filling out the contract to. start september 18th on d w. this is due to renewed life from berlin russians vote in local and regional elections that is far from the biggest anti-government protest the country has seen in these years opposition leader alexander vonnie says anti-government candidates appear on track to cling seats from the ruling united russia party but it warrants the results could be read also coming up. a cry for help from hong kong

demonstrators marched outside the u.s. embassy seeking support for their months long pro-democracy movement another weekend of protest ends in flames and tear gas. on the welcome to the program russians have cast their ballots in local elections marred by weeks of protests opposition leader alexei no vonnie says early results show anti-government candidates could be on track to claim scenes from vladimir putin's united russia party but he's warned officials could try to rewrite the results before they're finalized no vonnie had called on russians to vote tactically to block candidates from united russia after a series of opposition candidates had been banned from the polls. even the mascots

outside the polling stations don't seem very enthusiastic by early evening turnout in moscow had reached only 17 percent the city council elections drew candidates from the governing united russia party and other kremlin friendly parties but no opposition candidates were allowed president vladimir putin cast his vote early and the lack of choice didn't seem to bother him much was different in some countries there are 3050 even 100 candidates but that doesn't mean to say they do better look it's quality not quantity that counts i think we have would be candidates to. the exclusion of opposition candidates has inspired weekly protests since mid-summer the police have cracked down hard more than 2000 demonstrators have been arrested. the best known opposition figure alexina valmy took to social media to call for voters to choose candidates who would do the most harm to the governing party. because then you have a look at every single vote for

a party doesn't get is good even if it's not for us we hope that we can do more to counter them the position in. local and regional votes were held across the country but the real test comes in 2 years with new parliamentary elections. erin tilson is in moscow and tells us just how crucial this vote is for the party behind president putin's power base. the election to the moscow city duma has given the country's opposition an unlikely chance to challenge the power and control of united russia. and its complete domination of russian political life now you know you're a c.e.o. is actually face seen historically low poll numbers with only 30 percent of russians saying they currently support the party or the brain is also considered toxic in many of the country's major cities and that's part of the reason why many candidates here in moscow chose to run as independents out of fear. years that association with the party could hurt their chances in today's polling know this

also might be part of the reason that we've seen such heavy handed tactics from russian security forces when it came to some of the opposition back demonstrations we've seen in recent weeks speaking to many political experts here they tell me that that was heavy handed tactics have actually gone a long way to help politicizing a new generation of russians and remains to be seen whether or not the political or the country's opposition will be able to capitalize on that and make actual concrete gains beyond today's polling and moving into some of the elections coming up in the next several years. you know we as aaron tells and reporting there the u.s. and afghanistan's taliban have left the door open to peace talks after donald trump abruptly canceled a secret summit with the insurgents u.s. secretary of state might come palest said he was hopeful negotiations could resume but only if the taliban showed quote significant commitment to the process yesterday announced he had called off a meeting with the taliban after they claimed responsibility for an attack in kabul

that killed 12 people including one american soldier. 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. died 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 on fortunately 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 good for the taliban to do. to brace a political life david to do so and they. continue to violence while they were talking to the city he was in touch with mission and we didn't see any commitment by the. for any peace process except talking and you know. continue to go about 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. trump has

pledged to withdraw the remaining 14000 u.s. troops from afghanistan but faces resistance from the afghan guy. raiment and some u.s. lawmakers who say it's too early to leave the afghans on the road. let's now take a quick look at some of the other stories making news around the world turkish and u.s. troops have conducted their 1st joint ground control and northeastern syria has established what it calls a safe zone in the area aiming to keep kurdish fighters away from the border turkey also wants to resettle up to 1000000 syrian refugees in the region. sudan has sworn in its 1st cabinet after the ouster of long time ruler omar al bashir led by prime minister abdullah hum doc the 18 member administration includes 4 women among them the foreign minister the cabinet as part of a power sharing agreement between the military and pro-democracy activists.

