this is g.w. news live from berlin tonight making impeachment official u.s. lawmakers approve the rules for the trump impeachment process the resolution passed by a majority in the democrat controlled house with no republican support so what does this mean for the u.s. president we'll go to washington to find out also coming up tonight a haunting chill goes through hong kong's party district for halloween police fire

tear gas to disperse mass democracy demonstrators and a new wave of consolidation in the all the industry fee of chrysler in france's p.s.a. for show want to create the world's 4th largest car maker plus the last day at work for the voice of authority in the bronx it did big. time. the speaker of the british parliament john bercow retired after 10 years in the chair. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us we begin tonight with a historic vote in the u.s. congress democrats have taken a major step in their efforts to impeach. president donald trump the house of

representatives today voted to move forward with the impeachment investigation with a resolution that sets the ground rules that lawmakers will use as they transition from closed door sessions to public hearings the resolution is adopted without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table nancy pelosi presiding over a historic moment as expected the democratic majority carried the vote precisely no republicans bucks the party lines during the floor debate by ny familia arguments divided the hives democrats are trying to impeach the president because they are scared they cannot defeat him at the ballot box what are we fighting for defending our democracy for the people the impeachment probe centers on donald trump's efforts to pressure ukraine to investigate his political opponents shortly after

the vote to formalize the process trump took to twitter calling it the greatest witch hunt in american history but even as republicans lined up to join the condemnation democrats were pushing ahead. we take no joy in having to move down this road and proceed with the inquiry but neither do we shrink from it. earlier on thursday the top russia specialist on trump's national security council was the latest in a long line of individuals to testify after weeks of closed door interviews thursday's vote means investigators will soon be able to hold public hearings a momentous day on capitol hill bringing a house vote on impeachment one step closer. well speaking of politics the social media giant twitter says it will ban all political advertising on its platform starting next month now explaining the decision twitter's c.e.o.

jack dorsey said that political ads quote force highly optimized and targeted political messages on people. this he said significant risk to politics where it can be used to influence votes to affect the lives of millions. are joining me now to talk about this is my colleague ollie also girths good to see all that it sounds like that dorsey is saying basically that social media has become a platform where political misinformation can be spread easily is that what this is about yeah i mean we all remember the example from 2016 the u.s. presidential election which really showed that targeted political ads on social media can spread misinformation and can sway votes i mean anyone can buy an ad which targets if it's this if a demographic or location or an interest and there are thousands of these dot up

points that you can single out and this is really how of course this could have a targeting online defense from traditional political advertising the social media companies know everything about as they know what we love what we hate what we fear and when you when you take that knowledge and use it to deliberately spread disinformation that's when we have a problem ok so we know twitter is leading the way with this big question is you know is the competition going to follow i mean facebook uses political ads more than anyone right yeah i mean this is for facebook this is a question about money facebook and a lot more money on political advertising than what twitter does but what really has what facebook has done that really have raised eyebrows is the decision to accept political advertising from what is quite normally quite rigorous rules of fact checking on what they post as ads on their platform and much like a bug has this down to freedom of speech and this is about trying to see oh jack

dorsey challenge today in his tweet he said that it's not credible for us to say we're working hard to stop people from gaming us this. thems to spread misleading info but if someone pays us to target and force people to see a political ad well then they can say whatever they want so obviously a swipe at facebook but it is an argument writes i mean you can tell lies an untruth as long as you paid for the right to have the space to do that so now all eyes are on facebook to see what it's going to do right yet the pressure is the pressure is growing not just from from competitors from inside facebook as well it's been 50 facebook employees recently wrote a letter to mark stuck a bug saying they objected to this policy there's political pressure of course from the democrats particularly in the us including elizabeth warren his of course one of the democratic presidential contenders she recently challenged facebook policy by running an ad falsely claiming that facebook c.e.o.

