three years ago are quite a difficult posting because of course helmand is a taliban stronghold but. man was was very strong and very respected and had a lot of support in helmand he was much love his surname actually means and champion or hero and i think for a lot of his supporters a lot of people who would have voted for him on saturday certainly believe that the true. favorable is on a policeman had been killed in a gunfight in indian administered kashmir the violence broke out and short of our worst security forces were searching for rebels thousands gathered at the funerals of those killed they carry the bodies through the city chanting anti in the end slogans. every day there is bloodshed this will continue till the kashmir dispute is resolved the tyranny and oppression from india is ongoing india used to say illiterates are picking up the guns but now educated youths are picking up the guns a government minister in india has resigned as. for as many as twenty women accused him of sexual harassment and assault and jr was the deputy foreign minister the allegations against the

announcer: you can watch this >> while in helmand, montana, we learned about jeanette rankin who became the first woman elected to congress in 1960. chess but we are in the

been a politician here ever since the fall of the taliban in two thousand and one he had worked in helmand for the last three years he was determined that they would just it wouldn't be a fight a military fight between the government the taliban he wanted to speak to them he wanted to negotiate and people called him a dreamer and yet he continues this morning people who had a lot of supporters a lot of people would have voted for him on saturday but a tsunami and karama in which in diary means champion or here and for a lot of people here this morning his surname. the un is warning the world will need to change the way it produces food in order to cater to the increasing global population three years ago member states committed to reduce the number of people going hungry to zero by twenty thirty but conflate climate extremes and poor access to food hindering progress and the hayward went to scotland to look at an alternative approach to farming. there's no tractor or trailer or reliance on the some or the rain instead special lighting is helping this crop of basil until to grow. this is th

which is in helmand province it's a taliban stronghold i would learning that there was a bomb planted under his sea as people gathered in his office this morning that went off eight people were wounded and we've just learned that three of those people have also died the taliban did take responsibility for this attack they had warned that they would do this they put out a statement two weeks ago saying they would target this election on saturday as you see it they have killed ten candidates they've abducted a couple more and wounded four others but who was caught among how prominent a politician. well you know it was quite well known here in afghanistan he was a general back in the soviet days he was in moscow for a long time they came back after the fall of the taliban and became a politician in two thousand and one president danny put him down in helmand three years ago a very difficult assignment because helmand is a taliban stronghold but he went there and he said this isn't just i can't just come here with a military mindset i need to talk to the taliban we need to have negotiatio

as violence threatens to disrupt saturday's election the last happened in the southern province of helmand at least ten candidates been killed now in the run up to the election hundreds of people have been injured in attacks right across the country is in a shot at venice reports from kabul. it was cold inside his a literal office and lashkar gah home in provence this morning a bomb was planted under his cheer eight people were wounded in the attack three people died later of the injuries the taliban took responsibility for this attack they had warned they would do this ahead of the elections and on election day the parliamentary elections here on saturday he died in the blast he was a very well know one politician here in afghanistan a former military general who had been a politician here ever since the fall of the taliban in two thousand and one he had worked in helmand for the last three years he was determined that they would just it wouldn't be a fight a military fight between the govern the taliban he wanted to speak to them he wanted to negotiate and people called him a dreamer and

been a politician here ever since the fall of the taliban in two thousand and one he had worked in helmand for the last three years he was determined that they would just it wouldn't be a fight a military fight between the government in the taliban he wanted to speak to them he wanted to negotiate and people called him a dream and yet he continues this morning people who had a lot of supporters a lot of people would have voted for him on saturday but a tsunami and karama in which in diary means champion or here and for a lot of people here this morning his surname. the afghan army is making final preparations ahead of saturday's parliamentary elections trying to secure polling stations despite taliban threats to bomb them graduation ceremonies for new recruits have even been pushed forward to try to increase numbers on the ground reports from the capital kabul. celebrating their graduation. their excitement may soon give way to anxiety as the new soldiers are likely to be sent to the front line but this is my country and i must defend what i have no fears i have taken an oath to serve and

