if you had a bit of. life from berlin this is your news whistleblower claims of a president abusing his power at the white house covering it up. to their very fact coming forward more dedication to country than the president himself and the democrats work to build an impeachment case against donald trump while he tells his base it's all just a big hoax. also coming up iran's president rouhani urges the u.s. to end its pressure on his country and says he could be prepared to hold talks our

correspondent speaks with the u.s. envoy to iran. and torture in libyan refugee camps. who know the conditions firsthand they say the people smugglers promising them a route subjected them to horrible abuse. welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump is fuming over the democrats' impeachment inquiry calling it a disgrace and looking for a way to stop it but the whistleblower complaint against him is out and it doesn't look good for the president in an unnamed intelligence official alleges trump used his power to try to get ukraine to interfere in the 2020 election the complaint shows that the white house suppressed the details of a phone call. but tween the american and ukrainian presidents. caught up in events

beyond his control polygamy is a lenski on his 1st visit his ukrainian president to ground 0 to form a comedian was only elected 5 months ago and now he's at the center of an impeachment inquiry. it was all triggered by whistleblowers complained accusing donald trump of soliciting interference in the 2020 u.s. election by pressuring mr is a lenski to initiate or continue an investigation into form of vice president joe biden and his son hunter biden things this man house intelligence committee chair adam schiff precipitated the release of the complaint is and does not 1st defend the clearly this month he said painted u.s. spy chief joseph mcguire to make him explain why he hadn't passed on the letter to the committee that whistleblower by their very act of coming forward as showing more dedication to country more of an understanding of the president's oath of

office. then the president himself in a tense hearing move why defend these handling of the whistle blows let off point he would look and see if he consulted with the president of the matter around but he stressed that officials like the whistleblower have complied with government rules. i have every reason to believe that they have done everything by the book and follow the law. now the mainstream of the republican party is standing by president trump they say the whistle blows complaint is full of he and doesn't prove its case and make use democrats of using the letter is part of an ongoing we charge against the president they don't want answers they want to public spectacle and so we've been treated to an unincorporated of press releases press conferences and fake news stories away from the fury of the white house president trump supported sheriff's he was there to highlight his credentials on crime i mean

slightest rao of whether he's broken the law. now under u.s. law any effort to seek the help of a foreign national in an election is illegal a preliminary government review supports the whistleblowers claim that president trumps actions violated those laws which are meant to protect u.s. elections and national security so for more here's g.w. correspondent oliver salat in washington to takeaways from today's testimony at number one president trump tried to ask the head of a foreign government for help in the 2020 election campaign number 2 staffers and aides of the wide tells who are so concerned about the nature of they call that they essentially try to cover it up and that of course reminds of the mother investigation where special counsel robert muller followed allegations that trump and his team coded with the russians in the 2016 election campaign and that

president trump later tried to shut down the investigations and this time around there is clear evidence for president trump's wrongdoing and there might be more soon as america is waiting for yet another testimony of the whistleblower himself. iran's president hassan rouhani has called on the u.s. to end its policy known as maximum pressure he asked washington to return to quote dialogue logic and reason honey went on to say his country is prepared to hold talks with the united states if president trump drop sanctions when he was speaking in new york a day after addressing the u.n. general assembly. also there is a use alexander phenomenon she spoke to brian hook the u.s. special representative for iran to get a response to rouhani his comments the u.s. government has imposed new sanctions and travel restrictions on the iranian regime back to tehran as seems to remain defiant so it's you mexican pressure strategy not

working no we're very pleased with it and we're also very pleased here at the united nations this week that germany france and the united kingdom have announced that we need a new nuclear deal that is much more comprehensive than the iran nuclear deal that the united states left last year the iran nuclear deal failed to cover iran's missile program in fact it relaxed constraints on iran's missile program and now here today we see the consequences in the middle east with iran using missiles to attack saudi arabia so we think this was a very productive and good week with our european friends they all said that iran is behind the attack on saudi arabia so i think the press has overstated our differences and i think the announcement this week is an example of that however as you said tensions have been right think recently so i we get closer to a major conflict i don't think so that really is

a question for iran we are committed to resolving our differences with iran diplomatically the problem is that iran is answering our diplomacy with military force and i think what they did against saudi arabia meets the definition of an act of war so it's what i saw this week at the u.n. our nations increasingly diplomatically isolating iran for behaving like an outlaw state that doesn't respect basic international norms. france and germany are trying to mediate between the u.s. and iran to facilitate a direct talks are you willing to embrace or help well we have made clear from the president on down that we are very much open to talks with the iranians they will continue to say no and so iran faces a choice they can either come to the negotiating table and work out our differences diplomatically or they can watch their economy collapse as our sanctions intensify

