this is deja vu news live from berlin democrats in the u.s. congress launched an impeachment inquiry into alleged crimes by us president trumped. the actions of the from president revealed dishonorable fact of the president's betrayal of his oath of office picture mail of our national security and the trail of the integrity of our elections the president must be held accountable no one is about the law. also coming up on the show the british prime minister boris johnson is returning early from the united

nations after the country's supreme court ruled his suspension of parliament was illegal what kind of reception will he be getting today as the british parliament again takes up its business. and brazil's president attacks the media over what he calls lies about the wildfires devastating the amazon speaking at the un fireballs an r o says the fate of that forest is for brazil and not global institutions to decide . i'm brian thomas great to have you with us well after more than 2 years of jousting over president trump's conduct the ground has suddenly shifted in the u.s. congress with a move towards impeachment closes the democratic speaker of the house has announced . a congressional committee will launch an inquiry its goal to gather the evidence

necessary to impeach donald trump for alleged crimes it's the 1st step on a long and uncertain path that has as its final goal removing the president from office it was a long time coming but nancy pelosi has finally made the announcement many in her party have been waiting for all over the actions of the trump presidency revealed dishonorable fact of the president's betrayal of his oath of office betrayal of our national security and betrayal of the integrity of our elections the president must be held accountable no one is above the law strong words from the speaker but why now a complaint about donald trump from a whistleblower must focus tara tensioned it alleges the president put pressure on ukraine to investigate former vice president joe biden and his son biden just happens to be one of the potential challenges to trump in the american presidential

elections next year we have a president who believes there is no limit to his power the president believes he can do anything and get away with it but the president who believes he's above the law. for sure even the leader of another nation to investigate a political potent cope when his election is not the conduct of an american president. the president in question knew the inquiry announcement was coming and he wasn't impressed it's just a continuation of the which is the worse which a good political issue you have the strongest economy we've got that is the best unemployment numbers we've ever had. trump has faced down multiple scandals since taking office and with republicans controlling the senate even if he is impeached whether he is removed from the white house is another matter entirely. let's go straight to washington now and did their views all over salad joining us on this

good morning oliver this is a real gamble on the part of the democrats what are the chances that this stage that they're impeachment bad will succeed. let's be honest bryan the chances that eventually the president will be impeached out of office are very slim of this point there are several hurdles for the democrats to take and the 1st step is quite straightforward once these impeachment proceedings have delivered substantial evidence that the house of representatives will have to vote on the outcome that is pretty easy since the democrats are holding the majority in the house right now in a simple majority is enough but then the 2nd step will be that these findings will have to be confirmed by the senate they will have to speak the final verdict and the senate is controlled by the republicans and in addition to that 2 thirds of the senators are needed to finally impeach president trump and that would mean that half of the republican senators would eventually have to change sides and if you

consider the partisan politics that we've been witnessing here in washington in recent months and years this is a very highly highly unlikely scenario so for the democratic party this all looks like a leap into the unknown you know all over the good way to put it the president for his part wants to undercut this move by releasing today the transcript of the conversation in question that the donald is rolling with the ukrainian president well can we expect later today. well the president of course must feel very safe for being willing to do so and we 1st reports already that the expectations should not be too high the this transcript does not deliver substantial evidence that it's very weak in fact that we will learn 2 later today of course but this is also not only about a phone conversation between the ukrainian and the american president this is about

all the allegations against president trump that has been made also as part of the mahler investigation league ations off of structures of justice right now and then of course abuse of presidential powers but all eyes really are on the on the whistleblower himself who's supposed to testify later this week or even though as soon as today at the intelligence committee where he will deliver some evidence we don't know exactly what his complaint is the pressure mounting on him is certainly very high. the timing is also very interesting on this how will this impeachment play a role in the democrats' strategy for the 2020 elections will this be the central theme of their campaign. well it seems like it has to be really since the likeliness. fully impeaching trump all of office is very

