this is g w news live from berlin and donald trump openly urges trying to do investigate his leading political rival the us president wants face seemed to open a corruption probe into democratic presidential candidate joe biden that's even as strong faces and impeachment inquiry are making the same for the president of ukraine will get updates from washington also coming up anti-government protests in iraq threaten to spiral out of control as a 3rd day of clashes claims more lives the government has imposed curfews and has

shut down the internet and as germany celebrates re-unification day transfer on the american says there's still much to do. not know in advance he says he shares a 29 years since reunification the maturities people from eastern germany feel they are 2nd class citizens. the chancellor is herself from east germany tonight we ask could she be doing more to bridge the east west of all. it's good to have you with us we begin in washington another shocking call from the u.s. president donald trump today suggested that china should investigate former vice president joe biden and biden's son hunter hunter had a busy. this relationship with the chinese company trump floated the idea today as

congressional investigators heard testimony from their 1st witness in the impeachment inquiry against kurt volker was questioned behind closed doors about his role in trump's attempt to prod ukraine's president into investigating the by volcker was trump's special envoy for ukraine until he resigned last week white after a whistleblower filed a complaint about the now famous phone call between trump and the ukrainian president will be as alinsky congressional democrats say trump's efforts constitute abuse of power which is an impeachable offense it's all right for more now let's take this story to washington my colleague is standing by good evening to you. so the 1st inquiry or the 1st hearings into what could be a long long road ahead or a short road who knows when will we know or do we know exactly what kurt volker

said today. no because of course brant this is happening behind closed doors but we do know that you know kurt folk are of course now the former u.s. special envoy to ukraine and you know he was mentioned specifically in this whistle blower complaint and it's claimed that just one day after that phone call between president trump and the ukrainian president selenski volcker alongside the u.s. ambassador to the european union met with the press president selenski in which it was believed that they gave him advice on how to navigate trump's request and that what's interesting is that folk are also handed over documents before his appearance and also included in that are text messages that he had with rudy giuliani never rudy giuliani of course is the president's own private attorney and you know this as i said the testimony is taking place behind closed doors and while

old this was taking place today of course we had some rather extraordinary comments coming from president donald trump. this road to scandal with appears to be multiply nel says that both ukraine and showing should investigate joe biden joe biden's son was listen to what the president said today. they did it best they gave because that is a company that newly formed well these companies if you look good by the way like white guys just started to gauge it. because what happened. is just about what happened with. with your great. he says there what happened to china is as bad as what happened to ukraine was to talk about why china. right well china refers back to a trip by the then vice president joe biden to china in 2013 in which he took along

his son hunter and his daughter and now on the trip hunter met with a chinese banker who would later become his business associate now what's happened is that the republican senator and finance chairman chuck grassley questioned hunter biden's actions in which he said that biden had a history of investing in and collaborating with chinese companies including at least one posing significant national security concerns so president been mentioning this time and time again but of course let's not forget that he has asked a foreign country a country which you know the united states doesn't have it's an especially good relationship with let's not forget that in just a few days' time there will be some pretty important trade negotiations taking place between china and the u.s. and also once again he reiterated this belief that ukraine should investigate joe biden and his son so you know it's left and left

a lot of people here in the united states rather shocked and rather perplexed particularly many democrats brant we're is all abuse. well brant it's you know it's a pretty difficult thing to her of course at the moment it's gathering a lot of pace let's not forget that we had you know the 1st witness mentioned earlier of course kurt volker in this impeachment inquiry speaking there today and you know we're going to see more and more of that and until we really kind of gather more information it's hard to tell in what direction this is going to go but it must be noted that there are some republicans who have been openly supporting president trump but a significant number have not said anything at all which has many analysts questioning why exactly so perhaps they want to wait and see how this an inquiry pans out now in this and polls conducted it does appear the president has a lot of support from republicans the vast majority of course but democrats more

and more are saying that this impeachment inquiry needs to continue it is hard to read the republicans saw humans that's for sure we're probably just on the story for us tonight in washington publishers always thank you well to millions in iraq the government struggling to contain violent protests in several cities across the country over 30 people have been killed hundreds more injured since demonstrations are brought that on tuesday authorities have imposed curfews in a bid to quell the wrist the protesters say they're angry about unemployment corruption and a lack of basic necessities. since protests started on tuesday and spread across the country iraq has been the scene of burning barricades dozens of fatalities and countless wounded the country is descending into chaos. the police have been using tear gas water cannon and live

