this is d.w. news live from above it in german football fans gets a big boost. so. the host of the euro two thousand and four will be germany. germany brings turkey to the hosting of the european football championships germany's first time since nineteen eighty eight. turkey's president to regift type of on her news while he was in germany he has arrived in berlin on his first state visit aiming to defuse the recent tensions on his. doctor for.

what degree of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh assault. one hundred percent one hundred percent proof professor christine plays the forwards testifies to us and says that she was attacked by president trumps the supreme court nominee judge brant cavanagh denies the allegation. i'm still going to welcome to the program germany will host football's european championships in twenty twenty for the first time the country will host a major football tournament since the two thousand and six world cup you know it's been it was made by a european football's governing body your wife is often. the host of the euro to twenty four. we'll be germany.

seventeen members of us as executive committee decided that turkey's latest attempt to host the european championships would be no more successful than their last three germany will be hoping they can repeat the success of their world cup tournament which was praised for its organization more or less from a sports correspondent jonathan crane whose that you have a headquarters in neal in switzerland welcome jonathan tell us about the reaction well fell like lake geneva i mean the german reaction was pretty calm actually quite muted asked you how jumping up and down and i think that maybe reflected their worries that this race was going to be a lot closer than actually it ends out. reinhard grindle the head of the german football federation got on stage and he said he hopes the effects of germany winning this fight will be felt or the way through german football let's listen this is true and it's a wonderful day especially for the professional and amateur footballers in germany

and we also know that a tournament like pace can create an unbelievable sense of excitement among children and youth. they'll come slowly clubs and that too is a beautiful perspective and the clubs will be ready understood to speak to you and all fans you want to find and. so that's i don't think crane jonathan turkey lost this vote to twelve for with one abstention how much did politics how much or how great a part in politics play in this. well i think the margin of the german victory suggests that actually politics did play quite a big profit this in the end you a fair valuation report that was published last week highlighted quite a few issues about the tech notably human rights but also lack of infrastructure that's already in place concerns maybe there wouldn't be enough accommodation for visiting fans. so i think the executive committee obviously paid close attention to that report not bound by it but i think in the end they reflect that's reflected in

the margin of victory but not to take anything away from the german i think this was a big vindication for the german bits they prepared meticulously obviously they say that's one of the it could be hosted tomorrow because everything is already in place in or so of vindication of sorts perhaps for greenville him south he came under fire over the whole message. he was asked about that he said i'm not really for me i'm just relieved for the country as a whole just in crane in neal in switzerland thank you turkish president better time to watch that announcement from a hotel room here in berlin he's in germany on his first state visit since his election as president four years ago i missed german chancellor angela merkel to ease recent tensions between the countries. the turkish president's plane touched down in berlin with the winds of protest already swirling on the ground. to one's first state visit to germany as president will he hopes mend

a troubled relationship and lead to closer cooperation early would also like to get along better with ankara and has prepared a welcome which will include a state banquet in the presidential palace. but that does not mean all is home any as everyone was arriving the german parliament was debating the rule of law in turkey criticism of the turkish president came from all parties. it was less likely all right the government is rolling out the red carpet for even though he hasn't changed his ways since july two thousand and seventeen absolutely nothing has improved in turkey that's why i think holding this state visit now sends a wrong signal. and one. which isn't here because he suddenly rediscovered his love and affection for our country instead his economy is in tatters he needs money and investment from business it's so that those who are suffering from inflation and economic disaster or the ordinary people in turkey mention it. on the

street supporters of a ready to show the strength of their feeling but they're likely to be numbered by critics of the president who say he has trampled on human rights five thousand police are being deployed around berlin for this visit and a large area of the city center is on lockdown the next three days promise moments of extraordinary strain for security officials in berlin and cologne where the one is due to open a mosque on saturday but also strain for the politicians and diplomats who want their message to be heard by the other side. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world thousands of drivers for a ride hailing services and cabbie fight protesting in madrid against government plans to tighten regulations the proposals expected to be strict there activities and follows years of protests by conventional taxi drivers against base services.

china has hit back at u.s. president donald trump after he accused the country of trying to meddle in forthcoming u.s. mid-term elections a foreign ministry spokesman said beijing did not interfere in other country's internal affairs mr trump made the allegation of wednesday saying that beijing wanted to sway elections against his republican party because of his tough stance on trade. and violence has broken out between india protesters and police in indian controlled kashmir process to through stones well police responded with tear gas and shotgun pellets protesters are angry about the death of a young man killed by indian troops last week rebel groups in the territory have been fighting for independence or emerge of pakistan since one thousand nine hundred eighty nine. an extraordinary senate hearing underway in washington it's outcome could seal the fate of president trump's nomination for the u.s. supreme court front cover no judge kavanaugh is facing multiple allegations of

