this is d.w. news live from berlin and saudi arabia calls the killing of jamal khashoggi a huge and very mistake as international pressure grows over the journalist's death german chancellor angela merkel says that those responsible for the killing must be held accountable poland is ready to suspend the arms exports to riyadh. also coming up the united states dispatches its national security adviser to moscow for tough talks on nuclear weapons that's after washington says it's ready to withdraw from his storage treaty on the intermediate range missiles plus vote counting begins in

afghanistan's first parliamentary election in nearly a decade of violence killed or injured hundreds of people over the weekend i'd be chaotic the hole was extended into a second day. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel has backed a ban on arms exports to saudi arabia following the killing of the journalist jamal khashoggi in its consulate in istanbul the international community has raised doubts over riyadh's official account of death as well as the claim but the country's crown prince had no part of the killing. has promised to reveal the results of turkey's investigation soon. this is previously unseen

c.c.t.v. footage of jamal khashoggi same goodbye to his fiance it was the last time she saw him she waited for hours in front of the saudi consulate while her husband to be was killed inside the saudi foreign minister described it as a tremendous mistake. who did this to the scope of their authority there obviously was a tremendous mistake made and what component the mistake was to come to try to cover up we are determined to uncover every stone we are determined to find out all the facts while riyadh denies the involvement of crown prince then some on the international community remain skeptical observers questioned whether casualties death was indeed caused by a fistfight the possible premeditated nature of his killing seems to be underlined by the arrival and same day departure of fifteen saudi men reported to be inside the consulate on the day he died. on sunday evening turkish president received.

and us president donald trump agreed in a phone call on the need to clarify the case or the one said his country would disclose the result of its investigation in the coming days. what. we're looking for justice here and this will be revealed in all its naked truth not through some ordinary steps in all its naked truth. britain france and germany also reacted in a statement condemning the killing and demanding clarification. some alternatives are taught in us that we condemn this act in the strongest terms there is an urgent need to clarify what happened this issue is far from having been cleared up those responsible is still not held accountable they can shove could say look i agree with all those who say that the already limited exports can't continue

in the situation with currently in the stocks in. the name them on blix and. saudi arabia is germany's second largest market for arms sales observers say freezing arms exports to the kingdom could weigh on bilateral ties for years to come. and let's get more political correspondent hans brandt joins us in the studio welcome to you hons as we just heard there saudi arabia by its german arms the germans have continued to sell those arms despite the conflict in yemen do you think the case could be the final straw or one has to say that there's a new coalition between conservatives and the social democrats in the coalition agreement which they signed in march said that they would not sell to any participant in the human conflict that includes saudi arabia so there is potentially a new situation there but in fact a large number of arms exports have been approved before the us government took

over and those exports are continuing and in fact this year there were more than four hundred million euros of exports that have gone to saudi arabia already this carries obviously makes this situation creates a new situation in lot of ways and since this german government as michael himself says is already hesitant about exporting all the saudi arabia i think this case potentially could lead to a situation where germany will simply stop those exports completely how much leverage would you say the german government has when it comes to saudi arabia well the relationship between germany and saudi arabia has been to. in the last year or so the previous foreign minister the german foreign minister accused saudi arabia of engaging in in adventures in his region i think he was talking about the conflicts in yemen that led to saudi arabia withdrawing its ambassador from germany last year and only this year in september when the new german foreign minister apologized for misunderstandings between the two countries the ambassador returned

. it's a tense situation and it was in fact being in some sense repaired in the last couple of weeks and the situation with the case leads to further tensions and it's unclear where it's going to be let's talk a little more about those tensions because we know that riyadh for its part that it says that there was this fight in the saudi consulate that ended in accidental death but international powers they are not buying it are they so what comes next very unclear i think the international pressure for some sort of deep an investigation into what exactly happened there is rising and germany great britain and france have demanded a further investigation and a clear identification of those responsible and punishment of was responsible there is some kind of talk about some united nations investigation possibly being the start of all those cases being posed to the international code in the hague so

there is going to be further developments on the line and it will take some time before i think everyone will accept what the explanations are that are being given to political correspondent hans ponte thank you. u.s. national security advisor john bolton arrives in moscow today for what could be fraught talks on arms control that's after washington announced that it would withdraw from a nuclear arms agreement with russia u.s. president donald trump accused russia of violating a thirty year old treaty on intermediate range missiles and threatened a fresh arms race with moscow. this is what the drama is about medium range nuclear ballistic missiles that have been on a self-imposed by the u.s. and russia since the end of the one nine hundred eighty s. that may be about to change u.s. authorities believe russia may have developed weapon systems like these in breach of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty. we're not going to let them