small now of course they can call q. late by simply thinking that bringing more evidence to public would damage the trunk i'm pain but this might as well backfire and you know and in a giant defeat before the senate for the democratic party they will no more with the release of this transcript today where this is heading for now all over thanks very much for that from washington. was the impeachment inquiry dominated the headlines president trump struck a softer note on iran during his speech at the u.n. general assembly he stopped short of urging any specific action over this month's drone attacks on saudi oil facilities which the west blames on tehran we'll talk after our next report about the european bid under way right now to arrange a meeting between trump and arabian president hassan rouhani at the u.n. later today. u.s. president donald trump has said all along he suspects the rand is behind the attack

on saudi oil sites but at the u.n. he refrained from threatening military action opting instead to turn up i cannot make pressure in response to iran's recent attack on saudi arabian oil facilities we just impose the highest level of sanctions on iran central bank and sovereign wealth fund. all nations have a duty to act. no responsible government should subsidize iran's bloodlust. as long as iran is menacing behavior continues sanctions will not be lifted. germany along with britain and france have joined the us in pointing the finger at iran or whoever it was that chancellor angela merkel used at the gathering of world leaders to hold separate talks on the sidelines with both donald trump and iranian president hassan rouhani. it is. i

would very much welcome talks taking place between the united states and iran but sanctions being lifted before talks are held isn't likely to happen. just because. the drone attacks earlier this month targeting key saudi oil facilities had temporary ripple effects on world markets and added to the tension in an already unstable region. while yemen's sheo with the rebels say they carried out the attacks many experts are convinced that iran was behind the airstrikes. but tehran insists it had nothing to do with the attacks president rouhani traveled to new york to lay out his country's case. he's held by lateral talks with french president manuel mccrone as well as german chancellor angela merkel. u.n. secretary general antonio has warned against any further escalation in the region and that of all we are facing be

a lot of being possibility of armed conflict in the gulf the consequences of which the world cannot afford. the recent attack on solve you know maybe oil facilities was totally unacceptable. in the context that a mind not amused calculation can leads to a major confrontation we must do everything possible to push for reason and restraint. outwardly at least try it seems no side is willing to risk a military confrontation. by making so where's the west headed with around to talk about that we have our political correspondents brought here in the studio good morning hans a president trump and a sign rouhani face their last chance for an historic potentially historic meeting today at the u.n. in new york european leaders are racing to arrange a meeting hans what are the chances we'll see well later i think in the end the chances are very slim that something like this will happen today as america was

quoted saying just now the iranians have said that the precondition for such talks would believe the lifting of sanctions i think they're saying lifting all sanctions or honey has to be able to take something home something very concrete home from of the thing such as this and he's hoping to take the lifting of sanctions which are really up putting a lot of pressure on iran at the moment that's very unlikely to happen it's unlikely that the united states are going to concede that i think what we have to depend on now is this kind of shuttle diplomacy in a sense that's happening in new york at the moment with various european leaders talking to the iranians then talking to the united states and behind the scenes i'm sure via several channels that actual contacts going on between the united states centered on ok well that's certainly good here now talking about shuttle diplomacy on the macros literally moving between shuttling between room and room room to room in new york talking to both the iranians and the americans what does germany want

to see adult junee and the europeans i think what the 1st thing you have to say is that germany has been trying to reaffirm. its participation in a kind of european front in this. situation the europeans have always been. very deeply involved especially in this tomic nuclear agreement with iran that the united states left last year the europeans and the germans are trying to keep that going they're trying to build a united european front and to stand united also in their dealings with iran on this issue so germany recently yesterday in fact said that they that germany accept that it was a really rons responsibility for the attacks on saudi arabian audience elections that's new that puts pressure on iran that is a position that germany has so far has not taken publicly this european united front its intention is in fact to promote diplomatic solutions to this whole

problem ok at the same time though there was an important development yesterday with germany backing that decision that was around. at the same time you have the u.s. increasing its military pressure tightening the pressure bringing more troops to saudi arabian response that attack will germany at some point as requested by the u.s. join the military effort to secure the shipping lines in the gulf germany's position there's also a little more nuance the german defense minister has said that there is a possibility that german troops could be deployed in that region in the strait of hormuz but only in the context of a european mission in other words germany would not join the current mission between the united states and the united kingdom it would only join a european mission there is at the moment the prospect of such a mission actually coming into existence i think it's a very very prospective idea at the moment thanks so much for bringing us up to date on the sets. as for you know in some of the other stories making the news at