and was killed inside his electoral office and helmand province this morning a bomb was planted on to his chair eight people were wounded in the attack three people died later of the injuries the taliban took responsibility for this attack they had warned they would do this ahead of the elections and on election day the parliamentary elections here on saturday he died in that blast he was a very well know one politician here in afghanistan a former military general who had been a politician here ever since the fall of the taliban in two thousand and one he had worked in helmand for the last three years he was determined that they would just it wouldn't be a fight a military fight between the government in the taliban he wanted to speak to them he wanted to negotiate and people called him a dream and yet he continues this morning people who had a lot of supporters a lot of people would have voted for him on on saturday but as soon i mean karama which in diary means champion o'hare and for a lot of people here this morning his surname will ring church. will get a weather update next her

three years ago quite a difficult posting because of course helmand is a taliban stronghold but. man was was very strong very respected and had a lot of support in helmand he was much love his surname actually means and champion or hero and i think for a lot of his supporters a lot of people who would have voted for him on saturday certainly believe that. businesses in both lebanon and syria are benefiting from the reopening of a major border crossing crossing which was syria's only overland trade route to jordan for heavy fighting forced its closure of the reports nobody's in damascus are also hoping the reopening will be the beginning of the end of their political and economic isolation. syria had only one land crossing during the war and that was. things are now changing countries. for the first time in. markets in the gulf thanks to the reopening of the border crossing between syria and jordan syria is trying to reestablish its role as a regional transit hub. syria wants to end the siege what we're seeing is the beginning of the end of its isolation in the arab world there is

three years ago quite a difficult posting because of course helmand is a taliban stronghold but. karama and was was very strong and very respected and had a lot of support in helmand he was much love his surname. champion or hero and i think for a lot of his supporters a lot of people who would have voted for him on saturday certainly believe that. part time for a quick check of the headlines here this hour turkish investigators have left the saudi consul general's residence in istanbul off to my knowledge searching for clues into the disappearance of the german. he was last seen entering the saudi consulate two weeks ago. more from istanbul. now this part of the investigation appears to be complete now nine hours of searching the consul's residence by forensic teams and investigators overseen by saudi officials they spent quite a time on the first floor of the building we saw them in action looking at a number of areas and according to a source close to the investigation there had been samples found these samples were not told exactly what they were they were blood samples or d.

crumbing was killed inside his a literal office and lashkar gah helmand province this morning a bomb was planted and a huge cheer eight people were wounded in the attack three people died later of the injuries the taliban took responsibility for this attack they had warned they would do this ahead of the elections and on election day the parliamentary elections here on saturday if you die in the blast it was a very well known politician here in afghanistan a former military general who had been a politician here ever since the fall of the taliban in two thousand and one he had worked in helmand for the last three years he was determined that they were just it wouldn't be a fight a military fight between the government the taliban he wanted to speak to them he wanted to negotiate and people called him a dream and yet he continues this morning people who had a lot of supporters a lot of people would have voted for him on saturday but a tsunami and karama in which in diary means champion or here and for a lot of people here this morning his surname. quick reminder you can always catch u

in afghanistan has killed a parliamentary candidate the blast happened in the southern province of helmand at least ten candidates have now been killed in the run up to the elections which are scheduled for saturday and so the headlines keep it on al jazeera much more to come inside story is next. you. know. the investigation into. possible murder continues all eyes are now on the saudi crown prince mohammed bin set a man who appears to be distancing himself from the scandal but can he really will it affect his grip on power this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm has saudis close to crown prince mohammed bin sandman may be involved in what turkish sources say is the killing of saudi journalist. and as it has been told that a bodyguard for the crown prince led the operation which led to torture and death in istanbul he was last seen entering the saudi consulate fifteen days ago were joint saudi turkish investigation team searched the building took a source is say there is further evidence that suggests it was killed there the saudis are continuing to deny any links to hi

been a politician here ever since the fall of the taliban in two thousand and one he had worked in helmand for the last three years he was determined that they just it wouldn't be a fight a military fight between the government of the taliban he wanted to speak to them he wanted to negotiate and people called him a dream and yet he continues this morning people who had a lot of supporters a lot of people would have voted for him on on saturday but as soon i mean and watching diary means champion o'hare and for a lot of people here this morning his surname. jin is here is enjoying a tourism revival the industry had gone into decline following a series of attacks by armed groups on the twenty fifteen mom and well as the story . tunisia's tourism industry is taken off the sandy beaches of the north east are again sophia the general manager of siebel who tell all four hundred eighty beds are fully booked even though the hot season has ended a little come to. twenty seventeen we started to feel like european tourists coming back and in twenty eighteen there was a remarkable increase in european

