where we go to afghanistan now where the elections have been in the southern kandahar province the vote for a new parliament will go ahead in the rest of the country on saturday three years ofter it was scheduled but in kandahar voting has been pushed back a week after a major taliban attack on thursday the delays reportedly to allow for mourning because people would be too scared to vote in the attack a gunman disguised as a security guard killed kandahar's police chief general abdul razak and its intelligence chief the province's governor was wounded it was just the latest in a wave of almost daily taliban and i still attacks targeting the elections. at least ten candidates are amongst the victims shot at us reports from kabul because after. the military precision for one of the most well known police chiefs in afghanistan general abdel rizieq was overpowered roger general rizzi was a powerful and very respected man and his death is a big loss for us we the people of kandahar all united i will say the achievements made by general abizaid in the past years. as a kid survived many asses

well i think it's it's important not to exaggerate a single week still in kandahar of course there's likely to be a much longer delay in gaza need if that election in fact ever takes place so rather than focusing on one week and a possible delay in the results i would just say that what this incident shoes is that the security situation in afghanistan is really the problem and this election i don't think offers much of a solution but that's precisely the point isn't it logistically it's not possible for this election to go ahead in kandahar province but you have the taliban calling for people to boycott the election there is almost certainly a climate of fear in the country how disruptive an effect might that the taliban have on these elections well i think the taliban has already had an extremely disruptive effect on the election not only in kandahar but i understand that a very large number of polling stations are not even sleeted to open as a result of violence in the country i think we can hope that the taliban doesn't actually attack civilians as they seek to vote tomorrow that

only kandahar live because of the. last week the leadership and the police chief of kandahar this is it will be. just sixteen days after today. they have i think the other provinces ology the calculation and the counting of the working process is begin but kandahar to be clear with other provinces same is happening in the whole are going to sit in the us a man has been charged with sending mail bombs to high profile critics of donald trump fifty six year old says a sale was arrested in florida on friday but the f.b.i. warns that there could be more devices that have not yet been discovered those targets include the former president barack obama his vice president joe biden and trump's democratic opponent hillary clinton well the attempted bombings are overshadowing campaigning ahead of next month's midterm elections this month some sorry current and previous presidents have used rallies to call for civility americans will vote for members of both chambers of congress as well as for governors in cities six of fifty stat

elections this weekend it's seen as a significant victory for the taliban with voting now suspended in kandahar province and a major blow to the afghan and u.s. counterinsurgency campaign. also coming up no we run after cameron's contentious presidential election the vote has been marred by violence adding to the ongoing bloodshed between the nation's french and english speaking population our reporter challenges the local governor about the army's alleged crimes. they complained about the human rights abuses and this is already. there are going to congress yet again drew i'm just going. to read through this interview that our laws of evolution. i'm sorry so much kind of thank you for joining us parliamentary voting has been postponed in the southern afghan province of kandahar this weekend that's after the assassination of a powerful police commander by the taliban. funeral has been taking place in khandahar as holiest shrine and indication of the police chief stature the deadly shooting happened at a meeting to discuss security for saturday's planned national elections. the violence has dealt

while it doesn't is an entirely different issue to what kandahar is kandahar was delayed mainly becauseof the security incident that happened two days ahead of the election and it was only there is the issue of constituency the two major ethnic groups. the tribal groups asking for a breakdown of the province into smaller constituencies where the. ethnic groups say that the system that is being applied toward the country where each province is considered as one single constituency because this should be treated similar way now because of the security situation because the province. where the pashtun ethnic group is based what being usually is very much did difficult to take place and that's why you think the last election that took place in two thousand and ten it was totally the. sort of the new group that got succeeded and found their way to the parliament so now this is an issue to be resolved the president house the election commission to have consultations and resolve the issue so when he is different then it has to be discussed their art. talks there during the presidential electio

