Ninety eight not for god d. W. s november focus. This is d. W. News coming to you live from Berlin European Union clashes once again with polands right wing government the use Top Court Orders warsaw to mediately reinstate Supreme Court judges whove been forced into Retirement Court says polands reforms
which have triggered huge protests this year are a threat to Judicial Independence also coming up the killing of a powerful Police Commander sent shock waves through afghanistan and casts a shadow of a parliamentary elections this weekend as general is laid to rest voting is suspended in Kandahar Province. And in soccer the head office of buy in munich comes out swinging at the press a fierce attack against the german media in an extraordinary Press Conference and well hear why by on are slamming journalists for the treatment of their players. Well im terry martin good to have you with us the European Unions top court has ordered poland to immediately suspend its forced retirement of judges calling it quote. A threat to Judicial Independence critics accuse the polands virtues polled
and current right wing government of replacing judges with those supportive of the current regime European Court of justice has now told poland to stop the lowering of the Retirement Age of judges from seventy to sixty five the measure supposedly targets judges appointed under previous governments the move allegedly by lates polands provisions under the treaty. For more now lets go to brussels were Barbara Standing by barbara why was the polish Law Enforcement targets of judges so controversial. The European Union has been watching what this government in the martial of those the right wing government has been doing since Two Thousand And Fifteen and since Two Thousand And Sixteen just a year after its been a constant struggle of the about the socalled Judicial Reform that the government sort of put in action piece by piece its a large number of laws and if you look just at some of them for instance the
prosecutors were put under the control of the Ministry Of Justice they were before independent or for instance the Judicial Election Committee where judges are elected voted into office has been put has been put under the control of the majority in parliament and that was of course before independent and so step by step the European Commission says poland undermines the division of power in its country and of course this is the threat to Judicial Independence bill the European Court of justice the justice is telling poled him to stop the forced retirement of judges is poland likely to accept this ruling. Thats the one million Euro Question of course if we listen to what the one of the vice Prime Ministers of the country said in late august and he defined tone we heard from him they
might not because he said that poland doesnt have to listen to luxembourg to the European Court because they have no say over poland it was question of National Sovereignty and one should absolutely just turn away and sort of ignore the verdicts coming from the European Court of justice and we dont know yet whether the government will really sort of stick to this hard line that has been announced liberal forces in at that point already talked about poll exit meaning that. Actively ignoring and defying the European Court of poland would set itself on the way to leave the European Union effectively barbara as we all know polands right wing government and the e. U. Commission have been clashing over a number of issues including Press Freedom what does this verdict now mean for the larger dispute between polands government and the e. U. It means of course terry that the heat rises because we also know that theres
already an article seven. Procedure underway against poland something that procedure that means that the used sees a systematic threat so the route to the Rule Of Law In Poland and this is what its in brussels called the Nuclear Option because it could in taking away the Voting Rights of the country in the European Council there its quite away till then but this procedure has been sort of going up and down and around in the council here and didnt different ministerial meetings in brussels and if in fact poland should ignore an actively defied this verdict from luxemburg they really money to have to sort of speed it up and then its an open fight between virus so in brussels and we dont know where that might end yet barbara thank you so much for now didnt we just barbara basell in brussels. Afghanistans parliamentary
elections have been pushed back one week in Kandahar Province after the killing of one of the countrys most powerful security figures the funeral has been held general abdul rudd zakk who was shot by a gunman along with two others of a high level Security Conference the deaths come as a blow to the western backed government and raise questions over stability in the south about gamester parliamentary elections will go ahead across the rest of the country to morrow despite the killings. For more lets bring in de w. s was. Me who has reported extensively from afghanistan was what the vote has been delayed for a week income to horror how much of a setback is this killing for the election well i think its a huge setback for the whole election process because people have been waiting for this election for years now its been three years the election has been delayed over and over again and you can of course also say that this has been
a major blow for the Security Situation and the South Khandahar is one of the major provinces in afghanistan its the second most important city in afghanistan its also called the heartland of the taliban so killing the police chief of khandahar is a big deal and this wasnt just any police chief he was a very important figure for stability and i understand hes faced dozens of Assassination Attempts and survived them and this sends a message how afraid are people going to be now about going to the polls of course people are asking themselves if this important figure and hes one of the key figures he was one of the key figures and the south of ghana son gets killed what does this say about our situation about our Security Situation of course he was very important he is hailed a hero now in afghanistan but of course a lot of people also forget that he was accused of a lot of human rights abuses us. Stay with us were going to come back to you in just a moon. With all the uncertainty and potential for more violence thats surrounding
a gather stones planned elections candidates have reason to be concerned ten have been assassinated in the last two months alone but. Sadly among a colleague afghan american who was born and raised in the u. S. Is undeterred she left behind her life as a businesswoman in the los angeles and moved to galveston six years ago and now shes campaigning for change. Miriam solomon kale is not a typical candidate but she sees her mix of american upbringing and afghan Family Traditions as an advantage in a modern afghanistan thats looking for change that could she elders are standing behind me and every time i sit with them they tell me that the men were able to bring these changes but we have faith that women are women are able to feel our pain and see the corruption and see whats wrong she takes us along in her campaign
