this is the w. new smile i got from berlin u.s. president donald trump hits out at the impeachment hearings calling them a disgrace and that embarrassment to members of the trump administration who listened in on that disputed phone call between trump and the ukrainian president testified today that the conversation was improper and unusual also coming up greece's prime minister accusing the european union of parking mine in countries on the e.u.'s algor borders case in point this refugee camp on the island of less

booked and swedish prosecutors say there's not enough evidence to carry on investigating and alleged rape by wiki leaks founder julian assange. remains in prison in the u.k. for skipping bail and he also faces and extradition to the united states on spying charges. i'm brant goff to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and around the world welcome we begin in washington on this 3rd day of impeachment hearings against u.s. president donald trump 2 senior officials 2 members of the ministry should have already testified and includes jennifer williams an aide to vice president mike pence and lieutenant colonel alexander been a member of the national security council both a listen and. the phone call between trump and ukraine's president zelinsky back to

july then men said today that the unequal bargaining position of the 2 leaders and ukraine's dependence on the united states amounted to a demand from trump right to zelinsky and not was improper for the president to requestion to demand investigation into a political opponent opponent especially at foreign power where there's at best dubious belief that this would be a completely impartial investigation and that this would have significant implications if it became public knowledge and it would be perceived as a parson play it undermine our ukraine policy and it would undermine our national security ard let's take this story now to washington our bureau chief alexander phenomena she is on the story for us do not get any do you alexandra so the 1st 2

witnesses who testified today they belong to the trumpet ministration that we were talking about trump's own people what does their testimony mean for the president. i would say it is another piece of evidence pointing in that direction that presidents trump seem not to be very focused on fighting against corruption in the ukraine and that his decision to block the military aid to ukraine was not a policy focused poll the sea based decision by a driver was managed to advance his political personal gains and that is of course what democrat strongly believed in and with the 10 and current men they had today a very credible witness we have to say president trouble of course he dismissed or that testimony is today calling the whole impeachment inquiry esque have a witch hunt the white house official twitter account went after lieutenant conan

vince men's questioning his professionalism and here just listen what presidents trumped had to say about this witness. when i watched him for a little well this morning and. i think he i'm going to let people make their own determination but i don't know vin i never heard of him i don't know any of these people. and we have to add of course that it's not the 1st time that president trumped attacked witnesses in those hearings stat happened last week as well no xander this continues tomorrow we're going to have a very big name testifying to moral man with big money i'm talking about the u.s. ambassador to the european union gordon song is obviously a trump supporter but what do we expect to hear from him tomorrow. well his

definitely a key witness this week because as you said he's not a career diplomat he was president strums mega donor and he was sort of rewarded for supporting donald trump by being appointed you ass ambassador to the european union and he is considered a key witness because he is one of the few witnesses and maybe the only one that will be allowed to testify in the public who had direct contact with the president trying to talk directly with the president about he's creating policy and say he can testify whether there was a quid pro quo he has testify and tell us if he was told by president try to press the ukrainian government's to start in the best and the investigation into the president trumps political opponents joe biden and into his son hunter tomorrow it could become the most important day in these hearings for we will wait and see how

xander phenomenon the story forwards in washington alexander as always thank you well here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world the u.n. says it has reports indicating that doesn't have been killed in iran during the days of rioting over increased fuel prices it has also urged restraint and condemned the iranian security forces use of y.b. munition against demonstrators the government insisting that the price hikes are necessary to fund social welfare programs in hong kong or pro-democracy activists are trying to avoid arrest they've been involved in a cat and mouse chase with police at the polytechnic university the territory's chief executive kerri lam says activists still on campus must surrender to the police to end the 3 day standoff the united nations has called on the authorities in hong kong to deescalate. mali's military says that $24.00 of its soldiers have

