this is from the u.s. president abused his power and the white house covered it up to accusations of a whistleblower that whistleblower by their very act of coming forward showing more dedication to the country than the president himself democrats worked to build an impeachment case against donald trump does he tell supporters it's all just a big also on the program. iran's president rouhani urges the u.s. to ease the pressure on his country and says he could mean for

a path to hold talks but washington sends more troops to the gulf. to elect a new president despite a surge in taliban violence joins a teacher in kabul facing the threat of suicide bombings. as young activists back in the streets that's fridays for features from the future movement stages another day as much as around the world but a week from the biggest mass protests in history all world leaders any closer to delivering policy change. i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. u.s. president donald trump has lashed ass out the democrats' impeachment inquiry describing it as a disgrace and seeking to end it the whistleblower complaint against him has now

been released in a town unnamed intelligence officer alleges that mr trump ukraine's president to investigate joe biden mr trump's leading democratic rival in next year's election the complaint goes on to accuse the white house of suppressing the details of that phone call on thursday the acting director of national intelligence explain to congress why he hadn't passed on this information. caught up in events beyond his control. to me 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 the lens key 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 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 and showing more dedication to country more of an understanding of the president's oath of office than the president himself in a tense hearing mcguire defended his handling of the whistle blows led a point he would not answer if he consulted with the president of the man grounds but he stressed that officials like the whistleblower had 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 the president trump they say the whistle blows complaint is full of he say and doesn't prove its case 1st and make use democrats of using the letter as part of an ongoing

which against the president they don't want answers they want to public spectacle and so we've been treated to an unimpressive press releases press conferences and fake news stories away from the few ring congress of the white house president trump supported sheriffs he was there to highlight his credentials on crime i mean slightest roué whether he's broken the law. of seeking the assistance of a foreign national in the us an election is illegal under u.s. law and a preliminary government review supports the whistle blows claim that president transactions violated those laws which were meant to protect the election process ons national security. correspondent all of a solace in washington how small 2 takeaways from today's testimony 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 wrong doing and there might be more soon as america is waiting for yet another testimony of the whistleblower himself. in the silence in washington iran's president hassan rouhani has called on the u.s. to and its maximum pressure policy and urged washington to return to dialogue logic and reason speaking in new york today after addressing the united nations president rouhani also said he would be prepared to hold talks the president from lifting sanctions against iran the w's alexander from naaman spoke with u.s.

special representative for iran brian hall and asked him about washington strategy the u.s. government has imposed new sanctions and travel restrictions on the iranian regime but it's tehran as seems to remain defiant so it's you mexican and 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 rising recently so i we getting 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 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. i found a phenomena reporting we'll take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world the british seized by iran in the strait of hormuz 2 months ago has left the iranian ports and its crew were being detained just tell him piro was taken by iran's revolutionary

guard 2 weeks after honey baby and tank it was seized by britain that it was released in august. saudi arabia says it is the start offering tourist visas for the 1st time as part of the leadership's push to diversify its oil based economy the ultra conservative kingdom will initially allow holiday makers from $49.00 countries visas were previously only granted for short term business trips religious pilgrimage or for travelers from families in the country. france is remembering its former president jacques chirac and died on thursday aged 86 in office from 995 to 2007 mr chirac dominated french politics for decades when he was known for opposing the u.s. led the iraq war he also oversaw france's adoption of the euro one of his later years were overshadowed by scandal and the corruption conviction. and millions of afghans will vote in presidential elections on saturday despite the

threat of terror attacks the us and the peace talks with the taliban earlier this month on the islamist militant group is threatening to disrupt the election with suicide bombings and rocket attacks with danger and violence of reality of daily life in the country d.w. joined a teacher in the capital kabul and was determined to lead a normal life mission in life isa scene that could be playing out anywhere in the world. kesha popal is helping her daughter with her homework after school. khadija is a teacher and has high hopes for 8 year old mariam and for her 15 year old son a solid. but as a parent she has it harder than most she's raising her children in one of the most dangerous places on earth kabul the capital of afghanistan. it's the for the overall situation in afghanistan is full of destruction. every 2nd

people are living in fear of an explosion and i worry if i step out of the house i may not make it back alive that's my. most out there. teacher and her family are among millions of afghans living every day with the prospect of being killed in a bombing or suicide attack. the u.n. says nearly 4000 civilians were killed in 2018 that's the highest figure since it began compiling numbers in 2009. violence has already struck at the heart of could deja's family. 2017 her brother khalik was killed in an attack while on his way to work. i want to get out when i went to see his body it was very difficult for me it had a great impact on my children especially my son for months after he would say why was my uncle martyred it wasn't his time he was so young there's no sergio on.