this hour opera star placido domingo has called off performances at new york's metropolitan opera after allegations of sexual misconduct domingo had been due to appear in a new production of macbeth starting today dozens of women have come forward accusing him of sexual harassment which he's denied. the. chinese president xi jinping has officially opened beijing's new mega airport is located south of that city the airport cost $16000000000.00 to build a post the world's biggest terminal building doesn't starfish like structure designed by the late architects on how deep it will eventually have a 100000000 passengers a year. it's to britain now where prime minister boris johnson is likely to face lawmakers in london again today in the very same parliament he suspended earlier this month the british supreme court has ruled that move was illegal throwing yet more confusion into the practice of process johnson's promise that

he'll take britain out of the european october 31st come what that. judges filed into the court room to deliver their highly anticipated ruling their verdict unanimous a stunning rebuke to the prime minister the court is bound to conclude. that the decision to advise a magistrate to peru parliament was unlawful because it had the effect of frustrating preventing the ability of parliament to carry out its constitutional functions without reasonable justification the effect on the fundamentals of democracy was extreme no justification for taking action with such an extreme effect has been put before the coup. so the court said the government suspension order was no and void and that parliament should resume business immediately. common speaker john bercow confirmed m.p.'s would sit again starting wednesday.

news of the ruling reached prime minister johnson in new york where he's been attending the u.n. climate summit so obviously this is a budget that we expect with. the judicial process to happen so i strongly disagree with what the justices and i don't think. it's right but we will go ahead. while the ruling doesn't affect bragg's it directly it does mean parliament won't have to wait until mid october to have its say in the process. the decision like drags it has divided the public but these protesters welcome to the judge's decision. have great day for democracy a great victory for british democracy it's good to see the courts reaffirming the rights of the electorate sisters and eyes through its elected representatives what the government's doing on bret's of a night like opposition leader jeremy corben who's been struggling with labor's own

drugs and divisions at the party's annual conference called on johnson to step down for a trial i has been found to have misled the country this an elected prime minister should not remain high. leverage up the prime minister's next move may be anyone's guess but he'll return to london to face growing pressure over his brags that strategy and his leadership . so a lot of pressure expect that they were crossing now to the 1st parliament and did have used a lot of pots debate here for a lot of one parliamentarians returns the building behind you today what kind of reception will they have in store or for stocks. good morning yeah it's going to be some very very pressured atmosphere at the parliament we can expect some heated debate parliament will assemble here again at 11 30 am off to

their 4th break and we can expect not a very warm welcome for boris johnson who is on his way back from new york right now pressure is really mounting there with the label opposition paunchy asking for his resignation as well as the scottish national party so boris johnson here after the supreme court ruling that was really extraordinary anonymous saying that boris johnson broke the law by approaching palm and at the moment forrest johnson is on very very soon ice ok so we have the court decision we're spectum calls for resignation can you walk us through what we expect to happen next now. it's all a bit unclear to be honest because it is so unprecedented it just hasn't happened as i've said before palm and we'll see it again from 11 30 am on where it's they want to force him to release some documents on his stretch of g.

at some point we don't know yet if boris johnson will show up personally number 10 and has not confirmed that so we'll have to wait and see if so if boris johnson shows up then we can expect of course some very heated questions there from m.p.'s who were furious over the course of the past weeks off this prorogue ation and with all that said breaks it is so parliament really has to come up with a strategy here. what does this all mean for that process process will look interest will be leaving the view as planned on the 31st of october. well in the one hand we have a prime minister boris johnson who is insisting that the u.k. has to leave the european union by october 31st do a guy who wants to negotiate a deal if not leave without a deal and on the one hand on the other hand we have a problem and who won't really let him do that they have passed a law that states that boris johnson has to ask for an extension so it forces boris