it wants you to lift some sanctions it's going to happen i think the burden is on iran to demonstrate that it has reached a change of heart and we had attacks in saudi arabia only a week or 2 ago and so i think what the world should be asking is not whether the united states is going to lift its pressure but when will iran stop using military force instead of diplomacy thank you so much ok thanks for having me on now thousands of refugees trying to reach europe are stranded in holding camps in libya it's hardly a safe place for them and accessing the camps is difficult but some refugees have made it out seeking shelter in neighboring new share that's where you met them to hear about their harrowing experience a warning this report contains pictures that some may find disturbing. these images were recorded by refugees in different camps in libya they show appalling conditions human rights activists say the images are credible we came into direct

contact with 2 refugees i am messaging services they've been interred in a libyan migrant camp for 2 years they talk to us by a voice message we change their voices for their own protection. we've been tortured with scared we're suffering and dying from various diseases. we were kidnapped we became victims of violence we're starving people have died our lives are disgusting so we appeal for a voiceless voice to be heard we are innocent refugees living in a land of hell. are. in need we speak to refugees who went through this hell. one of them is 18 years old we call her a mina she was kidnapped while fleeing from somalia and taken to a hidden building in the libyan desert many others die on the journey across the

sahara i mean as kidnappers demanded $8000.00 for her release they tortured emunah to increase the pressure a parent's death forced to listen to it on the phone. the whole with which. they changed me up honey up and tortured me with electric shocks. they tortured men with electric shocks to their genitals and women with shocks to their breasts until they cried and screamed loudly. they did it so they would get the money faster than how to stand. in the torch a systematic many other refugees describe similar methods. about 1600 refugees live in this camp salt of the sahara. they were all rescued from libya. this man from sudan doesn't want to reveal his true identity either

and asks that we call him again he says when he was in prison he was sort of a good. people came and bought us like slaves. and they said we let you work and you get money for so. that in the end you didn't get any money. they said you're a slave you're a black man they even woke us up in the middle of the night to torture us to go would look. horrific stories we're hearing from refugees inside this day in libya they've seen and experienced things they're going to have imagined before now here they are the 1st time that life is not easy here to all the hope for the great . many hope to reach europe. we managed to meet someone who profits from the refugees suffering he calls himself of the lousiest occupation migrants model for $500.00 he brings my gran's across the sahara to libya but if

they can't pay the driver sell them to torture chambers of the last use understands why they do that. when was it the british they say i spent money on what am i supposed to do i want my money back and i want profit on top of that that was when i started torturing people. we often hear refugees say that they're not put off by stories like this smugglers other only hope and they're prepared to pay any price even if it means risking their lives. now to some other stories making news around the world european commission president john klug says the e.u. is doing all it can to reach of brecht's a deal with the government of prime minister boris johnson failure he said is on them the u.k. is set to leave the e.u. on october 31st. france's remembering its former president jacques chirac he died thursday at the age of 86 dominated french politics for decades and was

president from 195 to 2007 schrock was known for opposing the u.s. led the iraq war and sauce of france's adoption of the euro but his later years were marred by scandal and corruption conviction. saudi arabia says it will start offering tourist visas for the 1st time the ultra conservative kingdom will allow vacationers from $49.00 countries to start its part of the country's push to diversify its oil based economy. now skateboarding will make its debut as an olympic sport in tokyo next summer and an 11 year old british skateboarding prodigy is on track to become the youngest female to compete at the summer games in 50 years. the sky is the limit for sky brown and like most pre-teens brown is already an accomplished surfer a t.v. dancing champion and the youngest nike sponsored athlete in the world recently

winning a bronze medal from the world skateboarding championships brown's gotten one step closer to her goal making great britain skateboarding team for tokyo 2020 born to a british father and a japanese mother the 11 year old splits her time between southern california and japan was all we were gonna do. it was to us pressure. like right for writing so fulfilled she said that there's no pressure. as though as i really like and. i happen to think a program for if brown qualifies it be more history made by this wunderkind she'll be 12 years in 12 days old when the games begin in july 2020 which would make her the gun against female summer olympian since puerto rican swimmer lee out of the

sense in 1968 unlike many other olympic sports skateboarding does not have an age requirement for its athletes. that's all for now but don't go anywhere the documentary botswana's heavy metal queens is up next and there's more news at the top of the hour stay with us. but if you i know want to keep. the length away from. exposing and justice global news that matters w. me from heinz sure that people of the world over to g.w. on facebook.