this is deja news live from berlin 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 for months after the devastating easter sunday attacks also coming up. deadly unrest in bolivia as security forces opened fire on supporters of exiled former president evo morales has called it a massacre and has accused the country's interim government of running a dictatorship class. like. a threat.

to. feel threatened. to the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine says she felt threatened and intimidated by president trump event of testified during the 2nd round of public hearings in the trump impeachment inquiry. and it's fought a day of destiny for germany's footballers to injury hit men tainted as bella ruse in the euro 2020 qualifier later eve results go their way they could poke their place in the tournament. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program lankans are going to the polls to elect a new president voters have a choice of 35 candidates this time around a record for the island nation of nearly 22000000 people former defense secretary go to via rajapaksa who are. oversaw the defeat of tamil separatists 10 years ago

is facing government minister. in the close contest. you see it is here is it. just fall is in the sri lankan capital colombo she looks at the choices facing sri lankans on a painful legacy this election is trying to heal. a steady stream of water was already trickling in sri lanka i would support its next president 16000000 people are legible to watch 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 candidates has gotten high whine for their presidential board and the ballot people alone is too long but do feel frontrunners on the one hand we have a good job it out sparks out the brother of my him the logic boxer who has actually been the president twice himself with bobby was of the head of defense at the end

of. your civil lawyer and it's considered a strong military for good on the other hand we have the same with the 3rd who is 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 water is the national security i read this would come in the shadow of the easter sunday of last this group which took over $250.00 lives in this country what i would argue for from the things to tighten up national security and given the military history he has a strong association to do thought however there are tons of baathist bots there are allegations that in 4th 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 it's primarily aboard this. country the country is also struggling with amounts of

debt and the sluggish economy would be interesting to see who the people of this country to be the next president to walk out of this as well as increases in improved national security results might even trickle in tonight but in case of a runoff where there's no clear. preferentially would be taken into account which would. do it too and he might have to wait more than it did to find out who the next president of sri lanka will be. 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 metter high school near los angeles killing 2 students before turning the gun on himself. or thora days in bosnia or 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 have been more violent clashes in chile the latest to come after the government announced plans to hold a referendum to replace the country's constitution and key demand of the protesters more than 20 people have been killed after nearly a month of civil unrest in the country which is showing no sign of abating. in bolivia 5 people have been killed in clashes between security forces and supporters of exiled x. president evo morales protesters say all already has opened fire on them ramos is 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 attempts to restore stability. it looks more like a war zone than a street protest bolivia's political unrest turned deadly on friday a supporters of former president evo morales clashed with police in the town of.

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. they are not numbers they are lives where is the justice. 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. you know mass money to loan or give 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 occasions 3 that. again drew attention to accusations of election irregularities and government corruption under morales officials say that violent civil unrest have claimed more than 19 lives since october the country's man has called for a government investigation into the use of force by the security forces police however lay the blame firmly at the protesters 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 force is used to disperse the crowds for the casualties seem an inevitability before stability returns. shocked appalled devastated

that's how marie event of edge described feeling after she learned president trump had denounced her in a phone call with the ukrainian president the former us 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 someone 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 before me u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie event a bitch publicly testifying against the president to the house intelligence committee. you benefits 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 has but usually done publicly criticize them as donald trump has and in real time during impeachment proceedings as we

sit are 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 to let 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.

mean while as that hearing was going on a court not far away reached a guilty verdict in the trial against the former trump advisor roger stone a longtime trump 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 grew out of the miller investigation which concluded that russia did interfere in the $26.00 thing 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 jeffrey epstein last summer britain's prince andrew has come under scrutiny for his friendship with him an exclusive interview with the baby say prince andrew who is the son of queen elizabeth the 2nd said he regrets keeping 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. point more so for the purposes because it was not something that was becoming a member or family trying to uphold. the highest standards and practices. 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 i was in a storage not in finland as the nordic country qualified for their 1st ever major men's football tournament these were the same in the capitol hill think he when finland bate lish the stein 3 mil to book their place at euro 2020 the windsock you would 2nd place in group j. behind italy finland have never before made it into a world cup or european championship they'll be joined by sweden who also qualified

. date of respect to their star striker team by perky who scored twice in last night's match. it's amazing it's been been a long dream for all of us difficult people in finland so so something. not so many as we could even for you but now we are. in a major tournaments or obviously that's a huge huge thing 1st. and germany have yet to secure their place in the tournament but it results go their way they could steal their passage at hime to belarus despite missing a couple of k. players the germans are looking to win their 3rd straight game in the competition. at the start of the week germany players want you to find out how fans like the team's jersey. so the team's kits for the european championship 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

. we want to win these 2 games we expect that of ourselves in order to have a positive conclusion to the year. it's been a constant process from march until now to the from that specific. puts this 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 stay good 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 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 lush dark hopes to make his debut after his 9th call up but his lack of training after a broken nose could prevent that from happening once again. a new project in paris aims to raise awareness of the problems facing the world's oceans 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 are treated to an installation of oversized sea creatures the show encompasses 50 different scenes that show the beauty of marine life and the threat that climate change poses to our oceans. but as a reminder of the top story we're following for you sri lankans are going to the polls to elect a new president will be counted soon after polling stations close the results and

not expect this before sunday. you're watching c.w. news live from berlin up next shift technology program and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's d.w. dot com arianna mary and i have been staying will be out with you next i'm rebecca risen fell and thanks for watching. where i come from we have to fight for a free press i was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one t.v. shadow and if you newspapers with official information as a journalist i have work all over the streets of many characters and they have problems.