candidate his bodyguards and other people the attack took place in the provincial capital of the helmand. which is a taliban stronghold and this is not the only event we should place in afghanistan in the northern province of jobs that the taliban launched a military offensive to take over the area nine security forces were killed and there are reports the thirty taliban fighters were killed in the attack. officials in jos that are asking the government and united states of america to provide more to send more troops to break the seas which has been imposed by the taliban the attacks are a strong message by the taliban that committed to destructing the political process in afghanistan plenty more news still to come for you here on al-jazeera including in the u.s. new accusations of contact between the twenty sixteen from campaign and foreigners but this time it's not the russian. by the writing's on the wall for the shared alphabet between more and south korea. hello there we've got plenty of rain over the southeastern parts of china at the moment actually it's stretching up from what's

for earlier we asked our correspondent in brussels max half ben what could happen next in helmand defiant does he think the italians might yet become. it's hard to predict with this government we've never had a populist government of this nature in a big country in the euro zone so predictions like i said are very hard and what's coming out of rome or in this case out of bucharest from the head of the right wing populist league on nort isn't very encouraging he made it very clear they're not going to change a thing of course he's not the finance minister and then you have a thing called the spread now the spread bear with me a little complicated is the difference between what italy has to pay for its debt and what germany has to pay for its debt obviously german debt can be acquired much cheaper or the germans have to pay less to to borrow money and they have to pay much more because there is a greater risk involved so the higher the spread the more the italians have to pay and it's no surprise that with this new government the spread has gone up continuously and experts expect this to co

the candidate his bodyguards and other people the attack took place in the provincial capital of helmand. gar which is a taliban stronghold and this is not the only event we should place in afghanistan in the northern province of jobs that the taliban launched a military offensive to take over the area nine security forces were killed and there are reports the thirty taliban fighters were killed in the attack. officials in jos that are asking the government of united states of america to provide more to send more troops to break the seas which has been imposed by the taliban the attacks are a strong message by the taliban that they are committed to destructing the political process in afghanistan. japan is pledging to help develop five countries which lie along one of the longest river is in asia the mekong flows through cambodia laos thailand mean mot and vietnam all the leaders were welcomed in tokyo by japan's prime minister shinzo abi and all agreed to push forward more than one hundred fifty projects in the mekong region they include expanding airports in laos and building roads in

announcer: you can watch this >> while in helmand, montana, we learned about jeanette rankin who became the first woman elected to congress in 1960. chess but we are in the botanical society in the state archives. the archives are one of three programs here at the historical society. today we will be talking about jeanette rankin. she was a woman from montana, the missoula area. her biggest claim to fame is she is the first woman elected to the united states congress. she was elected in 1939 before we got into world war there was a honeymoon for her. she is from pennsylvania. she talks about how difficult it must have been being the first woman in congress, but also being the first one saying no to war. >> it would have been so much easier for you. then, while i would not have the in agreement, responsibility would have been divided and you would have stood, not for womanhood, but ms. rankin. but i'm sure others will be with you later and in any case, you will win the confidence of your comrades. >> one of the places jeanette rankin took one of the worst beatings, if you will, was in th

bodyguards and some of the visitors the place the attack took place in the provincial capital of helmand let's go gar which is a taliban stronghold and taliban controls about eighty percent of that area it has issued a statement saying that it would consider anyone who takes part in this bill that in this election the in the upcoming elections is going to be held on the twentieth of this month as a target and peter this is not the only attack that took place today here in afghanistan in the northern province of jos that taliban launched a major military offensive to take over the nine security forces were killed that thirty taliban fighters were killed local commanders are asking for more help from the central government and from the united states of america to try to break this season which is being imposed by the taliban. thanks very much. ok let's pause for your weather forecast would start looking at it is now a hurricane let's take a look at it then it's already worked its way past the western parts of cuba and this is what it did to us so lots of very strong winds there were some w

the candidate his bodyguards and other people the attack took place in the provincial capital of helmand. gar which is a taliban stronghold and this is not the only event we should place in afghanistan in the northern province of jobs that the taliban launched a military offensive to take over the area nine security forces were killed and there are reports the thirty taliban fighters were killed in the attack. officials in jos that are asking the government of united states of america to provide more to send more troops to break the seas which has been imposed by the taliban the attacks are a strong message by the taliban that committed to destructing the political process in afghanistan south african president cyril ramaphosa has accepted the resignation of his finance minister tang clan then it faced calls to step down after admitting to visiting two wealthy indian brothers accused of influence in the former president jacob zuma then it was the fourth finance minister in three years for me to miller has more from johannesburg. the resignation of the finance minister and continental has

