for 70 lose. ah ah, ah, this is dw news live from berlin. prize winning author of salman rushdie fights for his life, an attacker stab the writer in new york. some muslims see his writing as blasphemous . andy ron's former leader called for his death. also in the show still no results and kenya's presidential election 4 days after voting closed run off will be held of neither of the 2 main contenders. gibbs, a clear wind and authority,

suspect pollution, kill of thousands of fish and a river on the border between germany and poland. ah, a marion evans dean. it's good to have you with us. there an out author, salman rushdie, is in critical condition in the hospital. an attacker inflicted multiple stab wounds on the writer at an event in new york state. rusty spent years in hiding and under police protection. after a ron's former supreme leader, ayatollah khomeini, called for his death. some muslims see his writing is blasphemous. a 24 year old suspect is facing charges of assault and attempted murder. salman rushdie was flown to hospital for urgent surgery following the attack. is agent says he was stabbed in the liver at nerves, severed in his arm,

and will likely lose an eye. witnesses say rusty's attacker stabbed him 10 to 15 times before members of the audience grabbed him and restrained him. medical doctors attending the event gave a rusty, life saving 1st aid. the audience had been waiting for a lecture by the author to begin, when a man appeared from the back of the stage bundle in the personal info numbers, only a person entered. and we thought he was arranging his microphone or something like that. it happened so fast, so what am i know is here then we entered from the right hand side and started stabbing him several times. so the 1st one was here by the neck. blood started coming out. salman rushdie got up, i'm wrong for his life. already. all but blue police have identified his attacker and believe he was working alone. here we have been working to identify the star suspect, who was involved in the act in the attack at the chautauqua institution earlier today, or the suspect has been identified as haiti. matar age 24. from fair view,

new jersey rusty spent more than a decade in hiding after the release of his 1988 novel. the satanic verses provoked violent protests in several muslim countries. a year later, the former supreme leader of iran issued a decree calling for his execution. the 75 year old author has long been a vocal critic of religious extremism and a champion of free speech. you often and we can now speak to a nigger montage ivy. she's an iranian american political analyst based in washington, d. c. welcome to the w. one is salman rushdie of significance for iranians and also the iranian diaspora. well is mostly famous across no, that was one world by the books are counted versus which many muslim found offensive to their religion the portrayal of the overall. and

muslims, as a general, that doesn't necessarily mean that all muslims are all iranian, believe that their reaction to his book should have been violent or violent. and over the years, past years, even they iranian government and my son has tried to distance the self, especially after the passing of the former supreme leader from the original thought . the fact was still stands. i wanted to be clear, but they are running. government has on officially even issued some guarantees the u. k. government, after the ties were severe because of the fact was that this is not something that state policy that iranian state would be pursuing us with. still don't know if this attacker high official ties there. i and government of what the exact motive was if he was alone, a top her. but just going back your question. it's the book the say thank versus it's also banned in iran, as in india and

a few other muslim majority countries. and it's considered an offensive book to many months. now, you mentioned this fatwas, this religious edict are font, was something that people in the iran are aware of and take very seriously. well, it said bert dixon, order essentially by the top religious and political leader. so back in the day it was a serious order on when the book 1st came out and it also received them was praised in the west, the controversy and a protest and a backlash across the muslim world. but then also in iran, or was massive. but then over the decades and over the years, as for example, we know this attacker was born, wasn't even born when that book was written, or when the fought well was issued. so it wasn't something that was in the center of conversations. it's not something that many of the younger generation easy.

oh, we seem to have some connectivity problems with our guess that was that got to monetize avi political analysts to his speaking to us from washington d. c. let's turn our attention to kenya now, where vote counting in the presidential and parliamentary election has dragged into a 5th day. the opposition leader, a yellow dingo, and the deputy president william rudo are running neck and neck with a history of disputed election. the electoral commission is under pressure to declare a winner soon for the latest i'm now joined by dw correspondence. felix barava, who is in nairobi hello to you, feel like so as we just said, no official results yet. how much longer are voters going to have to wait?

