in kabul thanks so much for your reporting. and we apologize for the quality of that sound let's have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world around sixty people are dead after a high speed commuter train ran into a large crowd at a festival near the northern indian city of amritsar according to local media police had people had gathered to celebrate an annual hindu festival but failed to hit the train approaching over the sound of firecrackers. hundreds of migrants have faced off against riot police on a bridge crossing the mexican border some people jumped into the water below along the border to escape that part of a group of thousands who set off from honduras last week and heading towards the united states. sweden is to prosecute a twenty one year old student who tried to prevent the deportation of an afghan asylum seeker and an heiress and refused to sit down on a plane that was due to depart from gothenburg she made international headlines by broadcasting her protest live on facebook. macedonia's

photos risking their lives to cost that balance we'll get the latest from kabul also coming up. saudi arabia admits jamal khashoggi is dead after two weeks of denials saudi state t.v. said the dissident journalist was killed in a fifth fight inside its stumble consulate but will western allies of the saudi government finds the explanation convincing. and last off too much yuri a joint european and japanese spacecraft has successfully launched as is and is on its way to explore all solar systems and smallest and least understood. i'm on you tube as mckinnon thanks so much for joining us. there are reports of multiple casualties off to afghanistan's capital kabul was rocked by several explosions polls opened across the country today off two years of delay the taliban has vowed to disrupt the parliamentary elections but thousands of afghans a standing in defiance of those threats and facing the security related chaos so that they can vote. these people are risking their lives to vote the threat of violence from the taliban and so-called islamic state hangs over every polling statio

kabul, afghanistan, a city in lockdown. the so—called islamic state were constant and real. the country has been in a state of war since the us invasion in 2001, and now attacks are worse than ever. if i was to find myself talking to the taliban or the islamic state on the streets of kabul. that would mean that mick has gone very wrong. realistically, the early way to do it is to speak to them ina early way to do it is to speak to them in a prison. iam headed to afg hanistan's biggest them in a prison. iam headed to afghanistan's biggest prison. i heard about a taliban commander who had been involved in numerous ied attacks. but would he tore? the prison was separated into an area for the so—called islamic state and one for the taliban. that might talk. the prisoners were those that are free to talk. first up were members of is. do you admit you are members of is. do you admit you are members of is. do you admit you are members of ices or do you say you are innocent? if you are all not members of islamic state, are you happ

always he's in afghanistan say a suicide bomber has killed fifteen people in kabul the attack was the most serious of many because dozens of casualties during the country's parliamentary elections now almost nine million people were eligible to cost but it's despite the fear of violence turnout was knowledge of than expected with long queues forming at many polling stations. dozens of people died across the country and more than one hundred ninety attacks on saturday as people went to the polls on the first day of voting a suicide bombing in front of a polling station in the capital kabul may have been the deadliest our doctor said that three people were killed there and six wounded but government sources say fifteen died both the local islamic state affiliate and the taliban have threatened violence during the elections. oh despite the threats many people seem eager to vote almost nine million are registered to cast their ballots in the election for the lower house of parliament ordinary afghans have expressed cautious hope. it is their right to vote today i came out here and voted f

earlier we spoke last he is a freelance journalist in kabul and be asked him how he experienced this election day. well i might my vote he can see making or my vote went pretty quickly though the biggest issue and the center that i was in was. the sorting out of the names because everyone was basically where you registered was where you had to vote this time so that took a little bit of time but that was the biggest issue that i faced personally but as the day went on what we saw was that millions of people face massive issues once they got to the polling centers their polling centers that just weren't open when they got there their polling centers that when they got there they didn't how about the president how ballot boxes or they didn't have the ballot papers through the cocina matic tried to get their own specific ballots so this created a lot of problems for people where they were kept waiting outside of these voting centers for sometimes hours at a time and that leaves them susceptible to tall of on threat because we've seen you know the taliban vowed before the election that t