military position the kandahar very much a ghost town so those are the election in at least in kandahar province postponed for a week. what are the implications of this attack though for the vote in the entire country and the rest of the country. they're determined and regardless of all these threats we've heard from the taliban they are determined that this election will go ahead we've just come from the election commission compound here in kabul this morning i've never seen anything like it there were dozens of police trucks of army commandos military swarming the place to protect all the polling materials trucks lining up to take the smoke pouring materials out across kabul to the to the five hundred fifty polling centers here so security is intense in kabul and across the country you talk to afghans and they're saying when should i vote tomorrow polling centers open at seven am the close for what is the safest time for me to go to a polling see to the local mosque to the local school and they're trying to make calculations to try to figure out when would be the safest time for them

in the south of the country voting in kandahar province has been postponed for a week. so how is this likely to affect the vote well because it is from the friedrich ebert political foundation is the country director for afghanistan welcome to the doubly thanks for having me what effect are these latest killings likely to have so far as vote on the dramatic events in kandahar obviously a major setback for the elections and for the afghan government at large they just reiterate and underline the already existing concerns for forgot to security on election day they have been targeted killings of candidates to have been attacks against election rallies and i don't think we can fully comprehend what it means for ordinary afghan voters to be heading to the polling centers tomorrow to go door to cost a vote knowing that they are putting their lives at risk it takes a lot of courage and i'm afraid many people are not going to do that simply because they are fearing for their lives so it's a given all the vats all these elections can they be described as credible but the enviro

the election for a week in the kandahar province. but for the rest of afghanistan the show goes on all the materials have been distributed under armed guard to more than five thousand seemed his nationwide poll scheduled to open its seven am local on the eve of a much delayed vote afghans must ask themselves what democracy means to them the taliban has promised to attack polling centers on afghan and nato forces have promised to prevent such attacks turn out on saturday or tell who are against believed chelate bellus al jazeera a couple of dozens of people have been killed in northern india after a train plowed into a crowd of a hindu festival thousands were attending the festival in the amritsar when the crowd spilled over onto a train track upon a point jump police official says at least sixty two people have been killed and more than two hundred others injured because the exact. number does definitely more than for people sixty more than that. ravinder are saying is a local journalist who joins us on the phone from thanks very muc

his his funeral has just finished down in kandahar thousand people out on the street regardless of the security concerns people across the country changing the facebook photos to show his folks instead of these because he had so fiercely fought the taliban for so long and is regarded as such a hero or president donnie just in the last hour announcing that he would appoint generosity younger brother to dean as the new police chief to replace his older brother torch that could this attack in khandahar impact upon polling right across the country to more. security is a huge concern and the election commission and and president donnie himself trying very hard to reassure people that they have taken the necessary precautions to keep people safe all across the country we were in the election commission compound this morning as they were packing up the trucks putting the the polling materials all the biometric machines and candidates lists everything into these trucks with armed guards and they were swarming with commandos and. police trucks army trucks you name it to protect all the polling

only kandahar live because of the last week on the leadership and the police chief of. ok as far as the security situation is concerned as you say the reports of the students yet. do you think the report is noisy didn't is that you put it ok do you think though that the taliban may try to target police and does it as it did in the rest of the country last week and. yet taliban have. election in afghanistan but in kandahar especially special security measures have been taken forces from kabul have also reached kandahar in the border is closed highways are also closed just for the election day and hopefully the situation is under control and no problem so once kandahar has had its way in these parliamentary elections when will the results be declared. that is it will be. declared just sixteen days after today makes month this month explain no murder. they have i think the other provinces ology the calculation and the counting of the wooden crosses is begin but kandahar will also be clear with other provinces same is happening in the whole of going to just remind us and we

hundred thousand virtues to more or this attack yesterday has really shaken people especially in kandahar it was a meeting of top officials top u.s. officials general miller who's a top commander here in afghanistan commanding oh you waste nato forces in this meeting he escaped unharmed although two americans were hurt. and top officials the intelligence chief was killed and the police chief was killed his name his general rasik his much loved people across afghanistan in changing their facebook profile pictures today to his face because he had fought the taliban socially a slave for the last twenty years he's survived many attacks and he has died in this gun battle yesterday his military precision his funeral has just finished a thousand people out on the streets regardless of how dangerous it is in kandahar they came out police officers his subordinates wailing on the streets so distraught that somebody they regard as such a hero or has been killed and for the voters who want to exercise their democratic rights is another reminder that in afghanistan when you go to an appeal when you go