good evening. so what as in can now we'll have to wait for at least 2 more days because the constitutional deadline for they enter a independent electoral boundaries, commission is 7 days. so people voted on tuesday. the latest that the results can be out is tuesday because of what has been happening. results have been i, they've been a not going a verification process either for myself, kenya, where that's finacialow telling center or of their independent electoral boundaries commission. and the chair pass on to day in our, in a statement that was issued to press. he actually asked, ah, the clots, who are they are verifying there is all still has been this been so that kenyans gun air finally gets to know who is they are elected president air falling. they're just concluded presidential election. right. at least we do know that there are 2 main front runner. and so what can you tell us about the 2 of them?

so they to frontrunners. one of them is former prime minister at a low dingo who's their lead of as the meal. as me, a one cannot quite leash on the other one is their incumbent, deputy president william, brutal and both of these candidates have been in the political scene for quite some time. so i, but both of them have branded themselves in different ways for as a merely dairy lord dinger, his branded himself as an individual who wants to bring their country together for our deputy president william root or his branded himself as an individual who wants to am power, they the majority of canyons from bottom and all the way to the top. and he's saying that the only way that people can be able to move forward as a nation is when it's citizens i empire, economically. so the 2 are, have been pulling the strings towards their direction and both of them have had their messages, the reads to their specific audiences, and they got quite

a sizable number of woods. we do know that kenya has a history of disputed elections. could this result along the banks of the odor river on the border between germany and poland. officials have found high levels of mercury and salt in water samples. they're now trying to find out what went wrong. dead fish are filling the shores of the alder. tons are washing up in the river, which helps form germany's border with poland, out, tory, to suspect that they were killed by chemical pollution. johan is good berman is an environmentalist who lives in this area has been documenting the crisis from its beginning and help him. i mean, i've never seen so many dead fish in my life down the t or not mr. live. he says, the whole ecosystem of the order has been affected. you know,

i know most of it will hear a shellfish has been separated from his shelf. but both are still lying here all and it smells very strongly of rotting fish probably isn't in social institution, sean d. o. there starts in check republic and runs more than 800 kilometers to the baltic sea. an industrial accident in southern poland is a suspect that source of the pollution people are being warned not to make contact with the water. dose living in this area are angry and afraid. the i'm you and we have a water utility down there. no one knows what the drinking water is light now. it's a complete disaster. i'm thinking of my grandchildren of ourselves and we won't be up to fish here anymore. young in dalton christian, i'm angry. i'm shocked. the river, odorous part of our home, you know, and, and now it's ruined, was probably for the next few years. that just makes me incredibly sandwich. local municipalities say they weren't warned by german federal or polish authorities.

here in from yet it's been on. we lean informed by anglers and burgess that dent fish a floating on the order prime of your cell as either from the official side that we haven't received any information beforehand. it's to put it mildly depressing, or even incomprehensible koya tighten our tories is, have started to remove the dead fish to prevent other animals from eating them. the war in the region is that recovery of the river could take years. some soccer news now and, and the bunny vega, dork ment came from behind to beat fryeburg on friday. fryeburg took the lead in the 35th minutes when mitchell greg orridge headed home bond with 14 minutes to go a hell or from goalkeeper. mark slacken, allowed jamie gittens shots to make it 11. dorman, to then to the lead 7 minutes later through a you so far,

mckoko's strike and marius wolf at, at another goal before full time to complete the 31. come back, victory for endorsement. all right, let's take a look now at the latest results in the buddhist, legal light, vague were held to a drawn bike loan. harrington, frankfurt also shared the points while over who's in laws to alex berg, hoffen heim beat bolcom. freeman secured a late draw against stood guard, and newly promoted shaka are playing glad back right now. meanwhile, buyer will be in action on sunday, against bob spark. and before we go, let's get you a quick reminder of the tom story we're falling for you. author, some on rusty, is critically ill and hospital. he was stamped on stage while preparing to speak in new york state. a 24 year old suspect is facing charges of assault and attempted murder of next to look at the berlin wall,

which divided germany's capital for nearly 3 decades. i married evans dean. i'll have another news update for you at the top of the hour from me and the entire news team here in berlin. thanks for the company. with super, i'm just kinda why we got hard and in the end is a me, you are not a lot of to you anymore. we will send you back. are you familiar with this reliance of what's your story. ready ready he wasn't, i was women, especially victims of violence in labs and take part and send us.