also coming up multiple blasts rocked kabul as election polling stations open across much of afghanistan the country's voters now have to decide whether to stay at home full cost that ballots and risk of violence a behinds of the taliban we'll get the latest from kabul. and in the bundesliga big guns beyond there experiencing an unfamiliar running of bad form coach just struggling in his new role while the club's bosses have attacked the media can the champion steady the ship against old school we'll take a look. i knew coop as mckinnon thanks so much for joining us. more than two weeks after the dissident journalist. was seen for the last time in istanbul saudi arabia has now admitted that he was killed inside that consulate in the turkish capital saudi state t.v. says a preliminary investigation revealed that an argument broke out between the washington post journalist and a group of men inside the consulate it claims he was accidentally strangled during a brawl saudi authorities say they've arrested eighteen people over the case of a saudi king has also sacked several top officials an

explosions risking their lives to cost their ballots we'll get the latest from kabul. and in the bundesliga big guns bonner and experiencing an unfamiliar run of bad form coach coach a struggling in his new role all the clubs bosses have the tops the media the champions steady the ship against books we'll take a look. i mean you could as mckinnon thanks so much for joining us. it's more than two weeks since the dissident journalist jamal khashoggi was seen for the last time in istanbul and now saudi arabia has admitted that he was killed inside the consulate in the turkish capital saudi state t.v. says a preliminary investigation revealed that an argument broke out between the washington post journalist and a group of men inside the consulate it claims he was accidentally strangled during a brawl saudi authorities say they've arrested eighteen people over the case the saudi king has also sacked several top officials and called for reform of the kingdom's intelligence agency. d.w. correspondent dora jones is reporting for us from istanbul thanks for joining us story and

kabul, thank you very much for that, our chief international correspondent in kabul. —— lyse doucet,bc news... saudi arabia admits journalist jamal khashoggi was killed in the consulate in istanbul. the uk says it's those responsible must be held to account. thousands of protestors are marching through london demanding another referendum on the uk's membership of the european union. two men have been charged with murdering father—of—two ian tomlin, who was beaten to death outside his home in south—west london. and in sports, chelsea came back to equalise at stamford bridge against manchester united. jose mourinho had to be restrained by stewards. england have won the third odi against sri lanka in another rain affected match. and danny cipriani was sent off in their champions cup defeat against munster for a high tackle. bobby back with another update in the next hour. two spacecraft have been launched on a mission to mercury by europe and japan. it's a joint project to reach the planet which is the closest to the sun — a journey that will take seven years. our science correspondent

a weather update next and then the rest of the day's news ahead we're live in kabul as taliban attacks hit polling stations during the first national elections there in eight years and police in india calling it a freak accident a speeding train runs into a crowd at a religious festival will tell you. from a fresh coast to breeze. to watching the sunset on the australian outback. with a lot of fine and dry weather into central parts of here up further west it does remain rather just to say the flooding rains affecting that eastern side of spain low pressure still ferry very close by for the heavy downpours here as we go on through the next few days and we'll see some showers and longer spells of writing on saturday into the southern half of spybot further north it's not too bad it's old ashley week for the up to seventeen in the eric tad warmer than that for paris seventeen celsius for a london c. seventeen in vienna as well here is fine and dry there's that settled weather a few showers now starting to push over towards the black sea we'll see some showers also developing around centr

it offers hope to children in kabul.very day, it tours the afghan capital's residential neighborhoods. for two to three hours, children can discover worlds far from the surrounding city here by getting lost in a good book. around 300 children visit the bus daily. farzad: i likeke books with stories about princes s and beggars best, and ones with dragons. shafiquulla: i read books in two languages here. in pasashto and in dari. mehrya: therere are so manany d stories here. i read books about all kinds of things. reporter: freshta karim started the mobile library with the help of d donations. after fleeing afghanistan with her parents, she eventually studied at oxford. now she's back, seeking to encourage critical thinking among children in her home country. freshta: we are trying to do two things. at the grassroots level we are giving people access to books and critical thinking and all. and at the policy level, we are trying to influence policies. our goal is to have a society that can think criticacally ad think for the

