Life under lockdown in kashmir have a special report on how the Communications Blackout in the disputed indian state is affecting medical services for. The patients. To. Prodemocracy protests. Welcome to the program. Its about was former president Robert Mugabe has died he was 95. 00 as the countrys 1st post independence leader many zimbabweans still regard him as that liberates but during 40 years of power to liberate to become a tyrant crushing dissent and rich in himself and his inner circle and laying waste to the economy 2 years ago when it became apparent that he was grooming his wife to succeed him removed him from power zimbabweans celebrated his removal but today the current president a muslim and declare a National Hero so reactions to his death were mixed. On the streets of the zimbabwean capital harare people reflected on the death of mugabe the man many here see as an independent cycle and. He played it very well and it did to empower the black people. It would need to do what he said was it would lead. You know thats. Kind of jubilee to everyone but to meet us because. He was an iconic you as an african major and hes only in the stickers that youre overstating how you can be if somebody gets 18 its 90 stupe being the president you have to give others a chance the man who did get the chance to take over as president of zimbabwe and its in man in god was cut short a trip to south africa on hearing the news of mugabes death he acknowledged mugabes legacy. The death early this morning in seemed to fall over the phone for nation. Or struggle for national liberation. Leaves a big void you know i mean or you tell a south african president several ram opposed also pay tribute to the man he said inspired many in his own country government he was one of those president s who also contributed to the freedom of the people of south africa once they attained. Independence they established a free and independent zimbabwe but some zimbabweans currently living in south africa have different memories of president mugabe. I lost it looks out people my family didnt you know cause i saw a lot of stuff because its just me or i dont feel the need to see but i dont feel that sidneys. Didnt want to be here but just because of the situation that he wants to use in my family thats. Thats why i like you. So independence icon or authoritarian rule or all both whatever peoples opinion of Robert Mugabe hes not going to fade from africas collective memory any time soon. 10 day a bit say he is Vice President zimbabwes Opposition Party the m. D. C. Say we asked him what Robert Mugabes death means for the country wants to be the police out of a chapter. At the end. Of. Him clearly used to be in the in the making robot im going to clearly there was a. Nation that he was the most willful so he bought it so with that component that i think no one can take away from him but Robert Mugabe was also the president of a divided country doing this pick to which he and needs to gross abuse of human rights and economy keep searching for a period of to be yes he created so much contradiction so much friction contradictions which. Even 27 so you think you think joy. Contradiction. But if that one went and ended on the other hand. Well not to some of the other stories making news around the world but once again police in hong kong have been firing tear gas and rubber bullets at prodemocracy and protesters this 14th week of disturbances comes after i think Companies Leader the former communist leader withdrew a bill allowing extraditions to Mainland China the original trigger for the unrest. Britains Upper Chamber of parliament the house of lords has blocked or has passed a bill to block a no deal brets its only 31st of october in another blow to the british Prime MinisterBoris Johnson opposition parties have again refused to grant him an election. When the bombs the government is warning that the death toll from Hurricane Dorian will be staggering at least 30 people are confirmed dead and hundreds possibly thousands of missing an International Humanitarian effort is underway to help those affected by the u. N. Estimates that 70000 people are in immediate need of aid the storm has now made landfall in the United States. Under this rubble lie homes or blister rated lives cut short the extent of Hurricane Dorians havoc is slowly beginning to america and so 2 stories of survivors clinging on whatever. Sure. Sure. Others here are frantically trying to get out of the airport departure lounge is overwhelmed. What. They told us that the previous the pregnancy from the elderly people who were supposed 1st preference. We have to let me see are you still have elderly people youre right so its not. Its not theyre not living up to there were. Some 70000 people here need water food and medicine are gently they used to. Rifat abaco as a slice of heaven know the people who call it home fear its finished. All take a good they get along you know. None of them all of them but in. The rhythm of the law of the is there a thought but a 100 i mean a 100 of them that within and all over. The neighboring grand bahama it is every bit as bleak the road to shelter here is littered with tales of hope. And of heartbreak. So happy to see them for. Today