teacher who's determined to prevent her life and that of her children from being derailed by the tragedy. she's doing everything she can to lead a normal life and to make the best of the situation in a city convulsed by a tax. law i always say keeping yourself from work from life is wrong we can't just say that things are bad and stay at home to do nothing otherwise your life will be paralyzed. ok d.j. her job as a teacher at a private school in kabul is one source of strength she say she's inspired by the children's optimism but she also sees it as a way of making a difference to the future by teaching the next generation about the value of peace . of those and i am still hoping for a life where one day it will be completely different from today. where we won't fear that our children or our families are in danger that's the kind of life i dream of. that says. but for the children that could be just

school and for others across afghanistan that dream still seems a long way off. talk about this further with. me who knows afghanistan well having worked in kabul for many years as she's head of the center for international peace operations here with a welcome to d w. looking at the situation in afghanistan talking to people that that you know that how do people feel about voting in presidential elections given this recent surge in violence. well i guess people have different perspectives to the elections . the people i talk to mostly people who live in cities city like lake kabul i think they still know that it's important to vote it's a democratic institution so it's some something people have have seen as

a privilege for years that there is a democratic process and that they have the right to vote no they appreciate this right harvard the same time i mean we've learned from from your report about the difficult security situation people are scared because their mornings there are threats by a ton of money by other groups that they might attack the polling stations so i think people sit at home and wonder whether or not they should cast their ballot tomorrow and what do you expect do you think the people will go despite the threats i think many people will go because they're courageous they're brave they aware of their privileges and at the same time i mean unfortunately they used to difficult security situation so i think that it might not be a big turnout but there are people. in great majority of people will go and cast their ballot watching that report but what was particularly interesting to me was

that was we seeing those images of data life people just going about their business drinking tea doing the shopping despite the fact that a suicide bomber might drive up at any point that the building that you're in. might be blown up how much of a cloud does the violence. cast over daily life. the cloud is there but of course it is part of daily life people have to go out to go to work children go to school. and people the farmers have to go and do the harvest so people are used to it but it's always there i think this feeling of insecurity. as a metric expense i think davis was worrying people because you never know where and when it could happen to the biggest countess in the weekend's election of the current president ashraf ghani and the current chief executive of sort of prime

minister abdullah abdullah. what do they each stand for well they have been in government together now for 5 years apparently they they don't want to be in the next government together again i think has been difficult as been a difficult ride for them during the these last 5 years. and i think did some experiments i mean there's lots of progress in many areas if you see how afghanistan has the infrastructure for example has progress i mean it's really kind of amazing what has happened there on the other hand i think it's a new young generation especially the urban elite that is very close to the current president and he's he's got many young people into government young professionals while the law i mean he's he's been in afghan politics for many use. and. i think he also has a lot of supporters and involves the north an area where some of the former

warlords but at the end of the day i mean they have been in government together briefly and when it comes to campaigning campaigning in afghanistan is it about the bread and butter issues that the rest of us would be concerned about unemployment jobs the economy transport or just the security situation is that sort of number one i think the security is number one and the peace process is number one and a half so to say because people want peace i mean they just want the this war or the conflict to be over so i think the security and peace that closely interlinked . and what people are also need is what we call the human security i mean this is a difficult humanitarian situation so people need like to get their daily lives together i mean they need food they need employment so but they are all interlinked

thank you so much for coming and talking to us amateur video and karim from the international center for international peace operations thank you. to hong kong where the chief executive kerry lamb has met with pro-democracy activists for the 1st time since mass protests erupted in june and she faced a barrage of criticism of people accuse her of ignoring months of protests calling for democratic reforms in the several totemist chinese territory. after 4 months of being ideologically opposed on different sides of the same city carry law marched forward to face a small selection of the protesters inside the same order tory and i'm a white mole and. no matter how difficult it is my colleagues and i think that it's time to start a direct dialogue. you know why i need someone because in the last 3 months i'm sure no matter what political stance you hold. some of you know you must be

