement we're going to pull out. all right let's cross now to our moscow correspondent emily show and emily thanks for joining us at tell us how is russia reacted to trump's announcement well on the one hand we've seen a shocker from russian politicians they've called this step dangerous they've called it catastrophic they say that the consequences could be catastrophic but also they portray any trouble strategy here kind of message and chief threat so the head of the international affairs committee in the upper house of parliament the federation council had said it didn't cause the jump it said it says actually just

blackmail ahead of john bolton's visit to moscow out this week and actually the procedure for leaving the agreement hasn't even been initiated and the head of the international affairs committee in the lower house of parliament has it somewhat i think he said it's just a trading strategy and actually there is no proof for any violations on the russian side now russia has been rather disappointed at that where they have a lot of hopes when trump came into office that this could prove russian u.s. relations but it seems those hopes with this step may have been dashed completely. how important is this tracy i mean what about the repercussions if it is counseled . well this is hugely in forums this deal has kept has kept nuclear weapons out of europe for three decades it was signed in eighty seven by or so and ronald reagan and it was one of the steps to kind of and the cold war arms

race to end those tensions during the cold war and it is now is seen as one of the few agreements even despite worsening relations between the u.s. and russia that has been solid and it seems that the u.s. for u.s. ministration. is not too concerned about kind of breaking up these agreements and that's certainly one thing that russia will be kind of showing off now that the u.s. it's not a reliable partner even when it comes to keeping the world safe i think that will be their move in terms of the writer of moving on. now president trump has accused russia repeatedly of violating the agreement is he right is there any evidence. well the u.s. has accused russia of violating the supremum for years actually under the obama administration as well and nato has also recently come out and accused russia of violating the violating this agreement as well russia on the other hand has always

denied it today they've also been denying it what we can say is that russia has certainly been popping its rhetoric in recent months and this year as well when it comes to nuclear weapons when it comes to weapons overall in. the state of the union address in march he had a whole section where he laid out all the new modern weapons that russia was preparing that russia had and its arsenal they showed graphics animations of weapons heating and not generic targets and just last week and as well reiterated reiterated before this rhetoric at a forum you said he talked about the strength the strength of the nuclear arsenal so they're always keen to show that off and they've certainly been talking rhetoric recently all right emily show and moscow thanks so much for your reporting on that all star teams in afghanistan say everett's side bomb has killed at least eleven

people including several children in the eastern province of nonprofit the attack raises the number of people killed and wounded to nearly two hundred during the country's parliamentary elections now entering a second day almost nine million people were eligible to cost ballots and turnout was larger than expected even as poll cayle schools delays and violence the voting . dozens of people died across the country in a wave of attacks on the first day of voting. in the capital kabul a suicide bomber attacked a polling station. both the local islamic state affiliate and the taliban have threatened violence during the elections. despite the danger many people seem eager to vote almost nine million are registered to cast their ballots in the election for the lower house of parliament afghans have expressed cautious hope.

that if their right to vote today i came out here and voted for my favorite coming that i did my part for the future of afghanistan. on the phone i have. a chance we have something more in conflicts and though i've come here to avoid for a person who should work to bring security to the country i asked people to come and vote for prosperity in afghanistan ah it's a major step that these elections are happening at all they were originally scheduled to be held three years ago but ongoing instability has forced many delays ten candidates have been assassinated and just this past week an attack in kandahar province killed the chief of police and wounded the provincial governor leading to further delays elections there are planned for next week. voters are choosing representatives for the two hundred forty nine seat lower house a strong turnout could indicate that institutions are functioning both during the government's legitimacy in the eyes of the people the final results won't be known

for at least a week. let's have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world an explosion at a fireworks factory in russia has killed at least two people and injured several more the factory was located in china a town about twenty five kilometers south of st petersburg regional authorities are investigating possible safety breaches absolutely. almost seven hundred thousand people demonstrated in london yesterday demanding a second referendum on bricks that at the head of the march were leading figures from all three major british political parties the conservatives labor and the liberal democrats the people's vote monch was organized by groups that want the u.k. to remain in the european union. at least nine hundred migrants have crossed or of illegally into mexico from guatemala after being stopped at the border by riot police they felt to resume the journey to the u.s.

president donald trump has threatened to deploy troops to the us mexico border if the migrants on stops. and no one had a winning ticket in the latest mega millions lottery drawing in the u.s. which means an even bigger jackpot a staggering one point six billion dollars a world record the next draw will be on tuesday the odds of winning that one one in three hundred two million. now countries around the world have condemned the killing of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi state media in saudi arabia said he died in the saudi consulate in istanbul off to a fistfight for more than two weeks the saudis had denied it was dead european union says the circumstances of his death a deeply troubling and has cooled for a transparent investigation german chancellor angela merkel has called the saudi explanation inadequate u.s. president trump has shifted his response he had to call the saudi account credible

but now says there have been deception and lies and has threatened severe consequences. i'm just joined now by middle east historian i talk from the lightness lightness center of modern oriental studies thanks so much for joining us. how precarious is the situation for saudi arabia is it in danger of being sidelined on the international stage given the international outcry well i think we have to distinguish the regional and the international repercussions over there of course untangled regionally turkey can now try to somehow take the role of the international leader of the sunni countries sunni muslim countries from saudi arabia whereas iran and qatar saudis regional furrows are sitting on the sidelines and enjoying themselves i guess internationally the alliance with the u.s. which of course has repercussions for the relations between iran seems and

a threat although president trump has played a rather dubious role so far in this u.k. now germany's foreign minister has now called for arms sales to saudi arabia into question let's have a listen to what he had to say. there are many in consistencies first they said the saudi journalist left the consulate now they say he died there are more questions unanswered than answered. there is an ongoing investigation and it's up to the saudis to provide clarification of clear all we are following this closely so far we have a lot more questions than answers. ok now they've been calls for years for germany to stop selling arms to saudi arabia is going to be different this time well i think the main difference is really the international attention that is suddenly being paid to the saudi leadership because the tragic war in yemen has threatened

by starvation and cholera and so on in there has been also human rights violations within saudi arabia notably strongly increased ever since king took the reins of power so i think the main difference really is now the international attention ok now you mentioned the crown prince mohammed bin salah selman had positioned himself as a reformer he was wanted to be seen as a modernizer of saudi arabia could killing it now cost him his position and his or thora see a home that's a very interesting question and i think the the answer is. on the one hand yes there has been a lot of internal dissent unhappiness notably within the row family part of which was of course incarcerated last autumn and winter on the other hand of course all the rivals have been sidelined so dramatically that it's unclear whether he will actually be able to weather the storm and i think here. the international reaction

will be quite important i think if the media keep asking what has happened to her so she and if they keep insisting that this kind of author of tarion rule is impossible then perhaps there's a chance for change within the royal family not general turned to democracy or something like this i think they could find out from the lightness center from what an oriental studies thank you so much for joining. in formula one britain's new as hamilton has claimed pole position for sunday's united states crown prix hamilton could clinch his face world championship if he wins the race and his title rival sebastian vettel finishes lower than second battle will start the race from fifth after incurring a penalty ferrari's can be reichman and his mercedes team mate felt terrible test

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