mark zuckerberg had endorsed donald trump for reelection now facebook didn't take that down that was that was a test from his science to see how the system works it's too early to tell what this was a decision what impact it will have there are still many up and questions there but we might have to see who's in the white house in a year and a bit maybe facebook will have to just tell you the facebook's position considering what happened in the presidential election in 2016 but as you say we will see if any change comes allow for thank you you are right to end the drug campaign has been buying thousands of dollars worth of campaign ads on face book and i'm sure some of them will have to do with the impeachment decision that came today let's go to washington now our bureau chief alexander phenomena she is following today's historic vote good evening to you alexandra so we've got a vote that will go down in history what happens now. so now the

impeachment inquiry is answering a totally new phase and you're right that this is a very historic day because it's the 1st time in u.s. history that a sitting president of the united states is facing the prospect of impeachment so in a few days and 10 days i believe 1st public hearings will start on capitol hill were the democrats and the republicans will be able to invites witnesses to question them and also the lawyer of the president of president trump will be able to plug publicly defend the president we're talking about public hearings right alexander the everyone around the world probably will be able to watch and listen to. yes and what is the most important thing here is that the american people will be able to watch those hearings and for the very 1st time to see for themselves what

the facts are and this is very crucial for the democrats because they know that eventually they have to make their own case to the american public that they have to convince the american people that what the president did is wrong that is impeachable and said that it's right it's to to have this impeachment inquiry when we look at the recent polls there is a small majority of the american people who support the impeachment inquiry and even the removal of the president from office but this majority is still very small and the democrats are hoping that it is going to change and alexandra vote today should republicans still giving trump their overwhelming support there was in a single republican vote for today's resolution in the house so are the republicans are they are they backing a winning horse here or not i mean how do you how do you see that considering the

numbers. well we have to say that it really shows the president still has to support of his party and the house republican stay were under a lot of pressure to show their support and to make political points to voters back at home by standing with the president who still is widely popular among the republican base voters and even though we have to say that after today's vote it is likely that we are going to see a vote on the floor eventually to impeach donald trump and it's still very unlikely that the senate will convict him however we just at the beginning of the proceedings just exactly right so a lot can happen between now and the senate things that's for sure i was in a phenomenal story for us in washington alexander thank you well here's some of the

other stories now that are making headlines around the world margaret camps on the greek islands are quote on the edge of catastrophe now that's according to the council of europe's commissioner for human rights donya the october which says that the situation has significantly worsened over the past year and in recent months greece has once again become the main point of entry for people seeking asylum here in europe. at least 10 people have been killed and dozens wounded by a car bomb in the town of offer and in northern syria near the turkish border often is a mainly kurdish enclave controlled by turkish backed syrian rebels who captured the town last year north korea has fired 2 and identified projectiles towards the sea off its eastern coast that's according to south korean and japanese military officials if confirmed as a missile launch it would be in pyongyang the launch this year and it comes amid

a deadlock in nuclear talks between north korea and the united states. a more than 70 people have died in a fire on a train in southeastern pakistan the blaze is said to have broken out when a gas stove exploded as passengers were preparing breakfast now the train was on its way from kharaj in the cell we're going to show you right here up to the north to a town called indy which is next to islam about the accident took place near the town of poor in punjab province and local officials say that most of the victims died after jumping off the fast moving train dozens were injured some of them are in critical condition and we have a warning this next report contains images that may be disturbing. this passenger train had been carrying pilgrims to

a religious festival instead it's journey ended in tragedy. officials say the blaze broke out 20 gas stoves exploded and some passengers were preparing breakfast cooking oil carried by others then caught fire. as the flames engulfed 3 carriages those on board stood little chance many flung themselves from the train while it was still moving at high speeds through eastern punjab province . a cylinder exploded and i don't know how fire erupted everywhere. i jumped out of the train to save my life there was a whole line of people behind me pushing. as pakistan's railways minister visited the injured prime minister in mancala and offered his condolences to the victims he's ordered an investigation. this is pakistan's