kabul, afghanistan, a city in lockdown. islamic state were constant and real. the country's been in a state of war since the us invasion in 2001, and now, attacks are worse than ever. if i was to find myself talking to the taliban or the islamic state on the streets of kabul, that would mean something has gone very wrong. so realistically, the only way to do it is to speak to them in a prison. i'm headed to afghanistan's biggest prison. i had heard about a taliban commander who'd been involved in numerous ied attacks on afghan and foreign forces. but would he talk? the prison was separated into an area for the so—called islamic state, and one for the taliban. the prisoners were free to talk, and first up were what the guards claimed were members of is, or daesh. do you admit you are members of is, or do you say you are innocent? if you're all not members of islamic state, are you happy to renounce what they do, the tactics they use, the people they kill? i mean, do you think the act of beheading people, killing people, is a

the suicide attack today just a few minutes ago in kabul. but the main problem was actually lack of capacity by d.e.c. direction complain commission to manage to come out where does it leave afghanistan and. results will be announced if you weeks from now are significant is this election what kind of task with the next parliament of afghanistan undertake i think the next parliament of afghanistan if we have one giving the problems that we have actually faced today the credibility of the lection and legitimacy of how many people participated what is the percentage of people participation all of these question if it everything goes well and we assume that. this election will actually have a result and there will be a new parliament did you parliament should actually to spect the people who lost their lives today and to speak to queue of people who are lined up to have their voices heard in the government thank you very much indeed fozia and this is exactly the same statements we've heard from people today when we went to different polling stat

the bbc‘s ben zand was given rare access to a jail in kabul. kabul, afghanistan. taliban and the so—called islamic state were constant and real. the country's been in a state of war since the us invasion of 2001 and now attacks are worse than ever. if i was to find myself talking to the taliban or the islamic state on the streets of kabul, that would mean something had gone very wrong. so, realistically, the only way to do it is to speak to them in a prison. i headed to afghanistan's biggest prison. i'd heard about a taliban commander who'd been involved in numerous ied attacks on afghan and foreign forces, but would he taught? the prison was separated into an area for the so—called islamic state and one for the taliban. the prisoners were free to talk and first up were what the guards claimed were members of is — or daesh. do any of you admit that you are members of isis, or you all saying you are innocent? if you're all not members of islamic state, are you happy to renounce what they do? the tactics they use? the people they kill? i mean, do you think the act o

in kabul afghanistan a mobile library is a safe haven for children and welcome respite from the hardship of everyday life. children in the favelas of brazil meanwhile frequently end up caught in the crossfire between drug gangs and police. armed conflicts are no longer restricted to battlefields but play out in cities to the civilian death toll is growing and children are especially vulnerable. in twenty seventeen three hundred fifty million children were living in crisis sons over ten thousand children were killed or maimed in armed fighting worldwide war isn't officially raging in brazil but violence claims a shocking number of lives the standoff between armed drug gangs and police forces regularly claims civilian lives in rio de janeiro alone some twelve hundred people including many children were killed by police bullets in twenty seven tane. bruna silva is a broken one has son marcos was murdered on his way to school here in memory of for valor in rio de janeiro. which any moment is it that it was here that he died. and when marcos turned the corner on his bike he saw the military p

voting stations across the country multiple explosions and casualties have already been reported in kabul photos all risking their lives to cause that balance we'll get the latest from the afghan capital. also coming up saudi arabia admits jamal khashoggi instead off to two weeks of denial saudi state t.v. said the dissident journalist was killed in a fistfight inside its stumble consulate but will western allies of the saudi government find their explanation convincing. and in the been mislead the big guns gone are experiencing an unfamiliar run of boxing coach nico coach is struggling in his new role well the club's boxes have attached the media count the champions steady the ship the game's full spoke later today we'll take a look. at the morning. i'm on your trip as mackinnon thanks so much for joining us. there are reports of multiple casualties off to afghanistan's capital kabul was rocked by several explosions polls opened across the country today off two years of delay the taliban has vowed to disrupt the parliamentary elections but thousands of afghans standing in defiance of tho

i was a journalist before she decided to become a politician a former member of the kabul provincial council she's running for a seat in parliament afghanistan remains a deeply conservative society where women say they are discriminated against but harvey seems hopeful this could be the best chance for women to make their mark in politics. than people even means they don't turn to me. this is the last time you trust me but brokaw and i did broke our trust and oh really never trust again i mean this is the first time in afghan elections that most of the candidates are young independent and determined to change political lives people like her and say afghan institutions have been crippled by warlords and corrupt officials and that this election is the woman to defeat we want to clean parliament for all these. representatives they misuse their authorities they misused the concept of parliament so first of all we need to bring young educated people with plan how can they build their country. in the past afghans largely voted along ethnic and regional lines but the main political parties

