this is d.w. news live from berlin in washington democrats issues some peanuts and some of the officials to testify as they begin impeachment proceedings against president donald trump the 1st big target as secretary of state might come peo question of committees are giving him a week to produce documents about the phone call to trump allegedly pressured ukraine's president to investigate his democratic rival joe biden the latest from washington. and afghanistan braces for violence as it prepares to go to the polls

across the country they're sending out the ballot boxes for saturday's presidential election the taliban extremists are threatening to bomb voters and cold places. and children in chains a shocking discovery at a boarding school in nigeria police rescue hundreds of boys and young men shackled and physically assaulted in what's said to be as an islamic school. to make spicer thanks for joining us in washington the battle between the white house and congressional democrats intensified on friday 3 investigative committees subpoenaed secretary of state mike from peo for documents related to the controversial phone call between president trump and the president of ukraine but trump is hitting back he says a whistle blower's claims about that phone call our. it is accusing the democrats

of trying to steal next year's election by conducting what he calls a witch hunt and he says that spies are behind the allegations. and we can discuss where things stand now with all of our salad or washington correspondents all of this is all moving very fast help us push the pause button here and understand the latest would you absolutely make and as you've just mentioned secretary of state mike pompeo has speed in the subpoena together with 5 other state department officials over a variety of documents related to the ukraine phone call that he so far has refused to hand in the is also being threatened by with obstruction charges if he does not comply with the subpoena now at the center of this of pina is the roll off of president trump's private lawyer rudy giuliani he allegedly had several meetings with ukrainian officials in the past and that of course is illegal because it does

not include the wide tells in the government and therefore things that have been said and done in these meetings can't be really controlled and recorded the assumption then right now is that the secretary of state or the state department must have known about these meetings with the big question of course if might even have been an accomplice to president trump's alleged wrongdoing and how is the government responding to the democrats' demands is it being overall cooperative. well president trump in particular has responded in his own fashion he took to twitter countless times he called this all a witch hunt and a hoax as he is always done it with every allegation against him in particular right now he's trying to question the credibility that's his line of defense off the whistleblower but we've also heard some very shocking words from him at a press availability in new york at the united nations just yesterday where he in

fact to the death penalty he called the whistleblower a traitor and a spy even though whistleblowers are protected by law in the united states and you can hear some concern here even within republicans right now some senators and governors have voiced serious concerns that something is unraveling here even within the republican party and just how is public opinion in the united states reacting to all this well today we've witnessed a significant change in the in the public opinion really just a week ago a great majority was actually against impeachment proceedings right now it seems the country is very much split over that question so things are moving really fast here and that might also be part of the democratic strategy because they know they can't win and can't really impeach donald trump at the end the senate has to say

the final verdict in this is hold by the republicans but they know they can dig up many damaging material against the president and also damage his reputation among the voters ok thanks for that. in washington reporting. polling stations are about to open in afghanistan for a presidential election that could mark a turning point for the country the islamist taliban have vowed to disrupt the vote with attacks on security forces and polling places they're warning voters to stay away from the polls there are fears that a low turnout could discredit the election and it's winner. it's scenes like this that the afghan government is desperate to avoid on election day the security plan to protect voters at polling stations was 8 months in the making but violence is just one of the challenges facing the officials organizing the elections 5 years ago allegations of systematic fraud the last one was abdullah abdullah the man who

lost to the current president ashraf ghani then is still his main contender now but . with all our strength we will prevent any kind of fraud in the selection of the last election i said we won't accept any government based on fraud but it happened because afghanistan was facing multiple threats time at the start of withdrawal of foreign troops the rise of islamic states and also the taliban have an upper hand. to fight electoral fraud around 100000 election observers will monitor the nearly $5000.00 polling stations across the country but they will be allied to candidates . one 3rd of the afghan defense forces will be on hand but that is still not enough some polling stations will stay shut because the army cannot protect them coaches are worried both about their personal safety and fair elections without that we

will participate in the elections and large numbers in iraq as a government that it will provide us with security and she was the terms parents you know for the election was going to follow was actually the taleban threatening us all the time to stop us from participating in these elections. i threaten us every day but despite this i believe most people will vote in the elections to defend democracy. protecting both voters' lives and democracy is a tall order for a government in a country where violent militants control or are active in almost half of the territory. correspondents of the pages men has reported extensively from afghanistan we asked which candidate is most likely to reach a peace deal with the taliban i mean afghans are very resilient that sounds like a cliche but really after 4 decades of war if you're not resilient how else are you