was throw away disaster in almost 15 years but it's just the latest in a series of accidents and lack of investment has caused the system to fall into disrepair. some survivors have questioned whether the fire was caused by a cooking accident they believe a short circuit in the train's electrical system might have been to plane as questions mount rescue workers have begun the grim task of recovering bodies. of police have fired tear gas to clear protesters from hong kong party district hundreds of demonstrators wearing masks had filled the area to coincide with halloween parties on is usually buzzing with people in costumes celebrating halloween but this year protesters wanted to make a political point by defying a city wide ban on safe coverings it's just the latest episode to send a shiver through hong kong. street demonstrations in hong kong hitting hard

but it isn't just the protesters bearing the brunt. hong kong's economy is taking a serious hit the latest figures show it's experiencing its 1st recession in a decade 5 months of demonstrations seem to be pushing the city into an economic crisis with the economy shrinking by 3.2 percent in the 3rd quarter of the year following a half the percent drop in the 2nd the tourism industry accounts for a good chunk of that and it's been hit especially hard busy streets and shops are deserted with visitors staying away because of the protests hotels are nearly empty with some staff being asked to take unpaid leave during the slump. no one is willing to spend money there are no tourists here absolutely none before even if we were having a bad time in business we still had some customers from other places like asians from malaysia singapore the philippines but this year there were very very few

tourists i just bumped into only one customer who is from the philippines it's very difficult to do business. but as the protests continue the authorities are turning to new measures to combat them hong kong's department of justice has issued an emergency injunction against using the internet and social media for anything that could be judged to be inciting violence i do websites and apps named by the department have been crucial in organizing the leaderless protest movement it comes on the back of the government introducing a ban on face masks something protesters are defying. those protesting during halloween were critical of the new measures. this took terri and. even more people. to go it is crazy

and. with no sign of the protesters backing down and the. government equally determined hong kong is stuck in a standoff that is damaging its economic future. well i'm joined now by mowen activists of the civil rights front he's an organizer of pro-democracy protests that we've been seeing in hong kong it's good to have you on the program you took part in today's protests and while you were doing that you know it was announced that hong kong has officially slipped into a recession you knew know that beijing and maybe politicians in hong kong will be eager to blame the protests for the recession is there any way that the recession can work to the advantage of pro-democracy protesters. hello what i have to say hong kong defense its economy on china too much in the past 22

years we have been transforming to host city 2 k. to the mainland chinese well in the street in call for example jewelry shops. you know. where you can buy medicines and these shops they are not aiming hong kong is anymore and i've just heard from that video that said there used to be some tourists from malaysia from from singapore from from philippines i have to say that is not true in the past in before 97 we used to have many tourists from from all over the world but then. we mainly target chinese tourists and that is not healthy i would say the projects. if i could just interrupt i would just say the importance of hong kong to china has has been diminished since 1970 i mean the percentage of the g.d.p.

for china is now very small when you when you look at hong kong are you worried about. just slowly becoming an important for beijing. well i don't think g.d.p. is that in politics in terms of hong kong the bellows of china because. china stude needs home call for a huge amount of investment so other investment through hong kong to china. i don't have the figure i'm not the expert on that but then i know this is very important for them and apart from that china is the number one city for money laundry of chinese capital i am not saying this this is good but then china definitely needs hong kong so even if hong kong is not doing well in g.d.p. i don't think there will. status and they are not. going to ask you about talks with kerry lam the leader of hong kong those talks the

dialogue with korea lamb has basically stopped or protesters such as yourself are you trying to restart talks with kerry. what do you mean by stopped there was a lot with kerry land 40 people were there and a police i mean among the people who joined the dialogue one of them is even police officer kerry when she has a dialogue with hong kong this is only a political show she doesn't actually listen to i mean after that dialogue you know 30 people come damned kerry lemon condemn the police and what happened next next was a carrier and nouns and law through emergency regulation ordinance i mean if she really tries to solve the problem she wouldn't have taken. steps to you know to suppress it further suppress the freedom of call so whatever she does she only tries to show