award for best reporting and the prize for investigative reporting of atlantic media kelly award, the helmand drive for magazine journalism and at least 20 others. he is the co-author -- [applause] he is the co-author o co- authoe memoir about his time spent as a prisoner in iran. he spent two years in prison as a journalist and when he came home he began reporting on american prisons.n in 2014 he went undercover as a prison guard for four months and published a piece in mother jones about his experience. he then published american prisoner. it also includes the history of the for-profit prisons in the u.s. it also includes photographs and architectural rendering of the penitentiary that he worked at. i was so haunted by this book and i feel like it is an important that everyone needs to read the author of the novel the captives. [applause] it just came out a few months ago and the story collection private property be taught at the prisons onnd and off and i think she said since 1997 her literary work has been published in short fiction narrative and four in literature the "boston globe," the

in afghanistan has killed a parliamentary candidate the blast happened in the southern province of helmand and these ten candidates have now been killed in the run up to the elections on saturday the taliban's warning people not to participate in the vote. almost two thirds of the ghana stands population is illiterate so posters of every candidate in saturday's election have a unique symbol allowing those who can't read the voting list to still recognize who's running explains in kabul. there are two thousand five hundred candidates running in this year's election and they're fighting of just two hundred forty nine seats here in kabul there are a hundred candidates which means that if you are an ass on saturday morning going to vote you have to look through the streets list of candidates to try to find that one person you want to vote for which makes it very difficult another problem is a literacy here in afghanistan that is thirty one percent literacy which means to me every three people cannot read and write therefore if you show up to voters and you cannot read your candidate's name how

for the elections of the recent string of attacks by the taliban in the area particularly in the helmand province there's been a town over the last few days to try to coordinate efforts to secure and to ensure small the actions on saturday but then we don't know exactly the details of what happened in the office of the governor the taliban say this was an insider attack we'll have to wait and see to americans were injured the governor killed a police commander killed and the intelligence killed this is the first time in many years or perhaps this is the first time in the last seventeen years that three top commanders were killed in an attack here in afghanistan and this is something that further posts more pressure on the afghan security forces to try to secure the elections the afghan army so there's going to deploy thousands of troops nationwide still to face with growing challenges are we going to see in this package. afghan army cadets celebrating their graduation their excitement may soon give way to the as a new soul.

prominent candidate in afg hanistan‘s parliamentary elections has been killed in an explosion in helmandmpaign office when the bomb went off. it is the latest attack in the electoral campaign, as the taliban try to dissuade people from voting. here in the uk, tens of thousands of people on sickness benefit are going to get backdated payments averaging more than $6,500 because of mistakes by the government. the department for work and pensions has revealed it will be paying out nearly $2 billion in total because of the errors. most of the mistakes happened between 2011 and 2014. it's known as the peterloo massacre, and it happened in north—west england nearly 200 years ago. tens of thousands of men, women and children gathered in manchester to demand political and parliamentary reform. they came in peace but found themselves under attack from the army and local militia. 15 people were killed, hundreds more were injured. now the british director mike leigh has made a film about one of the defining moments of british political history. he's been speaking to our arts editor, will gompertz. a

prominent candidate in afg hanistan‘s parliamentary elections has been killed in an explosion in helmandar qahraman was meeting supporters in his campaign office when the bomb went off. it is the latest attack in an electoral campaign marred by attempts by the taliban to dissuade people from voting. the australian state of queensland has legalised abortion after lawmakers were allowed a free vote on the issue. it's the fifth australian state to do so. under the new law, women can terminate pregnancies at up to 22 weeks. interpol says that coordinated police raids in 93 countries have seized more than 55 tonnes of drugs including cocaine and heroin. 1,300 people were arrested in the operations which took place in september and october. over 90 companies have been showing off their technologies at the world robot summit injapan. the exhibition is aimed at addressing the labour shortage issue in japan. the government is looking for solutions to a declining number of employees amid a rapidly ageing population. in ,crimea investigators are looking at possible motvies in a gun and bomb attack