is going to go on in my own mind right now man and the city of your heart were up here so it wasnt a bomb bro. Everywhere reminders of those who couldnt escape recovery workers measure the cost in bodies a moments rest interrupted by the discovery of yet another victim Little Wonder that officials here are preparing from mass casualties. Now see the opposition figure in turkey has been sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison for insulting state institutions the president and spreading terrorist propaganda the charges against john kaftan show their step mainly from twitter posts critical of president ratchet type of do i have to ensure lou has a has claimed the trial is political show remain free pending appeals. They dont because one of the union homme in istanbul explain why she is so important. Well she is a very prominent political figure here in istanbul the city of 60000000 people active for many years she is the local chairperson of the c. H. P. Here in istanbul thats turkeys largest Opposition Party and is she is also known as someone who has been trying to reach out to the countrys kaddish minority and this is the reason why many see her as a key figure in the election success of the opposition here in istanbul in june lets remember for the 1st time in 25 years and opposition politician won the mayors ship off istanbul in a controversial rerun of the election here in june his name as a crumb this was a serious setback for prison edwin and his ruling a. K. P. And john uncuffed angelo has been working very closely together with mr lew so now the accusations as you mentioned all based on her social media post suppose she wrote between 20122017 she herself has denied the accusations and basically says you know shes a Human Rights Defender and everything she wrote and posted falls within the scope of freedom of expression and this is why shes basically calling this trial a political trial saying this is revenge for the oppositions election victory here in istanbul. The force of this estate doubly new still to come readers of burgers local newspapers think a serious newborn panda cub should be called home and call in all of the terrorist attack territories prodemocracy protesters so hows that the panda diplomacy. As more than a month since india scrapped kashmirs special status that imposes a security crackdown across the disputed region locals say the restrictions are jeopardizing life saving medical treatments indian authorities deny this the doctors and the mission well traveled to the regions largest cities trying to go to assess the situation in its hospitals. A city under siege. And a hospital struggling to care for thousands despite it doesnt exist i was diagnosed with 2 aunts in february. She has been regularly suffering bouts of pain. Insisted. My sister is supposed to have surgery they told us to come today. When we came here today the doctor told us that the Operation Theatre is a closed only emergency surgeries will be conducted as it is the way he will be but. Has been asked to return in 2 weeks to check for a date he is reading to request if she could miss not a little earlier. But that looks impossible there are crowds of patients here we being in the hospital corridor doors to schedule in negative surgeries doctors here have told us off camera that they cannot schedule these studies because certain theatres are on standby for any emergencies that might pop up because of the tense situation on the ground. With many medical staff wonders though for emergencies doctors say that only house the usual amount of elective surgeries are taking place. Malignant cancers take precedence. Doctors say anyone else will have to keep coming back every fortnight to see if the situation has normalized enough full regular operations to resume. A communication blackout imposed by indian authorities has meant that people cannot reach ambulances whatever the family about the health of hospitalized loved ones. Im going to hurt and some people are angry at me maybe the medicine but some images just at the will of my sister is very sick we cant even call an ambulance because the phones arent working you know i had to bring on a scooter for over 15 kilometers maze and if. You continue to look into communication there are no Communication Channels mobile services are down everythings cut off my brother had an accident and some kind people came to our home 25 kilometers away to tell us thats how we found out my. Cousin was writing his motorbike to his hometown in south kashmir a heavenly district area to buy medicines for his uncle he had an accident. Passers by found him barely conscious and brought him to the hospital the id card in his pocket help them identify where his family is communication. Has been totally better. Hope would help my family didnt know if over a son is dead or alive. No nation in the world no civilized nation in the world no civilized people of the word. Good have no ideas that a proper destructions of. Hossam has been put on observation put into a new bleeding he says his pain is not only physical it is the pain of meetings here inexplicably and suddenly cut off from the rest of the world waiting for normalcy. We should just reporter russians vote