gonna live they live with these threats almost every day and you know when they leave their families in the morning lots of people say i don't know if we'll come back tonight so this is just another day of violence in afghanistan and most likely tomorrow that with c. and then it depends on who you ask if you ask like in kabul these young people that we saw they say we do want to go and exercise our rights to vote but at the same time we know that is specially in the country sites that will be millions disenfranchised they can't go to cast their vote because polling stations won't open yes there will be countrywide $70000.00 soldiers and policemen out in force but there are also lots areas controlled by the taliban where voting just con take place where instead fighting takes place and so you won't have anything close to democratic elections and that is some of the other stories making news around the world. egyptian security forces have sealed off cairo's tahrir square to prevent

expected protests against president abdel fattah el-sisi several nearby subway stations have also been shut for alleged maintenance the closures come amid a harsh security clampdown following anti corruption demonstrations across egypt last weekend. hundreds of south african government employees have protested in pretoria against violence targeting women and children the rally followed a call from president cyril ramaphosa for all members of society to work together to prevent gender based violence. and german police have shut down an internet datacenter that supported illegal activities on the so-called dark net more than 200 servers were house in a former nato bunker in western germany investigators also arrested 7 people on suspicion of trafficking in weapons drugs and child pornography. now to a disturbing discovery in nigeria police in the northern city of could do not have

rescued hundreds of boys and young men many of whom were shackled in chains some had been tortured and physically assaulted they're also said to have been attending an islam and islamic boarding school in the building where they were held in there for that follows d.-w. is not showing the faces of the rescued boys. the school is to send to produce school for every new thing she cation. instead they were starved chained and went. somebody external scars of the physical suffering they enjoyed. to build up with that if you fear that they give up this certainly is out of the country study so this is my last ellis' of the existence of the islamic will flash that's all i understand it was look at the picture of the witch. lex wotton one

look at me oh is. possible it's. access to a lot of. the police say it's not clear how long the children were held there. not all of them came from nigeria his place is now or an islamic school because you have small children some of them are brought for in our neighboring countries but you know fossil miley ghana and the rest. fall all over the country across all over the country they were here some of them why even change why use human ice because. there are many islamic schools across the northern parts of the muslim region of nigeria the police arrested 7 people including the teachers running the school the children are now staying at a temporary camp in the city while police contacts that parents. or millions

of people around the world fridays are now synonymous with climate strikes and more than have taken place today they started with tens of thousands of students gathering at public spaces in new zealand they demanded world leaders take immediate action to deal with the climate crisis. they marched in new zealand. in taiwan. and did it silly to all over the world the climate to protest and losing none of that urgency instead the calls for world leaders to take stronger action against climate change are echoing even in more remote regions like here in nepal where rising temperatures are eating away at places in the himalayas. we are the future generation the future of the earth is in our hands we have to care for it and have to be aware from now.

these people are convinced of the threat posed by global warming but the war it's their representatives on doing enough to stop its harmful effects here in washington as elsewhere they fear economic interests are taking priority over climate policy is. in berlin crowds were small isn't last week but still many praise the rein to voice their disappointments for the government's latest package of climates measures all . right. there climate package is an insight for us young people standing here on a day like this it's like a slap in the face largely because we did our homework and we know that we have to acknowledge and we know that we are in the middle of a climate crisis but i said to unberth the swedish team who sponsored the fridays

for future movement marched alongside indigenous activists in the canadian city of montreal she's increasingly been the target of blowback but she says this only serves to spur her on. the people who want to sign. if it becomes too bloated people can handle something changing sides. soon we should take that as a commitment. to the men to show no signs of slowing down despite the fact that's real political change just so foggy in a nice way of the protest to say they'll keep on shouting until the world's politicians have found i don't know what i bet. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you. the frequent gushing oil committees have ordered us secretary of state mike come the payroll to produce documents about

the phone call when president donald trump is alleged to have used his power they set a deadline of next friday. and you're watching deja vue news business coming up later in this hour thanks for joining us. earth. home to use of speech. word safety. yes those are big changes and most start with small steps to prevent global ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world. music producers could use to create solutions and reforestation. could.