this is deja vu news live from berlin another australian prime minister faces an early exit malcolm turnbull is facing down a party mutiny that's thrown the government's survival into doubt we'll look at why no australian prime minister has served out a full term in over a decade also coming up president truong says he did nothing wrong a day after being implicated in hush money payments with two former associates facing jail time will the president have a political price to pay. and the u.s. and china escalate their trade dispute with sixteen billion dollars in tit for tat

tariffs so who stands to lose the most we'll have a special report from one u.s. region bracing for tough times ahead. i am brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show australia's prime minister's clinging to power as a leadership crisis cripples his government now who turnbull is fighting for his political life as senior ministers deserve him and contest his leadership a second leadership voters do friday the government has suspended parliament to try to resolve the crisis no australian prime minister has succeeded in serving a full three year term in over a decade. let's bring in australian journalist roger maynard for more on this good morning roger is all straley on the verge of getting a new prime minister. it certainly seems that way so it's very likely the

australian will have the nearby minutes by tomorrow not one hundred percent certain depends on whether or not a motion for a spill succeeds tomorrow if that does happen then nothing because the prime minister has said he will resign and he will stand down and open the way for our here's a his nemesis peter dugan to a stand along with possibly two other candidates the treasurer scott morrison and possibly the foreign minister julie bishop so it's all open at the moment very very undecided about exactly what's going to happen but tomorrow certainly going to be an interesting day to say the least ok roger what prompted all of this what was there a galvanizing issue. well the brothers has been on the outer if you like you know for the past few months now he's full and dramatically in the opinion polls and so has his party the liberal party that's partly because of the

government or energy policy prime minister turnbull is seen as a center left if you like and in some people say has more in common with the opposition labor party than he does with his own conservatives and he's very supportive of the planet change action a lot of the mission targets and that has coincided with a dramatic increase in energy prices here in australia it doubled almost over the past year and a lot of people are angry at that and that's what prompted the criticism and here's a slump in the opinion because of late ok well was take a listen to howard now to what prime minister turnbull had to say about what's going on. the reality is that a minority in the party room. supported by. others outside the parliament have sought to. bully intimidate others into. making this change of leadership that

they're seeking. ok allegations there of bullying of intimidation why are australian part of politics so turbulent well i suppose it's partly because australia and the were generally pretty cynical about politicians that dissolution with most political parties and let's run it what one of the reasons why i know the prime ministers don't stay in perth for the long eight or so with full front ministers in the province eighteen years one of them twice but that's an indication of you know how cynical people are about politicians and how that they simply don't trust them and whether or not you you take marcum term whose word for a lot you know is always the interest isn't you point there but generally speaking the electorate don't really have much time drug a liberal if. roger maynard for us from sydney today roger thanks for bringing us up to date. u.s.

president donald trump has accused his former lawyer michael cohen of lying under pressure from prosecutors investigating campaign finance violations the white house grappling right now with allegations the president orchestrated an illegal cover up to buy the silence of two women who claimed he had affairs with them as a result the president is confronting mounting legal and political threats. in his guilty plea michael cohen admitted to violating campaign finance laws during the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election he said he was instructed by a candidate it understood to be to trump to make payments to two women to finance their allegations they had extramarital affairs with trump in an interview on fox news trump tonight. did they come out of a campaign they didn't come out of it came from me and i did about it i don't know if you know but i tweeted. about the payments but they didn't come out of the campaign my first question when i heard about it was did they come out of the

campaign because that could be a little dicey. the white house this clear. as the president said we've stated many times he did nothing wrong there are no charges against him he did nothing wrong there are no charges against him in this he did nothing wrong there are no charges against him congress which wields as much authority is the executive branch at least on paper may see things differently impeachment becomes a possibility when there's evidence of what the us constitution calls high crimes and misdemeanors but no make is a treading carefully. and i just don't think that engaging in speculation is the way to go and certainly i think impeachment talk is something that is not something we can deal getting right now i don't think i've witnessed anything like that witness over the last year and. probably the american people haven't in modern times if there weren't people not be a juror so you wouldn't expect greta. to make