an attack targeted another rally in the last ga-ga which is the provincial capital of helmand dozens of people were killed including the candidates the taliban issued a statement saying that they're going to target every single election rally and they're also going to target polling stations on the twentieth of october raising many concerns about the future of the country. rescue teams in the east in uganda have been searching through rubble for survivors of a landslide that killed forty one people a river burst its banks on thursday sending mud down the hillside burying a whole market and do the web as in the village of watch in wa in the data my relatives have begun burying their dead. the family of course solo boom gurney have come to fake it by. a landslide crushed his house he was inside. there were four people around the house at the time it was destroyed and now you can see the body of my son right on the right. lived in the small village of one ten one in the foothills of mt tell them in uganda. this is what remains of it is one of several that we hit all of them poor and rem

an attack targeted another volley in the last which is the provincial capital of helmand dozens of people were killed including the a candidate the taliban issued a statement saying that they're going to target every single election rally and they're also going to target polling stations on the twentieth of october raising many concerns about the future of the country still ahead on the bulletin the fellas and so mind when children in the u.s. are being moved from foster homes and shelters to a tent city in texas and a university degree is almost always an asset on the bank for a job or tell you why palestine is an exception. finally the atmosphere is stirring having brought those huge showers to this part of iran where there are more moving through and the forecast for d.c. is actually quite a widespread area of showers through iran maybe not so easy to pick out a disco but little green dots would suggest showers down the western mountains in iran certainly around the southern caspian we've had the same recently in the violent hint of gray cloud was just same once more in iraq generally

afghanistan has killed a parliamentary election candidate the blast happened in the southern province of helmand at least ten candidates have now been killed in the run up to the elections on saturday the taliban is warning people not to participate in the vote. well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the killer revisited. the average. height for why does this. have the kind of support. we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost. for some trick of nature these stem cells and white swan are on. which this whole procedure is a bad joke like cupping but it's more sophisticated isn't it the letter to you is that by your body american micro consolation. it doesn't matter that worldwide three hundred fifty million people are affected by genetic disorders closed by faulty d.n.a. these genetic defects can lead to a variety of conditions like cystic fibrosis which leads to conic and also cite a long sections and at the moment the system and here i am dr elizabeth healy in the u.k. to see how groundbreaking developments in ge

a suicide bomber has killed an opposition politician in afghanistan's helmand province sunday mohamad checked sigh and seven others were killed in the explosion during a meeting at his home in lashkar on monday the taliban issued a statement condemning the upcoming parliamentary elections as the polls are a u.s. manipulated event the number of severely malnourished children in afghanistan is on the rise with aid organizations warning it could reach two million by the end of the year countries are sending in food but that's half the battle is tony betty reports from herat it's often armed groups like the taliban who are preventing food from it being delivered to those in need. absented is seven months old she weighed less than seven kilograms when she entered this camp almost half the weight or what a child her age should be. she is one of a growing number of severely malnourished children who are suffering from lack of food and one hygienic living conditions they have fled to camps like these in harat their families are too poor and helpless to survive without outside help a family tr

been either rocket attacks mortar explosions or gun battles in the provinces of can do is talk of helmand hat and in kabul city itself election watchdogs say there's also been assaults on polling stations and cup pieces arbel and like let's go live now to the afghan capital kabul on serious question the hope is there that begs the question action how much is all of this violence impacting upon voter turnout today. it was creating a tense environment here. in afghanistan we've seen people today defying those concerns about the security situation saying that this is an opportunity for the afghan people to decide their own parliament their own future and that this is a crucial moment and therefore they were saying that they are willing to take all the risks up yeah i have to say that across the country there's been a momentum which is building up people are saying that we need to cast the vote as this is an election that has been delayed for almost now three years and therefore people don't want to miss the fortunately but however it's been marred by blasts attacks clashes between the govern

candidates for parliament including just the other day a sitting member of parliament in logic our guy in helmand province who was in his campaign office when the taliban bomber killed him the taliban have embarked upon a new strategy of political assassinations they did not do this before it seems clear they are trying to undermine the legitimacy of these elections and also trying for it frankly to kill those leaders they see as threats to them coming back into power this is a new and very dangerous situation and it puts new challenges to afghanistan and they winning then david i know that's a really broad statement and you can't really say in seventeen years of war who's winning or losing but. it is the afghan government and the afghan forces just not getting on top of them. well they afghan government and afghan forces are clear have clearly not been able to stop these targeted assassinations they have actually understand stopped a number of others because of course you never push you never hear about the ones that are stopped but the taliban success particularly this one this is certainly a s