trail to jalalabad here she meets with the local leader of her tribe the kuchi there nomads for whom a certain number of seats in parliament are reserved as a circle and carol has a good chance of being elected the tribal elders are dissatisfied with the male opponents who they see as only looking after their own personal interests in contrast salamanca listens to cooties are often discriminated against in afghanistan and have little opportunities to advance socially. But the ones who dont have schools they dont have water they dont have roads on one hand theyre being killed by the taliban and used as shields and on the other hand the government accuses them of being taliban so theyre stuck in between two Rocks Jalalabad lives in the east of afghanistan where the taliban still stage attacks when merriams of the main colors here she brings a bodyguard with her shes already received many threats if i said i wasnt afraid i would be lying i am afraid but im more afraid for these people who are coming
and visiting me. So the man killed voices her support for the direct peace talks currently being negotiated between the us and the radical islamists even if the talks could lead to the taliban partially coming to power in afghanistan and i think that now that women are included in the Peace Process its really a big step but at the same time i think that the taliban from what i hear realize that women in inclusive eighty in the government is really important for afghanistan in the future. And even if she doesnt win the election the manco wants to stay in afghanistan instead of returning to the u. S. She says regardless of the outcome theres much work yet to be done. A courageous candidate indeed was of how unusual is it for women to be involved in politics in afghanistan it really depends on whether you have the contacts and whether you have the money or not if you have all these things and the influence inside the right
circles you can of course run for a seat in parliament actually around sixteen percent of the candidates are female and sixty eight seats are over Two Hundred Forty seats are reserved for women ok its not just women there a lot of young people women and men who are getting involved in this election to understand yes recently i spoke to the independent Election Commission in afghanistan and they told me that they dont have exact numbers but they estimated around. Sixty to sixty five percent of the candidates are below the age of forty so this is a Record Number and of course i mean afghanistan is one of the youngest countries in the world i think is the second youngest country in the world so of course they need people who represent them and theres a lot of hope for these young candidates even though theres all the corruption and yeah but theres this hope for them what about the hope for afghanistans future i mean this is this election going to give people a sense of of change or
a new beginning i dont think so because i think its a test for the Upcoming Elections next year for the president ial elections but i can sense that people already are very disappointed by what happened in the past weeks ten candidates have been killed today was a lot of Violence Polling Stations still are closed two thousand Polling Stations from Fifty Five Thousand which is a huge number well thank you so much of her feelings and there was a lot nicer out does the me from. Some of the other stories making headlines Around The World Today at least fifty people are feared dead after a train ran into a large crowd at a festival near the northern indian city of rubber its our local t. V. Said people had gathered to celebrate it and you will hindu festival but they failed to hear the approaching train over the sound of firecrackers at the festival. But official Memorial Ceremony is being held in russian and x. To crimea for the victims of a School Shooting that left twenty people dead the region is observing three days
of mourning Russian Media is calling the attack on the Black Sea Port catch an eighteen year old gunman the russian columbine. U. S. President has threatened to send the military to close the Us Mexico Border against what he calls an onslaught of migrants this as around Three Thousand honduran migrants continue in their care of than heading for the u. S. Said it will ask the United Nations for help with their arrival. U. S. Treasury secretary Steve Minutia and will not attend a major saudi Investment Conference next week thats in reaction to the controversy surrounding missing saudi journalist. Turkish state media are reporting that employees of the saudi consulate in istanbul are testifying to prosecutors investigating his disappearance assad is a Washington Post columnist or was a Washington Post columnist whos been very critical of the saudi government he
banished two weeks ago now the u. S. Is sharpening its time. With the evidence mounting the u. S. Stance towards long time ally saudi arabia is hardening when asked whether he thought he is dead President Trump left little room for doubt. It certainly looks that way to me its very sad. That i have to be very severe i mean its bad. But well see what out. Progovernment newspaper in turkey says the month circled in these images is the head of a fifteen minute hit squad involved in the alleged killing of the saudi journalist he said to be moderate abdulaziz new tab a saudi Intelligence Officer and former diplomat with close ties to Saudi Crown PrinceMohammed Bin Solomon earlier this year he was photographed during the crown princes trip to the United States. Was last seen on october second entering the
saudi consulate in istanbul. Turkish Officials Say they have Video Evidence of his Murder State Media have published details of the alleged audio including that saudi consul mohammed are all tightly can be heard on the recording he left to stumble earlier this week. G. Had been living in the United States writing for the Washington Post he was a public critic of the government. Youre watching the news still to come Fighting Talk in munich bosses attack against the german media in an extraordinary Press Conference well hear why by and are slamming journalists for the treatment of their players. Germanys mighty out of industry is still reeling from the Diesel Scandal weve got recalls
now been one after the other way of finding out that it wasnt just fords fog that was cheating it was a whole lot of other Car Companies as well more bad news for the well known car brand opel German Authorities forcing it to recall another forty Three Thousand deal diesels worldwide if it with devices that over emissions levels and to situations cheating but did all part of the fallout from the Diesel Gate Scandal Opel has already voluntarily retrofitted twenty Three Thousand vehicles the comic was recently acquired by frances p. S. A. From its long time owners general motors. German comic dimas own diesel gate scandal is costing a plenty its lowering Profit Forecasts for the second time this year the maker of the citys benz cars says the costs of a recent recall of Seven Hundred Seventy Thousand diesels in europe means earnings will be significantly below last years profits that of first lowered its forecasts just four months ago saying you tariffs on cars it exports to china from the united
states cartons of profits. And over to will be balanced as a correspondent in frankfurt how bad is the profit forecast. It was a shock to investors share plummeted when the news first came in the ending with minus of about two percent not quite that bad but still showing severe displeasure and that could carry on into the next week because people debate this sudden announcement and you know its not