under the skin of russia's women starts november thirteenth. this is g.w. news the live from berlin freedom for a woman sentenced to death in pakistan a christian woman was she was hanged for blasphemy insulting islam but a pakistani court overturned the conviction and ordered her release police rangers are prepared for protests over the landmark ruling even violent also coming up nato has launched a joint exercises in northern europe with military hardware in tens of thousands of

troops from all twenty nine member countries russia says that the maneuvers are an anti russian exercise but are they truly preparation for twenty first century conflict and one hundred eighty two metres high it is the tallest statue in the world but india's three hundred fifty million euro statue of unity inaugurated today has so far been anything but a symbol of togetherness. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program a court in pakistan has freed a christian woman sentenced to death by hanging for blasphemy bibi condemned to death in two thousand and ten was the first woman in the country to receive a death sentence for insulting islam her case has caused widespread outrage among

all the human rights groups and hardline islamist extra security forces were deployed to the capital after islamist threatened violence upon her release. for more on this let's bring in mt as global a commentator on pakistani affairs based in the country's capital islamabad welcome to you this morning this case it dates back nearly a decade remind us why was asio b.b. of originally condemned to death. while it originated think once. you had some dispute buf it was a is a fight between her and a couple of other people who eventually went on to accuse her of having the disagree to the name of the prophet muhammad on islam so this is a typical case reflecting that the dominant majority of the cases under the pakistans up less family law where their social disputes basically take the form of

go on land in the courts under the garb of blasphemy law so basically and abuse of a law that has existed that was drafted by the parliament but has not been devised sit ins and those who have to. i think take into account that not a single person has so far be executed under the blessing because however it's abuse continues as was reflected in this case of us you know maybe but it's a case which has really targets the country especially especially some hardliners there so what's going to happen to her now because we've heard that there have been no arrangements made to protect her security. well i think there are enough security arrangements being done far under the supremes go to instructions and i'm sure the authorities as well as the judiciary will take care of or there could possibly be. in a flight out of pakistan for the moment the dust of protests settles the

hardliners i think who have seen in this war dig a real push back by the judiciary they will go onto the streets day to the streets to protest and some roads in around islamabad have already been we hear blocked but i guess this is not going to take too long for the government and the military then to disperse them eventually let's talk a little bit more about those hardliners because weeks before the decision there were already protests from them in favor of execution other than those protests what do you think that their reaction is likely to be to their free to her fraying and of pakistan is just more broadly speaking as laugh well look we have to our people do in mind that the hard line is going to really come very much in pakistan except the nuisance value even in the last election they missed individual political parties who were only r.v. five percent of the votes but the harlan is do represent

a big nuisance and usually they take it one day the lack of planning and management capacities of the police and of the authority so the hardliners will keep making noises are aware that the mainstream political parties as well as the big majority of pakistanis does not favor them and i think most of them have prayed for the safe release exit of. out of the jail by the under the orders of the supreme court and it has been a real pleasant pleasant surprise for the majority of pakistanis. commentator on pakistani affairs based in the country's capital islamic thank you nato has been holding its largest military exercises since the end of the cold war dubbed try to juncture the vast gathering is taking place in norway parts of the

north atlantic and the baltic sea all twenty nine nato member states plus finland and sweden are taking part it's taken months to get everything into position fifty thousand troops and support personnel two hundred fifty aircraft sixty five naval vessels and up to ten thousand military vehicles are now in the region moscow has called the maneuvers quote an antique russian exercise and our reporter large delta six accompany the troops send those tanks and sent us this report. why. i know. blowing up obstacles. and building bridges in just a few minutes to capabilities that the german army is bringing to try to juncture. but i v's old school skill still needed in times of hybrid warfare and cyber attacks as a result after the ukraine crisis we saw that it is more important to change back

from stability operations to hire tens of awful provisions of what we see and as an interest to move larger formations and heavy equipment and that's had not been trained and done with within the last ten years far from the russian border germany has set up its operational headquarters in the region into lands together with troops from france the netherlands belgium and. germany alone has brought ten thousand soldiers up here to norway addition to tanks weapons and other supplies it's a massive logistical challenge designed to improve the speech with which nato members could in a worst case scenario come to each other's rescue. the huge influx of people and equipment more than fifty thousand soldiers from thirty one countries is a true test for the host nation norway. but the attitude among the public is there really positive support for nato here is among the highest of all member states and