the people of kandahar after the government to delay the elections in kandahar, which we did, and weto hold them next week. and the rest of the country, the polling stations that we re country, the polling stations that were safe and where we believe that elections could happen, all of the polling stations were open. we had some technical issues on day one, but it was repeated and the opportunity was provided those stations and have elections on the second day. you are giving me plenty of detail, but i fear you are not addressing my main point. my main point is a simple one. how come 17 yea rs point is a simple one. how come 17 years after the caliban government was toppled, how come afghanistan has never been as insecure in those 17 years as it is today? that is a perception. that is what you think. what makes... it is not what i think, it is what a whole host of independent analysis can including from the us government, it is what they all think, and it is backed by figures, it is on the amount of territory that is now controlled or operated in with impunity by the caliban. —— cali

as an advisor to senior officials in afghanistan there were calls to suspend saturday's vote in kandahar after the taliban killed two senior officials in the city it happened just after this meeting between the most senior u.s. military officer in the country and afghan commanders the taliban says that the american general was the targets the incident has raised concerns about the security situation ahead of saturday's election where u.s. defense secretary jim masses says that the attack would shake his country's commitment to afghanistan i've met general result. if the loss of a patriot but we remain absolutely committed. to an afghan led afghan reconsolidation. we need to find. but right now. we are going toward the election and we will continue to defend the people lived out of kabul and i was serious about a question tell us more about these calls to suspend saturday's election. i have just received a statement from the presidency saying that president assad will on a hundred decided in fact to suspend the election for one week in the province of punjab to continue a thorough investi

commander in afghanistan says he does not believe he was the target of the attack in kandahar general scott miller says afghanistan's security forces are ready for the elections. my assessment is that i was not the target it was a very close confined space but i don't i don't assess if i was a target we will continue our support my message to the people of afghanistan has been very consistent and you have every right to be proud of your security forces and the preparations that made for this election despite this unfortunate event tragic event down attend our show the palace is our correspondent in kabul that's how the voters feeling given the events of the past twenty four hours not. well it has certainly rational people i mean people knew that the taliban was going to launch attacks of this nature they said they'd do it in the lead up to elections which are kicking off in just over twelve hours here in afghanistan and they said that do it on election day so yesterday's attack did rational people it killed a top police chief in kandahar who was much loved by a lot of people and very

the people of kandahar asked the government to delay the elections in kandahar, which we did and we hold them next week. in the rest of the country, the polling stations that were safe and where we believed that elections could happen, all of the elections, all of those polling stations were open. we had some technical issues on day one, but it was repeated and an opportunity was provided to those stations and we had elections on the second day. you're giving me plenty of detail, but i fear you are not addressing my main point. my main point is really simple. how come, 17 years after the taliban government was toppled, how come afghanistan has never been as insecure in those 17 years as it is today? well, that's a perception issue. that's what you think. no, with respect, it's not what i think. it's what a whole host of independent analysts, including from the us government, it's what they all think and it is backed by figures, figures that show territory that is now controlled or operated in with impunity by the taliban. when we talk of control, we have to have a definition of what

put up to help meet al-jazeera in west jerusalem still ahead afghanistan's kandahar province finally goes the polls days after a deadly taliban attack forced a delay. i'm wednesday and palu indonesia where we'll tell you about a warning the government received years ago about some of the potential dangers of a large earthquake happening here and how it may influence the rebuild of this devastated city. and sportsman biles battles through the pain of kidney stones to compete well gymnastics championships. however well as we say goodbye to british summer time we're saying goodbye to hit the volume across the western side of year we've got so northerly winds are blasting down some wintry showers there across the british isles line of cloud here introducing colder air down across a good parts of northern europe meeting up with some warmer weather that we have into southern most part of us a while well look at level three cells just there for madrid northeasterly wind then other pleasant one across a good part of england and into wells but twenty celsius there for right where that warmer