violate a nuclear agreement go out and do weapons and we're not allowed to wear the ones that stayed in the agreement and we've done it but russia is not fortunately on to the agreement so we're going to terminate it we're going to pull out. the kremlin has denied trumps allegations saying it has not produced any missiles that are prohibited by the i.n.f. treaty the prospect of a unilateral u.s. withdrawal has caused shock in moscow. as russia has taken trump's announcement very seriously various officials today have been warning of the danger of such a decision and of the serious consequences that it could have the i.n.f. treaty was seen as a major breakthrough in nuclear security when it was ratified by former soviet president mikhail gorbachev and u.s. president ronald reagan in one nine hundred eighty seven it came after a tense period of confrontation in the heart of europe. with very short flight

times nuclear annihilation of european capitals was only five to fifteen minutes away trump has said the u.s. will start developing these capabilities again if russia and china don't agree to stop have to develop those weapons unless russia comes to us and china comes to us and they all come to us and they say let's really get smart and let's none of us develop those weapons china is not a signatory of the pact and has been investing heavily in land based missiles and now some observers fear it could be joined by russia and the u.s. in a new arms race. gorbachev warned on sunday of the dangers of a political roll back and read nuclearization. and it's not just gorbachev issuing a warning u.s. allies have warned trump against the decision to pull out of the treaty we asked you to washington correspondent alex hunter for naaman how much support there is in the u.s. for this move and why well when you talk to nuclear arms experts they tell you that

they are very concerned saying. and would speak very dangerous and could kindle an arms race an excellent excellent increasingly cold war like behavior among the you asked russia and china trump is also facing criticism from democratic lawmakers one of them that this decision would be reckless that still white house has to consult the allies in europe there are also republican lawmakers standing behind the president and we have to say that you asked military leaders have been complaining for a quiet long time now that russia has been violating this treaty and that this treaty is a one sided constraints on the u.s. ability to conjure a china that was not

a signatory of this treaty. alexander for naaman let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world u.s. president donald trump says that full efforts are being made to stop the progress of thousands of central american migrants making their way to the u.s. border he says that they have to apply for asylum in mexico and if they don't the u.s. will turn them away the group crossed into mexico from guatemala over the weekend. australian prime minister scott morrison has officially apologized to thousands of victims of child sexual abuse addressing survivors he admitted that the state had failed to protect children in institutions like churches and orphanages a gesture comes a year after an inquiry reveals decades of widespread child abuse. vote counting is now underway after afghanistan's chaotic a deadly parliamentary elections authorities had to extend voting hours after hundreds of attacks killed more than fifty people over the weekend despite the

bloodshed about half of afghanistan's registered voters braved the polls in the first such election in eight years. for the second day in a row long queues formed outside polling stations in the afghan capital some people waited for hours to cast their vote although doing so cost dozens of people their lives on saturday. on the first day of voting militants launched deadly attacks in at least ten provinces but in a country where elections when possible for years even the threat of death wasn't enough to stop citizens from exercising their democratic rights and the afghan president was full of pride in the words he that the afghans didn't only show their enemies that they wouldn't surrender to any threat so warnings they also showed the world that they will only accept democracy in their country. but again there were problems with the voting process devices used to identify voters didn't work and

there were reports of election materials being incomplete or missing entirely but it was i didn't we came here to vote yesterday but there were many irregularities the biometric system failed and there weren't enough workers at the polling center we are all here to vote again today but everything is very slow in. the afghan government has promised to investigate all complaints but the credibility of this election is increasingly being questioned according to the national electoral commission almost one hundred fifty polling stations remain shut on sunday. in time in sports sunday's formula one actions of british driver lewis hamilton fail in his bid to secure a fifth world championship with three races for may as far as kimi right conant stormed to victory in the us grand prix. papers ition in a potentially title winning us group free the dream scenario for lewis hamilton.

i'm things are about to get even better as rival sebastian fertile spot out following a collision on the opening lap. but phenols ferrari team mate kimi reichen wasn't about some make life easy for hamilton repeatedly forcing the british drivers' attempts to regain the lead. the surprise emergence of red bulls next to stepan who had started an eighteenth position gave hamilton a new headache and contributed so a nailbiting final few laps vessels recovery into full meanwhile meant hamilton would have to finish second to wrap up the title. but right can and fished up and held hopes that hamilton victory parade. will president that agency to kamya did a great job today no mistakes get a great start and manage all the way so i think one of our also. suppose is that when did a great job as well i mean he was it was an aside but a tie the knot at the end so would not be a bit of

a struggle. of next we thought we would have been out to do better but this is the best we were able to do the end of first grown for you victory for reichen and since twenty thirty as hamilton is forced to wait another week in his bid to seal the feat well title. and with that you are up to date now on i'm sara kelly in berlin thanks for watching i have a. lot of we walk you out there we know we want to know the percent of americans in something and i was really experienced hardship i listened.