from berlin. tonight, the people of dayton, ohio tell u.s. president donald trump, we do not want you here. the president visited the city to offer his condolences after last weekend's mass shooting but he was greeted by demands for stronger gun-control a and by opposition to o his divisivive rhetoric. also coming up tonight, pakistan moves against india over merkel -- over kashmir. political leaders are under arrest following india's

scrapping of the state's autonomous status. and the taliban inflict more carnage on kabul. several are dead, scores are injured in a bombing that came despite a promise during peace talks to protect civilians. plus, the craze that is sweeping germany. for young and old, this is the fast way to get around town. but the number of injuries is on the rise, and it is spoiling the fun for some. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. to our viewers on pbs in the united states and all around the world, welcome. tonight, u.s. president donald trump is on his way to el paso, texas to meet survivors and family members of the victims of saturday's mass shooting. 22 people were killed.

he is flying from dayton, ohio after a similar visit to victims of another rampage in which nine people died. protesters there chanted for stronger gun controls and voiced opposition to the president's divisive rhetoric about immigrants and people of color. trump made no public appearances in dayton. as he was leaving washington dc earlier today at the start of the trip, he was asked how he wowod respond d to critics who y he is emboldening whwhite supremacisists and incititing hatred. > i am concererned abt ththee of anynyroup of hatete. i don't like it. any group of hate, whether it is white supremacy, whether it's any other kind of supremacy, whether it is antifa, whether it is any group of hate, i am very concernened about it and i willo something about it. brent: that was the u.s. president speaking earlier. we are joined now by our

correspondent alexandra von nahmen joining us from el paso, texas. there is a lot going on behind you. tell us about where you are right now. alexandra: we are at a community park here in el paso where activists and residents have come together to protest against president trump's visit to their city. you can see people holding up signs reading, not welcome, or racist. i talked with many people here and they told me that trump is not welcome here because from their perspective, he is to be blamed for the horrific events here in el paso. because his rhetorical broadsides on migrants in particular have created an atmosphere of hate that contributed to those horrific events. that is what they say. and at one point you could even

hear them chanting, send him back. brent: amazing. so we know he is not going to get a warm welcome in el paso. what about his first stop today in dayton, ohio? how did that go? alexandra: not very well, i would say. you just mentioned that he did not talk to the press, he did not have a public appearance there. he talked to the first responders in dayton, ohio. he talked to the victims. he visited the hospital where the victims were treated, and he also thanked the medical staff for their work. but as well as here, there were protesters protesting. people holding up signs reading, you are why, or do something, urging him to do something about gun control. brent: despite all of these negative feelings, the u.s.

president is traveling to both of these cities today. what is he hoping to achieve with these visits? alexandra: one of his press secretaries told us that the president is aware that this is a very important moment in u.s. history. it is his duty as u.s. president to come here to try to honor the victims, to comfort their families, to show the communities that he is with them, that he is ready to do everything that is needed to help them. but as you can see, at least most people i talked to really do not welcome him here. brent: they dodo not really want him to be there. so what do people expect from the president at this point? alexandra: people i talked to told me they want him to change his administration's immigration policies. they want him to stop his

inflammatory rhetoric towards latinos and immigrants. some even told me they just want him to resign. brent: all right. our correspondent alexandra von nahmen on the story for us in el paso, texas tonight. thank you. in afghanistan, 14 people have been killed and 145 wounded by a suicide bomber in the capital kabul. the taliban says it carried out the attack. it raises questions about the group's commitment to peace, as negotiations with the u.s. to end the war in afghanistan seem to be reaching a conclusion. reporter: it was one of the worst attacks in kabul this year. a car bomb detonated at a checkpoint in front of a police station during the morning rush-hour. officials say the majority of the victims were civilians, including women and children. the blast could be felt over much of the city. just a day after the taliban and

u.s. representatives reported progress in their talklks on ending nearly 18 years of war in afghanistan. despite an expected peace deal, kabul's government remains pessimistic. >> continued taliban attacks indicate that they have no commmmitment to peace,e, ununfortunately. any taliban attack will impede the peace process. reporter: the u.s. envoy negotiating wiwith the taliban condemned the blast, saying the focus needs to be on immediately reducing violence. brent: let's bring in journalist ali latifi, who is in kabul, afghanistan. ali, good evening to you. this bomb attack, we are talking about one of the worst that we have seen in the last few months. what more can you tell us about it? ali: s so, now we are jujust geg sort o of information on who has been affected. we are talking women, we are talking children, wewe are talkg civilians. these were people on their way

