selling out. don't fear know how to. start september 18th on d w. this is g w news live from berlin tonight a shocking shakeup inside the white house president trump's hawkish and controversial national security adviser john bolton is out he says he resigned to trump says he was fired the president strongly disagrees with bolton's positions on major foreign policy issues including talks with the taliban and the u.s. stance on iran will tolkien's departure mean more than just

a personnel training also coming up europe's incoming commission president sets climate protection as a top priority for her new cabinet take a look at ursula on the line and. gender balance flying up and her ambitious plans for europe. can skateboarding culture translate to competition at the olympics next summer's olympics will welcome skateboard into its glamorous but tightly regulated ball can the boys and girls and the men and women of the sport keep pace do they even want to. i'm going to have you with us we begin tonight in washington d.c. u.s. president donald trump says he has dismissed. his national security adviser john

bolton announcing this latest white house sacking on twitter the president said that he disagreed strongly with bolton on many issues bolton is regarded as a foreign policy whore advocating regime change in countries such as syria and iran he is a former u.s. ambassador to the united nations don't trump says that he will name a new security adviser next week. when the w. correspondent pablo is on the story for us tonight in the u.s. capital i spoke to him a short while ago and i asked him about what prompted the u.s. president to fire his closest national security adviser. you're absolutely right brant and it appears that there is a reports here in the media saying if there was a heated discussion between now the former national security advisor john bolton and president trump over at president trump's more will say consider

a tree at tone towards the taliban he believed that it diplomatic effort was at the best way to put an end to the u.s. is the longest war of course in afghanistan it was one of his campaign promises let's not forget to bring the troops home or at least bring back the majority of the troops but it's believed that john bolton was very much against it and he said that essentially inviting a terrorist if this is what's being reported on that it's inviting a terrorist organization to camp david was pretty much setting a a dangerous precedent and he was very much against it and that this is that as you've kind of mentioned already as one of many disagreements that it appears john bolton had with president trump and we know that troubled bowled over iran as well we've got the iranian president's advisers saying that the departure of bolton shows that the u.s. is policy of maximum pressure against iran has failed are we anticipating massive

changes now in the white house is iran paul's. well brant it was definitely what most of the questions were being sort of geared towards mike pompei of the secretary of state at a press conference that he gave here in that washington earlier asking whether they would change the direction and it does appear that president trump is taking as i said before a little bit more of a considerate conciliatory tone towards for example north korea and iran as we're discussing now and we know that president trump has said that he's open to potentially meeting the iranian president hassan rouhani and we know that john bolton had definitely a more aggressive approach towards iran which it appears went against perhaps president trump is trying to what direction he's trying to take the united states in them like pump

a 0 didn't give us much information on that but he did indicate that perhaps the fact that it john bolton isn't there anymore you know it might be a little bit easier for as these discussions to take place between presidents from me in the future. like i said it's one of the many differences of opinion that existed between president trump and john bolton let's not forget the 3rd national security adviser under the trumpet ministration that's right it's like a revolving door inside the white house all right a correspondent published. in washington on the story for us tonight public thank you. and here's a bit the other stories now that are making headlines around the world israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has promised to end the jordan valley in the occupied west bank if he's returned to power israelis will vote in parliamentary elections on september 17th the 2nd vote to be held this year the ballot could wind

at yahoo a 5th term good in his decade long dominance of israeli politics officials in iraq say more than 30 people have died around 200 have been injured in the city of perm . after a stampede during a shura celebrations now that's when many muslims commemorate the death of the prophet muhammad grandson hussein. well the european union's incoming commission president has set climate protection as one of the top goals of her proposed cabinet ursula from the lion unveiled her choices for you commissioners in brussels today the 27 strong commission is the most gender balanced since its inception it must now be approved by the european parliament before it can take office. tackling challenges on the climate tech and jobs that looks set to top personal affront to lyons agenda because e.u. commission president under the newly named teen position to the german conservative

got elected darling to make europe greener. and the man set to oversee the task is dutch socialist france to mamma he's been tapped as executive vice president for the so-called european green deal i want the european green deal to become 00 mark. at the heart of it is our commitment to becoming the world's 1st climate neutral continent it is also a long term economic imperative because those sweat 1st and fast will be the ones who grasp the opportunities from the ecological transition. fund our land pledged to present the european green deal within her 1st 100 days in office she wants a legally binding target for the e.u. to become climate neutral by 2050 and she wants more ambitious goals on reducing the blocks carbon emissions by 2032 at least 50 percent another goal for fun

to lie on the cheating gender balance in her commission 13 out of $27.00 nominees are women the highest female representation ever. the top ranking woman underfund a lion is certain be denmark's by creative a star go who is tasked with shaping the e use digital future show also remain in charge of competition policy where she's already built a reputation for taking on tech giants and demanding tougher regulation father strong brodsky's from latvia was nominated to look after the 3rd key portfolio on economic and financial affairs he's a conservative like funder lion and is known for pushing for fiscal discipline more debt now fund a lion has to get her team approved by the european parliament on the 2nd cuts not to give you one of the leaders of hong kong's pro-democracy movements joshua wong is on a global tour to make its calls known and that is drawing fire from china was here

