this is d.w. news live from burma and venice prepares to be declared a disaster zone as it's inundated by flood waters the 2nd time is tied average record it has sent water gushing down the city's streets and alleyways the mayor blames climate change and is asking the government for help also coming out u.s. president donald trump faces the biggest challenge yet of his presidency as the impeachment impeachment inquiry goes public live on t.v. democrats are seeking to prove that trump abused his office. to libya get

a new leader for the time being at least opposition senator you know i mean yes the clip declares herself interim president but former president evo morales accuses her and others of staging a coup. electric car maker tesla is set to build its new european gigafactory new pearland c.e.o. elon musk said germany had been chosen because of its reputation for expertise in engineering. i'm serious i was gonna thank you for joining us one of europe's most important to cultural landmarks is facing catastrophe the highest tide in more than half a century has left much of venice and underwater now the tide level peaked at just under 2 meters here a leaving homes inundated boats stranded tourists were wading through the historic st mark's square. the mayor is seeking government help and he has described the

city as a disaster zone. along the sounds throughout venice is historic center warning people to find higher grounds to escape one of the worst floods in decades high winds and rain caused the water level to surge to almost 190 centimeters with waves crashing into buildings just slide into the walls of the mayor luigi broken out of film from the sound of a famous scent marks square in flames climate change for the extreme weather. some applies to all good after calendar for the full day or so we just can't wait unfortunately. for what we have which the new negative record joining me here we have to stand together against the effects of climate change and to reform tide accusing us from a little bit in your face to the community. the last time water levels rose this high was in november 1966. partners wasted no time using

whatever they could to clear the deluge. others tried to salvage their goods. one biblical looking figure emerged from the icy waters in front of st mark's basilica. but there is plenty of anger here the morsy system to protect venice from high water has been continually delight. of this image she added for the movie they've been on it for 10 years but they've done nothing it's in total neglect doesn't work and it's the only $6000000.00 euros in italy unfortunately that's the way it is our politicians are all thieves we should all be in jail. you've got cheated. let's locals take in the aftermath city officials say several key historic sites have been damaged.

this as people are prepared for a 2nd day of high water. and we can speak now to julio bauble he works at the venice institute for the study of the history of the resistance and contemporary society an institute that is now endangered by the floods julie i thank you very much for joining us give us an idea of what you've been seeing there in venice how dramatic is the situation where the situation we were expecting seriously question yesterday about the really the catering tonight when we got that storm right in the moment in which makes one tide was coming in so we can't we got this heavy storm with one more than 100 kilometers per hour and that was the finest girl. we got to the 2nd highest tide that recorded the resort here and i can tell you that at some point that it was looking really bad i can tell you perhaps you could stop it just in time because at some point the storm is coming down to

beat and it allows that that water to go down otherwise i think it will have even exceeded the maximum of the 1965. and more rain is expected julio i how worried are you about your institute and where you were could this be affected as well. i can tell you i didn't laugh last night because i was really a fraid of what was the situation here because we don't have any library here but we have an archive of who is a unique and he's talking about this the story of resistance in the 20th century in benny's he there are no other cards like this one and he's in the cellar. as soon as the island where we are separated i thought i learned from the ramsey case bolger that. the public transport was connected again they came to see and we were in iraqi. waters stop at just a few centimeter from there was the interest of the archive but i can tell you it

was a close call it is a metaphor of how dedicated this city is that and how. how the situation was a bad handled not in the last 20 years but in the last 50 years nothing changes the biden 166 i can tell you that you said this is being handled poorly i mean what do you think of what the city what authorities there have done to prepare for situations like these what it is would be difficult to summarize in few moments but i can tell you the project that the supposed to protect the grannies that is called oh i see it was broken really gaining it was normal scroll down to where a lot of a lot of doubts about that the city council of and its protested to the last moment in which it was possible prepared to have it and i never did with that and it was stopped with any kind of objection with the paid by the federal government now what we got was a lot of corruption and a season that is not working that's what we got after 55 years all right you know