not just because no way shares a border with russia they're not so afraid that they will be awarded nothing but that's a lot of things happening in the world so you never know how so nato is important for us of course well i believe russia has become a big threat in the last two years and i wouldn't need new we need to show where power is just war and the world and i know i could be part of it but it's not like it's something i think about but some of nato is testing. capacities are hidden from the population. remote controlled weapon systems. self driving your coats. military drones. so is this the future of the workfare all those capabilities have to be reversible it means that. the forces can rely on this capability and the have to have to know

how to do without those capabilities because. the system can be jammed all destroy or taken by. someone else so the military have to remain reversible. and that's why the airlines are still banking on tanks and boots on the ground battling daunting logistics and the elements here in the frigid no we gen climate. let's get a quick check now of some other stories making news around the world u.s. secretary of state my palm pail has called for the suspicion of hostility if in yemen and said that u.s. led negotiations to end the conflict should begin in november it's proposed that the talks will be held in sweden yemen has been at war for three years and it's facing the world's worst humanitarian crisis. in indonesia the technical director of lie in the air has reportedly been fired following monday's deadly plane crash

according to media there but the company says that it is unaware of the dismissal it comes as officials say that they may have found the plane's fuselage in the java sea the plane crashed shortly after takeoff killing all one hundred eighty nine people on board. a helicopter crash in afghanistan has killed twenty five people including senior government officials the army helicopter was traveling toward herat province when it crashed into a mountain killing everyone on board an official blamed bad weather but the taliban has claimed responsibility. u.s. president donald trump was greeted by heavy protest in pittsburgh as the first funerals of victims killed in last weekend's synagogue shooting got underway donald trump had traveled to the city to offer his condolences despite being told to stay away some local jewish leaders had written an open letter to the president saying that he is not welcome in the city until he fully denounces white nationalism the

letter was signed by more than sixty thousand people trump stirred further controversy yesterday by saving his intention to scrap the right to citizenship for u.s. born children of non-citizens and illegal immigrants. we're joined now in the studio by irwin called their expert on u.s. politics at bard college and berlin and i want to talk a little bit more about trump's visit to pittsburgh because as we've seen you know he most certainly did not get a welcome there you know many said that they actually did not want him to come until he denounces white nationalism why did he go. this is really an interesting case because i cannot remember when a us president has not i mean has been really not asked to come to such an event now he's damned if he does damned he would have been damned if he did the president belongs there in such a moment so how do you make the best of a difficult situation he brought molony up he tried to surround himself with fellow

politicians none of them took that bait and i think his handlers did the next the third best thing which was keep him from talking and let him put his mouth foot in his mouth later after going to pittsburgh so in that sense he handled a difficult situation for him personally but it's really historically unprecedented that a president of the united states would be explicitly asked not to attend it is a moment for the country that is unprecedented as you mentioned it is politically charged it is emotional and charged in the country right now we have midterm elections coming up donald trump also stating the following have his mental actions that he can overrule the constitution and birthright citizenship what in practice with that or when and why would he say this now well clearly there's an election in a week and so he's hoping with his dog whistle or fog horn whatever he's using now to appeal to his base in the strongest way possible the idea that the president

united states with an executive order can reverse an amendment to the constitution is really just an another indication that he talks without a brief. or when i know you're going to stick with us but i want to get a little bit more on these midterms and one issue that is really perhaps set to affect the vote because million of millions of americans as we mentioned are gearing up to vote in those crucial midterm elections authorities there they're stepping up cyber security awareness drives ever since the u.s. intelligence community concluded that russia interfered in the twenty six thousand presidential election officials on the ground have been on high alert to prevent this information campaigns and voting systems in compromised and our correspondent in washington d.c. has sent us this report. the national museum of american history in washington is housing an exhibition called american democracy showcasing objects and artifacts used in u.s. elections through time it's gaining popularity with visitors these days as many

americans are not so sure anymore that their boat is safe from tempering unmanipulated and to alice miller executive director of the washington d.c. board of elections ms miller is ultimately responsible for the election process in the district of columbia for miller and her team that means long days filled with plenty of overtime hours focusing on one thing and one thing we want to make sure our systems are secure we want to make sure poll workers are trained no easy task protecting the upcoming midterm elections from any form of cyber interference has been declared a national security issue the white house and congress across party lines are on the same page no one wants a repeat of what happened in the two thousand and sixteen presidential elections when so-called russian government cyber actors managed to gain access to u.s. election infrastructure i'm here to say the warning lights. blinking red again.