and nato commander in afghanistan says he does not believe he was the target of the attack in kandahar he says afghanistan's security forces are ready for the elections my assessment is that i was not the target it was a very close confined space but i don't i don't assess that i was a target we will continue our support my message to the people of afghanistan has been very consistent and you have every right to be proud of your security forces and the preparations they've made for this election despite this unfortunate event tragic event down to kandahar let's take you to the heart of the story charlotte tell us following this one for us out of kabul clearly charlotte people want to vote they need to vote but they must be thinking at the back of their mind when do a vote am i safe what's going to happen to me my family my husband my wife. it is a very square scary and real question for afghans all over especially after this attack is today i mean the taliban put out a statement two weeks ago saying we will target the elections we will hit polling seem to and we do not want to see this

stability not just to kandahar measure of security and stability notjust to kandahar but measure ofto the south —— we have already seen this in kandahar. across social media tonight afghans are hailing the dead in kandaharas afghan tonight afghans are hailing the dead in kandahar as afghan heroes and patriots, but so much is at stake in these elections, especially for a generation of young, educated afg ha ns. generation of young, educated afghans. they are running in record numbers against the warlords and the sons of warlords, hoping against hope that these elections and new policies, new faces can move this country forward, but tonight i can say a lot of them must be thinking of, my goodness, we are being pulled back again into the darkness. how can we possibly move forward? back again into the darkness. how can we possibly move forward ?|j would like to hear more about b's new faces and new policies. what are the new entrants into afghan politics offering the electorate? literally new faces. they are offering... this is the generation that came of age after the fall of the talib

commission has decided to delay the election for a week in the kandahar province. but for the rest of afghanistan the show goes on all the materials have been distributed under armed guard to more than five thousand seemed his nationwide poll scheduled to open its seven am local on the eve of the much delayed vote afghans must ask themselves what democracy means to them the taliban has promised to attack polling centers on afghan and nato forces have promised to prevent such attacks turn out on saturday or tell who are against believed chelate bellus al jazeera a couple. hundred people have been injured in garza with two of those hurt in critical condition as protests continue along the border fence with israel demonstrators have been setting tires alight and throwing stones at israeli troops who have massed along the gaza border a day earlier a palestinian rocket destroyed a home in southern israel and an egyptian delegation met with israeli and hamas officials in hopes of negotiating a lasting cease fire power a force that has more force from gaza. this friday pr

with us afghan election commissioners are calling for a suspension of voting in the province of kandahar in the south of the country after the taliban killed a powerful police commander and a local intelligence chief after a three year delay parliamentary elections are set to take place in afghanistan on saturday the deadly shooting happened at a meeting to discuss security for saturday's vote which would be the first national elections in eight here. a campaign of violence hangs over saturday's parliamentary elections the taliban. has warned voters to stay away threatening to kill those who take part they've already made good on that threat most recently by assassinating one of afghanistan's most important powerbrokers abdul razak the police chief of the southern province of kandahar was gunned down by his own bodyguard shortly after he met the top u.s. general in afghanistan to discuss election security unfortunately we lost a brave commander but if son of this soil voting is now set to be delayed in kandahar because of the murder still the u.s. hopes that voting will go ahead elsewher

shadow over this weekend's parliamentary elections as general abdul razzaq is laid to rest both in kandahar province has been postponed. and. european union's top court orders warsaw to reinstate supreme court judges who have been forced to retire the e.u. says poland's new laws which triggered massive protests this year are a threat to judicial independence. i'm for welcome to the program caravan of central american migrants has broken through guatemala's border with mexico as i had no to the united states thousands of people set off from honduras last weekend and the last few hours some of them are reported to have torn down a border gate to get to a bridge between guatemala and mexico mexico has called for assistance from the united nations as tensions with washington escalate over the crisis. well the u.s. position to donald trump out a warning for mexico and the guatemalan migrants i just want to thank the mexican government because they're stopping it hopefully before it ever gets to. that as you know i'm willing to send the military to defend our southern border if no sister. well le

