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them are calling on congress to open an investigation into his alleged actions also coming up an attempted terror attack in the world's busiest bus station in new york present seizing on the incident to call for tougher immigration rules. is. looking to keep up the chase at the top of the table. and the new coach hope to turn their season. terry martin welcome to the program u.s. president is facing scrutiny once again over allegations of sexual misconduct three women who had previously accused of sexual harassment have joined together for a series of public appearances they're calling for a congressional investigation into trump's alleged predatory. behavior the white

house denies the claims but the women have no pointed to have pointed to the now infamous access hollywood video in which trump bragged about trying to have sex with women as proof of his guilt so they insist the time has come for trump to be held accountable. i want to believe that as americans we can put aside our political inclinations and admit that some things in fact do transcend politics that we will hold mr trump to the same standard as harvey weinstein and the other man who are held accountable for their reprehensible behavior. rachel crooks there one of the women alleging that she was sex sexual misbehavior by president trump well with me in the studio is tyson barker from the aspen institute here in berlin tyson how dangerous is this for donald trump i mean clearly this has not been resolved you know this moment the me too moment which has been leased since the harvey weinstein accusations has reshaped the public discourse in the united states

and globally about sexual harassment and sexual misconduct and clearly donald trump who thought that he had already closed this issue in the elections has not done so i think it could be quite dangerous for the president the republicans in some ways in this they seem to be their own worst enemy where are the democrats in all of this are they on able to to score political points against trump at this point clearly the issue of sexual harassment is a bipartisan or nonpartisan issue and the democrats have their own house to get in order and the one thing that the democrats are trying to avoid is the accusation of hypocrisy that they are not addressing their own problems within their party. at the same time that they're accusing people like donald trump and roy moore of this kind of sexual misconduct so what you've seen already is several very swift resignations of people like al franken like congressman john conyers who you know speaker former speaker pelosi called an icon and then said you know i believe the

women these accusations are true and he was basically forced to resign so the democrats are doing is making sure that they are practicing what they're preaching in believing these women and taking these accusations seriously don't trump has thrown his weight between behind a very controversial candidate for the poor the senate roy moore who's standing for election today in the state of alabama roy moore like president trump is accused of inappropriate sexual behavior it's so serious that the president that the republican party was considering ditching. roy moore why is trump standing behind him actually they did detroit more the national committee the republican national committee did and then came back to him very similar to the access hollywood situation last year before the presidential election where he succeed the president wants his vote essentially once his vote for supreme court justice he wants his vote for taxes he wants to have that extra vote for his agenda which which makes some degree of sense the thing is that the republicans are pitching this both in

alabama and nationally as adjudicating these issues these moral and legal issues in a political space so what the president has said is you know everybody knew about my flaws when they went to the polls in november point sixteen this is already been judith headed done and done and they're trying to say the same thing about roy moore you know that today is not only the day of judgment politically for for the campaign between more and jones but also for these accusations a day of judgment in the u.s. tyson barker from the aspen institute here in berlin thank you so much thank you president trying to seized on an attempted terror attack in new york city to call for tougher immigration rules twenty seven year old man is in custody after detonating an explosive device in new york's port authority bus terminal officials say he was inspired by the so-called islamic state and learned to make the crude pipe bomb on the internet. many new

yorkers worst nightmare this is the moment a bomb exploded in a subway and the world's busiest bus station. and then panic broke out at the pool authority bus terminal hit by the explosion right in the middle of rush hour here. i see that look like people running. like. women. and nobody. because the families were. here only. police and other fast responders rushed to the scene near times square and evacuation followed. it was an attempt to terror attack the suspect is a twenty seven year old man. who is now in custody he allegedly had a crude pipe bomb strapped to his body the blast injured him and three others it's

unclear if the device went off by accident or less home as in brooklyn and after the attack investigators combed the area for clues. officials saying he was inspired by so-called islamic state. this is new york. the reality here is that we all were told by many who would like to make a statement against democracy against. the statue of liberty you know. and. it could have been west's weeks ago eight people died after a man rammed a truck and to cyclists and pedestrians that was the city's worst attack since nine eleven. and to some other stories making headlines around the world today and the city international has blamed european union countries for being complicit in the abuse of migrants in a report to. human rights group accuses the e.u. of turning a blind eye to alleged brutality by the libyan coast guard and dangerous detention

