After a Taliban Attack killed a u. S. Soldier in the Afghan Capital kabul the group warns that more u. S. Lives will be lost to peace talks with the United States have collapsed but officials on both sides say that they are still trying to resume. And reports from a Communications Blackout kashmiri need be ever made under strict control in month after india suspended the regions economy our correspondent visits kashmir to meet journalists working without internet or phone connections. As intense and f. A. Q. s open final season rafael nidal beat daniel may get up to 5 children says it is the spaniards and 19 grand slam titles and now just one off the mens all time record. Player. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program russians have cast their ballots in local elections that were preceded by weeks of antigovernment protests according to local media opposition candidates are on track to claim seats from Vladimir PutinsUnited Russia PartyOpposition Leader alexina vali has called on russians to vote tactically to block candidates from united russia after some opposition candidates were banned from running the election was marked by low voter turnout. Even the mascots outside the polling stations dont seem very enthusiastic by early evening turnout in moscow had reached only 17 percent of the City Council Elections drew candidates from the governing United Russia Party and other kremlin friendly parties but no opposition candidates were allowed president Vladimir Putin cast his vote early and the lack of choice didnt seem to bother him much. In some countries there are 3050 even 100 candidates but that doesnt mean to say they do better work its quality not quantity that counts i think we have with the candidates to. The exclusion of opposition candidates has inspired weekly protests since midsummer the police have cracked down hard more than 2000 demonstrators have been arrested. The best known opposition figure alexina valmy took to social media to call for voters to choose candidates who would do the most harm to the governing party. Thats the new politics every single vote for a party doesnt get is good even if its not for us but we hope that we can do more to count to them to produce. Local and regional votes were held across the country but the real test comes in 2 years with new parliamentary elections. Lets bring in correspondent erin tilton in moscow and one of the results that we have in so far well so far it seems that in many of the regions outside of moscow that you know i dont see united russia was able to claim the polling for themselves but here in moscow it seems like 20 of the possible 45. 00 seats in the citys city duma have actually gone to opposition aligned candidates now its a big win for many of the opposition parties and one that wasnt initially expected going into yesterdays poll. But it looks like the opposition is the big winner in the selections of can you tell us what exactly happened here. Well i mean basically theres a couple of different factors coming together i mean the 1st one is as we heard in the report there are many opposition aligned candidates werent even allowed to put their names on the ballots and that resulted in weeks of very strong antigovernment protests now it seems like the opposition has been able to capitalize on that and galvanize support within their base which is part of the reason that we saw such a a large result for them yesterday now on top of that we also heard about that the smart Voting System that elects in of all the calls for and seems like thats also bear fruit basically he called in his supporters to vote for a list of candidates that had the best possibility of beating candidates backed by united russia and it seems like that has really really. Brought home a large result for them and that could prove to be a model for future electoral success as were looking towards parmenter directions in 2 years time lets look ahead to those elections what does all of this mean for putin and his United Russia Party. Well they really are kind of the big losers of the polling yesterday i mean the brand united russia was already under attack actually its been referred to as toxic by many of the experts ive speaking of spoken to in the last several weeks actually to go so far as to many of the candidates rather who are running yesterday have gone so far as to run his independence for fear that association with united russia could actually hurt them in the polling and it really goes to kind of a falling confidence in the party surrounding blighting the good never weve seen over the last several years you have to remember Many Russians are actually face a very rather dire Economic Situation and the countrys economy has been stagnating for several years and that really does seem to be motivating some of the the general on mistrust of the government right now as 120. 