feeling very sad a worried or angry. voice a tightly regulated town hall style of in seoul $150.00 protesters selected at random to be in the audience a further 30 were selected to take the mike and personally addressed the c.e.o. despite the filtration of the audience a common thread flooders now aims that you are young why you are like i will say that you know young that it is because you are useless that governing by despair you are responsible for what has happened in the protests they don't want then things are thanks i wonder without them you have stepped down i am going to let the thought i had part single off the whole issue started when the government proposed to amend the bill therefore if we want to walk away from the difficulty and find a way out and the government has to take the biggest responsibility to do so. i can

sing for. you despite the close proximity of this event the 2 sides remain far apart with another round of protests to follow on the streets this weekend. friday as have come to be linked with climate change demonstrations and today is likely to see more protests around the world the fridays for future movement says it's planning actions in asia europe and the americas we'll hear from a march in taiwan in just a moment 1st a look back at a lumberjack week for environmental campaigners spearheaded by the now world famous swedish teenager going to talk about. this is all wrong. i shouldn't be apia. i should be back in school on the other side of the ocean just so you'll come to us young people for hope

how dare you. i do disagree with her on at least one measure she gave a stirring speech in which in my opinion it was not made clear enough in what ways technology and innovation especially in the area of energy but also in the area of making energy savings opening up possibilities of reaching our goals. we must let our children be children let our kids be kids without teen i just. while we do the work.

we have at home by receives the right lab it award for inspiring and amplifying political demands for climate action reflecting scientific fact. we will not let you get away with this right here right now is where we draw the line. the world is waking up and change is coming whether you like it or not thank you. let's go to one of those climate marches now did. the taiwanese capital at taipei. tell us what's going on. so several environmental groups today organize all day and in the morning they put together a last supper to the earth and then in the afternoon as you can see there is

a march which led by a group of protesters who. basically. dressed up like the death spirits in the engine chinese. mythology and so they are hoping to dedicate this march as the last of the funeral to earth to remind the taiwanese politicians and the public about the threatening level of climate change that is imposing onto taiwan is there any indication that policymakers listening to the protesters demands yes so several presidential candidates actually stand their aides to the rally and then made some promises basically that they will address the issue of climate change including you know in implementing the standards of the paris climate accord into the policy in taiwan

once they become president. and who is going to sing taiwan's climate strikes. so the main organizers are actually environmental groups that have been monitoring the air pollution level in taiwan because air pollution is the basically the number one problem most of the citizens in taiwan are very concerned about and they want the government to implement stricter rules to ensure that the level of air pollution do not increase over the next few years. the fridays for future movement has tended to be dominated by young people and what we've seen is not the same there in taipei. so interested only in taiwan whole movement is spearheaded by the older generation who have been involved in the environmental campaign over the last few decades but they also invited some

young climate activists to personify the zombies that we see during the march and they want to make this a very intergenerational issue and then also. ask the politicians to remember they need to have the responsibility to protect the environment for the future generation william young in time thank you thank you in sports a brazilian football neymar is serving his former club boss alone or the 27 year old was linked to a potential be turned to the league of champions in the summer which eventually fell through so that he is in court claiming the boss alone failed to pay a loyalty bonus of $26000000.00 euros the club rejects the discount of serving part of a bonus they'd already paid him barcelona also accuses superstar of breaching his contract when he joined perry sondra 2017. in extreme

sports now the fascinating and terrifying world of free solo climbing this is outproduced danny on the climbing achieve a grand day in the italian alps no ropes no safety harness just he's bare hands on the vertical rock face the 1st national climb the 550 meter mountain and record 46 minutes and 30 seconds smashing the previous record about 90 minutes he now holds a free solo climbing record on 4 of europe's most difficult north facing peaks. i mean reminder our top story this hour u.s. lawmakers a crash in the arctic national intelligence director about allegations of president's trump try to pressure the president of ukraine into investigating former vice president joe biden the complaints prompted democrats to begin i'm in preachments

inquiry which mr trump has described as a disgrace. on taliban terror threats are fresh out of south a stop the presidential election in afghanistan a daily life in the capital come strong despite the islamist group saying it will disrupt the poll with suicide bombs on iraq. this is that d.w. top will feel at the top of. the book.

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showed personal courage. into the fall of the wall didn't surprise me you should go 1st what does it take to change the course of history. raising the iron curtain starts september 30th on d w. playing with fire in saudi oil fields the u.s. and its allies say arad was behind the attack on saudi oil infrastructure an act of war is how washington described the missile and drone strike on the kingdom's biggest oil refinery but a military response by president trump could spark a wider conflict and cripple the global economy and with the president's chances for re-election.