today the digital infrastructure that serves this country is literally under attack congress approved three hundred eighty million dollars in march this year for all fifty states to share so they can beef up cyber security measures local the u.s. the park in the form and security has formed special task forces and offer services to state officials responsible for the cyber safe conduct of the november elections alice miller is thankful for the help and we work very closely with us we have homeland security advisers always on each level we have cyber security advisors that we work with we have smaller groups within our own network that we work with we always cool cold. however some critics say all of this is a step in the right direction but comes too late case in point this year's def con in las vegas nevada conference for what are known as white head hackers also

focused on election cyber security the def-con hackers fighting the good fight in the cyber security battles have released a report pointing out remaining vulnerabilities that are unlikely to be fixed before november sixth one example a type of voting machine currently in use in twenty six states is vulnerable to remote hacking and another machine still used in eighteen states was able to be hacked in just two minutes maybe not for alice miller and her team but for many u.s. states making voting safe again remains a major challenge. so cyber security very much a concern ahead of this let's bring back our own collyer from bard college or when we talk about cyber security we also perhaps also have to talk about information warfare as well how big a threat to you see this not only to the u.s. vote coming up on november sixth but also to western democracies and again to use that word on precedent we're in. a new time where it is possible for foreign actors

at relatively low cost to get involved we know that attempts to payoff political parties and the like to influence the elections in other countries that this has been a big part of foreign policy of a lot of countries including the united states but now this capacity really to have a broad front. is something new and you know we just have to live with the fact that there has been corruption in elections before somehow the democracies have come up with solutions but this is. you know it'll take more than a technical solution i think i think it takes really a will to maintain the integrity of democracies also i would not overemphasize the external threat i think it's also very much part of the internal mechanisms of domestic politics where we are finding the possibilities of of party machines to

also exploit loopholes it's not a coincidence when defect voting machines are not removed and emergency measures like peeper ballots are introduced so you know yes the foreign element is certainly important there's every reason to watch that but we are in this world where everything is connected informationally speaking of it we just have to be on our guard and you know little more than a better education young people can tell the difference between fake news and real news better parent really than older people and less than a week ago week to go until that crucial vote next tuesday when collyer from bard college joining us with his analysis thank you so much thanks for the invitation. it's. the world's tallest statue has been unveiled in india prime minister narendra modi inaugurated the monument in a ceremony honoring sadar patel who is credited with uniting india after its break

from britain in one nine hundred forty seven a large scale protests are expected locals are angry at the high cost of the statue and the damage to the environment. the statue of unity tiring over the sardar sorrow for in waster gujarat state it's a one hundred eighty two metre told bronze clad tribute to a politician dubbed india's iron man sardar patel the country's first state beauty prime minister who played a key rule in unification after independence. the world's tallest she was nearly forty years in the making no it's unveiling is being overshadowed by protests and accusations of political point scoring prime minister moody's critics see this project as his not so subtle bid to appropriate an independence era hero ficker associated with the opposition congress party ahead of

a national election ere the next year many people living nearby are angry at its four hundred million dollar price tag and by the damage done to the environment some say the communities have been left lewan resources including access to drinking water. local authorities hope this site will be a popular tourist attraction in this remote corner of india the nearest city is one hundred kilometers away and they are rushing to ensure the area has enough tales restaurants and other infrastructure to cope with the anticipated rush. and from n.d.s. to china now steve beardsley has more news that's right sarah chinese manufacturing activity activity is what we're looking at it slowed in october and that adds to a growing list of bad news for the asian giant which is struggling to keep economic momentum in the face of u.s. tariffs and the weakening currency the purchasing managers' index

