this is the news live from berlin the most anticipated witness in the trunk and pitchman hearings delivers a stunning testimony. u.s. ambassador to the european union gordon song says the president directed him to pressure ukraine to investigate trump's political rival joe biden and every time he says everyone knew the president knew about also coming up. israel on the brink of its 3rd election in saudi year blue and white party leader benny gantz says he won't be able to form a coalition before me dot com. and police in malta arrest

a prominent businessman in connection with the murder of investigative journalist daphne. the tycoon was detained. by the military while apparently trying to leave the island. a method he held welcome to the program a star witness has given the most explosive testimony at the impeachment inquiry into u.s. president donald trump gordon songkhla the u.s. ambassador to europe had already given evidence behind closed doors about alleged attempts to pressure ukraine's president zelinsky into starting an investigation into trump's democratic rival joe biden but at today's public hearing this to someone gave further details. u.s. ambassador gold in sunderland and writing for the impeachment hearings the question

everyone wants him to answer did president trump hold back financial 80 ukraine in exchange for a corruption probe into his democratic rival joe biden and his links to energy fund the research the oem said he was following instructions from trump's attorney rudy giuliani thank you please as i testified previously mr giuliani's requests were a quid pro quo for arranging a white house visit for president selenski mr giuliani demanded that ukraine make a public statement announcing the investigations of the 2016 election d.n.c. server and very smart mr giuliani was expressing the desires of the president of the united states and we knew these investigations were important to the president but what about the millions of dollars of military aid that ukraine was waiting for

from reza we learned that the white house had also suspended security aid to ukraine i tried diligently to ask why the aid was suspended but i never received a clear answer in the absence of any credible explanation for the suspension of aid i later came to believe that the resumption of security aid would not occur until there was a public statement from ukraine committing to the investigations of the 2016 elections and to resign as mr giuliani had demanded i shared concerns of the potential quid pro quo regarding the security aide with senator ron johnson and i also shared my concerns with the ukrainians you test them not good enough according to the republicans or you acknowledge that. this is speculation right it was a presumption ok subsequent that trump told him directly or not sandland is still

convinced action to talk by the 8th of september it was it was abundantly clear to everyone that there was a link should the ukrainians go out on a ledge and make the statement that president trump wanted them to make and then they still don't get their white house visit in their aid that would be really bad for our credibility the democrats have welcomed his testimony calling it significant. trump himself said it meant the impeachment inquiry was over much as he might wish it to be true it's up to the democrats when the hearings and. they don't please washington correspondent of a cell and joins us from the capitol building and can bring us food up to speed all of this was damning testimony from and best someone today but to what degree can it hurt the president as right antony was

a lot of damaging material that we got here today in that impeachment hearing on capitol hill essential to form a u.s. or garden sandland said what the democrats were hoping for that there was this now in famous quid pro quo. and that means that the democrats and. that the ukrainian government was supposed to be pushed to launch investigations against trump's political rival joe biden and that in exchange for hundreds of millions of dollars of aid in military aid as well as a prestigious invitation to the white house gordon sunland confirmed all of that and the chair of the intelligence committee adam schiff today said that this was a pivotal moment in the history of the investigation. and all of what has been the response to today's proceedings both among republicans and perhaps more importantly

the american public right well the line of the defense in the hearing of the republicans has been the same during the last days and i was able to follow several of these hearings and that is basically to undermine the credibility of the witnesses and that has happened today once again when they asked gordon sunland whether or not president tom personally instructed him to raise pressure on ukraine and of course he had to say that was not the case because he only spoke to president trump's private lawyer rudy giuliani which in and of itself is another problem but of course not part of this inquiry a large extent at this point no president trump also took a stance today when he also tried to downsize the role of gordon sound and he said he doesn't even know him well but of course it has to be said that he was the one to choose him for his role as you embassadors so no real credible line of defense here and the american public remains divided it's now the big challenge for the

democrats to spread their word to get the message out and convince them that the material that we're getting here is damaging because in the end it's very likely that the american public is the one to say the final verdict dublin's all of a seller covering the story for us from capitol hill thank you now to some of the other stories making news around the world. britain's prince andrew has said he will step back from public duty for the forseeable future has been embroiled in controversy of his friendship with the convicted pedophile jeffrey epstein who was found hanged in a new york free months ago. broad police in zimbabwe have attacked supporters of the opposition movement for democratic change a crowd had gathered in the capital harare to hear a speech by m.d.c. leader nelson chamisa he later said the incident showed the government was afraid of public anger about the country's collapsing economy. in

