did you ever think that. this is deja vu news live from berlin counting gets underway in afghanistan's presidential election the vote took place in the shadow of taliban attacks several people were killed and dozens injured in blasts near polling stations also coming up protesters marking 5 years of demonstrating for democracy in hong kong they were out on the streets as they happened for the last 4 months this time marking the anniversary of the so-called umbrella movement. and zimbabwe's former

president robert mugabe has been curried in a low key ceremony in his home village. waiter welcome to the program afghanistan's presidential election day has been marred by approximately 68 taliban attacks most of them by rockets at least 5 people were killed and scores more were injured according to the interior minister the islamist group threaten to disrupt the election with violence and have bored voters to stay home there were also problems with the voting process if you like concerns about the legitimacy of the poll they went to vote and ended up in hospital. joy after the polling station open 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 one of them for 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 doesn't get iraq the her sick as a would i demand of the leader i voted for is that he provides 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. they will this 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 and. 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 you know you talk to the taliban forces who have threatened this election process i would like to see 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. both president ashraf

ghani and his main opponent of della della say the election seems to have been better than past falls we spoke earlier today of your sondra headers a man who's reported extensively from afghanistan and we asked if she agreed with the official appraisal well let's start with what we didn't see there wasn't any major attack and the capital kabul as many observers had anticipated but having said that there were mighty post small scale attacks throughout the country with dozens of people killed in jets 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 their 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 plunge afghanistan so that into a crisis and empower the taliban for that which will make any kind of peace talks even more difficult. moving now to hong kong where rallies have been taking place to mark 5 years since the start of the so-called umbrella movement mass protest against chinese influence in the territory the pro-democracy movement erupted earlier this year again in response to a controversial extradition bill that bill has now been scrapped but the protests

show no sign of abating. a lorry to hong kong in 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 look at 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. today and he extradition with bent has brought people 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 off to the emperor and a nuisance the hong kong people who had previously been dormant have united hand 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 and rational way to express our political beliefs if they've lost young activists just like me to run for office they need to try to price nature 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 is determined deserve a to keep pressing their demands for democracy. in the weeks observers have been looking to this weekend as a landmark moment in this protest movement that's 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 plus of the paste is advertising the protests ahead tomorrow it will be back on the streets marking the global anti totalitarianism day hong kong is here bracing for a long few days ahead. and then i'll bring you some of the other stories making news around the world they have been clashes at a gay pride parade in eastern polish city of around 1500 people marched under a heavy police guard because of attempts by counter protesters to stop the police used water cannons and detained several dozen far right demonstrators some conservatives in the mainly catholic poland see gay rights as a threat to their way of life. authorities in nigeria are trying to trace the families of hundreds of men and boys who were held captive and abused at a school as many as 400 of them were freed by police in the city of in northern

nigeria many have been left scarred after they were chained up tortured and sexually abused. in iran 5 people died and more than 80 were injured when a train derailed in the south east of the country an iranian news agency said the train was on a journey to tehran through the desert sand on the tracks to very old one carriage . in zimbabwe former president robert mugabe has been burrage in his home village it follows weeks of wrangling between the government and his family over his final resting place the funeral was held at his birthplace the village of tama mugabe died in a single poor hospital earlier 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 yet his 37 year rule as president was defined by brutal repression and economic chaos. did abuse privilege most and here he was in the village of tama he told us about

the burial there which was without the pomp and fanfare usually reserved for national heroes. yes indeed it was such a low key ceremony and send off which was mostly course situated by. realty hughes and close family members. crowd was. nor to the extent that you know you would wonder that that 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 men of the stitcher when us to a leader. austrians go to the polls on sunday after former chancellor sebastian kurtz's government collapsed last may his coalition partners the far right freedom

party faced 2 corruption scandals curt's is likely to win the election but he'll need a partner to form a government leaving all in play for in a pope leaving all to play for in post election coalescent talks. in austria this is called pussy. love us exley and i has good reason to give out lots of them on the campaign trail along with turquoise colored muffins she's running for the austrian people's party and will be on the winning side on sunday also because of this man is a bust encodes. and if you think has a very direct honest and clear way of talking that you can understand he doesn't try to use a typical politician style he just says things that make sense to people like the thing it did for you because every since. it seems to be a winning tactic despite a number of scandals in the last months quotes and his party have polled around 34

percent of the vote 12 points ahead of anyone else here's an example for that so called clear speech. put it to should be nice guns gobby our political direction is very clear we have ended 60 years of death policy we have reduced taxes step by step and we have a forceful strategy in the fight against illegal immigration advocates. so with the winner all but decided the real question is who will be his coalition partner. on the weekend the streets of vienna are full with campaigners jockeying for the best possible position. there are several options courts could go back together with the scandal ridden old partner the right wing freedom party. the social democrats might also be interested. but possibly the most intriguing option is a coalition that involves the rising green party like one in 5 and then of course

we can't exclude anything we want to follow the will of the photos for you god in austria the climate crisis has become one of the most important campaign issues on friday 30000 demonstrators participated in the so-called earth strike. still a coalition between greens and conservatives seems like a long shot. we have our red lines when it comes to human rights and the environment and if the conservatives end up saying we can live with all of that then great we'd be happy with this sudden flood since not the least of it how realistic is that this is well that's exactly the point we can really imagine it right now and. that's why this time around the real suspense will come after austria's elections but if i send cool it's will have to form a viable coalition. one of the main questions that needs answering after the elections on sunday is is the far right freedom party back in the game those of us

in quotes give them another chance after all that happened of course is very close to the freedom party on certain issues for example on the fight against illegal migration as he puts it but the freedom party has so many scandals to overcome that many think another coalition with them might not be more viable than the last one so what are the alternatives for the bust courts some think the most likely one or the social democrats they are desperate they lost a lot of popularity they're set to lose a lot of votes on sunday so they might be willing to take the risk and enter a coalition with the courts. moving to sports in formula one child clad back a 4th pole position in a row ahead of sunday's russian grand prix the clear is the 1st ferrari driver to post 4 consecutive polls and the legendary michael schumacher mercedes lewis hamilton completes the front row with the class for our teammate sebastian vettel in 3rd staying with formula one mclaren has announced a new deal that will see

a return to mercedes engines from 2021 the british manufacturer has been in the doldrums sense experimenting with honda and renault engines and hopes the renewed partnership with the german powerhouse can see a return to the glory days. in washington in the news of next is the bonus think i am irish way down by len thanks for watching. the adventures of the famous naturalist and explorer. to celebrate clicks on the phone books from 250 a. market for you to the discovery. expedition boys.