this is date every news live from berlin 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 easter sunday attacks also coming up just like. france. did you. feel threatened. by do the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine says she felt threatened and intimidated by president tromped marine evanovich testifies during the 2nd round of public hearings in the trump

impeachment inquiry. and a day of destiny for germany's footballers the injury hit taint. host deloris in a euro 2020 qualifier results go their way they could build their place in the tournament. i'm rebecca it has welcome to the program sri lankans are going to the polls to elect a new president as his have a choice of 35 candidates this time around a record for the island nation of nearly 22000000 people former defense secretary go to rajapaksa who oversaw the defeat of tamil separatists 10 years ago is facing a government minister. in a close contest that every day in a mission just one. as 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 there was a shout out for them $35.00 candidates have gotten high whining for their presidential board and the ballot people along in 2 feet long but that have to feel frontrunner on the one hand we have parts the brother of my him good as a fox who have actually been the president himself would probably was the be head of the friends at the end of the long run. they will lawyer and it's considered a strong military for good on the other hand we have the same with us are going to go to more never really candidates who are open about eradicating poverty and

housing right more at length. a key issue on the top of mind the war is national security as this would come in the shadow of the easter sunday of last this group which took over 250 lives in this country what i would argue but far from the things 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 she long time medically aboard this country the country is also struggling with a massive debt and the sluggish economy would be interesting to see who the people of this country choose to be the next president to walk the. out of this as well as

an increase in improved national security results might even trickle in tonight in fears of a runoff where there is no fear when they are up referentially would be taken into account which would dear the results meyer do it too and we might have to wait more than a day to find out who the next president of sri lanka will be. not as 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 . or thora he's in bosnia are threatening to impose a lockdown on 2 large migrant camps in the northwest of the country to press the central government to relocate people the local mayor says the camps near bosnia's border with croatia a dangerously overcrowded. 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 light has clashes

come after the government announced plans to hold a referendum to replace the country's constitution make a demand of the protesters. in bolivia 5 people have been killed in clashes between security forces and supporters of exiled x. president evo morales protesters say or thora he's opened fire on them for all of this in exile in mexico after resigning last sunday over allegations of election fraud the ongoing unrest at home in bolivia is threatening the interim government's attempt to restore stability. it looks more like a wall street protest bolivia's political unrest turned deadly on friday a supporters of former president evo morales clashed with police in the town of sirte. as the dead were buried emotions were rule and anger directed. bolivia's self-appointed president has.

said this is what they call democracy. killing us like we are nothing there they are not numbers they are lives where is the justice love her. supporters have been taking to the streets since he resigned and fled the country to mexico earlier this week claiming a coup had taken place these protests against the 4 day old government led by conservative anas are a stark indication of the political upheaval taking place and as has dismissed morales allegations of a coup. most money order gave the most manipulative thing that former president morales is doing now is to convince the international community that it was a coup when the q. has been against bolivians on many occasion was really the law in which i hope it

will be that way and there's again drew attention to accusations of election irregularities and government corruption under the rug as officials say that violent civil unrest have claimed more than 19 lives since october the country's ombudsman has called for a government investigation into the use of force by the security forces police however lay the blame firmly at the protestors feet. this is not a peaceful movement that needs to be made very clear because the protesters can't claim that they come in peace when we intervene we find these sorts of things. while forces used to disperse the crowds for the casualties seem an inevitability before stability returns. shocked uphold devastated that's how marie event of it described feeling 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 if it was only to help him investigate his political rivals which could be an impeachable offense good morning everyone it's only the 3rd time in modern u.s. history that impeachment proceedings have got to this stage the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine mary event of it publicly testifying against the president to the house intelligence committee so 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 bassett is 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. it's very intimidating. i want to let you know that

some of us here take witness intimidation very very seriously later trump it 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 . mean while as that hearing was going on court not far away reached a guilty verdict in the trial against the former trump advisor roger stone the long

time ally was convicted of lying to congress obstruction of justice and witness tampering and if it prosecutors say it was meant to protect the president the case grew out of the more investigation which concluded that russia did interfere in the $26.00 day u.s. election evidence show that stern tried to get information from russia to hurt hillary clinton and serve donald trump. since the high profile suicide of a convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein last summer britain's prince andrew has come under scrutiny for his friendship with him in an exclusive interview with the baby say prince andrew who is the son of queen elizabeth the 2nd says 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. and that's that's that's the. more so for this

is because it was not something that was becoming a member of firmly 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 a range by abstain saying he has no recollection of ever meeting her. well it was an historic night in finland as the nordic country qualified for the 1st ever major men's football tournament these are where the same in the capital helsinki when finland beat lish this time 3 mils have built their place at euro 2020 the windsock you would 2nd place in group j. behind italy finland have never before made it to a world cup or european championship they'll be joined by sweden who also qualified . date of the spoke to the airstrike at the best ass trying. he scored twice in last night's match the fierce fierce amazing it's been have been

a long dream for all of us difficult people in finland so so something. not so many years we could even for you but now we are. in a major tournaments or obviously that's a huge huge thing for us. and germany have yet to secure their place in the tournament bought everything else go their way they could seal their passage tonight at home to bellaver despite missing a couple of k. players the germans looking to win their 3rd straight game in the competition. at the start of the week germany players wanted to find out how fans like the team's jersey. so the team's kits for the european championships are ready to be done but they still haven't qualified after a very bumpy year for the team and coach. they know what they need to do he said by . the way want to win these 2 games we expect that of ourselves in order to have a positive conclusion to the year obviously it's been

a constant process from march until now into the if i'm not specific. which says and that will be a tall order the 2014 world champions are rebuilding and loeb is looking for the right pieces for next year's tournament against villa roos germany will be down 8 players due to injury but at least 2 of the world's best goalkeepers will be ready starter manuel neuer and marc andre to germany should be able to defeat the underdogs but the team knows they are far from world class at the moment. confident you can't expect this team which always plays in different formations to stay at that level for 90 minutes although the expectations are always high and we ourselves have high expectations. of us 2 of the deceased but it's only a team that's played together for a long long time that can dominate a game for 90 minutes at stud and getting 60. for the man with the mask it could be

a special game here to berlin snick last doc hopes to make his debut after his 9th caller but his lack of training after a broken nose could prevent that from happening once again. 10. yes now and at the a.t.p. finals alexander verite has booked his place in the final 4 so of bait rushes that danielle medvedev in straight sets in the final match of the group stage the german took the 1st set 64 and then won the 2nd in a tie break to set up a semi final clash against austria's dominic tain serves when also knocked out world number one referee on a doll. 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 has taken the form of a light show visitors to the city's botanical gardens a traitor to an installation of oversized sea creatures the show encompasses 50

different same's that show the beauty of marine life and the threat that climate change poses to our oceans. you're watching data news live from berlin up next world stories the weekend reports don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site at state every dot com i'm rebecca rated thanks for watching. what i subscribe to do w. books your favorite writers seem like to see myself as the kid star in this strange grown up world where your books on. climate change. sustainability and. environmental rangers. give clues or.