there were other explosions at polling stations in kabul.enemy of this process and that is very bad organisation. some stations opened so late that the electoral commission had to apologise and say voting could take place tomorrow. the polling has closed but by now, the sun has set and everyone who turned up to vote has been told they will be able to cast their ballot. so a mixed picture but even holding this election at all is an achievement for afghanistan. when you spoke to voters, what kind of meaningful choice did they feel they had in front of them? how about a ballot that looks like a newspaper? 16 pages that you had to flip. 800 people are running in kabul. some of them are the sons and daughters of the warlords and the millionaires in kabul and certainly some of them will get in because anywhere in the world money does matter. but more young educated afghans are running than ever before. everyone is saying that we hope these new faces get in because quite frankly the last afghan parliament which has been in the assembly for three ye

ben zand, bbc news, kabul.'s most dangerous cities, which you can see on bbc iplayer. researchers at the chinese academy of sciences are saying they have created created baby mice with two mums and no dad. the researchers say the bi—maternal animals were healthy and went on to have pups of their own. the team also had a go at mice with double dads, but they died within days of being born. professor monika ward is from the institute for biogenesis research at the university of hawaii, and gave me her thoughts on the research. well, this is a very fascinating and comprehensive study, that taught us a little bit new about the special imprinted genes. and the team, the chinese team, made some progress over what was known before. in 2004, a japanese group also developed offspring from the maternal parents, but the efficiency of this process was much lower, and the mice were not normal. the new study shows that plenty of the offspring could be obtained. they grew up well, and they were able to have offspring of their

reports from kabul. tight security in kabul joint army and police units patrol all in turn to the capital they search vehicles and people taking no chances suicide bomb attacks and improvised devices have killed and injured thousands of people this year and the situation is getting worse security forces and pressure to ensure smooth election was. but he had checked with the there is no doubt that terrorist organizations like the taliban isis and the haqqani network and many other terrorist networks are trying to undermine the political process and do not want this election to take place. the taliban's attacked many election rallies across the country killing dozens of people including candidates the government has closed nine hundred polling stations mainly in rural areas under taliban control but for the afghan people casting votes is vital for the future of the country and they are did he tell you i want to stay on the right of. the security situation is not reassuring yes you see more security forces

the worst came in kabul just after sunset version seemed to should have been closed at the time but were extended to cope with the long queues of people still waiting to vote a suicide bomber tried to enter a polling station more than a dozen people were killed but it was said we should get out was that there was a blast and i fell down on the ground blood was everywhere and there were many casualties but i don't know what happened next. afghans knew they were risking their lives to vote the taliban have reminded them many times and yet they turned out in the millions defiant. yet of the nine million registered to vote one third turned out on election day it's sunday will take up another million ballots with two provinces get to vote initial results will be revealed in three weeks. these are the third parliamentary elections since the fall of the taliban in two thousand and one if this is the appetizer the main course is the presidential election in april despite logistical and security concerns forces themselves more engaged in a balance out his era kabul let's now speak to. he is in th

most talk regime is a regional security analyst he joins us live from kabul. how can they have a vote with so much violence still going on. certainly amand led to set tack on the hot has really changed the complexion although there was a big draw for were among the public candidates that dr new and innovative ways of campaigning the check the internet bit of sense off involvement among the public but these latest security act accessories certainly damaged the the the enthusiasm a bit but still i believe the number of candidates who are running for the office david be pushing that followers to participate in the elections and in major cities you will see people participating but really they have to certainly be faced with concern among the public about the security while they're working. the reason this vote has been delayed and it's kind of what three three and a half years since the country went into a process of reforming in changing the system that's why if there's violence and if people askin doesn't that mean that even the reform system at some level is f

