live around the world to. me to the urgent assistance to. the family which starts october on. lui. plane. load. this is the news live from berlin counting gets under way in afghanistan's presidential election it took place in the shadow of violent threats by the taliban and several people were killed and dozens injured in last near polling stations also coming up. process this mock 5 years of demonstrating for democracy in hong kong they were the streets as they have been

for the last 4 months but this time marking the anniversary off the so-called umbrella movement. and zimbabwe's former president robert mugabe has been buried in his home village it follows weeks of wrangling between the government and his family over his final resting place. hello i'm christine window welcome to the program. polls have closed in afghanistan's presidential election with people voting amid a wave of violence and consequence about legitimacy the last elections in 24 c. and we're mired in allegations of fraud had ended with the united states stepping in to appoint a power sharing government peace talks between the taliban and the us collapsed earlier this month the islamist group thracian to disrupt the election with

violence and there have been several attacks across the country they went to vote and ended up in hospital. after the polling station opened some voters came in and cast their votes and suddenly there was an explosion i don't remember what happened after that i got wounded. over here in kunduz in afghanistan's north as well as in kandahar in the south voters were left injured after attacks on polling stations votes are now being counted after a tense polling day marked by violence or threats of it from the taliban for many voters peace security and corruption of the most pressing concerns. that does look at iraq the. would i demand of the leader i voted for is that he provided security throughout the country. and also that he make peace with the taliban a long lasting peace. the 2 lead candidates each claim they are best suited to

address the country's problems one of them is current president ashraf ghani. dualists. peace is the 1st demanded of our nation. and this election will give us the legitimacy we need to bring peace to this nation therefore the strongest of. the other is up to a lab the country's chief executive the 2 have been in an uneasy government of national unity since 2014 when they both claimed victory in elections marred by fraud whoever wins this time will have to find a way to deal with the taliban the report to the taliban forces who have threatened this election process i would like to say as a citizen of this country and as a voter that threatening innocent people is not a demonstration of strength on your part. and that casualties among innocent

civilians will not benefit you. after decades of war and misery and a number of fraudulent elections voters will be demanding bold action from the new president in a country that continues to face very difficult conditions. ok let's bring in our correspondents under pages man she's reported extensively from afghanistan there's a heavy so we've heard from president ashraf ghani beef also heard from his main rival abdullah abdullah both saying that this election seems to have gone better than 2014 you've been talking to your sources in afghanistan what's the sense of how it actually did go well let's start with what we didn't see there wasn't any major attack in the capital kabul as many observers had anticipated but having said that there were no magic mike to post small scale attacks throughout the country with dozens of people killed and injured as is the case on most days in afghanistan

which is still the words that the conflict today and that i think is the sad reality that the scare tactics of the taliban seem to have worked because a lot of people just decided to stay home today because of lack of security. there was a lot of brave people coming out but 1st estimates indicate that voter turnout might be anywhere between one or 2000000 people compared to the last presidential elections in 2014 this is a mess if massive drop back then close to 8000000 voters were brave enough to cause the ballot despite equally massive threats and if i may add one final thought here we need to observe what will happen next will any of the candidates get a majority 50 plus where there be a 2nd round of votes whether there be allegations of rigging and other manipulations as we have seen in plenty of other afghan elections and all of this could plunge afghanistan so that into a crisis and empower the taliban photo which will make any kind of peace talks even

more difficult as underpaid as one thank you. now to hong kong where more rallies have been taking place 5 years since the start of the so-called umbrella meant which saw the beginning of mass protests in the territory pro-democracy demonstrators have been protesting for months or a controversial extradition bill that has now been scrapped but their demands for direct democracy and autonomy from china echoed those of the umbrella movement. glory to hong kong the anthem of the pro-democracy movement thousands gathered in the park in front of the main government offices to mark the anniversary the umbrella movement 1st gridlocked the city in 2014 and this year the protests have taken on even more force as the authorities tried to push through a law since scrapped allowing defendants to be extradited to mainland china. from

