anchor: this is "dw news" from berlin. one of the world's most wanted men have been reported dead. mullah omar was the infamous leader of the taliban, and officials say he died two years ago in the area. and the heaviest since the campaign began, and the turkish prime minister also cranks up the rhetoric. and a court in zimbabwe charges a local man in the death of cecil lured out of a park and shot by an american tourist. ♪

i am sarah kelly. thank you so much for joining us. mullah omar is dead, according to officials who say he died two years ago in the area. pakistan. this comes just days before they are scheduled peace talks between afghanistan and those claiming to represent the taliban. >> mullah omar, the leader of the afghan taliban and for some 20 years, but very little is known about the elusive man. he was born in kandahar in 1959 or 1960. he fought alongside osama bin laden over this soviet occupation, and he disappeared after the fall of the taliban regime in 2001. there had been rumors of his death in the past, and now

officials say he died in pakistan in 2013. many in the country are relieved. mullah omar was a leader of terrorist groups in afghanistan. he has led numerous destructions, suicide attacks, and has killed many innocent civilians. as an afghan, i am happy he is dead. i am glad to hear about the death of mullah omar but i am not happy that another successor will emerge. after years of speculation new details of his death have emerged. officials say he died under suspicious circumstances at a karachi hospital. they say an investigation is underway. westerns are now being raised as to why it took so long for all of this to come tonight -- questions are being raised. sarah: what impact is it likely

to have on the taliban and? we asked jason. jason: already a fractured organization, and they have always been fragmented. in pakistan, a very coherent organization in i think we will see that fragmentation increase over the coming weeks and months -- and i think we will see that fragmentation increase. there are two w major -- two major areas, including the more senior leaders probably in pakistan, and the other is those who believe they should be going for an all-out solution for afghan is dan and those who

believe in some kind of compromise with afghan authorities, so those -- for afghanistan and those who believe in some kind of a compromise. sarah: a challenge in a special session of parliament, with opposition parties speaking out against the latest airstrikes against kurdish militants. they say it is in retaliation for attacks on turkish police, but critics say it is more about politics than terrorism. meanwhile, the strikes intensified. reporter: turkey has stepped up their campaign against the militia. they have essentially buried a three-year-old's process with the workers party. the turkish parliament met in an emergency session to debate the airstrikes.

some applauded the minister, who said the government was determined to continue. with the wave of strikes, we targeted races storage of the pkk in northern iraq and all targets wer directly hit. the mission was accomplished. the government calls the approach a quote, synchronized by against terror, because of the move against the pkk and islamic state fighters, and this is despite kurds who have pushed is out, where they effectively have a state of their own. it also includes regions of iran and part of turkey. in new york, u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon said turkey had a right to defend itself, especially in the wake of last week's suicide attack inside turkey, but he

also called on all parties to resolve their differences through dialogue. sarah: let's get the latest from our reporter from istanbul. what came out of today's parliamentary session? reporter: we saw them delivering a very tough message against the pkk, saying there will be no end of the airstrikes until the pkk stops their strikes against the security forces. there could be a softening in the prime minister's stance, and they say they will not stop until the pkk does. there is extreme criticism, with the opposition criticizing it of not being severe in its battle against the islamic state accused of only focusing on the pkk, while some are saying they are being negligent, some even going as far as to say they had

supported the islamic state in its battle against the aside regime -- the assad regime. it is a two-pronged attack against terrorism. sarah: back in june in turkey, the pro-kurdish peoples democratic party actually gained some ground. reporter: that is right. many people think that is what lies behind this against the pkk to a lost their majority, and their operations against the pkk tackling of marginalizing the pro-kurdish party, because there could be early elections at the end of the year. if the pro-kurdish party is forced out of parliament, and they get the majority back, and with that the hope that president on the one --

president erdogan has, they are critical of this organization, calling it his war, and that is increasingly on the streets. sarah: on the streets of istanbul, thank you. but the turkish president was a broad and he was in talks with his counterpart in china, xi jinping. they returned to strengthen ties between the two with trade agreements but the minority group is also on the agenda. there was their treatment by the chinese government. the leader of pakistan's most feared anti-she ate -- anti-shiite group is dead.