peaceful and so far we haven't heard of any incidents in kandahar city or any district this historic election is going on very well people of very interested in taking part in these elections and all the polling centers are open in all the streets men and women stood in long lines outside polling stations in the provincial capital which was blanketed with heavy security. we cannot wait for others to build our country we have to vote for our country and elects those who can work for the benefit of our country and people. voting at over a thousand polling stations throughout kandahar began early in the morning but it hasn't been without problems according to the independent elections commission a large number of polling stations were late opening because staff did not show up or materials were not available to do that absolutely and we demanded complaint form to because they started very late they told us that there were three polling centers only one was operating. this is the first election in which afghanistan is using biometric devices at voting centers more than half a million peo

only kandahar left because of the have taken last week and the leadership and the police chief of kandahar this is it will be. declared just sixteen days after today. they have i think other other provinces ology the calculation and the counting of the wording process is begin but kandahar will also be clear with other provinces same is happening in the whole of going to well the war in afghanistan is forcing people from religious minorities to leave the country where they were born but not everyone can afford to escape persecution and seek a new life abroad. reports from kabul. meet zob cement of the last remaining jew in afghanistan his community left the country many years ago but he chose to stay experiencing the ups and downs of afghan political line the years of religious intolerance the military coups and the root of the taliban the key to the promise. he cares for the bandon synagogue in kabul hoping that one day when war the jews who left will come back home horrible. i'm an afghan i was born here i served in the afghan army paris london washington d.c. it's all the same thing liv

the kandahar police chief, seen here at the meeting, was killed, as well as a kandahar intelligence official. the local governor wounded, along with two americans, a service member and a civilian, and a contractor working for the u.s. government. today, the general back on the streets of afghanistan. in this 17-year war, this appears to be the closest a commanding general of forces has been to being shot or seriously harmed. >> martha, we know the taliban has claimed responsibility. do officials know if miller was the target? >> u.s. officials believe kandahar officials were the target, but it's hard to say. the gunman is dead and miller was in the group the gunman had fired upon, and they knew he had probably been there for several hours. >> martha, thank you. >>> back at home, and the new headline in robert mueller's investigation. paul manafort arriving to court in a wheelchair. his attorney says he's suffering significant health issues in confinement. he's now scheduled to be sentenced february 8th. prosecutors have dropped ten remaining counts, it's all part of the deal for cooperating

will be pretty much concerned they will watch all those developments about the top commanders in kandahar killed right after a meeting with a top u.s. military commander there was sort of asked many questions about the future of the country and also about whether it's safe or not to go to the polling stations on saturday if this comes also gets a backdrop of the with peter statements made by the taliban over the last few days that they are determined to target polling stations on saturday they want people to stay away from the polling stations saying that the elections are politically motivated and used by the international community to further expand its influence in in afghanistan so we're talking about a very critical moment for afghanistan and this is definitely going to raise concern among the afghan people particularly those who were hoping that this saturday election could. in you're in afghanistan. thank you very much indeed a center left party has won be terms that runoff parliamentary elections final results show that the d.n. tea party won twenty six seats in the national assem

commander scott miller with the governor of kandahar the teller's chief under one of the police chief of kandahar we don't know what was the meeting about it could be about preparations 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 s

the kandahar police chief, seen here at the meeting, was killed, as well as a kandahar intelligence official. the local governor wounded, with two americans, and a contractor working for the u.s. government. today, the general back on the streets of afghanistan. in this 17-year war, this appears to be the closest a comma commandi commanding officer has come to being harmed. >> do they know miller was the target? >> u.s. officials believe kandahar was the target, but the gunman is dead. so we may never know. >> martha, thank you. >>> back at home, and the new headline in robert mueller's investigation. paul manafort arriving to court in a wheelchair. he's now scheduled to be sentenced february 8th. prosecutors have dropped ten remaining counts, it's all part of the deal for cooperating. >>> next to the flowing flood warnings in texas. authorities opening the flood gates to relieve the pressure. that's the mansfield dam in austin. elsewhere, cold moving in by sunday. windchills in the 20s and 30s. rob marciano tracking it all for us tonight. >> reporter: as the next batch of colder air sets up

