this is deja news live from berlin violence in afghanistan as voters go to the polls to elect a new president several people have been killed and dozens injured on the last day of polling stations security concerns ahead of the guardsman the election was canceled twice also coming up. pro-democracy demonstrations are underway in hong kong marking 5 years since the start of the so-called umbrella murs meant to take you to hong kong for the light. and zimbabwe's former president robert mugabe is to

be laid to rest in his rule home town later today it's all those weeks of wrangling between the government and his family over his final resting types. i'm rebecca reasons welcome to the program people in afghanistan are voting today in presidential elections and made a wave of violence and concerns about legitimacy the taliban is opposing the election and vowed to attack polling stations so it father has been reports of several bombings pace talks between the taliban and the us collapsed earlier this month more than $100.00 civilians have been killed in a spite of bombings in recent wakes the last elections in 24 tane we're mired in allegations of fraud and ended up with the us stepping in to appoint a power sharing government the main contenders the incumbent president ashraf ghani and his long term run. abdullah abdullah other candidates have already alleged the

process has been manipulated and one of chaos and violence if this election result is discredited earlier i spoke to a journalist alley the t.c. in the afghan capital kabul and i asked him how the reports of violence of polling stations have affected voting the issue of violence is definitely affected voting and it's going to affect places where people who are already i'm sure whether they should vote or not but one thing that we have to take in consideration that's really affecting voting right now is the logistics. i went to vote earlier this morning for me you know the polling center was supposed to open at 7 it didn't end up opening until closer to 8 and even then people had issues you know getting to the booth they were supposed to get to understanding how to vote where to put their vote and now the biggest problem is you know i've been to 4 different polling centers and in the last few hours and everywhere i go there's dozens of people who say that their names aren't on the list at all and they're essentially being told

you know you can't vote so they either have to go to the independent election commission and file some kind of a complaint or somehow try and reregister their which is not as easy as it sounds or essentially just go home. and this has become a big issue and you know the one thing people are saying if this is what's happening in kabul in some of the most well known neighborhoods of the capital city what's going on outside in the districts and in the provinces what attacks on polling stations and the technical issues in these concerns of fraud everything you've been saying at these really free and fair elections. this is exactly the question of people are asking you know i was at what a couple polling centers and the people who were turned away who were being told you know your name is not on the list and you can't pull this is what they're saying you know they're like how is this not fraud they feel as if they're being kept from their vote which they see as an issue of fraud and so what will happen now is you know they've extended the ruling by about 2 hours but people are fearful

that starting tomorrow all the questions will iraq which team will claim that there was fraud which team will claim that there is irregularities and what will happen from there you know because they don't want to read 2014 where the entire process took months and months and president ghani is that the most important issue was finding a leader who could bring peace to the war torn nation and can any of the candidates likely to change this. it's not easy i mean because what we know is that the taliban are very unhappy with president and himself so he will have to find a way to try and convince them to trust him. as for the other candidates you know the taliban keep saying that any government now promised on and they've issued statements against the election saying it's a stooge of government saying that you know the election is fraudulent so any government that comes to form will have to somehow prove its legitimacy to the talat and have to prove that the taliban you know should negotiate with them

because the taliban right now is of the stance that any government in kabul doesn't matter what matters is the decisions made in washington and in this heathy reporting for us from afghanistan thanks very much. now to some of the other stories making news around the world nigerian police have rescued more than 300 people held in chains in a building in the northern city of can do you know most of the captives were children a police spokesman said the building houses an islamic school and that several teachers have been arrested. british prime minister bars johnson has been referred to a police watchdog over allegations of corruption joining his time as london mayor investigation concerns his links to a u.s. businesswoman his companies were allegedly awarded state funding. the urban climate known as the french spiderman has been arrested after he scaled a high rise building in frankfurt a lame rabbit is known for climbing some of the world's tallest destructions

without safety equipment and permission police in the german city were waiting for him when he came down again. and to washington now the u.s. special representative on ukraine has resigned in the midst of an impeachment inquiry against the us president. stepped down after a whistleblower report emerged about a phone call between president donald trump and ukraine's laeta who was named in the report which alleges that trump tried to pressure the ukrainian government into digging for information on a political rival democratic presidential hopeful joe biden congressional investigators said to interview him for other state department officials next week . they've also subpoenaed secretary of state might pump a 0 for documents concerning contact with the ukrainian government camp says democrats have launched a politically motivated witch hunt. the show is carrying on as normal at the white