bob dole from the venice institute's of the study of the history of the resistance and contemporary society thank you so much for joining us here on. now donald trump is facing the biggest challenge yet of his presidency with potentially explosive public impeachment hearings due to start later today lawmakers will question 2 diplomats on whether trump sought hugh crane's help for his 2020 reelection campaign democrats are seeking to prove that trump abused his office by threatening to withhold millions of dollars in aid to ukraine unless its government investigated the son of his chief political rival joe biden trump has called the process of scam democrat leaders say significant and serious. and with us here in studio erwin collyer u.s. analyst and professor at bard college berlin erwin thank you for joining us here this is a moment a lot of democrats we could should say have been waiting for the 1st hearings will start into this proceeding how important how impactful is this moment for trump

well trump lives in his own bubble this is a narcissist who is convinced that he can handle any challenge so i would say he does not appreciate just how bad the cards are that he has to play right now right now he will not be able to determine what's going to be on the evening news for quite a while he has to react and he is someone who prefers to be proactive and i think that that that will change the nature of his reactions once he realizes does not have control of the vertical and horizontal on the t.v. screen he will become more desperate who are we expecting to hear from in these hearings and what could we possibly hear ok and then the democrats have structured this so that the very 1st at the very beginning we will see professional diplomats country experts they're there i think to give this paint the picture give the

narrative of what normal diplomatic business is all about otherwise one will just say well what giuliani does mob like kinds of behaviors. going around corners cutting corners trying to play tricks with the rule of law but that's normal in diplomacy and the people that are lined up and who have testified and we have their written testimony before us. were clearly shocked that this had gone beyond the bounds of anything that they had encountered before and they were calling alarm in real time and they're going to stick with their stories there's no reason for them to to deviate now the truth will only set us free if we listen to the truth and the question is it's not so much what they say is what the american public and their representatives hear what about the american public how could this impact the 2020 presidential race because these hearings will be put on public television was sure

the fact that all the networks will be covering this is going to ruin the thanksgiving holidays for a lot of families as people will be playing monday morning quarterback on what's going to happen for the election i think what we're going to see is a mobilization of the pro trump people to defend him even more but the trump movement what we saw in 2018 in the midterm elections what we saw most recently in the off year elections there is a huge reaction within the american population so there's going to be a very very it'll be very vocal on both wings and in the center the big question is sort of the suburban housewife. they have come out very strongly for democrats and i can hard it's very difficult for me to imagine that these hearings would

bring them over to the trump side of the equation ok so what is the plan then for republicans who are hoping to defend the president and that's good. they have a couple of strategies that they're clearly using the one me is well the military aid was released. we did not observe the investigations no harm no foul that of course has the problem if i try to murder you it's attempted murder that's still a crime it's very much a crime the other thing is to fan the flames of the deep state conspiracy that it's the creatures from the swamp that trump was elected. to. hunt and hunt down so they were are going to take all of these representatives of the solid diplomatic service the civil service who are now testifying against trump and trying to paint them into this deep state can conspiracy against the american

people certainly something to watch today are one color u.s. analysts professor at bard college here in the berlin thank you for your analysis why be here. now in bolivia opposition sen onions has declared herself interim president after the former leader if they step down the constitutional court has endorsed on yes even though there were not enough lawmakers present in congress to appoint her what alice has gone into exile in mexico he's accusing on the us of instigating a coup. yes we heard bolivia is position chance the presidential palace is finally there is after 14 years but in the most controversial of circumstances. and yes has bitterly opposed the country's ruler since she entered polygamy in politics over a decade ago now the senate vice president has declared herself the next in line to

the presidency. thank you to everyone in bolivia fick heaping faith i promise to attend democracy and stability to believe. that. but how does the new has come to power democratic. there she made her constitutional case. put on it is that you know. with the ruling party boycotting the national assembly she told opposition lawmakers that she had to step into the breach and take the president i actually i assume the state presidency immediately as specified in the constitution he made it on me. but longtime leader evo morales a shadow. is now in mexico where he was granted asylum after he resigned from there he is continuing to reel against his removal from power her. on twitter morales quickly responded

