this is you know reading was a lie from berlin on the docket the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine testifies on day 2 of the public hearing from president trump's impeachment clear on capitol hill also ahead no let up venice suffers renewed flooding after another high tide adding to the threat to the city's unique cultural landmarks the mayor calling for international 8 plus the head of europe's leading human rights organization to visit the holocaust memorial in berlin and warns of the glowing anti semitism in germany and it's the end of an era of going to sleep a club buyer munich president bully honus is stepping down on friday has been

revived for 40 years during which time the club developed into the powerhouse in german football. on my lark thank you so much for your company everyone will begin in the us where the impeachment inquiry into us president donald trump has resumed with a 2nd day of public hearings on today's session centers on testimony from marie divonne 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've giuliani later she was branded bad news by donald trump and in her opening statements you've on a bitch said she had no agenda other than to. pursue the us stated foreign policy

goals take a listen individuals who apparently felt stymied by or press our efforts to promote stated us policy against corruption that is to do our mission were able to successfully conduct a campaign of december mission against a sitting them down using an official act. as various witnesses have recounted their share baseless allegations with the president and convinced him to remove his ambassador despite the fact that the state department fully understood that the allegations were false and the sources highly suspect our ukraine policy has been thrown into disarray and shady interests the world over the world over have learned how little it takes to remove an american ambassador who does not give them what they want. of out of it's just speaking there in her opening statement let's take you know to capitol hill to our correspondent publicly ileus he is standing on capitol hill public 1st want to ask you what struck you about her

testimony. i think 1st and foremost really you know the fact that it's being very personal she hasn't held back whatsoever you know she she was i asked pretty in-depth questions about her time there in ukraine and also some of her answers were pretty you know shocking to many people who were watching in fact one of the latest things that has happened is that when she was asked about president trump's personal political interests and also joe biden this you know quid pro quo which we've heard so much mentioned it hasn't really been mentioned so much today but she said that at the time of this phone call referring to the phone call on july 25th which is the center of all this pretty quick pro quo and she said that she departed ukraine 2 months prior and it wouldn't have been in her policy in may she said and also she said do you do they appear to you to

benefit the president's personal political interests rather than the national interest she responded with they could now at the same time we've been seeing how president trump has been essentially live tweeting quite intimidating at tweets coming from him that's being brought up in the hearing today i'm that's been mentioned already right that is extraordinary of course talk to us a little bit more about that the president weighing in in the middle of the ambassador's testimony. that's right now as president trump has essentially being trying to discredit you know at the former u.s. ambassador marie bitch and of course you know adam schiff who is there on that one of the main people who's i asking these questions to marie ivanovitch has said that you know witness intimidation is something that is taken very seriously but you know president trump has been sort of saying that any words that marie event of each went it was essentially a disaster and and trying to justify in some way his decision to bring her or to

remove her from her position there in ukraine let's not forget that marie ivanovitch is a long standing at u.s. diplomat with over 3 decades of service so you know it's a pretty dramatic start to the 2nd day of you know this these public hearings a commitment stored nary a development of reporting for you from washington pablo foley alias 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 the man on the other end of that phone call ukrainian president volodymyr selenski is getting more attention from the u.s. than he ever wanted so how does the impeachment inquiry look from kiev and what's at stake. we had. i think good phone call it

was normal we spoke about many things than day but i think when you're ready that nobody bullshit bullshit me yes no freaking. 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 what does this mean for his visibly uncomfortable guest polygamous alinsky and the country's elite. as worrying is ukraine gate is few grains leaders in the streets of the capital kiev people are struggling to understand just what trump is accused of wanting from celeste you have to ask trump what it is he wanted to be honest i don't have a clue as to translate he should have 3 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. the unpleasant little book that you would have seen 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 president selenski 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 ukraine 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. nikolay reporting for you from ukraine want to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around the world. 11 on former finance minister mohammad safadi has agreed to be put forward as prime minister well in an attempt to end months of protests and political standing but that has failed to stop demonstrators taking to the streets to protest that very move they see safadi a wealthy businessman as emblematic of

a failed political system. 2 people have been killed in baghdad in the latest violence to ravage shia antigovernment protests official say police fired tear gas and a live ammunition to disperse demonstrators more than 300 people have been killed in iraq since the protests began in early october. an 18 year old man in belgium has become the 1st person in that country to die from vaporing he died within a month of contracting a lung infection after using an isa garrette reports of it being related deaths around the world have been growing with 42 deaths in the united states alone. venice has been hit by flooding from another exceptionally high tide st mark's square again under water and close to the public 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 of the city. 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. much 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 and tight. but this week the devastation is considerable your visa regime 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 rado. long 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 since marks basilica and meeting those walking to rebuild he pledged millions of euros in help but. i saw great distress. today i spoke to a newsstand owner mr gallagher who saw his kiosk collapse in the jew 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. as if you've been it 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 had little motorized water pumps to get it out while it was at its peak to get try and

get things draw i am now people have started to hoover vacuum clean the water out and i call pits 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 it lost trusses for the houses sofas bridges 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. 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 are 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 in 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 been marked 20000000 for media how that's going to be going to individuals simple simple people that live lives have can get up to 5000 euro's and business owners can get up to 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 the jutes of 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 after that 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 answers on what the government italian government and the local government should do they simply said finish the modes finish. james jackson reporting from venice thank you. and back here in germany an attempted mass murder at a synagogue on the jewish young kapoor holiday last month has highlighted a worrying rise in anti semitism while the most official senior watchdog now here in this country is calling for tougher punishments as a deterrent to hate crimes against jewish people anti semitism commissioner felix klein and the head of the european council maria burch visited the holocaust memorial in berlin today a memorial is dedicated to the holocaust 6000000 jewish victims. no one except a very warm welcome to the secretary general of the council of europe maria burch