let's get more on the story with journalist ali latif he joins us from kabul hi ali now how concerned are authorities in afghanistan that the assassinate assassination of general will disrupt the poll why is his murder so significant. it's very significant is he of the century the most powerful man in connaught as the police chief was a role he took on since two thousand and eleven he's really taken over control of the city and made sure that it's secure so the fact that he was killed in the governor's office in a meeting where the presence of the top u.s. general in afghanistan all of this raises questions about what kind of security breaches happened that this was able to occur there have been numerous attempts on honors its life in the past including about a year ago when there and there are the ambassador came to visit and there was a bombing at the governor's mansion then and he had narrowly escaped they had just left just before the bombing so there are these questions of what happened that day in the governor's office this was able to happen ali how do afghans feel about tomorr

speaking to us from kabul thank you very much. let's catch up now on some other stories making headlines around the world u.s. president donald trump says it looks like journalist. is dead he threatened severe consequences if the saudis are found to be responsible a turkish newspaper published photos of a man it says led the hit squad that carried out the alleged killing is a saudi diplomats that they have close ties to saudi crown prince mohammed bin sama . an official memorial ceremonies being held in russian and next crimea for the victims of a school shooting that left twenty people dead the region is observing three days of mourning russian media is calling the attack on the black sea ports of carriage by an eighteen year old gunman the russian columbine. authorities in thailand have charged two tourists with bandolim for spraying graffiti the pair face up to ten years in prison if convicted the twenty three year old from britain and canada were arrested in the northern city of china by they were caught on surveillance camera

the polls on the first day of voting a suicide bombing in front of a polling station in the capital kabul may have been the deadliest or doctors said that three people were killed there and six wounded but government sources say fifteen died both the local islamic state affiliate and the taliban have threatened violence during the elections. oh despite the threats many people seem eager to vote almost nine million are registered to cast their ballots in the election for the lower house of parliament ordinary afghans have expressed cautious hope. oh it's their right to vote today i came out here and voted for my favorite come to that and did my part for the future of afghanistan. on the phone footage of a time when stuff in war income flanks and now i've come here to vote for person who should wait to bring security to the country i ask people to come and fight for prosperity in afghanistan not. it's a major step that these elections are happening at all they were originally scheduled to be held three years ago but ongoing instability has forced many delays ten candidates have been assassi

hundred sixty people have been killed in this campaign let's go live now to afghanistan's capital kabul al jazeera has shown it but it's is. what is the security situation on polling day right now. the security situation is not good people are still turning out to voters. of people. across the country we're seeing photos coming in and videos from the provinces but there are at the same time many many attacks including here in kabul city we've confirmed four separate attacks in explosions so a rocket attack one of the hospitals here treating at least thirty seven wounded and we have got people confirmed. fortunately the taliban has followed through on their threats they said they would do this they threatened to attack polling centers and they have done that today on the logistical front actually executing these elections there are also problems i'm joined now by name from the transparency transparent election foundation of afghanistan the biggest watchdog network in afghanistan name you've got seven thousand two hundred observers out today what are they what are you main findings that.

it was a day by violence as suicide bomber blew himself up outside a polling station in kabul killing and injuring dozens of people it was one of several attacks in the afghan capital. there where the blast met fell down on the ground blood was everywhere and there are many casualties but i don't know what happened next the but the attacks have been deterred people from casting their votes. and i act of defiance despite the growing threats and turns security situation this is the third parliamentary election since the fall of the taliban in two thousand and one people here in kabul showed up in the early hours at polling stations. 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 go is a man have to say 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 vote in large numbers their voices will be heard. extraordinary security measures were in place in the capital kabul the

is not reassuring yes you see more security forces in the center of the main province and here in kabul but it's far more worse in the rural areas each day i go to work i'm concerned about my safety. i'm full of hope the candidates are young and i believe they'll serve a space where i wish they can focus on improving education and security. in previous elections. and powerful tribal leaders have taken part this time the majority of the candidates are young and independent it would be almost impossible to set up checkpoints similar to this one of the main entrances to all of the cities across afghanistan the government simply does not have the resources and the manpower but officials say they are determined to take all necessary measures to ensure the taliban does not disrupt the election. the u.s. says it's carried out its deadliest air strike against al shabaab in somalia in nearly a year killing sixteen fighters it targeted one of the group's training camps in the town of head of the here in the province. the armed groups buckled on the scale the second kidnapped aid worker in nigeria

