this is news live from. the israeli prime minister could it be the beginning of the opinion netanyahu. israel's attorney general charges the prime minister with fraud bribery and a breach of trust yahoo is calling the indictment. also coming up. public impeachment hearings against president donald trump a former adviser to mr trump describes of pressure. in and if it's a dig up dirt on his rival joe biden. bus opposition groups in georgia demanding

illegal actions off the palm in the files to reform the country's voting system they say the one place puts too much power in the hands of the building. a math anyhow thanks for joining us we begin at 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 inducted for bribery indicted rather for bribery fraud and a 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 as parliamentary elections produced no clear winner. the israeli prime minister remains defiant as he addresses the country following his indictment

and it was. 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 fulsome legations and a tainted investigation. that investigation lasted years on thursday israel satori need general announced his decision to formally press charges. today when the attorney general decides to indict an acting 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 1010 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 leave the country he's immunity 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 earlier we asked our correspondent in jerusalem tanya kramer about the effect of the 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 at 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 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 3rd elections and so to see what impact that has on the voting behavior but certainly all of this you know in this in it you know it has been a divisive figure in israeli politics so this will have impact on not as. bad as some of the other stories making news around the world. police and protesters have clashed during rallies in the colombian capital bogota tens of thousands of demonstrators opposed to the policies of president event duke a cold for more economic policy expressed concerns about alleged plans to raise the

pension age and lower the minimum wage. 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 one why does last week initiated a new wife at demonstrations i am to toppling but you are. thousands of police march 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 the far right association called movimento 0 among the demonstrators. this was a unveiling of its 1st if a pickup truck has taken an interesting twist at the launch party in los angeles seen a long must claimed it wouldn't scratch. an assistant broke through windows of the futuristic looking vehicle on stage. it was low

micah's of wrapped up the public impeachment hearings against president donald trump he witnesses david holmes and fiona hill both gave compelling evidence political counsel holmes told how he overheard trump's disputed telephone cold robot regarding an investigation into his democratic rival national security official hill dismissed the elites about ukrainian interference in the 2016 u.s. election if found guilty in a majority vote in the house trump will face and in pitchman trial in the us in. question we asked our correspondent color black 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 and 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 the republican representatives on this committee 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. in washington. to the streets in the georgian capital tbilisi parliament filed to introduce proportional representation earlier this week the police cleared protesters using water cannons and tear gas. and give the ruling party too much power. reports from. the

democracy and against the ruling party protesters outside the georgian parliamentary 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. free and fair elections people want something very basic. to be peaceful to be democratic they want their will to be respected they want free and fair elections basic constitutional rights of 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. and. we are coming from so 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. aren't representative. all of them are citizenship torture but when we have talked to you about 56 maybe 3 of the people or. half of them are just extremists of the certain political parties retard talk from the to the prices meanwhile outside parliament demonstrators are keeping watch for another day. these tents to 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. german chancellor angela merkel's conservative c.d.u. party is holding its annual conference this weekend in the eastern city of laci chancellor merkel no longer leads the party and her successor as later. is struggling in the polls so the gathering could well see another thought of who should succeed and of america as. the c.b. you have quotas after greenpeace operation the c and c d u 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 count on power embraced 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 those chances of one day himself succeeding marco. spate of ice melts to form a city you hopeful once left politics after losing out to medical spot in the years since he decided to simply by this time. and finally come combo has climbed to the top of the posse 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 is ation 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 come canberra decided to

take on the challenge. to him whoever believes that the question of leadership needs to be decided this fall will have the opportunity to do that at the party conference. within hours her political rival maritz was back with a sweeping attack of something hala parents of the government is a disaster hard to push and the pressure to demonstrate her own more conservative profile. launched a series of strategic debates pledging for more dominant ajman in the world. a new tone partly contradicting chancellor merkel but surprisingly into human with her would be challenger it's the man in question sounded more tame is the party conference need. to get on for it i fall and harsh words to criticize the government 3 weeks ago in the heart of lot 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. football now and the special one is back in the premier league football manager joe saying a radio has been unveiled in his new role as manager of tottenham hotspur the latest addition to a resume bursting with some of the biggest and best known clubs in the game. joe's a marine yo says he's thrilled to be back in professional football and really really happy and in the grove realize that my option. was. 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 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 son tottenham fans 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 up seats were. 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 slap in the face and i'm the man himself however does not seem too fussed. i'm really really more focused on. my job on my coaching or my players alighting and not at all this ingersoll's week in what surrounds merino already is

drama it's a characteristically turbulent start to the next chapter of his coaching career. this is the news live from berlin coming up next our documentary titled dropped out of the meds to bit for now but i'm anthony held thanks for watching. the adventures of the famous naturalist and explorer. to some degree she clicks on the phone while its 250th birthday we're emerging on a voyage of discovery. expedition good t.w. .