facilities there the e.u. has been working with libya to curb migration across the mediterranean. after a brief slowdown the wildfire in southern california has flared up again thousands of people are under evacuation orders in the foothills about one hundred twenty kilometers northwest of los angeles so-called tallness fire is the fifth largest in california's history president trump has declared a state of emergency. for life and prominent australian politicians dust yari is resigning after a series of allegations about close links to wealthy chinese political donors now dubbed shanghai salmon senator dusty ari was seen as a rising star in the center left opposition labor party and labor values which tell me that watching the news still to come drumming up business the german president gets a warm welcome in guyana he's there talking vestment jobs and migration whether germany's

key allies in the region. well accusations are flying at the meeting of the world trade organization helena quite a lot of upheaval currently. at the world trade organization the body currently holding its main meeting in it one is eye it is that meeting takes place every two years in the us representative has accused the c.e.o. of losing its focus say it was going too easy own a wealthy developing countries like china and the e.u.'s top five economies hit back saying donald trump's tax plan the cuts rather may distort international trade . protests are a common sight at these conferences but they're not the only ones upset with the w t o the united states was once a big proponent now under president donald trump it is more of a skeptic while all members agree that the w t o needs improving the u.s. is threatening to pull out altogether a sentiment made clear by u.s.

trade representative robert slight ties or who presented a very old critique of china in particular we cannot sustain a situation in which new rules can only apply to a few and that others will be given a pass in the name of self proclaimed development status far from the usual trade wrangling with china this was an attack on the w t o itself with the e.u. seeking to strike a more conciliatory note. so we need to have a clear objective in mind for the european union this is clear to preserve and to strengthen the rules based multilateral trading system and for its to thrive it has to develop it is not perfect but it's the best we have and we have achieved great things together and we can the w t o may be weakened by skepticism from within but

there's still room for progress. apple has confirmed plans to buy the app. for a reported four hundred million dollars that company that helps you out when you just have to know the name of that song that's playing say when you're in a restaurant on a night out for metal series it identifies the music using your smartphone and then forwards that song to your music player of choice analysts say paul wants to use the acquisition to bring more users to its own music offering and away from the best it's like spotify. well here's an alarming fact illustrating the extent of china's air pollution problem people living in the north of the country where the toxic small guys that is worst are expected to die three years earlier than those living in the south and the small becomes even worse in winter now the government is implementing some drastic measures to try to get to grips with the issue.

normally trucks are lined up here to be loaded the times aren't normal at the wally ming construction materials plant. built from we've had to shut down production completely china is implementing drastic measures to combat winter smog forcing hallie ming to close down until the end of march next year. we find on forced vacation for ten days all we can do now is a bit of maintenance. close plant mixers powered rock without filed his grinding mills have had to stop work in the past when smog was especially bad but they've never been halted for an entire four months. we've still got some reserves from recent months but it's enough for maintenance and to get us through the winter . without all that. almost all companies around here have been forced to shut down from the small plant that makes concrete pipes and cobble stones to the local cement works the region's biggest employer. the workers who come from the

surrounding villages were sent home without pay. so my husband sits around blink guards now. will be over by try to stay afloat with casual labor if someone needs their heating unit repairing things like that. i didn't. for years china put grow the head of environment but now construction sites are idle still production throttled shijiazhuang three hundred kilometers south of beijing has the reputation of being one of the filthiest cities in china. you know you often see blue skies and white clouds you never had that before. you know what last year i never left the house without a protective mask this year i can simply go for a walk under a blue sky. i hope there's less smog this year. wallie

