this is do we use live from berlin donald trump of broccoli cancelled secret peace talks with the taliban the us president says the move was in response to a taliban attack in kabul is this the end of the peace process to wrap up the u.s. this longest war we'll find out from our correspondent in washington also coming up . russia and ukraine complete a widely anticipated prisoner exchange there were emotional scenes and families were reunited at airports and moscow and kiev. and intend to be on condrey

yes go wins think u.s. open title she needs 23 time grand slam champion serena williams to clinch her 1st ever slam. it's good to have you with us. u.s. president has canceled peace talks with afghanistan's taliban leaders at camp david he tweeted that he scrapped the secret meeting planned for sunday after the taliban took credit for an attack in kabul that killed a dozen people including an american soldier the u.s. and the taliban have been meeting things last year in the hopes of ending the afghanistan conflict. and to talk more about this bombshell announcement by president trouble i'm joined now by our washington correspondent bleicher there have been countless attacks by the taliban during the months these

peace talks have been going on what may trump called it quits now well trungpa said on twitter that this last attack on thursday really was the last straw to make him quit the talks now and cancel the secret meeting that was supposed to happen was tolerably does and afghanistan's president at camp david on sunday and president trump s we that if they the taliban cannot agree to a cease fire during these very important peace talks and even kill 12 innocent people then they probably don't have the power to negotiate a meaningful agreement anyway. according to all peace deals seemed within reach a draft is even said to have been on trump's table will all these advances now become unraveled. yes there was indeed a draft peace agreement that the u.s.

envoy to afghanistan had said was ready in principle and only needed to be signed by the president now it's important that even though this agreement is now void after trump's announcement that there have been countless rounds off peace talks so it remains to be seen whether these peace talks will be picked up for another round in a little while from now the u.s. has of course long been trying to pull out of ghana's town what does this decision by the trumpet ministration mean for the over 10000 troops still stationed there while the president has said many times publicly that he wants to pull out as many troops out of afghanistan as soon as possible i mean as recently said that he wants to reduce the number by almost half but advisers say that even more interesting the president aims to pull out all troops out of afghanistan before the 2020 a lecture now whether that is still possible after the sudden end to the peace

talks that's another question we'll find out of before the presidential elections next year all right thank you very much that's d.w. correspondent bleicher from washington. let's now take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world around says it can now enrich uranium beyond current levels to weapons grade material the country announced it fired up advanced centrifuges prohibited by the 2015 nuclear accord with world powers iran also warned europe it has little time to offer a new terms to salvage the deal. and another blow to the embattled british government work and pensions secretary amber rudd has stepped down tensions over remain high london rival demonstrations on saturday as programs that marchers clashed with police earlier this week parliament voted to block

a no deal exit from the. pope francis has joined 100000 young people in madagascar are for an evening vigil earlier he had planted about 3 and a symbolic move to support pro environmental efforts in the country francis has repeatedly touched on environmental themes in his 3 nation tour of east africa. and now to a long awaited exchange of prisoners between russia and ukraine the swap is being viewed as a step towards easing tensions between the neighboring countries and could also increase the chances of resolving the conflict and eastern ukraine 5 years of fighting between ukrainian troops and russian backed separatists has left more than 13000 people dead. i their 1st steps of freedom back on home soil 35 former prisoners arriving in kiev. a handshake from the president is nothing compared to the embrace of

a loved one. some had been separated for months others years never knowing was would come next. the know it's possible your status kept on changing we heard that the prisoner swap was going to fall through the wall to the end of august was a difficult time i couldn't sleep for 5 days. they only told us today at 4 in the morning that we should pack and someone would pick us up so the time before the flight just crawled. ukraine's president motor me is the lenski looked on as his campaign promise became a reality. it's the 1st move he says towards ending the conflict with moscow with the morally but all this is the 1st step to reopening dialogue the 1st stage to ending the war to getting all our soldiers and sailors back into reclaiming our territory not that woman that was what you will but it was

a did it go to. this man received special attention filmmaker all the sense of ukraine's most famous political prisoner he was captured in crimea in 2014 just as the territory was invaded and annexed by russia. also released 24 sailors captured by russia last year in unable to see. at the same time another plane carrying prisoners released by ukraine landed in moscow among them journalist kira vission skee head of russian state media in ukraine who kiev had accused of treason and. also transferred me to see more of a separatist commander accused of involvement in the downing of flight m h 175 years ago ukraine released him despite pleas from the netherlands which lost citizens in the aircraft attack. but for russia and ukraine getting their prisoners

