intervention well agreement would not likely be accepted or and then of course not sustainable ram safiya international relations advisor and an expert on. the policy thank you very much greatly appreciated. let's get you caught up now on some of the other stories making headlines around the world. demonstrators have paid tribute to the hundreds of people killed during unrest following the in mars military takeover in february this comes after security forces arrested one of the main leaders of the campaign against military rule and after the army opened fire on protesting health workers in mandalay. u.s. president biden's administration has announced a new round of sanctions against russia including the expulsion of 10 russian diplomats this is in response to alleged interference in last year's presidential election and the hacking of u.s. government agencies russia's foreign ministry meanwhile condemned these actions saying a response is inevitable. and germany and the u.s. are backing calls for russia to halt its troop buildup along the border with ukraine kiev says moscow and send tho

ram safiya international relations advisor and an expert on afghan policy thank you very much greatly appreciate it. well among the nato troops who will leave afghanistan by september are more than a 1000 german soldiers germany is the 2nd highest number of troops on the ground after the united states they offer training and support to the afghan security forces and earlier this year germany agreed to extend its military deployment because of the worsening security situation on the ground over in the u.s. that forces pull out so to pull the german contingent. and earlier today when you spoke to are thomas silver horn he is the state secretary in the german defense ministry and a member of parliament for chancer america's conservative bloc and we asked him if germany's mission in afghanistan has really been accomplished well 1st of all of the core military go to deploy troops of gunnison was to avoid future threats for us from afghan soil this core military goal has been accomplished but the political goes beyond the military perspective of course have not been fully achieved and it's

no major party is likely to win an outright majority but as bernard smith reports from the capital safiya ourself looks set to cling to power. will gary's prime minister hasn't given any interviews in this election campaign just photo opportunities where the only camera allowed is from his own team or go bars or governs an e.u. country where according to the u.s. state department there's little judicial independence there are betrayal arrests and journalists are threatened with violence in sunday's election he could well retain his grip on this former satellite of the soviet union in takes long for democratic i.q. to mature but on the other hand there are concrete. experiences of the bulgarian saw over the past 3 decades in the fact that they have none being been able to reap the benefits that a democratic system in theory should provide so they have become disenchanted the more of the fold there is that says the 45 percent would prefer a model of strongman leadership last summer several months of anti corruption protests with the biggest challenge to power so they started after an opposi

ram safiya international relations advisor and an expert on afghan policy thank you very much greatly appreciate it. let's get you caught up now with some of the other stories making headlines around the world. demonstrators have paid tribute to the hundreds of people killed during unrest following me in mars' military takeover in february this comes after security forces arrested one of the main leaders of the campaign against military rule and after the army opened fire on protesting health workers in mandalay. u.s. president biden's administration has announced a new round of sanctions against russia including the expulsion of 10 russian diplomats this is in response to allege interference in last year's presidential election and the hacking of u.s. government agencies russia's foreign ministry has condemned the actions the sanctions rather saying a response is inevitable. derek show from the former minneapolis police officer accused of the murder of george floyd will not testify at his trial mr chauvinist told the judge she was invoking his 5th amendment rights not to take the wit