the. odd. this is deja news live from berlin counting gets underway in afghanistan's presidential election it's a face in the shadow of violent threats by the taliban and several people were killed and dozens injured in the dawson your polling stations also coming up. precious just 5 years off demonstrating for democracy in hong kong they were out on the streets as they have been for the last 4 months but this time to be adversarial a so-called umbrella movement. and the civil base for the president robert mugabe has been buried in his home village it follows weeks off wrangling between the

government at least family over his final resting place. hello i'm christine want to welcome to the program. afghanistan's presidential election day has been mobbed by as many as 68 taliban attacks most of them by iraq it's at least 5 people were killed and scores more were injured according to the interior minister there were also problems with the voting process is fueling concerns about the legitimacy of the poll the last elections into a foreseen will my head in allegations of fraud and ended with the united states stepping in to appoint a power sharing government peace talks between the u.s. and the taliban collapsed earlier this month the islamist group creation to disrupt the election with violence and one version is just stay at home some people who

defied the taliban pay 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. 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. that does look at iraq the heart. 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 and 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. they will as. peace is the 1st demand of our nation. and this election will give us the legitimacy we need to bring peace to this nation. on a strong wish that. the other is abdullah abdullah 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 don't you know are you sure 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 1. 100 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 we've 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 my deposed 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 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 allegations of rigging and other manipulations as we have seen in plenty of other afghan elections and all of this could plush

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 with more rallies taking place to last 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 at their demands for directs to marcus he and autonomy from china echo the umbrella movement. of a lorry 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 grade not the 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. from today's anti extradition with mint has brought people together 5 years ago people had differing opinions which caused the movement to break up today it's very different now than it was guess i'll have home at that. time of year is almost to the umbrella newsman's the hong kong people who had previously been dormant if united dogs and hung on the so-called lennon 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 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 right of all this is the most and 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 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 act. to this to celebrating their victory earlier this year and getting the extradition been scrapped they remain as determined deserver 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 because choose a 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 plastered with posters 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 off wrangling between the government and his family over his final resting place the funeral was held as he's birthplace the village of tama mugabe died in a single hospital in here this month he was $95.00 he is a controversial figure many revered him as a freedom fighter who helped bring about zimbabwe's independence from britain if he is 37 year rule as president was defined by a brutal repression and economic chaos. ok we're now joined by our correspondent privileged who is rather who had been in which i'm 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 log key ceremony in send off which was mostly course that you did by.

realty use and close family members. crowd was. nor to the extend 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 cause 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 it died on the 6 of us to 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. their relatives were mentioning that. you say that you didn't want to be buried at the national hero because you felt demeaned by the overthrow we type in 2017 so it was then he's we 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 he became an icon from the village so to them. somebody will use. a big figure and i think nationally as well used to have people who would be very human and would take him there is 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 an icon right that's privilege who was at that burial in time and now betty thank you the teenage climate activists chris it has hit back at critics who tried

to ridicule her at a rally in montreal. adverse reasons mocking mockery of children show climate protection message was threatening there will be few and it's not just. back now a video making fun of adults attack the activists has gone viral. hi i'm a middle aged man with an interesting problem. racially angry. wants to save the planet. luckily he's now a number i can. call the credit helpline 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 all wrong. i shouldn't be up here. i should be back in school on the other side of the ocean.

just so you'll 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 oh mike called her mentally unstable but 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 donald trump mocked her in a tweet on friday she addressed the attacks head on suggesting adults attacking children must feel threatened we've become too loud for people to handle so they try to silence. her so we should take this economy. but no one has managed to silence has so far and she's proved more than capable of subverting attempts to mock. and you're watching. makes the

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