this is deja vu news live from berlin and donald trump abruptly counsels peace talks with the taliban the u.s. president says moves in response to a taliban attack in kabul so is this the end of the peace process also coming up russia votes in regional and local elections around the country but concerns that the opposition's being shut out of threatening to overshadow the ballot. plus the hazards of paying u.s. authorities tell people to stop using a cigarettes after 5 deaths are linked to the practice.

i'm rebecca written welcome to the program in a potential blow to ending u.s. and gauge men in afghanistan president donald trump has canceled peace talks with taliban leaders at camp david which was supposed to be taking place today in a tweet president trump said he scrapped the secret meeting after the taliban claimed responsibility for a deadly attack in kabul the u.s. and the taliban has been meeting since last year in the hopes of ending the 18 year conflict. the body of an american soldier returns home sergeant at least body to ortiz was the 16th u.s. service member killed in afghanistan this year one of a dozen people who died when a taliban car bomb exploded on thursday near the u.s. embassy in kabul. that inspired president trump to tweet an unexpected announcement

. the major taliban leaders and the president of afghanistan were going to secretly meet with me on sunday unfortunately in order to build false leverage they admitted to an attack in kabul that killed one of our great soldiers i immediately canceled the meeting and called off peace negotiations . it has been 18 years since the u.s. invaded afghanistan after the september 11th attacks on new york city by its ally al qaida thousands of coalition troops have died as well as tens of thousands of afghan troops and civilians. the afghan government has been critical of the negotiations between the u.s. and the taliban which have largely sidelined afghan officials but a spokesperson welcomes trump's announcement. there was an important day for the taliban to. to brace up political life david to do so in the.

continued violence while they were talking to the city he was in it to mission and we didn't see any commitment by the taliban for any peace process except talking and you know. continuing to go have this there's meanwhile the taliban said the decision will harm the u.s. more than anyone else but seem to leave the door open to more talks. has pledged to withdraw the remaining 14000 u.s. troops from afghanistan but faces resistance from the afghan government and some u.s. lawmakers who say it's too early to leave the afghans on the road. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world turkish and u.s. troops have conducted their 1st joint ground patrol in south in northeastern syria and christmas stablished what it calls

a safe zone in the area i mean to keep kurdish fighters away from an order of turkey also wants to resettle up to a 1000000 syrian refugees in the region. 4 crew members are missing after a cargo ship capsized off the u.s. state of georgia the 200 meter long craft carrier reportedly caught fire shortly after leaving the port then rolled on its side authorities are investigating what caused the ship to overturn thousands of people marched in bosnia is the 1st ever pride parade in the capital sorry i ever went off peacefully despite fears of violence prompted by muslim groups who organized counter rallies is the latest country to introduce prive munches to its annual events calendar. russians have been voting today in regional and municipal elections some observers say the elections neither free nor fair all the 7000000 people were eligible to elect will make his to the moscow parliament president vladimir putin caused his

vote in the capital with demonstrations have erupted in recent weeks protesters were angry after all thora he's banned several allies opposition leader alexina valmy from standing a police crackdown saw around 2000 people detained. schools for more on this let's bring in our correspondent our until he's in moscow aaron we'll only have full figures tomorrow but do we have any results i saw. well we're russia is quite a large countries around which i want to get the official autumn election totals but looking here at moscow which is actually the most closely watched races we're seeing that voter turnout is roughly in line with what it was last year and that was only around 21 percent which is quite low and that could be an indication that these weeks of protests would lead up to this polling actually failed to have a large impact on the electoral ship here when these regional elections are being seen as a serious test for russian president vladimir putin and his united russia party why . well that's because you deny to see united russia as you are saying right there

is phase seen some rather historically low polling numbers right now only around 30 percent of the russian population says they actually support the party which is form kind of the backbone of the support for letting a putin for almost the last 20 years now and their brand is especially considered toxic in some of the major cities we're talking about moscow and st petersburg here that's part of the reason why many of the candidates for the state duma here the city duma rather here in moscow chose to run as independent candidates out of fear that association with the brand if you do not see it could actually hurt their chances in today's polling and what outcome is the opposition campaigning for considering that many of its candidates have been barred from running. well it really depends on what you mean by the opposition it's hard to speak from are of a unified opposition when it comes to russia when it comes alexina vali you mentioned who is one of the most prominent members of the russian opposition and one of the most vocal members actually trying to defeat you know how to see he's

actually focused on trying to get his supporters to back a list of candidates he says have the best chance of defeating the d.n.a. to see a members basically they're arguing that by preventing more of their candidates from getting into government it would be a win for the opposition in general you know so far we don't know how many people are going to actually support his list of candidates but if it actually does prove to be successful it could turn into a model for future electoral success on the part of the opposition are until speaking to us from moscow thank you. and the hurrican that destroyed the bahamas has made landfall on the east coast of canada now downgraded to a tropical cyclone daryn whipped up waves and flooded waterfront areas and storm is lashing the coast with strong winds and point rain and knocking out power in hundreds of thousands of times and officials asked people to stay off the roads at the damage has been nothing like the devastation daryn raked on the bahamas.