to and yes his declaration writing. the sneakiest and most nefarious coup in history has been completed a right wing coup mongering senator has proclaimed himself president of the senate and then interim president of bolivia a former president told the news that morales is a legit vote rigging was necessary in order to cvs democracy. and that i will leave you the lesson bolivia will learn is that a government that takes a step outside the rule of the law must be condemned by the bolivian people and the international community because when you allow the 1st violation the 2nd and 3rd come to and they grow they become a snowball. and yet morale is still has support especially among the country's poor indigenous communities. they've

responded with. this declaration less than a month after contested presidential election plunged the country into chaos the battle for bolivia sold only seems to be escalating. let's check in on some other stories making news around the world violent protests have again broken out in the chilean capital of santiago after the national currency the peso dropped to an historic low weeks of mastery protests have plunged the country into crisis protesters are demanding wide ranging social reforms and they want president sebastian pinera to stand down israeli tanks have moved in along the border with gaza tensions have risen since an israeli airstrike killed a palestinian militant leader officials in gaza say the death toll in the latest escalation has reached 12 a barrage of rockets has been fired into israel in retaliation. paris is marking the 4th anniversary of the islamic state terror attacks that killed more than

$100.00 people ministers and the city's mayor laid wreaths in remembrance of the victims jihadists talking to the vatican concert hall as well as bars and restaurants near the national stadium. electric carmaker test that will build its 1st european factory on the outskirts of berlin c.e.o. elon musk says he chose germany because of the country's reputation for engineering expertise here's more of the big announcement. the location couldn't have been more apt clutching his award for the tesla 3 even musk broke the news. good evening with the lawsuits like i have you here we've decided to put as they get a fair create europe. the presenter was lost for words and the new factory will create 10000 new jobs but in senate if economics was swift to express her delight those who have vision come to berlin welcome tesla

tesla already has a gig a factory in shanghai shown here it's roughly the size of $120.00 football pitches soon around half a 1000000 vehicles will roll out of here each year the complex took just 12 months to build a record. the berlin plant will be a similar size it will specialize in the compact s.u.v. model y. and producing lithium batteries in the factory itself will be close to the city's long planned new airport referring to the now 11 year construction period for that musk tesla would certainly be stepping up the pace. well germany's economy minister has also welcomed the announcement by tesla here's what he had to say the a charter school that's tesla's decision to build a large scale auto and battery factory in germany is a huge triumph for germany as a location for production the last few months have seen intense competition among

various european countries it's great important news that germany's won the contract story on things like. this and now students from mainland china are leaving hong kong saying they're being targeted in escalating protests against beijing's influence over the territory local students at hong kong's chinese university have armed themselves with weapons and a bit to keep police off of their campus last night police and students fought for control of a bridge near the university a police chief has warned that hong kong society is on the brink of total breakdown . let's bring in correspondent he's at the bridge leading to chinese university where protesters have a set off the barricades how much yes bring us up to date on what's been happening there where you are. well as you said this is the bridge that enters the compas and this is the bridge where police try to enter campus yesterday which led to these clashes protesters have set up barricades here they

have barricaded all the entrances to this university now this university is different from other universities in other parts of town in that it is in a hilly area and there are very few access points to this university so it's very easy to block off now the campus is under the control of the protesters and they are preparing for the police to return so they have set up not only barricades but they've also prepared hundreds and hundreds of molotov cocktails and weapons to counter the police if they were to enter but i in my opinion it's all it would be very difficult for them already for the geographical layout of this university and there is also now an injunction in court pending where the student unions have asked an injunction that would prevent the police to enter university campuses without. permission from the university administration this is what has been the

