this is you know we news live from berlin a firestorm in washington the director of national intelligence testifies in congress. is totally unprecedented the question did the president like donald trump to break the law by inviting the president of ukraine to interfere in next year's u.s. presidential election also coming up. former french leader jacques chirac dies at the age of $86.00 the president scores

a towering state's charming get nicknamed the bulldozer a living obscene moron according to one tribute. to the man they look at the lead takes the world championships get underway on friday in their car tartly speak with olympic silver medalist betty hyde learn about sports cold beer to the ongoing fight against doping in sports through to. the heart thank you so much for your company everyone in washington a congressional panel has grilled the acting director of national intelligence about a whistle blower's complaint that has prompted democrats to open an impeachment inquiry against president donald trump josephson acquirers said the complaint concerning a president's was unprecedented and defended his handling of the memo. the makers

have been given a redacted declassified version of the complaint it alleges that donald trump tried to pressure the president of ukraine. vice president joe biden in the white house and then tried to cover up information about the phone call the 2 leaders job as the director of national intelligence all right let's see how that hearing went we can go now to w.'s pablo foley he is at our washington bureau pablo has this hearing established whether president donald trump broke the law by prodding his ukrainian account in part to interfere in the 2020 presidential election and i wish i could give you a straight answer on that but i can't but it depends also on what side whether you're a democrat or republican how you interpret exactly you know this complaints but i'm going to give you just one or 2 things the u.s. director of national intelligence joseph mcguire said he said that if

a president pressured a foreign government for help winning an election it would be on warranted unwelcome for the nation but he did not say if it was illegal now what i think we should do really is here actually directly from him because of course are you speaking for our 'd almost 3 hours today in washington i believe that everything you hear in this matter is totally unprecedented and that is why when former directors of national intelligence forwarded them to you whether or not that urge you could sure whether it was serious this was different i mean he's obviously in a very difficult position the acting intelligence director there was a moment's pub low when he was asked about the credibility of the whistleblower who brought all of this to light what was his answer to that question. his answer was very clear he was asked on several occasions he said that the he believes that

both the whistleblower who fold filed a complaint against president trump and the inspector general who handled it acted in good faith he also said that he doesn't know who the whistleblower is the president trump never asked him to find out the identity of the whistleblower and also let's not forget that this is not over for today for joseph mcguire because he's actually now going to be appearing in front of the senate intelligence committee but that is going to be taking place in private all right that's going to be taking place behind closed doors what are some of the issues raised by the complaint. well the complaint is very very clear the whistleblower raised the alarm about the president using his power to solicit interference in the election i'm going to read this in the course of my official duties this is the in the complaint by the whistleblower i've received information from multiple u.s. government officials that the president of the united states is using the power of his office to solicit interference from

a foreign country in the 2020 us election now this interference includes among other things pressuring a foreign country to investigate one of the president's main domestic political rivals that's very clear on what exactly the whistleblower is accusing the president of and you know we also know that the whistleblower said the white house officials were deeply disturbed by the trump ukraine phone call mean time nancy pelosi the speaker of the house told reporters just a short while ago that she feels the president dollar terms handling of this controversy amounts to a cover up very serious allegation there does that now mean that the impeachment inquiry will be narrowly focused on this a ukraine scandal. it looks like it and it looks like this inquiry is going to continue that doesn't seem to seem almost more convinced now in fact we just heard a few minutes ago from the chair of the house intelligence committee adam schiff

who of course appeared there earlier. and he was questioning mcguire he said that conflict of interest is possible and using that office to him obtain dirt on his political opponent it was clear he said now the republicans notably they focused more on the you know what they focused on pushing claims of the controversy is a hoax that it was cooked up by crooked journalists who were who received improper leaks from the intelligence community there are many questions left unanswered don't think this is the end of it for today even to be continued to publish fully is reporting from washington thank you. now to france where former french president jacques chirac has died he was 86 shocked dominated french politics for decades and served 2 terms from 1905 to 2007 he let france to adopt the euro and stirred national pride with his opposition to the u.s. led war in iraq but she rocks later years were marred by corruption scandals

tarnishing the legacy of a man who had once charmed the nation. towards the end he hardly would out in public at all. the few photos that were taken document the state of his health. who is president of france was a master at powerful poses now looked frail and confused. his road to presidency was a long one the son of a banker he was born in paris in 1932 his political mentor george pompidou wanted chirac to be his private secretary in the palace he became prime minister in 1976 under the scar to stone but soon he and she rocket political differences. in 1905 he won the presidential election against opposing candidate socialist. he rose from secretary to top ranks in the elite he had achieved his life's goal right at the