back to priority international observers including the european union have urged the 2 warring countries to maintain the momentum towards peace. hurricane dorian has been downgraded to a post tropical cycle and but it's still packing dangerously strong winds as it whips canada atlantic coast hurricane warning remain in effect for parts of the provinces of new found land and nova scotia where more than 300000 people have already lost power the storm left a trail of devastation in the bahamas thousands of people there are trying to flee dorian's catastrophic aftermath the death toll is now at 43 but with many still unaccounted for it's expected to rise sharply. a cruise ship full of evacuees from the bahamas the people on board have survived an apocalypse and for now they're the lucky ones. desperation is setting in for those left behind who've

lost everything. until the bridge is really believe me nobody calls on the fire there will be over the course of the home nothing to go our no power flow for i know. i it's 5 everything we have to say everything is damage. as the scale of the destruction becomes clear international. aid efforts are ramping up. but it's a complicated task the destruction is so widespread. we have 2 major islands in the bahamas grand bahama and abaco and oftentimes we forget about the many keys around the close in particular they themselves. have we have to put them on just focus on those he's because we have residents living on those keys as well in the u.s.

dorian made landfall as a category one storm hitting the coast of north carolina with battering waves storm surges and heavy rains caused extensive flooding powerful winds and a series of tornadoes ripped the roofs off houses and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people. to tennis now or beyond condor yes go as bait and serena williams in straight sets to win the u.s. open final in new york the 19 year old had the stronger start to the match taking the 1st set 63 under yes go then storm to 51 leave in the 2nd and looks certain to grab the wind but williams back to tie the that 55 andrea who held out to win the set and claim her 1st ever grand slam title. joining us for more on andreas goes u.s. open win is dave reneke from d.w. sports they've beyond gondry ask you not a household name even to the most avid tennis fans what can you tell us about her

yeah i mean it really feels like a kind of flew out of nowhere in this tournament she's just 19 years old she was ranked 15th and this is actually the only time she's been past the 2nd round of a grand slam so for all the tennis nerds out there i don't blame you for maybe not even knowing her but matched up against an icon in the games williams and she really showed what she was made of and just night team she wasn't even born when serino won her 1st u.s. open back in 1999 so it's really highlights the kind of gap between them who's well known and what they've achieved but she showed on the court that she really she could handle it she had a great tremendous match so what's next for andrea who is this the beginning of a glittering career yeah i mean based purely on tonight be hard to say no to that but of course it's hard to say and really i think especially with a player like williams getting older and venus her sister also getting older we've

seen that there's kind of a lot of space opening up in the women's game and we've seen a lot of really exciting young players come and andrea stu's just one of them but she's so showed that she went toe to toe with serena power and serene as one of the most powerful players in the game but she also has a lot of versatility if she can mix the. up a bit and she showed a lot of mental strength she was playing in front of 20000 people in new york who really wanted serino to win but that didn't seem to slow it down too much she actually apologized to the home fans for winning which was a pretty canadian move of her but she did great yeah she gave 3 no williams a tough time do you think she still has it in her until when 2 more slams and break the all time record yes so a lot of the discussion around serina has been whether or not she'll be able to match or even beat margaret cts record. and it's tough i mean so this was the 4th straight final that serino has lost since coming back from having

a child and 2017 but just like think about that for a 2nd she's been to 4 finals since having a kid she'll be $38.00 at the end of this month so the fact that she's even in this discussion still is crazy and i think she's proved that you know anyone that that's against her or her doubts or. you'd be kind of crazy to do it so it's hard to see but i think she could pull it off. but thank you very much. in formula one ferrari charlotte clare locked out pole position in qualifying for sunday's italian groan free for our fans out in full force and moms though were ecstatic with the looks player. will start at the front of the grid with more say these lewis hamilton fellow mercedes driver of terry bottas is in the 2nd row with lyrics team mate the bus down fatso ferrari are hoping to win their 1st home g.p. since 2010. as one of the biggest prizes in international cinema the golden

lion from the venice film festival and this year's prize goes to joker a movie directed by the american todd phillips the film is a dark origin story of the batman villain starring hawking phoenix in the title role it's the 1st golden lion for phillips and might put him on the path to oscar glory the last 2 bendis winners went on to list the best picture academy award. before we go here's a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you at this hour u.s. president donald trump has canceled secret peace talks with ghana stands taliban leaders at camp david the move came after the insurgent group claimed responsibility for an attack in kabul that killed 12 people including an american soldier on thursday. you're watching d.w. news up next is reporter this time with a look at the use of body cameras fi the german police remember you can find all

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