this is day 8 of the news live from berlin india attempts to put a robot on the moon tents waits at mission control as engineers great to find out if that chance right to has landed as india aims to join the exclusive club of countries to successfully land on the moon also on the program. zimbabwe's former president robert mugabe has died will look at his complex legacy and see how people in his country are remembering him. and the death toll from hurricane dorian in the bahamas will be staggering the country wants the search and rescue efforts to

gather pace hundreds possibly thousands of people missing with tens of thousands more in desperate need. i'm phil gail welcome to the program india's space agency says mission control scientists have lost communication with the spacecraft carrying the country's hopes of landing a successful of a successful moon landing it appears the lander was just a short distance from the lunar surface when contact was lost prime minister narendra modi joined mission control personnel as the final countdown began and here chandra to overturn launched into space engine lion has been circling the moon for nearly 3 weeks if it lands successfully it will be the 1st craft to run lands near the luna south pole uncharted and unexplored part of the lunar surface.

gopalaswami isn't on or a senior fellow with the indian political think tank the observer of research foundation he joins us from downey welcome to d.w. what more have you heard about the chandrayaan 2. well i think communication is still waiting for some communication links the prime minister was last seen leaving so i am not sure how far you know there are no tense moments as if like the mission might not be as expected and asked me at all like it to be but it's let's wait and see for the official results to come. how big a blow will this be if it has failed i mean it's worth bearing in mind that this it is an unmanned craft well i mean you know it's definitely a setback the expectations are there saying yeah this is kind of a given a big shot in the or if you know if it went. the way that we'd all anticipated it

would definitely be a big boost if it did not go the way that we did not want to go there and it's obviously a setback but that does not mean is for has had setbacks in the past and this was a bounce twice as hard from that setback and it's still being in basic research organisation agencies has proven time and again that it's capable of pouncing from setbacks so it'll be a blow but you know it's not the end of the world it's not what you'd expect if they say has failed then you'd expect that. they need space agency would have another go that's correct i mean in the unions basically situation seems always be number one of the one of the major i tributes of the unions basically such organization has been that sort of zillions ever since its inception and you know at some level it's i would even call it being in space resilience and i think. now with what was india launching this mission and in the 1st place.

you know one of the key attributes of india is this basically such organization was when it started it started as a space applications agency but you know a little bit of time it wold a bit of 3 word equals that i would put it. this one of the main verticals be beyond space obligations as the space exploration side of faith and space exploration has become a minute meter into the mainstay of the indian space research organisation as any as as it should be for any space research organisation so i think the exploration significant is building systematically building its exploration side effect but it's scientific experiments and that's where this comes from good talking to you we wish you well thank you for joining us gopalaswami from the observe of research found there and demi thank you. now to zimbabwe where the country's former president robert mugabe has died was 95 as the

country's 1st post independence leader many zimbabweans still regard him as their liberator but during 40 years in power to liberate to become a tyrant crushing dissent and reaching himself in his inner circle and laying waste to the economy 2 years ago when it became apparent that he was grooming his wife to succeed him the army removed him from power zimbabweans celebrated his removal but today courage president thomas and when to. declare a national hero so reactions to his death next. on the streets of the zimbabwean capital harare people reflected on the death of mugabe the man many here see as an independent cycle and. you played it very well and all you did to empower the black people but you did this in a good way to do this it was a good meeting. you know that. you cannot do good to everyone

but you need us to believe. he was in that clinic you as an african major and he's on the stickers that you're overstating oh you can if somebody hits 18 it's 19 still being the president you have to give others a chance the man who did get the chance to take over as president of zimbabwe and it's in managua cut short a trip to south africa on hearing the news of mugabe's death he acknowledged mugabe's legacy. the death early this morning in the skin got all. over the nation. struggle for national liberation. leaves a big void you know nishi or you tell a south african president several ram opposed to also pay tribute to the man he said inspired many in his own country government he was one of those presidents who

also contributed to the freedom of the people of south africa once they attained their own independence they established a free and independent zimbabwe but sometimes i'm bob dylan's currently living in south africa have different memories of president mugabe. lost it looks out people might say he didn't get knocked off i say a lot of stuff because of just me i don't feel the need to see but i don't feel that sidney's. didn't want to be here but just because of the situation that he was his and my dad's. that's why i like you. so independence icon or authoritarian ruler all both whatever peoples opinion of robert mugabe he's not going to fade from africa's collective memory any time soon take