sexual misconduct the first accuser christine lacy ford has given an emotional account of the evening on which she says tried to rape her when they were both teenagers she also repeatedly stated that she is one hundred percent certain that he was attacking the doctor for the testimony comes a day after a third woman accuse the judge of sexual misconduct in his youth brett kavanaugh to testify later denies all of the allegations here's an excerpt from dr ford's opening statement. i am here today not because i want to be i am terrified i am here because i believe it is my civic duty to tell you what happened to me while brett kavanaugh and i were in high school i have described the events publicly before i summarized them in my letter to ranking member feinstein and again in a letter to chairman grassley i understand and appreciate the importance of your

hearing from me directly about what happened to me and the impact this has had on my life and on my family i grew up in the suburbs of washington d.c. i attended the holding arm school in bethesda maryland from one nine hundred seventy eight to nine hundred eighty four. holding my arms as an all girl school that opened in one thousand one during my time at the school girls at houghton arms frequently met and became friendly with boys from all boys schools in the area including the land school georgetown prep. school as well as our country clubs and other places where kids and families socialize this is how i met brett kavanaugh the boy who sexually assaulted me. more on this from g.w. correspondence marsh way to topple him in washington well. as a christine force has been giving evidence and facing questions from republicans and democrats how is she doing. well as we can see in that clip we

just played it's been extremely tense and emotional for her and for everyone watching and i imagine that for anyone of any gender who's been through something like what she describes this is extremely hard to witness we've got this is just really the first part of what's going to happen today because we're going to hear they're on a recess right now this hearing we're going to hear more from her later and then judge kavanaugh himself is going to get a chance to speak and answer some questions of his own so this is going to be here and all day hearing happening here in washington d.c. and a lot more motions i'm sure are going to come pouring out so in the run up to this this is all seems very partisan that is today's testimony likely to change the minds of republicans who have stood by congress. as one of the been partisan in the run up to this has been partisan in the questioning we can see the

line of questioning that this prosecutor who the republicans have brought in is trying to get at she's very much trying to to paint dr ford as a pawn of the democrats which is something that dr ford has pushed back against really what we've been hearing from republicans this whole time is that their minds are made up and they're standing by this nominee and there are many reasons why they stand by this nominee but there are three republicans who even before these accusations came out that their minds were not made up those were jeff flake of arizona susan collins of maine and lisa murkowski of alaska and they all have different reasons for being where all eyes after this hearing is over today are going to be on what they say and eventually how they vote so the judge at the center of this but the company will take the stand spread through him. well we've been hearing from him up until now is categorical denials and nothing else he has been very much trying to paint himself. sort of

a boy scout in high school he was a very very good boy he was very focused student he was very interest bortz and he denies knowing any of the women including dr ford have come forward to accuse him of this he has made a point of saying that he was virgin and that he did not engage in any sort of sexual activity and what we are expecting to hear from him today is a very aggressive defense and a reiteration of these points saying that he wants to clear his name and that all of this that has been coming out now is completely false shredded washington thank you so look at some sport down the bundesliga wrapped up its midweek slates of matches with bruce looking to jump from foles to second place in the standings hosted nuremberg who didn't present much of the challenge. dortmund was in a festive mood and even coach lucianne farver was all smiles and was expecting to

extend its perfect home record against newly promoted nuremberg. and accordingly it took dortmund just nine minutes to open the scoring through yacc a broom larsson. to meet flicks the first from provider christian the second to finish off the move and give dortmund an early lead. which marco royce should have doubled a minute later only to be denied by norm bird's fabienne brave low. but shortly after the half hour mark dortmund's captain made up for his wasted chance. to milk a well deserved lead coming through royce whose shot took a slight deflection through the onrushing georg mcgregor. in the second half the already one sided affair became even more humiliating for the visitors first truckie made it three after forty nine minutes the on loan player from rail madrid storing on his bundesliga debut. peripherial were playing cat and mouse with

nuremberg markel royce with his second of the making it for now. by this point the dortmund players were taking turns at trying to score against their hapless opposition manwell ican she make it five nil after seventy four minutes. and it wasn't over yet jayden sensual scoring the sixth of evening and he later turned provider for julieann vital to rounded off the scoring at seven out dortmund's biggest going to sleep to win in more than thirty years. i think that was a slap in the face of a look at this had his why would a seal slapped a cut in the face with an office i don't want to look. into it was tumbling off the coast of korea in new zealand he said he could feel the full impact of the octopus on his face lesson learned everyone in the wilds of

a sale i think it's much. the giggling you had there in the back of that was from ben facility will be presenting your business update in just a sec i'll be back a bit so i'll be out of and. i'm not laughing. because sometimes i am but mostly i'm nothing with them and i think deep into the german culture. you don't seem to take them as grandma day oh you know it's.