contesting and competing for thirty three seats in kabul and many of them are quite young and i think if there's any reason to be hopeful when it comes to these elections it's the young generation and a generation that if that has to happen at some point in afghan politics and these elections could be a first step in that direction let's talk about the young generation this is a country with an extraordinarily young population does afghanistan have a future for them. difficult indeed adair many people as we know in germany today are indeed leaving afghanistan many are living in the neighboring countries in iran and pakistan many get internally displaced some are coming to europe and it is indeed one of the youngest countries in to build more than sixty percent of the people of elodie age of twenty five and not all of them are making the decision to stay given to us that is difficult circumstances and given those difficult circumstances it's no wonder so many of them try to reach europe and then the german government if they actually reach here sent them back to afghanistan does that m

bbc news, kabul. jane: fascinating interview there, and clearly not much room ebate for some people. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come, bavaria is pavered for its beer, but german politicians will bng more attention to the ballot box. an investigatiois underway t determine what happened to to two of russian space rocket after it was forced to make an emergency landing in kazakhstan. it was meant to take an american and a russian to the international space station. but the astronauts reported a probm with the rocket's booster shortly after takeoff. sarah rainsford has more. it looked at first like a launch, a burst- of fire and a noise as the soyuz rocket lifted its crew into orbit. then came this. less than three minutes into the flight, the commander reported an emergency. cbehind the translator, y quippingcalm voice that there was a quick flight. moments later, the astronauts are hurtling bacto earth. rescue teams were poised to return to the landing sites. the crews did train

deadliest day for kabul people as you know the taliban already have warned people not to participate in this process they have already by caught it and warned teachers and university lecturers not to participate because that the majority of the stuff for the voting process or the teachers of the schools and the locations that the voters. cast their votes who are these schools and mosques and so it was quite tense day for afghan security because two of provinces. they were highly attacked and there have been. one thousand eight hundred security threats many of them have been prevented by afghan security forces we still have to wait and see what will happen next because the election process has been extended by the independent election commission for the next day which is tomorrow. three hundred seventy. one polling stations. actually were closed that is a very. specific. let's see sure for this process that people are really concerned about because people were hopeful and they had a very big turnout early in the morning became an hour before the election started but later after a coup

lyse doucet, bbc news, kabul.e duke and duchess of sussex kicked off their shoes to walk along bondi beach in sydney. harry and meghan met a surfing community group for an event called fluro friday. to tell us more, let‘s bring in our correspondent, hywel griffith. just behind you there the scenes a little earlier were absolutely stunning. yeah, the crowds slowly moving away, replaced by the normal crowds you see here thronging bondi, probably the most popular beach around sydney. the reason for coming here was to talk about a problem that is universal, mental health issues, and a scheme based at this beach called 0ne wave. prince harry and meghan got to hear more from the organisers, they got up close and personal with a group hug and took pa rt personal with a group hug and took part in fluro friday and the idea of the bright colours isn‘tjust to raise awareness but to give a talking point, an icebreaker, to ask about the fluorescent colours, and the organisers say it helps people open up to talk about their exp

we held two major conferences here in kabul called the kabul the kabul process to bring regional countries what we are doing with peace and security. we also have the initiative on the cease—fire... i'm going to stop you because you have not given me a straight answer. to a very important question because it is about who really is driving efforts to engage to tell a man right now. the new york times reported sources saying he had these meetings with the officials from the taliban. he flew to the gulf state of qatar, he quietly met them and your president, your boss and his government heard of that meeting only afterwards through news reports. is that true or not? you are reading me an article or are you asking me a question that you want confirmation for or what is going on? it is a lot more detailed than what you see in a news report. just because a few words were not said in a meeting does not mean there was intention behind hiding that. it was a quick meeting and the ambassador was very exhausted from his trip. to be clear then, i think you cleared up for us, you did not know that the s

sekunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. giant cave hall in a sinkhole in southern china, which they think could be the world's biggest. the discovery was made in fengshan county in guangxi province. briony sowden reports. from above, it is an impressive view. surrounded by steep cliffs, this 200 metre singh kohli and china's guangxi province is not an uncommon sight in the country's rugged landscape. but hidden beneath this one is what good be the world's tallest cave all, created because of colla pses tallest cave all, created because of collapses in the ground above. a tea m collapses in the ground above. a team of experts used just a single rope for the slow descent, more than 118 metres deep into the sinkhole. from the bottom, they used 3—d technology to scan the caves and underground holes where they discovered a giant cave hole and corridor. at a50 metres high, it is enough to fit the isil tower and a few olympic sized swimming pools. a courtyard itself is a grand 150 metres tall. but as well as being the world's is,

sekunder kermani, bbc news, kabul.fter being run down by a speeding train during a hindu festival on friday. it's india's worst rail disaster this year. eliza philippidis reports. dalbir singh will not be coming home to his wife again. he was just one of the thousands celebrating the ramlila festival, marking the triumph of good over evil. families and friends were out watching a burning effigy of the demon king, rama, as part of the festivities on friday when the train ploughed straight through them. watching the fireworks from the train tracks, he, like so many others, did not hear the fast—approaching train. grieving relatives have been scouring the bloodied fields for anything their loved ones left behind. but anger is growing at the authorities over why the festival was allowed to be held so close to the train tracks. translation: when they have to get votes, they come along to beg from home to home. they did not come to say that our children had died. we should getjustice. local hospitals were overwhelmed with th

ports from the capital kabul. it was a day by violence a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a polling station in kabul killing and injuring dozens of people it was one of several attacks in the afghan capital. there were the blast my friend on the ground blood was everywhere and there are many casualties but i don't know what happened next the but the attacks have been deterred people from casting their votes. and i act of defiance despite the growing threats and turns security situation this is the third parliamentary election since the fall of the taliban in two thousand and one people here in kabul showed up in the early hours of polling stations. 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 does but i would call is a must have to be 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 vote in large num

buainly here in kabul, and in most of the other city centers, you saw very determined voters. they were up very, very early. the polls were supposed to open at 7:00 this morning. people inspectorine at 6:00 6:30. and many polling stations opened late, en youoned, a lot of technical difficulties. and yet the afghans persevered. and the suicide bombing happened an hour and a half after lle were scheduled to be closed. people were still waiting in line to vote and theote will continue tomorrow. the determination of the afghan people very offend in the process today. we're not exactly sure what happened in the rural areas, where,f course, the goverment has less control and where people are more easily tfluenced, and that's going be the real test. but election commission tellses you that two to 2.5illion people did vote today out of voter roll of 8.8 million, that's not bad. >> sreenivasan: that's very courageous, especially since ofd people the taliban and suicide bombers target. tell me about the history of fraud when what they're trying to do to prent it this time ound. >> this

sekunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. this is bbc news.here has been international condemnation after saudi arabia admits the missing journalist jamal khashoggi was killed in its consulate in istanbul. let's stay with that story now. earlier, i spoke to karen attiah, global 0pinions editor at the washington post. she was a friend ofjamal khashoggi. i asked her what he was like. jamal was a kind, very gentle — very sort of determined man, though. he was extremely passionate about his writing. i mean, in his first piece for the post, shortly after we were able to find him and recruit him to write for us, he said that the situation in saudi arabia pained him. he told me that in our first e—mail exchange, and that it pained him to have to write about what was happening in the kingdom under crown prince mohammad bin salman. at the same time, you know, in our discussions, conversations, what shone through was that he really cared. he really cared about saudi arabia and wanted to use his work to — yes, to highlight the injustices, to highlight pe

lyse doucet, bbc news, kabul.t the british racing driver who wants a change in the strict rules on gender. parts of san francisco least affected by the earthquake are returning to life. but in the marina area, where most of the damage was done, they're more conscious than ever of how much has been destroyed. in the 19 years since he was last here, he's gone from being a little—known revolutionary to an experienced and successful diplomatic operator. it was a 20lb bomb which exploded on the fifth floor of the grand hotel, ripping a hole in the front of the building. this government will not weaken. democracy will prevail. it fills me with humility and gratitude to know that i have been chosen as the recipient of this foremost of earthly honours. this catholic nation held its breath for the men they call the 33. and then... bells toll ..bells tolled nationwide to announce the first rescue, and chile let out an almighty roar. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the pressure is ramping up on saudi arabia. presiden