this is deja vu news live from berlin the most anticipated witness in the trump impeachment hearings delivers his testimony u.s. ambassador edward subject says the president directed him to pressure you praying to investigate trump's political rival joe biden and he claims everyone here the president knew about it meanwhile the u.s. democrats sparring over their ability to defeat trump and 2020 of the latest debate of presidential contenders condemning doll tromp the one point they all agreed on.

last place in malta the arrest of a prominent businessman in connection with the murder of an investigative journalist next hour want to believe he was taken into custody aboard his yacht while trying to leave the country to speak to the sister of the murdered drugs. i brought in thomas great to have you with us a key witness has given potentially damaging testimony at the impeachment hearings in the u.s. border is the u.s. ambassador to europe addressed the house committee he detailed alleged attempts by the president to pressure ukraine's leader into investigating his democratic rival joe by. u.s. ambassador bolton sound and writing for the impeachment hearings. the question

everyone wants him to answer did president trump hold back financial aid to ukraine in exchange for a corruption probe into his democratic rival joe biden and his links to energy fund the reason the onset 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. you acknowledge that. this is speculation right it was a presumption ok subsequent the trump told him directly on not sunderland 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 there a 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. well as the piece when hearings would forward the democrats showcased their front runners for the 2020 presidential election democratic presidential hopefuls taking part in a 50 televised debate the future of health care and tackling racial inequalities that candidates at odds with their people but on one subject in particular there

was broad agreement where god would not direct were justice department like this president does i let them make their independent judgment i would not dictate who should be prosecuted for who should be exonerated that's not the role of the president of the united states what we saw today is ambassador sonnen by his own words told us that everyone was in the loop that means it is a criminal enterprise engaged in by the president from what we heard today the place president the secretary of state and the chief of staff we have a president who is not only a pathological liar he is likely the most corrupt president in the modern history of america but we cannot simply be consumed by donald trump because if we all get a lot we're going to lose the election. i didn't use all of her salad has this analysis on how the impeachment inquiry could impact the democrats' upcoming

presidential campaign if you think back to the midterm elections just one year ago the democrats have been very successful for and not talking too much about donald trump they focused on issues such as health care and won back the majority in the house of representatives spec then but now of course is different we have an impeachment inquiry ongoing all of the candidates have been very well vocal on that issue so far and they are very much on the same page also when it comes to impeaching trump and of course they're trying to capitalize on today's testimony that you could really tell in the debate but you have just played here and will of course be an important aspect in the upcoming election campaign. all over so there was proof you know in some of the other stories making news today britain's prince andrew says he will step back from all public duties for the foreseeable future he's been embroiled in controversy over his friendship with convicted pedophile jeffrey upstream was found hanged in his new york jail cell 3 months ago

israel is moving closer to its 3rd election in the space of just one year that after opposition leader benny gantz was not able to form a government before the wednesday deadline lawmakers now have 3 weeks to rally around guns or prime minister benjamin netanyahu or another candidate in order to avoid going to the polls again. smoke from bushfires are created such a thick haze over large parts of sydney australia that health officials have told people to stay inside. a series of fires has been raging out of control along the east coast killing 6 people destroying hundreds of homes. pope francis has met with the head of thailand's majority buddhists on the 2nd day of his visit to that country the pontiff committed the catholic church to cooperating with the buddhist community on care for the poor and the environment earlier also urged the

thai government to take greater action against human sex stop. all stories in malta have arrested a prominent businessman in connection with the murder of the investigative journalist. the killing 2 years ago sparked worldwide outrage maltese government has been strongly criticized for its handling of this case which has raised questions about the rule of law a crowd of protesters gathered overnight demanding that the government resign. demanding justice from the justice minister. mafia they shout and shame on you. and our wrist has reignited anger at the murder of journalist. a militant still without a conviction. they say the government is corrupt and want prime minister joseph to step down. their order to get there they must stone their political

risk i think if you're on your side you know the player the rich cannot go on like this so. the protests came after an arrest in connection with galaxy is murdered a. prominent businessman yoke unfinished was on his luxury yacht and apparently preparing to flee when armed forces arrested him. shinnick originally ran hotels and casinos but then go to 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 koller one 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. scott

says he wants to discover the truth about daphne koller new galaxy is death but that doesn't stop calls for him to resign from growing louder. well we spoke earlier with corinne bella she's the sister of. i asked her why she thinks the government of prime minister joseph muscat has been dragging its feet with the investigation into her sister is murder. i can't know how much you know. what i do know is that it took 2 years for us to reach a point where the prime minister announced the comforting choir. this is something we should have done 2 years ago and now the point of a public inquiry is that malta as a state looks at it so. where have we trained what have we done how can we do better how can we protect germany he has resisted that experience leading journalists to it if he can explain what it was he was afraid of. for in

belarus the sort of the murder journalists that that car was phillips yes thank you so very much for coming and you got the news today thank you. well protesters in georgia are holding more rallies in the capital tbilisi demanding changes to that country's election law parliament failed to pass reforms to the laws which critics say put far too much power in the hands of the ruling party while earlier this week police cleared protesters using tear gas and water. reports from tbilisi. rally for democracy and against the ruling party protesters outside the georgian parliament once snap elections and constitutional reform the protest has united around 20 opposition movements they say the current electoral system favors the ruling georgian dream party which critics argue has too much power for people here electoral reform is much more than a formality this is

a very very important change. because everybody understands that with the current system there may be no free and fair elections people want something very basic they want this country to be peaceful to be democratic they want their will to be respected they want free and fair elections and these are basic constitutional rights of the people some protesters are even camping out here to keep up the pressure on the government the ruling georgian green party had promised a change in the electoral system after protests in june but last week it didn't pass in parliament where the party has a majority we are here protesting. because they lie so us and they made false promise we are coming from soviet past we don't have proper courts we don't have proper checks and balances so to have a parliament where the forces are represented proportionally is vital for our democracy and people realize that recent surveys show georgian dream is still the

most popular party even if their poll numbers have dropped to just 23 percent but the leader of the parliamentary majority insists that most people here appreciate the stability his party has brought to the country and says the. protests aren't representative. all of them are citizenship torture but when you're up talking about 56 maybe 3 of them people who are. half of them are just activists so there are certain political parties talk about the political crisis meanwhile outside parliament demonstrators are keeping watch for another day. these tense show that the protesters are here to stay but for now both the opposition and the government are standing their ground and the political deadlock here in georgia looks set to continue parliamentary elections are scheduled for autumn next year but protesters don't want to wait and they're planning another large rally on monday. this is deja vu news live from berlin coming up next we have did have his

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