to the scene of the homicide. the bomb squad. starts october 11th and on top in our. place blame. blame the but. this is. the problem. and the way in afghanistan's presidential election it took place in the shadow of violent threats by the taliban and several people killed and dozens injured in the last near polling stations also i mean a. protest a small 5 years old demonstration for democracy in hong kong they were also on the

streets as they have been for the last 4 months but this time marking the anniversary of the so forward movement. and zimbabwe's former president robert mugabe has been buried in his home it follows weeks of wrangling between the beat government and his family of his final resting place. hello i'm christine one welcome to the program. afghanistan's presidential election has been mobbed by as many as 6810 have been attacks most of them by rockets at least 5 people were killed and scores more were injured according to the interior minister there were also problems with the voting process fueling concerns about the legitimacy of the poll the last elections in 24 and allegations of fraud and

ended with the united states stepping in to appoint a power sharing government a peace talks between the u.s. and the taliban collapsed earlier this month the islamist group threatened to disrupt the election with violence and want voters to stay at home some people who defied the taliban paid the price they went to vote and ended up in hospital. joy 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 marred by violence or threats of it from the taliban for many voters peace security and corruption of the most pressing concerns.

but does look at iraq the hasek as a 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 demand of our nation. and this election will give us the legitimacy we need to bring peace to this nation therefore the strongest. 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 claim 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. know. 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 pace as man she's reported extensively from afghanistan this is 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 mother took my 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 turnouts 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 with a b a 2nd round of votes will there be

a legations of rigging and other many of us as we have seen in plenty of other afghan elections and all of this could plunge afghanistan further into crisis and empower the taliban photo which will make any kind of peace talks even more difficult as underpaid as man thank you now to hong kong. have been taking place to mock 5 years since the start of the so-called umbrella movement which saw the beginning of mass protests in the territory pro-democracy demonstrators have been protesting for months over a controversial extradition bill that has now been scrapped but their demands for direct democracy and autonomy from china echo 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 good luck to city in 2014 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. today and he extradition may have meant his booklet put together 5 years ago people had differing opinions which caused the movement to break up today it's very different . yes well at home at that at. times he is soft to the emperor and a nuisance the hong kong people he had previously been dormant if united alcohol on the so-called lenin wools 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 peaceful a rational way to express our political beliefs if they block activists just like me to run for office they need to provide a 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 jews 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. in zimbabwe a former president robert mugabe has been buried in his home village it follows weeks of wrangling between the government and he's family over his final resting place the funeral was held at his 1st place the village of full time a died of a single hospital earlier this month he was $95.00 is a controversial figure many revered him as a freedom fighter who helped bring about zimbabwe's independence from britain yet he's 37 year old 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 full time a village for the burial good 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 low key ceremony and sendoff which was mostly constituted by. relatives and close family members. crowd was sorely. nor to the extent that you know you would wonder that you start 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. privileged the 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 you died on the 6th of september i think the compromise only cam when the film really emphasized that it was easy to be buried in these rural home at the ceremony there to bury him you. were mentioning that. you say that you 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 easter to say that overthrow that had been to him in 2017 why as

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 with ease somebody will use. a big figure and i think nationally as well used to have people would be very him and would take him as it is a hero in deliberate or for for the nation and of course there are some who still hold sentiments 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

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