ammunition and an attempt to suppress the demonstrations which is only ignited further anger of protestors. the government in baghdad appears an able to regain control a curfew has had no effect. furious protesters are out in force everywhere from the capital to the cities of najaf and basra. but now that we're here despite the curfew we're fighting for our rights we want to a different country security forces have arrested our compatriots we're being treated worse than members of islamic state they hit us humiliate us and then shoot at us what have we done we're just standing up for our rights or among ourselves and people feel they've been robbed they go begging on the streets there's no work and when we protest they shoot at us many of the security forces iranians you can hear it when they speak. it's a citizens protest it's not being led by anyone and the people are rising up and they won't stop until the government steps down we've been patient with the

leadership but it hasn't come up with the goods. but the protests are triggered by widespread frustration especially among the younger generation about corruption poor infrastructure and high unemployment many are concerned about what they see as shiite iran's growing influence on the political leadership in baghdad. demonstrators want to new government and a restructuring of the state and a reduction in the mutual suspicion among shiites sunnis and kurds they say this is the only path to a brighter future for iraq. well here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world a police employee with a knife killed 4 of his colleagues at paris's police headquarters today before another officer was able to shoot him to death investigators have not determined a motive the rampage came a day after all visitors marched through the french capital to protest low paid

workers and rising suicide rates among their ranks climate activists in london have used a fire engine to spray hundreds of gallons of fake blood on to the facade of the british treasury the stunt aim to draw attention to what activists say is the government's failure to address a looming global climate catastrophe. now to hong kong where authorities have loosened the rules of engagement for police allowing them to use more force to deal with the anti-government protests that have rocked the city now for 4 months violence has escalated in recent days after police shot a protester at close range in the chest this week officials are also reported to be considering a curfew and a ban on face masks. scenes like this have become common on hong kong streets every weekend and even some weekdays protesters face off against police

many of the demonstrators wear masks and some are warning of dire consequences if a ban on face masks is put into effect. saying. if this regime really wants to suppress the voice of the people like this it will only make the deficiency in our society more serious i think our people won't be afraid they'll continue to hit the streets and use more drastic methods to find some. such masks are commonly available many people buy them at pharmacies they're one of the few defenses against the widespread use of facial recognition software by the chinese government authorities say that's part of the problem. this law is the best way to help police officers to prevent those violent acts it's challenging for the police officers to collect evidence if the protesters wear masks but there's little agreement on whether the move would actually help the authorities. to help us match

us would deter street policy and also to crowd greater powers for the police to detain protest is that some of the skeptics already expressed their concern that this may valet think you know by side home call and more importantly to stand out that what this bill intimidate radical protestors don't know. with no sign of a swift resolution both sides are digging in the situation is likely to escalate. or germany marked the anniversary of the country's reunification today 29 years ago east and west germany became one nation after decades of hostile division during the cold war well this year's official commemoration took place in the northern german city of kiel the chancellor angela merkel she held the country's progress since reunification but she said more must be done to bridge the divide that still exist between east and west. sound lines evoking the shift encounters of germany's

history as a country mark 29 years of unity in the northwestern city of kiev chancellor angela merkel highlighted the successes of reunification but she acknowledged that there was still work to do. and you know in advance if you are in the 29 years that have gone by since for unification an incredible amount has been achieved overall in both western and eastern germany people on naam will contend with their lives than is any other time since reunification but we also know that that is not the whole truth surveys show that 29 years since reunification the majority of people from eastern germany feel they are 2nd class citizens. drawing upon her own experience and going to america spoke of the mixed feelings of east germans i think country disappeared. from if you understood the latin feel myself and to many others the fall of the berlin wall in 1989 and german reunification in 1990 were moments of

happiness of confidence and of openness but others were intimidated by this new openness for them the east german system was a form of support was a chance that america also used the occasion to pay tribute to victims of the communist regime. we can all those that most i also want to remember the victims of the dictatorship those who lost their lives trying to flee those who were persecuted imprisoned they shouldn't be forgotten and even on a day full of joy like today. focusing on them talk the foid a few points and. to german chancellor acknowledged that a gap still remains that in raising a border between 2 states wasn't enough to overcome differences in the tubes and values any guides the hit less than half of east germans a happy with democracy here in germany which means that aside from or happened all of us politicians and civil society alike have to understand that and also why

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