00 something russian i spoke to yesterday put it to me he said you know moscow has got a new coat of paint youve seen Great Development in the city over the last several years but the economic problems facing every day russians have gotten much much more worse and thats not necessarily something the government has found a good way to steer against and i think thats part of the reason youve seen so many people actually either staying away from the polls or voting for some of the Opposition Party members as we saw yesterday Aaron Shelton but the view from moscow thank you aaron. Thank you. Well the hurricane that ripped through the bahamas last week has now hit the east coast of canada though downgraded to a Tropical Storm dorian still cause damage whipping up waves and flooding water for areas the storm lashed the canadian coast with strong winds and heavy rain knocking out power in hundreds of thousands of homes officials asked people to stay off the roads but the damage there it has been nothing like the devastation that dorrian week on the bahamas have a look. At a 13 hour ferry ride to bringing the homeless to a safe haven. Hundreds of survivors from the worst hit areas of the abaco and grand bahama islands a streaming south to nassau the capital of the bahamas was largely spared dorians Destructive Force its a time for reunions and rejoicing at being a life. Oh yeah thats good with 3 kids. Actually 5 kids but 3 young ones the nearly 3 day it was all im very grateful all of us are gotten a good gift a cigar i thought a lot of nice to see a lot of good weather out out when my home collapsed and i feel like i dont was that you know because a lot of people died and i thought i was going to be one of them and i just we just started praying and there were thing and then we survived. Dream homes on the up because reduced to match would by the nightmare hurricane. Locals talk of the bodies still buried in the rubble the smell that pervades everything the lack of food and safe drinking water. For those unwilling or unable to leave the battle for survival is not yet over. Lets get a quick check now some other stories making news around the world a powerful typhoon. As lamps that lashed the japanese capital tokyo leaving one person dead and at least 10 injured caused a major disruption to transport Train Services to a standstill and grounding flights about 400000 people have been advised to evacuate their homes. And protesters in hong kong have marched outside of the u. S. Consulate seeking support for their months long prodemocracy movement but how Congress Government is warning that foreign governments not interfere in what it calls the territories internal affairs. Turkish and u. S. Troops have conducted their 1st joint ground to patrol in Northern Syria on korea has established what it calls a safe zone in the area aiming to keep kurdish fighters away from its border turkey also wants to resettle up to a 1000000 Syrian Refugees in the region. The United States and the islamist taliban militia are blaming each other for the collapse of afghan peace talks after donald trump abruptly canceled a planned secret summit with the insurgents near washington the 2 sides have been holding weeks of lower level talks in doha to seek an end to afghans decades of conflict now truck broke off those talks after u. S. Soldier was killed in a Taliban Attack over the weekend. The body of an american soldier returns home Sergeant Ellis beretta ortiz was the 16th u. S. Service member killed in afghanistan this year one of a dozen people who died when a taliban car bomb exploded on thursday near the u. S. Embassy in kabul. That inspired President Trump to tweet an unexpected announcement. The Major Taliban leaders and the president of afghanistan were going to secretly meet with me on sunday unfortunately in order to build false leverage they had made it to an attack in kabul that killed one of our great soldiers i immediately canceled the meeting and called off peace negotiations. It has been 18 years since the u. S. Invaded afghanistan after the september 11th attacks on new york city by its ally al qaeda thousands of Coalition Troops have died as well as tens of thousands of afghan troops and civilians. Afghanistans government has been critical of the negotiations between the u. S. And the taliban which have largely sidelined afghan officials a spokesman welcome trumps announcement. There was an important day for the taliban to. To brace a political life david to do so. Continued violence while they were talking to the city he was in. Disbelief. Before any peace process. To go. Theres. Meanwhile the taliban said the decision will harm the u. S. More than anyone else but seem to leave the door open to more talks. Trump has pledged to withdraw the remaining 14000 u. S. Troops from afghanistan but he faces resistance from the government in kabul as well as from some u. S. Lawmakers who say its too early to leave the afghans on their own. Lets get more on this story now we are joined by peter xmen who has been following the latest developments and you know as we heard there the taliban actually. They reacted to this saying that canceling the peace talks would harm the United States more than anyone else what exactly do they mean by that is a threat i would say yes definitely it is a threat they just carry on fighting as we speak now sara there are a serious clashes in to northern provinces of afghanistan so the war hasnt stopped why the negotiations were on the now we can see an even bigger uptick in violence in afghanistan and the threat is look we are ready to fight longer than you do this is quite a turn around especially bearing in mind the fact that the tribe of ministration said that it was on the verge of reaching a deal in these talks u. S. Secretary of state my pompei i underlined that again i just want to listen to what he said and then get your reaction there are we were making Real Progress towards that we had a commitment from the taleban to make a formal public announcement that they would break with al qaeda something that an american demand that it got back as far as president bush we were making progress along the way present for up or supportive of those efforts. So how close were they really i think they were really very close on the threshold an agreement in principle those were the words of the special negotiator of the United States and then there was this last minute turnaround President Trump looking for a grand gesture in camp david but