international community to restore stability in the country a senior afghan delegation is now in kandahar to investigate is exactly what happened in the shooting the taliban say this is an insider attack this is one of their own people hope opened fire on the senior afghan officials and this is something which is definitely going to be given much thought and consideration by the afghan. government there is also an accommodation by the afghan independent election commission to suspend elections in kandahar i have to say that since yesterday people were saying that this absolutely no point of going a question about it in a place which where the taliban have a bigger influence i think the top priority for the afghan government is to ensure smooth election. tomorrow now this election comes at a critical time for afghanistan people were putting high hopes on the election that would pave the way for a transparent election a strong parliament that would tackle the pressing demands of the afghan people i'm also for the shia community as we're going to see in this report by charlot that is they sa

commander in afghanistan says he does not believe he was the target of the attack in kandahar general scott miller says afghanistan's security forces are ready for the election my assessment is that i was not the target it was a very close confined space but i don't i don't assess that i was a target we will continue our support my message to the people of afghanistan has been very consistent and you have every right to be proud of your security forces and the preparations they've made for this election despite this unfortunate event tragic event down to kandahar live now to my colleagues in kabul so shallow the authorities there kind of hoping for the best but maybe getting ready for the worst . they're certainly putting on a brave face mean we were inside the election commission earlier today as all the polling materials biometric machines. everything you can imagine from cheers to the papers were being loaded onto trucks and there were just ten men with commandos and and police inside making sure that all of these materials were kicked safe and then they're being transported to kab

about attacking kandahar that killed two top security officials and despite the taliban murdering ten candidates and launching lethal attacks on voter registration census so who would risk voting in this deadly context i'm phil gale in berlin and this is the day. of the killing your film. the taliban will try to create problems because if democracy and people's rights are established there will be no place for terrorism killing. obviously they are not good for the good of all. the time he's. holding this election is going to be a victory for the brave afghan security forces and with it it will be a victory for the people of afghanistan and for democracy. also coming up tonight an exclusive report from cameroon after disputed elections d.w. gained rare access to the phone west of the country which is caught up in a violent separatist insurgency. the body of a separatist has been on the streets for three days locals say it's the army's way of warning the population not to embrace independence for cameroon's english speaking region. we begin in afghanistan where parliamentary elections i

and shot fellow students before killing himself three top officials in the afghanistan province of kandahar have been shot dead by their own guards the attack took place at the end of a high level security conference at the governor's residence the dead include kandahar's police chief. as well as the. governor and his deputy. were u.s. treasury secretary stephen mentioned has pulled out of next week's high profile investment conference in saudi arabia as the investigation into that missing journalist jamal continues it follows a string of cancellations by finance ministers in companies from around the world today a turkish newspaper published in new images which it says proves that whatever happened to shogi was saying and right from the very top in saudi arabia. a pro-government newspaper in turkey says the man circled in these images is the head of a fifteen month hit squad involved in the alleged killing of saudi journalist. the photograph showed the mine in istanbul at the saudi consulate the consul's residence at ataturk airport on the day she disappeared he said to be. a saudi intelli

two officials, including the kandahar police chief were killed in the attack. the taliban have claimed responsibility. >>> president trump says he has a new plan to help represent re in the midterms. new tax cuts. the president told reporters these tax cuts are aimed at the middle class. >> we are looking at a major tax cut for middle income people. if we do that, it would be prior to november. i would say some time around the 1st of november. maybe before that. >> it is not clear exactly what trump meant. that is before the midterms. here is the problem. there is no chance of any plan passing before then. congress is in recess through the election. even after it is unlikely to pass after the lame duck session. many critics say it helped corporate america, not the middle class which trump acknowledged saturday adding the new plan would not be for businesses at all. the original $1.5 trillion tax cut is ballooning the deficit. the deficit rose to $779 billion. the highest in six years. >> a lot of mystery there. congress not talking about this. >> congress is no