to work, they were on their way to school, they might have been going to a store. if you look at footage from that areaea, it is g grieving women, it is children. there is footage of stores, i even saw a wedding hall, v very obviouously civilianan-oriented places. and this is really what is becoming a trend. it is not even becoming a trend, it's been the way things have been going.. where p places -- the excxcuse s there was someme kind of securiy forces installation there, that's why we targeted it and we killed x amount of security forces, people in the attack. but what happens again over and over is it is women, children, and civilians paying the price for these sorts of attacks. brent: and ali, the taliban has claimed responsibility for this bombing. what is it hoping to achieve with this? i mean, it is still in the midst

of peace talks with the united states. ali: one thing we have to remember is a cease-fifire takes two sides, peace talks takes two sides. at this point both sides are not at the table. the pepeace talklks are b betwee united states and the taliban. they are not between the taliban and ththafghan govovernment. and we have to remember the afghan government is also setting up their nigight raiaid, their dronene strikes, their airstrikes, which also lead to civilian casualties. but again, what we have seen from these attacksks from the taliban and other armed groups within afghanistan is that they are constantly targeting areas that are very civilian heavy. they are very civilian populated. and obviously what they might be tryingng to make a statement abt this is on the one hand, the hypocrisy of the government also killing civilians, but that is never a a good argumentoto maken either s side. then o on the other hand, it may

just be a bargainining chip, saying, you have to negotiate with us because even whilele we are talklking to you, look a ate kinds of audacious things wewe n still carry out while we are at the tatable. like, "never forget who we are," kind of thing. brent: what are you hearing about the talks between the united states and the taliban? we have some reports suggesting that there may be a breakthrough coming in the next few days. alali: so, the breakrorough,ou know, the reportrts are that soe sort of a breakthrough will come within the next few days of the holiday. which is a blessing for afghan people because there have been far too many months of ramadan where people have been suffering from these kind of attacks and these kinds of difficulties. but i mean, there are a lot of rumors and i do not want to comment on the rumors because we do not know whwhat will e end up being true or endd up happening, but the one thing we know that has consisntlyly beehappenening over the last seven rounds, and

we are in the eighth round now, is the talks keep orbiting around these two points of foreign troop withdrawal and alalso the us's claim that the taliban can never make afghanistan a quote, unquote safe haven for foreign terrorists ever again. they had not been doing it for 18 years, they cannot do it now. again, we are left in discussions that are really only about the trump administration and the taliban. the governmentnt is not there, ththere are no o other afghan pe other ththan the taliban there. so it is really very much between these twowo groups. brent: journalist ali latifi reporting tonight from kabul, afghanistan. ali, we appreciate it. thank you. here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world. danish authorities are investigating an explosion that rocked the headquarters of the national tax agency tuesday night. police say they are treating the blast as an n attack. two people were inside the building when it happened but no one was injured.

a kenyan politician has been ejected from the parliament chamber after bringing her baby to work. she was ordered to leave after the speaker noticed a child in her arms during the session. other lawmakers have criticized that decision. she herself has called for the kenyan parliament to become more family-friendly. officials in kurdistan say a service man has died in an attempt to arrest the country's ex-president. special forces stormed his compound wednesday. the former leader had his immunity lifted in june. authorities are seeking to prosecute him on corruption charges. pakistan is expelling india's envoy and suspending trade as a result of the indian government's move to revoke the autonomy of the part of kashmir that it controls. the pakistani foreign minister gave this statement to parliament today.

>> we are linking our independence day celebrations with the right of self-determination for kashmiris and from free kashmir to indian occupied kashmir and from it, to all the bazaars, streets, cities of pakistan, we will say in one voice, kashmir will become pakistan. brent: earlier i spoke with shazeb from dw's asia desk and i asked him whether further escalation is to be expected. shahzeb: this is unprecedented what india has done in kashmir. the problem for pakistan is over the years it has created a very strong domestic lobby, which feels very strongly about kashmir. and the government is under pressure to do something. the government does not know really what options it has. it has very limited options

because the country is in an economic mess and under pressure to stop so-called terror outfits and their funding. so it cannot go back to fueling conflict in kashmir. that was the option maybe 20 or 30 years ago. which pakistan exercised. so, the options are limited. and the government wants to be seen to be doing something about it, taking it very seriously. bubut at the end of ththe day, s the government care? not really. it will not have much impact on their behavior. brent: kashmir remains in lockdown for a third day. sesecurity fororces are on h hih alert. withth many s shops closed, many residents say they are running out of frfresh food. telephone and internet connections have also been cut, and indian security forces have imposed a curfew over the weekend. with communications cut, kashmiris outside the state have been unable to find out whether their families are safe. our correspondent in delhi has met kashmiris living in india and sent us this report.