been killed in what it's describing as extremist attacks troops from mali and this year were operating in the sawhill region to track extremists linked to so-called islamic state and al qaida when they came under attack more than 100 mali and troops have died in upsurge in assaults in recent weeks. or in an effort to reduce the number of migrants coming to europe german chancellor angela merkel is calling for more investment in africa to boost living standards and to create jobs merkel has been meeting with heads of state from several african countries as part of an initiative to generate private investment in africa. chancellor merkel pledged 1000000000 euros for the g 20 compact with africa and a year ago the program's objective is for german businesses to invest in africa to create jobs there now the funds are starting to flow in china going up because the

decision to invest in africa remains a private sector decision we cannot take that away from the any business owner but we can help we can create trust tolerance often that mainly means donor money or offering risk protection this small berlin company builds drinking water treatment systems but financing often presents problems for african customers eric young who helps fund the berlin firm hopes the billions of euros now available will make things easier. for probables decision this aid is a success but it takes a bit of time until all the instruments of the computer provides will work plus it works why we took more than $200.00 companies have applied you can see germany's mid-sized companies going to africa the german development minister has arranged especially close partnerships with countries such as senegal extra support for more transparency and legal security should make it easier for german companies to invest in africa and the toy to a mid-sized enterprise aid program for investment in africa begins today protection

against risks will be improved and there's a program for introducing renewable energy to the market so there's no reason to hesitate. but german economic involvement is still modest barely 2 percent of german companies are active in africa. and talk about this now i'm joined here at the big table by judith mentions director of investment and development policy at the german african business association here in berlin with the german development organisation it is good to have you on the show 2 percent i mean that is a small number why is it so small. that the 2 percent really refer to german exports germ. exports and total 2 percent of that go to africa but doesn't necessarily mean that's only 2 percent of german companies that go to africa they go to the continent i do believe it's a more but nevertheless effect it's a true we could do a lot more we could do

a lot more and this initiative is what 2 years old now so how much of a difference has these 2 years made and today's conference is it going to make a difference i do think this conference today is going to make a difference just because it happened because we still have attention for africa was so left intention for the continent and i believe it's all getting. to the question do we get a more realistic i'm not saying a better picture of africa because i'm not telling and telling fairy tales but it's more realistic can we have a more realistic picture of the continent so it's helping and 2 years 2 years of a political initiative how long does it take us in germany or anywhere in europe to get reforms through it takes time it takes time that's not me say we're happy that it's happening but is not going to happen overnight and if we want to you know give a reality check here we know that a lot of african countries are well they have problems with corruption and businesses that invest they want to know that the money that they put in the

country is going to go for the purposes that it's your mark for what do you say to those investors that are worried that they're going to throw their money away well it really depends on how you're acting on the ground always say that the 1st and most important thing is find a reliable find the trust was the partner on the ground if you don't have a partner on the ground things are going to happen and i believe that. but if you have a partner then you can learn how to act on the ground and that's number one and i think that's why we're creating all of those platforms like today like all of the conferences africa frind is doing it is it's about getting to know we're talking to what we saw today it's spearheaded by germany but it's part of the g. 20 so how invested or other g 20 countries we're talking. about africa. it really depends i will be looking at if you're looking at europe of course contending history a contending language in everything france is very much they had in francophone countries it's

a canister big initiatives that have big delegations with lots of patches of money going to the continent as far as i know not a lot of that money was new you know we have a big figures but then at the end of the day 15000000000 out of 20 are old money the damage better and i have the kit initiatives they're looking at employment and i think that's the most important for africa's future yeah and we didn't even talk about the chinese investments i should add that but that's a bit of a different shirkers that's a big topic a deed of health and director of investment and development policy of the german african business association here in berlin jeff we appreciate your time tonight thank you thank you. are distinct here in europe greece's prime minister is strongly criticizing european union migration policy. mr talkies has accused brussels of treating countries on europe's algor borders as convenient places to simply park migrants over the coming weeks athens is planning to transfer about