it be so impeachment and do you hear what the house representatives think that's because it's the house the votes to open an impeachment trial which then takes place in the senate republicans control both houses of congress that might be of some comfort to trump but by no means office total security here we want to try now for a look at some of the other stories making news today the democratic national committee in the u.s. as an attempted hack into its voter database has been thwarted this comes two years after russian operatives hacked into democratic party computers during the presidential election facilitating the release of tens of thousands of e-mails it's not known who was behind this latest attack in attempt. after him to children who crossed into bangladesh without parents were orphaned by violence in me and mark it was previously thought that they had simply been separated from their living parents the new finding by the charity save the children comes one year since me

and maher expelled seven hundred thousand friends or muslims. the leader of so-called islamic state appears to have resurfaced after more than a year. recording from care he has been released by the terrorist group the secretive leader has been reported killed or wounded a number of times the authenticity and date of the latest recording have not been verified. well later today britain's government will be laying out advice on how businesses and private citizens should prepare for a no deal brax it britain now has less than eight months before it leaves the e.u. but it still hasn't reached a separation agreement a columnist warned that a failure to do so could seriously damage britain's economy here's a look at how it could play out. the food crisis civil unrest a doomsday scenario fears for

a no deal braxton are running high in the british media and in political circles there is now a very real risk of. a break sit no deal by accident but what would a messy breakup with the you mean in practice consequence number one transport chaos. no trade deal means the u.k. would fall back on the rules of the world trade organization customs checks at borders would return with the likelihood of huge tailbacks on motorways leading to ports. of entry w t o rules do not cover aviation the direct consequence planes would not be allowed to fly from the u.k. to the e.u. and vice versa. the knock on effect of the transport chaos disruption to food supplies the u.k. imports about thirty percent of its food from the e.u. so supermarkets could see shortages on their shelves the british government has

already admitted to having plans for stockpiling food and medicine what it ease is about making sure that we'll be able to continue to do the things that are necessary once we've left the european union if we leave without no date without a deal now i think people should take reassurance from the fact that this is a government that's saying you know what we're going to be responsible about this we're going to be sensible about this and there is more another sector that could get into trouble banking all credible studies have shown a significant negative impact from a no deal brax it on the u.k. economy and the pound is already under severe pressure due to the mounting fears that britain discretion out of the e.u. what else health care it is estimated that britain imports about thirty. seven million packets of medicine every month from the e.u. and that includes drugs for the treatment of cancer any disruption could have

serious consequences for people who rely on the treatment and what about the roughly three million e.u. nationals who live in the u.k. but no deal with no agreement on their status which plunge them into insecurity this same goes for the one million britons who currently reside in mainland europe . so what does it all mean it means that in no deal breaks it would actually be a pretty big deal. german chancellor angela merkel begins a trip to three former soviet republics say georgia armenia and azerbaijan have all been caught up in ethnic conflicts and territorial disputes security issues will be on the chancellor's agenda as well as political and economic ties georgia is keen to join the european union and nato that for protection from its much larger neighbor russia. america is first stop will be the georgian capital tbilisi earlier

this year demonstrations in that city exposed deep divisions in georgian society thousands took to the streets in protest after police raided a number of nightclubs searching for drugs the city's l g b t community spearheaded the push back calling for a more liberal society the w.'s only sure one takes a closer look. this is the soundtrack for social change in georgia. techno clubs like he. part of a movement pushing for l g b t rights and to ease the country's unusually strict drug laws there islands of freedom in a conservative post soviet society. club culture is growing very fast but. changed. to people who. many. people like.

strange. don't deserve to be part of the. change. to change that. dancing became political in may after armed georgian police raided two of to be most renowned clubs gallery and looking for drug dealers in response to what many saw as the heavy handedness of thought there were hundreds took to the streets to protest the government and to fight for progressive values by down say. gay rights activists live on video need to organize the regular bt night at one of the clubs that was raided he says the community often faces abuse and violence in georgia and that's why they are a key group in the push for a more liberal society community as well as other groups have enjoyed by c.n.n. yes to save space as a space where they can enjoy still