very start of his term she rocked shocked the world by authorizing underground nuclear tests in the pacific ocean he set a clear course opposing the us president george bush during the iraq war and the people of france agreed with him but france's rejection of the e.u. constitution which he had championed was his biggest failure in office he had little love for his party colleague nicolas sarkozy yet he could not stop him from becoming his successor after she rocks term in office was over old scandals return to the public eye he was accused of paying party colleagues for fake jobs while mayor of paris he was sentenced to a 2 year suspended prison term junk chirac remained popular though he'll be less remembered for his politics and more for his warm bond to the french people. want to say now about some of the other stories making news around the world. a strong earthquake has struck the maluco islands of eastern indonesia killing at least 20

people the $6.00 magnitude tremor caused widespread damage and landslides it was centered and north east of the provincial capital authorities say there is no danger of a tsunami. zimbabwe's says robert mugabe will now be buried in his home village not a national monument in the capital harare the late president's final resting place has been in dispute between the government of president emerson god and mugabe's family since he died at the start of summer. now the a flood except world championships kick off in qatar on friday and we are joined by retired german track and field athlete betty heiler she is a hammer thrower european and world champion and a silver medalist at the 2012 london olympics so good to have you here with us i'm just one of you ended your career 3 years ago how does it feel to not be a competitor and to be

a spectator. it's quite cool it's very good to sit at home and just wants to be and i don't know how the essence feud and for me it's. not the same like some years before but i'm still nervous because i know they are no struggling in the going to competition and then know if they can sleep in bed and it's very interesting when it's nice for me now to be at home are you in touch with any athletes who are currently competing or will be competing on friday no nets not in directly art but you will be watching yeah that would be really good all right so one of the during these a big competitions is the big topic that sometimes that steals the limelight are of course doping allegations that steal the focus while the specific issue is the retesting now old samples with new technology with this means is that athletes can be tested positive years after competing and other athletes like betty had

who's here with me can get an unexpected medal of great. a delayed tribute for christina oberkfell 11 years after the beijing olympics the former general and throw has been awarded a silver medal she received her new prize possession at a small ceremony made up mostly of friends and family. her opponent in 2008 russia's maria. was stripped of her silver medal off to retesting of old urine samples or bug fools bronze was given an upgrade that's not it was a financial reward which would have been bigger back then cannot be recovered it now has symbolic value which is great. i'm so glad that this has happened after so many years and hopefully it's also a small deterrent for athletes that are still cheating you know. as new methods are used to test old doping samples which are kept up to 10 years after competitions

more athletes are belatedly receiving recognition form a hammer thrower betty hyde let her swap her 2012 olympics bronze medal for silver and x. shot put in a dean klein it has had results from international competitions upgraded more than 15 times for administrators the improved detection methods are an important tool in the fight against doping. this. if we want to improve sports particularly concerning equal opportunities justice and fair play in sporting competitions then there is no alternative to fun mesh control systems you can control is the statement of. previously the medal was just simply sent in the mail but the lead ceremony for christina oberkfell at least goes some way to making up for her missing the real thing. and betty you brought your silver medal here a very have you by the way

a congratulations again but i still wonder if it's bittersweet for you i mean we saw you in the report you were clearly overjoyed with bronze but do you feel robbed in that very moment to not have been given your dues at that time. yes because you never know maybe the competition would have been another competition when this one athlete would have been there or what happened but i have to say i had a victory ceremony so for me it's it's from bronze to sivert to do to step from civil to go from the force of the 3rd that. i think that's much bigger problem. but i have to say as well that i'm really close with my bronze medal because of this better situation in london. measuring for everything what happened what happened since i was various had to give it away but i'm very happy to have does it want to show is the mettle of the camera which camera at there you go yeah well

congratulations again from your perspective and i'm sure you're still in touch with other fellow athletes do you feel that there is less doping taking place in for instance track and field and especially with this now deterrent because now years after the fact they can still track down if somebody doped no i don't think so if if they want to have. results and records and. for this reason there will always be doping yeah i'm sure that i mean that's quite a depressing thought it is yeah it is especially for those as it were working with . things and just their own body and training without anything illegal. but as i said. they want to have records they want to have national records and they're stick countries who work with darks and for them it's

quite nama and to bring them to reboot of a system that will take a long time and so that's the reason because i think that it's hearing today and you know betty heiler congratulations again so going to meet your thank you so much for coming in greatly appreciate it. stay with us business africa is up next. for over that's in home the force i'm. about on the. dragons.