a 3rd election within a year looks even more likely off to benny gantz announced that he hadn't been able to form a new government against leader of the opposition blue and white party had until midnight on wednesday to build a governing coalition under a presidential mandate but he has told israel's president that he couldn't persuade other parties to support a minority government minister benjamin netanyahu who also tried and failed to form a coalition said he and against should seek to establish a unity government. well earlier we spoke to our israel correspondent and asked what would happen now by thought position later benny gantz and prime minister benjamin netanyahu have failed to form a government but the monday it was given back to the president and he will just hand it now and that's quite interesting to the parliament now actually podium and members have now 21 days and any of those members of knesset could now say. they

are able to form a coalition government if they get those $61.00 seats together to form such a coalition government. and the guns has said you know there will still be and talks and also prime minister netanyahu that will still be talks and you know they were trying to get a unity government together but that's highly unlikely so it looks more likely that we might have for another election a certain election after that period. authorities in multiple have arrested a prominent businessman in connection with the murder of the leading investigative journalist stephanie. the car bomb killing 2 years ago aroused worldwide outrage the maltese government has been strongly criticized for its handling of the case. stopped by the military the maltese businessman's luxury yacht apparently young can finish a suspect in the murder of investigative journalist daphne koller on

a wanted to flee the island finish originally ran hotels and casinos but then got involved in a lucrative power plant project 6 years ago apart from that he is said to be the owner of a previously secret company 17 black that aim to transfer money to maltese politicians via offshore companies in panama that's one definite. had been investigating 2 years ago in october the 53 year old journalist was killed in a car bomb attack she had previously received multiple death threats which she reported to the police. it was a murder that sparked outrage in malta and abroad 3 men have now been charged with planting the car bomb but it's still not known who instigated the crime. prime minister appears guarded he has spoken of

a person of interest being arrested he's offered a middleman immunity from prosecution. he has declared that he knows the instigator but some believe members of most scots government may be involved in the crime. the money stashed away it is premature to speculate on anything you the media are free to reach your own conclusions but i cannot speculate. we have to wait some hours or days it depends and i will hold back a few days before expressing myself to. speak with. scott says he wants to discover the truth about daphne koller death but that doesn't stop calls for him to resign from growing louder. jewish organizations here in germany have condemned sale of hundreds of items of nazi memorabilia most of which belong to high ranking nazi officers the sale has raised questions about how germany

should deal with relics from this dark chapter in its history this top hat once belonged to otto if it it was one of the highest rated items at the munich option a bit up paid $50000.00 euros for it many objects feature the swastika a nazi symbol considered anti constitutional in germany and is therefore banned. all these. all these not see flags or whatever they sell or bahrain i mean it was and still is not super pac and so in moral and ethical terms i think it's highly problematic the auctioneer on the other hand claims that objects like the top had a historical pieces of evidence and. it is a historical object like any other the fact that its owner was a mass murderer is under sputum but the things that belong to him and were part of his environment should not be mythologized by prohibiting the sale today. support

of the personal items the auctioneer said would show the banality of evil the historian rejects this he believes context is necessary context that can be provided in a museum the ocean has said that it conducts checks on its business but in effect it is impossible to control who buys nazi memorabilia and for what reason now out of the is telling city of naples where a 16th century church is found an unlikely new function as a boxing gym in the neighborhood in the north of the city a local priest invites teenagers in off the street to learn the sport its rules and a different way of life. the sound of sirens is nothing out of the ordinary on the streets of rio only some entire neighborhood in northern naples home to high rates of unemployment and organized crime opportunities for young people are scarce but 3

times a week in a 400 year old church some 60 local teenagers box to stay busy learn the strict rules of the discipline i let out their frustrations on the punchbag. because sometimes as a child i love sport in general i practice different sports but boxing is the only one that makes me feel good both physically and mentally and allows me to express my emotions. the priest behind the program which has been running for around a year knows that boxing is no panacea for local social ills still he hopes to boost the self belief of the youngsters who take part. in those who try to give the kids hints to say you can do things here in santa tao we say if you can manage it here you can do it anyway that's our message. to the local kids developing their confidence in the boxing ring are grateful for this unusual church

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