afghan election commissioners are calling for a suspension of voting in the southern province of kandahar after killing after the killing of a powerful police commander and a local intelligence chief by the taliban the killings happened at a meeting in kandahar province to discuss security for saturday's parliamentary elections which would be the first national elections for eight years the taliban has said that the top u.s. general in afghanistan who attended the meeting was the actual target survived the attack so. let's get more on saturday's elections in afghanistan i am joined now by markus puts old the german government's special envoy to afghanistan and pakistan and a former german ambassador to afghanistan ambassador welcome this morning thank you . looking at the security situation is it possible to conduct a poll in this climate of violence things going on. while there one third of the police stations cannot open but to put it in a positive way two thirds can open and i think that elections can be held to. i feel a sense of hope on your side perhaps i mean i have heard that ther

will what happened in kandahar was a sad moment not only for the people of kandahar but for all of us the decision to suspend the election was taken in collaboration with different institutions of the state of also appointed a committee to investigate the problems we face in gaza this election was initially supposed to take place three years ago but was delayed because of a political impasse that has crippled the country the international community has been pushing for political reforms a clamp down on corruption and we conciliation this is not like election in any country it's a very special election for the afghan people so i buy their courage. their will to choose their future election officials are using by a metric voter verification device. for the first time to prevent vote rigging but technical glitches slowed down the voting. so some of the polling stations were closed today because of security concerns and also there's been some slowdown in different polling stations because of the technical glitches particularly knowing that the biometric voter verification devices were int

afghan election commissioners are calling for a suspension of voting in the province of kandahar in the south of the country after the taliban killed a powerful police commander and a local intelligence chief the killings happened at a meeting and come to her province to discuss security for saturday's parliamentary elections which would be the first national elections in eight hears the taliban has said the top u.s. general in afghanistan who attended the meeting was actually the target he survived the attack. so let's get more on the story with ali latif a journalist in the capital kabul ali how concerned are authorities in afghanistan that the violence including the assassination of this very powerful police chief will disrupt the poll so i had a time doherty's did take a lot of measure so in the last week i've been travelling through three or four provinces and in each province along the way including in secure provinces you would see military and police vehicles coming in and taking over and establishing checkpoints so they're definitely doing things like that but this fascination

shadow over parliamentary elections this weekend as general abdul razzaq is laid to rest a voting in kandahar province is suspended. the european union's top court orders warsaw to reinstate supremum court judges who have been forced into retirement me e.u. says poland's new law which triggered mass protests you see it is a threat to judicial independence. and in football and munich so i had office comes out swinging at the press a fierce attack against a german major in extraordinary press conference we'll hear why christie criticizing journalists for the way they treat their players. i'm phil gal welcome to the program. thousands of central american migrants have broken through guatemala's border with mexico as they had no clue to the united states they set off from honduras last weekend in the last few hours some of them are reported to have torn down a border gate to get to a bridge between guatemala and mexico mexico has called for assistance from the united nations as tensions with washington escalate over this crisis. president to trump out a warning for mexico and the guatemalan migra

put up in how many al-jazeera in west jerusalem the polls have closed in afghanistan's kandahar province off the parliamentary elections were pushed back by a week delay came after a high level afghan general was killed in a taliban attack just the day before the polls were due to work. has that story. they've been waiting for the state for more than three years and under tight security people in kandahar made their choice hoping for change. while the rest of the country voted last week a taliban attack that killed two top officials here last thursday forced the vote to be postponed by a week kandahar's police chief says the voting has been largely peaceful. and so far we haven't heard of any incidents in kandahar city or any district this historic day of election is going on very well people are very interested in taking part in these elections and all the polling centers are open in all districts men and women stood in long lines outside polling stations in the provincial capital which was blanketed with heavy security. we cannot wait for others to build our country we have to vote for