that was called off very last minute and as it is emerging now probably because of rifts within his own Administration Secretary tom pale being of a different opinion than the National Security advisor bolton who seems to be against any kind of live with the taliban given that internal dynamic i mean we have this campaign president from u. S. President donald trump saying that he will withdraw american troops from afghanistan as soon as possible realistic at this point i never thought that was a realistic goal i think its a bad idea to rush into any kind of peace negotiations because you are wanting to keep a Campaign Promise we should look at realities on the ground in afghanistan and that is basically trying to solve a conflict 18 years with u. S. Involvement but if you look at afghanistan as a whole we look at 4 decades of conflict its really rather complicated enough gonna stand and rushing all it seems to be a really bad idea no easy solutions indeed. Thank you. Pope francis arrives on the island of mauritius today for the last stop on his african tour only a quarter of the population is catholic but the country is known for its religious tolerance and diversity the pope is due to visit the tomb of a well known Catholic Priest and missionary who worked for peaceful religious coexistence she w correspondent chris reports. And interfaith family outing to the grave of jack. Beatified french missionary. Was born a hindu but is now a christian by the mondays hindu and and mary is christian each year they come here together. And you get thought if i have problems i come here to talk about it with father. Doesnt always come right away but it does come to say. I usually prefer the children i want to be growing nicely give them would health. And education good money that is importing. The vapor that youre not going now growing money. Would have started. In the middle of the 19th century. To have converted tens of thousands of people on the riches but he did more than preach he treated freed slaves as equals and give a voice to the poor many years still call them the apostle of more riches. Literally. Everyone on earth. These a symbol of the countrys unity provided you a few. People flocked to him you can see this is a disgrace that. People from all religions and cultures on to him as a spiritual father. And as a father figure. Right. Off the population of more resources into the rest is made up of christians muslims and buddhists. A mosque right next to him to temple in more riches that is totally normal it is a very religious country but in the same time very tolerant. The popes visit is a special honor for all faiths here. Who are considered did hear about the whole Muslim Community here welcomes the popes. Well without reading after all we are all one people dr yes. What about just we were through with one paper john paul the 2nd visited in 1989. Just as thrilled by the current popes visit we welcome everyone who stands for peace yet he reports it was easy to work these it was evil. By new monday and her family visibly moved after the visit to father levels grace. I dont know. You can explain later she says it gave her strength the next year at the latest the family will reunite to come back here just as youre watching news still to come on the program find out how many grand slam titles roughen the doll now needs to match Roger Federers mens record thats after the spaniard try out at the u. S. Open. More than a month after india suspended indian controlled kashmir is autonomy reporting from the region still faces severe restrictions local media are struggling to report freely under an unprecedented communications shutdown g w correspondent in the fall went to srinagar in india administered kashmir she found out kashmir is are often left in a state of confusion without access to reliable news. And news room without internet phone lines almost by connections this is in 2019. Put a spotlight on 3 a reporter for a national newspaper. The computers that walk simply to write 2 stories on. To get his work to the papers headquarters in another city he has to save it on a pen drive and take it to a meal. Deficit run by the government. The center has one Internet Connection and 5 computers for hundreds of local national and international journalists. Its also where he can catch up with other reporters on what they are hearing but these arent the only hoarders he and his colleagues in kashmir face. Its very difficult to get off from version for that instance already and what are we really careful and you can say there have been so many journalists have been someone about the officials where did you get from this information is against sort of against a threat and of course and also. There are occasional briefings like today when reporters are invited to hear from army and Police Official thats the focus of the briefing however is not on the situation in the media ready it is on pakistan and its alleged efforts at infiltration. Officials insist that the past month has been the most peaceful and kashmir and shutting down communications has been a legitimate means to achieve that we have. This. Is. One of the many of the ones in the west of the block. But it isnt just troublemakers that the government is what it about dogs on the media are evident when Security Forces stand camera as a we reporters cannot argue. Baba to the claims of living in the absence of Communication Networks and reliable neros hearsay and conjecture on ramp and if any to ask or dont want off by Security Forces for example people assume that while it has broken out that theres no way to ratify it. These unofficial channels are amplified because dress events do not trust little