this is g.w. newsmonger from the berlin indicting the israeli prime minister is this the beginning of the end for benjamin netanyahu israel's attorney general charges the prime minister with fraud bribery and breach of trust netanyahu is calling the indictment a coup we'll take you to jerusalem for the latest also coming up a domestic political errand that's how a former adviser to u.s. president trump is describing an alleged pressure campaign put on ukraine and u.s. president allegedly wanted to dig up dirt on his political rival joseph on the 5th

and final day of the public impeachment hearings wraps up right now. by brant goff it's good to have you with us and we begin with what could be a fatal blow to the political career of benjamin netanyahu tonight israel's attorney general is announcing that he is pressing corruption charges against the israeli prime minister netanyahu is being indicted for bribery fraud and breach of trust in 3 separate cases the prime minister has denied any wrongdoing he is calling the indictment and attempted coup he's currently battling to stay in power after september's parliamentary elections which produced no clear winner. the israeli prime minister remains defiant as he addresses the country following his

indictment and it was represented you have to be blind not to see that something bad is happening with the police and the prosecutors tonight we're witnessing an attempted coup with full sonic ations and a tainted investigation. that investigation lasted years on thursday israel satori new general announced his decision to formally press charges. any general decides to indict and waxing prime minister for severe charges of corruption which is a difficult and sad day for the israeli public and for me personally. the cases against prime minister benjamin netanyahu are known as case 1000 newton ya and his family are suspected of receiving gifts from business colleagues and close friends case 2000 covers allegations that newton yahoo attempted to influence

the publisher of a daily newspaper to gain more positive coverage the recommended charges in both cases fraud and breach of trust and case $4000.00 allegations of regulatory favors for israel's largest telecommunications company in exchange for positive media coverage the charges here fraud breach of trust and bribery netanyahu has rejected all the accusations and says he will continue to lead the country he's in unity as prime minister means he won't be legally forced to resign but his political future hangs by a thread he has failed to form a government after 2 consecutive elections and he now faces a legal process that could drag on for years. or earlier i asked our correspondent tanya kramer in jerusalem about the effects of this indictment on israeli politics. i think i mean the reading here is that this has a huge impact i mean people you know waiting for it they have always overshadowed

political life that political life in israel at the moment is also in turmoil there have been 2 elections where inconclusive now prime minister netanyahu after the last election try to form a coalition he failed and just on wednesday yesterday many guns his main opponents had to get back the mandate because he also failed to put a coalition to gether so now there's a prospect of a possible 3rd elections and so to see what impact that has on the voting behavior but certainly all of this you know mr netanyahu has been a divisive figure in israeli politics so this will have impact on that as well. that was on you kramer reporting from jerusalem here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world thousands of police have marched to portugal's parliament demanding better pay better working conditions starting

salaries for the national guard are only around 2 thirds of those paid in poland in france members of a far right association called movie minto 0 were among the demonstrators tens of thousands of colombians took to the streets on thursday the government's probusiness economic policies and its handling of a peace deal with the rebel group far are among their grievances president even do case popularity has dwindled steadily since he took power last august in venezuela several 100 students gathered to call for the ousting of president nicolas maduro there they attempted to march on the defense ministry but were blocked by security forces opposition leader one last week initiated a new wave of demonstrations aimed at toppling my hero. u.s. lawmakers are hearing more testimony on this the 5th and final day of the public impeachment hearings against u.s.

president donald trump key witnesses david holmes and fiona hill both gave compelling evidence today political counsellor holmes told how he overheard trump's disputed telephone conversation regarding an investigation into his democratic rival joseph biden national security official hill dismissed conspiracy theories about ukrainian interference in the 2016 u.s. presidential election now if found guilty in a majority vote in the house us president trump will face an impeachment trial in the us senate all right let's take the story now to washington where he used carla blanker is following the story for us good evening to you carla so how significant are the testimonies that we heard today from fiona hill and david holmes given yesterday's damning testimony that came from u.s. ambassador gordon sunderland. today's testimonies were

very significant because we heard from 2 more witnesses who have firsthand. confirmation or firsthand experiences of ballots. about these goings on in ukraine that we have heard so much about as you mentioned mr holmes was told directly by mr sandland by ambassador sunderland that president trump doesn't care much about ukraine and only cares about big stuff like the investigation into the bidens and fiona hill has also witnessed ambassador sunland talk about this with ukrainian officials in the white house and tell them a meeting with president trump what only happen if president selenski announced these investigations the u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi she spoke earlier today in which she had this to say

would you take a listen and the evidence is clear that the president. the president has used his case for his own personal gain and in doing so undermined the national security of the united states by withholding. military assistance to ukraine to the benefit of the russians that he has undermined the integrity of our elections by what he has done again the russian interfere and being ignored by him. and there he has violated his oath of office or so that was nancy pelosi speaking there karl or are the democrats are they ready to move impeachment proceedings forward to day's testimony be convincing enough for republicans to change their minds on president drawl.