namisha: nasir is on his way home. he does not know if he will be back, because he does not know if he will survive. home is kashmir, a place under lockdown ever since india scrapped the special autonomous status the state has enjoyed for 70 years. on his way to the airport, nasir stops by this protest held in solilidarity with kashmiris. the last he heard three days ago was that his mother was feeling unwell. he d does not know if she made t to the hospital. >> last words she said to me, i am not feeling well. tomorrow is s my appointment. and then tomorrow -- [indiscernible] so, she could not access, she could not reach out to the doctor. i don't know whether my family is alive or not. namisha: nasir and the protesters have three demands. reverse the government's

decision, lift the communications blackout, and release arrested local leaders. many young kashmiris have joined in. they have had no word from home. >> we will never accept that kashmir is not calm. there are reports of violence they are reporting, except we have no way to confirm it is true or not, which makes us all the more anxious and worried for our families. the state will have to answer this. >> someone like me has lived independently for eight years now. i have not known the feeling of homesickness for eight years. and it is for the first time in eight years i am feeling homesick, that i want to go home, because my parents do not know why i did not turn up at the airport. i don't know if they went to the airport to fetch me. namisha: despite fears for their own safety if they protest openly, they do not know what else to do. as voices for and against the government decision reverberate across the country, kashmir itself is silent.

a complete clampdown and communications blackout has meant that anger, fear, and frightening rumors run rampant. yet, some scoff at these worries, claiming that any protests against the government's decision are anti-national and baseless. this group has shown up to shout down the protests against the government. >> who are you to stop the government progress of order? what is your intent? is the isis funding you? are you anti-india? who are you? namisha: as anger boils over on both sides, kashmiris are trying to decide whether it is better to mobilize protests here, or try to reach their families. for nasir, despite the risks, he knows he has to head home. he has to at least try.

brent: in hong kong, hundreds of people have staged a protest outside the city's spacace muse. demonstrators shown laser beams against the wall after a student was arrested for possession of a laser pointer. lasers have been widely used by protesters in recent weeks to have skewer the vision of police. -- to obscure the vision of police. the chinese dissident ai weiwei was here at dw earlier. we spoke with him about the situation in hong kong. >> thank you for joining us. the unrest in hong kong has certainly reached new levels in recent days. we now have one chinese government official warning protesters that t they should nt underestimate china's immense strength. is that beijing warning may s sp

into to deal with the protest directly? ai: i think it tells what kind governmenent beijing is. these demonstratotors can crarah them any time at any moment. they always s have the same tone when thehey are dealing with anyone who has a different voice. now they are facing hong kong, which is a much complex situation. i think they are just laughing now. but if they demand, they will do it if they need to. reporter: do you think the protesters in hong kong will continue to support their movement withoutut any dialogue with the hong kong government? and what are the optioions on te table right now for the hong kong government? ai: i think the hong kong government, there is no such thing as the hong kong government. they are part ofof the central government. they listen to the centrtral government. i do not think they arere one to have any space for negotiating.

that is why demonstrators have been continuing soso long and he caused -- cost so much to hong kong's stability and everyone's life. so many young people have already lost their lives, but the hong kong government simple he does not care. they are never prepared to really have a discussion to solve the problem. reporter: looking ahead now whatever the outcome of these protests, do you think that something has fundamentally changed in the psyche of the hong kong people? ai: i thinknk that is a good questionon. i think the new generation are self educated through the struggle and they are more determined. they are very smart anand ratiol and theyey are not going to easy back off. they did not ask much. they asked the hong kong government to n not call it a

riot, but rather a peacefeful demonstration. and not to use police violencnc, and to release all thohose arrested demonstrators. that is not too much to ask. reporter: ai weiwei, thank you very much. brent: the gaza strip is home to some extraordinary relics from over 5000 years of human history dating from the bronze age to the 20th century. but decades of fighting mean that heritage is in danger of being destroyed. palestinians are taking it among themselves to safeguard the traces and treasures of the p ast. reporter: despite decades of conflict and looting, these treasures still survive. conserving it is a big project funded by foreign aid. but palestinians have started their own individual collections. >> i bought some antiquities