house president trump meeting with leaders of the hispanic community a key voter group he needs to woo for 2020. crisis what crisis. but away from the cameras the president is raging his anger is directed at the man now leading the impeachment inquiry against him on twitter trump wrote adam schiff must resign and be investigated he's been doing this for 2 years he's a sick man. chairmanships committee is now in overdrive the california democrat has signaled he's keen to hear from key witnesses as soon as possible and they're from the president's inner circle if if we know there are many other witnesses to this conduct that we need to bring in we know that he had others involved in this scheme as well including rudy giuliani giuliani the president's personal lawyer has been leading the efforts to prove unverified allegations against trump's rival joe biden

for months he's met repeatedly with ukrainian oligarchy and officials the committee wants to know if his freelance efforts damaged u.s. interests also in the inquiry cites mike pompei a state department they want to know if giuliani used pompei as diplomats to make contact with ukrainian officials directed american diplomats are supposed not to political parties and on thursday my compiled tonight they have done so to the best of my knowledge from what i've seen so far each of the actions that were undertaken by state department officials was entirely appropriate congress is poised to scrutinize that claim the intelligence committee will continue work through its current fall break the speculation articles of impeachment may be drawn up against the president by the end of the year. zimbabwe's former president robert mugabe will be buried in his rural home today if follows weeks of wrangling between the government and his family over his final resting place the funeral will be held in birthplace the village tama where his body was taken last week now he died in

a singapore hospital earlier this month the age of 95 is a controversial figure many revered him as a freedom fighter who helped bring about zimbabwe's independence from britain that is 37 year rule as president was defined by brutal repression and economic chaos. also fans of german football in this league a weekend is on the way with some mouthwatering action still to come. the surprise ladies at this stage with by and predictably in hot pursuit this could be a crucial match day for brucia dortmund's title ambitions after

a week in which their attitude has been put under the microscope. dortmund back at home this weekend against better braman looking to get their season back on track after dropping points at frank french captain mark or royce was hot and bothered when asked if the club's mentality was in question royce refused to acknowledge that their mindset was to blame thomas delaney's own goal against frankfurt seemed to sum up the dortmund mood of late the club's top brass don't know what all the fuss is about. these fundamentally i don't think we're in such bad shape so i don't know where these huge problems are that you are seeing problema by wednesday and i find munich have an easier task this day had to promote its side part of born on saturday you come after the senior scored his 1st born this league goals the defending champions last time out and their victory over close they trailed table leaders are the light seat by a mere 2 points i am to new manager you leonardo's men like sick have been stellar

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produced a gutsy display to come from behind to win to moor a penalty sealed the points for the hosts who now have a huge chance of reaching the quarterfinals. and in the formula one head of sunday's russian grown prix mclaren has announced a new deal that will see a return to miss avies engines from 2021 the british manufacturer has been in the doldrums since experimenting with honda and engines it hopes the renewed partnership with the german powerhouse can see a return to the glory days when make it happen and then lewis hamilton will winning them championships international olympic committee president thomas bach says a fresh look is needed at russia's participation in next year's tokyo games and made another possible doping scandal comments came at the world with a little athletics championships in doha an event in which russia is not allowed to participate although russia's olympic ban was lifted last year it's now being investigated for the new placing lab. as related to the state sponsored doping

scandal that followed the 2014 winter olympics in sochi. pro-democracy demonstrations are taking place in hong kong today marking 5 years since the start of the so-called umbrella movement it was back in 24 tame that we 1st saw images like things on kong residents were protesting reforms which led the chinese government select the candidates for the post of the city's chief executives student led the umbrella protests among them joshua wall then aged just a tame who was later imprisoned for his activism protests quietened for several several years but they flared up again in march this year in response to reform which could ease extraditions to countries including china. and as a reminder of that top story we're following for you polls have closed in afghanistan's

presidential election made complaints of irregularities and pockets of violence several people have been killed and dozens more injured after blasts near polling stations the taliban oppose the election and have threatened attacks ahead of the vote to. go to get you can always get d.w. news on the good just download our app from google play all from the app store that'll give you access to all the latest news around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use the d.w. app to send us your photos and videos. you're watching the data been in the news up next world stories the best overweights reporters and don't forget about our website d.w. dot com until next hour i'm record is in berlin thanks for watching.

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