a very quality freedom. which is. the end in those clubs seems. very conservative. and though the club rates for presenting this threat to the safe environment georgia appear. it's to be at a crossroads between its past and its future but conservative forces including the georgian orthodox church are also very powerful in the country and in recent years several nationalist groups of appeared on the georgian political scene. i. mean he is a musician and he's also the co-founder of the ultra nationalist movement georgian march which has rallied crowds against migrants and for what he calls traditional family values core question really feels georgia is losing its national identity to western liberal values. we want to know why. why

are we rushing towards darkness when we can't see anything. saying georgia is european country is absurd this is the caucasus country. at the moment. a candidate from georgia in march will be running in georgia's presidential elections in october but with different groups and generations pulling the country in different directions it will likely take much longer for georgia's future to take shape. football news now and the former head of the brazilian football federation joe samaria a marine has been sentenced to four years in prison by a u.s. judge he is the first major name to be jailed as part of the long running probe into the fee for corruption scandal. joe say maria marine until his conviction and u.s. court in december spent a lot of time moving between his temporary digs at new york's trump tower and the

federal courthouse that ended with guilty verdicts on six counts related to taking over six million dollars in bribes while handing out broadcast and marketing rights for major soccer tournaments. the former head of brazilian soccer marine was one of the qadri of men at the top of the sport's governing body. on a cold december morning near phoebus headquarters in zurich in two thousand and fifteen swiss and u.s. investigators coordinated a raid on a luxury hotel. marine and a handful of other futile powerbrokers were arrested some than extradited to the us it was an exclamation point to the corruption crisis at. the feet a corruption case ranks as one of the largest criminal prosecutions by the us in recent years with some forty defendants most foreign nationals half of them have pleaded guilty marine did not. nor did codefendant one and held the poto of

paraquat who once was head of south american soccer he'll be sentenced next week almost certainly to prison based on the judge's comments for taking over ten million dollars in bribes himself. while spanish football has barely started the new league season the players are now threatening to strike after a meeting in madrid the captains of all twenty illegal sides including real madrid sergio ramos released a joint statement it condemned the league's decision to play one regular season game in north america. strike action has not been ruled out a meeting between the players union and the league chief is scheduled for the end of september. with a german bonus league are kicking off this weekend there's one german football club that has managed to slip under the radar when it comes to predicting potential contenders to shake by immunex throne leverkusen have gone about their off season business pretty quietly pine down young stars to new contracts and adding to their

already talented ross roster. you know the good broads inlay the coups are not understandably flowing ahead of the new bundesliga campaign they were unlucky to miss out on champions league football last season goal difference counting against them now coach heiko hill is once his team to go one better. than that. of course it was annoying that with three goals away from fourth place or even five goals from third place but the table met allies and now we have to improve. focus and. play the couzens exciting brand of swashbuckling attacking football looks set to continue. the club's exciting young guns lay on bailey. and uli in bronze have all penned you contracts while last season's bundesliga goalkeeper of the year lucas are dead ski has arrived from front for. the

side in front of my time in frankfurt was fantastic i made a lot of friends there i will miss frankfurt but now it's a new chapter and i think we can achieve a lot here here and i can this may be his. time with the squad featuring a good mix of youth and experience it would be no surprise to see leverkusen dancing their way back into contention for a champions league spot by the end of the season. now it's being hailed as a giant leap forward for weather forecasting after sixteen years of intensive planning testing and construction a new satellite center that were last night to monitor when systems around the globe. begin. the satellite was launched from the european space agency spaceport in french guiana it's been named eolus after the keeper of the winds in greek mythology scientists hope the data collected will help more accurately

predict extreme weather and climate change. also you can do that china u.s. for causing ripples on the stock market moniker what's it looking like this morning well in asia it's not looking too good to brian ask can be expected the tit for tat exchanges hit markets during asian trading our stocks in shanghai hong kong and jensen slipped in early afternoon trading having said that no dramatic losses there as those towers of course were expected hong kong's hang seng was down north point seven percent and shanghai indices most of all twenty three percent of the chinese commerce ministry said it would amount to a legal challenge to the u.s. terrorists the world trade organization economists warn that the trade spats could spread and slow global growth through twenty twenty. all right well modest market reactions to those u.s.

