seriously i. don't want to think principles of the cold starts nov 27th on t w. this is do w. news live from berlin on the docket the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine testifies on day 2 of the public hearing on president trump's impeachment we're on capitol hill also coming up no letup venice suffers renewed flooding after another high tide adding to the threat to the city's unique cultural landmarks the mayor now calling for international aid. to under

a welcome arrivals in berlin turkey deports a german family they suspect of links to the so-called islamic state journey meanwhile says they will be assessed to find out if they do indeed pose a threat and now it is baby shark time. to find out how the infectious the south koreans sunk nearly a 1000000000 hits on you tube landed in some unexpected places. all right thank you so much for your company everyone the impeachment inquiry into u.s. president donald trump has resumed with a 2nd day of public hearings all today session so. turns on testimony from are you

out of it while the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine was fired from her post in kiev after coming under attack by trump's personal lawyer would have giuliani ahead of her testimony the democratic chair of the intelligence committee defended you bought of it saying she'd been the victim of a smear campaign take a listen. and mastery of on of each was serving our nation's interest in fighting corruption in ukraine but she was considered an obstacle to the further in so the president's personal and political agenda for that she was smeared and cast aside the powers of the presidency are immense but they are not absolute and they cannot be used for corrupt purpose that was adam schiff so opening statements take you now to washington to our correspondent public fully ileus who is on capitol hill he's standing right outside where those hearings are taking

place right this moment pablo what have we learned so far from ambassador yavanna bitch. well it's been a pretty dramatic as opening of this 2nd day from the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie yvonne a bitch i'm just going to quote some of the things that she said you've already said that she said that there was a smear campaign against her which was led by president drums own personal attorney rudy giuliani and his associates she said that they were it was a campaign of this information against a sitting ambassador using an official back channels and that she added that these events should concern everyone in this room she also said if are cheaper chief representative is kneecapped it limits our effectiveness to safeguard the vital national security interests of the united states they are very damning words and pretty dramatic it's a very dramatic opening today 2nd day after what began as a pretty personal statement from marie ivanovna chair in the building behind me and

give us a little bit of the back story brought broad strokes if you can because what is what is the story because according to the democrats she was unequivocally the casualty of a fresh air campaign waged by the white house. you're absolutely right now maria von of the former ambassador to ukraine as i've mentioned is a career diplomat she was appointed to her role in kiev back under the obama administration and then abruptly removed from that role by president trump just in the spring and you know that she was very well known for being someone who was very much in favor of fighting corruption she she said that she was working very hard as the u.s. representative to fight that corruption there in ukraine as the u.s. representative and also she said you know like i mentioned in the public and the

private hearings that took place last month as she mentioned this smear campaign against her and you know that it was a pretty big blow to her considering all the years of service that she'd given to the united states to be removed so what broccoli. from her position there in ukraine moments ahead of the public hearing the white house released a transcript of a call between president trump and his ukrainian counterpart mr selenski what did it say. right well this is of course now the 2nd call that we've had released by the white house now in this said it's a lot shorter than the original phone call from july 25th this is actually from april the attempt by the white house is to sort of show that there was nothing dodgy taking place that it was all ok was all above board book questions have already been raised in fact by media here in the united states who are claiming that they're actually parts of it which i mention actually the word corruption have

been removed from this but like i said it's just beginning now it's just been released in the past few minutes so there are still many questions that have been raised but the white house is attempting to show that basically it was a very friendly phone call from president trump to president selenski essentially congratulating for him for grudging congratulating him for his win in the presidential election there publicly is reporting from capitol hill thank you. well the impeachment hearings on capitol hill stem from a controversial phone call between president trump and his ukrainian counterpart back in july will the man on the other end of that phone call ukrainian president a lot of resilience he is getting more attention from the u.s. that he ever wanted so how does the impeachment inquiry look from kiev and what's at stake for that country. we had. i think a good phone call it was normal we spoke about many things and.

so i think when you are ready that nobody bullshit bullshit me yes no credit. no pressure on ukraine to launch an investigation into trump rival joe biden's son hunter that's a claim that since been challenged by numerous top u.s. officials testifying to congress irrespective of whether this ends in impeachment for trump what does this mean for his visibly uncomfortable guest followed him as events and the country's elite. as worrying is ukraine gate is for ukraine's leaders in the streets of the capital kiev people are struggling to understand just what trump is accused of wanting insolence to you'd have to ask trump what it is he wanted to be honest i don't have a clue that's that around $33.00 but it trump has his reelection to think about. and selenski really wants to be friends with world leaders that's why he caved in.