ming has rented out some of his compound to a trucking company he gets no state support nor do any of the workers he's had to sack. under these circumstances the best thing to do is to resettle i'm looking for new business opportunities. there's no future in this i don't want to do it any longer. quote doesn't know what he will be doing in future. so long as it doesn't involve getting dusty. while another move to ease that small problem one of china's largest or to make it is to phase out sales of old petro vehicles by twenty twenty five the decision by the state and beijing most emotive the group comes as china debates a plan to impose a nationwide ban on petrol and diesel vehicles authorities have already announced the introduction of a quota system which will require homemakers to produce a minimum number of electric vehicles from twenty nineteen countries move towards

electric has foreign automakers like folks and overall though to announce plans to produce he calls for the chinese markets. well economic collaboration is up for discussion today between germany and west african nations terry you've got more on that that's right helena german president. has arrived in ghana at the start of a four day trip to west africa is in the capital accra with around twenty german business leaders the focus of the visit is on strengthening economic ties and tackling the causes of mass migration from africa on my i will visit the gambia later this week. for more let's cross over now to the guinea and capital accra where our correspondent young philip schultz is standing by horace for tell us more about what the german president hopes to achieve with his trip and why is he starting his tour there in ghana. i think he picked because it's considered to be

a role model and africa when it comes to democracy and human rights we've seen several peaceful changes of governments year in the past twenty years something that is still quite unusual on the african continent where a lot of presidents either try to cling onto power for ever have to be forced. out of power violently as we've seen in many cases in the last years so i think what he wants to achieve here is quite clear and it's very easy to summarize he wants to boost foreign investment and to create new jobs here because economically guy has gone through a hard time in the last years with very high unemployment rates and a lot of young people that try to leave the country to look for greener pastures somewhere else now earlier this year germany introduced what was dubbed at that time a marshall plan for africa as part of efforts to persuade young africans to stay put and tell us what exactly is the plan and how's it going down in africa.

if you ask one hundred africans i assume ninety nine f. ricans will tell you that they have never heard a marshall plan with africa. but i think the idea that is behind it goes very well received here in africa the idea is basically to boost economic growth through foreign investment the label marshall plan was just given to it at the very initial phase of this initiative mainly because it has such a positive image in germany at least the historic marshall plan but i think more and more africans want exactly what this idea stands for they want foreign investments instead of charity they won investments to help them grow their economies well the president is traveling with

a large number of business leaders understand in his delegation optimistic are they about business prospects in countries like ghana. i think just the fact that we are talking about such a large and high ranking group of business leaders here that several n.g.o.s several c.e.o.'s from from leading german companies just this fact shows you that there's a lot of optimism when it comes to the potential for investment and economic growth of course you can't generalize more than fifty african countries but especially in a country like gun where there's a high level of stability where the functioning government in something like an emerging middle class and a lot of young people business leaders are increasingly aware of the potential traditionally german business leaders. quiets cafu with investments to africa about

this exit you it's definitely changing young philip schultz and across the thank you very much. let's cross over to india now where in recent months in the capital delhi the people been shocked by reports of the deaths of more than ten sanitation workers while cleaning septic tanks and sewers is throwing the spotlight on something called manual scavenging that's the practice of keeping sewer system wide systems flowing by hand not using any machinery or protective equipment now that practice of manual scavenging is banned by law in india but it still widespread are india correspondent sunny phonic sent us this report from delhi. every morning sony shows up for a trial that few anywhere would want to do. as a manual scavenger he cleans block drains and gotten in dentist so he has been

doing this the sexiest he owns anywhere between four hundred to eight hundred rupees a day that's about five to ten euros. and we had the man to go with i almost threw up the first day here until then i've never cleaned the toilet in my own home the stench was disgusting i nearly quit. but i had to feed my two children since i'd lost another job so i carried on in the middle of. the work is extremely dangerous there's no machinery or safety. sometimes so needless to undress and squeeze into the sewers. he says he's developed skin attitudes his eyes burn from the toxic gases. the laborers belong to the balmiki community. that sits at the bottom of india's cost system their work opens them to prejudice and discrimination which.