practice in hong kong and this is what the what why the east is this attempt yesterday to enter the university lead to these clashes because they thought it was a breach of the rule was that were headed towards the students thought it was a breach of the rules that were existing but is there any effort at the moment the ask the late in the situation as it seems to grow ever more violent is there any and mediation happening between hong kong leadership and these protesters. not that i know yesterday there was an attempt by the president of the university into negotiations with the police and the approach between the police and the protesters demanding the produce police to retreat from this bridge and then the protesters would have to promise that they would not throw anything at the police in the direction of at the foot of the police but when he was still talking to protesters police advanced already and the protesters were continuously throwing

stuff so then clashes erupted and this was by far the most violent clashes that i've witnessed since i have been here in hong kong reporting from the very beginning of this movement there were hundreds and hundreds what he said today $1500.00 rounds of tear gas fired in the whole city but a major part here in its instant seconds it was it was really a fire so this is of course leading to an escalation and the government has made clear it is not intending to give in to any demands not what negotiations can there be if the government says that all of that giving into the demands what would be wishful thinking so i don't see any effort by any side to solve this in negotiations and there's nobody no neutral instance who would be able to do this at the moment considering that also everything the government negotiates needs. to go from beijing. correspondent to ts telling of reporting there with the very latest

from hong kong thank you. you're watching the news still to come climate change activists credited berg is looking for a boat to take her back to europe for the next big climate change conference in madrid it looks like she's found one but it'll be over race against time. but 1st kenya's president who can you have to has pledged to end a female genital mutilation by 2022 kenyatta and other african leaders attending the un conference on population and development are also calling for an end to trial marriage the 3 day summit in the kenyan capital nairobi brings together more than $6000.00 participants from $160.00 countries to discuss sexual and reproductive health and women's rights. these a new buildings on the edge of nairobi's biggest the city is busting at the seams especially in the poorest areas nairobi's population has grown by 40 percent in the last 10 years budgets for improving water supplies or education aren't keeping up

with the rapid population growth bringing problems that particularly affect young women those attending this population conference in nairobi agree improving women's rights is the key a vision of full equality for women and girls of reproductive rights for all that visit is still far from reality 25 years ago un member states agreed that rather than trying to influence the size of their populations countries should instead focus on improving the lives of individuals particularly women. this project in nairobi supports go through vocational training and sex education. it's run by a german nonprofit with the backing of the german government to. follow and god is really young women have a child and by the way girls aged 15 to 19 have 21000000 unwanted pregnancies every

year in africa often their lives are almost over because they don't have any chance to further educate themselves. germany says it'll up its contribution to un population research from 22 to 33000000 euro say yes the conference organizers in nairobi hope that by the time it wraps up on thursday more countries will follow suit. the climate change activist gratitude burke sailed across the atlantic to new york as part of her campaign to get world leaders to act on climate change now she was supposed to continue on to the un climate conference in chile next month but that's been moved to madrid leaving on the wrong side of a large ocean and unwilling to fly. she's found the right. wants to go back to europe but won't take a plane so she asked if anyone was sailing her way and gotten off. fittingly for

a campaign whose message spread around the world via social media she's traveling with a family that found fame and income by instagram. many say the teenager has been pivotal in raising awareness and pushing for action on climate change she also credits u.s. president donald trump he's so extreme and he says so extreme things. so i think people wakes people wake up by that in a way so i think if. this interation would of course have been different if he was not the president. but i thought when he got elected that's now people will finally now people must finally wake up. she's done her best to leave a smaller carbon footprint as possible but she's left her mark on the united states as gratitude prepares to leave america artists unveiled

a tribute in san francisco her next focus 1st the climate conference if i get to the cop 25 in time that i will participate in that because i received an invitation to do so and then i'll go home i think. for a look at a reminder of our top stories here the tourist spots of venice have been submerged after the highest tide in more than half a century cost serious flooding the mayor says the damage will cost hundreds of millions of euro. and u.s. president donald trump is facing the biggest challenge yet of his presidency as the impeachment inquiry goes public live on t.v. democrats are seeking to prove that trump abused his office. coming up next on news a shock to china wants to create its own yellowstone national park that's good news for the environment but is it bad news for tibetans. have released on bail last

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