in Regional Elections across the country this weekend critics are already saying the vote will be neither free nor fair and accuse local governments of keeping opposition candidates off the ballots opposition supporters have held a series of protests in the run up to the vote much of the focus has been on the elections in the capital moscow which has seen the biggest for this crackdown on protests for nearly a decade theyd only correspondent yury rachet or because. This is the most Moscow City Parliament elections are just around the corner and if the fight for a seat in parliament has been the fiercest moscow has ever seen. It all began in july when practically no opposition candidates were now out to run for election. Not even hughley galliani now of the party allegedly due to a technicality dozens of other candidates experienced a similar problems this has outraged their supporters. For weeks and there were protests like here with 20000 taking part at the beginning of august just then you pushed a new car or the fact that not a single opposition candidate got through something we really didnt expect. Thats quite foolish politically. If i were on the other side i would never have allowed a Development Like that just yet but soon a says about the oh. She was allowed to run for office with no problems valerie yeah because some are a position to herself from the very outset as a loyal supporter of incumbent mayor cyril gay so beyond him and as someone who knows how to score points with photos of all mood theres a civil war the people are concerned about their daily lives running smoothly about the replacing of trees that have been cut down in their yards about their neighborhood stay. Safe to hear about improvements in a standard of living above the sea and they want relations a little far at least to be trustworthy and you believe it is in the us gnashing yes. But is that a reliable relationship with the public or so it is only benefited candidates loyal to the government and the opposition turn to protest even when the city refused to issue them as it permits the result more than 2000 arrests many of which took place here on pushkin square in downtown moscow. Police acted rigorously and at times brutally among their arrested were innocent passers by my nurse and john honest. Most who were released after several hours but some remained behind bars for weeks such as you know she was in custody for 33 days that they were in the uprising with syrian them where to stuff meeting on bus or another system forces us to take to the streets but there are media is controlled were not allowed to take part in the elections we have left is the streets in order to make our ideas public even thats restricted yes of. The call it sold at stores or the car they have used by its image that im categorically against the opposition provoking the old arties remaining close to dialogue that is that instead organizing demonstrations that are not approved and during which innocent people have to suffer. Just like the candidates a rift has forum to between moscow vides who supported the Current System and theres those who want to change but their conflict is unlikely to influence the outcome of this weekends election. Is Election Results are basically already clear of the exclusion of most of the independent candidates. There in russia so in moscow so why. The russians are voting president putin we seeking to boost investment in the country at an Economic Forum inviting vos talk with the leaders of japan and india sanctions imposed by the e. U. On the United States and the Russian Arctic sation of crimea with moscows looking east to 5 new friends. Russia india and japan at the eastern Economic Forum. This judo tournament is entertainment for the World Leaders here but one of the key discussions at the summit is how to end a territorial dispute between japan and russia which began in 1905 there were a couple 3 letters concluded a peace treaty and unleashed in one fell swoop a few limited potential that the people about to contribute hold on but with an order in a link between japan and russia would transform the entire region a guy or it would change the world significantly. Putin himself a well known practitioner of judo refused to commit to that. But with indias new render modi offering to invest 1000000000. 00 in russia that search for new friends is going well. Look michael in fact your president recently said the leadership of the west is ending. And i cannot imagine an Effective International organization that works without india or china even skitter its certainly a narrative that russia wants to push and despite historic disputes with japan the 2 countries a strengthening their economic ties while they may have their disagreements behind closed doors. In public theyre currently on the same side. Germanys chancellor has told the china about the freedoms of the hong kong people must be guaranteed americal were speaking at the start of a 3 day visit to china after an official welcome of the great hall of the people in beijing the chance of a method premier league you can trade war between china and the us was also on the agenda chancellor merkel described the dispute as having global consequences and hoped for