opposition candidate mohamed sachs i was among eight people who were killed in campaign office in helmand province eleven others were injured parliamentary elections are due to be held later this month and agencies are warning that the number of surveilling malnourished children in afghanistan is on the rise to two million children don't have enough to eat countries are sending in food but that's only half the battle often armed groups like the taliban prevent the food from being delivered to those who need it to neighbor reports on herat. absented is seven months old she weighed less than seven kilograms when she entered this camp almost half the weight or what a child her age should be. she is one of a growing number of severely malnourished children who are suffering from lack of food and one hygienic living conditions they have fled to camps like these in harat their families are too poor and helpless to survive without outside help a family traveled three hundred fifty kilometers to herat to skate hunger and conflict it's an all too familiar story in afghanistan more than forty perce

an attack targeted another rally in the last ga-ga which is the provincial capital of helmand dozens of people were killed including the candidates the taliban issued a statement saying they're going to target every single election rally and they're also going to target polling stations on the twentieth of october raising many concerns about the future of the country at least sixteen people have been killed in twin suicide bombings in southern somalia police say the bombers blew themselves up to restaurants in the town of by at least fifty people were wounded in the attacks. says it was responsible and wants to topple somalia's western backed government and impose its own will u.s. president has thanked techie for the release of american pastor under brunson but denies he cut a deal with ankara don't trump said it was a tremendous step towards improving relations between the two countries brunson met the u.s. leader after being released by attackers court on friday mike hanna reports. andrew bronson arrives back in the united states just a day after he was sentenced to three years im

an attack targeted another rally in the last ga-ga which is the provincial capital of helmand dozens of people were killed including the a candidate the taliban issued a statement saying that they're going to target every single election rally and they're also going to target polling stations on the twentieth of october raising many concerns about the future of the country. israeli police are investigating the death of a palestinian woman has been set israeli settlers pelted their car with stones the funeral of forty eight year old mother of eight i sat down with gravity a second plays in the day and her husband says they were traveling through the occupied west bank on friday when a stone hit his wife in the head and burials have taken place for some of these seven palestinians killed during protests at the gaza border on friday they were taking part in weekly demonstrations demanding the right to return to their ancestral lands the two hundred protesters have been killed by israeli forces since the protests began in march. and a poster named college graduates living in the occupied

afghanistan has killed another candidate in saturday's election the us was in the southern province of helmand the taliban have claimed responsibility and a threatening to target polling stations and security forces guarding them at least ten candidates already been killed during campaigning. we turn as one of the youngest democracies in the world and its version to choose its government on thursday the remote himalayan nation only held its first election ten years ago neve barker is in the capital tim who sent this report. it is a rustic landscape of peaks and paddy fields a country seemingly at odds with the modern world. less than two generations ago bhutan had a subsistence economy now it's open to graduate from the un's list of least developed countries to a developing one things are a little slower here war manageable than other places but. there's globalization is the explosion of media's forces beyond our control and we are being in that pried open prize to be turned became a democracy in two thousand and eight under the orders of the previous king it's a change the country still getti

thank you very much indeed a suicide bomber has killed an opposition politician in afghanistan's helmand province salim mohammad attracts are and seven others were killed in the explosion during a meeting at his home in lashkar on monday the taliban issued a statement condemning the upcoming parliamentary elections it said the polls are in the u.s. manipulated event gaza's only power station has been given enough fuel for the next six months in defiance of the palestinian president diesel tankers carrying sixty million dollars worth of fuel from cutter crossed into the strip extra fuel and several hours worth of power a day for palestinians living there but palestinian president mahmoud abbas has rejected the foreign aide saying it creates a rift between the occupied west bank and gaza. police involved area said they're holding a remain young man in connection with the murder of a t.v. journalist victoria marin over who was raped and killed in the northern town of the thirty year old was investigating alleged corruption with money as part of her regional current affairs show a murder has

in afghanistan has killed a parliamentary candidate the blast happened in the southern province of helmand at least ten candidates have now been killed in the run up to saturday's elections the taliban is warning people not to vote in this election a government minister in india has resigned after as many as twenty women accused him of sexual harassment and assault and are was the deputy foreign minister allegations against the sixty seven year old date back to his time still leading newspaper editor in the late one nine hundred eighty s. and ninety's he is suing the first female journalist to report him on twitter for defamation he's part of a long list of prominent men who've been named in what's being called india's need to movement and data shah is co-director of the center that's a women's rights organization in india she says this is the start of a wider movement for change. it's a huge indication for all of us fighting for women's rights but. i think it so it's sure that if many women come together we can actually really go change in the revolution in summary and to ask me to has be