johnson johnson's hand and the supreme court ruling and everything else we have really back to square one we are where we were basically yesterday and we'll just have to see if parliament can come up with a united strategy they haven't brought forward anything substantial in the brics a greek god in the past year is really because there are no majorities and to get a new majority there would have to be new elections boris johnson once many in palm and the opposition parties are not really behind that idea at the moment so we have to stand still and the brics the deadline is looming $36.00 days to go thanks so much for that from london this morning. brazil's president higher balsam r.-o. has defended his environmental record before world leaders at the u.n. general assembly he accused critics of lying about the wildfires currently raging in the amazon and he rejected any outside interference saying the fate of the

rainforest is a matter for brazil alone. famines and rain forests just burning at its highest rates in almost a decade images like this worry environmentalists say see the rain forest is the lungs and antidote to climate change and they accuse brazil's president of allowing the forestation to go on checks but at the un jaya both scenario met fire with even more fire telling his audience the amazons a matter for brazil. it is a fallacy to say that the amazon is the heritage of humankind. using and resorting to fallacies certain countries instead of helping light in the media and behaved in a disrespectful manner and with a colonialist spirit coolio. the man that maimed captain chainsaw has promised to open up the amazon for farming and mining but the

clearing of trees has encroached on land belonging to indigenous communities representatives of those communities were in new york to hear both scenarios speak . his speech at the un was to please economic sectors mining timber harvesting and i mean business these 3 the economic sectors of the ones causing and promoting genocide of the brazilian indigenous peoples. both in our own maintains his policies will improve the lives of everyone in the amazon and he calls it progress but it won't cost. all massive fires are affecting other parts of our planet as well right now including in asia indonesia is facing its worst fires in nearly 5 years and the problems for example he's from the burn they're left residents in some areas waking up to blood red skies scientists say the color signals heavy pollutants in the air ours are

also raging in borneo here's a look at the battle to control the flames. gutting the fires frontline a police officer by trade toha spends much of indonesia's dry season battling blazes in his home province of kalimantan fighting fires isn't strictly in his job description says he's driven by a higher purpose but about bungling it's what i call my soul's calling us about any information on the forest fire. i will rush to the scene straight away with my group of fire assault team with the one man banging. but it's been a routine that happens here in mentoring village. every dry season there will be fire to morrow but be pathetic about that and. tell a coordinated tame move mainly volunteers on how best to hide his down opening

areas he's well respected among his peers but force india to where is a sense of he's loyal to friends he's a good passion we could always find him at any fire that has broken out there but about edible you know. fires and nothing new in indonesia they happen every year which officials say is largely due to slash and burn farming practices but this year the blazes are particularly bad with an el nino weather pattern exacerbating the annual dry spell toha says he and his team will continue battling the blazes for as long as it takes. japanese researchers say they've made a breakthrough that will improve the quality of life for older citizens they've developed a prosthetic tail to help save the elderly from a common danger falls. we humans evolved to lose our tails but a team of japan's kayo university hopes they could make a return among 21st century homo sap eons. this is

a tale that helps to balance when a human tilts their body like this the tail moves in the opposite direction the whole. the tail keeps balance like a pendulum on a kong this is our robotic tail for you and i should point out. the researchers say the tail could have a variety of reallife uses. for people who do work involving heights for example or old people who've lost their sense of balance. to me that i've seen prosthetics being widely applied so very honest and i think it would be nice to incorporate this prosthetic tail into everyday life when it's further developed as an option for those who need a little more assistance and balancing. you know because of it. for now the tail

will remain in the lab while the research team looks for ways to make it more like place unportable. spring up today with our top stories right now in the u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi has launched an impeachment inquiry into president trump will focus on whether trump abused his powers by allegedly seeking ukraine's help and undermining his democratic challenger joe by. the actions of the trump presidency revealed dishonorable fact of the president's betrayal of his oath of office betrayal of our national security and betrayal of the integrity of our elections the president must be held accountable no one is about the law. the british prime minister is set to face more calls to resign wednesday as parliament resumes that's after britain's top court ruled he had suspended parliament unlawfully. star opera singer placido domingo has pulled out of all future performances at new york's metropolitan opera that after allegations

of sexual misconduct dozens of women have come forward accusing the spaniard of harassment he denies. this is the news from berlin don't forget you can always get the latest headlines at the dot com you can also follow us on twitter by for now. good. food. good.

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