20000 asylum seekers from its g.n.r. islands to the greek mainland now they include many on the island of lesbos an island that is the site of a very overcrowded refugee camp the w. reporters army in essex and marks sunder have this report from the island that's become home to thousands of refugees desperate to leave. friends bid farewell ask the bosses waits. more than a 100 asylum seekers are leaving maurya camp for some after a year if waiting for her. the joy is palpable but so is the pain in the uncertainty of having once again into the know how do you feel now that you can get on the bus and leave and leave very happy but i have lots of friends here i didn't miss work everybody justice in the morning i cried as still to now

my friends came to see me just the. raw eerie has lived with her daughter for a year in morea a camp she describes as the worst on earth she was notified yesterday and given only hours to pack all her things and. i mean eerie is one of thousands of asylum seekers greece plans to move from the north aegean islands to the mainland before winter comes. and. deputy governor of the north island says this rush to transfer asylum seekers is not a permanent solution but he says it will if the islands breathe again a vesa give us a chance to eat them our basic goal is for the islands to be decongestant for there to be a better distribution of people all over greece. it's insupportable that we have a ratio of one migrant to 5 locals here ma'am and they're not this in a bed in the rest of greece it's much lower. than they like to see the refugee

reception center lesbos is not just overcrowded it's often described as the worst humanitarian crisis in europe. more a camp was built for 3000 but more than 4 times that many people live here thousands of them outside the fence. never hear me not to belittle it from afghanistan but it shows us where he lives with his family as a single mylan tent for 5 people with winter on its way. fillin man hit you only been i've lost all hope. only god can help us again are the chances i pray we will be rescued from this hellish plans and with what i'm good better i am. at its northern edge morea is expanding a group of men are breaking ground for a family who will spend their 1st night here no one we talked to here expects the population to shrink anytime soon. in the middle of the night yet another

arrival a frantic spot carrying migrants rescued off the coast of last boss this time 33 of them including women and children. everyone gets a bottle of water a snack and a blanket they're relieved as they are registered on european soil but few know about moria their next home. this is a pile of discarded life jackets that were worn by those who made the dangerous crossing to less boss but the risks and the conditions of moriah camp won't keep more people from coming for the past 3 months numbers of arrivals have far outpaced the numbers of departures but if the government's transfer program succeeds the island of lesbos once again could become what it used to be a brief stopover on the way to europe. raw eerie is on the last bus to arrive at

the landing she collects her bags as the ferry to athens holds its cargo. just and worry about. stuff here but. i hope but i'm strong. as she holds her bags onto the ship she doesn't know where she will live next but she is certain that she will never go back to moria. you're watching the w. news still to come and historic people visit pope francis. second pope to visit thailand in 35 years and the preparations are as you see in full swing that story coming up in just a moment. swedish prosecutors are dropping their investigation into rape and sexual assault allegations against wiki leaks founder julian assange sweden's deputy director of public prosecutions eva marie paris and told reporters

today that evidence against us on. is not strong enough. for me i'm waiting for the teleprompter maybe the teleprompter could go forward thank you thank you there you go a songe is serving a prison sentence in britain for jumping bail to avoid extradition to sweden in 2012 women accused as songs of rape and sexual assaults are the talk about today's decision we want to pull in moms on dana's he's a professor of law at the university of oslo in to toot of legal studies he has followed these on skis closely 'd he joins us i understand from the airport in frankfurt on his way back to australia it's good to have you on the program what do you make of today's decision i mean we're talking about an investigation that's 9 years old and today we hear that the evidence just isn't strong enough.