recent days anti extradition wave meant has brought people together 5 years ago people had differing opinions which caused the movement to break up today it's very different than it was yes i know that home at that at. 5 years after the imprint of movements the hong kong people who had previously been dormant have united dog at home by. the so-called lenin walls have become another symbol of the protests surfaces across the city covered in post it notes calling for democracy often torn down by beijing's supporters one of the best known leaders of the protests joshua was jailed earlier this year today announced he would be standing in local elections. frankly speaking ron paul this is the most more the right piece of all a rational way to express our political beliefs if they blog activists just like me to run for office they need to pray the price later in the day the mood turned ugly

as police turned water cannons on the protesters but 5 years after the umbrella movement began activists to celebrating their victory earlier this year in getting the extradition been scrapped they remain as determined deserve a to keep pressing their demands for democracy. for weeks observers have been looking to this weekend as a landmark moment in this protest movement that's because choose they will bring the 70th anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china and unrest in the days leading up to it has long been predicted the streets here a plus a good place to advertising the protests ahead smart people be back on the streets marking the global anti totalitarianism day hong kong is here bracing for a long few days ahead can now in zimbabwe for the president robert mugabe has been buried in his home village it follows weeks of wrangling between the government and

his family of a his final resting place the funeral was held at his birthplace the village of tama died in the singapore hospital earlier this month he was $95.00 he is a controversial figure in many revered him as a freedom fighter who helped bring about zimbabwe's independence from britain yes he's 37 year role as president was defined by brutal repression and economic chaos . ok we're now joined by our correspondent privileged who is rather who had been in a village for the burial gets to see a privilege so in the end mugabe was buried without steve fanfare usually reserved for national heroes. yes indeed it was such a log key ceremony and send off which was mostly course that you did by. realty use and close family members. crowd was.

to the extend that you know you would wonder that you stuck to mugabe who used to pull such major crowds when ever having a gathering in even when you would have presiding over the ceremonies to bury our national heroes you trust such a low key event looking at the manner of his teacher when you are still a leader privy to that decision to bury him at his home village course some conflict between his family and the government how did they finally come to an agreement. the contention that we saw in the. past 3 weeks or saw and during the month of september when the date on the 6 or so to september i think the compromise only cam when the film really emphasized that it was he's wish to be

buried in these rural home at the ceremony there to bury him. their relatives were mentioning that. you say that he didn't want to be buried at the national hero because you failed to demeaned by the overthrow we chop in 2017 so it was then his wish for him to be buried at the national you know sick and some. home rather you find that some analysts are saying that you wouldn't have wanted to be buried the national hero because he really wants to shore your books of used to to say that overthrow that had been to him in 2017 was something that's degrading him private as we stated we're talking about somebody who means different things to different people but how will mugabe be remembered by people in his home village. it

is one village he remains a hero because they saw him being born in the village grew up in the village you became an icon from the village so to them. somebody will use. a big figure and i think commissioner used to have people would be very him and would take him as a hero in deliberate or for for the nation and of course there are some who still hold sentiment to say that he was a dictator so there are divided opinions but still in his village he remains. right that's privileged who was at that burial in time and now back thank you that he made climate activists has hit back at critics who've tried to ridicule him at a rally in montreal to an adverse reasons mockery of children show that the climate

protection message was threatening their world view and it's not just sitting back now a video making fun of adults who attack the activists has gone viral. hi i'm a middle aged man with an embarrassing problem. i get racially angry. wants to save the planet. luckily there's now a number i can call. help. if you unfortunately there is no real helpline for middle aged men angry with the environmentalist this is the work of australian satirists but the verbal abuse and mockery is real and it intensified this week after she spoke at the united nations this is so wrong. i shouldn't be up here. i should be back in school on the other side of the ocean.

yet she will come to us young people for hope. how do you. since then she's been attacked by some and the right wing media and a canadian called her mentally unstable. has been open about her asper just diagnosis which is not a mental illness but a type of autism calling it her superpower. even u.s. president don't trump mocked her in a tweet on friday she addressed the attacks head on. i don't understand the. grownups were pushers to mock children teenagers from just communicating and acting on the science where did they do something good it's that we've become too loud people to handle sudesh life sciences. so we should take that's. it watch

indeed every news at night dr phil on the great leap forward what developments in oz official intelligence mean for the world stage of that and don't forget you can stay up to date that's on our website dot com i'm christine one but i'll be back at the top of the hour with join me. and i'm just i'm with a brand new delusion for most folks it's person to voice the totally solicits a whole lot of clownish strange returned. only true friends check it out.