this is d w news live from berlin a 2nd insider at the white house has told intelligence officials that u.s. president donald trump abused his power in a phone call to ukraine. the new whistleblower could strengthen the impeachment inquiry looking to see if trump asks he have to investigate his main political rival in the 2020 election also coming up. protestors defy the ban on face masks in hong kong again on sunday police fired tear gas in several areas in an

attempt to stop attacks on shops and banks links to make money. the next vice or welcome to the program. the media in the united states is reporting that a 2nd whistleblower has come forward in the impeachment inquiry of u.s. president donald trump the reports indicate the new whistleblower has 1st hand knowledge of a phone call between trump and his ukrainian counterpart a probe is being conducted into that into an allegation that pressured ukraine's president followed emirs alleges he was best to get trump's political rival joe biden joe biden's son. let's go live now to washington bureau chief. thanks for being with us to tell us what do we know about this whistleblower

so the whistleblower has been this quiet senate intelligence official we don't know his or her identity about as you said this appears to be someone with the 1st hand knowledge of some of the allegations that were outlined in the original whistleblower complaint so that appears to be someone who can talk about direct steve relates to ukraine and to this phone call president trump had with the ukrainian president and that could be someone here who could undercuts president strom's claim that the 1st whistle blower complaint was completely wrong as i recall he was saying that this was 2nd hand knowledge for the 1st complaint but now we have somebody who has firsthand knowledge of how how do you think this will affect the trump inquiry going forward. well i think that it's definitely

backing up the argument against president strom it's helping the democrats to build up their case and there are moving in a very rapid and greece aggressive way and it's quite interesting and remarkable that normally what you would see members of the trump administration on sunday morning talk shows but there was no one defending the president today however we also have to add that of course he thinks that he can do it the best way. and he knows he in fact been reacting in any way recently. yet he has been very vocal about to topic on twitter of course he said that after the 1st whistle blower got so he's conversation with the ukrainian president completely wrong and now there is a 2nd whistleblower coming from the deep state and of course he. is. sort of conspiracy theory he has speed and his allies have been spreading for quite

a lot while now that it is the intelligence community that is trying to bring him down this way however we also have to say that it's noteworthy that top republicans are being very silent on this topic they are avoiding questions connects to the impeachment investigation they are struggling to find a unified response to the impeachment allegations ok did abuse washington bureau chief alexander phenomenon thanks for that. hong kong where pro-democracy lawmakers have suffered a setback in the territories high court the judge dismissed their bid to get an injunction against a ban on face masks warning demonstrations protesters reacted defiantly with more marches in hong kong central business district which later descended into another night of violence. tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters continued to defy

a ban on face masks on sunday kerry lam hong kong's chief executive had introduced the ban under colonial era state of emergency powers to try to end months of unrest pro-democracy lawmakers again went to the high court on sunday morning seeking an injunction against the ban they argued the emergency powers bypass legislature and contravene the city's constitution today is about terrorism versus the rule of law i would say this is one of the most important constitutional cases in the history of all but a senior judge dismissed a case that only increased the defiance of hong kong residents large crowds marched through to wrench will rein in unsanctioned rallies. carry lam is trying to use the ban to keep us from coming out. she suppressing our right to express ourselves this will only push us further. more now do you know as night

fell things turned ugly some demonstrators turning their rage on businesses with connections to mainland china and fighting pitched battles with police carry lamb has warned that the ban on face masks was only the 1st card in her hand the emergency law allows her to make any regulations whatsoever in the face of this sun rest. so where is all this heading we're joined now by the colonel who reported from beijing for 15 years kerry. got a bag and voted friday people were wearing masks as we saw in those pictures a ban on last has failed well certainly the legislation hasn't hasn't worked as they intended to do it's meant to send a signal at the moment she's looking around for ways to deal with this situation which is escalating she said to impose this law which is actually a colonial era $122.00. very popular and also ironic given the circumstances

she's looking for things to do she's come up with this legislation which people are patiently ignoring and it becomes an issue now of what can she do next she still has some options obviously book but for now she's kind of stuck with this the fact that you know she they have more power but she needs to escalate things clearly again i would say and today's court decision quite apart from the how it's perceived to empower the police and administrative terms it gives them more power we still don't have a state of emergency in hong kong we still have it there's lots of different ways of how the situation has been described but legally they haven't imposed a from urgencies didn't have things like a curfew you don't have these sort of much more measures so she still has some leeway there to impose a state of emergency is everything again it will heighten tensions it will expose the fact that things are getting close to 2. and it will obviously trouble in

