oh. this is day to day news live from berlin and sri lanka goes to the polls in presidential elections voters have a record number of candidates to choose from national security is a key campaign issue months after the devastating this sunday attacks also coming out just like. the french. did you. feel threatened. to perform a u.s. ambassador to ukraine says she felt threatened and intimidated by president trump for a valid bitch testified during the 2nd round of public hearings in the trump impeachment

inquiry plus it's the end of an era when this league club find munich president really hurt us has stepped down tennis was bunts top executive for 40 years during which time the club developed into a team powerhouse in german football. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program sure lankans are going to the polls to elect a new president oh it has have a choice of 35 candidates this time around a record for the island nation of nearly 22000000 people former defense secretary got a buyout rajapaksa who oversaw the fate of tamil separatists 10 years ago is facing government minister prem and dust in the close contest. nimish to just fall is in the. sri lankan capital colombo she looks at the choices facing sri lankans and

a painful legacy this election is trying to heal. a steady stream of water was already trickling in sri lanka would support its next president 16000000 people are legible to ward and given the historically high voter turnouts in this country a large number of them are expected to cross their mandate and they have their was shot out for them $35.00 candidates have gotten high whining for their presidential board and the ballot people alone is too long but going to kill frontrunner on the one hand we have good parts of the brother of my hand at odds with fox who has actually been the president twice himself with bobby was of the head of defense at the end of. the civil lawyer and it's considered a strong military for good on the other hand we have the same with us so who's going to go to war never the candidate who are open about eradicating poverty and

housing right more at length. a key issue on the top of mind the border as is the national security as this would come in the shadow of the easter sunday of last this group which took over $250.00 lives in this country which i would argue but wrong the thing to tighten up national security and given the military history he has a strong association to do so however there are tons of baathists there are allegations that influence disappearances occurred during his term as the defense secretary on the other hand. is considered a more viable candidate for minorities but even he has spoken about how the long time medically of what this country the country is also struggling with a massive debt and the sluggish economy so it would be interesting to see who the people of this country choose to be the next president to work. out of this as well

it increases in improved national security results might even trickle into night but in case of a runoff where there's no fuel going are a preparation board would be taken into account which would dear the results meyer do it to and we might have to wait more than a day to find out who the next president of sri lanka will be. turning now to some of the other stories making news around the world the teenage suspect in thursday's california high school shooting has died in hospital the 16 year old allegedly fired at random at a high school near los angeles killing 2 students before turning the gun on himself there's. there's been more violent clashes in chile more than 20 people have been killed after nearly a month of civil unrest which is showing no sign of abating the latest clashes come after the government announced plans to hold a referendum to replace the country's constitution a key demand of the protesters. in bolivia 5 people have been killed in clashes

between security forces and supporters of x. president evo morales protesters say all thora he's opened fire on them is in exile in mexico after resigning last sunday over allegations of election fraud he says he wants to return to bolivia as soon as possible. shocked appalled devastated that's how marie event of it described feelings after she learned president trump had denounced her in a phone call with the ukrainian president the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine was abruptly removed from her post earlier this year the issue is whether it was because trump wanted to appoint somebody else or it was only to help him investigate his political rivals which could be an impeachment process offense. good morning everyone it's only the 3rd time in modern u.s. history that impeachment proceedings have got to this stage before me u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie event of which publicly testifying against the president to the house intelligence committee. even if it says trump his lawyer and

his allies derided and smeared her while she was still ambassador undermining american diplomacy president appoint and remove him passages but usually done publicly criticize them as donald trump has and in real time during impeachment proceedings as we see it or testifying the president is attacking you would twitter . what effect do you think that has on other witnesses willingness to come forward . and expose wrongdoing. and it's very intimidating i want you know sure that some of us here take witness intimidation very very seriously later trump hit back so you know what i what i have the right to speak i have freedom of speech just as other people do regarding the central accusation of the impeachment inquiry evanovich wasn't in post when trump withheld aid to ukraine allegedly to get ukraine's president to investigate joe

biden troubles political rival whose son was paid significant amounts on the board of ukrainian gas company. in the run up to the 2020 presidential election what everyone is watching for is whether the threat of impeachment affects trump's popularity right now the polls say it doesn't. meanwhile as that hearing was going on a court not far away reached a guilty verdict in the trial against a former trump advisor raja star and the long time trump ally was convicted of lying to congress obstruction of justice and witness tampering and if it prosecutors say was meant to protect the president the case grew out of the molar investigation which concluded that russia did interfere in the $26.00 day u.s. election evidence show that stone tried to get information from russia to hurt hillary clinton and serve donald trump. since the high profile suicide of convicted sex offender geoffrey epstein last summer britain's prince andrew has