adam schiff the chairman of the committee that is holding the impeachment hearings will have to be the one to announce next steps and it's soon that he will do so pretty soon after today's hearings are over but from what we have heard from pelosi saying that the evidence against trump is clear we can reasonably assume that yes democrats are ready to move into the next phase also because she has stressed that they do want to move quickly now as for republicans it is highly likely that they will not turn on trump we've seen we've seen republican representatives on those committees downplay his acts and and really not see them as anything all too bad and a recent poll has shown that republican voters the majority of them has said they're now even less likely to support impeachment than they were before the

public hearing started. corresponding with the latest from washington karl thank you. and back here in europe german chancellor angela merkel's conservative c.d.u. party is holding an annual conference this weekend in the eastern city of leipzig it's important to note that the chancellor chancellor merkel she's no longer leader of the party her successors this woman here on the grid carbon bar known as a k k she is struggling in the polls so the gathering this weekend could see yet another fight over who should succeed angela merkel as chancellor. the cd you have quotas after greenpeace operation the sea in city you which stands for christian went missing not the party's worst problem inside a leadership battle is looming just 20 years ago and it could come cut on by our embrace her political godmother and get on merkel after succeeding has leader of

germany's conservative c.d.u. party but the man who was narrowly defeated never gave up on this chances of one day himself succeeding marco. that iceman's to form a c.d.u. hopeful ones left politics after losing out to mikel but in the years since he decided to simply by this time. and finally come climb to the top of the party this soon followed by had to send in opinion polls within less than a year prove ratings have more than half. when she again had to explain why the c.d.u. lost regional state elections in the east it was the leader of the party's you for going to ization who openly confronted her with the leadership question opening the firing shot of the debate that has since overshadowed her double role as party leader and german defense minister. stone faced an eclipse decided to

take on the challenge. of a belief that the question of leadership needs to be decided this fall will have the opportunity to do that at the pa. the conference. within our was a political rival ments was back with a sweeping attack of something hala parents of the government is a disaster gotten. under pressure to demonstrate her own more conservative profile come to series of strategic debates pledging for more dominant ajman in the world. a new tone hotly contradicting chancellor merkel but surprisingly in tune with her would be challenger it's the man in question sounded more tame is the party conference needed he obviously they get on for it i fall and harsh words to criticize the government 3 weeks ago while it's in the heart of all of close friends have since taken me aside don't want me not to go too far in that mean

launching a destructive debate over the potential future chancellor rather than policy this weekend's party conference will decide which way the party wants to go in germany's polls era. here in germany there is growing outrage over the arrest of aged turkish lawyer hired by the german embassy in ankara the lawyer had been asked to provide information on turkish citizens applying for asylum examinee but ankara has accused him of spying for berlin. this turkish kurd has applied for political asylum in germany but the information that he gave during the asylum process was leaked to authorities in ankara because he's worried what will happen to his family his identity will remain hidden he told us anything could happen to them they could take his family into custody or throw them in jail anything his documents as well as those from other asylum seekers were sent to

a turkish lawyer the german foreign office asked him to check the asylum seekers' information then 2 months ago the lawyer was arrested on his way to the german embassy in ankara according to german media outlets the turkish public prosecutor is accusing him of spying for germany the german foreign office says the reason given for detaining the lawyer was not legally comprehensible and the detained lawyer was just filling internationally customary duties but as a result of his arrest up to 280 files with sensitive data may have fallen into the hands of turkish authorities the refugee council is critical i am surprised in these cases how the foreign office and in particular how the embassies work they failed to ensure that this data doesn't fall into the hands of a 3rd party. the majority of those affected are kurdish activists and supporters of the green movement which ankara blames for the $26000.00 failed military coup.

where is a reminder of the top story we're following for you israel's attorney general has indicted prime minister benjamin netanyahu on corruption charges the allegations include fraud bribery and breach of trust who has denied any wrongdoing in the case saying he's the victim of a witch hunt. this is g.w. news why but from berlin coming up next the german still talking face is a big overhaul as wall says mel the problem. with nick differ. languages we fight for different things that's fine but we all stick up for freedom freedom of speech and freedom of press. giving freedom of choice global news that matters d. w. made for mines. just listen this is the sound of time tossing as forests the size of 25 football fields are lost every minute adding to greenhouse gases.