election is going on today in kandahar seventeen districts in one seventy polling stations yet know the situation is peaceful. this is the public official is good and did no complaints yet to receive the technical issues publicly. more than expectations. just a happening seven days after the twenty. which to happen in the two provinces in afghanistan. only. because of the. last week the leadership and the police chief of this is. just sixteen days after. the have i think the other provinces all the the calculation and the counting of the wording process is begin. to be clear with other provinces same is happening in the whole of going to the remaining two candidates in brazil's runoff presidential election has ended campaigning ahead of the vote on sunday for rights presidential candidate jaya both sato has seen his commanding lead over rival for the fall by six percentage points in the last week fanning hopes of a stunning turnaround for the leftist counted as also not has been accused of making sexist racist and homophobic remarks desirous to raise a bow reports. we're hearing before

over parliamentary elections this weekend as general razak is laid to rest voting is suspended in kandahar province. time terry martin good to have you with us european union's top court has ordered poland to immediately suspend its forced retirement of judges calling it quote a threat to judicial independence critics accused poland's current right wing government of replacing judges with those supportive of the current regime the european court of justice has now told poland to stop the lowering of the retirement age of judges from seventy to sixty five the forced retirement measure supposedly targets judges appointed under previous governments allegedly by late poland's provisions under the e.u. treaty. for more now let's go to brussels where did i use very own barbara basler standing by barbara why was the polish law enforced retirement of judges so controversial. the european union has been watching more this government and martial of those right wing government has been doing since two thousand and fifteen and since two thousand and sixteen just a year after it's been a constant strug

when the election for afghanistan's next parliament will go ahead on saturday but not in kandahar where voting has been to spode for a week after a major attack on thursday a taliban gunman killed both the head of police and intelligence chiefs shortly after a high level meeting with the top u.s. commander shell about us reports. we're going to go definitely the military precision for one of the most well known police chiefs in afghanistan general abdel rizieq was overpowered rudra general rizzi was a powerful and very respected man and his death is a big loss for us we the people of kandahar all united i will say the achievements made by general abizaid in the past years. because he could survive to many assess a nation of tapes is close to the rank of general but he was also regarded as being tough on the taliban human rights watch he described him as kandahar as torture and truth and the aging he was involved in human rights abuses of suspected taliban detainees regardless he was well respected by the u.s. and afghan leadership if the loss of a patriot but we remain absolutely commit

afghan election commissioners are calling for a suspension of voting in the southern province of kandahar after the killing of a powerful police commander by the taliban the deadly shooting happened at a needing in kandahar province to discuss security for saturday's parliamentary elections which would be the first national elections for eight years in a moment we will hear from a former german ambassador to afghanistan on the prospects for the pole but first a look at the precarious security situation almost two decades after the start of the war in afghanistan. it's more than seventeen years since the taliban were driven from power in afghanistan. thanks to our military and our allies. and the brave fighters of afghanistan. the taliban regime is coming to an end. two more u.s. presidents have been sworn in since then yet the taliban's influence on afghan politics remains a deadly assault on this police station in central afghanistan was followed by the assassination of kandahar police chief abdul rizieq another blow to the authorities head of the country's upcoming parliamentary electio

three top officials in the afghan province of kandahar been shot dead by their own gods the attack took place at the end of a high level security conference at the governor's residence the dead include kandahar's police chief zeek provincial governor and his deputy. united states says it's giving saudi arabia more time to explain the disappearance of journalist jamal khashoggi because show d. is a saudi. citizen with u.s. residency and there are concerns that he may have been murdered at the saudi consulate in istanbul on the second of october a pro-government turkish newspaper has published pictures of a man it says headed the squad involved in mr constructors' disappearance the mansour diplomats reported to have close ties to saudi crown prince mohammed bin salomon the pictures show him at the saudi consulate u.s. media have also published photos linking subjects subjects suspects in the case to the crown prince if confirmed this would contradict riyadh's denial of involvement . so let's get the latest from d.w. correspondent to dorian jones in istanbul tell us more than about these a