come under scrutiny for his friendship with him in an exclusive interview with the b.b.c. prince andrew who's the son of queen elizabeth the 2nd said he regrets having kept up ties with epstein even after his conviction on sex offenses the problem was the fact that once he had been. convicted he stayed with myself and that's that's that's the. point more so for medicinal purposes because it was not something that was becoming a member often are we trying to uphold. the highest standards and practices. present prince andrew also responded to allegations that he sexually exploited a 17 year old girl during encounters arranged by abstain saying he's never let no recollection of ever meeting her. people in belarus will vote to elect a new parliament on sunday elections they usually provide

a few surprises as president alexander lukashenko has help our unopposed for 25 years top opposition candidates have been kept off the ballot paper meaning that only those loyal to stand a chance of winning states and the lack of democracy has many young people looking to a future outside of the country in recent years there's been a shop deterioration in relations with russia and many. especially young people are now looking to the west for support. ariana is a student in minsk she dreams of having the kind of life people in the e.u. have she says the e.u. has a stronger economy better pay and a higher standard of living she's currently writing her dissertation and would then like to go to poland to continue studying more you go out for ever he's in many people say that things are bad and better is why i would like to find the reasons and then decide whether i want to live here or if i prefer another country voice or

should be closer to russia or the e.u. russia is putting under pressure some think it might even want to take over the country and tyrolese perhaps one reason why national identity is getting stronger here street signs are now in instead of russian the government also hopes to work out a better visa requirement deal with the e.u. arianna likes that and she hopes will become more european but it's not all praise . i don't have much to do with politics and i also don't want to but what's the point if it's people from the top who decide on it's not the public. although parliamentary elections take place on sunday election posters are hard to find as here at the small marketplace in the town of very seen. this book the elections are a waste and they've already been decided on without us. go thinks his country's relationship with russia is important but he also has concerns the retired lawyer

says his son can't find any work. for the my son who has completed 2 higher education courses but can't put them into practice in this country. he had to work for 4 years in russia then returned home and still can't get work in his field you know. at this small campaign stand and seems to be the only one who wants to meet the m.p. but he never showed up and still stresses how important economic ties to russia are but even he isn't just looking eastwards any more than. the ties to russia need to be developed but of course they should also be improving ties with all countries including western ones and the european union. and south of the mist. and the country's authoritarian president alexander lukashenko does seem to be playing both sides now seen here on the left he used to align himself only with his

eastern neighbors now he often talks with nation's most recently with austria but many young people in minsk really don't care anymore about him and his policies they just want to get ahead and if that can't happen in belarus then they'll make it happen elsewhere. as the end of an era in german football and munich president really hurt us has retired after 40 years managing the club he's considered one of the most influential figures in german football but he's also a divisive figure clashing publicly with many of abundantly clubs over the years as well as setting time for tax evasion nevertheless he remains a hero if by on way he did his final farewell on friday. tried to fight back the tears. since i was elected in 2016 you have given me 3 wonderful years thank you see that it's hard to

imagine by in munich without really an s. he was a 3 time winner of both the bundesliga and european cup in the seventy's with buying and he also won the 1974 world cup in 1972 year owes with west germany the success didn't slow down when he transitioned into management 1st as general manager and later as president tennis helped mold buying into the powerhouse they are today he steered the club to 2 champions league titles including the 2013 treble and 20 bundesliga championships says over 40 year reign hasn't been without incident he was the sole survivor of a private plane crash in 1902 and in 2014 venice was imprisoned for evading over $28000000.00 euros in taxes he returned straight to his post after his release 3 years ago his stature not diminished in the eyes of bahrain players past and present. to. this is. what he

achieved as a president and also as a player at the club is unparalleled there will never be anyone like him again. and i think someone like me when us will never stop he's got a buyer and heart and a football heart. so he will always stay connected to us. with byron chairman carl hines women to get nearing the end of his tenure his retirement heralds the closing of a chapter at byron munich. a new project in paris aims to raise awareness of the problems facing the world's oceans like overfishing and plastic waste and befitting of the city of light it's taken the form of a light show visitors to the city's botanical gardens outrage into an installation of oversized sea creatures the show encompasses 50 different saints that show the beauty of marine life and the threat that climate change poses to our oceans.

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