an attack targeted another rally in the last ga-ga which is the provincial capital of helmand dozens of people were killed including the candidates the taliban issued a statement saying that they're going to target every single election rally and they're also going to target polling stations on the twentieth of october raising many concerns about the future of the country. in southern somalia the armed group al shabaab says it carried out two suicide bomb blasts which killed at least sixteen people and wounded dozens of others a restaurant and a hotel in the town of by joe would targeted which is linked to al qaeda is phantom to topple somalia's western backed government and to impose islamic rule german voters are electing a new regional parliament in bavaria and the results could increase tensions within the fragile coalition government in berlin very largest party the conservative christian social union as one know almost every election since the second world war but support for the party which is in angela merkel's federal alliance has recently slumped because of pressure from ri

ten people have been killed in the capital kabul there's also been fighting and couldn't sneak taka helmand and how that issues with voting machines also causing problems with the taliban is at its strongest position since the us invaded in two thousand and one military analysts say that the armed group of the holds or is fighting to control over sixty percent of afghanistan's districts and it continues to carry out attacks back in july taliban fighters overran two districts in the southeastern province of paktika on the border with pakistan gosney afghanistan's twelfth largest city was targeted in august there were fears that the city would fall to the group but the government regained control after days of fighting meanwhile voting in the southern province of kandahar has been delayed for a week after the taliban killed two senior officials on thursday let's go live now to kabul i'm serious. is the polling day drawing to a close what is the security situation than now. it remains very tense in some areas across the country just a while ago there was there was a suicide bombing attack here

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sergeant first class raymond was 36 and killed in august when a roadside bomb exploded next to him in helmande's sergeant first class christopher. he was just 32 years old on his fifth deployment to afghanistan. he died in a fire fight in july. 17 years of war to the day in afghanistan, and the taliban still control much of the country. about 15,000 american troops are still deployed to afghanistan as we speak today. >>> now, there's a storm churning in the caribbean. it could become a hurricane and take aim at the u.s. later this week. details on its projected path when we come back. well at safelite, we know sooner or later every chip will crack. these friends were on a trip when their windshield got chipped. so they scheduled at safelite.com. they didn't have to change their plans or worry about a thing. i'll see you all in a little bit. and i fixed it right away with a strong repair they can trust. plus, with most insurance a safelite repair is no cost to you. >> customer: really?! >> tech: being there whenever you need us that's another safelite advantage. >> singers: safelite repair, sa

and there were other rocket attacks mortar explosions all gun battles in the provinces of condos helmand had out and in kabul city election watchdogs say there's also been us an assault on polling stations in cut pieces of all in lukman but despite the violence and warnings from the taliban voters still came out to cuss their budget reports from couple. an act of defiance despite the growing threats and tense security situation. afghans cast their votes across the country to elect a new parliament. the voting was marred by blasts and violence between the taliban and security forces in many provinces but the people here in kabul showed up in the early hours at the polling stations despite the risks although. i will vote for someone who would work for afghanistan and serve the nation we need patriots who care about the country these people that deserve to be elected to parliament but i would call is a must have today i am exercising my democratic right i want to choose the right person who will fight for my rights in the rights of women and women in large numbers their voices will be heard

an attack targeted another volley in the last ga-ga which is the provincial capital of helmand dozens of people were killed including the a candidate the taliban issued a statement saying that they're going to target every single election rally and they're also going to target polling stations on the twentieth of october raising many concerns about the future of the country. the pope was expelled to chile and bishops accused of the sexual abuse of minors just weeks after expelling two of the chilean priests for the same reason it's latin america's largest of a clerical sex abuse scandal prosecutors are now carrying out an unprecedented investigation tell getting nearly one hundred seventy members of the clergy in chile including cardinals and bishops in america editor you see in human reports from santiago. earlier this month the highest ranking member of chile's catholic church cardinal really got of the inside he was indicted and brought before the public prosecutor for allegedly covering up cases of clerical sex abuse. thirty eight year old. couldn't believe his eyes he's one of sc