tears in asia let's check out europe the new group standing by a resident frankfurt stock exchange down the bring us up to date house trading going. well good morning from frankfurt well investors were already prepared for this scenario but are calling this also as a further escalation in this ongoing trade conflict investor told me this morning that we are far away from an agreement but probably because of the fact that investors were prepared we don't really see big market movements here at the frankfurt stock exchange this morning yes the blue chip index that's at the moment is down in the red but just slightly was about twenty points and the picture also when you take a look at some of the other major indices in europe they're kept forty impairs the s.m. and also the footsie one hundred they're actually in the green this morning so no big market movement here right now in europe all right in frankfurt thank you so much for bringing us up to date. and just to bring you up to date

a few hours ago the u.s. slapped twenty five percent tariff on sixteen billion dollars worth of imports from china this is of course the second round of tariffs in response to what the trumpet ministration calls beijing's unfair trade practices china responded immediately with its own high tariffs on over three hundred american products and that means tough times ahead for american regions that export billions of products to china take the city over we should according to the brookings institute know of the metro area in the u.s. is being impacted more by the u.s. china trade war. examiner phenomena visited to find out what business people are saying in the american heartland. from handrails and the alloy for the invasion industry and the rubber own the company in which that hope for a wide range of aluminum however should have been strong decision it's becoming

more and more difficult for the brothers to calculate their contract the biggest impact here for us we're deal in about six months we're now about. if. we didn't affect our market we had to be very careful and project if you did a project let's say in january and it goes up thirty percent by march and your bid is not very good anymore and some of her tariffs are taxes on imports and exports says karen paige c.e.o. and president of kansas global good work for twenty five years she's been working to help local companies to improve their position in global markets now she has to deal with more and more businesses suffering from trauma trade. it we're hearing from companies they they may have to lay off people they can only absorb you know the head on their profit margins for so long and then they'll not be competitive competitive they can't south they can't sell they have to lay off. according to a recent analysis wichita with its focus on aerospace manufacturing and agriculture

us more exposed to chinese terrorists than any although us metro area but it's not easy to find business people ready to talk about that some intimate off camera that they don't want to be seen to contradict president in this deeply conservative state for now many manufacturers here say they're holding their own but with one in four dollars in which this economy coming from exports to tariffs are expected to have a huge impact an estimated twenty thousand jobs are at stake and at the moment it's the farmers who are paying the biggest toll one of them is keith miller at third generation farmer he's been the rat for the last two years now he's afraid of losing china as the market drop despite the fact that he soybeans are doing just fine. her prices are we are receiving and you are from a dollar to two dollars less than there was three months ago and it's

called. her real concern or they were going to. being able to get those prices back in the near future or we're definitely worried about. how we're incumbents going to come to the fore nevertheless keith miller still supports. his the first president fighting for you asked interests he said the farmer hopes they can strike a deal with china and most of all miller hopes that this will happen. counterproductive and senseless that's how russian president vladimir putin labels the latest tranche of u.s. sanctions against russia which have now come into effect officials in moscow say they're bracing for lower growth and a weaker ruble as a direct result until now the kremlin had to dismiss the big falls in the currency as market volatility but not any more. you know it's

a modest russian reporters saying that the u.s. is now found that sports and gas turbines to russia along with key items for the aviation industry like jet engines and electronics. until now the kremlin has been demonstrably unruffled by u.s. sanctions especially since an earlier round had long reduced trade in military goods. but the mere announcement of this list sent stocks in large state owned companies tumbling on the moscow stock exchange. kerry aeroflot slid twelve percent of the beginning of august when the sanctions were decided. from the ruble exchange rate has dropped sharply in recent weeks foreign minister sergei lavrov is outraged. it's quite obvious that these sanctions have nothing to do with syria ukraine or crimea. they're being used to enforce unfair trading conditions to hobble the russian economy. a further round of sanctions lined up for november

could target banks u.s. russian air links imports and exports and diplomatic relations. they would hit russia's six largest state controlled banks as well as the country's entire oil and gas industry all of which would have dire effects on the russian economy. you're watching news here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you australia's prime minister malcolm turnbull. calls from his own party to resign leadership to friday no strain the prime minister has a full three year term in over a decade. and then more coming up after the top of the hour thanks for watching.

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