thousands of people marched in bosnia as 1st ever pride parade in the capital sarajevo developed peacefully despite fears of violence prompted by muslim groups who had organized counter rallies bosnia is the latest balkan country to introduce pride marches to its annual events calendar. pro-democracy protesters and hong kong have again called on the international community for help and their campaign for democracy on sunday thousands of people marched to the u.s. consulate to urge donald trump for help and pushing through their demands meanwhile high profile activist joshua wang was scheduled to travel to germany but has reportedly been detained at hong kong airport it's the 14th week of protests in the special administrative region and there's no end in sight. for. the u.s. national anthem sung in the streets of hong kong. a direct appeal for help to the

west of the months of protest for self-determination. you didn't write your thought but beijing is showing no signs of relenting the police have cracked down hard on the movement setting off a cycle of clashes with protesters. it did not take long for violence to erupt on sunday. purchased the smashed up an underground train station in the central district and that fires outside a police station. i thought so a running battle between protesters and police grew up that in central hong kong. china's government has maintained a hard line and insists the protests are backed by western governments but the u.s. has shown little interest in getting involved meanwhile the 2 sides remain locked in conflict. a hurricane that ripped through the bahamas has made landfall on the

east coast of canada now downgraded to a tropical storm dorian whipped up waves of flooded waterfront areas the storm is lashing the coast with strong winds and pouring rain knocking out power in hundreds of thousands of homes and officials asked people to stay off the roads. but the damage has been nothing like the devastation dorrian wreaked on the bahamas. a 13 hour ferry ride to bring 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 nassau 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 yeah that's good with 3 kids. actually 5 kids but 3 young ones i mean there you see dad it was and i'm very grateful that

i did not go out and i could give thanks to god for a lot of nice to see another day to do good with the doctor when my home collapsed and i fairly like i don't was that i 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 up because reduced. to matchwood by the night man hurricane. of the body 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. some breaking news in tennis now refound the doll being done you know many many if and 5 long sets to win his 4th u.s. open title in new york that all was pushed to the brink in the 1st set scraping by

75 men but you have lost the next that's 63 and then mounted an improbable combat to winning the 3rd and 4th set to force a decisive 5th the spaniard came out on top winning 64 down now has 19 grand slam titles to his name one fewer an all time leader roger federer. joining me now in the studio to talk us through rough founded on its 4th u.s. open title is dave braddock from david always sports so refound the dollar is the 2019 champion but was he also the people's favorite in new york i mean i think 1st of all fans were just ecstatic to have nearly 5 hours of tremendous tennis with an amazing night and it all is always a favorite and he's beloved by the crowd in new york i think his opponent negative have really an interesting progression from earlier in the tournament where he was seen as a bit of a bad boy often taking a combative stance against crowds but this match his mere comeback the way he

pushed you know it all so hard the fans also showed him a bit of love too so it all came down on top of the fans seem to like both opponents so this new title leaves him just one short of roger federer's all time record do you think you'll catch him i mean at this point all is really just breathing down all of roger's neck is really close. and you'd think it's just a matter of time but it's so it's important to remember that they're both still active as a joke a bit the other member of the so-called big 3 and so they're still playing anything can really happen but i think it's this when the u.s. opens really big for a new doll he's had a kind of reputation of being a one trick pony where 12 of his grand slam titles have come from the clay court french open so they do it in different conditions shows he has the versatility that it takes to really be up there and push better let's talk about daniel medved if a bit here really gave nadal a run for his money today do you think you'll be

a serious threat to those big 3 you were just talking about next year i mean again you cannot overstate just how dominant the big 3 have been and continue to be to this day but they're not going to be around forever and i think the way he played the way he pushed the dollar the way he's shown in this tournament he's definitely going to be in the conversation if he can keep this up he also brings a lot of flair and personality to the game which i think is on top of his technique really something that tennis could use these livening things up thank you very much dave reneke i mean breaking tennis news coming in from new york. in formula one ferrari's charlotte clare it led from start to finish to win the italian grown fray and what was a fantastic display by the 21 year old from want to go like a lair stood his ground and rode out multiple attacks from championship leader lewis hamilton to clinch his 2nd consecutive career victory it wasn't just

a big day for him though it was also the 1st win by a ferrari at the homegrown prix since 2010. you're watching t w news coming up next a documentary about a swiss vet training dogs to find coaching in the congo make sure you stay tuned for that and the member you can find all the latest news around the clock on our web site that's d w dot com until early for me and everybody here in the newsroom in berlin thanks for watching. and learning which course of. video. anytime anywhere. this.