on t.w. . business think the news live from the most anticipated witness in the trump impeachment hearings to live as a stunning testimony u.s. ambassador to the european union. says the president directed him to pressure ukraine to investigate trump's political rival joe biden and he says everyone in the of the president knew about also coming up israel on the brink of its 3rd election in less than he will in one party of lead if any chance was unable to form a coalition government before a midnight deadline. place in all to arrest

a prominent businessman in connection with the murder of investigative journalist ethnic kind of wanna. tycoon was to tie him to board his yacht was apparently trying to leave the on. a math mean how would welcome to the program a star witness says given the most most explosive testimony so far 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 selenski into starting an investigation into trump's democratic rival joe biden and it wednesday's public hearing mr somebody gave further details. u.s. ambassador to golden sunderland now 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 own said he was following instructions from trump's attorney rudy giuliani thank you 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 subs when the trump told him directly or not sandland is still

convinced 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. washington correspondent all of a sell it joins us from the capitol building and can bring us further up to speed all of this was damning testimony from and best sunland today but to what degree can it hurt the president. has right anthony was

a lot of damaging material that we got here today in that impeachment hearing on capitol hill essential to form a us regarding sunderland 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 investors 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. all of a salad covering the story for us from capitol hill thank you now to some of the stories making news around the world. 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. laden nelson chamisa he led the said the incident showed the government was afraid of public anger about the country's collapsing economy. mali has held a funeral for the 30 soldiers killed during the attack by islamic extremists soldiers came under attack on monday during a patrol more than $100.00 mali and soldiers have died in attacks by extremists in the past 2 months. smoke from bushfires has created such a thick haze of

a large parts of sydney australia that health officials have told people to stay inside a series of fires have been out of control along the east coast for weeks killing 6 people and destroying more than 500 homes. mexico celebrated the anniversary of its revolution. with historical brain in mexico city president. also received a pledge of loyalty from top military chiefs. after reports that the ladies were unhappy with his government. in israel the 3rd election within a year looks even more likely after benny gantz announced that he hadn't been i will to form a new government. against the leader of the opposition blue and white party have until midnight on wednesday to build a governing coalition under a presidential mandate he's told israel's president that he couldn't persuade other

parties to support a minority government prime minister benjamin netanyahu who also tried and failed to form a coalition said he against should seek to establish a unity government. well earlier we spoke to our israel correspondent tenured claim and asked what would happen now both opposition leader benny gantz and prime minister been met benjamin netanyahu had failed to form a gun but the monday it was given back to the president and he will hand it now and that's quite interesting to the parliament now actually other 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 seats together to form subsequent ison government. and the guns has said you know there will still be and talks and also prime minister netanyahu would 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 the period. authorities in malta have arrested a prominent businessman in connection with the murder of investigative journalist bethany cover wanna. the car bomb killing 2 years ago aroused worldwide out writes the maltese government has been strongly criticized for its handling of the case. i feared demanding justice from the justice minister i must hear they shout and shame on you. and arrest has reignited anger at the murder of journalist jeff new kind of. a murderer still without a conviction. they say the government is corrupt and want prime minister joseph muscat to step down i. their order to get there they must soon their political discourse if you decide you know of. we cannot go on like this.

the protests came after an arrest in connection with galatea as murder prominent businessman your can finish was on his luxury yacht and apparently in preparing to flee when armed forces arrested him finished originally ran hotels and casinos but then got involved in a lucrative power plant project 6 years ago. apart from that he said to be the owner of a previously secret company 17 black that aimed to transfer money to maltese politicians via offshore companies in panama that's what daphne current one and i had been investigating. it was 2 years ago in october that the 53 year old investigative 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. i cannot acknowledge as prime minister joseph muscat appears guarded he has spoken of a person of interest being arrested he's offered a middleman immunity from prosecution he says he knows who was behind the killing but some believe members of his own 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 i will hold back a few days before expressing myself. got says he wants to discover the truth about daphne see is death but that doesn't stop

calls for him to resign from growing louder. now out of the city of naples where a 16th century church has found an unlikely new function as a boxing gym in a neighborhood in the north of the city a local priest invites the teenagers in off the streets 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. a 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 and let out their frustrations on the punchbag. 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. we try to give the kids hints to say you can do things here in santa we say if you can manage it here you can do it anyway that's our message. to local kids developing their confidence in the boxing ring are grateful for this unusual church service. and before we go a reminder of the top story we're following for you. u.s. ambassador to the european union has told the impeachment inquiry that president donald trump directed him to pressuring ukraine to investigate trump's political

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