he was being moved between prisons when a group of armed men attempted to free him. at least 13 other militants died and he was on the u.s. list of global terrorist, and his group is an al qaeda affiliate, which has been responsible for thousands of deaths in packs and since the mid-1990's -- deaths in pakistan since the mid-1990's. and looking at what happened to cecil before his untimely death. his death has sparked outrage. an american tourist has admitted to shooting him, and two zimbabweans have appeared in court over it. reporter: thousands came from around the world to see cecil up close, unmistakable with his black mane, and researchers also kept him under watch, but two

weeks ago, his tracker went silent, and their worst fears were realized. >> a lion that was in geared as cecil. -- was endeared as cecil. he waas co -- was collared, which is under surveillance, for different things. reporter: the killer was a dentist and says he is sorry but thought it was legitimate. he paid more than $50,000. the men have now appeared in court. they say they used an animal carcass to lure him.

it took 40 hours for him to die. >> the endangered species act. it will stop these situations from at the very least bringing that trophy back here. reporter: that comes too late for cecil, but his death could be the catalyst to put a stop to trophy hunting. sarah: russia has vetoed a security council resolution that would have set up an international tribunal to prosecute those responsible for shooting down malaysian airlines mh seven gene in eastern ukraine -- mh 17 in eastern ukraine last year. moscow and kiev blame each other. and there is also developed as in the other air disaster involving a malaysian plane that balanced -- vanish without a

trace, and now a glimmer of hope in the search to find out what happened. reporter: an unusual find on the island. it does not take an expert to figure out what it could be. it is a broken piece of an airplane wing. authorities have opened an investigation to figure out where the debris came from. the inquiry is just starting, so we will try to find out what this piece is and where it comes from. right now, we do not know. there is internet speculation the wreckage could be from mh 370, the malaysian plane that disappeared over the indian ocean last year. on march 8 2014, air traffic controllers lost contact with the hash injured plane shortly after it left kuala lumpur on the way to beijing -- lost

contact with the plane shortly after it left kuala lumpur. it is thought the numbers might be able to confirm whether the broken wing belongs to mh 370. sarah: some sports news for you now, the united states has been told to honor its commitment to bid for the 2024 summer olympics after boston pulled out of the running on financial grounds. los angeles or san francisco may potentially step in. reporter: boston's pullout means the ball is in the court of the united states olympic committee. they are in a difficult position, but they are sure there will be a u.s. bidder for 2024. >> we had a commitment from the united states olympic committee for an olympic candidate for

2024, and we have this commitment. and we are sure you will deliver on this commitment. reporter on the boston mayor said they would not be liable but will san francisco feel the same? >> also in the spirit of the olympics of 2020,, that was more feasible and this would be very flexible. reporter: some withdrew from the 2022 winter games. this was ahead of the ioc vote in kuala lumpur. sarah: you are watching "dw news

," and still come on the program, running the world of soccer as head of beef up, and demand of the way the games are run? we will have more in just about one minute time create a with us. -- one minutes time. stay with us.

sara: the top headlines. thank you for joining us. they say mullah omar is dead, one of the most wanted man in the world who died two years ago in pakistan. the latest turkish airstrikes are the heaviest since the campaign began. the turkish prime minister has defended the strikes. and we are joined with the very latest by ben fajzullin.

your favorite topic, greece. ben: saying it over and over again, maybe some will start listening, and the head of the monetary and says they need to ease the nation debt burden, and they are meeting in athens to negotiate a new bailout. it definitely needs the cash to pay off its debt, but even trickier is the long term. one greek headlines read "in the trenches," regarding the bailout unfolding in athens. representatives of the greek creditors are meeting their to hammer out the terms of a third bailout. among the creditors is the international monetary fund. its director in washington has a very clear vision of the greek finance is. >> i have repeatedly said for any program to fly, a

significant debt restructuring should take place. so i do not think we will have that, and we will stick to that position. ben: should an agreement be reached, they would receive another over 80 million euros over the three years, but some say that will not be enough. unfortunately, i believe we have not escaped the danger of a greek exit. this will become apparent in the next several months. there is political instability in the country, and no one knows whether we will have new elections. i do not think the situation could be any worse. luxury tax is on boats and other things will be implemented says greece, but that is the limit. athens said yesterday nothing in

those agreements was binding. ben: and sending off my last tweet, and one causing some tweets is twitter, questioning the social media' is relevant and business model. -- social media's relevance and business model. first of all, are you on twitter? >> yes ben i do have a twitter account that i started years ago, and i sent out three or four tweets, and i cannot figure out what to do with it. the problem for twitter is that i am not the only one who went through this. as a matter of fact, they just found out that millions of accounts are dormant and that, of course, is a huge problem or the company. ben: another problem is --