a look now at some of the source making news around the world pope francis has arrived in madagascar during the tour east africa in mozambique the pontiff denounced business and political corruption he said it was paradoxical that so many people live in poverty despite the country's abundant natural resources. that's why britain's upper chamber of parliament the house of lords has passed a bill to block a no deal breakfast on the 31st of october in another blow to the prime minister bars johnson opposition parties have again refused to grant an early election. but colombia has been hosting a summit to boost protection for the amazon rain forest latin american countries that share the amazon discussed measures to preserve the river basin but they clashed over cooperation and sovereignty and he was cold after researching wildfires in the region this year caused a global outcry. i have a government in the bahamas is warning that the death toll from hurricane dorian

will be staggering at least 30 people are confirmed dead and hundreds possibly thousands missing an international humanitarian effort has begun the u.n. estimates that 70000 people in immediate need the storm has now made landfall in the united states. under this rubble lie homes or blistery to lives cut short the extent of hurricane dorian's havoc is slowly beginning to america and so 2 stories of survivors clinging on what i want. to show well once full light when she wants to show i'm sure the. others here are frantically trying to get out of the airport departure lounge is overwhelmed. but. they told us that the d.v.d.'s the frightening people the kind of elderly people who were supposed to be 1st preference. we have to let

me see are we still have elderly people yeah right so it's not. it's not they're not living up to there were. some 70000 people here need water food and medicine are gently they used to refer to as a slice of heaven now the people who call it home fear it's finished. all take it they get along with. many of them all of them but again they. go they don't use the if 100 i mean a 110 for them if they don't all over. the neighboring grand bahama it is every bit as bleak the road to shelter here is littered with tales of hope. and of heartbreak. so happy to see them for. 2 days but you know who are in my house. right now

madam and the city of moore park wherever you're so keep us in the palm of the bro . everywhere reminders of those who couldn't escape recovery workers measure the cost in bodies a moment's rest interrupted by the discovery of yet another victim little wonder that officials here are preparing from mass casualties. to turkey rice a new opposition figure has been sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison for insulting state institutions the president and spreading terrorist propaganda the charges against john and chaffed on children stem mainly from twitter posts critical of president pressure typer adamant was kept on children i denounce the trial as political she remains free pending. the debate correspondent to unia hahn in istanbul explained why and miss katherine children is so important.

well she is a very prominent political figure here in istanbul the city of 60000000 people active for many years she is the local chairperson of the c.h.p. here in istanbul that's turkey's largest opposition party and it's she's also known as someone who has been trying to reach out to the country's kaddish minority and this is the reason why many see her as a key figure in the election success of the opposition here in istanbul in june let's remember for the 1st time in 25 years an opposition politician won the mayor's ship off istanbul in a controversial rerun of the election here in june his name is a crumb in mama lou this was a serious setback for prison edwin and his ruling a.k.p. and john uncuffed angelo has been working very closely together with mr iemma lou so now the accusations as you mentioned all based on her social media postpones she

wrote between 20122017 she herself has denied the accusations and basically says you know she's a human rights defender and everything she wrote and posted falls within the scope of freedom of expression and this is why she's basically calling this trial a political trial saying this is revenge for the opposition's election victory here in istanbul. visit to china after an official welcome the great. trade war between. the disputed. i finally see some sad news about a gay couple in name who made headlines on the night of hope around the world

skipper unpaid penguins who spent weeks taking turns to brood an egg that had been abandoned by a female but now the zoo in berlin has announced that despite the couple's best efforts the egg has failed to hatch the suit says it is optimistic that skip paying will get another shot at parenthood in the future. so now is a reminder of our top stories at this hour and good engineers have lost communications with chandra to live down a signal from the spacecraft to disappear after it ended its final descent to the surface. oh my god is involved with the 1st post-independence leader has died aged 95 was being treated in singapore for an undisclosed ailment he held the power in zimbabwe from the end of white minority rule of 980 to resigned under pressure from the military from 2070. v.w.

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