a key gauge of factory activity fell from september levels that's according to the national bureau of statistics it's taken us further sign that the world's second largest economy is losing momentum china is facing economic challenges at home and abroad from a trade war with the u.s. to a massive debt build up and for more on this we're joined now by our frankfurt correspondent daniel cope daniel what are the markets there making of this news from china. yeah there steve well traders here on the floor have predicted that this would come at one point they have warned already in the past that the strategy off china to maintain their record g.d.p. figures could have at the end also negative consequences because yes you just mentioned it in order to grow that fast the debt off china has increased massively and china is not just the second largest economy in the world but also the country with a second highest death worldwide it is estimated that should be at a level of twenty nine trillion you ask the dollar and that's certainly not healthy

also it is not clear in which direction the trade conflict with the united states will be heading analysts here are expecting that this dispute with the united states will harm the chinese economy even more. now then you'll stay with us as we take a look at this new numbers from facebook the company's growth is much lower than expected and the company's also not meeting its revenue projections around one point four nine billion people use facebook every day that's up nine percent but still short of the one point five one billion the company had hoped for growth was down in canada the u.s. and across europe the company was which also owns what's up and instagram is still struggling with intense public scrutiny from the cambridge analytical data scandal now daniel does facebook need to rethink its strategy in light of these new numbers . yeah exactly it seems to be the case that facebook in fact might need to rethink their strategy how to make more money with advertisements on their page because the user behavior has also changed the heart used to be the newsfeeds off facebook that

you see right away when you sign onto their page but this has changed people lately have been using more the story true will similar to instagram or snapchat where stories are shared just with your friends the new street was so attractive for facebook which because they have lots of space for effort mark zuckerberg also made a statement this week saving that they have very little experience how to better monetize the facebook stories facebook had a similar challenge a couple of years ago when users access the network more often with their smartphone device and not anymore with their browser also by that time facebook had to change their response model and you cope there for us in frankfurt thank you daniel now from one tech giant to another apple unveiled a host of new products and gadgets in new york last night after years of going without an update the macbook air got a new design with the retina display also raised its prices for the new products

significantly the new i pad pro cost one hundred fifty dollars more than the previous model price for the law latest mac book error is going up two hundred dollars apple users are accustomed to paying higher prices critics say that apple's focus under c.e.o. tim cook has shifted markedly toward boosting its share price instead of focusing on making every aspect of its product perfect. and just in time for halloween zombies and evil clowns are among the job openings that are an amusement park in southern spain but horror lens is more than just a scary good time it's a temporary break from the real life frightening unemployment numbers in the region where coal miners are being hit hardest by job losses. there's definitely money to be made in making people scream. the fully fledged scream park concept has been a money spinner in the u.s. for decades but has been slow to take off in europe. hurrell and is based in an

abandoned coal mine and power station north of barcelona the spanish government has vowed to close down most of its coal mines by the end of the year and mining areas are looking to tourism and other industries more than one hundred people now work at hora land including more than ninety actors in elaborate costumes and makeup interacting with state of the art animatronic robots. we look for two different kind of people on the one hand we were looking for actors especially we wanted them to have experience in the field of acting and also to have an academic background and on the other side we looked for us are still there is we'd like people that is able to to make an impact to scare people. in the screen park grounds visitors can pose for selfies with characters from their

favorite splatter films and there's a frightening variety of horrific attractions to choose from including some based on popular horror movies i. thought it's very exciting i'd say i'm very surprised it makes you shiver a little but above all it's surprising it's very exciting it wouldn't suit us. but the new jobs are not permanent. the attraction is only open at certain times of year starting with halloween season when it's open for two weeks in october and november so far it's proving a success all twenty two thousand five hundred online halloween tickets are already gone. now from those willing chains also those willing tennis rackets are here with some sports wielding hitting some balls with them i don't know what we really call this but in tennis at least novak djokovic stepped up to his pursuit of the world

number one spot thanks to a seven five six one victory over joust in the second round of the paris masters just which was no we need to hang around us he extended his winning run to nineteen matches the serve is rediscovering his best form this use and with a major win for major wins at wimbledon and the us open he can surpass top ranked rough in the dollar in the world rankings by outlasting him in this. quick reminder of the top stories we're following for you here at u.w.a. corner of pakistan has freed a christian woman sentenced to death for a while i mean as you have bibi has been on death row since two thousand and ten and police are bracing for large scale protests a hardline islamist party has called for the death of the judges to free t.v. . but that you're up to date now on the news i'm sarah kelly in berlin thanks for watching.

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