so good to have you here with this important issue that the authorities here are trying to tackle is anti semitism on the rise across europe unfortunately it is it is visible not only in germany through this really terrible attack too in how the just a month ago it's it's visible as were and it's really raising concerns for everyone and specially for us in the council of europe who have invested since years a lot to work on. combating the hate speech and to semitism so we are bear that what is happening around needs another level of involvement not only on the national level but also on international so we are watching very carefully what to german government has done really quickly and also some other governments and we believe there is certainly need to tweak on the

level of the council of europe do more and do some things together with the they do they did member states because it's really a trend that should not continue that way why do you think this trend is happiness worrying trend is happening now across europe it's a prime plea part of the larger scale of raising populism and nationalism all across not only in europe but elsewhere as well so we believe that we need to you know education and remember. of holocaust is one of the ways and probably one of the very good ways to combat semitism and that's why today i paid a visit to the mirror oriel because i believe that this is also a message in itself that we need to to go and have to remember these terrible crimes that have happened and not to be repeated so in. respect was also very happy to me today felix declined

a coordinator for. holocaust team in germany and exchange with him more tazz been done and what could be done so we hope that together with him with german government but the beat some other governments we can do tackled this issue especially as the next here in just a one year time term unable takeover of the presidency ordered a committee of the distance how worried are you by the fact that of course this country has a lot of work and when it comes to holocaust remembrance it's front and center get these things still happen is the german government doing enough should it be doing even more or certainly we all should do more and that's why we need to put up old together and see how to go about it because i think this i would say new wave the old and to semitism combined with the new forms of and to semitism is happening partly also because all goods that we have been brought by the social

media and the internet this is the down side of all for all these defected that actually hate speech and hate crime can be easily spread and inside to my limits and and intolerance towards minorities no matter what grounds on religious ethnic or others so this is a partly a new stage where we need to not only as governments and international organizations to work but also internet providers because what is important is to report immediately and to find who these people are who who are inciting gun violence because it's boring because it's you know freedom of speech and freedom of expression is not a denial of holocaust that's what last year the european court of human rights. ruled in the case which jared germany also confirmed to german courts position

because this is not their day european convention on human rights what what means freedom of expression to express discount of denial or any idea hate speech hate speech. where'd the freedom of expression and freedom of expression is not absolute i understand from your answer right maria birch secretary general of the council of europe thank you for coming in and. shift our attention now to turkey that country has started to pour in people it believes to be foreign militants a family suspected of supporting the so-called islamic state arrived in berlin on thursday while turkey said it will deport 23 more european nationals in the coming 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 their hometown 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 who 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 of the fall and put inside us why didn't we have to assess the potential threat posed by these returnees in each individual case. you can't simply say that every person coming back represents a danger. but we make extensive checks to determine what steps the police or local authorities need to take. 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 get her to like 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 with turkey much earlier. 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. firebrand a bar in munich president only has so will hand over the reins at byron's annual general meeting on friday evening drawing a line under 4 decades of involvement with the club and this is responsible for transforming byron into

a football powerhouse he leaves the role the spike returning to his post after serving jail time for tax evasion only 3 years ago. it's hard to imagine buy in munich without police her niece. he was a 3 time winner of both the britain is legal and european cup in the seventy's with bae and. he was there when the 1974 world cup in 1972 euros with west germany and the success didn't slow down when he transitioned into management 1st as general manager and they threw as president and it helped mold buy into the powerhouse they are today. he steered the club to 2 champions league titles including the 2013 travel as well as $28.00 championships tennessee's over 40 year reign hasn't been without incident he was the sole survivor of a private plane crash in 1982 and in 2014 when it was imprisoned for evading over

28000000 euros in taxes he returned straight to his post after his release 3 years ago his stature not diminished in the eyes of buying players past and present. as if to buy a home this is byron munich what he achieved as a president and also as a player at the club is unparalleled there will never be anyone like him again. that's why this might be able to include as. i think some likelihood us will never stop he's got a byron heart and a football heart. so he will always stay connected to us. with by him chairman carl hines rimini go also nearing the end of his tenure his retirement heralds the closing of a chapter of fine munich. and some tennis now for you when the last time roger federer and novak djokovic face off was in a grand slam final at wimbledon the back in july well that showdown lasted almost 5

hours for jock of each event julie defeating his rival and now at the a.t.p. finals in london federer avenge that loss and moved on to the tournaments last for . it was a long time coming after a run off 4 years and 5 straight losses roger federer finally managed to overcome novak djokovic once more what the swiss outperformed the syrup capitalizing on every mistake this was nothing short of a master class a 38 year old fred or a not showing any signs of aging and playing with trademark grace and elegance his dominance didn't let up djokovic eventually folded and federer's seen the victory 6463 played incredible and i knew how to use that's what novak does and i was able to produce i was 7 magical you guys made a super special thank you i can't thank you enough. federer claimed to be unaware

of his record against joke of h. over the past few years but with an a.t.p. semifinal coming up that is all in the past now. next researchers in japan have been looking into how to reduce the number of fly by its cows gets well scientists from the agricultural research center painted addled in black and white strips yes you see that right they found the straight cow's received fewer than half the bites then the unpainted control group reducing a fly bites would help to control the spread of infectious diseases and reduce stress in the animals officials expect the results to apply to other life stock as well. it's a little bit getting used to but if it helps the reminder now the top story that we're tracking for you this hour the former u.s.

ambassador to ukraine has been testifying now on day 2 of the public hearing in presidential impeachment inquiry mary your job all of it shows says that she felt threatened by the president but had no firsthand knowledge of the phone call chunk made to his ukrainian counterpart. thanks for watching.

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