as far away as the so-called ukraine scandal might feel to ordinary ukrainians this is clearly about more than just making friends with world leaders $400000000.00 in military aid to be precise dependent on presence alinsky is willingness to launch an investigation into trump opponent joe biden's son hunter so the allegation goes in ukraine's 5 year conflict with russia u.s. military assistance and financial support being crucial until now aid for ukraine has enjoyed bipartisan support in washington but could that support now evaporate if ukraine was seen to be meddling in u.s. domestic politics well i think his strategy was to avoid taking sides because he understands that the american support the international support is crucial for for ukraine because ukraine is facing russian aggression imagine if you crane is loses american support that means that ukraine is left alone with russia and no country that is left alone with the can basically survives. just 6 months into the job and

president selenski now faces an enviable choice please donald trump by investigating hunter biden and face allegations of interference in u.s. affairs were dragged his feet and risk incurring the hostility of the man in charge of ukraine's most important ally it's a lose lose situation and with the impeachment inquiry gathering pace sitting tight and keeping quiet will prove more difficult by the day. nick calio reporting there for you from kiev all next we had to venice well that historic city has been hit by flooding from another exceptionally high tide st mark's square has again been underwater and close to the public all the levels at midday on friday did not reach those of the peak flooding seen earlier this week but the water still poses an ongoing threat to the cultural heritage. at this.

land and sea become one again another exceptionally high tide is wreaking havoc on venice. workers dismantle elevated walkways to protect the public it is yet more destruction after days of dismay. matt jurado has given everything to this place. none of the fridges are working we're trying to dry things off. for 200 years this grand hotel has stood the test of time untied. but this week the devastation is considerable these are saying was a ship that i think we have $70000.00 euros of damage more or less obviously we're still counting the level of damage and we're still trying to fix parts of the electricity there really matter. as all of venice take stock of the damage some are wondering if nature is finally closing in on this lagoon city's fortifications not

rather. more about we're from the venice venetians born in venice most of us are venetian so to say stop with venice never. get to the prime minister took in the damage for himself visiting sin marks basilica and meeting those walking to rebuild he pledged millions of euros in help but all. eyes are great distress. today i spoke to a newsstand owner mr bulger who saw his kiosk collapse in the ju decker canal. he lost everything. you can imagine what it means for someone who owns a business to see his world drowning in the water levels as if you don't have any he also promised to turn this into a reality the more a title defense system that has been plagued by corruption and delays they began

planning it in 1984 before then locals must contend with an almighty cleanup operation that is expected to cost hundreds of millions. let's take you to the canal a city now due to abuse james jackson is in venice on st mark's place good to see you james it's raining out there pouring i can see behind you what's the situation like where you are. so it's very. it's been very long day for most of it for the people of venice everything has been flooded the levels although they want has high as a few days ago was still exceptionally high and. people was shops were damaged people's hotels were damaged as we were walking around we saw almost every shop pods little motorized water pumps to get it out that while it was at its peak to get to try and get things draw i am now people have started to hoover vacuum clean

the water out and neck carpets to get things going again so that they can try and return to life as normal return to life as normal that's going to take some while james because talk to us a little bit about the damage that's been done by these record floods. so almost everyone in venice will have been affected in some way especially business owners and people living on the ground floor 70 percent of the city was underwater today and we spoke to people who have lost computers for that business is they've lost my choices for their houses sofas for ages all these kinds of things but of course venice is a unesco cultural heritage city and so some of the damage will have been done says places like san marcos basilica right behind me and in places like that you can't really count how much the damage will cost because some of the things that quite simply priceless exactly their prices that was the word there was going to use as

well so what are they going to do i is the government of course has already declared a state of emergency and now there are calls for international help yes that's right the government has declared a state of emergency and the prime minister. has. marked 20000000 for media how that's going to be going to individuals simple simple people that live live here can get up to 5000 euros and business owners can get so upset 20000 euros i've seen however when i spoke to people about what they what they want for the 1st thing they said was that people shouldn't be turned off coming to venice because a lot of them to these floods this is only going to last for a few for a week or so and then life. will try to return to normal often not so they're worried about the effect that this will have on business a lot of them were looking quite depressed didn't want to talk to reporters but the

people who gave the clearest song says on what the government italian government and the local government should do they simply said finish the modes finish. james jackson or porting from venice thank you. well as i know about some of the other stories making news around the world. a man has died in hong kong after being caught in clashes between pro-democracy demonstrators and a group opposing them all the 70 year old street cleaner was hit in the head with a brick on wednesday it's not clear who threw the object. chile has announced it will hold a referendum to amend the country's dictatorship era constitution following weeks of antigovernment protests were demonstrations began nearly in month ago over a plan to increase the price of subway tickets the protesters are now demanding a wide ranging social reforms and the resignation of president sebastian pinera.