from people who collect them, because this museum was established by personal efforts, and at the expense of my children's bread. i bought more than one piece and put them in this museum to protect them. reporter: he began storing artifacts and 1975. he runs one of five iva collections in gaza. they are monitored by gaza's tourism industry. >> they gave us a document noting that we own these collections, we have the right to preserve them, and add the collection, but with no right to trade them. reporter: the ministry has opened a public museum with several hundred pieces on display. they have plans for a national collection, but the ongoing arcade of gaza means the project is on hold. >> the ministry has plans to build a large national museum for all these archaeological pieces. the political and economic

situation and the siege on gaza are preventing this. reporter: until that changes, conservation work is vital at every level to help preserve the heritage stretching back more than 5000 years. brent: now something very modern. they are quick, fun, and supposedly have ability to revolutionize city traffic in the years to come. i'm talking about electric scooters, the type you stand on. they are zipping to global popularity. a few weeks after their introduction in germany, about a quarter million of them are out on the streets. but not everyone is convinced that e-scooters are the breakthrough that they are claimed to be. reporter: together with your special someone on a new electric scooter touring through berlin. a moment too romantic to bother with traffic laws, for some. but a lot of car drivers and cyclists cannot share the excitement.

>> there are so many people using them who have never ridden before, who have no idea how to ride them, and then they even ride them on the sidewalk and they could end up really hurting someone. >> the fact that more people are on the road makes it more dangerous. >> they just shoot out of parking spots without even looking. reporter: with a top speed of 20 kilometers per hour, the fun factor sometimes switches off common sense. rides s have already ended abruptly, with abrasions, bruises, and sometimes even bone fractures. since mid-d-june there have been more than n 20 accidents in bern alone. >> so far most of the accidents have been caused by the e-scooter drivers themselves. either they did not understand how the e-scooter works or thehy thought they were better drivers than they actually are. just because you can ride a bike does not mean you know how to use an e-scooter.

the little wheels react completely differently. reporter: but accidents are not the only concern. the first e-scooters are already lying around the city. some fear they will wind up as e-waste. according to manufacturers, the scooters last one year, but the -- a u.s. study claims the actual average lifespan is only 28 days. >> relying on less durable scooters or scooters that can easily be damaged by vandalism with a lifespan of 28 days is much too short, because then new resources have to be used to produce new ones. that is not in the interest of the environment and not in the interest of conservation. reporter: according to her, e-scooters are only ecological if they can completely replace trips taken by car. otherwise they are nothing more than a hip toy. brent: and what is wrong with a good old-fashioned bicycle? just ask this guy. he made history when he won the tour de france last month.

now he is returning to his hometown to a hero's welcome. thousands of fans greeted him as he rode into the town's central square sporting the tour's famous yellow jersey. the 22-year-old is the youngest cyclist to ever win the tour in 110 years as well as the first ever champion from colombia. and that is without an e-scooter . in tennis news, the montreal masters, where alexander zverev is hoping to bounce back after struggling in his lalast tournamentnt in hamburg. he was particularly strorong on serve, winning 80% of his first serve points. he eventually took the win, 7-6, 6- he has alreaea tasted susuccess once before in montreal, winning the masters there in 2017. if you are like most people, you probably think sharks are

dangerous, but you are wrong. most of them are not. ththe t truth is we h humans poa much b bigger threat too them. new research has found that human aggression such as hunting them for theheir meat and their fins h has pushed shsharks awaym their naturaral habitat in shalw coastal wataters. they are even being driven into deep ocean waters to escape the fishing industry, and that is pushing down their numbers. you are watching "dw news." after a short break i will be back to take you through "the day." stick around for that. ♪ [captioning performed by the natitional captiononing institu, which is r responsible f for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

the palestinian refugee camp now albert right in lebanon for fronts twenty four. donald trump says there is not enough political will to families told guns and that there is only so much he can do the us president currently on read to texas having spent time in ohio in both states the number of protesters are blaming. trump's rhetoric of playing a role in the violence. pakistan says it's expanding india's ambassador and suspending bilateral trade. a response to new delhi's decision to revoke the special status for cashmere and take full control of the disputed region. as it is put under lockdown hundreds s of poor migrant laborers are now t tryig to leave