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this is the news live from indicting the israeli prime minister could have be the beginning of the end for opinion netanyahu. israel's attorney general charges the prime minister with fraud bribery and breach of trust yahoo is calling the indictment a coup we'll take you to them from will also coming up. lawmakers wrap up public inpatient hearings against president donald trump the former visor to mr trump describes of persia campaign on ukraine in an effort to dig up to $25.00.
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i'm anthony howard thanks for joining us we begin with what could be a fatal blow to the political career of benjamin netanyahu israel's attorney general has announced he will be pressing corruption charges against the prime minister netanyahu is being indicted for bribery fraud and breach of trust in 3 separate cases the prime minister has denied wrongdoing and called the indictment an attempted coup he's currently battling to stay in power after september's parliamentary elections produced no clear winner. the israeli prime minister remains defiant as he addresses the country following his indictment and it was you know 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
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fulsomely cations and a tainted investigation. that investigation lasted years on thursday israel satori need general announced his decision to formally press charges. when the attorney 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 to be punitive both in the. the cases against prime minister benjamin netanyahu are known as case 1010 yeah when 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
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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 leave 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. well. correspondent in jerusalem tanya claim about the effect of the indictment on the israeli politics. i think i mean the reading here is that this has a huge impact i mean people you know were waiting for it they have always overshadowed political life but political life in israel at the moment is also in turmoil there have been 2 elections where inconclusive now prime minister netanyahu
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after the last election tried 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 search elections and so to see what impact that has on the voting behavior but certainly all of this you know in this in that you know it has been a divisive figure in israeli politics so this will have impact on not just. from tenure crime in jerusalem to some of the other stories making news around the world . thousands of police marched to portugal's parliament on thursday to demand better pay and conditions starting salaries for the national guard around the around 2 thirds of those paid in poland and france members of a far broader association called the movie mental seattle among the demonstrators.
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tens of thousands of colombians have protested against the government of president van 2 k. they called for more economic equality and express their opposition to alleged plans to raise the pension age and lower the minimum wage for young people. in venezuela several 100 students gathered to call for the ousting of president nicolas maduro they attempted to march on the defense ministry but were blocked by security forces opposition leader. last week initiated the new wife demonstrations and the toppling. u.s. law my kids have wrapped up the public in page when hearings against president donald trump. key witnesses david holmes and fiona hill both gave compelling evidence of the legal counsel hunch told how he overheard trump's disputed telephone call regarding an investigation into his democratic rival national security official hill dismissed theories about ukrainian interference in the 2016 u.s. election if found guilty in
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a majority vote in the house trump will face and in each month trial in the u.s. senate. well we asked our correspondent color blake in washington if the democrats are ready to move proceedings forward and if the testimony so far is enough to persuade republicans to change their mind about the president 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 stress 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 a republican representative 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
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they're now even less likely to support impeachment than they were before the public hearing started. the leader of britain's opposition labor party jeremy corbin has unveiled the detail of manifesto for next month's election as he tries to close an opinion poll gap with the governing conservatives. his plan for government includes i 5 percent increase in public sector pay higher taxes on companies and the national infrastructure it's being billed as the most radical plan that the. this party this movement this manifesto is to for its. labor is on you all saw it and there could be scarcely a clear demonstration of that furious reaction of the richest most powerful even as the labor party pushes its economic agenda the biggest issue in britain's
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upcoming election reminds briggs that some 3 and a half years after britain voted to leave the european union the u.k. still hasn't lift and brigs that is more divisive then. mass reports of foreign ok so let me give you one of those thank you and it's grant is going canvassing for the 1st time in her life for the brakes of party she doesn't think britain needs a divorce to do with the european union how main priority is to get out of the us quickly as possible just as the bracks it is promised i really believe. right now is the policy that's offering. tories 3. here failed to take us out and i think now. but in the effluent part of central london where alice lives most people are pro e.u. . and i would think the practice of passing here be very simple to start a lecture. on the back supposing that.
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for 18 year old alice and her younger sister democracy is at stake they say the u.k. needs its freedom and to them be undemocratic even though most of their friends think differently they are discouraged by all school was in a very remain area and it was very politicized lessons were all the names basically all about shaming people who brags that and i was right said i was really hard for me the majority of young people in the u.k. see the e.u. as something positive opening up opportunities to work and study abroad so those campaigners the ones who reverse bragg's it are trying to get as many young people to vote as possible. so i'm bored your board of directors that we've been talking about this for 3 years now we're all cimi older woman has more than 200000 followers on twitter and instagram he tells them that the 2nd referendum can put a stop to grex it the 26 year old law school graduate has put his career on hold to
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become a full time activist the things that he will vote for in 2016 are clearly not going to happen they expected more control over their country they're getting less they expected to be richer being made poor they expected us to move on quickly this is dragging on for 3 years like a drug for a decade nobody wants any of these things give us a choice femi has been verbally abused and has received racist comments and threats on social media because of his views on blacks it for him the general election is key only if enough prove to you politicians make it into parliament will there be a chance of a 2nd referendum the 3 show up to vote in massive numbers and got us in the back we need to and if it might i don't know i don't know i'm hoping that. young people in the chemical woken up but i can't guarantee until i see the results of polling day which actually that the 2 activists have one thing in common for them breaks it is
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the most important election issue they use couldn't be more different. well here in germany there is growing outrage of the arrest of a turkish lawyer hired by the german embassy in ankara the lawyer had been asked to provide information on turkish citizens applying for asylum in germany that 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
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embassy in ankara according to german media outlets the trickiest 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 surprised in these cases held before an office and in particular how be embassies work but have failed to ensure that this doctor 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 2016 failed military coup. the sport now of the special one is back in the premier league football manager has reinvented himself several times during his glittering career at some
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of europe's biggest clubs his appearance and his behavior have often been criticised and certain tottenham supporters are not happy with his appointment with . a charm offensive during his 1st news conference as coach. joe's a marine yo says he's thrilled to be back in professional football. and really really happy and. realize that. it was correct as a coach the self-titled special one has had success wherever he's gone he's won countless owners with clubs all across europe but he's also often left strife behind him as with his acrimonious departure from manchester united's to last year at tottenham he takes over from the popular murray show party tino who only last season took spurs to death 1st ever champions league final. for some tottenham fans
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the sudden personnel change smacks of desperation and disloyalty. i don't feel like this was necessary for that was quite special to put see no considering that he's the reason why we even end of season run. so yeah really is a good manager a very good measure i will discredit him but i feel like he was a bit of a step in the face and the man himself however does not seem too fussed. i am really really more focused on on my job on my coaching or my players on my team and not to it at all to sing the songs we know what surrounds merino already is drama it's a characteristically turbulent start to the next chapter of his coaching career a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you. israel's attorney general has indicted prime minister binyamin netanyahu on corruption charges the
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allegations include fraud bribery and breach of trust and mr mitnik netanyahu as does denied any wrongdoing in the case saying he's the victim of a witch hunt. this is the deadly news live from berlin coming up d.w. news africa with christina one dog don't forget you can step up to date with all the top stories on our web site that's d.w. dot com for a man i met and how thanks for watching. i'm secure in the. not hard and in the end is a me you're not allowed to stay here any more we will send you that. are you familiar with this. new smugglers with lions in the one.
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