some people treat us as if we're not human and we're human too now you're sitting here it's very dirty but people cover their noses when they walk past why's that. manual was outlawed in india more than two decades ago the law prescribes fine and even jail time for those employing workers to manually clean toilets so with systems and septic tanks without protective gear but the roads are routinely flouted with devastating consequences. this settlement on the outskirts of debby is home to dallas formerly known as untouchables. two months ago three of its residents choked to death in a septic tank in a car parts factory on three were cleaners none had safety equipment. one of them was nani and. his wife who is still waiting for compensation from the company.

my children don't understand that their father is not coming back our world has come crashing down i've had to borrow a lot of money since i lost my husband and i don't know how i'm going to pay it back. the issue has sparked an outcry reports in the indian media say more than ten switch workers have died in delhi alone in recent months the city government has since banned its agencies from outsourcing sanitation work to contractors who hire manual scavengers. who done a spokesman for the delhi government says manual scavenging has no place in modern india but he admits the rot runs much deeper it's absolutely in human it's me do you will there is a problem of lack of awareness this problem or insensitivity and just callous attitude on the part of not just the police but i am afraid

of large sections of society because they don't see it as a wrong as a moral wrong as a legal wrong. that means little to his friends. they finished here. they're already off to the next job. regardless of the mill they will always be enough demand for cheap labor to do the city's dirty work. back here to germany now some sports news for you rb leipzig kicking off the bunda sleep is midweek soccer action tonight for the hosts are only three points clear of relegation while rb let's say with a victory could close their gap with table leaders by in munich recent form though could give the slight edge to home side they haven't won on the road since october while the wolves are running

a two game winning streak at volkswagen rina. the wolves have only last month since martin smith took over in mid september their last outing at home was a convincing three nil victory over gladbach stopping their momentum in its tracks but a league high of nine draws had their main table purgatory currently eleventh in closer to relegation than they like to be the head coach addressed the drawing issues in the press conference ahead of the match close to us with obviously minutes in the last five or six games i think we're closer to getting away from that statistic fact being the king of draw us after a long time doesn't take you anywhere and so our goal is to turn that around and also to change our mentality moving forward go. on to a button that it wasn't going to be. despite being second on the table rb leipsic last elite last time out against months the bulls were even give a questionable penalty in the match that ultimately ended even.

he definitely conceded more goals than last season and that could be why we don't have as many points as we did at this time last year but we just have to deal with them. this is what. if defeated the newest club on the block would extend their winless away streak to four games it wouldn't be the best way to celebrate our b.'s fiftieth but in this league fixture. more on the midweek bonus league action i'm joined here in the studio by a lima hotel key from d.w. sports. leipsic could narrow by on munich's lead at the top of the table to five points if they manage to beat both borg and tonight's early game is it too late for them to make a serious challenge for the title and it's not even about lights acknowledging a serious challenge of course they do i think most buddhists it's in the d.n.a.

to want to dethrone by and munich they've had a monopoly for the past five seasons and when they when they don't just when they have a tendency to really run away with the title yes partly because you know they are a really good team that's just too good there's a reason people call them a super cop they would dominate most leaks but for the first time this season back in september it looked like this could be the year when the season when by and nick might fall flat on their face and what happens this comes in coaching change by and get their mojo back and so i'm calling it out right now the title is a foregone conclusion ok. well later tonight we've got another important game dortmund face mines on the road what do you think of the prospect of dortmund getting back on track now that they've hired peter as their new coach tricky but very doable and i think we saw that when a guy has quality at a service there's a lot that can happen and i see

a lot of good things can happen and unfortunately this season at coach he had a long list of injuries he no longer had the service of and put him on desk but that won't be the case i thought man because he will have my eye on him we have and have plenty of other quality and creative players so i think it's i'm it's curious to see exactly the sort of football that will produce with such a different set of playoffs alina thank you so much to the tukey from v.w. sports. and just for the top stories that we're following for you here today. three women who accuse president of sexual harassment are calling for a congressional investigation into his alleged predatory behavior white house denies the claims. has seized on an attempted terror attack in new york city to call for tougher immigration rules twenty seven year old. an explosive device in new york's port authority bus stop. you're watching

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