>> the numbers looked good. this is smaller than expected- and, yes twitter started to make money on ad sales and later at the conference call, they noted the timeline was the main product and that is so complicated that it is really difficult for new users to even get into that service and that means that they are basically admitting that there will not be any growth until their product becomes more attractive. ben: ouch. that hurts. let's take a look at subscriber reaction to this. the first tweet is that most people do not even know how to use twitter.

that is not a big problem, it is a huge problem, and this person uses other sites, yelp, paypal amazon but he has never given them a sense, even though he uses it every day. -- has never given them a cent even though he uses it every day. >> that one really hits the nail on the head, because twitter right now is not profitable, not by a long shot, and they have not found a strategy on how to monetize on their user base. even if that user base became stronger, there is not yet a good way to implement ad in their service and to a people engagement ads in their service and that is what is opposed to what facebook or amazon is doing. all of these other services, they are monetizing things, and twitter has not figured that out.

ben: thank you very much, in new york. we were just talking about user unfriendliness, and that was the criticism of the windows operating system, windows eight and a couple of years on, they are skipping to windows 10. biometric identification, and it may even show which way to walk, and experts say it is more than window dressing. reporter: at the official launch in germany, microsoft predicted windows 10 will be the most popular operating system it has ever built. it is designed to work easily and seamlessly on a lot of hardware, including mobile devices. windows 10 is simply the premiere unified platform, which means you have exactly the same user experience on your smart phone, tablet, and pc at home. windows eight was one of the

reason the company continued to lose market share. how many tc users were put off by the tiles -- how many pc uses were put off by the tiles? windows 10 is a bid to regain credibility. i think you could say there are some real improvements over windows 8. microsoft is try to overcome its issues with 8 and 8.1. so microsoft has become a player again, and it is aiming to steal market share. they want to see windows 10 installed on one billion devices in only three years. ben: and just tweaking that. sara: you are an active user, ben. i am sure they appreciate it.

and a former france player and head of football's governing body is now the big favorite to succeed sepp blatter, stepping down early next year after the corruption scandal that has rocked the world of soccer. reporter: after weeks of speculation, wanting to take the top job. they have informed all 209 member associations that make up the phone -- make up fifa. it is they who will decide which candidate will replace sepp blatter. platini already has some support. >> we all love fifa. reporter: platini can look back. as a star player, he led france

to the 1994 chia bishop, and after retiring, platini originally seen as a protégé of blatter,'s reforms have made him popular with both the big european leagues and the smaller ones, and his ability to bridge differences could mean that he is the perfect man to help them regain credibility. sarah: he seems to be a front runner, matt. if he a front runner, and why did he not run last time? matt: he did not run because he did not think he could win and both times before, sepp blatter did not step aside, because he thought he had the votes to win, and he did. when he won the election, it was only a couple of days when the scandal broke, and he came

nowhere near unseating blatter. platini has three months before the deadline when other people can jump into the ring, light from brazil or portugal, but at the moment, he is definitely setting things. sarah: one advantage she has is that he is a former player. is he controversy free? matt: no. he is known for a high-handed leadership style. a lot of countries felt they were not properly consulted, and he also announced that the 2020 championships would not take place at a single host nation but at several nations across the continent, which others also that was not a good idea and beyond that, he also has a very close ties of qatar. he was a big proponent of their 2022 bid, and his son works for a company from qatar and also

france has received a lot of money from qatar in the intervening years. al jazeera has pumped a lot in with worldwide television rights, and they have also done it elsewhere, so it is not clear that that deal was not somehow a quid pro quo. sarah: thank you. all right, that is your news wrap. join us again at the top of the hour, or you can check out our website or find us on twitter. that is it for "dw news." i am sarah kelly. i will see you next time. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute

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