well it's not surprising the prosecutors have been criticized by the courts in sweden they have a very narrow. margin and they have clearly now. it's run its course. it is not surprising in any way and is this a. a time that the prosecutors in sweden can they'd say that their sense satisfied with what they've done for the past 9 years i mean this investigation has been stopped and restarted at least what 2 or 3 times he did it if it is clear proportionate it is clearly disproportionate. it's very good that they have not brought this today. and what about the fact that so much time has passed there are some critics who say that julian a son was basically using the clock letting the clock one now if you will

hoping that time with so much time would pass that. way. yeah it is how it is that prosecution which had been basically groundless is that grounds this prosecution and it's now just. been brought to an end and it was they did not come. that day disproportionate as if you should not miss us on check in case anyone in the united states it's also brought to an end well what happens now i mean it's basically up to the united kingdom whether or not it will extradite julian a songe to the u.s. to face espionage charges and we'll hope that the rule of law getting keesey in the british system will mean that he will not be. sent it to the united states i have to make my mind my play and i'm terribly sorry ok it was

a we appreciate you taking the time to talk with this yeah you're at the airport there in frankfurt on your way to onslow. thank you very much for talking with us take care of pope francis is embarking on his historic visit to thailand this week he is the 1st pontiff to travel to the largely buddhist country in nearly 4 decades francis will preside over a range of religious ceremonies and meet with members of thailand's small catholic community many of whom and spent weeks preparing for the. thailand's catholic community is abuzz with excitement the students are rehearsing for a performance at the national stadium in bangkok where pope francis is shitheel to hold a holy mass. news about the pope's arrival has made all of us feel very excited i've never seen him in person so i make stream me eager to show

him how i strongly believe i am in catholicism. at a convent in a different part of town seamstresses have been working overtime to ensure the pontiff and just entourage decked out in the country's finest threads. they've prepared more than 200 ceremony of robes and head with the papal visit. it's been so long since the pope travel to thailand that the video footage is grainy. john paul the 2nd was the last to include the buddhist majority country in a papal janie's that was in 1984. so the fact that the current pontiff hasn't left the country off the map is a big deal for thailand's tiny catholic community. christians make up just one percent of the population and most live in the north of the country but they can also be found in the nation's capital. including and one of bangkok's biggest slums

. but to a. father. a missionary says christians here are eagerly awaiting the visit of pipe francis because they see him as a champion of the man rubble the poor people they know the 4 piece a man that is always. trying to make the voice of the poor. they feel and know and especially that was a gift to him for a pull through that waiting for these. and bangkok and across the country. catholic community is looking forward to publicly celebrate their faith. are sports news now in football spain has announced that former coach luis enrique

will leave the team at euro 2020 and stepped down from the earlier this year due to a family tragedy but is now ready to take the reins once more however the move appears to have caused friction with the man who replaced him ricky. luis enrique is back in the spain hot seat the coach seen here during his 1st spell in charge returns to the national team set up 5 months after leaving his position to care for his terminally ill daughter she then tragically passed away in organized spanish football federation boss luis rubio says he always intended for enrique to return when he was ready. to name a little bit more because of everything that happened with luis enrique and because we believe he's an extraordinary coach and we have the moral obligation to give him time so that he can continue what he started. and the rink

a former assistant robert marino led the team through the end of year a 2020 qualification but he has refused to return to his previous role with reports suggesting he is unhappy at the way the federation has treated him. luis enrique has decisions regarding his staff as well as robert's decision not to continue when he found out we were considering the return of luis enrique are personal issues and we won't get involved in that life in persona like north thomas it's a turbulent 10 to the year for the spanish national team they have just 2 games left before next summer's european championship. tokyo's new national stadium is ready to host next year's olympic and paralympic games after the completion of construction work the 60000 seater venue has been under construction since december of 2016 a public outcry over the cost led to the original plans being scaled down it will

host the opening of the closing ceremonies athletics and football stadium as $1.00 of 8 new then use for the 2020 olympics all of which are either on schedule or already finished the 2 week tokyo games begin july 25th. are his reminder that top story that we're following for you 2 senior trump administration officials have told the impeachment inquiry against the us president that a phone call he had with the president of ukraine was improper and unusual trump has condemned the hearings calling them a disgrace. and greece's prime minister has accused the european union of parking migrants in countries on europe's outer boundaries with already have begun transferring refugees from the overcrowded island of lesbos to the greek main.

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