turkey has started deporting people it believes to be foreign militants a family suspect of a suspected rather of supporting the so-called islamic state arrived in berlin on thursday turkey said it will deport $23.00 more european nationals in the next couple of days. 7 members of the same family arrived back in berlin after a visit to turkey they traveled there in january and were arrested shortly afterwards back in germany they met by the police the turkish government claims they were intending to travel on to syria but there's no proof of that it's known that some family members were involved with the islamist movement in the home town in germany and may have sympathized with the so-called islamic state that's in itself is not a crime one son is said to have been a member of the german islamic circle which is led by the radical cleric abu were

law and was banned 2 years ago it's not clear what will now happen to the family who are not facing the rest. that's the fallen put inside us when we have to assess the potential threat posed by these written needs in each individual case. you can simply say that every person coming back represents a danger in sufficient proof but we make extensive checks to determine what steps the police or local authorities need to take your vision and be here you'll need to come to questions in opposition politicians say the government has failed to put measures in place to deal with the return of islamic state supporters to go to selling government has had its head in the sand not wanting to deal with this now they are paying the price they should have agreed on procedures which turkey much earlier had to. turkey now wants to deport the wives of 2

islamic state fighters to germany both women were being held in kurdish run prison camps when ankara launched its offensive in northern syria last month they managed to escape but were taken into custody for deportation by the turkish authorities. and want to turn our attention now to lebanon where 4 were finance minister mohammad safadi as agreed to be put forward as prime minister in an attempt to end months of protests and political stalemate but that move failed to stop demonstrators from taking to the streets in protest against demonstrators a block them a rorschach test south a highway near the northern city of tripoli chanting revolution protesters have been demanding radical reform and see safadi a wealthy businessman as emblematic of a failed political system. and we can take you now or to beirut lebanon state capital to the correspondent

a best seller reading who is tracking this story for us best ok why do people protest against the nomination of mohamed safadi. why for 2 main reasons 1st of all he was an m.p. for a long time. that's a former minister for finance and for so forth they should according to the protesters the name of suffered he is addicted to something caught up to mainly because. which is called the bait when we have the bed with the club they believe. they did go to that area and they had brought us there in the past days during this process they would protest over there and they are going to return back to the coastal areas to. be public 2nd name was

elated as well. your mama what it's known to your mama on peace between saudi and if yet and u.k. they believe that it's also corrupted and it's some you know indecent case some violation with this case so all in all. to be. half an hour after midnight exactly after midnight yesterday the protesters went directed to hit the defense into his main city and they chant that because they asked him to step down and not to go to proceed with this process right now a vessel of course that makes this so complicated lebanon of course is not like any other country in the sense that it has its very complex political system where each sect has to be represented so does that make picking a prime minister zebari very difficult. according to the customs. and prosecution and lowe's prime minister must be

a muslim sunday so what comes to this trying to form. a prime minister we're. told me government would be divided into 2. christians muslims so it's pretty complete it complicated it's a headache so one comes to. prime minister you must be it's only one and according to the not insecure which in political situation in lebanon the most the related or the most powerful political. sunni leader now in lebanon it's odd how do you think the caretaker prime minister so. according to this constitution it's true every prime minister of the president should be elected by own or should be liberated by old sectors in lebanon and graphic into consideration the regional issues as well. corresponding better that he reporting from beirut

thank you as always for you continued coverage thank you you're watching the news still to come. in. our curry any internet it has found global resonance it's baby shower time in a compliment. all right but 1st some tennis now in the last time russia federer and novak djokovic faced off was in a grand slam final at wimbledon in july while that showdown lasted almost 5 hours would talk of each eventual defeating his rival while now at the a.t.p. finals in london federer and then judged that loss and moved on to the tournaments last for. it was a long time coming after a run off for years and 5 straight losses roger federer finally managed to overcome novak djokovic shot once more at the swiss outperformed the syrup capitalizing on

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unexpected of places. it started as a children's song about a family of sharks. then he was sung by demonstrators to calm a scared top player during anti-government protests in lebanon. going to count them and it's also become the unofficial i'm fame of the washington nationals the u.s. baseball team and their fans seem to love it. the kids melodies so catchy it's become a global phenomenon its creators. say they looked at korean popular music also known as k. pop for inspiration. there was something powerful about 4 and camp songs we tried to use the same principle to turn this song into

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a nother day of public hearings today's session centers on testimony from the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine on a bitch. then as has been hit by flooding from another exceptionally high tide st mark's square has again been underwater and close to the public the levels at midday on friday did not reach those of the peak flooding seen earlier in the week . 3 major lebanese parties have agreed to nominate a former finance minister mohammad saffi to serve as prime minister last few days predecessor resigned at the end of october following nationwide anti corruption protests. a man has died in hong kong after being caught. in clashes between pro-democracy protesters and police a 70 year old street cleaner was hit in the head by a brick on wednesday it's unclear who threw the object. this is due to be news from

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