a speedy resolution. Meanwhile back at home people in the german capital have made their views on the hong kong protests clear ensues newborn panda twins have been coopted into the spears. House the story. So the space for cubs are barely a week old and theyve already become politicized yet so this week the berlin newspaper targus. Spiegel they polled their readers asking for names suggestions what to call these 2 panda cubs that were born in berlin zoo last week now of course its not every day that pandas are born anywhere and this was huge news here in germany you know some of the naming suggestions were young and yang there was bam and boo but the lynas want to call them hong kong of course in recognition off the prodemocracy movements and the protests going on in hong kong at the moment. The pen doesnt like most pandas and zoos are actually by the Chinese Government and theyre just on loan to disease to the governments around the world as part of. Panda diplomacy now this story was picked up by the by the tabloid billed and they wrote an editorial asking asking the German Government to use the naming of these pandas to put pressure on beijing to send a message to beijing now its unlikely that the German Government will do that but theres naming raul coinciding with iran michael visit to beijing has of course put the spotlight on these 2 panda babies ok so is this panda do but diplomacy gone wrong i think you can say that i mean panda diplomacy goes back centuries i mean it goes back to the old like chinese dynasties in modern times but perhaps the most famous example is 972 when u. S. President Richard Nixon was given a pair of pandas after his visit to beijing. That kind of start of the thought of us. Chinese relations which had been hostile for decades today beijing uses panda diplomacy more as a way of you know if you like capturing the hearts and minds of people in places like germany where people might have an criticism towards china when it comes to things like human rights but it looks like berlin is were not that easily duped. So you might say that this kind of the clemency has backfired. Thank you kind of correspondent. As i speak indian spacecraft is on its final approach to the moon the chandrayaan 2 longer is due to touchdown close to south pole if it succeeds india will join the United States russia and china as only countries to long to craft intact earths nearest neighbor. Fight for free will what they dont. Develop is that it was an historic moment for india and unmanned spacecraft to bound for the moon successfully launched in july after a previous attempt was called off due to technical problems. Chandrayaan to which means moon craft in ancient sanskrit has spent the last few weeks travelling towards the south of the moon. On monday the landing robot vic chrome separated from the craft ahead of its planned touchdown if successful india will become only the 4th country in the world to have achieved a controlled soft landing its Previous Mission in 2008 ended with the spacecraft probe intentionally crashing into the moon the landing site this time is around 600 kilometers from the Lunar South Pole and unexplored section of the moon after landing vic chrome will release indias 1st lunar rover on to the surface it may be small but it carries instruments that will measure among other things water deposits scientists know they exist thanks to indias 2008 mission which maps the moons surface from orbit. Theres a lot riding on this 126000000 euro endeavor not only does india hope to advance the worlds understanding of the moon it also wants to prove have it financed it is in space technology. This is d. W. News these are our top stories Robert Mugabe zimbabwes 1st postindependence leader has died at the age of 95 he held an iron grip on power from the 1980 until he was forced out 37 years later his rule was marked by Economic Crises and hyperinflation that prompted millions to leave the country. The death toll from Hurricane Dorian will be staggering according to the Bahamas Health minister at least 30 people are confirmed dead and thousands more are missing now a category one storm dorian is lashing the u. S. State of North Carolina with heavy rain and high winds. Britains Upper Chamber of parliament the house of lords has passed a bill to block a no deal braggs it on the 31st of october its another blow to the Prime Minister baraks johnson called for early elections just before his countrys jujubee the a u. German chancellor Angela Merkel has said that the freedoms of the hong kong people must be guaranteed she met with the premier league. 3 day visit to china today was discussed commerce on the growing trade between china and the United States. This is d. W. News. You can always find the latest stat headlines ive been to new dot com will find us on twitter apps the w news. Search the pub the dates all the time without. Africa. Change doesnt always have to cost money. More for madagascars capital isnt only safe often its contaminated adding judgments. But more nomination is proof that clean Drinking Water doesnt have to cost much. Next to g. W. Natural richardson a precious resources. And a rewarding investment in. 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