this is deja vu news live from berlin donald trump openly urges china to investigate his leading political rival the us president wants beijing to open a corruption probe into democratic presidential candidate joe biden that's even as trump faces an impeachment inquiry for making this same request to the president of ukraine will get an update from washington. anti-government protests in iraq threaten to spiral out of control as a 3rd day of clashes claims more lives and government has imposed curfews and shut

down the internet. and as germany celebrates reunification day chancellor angela merkel says there's still much to do. in civilian it's not normal ponzi surgery shines through 29 years since feel if you can reach your receive people from eastern germany feeling all 2nd class citizens. you know the chancellor is herself from east germany so could she do more to bridge the divide. spicer thanks for joining us u.s. president donald trump has suggested that china should investigate the former vice president joe biden and his son who had business dealings with a chinese company. trump

floated the idea as congressional investigators heard testimony from their 1st witness in the impeachment inquiry against trump kurt volker was questioned behind closed doors about his role in trump's attempt to prod ukraine's president into investigating the bidens oath or was trump special envoy for ukraine until he resigned last week right after a whistleblower filed a complaint about the now famous phone call between trump and the ukrainian leader when there's a lengthy democrats they try efforts constitute an abuse of power and impeachable offense. for more let's bring in correspondent kelly is in washington d.c. so this is the 1st inquiry into what could be a long road ahead what more do we know. well before we actually get on to those rather extraordinary comments from president trump of course we do need to

focus on this testimony in the 1st testimony and in this impeachment inquiry and as you mentioned it was kurt falter now he's the former u.s. special envoy to ukraine and what we're hearing from media reports is here. told rudy giuliani no that's president truman's personal attorney he essentially warned them that the information that you leon he was was getting from the ukrainians and it wasn't really trustworthy he also it's also being said here in the media that president trump ordered the removal of the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine following complaints by giuliani now let's not also go back a little bit because in the whistleblower complaint it was said that folk are just one day after the phone call between president trump and the ukrainian president met with the president selenski alongside the u.s. ambassador to the european union in which they spoke to him about how to navigate trump's requests now before his testimony folks are also handed over documents

including copies of text messages that he had with rudy giuliani but of course this testimony has been taking place behind closed doors and a lot of the attention today has been focused very much on those rather explosive comments that came from president trump or exactly the president's making new accusations saying it's not just ukraine but china that should probe the bidens let's hear what the president had to say. they bet they gave the goods out of the company but only for the world cup but if you look good by the way like white guys just started the game. because what happened. is just about as bad as what happened with. with your brain so just as we're getting used to this ukraine story all of a sudden china why china why call in beijing. no president trump is

referring back to a trip by the former vice president and of course one of the democratic presidential nominees joe biden back in 2013 he traveled there alongside his son hunter and his daughter and hunter met a chinese banker who would later become his. business associate now i want to speak i want to talk to you about what the republican senator and finance chairman chuck grassley said he said the younger biden hunter had a history of investing in and collaborating with chinese companies including at least one posing significant national security concerns now we also need to just focus on the fact that president trump is essentially asking china a country which in just a few days' time is going to be holding trade talks has been engaged in a trade war with the united states for a century help in investigating a u.s. national and also in that same press conference he reiterated those calls for ukraine to investigate joe biden so as you can imagine you know the fallout from

those comments here in particular from democrats has been rather intense. and where do you see all of this going politically. well i mean it's quite a complicated situation so fast moving we're hearing so many you know different reports day today what i think we need to focus is on the fact that republicans have come out several in support of president trumpet there are a significant number who have sat back there listening they're waiting to see what those inquiries are going to reveal and you know for the time being of course the democrats are focusing very much on continuing with their inquiry but you know what this is going to be a fast moving investigation and inquiry we'll see where it ends up ok. foley live in washington d.c. thank you for the. more than 30 people have been killed in anti-government protests in iraq authorities have imposed curfews and internet blackouts there's widespread anger over unemployment corruption and poor basic services.

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. there's no doubt right 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 there's 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. 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 was that and now to some of the other stories making

news around the world a police employee with a knife killed 4 colleagues at paris's police headquarters before another officer shot him to death investigations have not determined a motive the rampage came a day after officers marched through the french capital to protest at low pay long hours and rising suicide rates. climate activists in london have used a fire engine to spray hundreds of gallons of fake blood on the facade of the british treasury the stunt aimed to draw attention to what doctors say is the government's failure to address a looming global climate catastrophe. the 1st arab to visit the international space station has returned to earth after 8 days in space. and story landed in kazakstan on a soyuz capsule also on board were an american and aleksei of gene and from russia they were both spent about 6 months in the space station. from their. the

hong kong government is allowing police to use more force to deal with the anti-government protests that have rocked the city for months now 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. 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 fight. 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 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 masha policy and also to brown's greater power to the police to detain protest is that some of the skeptics already expressed their concern that this may violate thinking of i saw in hong kong and point put on the esteemed south that what this will intimidate radical protesters. with no sign of a swift resolution both sides are digging in the situation is likely to escalate. germany is marking the anniversary of the reunification of its east and west after

decades of hostile division during the cold war commemorations have taken place in the northern city of kill chancellor angela merkel says more still needs to be done to end inequality. sound lines evoking the shifting contours of germany's history as a country in marked 29 years of unity in the northwestern city of kiev chancellor angle america highlighted the successes of reunification but she acknowledged that there was still work to do. in annoyance once 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 are now more content with their lives than it 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 in america spoke of the mixed feelings of east germans i think country disappeared. from your view on the beautiful myself and many others the fall of the burning 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. chance that america also used the occasion to pay tribute to victims of the communist regime. we can order 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 even on a day full of joy like today the focus on them talked the foid or the heart 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 many gods behave less than half of east germans are happy with democracy here in germany which means that aside from one happened all of us politicians and civil society alike have to understand that and also why german unity wasn't just a positive experience for many east germans. in a positive of august that day of celebration for germany but also in occasion to look at how differences that still exist between east and west can be mended. and are a lot of the top story we're following for you the american president donald trump has openly called on a child out to investigate his main political rival joe biden. and you're watching news coming up next as news africa you can always get more information around the clock at d w dot com thanks for watching. 30

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