clue people was on National Television news. They believe those journalists are toeing the official line from the hindu nationalist government and refusing to portray the hardships on the ground. Good news bulletin we dont get any news the indian media reports feeds news this is schools are open and shops are open traffic is moving but look around you you are in the heart of shes not good such shops are closed schools are closed people are distressed. Many of the new ones are watched as totally freak we cant trust the media anymore we cant trust what theyre seeing. And they spark is grateful that his editors do not dictate what he can and cannot write but he what he is that all journalists do not have that freedom. They dont even carry their rules not a single comment on the street and what has happened to the people not a single government business course there are some of those approaches press the local press is really the pressures in. To speak freely simply be distorted when the phone stopped ringing again. To tennis now and roughened a doll Daniel Medvedev in 5 exhausting sets to win his 4th u. S. Open title in new york the doll was pushed to the brink in the 1st set scraping by 75 but they have lost the next set 63. 00 but then mounted an improbable comeback with me the 3rd and the 4th set to force a decisive 5th but the spaniard came out on top winning 6 for the da now has 19 grand slam titles to his name just one behind the all time leader who is of course none other than Roger Federer. Joining me here in the studio to talk through rough and a dolls 4th u. S. Open title is a lima hotel the from deep have a use for it so the teams the 21900 champion was he the favorite in new york though iraq is always a hit in new york and i think it comes down to his style of his never give up attitude the fact that hes come back from injuries i mean you know they were caught play hard and youre going to get rewarded for it its very annoying with the American Work ethic as for didnt you meant to deflect just say hes had a very tumultuous relationship with the crowd in the United States and thats understandable but if so you warmed up to him and thats because at one point the hostilities was so great that he even flip the finger at them hes come out and hes apologized of a sense and i think maybe down the road he too can become a fan favorite not as rough but perhaps because more of his personality and the fact that he is so unfiltered nidal we have to return to talking about him because i mean hes the one title a way from beating Roger Federer having the most grand slam titles to their name can he do it or will he do it well yes its very doable and i mean but you know to his the thing Roger Federer i mean he has been ahead for a very long time when it comes to having the most mens singles grandstand wins and that record for the longest time. People thought no one would even come close to it thats why they called federer of the gold but now we have nadal whos just one behind him and of course also has time on his side hes 33 years old compared to Roger Federer who is 38 but there is criticism directed often at nadal and that is that people often say hes very one dimensional and they say this because he tends to dominate they so for example 12 of his 1000 french fan wins have come at the french open and this is why that win yesterday at the u. S. Open that was so important because it shows that hes also slowly growing very comfortable on the hot courts that he can find more success on them and so yeah its very realistic that he will pass federer and move yet of i mean how much of a threat does he pose in the future to the big 3 thats the question i mean hes had an incredible summer but is this a one off a can he keep it off to mens tennis right now need some medvedev somebody who can break the dominance of the big 3. Wadjda and djokovic the last 12 grand slams actually have been won by that trio and lets also remember that medvedev he came very close to winning last night you know he almost made a comeback so he is tennis is big. Hope right now a leader who talk even for thank you. This is news and views are our top stories. Russians have cast their ballots in local elections marked by low voter turnout local media reports say that opposition candidates are on track to claim seats on Moscow City Council from the ruling United Russia PartyOpposition Leader alexina vali have urged voters to shun the ruling party. It and donald trump of the taliban are blaming each other for the collapse of peace talks in afghanistan thats after a Taliban Attack in kabul killed at least a u. S. Soldier but voices on both sides say there is still a chance for the talks to resume. Storm has blown across the japanese capital tokyo killing one person and causing dozens of injuries typhoon fos i knocked out power for more than 100000 residents and disrupted braille and air traffic and in tennis rafael nadal has won his 4th u. S. Open in new york beating russias daniel my dad if in 5 exhausting sets the doll now has 1000 grand slam titles to his name just one behind all time leader Roger Federer. This is g. W. News from berlin you can always find the latest headlines at d. F. W. Dot com or follow us on twitter a t w news. Coming up next shift of living aimed at digital age make sure that you stay tuned for that im sorry kelly in berlin because so much for watching have a great. Coffee its the germans favorite hunt for the money for the consumer its one of lifes pleasures for Coffee Growers its a life in the hard work and low pay. But church own Trading Company in germany shows it doesnt have to be that way the. 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