the international media or international community that she is doing something but in fact we know caroline too well in the past whenever she makes promises she breaks them to never talk to her promises and therefore i wouldn't say that we stop the dialogue is kerry lamb who stop at and not to mention the escalation of police violence one moment activists of the civil human rights front joining us tonight from hong kong. your time and your insights tonight thank you thank you. well the race is on to develop electric vehicles and driverless vehicles automakers are teaming up to boost their chances of getting a podium position the italian american. and france's p.s. they have confirmed that they intend to merge the 5050 split with the headquarters in the netherlands the future looks bleak for the internal combustion engine car makers worry about getting left behind. at chrysler has failed to invest in new

technologies such as all thomas driving and electric power that's why it's been looking for a partner for a long time. enter show situation the french company has plenty of modern technology but it's completely absent from the north american market together they could become a dream team. the french government itself a shareholder in peugeot has already given the green light and this is good news this is good news for europe because you know that we have to face the challenges of electric cars all of the calls and to face that kind of challenges you need to to have champions who will live. the combined company would have turnover of over $180000000000.00 euros and it would have around $410000.00 employees and making $9000000.00 cars each year would put it in

a different league after folks toyota and the renault nissan alliance fee at chrysler together with peugeot citroen would be the 4th largest car maker in the world. management hopes the merger will generate savings of more than 3 and a half 1000000000 euros but for employees hearing about cost savings sets off alarms many plants for example its feet out in italy are underutilized and peugeot's german subsidiary opel and british folks whole have been losing money for years even so the 2 sides say their merger should be completed without factory closures. in the u.k. campaigning has already begun ahead of those snap general elections to be held on the 12th of december now some lawmakers will not be running for reelection and that includes 3 speaker of the house of commons john bercow he has just finished his

final day in the chair a burka rose to international prominence for his role during the breaks it debates in parliament so much so that one word in particular is almost synonymous with his name. with. nothing him only knows him john bercow has become a british household name was very interesting. and spare us yet traced ok you know so. far. back i was 1st elected to the role of speaker of the house of commons 10 years ago it's been his job to change abate antiquing want to order. oh there were a politician himself the speaker must also remain impartial at all times that beck

has been accused by some of showing political bias particularly when it comes to bricks it my ruling is therefore that the motion will not be debated today as it would be repetitive and do so. orderly to do certain i know the dynamics you face mean that on occasion you will sometimes have to please some and not others but it is becoming remarkable how often you please one lot and not the other. when he was getting the decisions in his favor he wasn't grumbling he's grumbling now because he doesn't like the judgment but his rulings have also divided the public is clearly on the remains side and he's a guy who sort of human history whose sole aim is very obviously stop or a serial killer well i think he's actually standing up for democracy and for parliament. on the very day bracks it was supposed to happen but didn't

a colorful politician is that going out of british politics while some may applaud his departure others will miss the man who try to put this house in. order. this is the news and these are our top stories the u.s. house of representatives has voted to proceed with impeaching president donald trump the resolution sets out the ground rules for the public hearings in the impeachment process the vote was largely split along party lines. police and fired tear gas to clear protestors from hong kong's party district hundreds of demonstrators filled the area to coincide with halloween and they defined a city wide ban on wearing masks. more than 70 people have died in a fire on the train in pakistan the blaze broke out with a passenger's cooking stove exploded passengers say that it took

a further 20 minutes for the train to come to a stop. in the u.k. the speaker of the house of commons john bercow has stepped down after 10 years in the chair he's risen to international prominence for his role during the breaks it parliamentary debates and for his calls for all i do. this is g.w. news from berlin. and coming up next to the point who will win the straw go for syria i'll be back at the top of the hour have to see them.

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