a 13 hour ferry ride bringing the homeless to a safe haven. hundreds of survivors from the worst hit areas of the abaco and grand bahama islands a streaming south to now sound the capital of the bahamas was largely spared dorian's destructive force it's a time for reunions and rejoicing at being a life. oh yes good with 3 kids. actually 5 kids but 3 young wives the nearly 3 deaths before. and i'm very grateful that you are go i'd like to give thanks to god. a lot of nice to see a lot of good work that out there that when my home collapsed and i felt like i don't was that i you know because a lot of people died and i thought i was going to be one of them and i just we just started praying and everything and then we survived. dream homes on the air because reduced to match would by the nightmare hurricane. locals talk

of the bodies still buried in the rubble the smell that pervades everything the lack of food and safe drinking water. for those unwilling or unable to leave the battle for survival is not yet over. well the bauhaus school of design was small and its 7 year lifespan is short by many standards but it had a huge impact on architecture and design that resonates to this day a new museum opening indes out this weekend in germany showcases a technical collection of work by its teachers and students and marks a high point in events celebrating the 100 year anniversary of us. some of the 20th century's most iconic designs by teachers and students at the bauhaus revolutionary at the time they are today familiar home and office staples

but how are they made how did the school operate questions about house museum decile seeks to answer this but i did about him all the challenge in presenting the output of a school is that it's not so much about the end product which has been the focus of so many exhibitions over the decades it's more about the path taken to get that done and. that path is illustrated in exhibits of the materials used or prototype drawings some were submitted by students for their admissions exams others are the work of their teachers visitors can compare the sketches with the physical products all reflect the key tenets of bauhaus philosophy that sought to unite art craft and industry from modular furniture to kitchen utensils form follows function founded environ mar the bought house all its heyday after moving to death in 1025 it left a lasting legacy the school and teachers houses are unesco world heritage sites but

doesn't porton collection of objects never had a home until now. this word to. bridge the gap between the work created inside these buildings and the things we can exhibit here inside the museum is empty and. the new museum was just 4 years in the making the building isn't strictly bauhaus in style but it's spanish architects feel they stay true to the house principles. he wouldn't talk in his home it's strongly related to bauhaus ideals but in a more indirect way with a reduction as to approach that incorporates as few elements as possible that has a lot in common with the modernity and efficiency of the bauhaus the museum hopes to become more than just a magnet for powerhouse of his you know with a spacious twi a and performance space it's conceived as a dynamic meeting place and cultural venue for decile itself. helpful thora these in the u.s. are urging people to stop vaporing after a 5th death linked to an outbreak of

a mysterious respiratory disease has been reported hundreds of people have fallen sick across the country and the only common factor is the use of cigarettes and davies reporter allison joins me now been looking into this all what we know about this outbreak so we know there have been 5 deaths since july in total 450 people have fallen ill across the u.s. and half of those are just in the last week alone now symptoms include respiratory shortness of breath coughing vomiting and chest pain and while we know that one of the people who have died was in the fifty's most of these patients are young men 1920 years old often active and healthy and then within 48 hours their lungs collapse one example that we found a young woman who posted her picture and her story to instagram she had to be on a respirator to be able to breathe others have has been put into a medically induced comas to survive and what's causing that what's behind it so we

know that all of these 450 patients have all been of a thing and most of them have been vaporing t h c now that is the main psychoactive compound in cannabis it is legal to sell in the states where cannabis has been legalized but some of the patients say they've only been only been vague nicotine and while authorities are not linking. linking this they're not linking this to any specific chemical they are looking into t.h.c. they're also looking into vitamin e. acetate acetates now that is an oil it's commonly found in. nutritional supplements it is harmless to ingest but if it's heated up and inhaled in cat it can be toxic and this is. found quite often in combination with t.h.c. in bacon products so these cases that we're talking about isolated to the u.s.

but should be across the world right yes it seems that this outbreak is isolated to the us a cigarette in the u.s. are not a strictly regulated as other places like here in the e.u. for example it's quite easy to get hold of for example is t.h.c. cartridges and it's also there are also illicit products being sold on the streets and then of course there are the more mainstream nicotine based products and why it seems that they are not affected by this the u.s. health authorities are recommending to stop all viking until they figure out what is behind the outbreak and i'm all they think thanks very much the information you're watching news coming up next a deadly reporter this week violence against police in germany and i think you can find all the latest news around the clock on our web site that's at the w dot com

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