beijing which is obviously watching events very closely and one does beijing's patients run out well it's interesting last week as you know we had the 70 on the verse 3 of the of the p.r.c. people's republic of china they've made their display now they're shown that they have these incredible missiles and if they're angry they can they can take action so they're watching closely i think for now they think the hong kong police have got it under control and has it under control because despite the scenes there is still they are still containing things but you just wonder if things keep going on and on and on are 4 point china is going to say we have to intervene and then we'll see what form that takes ok thanks for that insight. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world. vote counting is underway in tunisia as part of entry election exit polls show the country's moderate islamist and not a party in the lead but its rivals are also claiming victory the election is seen

as a bellwether for the upcoming presidential runoff between not his candidate and the jailed media mogul. in portugal the governing socialist party has emerged as the winner of sunday's parliamentary elections the party is projected to get almost 40 percent of the vote falling short of a majority portugal has seen a period of solid economic growth following years of austerity. astronauts on board the international space station have successfully completed a mission to replace old batteries on the spacecraft 2 astronauts took part in a space walk that lasted 6 and a half hours is the 1st of 10 planned missions to upgrade and maintain parts of the i as s. . officials in baghdad say at least 5 people died in protests on sunday taking the death toll above 100 since violence erupted last week iraq's prime minister has announced social measures designed to end the deadly anti-government

protests the package includes new homes in poor areas job training schemes for the unemployed and free health care for the injured late on saturday gunmen attacked the offices of several t.v. broadcasters. the work of fun known assailants were taxed media offices and the target several t.v. stations have been receiving threats for days and see a link to their reporting on the ongoing anti-government protest in iraq. because we went faking reality we transmitted the truth as i stated. the how much it seems that this state cannot bear the treason he said i heard that the premier would announce his stance. but he. stayed silent about what happened. to the had. life in baghdad has become increasingly dangerous since tuesday

demonstrators have been taking to the streets to express frustration over a lack of jobs and basic services the interior ministry claims are 3 te's didn't shoot at anyone however more than 100 people have been killed during demonstrations late saturday the prime minister again tried to deescalate the situation. on the mike and i will go and meet the protesters without weapons and sit with them for as long as it takes to listen to their demands if this will ease is situation. this is a change in the prime minister's approach on friday he said the protesters demands have been heard after the violence of recent days they may be reluctant to accept his offer. to lobby the vatican has opened the possibility of married men being priests in the roman catholic church the suggestion comes as part of a plan to include a isolated indigenous communities in the amazon in the church speaking on the 1st

day of a 3 week meeting of bishops with special guest from the region pope francis condemned the destructive self interest which she suggested was behind the fires devastating the amazon. they've come all the way from the amazon to make their case joining bishops from all over the world they're hoping the catholic church will help them save the world's largest rain forest fis year manmade fires set by locusts have been raging destroying the homes and livelihoods of local indigenous communities. in his sermon pope francis blames destructive interests. the fire of god is warmth that attracts and gathers into unity it's fed by sharing not by prophets the fire that destroys on the other hand which blazes up when people want to promote only their own ideas. but there's

a shortage of priests in the amazon cutting off many remote communities from the church to remedy this the 3 week meeting of bishops will consider allowing married men in the amazon to become priests in a working document it suggested this should quote be studied for older people prefer be indigenous respected and accepted by their community even if they have an existing and stable family. if everything continues as it was if we spend our days content that this is the way things have always been done then the gift vanishes and smothered by the ashes of fear and concern for defending the status quo. would be controversial go catholic priests are required to be celibate so they can be fully devoted to the church and traditionalists fear the move could pave the way

for getting rid of the celibacy requirement altogether. the iconic cabaret in paris has marked as 100 and 38th anniversary with you guessed it. when air can can show. the cabarets heikki can dancers perform in front of the moon a building that has hosted some major entertainers from france and abroad over the decades including shall us of will and ella fitzgerald. and there be more kicking though not so high in the bundesliga show which follows after the break when we'll bring you all of sunday schools and discuss what is shaping up to be the most intriguing season in years over 70 bloodbath are the new leaders think to some dreadful outsports goalkeeping stay tuned for that and much more. this is to give you news live from berlin next spicer thanks for watching.

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