in germany where he met foreign minister heikal mass today beijing and really only called that meeting disrespectful. or today i spoke with joshua wong about the pro-democracy movement and how he is seeking help from the german government here's what he told. just want to you're here in berlin and you've said that hong kong is the new berlin what do you mean by that under the rule off president xi jinping erode on hong kong's people autonomy and freedom we strongly experience the crackdown off human rights with protests brutality which similar as was experienced by people in burning in the last century also and. that's the reason we have people in germany can stand with hong kong standing with hong kong means what are you here asking for immigration policy to be changed for hong kong or is coming to germany how do revealed occur and weezer mechanism to.

welcome hong kong people the under threat that will be a good move and a good direction but more important is we hope people in germany and the chancellor castro a strong stand to support hong kong's democratization to ultimate and fundamental call for us is to elect our own government the leader of hong kong which means chief executive should be bought by us instead of handpicked by beijing did you hear from the the foreign minister today did you get a promise that it's going to be easier for hong kong was to come to germany with yes day meeting with the foreign minister of germany i express the musts for germany government to send a clear message to president xi sending troops or using martial law in hong kong must not be the way out free election is the only solution at the same time i also urge german government to stop the export license off those equipment including

rubber bullets and tear gas that allow in protest for the hottie become to live for a time in force in hong kong i hope the german government after the shock me 10 yesterday with me with the foreign minister they realize that hong kong politico and economy freedom must be safe got not only by hong kong people but that's also the responsibility of. leaders how to maintain their unique status off hong kong international financial center ok you say world leaders what about u.s. president donald trump if you're going to the u.s. leader this week are you expecting or are you hoping that donald trump is going to save hug calling from beijing safe hong kong from beijing the major responsibility come from hong kong not anyone else but world leaders and also probably around the world must realize that how hong kong is stand in the front line to be the frontier to confront oppression just like the g. 7 summit issue feel weeks ago to show their support on the hong kong government execu and recognize the existence of sin no protests john decoration the

international treaty emphasize hong kong people enjoy the right to have high degree of autonomy and hong kong people ruling hong kong i hope u.s. government and bipartisan support can show to hong kong people we know that the foreign ministry in beijing doesn't like what you have been saying here you're going back to hong kong next weekend are you afraid of what's going to happen when you arrive in hong kong do you think you'd be arrested again president xi jinping is the one believed in. we contacted holy expect predict he all his government really react rationally that's why even facing a friend to be arrested again and in fact i need to face the trial on 8 november because off the prosecution from hong kong government we would still continue our fights and of course i would like the flight back to hong kong and let hong kong people to know that we never walk alone so everyone thank you for and you can see that entire interview with joshua wang later on the day it starts in about 50

minutes from now. art skate board makes its debut at next year's olympic games in tokyo it will be a historic moment for the sport but there are fears amongst the skateboarding community that this mainstream exposure could endanger the sport's individuality. his skateboarding turns heads at my is a rare breed in europe the 18 year old from the south of germany quit school to focus on skateboarding. i was in the us how it's gone inside. the lympics has been a dream of mine since i was a kid this is the coolest thing and it's what i look forward to another skateboarding is part of the olympics it's really cool. but not everyone is the optimistic some skaters are unsure at this point fits in impacts i. guess skating has nothing to do with the olympics skate most of his life skating is like freedom you can do what you want to do there are no rules you can wear what

you want you do the tricks you want as. skateboarding has always been more padi than sport even at the german championships and doesn't go out everyone is young and image the international olympic committee wants to use to its advantage but skateboarding now has to play by the olympic rules. so the team since you became an olympic sport everyone that wants to participate has to be part of a club the club has to be part of the national association doping control officers come and test young skates as they take urine samples. and. it's best to develop talent at a young age like need the stuff asked yes she's only 12 years old and already a 2 time german champion and. media has no ice on tokyo trainee trainee. to be 13 by the end of the at stansted i missed the 1st 20 in the world rankings qualify at the moment i'm number 20 find the list will be

a job. such because only 3 from every country are allowed to take part so i could be 17 or 16 that's why my chances are good i think i can do it and stop the sort of stuff kind. of represents a new generation of skateboarders for them skateboarding is a competitive sport and not just the lifestyle it's the same for. both have defended the german titles and now hope to showcase their talent on the biggest stage of all. and sporting chris cobras up next with business stick around for that. every journey begins with the 1st step and every language with the 1st word has been put. rico is in germany to learn german and why not with him simple online on your mobile and free shop d w z e learning course nikos fake german made it easy.